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Ogun: NUJ Halts Inauguration Of Factional Exco

November 24, 2019 10:45 am

The National Secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), on Saturday, stopped the planned inauguration of a factional executive of the union in Ogun State.

The NUJ said it stopped the event based on the order of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria sitting in Ibadan, which restrained it from conducting fresh election in the Ogun State Council of the union.

The Vice President B Zone, Cosmos Oni, who had led other officers to Abeokuta to conduct the proposed election, confirmed the directive of the NUJ national leadership.

“Based on the directive of the national secretariat, the inauguration …

Court Halts Lagos PDP Election

November 13, 2019 3:29 am

A Lagos High Court, which was presided over by Justice T.A.O Oyekanmi Abdullai, yesterday gave an order stopping the conduct of the proposed “special election” by the Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The election was scheduled for today. But the court ordered that the status quo be maintained until hearing in the substantive case.

This is as the party leadership in Lagos State has passed a vote of confidence on Olabode George as the leader of the PDP in the state.

A faction of the …

Bonds Market Sell-Off Halts After OMO Restriction

November 4, 2019 3:45 am

Following the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) recent restriction of individuals, local corporates and non-bank financial institutions from participating in the primary and secondary markets for open market operations (OMO) securities, there was a strong bullish sentiment in the bonds market last week.

As such, the preceding week’s bearish performance came to a halt with average yield in the domestic market trending lower by 113 basis points (bps) to close at 12.87 per cent.

According to a report by Afrinvest, at the beginning of last week, average yield slumped 20bps. This was sustained on Tuesday and Wednesday as average yield …

IOM Halts Ebola Screening After Aid Workers Killed In Sudan

October 31, 2019 5:20 pm

The UN migration agency (IOM) has suspended Ebola screenings at five border points between South Sudan, Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), after three of its aid workers were killed during clashes in South Sudan.

“The IOM volunteers, one female and two males, were caught in a crossfire during clashes that broke out” in South Sudan’s Central Equatoria region, IOM said in a statement on Wednesday.

“Two other male volunteers suffered non-life threatening injuries, one of whom is recovering from a gunshot wound,” the statement added.

IOM’s aid volunteers were working at Ebola screening points in border areas between

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Court Halts Fayemi’s Decision To Relocate LG Headquarters

October 23, 2019 10:28 am

A High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, on Wednesday halted the proclamation made by the state government to relocate the headquarters of Ilejemeje Local Government from Iye Ekiti to Eda-Oniyo Ekiti.

Addressing journalists on Monday, the Deputy Governor, Chief Bisi Egbeyemi, announced the relocation of the headquarters to Eda-Oniyo predicating this on the December 14, 2018 judgment of the Supreme Court.

Ruling on the application by the claimant (Iye Ekiti) on Wednesday, the presiding judge, Justice Abiodun Adesodun, said: “The first and second respondents should have waited for determination of the suit before the court …