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July 17, 2024 France’s President Accepts Prime Minister’s Resignation

France’s President Accepts Prime Minister’s Resignation

France’s President, EMMANUEL MACRON has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister GABRIEL ATTAL’s government, which will now serve only in a caretaker capacity.

French politics have been in gridlock since an inconclusive snap election earlier this month, with parties in the National Assembly scrambling to put together a governing coalition and no successor to ATTAL in sight.

The outgoing premier and his team would handle day-to-day business until a new government is named.

MACRON had announced the plan earlier in the day at the government’s first cabinet meeting since his allies got roundly beaten earlier this month in a snap parliamentary election he had called to clarify the political landscape.

Macron told the ministers he would ask Attal to stay on for some weeks, probably until after the Paris Olympics, which open on July 26.

This gives political parties more time to build a governing coalition after the July 7 election runoff left the lower house without an overall majority.

July 17, 2024 NCDC Raises Alarm Over Increase in Yellow Fever Cases

NCDC Raises Alarm Over Increase in Yellow Fever Cases

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has issued a warning about the increasing number of yellow fever cases in the country, coinciding with the ongoing cholera outbreak that has affected nearly all states.

The Director-General of the NCDC, Dr. JIDE IDRIS issued the warning at a press conference in Abuja.

IDRIS said that since June, the NCDC has been actively managing a cholera outbreak that has spread across 34 states and the Federal Capital Territory, impacting 187 Local Government Areas.

IDRIS noted that the agency had also observed a troubling rise in yellow fever cases, particularly with the onset of the rainy season, noting that heavy rainfall and flooding significantly impact the spread of waterborne diseases like cholera and yellow fever.

July 17, 2024 President Bola Tinubu Gives Marching Order to the Military Concerning Crude Oil Theft

President Bola Tinubu Gives Marching Order to the Military Concerning Crude Oil Theft

President BOLA TINUBU has given a marching order to the Chief of Defence Staff – CDS, General CHRISTOPHER MUSA to curb crude oil theft and vandalism in the Niger Delta region of the country in the shortest possible time.

 The President said the directive became necessary as oil theft had become a national issue that needed to be surmounted to boost oil production and revenue generation in the country.

 The Group CEO of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mr MELE KYARI made this known in an interview with journalists at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja, after a meeting of all security and intelligence agency heads convened by the Chief of Defence Staff.

Also speaking, the Chief of Defence Staff General CHRISTOPHER MUSA, vowed to eliminate all acts of vandalism and other criminal activities throughout the South-South region.

They expressed President TINUBU’s  believes that achieving the desired economic stability would be impossible without curbing oil theft and other crimes in the Niger Delta region.

July 17, 2024 Federal Government, States and Local Governments Share N1.3Trn from FAAC

Federal Government, States and Local Governments Share N1.3Trn from FAAC

the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total of 1.354 trillionnaira to the three tiers of government.

A communiqué at the end of its meeting in Abuja indicated that the funds came from the Federation revenue earned in June.

The distributable revenue comprised statutory revenue of 142.5 billion naira, distributable Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue of 523.973 billion naira, Electronic Money Transfer Levy (EMTL) revenue of 15.692 billion naira, Exchange Difference revenue of 472.192 billion naira and Augmentation of 200.000 billion naira.

Total revenue of 2.483 trillion naira was available in the month of June 2024. Total deduction for cost of collection was 92.112 billion naira while total transfers, interventions and refunds was to 1,037.407 billion naira.

Gross statutory revenue of 1.432 trillion naira was received for the month of June 2024. This was higher than the sum of 1.223 trillion naira received in month of May 2024 by 208.773 billion naira.

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