News extra19th December 2017

Ø  Conduct drug tests for public officials – Kano emir

The Emir of Kano Muhammadu Sanusi ll yesterday said a law should be enacted that will compel traditional rulers, governors, ministers, senators and other public office holders to go for a drug test.

The emir was speaking the opening of a two-day Senate Roundtable on Drug Abuse Epidemic in Nigeria, held in Kano.

Dailytrust

Ø  Oil Prices Rise as PENGASSAN Strike, North Sea Pipeline Threaten Supply

Oil prices edged higher again Monday as a planned workers’ strike in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry and the North Sea pipeline outage threatened crude supply to the international market.

However, the planned strike by oil workers under the aegis of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN), which was scheduled to commence at midnight Monday, was suspended.

Thisday

Ø  Striking non-academic workers, FG team meet today

There is an indication that the Joint Action Committee of the Non-Academic Staff Unions of Universities and a Federal Government delegation may meet on Tuesday (today).

The meeting is coming 15 days after the striking workers brought administrative activities in many public universities across the country to a halt.

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Ø  Adedoja asks court to nullify Secondus’ election

ONE of the candidates that contested for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national chairman Prof. Taoheed Adedoja, has approached a Federal High Court in Abuja, seeking the nullification of the election of Prince Uche Secondus.

In the suit filed on his behalf by Rickey Tarfa & Co., Adedoja prayed the court to declare ?the election of Secondus as national chairman of PDP null and void.

Thenation

Ø  Buhari extends tenure of service chiefs

President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the tenure of the Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin and all other service chiefs.

A statement yesterday by the Public Relations Officer to the Minister of Defence, Colonel Tukur Gusau said the president took the decision having reviewed efforts of the service chiefs in counter insurgency operations in the Northeast coupled with the security situation of the Niger Delta region.

Dailytrust

Ø  David Mark illegally acquired Senate President’s official residence –FG

The Federal Government has accused a former Senate President, David Mark, of illegally acquiring his then official residence as his private property.

In September this year, the government, through the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property, which is chaired by Chief Okoi Obono-Obla, gave the former Senate President a 21-day notice to quit the mansion.

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Ø  You can’t make decent life in journalism – Osinbajo

VICE President Yemi Osinbajo Monday said journalists in the country with the poor remuneration cannot live a decent life.

The Vice President also lamented that the private sector in the country does not respect the national minimum wage.

Vanguard

Ø  Fuel scarcity: NNPC warns marketers, assures of nationwide supply

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has assured motorists and other petroleum products consumers not to engage in panic buying.

NNPC wishes to state that relevant government agencies are in consultation with industry unions to arrive at an amicable resolution of issues over which there are threats of an industrial action.

Dailytrust

Ø  Emirates Confirms Death of Nigerian Onboard Dubai-Lagos Flight

Dubai-based carrier, Emirates Airways, has confirmed that a young Nigerian lady, Kofo Abaniwonda, died onboard its flight from Dubai to Lagos last Friday.

The spokesman of the airline said that the cabin crew onboard Flight EK 783 from Dubai to Lagos on December 15 found a passenger unconscious in her seat as the flight was preparing for descent.

Thisday

Ø  Suspected female kidnapper lynched in Kwara

A suspected kidnapper was lynched by a mob on Monday in Ilorin, Kwara State.

Our correspondent gathered that the woman had gone to a school within the Kikanlo area of Ilorin and allegedly attempted to steal twin babies whom their mother dropped in the school.

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