Nigerian newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Wednesday morning
1. The Senate Tuesday adopted a resolution calling on the Service Chiefs to resign or be sacked due to the prolonged security challenges in the country. Senator Francis Fadahunsi representing Osun East Senatorial District in an amended resolution in a motion earlier moved by Senator Ali Ndume representing Borno South Senatorial district, moved an amendment to the resolution that all the Service Chiefs should step down.
3. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has directed the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio to publish the names of lawmakers taking contracts from the Niger Delta Development Commission within 48 hours or risks the full wrath of the House. The Speaker directed the Clerk of the National Assembly to send a communication to the minister. The directive followed the adoption of a point of privilege.
6. The Southern Nigeria Peoples Mandate has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to set up a panel to probe financial misappropriation in the Niger Delta Development Commission . SNPM president, Augustine Chukwudum, made the call in a statement on Tuesday. He said the revelation by the Niger Delta Minister, Godswill Akpabio, that the same lawmakers investigating the agency got contracts, had dented the ongoing investigation. He also called for the sack of Akpabio and Pondei.
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