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Saturday, 08 April 2017 16:31

Oloyede cancels JAMB mock test with text message

Prof. Is’haq Oloyede, Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has announced suspension of the mock examination that was billed to hold today. He blamed circumstances beyond his control. Oloyede said this through a text message sent to the supervisors at the various centres in the FCT on Saturday in Abuja. He regretted the inconveniences the postponement might have caused the public especially the candidates. He said a new date would be communicated to them later. At the Christ the King College (CKC), Gwagwalada, FCT one of the mock centres, candidates had sat patiently waiting to write the test. Some…

Saturday, 08 April 2017 02:51

Buhari appoints Profs Abdullahi, Gambari, Odekunle, others as chairs of varsities' governing councils

PRESS RELEASE Pursuant to his powers under the laws establishing the federal universities in Nigeria, His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reconstitution of Governing Councils of 23 out of the 40 federal universities in the country for a period of four years in the first instance. The institutions affected are those whose Governing Councils’ tenures have elapsed or would on 9th April, 2017. In making these appointments, Mr. President had taken cognizance of the requirements for membership into governing councils, which include among others, a minimum of a university degree, high integrity, and commitment to educational development of…

Saturday, 08 April 2017 02:50

FG sets up interministerial committee on pension liability

PRESS RELEASE President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the constitution of an inter-ministerial committee on pension liability to reconcile outstanding pension liabilities and proffer solutions to the lingering problems. Minister of Finance is the chairman. Other members of the committee include a representative of Secretary to the Government of the Federation, representative of Head of Service of the Federation, Accountant General of the Federation, Director General of Budget Office, Director General of PENCOM, and Director General of PTAD who will also act as Secretary. The Committee is to: 1. Review and reconcile all pension liabilities of the Federal Government. 2. Make…

Saturday, 08 April 2017 02:49

Apostle Suleman sues Stephanie Otobo, online medium N1b for defamation

Apostle Johnson Suleman, President/ Founder of Omega Fire Ministry (OFM), has filed a one billion naira lawsuit for libel against 23-year old Canada-based Nigerian stripper, Ms. Stephanie Otobo and an online medium for defaming his character. This is coming weeks after the police arrested Ms. Otobo on allegations of blackmail, threat to life, conspiracy, and intent to steal from the Apostle. Instituting a lawsuit against Otobo and the online medium, Apostle Suleman’s lawyer, Osa Director said the cleric is suing both defendants for the libelous statements made and published against him. The case with suit no: ID/ADR/374/2017 was filed at…

Saturday, 08 April 2017 02:44

Supreme Court sacks lawmaker, orders him to refund all emoluments collected

Supreme Court has removed Sopuluchukwu Ezeonwuka of the PDP from representing Orumba North/South of Anambra Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun gave the order on Friday in a judgment in an appeal filed against Ezeonwuka’s election by a member of the party, Ben Nwankwo. Nwankwo’s name was wrongly substituted with the first respondent, Mr. Ezeonwuka, after he had obtained the nomination of the party to contest the National Assembly election. Dissatisfied with the February 20, 2015 judgment of Federal High Court in Abuja and the decision of Court Appeal to uphold it, Mr. Nwankwo approached the…

Friday, 07 April 2017 16:04

Trump's nominee, Neil Gorsuch confirmed to Supreme Court

The Senate has cast enough votes to confirm Neil Gorsuch, a 49-year-old federal judge who could help cement a conservative majority on the bench for decades, to the Supreme Court, according to a CNN count of the vote. The court has been operating with eight justices since the sudden death in February 2016 of Justice Antonin Scalia and a protracted fight over President Barack Obama's nominee, Judge Merrick Garland. Senate Republicans refused to consider Garland's nomination until after the November election, and Trump's surprise win meant a conservative would succeed Scalia. Gorsuch's confirmation essentially continues the ideological balance that existed…

Friday, 07 April 2017 15:40

Buhari appoints Profs Ayo Banjo, Adamu Baikie, others chairs of education agencies

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved reconstitution of boards of 19 parastatal agencies under Federal Ministry of Education. Members of the board will run for a period of four years in the first instance. In making the appointments, the President took into cognizance provisions of the respective legislation with respect to composition, competence, credibility, integrity, federal character and geo-political spread. The Boards, consisting of the Chairmen and Members, will be inaugurated on a date to be announced soon. Director (Press), in the Ministry of Education, Mr. C. P Ihuoma, listed the agencies and their Chairmen are as follows: National Universities commission…

Friday, 07 April 2017 15:35

Terror suspicion as 3 killed by truck driven into crowd in Swedish capital

A truck drove into a crowd on a shopping street and crashed into a department store in central Stockholm on Friday, killing three people and wounding eight in what the prime minister said appeared to be a terrorist attack. Part of central Stockholm was cordoned off and the area was evacuated, including the main train station. All subway traffic was halted on orders from the police. "Sweden has been attacked. Everything points to the fact that this is a terrorist attack," Prime Minister Stefan Lofven told reporters during a visit in western Sweden. He was immediately returning to the capital.…

Friday, 07 April 2017 15:34

US strike on Syria is widely praised, but angers Russia

World leaders rallied around the United States after it launched a missile strike early Friday on a Syrian air base in response to this week's chemical attack, while Russia condemned the move as "aggression" and suspended crucial coordination with Washington in Syria's congested skies. The overnight missile attack, which marked the first time the U.S. has directly targeted Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces, was condemned by his allies in Russia and Iran but welcomed by the Syrian opposition and its supporters, who expressed hope it signaled a turning point in the devastating six-year-old civil war. The bombing represents Trump's most…

Friday, 07 April 2017 03:35

FG recorded N3.21tn fiscal deficit in 2016, 86.9% on recurrent expenditure – CBN

The Federal Government recorded a fiscal deficit of N3.21tn in its operations last year, figures obtained from Central Bank of Nigeria revealed. The figures are contained in Financial Stability Report prepared the apex and released in Abuja on Wednesday. It stated that the fiscal deficit for the second half of the year, which was put at N1.47tn, was lower than the N1.75tn recorded in the first half of 2016. These figures, according to the report, are also higher than the budgeted deficit of N1.1tn provided for in the second half of 2016. The deficit, according to the CBN report, was…

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Friday, 07 April 2017 03:28

Justice Ademola, wife to face fresh charge

The Federal Government has filed an appeal against the decision of Justice Jude Okeke upholding the no case submission in the corruption case against Justice Adeniyi Ademola, Mrs. Olabowale Ademola and Mr Joe Agi. A source in the Presidency confirmed this development to State House correspondents in Abuja on Thursday. The source stated that the appeal was informed by the need to save the war against corruption. The source revealed that the government, through the Ministry of Justice, had also filed a fresh case in the Code of Conduct Tribunal against Justice Ademola and wife “for living above their means…

Friday, 07 April 2017 03:26

Court unfreezes Patience Jonathan’s $5.9m account

Federal High Court in Lagos, on Thursday, vacated its order which late last year froze the Skye Bank account of Mrs. Patience Jonathan, wife of ex-President Goodluck Jzonathan. The account had a balance of $5.9m at the period. In a ruling on Thursday, Justice Mojisola Olatoregun, set aside the ‘No-Debit Order’, which Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had earlier placed on the account on allegations that the $5.9m found in it was proceeds of crime. The judge upheld the contention of Patience’s lawyer, Mr. Ifedayo Adedipe (SAN), that his client’s account was unlawfully frozen by EFCC. Adedipe had urged the…

Friday, 07 April 2017 03:25

Obasanjo’s wife alleges threat to life

Mrs Taiwo Obasanjo, wife of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has alerted to plans by some persons to assassinate her, following a suit she filed last month seeking to postpone the wedding of her son, Olujonwo and Miss Tope Adebutu. The allegation came barely four days to the hearing of her suit at a Lagos High Court before Justice Lateefa Okunnu. She alleged in the petition to the commissioner of Police, Lagos State, dated April 4, that those alleged to have been detailed to kill her include her twin brother and former Chairman of Police Service Commission Kenny Martins, her future…

Friday, 07 April 2017 03:23

Court nullifies amended NBA Constitution

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has restrained Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and its officers from conducting affairs of the association on the basis of the constitution amended and adopted at the association’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Abuja on August 27, 2015. In the suit Number FHC/ABJ/CS/545/2016 filed by Olasupo Ojo against registered trustees of NBA, the presiding judge, Justice John Tsoho, also granted the plaintiff’s prayers that by the provision of Section 600 of the Companies and Allied Matters Act of 2004, the amended constitution of the NBA purportedly amended and adopted at the said AGM,…

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