NASS RECONVENING: APC ACCUSES SARAKI OF COMMITTING TREASON
The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday said the failure of the leadership of the National Assembly to reconvene plenary today, as had been widely expected, amounts to “high treason”.

Responding to the official confirmation by the National Assembly that it would not reconvene anytime soon, APC said: “Clearly, Saraki’s actions as Senate President now border on high treason.”

Had the National Assembly reconvened, it would have considered the request of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for funds to organize the 2019 elections.
Read more at; https://newsbreakers.ng/nass-reconvening-apc-accuses-saraki-of-committing-treason/



SARAKI TO OSINBAJO: INSTITUTE NEUTRAL PANEL TO INVESTIGATE NASS SIEGE
Senate President Bukola Saraki has implored the acting President, Yemi Osinbajo to immediately institute an independent judicial panel of inquiry to look into the siege on the National Assembly by men of the Department of Security Service (DSS) last week.

Saraki made this call in a tweet from his official Twitter account, @bukolasaraki.

It would be recalled that masked security operatives identified as operatives from the DSS laid a siege on the national assembly complex, barring staff and lawmakers from going into the legislative chambers.
Read more at; https://newsbreakers.ng/saraki-to-osinbajo-institute-neutral-panel-to-investigate-nass-siege/



AIR PEACE PLANS MINI-HUBS IN KADUNA, OTHERS
A domestic airline, Air Peace, has said it is considering opening mini-hubs for its operations in Kaduna, Kano and a few other cities to help decongest the Lagos airport.

The airline’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Air Peace, Mr Allen Onyema, who stated this during an inaugural flight to Kaduna on Monday, said the carrier was embarking on massive expansion of its domestic flight operations to tackle air travel difficulties in the country and build bridges of unity across regions.

“The unity of Nigeria cannot be through politics alone, it can come through business and we are opening up routes to make this happen. Lagos is also getting congested and we are looking at mini-hubs such as Kaduna and Kano where flights can originate,” Onyema, who was represented by the Corporate Communications Manager, Air Peace, Mr Chris Iwarah, said.
Read more at; https://newsbreakers.ng/air-peace-plans-mini-hubs-in-kaduna-others/


WHY WE CANNOT RECONVENE NASS YET – SARAKI, DOGARA
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, have explained why the National Assembly cannot reconvene yet pointing out that it would be highly irresponsible to do so.

The two chambers of the National Assembly had been expected to reconvene today and tomorrow to consider the budget request of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the 2019 elections forwarded by President Muhammadu Buhari on July 17, 2018 but a statement signed on Tuesday by Yusuph Olaniyonu, Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) to the Senate President, and Turaki Hassan, Special Adviser (Media and Public Affairs) to the Speaker, House of Representatives, said the National Assembly could not fix a date for reconvening yet, because it had “no report to consider”.
Read more at; https://newsbreakers.ng/why-we-cannot-reconvene-nass-yet-saraki-dogara/



EX-WHITE HOUSE AIDE, OMAROSA RELEASES TAPES OF HER FIRING BY CHIEF OF STAFF, JOHN KELLY
Former White House staffer, Omarosa Manigault Newman who was fired by the Trump administration in 2017, on Sunday released a secret tape of John Kelly, the chief of staff firing her.

AFP reports that Omarosa, who has gone on to write a bombshell memoir of her time serving under President Donald Trump, said she decided to release the secret recording of John Kelly in the Situation Room and recorded conversations with Trump because “this is a White House where everybody lies.”

The White House Situation Room is supposed to be a top-security room and electronic devices are banned there, but it was not immediately clear whether Omarosa would face legal ramifications for releasing the recording.
Read more at; https://newsbreakers.ng/ex-white-house-aide-omarosa-releases-tapes-of-her-firing-by-chief-of-staff-john-kelly/