NBA Presidential Aspirant Seeks Improved Welfare For Judges
A SENIOR ADVOCATE OF NIGERIA (SAN), MIKYAU YAKUBU, HAS CALLED FOR IMPROVED REMUNERATION FOR JUDGES IN THE COUNTRY TO AVOID THEIR BEING TEMPTED INTO ENGAGING IN ACTS OF CORRUPTION.
YAKUBU MADE THIS KNOWN IN ABAKALIKI THE EBONYI STATE CAPITAL, WHERE IT HAD HUNDREDS OF LAWYERS FROM THE THREE BRANCHES IN THE STATE IN ATTENDANCE.
THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION (NBA) PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT LAMENTED THAT THE SALARIES OF JUDGES INCLUDING THE JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT HAVE REMAINDED THE SAME SINCE 2007, AND CALLED FOR ITS UPWARDS REVIEW.
HE COMMENDED THE JUDGES IN THE JUDICIARY FOR STRIVING TO LEAVE ABOVE BOARD DESPITE THE CHALLENGES OF POOR REMUNERATION AND WELFARE.
YAKUBU PROMISED TO CARRY ON WITH THE POLICIES OF THE OLUMIDE AKPATA ADMINISTRATION. ADDING THAT HIS ADMINISTRATION WILL LOOK AFTER THE INTEGRITY AND INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY.
OUR CORRESPONDENT IN EBONYI STATE, EMMANUEL NNAJI, REPORTS THAT AT A PARLEY WITH THE STATE CHAPTER OF THE ASSOCIATION WHERE HE WAS ADOPTED AS ITS CONSENSUS CANDIDATE FOR THE POSITION OF PRESIDENT, YAKUBU SAID THAT HIS ADMINISTRATION WILL WORK TO ENSURE THAT THE WELFARE OF YOUNG LAWYERS IS ADEQUATELY PROTECTED AND IMPROVED.
CAF unveils official match ball for 2022 WAFCON
THE CONFEDERATION OF AFRICAN FOOTBALL (CAF) HAS UNVEILED THE OFFICIAL MATCH BALL FOR THIS YEAR’S WOMEN’S CUP OF NATIONS IN MOROCCO.
CAF UNVEILED THE MATCH BALL ON THEIR WEBSITE THIS FRIDAY, SAYING THE OFFICIAL BALL IS INSPIRED BY THE NEW VISUAL IDENTITY OF AFRICAN WOMEN’S FOOTBALL.
CAF SAYS THE MATCH BALL IS MADE OF COLOURS THAT REPRESENTS THE VALUES OF UNITY, PROGRESS, CHALLENGE, INITIATIVE, DIVERSITY AND EXPERIENCE THAT HAVE CHARACTERIZED THE GROWTH OF AFRICAN WOMEN’S FOOTBALL TO REACH THE LOFTY HEIGHTS IT OCCUPIES TODAY.
THE 2022 WAFCON WILL SERVE AS THE QUALIFIERS FOR NEXT YEAR’S WOMEN’S WORLD CUP IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.
THE SUPER FALCONS OF NIGERIA ARE THE REIGNING CHAMPIONS FOLLOWING THEIR ACHIEVEMENT IN 2018.
THE WAFCON WILL TAKE PLACE IN MOROCCO FROM 2 – 23 JULY 2022
Chinese premier calls for more coal production
CHINA’S PREMIER, LI KEQIANG, HAS CALLED FOR INCREASED PRODUCTION OF COAL TO STAVE OFF MASS BLACKOUTS, AS EARLY SUMMER HEATWAVES HAVE PROMPTED RECORD ELECTRICITY USAGE.
REPORTS SAY AUTHORITIES HAVE AGAIN ISSUED HIGH TEMPERATURE WARNINGS FOR ABOUT A DOZEN PROVINCES ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PROVINCES.
ALSO, STATE MEDIA REPORTS THAT ELECTRICITY DEMAND HAS GONE UP 8.8% IN NORTH-WEST CHINA COMPARED WITH LAST YEAR, AND 3.2% IN NORTHERN CHINA.
THE PREMIER, LI KEQIANG, HAS URGED TAPPING INTO ADVANCED COAL CAPACITY, SECURING POWER SUPPLY, AND RESOLUTELY PREVENTING POWER OUTAGES AMID THE PEAK SUMMER SEASON.
LI HAS ALSO CALLED FOR GREATER “EFFORTS TO RAMP UP EFFICIENT AND CLEAN COAL POWER PRODUCTION”.
Ebonyi 2023: Odii Accuses Ogba Of Flouting Court Orders
THE GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE ON THE PLATFORM OF THE PEOPLES’ DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP), FOR THE 2023 GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION IN EBONYI STATE, IFEANYI ODII, HAS ACCUSED THE FACTIONAL GOVERNORSHIP ‘CANDIDATE’ OF THE PARTY, AND SENATOR REPRESENTING EBONYI CENTRAL SENATORIAL ZONE, OBINNA OGBA, OF FLOUTING SACRED ORDERS OF THE COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION.
ODII SAYS OGBA HAS REFUSED TO SHOW RESTRAINT AND MATURITY BY RESPECTING DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES, AND NOT TAKING LAWS INTO HIS OWN HANDS.
RECALL THAT OGBA AND ODII HAVE BEEN ENMESHED IN A TUSSLE OVER WHO IS THE AUTHENTIC GOVERNORSHIP FLAGBEARER OF THE PDP, IN EBONYI STATE FOR THE 2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS.
BUT A FEDERAL HIGH COURT SITTING IN ABAKALIKI ON JUNE 7, 2022, DECLARED ODII AS THE AUTHENTIC GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE OF PDP IN EBONYI STATE, AND DIRECTED THE PARTY TO SUBMIT HIS NAME TO INEC, ALTHOUGH, OGBA HAS APPEALED THE JUDGEMENT.
MEANWHILE, OUR CORRESPONDENT IN EBONYI STATE, EMMANUEL NNAJI, REPORTS THAT THE GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE OF THE ALL PROGRESS GRAND ALLIANCE (APGA) IN THE STATE HAS NOMINATED NKATA CHUKWU A MEDICAL DOCTOR AS HIS DEPUTY GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE.
ALSO, THE SPEAKER OF THE EBONYI STATE HOUSE ASSEMBLY, FRANCIS NWIFURU OF THE ALL PROGRESSIVE CONGRESS (APC), HAS NOMINATED THE CURRENT VICE CHAIRMAN OF AFIKPO NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, PATRICIA OBILA AS HIS DEPUTY GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE
Supreme Court set to rule on controversial Electoral Act
THE SUPREME COURT HAS STRUCK OUT A SUIT FILED AGAINST SECTION 84(12) OF THE ELECTORAL ACT, 2022, BY PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI AND THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION (AGF) AND MINISTER OF JUSTICE ABUBAKAR MALAMI.
IN A UNANIMOUS DECISION BY A SEVEN-MAN PANEL LED BY JUSTICE MUHAMMAD DATTIJO, THE SUPREME COURT HELD THAT IT LACKED THE JURISDICTION TO ENTERTAIN THE SUIT.
THE APEX COURT ALSO HELD THAT THE SUIT AMOUNTED TO AN ABUSE OF THE JUDICIAL PROCESS.
THE SUPREME COURT FURTHER HELD THAT BUHARI WAS NOT A PROPER PERSON TO APPROACH IT WITH SUCH A SUIT, OWING TO THE NATURE OF THE RELIEFS SOUGHT.
DELIVERING THE LEAD JUDGMENT, JUSTICE AOKMAYE AGIM NOTED THAT BUHARI, HAVING EARLIER ASSENTED TO SECTION 84(12) OF THE ELECTORAL ACT 2022, CANNOT TURN AROUND TO APPROACH THE COURT TO STRIKE IT DOWN.
Anambra To Build Tourism, Leisure Park At Agulu Lake
ANAMBRA STATE COMMISSIONER FOR CULTURE, TOURISM AND ENTERTAINMENT, DON ONYENJI HAS SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF CHUKWUMA SOLUDO PLANS TO BUILD A WORLD-CLASS TOURISM AND LEISURE PARK AT AGULU LAKE IN THE ANAOCHA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF THE STATE.
ONYENJI SAYS THE TOURISM AND LEISURE PARK WHEN IT IS BUILT WILL BE A MAJOR TOURIST DESTINATION, AND WOULD ALSO BE A VERITABLE SOURCE OF CLIENTELE FOR THE GOLDEN TULIP HOTEL SITUATED IN THE AGULU LAKE ENVIRONMENT.
HE SAID THE GOVERNOR IS PASSIONATE ABOUT THE PROJECT, AS IT IS IN LINE WITH THE VISION AND MISSION TO CREATE A LIVEABLE, LOVABLE AND PROSPEROUS NEW ANAMBRA CONDUCIVE, AND CONGENIAL FOR EVERYONE, ADDING THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS IN THE TOURISM SECTOR YET UNKNOWN, WHICH HE SAID WOULD BE UNRAVELLED BY THE SOLUDO ADMINISTRATION.
FG REVERSES NIGERIA’S BAN FROM BASKETBALL COMPETITION
PRESIDENT, MUHAMMADU BUHARI (RETD.), HAS APPROVED THE IMMEDIATE RETURN OF NIGERIA TO INTERNATIONAL BASKETBALL COMPETITIONS.
THIS WAS ANNOUNCED DURING A PRESS BRIEFING IN ABUJA THIS THURSDAY BY THE PERMANENT SECRETARY, FEDERAL MINISTRY OF YOUTH AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT, ISMAILA ABUBAKAR.
ABUBAKAR SAYS THE APPROVAL WAS GRANTED FOLLOWING A LETTER OF APPEAL DATED JUNE 17, 2022, WHICH WAS SIGNED BY MUSA KIDA, LEADER OF THE NIGERIA BASKETBALL FEDERATION BOARD, AND ADDRESSED TO THE MINISTER OF YOUTH AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT, SUNDAY DARE.
ABUBAKAR SAYS DESPITE THE APPROVAL, THE STAKEHOLDERS HAVE BEEN WARNED TO ENSURE THE COUNTRY’S LAW ARE NOT SUBJUGATED TO ANY OTHER LAW AS ANY FAILURE TO DO THIS, AS WITH ANY CONSTITUTIONALLY BOUND SOVEREIGN NATION, WILL ATTRACT SANCTIONS SAYING THERE WAS FIRST A COUNTRY BEFORE ANY ORGANIZATION OR FEDERATION THAT BEARS THE NIGERIAN NAME, COLOURS AND FLAG REPRESENTING NIGERIA.
THE PERMANENT SECRETARY ALSO SAYS ALL THOSE WHICH LEAD GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS AND IN THIS CASE FEDERATIONS, HOLD SUCH POSITIONS IN TRUST FOR THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF NIGERIA UNDER THE DIRECT SUPERVISION OF THE MINISTER OF YOUTH AND SPORTS.
AFGHANISTAN QUAKE: MANY CHILDREN KILLED IN DISASTER, DOCTORS SAY
DOCTORS IN AFGHANISTAN HAVE SAID MANY CHILDREN MAY HAVE BEEN KILLED IN WEDNESDAY’S EARTHQUAKE.
MORE THAN 1,000 PEOPLE DIED IN THE DISASTER AND HEAVY RAIN, THREADBARE RESOURCES AND RUGGED TERRAIN ARE HAMPERING RESCUE WORKERS.
UNKNOWN NUMBERS WERE BURIED IN THE RUBBLE OF RUINED, OFTEN MUD-BUILT HOMES BY THE MAGNITUDE 6.1 EARTHQUAKE.
THE TALIBAN AUTHORITIES HAVE CALLED FOR MORE INTERNATIONAL AID. COMMUNICATION NETWORKS ARE ALSO BADLY HIT.
A TALIBAN,” SPOKESMAN THEY CAN’T REACH THE AREA AS NETWORKS ARE TOO WEAK.
THE UNITED NATIONS IS AMONG THOSE SCRAMBLING TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY SHELTER AND FOOD AID TO REMOTE AREAS IN THE WORST-HIT PAKTIKA PROVINCE.
AFGHANISTAN’S HEALTH SYSTEM WAS FACING NEAR COLLAPSE EVEN BEFORE THE DISASTER.
SURVIVORS AND RESCUERS HAVE TOLD NEWSMEN VILLAGES WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED NEAR THE EPICENTRE OF THE QUAKE, ROADS WERE RUINED INCLUDING MOBILE PHONE TOWERS THEY ALSO EXPRESS THEIR FEARS THAT THE DEATH TOLL WILL RISE FURTHER AMIDST SOME 1,500 PEOPLE WERE ALSO INJURED.
MOST OF THE CASUALTIES SO FAR HAVE BEEN IN THE GAYAN AND BARMAL DISTRICTS OF PAKTIKA. LOCALS REPORT DOZENS OF VILLAGES HAVE COLLAPSED.
LAGOS LAUNCHES FLOATING CLINIC FOR EMERGENCY, OUTREACH SERVICES
THE LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT HAS LAUNCHED A ‘FLOATING CLINIC BOAT’ FOR SWIFT MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS ALONG INLAND WATERWAYS AND RIVERINE COMMUNITIES AS PART OF EFFORTS TO ENHANCE ACCESS TO PROMPT, QUALITATIVE AND EFFICIENT HEALTHCARE SERVICES ACROSS LAGOS.
LAGOS STATE MINISTRY OF HEALTH PERMANENT SECRETARY DR. OLUSEGUN OGBOYE WHILE UNVEILING THE FLOATING CLINIC AFTER INSPECTION SAID THE INNOVATION WAS INTRODUCED TO HELP PROVIDE FIRST AID, MEDICAL EMERGENCY CARE AND BASIC HEALTHCARE SERVICES AT ACCIDENT SCENES ON THE INLAND WATERWAYS AND RIVERINE COMMUNITIES IN LAGOS STATE.
OGBOYE SAYS THE INITIATIVE IS ALSO AN EXAMPLE OF PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN DIFFERENT AGENCIES OF GOVERNMENT AS THE BOAT BELONGS TO LASWA BUT WILL BE OPERATED BY THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH.
THE PERMANENT SECRETARY SAYS THE BOAT CLINIC WILL BE DEPLOYED FOR THE ONGOING INTEGRATED MEASLES AND COVID VACCINATION CAMPAIGN IN RIVERINE COMMUNITIES ACROSS LAGOS STATE, A PLAN HE SAID WAS INITIATED BY THE SANWO-OLU ADMINISTRATION TO ENSURE EMERGENCY SERVICES IN LAGOS ARE RAMPED UP TO IMPROVE RESPONSE TIME.
FRSC INAUGURATES DANGOTE TRUCK DRIVING SCHOOL
DANGOTE CEMENT PLC HAS LAUNCHED THE DANGOTE ARTICULATED TRUCK DRIVING SCHOOL IN A MOVE TO INCULCATE SAFE DRIVING CULTURE IN ITS DRIVERS SO AS TO STEM THE TIDE OF ROAD CRASHES.
THE OPENING OF THE SCHOOL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FEDERAL ROAD SAFETY COMMISSION (FRSC), THE DANGOTE CEMENT MANAGEMENT HOPES WOULD MAKE DRIVERS BECOME BETTER ROAD USERS.
FRSC CORPS MARSHAL BOBOYE OYEYEMI WHILE OFFICIALLY INAUGURATING THE DRIVING ACADEMY SAID IT IS HISTORIC AND UNIQUE AND A SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD THAT WILL BENEFIT NOT ONLY THE DANGOTE GROUP BUT NIGERIA IN GENERAL.