Today's Headlines: Niger Coup: ECOWAS ultimatum not Nigeria’s mandate – Tinubu; Fire guts warehouse In Onitsha
Niger Coup: ECOWAS ultimatum not Nigeria’s mandate – Tinubu
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PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu said yesterday the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS Heads of State and Government’s ultimatum against the military junta in the Niger Republic was not that of Nigeria.
He also ordered the acting governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Folashodun Adebisi Shonubi to make another financial sanctions against individuals and entities relating to the military junta that overthrew the democratically elected government of the country.
Tinubu spoke as fresh bids by the United States, the United Nations and the African Union to come to the negotiating table were rejected by the junta.
The African Union (AU) planned to send a joint mission with representatives of the UN and ECOWAS to Niger on Tuesday, but it was denied permission by the junta, which has closed Niger’s airspace, French magazine Jeune Afrique reported.
The United Nations said Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly supported mediation efforts by ECOWAS.
Briefing State House correspondents, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, explained that the ultimatum by ECOWAS, even though President Tinubu is the Chairman, remained the position of the regional body and not that of Nigeria as a country.
Fire guts warehouse in Onitsha
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Fire on Tuesday gutted a warehouse in a three storey-building at No. 64 Venn Road in Onitsha, Anambra State.
This was confirmed in a statement signed by the Director/Fire Chief of Anambra Fire Service, Mr Martin Agbili, on Wednesday in Onitsha.
Agbili said the Anambra Fire Service received a distress call on a fire outbreak in a three-storey building at No 64 Venn Road by Sanish in Onitsha at about 9:46 pm on Tuesday.
“We immediately deployed our fire trucks and our diligent firefighters to the scene of the fire.
“The cause of the fire is unknown and no life was lost.
“The fire partly affected the building and affected the goods on the ground floor as many vacuum flasks in the warehouse were destroyed”, he said.
Agbili said his men were able to control the fire from spreading to other buildings around.
Ogun tribunal: Police, NDLEA present more evidence against Adebutu
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The Nigerian Police and National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, yesterday, released multiple pieces of evidence against the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Oladipupo Adebutu, on the allegation of vote buying at the ongoing Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
The evidences were tendered through Counsel to the 2nd respondent (Governor Dapo Abiodun), Chief Wole Olanipekun, SAN.
The documents tendered included reports from NDLEA, dated March 18, 2023, about possession of preloaded ATM cards with the inscription of Mrs Caroline Adebutu, mother of the PDP governorship candidate, Oladipupo Adebutu, Police Investigation Report in prespect of bribery, dated 10th May 2023 and updated investigation report case of bribery, conspiracy undue influence dated June 7, 2023.
All the documents were accordingly certified and tendered after he had earlier prayed the court for 30 minutes stand down to enable the second respondent to tidy up some issues.
Counsel to the petitioners, Gordy Uche, SAN, in his reaction, objected to all the tendered documents.
He said there was earlier agreement among the parties during pre-hearing that a party seeking to tender documents must give the other side 24 hours’ notice before tendering the documents.
He insisted that the documents were never front-loaded in the petition, adding that two of the reports were just certified on August 7, 2023.
Resident doctors suspend planned protest
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The Nigerian Association of Resident Doctors, on Tuesday, suspended its planned nationwide daily protest after a closed-door meeting with principal officers of the senate.
The President of NARD, Emeka Orji, made this known in a chat with our correspondent.
Orji, however, said there will be a review in the next 72 hours.
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