NEWS LETTER

INEC transfers Ekiti REC

The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner in Ekiti State, Prof. Abdulganiyu Raji, has been moved to Ogun. This is coming barely 20 days to the 2019 general elections. The News Agency Agency of Nigeria reports that the State Administrative Secretary, Dr. Omoleke Muslim, has taken over in acting capacity. The Public Affairs Officer of INEC in the […]

January 27th, 2019

Tribunal to give judgment on Ekiti Gov election on Monday

Abiodun Nejo, Ado Ekiti The Ekiti State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja will, on Monday, deliver judgment on the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate, Prof. Kolapo Olusola, challenging the victory of the All Progressives Congress flag bearer, Governor Kayode Fayemi, in the July 14, 2018 election. Towards this end, […]

January 27th, 2019

Israel recognises Venezuela opposition leader as president

Israel on Sunday officially recognised Venezuela’s National Assembly chief Juan Guaido as president, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, following close ally Washington in endorsing the opposition leader. Netanyahu announced in an online video that Israel was joining the United States, Canada and a host of South American countries “in recognising the new leadership in Venezuela”. […]

January 27th, 2019

Italy’s Salvini considers legal action against migrant rescue ship

Italy’s interior minister Matteo Salvini on Sunday said he was considering legal action against the crew of a Dutch-flagged rescue ship as calls grew for 47 migrants to be allowed to land. “We have concrete elements to declare that the captain and crew of the Sea Watch 3 have put the lives of those on […]

January 27th, 2019

Syria’s first lady undergoes operation for breast cancer

The wife of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has undergone a “successful” operation as part of treatment for early-stage breast cancer, the presidency said on Sunday. “Asma al-Assad continues her treatment against the malignant tumour,” it said on its Facebook page. “Breast surgery at the Damascus military hospital has been successful,” it added. The presidency announced […]

January 27th, 2019

ICYMI: ‘Crazy bill’ to attract one-year jail, N1m fine

Leke Baiyewu The Electricity Power Reform Act (Amendment) Bill 2018 passed by the House of Representatives last Tuesday prohibiting and criminalising estimated billing has proposed a one-year jail term and a fine of N1m for defaulters. The proposed law, which will be transmitted to the Senate for concurrence, and onward transmission to the President for […]

January 27th, 2019

Restrain INEC from holding elections in IDP camps, group urges court

Oladimeji Ramon The Forum for Transparency and Integrity in Leadership has urged the Federal High Court in Lagos to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission from conducting elections in Internally Displaced Persons’ camps in Niger Republic, Chad or anywhere else outside the shores of Nigeria. The group, which sued alongside a lawyer, Samuel Adeniji, also […]

January 27th, 2019

Onnoghen: Prosecute Babachir, Oke, NGO urges govt

An NGO has commended the office of the Attorney General of Federation and Minister of Justice for the prompt prosecution of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, for non-declaration of his assets before the Code of Conduct Tribunal. Human and Environmental Development Agenda Resource Centre gave the commendation in a letter sent to […]

January 27th, 2019

Low participation of women in finance sector is unfair, says IMF chief Christine Lagarde

The lack of women in finance is unfair to women and bad for banks, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde has said. Lagarde spoke with Yahoo Finance over the weekend at the World Economic Forum. “There’s something wrong,” said Lagarde, who has helmed the IMF since 2011. “If you look at the composition of boards […]

January 27th, 2019

At least 18 killed in twin bomb attacks on Philippine church

At least 18 people were killed on Sunday when double bomb attacks hit a Catholic church on a southern Philippine island that is a stronghold of Islamist militants, the military said, days after voters backed expanded Muslim self-rule in the region. A powerful first blast shattered pews and left bodies strewn inside the cathedral in […]

January 27th, 2019

Six soldiers injured as Boko Haram attacks military bases in Borno

Boko Haram jihadists attacked two military bases in Borno Sate, near the border with Cameroon, injuring six soldiers, two military sources told AFP on Sunday. The attacks were the latest against military targets in the region with security becoming a major campaign issue ahead of presidential and legislative elections next month. Early on Sunday, troops […]

January 27th, 2019

Fayemi’s removal of Ekiti State varsity VC didn’t follow due process, says ASUU

Abiodun Nejo, Ado Ekiti The Academic Staff Union of Universities in Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, has condemned the removal of the institution’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Samuel Oye Bandele, by Governor Kayode Fayemi, saying the action did not follow due process. “The vice chancellor of EKSU was arbitrarily removed. The removal is hereby condemned in […]

January 27th, 2019

UK govt may scrap MPs’ holiday to pass Brexit laws

British MPs could sit longer hours and their February holiday may be scrapped as the government races to pass its Brexit legislation before Britain leaves the EU on March 29, Downing Street said Sunday. Prime Minister Theresa May’s government is looking at making the House of Commons sit on more Fridays — which it does […]

January 27th, 2019