A FEDERAL High Court sitting in Lagos has adjourned till February 13 further proceedings in the suit filed by the Airline Operators of Nigeria (AON) seeking to stop the establishment of a proposed national carrier, Nigeria Air. Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa adjourned the suit following an application by lawyers representing Nigeria Air; Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika; and the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami; seeking to transfer the case from the Federal High Court, Lagos to the Federal High Court in Abuja. The lawyers cited jurisdiction issues as a major reason. They also said that some of the defendants…
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THE Department of State Services (DSS) has denied reports that its operatives invaded the headquarters of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to arrest the governor of the apex bank, Godwin Emefiele, on Monday. In a circulated WhatsApp statement issued by the Public Relations Officer of DSS, Peter Afunanya, he described the report of the invasion as fake news and misleading. The message reads in full: “The attention of the Department of State Services (DSS) has been drawn to the false news making the round that its operatives invaded the Central Bank of Nigeria and arrested its Governor, today 16/1/23.…
THE presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has said he will turn around the power sector if elected president in the forthcoming February election. Obi said this on Monday while speaking at the Chatham House in the United Kingdom. He said, ““We’re going to turn around the power sector. Nigeria today generates 56,000 megawatts for 200 million people and South Africa, the second biggest in terms of economy on the continent, 60 million people, generates over 40,000 mega watts, yet, they have declared an emergency in the power sector. “I have said it that anyone can generate up…
A GROUP under the aegis of Yaki da Siyasar Bauta (Group Against Politics of Slavery) in Dawakin-Tofa, Tofa and Rimingado Local Governments Areas of Kano State has dissociated itself from the emergence of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje’s son, Abba Ganduje as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Dawakin-Tofa/ Rimin-Gado/Tofa Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives. The group made the disclosure in a jointly signed statement issued by its elders and stalwarts of the area, Malam Sani Tofa, Engineer Atiku Ahmed Dungirawa and 11 others on Monday. The group, comprising retired senior civil servants, businessmen and other stakeholders, said…
AS expected, and in what looks like the repeat of what is happening everywhere Asiwaju visits in Nigeria, the Presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu has received a remarkably rousing welcome in Kano today. In fact, the show in Kano today, can easily be described as an awesome knees up for the Asiwaju, whose visit had literally compelled the city to stand still. From the Government House on Tarauni road in the Nasarawa GRA, all roads leading to the Sani Abacha Stadium, venue of the grand rally were completely shut, as people in their…