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Major Nigerian News of Today, November 22, 2018

1. Buhari Receives Security Report From NIPPS Participants

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met with the Senior Executive Course 40 of the National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Plateau State. The weekly Federal Executive Council meeting could therefore not hold due to the President’s meeting with the course participants from NIPPS.

2. Court Picks December 6 To Rule On Investigations Into Ganduje Bribery Video

A Kano High Court has fixed Thursday, December 6, 2018 to rule on whether the state House of Assembly has the power to investigate the bribery allegation against Governor Abdullahi Ganduje. The National Coordinator of Lawyers for Sustainable Democracy in Nigeria, an NGO, Mr. Mohammed Zubair, had filed a suit challenging the court’s constitutional right to investigate the bribery allegation.

3. Buhari Meets With Ekweremadu, South East Governors

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday met behind closed doors with Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu, four Southeast governors and Deputy Governor of Anambra at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. It is reported that the Southeast governors, who were led by the Deputy Senate President, arrived the State House at about 4.20p.m

4. Buhari Appoints Musa Abaji As Supreme Court Judge

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Musa Abaji as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. This was contained in an announcement via a letter he sent to the Senate on Tuesday which was read by the Senate President, Bukola Saraki.

5. Security Operatives Take Over Akwa Ibom State House Of Assembly

The police and other security operatives in Akwa Ibom State have sealed off the premises of the state’s House of Assembly. The development is said to be connected to recent decisions by some lawmakers to dump the PDP for the APC, a development which has been generating controversies in the state.

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