INVESTIGATION: Men, Woman facing criminal allegations, who will make laws for Nigeria

Nigeria’s eighth National Assembly was inaugurated on Tuesday, June 9. At the chambers of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 109 Senators and 360 Representatives were sworn in to office for a four-year term.

Section 66(1a-i) the 1999 Constitution bars certain categories of Nigerians from being members of the National Assembly.

The Constitution says a person shall be unworthy to make laws for the country if he has been indicted for embezzlement or fraud by a judicial commission of inquiry or an administrative panel of inquiry or a tribunal set up under the Tribunals of Inquiry Act, Tribunals of Inquiry Law or any other law by the federal or state government which indictment has been accepted by the federal or state governments respectively.

Again Boko Haram kills 37 in Borno villages

At least 37 villagers were killed and scores of houses razed down when Boko Haram terrorists, Wednesday, staged yet another deadly attack on hapless communities in Damboa local government area of Borno state, witnesses and security sources have said.
The heavily armed terrorists who drove on trucks attacked six farming communities by shooting sporadically and throwing improvised petrol bombs on houses.
An operative of the Civilian-JTF, Ajim Ahmed, who said he witnessed it all, narrated that six villages comprising Koshifa, Matangale, Buraltuma, Darmanti, Almeri and Burmari villages all within Damboa local government were attacked that Wednesday night.
Mr. Ahmed said he had to join others to flee during the deadly attack, but returned the next day to find the smoking villages littered with human corpses.

Governor Obiano Appoints Honourable Pauly Onyeka As SA On Assembly Liaison

The executive governor of Anambra state, Chief Willie Obiano has approved the appointment of Honourable Barrister Pauly Onyeka as the Special Adviser to the governor on House of Assembly Liaison Officer.
The governor  disclosed this at the swearing In ceremony for the 6th Anambra state house of assembly members in Awka, urged the honourable members to work assiduously to match up even surpass the achievements of the 5th Anambra state house of assembly members.

President Buhari Urges to honour late boss with highest national award ----Ex-Abiola aide, Akerele

A former political assistant to the late Moshood Abiola, Olu Akerele, has remained unrelenting in his advocacy for the official recognition of what he describes as “the democratic martyrdom of MKO Abiola as the icon of the current democracy and his posthumous declaration as president-elect of Nigeria”.
In a press statement in Abuja Thursday, Mr. Akerele said “for a man who selflessly martyred himself and whose blood watered the tree of the very democracy that we enjoy today, declaring him president-elect posthumously and recognizing the day that symbolizes his political struggle will not be too much to assuage his spirit and to give proper repose to the soul of such political icon.”
He maintained that “the late icon of democracy (whose pan-Nigerian and cross-cultural electoral victory on June 12 remains a watershed in the democratic learning experience of Nigeria) was conspiratorially martyred on July 07, 1998, after four years of incarceration by the military junta of the late General Sani Abacha”.

BREAKING NEWS:FIRE DESTROYS MULTI-MILLION NAIRA FINOTEL HOTEL CLASSIC AWKA

An evening fire yesterday destroyed part  of Finotel Classic Hotel located near Nwa Uzu Junction, Agu Awka, Awkacapital territory, Anambra state
Ashiwaju.org visited the scene, we  observed that property worth several million of Naira perished in the inferno.
Witnesses said  the fire started at about 6:00 pm from the upper part of the Hotel Classic but were not able to ascertain the cause of the inferno.
A guest in the hotel who pleaded anonymity  explained that the fire caused panic inside the hotel as people ran for safety.
“I heard people shouting ‘fire! Fire’ at the lobby and I saw thick smoke  oozing out from a section of the building. Then, I knew there was problem.  I had to run for safety like others, he said.”
Ashiwaju.org also gathered that the  fire service came very late to the scene and it took the intervention of the state Governor, Chief Willie Obiano who directed the Government House Fire Fighting Trucks to reduce the level of wreckage that would have occured in the Hotel fire outbreak.
Efforts to speak with the hotel management was probed abortive at the time of filling this report, but Ashiwaju.org arguable heard from an expert that came to sympathize with the Hotel Management said the damage should run into Million of Naira .

Yorubas planning a Xenophobic attack against Ndigbo in Lagos

A coalition of Yoruba groups, pan-Yoruba National Alliance, has dismissed the notion that Lagos is a no-man’s land. The group, therefore, warned non-indigenes in the state to be sensitive to the culture and sensibilities of the Yoruba.
The group , which is a coalition of youths drawn from Oodua Nationalists Coalition, Oodua Liberation Movement and the Oodua Peoples Congress, among others, said this even as some Igbo groups in Lagos tabled a seven-point agenda before Governor Akinwunmi Ambode, demanding that he appoints some Igbo into his cabinet.
The PAYNA youths, who took to the streets to protest on Tuesday, warned that any attempt to marginalise the Yoruba in Lagos would be resisted.
A leader of the group, Mr. Araoye Akinwunmi, said, “This is a symbolic rally to warn against the assault on Yoruba heritage. We are sick of people who trample on our heritage even though they make their millions on our territory. The Yoruba will no longer accept the conscious attempt to turn us into slaves on our own land.”

Revolution Scenery Pave Way For DOGARA’S Emergence As Speaker Of 8th Jouse Of Reps------Ghali Na;abba

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Ghali Umar Na’ Abba, on Wednesday, described the emergence of Yakubu Dogara as Speaker of the House as revolutionary.
Na’ Abba made this remark when he led former principal officers of the House to congratulate the new Speaker of the eighth House of Reps.
Na’ Abba said the revolution was executed by members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
“The law makers are mature Nigerians and they know where they want to place the country in the comity of nations.
The former speaker posited that any party that wants to manipulate the autonomy of the legislature would be disappointed.
“In spite of the candidates preferred by the APC, the legislators chose who they wanted to lead them.
“The event that played out on Tuesday which led to Dogara’s emergence as Speaker, reminded me of the case of Aminu Tambuwal in 2011.

President Bhari Set To Play Host President of CHAD, CAMEROON, NIGER, BENIN On Renewed Talk To Eliminate Boko

As part of the strategy to fight the Boko Haram insurgency, President Muhammadu Buhari will today host a meeting of Heads of State and Presidents of the Lake Chad Basin Commission in Abuja.
In a bid to perfect Nigerian position for today’s meeting, President Buhari yesterday held a closed door meeting with the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshall Alex Badeh and the Chief of Naval Staff, Usman Jubrin, at Defence House.
Briefing State House correspondents at the end of the meeting, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Mr Ismali Aliyu, said they came to brief the president on preparations for a scheduled meeting of Heads of State and Presidents today in Abuja to discuss on the Lake Chad Basin Commission.
He said that defence chiefs and Ministers of Defence of the member countries of the commission had earlier met necessitating today’s meeting of presidents.
According to him, “the meeting held between the Chiefs of Defence Staff of the Lake Chad Basin and Ministers of Defence culminated in the presidents’ meeting tomorrow (today).
What were discussed

Reuben Abati Returns To Class Room After 6-years of Political Engagement

Immediate past Senior Special Adviser on Media to erstwhile President Goodluck Jonathan, has taken a lead to further his academic pursuit to enhance his political proficiency and a preparatory mechanism for his lecturing job.
DR. Reuben Abati, who was formerly the Managing Director of Guardian Newspaper and visiting lecturer to universities in Nigeria and abroad had on many  occasion said he would rather return to his pen profession or as a full time lecturer after serving as the SSA on Media to the ousted president.
He has now moved to Oxford, London, for further studies on Advanced Management and Leadership study which would sharpen his thought faculty to dealing with future task relating to management and leadership prowess.
Dr. Abati Assured “I get tons of positive messages with common questions like ‘Where are you? What are you doing Dr. Reuben Abati?’

Authorities of Aso Rock Turn Down Posting Of 253 DSS officials To Villa

Apparently still not sure of the shape security around President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will take in the coming days, authorities of the Presidential Villa, Abuja have rejected about 253 officials of the Department of State Services recently transferred to the Presidential Villa.

Investigations by one of our correspondents on Wednesday revealed that the affected security operatives were deployed from different state commands of the DSS across the country.

According to their redeployment signals that emanated from the service’s National Headquarters, the officers were directed to report at the Presidential Villa last week Monday.

The PUNCH further learnt that the officials, armed with signals showing specifically where they would man in the Presidential Villa, were however turned back on arrival.

They were said to have been directed to ensure that they return to their respective former duty posts across the country the following day (last week Tuesday).