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FGN orders ₦3b rice seedlings from Cross River

FGN orders ₦3b rice seedlings from Cross River

The Federal Government of Nigeria(FGN) through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) has ordered N3 billion worth of rice seedlings to states in the southern part of the country from Cross River State.

This gives credence to the industrialisation effort of Governor Ben Ayade, who disclosed this at the Rice Seedling and Seed Multiplication Factory along the Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Bypass, Calabar. Ayade, who said he would be a project manager during his second term in office, added: “So, I have N3 billion in my pocket as we speak, and I can say …

Senate orders minister to return ₦14.3b to treasury

•Warehousing of fund followed due process, NEPZA boss insists
The Senate has ordered the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah, and the Acting Managing Director of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), Terhemba Nongo, to immediately return N14.3 billion of the agency’s 2017 budget votes to the treasury.

A letter by the chairman of its Committee on Trade and Investment, Mohammed Nakudu Sabo (APC Jigawa South West) threatened a “serious legislative action” in the event of non-compliance.

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Court orders INEC to allow Adelabu, APC inspect material

The Election Petition Tribunal in Oyo State on Monday ordered INEC to allow Mr Adebayo Adelabu, governorship candidate of the APC, to inspect election materials used in the March 9 Governorship Election.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Makinde winner of the governorship election after polling 515,621 votes to defeat Adelabu who had 357,982.

Other respondents in the case are the PDP and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The Chairman of the Tribunal, Justice Anthony Akpovi, said he gave the order after considering the application made by Adelabu on …

IGP orders probe of slain NSCDC staff

Acting Inspector-General of Police IGP Mohammed Adamu has ordered speedy investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of an Assistant Superintendent of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Ogar Jumbo.

The slain officer was allegedly beaten and killed by policemen in Nyanya area of Abuja during the week.

The Police chief also assured that there will be no cover up in the investigation.

The Police, in a statement in Abuja by the Force Spokesman, ACP Frank Mba assured the families of the deceased that everything humanly possible will be done to ensure justice prevails in the case.

The …

CCT orders daily proceedings in Onnoghen’s trial

•Suspended CJN rejects tribunal’s chair

The Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) has ordered that further proceedings in the trial of the suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen be conducted on a day-to-day basis.

Tribunal Chairman Danladi Umar, in a bench ruling yesterday also elected to reserve, till the conclusion of the trial, decisions on applications by Justice Onnoghen, which  challenged the tribunal’s jurisdiction and another asking Umar to recuse himself from the case.

Umar cited Section 296(2)&(3) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA) his support to position he took.

The CCT Chairman’s decision was unexpected …

2016 Agatu Killings: ECOWAS Court orders investigation

The ECOWAS Court of Justice sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday ordered the Federal Government to investigate the 2016 mass killings and destruction of properties in the Agatu Community in Benue State, identify and prosecute the perpetrators and redress the victims.

Delivering judgment in a suit brought by a catholic priest, Reverend Father Solomon Mfa, and eleven others, a three member panel of the Court found the government in ‘violation of their obligation to protect the human rights of the Agatu Community and prevent its violation.’

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2019 Polls: NIS Orders closure of borders from Friday Noon

Ahead of Saturday’s general election, the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has ordered the closure of all borders by Friday, 12pm.

In a statement issued by the service public relations officer, Sunday James, and signed by the Comptroller General of Immigration, Muhammad Babandede, the borders will be opened by Sunday, 12 noon.

It stated that:”The federal government of Nigeria has directed that the nation’s land borders be closed from 12noon of Friday the 15th February, 2019 to 12noon of Sunday the 17th February, 2019.

“This is to secure and control movements across the borders within the period of the elections. The …