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If Jonathan could not defeat Ameachi, then who is Wike.

A Nigerian who fled Nigeria from the militant Islamist group, Boko Haram, to South Korea is to be deported from the country as an appeal court overturned its initial ruling, the Korea Herald reported on Friday.
The court, on Thursday, ruled against the Nigerian, who illegally entered the country by sea last year and applied for refugee status upon his arrival citing attacks and threats from the terrorist group in his home country.
While the refugee application was in process, he filed a lawsuit to cancel the deportation order of the immigration office that took issue with his illegal entry and demanded that he return to his country.
The appeals court, however, upheld the immigration office's decision, saying that he could possibly avoid the threat from Boko Haram while still living in Nigeria.
"The Nigerian moved to the town of Bama in 2010 after living in the southern city of Lagos for years. Considering Boko Haram is based in the North, there is little possibility of being persecuted if he lives in Lagos," the court said in its ruling.
The Nigerian applied for refugee status in 2007 during his short trip to South Korea on a tourist visa. Claiming to be the son of the chief of a tribe based in Bama, he argued that Boko Haram had attacked him and his family after he granted his tribe members the freedom of religion.
The deportation order will be suspended while the application process is underway, which normally takes two to three years. He will be housed in the detention centre for foreigners until a decision is taken.



http://tribuneonlineng.com/node/20416

The principal should also be locked up for negligence

There was drama at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) yesterday when Senate President Bukola Saraki refused to move into the dock when his case was called.

The dock is where those standing trial stay during proceedings.

Saraki’s refusal to leave his seat for the dock led to an argument between his lead counsel, Mahmud Magaji (SAN), and the prosecutor, Rotimi Jacobs (SAN).

Objecting to Saraki’s action, Jacobs said it was the practice for an accused “irrespective” of his status to enter the dock during his trial.

According to him, once an accused person’s plea is taken, he/she must always sit in the dock during proceedings.



“Things must be done properly. The proper thing is for him to go to the dock,” Jacobs said.

Magaji said there was no need for Saraki to enter the dock, citing Section 22(m) of the Evidence Act to buttress his submission.

But, tribunal Chairman Justice Danladi Umar overruled him, directing him to prevail on Saraki to do the right thing.

Shortly after Saraki moved into the dock, Jacobs sought an adjournment to enable the tribunal await the Court of Appeal’s judgment in the defendant’s appeal.  The appeal court on Monday adjourned the verdict sine die (indefinitely).

Jacobs also acknowledged receipt of a fresh motion for stay of proceedings filed by Saraki’s legal team.

He said although the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) 2015 frowns at a stay of proceedings in criminal cases, there was the need to await the appellate court’s verdict because it touches on the tribunal’s jurisdiction to further preside over the case.

A stay at this moment, he said, was reasonable in order to preserve the integrity of the court and of the legal profession.

Responding, Magaji, who had suggested an indefinite adjournment, said he would agree to the two-week adjournment suggested by Jacobs if the business of the court on the next date would be for parties to report the appeal court’s decision.

Magaji said it was necessary for him to remind the tribunal that his client’s trial was affecting his job as Senate President.

Jacobs objected to Magaji’s claim, saying the statement was intended to intimidate the tribunal.

“This is an intimidation of the tribunal. The defendant is a defendant. What is the essence of the rule of law?

He (Magaji) is saying that because the defendant is the Senate President.

“Are you saying he should not be treated like every other defendant, when the rule of law says even the king is subject to the law?” Jacobs said.

Ruling, Justice Umar said the tribunal would await the Court of Appeal’s judgment. He adjourned to November 5 for report of the appellate court’s decision and possibly, hearing of pending applications.

The tribunal, he said, would tarry a while in deference to the appellate court.

Saraki arrived at the tribunal around 9. 54 am, accompanied by some senators. The case was called at 10:45 am.

On September 22, Saraki pleaded not guilty to a 13-count charge of false asset declaration brought against him by the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB).

He is querying the tribunal’s jurisdiction to try him at the appeal court.

Saraki is contending that the charge is defective, because it was not filed by a substantive Attorney General of the Federation and that the tribunal is not validly constituted because only two out of its constitutionally stipulated three members are currently sitting.

On October 8, the Justice MooreAdumein-led three-man panel of the Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja granted accelerated hearing in Saraki’s appeal and promised to give judgment before his next appearance at the tribunal yesterday.





http://thenationonlineng.net/tribunal-drama-as-lawyer-begs-saraki-to-enter-dock/

Chelsea cruising to victory

Tinubu is the Political Jagaban of Nigeria. If you are not satisfied you are free to take a walk!. Two of his former Chiefs of Staff are now Ministers. One was a former two time governor. Very soon the haters will compose themselves and read the colossus like a book. Use him like a compass to navigate themselves out of political wilderness they box themselves!

Fashola answered questions posed to him by the Senators that we the people elected. If the Senators are satisfied with his answers then it means that we the people that elected the Senators are satisfied.QED

Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, has ordered an immediate suspension of work on the airport project going on the outskirts of Ado Ekiti, the state capital.

This followed a meeting he held with land owners and farmers who has plantations on the land earmarked for the project at Jibowu Hall of the Government House on Tuesday.

An oil palm plantation farmer, Tijani Hakeem, was said to have died of shock over destruction of his plantations by bulldozers mobilized to the site.

The Nation gathered on Tuesday that the corpse of Hakeem, who was said to be an Ebira man, has been conveyed to his village in Kogi State for burial.

Following the tension generated by commencement of work on the site without prior notice and compensation, the governor summoned a meeting with the farmers to resolve the problem.



At the meeting which was also attended by officials of the Ministry of Works and Transportation saw Fayose appealing to land owners and farmers for calm, promising to pay them compensation.

governor said his administration has resolved to suspend work on the airport project until December to allow for enumeration of the land owners and farmers to be compensated.

He noted that stoppage of work for now would also give plantation owners and farmers an opportunity to harvest their crops.



http://thenationonlineng.net/fayose-suspends-ekiti-airport-project/

The power crisis in Ghana is set to worsen in the coming days as Nigeria threatens to cut gas supply to the Aboadze Thermal Plant.

The development has been occasioned by the failure of government to settle its indebtedness to the Nigerian gas authorities.

According to sources within the Power sector, Ghana owes the Nigerian authorities over GHC100million.

Currently, Ghana receives in excess of 140 million standard cubic feet per day of gas from Nigeria. The supply, although not enough, has greatly enhanced power supply in the country over the last few weeks.

Speaking on recent developments in the power sector, a former Chief Executive Officer of the Volta River Authority Dr. Charles Wireku-Brobbey told Accra-based Joy FM that constant power supply in the country is not dependent on the incoming power barges from Turkey.

“The problem for us not the arrival or non-arrival of the power barges. As we speak the government owes Nigeria over GHC100million, which we are yet to settle, and that is the problem that should concern us,” he said.




http://sunnewsonline.com/new/nigeria-to-cut-gas-supplies-to-ghana-over-debt/

If its to tease the audience,they are very good at it,now tables have changed and they're getting all worked up over it,they ought to have been professional about the whole thing jare

I'm having the same issue with you oo,I'm 6'4 110kg but not fat.what people tell me about the weight stuff is that its has to do with bones in your body

We did worst while we were in secondary school jare

Apapa-Iganmu Local Council Development Authority (LCDA) is currently embroiled in crisis over the decision of the authorities of the council area to sack 60 street sweepers, who are mostly widows.
Incidentally, the head of the LCDA is a woman, Alhaja Funmilayo Mohammed.
Mohammed was the vice chairman of the LCDA for six year before her appointment as the interim head.
Of the 100 sweepers in the council, she said 60 had to go because they were too old for the job, adding that she planned for a fresh recruitment.
It was learnt that she had claimed that Governor Akinwunmi Ambode directed her to sack the widows who were on a salary of N10,000 per month.
She reportedly claimed that insufficient fund was also responsible for the directive.
When Tribune Online told her that the LCDA allocation in July was N67 million, N77 million in August and N50 million in September, she got angry and said: "Those who reported to you, are they saying I can't fire anyone again. Is what I did beyond my power?"
When told that mostly old women do the sweeping job coupled with the fact that they are widows, she replied: "I screened them before sacking them. I want to replace them with those who can work. Other local government simply sacked all of them. I still screened them. They are old women. If you can't come to the council for us to talk one-on-one, so I can see your Tribune I.D card, I don't have anything to say to you again."




http://tribuneonlineng.com/female-local-government-boss-lagos-sacks-60-widow-street-sweepers-being-too-old

Yeye old man

Hmmmm,the hunter becomes the hunted

Make this man(balarabe musa)take am easy oo,his house is a stone's throw away from PMB's house in kaduna

Arsenal 3 manchester united 0...wake me up when the game starts

Just impeach him already abeg!!!no time to check time

The   Nigerian Army has banned the wearing of unauthorized Army uniforms, accoutrement and kits by Ex-Students of Nigerian Military School Zaria (aka Ex-Boys) in civil institutions.

The illegal practice of wearing Nigerian Army uniforms and kits by Ex-Boys apart from obvious security implications, impacts negatively on the image of Nigerian Army.

Army, according to a statement signed by its Director of Public Relations, Col Sani Kukasheka Usman yesterday, says, “It is pertinent to reiterate that wearing of military uniforms or kits on campus by anyone is absolutely unlawful” adding “More   worrisome, is the fact   that   most   of   the   offenders   are   Ex-students who have deserted the Army, and are not legally entitled to have military uniforms or items within their possessions”.

The statement reminded those affected that “the Ex-Boys who left Nigerian Military School from 2012 when the school ceased to be a military institution, are expected to surrender their military uniforms and kits after graduation”.

The Army also discloses “that illegal possession of military accoutrement is punishable under   sections 109,110 and   251   of Nigerian Criminal Code”.

It said it is working with other security agencies to apprehend defaulters/impostors in all civil institutions of higher learning in Nigeria.

“The security departments of civil institutions and the general public are also requested to report suspected impostors to nearest Nigerian Army formations or Security Agencies,” the acting spokesman said.

In   another   development,   the   COAS   Barracks   Investment   Initiative

Programme (COAS BIIP) Sensitization exercise is to commence from 5th – 9th October   2015   in   all   cantonments   and   barracks   across   the   country.

The investment   scheme   is   an   initiative   of   the   Chief   of   Army   Staff,   Lieutenant General   Tukur   Yusuf   Buratai as part   of   his   welfare   drive   for   officers   and soldiers by engaging their spouses and dependants living in the barracks on income yielding agricultural ventures such as animal husbandry, fish farming, poultry and other profit making agricultural activities.

The programme is aimed at empowering them financially and it is open to all spouses, dependants of serving and late Nigerian Army personnel living within the various Nigerian Army barracks and cantonments across the country.

“Empowering barracks personnel   are   expected   to   contribute   to   the   nation’s   economy   apart   from providing the beneficiaries with a means of sustenance”, the Army stated.





http://leadership.ng/news/464961/army-bans-use-of-military-uniforms-by-ex-boys-of-military-schools

"Don't be afraid of me, but be afraid of the consequences of your actions", said President Buhari on the 1st Oct, 2015 (Nigeria''s Independence Day )

PDP will condemn this because its members believe that "stealing is not corruption".

Unilag needs your services sir

You don't have the curves and you're wearing a tight fitting gown,nawa oo!



Come use make-up destroy the face again

talk2riel:
Bros just tell am say "obalende" area he go quickly understand

Tor,I go tell am

jkendy:
Tnk God dat ur Chinese Tecno phone wasn't 'flooded' alongside "ur pins". Nairaland 4 hard U ds evening.

Yes

walanter:
abeg which part of kd kigo dey

The street directly opposite makarfi street,the one that lady and her daughter sell akara every morning

Felaak47:
may Almighty God replenish ur pocket abundantly......but wait o,u know how kigo extension normally gets flood yearly and u still hesitate to stay their Nawa for u o, if u give me apartment for free over there I rather rust in kakuri.

You dey mind me,this should be my fourth experience oo,and I had stubbornly refused to relocate elsewhere all the previous years,anyway tanks for the prayer,I appreciate

The flood totally swallowed up my apartment(kigo extension)and I couldn't salvage any of my property,not even a pin....so depressing

Kigo new extension

Kigo new extension.

Kigo new extension