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As Lawmakers Recommend Sack The committee also reported that the response of the Nigerian Law School and Imo HOS showed that the CJ allegedly altered her date of birth from Oct. 27, 1956 to Oct. 27, 1958. The state Chief Judge of Imo State, Justice Theresa Chikeka, has been accused of falsifying his age. This is just as the Imo House of Assembly recommended the immediate sack of the Judge. The House made the recommendation at the Committee of the Whole on Wednesday, after considering the report of the four-member ad hoc committee, set up to investigate the allegation against…
By Halimah Olamide A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, adjourned proceedings on the alleged money laundering case instituted against a former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Proceedings would continue despite the appeal filed by the defendant on September 25 when the matter comes up for hearing again. NPO Reports that EFCC had dragged Bello to court after leaving office accuing the former governor of the North Central state of money laundering. Counsels to Bello had told the court that they had filed an application for stay of proceedings on the case,…
By Halimah Olamide The new appointee will take over from the incumbent Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, CFR, who is due to retire on August 13, 2024, President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday named a new Head of Service of the Federation. She is Mrs. Ester Didi Walson-Jack. Her appointment comes almost a month ahead of her take over from Mrs Folasade Esan who retires on August 14. Announcing the new Head of Service through a statement by Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media, said Walson-Jack was appointed as Federal Permanent Secretary…
By Kamil Opeyemi Some students of University of Ibadan, on Wednesday, made good their vow to disrupt academic activities as they matched to the streets to protest against the recent hike in tuition fees and power supply rationing. The students wore masks to hide their identities, with some blocking the main entrance to the school and others around the Senate Building. At an emergency congress held within the institution on Tuesday, the students had agreed to stage the protest as they alleged increase in their sufferings. NPO Reports that electricity and water supplies have become the latest crisis in the…
Agency Report Luka Modric has signed a one-year contract extension to keep him at Real Madrid until next summer. The European champions announced on Wednesday afternoon that the Croatia playmaker, 38, was staying on. Modric signed for Real from Tottenham in 2012 and has won six Champions Leagues and four LaLiga titles in that time, in an overall total of 26 trophies. Real described Modric as “a legend of Real Madrid and world football”. Modric won the 2018 Ballon d’Or, having helped Real to the European title that season and inspiring Croatia to their first-ever World Cup final. He…
Agency Report The Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Lokoja, Prof. Olayemi Akinwumi, has said that students were reluctant to take up hostel accommodation because of the activities of bandits and kidnappers. Chairman, House Committee on University Education, Rep. Abubakar Fulata, said this in a statement he issued in Abuja on Wednesday. The statement followed a visit by the committee to the university as part of its oversight functions. Fulata quoted Akinwumi as saying the university even the two hostels with a combined capacity of 500 occupants were empty. The vice-chancellor said the university management was also afraid of allocating the…
By Halimah Olamide The APC leaders had written to Akpabio, saying that Ndume’s complaints about President Bola Tinubu are unbecoming and his utterances are not favourable to the Federal Government. The Nigerian Upper legislative body on Wednesday relieved its Chief Whip Senator Ali Ndume of his position as the Senate’s Chief Whip. The action of the senate is coming days after the senator representing Borno South senatorial openly complained that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is not accessible by his cabinet members and others. The removal of Ndume, a very focal senator, came after a letter from the APC signed…
Orders IGP to Restore His Security Aides The court issued an order of perpetual injunction restraining Governor Godwin Obaseki and the Edo State House of Assembly from stopping Shaibu from performing the functions of his office. By Halimah Olamide A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday ordered the reinstatement of impeached Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu. The Court ruled that his earlier impeachment by the Edo State House of Assembly was unconstitutional. The Court presided over by Hon. Justice James Omotosho held that the removal of the Plaintiff, Shaibu from office as Deputy Governor of Edo State and the subsequent…
By Halimah Olamide The Lagos State Commissioner for Environment and Water Sanitation Tokunbo Wahab, has distanced himself from a list of nominees for the Man of the Year Award. Wahab, though appreciated the nomination, said he would like to withdraw from the award. The Commissioner said his attention has been drawn to a publication by the Center For Policy Development And Political Studies in lieu of the Lagos State Man of the Year Award. “I am deeply appreciative of the nomination, it is such elite category to be in, considering the reputation of the other gentlemen I have been nominated…
By Halimah Olamide The Lagos State Government has said that plans have been concluded to take delivery of 2, 000 brand new vehicles for taxis in the Lagos Ride (Lagride) model. The government is also expecting delivery of additional 3,000 of such vehicles within the next few months. The state Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu revealed these at the signing of a partnership between the investment arm of Lagos State Government, Ibile Holdings, and a Chinese automobile company, CIG, at the Government House, Alausa, Ikeja. No fewer than 1,000 of the 5,000 will be Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and electric vehicles. The…