Good morning. Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:
1. Shape Up Or Ship Out: Tinubu Warns Ministers
- Don’t Be A Clog In The Wheel Of Nigeria’s Progress, Says President
- Establishes Result Delivery Unit, Tinubu, Ministers, Other To Sign Bond Of Understanding
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has again warned his Ministers to perform or be sacked.
The President gave the warning yesterday at the State House Conference Centre in Abuja while declaring a three-day 2023 Cabinet Retreat for Ministers, presidential aides, Permanent Secretaries, and top government functionaries open. READ MORE
2. Falana Charges IGP To Probe, Prosecute Officers Who Brutalised NLC President, Ajaero
Human Rights lawyer and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana has called on the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun to probe and prosecute the police personnel who brutalised the Nigeria Labour Congress President, Joe Ajaero in Imo State. READ MORE
3. EFCC Releases 58 OAU Students Arrested For Suspected Internet Fraud, Bans Night Sting Operations
The Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday released 58 out of 69 students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, earlier arrested for suspected internet fraud. READ MORE
4. APC Chieftain Warns Tinubu Over Wike’s 2027 Presidential Ambition
Timi Frank, a former deputy spokesperson of the All-Progressives Congress (APC), has warned President Bola Tinubu to be wary of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike as he Wike would destroy Tinubu’s government and pave the way for him to contest the presidency in 2027. READ MORE
5. Subsidy Removal:FG To Launch One Million CNG Vehicles By 2027
The Federal Government has revealed plans to introduce one million Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) powered vehicles by 2027. READ MORE
6. Appeal Court Sacks Benue State Former Governor, Suswam, As Senator
Gabriel Suswam, a former governor of Benue State, was fired from the Senate by the Court of Appeal in Abuja.
In a unanimous ruling on Wednesday, the three-judge appellate court stated that it was convinced Suswam was not the legitimate winner of the senatorial election that took place in Benue North East on February 25. READ MORE
7. Ohanaeze makes five demands For Nnamdi Kanu, Igbo
President Bola Tinubu has been asked to ignore the minority of Igbos who are protesting appointments by Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo sociocultural group. READ MORE
8. Bala Muhammed, PDP govs meets Wike Over River Crisis
Nyesom Wike, the minister of the Federal Capital Territory, is currently holding a meeting at his Abuja office with members of the Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum. READ MORE
9. Paris Club Refund: January 25 is Emefiele’s court appearance deadline
Godwin Emefiele, the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), has been given till January 25 by a Federal High Court in Abuja to come in person and explain the circumstances underlying the $53 million judgment obligation resulting from the Paris Club refund. READ MORE
10. Why Senate Did Not Confirm Three RECS
The Nigerian Senate on Wednesday, screened and confirmed seven out of the ten persons nominated by President Bola Tinubu for appointment as Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). READ MORE
