The National Judicial Council, under the chairmanship of Justice Mahmud Mohammed, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, has barred Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia of the federal High Court from being elevated to the Court of Appeal, or any higher judicial body till her retirement. Mrs. Ofili-Ajumogobia was also placed on the council’s “watch-list” for the next four years. The judge was sanctioned for “misconduct and alleged injustice”. The judicial council took the decision at its meetings on February 24 and 25, a statement signed by its acting director of information, Soji Oye, said. “The Hon. Judge will also not be considered for any elevation to…
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate release of N20billion so that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, can revitalise public universities. The development was confirmed on Monday by Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance. The news came simultaneously as Ahmed was announcing the President’s approval for the “immediate release” of N22.68bn as part of retirement benefits of ex-workers of the Nigeria Airways Limited (in Liquidation). “To ensure that these Presidential directives are duly implemented in line with extant Financial Rules, I have constituted a Committee to be headed by the Secretary of Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit, PICA, Dr.…
The federal government has suspended the national carrier project indefinitely. Hadi Sirika, minister of state for aviation, made this known on Wednesday. “I regret to announce that the Federal Executive Council has taken the tough decision to suspend the National Carrier Project in the interim. All commitments due will be honoured. We thank the public for the support as always,” he wrote on Twitter. Sirika didn’t give any reason for the decision. The airline, Nigeria Air, was unveiled in July at the Farnborough International Airshow in London and operations were scheduled to begin in December. At the unveiling, Sirika had said…
Yet to be convicted Nigerian Senator Peter Nwaoboshi is currently in another mess as the presidency may have shown more interest in sending him to jail like his colleague Joshua Dariye, SecretReporters has learned. We gathered authoritatively that following a petition to the Special Presidential Panel on Investigation and recovery of public properties (SPIP) led by Okoi Obono-Obla, detailing corrupt activities of Nwaoboshi, the panel swung into action, where they moved into Asaba last week to commence investigation. The team led by a Superintendent of Police, Alhassan touched down Asaba to carry out the directives which include sealing off properties…
Tottenham’s English forward Harry Kane attends a training session on the eve of the Champions League group stage football match Inter Milan vs Tottenham, on September 17, 2018 at the San Siro stadium in Milan. / AFP PHOTO / Miguel MEDINA Harry Kane is not a “machine” and it is only a matter of time before he is back among the goals, according to Tottenham teammate Erik Lamela. The under-fire England striker endured another frustrating game on Tuesday as Spurs slumped to a late 2-1 Champions League defeat at Inter Milan. The England captain has now gone five games for…
Speaking with Ebuka, he said: “One day…yes now in my house. I’m not doing it because of the intention that I want to run for politics but right now with the situation that I am seeing in my neighborhood… because Ajegunle is the most important place for me, maybe I might consider. Veteran Nigerian singer, Daddy Showkey, says he is considering running for an elective post in the future. In an interview with ‘Rubbin Minds’, a Channels TV programme anchored by Ebuka Obi Uchendu, the ‘Galala’ singer said that his city Ajegunle is very important to him and that the…
The NLO had written a letter to the management of Rising Stars informing them of the decision of its disciplinary/organisation committee on the match, ordering its replay. The management of Rising Stars FC of Akure in Ondo State has appealed against the decision of the Nationwide League One management, ordering the replay of the already concluded match between the club and Kwara United Feeders in the promotion playoff played at the Aper Aku Stadium, Makurdi. The match held on September 8 as one of the three promotion matches and ended 2-1 in favour of Rising Stars FC.…
The African Export-Import Bank, Afreximbank, says it has signed a 500-million dollar facility with the China Development Bank, CDB, to support trade enabling infrastructure projects across the continent. Obi Emekekwue, the bank’s Director and Global Head, Communications and Events Management Department, said on Friday that the Afreximbank obtained the facility on Thursday in Changsha, China. Benedict Oramah, President of Afreximbank, signed the agreement while Zheng Zhijie Liu, Vice Chairman and President of CDB signed for CDB, Emekekwue said in a statement. Oramah said the facility would also be used to support Afreximbank’ s trade finance intermediaries to provide medium to…
“It is true that initially I did not want to re-contest, but I had so many people urging me to run,” he said. “I bought and submitted my nomination form shortly before it closed. I will be part of the PDP Lagos governorship primaries, billed for Friday, September 28.” Jimi Agbaje, Lagos State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in 2015, has confirmed he will run again in 2019. Speaking with NAN on Wednesday, Agbaje said he initially didn’t want to, but his supporters convinced him to change his mind. “It is true that initially I…
The National Working Committee, NWC, of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has approved the review of the table-table for the conduct of the 2018 primary elections. The new timetable shows that presidential primaries will hold on September 25, while governorship primaries will hold September 29. The primaries for senatorial seats will hold on October 2, while House of Representatives primaries is scheduled for October 3. The state House of Assembly primaries is billed for October 4, while October 6 is fixed for presidential national convention.
“Make me governor and in two years if you don’t see significant transformation across the state, write me off,” Ochei stated. Delta State All Progressives Congress (APC) front-line governorship aspirant and former Speaker of the State Assembly, Victor Ochei, has restated his determination to bring transformation to his state, stating that if he failed to fulfil his electoral promises, the people should “write him off”. Ochei also challenged Okowa to show the people of the state his performance card in the last three and half years to warrant his re-election in 2019. Ochei stated this on Wednesday while announcing his…
Ambode’s political future has been in limbo since Tinubu’s powerful political machine, the Mandate Movement, threw up the Managing Director of Lagos State Development and Property Corporation (LSDPC), Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to challenge the governor at the party’s primary scheduled for Tuesday.