The chairman, Toto local government area of Nasarawa state, Mr Abdullahi Aliyu has said that 17 communities were on Tuesday, submerged by flood following torrential rainfall on Tuesday. Aliyu stated this on Wednesday in Umaisha, Toto LGA, when he visited some of the affected communities to assess the level of of devastation. The council chairman, who was represented by his Deputy, Abubakar kwanaki, said that the visit was to ascertain the level of damage caused by the flood in the affected communities. “We are here to see things for ourselves, the level of damages caused by the flood. “It is…
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The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Justice Olukayode Ariwoola as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). The confirmation followed his screening at the plenary on Wednesday. Ariwoola, while responding to questions before his confirmation said the major challenge of the judiciary was inadequate funding of its operations. He said the judiciary must be funded, saying that judges should not been seen as begging. He urged the senate to always give expeditious approval to budgets of the judiciary to enable it discharge its duties. On allegation that some judges wrote a petition against the immediate past CJN, Ariwoola said…
The National Industrial Court ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to go back to work. The Federal Government in a suit, prayed for the order for ASUU to call off its seven months strike. The Minister of Labour and Employment on behalf of the federal overnment had filed the matter before the court by way of referral to resolve the issue of the ongoing strike by ASUU.
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mr Salihu Dembos as the Director-General/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA). The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, announced the appointment in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. In the statement signed by Mr Segun Adeyemi, the minister said the appointment is for tenure of three years in the first instance. Adeyemi is a Special Assistant to the President (Media) Office of the Minister of Information and Culture As contained in the statement, “until his appointment, Dembos was the Executive Director, Marketing, of the NTA. “Dembos’ career as a media professional spans over…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has explained that its operatives’ visit to the property occupied by Justice Ita Mbaba is not connected to the judge. Media reports have suggested that operatives of the anti-graft agency had invaded Justice Mbaba’s house in Kano. However, in a reaction by the spokesperson of the agency, Wilson Uwujaren mailed to ASHENEWS on Wednesday, the EFCC said the operatives were only “on a Property Verification Exercise, owing to a subsisting matter involving the owner of the property,” adding that “there is no truth, linkage or nexus with any investigation of the Honourable Justice of the…
The Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Kalu has ruled out the possibility of impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari; this he said as the Senate resumed from its annual recess on Tuesday. Speaking with journalists covering the upper chamber, Kalu said the security situation, which the opposition parties in the Senate used as basis for threatening Mr. President with impeachment before proceeding on recess two months ago. Below is the full transcription of the chat: “No body is talking about impeachment. Not on this floor. President Buhari has done well in some areas and failed in some areas. The impeachment threat…
President Muhammadu Buhari in separate letters of requests on Tuesday, sought approval of the Senate for issuance of promissory notes totaling over N402 billion, Newsdiaryonline has reported. The first of such requests read in plenary by President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan was N375 billion meant for settling outstanding claims owed various exporters. Other similar debts payment requests to be routed through Debt Management Office (DMO) are N6.706 billion for Kebbi State Government on construction of federal road in the State and N2.706 billion for Taraba State Government for constructing federal roads as well. President Buhari in another request as…
The Federal High Court Abuja has said ex-Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido, and his co-defendants, have a case to answer in the N712 million naira money-laundering charges filed against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. EFCC is prosecuting Lamido on 37 amended charges, alongside two of his sons, Aminu and Mustapha Lamido. Other defendants include Aminu Abubakar, a business associate to the Lamidos and four companies. The former governor had filed a no-case submission, after the EFCC closed its case, stating that the evidence provided by the prosecution did not disclose any case against him. However, ruling on the no-case…
Gong Dao’an, former deputy mayor and police chief of east China’s Shanghai Municipality, was sentenced to life in prison for taking bribes. The Intermediate People’s Court of Tangshan in Hebei Province announced this on Wednesday. Gong was deprived of his political rights for life, all of his personal property was confiscated, and his illegal gains from bribery, as well as the interest it generated, were recovered and turned over to the state treasury. The court found that Gong had taken advantage of the multiple positions he formerly held in Hubei Province and Shanghai Municipality to assist others in matters including…
Deng Huilin, former deputy mayor of southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for taking bribes. The Intermediate People’s Court of Baoding in Hebei Province announced the sentence on Wednesday. Deng, who was also head of the local public security bureau, was also given a 4-million-yuan ($575,242) fine as part of the penalty. His illegal gains from bribery, as well as the interest it generated, were recovered and turned over to the state treasury. Deng was found guilty of taking advantage of his former positions in Hubei Province and the Chongqing Municipality between 1999 and 2020…