Today's Headlines: Tinubu Replaces Kano Ministerial Nominee, Shetty With Festus Keyamo; Niger APC Chair Resigns Position
Tinubu Replaces Kano ministerial nominee, Shetty with Festus Keyamo
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PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu has removed Dr Maryam Shetty from Kano State as a Ministerial nominee that is billed to be screened today.
In a letter to the Senate read by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, the President replaced her with Mairiga Mahmoud.
The President has also for screening by the Senate, the immediate past Minister of Labour and Productivity, Festus Keyamo, SAN from Delta State.
Recall that President Tinubu had on Wednesday forwarded the name of Shetty alongside eighteen other nominees, just as with Keyamo, the number of Ministerial Nominees has now got to forty-eight.
Niger APC Chairman Resigns Position
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The Niger State chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Haliru Zakari Jikantoro, has resigned his position without giving any reason.
He announced his resignation after a meeting of the State Working Committee (SWC) of the party at the APC Secretariat in Minna, in the presence of the Chief Political Adviser to the State Governor, Alhaji Mohammed Nma Kolo.
Jikantoro said, “I on my own humbly and willingly wish to resign my position as the chairman of APC. No issues or crisis, I feel I can add value in other positions in the future.
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Hoodlums Attack Ekiti APC Members, Destroy Property
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No fewer than four persons, including a businessman, Chief Bode Olayinka, were injured and goods worth millions of naira were destroyed at Efon Alaaye, Efon Local Government Area of Ekiti State when a group of hoodlums unleashed violence on some All Progressives Congress chieftains in the area.
Sources alleged that the attack was connected with the forthcoming local government elections billed to hold in December across the local government areas and local council development areas in the state.
One of the victims, Mr Olaitan Olayinka, alleged that the assailants, numbering about 20, attacked them with cutlasses, Dane guns and other weapons in front of his family house where he was relaxing on Monday evening.
Olayinka, who had plasters on his forehead, on Thursday, narrated his ordeals in the hands of the hoodlums, alleging that a political leader in the local government area was behind the incident in a bid to silence other aspirants in the forthcoming election.
He said, “I am a retired civil servant. I am also interested in contesting as Chairman of the Efon Local Government area. But the political leader, with the use of a group of political thugs, attacked us.
Coup leaders revoke five major military deals with France
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Coup leaders in the Republic of Niger, on Thursday, revoked a raft of military cooperation agreements with France.
The country further suspended broadcasts of French state-funded international news outlets France 24 and RFI earlier on Thursday – drawing condemnation from the French foreign ministry.
A decision about the revocation of five military deals with France dating between 1977 and 2020 was read out on national television late on Thursday by junta representative, Amadou Abdramane, Reuters reports.
Abdramane added that a diplomatic notice will be sent to France to that effect. There was no immediate response from France.
Some locals have accused the former colonial ruler of interfering in their affairs.
The PUNCH had reported on Sunday that the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States, Bola Tinubu, had met with some fellow ECOWAS leaders to discuss appropriate ways to restore democracy in Niger.
The leaders of the West African regional bloc met to discuss sanctions to be placed against the military personnel who toppled President-elect Mohamed Bazoum on July 26, 2023.
ECOWAS has said it could authourise the use of force if soldiers did not restore Bazoum to power by Sunday.
The Nigerian government cut the power supply to the West African neighbour on Wednesday.
Edo Deputy Gov Stops Move to impeach him
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The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Phillip Shuaibu, has asked a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja to stop the commencement of an impeachment process against him.
In the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1027/2023, the Inspector General of Police; State Security Service; the Governor of Edo State; the Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly, and the Chief Judge of Edo State are the first, second, third, fourth and fifth defendants respectively.
Shauib is seeking an interlocutory injunction restraining the 3rd, 4th and 5th Defendants/Respondents or their agents from commencing an impeachment process against him.
He also prayed the court to restrain the governor of the state or other person acting on his order from harassing and preventing him from effectively discharging his duties as the deputy governor of the state.
The reliefs read in part, “An order of interlocutory injunction restraining the third Defendant/Respondent whether by himself or his agents or persons acting for and on his behalf from harassing, intimidating, embarrassing and preventing the Plaintiff/Applicant from carrying out the functions of his office as Deputy Governor of Edo State including attending the State Executive Council Meetings/Functions and other duties about his office pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit.
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