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Our attention has been drawn to media reports which contain misleading information on the safety of benzoic and ascorbic acids as ingredients in soft drinks, citing a Lagos High Court order.




In the judgement delivered on February 15, 2017 in a suit involving Fijabi Adebo Holdings Limited & Dr. Emmanuel Fijabi Adebo v. Nigerian Bottling Company Limited (NBC) & National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), the Lagos High Court dismissed all claims against NBC and held that the company had not breached its duty of care to consumers and that there was no proven case of negligence against it.





In the same judgement, the court directed NAFDAC to mandate NBC to include a warning on its bottles of Fanta and Sprite that its contents cannot be taken with Vitamin C as same become poisonous if taken with Vitamin C. This order was premised on the fact that the products contain the preservative, benzoic acid. NBC has since appealed this order.




Whilst we do not wish to delve into the details of the case or the merits of the court order by this medium, we find it imperative to make the following clarifications:




1. In the subject case which dates back to 2007, the UK authorities confiscated a consignment of our products shipped to that country by the plaintiff because their benzoic acid levels were not within the UK national level, although well within the levels approved by both the national regulators for Nigeria and the international levels set by CODEX, the joint intergovernmental body responsible for harmonizing food standards globally.




2. The UK standards limit benzoic acid in soft drinks to a maximum of 150 mg/kg. Both Fanta and Sprite have benzoic levels of 200 mg/kg which is lower than the Nigerian regulatory limit of 250 mg/kg when combined with ascorbic acid and 300 mg/kg without ascorbic acid and also lower than the 600 mg/kg international limit set by CODEX.




3. Both benzoic acid and ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) are ingredients approved by international food safety regulators and used in many food and beverage products around the world.




4. These two ingredients are also used in combination in some of these products within levels which may differ from one country to another as approved by the respective national food and drug regulators and in line with the range prescribed by CODEX,.




5. The permissible ingredient levels set by countries for their food and beverage products are influenced by a number of factors such as climate, an example being the UK, a temperate region, requiring lower preservative levels unlike tropical countries.




6. Given the fact that the benzoic and ascorbic acid levels in Fanta as well as the benzoic acid level in Sprite produced and sold by NBC in Nigeria are in compliance with the levels approved by all relevant national regulators and the international level set by CODEX, there is no truth in the report that these products would become poisonous if consumed alongside Vitamin C.




7. The wrong perception emanating from the media reports that our Fanta and Sprite beverages which are fully compliant with all national and international food quality and safety standards are unsafe, simply because their levels of Benzoic acid were not within the UK standards, is not only unfounded but also undermines the entire food and beverage industry in Nigeria which is regulated by the same ingredient levels approved by NAFDAC and other regulatory bodies for the country.




NBC hereby assures our consumers and members of the public of our unwavering commitment to product quality, safety and customer satisfaction.

OKAY

World champion Nico Rosberg has announced he has retired from Formula 1 with immediate effect.

The 31-year-old German won his first world title on Sunday, beating Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton by finishing second in the final race in Abu Dhabi.

"I have climbed my mountain, I am on the peak, so this feels right," Rosberg said.

Rosberg won nine of this season's 21 grands prix, beating three-time champion Hamilton by five points.

"For 25 years in racing, it has been my dream, my 'one thing' to become Formula 1 world champion," he added.

"Through the hard work, the pain, the sacrifices, this has been my target. And now I've made it."
Nico Rosberg's decision to announce his retirement from Formula 1 just five days after clinching his first world title is a major shock - but perhaps it should not be.

The German put everything into this season, as he explained in his statement on Friday. The pressure of those last few races was plain to see in Abu Dhabi on Sunday, in the way it peeled off him by degrees in the hours after the race.

While thinking about how hard winning that title was, doubtless his thoughts were also about what it would take to beat Lewis Hamilton to it again. He clearly felt that at the age of 31, with a young daughter, he was not prepared to make those sacrifices again.

All in all, it is a classy move from a classy man.

-30

Na lie....six years ago na Eleganza n Bic dey in vogue..............

EgusiSoup:
The stooge is the dullard of timbunu

By their comment we shall know them

President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, claims there is “now a government within the government of President Buhari”, which has allegedly seized the apparatus of Executive powers to pursue a nefarious agenda.
This claim by Senator Saraki would have been more worth the while, if it had been backed with more information. If he had proceeded to identify those who constitute the “government within the government,” it would have taken the issue beyond the realm of fiction and mere conjecture. But as it stands, the allegation is not even worth the paper on which it was written, as anybody can wake from a troubled sleep, and say anything.
The Attorney-General of the Federation is the Chief Law Officer of the state. It is within his constitutional powers to determine who has infringed upon the law, and who has not. Pretending to carry an imaginary cross is mere obfuscation, if, indeed, a criminal act has been committed. But we leave the courts to judge.
To claim that President Buhari is anybody’s stooge is not only ridiculous, but also preposterous. It is not in the character of our President.


FEMI ADESINA
Special Adviser to the President
Media and Publicity
June 27, 2016




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THE governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in the 2015 election in Rivers State, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, said on Tuesday that the State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, had foreknowledge of the Supreme Court ruling before it was eventually delivered.

Peterside also accused the State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, of promoting violence by making inciting comments.

He also claimed that while the Supreme Court ruling in favour of Wike was delivered at about 6.20pm, the Peoples Democratic Party and Wike supporters went into wild celebration around 9am.

The former APC governorship candidate, who made this remarks while speaking with newsmen in Port Harcourt explained that “credible information confirmed” that Wike confessed to some persons that he (Wike) met with some of the justices of the Supreme Court in Mbaise, Owerri, Dubai and Saudi Arabia respectively.

Peterside added that the governor had at a thanksgiving service in Port Harcourt claimed that former governor of the state, Dr. Peter Odili and his wife, Justice Mary Odili, were his (Wike) advisers.

He described the ruling of the Supreme Court on the Rivers governorship election as a product of compromise and an orchestrated contrivance to legalise electoral violence and rigging.

“Credible information confirmed that Nyesom Wike had earlier confessed to some persons of having met one of the Justices of the Supreme Court in Mbaise during an important burial, another at Owerri in a hotel and yet others in Dubai and Saudi Arabia respectively.

“These Justices were in the panel that decided the matter in Wike’s favour. The most striking revelation by Nyesom Wike is contained in his account at the thanksgiving service last Sunday.

“He obviously stunned his audience and the watching world when he confessed that when it came to the Judges, Dr. Peter Odili and the wife Justice Mary Odili (a Justice of the Supreme Court) were his advisers.

“It is therefore obvious that the decision of the Supreme Court on the Rivers State Election was not a product of justice but rather a product of compromise and orchestrated contrivance to legalise electoral violence and rigging and, in turn, reward injustice. This calls for serious introspection by our Judiciary and judicial officers.

“For the records, in his speech at the church service, Gov. Nyesom Wike probably forgot that he was on live telecast when he stated, ‘Let me thank our former governor, Dr. Peter Odili [husband of Supreme Court Justice, Mary Odili]. He will call me midnight to tell me what to do….he will say ‘go so so place.’ I took all his advice, and here we are today’.

“This shocking confession needs no further explanation except for you and other decent Nigerians to further make your fair conclusions,” Peterside said.

On the alleged incitement by WIke, Peterside decried the governor’s threat to the lives of officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission ahead of the State and National Assembly rerun elections.

He added that the governor exhibited unconscionable indiscretion by warning INEC officials would be treated like armed robbers if they attempted to rig the election.

Peterside, however, told Wike to stop insulting President Muhammadu Buhari, adding that the governor portrayed himself as someone that was lacking respect and character of being a Councillor, let alone a state governor.

He also advised the governor not to disparage the Nigerian military by referring to them as Boko Haram soldiers.




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Lol...PDP National Rebirth Group in conjunction with Ethnic Youth Leaders for Peace in Nigeria stormed the Federal High Court, Abuja in support of the chairman of DAAR communications, Raymond Dokpesi, who is facing trial on six count charges of violation of Public Procurement laws and money laundering.

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A former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Deputy National Chairman Chief Olabode George, yesterday said he never met Col.Sambo Dasuki let alone take money from him.

A statement yesterday by Prof. Tejumade Akitoye – Rhodes, of Lagos Collectives on behalf of Chief George, said it was wrong to link him with collection of cash from the ex-NSA’s office.

“For the record, Chief Bode George did not collect a farthing from Dasuki or anybody else whatsoever. He has never even set eyes on the former NSA throughout his tenure in office talk less of collecting money from him. Dasuki of course is very much alive to corroborate this position,” the statement said.



http://thenationonlineng.net/i-dont-know-dasuki-says-george/

Nurse Metuh can make person laugh sha

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Tuesday met behind closed-door with President Muhammadu Buhari. The two leaders met at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Obasanjo did not speak to journalists at the end of the meeting. No official statement has been issued concerning the meeting at the time of filing this report.

http://thenationonlineng.net/buhari-obasanjo-meet-at-aso-rock-5/

SPECIAL COMMITTEES
· COMMITTEE ON SELECTION
S/N
Committee
CHAIR
VICE
1.
Committee on Rules & Business
Babajide Omoworare
Ali Ndume
2.
Senate Services Committee
Ibrahim Gobir
Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi
3.
Committee on Ethics & Privileges
Samuel Anyanwu
Bala Ibn Na’allah
4.
Committee on Public Accounts
Andy Uba
Gbolahan Dada
5.
Committee on National Security &
Intelligence
Shaaba Lafiagi
David Jonah Jang
STANDING COMMITTEES
6.
Committee on Agriculture
Abdullahi Adamu
Theodore A. Orji
7.
Committee on Air Force
Duro Samuel Faseyi
Ali Wakili
8.
Committee on Army
George Akume
Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba
9.
Committee on Anti – Corruption & Financial
Crimes
Godfrey Chukwuka Utazi
Sani Mustapha
10.
Committee on Appropriations
Danjuma Goje
Sunny Ogbuoji
11.
Committee on Aviation
Hope Uzodinma
Bala Ibn Na’allah
12.
Committee on Banking, Insurance & Other
Financial Institutions
Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim
Achonu Nneji
13.
Committee on Capital Market
Isiaka Adeleke
Ogola Foster
14.
Committee on Communications
Gilbert Nnaji
Solomon Adeola Olamilekan
15.
Committee on Cooperation & Integration in
Africa & NEPAD
Abubakar Sani Danladi
Baba Kaka Garba
16.
Committee on Culture & Tourism
Matthew Urhoghide
Abubakar A. M.
17.
Committee on Customs, Excise & Tariff
Adamu Aliero
Samuel Anyanwu
18.
Committee on Defence
Ahmad Lawan
Jeremiah Useni
19.
Committee on Diaspora & Civil Societies
Rose Oko
20.
Committee on Drugs & Narcotics
Joshua Lidani
Phillip Gyunka
21.
Committee on Downstream Petroleum
Uche Ekwunife
Jibrin Barau
22.
Committee on Ecology & Climate Change
Bukar Abba Ibrahim
Achonu Nneji
23.
Committee on Education (Basic &
Secondary)
Aliyu Wamakko
Rose Oko
24.
Committee on Employment, Labour &
Productivity
Suleiman Nazif
25.
Committee on Environment
Olaka Johnson Nwogu
Oluremi Tinubu
26.
Committee on Establishment & Public Service
Emmanuel Paulker
Suleiman Nazif
27.
Committee on Committee on Federal Capital
Territory
Dino Melaye
Mohammed Hassan
28.
Committee on Federal Character & Inter
Governmental Affairs
Salihu Hussain Egye
Suleiman Othman Hunkuyi
29.
Committee on Finance
John Owan Enoh
Umaru Ibrahim Kurfi
30.
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Munsurat Sunmonu
Shehu Sani
31.
Committee on Gas
Bassey Albert Akpan
Abubakar Ahmadu Moallahyidi
32.
Committee on Health
Lanre Tejuosho
Matthew Uroghdide
33.
Committee on Housing
Barnabas Gemade
Francis Alimikhene
34.
Committee on I.C.T & Cybercrime
Buhari Abdulfatai
Ogola Foster
35.
Committee on Independent National
Electoral Commission
Abubakar Kyari
Olusola Adeyeye
36.
Committee on Information & National
Orientation
Enyinnaya Abaribe
Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba
37.
Committee on Interior
Georgeb Sekibo
Bayero Usman Nafada
38.
Committee on Inter-Parliamentary Affairs
Bayero Usman Nafada
39.
Committee on Industry
Sam Egwu
Buhari Abdulfatai
40.
Committee on Judiciary Human Rights &
Legal Matters
David Umaru
Godswill Akpabio
41.
Committee on Land Transport
Olugbenga Ashafa
Phillip Aduda
42.
Committee on Local & Foreign Debts
Shehu Sani
Phillip Gyunka
43.
Committee on Marine Transport
Ahmed Rufai Sani
Ighoyota Amori
44.
Committee on Media & Public Affairs
Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi
Murray Bruce
45.
Committee on Public Procurement
Abdulsalami Ohiare
Joshua Dariye
46.
Committee on National Identity & National
Population
Marafa Kabir
Abubakar Sani Danladi
47.
Committee on National Planning & Economic
Affairs
Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso
Yele Omogunwa
48.
Committee on Navy
Isa Hamma Misau
Osinachukwu Ideozu
49.
Committee on Niger Delta
Peter Nwaboshi
Abubakar Abdulrahman
50.
Committee on Police Affairs
Abu Ibrahim
Stella Oduah
51.
Committee on Power
James Manager
Bukar Mustapha
52.
Committee on Primary Health Care &
Communicable Diseases
Mao Ohuabunwa
Nelson Efiong
53.
Committee on Privatisation
Ben Murray Bruce
Abdullahi Yahaya
54.
Committee on Science & Technology
Robert Ajayi Boroffice
Marafi Bashir
55.
Committee on Solid Minerals
Joshua Dariye
Rilwan Adesoji
56.
Committee on Special Duties
Murtala Nyako
Sunny Ogbuoji
57.
Committee on Sports
Obinna Joseph Ogba
Marafa Kabir
58.
Committee on States & Local Government
Abdullahi Gumel
Kashamu Buruji
59.
Committee on Tertiary Institutions &
TETFUND
Binta Masi Garba
Tijjani Yahaya Kaura
60.
Committee on Trade & Investment
Fatimat Olufunke Raji Rasaki
Sabo Mohammed
61.
Committee on Upstream Petroleum
Donald Omotayo Alaosaodura
Bassey Gershom
62.
Committee on Water Resources
Mohammed Ubali Shittu
Emmanuel Bwacha
63.
Committee on Women Affairs
Oluremi Tinubu
Stella Oduah
64.
Committee on Works
Kabiru Gaya
Clifford Ordia
65.
Committee on Poverty Alleviation & Social
Welfare
Ali Wakili



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COMMITTEE ON SELECTION S/N Committee CHAIR VICE 1. Committee on Rules & Business Babajide Omoworare Ali Ndume 2. Senate Services Committee Ibrahim Gobir Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi 3. Committee on Ethics & Privileges Samuel Anyanwu Bala Ibn Na’allah 4. Committee on Public Accounts Andy Uba Gbolahan Dada 5. Committee on National Security & Intelligence Shaaba Lafiagi David Jonah Jang STANDING COMMITTEES 6. Committee on Agriculture Abdullahi Adamu Theodore A. Orji 7. Committee on Air Force Duro Samuel Faseyi Ali Wakili 8. Committee on Army George Akume Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba 9. Committee on Anti – Corruption & Financial Crimes Godfrey Chukwuka Utazi Sani Mustapha 10. Committee on Appropriations Danjuma Goje Sunny Ogbuoji 11. Committee on Aviation Hope Uzodinma Bala Ibn Na’allah 12. Committee on Banking, Insurance & Other Financial Institutions Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim Achonu Nneji 13. Committee on Capital Market Isiaka Adeleke Ogola Foster 14. Committee on Communications Gilbert Nnaji Solomon Adeola Olamilekan 15. Committee on Cooperation & Integration in Africa & NEPAD Abubakar Sani Danladi Baba Kaka Garba 16. Committee on Culture & Tourism Matthew Urhoghide Abubakar A. M. 17. Committee on Customs, Excise & Tariff Adamu Aliero Samuel Anyanwu 18. Committee on Defence Ahmad Lawan Jeremiah Useni 19. Committee on Diaspora & Civil Societies Rose Oko 20. Committee on Drugs & Narcotics Joshua Lidani Phillip Gyunka 21. Committee on Downstream Petroleum Uche Ekwunife Jibrin Barau 22. Committee on Ecology & Climate Change Bukar Abba Ibrahim Achonu Nneji 23. Committee on Education (Basic & Secondary) Aliyu Wamakko Rose Oko 24. Committee on Employment, Labour & Productivity Suleiman Nazif 25. Committee on Environment Olaka Johnson Nwogu Oluremi Tinubu 26. Committee on Establishment & Public Service Emmanuel Paulker Suleiman Nazif 27. Committee on Committee on Federal Capital Territory Dino Melaye Mohammed Hassan 28. Committee on Federal Character & Inter Governmental Affairs Salihu Hussain Egye Suleiman Othman Hunkuyi 29. Committee on Finance John Owan Enoh Umaru Ibrahim Kurfi 30. Committee on Foreign Affairs Munsurat Sunmonu Shehu Sani 31. Committee on Gas Bassey Albert Akpan Abubakar Ahmadu Moallahyidi 32. Committee on Health Lanre Tejuosho Matthew Uroghdide 33. Committee on Housing Barnabas Gemade Francis Alimikhene 34. Committee on I.C.T & Cybercrime Buhari Abdulfatai Ogola Foster 35. Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission Abubakar Kyari Olusola Adeyeye 36. Committee on Information & National Orientation Enyinnaya Abaribe Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba 37. Committee on Interior Georgeb Sekibo Bayero Usman Nafada 38. Committee on Inter-Parliamentary Affairs Bayero Usman Nafada 39. Committee on Industry Sam Egwu Buhari Abdulfatai 40. Committee on Judiciary Human Rights & Legal Matters David Umaru Godswill Akpabio 41. Committee on Land Transport Olugbenga Ashafa Phillip Aduda 42. Committee on Local & Foreign Debts Shehu Sani Phillip Gyunka 43. Committee on Marine Transport Ahmed Rufai Sani Ighoyota Amori 44. Committee on Media & Public Affairs Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi Murray Bruce 45. Committee on Public Procurement Abdulsalami Ohiare Joshua Dariye 46. Committee on National Identity & National Population Marafa Kabir Abubakar Sani Danladi 47. Committee on National Planning & Economic Affairs Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso Yele Omogunwa 48. Committee on Navy Isa Hamma Misau Osinachukwu Ideozu 49. Committee on Niger Delta Peter Nwaboshi Abubakar Abdulrahman 50. Committee on Police Affairs Abu Ibrahim Stella Oduah 51. Committee on Power James Manager Bukar Mustapha 52. Committee on Primary Health Care & Communicable Diseases Mao Ohuabunwa Nelson Efiong 53. Committee on Privatisation Ben Murray Bruce Abdullahi Yahaya 54. Committee on Science & Technology Robert Ajayi Boroffice Marafi Bashir 55. Committee on Solid Minerals Joshua Dariye Rilwan Adesoji 56. Committee on Special Duties Murtala Nyako Sunny Ogbuoji 57. Committee on Sports Obinna Joseph Ogba Marafa Kabir 58. Committee on States & Local Government Abdullahi Gumel Kashamu Buruji 59. Committee on Tertiary Institutions & TETFUND Binta Masi Garba Tijjani Yahaya Kaura 60. Committee on Trade & Investment Fatimat Olufunke Raji Rasaki Sabo Mohammed 61. Committee on Upstream Petroleum Donald Omotayo Alaosaodura Bassey Gershom 62. Committee on Water Resources Mohammed Ubali Shittu Emmanuel Bwacha 63. Committee on Women Affairs Oluremi Tinubu Stella Oduah 64. Committee on Works Kabiru Gaya Clifford Ordia 65. Committee on Poverty Alleviation & Social Welfare Ali Wakili

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President Muhammadu Buhari said
Wednesday in Abuja that all efforts to
achieve political stability and maintain
peace in Africa will continue to receive
Nigeria's full support.
Speaking at an audience with Special Envoys
of President Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi,
President Buhari said that under his
leadership, Nigeria will remain at the
forefront of efforts to achieve enduring
peace, security and progress in all African
nations.
This, the President said, was because
whatever happens elsewhere in Africa
affects Nigeria directly or indirectly.
President Buhari declared that African
leaders must all do their best to achieve
greater peace, political stability and
security within their countries so that they
can give more attention to the urgent task
of improving the living conditions of their
people.
Thanking the envoys, Maj.-Gen. Evariste
Ndayishimiye and Ambassador Dieudonne
Kwizera, for briefing him on recent political
developments in Burundi, President Buhari
expressed the hope that all stakeholders in
the country will resolve their differences
peacefully and learn to work together for
the development of their country.
He welcomed ongoing efforts by President
Nkurunziza towards peace and national
reconciliation in Burundi.
Garba Shehu
SSA to the President
(Media & Publicity)
November 4, 2015

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Kyase:
So why u dey back door

u can as well check d front door

Kyase:
I don catch u. Straight to CCT, for false land grabbing

na my land na.....and i declared it fully

There is hope for our democracy......dis front page is my Birthday gift i really appreciate......

President Buhari meet Senate President Saraki to receive the official report of the screening of ministerial nominees that ended last week.


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A former Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, Mr Ebenezer Alabi has rejected his recent appointment as one of the Senior Special Assistants (SSA) to Governor Oludegun Mimiko.

There are three new SSA including Alabi, Otito Atikase and Kunle Agunbiade.

Alabi gallantly steered the ship of the PDP in the state until the uproar that greeted the defection of Mimiko from Labour Party (LP) to PDP.

He sacrificed his position for the consolidation of members of both the old and new PDP in the state.

Alabi handed the mantle of leadership to a close associate of the governor, Clement Faboyede, last year.

Mimiko had during the week announced 42 appointments out of which only seven members of the Old PDP were considered.

Political observers in the state believed that the appointment belittled Alabi’s status as a former chairman of PDP in the state.

But Alabi, who was a one-time chairman of Ifedore local government council in a letter he personally signed and dated October 7, 2015, appreciated Mimiko for counting him worthy of the appointment which he said he could not accept due to some personal exigencies.

Part of the letter reads; “Regrettably Sir, I will not be able to take up the appointment as I have set in motion businesses plan that now demand my attention. Pending the time the set-up stage will be scaled and surmounted, my presence must be sufficient in the day-to-day running of the business. For the above reason, I humbly plead you allow me turn down the offer.

“I am also working on my professional practice which will commence soon. In a few months time, the office will be opened for business. Which means, in a few months to come, I shall have two businesses that will be competing simultaneously for my attention.

“Your Excellency, let me assure you of my loyalty and that I shall continue to do my best for the PDP as one of its leaders in the state, thanking you for the honour and sincerely look forward to working with you sometimes very soon.”

A PDP Chieftain in the state, Mr. Biyi Poroye has applauded Alabi for taking such decision and courage which he said would save him of his political career and benefit him in the nearest future.

Poroye berated the governor for not taking good care of old PDP members in the state in the appointments.

He said the appointment of Alabi as SSA to the governor was an embarrassment as it betrayed the agreement the governor had with the old PDP during his defection to the party in Abuja last year.

According to him, Alabi as a symbol of the party deserves a better appointment to compensate the sacrifices he made during Mimiko’s struggle to take over the leadership of the party after his defection.

He said; “I want to applaud Alabi for taking such decision and courage to turn down the offer. The appointment was a complete embarrassment. It betrayed the agreement we had with the governor during his struggle to take over the leadership of the party in the state.

“Alabi as a symbol of the party deserves a better appointment under Mimiko’s government. I will advise the governor to address this injustice in other to save him and the party from further embarrassment.”


http://thenationonlineng.net/ex-ondo-pdp-chairman-rejects-mimikos-appointment/

hmmmmmmmmmm...

A Police Inspector’s wife in Ondo state, Wumi Omowa has been arrested for allegedly killing her husband, Israel.

The suspect was arrested by men of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) in connection with the alleged murder of her husband.

It was gathered that the suspect stabbed her husband several times in different parts of his body when an argument ensued between them over a domestic issue.

The incident according to a reliable source happened at the couple’s residence located at Olu Foam area, along Ilesa-Owo highway in Akure.

The deceased Police Officer who was in his mid 30s reportedly married his wife four years ago and they were both living peacefully before the incident.

Confirming the incident, the State Police Public Relations officer (PPRO) Mr Femi Joseph said Omowa was confirmed dead at a Private hospital in Akure where his wife rushed him to after stabbing him.


http://thenationonlineng.net/wife-stabs-police-inspector-to-death-in-ondo/

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday fixed Nov.15 to determine the no-case-submission filed by former president of Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Sani Lulu and three others accused of mismanaging N1.3 billion.

The others are Amanze Uchegbulam, a former first vice president, Taiwo Ogunjobi, a former executive committee member and NFF former secretary-general, Bolaji Ojo-Oba.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the accused persons had earlier lost in their bid to get the Court of Appeal to quash the charges.

Part of the charges against them include alleged unauthorised payment of estacodes/allowances of $800,000 to 220 delegates to the World Cup in South Africa as against 47 delegates approved for the trip.

They are also accused of mismanaging N900million World Cup funds belonging to the NFF, purchase of luxury buses for the Super Eagles at over-inflated prices and incurring a $125,000 fine in South Africa over a botched deal with a hotel.

At the resumed hearing, counsel to the accused persons, Chief Sunday Ameh (SAN), announced to the court on the pending motion of no-case-submission.

“My Lord, my clients have filed a joint no-case-submission on about three grounds why they should not stand this trial.

“We have duly served the prosecution team and some responses received from them.

“We will be glad if the court allows us to move the motion with the hope of getting this case behind us,’’ he said.

However, the move was immediately countered by the prosecution counsel, Mr Titus Ashaolu (SAN) who cited some unresolved variables.

According to him, the prosecution is yet to respond to all the matters raised in the motion by the defence counsel.

The Judge, Justice Evon Chukwu, ordered all the parties to file written addresses on the matter for onward presentation at a later date.

“Having agreed on the date to appear next in court, the matter is hereby adjourned till Nov. 15 for the adoption of your written addresses,’’ he said.(NAN)



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FTC on point @introvert @ladyf

The Senate resumed plenary around 11:15 am on Thursday and went into closed session to discuss critical issues relating to the screening of the 21 ministerial nominees sent to it for confirmation and approval by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, had told our correspondent last week that the upper chamber would discuss the procedure for the screening after the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, had read out the names contained in the sealed envelope sent to him by Buhari.

A senator, who craved anonymity told our correspondent shortly before the closed session this morning that the meeting would discuss the details of the closed session Buhari had with the leadership of the National Assembly last night.

He also said the petition presented to the senate by the three senators from Rivers State against the nomination of Former Governor would also be discussed.


Meanwhile some ministerial nominees were sighted at the Senate wing of the National Assembly on Thursday, obviously to familiarise themselves with the senators and to submit their Curriculum Vitae for necessary scrutiny by the senior federal lawmakers.

Some of those sighted as of 11:30am were Former Governor Ogbonnaya Onu, Senator Chris Ngige, Senator Udo Udoma and a former Chairman of the Peoles Democratic Party, Audu Ogbeh.



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