Today's Headlines: My Guinean citizenship expired in 2020, President Tinubu tells Tribunal, Shettima receives NESG delegation
My Guinean citizenship expired in 2020, President Tinubu tells Tribunal
President Bola Tinubu has informed the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal that his Guinean citizenship expired in 2020, the same year that his Guinean passport, which has been brought up by the opposition, also expired.
According to reports by POLITICS NIGERIA, Tinubu’s lead counsel, Wole Olanipekun (SAN), made this claim while requesting that the tribunal dismiss a petition filed by the Labour Party (LP) seeking Tinubu’s removal from office.
In defence of Tinubu, his counsel stated that the Guinean passport presented as evidence by the LP’s PW27 had expired in 2020, emphasising that the opposition party’s allegation of Tinubu’s dual citizenship was a deliberate attempt to embarrass the President.
Olanipekun said, “Lastly, the PW27 tendered Exhibit PBF4 (Guinean passport), which as usual, he claimed to have downloaded from the internet, purportedly representing the data pages of the respondent’s Guinean passport, which ex facie shows that the passport expired in 2020. It is all guesswork, aimed at embarrassing the respondent.”
Tinubu’s claim comes in response to challenges to his victory in the February 25 presidential election by the LP and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). The petitioners allege that Tinubu is ineligible to hold the office of president due to his dual citizenship in Nigeria and Guinea.
Shettima receives NESG delegation
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Vice President Kashim Shettima is currently hosting a delegation of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The visiting entourage, led by the Chairman of the NESG, Olaniyi Yusuf, is at the village to inform and invite the Vice President to the upcoming 29th Nigerian Economic Summit, scheduled to hold between October 23-24, 2023, it was gathered.
The ongoing meeting is expected to discuss possible areas of collaboration between the NESG and the Office of the Vice President and National Economic Council on strategic presidential priorities and initiatives.
Present at the meeting are the Chief Executive Officer of the NESG, ‘Laoye Jaiyeola, Chief ting Officer, Dr Tayo Aduloju and a former chairman of the board, Kyari Bukar.
Others include Lumun Feese, Gloria Ekpo, Seun Ojo, Nsikan Essien, Aderigbigbe Sherriff and Ife Falope.
Fuel price increases to N617 per litre in Abuja
The price of petrol has increased to about N617 per litre, DAILY POST reports.
A visit by DAILY POST to NNPC filling stations along the Kubwa expressway and Utako in Abuja confirmed that the price has now been adjusted from N539 to N617 per litre.
Speaking with DAILY POST in an interview on Tuesday, the National President of the Independent Petroleum Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Elder Chinedu Okoronkwo, confirmed the development.
According to him, fuel prices will continue fluctuating depending on market forces.
“That is the regime we are in with removing fuel subsidies. The prices will continue to fluctuate based on market forces and the changes in Dollar in the foreign exchange market. That is why we are pushing for an alternative to fuel”, he stated.
The development comes amid speculation of an upward review of fuel pump prices nationwide.
Bauchi Gov dissolves 20 LG caretaker committees
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Bauchi State Governor, Sen. Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, has approved the dissolution of all the Local Government Caretaker Committees of the 20 LGAs in the state with immediate effect.
The dissolution of Caretaker Committees of the LGAs was contained in a three-paragraph statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Barr Ibrahim Muhammad Kashim, copies of which were made available to Journalists on Tuesday.
As stated in the release, “Accordingly, the Chairmen of the Local Government Caretaker Committees are therefore directed to hand over the affairs of the Local Governments to their respective Heads of Administration pending the appointment of substantive Caretaker Committees.”
The Government wishes all the ousted Local Government Caretaker Committee members success in their future endeavours.
Recall that the Caretaker Committees for the 20 LGAs were inaugurated in 2022 following the expiration of the tenure of the elected Councils in line with the Local Government Administration laws of the state.
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