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September 1, 2021 Breaking: President Buhari Sacks Power, Agriculture Ministers

Breaking: President Buhari Sacks Power, Agriculture Ministers

Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari, has sacked two ministers.

They are the Minister of Agriculture, Mohammed Nanono and the Minister of state for power, Saleh Mamman.

This is the first time the President is taking such action since over six years he took over government.

The Minister of Environment, Mohammed Mahmoud Abubakar takes over Agriculture, while Abubakar Aliu Minister of State for Works takes over from Mamman Sale as the Minister of Power.

President Buhari, who announced the minor reshufflement during the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting, said it would be a continuous exercise.

September 1, 2021 Olu Of Warri Dissolves Council Of Chiefs

Olu Of Warri Dissolves Council Of Chiefs

All traditional council, committees and sub-committees across the Warri Kingdom have been dissolved by the Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III.

The dissolution is contained in memo dated today (September 1) “under the hand and seal of the Olu of Warri”.
The development is coming 10 days after Ogiame’s coronation as the 21st Olu in Ode-Itsekiri, Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State.

The statement cited Section 25 of the Delta State Traditional Rulers Council and Chiefs Law Capt. 2, Law of Delta State of Nigeria, 2008, to back the decision of the monarch.

It added that a revalidation and confirmation exercise will commence tomorrow.

It reads: “I, Ogiame Atuwatse III, hereby, announce, for the information of the general public, the Delta State government and particularly, the traditional rulers and chiefs committees, the dissolution of all traditional councils, committees, sub-committees and the scheduled exercise of revalidation/confirmation effective from the 2nd day of September, 2021"

September 1, 2021 PIA: NNPC Will No Longer Render Free Service To Government, Says Kyari

PIA: NNPC Will No Longer Render Free Service To Government, Says Kyari

The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mele Kyari has said the corporation will not render free service to the federal government when the NNPC is fully commercialized in the next few months.

Kyari noted that from then, all services rendered to the government by the NNPC limited or its subsidiaries will come at a cost to government, including the remittance of federation crude account funds to the planned upstream commission.

He stated that the NNPC was on course towards its final incorporation, explaining that it will no longer have access to government funding, but would survive based on its internal resilience and efficiency.

On Nigeria’s gas expansion programme, he stated that the country hadn’t done enough investing in it, adding that COVID-19 had actually proven that gas can be more resilient than oil.

With the assent to the PIA, he explained that gas monetisation, both domestically and for export and massive investment in gas infrastructure will take the front burner to create prosperity and jobs for Nigerians.

Kyari stressed that the plan is to develop what he described as the “white structure” for gas delivery in the country, to ensures that all parts of the country under 200 km max from the trunk line, is fully hooked to the gas system.

 

September 1, 2021 US President Joe Biden Defends American Withdrawal  As Taliban Celebrate

US President Joe Biden Defends American Withdrawal  As Taliban Celebrate

US President Joe Biden has defended his decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan - a move which led to Taliban militants returning to power.

Staying longer was not an option, Mr Biden said in an address to the nation, a day after the end of a 20-year US presence in Afghanistan.

He praised troops for organizing an airlift of more than 120,000 people wishing to flee the Taliban regime.

The Islamist militants have been celebrating what they call a victory.

US-led troops went into Afghanistan in 2001, ousting the Taliban in the wake of the devastating 9/11 attacks, blamed on al-Qaeda - a militant jihadist group then based in the Asian country.

Mr Biden has been widely criticised - at home and by his allies - over the abrupt manner of the US withdrawal, which led to the unexpected collapse of the Afghan security forces US troops had trained and funded for years.

 

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