Today's Headlines: Unacceptable’, FG Faults Inauguration Of Gabon Coup Leader As Interim President, G-20 summit: Tinubu, ministers arrive India to woo investors

Unacceptable’, FG Faults Inauguration Of Gabon Coup Leader As Interim President.

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The Federal Government of Nigeria on Monday faulted the inauguration of Gabonese General Brice Oligui Nguema as the country’s interim President.

In a statement, the spokesperson for Nigeria’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Francisca Omayuli, demanded an immediate return to democracy in Gabon.

Nguema had on August 30, 2023, led a coup ending 55 years of rule by the Bongo dynasty.

The coup leader was subsequently sworn in on Monday as interim President.

“I swear before God and the Gabonese people to faithfully preserve the republican regime,” said Nguema, who has pledged to hold elections after a still-unspecified transition period.

However, the Nigerian Government said the inauguration of Nguema “with no indication of a transition programme in place, only serves to fan the embers of growing discontent among the political class in the country”.

Tinubu, ministers arrive India to woo investors

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Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu will on Monday depart Abuja for New Delhi, India, to attend the G-20 Leaders’ Summit.

Tinubu is attending the two-day summit on the special invitation of Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, read on Sunday.

In the statement titled ‘President Tinubu set to attend G-20 Summit in India with investment attraction topping Nigeria’s agenda,’ Ngelale revealed that the President aims to leverage the platform to attract global capital and promote increased foreign direct investments in key labour-intensive sectors of Nigeria’s economy for job creation and revenue expansion.

“He will use this opportunity to highlight Nigeria’s attractiveness as an investment destination, specifically outlining his cross-sectoral reform plan as encapsulated by the Renewed Hope Agenda.

“Given the President’s renowned experience in attracting investment to Lagos State, leading industrialists have sought separate private engagements with him at the summit,” it read in part.

On the sidelines of the Summit, President Tinubu will participate in and deliver keynote addresses at both the Nigeria-India Presidential Roundtable and the Nigeria-India Business Conference.

The CEO Roundtable will be attended by leading industrialists in the Indian private sector, Nigerian industrialists, as well as senior government officials from both countries.

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Tinubu not worried about Wednesday’s election tribunal judgment⁣ – Aide

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Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, on Monday, said President Bola Tinubu is “not worried” about the outcome of the judgement of the Presidential Election Tribunal on Wednesday. ⁣⁣

“He’s not worried simply because he knows he won the election,” Ngelale said when he appeared on Channels Television’s Politics Today anchored by Seun Okinbaloye. ⁣

Tinubu, who will leave for New Delhi, India, on Monday night (today) to attend the G-20 summit will be absent as the tribunal delivers its landmark judgment after weeks of hearings. ⁣

This comes hours after the registrar of the court of appeal, Umar Bangari, confirmed that the court had chosen Wednesday, September 6, to deliver judgment on the petitions challenging the election of President Bola Tinubu.⁣

On March 1, 2023, the Independent National Electoral Commission announced Tinubu as the winner of the 2023 presidential election. ⁣

Fuel Subsidy: Obaseki offers free transport service across Edo Sept 11.

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The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has approved free transport service for passengers on all Edo City Transport Ltd routes to cushion the effect of the fuel subsidy removal by the federal government on the people.

The free bus service will kick off on Monday, September 11, 2023, and will run between 6.30 am to 7 pm daily.

In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Edo State Governor, Andrew Okungbowa, the free transport service is aimed at significantly reducing citizens’ mobility problems and improving their welfare amid the hardship caused by the FG’s subsidy removal policy.

The statement read, “His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki, has directed the State-owned transport company, Edo City Transport Ltd (ECTS), to commence free bus services to all passengers on all their routes with effect from 11th September 2023.

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