Happy morning! The summary from Nigerian Newspapers for today is as follows:
1. On Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari and Speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila met behind closed doors to discuss the Central Bank of Nigeria’s recent introduction of cash withdrawal limitations (CBN). This came after the CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, was unable to accept a House of Representatives invitation.
2. Following his conviction on money laundering charges, Dr. Doyin Okupe, the Director-General of the Labour Party’s Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), resigned from his position. In a letter dated December 20, 2022, and written to the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, Okupe announced his resignation.
3. At a well-known event venue, Kano State Hisbah Board agents detained 19 young people for having same-sex marriages. According to reports, the young adults in their early twenties gathered to see the marriage of Abba and Mujahid, two suspected homosexuals.
4. Lauretta Ifeanyi-Onochie, the President’s Special Assistant on New Media, was approved by the Senate on Tuesday as the official Chairman of the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, despite opposition to her candidature.
5. Numerous people and troops were murdered during a Nigerian Air Force operation against bandits in the State, according to Zamfara State Governor Bello Mattawalle. Ten troops were reportedly killed as the bandits ambushed them as they attempted to reinforce the Air Force on the ground.
6. The federal government has stated that it is taking all necessary steps to prevent cash withdrawals from the accounts of the federal, state, and municipal governments. Director/CEO of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), Modibbo Tukur said this yesterday.
7. Lai Mohammed, the minister of information and culture, charged opposition political groups with spreading false information against President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. He said that the government is aware that opposition parties intentionally mislead Nigerians about Buhari’s administration in the run-up to the general election in 2023.
8. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the general elections in 2023 would necessitate the use of approximately 100,000 vehicles and 4,200 watercraft. Mahmood Yakubu, the commission’s chairman, said this yesterday in Abuja at the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signing ceremony between the commission and the Road Transport and Marine Workers Union.
9. Emmanuel Sombo, an accountant at the Federal College of Education in Eha-Amufu, was given a 304-year jail term for forgery and stealing N34. 9 million from the college’s account. After a protracted trial that began in 2010, Sombo was found guilty last Thursday by the Enugu State High Court, which is chaired by Justice Kenneth Okpe.
10. On Tuesday, the Senate started an investigation into the N978 billion that the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation is claimed to have received through the Service Wide Votes (SWV) between 2017 and 2021. The alleged N978 billion includes both capital and ongoing expenses, and it was allegedly distributed to Ministries, Departments, and Agencies by the AGF’s office (MDAs).
