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Nigeria Breaking News Today, Thursday, June, 20, 2019
This is a roundup of some of the breaking news in Nigeria for Today, Thursday, June 20, 2019.
Next Level: Buhari Finally Makes First Appointment
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday made the first official appointment of his second term since his inauguration on May 29, 2019.
A statement by the Director of Communications in the office of the Head of Civil Service, Wunmi Ogunmosunle, announced that Buhari has approved the re-appointed Ahmed Idris as the accountant-general of the federation.
Court Stops El-Rufai’s Religious Bill In Kaduna
A State High Court sitting in Kaduna State, northern Nigeria, has declared the Religious Bill recently passed by the former State House of Assembly as “illegal“.
Naija News reports that Justice D. Gwadah in the ruling, held that the plan by Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s led Kaduna State government to issue licences to the pastors of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) using the Religious Regulatory Bill is a “gross violation of their fundamental human rights, which guarantees freedom of association and freedom of religion”.
Buhari’s Ex-Minister’s Son Released
Dayo Adewole, the son of the former Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, has been released by his captors.
Speaking to Punch on Wednesday night, an aide to the minister confirmed Dayo’s release.
June 12: Obasanjo Has A Case To Answer Over Absence At Democracy Day Celebration – Presidency
The presidency has confirmed that it duly extended a letter of invitation to Chief Olusegun Obasanjo to attend the 2019 maiden June 12 democracy day celebration which held at the Eagle Square in Abuja.
This was confirmed in a series of tweets on Wednesday by presidential media aide, Garba Shehu while explaining that the President Buhari administration was not to be blamed for Chief Obasanjo’s absence at the national event.
Presidency Behaving Like ‘Spoilt Child’ – Fani-Kayode
Former Minister of Aviation Femi Fani-Kayode has berated the Presidency for attack ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo over his absence at the Democracy Day celebrations.
Naija News reported that the presidency had confirmed that it duly extended a letter of invitation to Obasanjo to attend the 2019 maiden June 12 democracy day celebration which held at the Eagle Square in Abuja.
Kogi Guber: Abubakar Audu’s Son Announce Intention To Run Against Yahaya Bello
Mona Mustapha Audu, the son of late Prince Abubakar Audu, has announced his intention to run in the November governorship election in Kogi State.
He promised the people of the state that he would sustain the political ideals of his father which focused on infrastructural and human capital development.
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