UN Peacekeeping: Nigeria Re-elected to United Nations Committee Chair

Prof. Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, the permanent representative of Nigeria to the United Nations, UN, has been re-elected chair of the United Nations Special Committee on Peacekeeping, known as C-34.

Muhammad-Bande was re-elected by acclamation at the United Nations Headquarters in New York during opening of the 2019 Session.

It was gathered that the Nigerian envoy was re-elected while he was in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia attending the on-going African Union Summit
Read more at; https://newsbreakers.ng/un-peacekeeping-nigeria-re-elected-to-united-nations-committee-chair/



UN Rights Expert Raises Alarm over Threat to Judicial Independence in Nigeria

A United Nations-appointed independent rights expert, Diego Garcia-Sayán on Monday warned that dismissal of Nigeria’s Chief Justice, Walter Onnoghen, and “threats, pressures and interferences” made against the lawyers defending him, may constitute a grave attack on judicial independence from the State.

Garcia-Sayán, who is the independent UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, made these comments in a statement released ahead of Saturday’s general elections in Nigeria.

Speaking on the decision to suspend Onnoghen on January 25 suspension of Onnoghen by President Muhammadu Buhari, Garcia-Sayán said; “International human rights standards provide that judges may be dismissed only on serious grounds of misconduct or incompetence.
Read more at; https://newsbreakers.ng/un-rights-expert-raises-alarm-over-threat-to-judicial-independence-in-nigeria/



NOUN Appoints Former Army Spokesman Sani Usman as Faculty Member

The past spokesperson of the Nigerian Army has been appointed a faculty member at the National Open University Business School.

Brigadier General Sani Usman’s appointment follows his recent retirement from the Nigerian Army after serving in the Military for 35 years.

NOUN, in a statement issued by the Coordinator of NOUN Business School, Prof. Samalia Mande, said the former Army spokesperson was appointed because of his wealth of experience.
Read more at; https://newsbreakers.ng/noun-appoints-former-army-spokesman-sani-usman-as-faculty-member/




Belgore Denies N450m Money Laundering Allegation

Dele Belgore (SAN), the Kwara State campaign Coordinator for former President Goodluck Jonathan, on Monday, debunked the allegation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that he laundered the sum of N450m in 2015.

Belgore was prosecuted before the Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly benefiting N450m alongside a former Minister of National Planning, Prof. Abubakar Sulaiman, on a 9-count amended charge.

However, while testifying in his own defence on Monday, Belgore admitted being invited by the bank manager on March 26, 2015, to take delivery of the N450m cash, but he said he ended up leaving the bank without the money.
Read more at; https://newsbreakers.ng/belgore-denies-n450m-money-laundering-allegation/



2019 Election: Kaduna Students Debunk Endorsing Governor El-Rufai’s Re-Election Bid

The National Association of Kaduna State Students (NAKASS) has distanced itself from the purported endorsement of the Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai’s re-election bid.

The union made this known in a statement jointly signed by its Secretary-General, Comrade Ahmed Usman and its Public Relation Officer, Comrade Reuben Musa.

The group maintained that as the constituted umbrella for all Kaduna State students saddled with the responsibilities of advocacy and engagements on students matters and affairs with members within Nigeria and the diaspora, the leaders would not allow the body to be dragged into partisan politics.
Read more at; https://newsbreakers.ng/2019-election-kaduna-students-debunk-endorsing-governor-el-rufais-re-election-bid/

They will hate this, they will wish he was sacked for being Nigerian. I won't mention name but they will start attacking me

We won't agree, this is another Islamization!!...Nyamuri flat.heads won't like this at all

UN didn't follow the quota system

Buhari and religious bigotry is like 5&6. Because of this we Igbo with our 5% will massively vote our Messiah Atiku and obi.after all we can't abandon our own son and vote afonja yolobar Muslim.