Here’s a brief update of Latest Nigerian News from Nigerian Newspapers of Thursday 9th November 2023.
- The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) reiterates the illegality of electronic result collation in Nigeria, despite expectations that the off-cycle governorship elections in Imo, Kogi, and Bayelsa states would utilize electronic transmission.
- The Central Bank of Nigeria asserts that all banknotes remain valid and should not be refused by anyone. Furthermore, the apex bank instructs all its branches nationwide to continue issuing both old and redesigned banknotes in various denominations as needed.
- A High Court in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Maitama grants bail to former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, following compliance by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) with an order issued on November 2.
- The Federal High Court in Lagos convicts and sentences Mr. Ikechukwu Okafor and his wife, Ifeyinwa Okafor, to two years in prison for the unlawful possession of 19.12 kilograms of Methamphetamine, a prohibited substance. Justice Nicholas Oweibo imposed the sentence after the couple pleaded guilty.
- Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, appeals for calm among the state’s residents following protests that erupted in response to the Court of Appeal’s decision to unseat all six National Assembly members from the state affiliated with the Peoples Democratic Party, including Senate Minority Leader Simon Mwadkwon.
- The Ondo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party criticizes Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s aides for allegedly not facilitating the governor’s return to the state following his medical vacation in Germany. Akeredolu has remained at his private residence in Ibadan, generating various reactions.
- Notably absent at the peace accord meeting organized by the National Peace Committee in Owerri, ahead of the November 11 governorship election, were Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma (All Progressives Congress), Labour Party’s Athan Achonu, All Progressives Grand Alliance’s Tony Ejiogu, and New Nigeria Peoples Party’s Ben Odunze.
- President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signs the second 2023 supplementary appropriation bill into law, totaling N2,176,791,286,033. This bill was recently passed by the National Assembly amid controversy regarding provisions for a presidential yacht and over N6 billion allocated for vehicles to the State House.
- Labour Party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, criticizes President Bola Tinubu’s signing of the N2.17 trillion supplementary budget into law, claiming that the president overlooked pressing emergencies and needs of the country. Obi suggests that the budget allocations do not address the nation’s dire crisis.
- The Kwara State Fire Service recovers the lifeless body of an 18-year-old girl named Waliyah from a domestic well she fell into on Tuesday evening. The service also retrieves the body of an unidentified 43-year-old man from Isale Odo Asa in Amilegbe area, Ilorin, Ilorin East Local Government Area of the state.
