The was a bid of disagreement
between President Goodluck Jonathan and
the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, following unscrupulouse pride by the the governor of central Bank, for which his passport was seize from him. The cease passport had prevented the Emir from going be young boarders. The
State Security Services has returned to the
Emir his travelling documents seized from him on
May 3 at the height of his disagreement with the
President.
Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi meets President
Goodluck Jonathan for a Ramadan Breakfast
The Senior Special Assistant to Governor Rabiu
Kwankwaso on Chieftaincy and Emirate Council
Affairs, Tijjani Mailafiya, told journalists the SSS
returned the Emir’s passport through the director
in charge of its Kano state command, Bassey
Itang.
Mr. Mailafiya commended the Federal Government
for releasing the passport six months after it was
seized at the Aminu Kano International Airport in
Kano as the Emir made to board a Turkish airline
flight for a planned trip to Saudi Arabia for lesser
hajj.
He said with his passport now in his possession,
the Emir was now better placed to serve his people
locally and abroad, when necessary.
The SSS had confiscated the Emir’s travelling
documents as he made to board the May 3 11:
10p.m. Turkish Airlines flight to Turkey where he
would have connected another flight to Saudi
Arabia.
The agency’s action was a contravention of the
April 3 judgment of a Federal High Court in Lagos,
which restrained it and the Nigeria Police from
arresting or harassing the then CBN Governor or
seizing his passport.
Mr. Sanusi had sued after the SSS seized his
passport on February 20 shortly after he arrived
Lagos from Niger, where he had gone to attend a
meeting of governors of central banks in the West
African sub-region. He had then been suspended
from office in absentia.
Shortly after his plane landed at the Executive Jet
Terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International
Airport in Lagos, he was accosted by SSS
operatives who detained him briefly and insisted he
must surrender his passport.
Speaking on the release of the passport Saturday,
Mr. Mailafiya thanked the Kano state government
for being in the vanguard of those who pressed for
the release of the document.
Some Nigerians may however see the handing
over of the document as President Goodluck
Jonathan’s direct gesture of saying everything is
now alright between him and the Kano Emirate
Council.
After nearly a year of bitter relations, President
Jonathan and the Emir met on October 30 in Abuja
and reconciled differences that once drove both
men to the extremes of their offices.
Sanusi, a former governor of the Central Bank of
Nigeria, was fired by the president on February 20
after accusing the government of diverting $20
billion oil revenues.
The government denied the claim, and in turn,
accused Mr. Sanusi of “financial recklessness”.
After leaving office, Mr. Sanusi was appointed the
Emir of Kano in June, assuming one of the most
powerful traditional stools in Nigeria.
His appointment by Kano State’s Governor Rabiu
Kwankwaso, a member opposition All Progressives
Congress, was opposed by the presidency which
ordered the emir’s office blockaded for days.
The emir reportedly initiated peace moves, and the
two men met for the first time in July during the
breaking of the Muslim fast, a yearly routine in
which the president meets top government officials
who are Muslims and other prominent Islamic
leaders in the country.
Our sources say the October 30 meeting sealed
the reconciliation moves between the two sides.
The emir was accompanied to the meeting by all
senior members of the Kano Emirate council, while
Vice President Namadi Sambo, the National
Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, Attorney General,
Mohammed Adoke, and the Foreign Affairs
Minister, Aminu Wali also attended the meeting.
PREMIUM TIMES learnt that days after the
meeting, the President asked the SSS to release
the Emir’s passport as a further proof that he had
buried the hatchet and was now ready for a warm
relationship with the traditional ruler and his
emirate
Tuesday 11 November 2014
The was a bid of disagreement between President Goodluck Jonathan and the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, following unscrupulouse pride by the the governor of central Bank,
OAU STUDENTS WINS CHIEF WOLE MOCK COMPETION
Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU law students
won Chief Wole. Olanipekun National Moot & Mock
Competition – 2014 Edition.
The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile Ife,
Osun State, has lifted the 4th edition of the Chief
Wole Olanipekun National Moot & Mock
Competition.
The two-day competition organised annually in
honour of Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), a former
President, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), featured
intense stages of Moot, Debate and the grand
finale, Mock Trial.
The OAU edged out the University of Ilorin and four
others – University of Abuja, Lagos State
University, Babcock University, and Nnamdi
Azikiwe University, Awka, to win the prize.
The six schools were the ones that scaled through
preliminaries of the competition nationwide. Of
these, four schools progressed from the Moot Stage
to the debate stage. Two schools were further
eliminated at the debate stage leaving the last two,
the host school – OAU and the University of Ilorin –
to slug it out at the grand finale which was a mock
armed robbery trial in a fashioned court setting.
The representatives of the Obafemi Awolowo
University eventually proved too much for their
UNILORIN counterparts and the former were
unanimously declared winners of the competition by
the panel of judges that presided.
The event, organised by Radiant Justice Chambers,
a student body in the university’s Faculty of Law,
was graced by seasoned legal professionals,
including the Executive Governor of Osun State,
Rauf Aregbesola, who was represented by his
Senior Special Adviser on Legal Matters, Dr. Anwo
J.O; the Acting Chief Justice of Oyo State, Hon.
Justice L.M. Abimbola; Dean Faculty of Law, OAU,
Prof. M.O Adediran; Justice Adebusoye from the
Ondo State Judiciary and a host of others.
The Mock Trial was presided over by sitting judges:
Hon Justice D.O. Afolabi, Hon. Justice O.F. Oloyede,
Hon. Justice Siyanbola from the Osun State
Judiciary and Hon. Justice Ganiyu from the Oyo
State judiciary.
Speaking at the event, Chief Olanipekun praised his
former classmate and friend, Dean of the Faculty of
Law, OAU, Prof. M.O Adediran for his top-notch
administration of the faculty as manifested in the
quality of its graduates.
He praised the brilliant display of the competing
students at the mock trial and urged them not rest
on their oars as it would eventually pay off in future.
The Chairman of the Day, Hon. Justice L.M.
Abimbola, praised Olanipekun for his immense
contributions to the advancement of the legal
system and legal education in the country.
Abimbola also praised the Radiant Justice
Chambers for the ingenious initiative behind the
annual hosting of the programme.
The event rounded off with the presentation of
laptops and cash prizes to the representatives of
OAU and UNILORIN by Olanipekun.
Three students, Samuel C. Chukwu (UNIABUJA),
Zuqulnain Muhammed Dayo (UNILORIN) and
Olugbemi Kayode (OAU), who emerged as
Outstanding Counsels from the Moot Stages were
given with monetary prizes for their performances.
Delegates of Babcock University and OAU were tied
for the Best Moot Memorial prize.
DR MYLES MUNROE CONFIRM DEAD.
Death the say is no respecter of a person when it tramples. Whatsoever has a beginning must has an ending but it is always tragedic if someone leaves this world untimely or by accident.
THE leader of Bahamas Faith Ministries, Dr Myles
Munroe, and his wife Ruth have been killed in a
plane crash in Grand Bahama.
nine people on board the private jet. The plane
reportedly struck a crane at the Grand Bahama Ship
Yard, exploding on impact and crashing into the
ground near a junkyard area.
The Department of Civil Aviation reported that the
plane was a Lear 36 executive jet which departed
the Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) for
the Grand Bahama International Airport.
The plane left LPIA at 4.07pm with nine people on
board and crashed while making an approach for
landing at Grand Bahama International Airport at
5.10pm, the Department of Civil Aviation said.
The police source also said it was believed the
group was heading to a conference hosted by
Pastor Munroe.
The identities of the other people on board have not
yet been confirmed.
The statement said while the department was
advised of fatalities, it was awaiting confirmation
from police on if there were any survivors.
The Grand Bahama Airport Company Crash Fire
Rescue Department responded to the incident, and
the Police and Bahamas Air Sea Rescue (BASRA)
are presently on the scene.
HOW TO BUILD A STRONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIP
Some relationship are broken no doubt because of distance. Its true that a person maybe far from the eyes and close to ur heart. Distance, especially if a long one, is
a real drawback in a relationship. It
could end up in a home comming or
simply drifting away. In most cases
where distance is getting into a
couple's relationship, both must do some effort to
work it out. It always takes two to tango and
when one is left on the dance floor to dance with
the beat, everything will soon prove to be a real
show just to humor the one that stays to watch.
Though normally, people in this kind of situation
find it hard to survive, the fighting-power of real
love still works out magic in the end. However,
we need not see things in its fairy view, but rather
work out on it in a more practical sense. So we
need to therefore take to take some time studying
why things happen as they are? How we can
prevent their happening? How we can handle the
situation once we start facing it. It doesn't matter
how a problem occurs or how many problems
you had encountered but the real issue is how
you deal with your problems.
Facing the Real Situation
At the start, it could be that you are about to be in
it, you are in it or you are in the verge of getting
out of it. Whatever, the case you are in, you had
to face the truth that you are facing a dilemma
that only you and your partner can deal with. Even
in a situation where only is left to face the
problem, still you need to be tough to get on with
life. Everything is not permanent, no matter what
happens, you got to get moving. Life does not end
in a difficult situation. Just as there's always a
new morning, one day you will wake up on the
brighter side of the bed. It only depends on you on
how long you will hang on with those worst
situations in your life.
Adjusting to Drawbacks in your Relationship
Before the situation
There are several drawbacks you had to contend
with while you are in a relation. A long distance
relationship is always so difficult to handle
especially at the start. How annoying it could be
for you not to be able to see, do things or share
activities with someone you love as you used to
do before and suddenly everything stops because
of the long distance that separates you from each
other.
This kind of situation will put you and your partner
on various test drive to see if you had patience,
love and commitment to see through those days.
Here again, you need to be more realistic and
accept what life has to offer you. Be contented
that you have someone to love. Know the real
essence of Agape love. This does not deal only
with its spiritual meaning but putting into
practicality, Agape love connotes a kind of love
that goes beyond time, distance and commitment.
It's a kind of unconditional love. Settle your mind
with the fact that you are in love with your partner
and you are happy with it. It's not easy doing this.
It would depend on strong you are in letting your
mind control over your emotions. You need to be
stronger than who you think you are to do this.
But somehow, through the situation you're in at
the moment, you will find out the true relationship you are into.................to be continue
Thursday 6 November 2014
BREAKING: FIRST LADY PATIENCE JONATHAN DEFECTS TO APC
Politics they say is an intriguing game, The
people’s Democratic Party and the presidency has
been put into a state of quagmire, This is coming as
the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan against all
odds have pitched tent with the main opposition
party the All Progressive Congress(APC).
FNN state house correspondent reports that this
surprising twist in the electoral calculations in the
country could be as a result of the unfolding plot of
President Jonathan to declare the office of the first
lady vacant.
As it appears, mama P cannot work with the PDP to
ensure the success of her husband in the
forthcoming elections and not be the first lady,
hence she was reported saying “First family is not
by force, let us all go to Otuoke and live together
happily.”
Further investigations revealed that the First Lady
has loads of supporters across the Nation,
especially women groups because she has been
able to use her office to influence the government
into implementation of about 30% women in
governance, even though it is widely considered
that this support, especially amongst the masses is
as a result of the bags of rice, salt, garri, oil etc that
mama P has tirelessly distributed to women
nationwide.
Some of the women supporting the recent actions of
the first lady stated that “mama P is tired of hearing
rumours about her husband, the other day it was
Alison Madueke, tomorrow it is Lott J, now we are
hearing he wants to marry a second wife from the
North, As if that’s not bad enough, he now wants to
sack her from first lady. All this didn’t happen when
they were in Otuoke, so let them quietly return
there, if Aso Rock is the problem.” a woman leader
of the PDP stated.
Even as most people are concerned about the
politicking involved in this, some are viewing this
development from a different angle; that Patience
Jonathan is giving all glory to the Lord for safely
sustaining herself and her husband to almost the
end of their first tenor in office, especially with the
Boko Haram menance and do not want to extend it
any further, in order not to give room for any evil
thing to happen to herself or her husband. Probably
thinking about some of the previous First Families
in recent times.
Meanwhile the APC national leadership as iterated
that the party is open to all Nigerians, especially
those that has seen the ills of PDP and resigned
from a PDP led government, probably referring to
the recent resignation of Mrs Patience Jonathan
from her position as Permanent Secretary, Ministry
of Education, Bayelsa state.
As at the time of this report, it hasn’t been
confirmed if Patience Jonathan has been able to
make peace with the leader of the APC in her home
state, Governor Rotimi Amaechi, but since Nigerian
politics is of individual interest rather than public
service, we won’t be surprised to see Amaechi and
Patience Jonathan reconcile, especially as they
both want the same thing now, which is for
President Jonathan and PDP to lose the
presidential elections come 2015.
AKWA IBOM ARTISANS AND TRADESPEOPLE HOLDS ITS 5TH GENERAL MEETING
AKWA IBOM ARTISANS AND TRADESPEOPLE HOLDS ITS 5TH GENERAL MEETING
Wednesday 5 November 2014
Akwa ibom set to open its international stadium
His Excellency, The Executive Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Chief Godswill Akpabio, CON, the government and the good people of Akwa Ibom State welcome you to the commissioning ceremony of the Ultra Modern Akwa Ibom International Stadium, Uyo.
Join us as we welcome a transformational leader, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. John Dramani Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana, Dr. Alassane Ouattara, President of the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire, world football legend, Pele of Brazil (Edson Arantes do Nascimento), Dr. Issa Hayatou, The President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), The President and Executive Board Members of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) and other international icons to Uyo on Friday, November 7, 2014 by 3pm.
Come and witness the making of history. Welcome to Africa’s most prestigious sporting edifice — The Nest of Champions, Akwa Ibom International Stadium, Uyo.
OPENING FRIENDLY MATCH – Super Eagles of Nigeria VS Black Stars of Ghana.
official opening of akwa ibom international stadium
His Excellency, The Executive Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Chief Godswill Akpabio, CON, the government and the good people of Akwa Ibom State welcome you to the commissioning ceremony of the Ultra Modern Akwa Ibom International Stadium, Uyo.
Join us as we welcome a transformational leader, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, GCFR, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. John Dramani Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana, Dr. Alassane Ouattara, President of the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire, world football legend, Pele of Brazil (Edson Arantes do Nascimento), Dr. Issa Hayatou, The President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), The President and Executive Board Members of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) and other international icons to Uyo on Friday, November 7, 2014 by 3pm.
Come and witness the making of history. Welcome to Africa’s most prestigious sporting edifice — The Nest of Champions, Akwa Ibom International Stadium, Uyo.
OPENING FRIENDLY MATCH – Super Eagles of Nigeria VS Black Stars of Ghana.
SEE WHERE THE MISSING FIGHTER JETS IS
On September 12 the Nigeria air force lost a jets which was assigned to fight insurgents in Adamawa. Since then the country has search the nook and crannies of the Nigeria airspace looking for the fighter jets. However the local Fishermen have reportedly discovered some part jets in river Benue, suspected to be the the missing fighter jets that was sent on a mission. The NAF jets disappeared on September 12 during a routine operation by the arm force in part of Adamawa. The air force jets was allegedly discovered at kwa Ine Demsa local Government area of Adamawa.
According to one of the Fishermen in the area, " At the time its crash, the level of water rose occasionally with the raining season, we are able to see its now since the volume of water is reducing, the fishermen are seeing its part clearly. The security operatives are preventing people from visiting the scene. Another resident of the area said that the saw the jets wavering at the area before its may crash.
The spoke person of the defence headquarters Chris Olukolade, a major general said that he will make enquiry about the report and the revert.
MOROCCO NOT YET SETTLE ABOUT HOSTING THE CAF CUP
Since the coming of the Ebola virus, first in Africa before its spread to other part of the world. The have been speculations that the confederation for Africa Cup CAF may lead to the vast spread of the disease, since the disease is predominant in Africa.
The to host country Morocco is expressing doubt of hosting the CAF games schedule to be hosted between January 17th and February 8 2015 as earlier propose. Responding , the CAF Executive committee has said that the date will not be change and Morocco has until November 8th to confirm if the will still host the tournament.
Meanwhile Morocco ministry of youth and sport had earlier approached the continental football body CAF to move the tournament because of the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus.
Meanwhile CAF are still seeking alternative host countries in the event of eventual Morocco refusal to stage the tournament, but South Africa has turned down the hosting right and Ghana remains undecided.
100 NAIRA NOTE SET FOR COMMISSIONING
ALL is set for the new 100 naira note to be unveil by the president of the country, as part of the centenary celebration. In a statement The Central bank director for cooperate apartment Ibrahim Mu'azu, said that the comorative note is part of the bank contribution to the centenary celebration, which is in line with its mandate of issuing legal tender currency in Nigeria.
The choice of the 100 naira denomination note is to mark the centenary celebration of Nigeria and its consistent to best global practices for central banks around the world during the celebration of national events.
Part of features of the commorative bank note is a theme of the centenary celebration which is " one Nigeria, great promise" as a micro text while returning the portrait of the late chief Obafemi Awolowo at the front, the new notes features traditional dancers at the back. The commorative note comes in diff rent nominations with convenient predominant colours.
AFRICAN UNION INTERVENES IN BURKINA FASO CRISIS
following the resignation of the president of Burkina Faso, the citizens of Burkina Faso had protested against the military take up of government. The have been controversy between the military head and the opposition leaders after thousand gathered to denounce his appointment.
The African union peace and security council yesterday decided to give two weeks to the military to return the country to constitutional rule or face sanctions. It would be recalled that the Army stepped into power after Blair. The former president currently in the neighbouring Ivory coast with his family, was force to resigned the presidency last week following a violence protest and demonstration over an attempt to extend his twenty seven years rule.
Still on the foreign scene
The united Nations Refugee Agency has kick off a global campaign to end the plight of at least 10 million refugees on a year 2024. Also supporting the campaign south Africa Noble peace laureate Ach Bishop Desmond Lawrence Holly Hood actress along side with other celebrities have called for a opened letter for ten million signature to change ten million lives.
Monday 3 November 2014
SCHOOLS TO REOPEN IN BORNO
Born state the home of peace was turned to a home of pieces by the boko haram terrorist. The North east state has sustained several attacks by the dreaded terrorist in the country. Boko Haram which means western education is evil, have affected the educational progress of the state and the country at large.
Following the security crisis in the state, schools still open being watcful of the terrorist, but the last straw that broked the camel's back was the kidnapped of more than two hundred Chibok girls in borno, which led to the close down of public schools in the state on march 14.
The Borno state government has seen the need for education of the children to be advocated no matter the security threat in the state by the boko haram insurgents, and have order that schools be reopen on the 17th of November. The order close down of the schools was only issued to the public schools in the state.
The education officer of Borno state stated that proper security measures where adopted in the state inorder and the students security will be ensure.
However despite all odds the primary school will open first, while secondary school will open later after the the refugee might have relocated from to a convenient place.
DANGOTE GROUP REDUCED CEMENT PRIZE
The managing director of Dangote cement Mr. Edwin Devankumar said that the company had mend the prize of the 32.5 cement grade to sell for 1,000 naira while the 42.5 grade will sell for 1,150 naira a bag.
The managing director of Dangote cements stated that the reduction of the price is to complement the effort of the government in infrastructural development and also to reduce the 20 million housing deficit.
"We recognize the need for a dramatic
response to the huge infrastructure and housing deficit in the country, and one of the ways of adjusting to the issue us breaking the prize of the building material to much more affordable prize especially the cement which is within our own control as part of our own contributions to the Goodluck Johnathan administration, and the attaientment of key milestone in the millennium development goals.
The prize if cement has drastically reduce as that of the year 2005. For 12 years now, the local cement industry has risen from over 2 million metric tones per annum to 32 million metric tones per annum.
The dangote cement which had long existed in the country for many years engage in the production, research, and the distribution of cement and other related products. The Dangote group occupies a vital position on the Nigeria stock exchange. The have widen their operation across boarders as the operate in many known countries in Africa and beyond.
ASSU AND THREE OTHERS SAYS F.G SHOULD DECLARE STATE OF EMERGENCY IN THE EDUCATIONAL SECTOR.
The union vow to develop and present to the government the new education policies to reflects aspiration, cultures values and quality of the people within the context of a vibrant world.
The four unions which held a summit with a team " towards existing education collaboration in Nigeria." Warns the government not to use public funds such as tertiary education trust funds, petroleum trust education funds among others to fund private educational institutions and other initiated enterprises.
The union called on its members nationwide to desist from corruption, lack of professionalism burden opportunistic leadership and unethical conducts on a lofty environment and integrity of teaching and research.