Today's Headlines: Festus Keyamo Makes Tinubu’s Ministerial List, Niger's Deposed President Writes From Detention, Says Boko Haram, Other Terrorist Movements Will Benefit From Coup
Festus Keyamo Makes Tinubu’s Ministerial List
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Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN and immediate past Minister of state for Labour and Productivity, Festus Keyamo, from Delta State, has been announced as a ministerial nominee of President Bola Tinubu.
Keyamo was announced during the ongoing ministerial screening on the floor of the Senate by the Majority Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele on Friday.
Meanwhile, President 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 and read by the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, the President replaced her with Mairiga Mahmoud.
Recall that President Tinubu had on Wednesday forwarded the name of Shetty along side eighteen other nominees, just as with Keyamo, the number of Ministerial Nominees has now got to forty eight.
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Niger’s Deposed President Writes From Detention, Says Boko Haram, Other Terrorist Movements Will Benefit From Coup
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Niger’s ousted president, Mohamed Bazoum has said that if the coup launched against his government by a military faction is successful, it will have devastating consequences for the country, region and the whole world.
He asserted that Boko Haram and other terrorist movements will surely take advantage of Niger’s instability, using their country as a staging ground to attack neighbouring countries and undermine peace, safety and freedom around the world.
Mohamed Bazoum who made this known in a letter titled ‘My country is under attack and I’ve been taken hostage,’ said Niger’s security situation is significantly better than that of our neighbors Mali and Burkina Faso, whose governments, both installed by military takeovers, support the illegal coup.
He explained that rather than addressing security concerns by strengthening their own capacity, they employ criminal Russian mercenaries such as the Wagner Group at the expense of their people’s rights and dignity.
Subsidy removal: $800m World Bank loan contravenes Nigeria’s laws – Falana
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A human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Femi Falana, has insisted that the $800 million from the World Bank could only be a grant and not a loan.
Falana made this known in an interview with Channels Television on Thursday.
Recall that the Federal Government plans to distribute N8,000 to 12 million poor households in the country for six months to cushion the effects of the removal of fuel subsidy.
But, Falana described the loan from the World Bank as illegal and contravenes the laws in the country, as against the position of the World Bank.
He said, “I didn’t write the law, but I’m saying that under the provisions of the Fiscal Responsibility Act, loans can only be procured by Nigeria for the purpose of executing capital projects. There’s no provision for palliative [care] under the law.
Presidential election tribunal: Erroneous judgment may lead to Niger coup situation – Ohanaeze warns judges
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As Nigerians expect the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal to make its ruling, the Ohanaeze sociocultural organization has cautioned the judges against issuing an erroneous judgment.
Ohanaeze warned that Nigerians might witness the Niger Republic military coup situation if the judges issue an erroneous judgment.
The body warned the judiciary to be independent in their verdict of the 2023 general elections in Nigeria, which is marred by allegations of irregularities and non-compliance with electoral laws.
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