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The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, Monday slated June 7 to hear a suit seeking to disqualify Femi Gbajabiamila from vying to become speaker of the House of Representatives in the 9th National Assembly. Justice Inyang Ekwo directed that copies of the legal processes should be served on the embattled lawmaker to enable him to respond to issues that were raised against him. The court was in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/539/2019, urged to declare that Hon. Gbajabiamila who was cited as the 1st Defendant, “is not fit and proper to be elected as a Member of the House…

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, Monday, commenced his second five-tenure tenure, following his re-appointment by President Muhammadu Buhari. CBN sources said that Mr. Emefiele formally assumed duty after subscribing to the relevant Oath of Office administered by the CBN Secretary and Director, Corporate Secretariat Department, Mrs. Alice Karau, at the headquarters of the apex bank. Mr. Emefiele, who was said to have been received into the Bank by the four Deputy Governors, was visibly elated by the turnout of excited staff that thronged the venue of the oath-taking ceremony, chanting his name. In his…

The Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, has said Nigeria was ready for 5G network. Executive Director of the commission, Prof. Umar Dambatta, who stated this at an interactive session with journalists in Abuja Monday, said with the enlisting of leading mobile operator into the Stock Exchange, other operators, including Bharti Airtel, Globacom and 9Mobile were getting set to join the fray. He said the NCC, apart from holding a stakeholders’ forum to come up with a roadmap on 5G, the commission had opened consultations on spectrum for drones and was proactively leading discussions on the deployment of new technologies. He said:…

As the Federal Government strives to eliminate poverty across the nation, the Nigerian Economic Summit Group, NESG, has harped on the need to scale-up the National Social Investment Programmes, NSIP, targets set in the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan, ERGP. The group also said the NSIP would never be enough without the concurrent intervention of broad-based sustainable growth focused on creating economic and job opportunities for citizenry. The NSIPs were initiated by the government in its efforts to address the challenges around our human capital development, with a view to reducing poverty and creating wealth in order to tackle socio-economic…

Former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, has said he was ready to return to Nigeria to face the charge against him. In an interview with online Newspaper, Premium Times, Adoke said he would to return to Nigeria “between July and September.” Adoke dismissed insinuations that he left the country to avoid prosecution, saying his stay abroad had little to do with the Malabu case. The former AGF, who left Nigeria in 2015, was accused by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, of enriching himself from the $1 billion Malabu oil deal, but he denied…

By Akanimo Sampson Schlumberger, one of the leading oil services companies, has introduced the GAIA, a digital exploration platform at the 81st EAGE Conference & Exhibition. The GAIA platform enables exploration teams to rapidly discover and access basin-scale data and manage their exploration opportunities. The GAIA platform uses the power of the DELFI Exploration & Production cognitive environment to access data available from Schlumberger and other E&P industry data providers. The GAIA platform provides a personalised user experience, enabling the explorationist to discover, visualise and interact with all the available data in a region or basin without compromising resolution and…

Suspected bandits reportedly on Sunday evening, opened fire on the motorcade of Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, who was on his way to condole with victims of a previous attack on a community in Gusau local government area. This came as bandits again attacked Batsari Alhaji village in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State, killing two persons, barely 24 hours after the visist of wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, to the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camp in the area. Eyewitnesses said the governor’s convoy came under attack while he was enroute Lilo community to sympathise with victims…

Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad, Monday, challenged the competence of the suit seeking to declare him unfit to head the judiciary. In processes he filed before the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, Justice Muhammad insisted that he was validly appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari to take control of the judiciary, after the erstwhile CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, was charged and subsequently indicted by the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT. The Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Tanko Muhammad, Monday challenged the competence of the suit seeking to declare him unfit to head the…

By Akanimo Sampson Rochas Okorocha, outgone Governor of Imo State in Eastern Nigeria, may land in hot soup if he fails to do a proper handover to his successor, Governor Emeka Ihedioha of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) by Tuesday midnight. Ihedioha stated this on Monday at the Government House, Owerri, during the swearing in of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Uche Onyeaguocha and Chief of Staff, Chris Okewulonu. Accordingly, the governor has ordered the Permanent Secretary, and Head of Service, under Okorocha, to quickly prepare all the necessary documents and hand them over to the SSG, and…

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged Muslims in the country to sustain the virtues of the Ramadan period. In his Eid-el-Fitri message to Nigerians marking the end of the Ramadan fasting season, Buhari asked Muslims to always put humanity before personal interests. A statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, quoted the President saying “The Ramadan period is meant to reinforce us spiritually, therefore, we should use religion as an inspiration to do good at all times. “The virtues of the Ramadan should be sustained beyond the celebration. Going back to bad ways after the…