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Nigeria Breaking News, Today, Friday, 21st, August, 2020

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BREAKING: APC Supporters Barred As Judge Rules On Obaseki’s Certificate Case

This is a round-up of some-breaking news in Nigeria Today, Friday, 21st, August 2020.

EFCC: Again, Magu Writes Presidential Panel, Wants Copies of Documents

Ibrahim Magu, the suspended acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has again written to the Judicial Commission of Inquiry probing him.

Naija News reports that Magu in his letter asked the Justice Ayo Salami-led panel to provide copies of documents tendered against him by those who have appeared before the commission.

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Salami Panel: Osinbajo’s Aide Collected N250m Without Executing Contracts

Dr Donald Wokoma, a Special Assistant to the Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has been accused of receiving the sum of N250 million and allegedly failed to execute some contracts awarded to his firms in 2018.

According to PRNigeria, the Economic Confidential gathered that Wokoma was a signatory to the bank accounts of the companies when he was Special Assistant to the Vice President on the National Economic Council (NEC).

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Reno Omokri Launches Online Petition As He Calls For The Arrest Of APC National Leader of Bola Tinubu

Reno Omokri, a staunch critic of the present  Nigerian administration, has launched an online campaign for the anti-graft agency, EFCC to investigate former Lagos state governor, Bola Tinubu.

The petition on Change.org alleged that national leader of the ruling party, APC, committed a criminal offence by using bullion vans to convey large cash to his Ikoyi, Lagos home during the 2019 presidential election.

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Mali: Buhari Attends Virtual ECOWAS Meeting

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday attended the virtual Extraordinary Session of the Economic Community of West Africa States’ (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Government on the political rocking Mali.

Naija News reports that the ECOWAS emergency meeting was held following the military coup d’etat in Mali on Tuesday.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday attended the virtual Extraordinary Session of the Economic Community of West Africa States’ (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Government on the political rocking Mali.

Naija News reports that the ECOWAS emergency meeting was held following the military coup d’etat in Mali on Tuesday.

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NBA Bows To Pressure, Drops El-Rufai From Its List Of Conference Speakers

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has announced that Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai will no longer be speaking at its conference.

The NBA made the development known in a tweet on Thursday via its Twitter handle @NigBarAssoc.

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