The Newspaper Headlines for Wednesday, March 1, have focused on the exchange of words amongst members of the House of Representatives over President Muhammadu Buhari’s health status, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s disclosure that he will never stand in any contest against President Muhammadu Buhari or support anyone against him, amongst other top stories.
According to a report on The Punch, members of the House of Representatives exchanged words on Tuesday, February 28, over the health status of President Muhammadu Buhari.
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Lawmakers quarrelled over the use of the word “sickness” in referring to Buhari or explaining his reason for being away from the country to the United Kingdom since January 19.
It was gathered that the disagreement, which was more pronounced among members of the ruling All Progressives Congress started after the House Majority Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila tried to stop the Chief Whip, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, from describing the president as a sick man.
Gbajabiamila claimed that Buhari was on “medical vacation’ while Ado-Doguwa said the president was sick and was away to treat himself.
Moving on, All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has disclosed that he will never stand in any contest against President Muhammadu Buhari or support anyone against him, The Nation reports.
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Tinubu pledged his continued loyalty to the president and the APC in a statement to debunk a story published by ThisDay
The statement titled: “Response to Thisday false news report” added that the former Lagos state governor was neither planning a team nor holding consultations with the intention of planning any presidential campaign.
It also said Tinubu would never join the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) or any mega party, having laboured hard to bring the APC to life and power.
In other news, members of both chambers of the National Assembly are piqued at the xenophobic attacks against Nigerians living in South Africa and have threatened reprisals, if the attacks continued, Vanguard reports.
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Berating the executive arm of government for not engaging the South African government seriously on the attacks, the Senate and House of Representatives resolved to send their members to engage their counterparts in South Africa.
The lawmakers spoke as the Federal Government told the Senate that no Nigerian was killed in the latest xenophobic attacks in South Africa, just as protesters in Lagos, called for the closure of the South African High Commission in Nigeria.
Still on the xenophobic attacks, the South African government on Tuesday, February 28, deported 97 Nigerians resident in that country to Nigeria, This Day reports.
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The deportation of the 97 Nigerians may be a fallout of the recent xenophobic attacks against African immigrants in the Southern African country.
It was gathered that the 97 Nigerians were deported for civil and criminal offences.
Of the total, six of the deportees were said to have been returned to the country for drug offences, 10 were arrested and deported for criminal offences while others committed immigration offences.
Meanwhile, the Senate is set to probe the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) over claims that it mismanaged about N5.1 trillion it got as subsidy funds between 2006 and 2015, The Guardian reports.
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While raising a point of order, Dino Melaye (APC, Kogi West), drew the attention of the Senate to the refusal of the presidency to probe the nation’s oil corporation, which he said got 51 per cent share of companies approved to import petroleum products into the country.
The N5.1 trillion allegedly mismanaged is about 70 per cent of the N7.298 trillion national budget of 2017 and out of which the government plans to borrow N2.32 trillion. If this amount is recovered, it would help in funding government projects.
The amount of money allegedly mismanaged shows that the nation does not lack revenue to execute projects and programmes that could improve the wellbeing of the citizens. What it lacks is the effective management of the revenue. Also, the planned probe will lend credence to the anti-corruption campaign since the NNPC which is the nation’s cash cow is considered to be a nerve centre of corruption.
In the world of sports, FIFA Ethics Committee has banned former Nigerian sports administrator, Amos Adamu, for two years.
The committee has been investigating alleged breaches of its code of ethics by Adamu since March 2015, Complete Sports reports.
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It recommended a two-year ban and a fine in December
Adamu was a former FIFA executive committee member for four years, before his initial suspension for three years in 2010. The 62-year-old was found guilty of asking for money in exchange for World Cup votes, an accusation he denied.
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