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       The National Judicial Council held an Emergency Meeting today and considered four (4} petitions filed at its Secretariat.The Petitions are: 1. Petition against Hon. Mr. Justice W.S.N. Onnoghen,GCON by Zikhrillahi Ibrahim of Resource Centre for Human Rights & Civil Education; 2. Petition against Hon. Mr. Justice Ib rahim Tanko Muhammad,CFR by Centre for Justice and Peace Initiative. 3. Petition against Hon.Mr Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad,CFR by Olisa Agbakoba,SAN,OON; and 4. Petition against Hon. Danladi Yakubu Umar,Chairman,Code of Conduct Tribunal by Centre for Justice and Peace Initiative. Council referred the petition against Hon, Daladi Yakubu Umar to the Federal Judicial Service Commission {FJSC} which is the appropriate constitutional body empowered to deal with it.In line with its procedure,Council also forwarded the petitions against Hon. Justices W.S.N. Onnoghen,GCON and I. T. Muhammad,CFR to them for their responses. In view of the gravi...

        Lagos State Chief Judge, Justice Opeyemi Oke has admonished the newly appointed Magistrates in the State Judiciary to disregard all forms of interference in the discharge of their duties, warning that such intrusions could jeopardise true judicial processes. Justice Oke gave the charge at the opening of the induction programme for newly appointed magistrates at Lagos State Judiciary Training School GRA, Ikeja Lagos. She said the programme was designed to equip the participants with relevant knowledge prior to the induction programme that will subsequently be organised by the National Judicial Institute, Abuja for newly appointed Judges of the lower bench across the Country. “The induction programme is in satisfaction of the objectives and functions of the Institute as contained in the applicable provisions of the Lagos State Judicial Institute Law,” she said. Speaking on the expectations of the legal profession from the appointees, Justice Oke s...

      The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), has disclosed it is formalizing plans to establish a driving school in Kaduna. This was revealed by the Commandant NDA, Major General A Oyebade, during a courtesy visit by Zonal Commanding Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps, Kaduna Zone, Assistant Corps Mashal Ayobami Omiyale in Afaka today. General Oyebade said the driving school will be primarily to train cadets in the rudiments, theory and practical knowledge of driving. The Commandant, who commended FRSC for the tremendous impact it has made in forestalling safety of lives and property on our roads, also praised the partnership between the two institutions. Earlier, the Zonal Commanding Officer while stating his purpose of visit said he came to pay homage to the commandant and to appreciate the synergy between FRSC and NDA. He applauded the Commandant for instilling discipline and learning in the cadets urging him to maintain the high standard NDA is known for. You...

       President Buhari commissions Ariaria Market Independent Power Project in Abia State on 29th Jan 2019 Ariaria Market 5: President Buhari with Governor Rochas Okorochas of Imo State, MD Rural Electrification Agency Damilola Ogunbiyi, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State and Minister of Power, Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola as he commissions Ariaria Market Independent Power Project in Abia State on 29th Jan 2019. Press Release ‘‘ELECTRICITY HAS NO POLITICAL COLOUR’’, PRESIDENT BUHARI DECLARES AT INAUGURATION OF IPP IN ABA President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday inaugurated the Ariara Market Independent Power Plant (IPP) in the commercial city of Aba, Abia State, with a pledge that his administration will continue to execute people-oriented projects around the country irrespective of party differences. ‘‘Today with policies and programmes such as this IPP we have demonstrated that if the common good is our mutual objective, it can be achieved ...

      Nigeria Customs Service marked 2019 international Customs day with the theme: "SMART border for seamless Trade,Travel and Transport" with a press conference. During the brief event, the message of the Secretary General of World Customs Organisation, MR KUNIO MIKURIYA was delivered by DCG incharge of Strategic Research and Policy (SR & P) Ronke Olubiyi. Officers and Commands that distinguished themselves were also honoured with the prestigeous WCO Certificate of Merit.More photos below.

       TEXT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND CULTURE, ALHAJI LAI MOHAMMED, IN ABUJA ON MONDAY, 28 JAN 2019 Gentlemen of the press, thank you for once again honouring our invitation. 2 As you would recollect, President Muhammadu Buhari last Friday complied with the order of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, directing the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon Justice Walter Onnoghen, pending the determination of the cases against him at the Code of Conduct Tribunal and several fora relating to his alleged breach of the Code of Conduct for Public Officers. 3. Since then, there have been widespread reactions from within and outside the country. In particular, the opposition has latched on to it, threatening fire and brimstone and concocting all sorts of imaginary scenarios and generally muddying the waters. In what I will call the theater of the absurd, the main opposition party, the PDP, even suspended its electioneering cam...

     January 28, 2019 Press Statement Ekiti: PDP Confident Of Victory At the Court of Appeal. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) urges all its members, particularly in Ekiti State, not to despair over Monday’s ruling of the Ekiti Governorship election tribunal, which sat in Abuja. The party says the judgment of the tribunal will surely be overturned at the Court of Appeal and victory handed to the PDP and its candidate, Olusola Eleka, who is the clear winner of the July 14, 2018 Ekiti governorship election. The PDP holds that the Court of Appeal will consider the matter strictly on its merit particularly with the abounding evidence of rigging including violence, vote-buying, ballot stuffing and alteration of results perpetuated by the APC are still intact. Though the judiciary is passing through a trying time under the dictatorial tendencies of the Buhari Presidency, the PDP urges the Lord Justices to stand for justice by restoring the mandate freely given t...

      Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has been summoned to appear before the Lagos State House of Assembly within one week over the 2019 budget, which has caused disagreement between the two arms of government. It will be recalled that Governor Ambode had sent the 2019 budget to the House in December against the tradition of laying the budget before the House. The Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa told the lawmakers that it was important to give the Governor a fair hearing over the issue involving the Governor and the 2019 Budget. Obasa stated that there had been violation of the constitution and infractions on the part of the Governor. "The Attorney General, Finance Commissioner and Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning that ought to have advised the Governor did not do so. "The most important thing is that we should let the people know that a budget that was yet to be approved was being spent, which was why we could not attend to...

      The Permanent Secretary of Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mrs. Boladele Dapo-Thomas has cautioned the building public to desist from engaging the services of agents or third parties in seeking planning information and obtaining planning permits in the State. Speaking as a panel discussant at the FIABCI–NIGERIA International Real Estate Federation Business Forum held on  Friday at Oriental Hotel, Mrs. Dapo-Thomas said that the various reforms embarked upon by the present administration have made it easy to interface directly with the Ministry and its agencies. While urging professionals to familiarise themselves with the recent legislation and reforms guiding the permit approval process, she disclosed that the Ministry has introduced the e-planning permit, provisional permit and granting of a moratorium on penal fees amongst others, to aid the ease of doing business in Lagos. On his part, the FIABCI World President, Mr. ...

       The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai has been presented with a “Heroes' Award" by the National Council of Women Society (NCWS), Yobe State branch, today Monday, 28th January 2019. The presentation was done at the at Headquarters Sector 2, Operation LAFIYA DOLE, Damaturu. Making the presentation to the COAS, through the Acting Commander Sector 2, Operation LAFIYA DOLE, Brigadier General Mohammed Dala, President NCWS, Hajiya Halima Joda, emphasized that the award was in recognition of the courageous and exemplary leadership by the COAS and the professionalism exhibited by the troops of the Nigerian Army since his assumption of office. She further stated that, “The efforts of the Nigerian Army cannot be overemphasized in all aspects of live today in Nigeria, more especially in the areas of protecting the territories of our Nation from all forms of terrorists attack’’. Receiving the award on behalf of the COAS, the Acting Co...