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Senate wants Amaechi, Fashola, others to explain closure of Abuja Airport Senate wants Amaechi, Fashola, others to explain closure of Abuja Airport The Senate, worried that the planned closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport will not serve the collective interest of Nigerians, has summoned some ministers to the Red Chamber. Those summoned include; the Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, Minister of State, Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola and Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr. Muhammad Bello. Others invited include the Chief of Air Staff, Sadique Abubakar, officials of Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), as well as other stakeholders in the aviation sector. The aforementioned top government officials are expected to brief Senators to provide details on the planned closure as well as to explore other options that can avoid a total ...

 CJN slot: Buhari under pressure, as plot to sideline Onnoghen thickens     Pressure has continued to mount on President Muhammadu Buhari to forward the name of the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Walter Onnoghen, to the National Assembly to be confirmed as the substantive CJN before February 10. Onnoghen, who is presently the most senior Justice of the Supreme Court, is the first Southern jurist to qualify for the judiciary top-job in about 30 years. However, his confirmation as the substantive CJN seems to hang in the balance owing to alleged moves by “some highly-placed forces,” to sideline him to enable a northern jurist to take over. A top source at the apex court told Vanguard last night that “conspiracy” to push Onnoghen out upon expiration of his acting tenure has further thickened. According to the source who craved anonymity, “Emergence of Onnoghen as the substantive CJN is now in the hands of God. I can authoritatively tell ...

House tackles FG over N5, 000 stipend, demands legal framework     The House of Representatives has questioned the strategy adopted by the presidency in the implementation of the N5, 000 stipend being paid to vulnerable Nigerians by the federal government. The House also challenged the presidency to disclose the total amount earmarked for the programme and how it will be disbursed. Particularly, the House queried the legal framework adopted for the implementation and the strategy adopted in selecting beneficiaries. The Representatives had, in August 2016, mandated its joint committee ‎on Legislative Budget and Research, and Poverty Alleviation to investigate the non-usage of the N500 billion earmarked for poverty alleviation under the social safety net in the 2016 budget. It was gathered that the N180 billion retirement approved by the parliament on the request of the presidency was deducted from the N500 billion. Chairman of the House Committee on Legi...

Monk sets self ablaze over S.Korea’s s*x slave deal with Japan Monk sets self ablaze over S.Korea’s s*x slave deal with Japan A 64-year-old South Korean monk died after setting himself ablaze during rallies against impeached President Park Geun-hye to protest against his country’s deal with Japan on former Korean s*x slaves. The Seoul National University Hospital said Tuesday that the monk was pronounced dead Monday night after suffering multiple organ failures caused by his burns. In his notebook found at the scene, he criticized Park’s 2015 agreement to settle an impasse over Korean women forced to be s*x slaves for Japanese troops during World War II in return for an apology from Japan’s prime minister and a pledge of millions of dollars. Reports say Park’s Japan deal prompted criticism because it was announced without approval from surviving former s*x slaves who are a legacy of Japan’s 1910-45 colonial occupation of the Korean Peninsula.

2 days after Adeboye’s resignation Buhari fires FRC secretary 2 days after Adeboye’s resignation Buhari fires FRC secretary President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sack of the Secretary, Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRC) Mr. Jim Obazee with immediate effect. This is coming barely two days after the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye resigned his leadership of the Nigerian arm of the church following a new policy by the Council (FRC). FRC, which guides all registered churches, mosques, and CSOs had in a new legal requirement stipulated that heads of non-profit organisations like churches, will only have a maximum period of twenty years to lead their organisations while in retirement, they are not permitted to hand over to their families. It was based on this new law that Pastor Adeboye after 35 years reign as RCCG GO, on Saturday announced his resignation as the Nigerian chapter of the...

Adeboye free to return as nat’l GO as FG suspends law that caused his retirement     The contentious Corporate Governance Code issued on October 17 by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) of Nigeria that caused the abrupt retirement of Pastor Enoch Adeboye as Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) General Overseer has been suspended. FRC, which is one of the parastatals under the supervision of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, is in charge of setting and promoting compliance with standards for accounting, financial reporting and auditing in Nigeria. It also regulates the practices of professionals involved in financial reporting and promotes good practices in financial reporting and corporate governance in Nigeria. The body which guides all registered churches, mosques, and CSOs had in a new legal requirements stipulated that heads of non-profit organisations like churches, will only have a maximum period of twenty years to lead their orga...

Orlando police officer shot to death; sheriff's deputy dies during manhunt   Hundreds of law enforcement officers scoured Orlando on Monday for a man suspected of fatally shooting a police officer, searching door-to-door in apartment complexes and prompting the lock down of a dozen schools. After the shooting outside a Walmart, the suspect fled in a vehicle, fired shots at a pursuing officer, abandoned his vehicle and carjacked another, police said in an account of the investigation. The man ditched the second vehicle a little later and ran into an apartment complex, where the search was concentrated, Orlando Police Chief John Mina said. Orlando tragedy: Two officers remembered Later in the day, an Orange County sheriff's deputy searching for the suspect was killed when his motorcycle collided with another vehicle. The officer shot to death was identified as Orlando police Master Sgt. Debra Clayton, 42, a 17-year department veteran who was marr...