Tuesday, 11 April 2017

News extract 11th April 2017

Ø  Obasanjo’s Ex-wife Loses Suit to Stop Son’s Wedding
An Ikeja High Court on Monday dismissed the suit instituted by Mrs. Taiwo Obasanjo, ex-wife of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, seeking to stop her son’s wedding.

Justice Lateefa Okunnu dismissed the suit on the grounds that her court, being a family court, does not have the jurisdiction to entertain a matter involving an adult who is over 33 years old.
Mrs. Obasanjo, in an originating motion on notice filed by her lawyer, Mr.Toyin Olowoyobijo, had sought an order for the postponement of the wedding of her son, Olujonwo, to Sir Kessington Adebutu’s daughter, Tope, to any other date after June 30, 2017 on the grounds of some spiritual advice.
The former president and father of the bride, Adebutu, better known as Baba Ijebu, a lottery business mogul, were the respondents to the suit.
THISDAY

Ø  I may die before 2019 – Pope Francis

Head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has said he might not be alive in 2019.
He stated this while speaking at a vigil service on the Catholic Church’s World Youth Day last weekend.
According to the Associated Press, the 80-year-old referred to his own death twice in the span of a few minutes at the vigil.
DAILY POST

Ø  Customs Moves HND Holders on Salary To Salary GL 08

The Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali, has announced that HND holders on salary Grade Level GL 07 in the service are automatically moved to GL0 8 while a supplementary budget will be made for their salary arrears.
Ali said this during the decoration of the newly promoted senior customs officers on Monday in Abuja.
He said that officers in the inspectorate cadre on salary GL 08 and above awere to align to the appropriate rank in the superintendent cadre.
LEADERSHIP

Ø  PDP on death row, APC gasping for breath – Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has declared that the People Democratic Party, PDP, is on death row while his party, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, is gasping for breath.
The Vice President spoke yesterday at the National Conference on Political Party Supremacy and the Dynamics of Parliamentary Autonomy put together by the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, in Abuja.
DAILY POST
Ø  NFVCB’s new boss resumes, pledges open policy, reform

THE newly-appointed Executive Director of the National Film and Video Censors Board, NFVCB, Alhaji Thomas Adedayo, yesterday resumed duties to a tumultuous welcome by members of staff. 
Speaking at the handing/taking over ceremony in Abuja, Adedayo made it bold to say that funding would not be a constraint during his tenure, as he assured that with his team, he would generate ideas that will increase the financial strength of the board.

VANGUARD



 





No comments:

Post a Comment