Here’s a brief update of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Thursday 2nd November 2023.
- A temporary restraining order was issued by the Rivers State High Court in Isiokpo on Wednesday, preventing the Rivers State House of Assembly from proceeding with the planned impeachment of Governor Siminalayi Fubara. The court’s order applies to the Speaker of the House, Martin Amaewhule, Deputy Speaker, Dumle Mao, the Clerk of the House, and the State Chief Judge, Justice Simeon Chibuzor-Amadi.
- The House of Representatives has decided to launch an investigation into the National Population Commission’s expenditure of the N800 billion allocated by the Federal Government for the 2023 Population and Housing Census. This decision followed the adoption of a motion presented by Mr. Dominic Okafor, a lawmaker representing Aguta Federal Constituency in Anambra State.
- On Wednesday, the House of Representatives issued a 72-hour ultimatum to the Accountant General of the Federation, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Madein, to provide a detailed report on the utilization of the N100 billion COVID-19 intervention funds that were approved and disbursed to ministries, departments, and agencies between 2020 and 2022 during the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari.
- The Ondo State Security Network, also known as Amotekun Corps, revealed on Wednesday that at least 20 commercial motorcyclists, known as okada riders, had been robbed and killed over the past three weeks across the state. The state Commander of the corps, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, made this announcement during the parade of 11 suspects arrested for various crimes on Wednesday.
- The Peoples Democratic Party Governors Forum expressed its gratitude to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for appointing the former governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, as the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. This acknowledgment came during a courtesy visit by the PDP Governors Forum to the FCT Minister in Abuja.
- The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, stated on Wednesday that he was arrested and subjected to violence by police operatives allegedly associated with Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State. The labor leader was reportedly apprehended during a protest organized by the national leadership of the movement to protest the alleged mistreatment of workers in the state.
- The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, conveyed to the governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that he cannot be intimidated. He made this statement when the Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, Bala Mohammed, led a delegation on a courtesy visit to him to discuss the ongoing crisis in Rivers State.
- President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has requested the Senate’s approval for a loan of $7.8 billion and €100 million as part of the Federal Government’s borrowing plan for 2022-2024. The president’s request was presented in a letter read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio during a plenary session.
- President Bola Ahmed Tinubu delivered a clear message to members of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday: deliver results or face dismissal. The President made this declaration during the commencement of a three-day retreat organized for ministers, permanent secretaries, and heads of government agencies and parastatals at the Presidential Villa’s Conference Centre in Abuja.
- The Court of Appeal in Abuja has invalidated the election of the former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, as the senator representing the North East district. In a unanimous decision by a three-member panel of justices, the appellate court found that Suswam was not the rightful winner of the election.
