NEWS FLASH Mr. Femi Falana Nigerian leaders responsible for B’ Haram –Falana– Punch A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Femi Falana, has lambasted political leaders in the country for the loss of thousands of lives to Boko Haram sect. Falana said the leaders promoted religion to the detriment of the unity of the people. Falana spoke on Wednesday at the 7th edition of Emeritus Prof. David Ijalaiye (SAN) and celebration of his 50th year anniversary at bar and academics. The programme was organised by Equity Chambers of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile –Ife, with Justice Amina Augie chairing the occasion. Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal Tambuwal Joins Presidential Race, APC Intrigues Deepen- ThisDay • Complicates race for Buhari, Atiku others There appears to be no end in sight to the intrigues heralding the presidential primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) slated for December, as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, who recently joined the party, has jettisoned his governorship bid and picked up presidential nomination and expression of interest forms. By this development, however, Tambuwal may have complicated the race for the likes of former military Head of State, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, and the Publisher of Leadership Newspapers, Sam Nda-Isaiah. Tambuwal, who on Monday picked up his forms, was believed to have been motivated by the growing clamour within the power blocs in the APC for a game changer who could be presented to the Nigerian people, signaling a departure from the veterans and early starters in the presidential race. Jonathan picks his nomination forms 2015: Senators to battle PDP, Presidency over automatic tickets – Vanguard The battle between senators and governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, over the issue of automatic tickets for the lawmakers may not have been over following alleged moves by governors of the party to upturn the automatic tickets promised the lawmakers by the party leadership and the Presidency last week. As a result of alleged hijack of the recent ward congresses of the party by the governors and the tacit approval of automatic ticket for some of them who were completing their second term in office to go to the senate, PDP Senators shunned their legislative duties last week. Female bomber blows self up, injures others in Niger – Guardian • Aliyu urges total war against insurgents • Shagaya laments loss of ‘16 councils’ to terrorists • Senate summons service chiefs, others Barely 72 hours after a suicide bomber killed about 47 students in Yobe State, another female suicide bomber suspected to be a member of the Boko Haram sect on Tuesday detonated an improvised explosive device, killing herself and injuring two people at the Federal College of Education, Kontagora, Niger State. The incident occurred when the students were about to start their examination at about 12:30pm in a lecture hall. Meanwhile, the Senate has again summoned all the service chiefs to a meeting today. They are expected to brief the lawmakers on the security situation in the North East and the effectiveness of the state of emergency in the three states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe. Power fluctuations dim Nigeria’s quest for vibrant petrochemical, plastic plants - Business Day Fluctuations in power supply in the country have continued to stall Nigeria’s desire to have robust petrochemical, plastic and LPG bottling plants, which, if available, would have a positive impact on the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), experts have said. Joseph Makoju, group executive director, Dangote Group, said grid power unavailability and insufficiency affect LPG bottling plants negatively, owing to high cost of providing diesel generators and operating expenses, which have impact of profitability and service reliability. Makoju, who was formerly the head of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), said primary petrochemical industry, which produce raw materials for plastic fabrication industry, consume a lot of power, stressing that anticipated high capital expenditure on diesel, which has capacity to erode profitability, makes entry barrier to the industry in the country one of the highest in the world. Fayose Fayose freezes Assembly’s accounts– The Nation Ekiti State Governor Ayo Fayose has reportedly frozen the accounts of the House of Assembly. The Speaker, Dr Adewale Omirin, has condemned what he calls the incessant blackmail and intimidation of the House by the government. He said Fayose’s reactions to the refusal of the All Progressives Congress (APC) members to join the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were going beyond approved standards of modern governance. A statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Wole Olujobi, said the latest allegation of the demand of N135 million for the screening of commissioner-nominees was a propaganda taken too far. N100 centenary note FG unveils N100 centenary note– Daily Independent President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday formally unveiled the new commemorative N100 banknote to be put in circulation to celebrate Nigeria’s 100 years of nationhood. Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, presented the note to Jonathan for launch shortly before the commencement of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. The CBN boss explained that the new note was produced with the most advanced security features available in the world. Emefiele listed the design platforms on which the note was made to include security, durability, attractiveness, cultural heritage and transformation. FEC approves N100bn for road, water projects- National Mirror The Federal Executive Council, FEC, yesterday, approved over N100 billion contracts for road projects in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, as well as other infrastructural development in parts of the country. Briefing State House Correspondents at the end of the council meeting, Supervising Minister of Information, Nurudeen Mohammed said the Minister of the FCT, Bala Mohammed presented memo on the road construction in the territory. While speaking on the project, the FCT Minister disclosed that council approved contract for the construction of one service carriageway (14km) of Inner Northern Expressway (INEX) from Ring road 111 to Ring road IV Abuja Industrial Park in favour of Messrs Salini Nig Ltd, in the sum of N7,179,322,294.15 with a completion period of 24 months We are ready to ground Unilag —ASUU– Tribune The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Lagos chapter, has declared that it is prepared to embark on a total and indefinite strike should the management of the institution fail to address its demands. Chairman of the union, Dr Adelaja Odukoya, made this known at a protest rally conducted on the campus of the institution by the union on Wednesday. He said “strike will be our last resort. We are not interested in strike. That’s why we are doing this rally, this sensitisation... In the event of failure, however, we will be forced to go on a total, indefinite, comprehensive, strike that will ground the school.” Hundreds of academic staff members marched from faculty to faculty, waving placards and posters that enumerated their demands. Keshi: Win or lose in Congo, I dey kampe- The Sun Super Eagles head coach, Stephen Keshi, has declared that his future with the team does not depend on the outcome of this weekend’s game against Congo. Keshi who spoke after yesterday’s workout in Abuja ahead of the team’s departure today for Pointe Noire said he is not banking on getting a result in Congo to keep his job. “I totally disagree with you that the out¬come of the game against Congo has something to do with my future as Eagles manager. I am not depending on the match to be given a new contract and it is wrong to think that I will die without Nigeria’s job. Yes, I want to work for Nigeria as my country but I am not so des¬perate about it. It is wrong for anybody to think that I cannot exist without Super Eagles job. Don’t forget that I came from somewhere;” he said. Egyptian terrorists are linked to ISIS, YouTube message says– CNN ISIS has a new residency in Egypt, according to a YouTube message posted Sunday. In the audio message, the Sinai-based militant group Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, or ABM, allegedly announces its allegiance to ISIS, which calls itself the Islamic State. The roughly 10-minute clip blames tyrants and their Jewish agents and their allies for decades of Muslim suffering. The message also calls ISIS the emergence of a new dawn. If verified, this would be a new, dangerous chapter for the deadliest group in Egypt. Since 2012, ABMs attacks have grown more daring and sophisticated. The group has killed hundreds of Egyptian police officers and soldiers. The largest attack was last month in the Sinai Peninsula, killing at least 31 soldiers. Analysts put the groups numbers at from the hundreds to roughly a thousand.
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