Nigerian Newspapers: Friday morning

Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Friday morning

 Today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers

1. The Supreme Court of Friday threw out the appeal filed before it by business mogul, Jimoh Ibrahim, challenging the decision of the Appellant court, which removed him as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ondo State.

A five man panel led by the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen in its decision said Jimoh’s case lackd merit and should be discarded in entirety.

2. The Upper Chamber of the National Assembly yesterday passed the bill for the establishment of Peace Corps of Nigeria into law. Senator Nafada-led committee recommended that the Nigerian Peace Corps and the National Unity and Peace Corps should be merged as one, since both formations appear the same.

3. The Agusta AW 101, one of the presidential jets recently handed over to the Nigerian Air Force yesterday crashed at the Nigerian Air Force base in Makurdi, the Benue State capital.

Accused families protest as Appeal court’s motion stalls Aderiye’s murder case

The non-adoption of brief of argument at the Ado Ekiti Division of the Court of Appeal has stalled the trial of seven persons accused of complicity in the killing of former Ekiti State National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Omolafe Aderiye.

The case could not go on at the Ekiti State High Court 6 on Monday as presiding judge, Justice Adekanye Ogunmoye adjourned to December 19 for mention pending the conclusion of hearing at the appellate court.

The accused persons are Adebayo Aderiye (1st), Adeniyi Adedipe (2nd), Oso Farotimi (3rd), Ajayi Kayode (4th), Sola Durodola (5th), Rotimi Olanbiwonnu (6th) and Sola Adenijo (7th).

Prosecution counsel, M.T. Alaaya told the court that there was a pending motion on the matter at the Court of Appeal praying for an adjournment of the case.

Ambrose Alli University Students Riot Photos.

Ambrose Alli University students recently tried to protest the alleged hiking of school fees but it went South and they are currently cooling off at home with the School premises shut down until further notice....Watch the video of their riot

Police Display Huge Amount Recovered from Kidnappers of the Wife of CBN Governor, Emefiele (Photos)

The Nigeria Police police have paraded the 6-gand of kidnappers who abducted the wife of CBN governor and also displayed N15 million recovered from the kidnappers.

It was reported few weeks ago that the wife of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Mrs MargaretEmefiele, was kidnapped by unknown gunmen, and was later released by her abductors “due to the gallantry of the Armed Forces, Police and Security Forces”, in Ugoneki near Benin City.

 

Earlier last week, the police in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, arrested six suspected members of the gang that abducted the wife of the Central Bank Governor at their hideout in Edo State and were held at the state command headquarters, Benin.

 

Sahara Reporters have now released photos at a news press conference by the Nigerian Police as they parade the kidnap suspects and reveal the huge sum recovered from the kidnappers. See Photos

Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Wednesday morning

10 things you need to know this Wednesday morning

1. All is not set for the Edo State governorship election, slated for today, Wednesday September 28. Electoral officials as well as security operatives are already in the state for the election.

2. Former president, Olusegun Obasanjo has called on the federal government to sell off the Nigerian Ports Authority and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, to generate fund. Obasanjo said during his tenure, some governors did not allow him save for the rainy day.

3. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has asked the Supreme Court to sack Governor Benedict Ayade of Cross River State over age falsification.

4. President Muhammadu Buhari has fired the official who copied and paste some part of U.S President, Barrack Obama’s speech for him to deliver during the ‘Change Begins with Me’ campaign launch in Abuja. Buhari, who expressed disappointment with the unprofessional conduct of the official, wished him well in his future endeavour.

Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Thursday morning

Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers:

1. It was a near breakdown of law and order in the House of Representatives on Wednesday after the controversial budget padding allegation raised against the Speaker, Hon. Yakubu Dogara by erstwhile Chairman, House Committee on Appropriations, Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin.

A motion sponsored by the Chairman, House Committee on Rules and Business, Hon. Orker Jev, drew the attention of the House to the spurious allegations made by the former Chairman. This resulted to a rowdy session and shout of Dogara by some members. Deliberation was temporarily brought to a halt.

2. Following calls by businessmen and experts for the sale of some government assets, the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC has said that Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas, NLNG, and other federation assets should not be sold to meet the country`s financial obligations. It advised against such move in a statement signed by the commission’s Acting Chairman, Alhaji Shettima Abba-Gana, in Abuja.

The Mass Deportation Of Black Immigrants That You Haven’t Heard About

Last month, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency quietly deported dozens of African immigrants who were trying to seek asylum in the United States.

Sixty-three men who were unable to secure visas to stay in the country legally on humanitarian relief claims, according to a source within ICE who spoke to ThinkProgress on condition of anonymity. ​Activists who spoke with deported individuals said they were sent back to Nigeria, Ghana, and Senegal.

Immigration activists believe that number may be closer to 90. They also say many of these men shouldn’t have been targeted by ICE in the first place because they had already passed their credible fear interviews — a preliminary step in the asylum process to determine whether immigrants would be placed in grave danger if they’re returned to their home countries.

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For today, July 26 2016:

THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER

Civil servants kick, want Buhari to reverse suspension of eight-year tenure

Federal civil servants are bristling with rage at the suspension of the eight-year tenure policy for directors and permanent secretaries.

Senate clears National Assembly of budget padding

Protesting its innocence, the Senate yesterday declared that it could not have been complicit in the alleged padding of the N6.06 trillion 2016 budget by the House of Representatives when the National Assembly is the authority statutorily empowered to produce the nation’s fiscal plan. READ MORE

PDP used public funds to finance campaigns – Osinbajo

The Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has admonished political parties to refrain from diverting fund meant for public services into party campaigns

The Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has admonished political parties to refrain from diverting fund meant for public services into party campaigns, disclosing that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is investigating some Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stalwarts because the party diverted money meant for public services to fund political campaigns or other questionable purposes.

Speaking yesterday at the 2016 Annual Conference of the Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, held at the Yar’Adua Centre, Abuja, Osinbajo dismissed claim that the anti-corruption war was selective and targeted at members of the main opposition party, noting that it was aimed at bringing sanity to the polity in order to sustain democracy in the country.

Fulani herdsmen strike in Benue, kill 14

No fewer than 14 persons have been killed by suspected Fulani herdsmen in a fresh attack on Gaambe-Tiev, Logo Local Government area of Benue State.

The herdsmen were said to have stormed the community at about 7.30am on Monday, shot sporadically, razing buildings and farmland in the area.

An eyewitness told Vanguard that, “The herdsmen, in their usual fashion, stormed Gaambe-Tiev this morning around 7:30a.m. in their numbers, shooting sporadically and shouting. The people never expected it.

“Everybody, including women and children, ran for their lives. Unfortunately, several persons lost their lives and many more were injured. Bodies of some of those killed are being recovered from the farms and we are still counting.

“As we speak, Logo is under siege, people are running away from their homes in their thousands to Anyii and we don’t know when this will end and we are yet to see any concrete response from security agencies.”

Iran backs Nigeria's fight against al-Qaeda, Boko Haram: Zarif

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has reiterated the Islamic Republic’s support for Nigeria in its campaign against al-Qaeda and Boko Haram terrorist groups.

“We are standing by you in the battle against al-Qaeda and Boko Haram,” Zarif said in a meeting with Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama in Abuja on Monday.

He pointed to deep-rooted relations between Tehran and Abuja and said, “Our cooperation is not confined to mutual relations and we cooperate in international bodies and organizations such as OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries), the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF).”

The top diplomat added that a big trade delegation representing a variety of fields is accompanying him in his West African tour which indicates the keenness of Iranian state and private sectors to improve cooperation between Iran and Nigeria.

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            CBP Business News Headlines – Friday, July 08, 2016

Oil price falls to two-month low at $46 Global oil benchmark, Brent crude, fell by five per cent to a two-month low on Thursday after the United States government reported a weekly crude draw within analysts’ forecasts, disappointing market bulls who had expected larger declines. Brent, against which half of the world’s oil is priced, was down by $2.35 to $46.45 per barrel as of 7:35pm Nigerian time. The session low was $46.27, the lowest since May 11, according to Reuters… Read More... US firm woos Nigerian entrepreneurs with green cards An American firm, GO EB5 Investment for Green Card, is wooing entrepreneurs from Nigeria who have money to invest and desire to secure a future for their families in the United States with a promise of American green cards. A statement by the Director of Investment Relations at the Chicago branch of the firm, Jessica Carrillo, called on entrepreneurs with $500,000 and above to invest in different fields of the US economy and secure a future for their families… Read More...

Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Thursday morning

10 things you need to know this morning: Nigeria Newspapers

1. Former Minister of Transport and Secretary to the PDP Board of Trustees, Ojo Maduekwe is dead. Report claims he passed on, Wednesday evening, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport , Abuja while returning from a trip to the US.

2. A Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court in Apo, Abuja, Wednesday struck out a fundamental human rights enforcement suit filed by a former Minister of Aviation, Mr. Femi Fani-Kay‎ode, seeking an order releasing him from the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

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THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER

I am ready to go to jail, says Saraki

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, docked before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja over alleged forgery of Senate Standing Rules were yesterday granted bail.

Also facing trial with Saraki and Ekweremadu are the former Clerk of the National Assembly, Alhaji Salisu Abubakar Maikasuwa and the acting Clerk, Mr. Benedict Efeturi who were also granted bail.

Nearly 200 IDPs die of starvation, dehydration in NE Nigeria camp: MSF

The MSF made the announcement in a statement on Wednesday, saying, “a catastrophic humanitarian emergency” is unfolding at a makeshift camp for refugees in the northeastern Nigerian city of Bama, where 24,000 people have taken refuge.

The refugees “speak of children dying of hunger and digging new graves every day,” the statement said, adding that, one in five of the 15,000 children are suffering from acute malnutrition.

The MSF referred 16 emaciated children at risk of dying to their special feeding center in the northern city of Maiduguri, according to the statement.

Reports said ongoing clashes between Boko Haram terrorists and Nigerian troops in the country’s northeast have made travel unsafe and farmers have not planted crops for 18 months, resulting in the aggravation of the food and health crisis in the region.

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For today, June 23, 2016

THE PUNCH NEWSPAPER

Gridlock as three die in Lagos-Ibadan Expressway tanker fire

At least three persons were feared dead while several others were injured after an oil tanker caught fire in the Kara-Ibafo, Ogun State end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the explosion occurred around 10pm on Tuesday.

It was gathered that

Nigerian Newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Thursday morning

Here are 10 things you need to know this morning.

1. The decomposing body of the Vicar General of the Catholic Diocese of Otukpo, Rev Father John Adeyi has been found. The cleric was two months ago whisked away by unknown gunmen on his way from Otukpa, Ogbadibo LGA of Benue State where he had gone to settle a rift in a local church. His body was dumped in a farm in his country home.

2. Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has denied having hands in the process that ushered him in as the leader of the 8th assembly.

He said the forgery case against him before

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For today, June 22 2016

BUSINESS DAY NEWSPAPER

‘Presidency’s delay in appointing agencies boards hurting economy’

President Muhammadu Buhari’s delay in reconstituting the boards of agencies and parastatals, which he disbanded since July last year, is seen by many as hurting the country and further depressing Africa’s largest economy which is struggling to avoid recession.

Observers are particularly concerned that this situation, like many others in which the President has failed

MasterCard to launch ‘selfie’ password for its credit cards

Soon ‘Selfie’ will be your password with Mastercard

“Selfies” which are often shared on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter is all set to become a valuable tool in the fight against credit card fraud. Yes, you have heard it right. At least as far as MasterCard is concerned.

The company has officially announced its plans to

This New Kind Of Super-efficient Wi-Fi Uses 10,000 Times Less Power

To solve the problem of high energy consumption by the Wi-Fi enabled devices, researchers have created a new kind of efficient Wi-Fi that uses 10,000 times less power.
You might have noticed that using Wi-Fi on phones sucks the battery way too faster. To address this issue, a team of researchers from the University of Washington has developed a new type of super-efficient Wi-Fi that allows consumers to use the internet by using 10,000 times less power than the current Wi-Fi components.