PUNCH -
1. The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, says that there is no going back on strike until Federal Government meets its demands and agreements.
2. Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has appointed Dr. Mohammed Isah as the new Acting Chaiman of the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), Alhaji Ali Usman as the Acting Chairman of the National Pension Commission (PENCOM), and Prof. Bolaji Owosanoye as the Acting Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).
3. An investigation reveals that former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, former Kano State Governor, Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, and others interested in the next presidential race awaits President Muhammadu Buhari decision to contest or not.
4. Popular Nigerian singer, Jaywon, says that there is absolutely nothing wrong with entertainers going into politics. But they should however not abuse the opportunity for the sake of younger entertainers.
5. Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, says that the recent line drawn by the Federal Government on hate speech was a plot to silence the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Acting President Osinbajo had few days ago announced that the President Muhammadu Buhari’s government will start treating hate speeches like terrorism.
VANGUARD -
1. Federal Government reportedly ask court to return Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to prison for apparently violating his bail conditions.
2. Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State alleges that the recent announcement by the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Federal Governments decision to consider hate speeches as terrorism, is a plan to silence oppositions especially the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
3. Asari Dokubo asks President Muhammadu Buhari to show Nigerians the projects accomplished with the 2016 and 2017 trillion naira budgets
4. The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria urges Nigerians to ignore former President Olusegun Obasanjo over his comments that our lawmakers at the National Assembly can be best described as unarmed robbers.
5. The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) reportedly withdraws its threat to stop the forthcoming Governorship election in Anambra State.
NIGERIA TRIBUNE -
1. Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, lauds Federal Government on its decision to site one of the proposed six (6) campuses of the ICT University in Enugu State. The governor expressed his joy when the Minister of Communication, Abdur-Raheem Adebayo, visited him at the Government House in Enugu.
2. Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, says that the new Federal Government decision on hate speech is a plan to silence the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Acting President Yemi Osinbajo had announced that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration would treat hate speeches as terrorism.
3. Pastor E.A Adeboye, the General Overseer and Spiritual Leader of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the Abuja House in London on Friday.
4. Chief Adebayo Dayo, the embattled Chairman of the Ogun State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says that the dissolution of the state executive committee of the party based on the recommendation of the National Executive Committee would not stand.
DAILY TRUST -
1. Hajiya Jummai Alhassan, the Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development, said on Friday that the Federal Government is still in negotiation with the Boko Haram terrorists group to release the remaining Chibok schoolgirls. She however urged the media not to reopen the girls wounds by asking them to narrate their experiences while in captivity.
2. Pastor E.A Adeboye, the General Overseer and Spiritual Leader of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), visited President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday at the Abuja House in London, United Kingdom.
3. Acting President Yemi Osinbajo instructs newly appointed Chairmen of the National Pension Commission (Pencom), Alhaji Ali Usman; Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB), Dr. Mohammed Isah; and the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Prof. Bolaji Owosanoye; to resume duties pending senate confirmation.
4. Senator Ahmed Makarfi, the National Caretaker Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), cleaning up the party ahead of 2019 general elections.
5. Hon. Dele Olugbemi, a former Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, was reportedly sacked by Governor Ayodele Fayose as a commissioner on the board of the State Universal Baic Education Board (SUBEB) for allegedly supporting the governorship ambition of the Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Dayo Adeyey.
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