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http://ift.tt/2rvHOUW Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II Ganduje commends past governors The Kano State House of Assembly has suspended its decision to probe the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II. The Speaker, Kabiru Alhassan Rurum, disclosed this yesterday during a session of the Assembly. According to him, Governor Abdullai Umar Ganduje wrote to the Assembly to halt the probe, following the intervention of well-meaning personalities. The lawmakers had two weeks ago constituted a 14- member committee to investigate the emir over allegation of misappropriation of N4 billion and making false assertions against the governor. Rurum explained that the lawmakers unanimously agreed to suspend the investigation indefinitely after an exhaustive deliberation. He said: “We received a letter from Ganduje appealing to us to stop the investigation.” Meanwhile, the governor has rated his predecessors for their contributions to the state. According to him, Kwankwaso ranked second in terms...

http://ift.tt/2rvrKTb National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Oye An Enugu High Court presided over by Justice A.R Ozoemena yesterday ordered the removal of the national chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Victor Oye and replaced him with Chief Martin Agbaso. The judge ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to stop further dealings with Oye. The action of the court followed a suit by the Secretary of the party in Enugu State, Comrade Mike Alioke, who challenged the continued occupation of Oye in office after the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party affirmed his suspension on October 5, last year. He had asked for the order of Mandamus compelling the INEC to stop further recognition of Oye based on the suspension as well as ensuring that the non-recognition was sustained by INEC. He asked that the decision of the NWC should be upheld by INEC and grant Chief Martin Agbaso who was recogni...

http://ift.tt/2rv3alc Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode (left); Director, Kenya School of Law, Nairobi, Prof. Patrick loch Otieno Lumumba; Chief Executive Officer, Financial Derivatives Company Limited, Bismarck Rewane; APC National Leader, Bola Tinubu and Deputy Governor, Dr. Oluranti Adebule, during the Special Parliamentary Session to celebrate Lagos at 50, at the state House of Assembly complex, Alausa, Ikeja…yesterday • Ambode pledges robust transformation of state • ‘No investor yet for Fourth Mainland Bridge project’ The national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, stated yesterday that residents of Lagos would resist any coup or any such undemocratic action. He maintained that Lagos State would not provide a fertile ground for a coup. At a special parliamentary session organised by the state House of Assembly to mark the 50th anniversary of Lagos , the former governor noted that Nigeria has gone too far democratically to allow an...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Dennis Agbo ENUGU— NO fewer than 150 physically challenged and special needs people, yesterday, received N5 million interest-free micro credit loans in Enugu. Similarly, another set of 20 youths in the state were empowered with N8.5 million to start their businesses. The physically challenged persons, who are graduates of Bina Foundation, were trained in different vocational skills such as tailoring/fashion designs, shoe and bag making, bead making and wire works, catering, cosmetology, TV/GSM phone repairs among other trades. Presenting the loans to them, President/Founder of Bina Foundation, Mrs. Ifeoma Atuegwu said the organization did not feel satisfied with the start-up work equipment, money and further capacity building workshop given them earlier, hence the interest-free loans. Atuegwu said:“The foundation is driven by an unquenchable passion to help her past  students with disability to escape poverty, build up capital to start or expand their ...

http://ift.tt/2qLCUDg SpaceX Ship. PHOTO: Yahoo SpaceX on Monday launched a communications satellite for Inmarsat, marking its first launch for the London-based mobile broadband company. The Inmarsat-5 F4 satellite, built by Boeing, blasted off atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida at 7:21 pm (2321 GMT). “We’ve had confirmation of spacecraft separation,” said a SpaceX commentator about 30 minutes after launch, signaling that the satellite was successfully deployed to a distant, geostationary orbit. “We’ve had good orbits, good separation, all you can ask for today.” The satellite is the fourth in the company’s Global Xpress (GX) constellation, aimed at providing high-speed mobile broadband service. “Inmarsat, the only operator of a global Ka-band network, created the GX platform to enable communities across the world to benefit from the emerging digital society,” said a company statement. SpaceX, which is headed by Elon Musk, did not attempt to bring the fi...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Sola Ogundipe THE World Health Organisation, WHO, has ruled out restrictions in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the wake of the outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease in a part of the country. Two more suspected cases of Ebola were conformed even as Port Health officials are at alert in all of the country’s airports and surveillance has been stepped up. Officials of the WHO say situation is being taken “very seriously”. To  prevent the spread of the virus , they are  quickly tracking down, testing, isolating and treating suspected cases. There is no specific treatment  or cure for Ebola. Although the full extent of the 2017 outbreak is still not yet clear, but  WHO is not recommending any restriction of travel and trade to DRC based on the currently available information. This is the eighth outbreak of Ebola virus disease since its discovery in 1976 in the DRC. The worst Ebola outbreak was in 2014, when the virus infected more than 28...

http://ift.tt/2p86ayN Minister of Petroleum Resources, Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu. The Senate yesterday warned the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, to stop making false claims on the on-going process of passing into law the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). In a statement by its spokesman, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, the Senate said the PIB which has got to the final stage and is scheduled to be passed before the second anniversary of the eighth Senate is a private member bill and did not emanate from the executive.Abdullahi said: “As part of our own legislative agenda, we had decided long time ago that after the passage of 2017 budget, our next major assignment is to pass the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill and immediately fast-track the process of passage of the Host Community Bill and the Fiscal Regime Bills which are also related to the reforms of the petroleum sector,” Abdullahi stated. Vía The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper | Nigeria News and Worl...

http://ift.tt/2pPh0uN Chief Anthony Idigbe (SAN) (left); James Famure and Johnny Ngonadi after their induction as Knights of St. Mulumba in Lekki, Lagos. The Chairman, Legal Profession Regulation Review Committee and senior Partner, Punuka Attorneys and Solicitors, Chief Anthony Idigbe (SAN) has advised Nigerians to allow President Muhammadu Buhari to decide whether he will resign on account of ill health or not. Idigbe said it is a personal decision, which is up to the president to decide. “In the Catholic church, we have had a similar experience, where a Pope on his volition felt it was in the best interest of the church to resign. So, it’s a very personal decision. It’s not what anyone should pressure or stampede him into doing. “In any event, the fact that someone has some medical challenges doesn’t mean the person can’t work. There are lots of facilities nowadays. So the decision to resign is very personal. Nigerians should give him that privacy and allow him to consider his...

http://ift.tt/2pEHl2E Risks for another Ebola outbreak remain high and for an even larger area, study shows. PHOTO: Humanosphere • Seek responsive team, tighter borders, govt urges calm •Two more suspected cases confirmed in DR Congo The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) is finalising an arrangement to contain a possible spread of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) following its recent outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo). It urged the Federal Government to strengthen its response team and increase surveillance on the nation’s borders. The proactive move, instigated by the confirmation of two more suspected cases of the deadly disease which have claimed three lives in the Central African nation, is to check the disaster and make government alive to its responsibilities of ensuring good health for the citizenry. In a statement yesterday in Abuja by its President and Secretary General, Mike Ogirima and Yusuf Tanko Sununu, NMA pledged its readiness to partner the ...

http://ift.tt/2qCjq3A Sen. Godswill Akpabio (left); Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar and standing from left: brother of the bride, Mohammed Babangida; a guest; the bride, Halima and her husband, Alhaji Auwal Abdullahi, at the wedding of the last daughter of the former Military President in Minna… yesterday PHOTO: NAN It was a gathering of who-is-who in Nigeria yesterday, as Minna, the Niger State capital, stood still for the wedding of Halima, daughter of former military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida. Government and commercial activities were virtually brought to a halt. As early as 7:00 am, the major roads leading in and out of Minna metropolis, especially those leading to the Hilltop mansion of the Babangidas, were taken over by heavily armed security personnel stationed at every strategic junction and spots. Many shops and other business premises were shut, as most traders stayed at home due to the heavy traffic congestion and unusual security in the town. ...

http://ift.tt/2rbtzkZ Igbinedion Former Governor of Edo State, Chief Lucky Igbinedion, spoke with Leo Sobechi, about his growing up, relationship with the father, the Esama of Benin of Kingdom, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion, his dabbling into politics and how it feels to be 60 years old, among other national and human interest issues How it feels to be sixty. Well it is very exciting; I feel much fulfilled, very happy and very energetic, I give God all the glory for good health, happiness, fulfilment, good family, good wife and good children, father and mother; brothers and sisters. All round, I really feel the grace of God has been upon me and my family. On May 13, if you are to stand before your father and mother to tell them that that boy of 1957 has become a man, what specific things will you thank them for? I will thank them first foremost for education. I will thank them for their prayers, for their blessing, encouragement and for their sleepless nights to ensure that the lord...