Friday, April 08, 2016

NEWSTRAWL: 10 things to know this Friday morning|08-04-2016

Friday, April 08, 2016

NEWSTRAWL: 10 things to know this Friday morning|08-04-2016

1. President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday pleaded with the NARD and assured the doctors that all agreements duly entered into by the FG will be honoured by his administration.

2. The EFCC Thursday, arraigned five staff of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) before Justice Kuewumi Babs of the Federal High Court Lagos on 21- count charge of conspiracy, forgery and money laundering. 

3. Report has it that President Muhammadu Buhari will visit China on Sunday to seal a deal worth about 2 billion dollars loan for the financing of the nation's 2016 budget.

4. An FCT High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, on Thursday, ordered the EFCC to release a cousin of former President, Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. Azibaola Robert, on bail.

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5.President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday formally received the details of the 2016 Appropriation Bill from the N'Assembly. It's a 1,800-page document.

6. Petition by the Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh that his trial be transferred from Justice Abang Okon to another judge has been dismissed.

7. The ECOWAS Court will on April 11 rule on whether it has the jurisdiction to entertain a case brought before it by the former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki or not.

8. The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has explained that it suspended its six lawmakers because they plotted to take over the leadership of the assembly. 

9. Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola has said that frequent industrial actions by workers in the electricity supply industry has caused the nation a heavy loss of about N7.734bn between 2014 & 2016. 

10. Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, Thursday met behind closed door with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Villa, Abuja.

++ OAU students go on vacation, UNILAG shut down indefinitely 

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Sodiq Oyeleke is a Media, Human Resources, Project Management and Public Relations Practitioner

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