The ECOWAS Court of Justice has fixed Friday to hear two interlocutory applications in a case instituted by two associations in Mali against the ECOWAS Commission and the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire. The case is challenging the legality of the Aug. 18 sanctions imposed on the Republic of Mali, following the military coup against President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. In the interlocutory application filed by the Malian Coalition and the Consumers Association of Mali, both registered in the country, the associations are asking for the orders of the Court suspending the sanctions. A statement issued by the media unit of the…
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The government of Ekiti state has again warned petrol marketers operating in the State to desist from illicit act. This note of warning was given on behalf of the State Government by Ekiti State Petroleum Task Force under the leadership of Hon. Peter Adekunle during the monthly routine inspection of the Task Force to some Filling Stations in Ise/Orun, Emure and Ikere Ekiti LGA on 21st September, 2020. The PPRCPA during its inspection charged all filling station in the state to sell at an accurate pump meter and stop illicit act of short changing consumers. It added that, the State…
The Ekiti State Governor has denied that a former Governor of Oyo State, Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala, has been endorsed by the All Progressives Congress as the Leader of the party in Oyo State. Fayemi said this in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Yinka Oyebode, on Wednesday following the controversy generated by Alao-Akala’s claim that he has been endorsed as the Leader of the party by the national leadership. The Unity Forum of the APC had in a statement on Tuesday also faulted the claim by the former Governor. Fayemi also said his meeting with the leaders of the…
Ahead of the threat by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to resort to an industrial action to force the Federal Government to rescind its decision to hike oil and electricity prices in the country, The Nigeria Governors’ Forum is holding an emergency meeting of all the governors to seek ways of settling the rift and finding a mutually agreed soft landing on amicable grounds. All governors are expected to attend the meeting as the matter is considered to be of urgent national importance, which needs to be quickly resolved in order not to worsen the already bad situation of Nigerians…
Massive protest erupted in Okene over lack of salary payment. According to some of the protesters, who spoke with media men said Kogi State government is owing them over 38 months. More details
Immediate past Chairman of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Rivers, Mr Felix Obuah, has pleaded with the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo to forgive and rescind plans to expel Mr Adams Oshiomhole from the party. Obuah made the plea in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Jerry Needam, on Wednesday in Port Harcourt. He said the call became necessary as the clamour for his expulsion gathers support. “As true and evident as it has shown that the APC lost the Edo governorship election, largely because of Oshiomhole’s intransigence and arrogance, expelling him at…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Tuesday adjourned a hearing of a case of assault and enforcement of fundamental human rights filed against the Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB), the Nigerian Police Force (NPF), and six others by a journalist, Desmond Utomwen to 5th November 2020. When the matter came up for hearing on Tuesday, the Court noted that the appellants’ brief of arguments were not served on the police, the Inspector General of Police and other police officers joined in the suit. The Court, therefore, directed that the respondents should be served before the next adjourned date.…
PRESENTED BY OLAWALE FAPOHUNDA, HONOURABLE ATTORNEY-GENERAL AND COMMISSIONER FOR JUSTICE, EKITI STATE The Government of Ekiti State’s response to Gender Based Violence (GBV) is based on five key intervention areas: 1. Political will a) At the inception of the Fayemi Administration, the government adopted a zero tolerance policy for all forms of violence against women and children. This is the official policy of the State Government. b) The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. John Kayode Fayemi leads by example by enabling clear and appropriate messaging in a manner that ensures that the State Executive Council, Government Ministries, Departments, Agencies and citizens…
A South African Twitter account at the centre of a network of xenophobic hashtags and inciting statements has been linked to a former member of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF). Sifiso Jeffrey Gwala, a former lance corporal with the 121st SA Infantry Battalion in Mtubatuba in KwaZulu-Natal, has been identified as the person behind the “anonymous” Twitter account previously known as @uLerato_pillay, which has been accused of inciting xenophobic tensions in South Africa. In recent weeks, these narratives have bubbled to the surface of mainstream media outlets as public officials from fringe political parties echoed these nationalist sentiments in…
Former Minister of Communication, Barrister Adebayo Shittu has said that former Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Adams Oshiomhole and Late former governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi were those who worked against his re-appointment as Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Shittu revealed this while featuring on Parrot Xtra Hour on Radio, anchored by Olayinka Agboola on Space 90.1 F.M on Tuesday.On the circumstances surrounding his being dropped as Communication Minister by President Muhammadu Buhari. He stated that as matter of clarity, that he was neither dropped non sacked. “One can only be dropped or sacked…
