The people of South-South zone are demanding for amendment of the 1999 constitution, resource control, fiscal federalism, full autonomy, devolution of power, creation of state police and gender equality. This indication was unveiled when the Senate committee, led by Sen. James Manager, hosted the people of Delta, Edo and Bayelsa states of the zone at a hearing on constitution amendment, on Wednesday in Asaba. The Senate committee members are Senators James Manager and Peter Nwaobushi from Delta; Seriake Dickson, Clopas Moses and Degi-Eremielyo W.D from Bayelsa and Mathew Orohighide and Francis Alihiemeha from Edo. The people of Niger Delta demanded…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called for concerted efforts to mitigate both immediate and long-term adverse effects of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on education. Abubakar made the call in a statement signed by his Media aide, Paul Ibe, in Abuja on Wednesday, to mark the 2021 Children’s Day. The former vice president said it was incumbent on all as a society to ensure that children attained their full potential in life. He expressed concern that efforts to make life easy and better for the children were yielding abysmal results, noting that such has not been assisted by the ongoing…
The Court of Appeal in Benin on Wednesday upheld the victory of governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo at the 2020 governorship election. The judgement was delivered barely two months after the Elections Petitions Tribunal struck out the petition by the Action Democratic Party (ADP) and its governorship candidate, Iboi Lucky. The party had challenged the outcome of the Sept. 19, 2020, governorship election, which returned Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as governor of Edo. The Appeal Court, delivering the judgement in the case marked CA/B/EPT/GOV/01 & 1A/2021 Action Democratic Party & Anor v. INEC & 2Ors, held…
One of Nigeria’s legal luminary, Chief Afe Babalola (SAN), has urged the National Assembly, NASS, to find ways of reawakening and reenacting the 1963 Constitution, as against the 1999 Constitution being contemplated for amendment. He said the 1999 constitution would not solve Nigeria’s problems. Babalola gave the advise in a statement he personally signed in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday. “Alternatively, since amendment in law includes substitution for an existing document, why is it that the national assembly cannot call for a Public Hearing on the substitution of the 1999 constitution for the 1963 constitution which was made with the consent…
Hundred persons have been declared missing as a result of boat mishap that occurred near Corner Libata Ingaski, a border town between Kebbi and Niger. The Director-General of the Niger State Emergency Management Agency (NSEMA), Ahmed Inga confirmed this on Wednesday. The passengers, believed to be mainly women and children, were travelling from Niger to Kebbi on Wednesday morning when the vessel capsized. He said the agency received report of boat mishap that occurred around 8 a.m, adding that the boat was said to have taken off at Loko Minna in Niger, by 7:30 a.m. Inga said that the boat…
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto has said that the Executive Order 10 signed by President Muhammadu Buhari on autonomy of the judiciary, and expected to be implemented by state governments, is unconstitutional and unnecessary. The governor stated this while while delivering a speech at the Special Attorney-General Colloquium in honor of the Chief Judge of Ekiti, Justice Ayodeji Daramola in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday. “The Executive Order 10, ostensibly intended to support the implementation of judicial financial autonomy, was completely unnecessary and ill-advised. “As Governors, we will be failing in our responsibility if we refuse to draw the attention of the…
Borno and Yobe states have both rejected calls for the creation of additional states, local councils and state police in the country. The states made their positions known in separate presentations at the ongoing public hearing on the 1999 constitutional review held on Wednesday, in Bauchi. The Speaker, Borno State House of Assembly, AbdulKareem Lawan said the state was opposed to the creation states and state police. “Borno State is already devastated for now. We don’t need additional states and local government councils, because some of the councils just bear names without people. “So, there is no need for the…
The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) says it is expecting the first production of crude from some of the recently awarded 57 marginal oilfields in January 2022. Mr Sarki Auwalu, Director, DPR, said this during a strategic engagement session with the Nigeria Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI) on Wednesday in Lagos. Marginal fields are smaller oil blocks typically developed by indigenous companies. Auwalu said the 2020 marginal oilfield bid round was almost at completion stage with successful companies paying their signature bonuses. He said the award of the marginal oilfield would increase Nigeria’s oil and gas production capacity and reserves…
…As he urges charges NIPSS to understudy Nigeria’s security, economy Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto has said that Nigeria “does not need any physical or geographical reconfiguration, but what will make life better for the people.” He also called on participants of the Senior Executive Course (SEC) of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), to conduct researches on the security and economic challenges of the country. The governor stated these when he received the participants of the SEC Course 43 of the NIPSS, led by Professor Dung Pam Sha, who were on a study tour to Sokoto…
Following a clash between bandits and vigilantes, which left 21 people death in Rabah local government area of Sokoto state, governor Aminu Tambuwal, has reiterated the need to restructure and reposition the groups in order to strengthen them to assist the subsisting federal government security outfits in the state. The governor disclosed the proposed policy thrust l at Gandi town on Monday. According to Tambuwal, the development became necessary in view of security breaches experienced in the eastern part of the state. “We’re going to restructure and reposition the vigilante groups in Sokoto state. We are going to make sure…