“Our demands are simple: a full and unqualified apology from Abubakar and the presidency, and the unconditional restoration of the reportorial access and privileges withdrawn from our reporter. The apology should be addressed to our reporter and our newspaper,” an editorial by The Punch read.
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, has said that Nigeria is now the second largest producer of rice in the world.
There were indications on Thursday that the controversy over corruption allegation levied by the senate against the Secretary to the Federal Government, Babachir Lawal, may not die soon, and could result in a worsening relationship between the Presidency and the Senate.
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has described as false the rumours that State Governors will hold a meeting in Abuja on Thursday to discuss the health of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Presidency and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have denied claims that Ibrahim Magu, acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC, was sack this morning, December 31.
Magu’s return to the EFCC saw him more toughened and increasingly more determined to confront and crush the monster that has been fingered as having more or less brought Nigeria to her knees. Under Lamorde, he became even more visible as the nemesis of the perpetrators of corrupt acts; and as in the Ribadu years, significant gains made under this regime can be rightly attributed to him.
