10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers Monday morning, November 25, 2019

These 10 top stories from Nigerian newspapers will make your Monday morning.

1. HATE SPEECH BILL: Senator succumbs to pressure, removes portion on death penalty

The sponsor of the controversial hate speech bill, Aliyu Abdullahi, has promised to amend the document to ensure the death penalty aspect was yanked off according to the wishes of Nigerians. The bill, which seeks to check hate speech, has been condemned by many Nigerians, especially the aspect that recommended death penalty for offenders. Read more

2. Resist any form of intimidation from the Buhari Presidency, PDP advises Senate

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cautioned the National Assembly against relinquishing its statutory powers of checks and balances by honouring all requests from President Muhammadu Buhari without subjecting it to statutory scrutiny. Speaking on the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan’s comment that the Senate would honour any request from the president, PDP advised lawmakers not to surrender their independence to the executive. Read more

3. More troubles for Air Peace boss; wanted in Canada, as EFCC moves in on him

The travails of the chairman and CEO of Air Peace, Allen Onyema over an alleged $20 million fraud in the United States seems far from over. More authorities are getting involved in the case, as the Canadian authorities in line with an existing agreement with the US have set in motion, mechanisms to have the Nigerian businessman arrested. This is even as Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has reportedly set up a panel to investigate the financial activities of Onyema, based on his indictment by the US Justice Department.

Onyema was indicted alongside the international airline’s Chief of Administration and Finance, Ejiroghene Eghagha, by the US Department of Justice (DoJ) of “moving more than $20 million from Nigeria through some United States banks in a scheme involving false documents based on the purchase of airplanes.” Read more

4. Buhari orders security agents to fish out killers of PDP Women Leader

President Muhammadu Buhari Sunday ordered security agents to fish out those behind the murder of Mrs. Achejuh Abuh, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Women Leader in Kogi State. President Buhari said the “evildoers” must be brought to justice irrespective of their political allegiance.

The president in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in Abuja, said he was expecting thorough investigation into the heinous murder of the woman, who was a member of Wada/Aro campaign council in last week’s governorship election in Kogi State. Read more

5. Melaye says he’ll take part in Kogi supplementary poll

Senator Dino Melaye has said he would take part in the supplementary election for Kogi West senatorial district slated for November 30. This position is a shift from his party’s (PDP) which hinted at a likely boycott. The PDP had earlier suggested that it would not be participating in the poll because it lacked confidence in the process, citing alleged cases of abuse during the rerun. Read more

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6. Be like Ugwuanyi, embrace opposition parties, Jonathan admonishes political leaders

Former president Goodluck Jonathan has commended the leadership style of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State in fostering peace and unity among the political class in the state irrespective of party differences. Jonathan specifically said the governor’s disposition in relating with members of the opposition political parties, after winning the election, was commendable and the best approach to governance. Read more

7. 2023: There’s only one candidate, and he’s a northerner, that north will back —ACF Chief

The Acting Chairman of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Alhaji Musa Liman Kwande, said on Sunday the North would vote for only one candidate of northern extraction irrespective of the political party in 2023. Kwande, who told journalists in Lafia, Nasarawa State, said only tested and trusted Northern politicians would be allowed to contest for public offices with candidates from other parts of the country in 2023. Read more

8. I knew Air Peace chairman had ulterior motive for evacuating Nigerians from South Africa —Onochie

President Muhammadu Buhari’s Personal Assistant on Social Media, Lauretta Onochie, has alleged that the Chairman of Air Peace, Allen Onyema, had an ulterior motive when he evacuated stranded Nigerians from South Africa free of charge. She made this comment in reaction to the indictment of Onyema by the United States Department of Justice. Read more

9. New rule by AGF Malami to manage all recovered assets will sabotage corruption fight —HEDA

Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA), a civil society organisation, has said that the new rule by the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, on the management of recovered assets would promote corruption. Reacting to the rule which vests in the AGF, the exclusive power to manage all stolen assets recovered by anti-graft agencies, HEDA said it was tantamount to “pulling the carpet off the feet of anti-corruption agencies established by Acts of parliament.” Read more

10. PFN vows to resist UNN’s witches conference, asks Christians to call on God ‘to fight for His name’

The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has vowed to frustrate the planned witches conference being organized by the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). The Enugu State Chairman of PFN, Bishop Godwin Madu, made the vow on Sunday in a statement, declaring that Enugu State is in serious danger if the proposed conference scheduled to hold this week is allowed. Read more

 

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