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The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Yakubu Mahmood, on Thursday, presented the commission’s 2017-2021 Strategic Plan to President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki. At the ceremony at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja, Mahmood said that the plan would guide the commission on every step to be taken in the electoral process, even beyond 2019 elections. According to him, the commission is working on a very clear plan to ensure the success of the 2019 general elections. “What helped the 2015 general elections was the existence of a very clear Strategic Plan that covered the last electoral cycle. That…

The former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki, has been re-arraigned before Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on seven counts of criminal charges, bordering on illegal and unlawful possession of firearms, ammunition, as well as for money laundering offenses. Before his re-arraignment, Dasuki had earlier been arraigned before Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the same court on a five-count criminal charge bothering on possession of firearms alone. In the two new counts, the Federal Government alleged that between July 16 and 17 2015 at the Abuja residence, The Colonel was found to be in possession…

The House of Representatives on Thursday resolved to investigate Federal Government’s handling of the recent outbreak of Meningitis in parts of the country. It has therefore, mandated its Committee on Healthcare Services to invite the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, to brief it on the ministry’s efforts in combating the scourge. The resolution followed the adoption of a motion entitled “Urgent Need to Curb the Scourge of Meningitis in Nigeria’’ sponsored by Rep. Johnson Oghuma (Edo-APC). The committee was also mandated to ensure there was no scarcity of the vaccine to treat patients and report back to the house…

Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Education, Mr. Obafela Bank-Olemoh on Thursday said the CodeLagos Programme, billed to be launched later this month will train one million Lagosians on computer programming. Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Mr. Obafela Bank-Olemoh who disclosed this at the commencement of a three-day training session for CodeLagos Master Trainers, said the programme would on the long run, would not only make the State a technology hub, but also give Lagosians the opportunity to become self employed. “If you look at India, people run to India for technology, it’s because they did…

Leicester and Nigerian striker, Ahmed Musa is considering legal action after his agent described reports that he was arrested for beating up his wife on her birthday as “inaccurate”. The Nigeria international, who joined the Premier League champions last summer from CSKA Moscow for £16m, was questioned by Leicestershire police in the early hours of Wednesday morning after they were called to a disturbance at his home in Countesthorpe. Musa was later released without charge and his agent has insisted reports of the 24-year-old’s arrest hours after he had wished his wife Jamila happy birthday on Instagram had been exaggerated.…

Miguel Francis, who clocked the world’s seventh fastest 200m of 2016, will run for Great Britain after switching allegiance from Antigua and Barbuda. The 22-year-old, born in Montserrat, is a training partner of Usain Bolt, with whom he shares a coach, Glenn Mills. Francis ran a personal best of 19.88 seconds in Jamaica in June 2016. Adam Gemili, 23, competed for Britain in the 200m at Rio 2016 and placed fourth in the final with a time of 20.12. His personal best is 19.97. Francis was due to also compete at last summer’s Olympics but had to withdraw with a…

A Federal High court in Lagos has unfrozen the domiciliary account of Patience Jonathan containing $5,842,316.66 at Skye bank Plc. The order of the court was sequel to an application argued by her lawyer Mr. Adedayo Adedipe SAN, leading seven other lawyers. Adedipe urged the court to unfreeze the account on the ground that Patience Jonathan was not a party in the suit leading to the order made by the court. Mr Adedipe while citing judicial authorities contended that the order was an abuse of court process as the court has no jurisdiction to make an order against a party…

The President, National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents (NCMDLCA), Mr Lucky Amiwero, has alleged that 40 per cent of payments made at the nation’s ports are unreceipted. Amiwero told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos that port operators had various ways of collecting illegal fees, thereby, making the cost of doing business in Nigerian ports very high. The customs agent said that the unwholesome payments were partly responsible for the high cost of goods in Nigerian markets. “Somebody imports a cargo and at the point of clearing, he or she is made to…

Nigeria LNG (NLNG) has begun talks with potential buyers on new contracts for gas supplies from its first three production units at its liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, a senior official from the African company told Reuters. Contracts for gas supplies from Trains 1, 2 and 3 – which together produce 9 million tonnes of LNG a year – are being discussed, said the official who requested anonymity. He was attending the Gastech trade conference in Chiba outside Tokyo. “Trains 1-3 are coming back to the market as they are out of contract by 2022. We started to remarket today,”…

A California woman accused of killing the father of her two children is expected to be released from jail Thursday after posting an unprecedented $35 million bail raised by wealthy friends, family and business associates with ties to China. Tiffany Li, 31, is backed by a consortium of people tied to her mother who have raised $4 million cash and pledged $61 million in San Francisco Bay Area property. California courts require twice the bail amount if property is used instead of cash. Li’s attorney Geoff Carr says Li and her mother were born in China, where the mother was…