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Post Date : August 26, 2022

Wife allegedly stabs magistrate husband to death

  The Kebbi State Police Command has arrested Farida Abubakar, a 30-year-old woman, in connection with the murder of her estranged husband, Attahiru Ibrahim Zagga. The spokesperson for the command, SP Nafiu Abubakar, disclosed this in a statement on Friday, adding that Ibrahim, a magistrate in the state, was stabbed to death in his Birnin Kebbi house on Thursday night. He said, “On 25/8/2022 at about 2140hrs, policemen attached to the Divisional Police Headquarters, Gwadangaji, received information that a strange noise was heard from the house of a neighbour, one Attahiru Ibrahim ‘m’ of Alieru Quarters, Birnin Kebbi, and his gate was also locked. “On receipt of the information, a team of policemen were swiftly mobilized to the scene. They forced themselves into the house where they found the said Attahiru Ibrahim lying in a pool of blood and was later confirmed dead by a medical doctor. “Similarly, his estranged wife, one Farida Abubakar ‘F’ aged 30yrs was also seen inside the compound. Hence, she was suspected and arrested in connection with the case. “Consequently, the Commissioner of Police, Kebbi State Command, CP Ahmed Magaji Kontagora, had directed the DPO to immediately transfer the case to SCID, Birnin Kebbi, for discreet investigation with a view to unravelling the circumstances surrounding the ugly incident.” The deceased former course mate, Aminu Ubandoma also confirmed the incident via his Facebook page. “Innalillahi wa’inna ilaihin raji’un. Attahiru Ibrahim Zagga Esq was stabbed to death at his house yesterday (Thursday) in Birnin Kebbi. Until his death, he was a magistrate with Kebbi State judiciary. “He was my course mate at the university. We attended Nigeria law school together and stay in the same room at Yenagoa campus. May his soul rest in Jannatul Firdausi,” Aminu wrote.

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Post Date : August 26, 2022

Police Arrest 30 Suspected Cultists In Edo Jessica Ologbosere

  The Edo State Police Command has conducted raids and arrested 30 suspected cultists believed to be associated with inter-cult rival killings in some parts of the state in the last few days. The Command’s deputy Public Relations Officer, Jennifer Iwegbu in a statement disclosed that following the receipt of credible information that cult activities were ongoing along Oho street, Uselu, Benin city, on Thursday, operatives of the command immediately mobilized to the scene. She added that on arrival at the scene, the operatives of the command found the body of a young man later identified as one Taiwo Edigie, 40, with the head severed and dropped at a different location from where the body was placed. According to the statement, a similar report was received on the same day that along Imuetiyan street off Ojo road, Ugbowo, a yet to be identified young man was killed also in connection to the ongoing cult fight. Intense raiding was subsequently carried out around the axis the of the incident occurred and the 30 suspects were arrested. Profiling is said to be ongoing and anyone found culpable or related to any of the cult rivalry killings would be arraigned in court upon its conclusion. The Commissioner of Police, CP Abutu Yaro, while commiserating with the bereaved families, has assured members of the public of the Command’s unrelenting efforts to ensuring that there is no hiding place for criminals. The CP specifically warned members of Eiye group and Aye Cult groups to renege on their violent rivalry that has resulted in avoidable deaths of their members or be ready for more arrest and prosecution in the days ahead

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Post Date : August 26, 2022

Kaduna Varsity slams ASUU President over ‘quacks’ statement

  The Kaduna State University ( KASU) has condemned a statement credited to the National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities ( ASUU) describing KASU and other state owned universities as quacks . KASU in a statement on Friday signed by Adamu Nuhu Bargo, the PRO said the “whole world was taken aback by the unguided, misleading and derogatory statement by the ASUU National President, Prof. Victor Emmanuel Osodeke during an interview with Arise TV on Friday, 26th August, 2022 in which he irresponsibly referred to some State-Owned Universities in Nigeria including Kaduna State University as quacks.” “It is obvious that by such a statement, ASUU, represented by the unguarded vituperatons of its chosen President, is not actually struggling for a better educational system in Nigeria but for personal and irrespondible aggrandisement. One may wonder whether the Professor of Soil Science really understands what the word quack represents. Quack means a person who dishonestly claims to have knowledge and skill in some field with little or no foundation, as better exemplified by professionals.” “For the benefit of hindsight, KASU is a new generation University and the second most-sought State-Owned University as well as the fastest growing in Nigeria, which was established 18 years ago with eminent scholars like Prof. Idris A. Abdulkadir, OFR and Prof. Abubakar A. Rasheed, MFR as the pioneer Council members. These scholars-administrators made sure that the appointments of qualified Lecturers was never compromised. The foundation and ethical determination to sustain same has remained the basic principle of engaging academic & non-academic staff.” “By the foregoing, the general public may wish to note as follows: KASU is recognised by NUC as a standard University. KASU has some of the best brains that is competing favourably with their counterparts around the globe. The world No 4 best polymer chemist is in KASU. Lecturers in KASU have attracted grants both locally and internationally and are highly rated. KASU graduates are rated among the best in the world and enjoying scholarships from different parts of the country and the globe. KASU has members in ASUU, and it is unfortunate if the ASUU President is saying that they are quacks, while enjoying monthly check-off dues from their salaries. Does this not gives good reason for every reasonable academic staff in the University to pull out from the Union for this labeling and stereotyping?” “I like to mention here that the highest stage of irresponsibility is insulting fellow colleagues in the academia. I thought leadership in the academia is about mutual respect and mentoring while also living by good example which the ASUU National finds it too tasking? The ASUU President was a bigot for neither mentioning Ambrose Alli University, where he came from which has pulled out from the strike long before KASU Management decided to resume academic activities in spite of the strike, nor did he refer to his own University as quack.” “By resuming academic activities as our good conscience in KASU dictates, should never be a reason for us to be insulted and stereotyped. After all, ASUU claimed to be on strike for: Rejecting IPPIS for UTAS (KASU has nothing to do with how other employees are paid in a country where education is in the concurrent list) Renegotiate the 2009 agreement (KASU Governing Council informed lecturers they shouldn’t worry that after negotiation between FG & ASUU led by its loquacious President, it’ll look into how to implement the agreement without encumbrances) Release funds to revitalize the infrastructure of the Universities (release of funds is being determined by the economy and income of government and not by any strike action) *: Pay outstanding EAA to date (Kaduna State has paid far more to its lecturers the EEA than any FG University did to its own Universities) Release of the White Paper on Visitation Panels (This has nothing to do with State universities & KASU should not stunt its progress in a protracted strike that is becoming unreasonably insensitive) Lest i forget, when ASUU in KASU joined the strike in 2019 and govt paid the 40% salary for work done for the month, ASUU National did virtually nothing positive beyond ranting so that the outstanding 60% has not been paid till date. If someone thinks the National President of ASUU can go on strike because of this, is only joking!!! “ “Let me use this medium to call on Academic staff on strike in KASU to reason and be more concerned with their University and people than the irritating attitude of their irrational leader that label’s them as Quacks.”

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Post Date : August 26, 2022

Andy Uba denies taking loan from Arthur Eze

  Senator Andy Uba has reacted to the viral news that he purportedly took a loan of N50 million from Prince Arthur Eze. It was also alleged that there was an execution of a court judgment in which it was reported that vehicles belonging to him were seized over the N50 million loan. But reacting to the development in a press statement made available to journalists in Awka on Friday, Uba denied taking any loan from Arthur Eze. He said he never borrowed N50m from Arthur Eze and that both of them only attended a church service at St. James Anglican Church Uga, Aguata Local Government Area, Anambra State, during his senatorial campaign in the build-up to the 2015 general election. Uba claimed that the said N50m was a donation from Arthur Eze for his senatorial campaign. He said the reaction became “fundamentally” imperative to unequivocally state in clear and categorical terms the true factual position of things. The statement read, “My attention has been drawn to the defamatory, maligning and character injurious publications in the print and electronic medium, as well as social media platforms on malicious falsehood and allegations arising from the execution of the judgement of the High Court of Anambra State in suit No: AG/94/2016, through the bailiffs of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory Abuja on 23/8/2022. “It is fundamentally imperative to unequivocally state in clear and categorical terms the true factual position, thus: “For the avoidance of doubt, I never borrowed N50m from prince Arthur Eze, both of us only attended a church service at St. James Anglican Church Uga, Aguata L.G.A, Anambra State during my senatorial campaign in the build-up to 2015 general elections. “In the course of the said church service, Prince Arthur Eze donated N50m to support my senatorial political campaign on the altar and the entire congregant was engulfed with joy and happiness which made the officiating priest extend a warm handshake of gratitude and appreciation for his kind gesture and I equally sent a letter of appreciation dated 22/2/2015 to Prince Arthur Eze. “I was dumbfounded, surprised and flabbergasted having learnt that my bosom friend and brother, had through his company Oranto Petroleum Limited through which the said cheque of N50m was drawn had filed an action one year after at the High Court of Anambra State, Aguata division sitting at Ekwulobia in suit No: AG/94/2016, through what they called (undefended list) Procedure or liquidated money demand or summary judgment procedure. “The pertinent question on the lips of many people would be, do people go to the rooftops to praise or thank others for granting them loan facilities? How many people have you seen that secured a loan facility from a bank or an individual and went to church praising the creditor for granting them such a loan facility which would only be repaid? “I quickly engaged my lawyers who filed my defence on merit denying the allegations that the said money was a loan but a free will donation, unfortunately despite our obvious defence and issues having been joined, the trial court refused and failed to afford us a fair hearing by having the matter heard on full-blown trial where witnesses will be called and evidence led, but proceeded to hear the matter on (undefended list) procedure or summary judgment procedure, that is, hearing the case on only the allegations and documents filed by the plaintiff (Oranto Petroleum Limited) without contradiction, whatsoever. The court went ahead to grant all the reliefs and entered judgement in favour of the plaintiff on 6/3/2017. “In exercise of my constitutional right, I appealed to the Court of Appeal Enugu division culminating to Senator Andy Andy –Vs- Oranto Petroleum Limited, Appeal No: CA/E/197/2017, challenging the said decision of the High Court of Anambra State among other things, on the ground that the said money was a free will donation and not a loan as well as a challenge that hearing the matter on the undefended list without my input amount to a breach of my fundamental right to fair hearing guaranteed under section 36 of the 1999 constitution of Nigeria (as amended), which occasioned a miscarriage of justice. “Consequent upon the above, parties filed and exchanged their respective briefs of argument and the appeal was set down for hearing on the 26th of February, 2019. However, there was an intervention by some Anambra stakeholders and I was approached by Prince Austin Ndigwe (Uzu-Awka) who is a mutual friend of myself and Prince Arthur Eze for an amicable settlement of the matter out of court. “I was thereupon, after a meeting between myself and Prince Arthur Eze at his Enugu residence which was championed by Prince Austin Ndigwe (Uzu-Awka), instigated by way of advice to withdraw the appeal on the ground that Prince Arthur Eze had then become satisfied that the money was a donation for my senatorial political campaign and not a loan as he was meant to believe earlier. “Prince Arthur Eze persuaded me through the said Prince Austin Ndigwe (Uzu-Awka) to discontinue the appeal and to demonstrate good faith and brotherliness, I quickly instructed my lawyer to withdraw the appeal, even though we ought to extract terms of settlement as a condition because the appeal was at the concluding stage. Consequently, based on the notice of withdrawal filed by my lawyer, the appeal was dismissed by the Court of Appeal on 29th February 2019. “I was deeply astonished and shocked beyond bone marrow when I learnt that my brother and mutual friend, Prince Arthur Eze despite his undertakings at the meeting had reneged his promises on the gentlemanly and brotherly agreement we had and surprisingly surfaced in the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, registered and immediately executed the said judgement of the High Court of Anambra State, Aguata division sitting at Ekwulobia. The subject matter of my appeal to the Court of Appeal Enugu, with the sole intention to embarrass, defame and reduce my reputation

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Post Date : August 26, 2022

NBC Suspends Shutdown Notice To AIT, Silverbird, Others

  The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has temporarily suspended the shutdown notice it issued to media outlets that are indebted to the commission. The Director-General of the commission, Balarabe Shehu Ilelah, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. The commission had on Friday, August 19, 2022, revoked the licences to over 50 broadcasting stations, including DAAR Communications Ltd and Silverbird TV/Rhythm FM, and requested them to shut shutdown within hours. But on Friday, Ilelah said the commission had received positive responses from the debtor licensees, including big players in the broadcast industry. The statement reads in parts, “Sequel to a follow-up meeting held with Executives of the Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria (BON), and other critical stakeholders in the industry, the commission has decided to temporarily suspend the shutdown of the indebted broadcast stations all over the country. “We express our profound appreciation to the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria, the affected licensees and broadcast stakeholders for their responses and interventions. We, specifically, thank DAAR Communications Ltd and Silverbird TV/Rhythm FM for their responses. “The commission is not unaware of the difficulties this shutdown must have caused the operators and other stakeholders, but must state that the commission will always operate within the National Broadcasting Commission Act, Cap. N11, Laws of the Federation, 2004.”

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Post Date : August 26, 2022

Wike, Ortom, Ikpeazu Arrive Port Harcourt From UK

  Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has arrived in Port Harcourt from the UK. Wike was accompanied by Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue and Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State. The Peoples Democratic Party Governors during their time in the United Kingdom had met with the PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar. They also met with former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

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Post Date : August 26, 2022

INEC: We have capacity to face challenges of 2023 elections

  The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has the capacity and courage to face challenges that the 2023 general election may bring. Mahmood Yakubu, chairman of INEC, who was represented by Festus Okoye, INEC commissioner for information and voter education, said this on Friday at the launch of Yiaga Africa watching the vote report on the conduct of 2022 Ekiti and Osun governorship elections. Okoye said the commission has taken lessons from the recently conducted Ekiti and Osun governorship elections and will improve on its strategies in conducting elections in 2023. “I want to seize this opportunity to assure Nigeria that this present commission will be bold and courageous in prosecuting the 2023 general elections,” he said. “We are going to harvest and we will continue to harvest lessons from the Edo governorship election, the Ondo governorship election the Anambra governorship election, the Ekiti and the Osun governorship elections in shaping the way we approach the 2023 general election. “We are going to harvest all the good practices, we are also going to look at some of those issues we did not do so well and we will improve on them. “But our assurance is that this commission will not lower the bar and we are going to improve and we continue to improve with every election. “All the good practices we deployed in prosecuting the elections under review will also be deployed for the prosecution of the 2023 general election. “We encourage civil society groups and organisations we encourage the media, political parties and all the critical stakeholders to study the Electoral Act 2022 to have a working knowledge of the provisions of the Electoral Act. “The Electoral Act 2022 is different from the Electoral Act 2010 as amended. There are creative and innovative provisions that have been imputed into the Electoral Act 2022 That has changed the framework and dynamics of election management and result management in Nigeria. “Unless we have a good knowledge of these documents, it will be very difficult for us to follow the trajectory of the electoral process and some of the innovations and some of the changes the commission will make and will continue to make towards improving the character and content and context of elections. “This commission will continue to upload polling unit results to our INEC results viewing portal. This commission will not depart from it. “The Nigerian people will be involved in every inch of the process in terms of knowing what is going on at the various polling units through our processes and procedures. “We plead for the understanding of Nigerians we plead for the cooperation of Nigerians because we recognise the fact that the 2023 election will be challenging, but we have the capacity, and we also have the courage to face those challenges in a very broad and courageous manner. Yiaga commended the electoral commission over improvement in election administration, especially in election result management, the functionality of technological devices and stakeholder engagement. Advertisement “Based on Yiaga Africa’s findings both elections (Ekiti and Osun) signify progress in Nigeria’s elections journey based on the significant improvement in the management of election logistics, openness of the voting process, transparency and accuracy of the election results, and compliance with electoral Act 2022 and INEC Guidelines and Regulations for elections,” the report stated. “Be that as it may there were cases of ballot box snatching, violence, and disruption of voting and result collation by thugs and hoodlums linked to political parties. “The national assembly should expedite actions to pass the National Electoral Offences Commission bill. This will enable effective arrest and prosecution of violators of the electoral laws before, during and after the elections. “INEC needs to revisit voter allocation to polling units especially for the newly created polling units to ensure equitable distribution of voters, which will reduce congestion and ease election day administration for the commission. “Where the commission assigns polling units to voters, it should update the voter records on its website and communicate the changes to prevent voter disenfranchisement, especially to voters who have been assigned to new polling units.”

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Post Date : August 26, 2022

Maikyau sworn-in as new NBA President

  Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Mr Y.C Maikyau was on Friday sworn in as the new President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA following the expiration of Olumide Akpata-led administration. Maikyau, who was sworn in as the 31st President of the NBA, won the election held earlier in July with 38,000 electoral votes. At the swearing-in ceremony which held at Eko Hotel & Suites, Maikyau thanked God for bringing his thus far. He also thanked his colleagues at YC Maikyau & Co., his campaign team, as well as friends and associates who supported his candidacy. The new President commended the outgone Akpata administration for the giant strides it recorded at the NBA in the last two years. He made a commitment to not only sustain the laudable achievements and projects of the Akpata administration but also to build on it. He extended a hand of fellowship to all those who contested the office of the NBA President with him, saying he and his team would be coming to tap from their indepth knowledge from time to time. “I saw all your great manifestos and your laudable proposals for the NBA. What has happened is that we are now the ones who have been given the responsibility. I invite you all to join hands with us as we build the Nigerian Bar Association to that great heights we all desire,” he said.

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Post Date : August 26, 2022

ASUU president’s statement reckless, unwarranted, EKSU fires back

  The Management of Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti has called statements by the President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke reckless and unwarranted. In a statement signed by the Head, Directorate of Information & Corporate Affairs, Bode Olofinmuagun, EKSU stated that Osodeke’s comments denigrated state-owned institutions. The PUNCH reports that in an interview with Arise TV on Friday, Prof Osodeke stated that some state-owned universities that had pulled out of the strike and resumed academic activities were irrelevant to ASUU’s struggle with the Federal Government. In the interview, in which part of the video surfaced online, Osodeke further listed some first-generation universities that he said were more relevant in the struggle. The school management noted that EKSU could not be called quack or irrelevant since it had been ranked among the top 14 universities in the country and second among state universities. The statement reads in part, “The Management of EKSU views this denigrating remark about some universities, coming from the National President of ASUU as unfortunate, reckless and unwarranted. “Ekiti State University, Ado- Ekiti is currently the 14th best university in Nigeria out of about 200 universities (Federal, State & Private) and the 2nd best State University according to the recent Webometric ranking of universities.” Olofinmuagun, in the statement, condemned the ASUU President’s comments and called on him to retract them and tender an unreserved apology immediately. EKSU added that Osodeke’s comment was uninformed and bereft of ideas. “Apart from the above, the university (EKSU) has nearly all its academic programmes accredited by the National Universities Commission and relevant professional regulatory bodies. The university is proud to have many top-rated globally recognised academics, and its alumni are making waves nationally and internationally. “By the grace of God, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, the Governor-elect of Ekiti State is an alumnus and a former lecturer at the University. Even in ASUU, a number of our university staff had served and still serve in various capacities at zonal and national levels including but not limited to Professor Afolabi Popoola, Dr Sikiru Eniola, Profs. Eddy Olanipekun, Ayan Adeleke and Olu-Olu Olufayo. “Therefore, categorising EKSU as among the quack and irrelevant universities is a testimony to the fact that the ASUU President is probably uninformed and/or bereft of ideas. This arrant nonsense coming from Comrade Osodeke is totally unacceptable and condemnable. “The Management calls on Professor Osodeke to toe the path of honour by retracting the provocative remark and tender an unreserved apology without further delay,” the statement concluded. The ASUU strike, which began in February, has entered its sixth month with negotiations with parties involved hitting a brick wall.

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