₦airaland Forum

efighter:
ABUJA—The National Judicial Council, NJC, yesterday, denied allegation that the South East region of the country was sidelined in an ongoing process that will lead to elevation of 14 Judges to the Court of Appeal bench.

The Council, in a statement by its Director of Information, Mr. Soji Oye, said it considered merit and geographical spread in the appointment of Judicial Officers to the Court of Appeal. It maintained that in considering appointment for 14 vacancies currently existing in the appellate court bench and to ensure that each zone is adequately represented, states that already have three serving Justices were excluded.

NJC said its attention was drawn to an on-line publication and in some newspapers alleging that none of the candidates it shortlisted for appointment to the Court of Appeal was from the South-East. “This allegation is nothing but a figment of the imagination of the on-line media as the exercise is on-going and no candidate has been recommended so far. “To put the records straight, appointment of Judicial Officers to the Court of Appeal is done on merit and geographical spread. “Section 2 of Court of Appeal (Amendment) Act, 2013, governing the appointment of Justices of Court of Appeal provides that the total number of Justices to be appointed should not be more than 90 plus the President.

The Court however, currently has 76 Justices leaving vacancy for additional 14 Justices. Of the 76 Justices of the Court, the North Central with 6 States and FCT has 12 Justices; North-East with six states has 12 Justices plus the President; North-West with seven states has 9 Justices; South-East with five states has 13 Justices; South-South with six states has 14 Justices and South-West with six states has 15 Justices. “In considering appointment for the 14 vacancies, and to ensure that each zone is adequately presented, all states that have 3 serving Justices were not considered unless under special circumstances.

“The states not considered are: Anambra, Bauchi, Borno, Cross-River, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Gombe, Imo, Kogi, Kwara and Oyo. “States like Adamawa, Kebbi and Sokoto have zero representation which informed the need to include them in the current exercise. “Appointments are made to the Court based on the elevation of Appeal Court Justices to the Supreme Court, retirement at the age of 70 years, or death. Such vacancies are filled with judicial officers from the zone of the Judge who died, retired or elevated. “It is therefore unfair for the online media to claim that the National Judicial Council recommended no candidate from the South-East which currently has 13 Justices at the Court of Appeal. “Journalists are pleased advised to always balance their report to avoid litigation,” the statement read.

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/11/south-east-not-excluded-appointment-appeal-court-judges-njc/

raker300:
is our govt doing anything to stop these people?

Or even raise awareness on the horror going on there

NTA wch is supposed to be our country's mouthpiece is busy being used as a propaganda network

naptu2:
This is not the first time. Nigerians have been rescued from Libya, Italy and Morocco and they usually interview them on NTA Network News at 9.

However, many more are still trying to cross the Mediterranean every day.

Published on Jan 26, 2017

NTA News

Senior special adviser to the president on foreign affairs and diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa has warned Nigerians seeking to leave the country to Libya to desist from doing so. The SSA gave the warning when members of the national emergency management agency (NEMA) visited her to shed more light on NEMA’S rescue operations in Libya.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV07w838jmU

Published on Jan 26, 2017

NTA News

Senior special adviser to the president on foreign affairs and diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa has warned Nigerians seeking to leave the country to Libya to desist from doing so. The SSA gave the warning when members of the national emergency management agency (NEMA) visited her to shed more light on NEMA’S rescue operations in Libya.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV07w838jmU

Published on Jul 21, 2015

English/Nat XFA

Thousands of Nigerians have returned from Libya as part of an organised repatriation in the wake of widespread violence directed against immigrants from sub-Saharan African.


Several plane loads of Nigerians arrived in Lagos. The deportees - now living in a temporary camp - have been giving graphic accounts of clashes in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, and other cities.

During the past weeks, thousands of African immigrants living in Libya have been attacked by local residents. Some reports suggested dozens of people died, but no exact figures are available.

An apparently trivial dispute sparked one of the most serious reported confrontations involving Chadians and Sudanese in the town of Zawiyah, west of Tripoli. It is understood there were also a number of clashes in Tripoli where disturbances of any kind are rare.

The deportees said Libyan police allowed the attacks to go ahead, even after the immigrants had been moved into special camps. Nationals of countries like Guinea, Cameroon, Niger and Chad also suffered.

The violence is a blow to Libya's leader, Colonel Moammar Gadhafi, who is keen to assume the role of a leading statesman on the African continent. His pan-African policy has led to growing numbers of immigrants from other African countries entering Libya. Now thought to number about a (M) million, they are said to have become the focus of social and economic resentment.

But the returnees did not blame the Libyan leader, whom they described as a friend of black Africans. Rather, they said Colonel Gadhafi could not control his own people's hostility towards them.

SOUNDBITE: (English) "A big, a very big noise and they break my door, rush into our house, burn everything, beat us, stab me, who are these people? They are Libyans."

SUPER CAPTION: Stabbed Deportee

SOUNDBITE: (English) "The Libyan people still believe that we are Africans, are still slaves, they consider us barbaric, they do not even see anything especially good in blacks and especially we Nigerians.

When we are walking down the streets we have been attacked by the drivers and the 'afma' boys as they are called. There was all this, we took it gladly with them when we took these cases to the police they would tell us 'imshi, imshi' (go away in Arabic) you know. They kick us out of these things some us have been stabbed, some of us were even...the pregnant women were beaten publicly."

SUPER CAPTION: Deportee

Published on Jan 26, 2017

NTA News

Senior special adviser to the president on foreign affairs and diaspora, Abike Dabiri-Erewa has warned Nigerians seeking to leave the country to Libya to desist from doing so. The SSA gave the warning when members of the national emergency management agency (NEMA) visited her to shed more light on NEMA’S rescue operations in Libya.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV07w838jmU

Published on Jul 21, 2015

English/Nat XFA

Thousands of Nigerians have returned from Libya as part of an organised repatriation in the wake of widespread violence directed against immigrants from sub-Saharan African.


Several plane loads of Nigerians arrived in Lagos. The deportees - now living in a temporary camp - have been giving graphic accounts of clashes in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, and other cities.

During the past weeks, thousands of African immigrants living in Libya have been attacked by local residents. Some reports suggested dozens of people died, but no exact figures are available.

An apparently trivial dispute sparked one of the most serious reported confrontations involving Chadians and Sudanese in the town of Zawiyah, west of Tripoli. It is understood there were also a number of clashes in Tripoli where disturbances of any kind are rare.

The deportees said Libyan police allowed the attacks to go ahead, even after the immigrants had been moved into special camps. Nationals of countries like Guinea, Cameroon, Niger and Chad also suffered.

The violence is a blow to Libya's leader, Colonel Moammar Gadhafi, who is keen to assume the role of a leading statesman on the African continent. His pan-African policy has led to growing numbers of immigrants from other African countries entering Libya. Now thought to number about a (M) million, they are said to have become the focus of social and economic resentment.

But the returnees did not blame the Libyan leader, whom they described as a friend of black Africans. Rather, they said Colonel Gadhafi could not control his own people's hostility towards them.

SOUNDBITE: (English) "A big, a very big noise and they break my door, rush into our house, burn everything, beat us, stab me, who are these people? They are Libyans."

SUPER CAPTION: Stabbed Deportee

SOUNDBITE: (English) "The Libyan people still believe that we are Africans, are still slaves, they consider us barbaric, they do not even see anything especially good in blacks and especially we Nigerians.

When we are walking down the streets we have been attacked by the drivers and the 'afma' boys as they are called. There was all this, we took it gladly with them when we took these cases to the police they would tell us 'imshi, imshi' (go away in Arabic) you know. They kick us out of these things some us have been stabbed, some of us were even...the pregnant women were beaten publicly."

SUPER CAPTION: Deportee


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPsldkwTJU4

Ishilove:
A blogger with some sense. Quite a rarity these days

Keneking:
Who takes control?
VP _____Kenya

Ishilove:
Someone said it looks like 'Opa Oranmiyan'

Mustay:
https://thenationonlineng.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/staff.jpg

Ishilove:
Someone said it looks like 'Opa Oranmiyan'

Pinnick: New Super Falcons Coach Will Soon Arrive, Nigeria Can Win Women’s World Cup

By James Agberebi:

Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) President Amaju Pinnick has revealed that the new Super Falcons foreign coach will be in Nigeria to sign a contract next week, Completesportsnigeria.com reports.

Pinnick, who however did not mention the name of the new foreign coach, stated this at the launching ceremony of short code *1945# for Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup in Lagos on Monday.

Since former Super Falcons coach Florence Omagbemi’s contract was terminated, the Super Falcons have been been without a coach.

But Pinnick said the NFF are ready to give the Super Falcons all the best in order to succeed just like the Super Eagles.

“I remember Shehu Dikko came to me and said we must make sure we look for money. We must make sure we interface with the government in making sure we don’t owe the players anything,” Pinnick said.

“Forget that the players earn huge salaries, they have responsibilities in Nigeria. They see what is going on and they don’t want to be part of failures after their playing days we must encourage them. Those were the words of Shehu Dikko.

“And of course we interfaced with the government and thankfully they responded from A to Z. At that point the Super Eagles was our focus, it doesn’t mean we are neglecting the Super Falcons. No, we didn’t. We needed to build a brand and a super brand at that time was the Super Eagles. Today we are happy to achieve that. Within the next 10 days a contract will be signed for a foreign coach who is coming to Nigeria by next week.

“The same thing we have done for the Super Eagles is the same thing we will do for the Super Falcons. We are tired of making our presence only at the World Cup, we want to win the women’s World Cup. Other African countries are catching up with us. Ghana, South Africa, Equatorial Guinea. We need to tell them we are still the giants of Africa in women’s football.”

He went on to dismiss reports that the NFF have abandoned the Super Falcons, stating they are very much as important as the Super Eagles.

He added: “Please the Super Falcons should know that we have not neglect them. At that point we needed to focus on what to bring joy to Nigerians and that’s what we did what we did. So they should forgive us, they are our children, they are our wards, we are happy we have a beautiful relation with them but stay tuned for the Super Falcons.”

sod09:
Youth player of the year
Iwobi or kelechi didn't make the list
What the hell

Icon79:
I just asked the same question. Alex Iwobi definitely supposed to make the list.


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