I Look Forward To The Day Nigeria Rewards Hard Work, Says Nigeria-born Lawyer Appointed Minister In Canada

Kaycee Madu, a Nigerian lawyer recently named Minister of Justice in Alberta, a Canadian province , says he looks forward to each day when appointments are supported diligence and merit in Nigeria.

Madu recently became the primary African to be appointed Minister of Justice within the Canadian province .

Before his appointment, he was a member of the legislature of the province representing the district of Edmonton South-West after winning the 2019 Alberta election .

On April 30, 2019, he was appointed to the chief Council of Alberta because the Minister of Municipal Affairs.

In a tweet on Sunday evening, Madu thanked Nigerians, who celebrated his appointment.

“Thank you for all the support and prayers coming from Nigeria and Nigerians within the diaspora.

“I anticipate to the day when Nigeria and Africa become places where diligence and merit are rewarded. Chukwu Gozie!,” he said.

Posted by Admin August 31, 2020

Rivers Government Seals Trade Union’s Secretariat, Disrupts Meeting

Chairperson of the Rivers State chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Beatrice Itubo, has accused the government of disrupting the union’s meeting on Sunday.

Beatrice said thugs led by a councilor within the state stormed the Medical and Health Union Workers Union state secretariat, disrupting the meeting and inflicting injuries on participant

She said the thugs chased the workers out of the venue using dangerous weapo

They also vented their anger on properties and vehicles within the vicinity, she adde

“We actually scheduled a gathering of the state council in line with the directive of the national secretariat that we should always meet with our ULC brothers and integrate. So, two men came to us, one among them introduced himself because the councilor of Ward 7, Obiakpo, and that they have a directive from above that the meeting shouldn't hol

“Then we saw tons of boys, they started banging everywhere, the vehicles, and chased us away. I don’t know when our state need to this level that workers can’t meet. they need locked the secretariat they said they built for us, now this one that's our own they don’t want us to use i

“There are several states that have issues with labour and that they are dialoging

"Today they said they came with a mandate and that i want to place it on record, should anything happen to any labour leader within the state, the govt of the day should be held responsible cause they need began to unleash tons of arsenal on us. they need decided to bring bad boys to hunt us and that we are aware and that we also are watching. therefore the people should remember , the federal should remember , the international community should remember that if anything happens to any labour leader during this state, the govt should be held responsible,” she sai

Posted by Admin August 31, 2020

Coalition Tells President Buhari To Order Malami To Release Melaye’s Case File, Threatens Legal Action Against AGF

The Civil Society Network Against Corruption has written to President Muhammadu Buhari, asking him to right away order the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to release the corruption file of ex-senator, Dino Melaye.

The group also threatened action against Malami if he continues to carry on to the case file of Melaye, an act said to be shielding the previous senator, who represented Kogi West, against justice.

SaharaReporters had in December 2015 published how Melaye had since 2010 illegally operated bank accounts within the us of America.

After the revelation, CSNAC, a coalition of over 150 anti-corruption organisations whose primary aim is to constructively combat corruption vigorously, wrote the Code of Conduct Bureau to research Melaye.

Malami, however, went secretly to get the case file from the bureau and had since squashed the investigation of Melaye.

After numerous inquiries, the CCB finally revealed that Malami had appropriated the case file of Melaye.

Following silence by the minister, CSNAC invoked the liberty of data Act, urging Buhari to direct Malaimi to release the case enter subsequent seven days.

“As President of the country, you've got the responsibility to make sure equity within the campaign against corruption.

“The fight against corruption can never succeed when the claws of law are deployed during a discriminatory manner or wont to score cheap political gains,” the CSNAC stated within the petition signed by the group's Legal Officer, Rebecca David.

CSNAC also threatened action against Malami for obstructing the explanation for justice within the matter.

“Series of requests are submitted to your office to release the file on Senator Melaye. There are serious cases of corruption levelled against him. 

“The cases were to be prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

“It’s unfortunate that you simply ordered the transfer of the file leaving Senator Melaye with the prospect of escaping justice within the face of the weighty allegations

against him.

“There are speculations that Senator Melaye is your bossom friend which the transfer of the file on corruption cases against him was designed to offer him a soft landing.

“You need to prove these allegations false by releasing the file without further delay,” CSNAC stated.

Posted by Admin August 31, 2020

Buhari Is Only Nigerian Military Officer To Overthrow A Democratic Government --Sowore

 Rights activist and 99jagist.blogspot.com Reporters Publisher, Omoyele Sowore, has knocked Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, over comments that he (Sowore) was trying to overthrow a democratically-elected government.

According to the activist, the only Nigerian military officer, who overthrew a democratically-elected government in history was President Buhari.

Shehu had on Friday while reacting to SaharaReporters’ publication accusing him of reversing the Council of State decision nominating Silas Agara as Chairman of National Population Commission and announcing one Nasiru Kwarra, a Muslim, described Sowore as a coup plotter.

The digital newspaper published using donor funds from the US including the Ford Foudation & the Omidyar Foundation, which publisher is standing trial for plotting the overthrow of the elected govt of Nigeria is reporting that I have changed the decision of a constitutional body, 

But responding swiftly to Shehu’s post, Sowore said, “Garba Shehu, let me remind you that the only Nigerian military officer who ever overthrew a democratically-elected government in 1983 was and remains Major

General Muhammadu Buhari, your current boss. He is yet to face trial for that criminal act of treason! #Revolutionnow." 

Garba Shehu, let me remind you that the only Nigerian military officer who'd ever overthrown a democratically elected government (in 1983) was and remains Major General MBuhari, your current boss, he is yet to face trial for that criminal act of treason! 

99jagist reporter earlier raised the alarm on the plot by some powerful persons to replace Agara, who is a Christian, with a Muslim despite his selection for the position by President Buhari.

Hours after the Council of State meeting ratifying the appointment, Shehu sent a brief message to journalists announcing Kwarra, a Muslim from Nasarawa State, as Chairman.

According to findings, Shehu disrupted the entire arrangement with his message to journalists, who reported the narrative he sold to them.

A government source confirmed to SaharaReporters that Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State was among top Northern Muslims, who worked against Agara being appointed to head the commission.

“Governor of Nassarawa and Chief of Staff told Buhari not to handover NPC to a Christian,” the source said.

Posted by Admin August 30, 2020

Zamfara Governor To Introduce Death Sentence For Reckless Drivers

Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has promised to reintroduce serious punitive measures of death for reckless drivers within the state following the accident that claimed 16 lives on Wednesday evening.

The accident occurred when a truck lost control and rammed into four vehicles conveying supporters of Matawalle along Gusau/Funtua Road.

Governor Bello Matawalle

The governor made this known when he led his cabinet members and therefore the management of BUA Group to a condolence visit to the Emir of Gusau, Alhaji Ibrahim Bello, on Saturday.

He announced a donation of N2m to families of every of the deceased, who had a wife and N1.5m to families of these unmarried among them.

The governor further declared that he will put subsequent of kins of every of the victims on a monthly allowance of N50,000 each.

He said his administration will introduce regulation gauge on highways also as weight measurement on trucks and drug tests on drivers so as to protect against rough and reckless driving, which usually led to fatalities.

Matawalle noted that the measures had become necessary in order that drivers and their families will not think they're going to have it easy if they kill anyone, adding that the lives of citizens of the state were more valuable than the other thing.

He urged management of BUA company to call their drivers to order and caution them on acceptable regulation .

 

Posted by Admin August 30, 2020

Newly Promoted Assistant Inspector-General Of Police, Yusuf, Is Dead

A serving Assistant Inspector-General of Police responsible of the newly created Zone 14 comprising of Katsina and Kaduna State, Rabiu Yusuf, is dead.

Yusuf died on Saturday after a quick illness at an Abuja hospital, consistent with katsinapost.com.ng.

He served as Commissioner of Police in Kano State before he was promoted to Assistant Inspector-General of Police in 2020.

“Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Rabi'u Yusuf, responsible of newly established Zone 14 headquarters in Katsina is dead. 

"May Jannatul Firdausi be his final resting place. Amin,” a police source told Sarah reporters.

Posted by Admin August 30, 2020

Three die as boat capsizes in Adamawa

Three people have drowned following a ship accident in Adamawa State.

The three, two men and a lady , met their death along a river in Lamurde, an area government area on Adamawa’s border with Gombe State.

Names of the deceased got simply as Isaac G, James S, and Melody M.

They, along side other passengers, were said to get on their way for a funeral ceremony when the boat conveying them capsized.

Lamurde may be a riverine community with a history of occasional flooding and water-related accidents.

Confirming the incident, Chairman of Lamurde government Area, Burto Williams, said Lamurde needs intervention urgently.

“The accident may be a tragedy that needs government to return to the help of the people of the world who are constantly being ravaged by cascading water,” he said.

He added, however, that his council was providing medical treatment for survivors of the boat accident, even as the council will foot the bill of the burial of the dead.

Posted by Admin August 30, 2020

Community Shield: Atiku, Apostle Johnson Suleman react as Arsenal defeat Liverpool

Community shield: Atiku, Apostle Johnson Suleman react as Arsenal defeat Liverpool

Former Peoples Democratic Party , PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has reacted as Arsenal football club clinched the Community Shield.

Arsenal defeated Liverpool on penalty shootout to lift it’s second trophy within one month.

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Reacting, Atiku described the sport as exhilarating, which was won through harmony.

In a tweet, Atiku wrote: “Exhilarating game, Arsenal! Victoria Concordia Crescit (Victory Through Harmony). #CommunityShield”

Also, Apostle Johnson Suleman of Omega Fire Ministries, commended Arsenal’s striker, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for his efforts during the sport .

“Arsenal! Liverpool did their thing though but we are the Arsenal. Auba is vital , our boys making us proud. Winners of 2020/2021 community Shield. We move.#COYG.”

Posted by Admin August 30, 2020

Gov. Lalong threatens to arrest community leaders over dirty environment

Gov. Simon Lalong of Plateau has warned that community leaders found wanting over dirty environment within the ir various communities in the state would be punished.

Lalong gave the charge in Jos on Saturday at the inauguration of the“Resuscitation of Monthly Sanitation Exercise” within the state.

The governor, who was represented by Prof. Danladi Atu, Secretary to the government , said that the resuscitation of the sanitation exercise was necessary to make sure the cleanness of the environment within the state.

According to Lalong, community leaders are going to be arrested if they fail to make sure their environment is kept clean.

He said that government was committed to the monthly sanitation practice of engaging of doctors for the supervision of the exercise within the communities.

The governor said government chairmen were also expected to make sure their community leaders were properly sensitised to make sure cleanliness in their environment, especially in Jos North and Jos South government Areas.

Lalong said the government was concerned with the filthy nature of its environment thus the resuscitation of the exercise, saying that Plateau wont to be a tourist haven.

“There can't be tourism with filthy environment. it's imperative for residents to inculcate the habits of cleanliness and environmental hygiene.

“This is apt especially with the COVID-19 pandemic, as cleanliness is an anti-dote thereto . Residents should also adhere to the preventive protocols of the disease, “he said.

Lalong said there have been signals of flood as eight local governments had experienced the disaster, remarking that future incidents might be averted with the clearing of drainage.

Earlier, Mr Gabriel Nshem, Acting head , Plateau Environmental Protection and Sanitation Agency (PEPSA), urged Plateau residents to cooperate and are available call at mass in ensuring their environment was clean.

Also speaking, Mr Idi Usman, Commissioner for Environment, commended PEPSA for commitment to duties in spite of the lean resources.

Usman appealed to the governor to supply more trucks for them to enable them discharge their duties diligently.

He also pleaded with Plateau residents to properly dispose their domestic wastes at designated centres.

He added that it had been very challenging clearing indiscriminate dumps, especially during the season .

The press agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that to make sure compliance to the sanitation directives in Jos metropolis, the operation of mobile courts are put in situ to prosecute defaulters and restrictions of vehicular movement.

Posted by Admin August 30, 2020

Enugu State at 29: Ohanaeze President-General extols Ugwuanyi’s leadership qualities

Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State, on Saturday, joined leaders and members of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, at their Secretariat in Enugu, to commemorate the 29th anniversary of the creation of Enugu State, amid excitement.

Speaking at the occasion, the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Nnia Nwodo, extolled Gov. Ugwuanyi’s exemplary leadership qualities, commending him for his peace and good governance initiatives.

Chief Nwodo described Gov. Ugwuanyi as a pacesetter , who doesn't segregate or promote division among the political class and beyond, congratulating him “for removing partisan politics from your executive responsibilities”.

The President-General of the apex Igbo socio-cultural organization, used the chance to spotlight other remarkable achievements of Gov. Ugwuanyi’s administration, with the state’s lean resources.

He disclosed that due to the prevailing peace within the state and therefore the investment-friendly atmosphere the governor has created to draw in investors, Enugu was recently among the highest six economically viable states within the entire country which will survive without federal allocations, and therefore the only state within the South East geo-political zone that achieved such an enviable and commendable feat.

According to Nwodo, “There is not any other state within the country that has paid December salary twice except Enugu State. we've noticed with admiration the stress of your capital development. I noticed the amount of primary and secondary schools, altogether the government areas of the state, renovated per annum under your administration. I visited spy at what your administration did at Ekulu grade school , GRA, Enugu, it's amazing. What progresses the planet today is education. I noticed the amount of general hospitals and health centres arising within the rural areas”.

On the recent civil disturbances within the state, the President-General, who lauded the governor’s sustained efforts in safeguarding the state, appreciated him for visiting the scene at Emene the day the incident happened and “for summoning an emergency state security meeting to seek out out the basis explanation for the incident, make sure that justice is completed which it doesn't happen again”.

Other major highlights of the event were the induction of eminent indigenes of Enugu State into the Ohanaeze Hall of Honour and therefore the cutting of the anniversary cake.

Dignitaries at the occasion include the previous Governor of old Enugu State, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, former Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo (right), the Chairman, Enugu State Council of Traditional Rulers, Igwe Amb. Lawrence Agubuzu, the President, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Enugu State chapter, Chief Alex Ogbonnia, among others.

Posted by Admin August 30, 2020

Mali junta postpones transfer of powers meeting as cracks emerge

Ismael Wague, the spokesperson for the CNSP (National Committee for the Salvation of the People) arrives at the CNSP headquarters on the military base in Kati, Mali, just outside of Bamako, for a gathering with M5-RFP leaders on August 26, 2020. A Malian protest coalition that had campaigned against former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita said on August 26, 2020, it had been willing to figure with the junta which ousted him during a process to revive civilian rule. ANNIE RISEMBERG / AFP

Mali’s junta on Saturday postponed the primary meeting on the transfer of power after rising tensions with the group that sparked the August 18 coup.

The junta had invited civic groups, political organisations and former rebels to consultations on Saturday, but said during a statement that the meeting was postponed at the eleventh hour to a later date thanks to “organisational reasons”.

A protest coalition that had campaigned against former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, the June 5 Movement, wasn't invited to the meeting and accused the new military rulers of trying to hijack the coup.

The group has demanded that the junta provides it a task within the transition to civilian rule, keep with its role in spearheading Keita’s ouster. The military has promised to try to to so, though without a timetable.

“We state bitterly that this junta which had sparked hope within the hearts of all Malians… is within the process of drifting faraway from the people,” said Tahirou Bah, from the Espoir Malikoura association, one among the pillars of the June 5 movement.

The June 5 movement said that they had been summoned later Saturday to the Kati military barracks near the capital to satisfy with the junta leaders.

‘No carte blanche’

After an escalating series of mass protests, young army officers mutinied on August 18, seizing Keita and other leaders and declaring they now governed the country.

The coup shocked Mali’s West African neighbours and ally France, heightening worries over instability during a country already battling an Islamist insurgency, ethnic violence and economic malaise.

Mali’s influential imam Mahmoud Dicko, a key player within the mass opposition protests that led to Keita’s ouster, said Friday that the new military rulers didn't have “carte blanche”.

“We won't provides a blank check to anyone to run this country, that’s over,” he said.

“We led the fight,” he said. “People have died and therefore the soldiers who have completed (this fight) must keep their word.”

Dicko’s spokesman Issa Kaou Djim later expanded on this, saying the imam “said the people have began to doubt” the junta.

“A revolution can't be confiscated by a gaggle of soldiers,” he said.

His comments came as a replacement document published on the Malian government’s Official Journal said the junta’s head had been effectively invested the powers of head of state.

West African leaders on Friday demanded an instantaneous civilian transition and elections within 12 months, as they considered sanctions.

The West African regional bloc ECOWAS closed its borders with Mali after the coup, banning trade and financial flows because it demanded the discharge of Keita and other detained officials.

Keita, 75, was elected in 2013 as a unifying figure during a fractured country and was returned in 2018 for a second five-year term.

But his popularity crashed as he did not counter the raging jihadist insurgency and brake Mali’s downward economic spiral.

Posted by Admin August 30, 2020

Messi refuses to return for Barcelona tests

Lionel Messi and his lawyers have told Barcelona that the player won't return for pre-season medical tests, Goal reports.

The LaLiga side will begin preparations for the 2020/2021 season this weekend, with several squad members having already reported for training.

Most of the first-team squad are still on vacation, following their 8-2 defeat to Bayern Munich within the Champions League.

However, once they start arriving for normal tests, Messi won't be among them.

The 33-year-old on Tuesday, informed Barca that he wants to go away this summer.

Although his current contract is about to expire at the top of the new season, Messi and his legal team have activated a clause they believe will allow him to terminate his deal unilaterally.

Posted by Admin August 29, 2020

Lagos may reopen primary, secondary schools in September

Lagos government has fixed September 21 because the the tentative date for the reopening of primary and secondary schools.

The state governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu also directed all tertiary institutions under the government to reopen on September 14.

“I am pleased to announce that our tertiary institution are going to be allowed to reopen from September 14, 2020, all our tertiary institutions,” Sanwo-Olu said at a press briefing on Saturday.

“As regards our primary and secondary schools, we are working towards reopening them round the 21st of September 2020. This position isn't cast in stone and subject to a review of our ongoing monitoring and procedures from the ministry of health.”

“Remember that we said that the virus will peak and that we will flatten the curve within the month of August. From what we've seen, it appears we've flattened the curve. within the last fortnight , we've continued to ascertain a drop by the positivity that we've encountered within the state.”

Schools were shut indefinitely in March to see the spread of COVID-19.

Only SS3 students participating within the ongoing West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) are allowed in schools for now.

Earlier within the month, the governor lifted a four-month ban on worship centres.

Posted by Admin August 29, 2020

ICYMI: MAGU VS MALAMI: Real reasons behind five years cold war

It is no more news that Ibrahim Magu isn't on top of things of the reins of power at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

Magu, a Commissioner of Police, held the fort because the Acting Chairman of the anti-graft agency for over five years, albeit without the approval of the Nigerian Senate which twice rejected his nomination to go the agency during a substantive capacity.

Though attempts were made to debunk report of his arrest on July 6 by operatives of the Department of State Service, DSS, however, Magu, remained in detention and was subsequently suspended from his position pending the conclusion of the investigation of allegations levelled against him by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN.

Both Magu and Malami were appointed in 2015 by President Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress, APC, few months after he successfully wrestled power faraway from then-incumbent President, Goodluck Jonathan and therefore the Peoples Democratic Party , PDP.

Considering that anti-corruption war stood as a serious plank of the agenda of the President Buhari-led administration, on November 9, 2015, Magu was appointed the Acting Chairman of the EFCC.

His appointment came after President Buhari sacked Ibrahim Lamorde who headed the agency under former President Jonathan.

Two days after Magu’s appointment, President Buhari, on Veterans' Day , 2015, made Malami the AGF to go the Ministry of Justice.

Statutorily, Magu’s EFCC is under Malami’s purview because the Minister of Justice.

Malami equally constitutionally supervises activities of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, ICPC, the DSS, National Drug enforcement Agency, NDLEA, National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons, NAPTIP, and therefore the Nigeria police , NPF.

Meanwhile, shortly after the primary meeting Malami held with heads of all the institutions, did the battle for supremacy and therefore the attendant resistance, began between him and Magu.

Posted by Admin August 20, 2020