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*Write Senates, saying it’ll disrobe states of constitutionally defined roles •Bill injurious to states in generation, transmission, distribution of electricity in domain GOVENORS, under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors' Forum, NGF, have written the Senate, rejected the proposed Electricity Bill, saying if it sailed through, it would disrobe states of their constitutionally defined roles. In the letter to the Chairman, Senate Committee on Power, Senator Gabriel Suswam, and copied the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan and the Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila; the Chairman of NGF and Ekiti State governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, said the bill must be jettisoned because it would be injurious to states, with regard to generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity in their domain.  The governors wondered why the Chairman Senate Committee on Power, Senator Gabriel Suswam, had in an article, argued that “The Electricity Bill 2022 is based on recomme...

FG-ASUU faceoff: Members of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, protesting over the continuous strike of Academic Staff Union of Universities.   THE Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, walked out on students protesting the continued face-off between the government and members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, which has paralysed academic activities in the nation's universities.  The students, under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, had taken their protest to the minister's office, clutching placards demanding a quick resolution of the crisis. After a few questions by the students, who were led by the NANS President, Comrade Sunday Asefon, the minister angrily left for his office. Commenting on the development, Asefon said:  ”We only asked the minister one or two questions about what the government is doing to resolve the impasse, when he angrily left us and went inside. ''We are surprised at the dev...

SCARCITY:  As fuel scarcity bites harder, it increases long queues in some filling stations.Vehicles at Oando filling station, Ketu, Alapere bus stop along Lagos-Ibadan expressway .  A septuagenarian, Ohalete Njoku, who allegedly murdered his younger brother, Austin Njoku, yesterday, over a land tussle in Umumbasi, Amaraku, Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State, has been handed over to the police. It was gathered that the youths of the area, who carried out the arrest, strapped the suspect with palm fronds, as they forced him to carry the victim on his laps while conveying him in a wheelbarrow out of the community. The suspect was later taken to a police station by the youths. When interrogated, the suspect claimed he killed his brother, a truck pusher, while asleep for allegedly taking over the only piece of land belonging to the family. He said he was angered by his younger brother’s action, which he submitted should have been his own by being the first son of the ...

Welfare Secretary, NBA, Olukunle Edun. THE National  Welfare Secretary, Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, Olukunle Edun , has said it is an infringement on the constitutional rights to liberty of movement for Vehicle Inspection Officers, VIOs, to stop drivers of both commercial and private vehicles  because of vehicle particulars. Edun, who instituted and won the landmark cases against VIOs at the High Court and Appeal Court, said that it was also hazardous for members of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, to be competing with the Nigerian Police Force on the road in the alleged extortion of members of the public. He said: “Both the High Court of Delta State and the Court of Appeal were also emphatic that VIOs have no right to stop any vehicle (including commercial vehicles) on the roads, as doing so amounts to infraction of the driver’s constitutional right to freedom of movement. “There is no law that authorises VIOs to be on the roads to do their business. They are not ...

Chairman, Oshodi-Isolo LGA, Hon. Kehinde Oloyede 3rd right), with Corp Superintendent, Adeniji Jubril (3rd left), during the Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Corps (LSNC), visit to the council boss, at the council secretariat, Oyetayo Street, Oshodi, recently.  By Adekunle Adekoya THE inspiration for today’s discourse is the title of a book, One Week, One Trouble. The author of the book is a world-renowned Professor of Dermatology, Anezi Okoro. Professor Okoro’s academic career in Medicine took him to world-class universities, from our own University College Hospital, UCH, to University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, in the US, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, also in the US and King Faisal University, Damman, Saudi Arabia to mention a few. But this professor and specialist in skin diseases is not known outside the academia the way his book, One Week, One Trouble, first published in 1972, earned him recognition. To refresh memories, and for those who ...

Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun (2nd left), presenting staff of office and coronation certificate to the new monarch, the Orimolusi of Ijebu Igbo, Oba Jaiyeoba Adebajo. AFTER 28 years interregnum caused by legal battle and fierce contest over the stool of Orimolusi of Ijebu-Igbo, the Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun has presented staff of office to the newly crowned monarch, Oba Lawrence Jaiyeoba Adebajo, Speaking at the installation ceremony held at Abusi Edumare in Ijebu Igbo, the governor promised that his government would continue to give priority to the welfare and well being of traditional rulers. Abiodun urged the monarchs, parents and other stakeholders in the state to join hands with government in waging war against ritual killings and get-rich-quick syndrome among youths and children. He was optimistic that Ijebu-Igbo town, which witnessed a 28-year interregnum, would begin to witness upward swing with the installation of the new Orimolusi. While describing the event ...

,,,for allegedly raping church member during deliverance Operatives of Ogun State Command of Nigeria Police have arrested a pastor in charge of Life and Power Bible Church, Ogijo, Matthew Oladapo, for ‘forcefully’ having carnal knowledge of a 19-year-old member of the church (name withheld). The command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who disclosed this in a statement in Abeokuta, said the pastor was arrested following a report lodged at Ogijo divisional headquarters by the victim. Oyeyemi said the victim reported that “while attending the church service on February 20, 2022, the pastor told her that he saw a vision that she is having a spiritual husband, which she needs to be delivered of. “She stated further that the pastor told her she will undergo three nights of fasting and prayer in the church for total deliverance. “In addition, she was asked to come to the church with N1,000 note and anointing oil. “But on the first night of the fasting and prayer, she was taken to ...

Photo; Vanguard/ NO fewer than 10 persons were reportedly killed when two rival cult groups clashed in Ilesa, Osun State, Monday. A source said the killings were a reprisal attack for the killing in Odogbo-Ijesa on Saturday. An eyewitness, Adeosun Azeez, said the clash started from the Irojo area of the town around 7 pm before it spread to other communities like Brewery, Ifofin, Idasa, where the cultists have a stronghold. The source said: “Some guys on a motorcycle started shooting around Irojo inflicting injuries on residents, who scampered for safety. Then in what looks like a revenge attack, another set confronted them and both groups engaged in a shootout. “Other cultists from other hideouts joined in the fracas, thereby spreading the crisis to other parts of the town. About 10 people were killed in different parts of the town, majorly cult members.” Shop owners quickly locked their shops, while residents also ran for safety, thereby deserting the major streets in the town. Howeve...

*To swap offices between North, South in agreed zoning formula *APC’s founding fathers from 4 parties should decide new APC exco  — Okorocha AFTER weeks  of tension and uncertainty, President Muhammadu Buhari and governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, yesterday, took steps to save the party and prepare it for the 2023 general polls. Some of the decisions taken during a meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, were zoning of the 2023 presidential ticket of the party to the South; ratifying the March 26 National Convention date as fixed by the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, CECPC; and exploring the option of consensus in picking candidates for various positions. These, among others, were the outcome of the meeting between President Buhari and the 19  APC governors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, yesterday. Rising from the meeting, the APC said it had agreed on a zoning formula that will swap offices held between ...