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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, yesterday, said his administration was working out measures to curtail the menace of Fulani herdsmen in the state. It will be recalled that a week ago, some cattle gained access to classrooms at Ohovbe Primary School at Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of the state. The pupils were said to have stayed outside for about one hour before the herdsman went to take the cattle out. Obaseki made the disclosure on the sidelines of a thanksgiving service at the Christ Embassy Church in Benin for his victory at the Appeal Court. He promised that the state government would build perimeter fences around schools in the state to address the indiscriminate grazing of cattle in schools’ premises. Obaseki ascribed his election as governor of Edo State to the grace of God upon his life, adding that he would capitalise on that to develop the state. In his sermon, the Rev. Tom Amekhena commended the governor for his developmental leadershi...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Onosure Dania ABUJA—A pro-South East civil society organisation, the South East Advocacy Group (SEAG), has urged the Senate not to confirm the appointment of Mr. Funsho Doherty as the Director-General of the National Pension Commission (PENCOM). It described the appointment as fraught with breaches of the provisions of the Pension Reform Act (PRA) 2014 and calculated apartheid against the South-East geopolitical zone. In a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, SEAG said the contraventions of Section 20 and Section 21 (a)-(j) of the Act in the removal of the former Director-General (DG) of PENCOM, Mrs. Chinelo Anohu-Amazu, and flagrant breach of Section 21 (2) of the Act for a second consecutive time in the appointment of her successor was an affront on rule of law.   The post PenCom: Reject Osinbajo’s appointee, Igbo group tells Senate appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News http://ift.tt/2rx5LuH

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J N ew York —The Federal government has renewed calls for the international community to ensure the return of stolen funds and assets illicitly stashed abroad in order for the country to utilise it for development purposes. Nigeria’s Ambassador/Permanent Representative to the UN, Prof. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, made the call at a seminar on Combating Illicit Financial Flows and Enhancing Assets Recovery in New York. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN ) reports that the seminar, the third in a series, was organised by the Permanent Missions of Nigeria and Norway to the UN. Muhammad-Bande aptly linked the realisation of sustainable development to combating illicit financial flows and called on member states to scale up cooperation in this aspect. The Nigerian envoy, therefore, challenged the global community to stop, track, and get the illicit assets returned for their judicious use by the federal government. He said:  “The significance of the subject under considerat...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Vincent Ujumadu AWKA—WORK has resumed on the Otuocha-Anam-Nzam-Ibaji federal road linking Anambra with Kogi State after it was abandoned for many years. The member representing Anambra East and Anambra West in the House of Representatives, Dr. Tony Nwoye broke the cheering news to his constituents during an empowering programme he organized for them at Nsugbe in Anambra East local government area of the state. Nwoye said that through his efforts, the national assembly approved N800 million for the road in this year’s budget, which would soon be signed into law by the president, assuring that work would continue on the road until it was completed. He said that upon completion of the road, journey from Anambra to Abuja would be reduced by at least two hours, just as many communities along the road would be opened up. He also said that the chairman of the House of Representatives committee on works, Mr. Toby Okechukwu had inspected the road and expressed happ...