Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers
1. President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday denied claims by his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan that he runs a government of lies and propaganda.
Buhari insisted that achievements recorded by his government since assuming power in 2015 were testaments for all, including his accuser, Jonathan to see.
2. President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered for the immediate firing of former Pensions boss, Abdulrasheed Maina.
His Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, quoted the president as asking for full report on circumstances of his recall.
3. President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to jet out of Nigeria on Tuesday to Niamey, the capital of the Republic of Niger.
While in the country, Buhari will participate in a meeting on common currency for the West African sub-region alongside Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun and the Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele.
4. Embattled senator representing Abia South Senatorial District, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has denied the claim by the Federal Government that the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, is in his custody.
Abaribe in a response to a question on whether Kanu was actually in his custody, said he does not know where the IPOB leader is hiding.
5. The former Peoples Democratic Party’s National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, has sought the permission of an Abuja Federal High Court to call ex-President Goodluck Jonathan as a witness in his ongoing trial.
Metuh’s lawyer, Dr. Onyechi Ikpeazu informed the Justice Abang Okon-led court that he has written to Jonathan to that effect but the ex-president was yet to respond.
6. Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive for the immediate disengagement of former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Mr Abdullahi Maina, as an afterthought.
Fayose, therefore, demanded for the immediate arrest and trial of Maina as well as sack of all those who perpetrated his reinstatement, which he described as fraudulent and shameful.
7. Former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido has written to members of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, informing them of his decision to fly the party’s flag for the 2019 presidential election.
Lamido in a letter to all PDP members across the country said the party needs to reposition the country but must first re-take power in 2019.
8. The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita, on Monday said there was no truth in the reports that she approved the reinstatement of a former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina, and his subsequent posting to the Ministry of Interior.
In a statement by her Assistant Director, Media Relations, Mohammed Manga, the HoS insisted that Maina’s reinstatement and posting did not emanate from her office.
9. The Senate Ad Hoc Committee on Alleged Misuse, Under-Remittance and Other Fraudulent Activities has said revenue agencies short-changed the Federal Government to the tune of N1.7tn as unremitted revenue generated between 2012 and 2016.
The panel blamed it on a memo by a former Minister of Finance, Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who allegedly issued the memo to the agencies to remit 25 per cent of revenue they generated to the Federal Government and spend 75 per cent on their expenditures.
10. In sports, Everton has sacked its manager, Ronald Koeman.
The 54-year-old Dutchman, who guided Everton to seventh place in his first season in charge last term, was shown the exit door on Monday by management of the club.
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