President Muhammadu Buhari’s inauguration of three fighter jets and deregistration
of 74 political parties are trending in the Nigerian press on Friday.
The Nation newspaper reports that President Muhammadu Buhari launched three new
jets – two Augusta 109 power and one M117 –on Thursday, bringing to 22, the number of
fighter jets in the Nigerian Air Force inventory.
The Punch and many other newspapers reported that the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) has deregistered 74 political parties on the grounds that they failed to
meet the requirements for party registration.
The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who released the names of the deregistered
political parties at a press conference in Abuja, also said that 18 parties made the list of
registered parties in the country.
Channels Television said the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has inaugurated a 56-member
Constitution Review Committee, headed by the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie
Omo-Agege and also consists of all the eight principal officers, one senator from the
36 states and two members from each of the six geo-political zones.
This Day reported that as part of efforts to guard against the entry of Novel Coronavirus into
the country, the Director General, National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr. Chikwe
Ihekweazu, has stated that the federal government has introduced additional inspection
measures at the point of entry at all airports.
The Leadership said that the Independent National Electoral Commission has announced the
dates for Edo and Ondo governorship elections.
Accordingly, the commission has fixed Saturday, September 19, 2020, as the date for the
governorship election in Edo State and Saturday, October 10, 2020, for Ondo State.
The Guardian reported that for commuters in Nigeria’s commercial city, Lagos, these are
trying times as the Lagos State Government placed restriction on the operations of
commercial motorcycles and tricycles in six local governments.
The Daily Trust reported that the Nigerian Government has slashed its visa application
charges for citizens of the United States from $180 to $160.
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