By Justina Auta Some women groups have called for a review of legal administrative parameters used for deployment of force personnel to Very Important Personalities (VIPs) to avert assault, sexual abuse and other inhumane treatment meted on them. These groups made the call at a joint press conference on Friday in Abuja over the alleged recent assault and human right abuse of Inspector Teju Moses by Prof. Zainab Abiola, a legal Practitioner and human rights activist. Prof. Joy Ezeilo, Founder, Women Aid Collective (WACOL) described the incident as barbaric and inhumane, calling for thorough investigation to establish the culpability of…
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Nigerian government has selected Ethiopian Airlines (ET) Consortium as preferred bidder for Nigeria Air. The Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika disclosed this during a media briefing in Abuja on Friday. According to him, Ethiopian Airlines scored 89 per cent out of 100 on technical bid and 15 out 20 on financial bid. Sirika explained that the Request for Proposal (RFP) under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Act, governed by Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission(ICRC) regarding the Nigeria Air was now completed. “After a careful, detailed and ICRC governed selection process, Ethiopian Airlines (ET) Consortium has been selected as preferred bidder, offering…
The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), has shared N673.137 billion to the three tiers of government as federation allocation for August. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Phil Abiamuwe-Mowete, the Director (Information/Press) on Friday. The federal government received N259.641 billion, the states received N222.949 billion, and the Local Government Councils got N164.247 billion. The N673.137 billion was inclusive of Gross Statutory Revenue, Value Added Tax (VAT), and an Augmentation of Non Oil Excess Revenue. The communiqué issued at the end of the meeting indicated that the Gross Revenue available from the VAT for August was N215.266 billion.…
By Justina Auta The paramount chief of Gidan Gimba in Karu local government area of Nasarawa state, Danjuma Audu has commended Rotary Club Abuja CBD for commencing the construction of classrooms and toilets at the community’s Central Primary School. Audu, while expressing pleasure over the project, said the facilities, when completed, would help in decongesting the existing block of two classrooms and stopping of open defecation in the school. The traditional ruler, therefore, lauded the club for the timely intervention, which he said would improve access to quality education in the community. Inaugurating the project, the Club’s President, Mr Max…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has approached the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, asking it to set aside the judgement of the National Industrial Court (NIC) that ordered to call off its over seven-month old strike action. The union, in a 14-ground of appeal it lodged through its team of lawyers led by a frontline human rights activist, Femi Falana SAN, equally applied for a stay of execution of the judgement. It will be recalled that the NIC had in a judgement that was delivered on Wednesday by Justice Polycarp Hamman, ordered the striking varsity lecturers to…
The Society of Digital Newspaper Owners of Nigeria (SDNON) has felicitated with its Patron, Oba Makama Oyelude, Tegbosun II, the Olowu of Kutamiti of Kingdom, Osun state on the occasion of his 10th coronation anniversary. The President of the Society, Otunba Femi Davies in a statement by SDNON PRO, Gbolahan Adetayo, eulogized the leadership and visionary qualities Oba Makama, noting that Owu Kuta has experienced tremendous development under his reign. “We congratulate Oba Makama Oyelude, Tegbosun II, the Olowu of Kutatimi of Kingdom, on the occasion of his 10 years anniversary of sitting on the throne of his forefathers. “Apart…
West African leaders have agreed at an emergency meeting on Thursday to impose gradual sanctions on Guinea’s military junta over its inflexibility on setting a date to return to civilian rule, AFP has reported. As Malian authorities held a traditional military parade on Thursday to mark the country’s independence day in the presence of the head of Guinea´s military junta, Col Mamady Doumbouya, West African leaders were in a meeting in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. They agreed at the emergency summit to impose gradual sanctions on Guinea’s junta over its inflexibility in setting a…
The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (PCN) says it has sealed 342 pharmacy and patent medicine outlets, just as it arrested one person in Ogun. The Director of Enforcement, Mr Stephen Esumobi made this known while addressing journalists on Friday in Abeokuta. Esumobi said that the exercise was part of the council’s effort to sanitise the drug distribution system in the country. According to him, 646 premises were visited, out of which 342 were sealed for offences ranging from operating without registration or renewal of premises certificate and poor storage conditions among others. Others are unauthorised sale of substance of abuse,…
Center for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD), has called for compulsory use of sign language in public institutions in Nigeria, to give the deaf community a sense of belonging. Mr David Anyaele, Executive Director, CCD said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja in commemoration of the International Sign Language Day. The International Sign Language Day is marked every Sept. 23 by the Deaf Community Globally and the 2022 theme is “Sign Language Unite Us”. “Recognising that over 80 per cent of deaf persons in the world are living in developing countries, with millions of Nigerians having one level of…
There are reports of flooding across all the riverine local government areas of Benue, the state Commissioner for Water Resources and Environment Godwin Oyiwona has said. He said on Friday that all the local government areas on riverine areas and few others were affected. He named the local government areas to include Makurdi, Agatu, Logo, Guma, Buruku, Otukpo and Gwer-West, among others, noting that government was doing its best to mitigate flooding effects on the people. According to him, the government has released funds for the cleaning of Idye Basin that controls most of the water-flow within Makurdi. He said…