A democracy inclined Non-Governmental organization-Human Rights Writers’ Association (HURIWA) has raised serious concern about what it calls the phenomenal rise in the use of jungle justice to settle scores all across Nigeria even as it has charged the nation’s chief law officer Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN) to immediately take practical measures to stop the trend so as to save Nigeria from anarchy and the overwhelming regime of impunity. In a statement issued jointly by the National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko and the National media Director, Zainab Yusuf, HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS’ ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) specifically blamed the slow justice delivery…
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By: Sunday Oyewole Following subtle threat by the Presidency that reports credited to the Interim National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bisi Akande, describing President Goodluck Jonathan as running a ‘kindergarten Presidency’ the APC has asked the President to go to court should he felt slighted. President Jonathan had while reacting to the report through his Media Adviser, Reuben Abati, reminded Akande about laws guiding libel and defamation of character. In a statement issued in Accra, Ghana on Monday, APC National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, said the National Chairman was only saying the obvious by the ‘Kindergarten Presidency’…
Bribes are routinely paid by major foreign pharmaceutical firms operating in China, the BBC has learned. Five drugs salesmen for foreign companies told the BBC their firms paid bribes in order to increase sales of their products. None of them wanted to be identified, fearing they would lose their jobs. The revelations come as Beijing widens its investigation into drugs-price fixing amid a bribery scandal engulfing drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline. ‘Inflated prices’ One of the salesmen said his company paid about $1,000 (£647) to get its product back on the shelves at one hospital. It may cost us more if we…
Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan of Delta State has said that the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF) was determined to check the challenge of oil theft in the country. Fielding questions from journalists at the venue of the NGF meeting, Sunday night, Governor Uduaghan said that the measures taken by the Forum to support the Federal Government are paying off. According to him, the Forum had to do something after the shutdown of two major pipelines (Trans-Niger and Nembe) led to the combined loss of about 300,000 barrels per day. “This resulted in the drop of our oil output from 2.5million bpd to 2.1million…
Excited by the various developmental programmes being implemented by the present administration in Delta state, leaders from the state on Monday, expressed gratitude to Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan for taking the state out of the woods and placing it on the world map for good. In a statement issued in Lagos by the Director of Communications of the Peoples Movement, Mrs. Ibifuro Tatua, the leaders eulogized Uduaghan for being above board in the discharge of his duties and for running a transparent and accountable government. “Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan has performed excellently to the envy of his foes that are now bent…
By Gracious Akujobi Head coach of Super Eagles, Stephen Keshi and former Super Eagles defender, Ben Iroha have differed sharply over the Chelsea FC star Mikel Obi’s chances of winning this year’s Glo CAF Footballer of the Year Award billed to hold in Lagos. While Keshi, fondly called ‘the Big Boss’ feels Mikel Obi is miles ahead of other contenders for the coveted award, Iroha, on the other hand favours Ivorian and Man City midfielder Yaya Toure. Keshi in a chat with Prompt News Online in Abuja, said with Mikel’s performance at club and national team, he is already well…
On resumption from two-month recess, members of the House of Representatives have resolved to investigate the various agreements signed by the ministers and heads of agencies during President Goodluck Jonathan’s visit to China. The President recently embarked on a five-day official visit to China. He was accompanied by 13 Ministers and several heads of agencies and parastatals during which various agreements were signed in critical sectors with relevant Chinese agencies. The Chairman, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Nnena Ukeje, who disclosed the House’s decision to investigate the agreements to newsmen at the weekend, said the investigation would commence immediately after…
The House of Representatives has said that the report of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Boko Haram is being closely monitored, saying it would await further decision on whether the sect members would be tried for crimes against humanity. Last week, the ICC had declared that members of the dreaded sect, Boko Haram, may have committed crime against humanity. The Prosecutor averred there was reason to believe that crimes against humanity have been committed. The ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, in a report to the United Nations, noted that since July 2009, the sect had “launched widespread and systematic attacks…
· Says Akande is rude, ill-mannered By: Sunday Oyewole The Presidency has threatened to slam the Interim National Chairman of the newly registered All Progressives Congress (APC), Bisi Akande, with libel and character defamation suit for willfully insulting President Goodluck Jonathan. Akande, had during interaction with newsmen in Ila-Orangun, his country home on Saturday, referred to President Jonathan as a kindergarten leader who is not serious-minded. The APC leader had said, “I have my reasons not to admire President Goodluck Jonathan. I have not found him to be a serious-minded leader; Jonathan is Nigeria’s problem today. He is not…
By: Sunday Oyewole The Presidency Sunday night replied the former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nasir El-Rufai, who accused President Goodluck Jonathan of playing politics of ethnicity and religion, saying the allegation was false and unfounded. Presidential Media Adviser, Reuben Abati, described El-Rufai, who is now a Chieftain of the newly registered All Progressives Congress (APC) as a serial liar. According to Abati, President Jonathan is above ethnic and religious politics contrary to insinuations, saying he observed the just concluded Ramadan fasting alongside Muslims even though he is a Christian. The statement issued by the Media Adviser reads,…