1. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland, Iba Gani Adams, yesterday, reconciled and settled a 15 year old rift. It started in 2005 when the former president ordered the arrest and detention of Adams and the late Dr. Frederick Fasehun over the crisis that caused destruction of properties in Agege area of Lagos State.
2. The Police Command in Cross River State has confirmed the killing of an Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mr Egbe Edum, by gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday in Calabar. The deceased, who came into the state to see his family, was killed with an axe by gunmen on the Murtala Mohammed Highway after his car broke down. He was until his death the Commander of the Police Mobile Force Squadron 73 in Magumeri, Borno.
3. The Federal Government has said it will sanction any electricity distribution company or its representatives selling meters or asking Nigerians to pay money to get the item. According to the Special Adviser to the President on Infrastructure, Mr Ahmed Zakari, meters should be made available to Nigerians free of charge and that they must be produced locally in order to create jobs and revive our industry.
4. The immediate past Deputy Gov. of Zamfara, has announced his decision to dump the All Progressives Congress (APC) and join the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Mr Ibrahim Wakkala, said he started contemplating to deregister himself from the APC “when the party was hijacked by some self-centred individuals.
5. Delta State Commissioner for Finance, Fidelis Tilije, has disclosed that the state’s debt profile currently stands above N200b. He said the state could not borrow above 40 per cent ratio of its debt profile, adding that its current indebtedness stood at N207b with a debt ratio of 8.03 per cent.
6. Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has taunted the Kwankwasiyya faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), promoted by his predecessor, Dr. Rabiu Kwankwaso, for pulling out of the January 16,2021 local council elections in Kano State. In a statement yesterday by the Commissioner for Information, Muhammad Garba, the administration said the boycott “is nothing but a face-saving scheme, as the Kwankwasiyya faction has no platform to partake in the polls.”
7. Pope Francis on Wednesday condemned the massacre of farmworkers in Borno State. Remembering those who he said were “brutally killed”, he said: “May God welcome them in his peace and comfort their families, and convert the hearts of those who commit similar atrocities, which gravely offend his name.”
8. The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has described the warning by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 against Christmas Carols to curb a second wave of the virus as insensitive. CAN said it was not right for the government to threaten a ban on Christmas carol without consulting the leadership of the church.
9. The Federal Government has assured that Public universities in Nigeria will resume soon after months of strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Giving the assurance, the minister of education Adamu Adamu noted that progress had been made in talks geared towards ensuring an end to recurring issues.
10. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N117.6 billion for the rehabilitation of some roads in 11 states across the country. Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola said the aim is to improve the roads to make travelling by road more comfortable for Nigerians.
