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Summary Of Major Headlines In Nigerian Newspapers Today 28th February, 2018
1. Suspected herdsmen have rendered no fewer than 5,000 residents of
Mbatoho Chile community, an Island close to Benue State Government
House, of Makurdi local government homeless following a fresh attack.
The attack took place despite the commencement of Exercise Ayem A’
Kpatuma by the military to check the incursion of herdsmen into parts of
Benue State
2. The seeming frosty relationship between the Executive and the
National Assembly is slowing down governance, President Muhammadu Buhari
has said.
The President, who spoke at the National Executive Committee meeting
of the All Progressives Congress (APC), however, said the government was
working hard to resolve the differences between the Executive and the
National Assembly so that the country can move forward.
3. A summit convened by the Eastern Consultative Assembly, ECA, in Enugu was on Tuesday disrupted by pro-Biafra agitators.
It was gathered that the agitators made up of members of the
Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, the Movement for the Actualization of
the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, the Biafra Zionists Federation,
BZF, among several others, forced the event to an abrupt end.
4. Barrister Aisha Alkali Wakil, a North-East human rights activist,
popularly called Mama Boko Haram, has revealed that Abu Musab
Al-Barnawi-led faction of Boko Haram might be responsible for the
abduction of Dapchi School Girls.
Aisha Wakil, a former member of the Committee on Dialogue and
Peaceful Resolution of Security Challenges in the northern region of
Nigeria under the administration of former president Goodluck Jonathan,
had, in previous efforts, brought military officers and Boko Haram
Commanders together during negotiations.
5. Suspected herdsmen Tuesday invaded Gwamba community in Demsa Local Government Area of Adamawa State.
An eyewitness told said the attackers stormed two villages in the
community and opened fire on Tuesday morning, razing several houses,
while the residents fled in different directions for safety.
6. President Muhammadu Buhari has explained why he rejected the bill establishing Peace Corps of Nigeria.
Buhari’s explanation, which was contained in a letter read during
plenary on Tuesday by the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Yakubu Dogara cited security concerns and financial burden of funding
the organisation by the government as his reasons for rejecting the
bill.
7. The All Progressives Congress, APC, national chairman, Chief John
Odigie-Oyegun-led National Executive Committee has been given one year
extension to be in office.
This decision was arrived at during the national executive committee, NEC, meeting of the party holding in Abuja.
8. No fewer than four persons were critically battered on Tuesday in
Akaeze community, Ivo local government area of Ebonyi State following a
clash between herdsmen and farmers.
Report says three herdsmen were left with head injuries, while one of
the farmers received machete cuts on various parts of his body.
9. The Senate has explained the reason behind its move to amend
Investment and Security Act (ISA) 2007 and enactment of Unclaimed Funds
Bill 2018, saying there was so much benefit locked up in the sector,
capable of boosting the economy.
President of the Senate, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, said it had been
found that as much as N104 billion was locked up as unclaimed dividends
in the capital market.
10. The Senator representing Benue North East in the National
Assembly, Barnabas Gemade has faulted the reports in some quarters that
the federal legislature gets larger chunk of the nation’s income.
The Senator, who revealed that the National Assembly gets only but
0.06 per cent of the national budget, wondered why those whose interest
they were protecting through effective legislations were ones worried
about their take home.
Source DailyPost
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Director General of Energy Commission of Nigeria
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a result of wastage by Nigerians and not paucity of supply.
