DP: Good morning! Here are 10 things you need to know this morning:
1. There was pandemonium at the National Assembly on Thursday as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal made to enter the Assembly complex. Report says security men barricaded the gate of the Assembly, forcing members of the Assembly to scale the fence in order to get into the complex. The members who later overpowered the police, forced the gate open and forcefully took in the speaker. Consequently, the entire place was tear gassed by the police.
2. Senate President and Chairman of the National Assembly, David Mark, Thursday shut down the National Assembly. Mark's action followed the crisis that broke out on Thursday morning. According to him, the National Assembly will resume sitting next week Tuesday.
3. The Thursday sitting of the coroner probing the September 12 Synagogue building collapse was suspended midway due to a faulty electronic recorder. For this reason, the case was adjourned till Friday (today). Meanwhile, the founder, Synagogue Church of All Nations, Prophet T.B. Joshua who was expected to appear at the inquest did not show up.
4. Wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, avoided the Bayelsa State delegation who were led by Governor Seriake Dickson to join the President in celebration for his 57th birthday in Abuja on Thursday. Report says it was obvious at the gathering that all was not well between Dickson and the First Lady. The ongoing squabble between Mrs Jonathan and Dickson resulted from an alleged plan by Mrs. Jonathan to stop Dickson from being re-elected as the state governor.
5. At least, 45 persons have been reportedly killed in a fresh attack by the Boko Haram sect on Wednesday night. Report says the latest attack occurred in Azaya Kura village in the Mafa area of Borno State.
6. CBN's effort to revive the naira's continuous fall has failed as it now exchanges for N176 per 1 dollar in the exchange market.
7. Seven PDP lawmakers in the Ekiti state House of Assembly, Thursday impeached the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Dr. Adewale Omirin. Dele Olugbemi, who had acted as Protem Speaker during the controversial Monday's plenary has now been sworn-in as the new Speaker. The Deputy Speaker, Mr. Tunji Orisalade has also been replaced with Mrs. Abeni Olayinka of the PDP.
8. A former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has slammed President Goodluck Jonathan for being the very person posing great threat to the nation's democracy. While reacting to the Thursday fracas at the National Assembly, Atiku said the methods the Jonathan administration had adopted in dealing with perceived political enemies
were very crude.
9. The 'impeached' Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Dr. Adewale Omirin, has said his purported removal by members of the Assembly was a big joke and one of the greatest jokes of 2014. Omirin said he remains the authentic Speaker of the State Assembly.
The impeachment of President Goodluck, and the process is expected to commence immediately House reconvenes in December.
Written by NEWSTRAWL ONLINE UPDATE
Sodiq Oyeleke is a Media, Human Resources, Project Management and Public Relations Practitioner
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