Voice Air Media, News Update
Here is thursday’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:
1. There appears to be no end to the political spat in Rivers State as two redeployed commissioners — Prof. Zacchaeus Adangor and Isaac Kamalu turned in their resignation letters on Wednesday. Adangor was on Tuesday moved from the Justice Ministry where he served as Commissioner and Attorney-General to Special Duties and Kamalu from Finance to the Employment Generation and Economic Empowerment ministry.
2. Telecom operators yesterday renewed their push for an end-user tariff hike to reflect the cost of doing business. The operators, acting under the aegis of Association of Licensed Telecom Companies of Nigeria, ALTON, and Association of Telecom Companies of Nigeria, ATCON, in a joint statement asked for a cost-reflective tariff of services.
3. Should the proposed Executive bill be passed, politicians found guilty of tax evasion will be barred from seeking elective offices. The plan was made known yesterday by chairman of the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee, Taiwo Oyedele.
4. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday handed over 14 properties seized from some companies to the Enugu State Government. The assets were initially forfeited to the Federal Government in the course of the investigation of former governor Chimaroke Nnamani.
5. A Consumer Credit Scheme to put money in the pockets of Nigerians, boost manufacturing and stimulate economic growth has been rolled out by the Federal Government. Presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale yesterday announced the beginning of the plan following its approval by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
6. Many filling stations were closed in Abuja and about five other states on Wednesday as the scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, caused heavy queues at the few outlets that dispensed the product.
7. The Ondo Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will conduct its governorship primary today (Thursday) ahead of the November 16 governorship election in the state. The party has seven governorship aspirants who will be jostling for the votes of the 627 delegates to pick the governorship ticket.
8. The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps has arrested two traders when its operatives demolished shops built around Akiogun Road, Oniru in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area of the state. This was disclosed in a post on the official X handle of the Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, on Wednesday.
9. Senate President Godswill Akpabio on Wednesday called on judges to stop the misuse of ex parte orders, especially in political cases. He said it was imperative for the National Judicial Council (NJC) to exercise stringent oversight to curb the misuse of ex parte order.
10. Leader of the Ilana Omo Oodua, Professor Banji Akintoye has disagreed with leaders of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, on restructuring, saying the Yoruba Nation wants self-determination not restructuring. He said this when he featured on Arise television’s ‘The Morning Show’.