… As Southeast, Southwest seek to join A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday, adjourned the suit filed by the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), seeking referendum to determine the fate of Biafra and other self determination agitations. CNG had, in June, sued the National Assembly, and the Attorney General asking the court to compel the defendants to halt the ongoing constitutional review exercise and in its place, conduct a referendum to determine what determines Nigeria and who populates it. Speaking after the adjournment, the spokesperson of the CNG, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, told reporters that the court could not…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The National President of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Chris Isiguzo has announced the setting up of committee to review its constitution. A statement by the National Secretary, Shuaibu Leman made available to newsmen on Monday, said the National Treasurer, Dele Atumbi will serve as chairman while the chairnan of Kogi Council will serve as secretary. The committee will study the present constitution to ascertain areas/sections that require amendment as well as collate submissions from state councils/stakeholders on areas/sections for amendment. “In line with the campaign promise of the President, Comrade Chris Isiguzo to review the Union’s constitution, the…
The fourth World Laureates Forum kicked off on Monday, in the Chinese city of Shanghai, gathering more than 130 decorated scientists, including 68 Nobel Prize winners, to attend the three-day forum. Focusing on the theme, “Open science: build an open innovation ecosystem,’’ this year’s forum will host nearly 100 conferences and activities in 14 sections, covering a number of basic disciplines such as chemistry, physics, life science and mathematics. Michael Levitt, 2013 Nobel laureate in chemistry and vice chairman of the World Laureates Association (WLA), published the initiative with the same title as that of the forum at the opening…
The Nigerian Army has claimed that recent killings, arson and destructions in the south- eastern part of the country Nigeria were orchestrated and executed by members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN). The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, stated this while briefing newsmen on the ongoing army exercises across the country on Monday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said the group had engaged in killing of innocent citizens and burning of houses and turned around to accuse personnel of Nigerian Army of perpetrating the acts. He urged the public to disregard the various…
The Supreme Court on Monday, fixed January 17, 2022 to hear an application challenging the jurisdiction of the court in the case instituted by the Rivers government, seeking to stop the Federal Government from ceding 17 oil wells in the state to Imo. The court will also hear the application challenging the competence of the main suit. The seven-member panel led by Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun, fixed the date after counsel to the Attorney- General of the Federation and Imo, Mr Remi Olatubora, SAN and Mr Olushola Oke, SAN, told the court that they had two motions. The motions, they said,…
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has dismissed the no-case submission by the Managing Director of First Nation Airways Limited, Kayode Odukoya and ordered him to open his defence on January 17, 2022. He is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for an alleged N1.7 billion fraud and had filed a no-case submission. Odukoya is standing trial alongside First Nation Airways Limited and Bellview Airlines Limited on a seven-count charge bordering on forgery, use of false document, perjury, stealing and obtaining credit by fraud contrary to sections 85(1), 86(1), 278(1)&(b),…
The absence of the the defendant in Lagos on Friday, stalled the cross-examination of the Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, in a case of N761 million alleged fraud. The defendant, Abubakar Peters, contracted Coronavirus and is in an isolation centre, according to his counsel, Mr E.O. Isiramen. Peters is standing trial along with his company, Nadabo Energy Ltd. for oil subsidy fraud. Bawa is a prosecution witness in the case before an Ikeja high court. At the start of proceedings, Isiramen informed the court that the defendant tested positive for coronavirus. “He is ill…
The federal government in collaboration with the World Bank-assisted mineral sector support for economic diversification (MinDiver) project has begun a national training programme on Jewelry making for 40 Nigerian youths. Mr Olamilekan Adegbite, Minister of Mines and Steel Development (MMSD) made this known at the Gemstone and Jewelry workshop on Monday in Abuja. Adegbite said the participants were drawn from across the country to undergo eight months training, adding that they would be given the mandate to train other Nigerians across the 36 states and FCT. “As a follow-up, the government is taking the crucial step, as demonstrated by this…
Sen. Iyorcha Ayu has been elected the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as Taofeek Arapaja also emerged the National Deputy Chairman (South). Ayu, who was the consensus candidate at the party national convention in Abuja, got 3,426 affirmative votes out of 3,511 accredited voters. However, Arapaja secured a total of 2,004 votes to defeat his only rival, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, former governor of Osun, who polled 705 votes, while invalid votes were 165. Also, Umar Damagum scored a total of 2,222 votes to defeat his sole rival, Mrs Inna Ciroma, for the position of Deputy National Chairman…
When the news hit the airwaves that the federal government had budgeted N6.3 billion to build an airport at Wachakal, in Yobe State, 130 kilometres from Damaturu, the state capital, not a few people were taken by surprise. This is because there is already an international cargo airport, which can serve as a normal airport as well, being built in the state capital. In 2017, the then governor, Ibrahim Geidam, had awarded the contract for its building at the cost of N11.3 billion with the promise that the contractors would complete it by the end of his tenure, which ended…