Naija News: Top Nigerian Newspaper Headlines For Today, Wednesday, 29th November, 2023

Top Headlines from Naija News, Wednesday, 29th November, 2023:

1. Former Chief of Army Staff, Theophilus Danjuma, has alleged that ex-Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke excelled in corruption.

   Danjuma said Alison-Madueke was the only Nigerian woman he knew that excelled in corruption.

2. The Speaker of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi, has been sacked by the Appeal Court sitting in Abuja.

   It was gathered that the Appeal Court, on Tuesday, declared Ibrahim Abdullahi Sa’ad of the People Democratic Party (PDP) as the authentic winner of the March 18, 2023, speakership election in the state.

3. The House of Representatives has resolved to set up an ad hoc committee to resolve the crisis between the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki and Oba of Benin, Ewuare II.

   The resolution to set up the committee was reached on Tuesday following a motion of urgent public importance moved by Billy Osawaru and four others.

4. There is no respite in sight for university workers under the umbrella of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, who are agitating for the release of their withheld salaries resulting from last year’s industrial action.

   Reports has it that the union last week lost its suit against the federal government over the salaries withheld for the period they were on strike in 2022.

5. On Tuesday, the Public Accounts Committee of the House of Representatives questioned the Federal Ministry of Water Resources on allegations that it had sunk one borehole at a cost of N25 million and others at a price of N12.5 million each.

   IDOMA VOICE reports that the chairman of the Committee, Bamidele Salam, also criticized the N4 billion the ministry allegedly spent on hiring 100 people for a three-month Youth Engagement for Sanitation project that will span the nation’s 774 Local Government Areas.

6. Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja has adjourned the trial of the immediate past Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, to January 18, 2024.

   At the resumed hearing on Tuesday, Justice Muazu ruled that Emefiele would remain in Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja pending the perfection of his bail conditions.

7. President Bola Tinubu has written the House of Representatives seeking the approval of the green chamber for a $8.6bn and €100m external borrowing plan for critical infrastructure in areas such as power, roads, water, railway, and health.

   The President also forwarded the Federal Capital Territory Supplementary Budget to the House for consideration.

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.