An alleged leakage of official documents concerning the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) at the Presidency is generating controversy after some members of the Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC) said top government officials were plotting the reinstatement of the ousted managing director of the company. The association said in a statement on Thursday that the former managing director, Mr. Usman Gur Mohammed, had been meeting prominent citizens to solicit for return to his former post. “Two of such prominent people are the president of African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwunmi Adesina, and the Minister of Finance,…
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Clerk tenure elongation: Lawan, Gbajabiamila split June 7, 2020 * House unites against Senate as crack in Red Chamber widens The tug of war in the National Assembly over the tenure elongation of the Clerk, Mohammed Sani-Omolori and 150 other senior staff has pitched the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila against the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan. The crisis which started over a year ago at the twilight of the 8th National Assembly, when a bill entitled ‘Retirement age and conditions of service,’ was ‘smuggled’ in by the last leadership. According to the document, the retirement…
(Reuters) – Taiwan’s constitutional court on Friday decriminalised adultery in a landmark judgment aimed at upholding personal rights and privacy, scrapping a law that activists said discriminated against women. The democratic island became the latest place in Asia to strike down a ban on marital infidelity following South Korea in 2015 and India in 2018. The constitutional court struck down the adultery law that meant those who had sex with a married person, or with a person outside marriage, could face up to a year in jail. “The adultery law offers limited help to maintaining marriage relationships … State power…
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, on Saturday appeared before the state assembly panel of enquiry on the corruption allegations levelled against him by an online medium. Obasa told the panel that the allegations were untrue and that it was the handiwork of his enemies. The Speaker appeared before the nine-man Fact Finding Panel of the House, headed by Victor Akande (Ojo Constituency I), at the House chamber. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that an online medium had reported on May 23 that at least 64 bank accounts have been discovered and linked to…
The Lagos State Government has accredited three private hospitals for the treatment of COVID-19 cases in the state. This development was confirmed by the Lagos State Ministry of Health in a statement on Saturday. The Ministry quoted the Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, as disclosing this at a news briefing on Saturday. Abayomi, who did not give the names of the hospital, said: “They have passed the biosecurity compliance test. “They have made modifications to their hospitals so that their staff and other patients are not put in danger or exposed to a higher risk of contracting COVID-19. “Those…
Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, says the Federal Government has no plan at the moment to absorb beneficiaries of the N-Power Programme into the Federal Civil Service. Farouq, in a statement by the Deputy Director in the Ministry, Rhoda Ilaya, on Saturday said Nigerians should be wary of fake news about absorption of N-Power beneficiaries Batch A into the Federal Civil Service. The statement said: “The attention of the Ministry has been drawn to the fake news trending on social media that President Muhammadu Buhari will on June 12 broadcast to the nation…
Following incessant cases of sex abuse in Ekiti State in recent times, Governor Kayode Fayemi has said no person convicted for sex offence such as rape in any part of the state would enjoy his powers of prerogative of mercy. The governor made the declaration in Ado Ekiti while signing the Compulsory Treatment and Care for Child Victims of Sexual Violence Bill 2020 into law. The Bill was signed into law on Friday evening. Fayemi directed the State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Wale Fapohunda, to henceforth oppose bail or plea bargaining for rape offenders in the state. This is…
The Coalition of Public Interest Lawyers and Advocates has commended the Nigeria Police for exhibiting high sense of intelligence in various investigations of rape allegations in the country. Pelumi Olajengbesi, Convener of COPA, gave the commendation in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Saturday. Olajengbesi said the commendation became necessary following the conclusion of investigation on the allegation of rape levelled against Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo of the Commonwealth of Zion Assembly. The allegation was instituted by Busola Dakolo, wife of Nigerian inspirational singer, Timi Dakolo. It would be recalled that Dakolo dragged Fatoyinbo to court…
Books on the subject have soared up best-seller lists as protests continue across the country. By Elizabeth A. HarrisJune 5, 2020 As protests around the country against racism and police violence extend well into their second week, demand for books about race and anti-racism has surged. As of this writing, almost all of the top best-selling books on Amazon (seven out of 10) and at Barnes & Noble (nine out of 10) take on these topics, including “How to Be an Antiracist,” by Ibram X. Kendi, “White Fragility,” by Robin DiAngelo, and “So You Want to Talk About Race,” by Ijeoma Oluo.…
Claim: A news report by a Nigerian newspaperstated that “By July 10 this year, Nigeria may lose 24 local councils, by way of ceding, to a new country to be known as United Nations Organisation (UNO) State of Cameroon at its borders with la Republique du Cameroun.” The report added that “The UN, according to recent reports, pledged to actualize a new State of Cameroon on July 10, 2020. Residents of Southern Cameroon were excited over the merger of their land with Northern Cameroon in Nigeria, comprising 24 local government areas in Borno (five), Adamawa (12) and Taraba (seven) states.” Verdict: False and…
