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Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, (SERAP) has sent an open letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Most Revd Justin Portal Welby urging him to use his good offices and leadership and his “friendship with President Muhammadu Buhari to prevail on him to obey court orders most recently involving activists Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare who remain in arbitrary detention despite a court order for their release.” SERAP expressed “serious concerns about the disturbing trends by state governments and federal government to use the court as a tool to suppress citizens’ human rights.” In the letter dated 11 November 2019 and…
Famed Change Agent, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, will chair the 7th News Express Anniversary Lecture holding this Thursday, November 14, 2019, at the Main Hall of Sheraton Hotel & Towers, Ikeja, Lagos. “We couldn’t have possibly made a better choice than Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin considering her pedigree as a change agent and the theme of the Lecture, which is focused on generating creative ideas to take Nigeria out of the woods,” ,” News Express Publisher Isaac Umunna said Monday in a statement. He described, Dr. Okei-Odumakin, who is the president of the rights groups Women Arise for Change Initiative and the…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday said it was ready for the smooth conduct of Saturday’s governorship election in Kogi and Bayelsa. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this at a stakeholder meeting in Lokoja. Yakubu said that 12 out of the 14-point steps for the smooth conduct of the election had been achieved. “Only four days to the election, how prepared is INEC? “The short answer is that we are ready. So far, the commission has successfully implemented 12 out of the 14-point plan for the election as required by law. We have just two more activities…
Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, on Tuesday, called for collective responsibility to chart the course for peace and security in the country. Malami made the call in his address at the 10th Annual Conference of the Centre for Peace and Environmental Justice (CEPEJ) in Abuja. The two – day conference is based on the need to support and complement the Government’s efforts at all levels to address the challenges confronting African countries, particularly Nigeria. Malami, who is also Attorney General of the Federation, was represented by Mrs Juliet Ibekaku-Nwagwu, Senior Assistant to President on Justice Reform and International Relations. The minister said the…
Even now that he has passed on to eternal realms, Prof. Tamunoemi Sokari David-West will forever be remembered as a great patriot and intellectual of formidable standing at home and abroad, Deputy President of the Senate Ovie Omo-Agege has said. Reacting to the death of the former consultant virologist who served as Minister of Petroleum and Energy under Muhammadu Buhari’s military regime as well as Minister of Mines, Power and Steel under former Military President Ibrahim Babangida, Senator Omo-Agege noted that he was one of those who truly left an indelible footprint on the sands of time. In a statement…
The Senate has directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC to refund to the Treasury, the “outrageous” sum of three hundred and eighty-two million two hundred and three thousand fifty-five naira seventy-four kobo (N382,203,055.74) it claimed to have used in firefighting operation in Komkom and provide evidence of compliance to the Senate Committee on Downstream Petroleum Sector. Also, President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, at Tuesday plenary said officials of government conniving with criminals involved in vandalizing oil pipelines should be sanctioned and prosecuted if identified. Lawan stated this in his remarks after the consideration of the report of the…
In a thrilling, but energy-sapping mental duel last weekend, representatives of Lagos and Ogun States shrugged off all challenges to emerge victorious in the finals of season 5 of the Cowbellpedia Secondary Schools Mathematics Television Quiz Show sponsored by Cowbell Milk, the flagship brand of Promasidor Nigeria Limited. In an electrifying final battle of the Junior category, Michael Enehizena of The Scholars Universal Secondary School, Ota, Ogun State put the crown beyond the reach of his fellow contestants by garnering 125 points at the end of the two-round encounter. Enehizena who also had a perfect score in the qualifying examination…
ENERGY giant, The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), has been honoured for providing opportunities to talented secondary school students in the Niger Delta to participate in the United Nation’s Model Conferences in the United States of America. Founder and Country Director of Future Trust Initiatives, Dr Maureen Egbuche, announced the corporate award at the 2nd African Future Trust Model United Nations Conference held in Port Harcourt on Friday. “It is truly long over-due for society at large to appreciate all Shell’s strategies at securing the future for our younger generations,” Dr Egbuche said. According to Egbuche, “Shell’s…
By Tony Obiechina, Abuja Treasurers and Financial Controllers of Non-Interest Banks in Nigeria have met to work out solutions to liquidity management challenges that affect Non-Interest banks in the country. At a recent meeting in Abuja, the bankers agreed to redefine the present narrative on Non-Interest Financial Institutions while forging a common framework that will boost the growth and rapid development of the industry. Speaking at the inaugural session of Non-Interest Finance Association of Nigeria (NIFAN), the Managing Director TAJBank, Norfadelizan Abdul Rahman said Nigeria’s Non-Interest Industry has “enormous potential but would require the concerted efforts of relevant stakeholders to…
IBADAN – Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, has enjoined the people of the state to remain calm as the mandate given to him in March 2019 governorship remains intact following the ruling of the Court of Appeal in Ibadan on Monday. Speaking through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, the Governor declared that the mandate given to him by the people of Oyo State cannot be taken through the backdoor. The statement read: “There is no ambiguity as to the state of things in our Pacesetter State as far as the election of March 9, 2019, is concerned. Our…