Today’s Headlines:Niger Coup: ECOWAS To Meet Again On Thursday, Ekiti NNPP Disowns Calls For Kwankwa
Niger Coup: ECOWAS To Meet Again On Thursday
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ECOWAS Chair and Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu, has convened another Extraordinary Summit of the Authority to discuss the political situation in Niger.
The Summit will be held in Abuja, on Thursday, and is expected to decide whether or not it is willing and ready to use force to return Niger to constitutional democracy.
According to an ECOWAS memo, the leaders will be considering and discussing the political situation and recent developments in Niger.
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Ekiti NNPP Disowns Calls For Kwankwaso’s Suspension
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The Ekiti State chapter of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) has dissociated itself from calls by some individuals within the party for the suspension of the national leader and presidential candidate of the party in the 2023 general election, Dr Rabiu Kwankwaso.
This was stated in a press statement jointly signed on Monday by the party’s governorship candidate in the 2022 election, Fatomilola Oladosun, and the three senatorial candidates in the 2023 elections, namely Motunde Fajuyi (Ekiti Central), Ade Ayeni (Ekiti North), and Samuel Olofin (Ekiti South). The South West zonal financial secretary of the party, Prince Ade-Ajayi, also co-signed the statement.
No Plot To Impeach Deputy Governor, Says Obaseki
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The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, Monday, stated that there is no plan to impeach his deputy, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu.
The governor, however, noted that the move by Shaibu seeking a court order to stop his purported impeachment is preemptive ahead of his defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
LP Senatorial Candidate Expresses Worry Over Quality Of Nominees
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The Senatorial Candidate of the Labour Party for Edo Central, in the last general election, Osereme Omofoma Christen, has expressed disappointment over the recycling of old politicians as ministerial nominees.
He also faulted the screening process currently being carried out by the Senate.
According to him, the process which was beamed live on television shows a lack of seriousness in the conduct of the exercise.
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