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1. Leaders of the All Progressives Congress
were unable to conclude during their Thursday
meeting the zoning of political offices. The
leaders who met at the Rivers State Governors’
Lodge, Asokoro in Abuja adjourned the
meeting, saying that more consultations were
needed before a final decision could be taken
on allocation of offices.
2. The Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation has given clarification on why the
Federal Government should stop forthwith
subsidy on Petrol. The corporation through its
Group Executive Director, Corporate Strategy
and Planning, Dr. Timothy Okon, said that the
government cannot guarantee the price of
crude oil that is not under its control.
3. A 27-man committee has been set up by
the Federal Government to anchor the
inauguration of the President-elect, General
Muhammadu Buhari. Among the committee
were Secretary to the Government of the
Federation, SGF, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim
and former governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre
Sylvia, who have been named as chairman
and co-chairman respectively.
4.Report says the Chief Judge of Ekiti State,
Justice Ayodeji Daramola, has after two weeks
of receiving a letter from 19 APC lawmakers
over the impeachment allegation levelled
against the State governor, Ayodele Fayose,
refused to constitute a panel to investigate the
governor.
5. President Goodluck Jonathan Thursday
ordered the immediate removal of campaign
posters, billboards, banners, signs and other
materials the Peoples Democratic Party
Presidential Campaign Organisation and other
bodies used for his re-election campaign. This
was contained in a statement by his Special
Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben
Abati.
6. APC national leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu,
has assured Nigerians that the incoming
administration of President-elect,
Muhammadu Buhari, will surely address the
problem of insecurity, unemployment and
other issues confronting the nation. Tinubu
said this at the 12th convocation of the
university on Thursday where he was
represented.
7. The ongoing leadership crisis in the Nigeria
Labour Congress, NLC, took a new dimension
on Thursday as the state chapters held
factional congresses in Kaduna, Kwara, Edo
and Osun states.
8. The Enugu State House of Assembly on
Thursday requested the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to
investigate alleged fraudulent activities of the
Enugu State Universal Basic Education Board,
ENSUBEB. The lawmakers equally directed that
the account of the board be freezed pending
the outcome of its investigations.
9. The Peoples Democratic Party governorship
candidate in Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu,
has denied having anything to do with the
coffins allegedly dropped at some strategic
points in Aba. He alleged that the coffins with
the inscriptions that anyone who does not
vote for Ikpeazu on Saturday would die
was sponsored by his detractors to discredit
him.
Courts halts Fayose’s impeachment, sets
aside APC lawmakers’ actions
10. A seven-man panel was on Thursday set
up in Akure, the Ondo state capital to
investigate the allegation of gross misconduct
levelled against the State Deputy Governor,
Alhaji Alli Olanusi by the State House of
Assembly. The panel is chaired by Olatunji
Stanley Adeniyan. It was set up by the state’s
Chief Judge, Hon. Justice Olasehinde Kumuyi.
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So this is it? A whole end o' the week politics news . Nigeria's got work to do I tell you....everything revolves around a said Group o' people...appalling