Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike on Wednesday approved demolition
1. Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike on Wednesday approved demolition of Garki, Jabi and other 28 slums which had earlier been surveyed by the Federal Capital Development Authority before this administration. The demolition, according to the FCTA, will affect about 6,000 buildings in the territory.
3. The Lagos State House of Assembly has rejected 17 out of the 39 commissioner-nominees submitted by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Some of the nominees rejected by the lawmakers include former Commissioner for Health, Prof Akin Abayomi and former Commissioner for Information & Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso.
5. Minister of the Federal Capital Territory , Nyesom Wike has prohibited street trading within Abuja. Wike attributed the ban to his belief that individuals who engage in activities like selling corn and street hawking contribute to the insecurity and criminal occurrences in the nation’s capital. 7. The scheduled arraignment of the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria , Godwin Emefiele by the Federal Government on a 20-count corruption charge failed to hold on Wednesday. The arraignment, earlier planned for last Thursday before Justice Hamza Muazu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Maitama, was shifted to August 23 as a result of the non-appearance in court of his co-defendant, Ms. Sa’adatu Rammalan Yaro.
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