A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, fixed February 28 for hearing a bail application filed by suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari. Justice Inyang Ekwo adjourned the matter after counsel to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Joseph Sunday, Director of Legal Services in the agency, prayed the court for more time to respond to Kyari’s bail application. Sunday came into the court shortly before the matter was called for the second time after it was stood down. Justice Ekwo, who advised the NDLEA to put its house in order, adjourned the matter until Feb. 28…
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Nigeria’s Senate on Wednesday called on the federal government to declare known leaders of terrorists wanted. The Upper Chamber made this call through a motion presented by Senator Bala Nallah, who raised an alarm over the kidnappings, banditry and related security challenges in Kebbi state. The motion was entitled; “Urgent need to surmount all kinds of kidnappings, banditry and related security challenges in Wasagu-Danko, Sakaba, and Yauri local government areas (LGAs) of Kebbi”. Presenting the motion, the lawmaker noted with concern that bandits are moving in hundreds from village to village, house to house in search of cattle to rustle…
The Zamfara State House of Assembly has impeached the Deputy Governor of the state, Mahdi Gusau. Mr Gusau was impeached during plenary on Wednesday shortly after the House received the report of the committee set up by the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Kulu Aliyu, to investigate the allegations against him. The seven-member panel headed by retired Justice Halidu Soba, was set up to investigate the alleged impeachable offences against the deputy governor. After the Speaker of the House, Nasiru Mua’zu received the report, a member of the panel, Oladipo Okpeseyi SAN told the Speaker that the committee carried…
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, gave an interim order forfeiting 10 property of former Governor of Zamfara, Abdulaziz Yari to the federal government. Justice Obiora Egwuatu gave the order following an ex-parte motion moved by counsel for the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Osuobeni Akponimisingha. Justice Egwuatu held that after carefully reading through the ICPC’s motion, exhibits attached and other processes, he was inclined to grant the order. He said that the court was empowered to grant the application going by the relevant sections of the law and the money laundering act. According to…
The Tanzanian Minister of Agriculture, Hussein Bashe has called on the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) to support the East African region towards cassava, soybean and banana transformation for economic prosperity. He made the call during a meeting with researchers from IITA’s Building and Economically Sustainable Integrated Cassava Seed System, phase 2, (BASICS-II). Bashe acknowledged that agriculture was crucial to the economic prosperity of the country but observed that the potential is yet to be unleashed. “Take cassava for instance, during Ramadan, my meal is incomplete if there is no cassava. The crop is still a food security crop……
President Muhammadu on Tuesday, advised the governors under the All Progressives Congress, APC, to explore consensus option during the forthcoming national convention of the party. The Chairman of the governors forum and Kebbi state governor, Atiku Bagudu told newsmen that consensus had worked for the APC because many state chairmen emerged through that process. “We have produced a number of national chairmen by consensus. “Bisi Akande emerged as the pioneer chairman of the APC through consensus, John Oyegun emerged by consensus, Adams Oshiomhole emerged by consensus; the president reminded us of that. “President Buhari is a believer in consensus as…
Nasarawa state governor, Abdullahi Sule has explained why stakeholders of the All Progressive Congress, (APC) in the state, endorsed Sen. Umaru Al-Makura as their candidate for the party’s national chairmanship position. Sule gave the explanation when he paid solidarity visit to the office of his predecessor, Al-Makura in Abuja on Monday. The governor said that the purpose of visiting the former governor was to show solidarity for his aspiration towards becoming the national chairman of the APC. Sule stated that Al-Makura represents the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), which led to the merger of the legacy parties in 2013…
A Federal High Court in Jos on Tuesday, sentenced a former minister of Water Resources, Sarah Ochekpe, Raymond Dabo and Evangelist Leo Sunday Jitung to three months imprisonment each. The three convicts, who have been standing trial for the past four years, were jailed on charges of conspiracy and money laundering. They however have option of paying N1,000,000 each as fine. Details later…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) says it is committed to implement various regulatory initiatives and programmes, in collaboration with all stakeholders in the telecom ecosystem. This is towards bridging identified gaps and shortages in critical telecom infrastructure in the country. The Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta stated this during an in-house interview which took place at the Commission’s Head Office in Abuja recently. He said: “The overarching objective is to fulfil Commission’s mandate and support extant and emergent policies and strategies of the Federal Government focused on providing ubiquitous, accessible and affordable broadband services in Nigeria.” According…
Nigeria’s former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has said that the 15 million out-of-school children are a threat to national security. Obasanjo made the call at the 2022 Murtala Muhammed Foundation annual lecture in Abuja on Monday. The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) had in a report last year put the number of out-of-school children in Nigeria at 15 million. Obasanjo said, “It didn’t matter how the country dealt with Boko Haram, banditry and kidnapping – either by stick or by carrot approach – those 15 million children that should be in school, but are not in school are the potential Boko…