SERAP has
sent an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari urging him to direct the
Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami, or
appropriate anti-corruption agencies to investigate allegations of bribery
against Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State.
Kano State
governor, Umar Ganduje, was invited by the state's House of Assembly panel
investigating bribery allegations against him in light of videos that have
emerged where he was caught receiving dollar notes from a contractor.
Two more
videos were released this week to further put pressure on the governor to
resign or risk impeachment.
Even though
he was directed to appear before the committee on Firday, November 2, he failed
to show up but sent the state's Commissioner for Information, Mohammed Garba,
to represent him.
While
addressing the committee, Garba said the allegations against the governor are
false. He also dismissed the videos as doctored.
Jimi Agbaje, candidate of the
People's Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 Lagos governorship election, picked
Haleemat Busari, a lawyer, as his running mate for next year's polls.
Senator Ademola Adeleke (Osun West -
PDP) was granted bail after he was arraigned before the Federal High Court,
Abuja, to face allegations of examination malpractice. He pleaded not guilty to
the charges and alleged that its a political witchhunt.
The National Industrial Court of
Nigeria ordered the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) not to embark on a planned
indefinite strike scheduled to commence on November 6. The union insisted the
strike will go on as planned as it continues to battle the federal government
over the implementation of a new national minimum wage.
Former Minister of Works and Board of
Trustees (BOT) chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Tony Anenih,
died at the age of 85 at an Abuja hospital where he was receiving treatment.
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