Good morning! Here are 10 things you need to know this morning:
1. The highlights of the White Paper issued by government on the report of the Steve Oronsaye-led Presidential Committee on the Restructuring and Rationalisation of public parastatals, commissions and agencies shows that government has accepted the merger of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority and the Nigerian Meteorological Agency. The agencies will henceforth be called the Federal Civil Aviation Authority. The government has equally rejected the Committee recommendation for the merger of the EFCC and the ICPC.
2. The First Lady, Mrs Patience Jonathan has said that she would support Nyesom Wike in his ambition to take over as Governor of Rivers state come 2015. Mrs Jonathan however debunked the wide spread rumour that she was picking 3 aspiring governors as her candidates. She said the writeup was based on the figment of the writer’s imagination.
3. Despite the ongoing activities of the Boko Haram sect in the north and the subsequent declaration of emergency rule, INEC Chairman, Attahiru Jega, in a Press briefing on Monday said election will hold in all parts of the country, including Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.
4. Aggrieved PDP leaders who appear uncomfortable with the choice of Ayo Fayose as the party candidate for the Ekiti governorship election have given President Goodluck Jonathan and the PDP five days ultimatum to intervene in the matter or they will be forced to take further action against the party. One of the leaders of the PDP in the state, Chief Feyisayo Fajuyi, had on behalf of other party leaders stated this at a press conference in Ado Ekiti on Monday. He called on the President to declare the election leading to the emergence of Ayo Fayose null and void.
5. The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar’s led Jama’atu Nasril Islam. Had lamented on Monday in Kaduna over the ongoing extra judicial killings of the muslims by the Nigerian Army. The body said the Military was bent at wiping out the entire Muslims in the name of fighting terrorism. The Secretary-General of the JNI, Dr. Khalid Aliyu, made this known in a statement on behalf of the religious body.
6. The National Human Rights Commission which has been investigating the Apo killings of some Squatters has indicted the Nigerian Army and the SSS. The Commission has declared that the 8 squatters were not killed in self defence, as claimed by the State Security Service and the Nigerian Army. The Commission is as a result asking the Federal Government to pay N135m as compensation to the victims. This means that N10m would be paid to each of the deceased persons, and N5m to each of 11 injured survivors.
7. The Peoples Democratic Party has condemned the ward Congress organized recently by the APC which turned violent at the end. PDP in a statement by its publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh said it was ironical that the Party which has claimed to be on a rescue mission could not even conduct its ward Congress.
8. Despite his apologies to the nation over the botched immigration recruitment exercise, Interior Minister, Abba Moro may know his fate today as the Senate Committee on Interior probing the widely condemned exercise is expected to submit its report for the consideration of the upper chamber on today.
9. The world Bank, while commending Nigeria’s present GDP and economic status in Africa has said that the development should equally stranslate into better living standard for the people. Mr Francisco Ferreira, Chief Economist of the global bank said this while speaking to journalists in Abuja during a briefing on the Economic Outlook Report on Africa.
10. Finally, report from Zamfara State indicates that despite the deployment of Army to Unguwar Galadima, following the killings of over 200 people by some Fulani herdsmen, residents are now fleeing the town in number for fear of being attacked yet again by the herdsmen. At the moment, most community members who survived the attack are now left to recount their ordeals in the hands of the invaders.
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