Nigeria: airline takeover, Press awash with Buhari's holiday, trial of senate president
The five days vacation taken by President Muhammadu Buhari, Supreme Court's nod for the trial of senate president along with the state takeover of Aero Contractor airline headed many Nigerian papers on Saturday.National Mirror explained that eight months after he took over power from former President Goodluck Jonathan on May 29, 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday proceeded on holiday.It said Vice President Yemi Osinbajo would perform the functions of the President.
Country is excited that the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) on Friday got the green light from the Supreme Court to continue together with the 13-count false advantage announcement charge brought against Senate President Bukola Saraki by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB).
This Day reported that the premise of complete ownership of Aero Contractors, a superior airline in Nigeria, is not going to affect its flight operations, as Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON), takes over the airline due to debt.
Vanguard said President Buhari has shown that his administration has within three months saved N2.2 trillion for the nation through the enforcement of the Treasury Single Account, TSA.
As problems of inferior power supply, lack excess billings, of facilities, insufficient care and others last Guardian said, Nigerians have questioned the rationale behind the increase in electricity tariff.
Daily Independent said Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, will hold a combined meeting with leaders of the Nigeria Labour Congress and top executives of Electricity Distribution Businesses next week to avert the planned picketing of the Discos by members of the NLC.The Sun reported that five military personnel deployed to checkmate pipe~line vandals at Abule place of Ikorodu, Lagos State were killed in the first hours of Friday as they engaged the vandals who were armed to the teeth.