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Nigeria Breaking News Today Tuesday, August 21 2018
This is a roundup of some of the breaking news in Nigeria for Tuesday, August 21 2018
Saraki Attacks Presidency, Says Late Submission Of INEC’s Budget, Lack Of Foresight
Bukola Saraki, the Senate President, on Sunday, attacked the Presidency stating that the late submission of the Independent National Electoral Commission’s budget for the 2019 general election is due to lack of foresight.
Saraki who released a statement through his Special Adviser on New Media, Olu Onemola, blasted the President Muhammadu Buhari Media Organisation for blaming him of slowing down the approval of INEC’s budget.
5 important points from Saraki’s Response to Tinubu
Today, the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, replied Aiswaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In a 12-paragraph statement titled “The Tinubu Rhetoric: My Response,” Saraki revealed that Tinubu has expressed strong reservations about the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government; and has demonstrated certain inconsistencies “when one reviews his antecedents over the years.”
Akpabio Ask For Forgiveness From Akwa Ibom People, Says He Regret Imposing Emmanuel On Them
Godswill Akpabio, former Senate Minority Leader, has revealed that he regrets imposing Udom Emmanuel, the Akwa Ibom State Governor, on the people of the state.
While Apologising before a crowd at Ikot Ekpene Plaza, after returning from his mother-in-law’s burial at Enugu on Sunday, he stated that Emmanuel was the greatest mistake he made in a hurry and used the opportunity to ask for the peoples forgiveness.
See What Some APC Rep Members Said About Oshiomhole’s Move To Impeach Saraki
In respect to the news making round about the plan to impeach the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, who had defected from the All Progressives Congress to the Peoples Democratic Party, some members of the House of Representatives have stated that some of their colleagues in the party are against the move of Adams Oshiomhole, the National Chairman of the party to effect the impeachment.
The move was revealed while urging President Muhammadu Buhari to order the arrest of Oshiomhole over what they described as his persistent attacks on the National Assembly.
Boko Haram ‘Kills 63 People’ In Borno State
Boko Haram insurgents reportedly killed at least 63 persons in early hours of Sunday in Mailari, Borno state
An aid worker at Monguno camp who received survivors, told Reuters that the death toll was 63. According to him hundreds of people from villages in the area had fled to the camp for displaced people where he worked, in Monguno.
President Buhari Holds Closed Door Meeting With Security Chiefs
President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting the nation’s security chiefs behind closed doors in Abuja.
Naija News gathered the meeting commenced at about 11.25am and is holding inside the President’s office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
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