Naija News: Top Nigerian Newspaper Headlines For Today, Monday, 4th December, 2023

Top Headlines from Naija News, Monday, 4th December, 2023:

1. The Special Assistant to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Social Media, Dada Olusegun, has distanced his principal and former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, from the ownership of oil and gas logistics company, Integrated Logistic Services Nigeria Limited (Intels).

   Recall that reports had emerged claiming Tinubu had acquired shares of Intel and awarded contracts to the firm. Another report had claimed that Atiku still remained a shareholder of the logistics company.

2. The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, says he has no relationship with an oil and gas logistics company, Integrated Logistic Services Nigeria Limited (Intels).

   Atiku made this known in an X post on Sunday while reacting to a claim that he is a beneficiary of the decision to rescind the contract cancellation between Intels and the Federal Government.

3. The Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Media and Publicity, Temitope Ajayi, has given the reason for 1,411 Nigerian delegates at the ongoing COP28 Climate Change Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

   IDOMA VOICE reports that public outrage has greeted the list of Nigerian delegates to the Climate Change summit, with many Nigerians on social media asking the reason for the inclusion of some names on the purported list.

4. The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio to use his leadership position to promptly reject the plan by the Minister of the FCT, Nysom Wike, to spend N15 billion for the construction of ‘a befitting residence’ for the Vice President, Kashim Shettima.

   In the letter dated 2 December 2023 and signed by SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare, the organisation urged him to assert the Senate’s authority and constitutional oversight roles to reject the N2.8 billion on publicity for the FCTA and other proposed wasteful and unnecessary spending that may be contained in the 2023 supplementary budget and the 2024 budget proposed by President Bola Tinubu.

5. The federal government says it will soon commence disbursement of funds under its N125 billion Presidential Palliative Programme, targeted at alleviating the impact of the removal of fuel subsidies.

   Doris Uzoka-Anite, the Minister for Industry, Trade and Investment, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, noting that the programmes consisted of the Presidential Conditional Grant Programme and the Presidential Palliative Loan Programme.

6. Troops from Operation Desert Sanity arrested three soldiers in Maiduguri, Borno State, for allegedly stealing ammunition.

   They were apprehended in a concealed operation along Njimtilo Road in Maiduguri.

7. The 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, says he has no relationship with an oil and gas logistics company, Integrated Logistic Services Nigeria Limited (Intels).

   Atiku made this known in an X post on Sunday while reacting to a claim that he is a beneficiary of the decision to rescind the contract cancellation between Intels and the Federal Government.

8. On Tuesday, the Senate approved the appointments of the Chairman and members of the Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC).

   The appointees are Professor Tunji Olaopa as the Chairman and Dr. Dauda Jalo, Edet Eyoma, Chamberlain Nwele, Rufus Godwins and Dr. Adamu Hussein as members.

9. The Nigerian Army has strongly condemned what it described as an unprovoked attack on troops and patrol vehicles in a recent protest that occurred along Lafia-Makurdi Road in Nasarawa State.

   The protesters were said to have blocked the major highway in response to the outcome of the Court of Appeal’s ruling on the gubernatorial election in the state.

10. The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos State has affirmed Siminalayi Fubara of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the Governor of Rivers State.

    This comes after the Appeal Court dismissed the petition filed by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers State, Patrick Tonye-Cole.