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Low turnout of passengers at the Lagos airports The two domestic Airports in Lagos on Monday witnessed a low turnout of passengers travelling to celebrate the Eld-El-Fitri holidays with their loved ones. The Federal Government had declared Tuesday and Wednesday as public holidays, to mark the event. NAN aviation correspondents who visited the two terminals of the Murtala Muhammed Airports report that the facilities looked almost deserted, due to lack of passengers. It was gathered that the airfare from Lagos to Abuja ranged from N21, 000 to N24, 000 for one way, while a two-way ticket costs between N42, 000 to N45, 000, depending on the airline and time of departure. It was further gathered that an air ticket from Lagos to Port-Harcourt ranged between N26, 000 to N40, 000 for a one-way flight, while the two- way flights go for between N45, 000 and N79, 000, which also depended on the airline and time of departure. An official of one of the airlines who pleaded anonymity said th

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A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday fixed Sept. 29 to hear the application to re-list a suit by a journalist, Otunba Olomofe, against the Nigerian Customs Service over alleged assault and rights infringement. The Lagos Branch of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) had filed the suit on behalf of the Badagry-based journalist, seeking enforcement of his fundamental rights to life, freedom of expression and the press. Joined in the suit as respondents are the Comptroller-General of Customs, Muhammed Ndalati, Emmanuel Nkemdirim, and Ibrahim Turaki. The suit was filed following alleged severe assault and beating the journalist allegedly received in the hands of customs officers and some hoodlums allegedly hired by them. The suit which was filed early January had been fixed for mention on Feb. 22 and March 17, but was eventually slated for hearing on June 16. On June 16, after the case was called, counsel to respondents had informed the court that the applicant was absent, and ca

Senator Ali Modu Sheriff A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Monday upheld the removal of Senator Ali-Modu Sheriff as the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party. Justice‎ Mohammed Liman, who made the verdict in a suit brought to the court by the PDP, declared that the National Convention that removed Sheriff was legal. Details shortly…

Bags of rice Dealers in food items in Hadejia, Jigawa have expressed concern over low patronage, with just a few hours to the Eid-el-Fitr celebrations. The Eid-el-Fitr is marked on the first day of ‘Shalwal’, in the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. The day marks the end of the 29 or 30-days of fasting, observed by Muslims in the ‘Ramadhan’. Investigation at the Hadejia market showed that prices had gone up by over 100 percent, as against what was obtainable within the same period, last year. Checks indicated that a measure of maize and millet were sold at N300 each, as against their old price of N150. The local varieties of rice and beans were sold at N550 and N600 per measure, as against N250 and N300 they sold for within same period of last season. A measure of tomatoes was also sold at N700, while pepper goes for N650, as against N250 and N200, respectively, last season. Also, prices of imported rice, cooking oil and pasta reflected similar increases in prices as a 50-k

The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has impounded 30,000 pieces of steel bars of different brands and sizes in 20 different shops in Kwara. The State’s Coordinator of SON, Mr Sunday Yashim, who led the raid, said the steel bars did not meet standard specifications and qualities. Responding to complaints of the traders, Yashim said that traders had a role to play in ensuring that markets are free of substandard products. “Whatever steel that you buy, you find out that each steel bar has a code on it, we did that to enable us trace the manufacturers. “But we have found ourselves in a situation, where after correcting and guiding them on what to do; they still go ahead to produce steel bars that did not meet the required standards. “That is why we feel that it is necessary to find out what is in the market, because the sellers themselves do not help matters. “They buy these steel bars knowing that they are not of good quality and they never bother to come to SON to complain,

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Mr. Samuel Okutepa has said that it is wrong for Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia to use the state’s High Court to restrain INEC. Ikpeazu had used an order of Osisoma High Court in Aba, Abia, to restrain the chief judge or any judicial officers to swear in Dr. Sampson Ogah, as governor of the state. Okutepa said that Section 251 of 1999 Constitution ousts the jurisdiction of the state High Court from such matters. He said that the proper thing Ikpeazu ought to have done was file his notice of appeal as well as a stay of execution of the judgment of Justice Okon Abang. According to him, having filed a notice of appeal and motion for stay of execution in a Federal High Court it is wrong to approach the state High Court. The SAN said “if Nigerians have respect for the rule of law what is happening in Abia is not suppose to happen. “Both sides to the dispute are not showing respect to the rule of law. “In law, once there is a judgment and the party aga

The Sokoto State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC), says it will deploy no fewer than 870 personnel for the forthcoming Eid-el-Fitri celebrations across the state. The Commandant of the Corps in the state, Mr. Babangida Aliyu, disclosed this when he addressed newsmen on the Sallah preparations by the command in Sokoto on Monday. Aliyu said: “No fewer than 700 personnel are to be deployed for the exercise across the state and 12 operational vehicles will be put at their disposal. “About 50 armed personnel are to be deployed for the exercise, while another 100 personnel and 20 armed personnel are to be on standby. “All divisions, departments, and units are to be fully involved in the operation. All operational gadgets are also to be deployed during the celebrations.” Aliyu said that all Eid praying grounds, critical infrastructure, as well as public and private facilities are to be covered during the period on a round-the-clock basis. According to him

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Board said six persons were sentenced by a Federal High Court in Lagos to two years imprisonment each over five-count charges including counterfeiting of Customs allocation paper. This is contained in a statement on Monday in Lagos by the Public Relations Officer, Federal Operations Unit (F.O.U) of the NCS, Ikeja, Mr Uche Ejesieme. The charges include conspiracy, forgery and counterfeiting of Customs allocation paper. The statement said that consequently, each accused person was sentenced to two years imprisonment on each of the five-count charges, which would run concurrently. NCS said that the convicts were charged to court in 2013 for the offences. “The NCS secured the conviction of the six people on Wednesday, June 29, 2016. “They are Abiodun Ojo, Uche Nwamaka, Charles Ali, Abutu Emmanuel, Sunday Nwaeze and Ngozi Ibe,’’ the statement said. According to the statement, the convicts were tried over a five-count charge before Justice Musa Kurya

Femi Fani-Kayode Justice M. S. Hassan of the Federal High Court Lagos today July 4, 2016 granted bail to Nenadi Esther Usman and Femi Fani-Kayode, both former ministers and directors in the Presidential Campaign Organisation of the People’s Democratic Party for the 2015 general election. Also admitted to bail is Danjuma Yusuf, the third accused in the 17- count charge that borders on conspiracy, stealing, corruption and making cash payments exceeding the amount authorized by law preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The defendants alongside Jointrust Dimensions Nigeria Limited are alleged to have diverted about N4.9 billion belonging to the Federal Government of Nigeria for political and personal use. They however pleaded not guilty to the criminal information brought against them by the EFCC when they were arraigned. June 28, 2016. Ruling on their bail applications, Justice Hassan granted the defendants bail in the sum of Two Hundred and Fifty M

Saudi policemen stand guard at the site where a suicide bomber blew himself up in the early hours of July 4 near the American consulate in the Red Sea city A suicide bomber blew himself up near the American consulate in Jidda, Saudi Arabia, early Monday morning, injuring two people, the Saudi government said in a statement to its official news agency. The blast happened shortly before 3 a.m. local time near the parking lot of a hospital across the street from the consulate, according to an unnamed Interior Ministry spokesman who spoke to the Saudi Press Agency. He said two police officers had been treated at the hospital for minor injuries. A grisly streak of large-scale attacks by jihadists linked to the Islamic State has killed more than 200 people in three countries in the past week. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing in Jidda, a port city on the Red Sea. Video posted to Twitter from Jidda showed no visible damage to nearby buildings. Emergency vehicles

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Senator Magnus Ngei Abe, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Rivers South East Senatorial District in the yet to be concluded legislative re-run election, has expressed loss of confidence in the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Rivers State, Mr. Aniedi Ikiowak. Senator Abe accused the electoral umpire of being a contractor to the Ministry of Education when Governor Nyesome Wike was the minister. Speaking with newsmen in Port Harcourt, Abe said that Ikiowak had a warm relationship with Governor Wike as a contractor and had demonstrated bias from the manner he conducted the re-run election by manipulating and announcing the results of PHALGA despite high irregularities and suspending that of Tai LGA in order to give PDP an advantage. “We have expressed very grave misgivings about the conduct of the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Rivers state. First is that, more than two weeks after the ele

Federal Road Safety Corps vehicles embarking on special eid-al-fitri patrol The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) said it had deployed 600 patrol vehicles, 15 tow trucks, 50 ambulances, 85 motor bikes and 20,000 personnel for patrol on the highways during the Eid-al-Fitr celebrations. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Bisi Kazeem, FRSC Head, Media Relations and Strategy, on Sunday in Abuja. It said that the massive deployment along designated routes was part of measures to ensure sanity on the nation’s highways. It said that the operation would take effect from July 3 to 7, 2016, to curb road crashes in pursuant of the commission’s 2016 strategic goals towards improving road safety in Nigeria. “This year’s nationwide exercise which is a partial fulfillment of the corps 2016 strategic goals of reducing road crashes by 15 percent and fatality by 25 percent, has become necessary to ensure safer road use, especially during the festive periods. “The special patrol als

Plastic kegs of fuel, motorcycles and other items seized from the fleeing Boko Haram terrorists Nigerian troops early Monday ambushed a column of suspected Boko Haram terrorists along Gerere Junction, Kukawa Local Government Area, on the northern part of Borno State. The Boko Haram terrorists were suspected to be fleeing from the advancing troops of 119 Task Force Battalion presently mopping the general area of Kangarwa in Kukawa Local Government Area. Read the full statement issued by the spokesman of the Nigerian Army, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, in Abuja, on the ambush. ”At the early hours of today, troops of 118 Task Force Battalion, 8 Task Force Division sprang a surprised ambush on some elements of Boko Haram terrorists along Gerere Junction, Kukawa Local Government Area, on the northern part of Borno State. ”The Boko Haram terrorists were suspected to be fleeing from the advancing troops of 119 Task Force Battalion presently mopping the general area of Kangarwa in Kukawa

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Juan Mata Everton are trying to convince Juan Mata to join Ronald Koeman’s revolution at Goodison Park, with the Spain international aware that he has no future at Manchester United under Jose Mourinho. The 28- year-old is not in the plans of Mourinho who sold him to United in January 2014 during his second spell at Chelsea. The new United manager’s view of the attacking midfielder has not changed from two years ago when he regarded him as too slow to be at the heart of the attacking element of his team. The Spain international was not included in his country’s Euro 2016 squad and last played for his country in the friendly against England last November. The offer is currently round £20 million but there is competition for his signature and the picture is not yet clear. The arrival of Henrikh Mkhitaryan at Old Trafford from Borussia Dortmund this summer has demonstrated where Mourinho sees the future of the position that that Mata favours. Nevertheless, Mata was a regular with Lo

Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka has described the Late Captain Elechi Amadi as a soldier and poet, a captive of conscience. Read Soyinka’s statement mourning the writer: ELECHI AMADI Adieu, Elechi Amadi, soldier and poet, captive of conscience, human solidarity and justice. Elechi is gone, but creativity remains as consolation, honouring its faithful servitors and filling us with gratitude for their passage. I recall those enraged, agonizing hours when the peace and sanctuary of his home were violated by kidnappers, mulled over the treasured moments I spent with him in the intimacy of his living room. It seemed unconscionable that, having survived a Civil War, he should now be subjected to the sadism, disrespect and greed of a handful – and of course, of the failure of overall society that he took to arms to rectify. Far from his home, I quietly celebrated his triumphal return. Now there are only memories of those sparse but quietly congenia