News extract 20th April 2017

Ø  ASUU calls for JAMB registrar’s resignation.

FOLLOWING alleged lopsidedness in the on-going registration of candidates by Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, the Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) University of Ibadan Chapter, Dr Deji Omole has called on the Registrar of JAMB, Professor Ishaq Oloyede to voluntarily resign from office.

The academic union also asked the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu to call the registrar to order to lessen the difficulty being experienced by the candidates.

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Ø  Police Arrest Administrator of Ijumu in Connection with Dino Melaye’s Assassination Attempt

The Police Special Squads drafted from Police Force Headquarter Abuja have arrested the administrator of Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State, Hon. Taofiq Isah, in connection with the assassination attempt on Senator Dino Melaye.

Taofiq was arrested yesterday at about 1.30 p.m. at the premises of the Ministry of Education, Lokoja, where he had gone to visit the state Commissioner for Education, Hon. Sunday Tolorunleke.

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Ø  Anti--corruption war: FG Seeks review of CCT, Tax Laws

THE Federal Government yesterday directed the Nigerian Law Reform Commission, NLRC, to review statutes relating to the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, and the Tax Appeal Tribunal, so as to reposition the institutions to be “more efficient, effective   and alive to their responsibilities

Equally on the list of institutions that FG wants the Commission to bring in line with international best practices included the Investment and Security Tribunal.
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Ø  Naira appreciates further against the dollar

The naira has appreciated by N12 against the US dollar in the parallel market.

The is coming due to $62 million dollar supply to Bureaux de Change segment by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.

CBN yesterday sold $20,000 to 3,170 BDCs, amounting to $62 million supply into the segment.

Following the development, the parallel market exchange rate went down from average of N397 per dollar on Tuesday to N385 per dollar at the close of business yesterday

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Ø  53 IN COURT FOR ATTENDING GAY MARRIAGE

Police, yesterday, arraigned 53 persons, who were allegedly arrested during a gay marriage, before a magistrate’s court in Chediya-Zaria, Kaduna State. The prosecutor, Mannir Nasir, said the accused were arrested on April 15 at a motel and were being charged for conspiracy, unlawful assembly and belonging to a gang of unlawful society.

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