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Thursday, 19 July 2018 04:29

Ex-CJN Katsina-Alu dies at 76

A former Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Mr Aloysius Katsina-Alu, died yesterday at the age of 76 in an Abuja hospital after a brief illness. Katsina-Alu, born on August 28, 1941 in Ushongo Local Government Area of Benue State, was Nigeria’s CJN from December 2009 to August 2011. He had his primary education at the RCM Primary School, Aduku; St. Ann’s Primary School, Turungwa and St. Patrick`s Primary School, Taraku, before proceeding to Mount St. Michael’s Secondary School, Aliade. Katsina-Alu who enrolled in 1962 at the Nigerian Military Training College, Kaduna, also attended Mons Military Training College, Aldershot, England. He…

Thursday, 19 July 2018 04:25

Oyo to host launch of UN SDGs Yoruba translation

Funmi Olaitan, Ibadan Oyo State government is set to host official launch of Yoruba translation of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), on Wednesday, July 25. The launch, a collaboration of United Nations Information Centre, Lagos (UNIC), United Nations Association of Nigeria (UNAN), Initiative for Information, Arts and Culture Development in Nigeria (IACD) and the state government will hold at Mapo Hall, Ibadan. The state Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mr. Toye Arulogun, said the translation of UN SDGs goal to Yoruba is to simplify objectives of SDGs in executing and implementing some pro-poor projects and programmes under Conditional…

Wednesday, 18 July 2018 04:09

Buhari rejects four bills passed by National Assembly

President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected four bills recently passed by National Assembly. The bills are Corporate Manslaughter Bill, 2018; National Child Protection and Enforcement Agency (NCPEA) Bill, 2018; Agricultural Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund Amendment Bill, 2018; and Courts and Tribunal Standard Scale of Fines Bill, 2018. Mr Buhari’s decision to withhold assent to the bills was contained in separate letters read out by the Senate President, Mr Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday. He also gave reasons for rejecting each of the bills. For NCPEA Bill, 2018, Buhari said all proposed responsibilities of the proposed agency are currently statutory responsibilities of Federal…

Wednesday, 18 July 2018 04:01

Public officials to submit credentials for screening – SGF

Secretary to Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, on Tuesday led political office holders and Permanent Secretaries in the Presidency to submit their credentials for scrutiny in the service-wide verification of personnel records. Speaking after he was screened, Secretary to the Government of the Federation said the exercise was part of the implementation of the eight priority areas of the 2017 to 2020 Federal Civil Service Strategy and Implementation Plan (FCSSIP). He said it would enable government to maintain an accurate and up to date data of employees, which would enhance transparency in personnel emolument costs. He urged all…

Tuesday, 17 July 2018 05:19

Claims that foreigners are involved in killings not true - French envoy

Outgoing French Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Denys Gauer, has identified impunity and injustice as factors driving the killings and bloodshed in Plateau, Benue, Kaduna and other parts of the country. The envoy attributed the killings to struggle for land, noting that foreigners were not involved in the bloodshed in Middle Belt region. Addressing journalists in commemoration of 2018 French National Day in Abuja on Saturday, the diplomat who would be rounding off his tour of duty at the end of the month, said Nigerians deserved to enjoy effective security and better governance than the government was currently providing. He admonished…

Tuesday, 17 July 2018 05:14

Third Mainland Bridge to be shut for three days - FG

Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos will be closed to traffic for three days from July 27, for investigative work, Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola has said. Fashola, who spoke, yesterday on Channels Television breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily in Federal Capital Territory (FCT), said the shutdown was necessary “to really do an examination just to be sure that there has been no material deterioration beyond what we procured”. The minister, who debunked the reports that the bridge would be closed for 27 months, said, “The first message we sent out was that it was going to be…

Tuesday, 17 July 2018 05:12

Nigerian judiciary to enforce yesterday’s email deadline

Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mr Walter Onnoghen, has restated his earlier directive for lawyers and judges to ensure the use of electronic emailing system for transfer of information from July 16. Onnoghen made the call during the launch of Retrofitted Court and Legal Email System which took place at the Supreme Court in February. CJN had noted that the dissemination of information through electronic emails by judiciary officials will become mandatory from July 16. “I will like to implore all judges and lawyers to join us on this quest for excellence by subscribing to, and acquiring the legal email, as…

Monday, 16 July 2018 04:33

Buhari arrives Netherlands

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday evening arrived Netherlands ahead of his scheduled visit to International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. The president’s aircraft landed at Rotterdam-The Hague Airport at about 7: 23 p.m. (Nigerian time). Mr Buhari was welcomed by Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji, President of ICC, Vice-President of the Court, Marc Perrin de Brichambut and Nigerian Foreign Affairs Minister, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama. Others at the airport to welcome the Nigerian leader were Mr Oji Ngofa, Nigeria’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Mr Robert Petri, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Nigeria. Also on hand…

Monday, 16 July 2018 04:25

Trump names EU a global foe, raps media before Putin summit

President Donald Trump named the European Union as a top adversary of the United States and denounced the news media as the "enemy of the people" before arriving in Helsinki on Sunday on the eve of his high-stakes summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin. Trump and his top aides were downplaying expectations for Monday's summit as Trump continued to rattle allies by lumping in the EU with Russia and China after barnstorming across Europe, causing chaos at the recent NATO summit and in a trip to the United Kingdom. Trump spent the weekend in Scotland at his resort in Turnberry, golfing,…

Saturday, 14 July 2018 04:18

We have lost confidence in your govt, Onaiyekan tells Buhari

Archbishop of Abuja, Roman Catholic Church, Mr John Cardinal Onaiyekan, has said that Nigerian bishops have lost confidence in the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. He stated that they were hopeful that God would give Nigerians a government that would do the right thing. He spoke to journalists in Ilorin, Kwara State capital on the sidelines of the ordination of Bishop Paul Olawoore as Bishop of Ilorin Catholic diocese on Friday. He lamented the killings of people in Nigeria, adding that government had not lived up to its constitutional responsibility of securing lives and property in the country. He said,…

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Friday, 13 July 2018 04:46

Buhari commissions Abuja metro line

President Muhammadu Buhari has launched Abuja metro rail line. Mr Buhari launched the line Thursday Morning at the new metro station in Central Business District (CBD), Abuja. After the launch, the president and other dignitaries and journalists took a ride from the CBD metro station to Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport. The rail line is the first phase of a metro line for Nigeria’s capital city. It will also be the first functional metro rail in the Nigerian capital. PT

Friday, 13 July 2018 04:45

Why Nigerians are being killed in South Africa – Ramaphosa

South African President, Mr Cyril Ramaphosa, on Wednesday explained that Nigerians were not deliberately being targeted to be killed in his country. Ramaphosa gave his view on the troubling issue when he paid a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja. Xenophobic attacks have been going on in South Africa for over a decade with many Nigerians caught in the attacks. No fewer than 117 Nigerians have been killed in South Africa since February 2016. Though there have been interventions by Nigerian Mission in South Africa, these killings have persisted. In February, spokesperson of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Tope Elias-Fatile,…

Friday, 13 July 2018 04:44

State police bill passes first reading at Senate

A bill seeking an amendment to Nigerian Constitution to accommodate state and community policing was on Thursday introduced at Senate. The bill, titled, “Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Alteration) Bill, 2018”, was sponsored by Deputy Senate President, Mr Ike Ekweremadu, and 75 other senators. It was read for the first time on Thursday. After its first reading, Mr Ekweremadu expressed his hope the bill would be read for the second time and sent for public hearing as soon as possible. The Senate had on July 4 directed its Constitution Review Committee to put in motion a machinery to…

Friday, 13 July 2018 04:42

FAAC suspends meeting indefinitely

The monthly Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting has been suspended indefinitely. Yesterday’s scheduled meeting was the briefest, lasting less than an hour. Addressing reporters, Chairman of Commissioners Forum, Mr. Mahmood Yunusa said the meeting can only be reconvene after “the process is strengthened.” According to him, “the next meeting is a function of when we finish. What we are looking for is for the process to be strengthened, once the process is strengthened, there is no need for this fight.” He noted that the decision of state governments and other members of FAAC to oppose Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation…

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