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The Nigerian Senate said Monday night that it will not stop Senator Ovie Omo-Agege from attending plenary on Tuesday, in compliance with a Federal High Court order. The Senate had initially stated that it would not respect the order since it has filed an appeal in a higher court. But in a sudden twist, the Senate gave its new position in a statement by its spokesman, Senator Sabi Aliyu Abdullahi, chairman of the Committee on Media and Publicity. “The Senate leadership has been briefed by our lawyers on last Thursday judgement of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on whether the…

The lingering nationwide strike embarked upon by health workers may have suffered a set-back following resolve by doctors to render services in spite of the demands of the health workers. The National Chairman of JOHESU, Mr Biobebelemoye Josiah, has therefore alerted of efforts by the doctors to frustrate ongoing talks to end the four-week-old strike. Josiah raised the alarm when he fielded questions from newsmen in Abuja, and also accused the Ministry of Health of collaborating with the doctors in suppressing JOHESU’s legitimate demands from the government. JOHESU had on April 17 embarked on industrial action to press home its…

The Nigerian military said it had rescued an aged man from the captivity of Boko Haram during crossfire. A statement by the spokesman for the military counter- insurgency in the North-East (Operation Lafiya Dole ), Col. Onyema Nwachukwu, read, “Troops of the Operation Lafiya Dole have rescued an aged man who was held hostage by the elements of Boko Haram terrorist group in Gobara, a village in the Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State.” The statement added, “In a rare display of bravery and humanness, a Platoon Commander of the 192 Battalion, Lt. Asajwun Ahmadu, rescued and personally carried…

Armed bandits operating along Birnin-Gwari-Kaduna Highways Sunday kidnapped 87 passengers as the Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Tukur Yusuf Buratai charged troops to end the wanton killings and destruction of property in the axis in three weeks. Concerned with the incessant kidnapping and killing, the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in the area cautioned its members from plying the route pending deployment of troop and other security agencies. An official of NURTW stated that most of the kidnapped victims were passengers travelling between North and Southern parts of the country. The NURTW official said: “Over 15 vehicles…

Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, Monday, warned judicial officers to refrain from commenting on matters of public interest on social media. The CJN, who handed down the warning at the first biannual lecture of Lagos State judiciary at Lagos City Hall, also admonished judges to henceforth ensure the removal of their personal information online. He asked them to as well, desist from uploading pictures of their holiday and personal activities on social media. He said judges who are desirous of discussing public matters on the social media can only do so without revealing their identity. Onnoghen, who was represented…

The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court Monday dismissed two separate suits that challenged the one-year tenure extension granted to National Chairman of the ruling All Progressive Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, and other members of the National Working Committee, NWC, of the party. The court, in a judgment by Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, held that the suits marked FHC/ABJ/CS/237/2018 and FHC/ABJ/CS/219/2018 have become lifeless, academic and hypothetical. Justice Dimgba Dimgba stressed that the subject matter of both suits had been overtaken by events, noting that APC had already started conducting congresses into offices affected by the proposed tenure elongation.…

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has cautioned against any form of reprisal killings in the state over the lingering herdsmen crisis, warning that his administration would mete out stiff penalties to anyone caught engaging in the act. Ortom maintained that the herdsmen crisis in state was not a religious or ethnic war and should not be capitalized on to attack innocent persons who had no hand in the killings taking place in the rural communities. The governor, who sounded the warning Monday in Makurdi while inaugurating a 10 newly selected First Class Chiefs in the state, said: “We are…

President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Auyo, Jigawa State, said his administration’s economic diversification and inclusion growth programmes, especially in key good producing states, were producing positive results. Buhari, who is on a two-day working visit to the state, stated this during the commencement of the rehabilitation and expansion of the 6,000-hectare Hadejia Valley irrigation project, adding that Nigeria’s agricultural revolution was real and on course. Buhari in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, assured that his administration would sustain the positive momentum in the sector by implementing the right policies and providing the needed…

The World Bank Group has invested about $10.734 billion in projects and programmes in Nigeria. The bank’s delegation of 10 executive directors which visited the country last week, said it was excited with the economy’s return to growth and pledged more collaboration to accelerate the growth rate. A breakdown of the bank’s total investment showed that Nigeria Country Partnership Strategy extending to FY19 has an investment of $8.8 billion through the International Development Association, IDA, and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD. The International Finance Corporation, IFC, has a commitment $1.6 billion, which is IFC’s fifth largest global country exposure; while Nigeria…

All is not well with the defunct new Peoples Democratic Party, nPDP, bloc in the All Progressives Congress, APC, as some high profile members of the bloc have dismissed as pure baloney claims of marginalization by a faction led by Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje. The group led by former governor of Nasarawa State, Senator Abdullahi Adamu was at the national secretariat of the ruling party Monday to submit a letter detailing the fortunes of the nPDP bloc under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. Other members of the group are a former member of the House of Representatives from Kwara State, Moshood…