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Nigeria Newspapers, February 8: Onnoghen saga intensifies as EFCC quizzes SAN allegedly connected with $30,000 found in CJN’s account

The main headlines in major newspapers today, Friday, February 8 are focused on new developments in the Onnoghen saga; ex president Goodluck Jonathan’s condemnation of the desperation of some African leaders to hold on to power; the creation of additional polling centres for the forthcoming elections by INEC; the electoral commission’s reiteration that the polls would not be postponed and the agreement reached by ASUU and the federal government, ending the union’s strike.

Kicking off the review, The Nation reports that a senior advocate of Nigeria has been quizzed by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged payment of about $30,000 into one of the domiciliary accounts of the suspended chief justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen.

The SAN, Joe Agi, was said to be Onnoghen’s referee when one of the domiciliary accounts was opened.

After obtaining a court order, Agi’s Abuja home was searched by the EFCC operatives in the early hours of Thursday, February 7.

The publication adds that more suspects might be arrested in connection with the ongoing screening of Justice Onnoghen’s accounts.

Newspaper Review: EFCC searches SAN’s home over $30,000 found in Onnoghen’s account

Front page of The Nation, Friday, February 8 (Photo credit: Legit.ng)
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On to The Guardian, and the publication reports that former president Goodluck Jonathan has condemned the desperation of some African leaders to hold on to power, a situation that has brought avoidable woes to the people on the continent.

Jonathan expressed his sentiments while speaking at a one-day peace conference themed “Peaceful Elections and National Development” which was organised by the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation (GJF) and took place in Abuja.

He said: “There is a vicious cycle in Africa where the struggle for political power leads to conflicts that bring up poor governance and creates hardship which fuels the struggle for change of leadership, thus creating further conflicts and poor leadership.”

The former president also pointed out that Africa’s relatively slow growth and poor performing economies are linked to the preponderance of conflicts.

He added that that many patriotic Africans will not deny the fact that the desperation that often characterises the struggle for power is at the root of most of the conflicts ravaging the continent.

Newspaper Review: EFCC searches SAN’s home over $30,000 found in Onnoghen’s account

Front page of The Guardian, Friday, February 8 (Photo credit: Legit.ng)
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Turning attention now to the subject of the forthcoming general elections, Punch is reporting that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced an additional 57,023 voting points to address the large number of voters which now stands at 84 million.

According to information obtained by the publication, the voting points would be carved out of the existing 119, 973 polling units nationwide.

The development comes following a statement made by the INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, barely a month ago, that more voting units would not be created.

Yakubu had said, in January 2019: “On polling units, the commission wishes to assure the media that there is no change in the number of polling units and voting points used for the 2015 general elections and the 2016 Area Council elections in the FCT.

“Any insinuation that new polling units, voting points or voting points are being created by the commission is utterly baseless and should be disregarded.”

Newspaper Review: EFCC searches SAN’s home over $30,000 found in Onnoghen’s account

Front page of Punch, Friday, February 8 (Photo credit: Legit.ng)
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Still on the subject of the elections, ThisDay reports that INEC has foreclosed any possibility of postponing the general election scheduled to start on Saturday, February 16 with the presidential and National Assembly contests.

The INEC chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, assured Nigerians and the international community that there would not be any postponement.

Some people have suggested that the electoral commission might have to postpone some elections, as a result of pending legal tussles arising from primaries organised by political parties.

Yakubu, while speaking at the national stakeholders’ meeting of the commission in Abuja on Thursday, February 7, however, said INEC would not be swayed into postponing any of the polls.

Newspaper Review: EFCC searches SAN’s home over $30,000 found in Onnoghen’s account

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Rounding things off, Vanguard reports that after signing agreements with the federal government, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) suspended its three-month-old strike.

The agreement was reached at the end of the conciliatory meeting held at the instance of the minister of labour and employment, Senator Chris Ngige and his education counterpart, Malam Adamu Adamu.

The truce was brokered after a team of students from the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) threatened a showdown against ASUU’s leadership.

Reading the agreement signed by both sides, Ngige expressed optimism that the strike would be suspended.

Newspaper Review: EFCC searches SAN’s home over $30,000 found in Onnoghen’s account

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