Update on Kano Escaped Lion Saga

Efforts to capture the missing Kano Zoo Lion has been unsuccessful more than 24 hours since it escaped its enclosure. Authorities had since suspended the search for the animal as night sets in.

TINUBU HAS ACHIEVED MORE THAN AWOLOWO, MKO ABIOLA – OGUNLEWE

Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe, a former Minister of Works on Saturday said Asiwaju Bola Tinubu is the most prominent politician in the South-West who can lead Nigeria well if elected President.
Speaking in a chat with Daily Independent, Ogunlewe said Tinubu has achieved more than Chief Obafemi Awolowo and Basorun MKO Abiola, the acclaimed winner of the annulled June 12 1993 presidential election.

POLICE PROMOTES FOUR AIGS, TWO CPS TO DIGS, LAGOS CP, OTHERS TO AIGS

Police Service Commission (PSC) on Friday promoted four Assistant Inspectors-General (AIG) of Police and two Commissioners of Police (CPs), to the rank of Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) after an emergency Plenary Session.

Dependable source at the meeting who disclosed this to Saturday Independent said, the meeting was chaired by PSC chairman, retired Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Alhaji Musiliu Smith, which started at about 11.30am at the Federal Secretariat Abuja.

TINUBU’LL MAKE A GOOD MODERN NIGERIAN PRESIDENT – BABACHIR LAWAL

A former Secretary to the Government of the Federation who was sacked from office, Babachir Lawal, has said Bola Tinubu, a national leader of the All Progressives Congress is in good standing to become the next president of Nigeria.

He said Tinubu possesses the qualities of a good modern President to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2023.

Babachir, who stated this in Yola, Adamawa State, in an interview with some select journalists, also supported power rotation to the South.

Anambra: Another fire disaster averted

Ejike Anyaduba

Anambra state fire service averted what would have become another disaster too soon.
Another fuel laden truck tumbled somewhere around Bessoy filling station, close to Omagba phase 11 at about 3.am this morning and ignited an inferno.

DPA Requests NASS to conduct public hearing on alleged abuse of Nigerians by police

The Due Process Advocates Foundation (DPA) has asked the National Assembly to conduct holistic public hearing on continuous abuse of prosecutory power by Nigerian Police which was uncovered by Investigation carried out by Fisayo Soyombo.


Fisayo Soyombo is the investigative journalist ‘spent two weeks in detention — five days in a Police cell and eight as an inmate in Ikoyi Prison — to track corruption in Nigeria’s criminal justice system, beginning from the moment of arrest by the Police to the point of release from prison.

NLC, TUC Minimum wage talks enter day 3 with Labour Ministers

There is no agreement yet between labour and the federal government as negotiations enters the third day.

Negotiations to continue after eight hours of meeting in the early hours of Thursday failed to reach a truce.

Labour and Employment Minister, Chris Ngige, said a sub committee of the negotiating team has been mandated to look through some documents and come up with agreeable figures.

Isu-Aniocha Community sues Anambra government, others for N5b as damages over land trespass

Odogwu Emeka Odogwu

The people of Isu-Aniocha in Awka North local government area of Anambra State have sued the state government claiming N5 billion as general damages for allegedly trespassing on the community’s land.
The land was allegedly acquired by the state government from Awka, usurpers of the rights of Isu Aniocha people for the developing of a housing estate in the area. Awka has no boundaries with Isu-Aniocha community.

Labour Leaders meet separately with minister to discuss minimum wage

Organised Labour team and the Government side of the Joint National Public Service Negotiating Council have met separately with the Minister of Labour and Employment,
Chris Ngige.
The meetings were part of efforts to resolve the lingering dispute over the consequential adjustment of the National Minimum Wage and avert the looming nationwide strike.

SENATE JOINT COMMITTEE HEARING ON THE BILL TO AMEND DEEP OFFSHORE AND INLAND BASIN PRODUCTION SHARING CONTRACT CAP D3 LFN (AMENDMENT) BILL 2019 COMMENCES.

Today, October 14, 2019, the Senate Joint Committee on Petroleum Resources(Upstream),Gas,Finance,and the Judiciary and human Rights officially commenced public hearing on the bill to amend the Deep Offshore and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contract, Cap D3 LFN (Amendment) Bill 2019.

The amendment bill which seeks to address the systemic negligence and non-review of the PSC Act which for over a period of 20 years, has incurred a revenue loss of about $21 billion for the Federal Government is premised upon Section 16 of the Act which allows for periodic review of the Act.