Today's Headlines:El-Rufai Withdraws Interest In Ministerial Appt, Emefiele vs FG: Court adjourns till Aug 15
EXCLUSIVE: El-Rufai Withdraws Interest In Ministerial Appointment
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A former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has withdrawn his interest in being part of President Bola Tinubu’s cabinet, PREMIUM TIMES can exclusively report.
Presidency sources said Mr El-Rufai told President Tinubu at a meeting on Tuesday that he was no longer interested in becoming a minister but would continue to contribute his quota to the development of Nigeria as a private citizen.
“He also told the president that he needed time to focus on his doctorate programme at a university in The Netherlands,” one of our sources said.
Another insider also told this medium that the former governor suggested a new ministerial nominee — Jafaru Ibrahim Sani — for Kaduna State, saying the President would find him very useful and resourceful.
Mr Sani served as commissioner in three ministries in Kaduna State (Local Government Education and Environment) while Mr El-Rufai was governor.
Court Adjourns Emefiele Till Aug15
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A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, adjourned till August 15, 2023, to hear the application by suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr Godwin Emefiele, seeking to stop his prosecution by the Federal Government.
The court will, on the same day, hear the application by the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Justice seeking, leave to appeal the bail granted Emefiele by the court.
Emefiele was arraigned before Justice Nicholas Oweibo on July 25, following a charge of illegal possession of firearms brought against him by Department of State Service, DSS.
He was granted bail by the court and ordered to be remanded in prison custody pending when he perfacts him bail.
We’ve not given up on peaceful resolution of Niger crisis, says ECOWAS President
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Omar Touray, president of the Economic Community of West African Commission ECOWAS, says the decision of the regional body to deploy standby military troops in the Niger Republic does not translate to a country fighting another.
After its second extraordinary meeting held in Abuja on Thursday, ECOWAS directed the deployment of standby military troops to restore constitutional order in the francophone country.
The decision to deploy force comes days after the military junta in Niger defied the ECOWAS deadline to reinstate ousted President Mohamed Bazoum.
Speaking during a press conference at the end of the sit-down to explain ECOWAS’ position, Touray reiterated that the bloc has been engaging in peaceful and diplomatic efforts to effect the restoration of constitutional order in Niger.
“May I use this opportunity to say one thing and one thing alone? This is ECOWAS, made up of 15 member countries, as you have seen, who’ve met and decided on the way forward on this matter,” Touray said.
Use money saved from subsidy removal to fund education, UK govt tells Tinubu
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The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, FCDO, of the UK government has asked President Bola Tinubu to use money saved from fuel subsidy removal to fund education in the country.
FCDO’s representatives, Ian Attfield, who made the call at the end of the Inclusive Education project In Nigeria, (Supporting Mainstreaming Inclusion so all can Learn Equally, SMILE), in Abuja Wednesday, said: “For the next five years or so, I’m certain we won’t be having discussions about how we can mainstream some of the inclusive education elements.
“There are many major economic changes taking place, such as the changes in fuel subsidy. It should start being deployed to support the human development of Nigeria to build education and services, among other things, that young people need.”
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