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President Buhari to appoint more ministers — 31st October 2017 Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari said he will appoint more ministers into his cabinet and also make more board appointments in response to the demand from members of his party. The President announced this on Tuesday in his speech at the National Executive Council meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Abuja. He said: “Last year I said we would re-constitute the Boards of Parastatals. I must regret the fact that we have not done so, for many reasons,” President Buhari said. “Some of us in this meeting may know I had given instructions since October 2015 for this exercise to start. “But there have been inordinate delays through several committees in an attempt to get the balance right and to make sure all parts of the country are equitably represented. On the other hand, I am keenly ...

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October 22, 2017 Doctors performing surgery on a patient The Nigerian government through the Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, said on October 11 it was reviewing practices in the health sector, especially whether medical doctors employed by government can engage in private practice. The minister said government had set up a committee to review the laws guiding medical practice and whether they conflict with the Nigerian code of conduct for public officials. The pronouncement has ignited a controversy, given the contrary stipulation of the Code of Ethics prescribed by the MDCN, which is the public agency regulating medical and dental education and practices in Nigeria. According to some practitioners who have spoken on the issue, the federal government has no power in law to undertake a review that would ban practitioners working in public institutions from private practice. They hinged their position on the “Regulated and Oth...

The Nigerian Law School on Saturday released the summary of the final examination results conducted in August. Mr. Chinedu Ukekwe, Head of Information and Protocol of the Nigerian Law School, said 1,272 candidates failed out of a total of 5,891 that participated in the examinations. According to him, 29 students made First Class, 211 Second Class Upper, and 1,046 Second Class Lower. He said 2,999 got a Pass, while 334 came out with a Conditional Pass. In all, 4,285 candidates were successful and will be called to the Nigerian Bar. A further breakdown of the results showed 72.7 percent passed, while those that passed with conditions represented 5.7 percent. The candidates who failed represented 21.6 percent. Ukekwe in the statement revealed that the ‘Call to the Bar’ ceremony for the successful candidates will hold on Nov. 28 and 29 in Abuja.

Speaker Yakubu Dogara The National Assembly is taking note of the debate on restructuring and devolution of power with a view to reflecting the consensus on the issues in the Nigerian Constitution. The Speaker of House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, stated this on Wednesday when he briefed the Nigerian Governors Forum on the efforts to amend the Nigerian constitution. Mr. Dogara was invited by the forum to brief the governors on most of the bills being considered in the constitution amendment exercise. On the governors’ request for expansion of the scope of the exercise, he said only the House could take a decision on the matter. “Though l am the Speaker, l can tell you that l can only speak where majority of our members have agreed upon. “So it is a bit early for me to conclude. But this is a democracy and in a democracy, the majority matters.” He said the house was aware of the ongoing ag...

HTC plans to unveil something on November 2nd and as usual, the rumor mills are starting to turn again. According to some speculations, they may announce the HTC U11 Plus or probably announce another phone or product, but recent leaks have got me frantically circling the date on my calendar. I do hope that it is indeed the U11 Plus. Renders of the U11 Plus have surfaced online and trust me it's a beauty to behold and believe me the specs have got me like. Have a look at this beast. This U11 Plus brings in a modern smartphone with a full-display screen and what I'll call the long awaited return of the on-screen nav buttons to HTC, coupled with the sleek liquid metal exterior and the rear-mounted fingerprint sensor. The phone will reportedly sport a 6-inch display, under the hood you'll get a Snapdragon 835 SoC coupled with either 4GB or 6GB RAM, and either 64GB or 128GB storage. There's also IP68 water and dust resistance, a 12MP rear camera, 8MP ...

Nigerian Senate The Senate ad-hoc committee on National Hajj Commission, NAHCON, and Nigerian Christian Pilgrims Commission, NCPC, has threatened to instruct the police to arrest the chairman of NAHCON, Abdullah Muktar, for ignoring letters of invitations from it. The panel said this at its meeting on Thursday, when its chairman, Adamu Aliero, APC-Kebbi, explained that the NAHCON boss had refused to honour three different invitations sent to him to explain alleged extortion of pilgrims and exorbitant hajj fees. “The NAHCON chairman, through his behaviour, has been ‘a stumbling block’ to the committee as far as the assignment given to it by the Senate is concerned. He has not honoured any of the invitations sent to him since August 7. “In July, the very month, the committee was set up by the Senate, invitation letter was sent to the NAHCON boss to furnish us with required information on the Hajj exercise as r...

The Senate will next week consider how the Paris Club refund doled out to state governments was approved. President Muhammadu Buhari gave part of the Paris Club refund to governors to assist them to offset mounting salary arrears and to meet up with other obligations. The Senate resolution followed an observation by Senator Samuel Anyanwu that the upper chamber should look into the legality of the fund. Anyanwu (PDP Imo East) sought to know who gave approval for the distribution of the Paris Club refund since the National Assembly was not consulted before the disbursement of the fund to states. Anyanwu said: “I am worried about the Paris club refund. Governors are asking for more fund. Where is this money coming from? The Senate has not given any approval for the disbursement of any such fund. Who gave approval for the bail out fund and where is the money from?. “I heard the President scolding them the other day. The President was asking them...

Former vice-president of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari, for approving the payment of pension to police personnel, who served under the defunct Biafran police during the civil war. The Police officers were granted presidential pardon in 2000. Atiku, writing on his Twitter page, said Buhari’s move “shows a commitment to peace and unity”. He tweeted: “I commend @NGRPresident @MBuhari for ordering payment of pensions to pardoned Biafran soldiers. It shows unity! “This move shows a commitment to peace, unity and our shared belief in one Nigeria, with justice and equity for all.” The Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD) on Wednesday announced that about 162 of such retired police officers and 57 Next of Kin will be paid their benefits in the first phase, which kicks off this month.

Labour officials have faulted the plan by the federal government to implement the ‘No work No pay” rule over workers’ strikes in Nigeria, PREMIUM TIMES reports. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, announced the plan after the meeting of the Federal Executive Council last week Wednesday, against the backdrop of a spate of strikes by industrial unions in the country. Speaking with State House correspondents, Mr. Ngige said the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation had on April 27, 2016 set up a technical committee on industrial relations matters in the federal public service, following a directive by council. He said the report the emphasised the need to implement the “No work, No pay” rule. The no work no pay is, in fact, not a rule, or a policy but a law captured in the Trade Disputes Act of the Federation. “Section 43 to be precise says that workers have a right to disengage from an employer if there is a b...

President Goodluck Jona­than has accused the rul­ing All Progressives Con­gress (APC) government of running a government of lies and propaganda. Jonathan made the allega­tion when one of the contend­ers for the office of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Na­tional Chairman, Prof. Tunde Adeniran, and his campaign team, visited him in his office in Abuja. He said that the PDP did well while in office from May 29, 1999 till May 29, 2015 be­fore it was defeated by the APC. The former President said that till date, the APC admin­istration has nothing to show as an achievement, but rath­er, it has been ruling through lies and the deployment of hi-tech propaganda to cover up its misrule. Jonathan said: “The PDP administration for 16 did well and will continue to do well but this administration has done nothing, the administration is full of lies and propaganda.” According to him, the PDP revived the power sector, re­calling that a former gover...

Senate wants Nigeria to declare October 17 as Poverty Day Published October 17, 2017 File copy Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Senate on Tuesday called on the federal, state and local governments of Nigeria to “henceforth” designate and observe October 17 as World Poverty Day in line with the United Nations resolution. The call was part of the prayers of a motion unanimously adopted by the Senate at the plenary on Tuesday. It was titled ‘Commemoration of the United Nations International Day for the Eradication of Poverty’ and was moved by Senator Ali Wakili and 22 others. The upper chamber of the National Assembly also appealed to community-based organisations, the media – both conventional and social – to step up discourse on the scourge of poverty and its debasement of human dignity. The lawmakers also resolved that policies and programmes by the Federal Government through the social investment programmes and other poverty alleviation measures ar...