News extract 15th December 2017

Ø  INEC Confirms Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello, Registered Twice

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed that the Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, engaged in double registration during the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise in his state, effectively violating the Electoral Act.

Thisday

Ø  Mogajis warn 21 new obas for threatening Olubadan

Ibadan Authentic Mogajis (family heads) have told the city’s 21 new obas to withdraw their 21-day dethronement threat against the Olubadan, Oba Saliu Adetunji.

They issued a seven-day ultimatum against the new obas to withdraw their threat against the Imperial Majesty or be sanctioned for their disloyalty to the frontline monarch.

Thenation

Ø  Senate walks out Fashola for lack of budget documents

THE Senate yesterday walked out the Minister of Power, works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola over what they described as his “unpreparedness to face the committee for his 2018 budget defence.”

Vanguard

Ø  Court stops sack of over 20,000 Kaduna teachers

The Kaduna Division of the National Industrial Court on Thursday stopped the planned sack of 21,780 primary school teachers who failed a competency test organised by the state government.

Daily Trust recalls that the lawyer representing the teachers, Samuel Atum, had on October 30 filed a motion of “interlocutory injunction”, asking the court to restrain the government from dismissing or disengaging any teacher on the basis of the test conducted in June 2017

Dailytrust

Ø  Buhari Moves to Appoint 8 New Ministers, Restructure Ministries

In a move to keep to his promise to the chieftains and loyalists of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to appoint more ministers to his cabinet, President Muhammadu Buhari is considering a tentative proposal to restructure some of the ministries, appoint eight new ministers to his cabinet and reshuffle the cabinet, THISDAY has learnt.

Thisday

Ø  Why I withheld sensitive documents from EFCC – AVM Mamu

A former Chief of Administration of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), Air Vice Marshal Mohammed Alkali Mamu (Rtd) yesterday told an FCT High Court in Maitama that he withheld certain documents from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) “because they are not a security agent.”

Dailytrust

Ø  Why Court denied Maryam Sanda bail for second time

Maryam Sanda, the woman who allegedly killed her husband, has been denied bail for a second time by the Federal High Court in Abuja because no cogent reason was brought forward by her defence counsel.

Dailypost

Ø  INEC registers 21 more political parties

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has brought on board, 21 additional political parties.

This was announced in a statement by the National Commissioner and member, Information and Voter Education Committee of the commission, Mrs. May Agbamuche-Mbu, who said the new parties were associations who met the constitutional requirements of becoming registered parties

Dailytrust

Ø  Govt ready to spend extra $1 billion on anti-t­error war

The Federal Government has received a nod to withdraw $1b from the Excess Crude Account to prosecute its campaign against insurgency.

The 36 state governors gave the approval yesterday during a meeting of the National Economic Council (NEC) in Abuja.

Guardian

Ø  2019 polls: Avoid politicians, CJN tells judges

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, on Thursday admonished judges to be wary of the antics of politicians as Nigeria prepares for the 2019 general elections.

Speaking in Abuja while declaring open this year’s Annual Conference of Justices of Court of Appeal, the CJN said, “Soon the tempo of political activities will pick up.”

Punch