Posted by Have a nice day! The headlines from Nigerian newspapers today are as follows.
First, on Saturday it was reported that Green Chamber legislators had begun receiving their SUVs.
The first SUVs for members of the Red Chamber of Congress will also be delivered this week. It was also learned that the last batch of SUVs for legislators’ use will arrive before the end of the year.
2. The United Kingdom’s Crown Prosecution Services has been served with an arrest warrant and a request for the immediate extradition of Diezani Allison-Madueke, the former Minister of Petroleum, by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN. In accordance with President Bola Tinubu’s directive, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) formally made the request.
Third, the Peoples Democratic Party’s leadership has begun restructuring the party in the wake of Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling, which confirmed President Bola Tinubu’s victory and set a date for the party’s 98th National Executive Committee meeting. Former PDP Chairman and now-Senator Iyorchia Ayu called the party’s final National Executive Committee meeting on September 8, 2022.
On Saturday, the Adamawa State Governorship Electoral Petitions Tribunal ruled against Senator Aishatu Dahiru Binani’s case challenging the election of Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri. The tribunal’s head judge, T. O. Uloho, ruled against Sen. Binani’s plea and upheld Governor Umaru Fintiri’s status as the official victor of Adamawa’s gubernatorial election from March 18.
Minister for Women Affairs Uju Kennedy-Ohaneye has announced that the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has endorsed efforts to eradicate Sexual and Gender-based Violence (SGBV) in Nigeria by using mobile courts to try cases quickly. The Minister has warned that all individuals involved in such practices are in for some very difficult days ahead when trials of criminals commence in various jurisdictions.
Six, the first phase of the deployment in 15 states and the FCT is planned to vaccinate no less than 7.7 million Nigerian girls against cervical cancer. Six million doses have been acquired by the country with the help of Gavi and other partners. Head of the HOV Programme at Gavi, Emily Kobayashi, said another eight million pills should arrive by the end of December.
On Saturday, the federal government announced that on November 1st, workers will begin a massive project to resurface and relight the Third Mainland Bridge. The bridge’s upper deck will undergo a series of extensive repairs, the first of which is the projected three-month maintenance job.
Comrade Julius Abure, National Chairman of the Labour Party, has fired five of his top political advisers just hours after the Supreme Court upheld President Bola Tinubu’s victory. The party’s National Secretary, Malam Umar Farouk, announced the resignations in a statement released Saturday in Abuja.
The Labour Party group led by Lamidi Apapa has praised the Supreme Court’s decision to maintain President Bola Tinubu’s victory in the presidential election held on February 25, 2023. Abayomi Arababmbi, the faction’s spokesman, issued a statement on Saturday in Abuja in which he congratulated Tinubu and asked him to be gracious in victory.
Femi Falana, SAN, a human rights lawyer and activist, has remarked that having the courts determine election outcomes is not ideal. In an interview broadcast on Saturday, Falana asserted that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) alone has the authority to declare election winners.