Friday, 14 July 2017

News extract for 14th July


Ø PDP crisis: Makarfi announces what will happen to Sheriff for causing problem in party

The National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Ahmed Makarfi has declared “general amnesty” for its members involved in the leadership tussle that last for over one year.

Makarfi made the announcement while reacting to a questions from journalists on whether the party would sanction the sacked National Chairman, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff.
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Ø Evans: Court awards N20, 000 against lawyer
A Lagos Federal High Court yesterday awarded N20, 000 against Olukoya Ogungbeje, counsel to Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, also known as Evans, who has been arrested and charged for kidnapping for failing to come to court.

A vacation judge, Abdulaziz Anka, who awarded the sum also cautioned Ogungbeje to desist from acts unbecoming of a legal practitioner.
The Guardian
Ø Kano will lose status without Igbo, others – Ganduje
The Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, on Wednesday said Kano would not have risen to become a commercial nerve centre to reckon with without the presence of the Igbo and other ethnic nationalities.
He also blamed the elite for the ongoing agitations by some sections of the country to secede.
Ganduje made the comments when the Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, visited him over the death of Danmasanin Kano, Alhaji Maitama Sule.
Punch
Ø Nigerian government approves equal salary for HND, BSC holders
The Federal Government has approved same salary for holders of University degrees and Higher National Diploma in all the para-military services.
To this end, the Civil Defense, Fire Service, Immigration and Prisons Board has directed that ‎all officers with HND should be upgraded to COMPASS 08, which is the salary grade level for holders of degree certificates at entry point.
Daily post
Ø Excessive intake of soft drinks ’causes erectile dysfunction
A new research has shown that excessive intake of soft drinks is one of the leading causes of erectile dysfunction.
Erectile dysfunction is the inability to develop and maintain an erection for satisfactory sexual intercourse.
The research also shows that large percentage of men do not limit the volume of soft drinks in their diet and consume them much more often than women.

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