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Senate Minority Leader Knocks Lawyers On Onnoghen

The Senate Minority Leader, Senator ENYINAYA ABARIBE has criticised the Nigerian Bar Association –NBA for failing to speak up for former chief justice of Nigeria, Justice WALTER ONNOGHEN when he was suspended.

Recall that President MUHAMMADU BUHARI had on Friday January 24, 2019 suspended the former Chief Justice of Nigeria for alleged corruption, and appointed Justice TANKO MOHAMED in his stead.

Senator ABARIBE said the Senate waited in vain for the NBA and the judiciary to act in order to save the situation, as the law did not allow the President to unilaterally remove the CJN without recourse to the Senate.

The Abia state-born lawmaker spoke at the Rule of Law Symposium at the ongoing NBA Annual General Conference in Lagos.

Speaking later with newsmen on the matter, chairman of the NBA conference planning committee, Mr IKEAZOR AKARAIWE faulted the senate minority leader for not taking steps to check President BUHARI’s constitutional excesses.

He however admitted that the Nigerian Bar Association should have moved in defence of the former chief justice of Nigeria, Justice WALTER ONNOGHEN.

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Buhari Approves New NDDC Board

President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has approved the composition of the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission –NDDC.

A former deputy governor of Edo State, PIUS ODUBU was appointed Chairman while BERNARD O. OKUMAGBA was proposed as managing director.

A former lawmaker in Akwa Ibom state, Mr. OTOBONG NDEM also made the list of recommended for the post of Executive Director, Projects.

A former commissioner for tourism in Akwa Ibom sate, Mr VICTOR ANTAI was also nominated for post of commissioner in the NDDC board.

The appointments are subject to confirmation by the Senate.

These were contained in a statement by the Permanent Secretary (General Services Office) for Secretary to the Government of the Federation, OLUSEGUN ADEKUNLE.

He said the interim management headed by Professor NELSON BRAMBAIFA has been directed to hand-over to the most senior director in the commission.

August 27, 2019 Nigeria Snaps Gold In Table Tennis As Blessing Okagbare Gets Disqualified
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Nigeria Snaps Gold In Table Tennis As Blessing Okagbare Gets Disqualified

The Nigerian pair of OFFIONG EDEM and CECILIA AKPAN won the gold medal in the women’s doubles event of the table tennis competition at the 12th African Games in Rabat, Morocco.

They beat teammates FUNKE OSHONAIKE and FATIMO BELLO 3-2 to win the top honour.

AKPAN and EDEM started the game brightly, winning the first two sets 11-7 11-6. However, the pair of OSHONAIKE and BELLO rallied to win the next two sets 11-7 11-2 to take the game to deuce, where EDEM and AKPAN prevailed 13-11 in the game’s fifth set.

The Nigerian teams had, on their way to the final, beaten Kenya 3-0, Ethiopia 3-0, Chad 3-0 and South Africa 3-0.

In the meantime, Nigeria’s BLESSING OKAGBARE was on Monday disqualified in heat one of the women’s 100m semi-final race for a false start.

Before being disqualified, Nigeria’s fastest athletes in the women’s 100metres had a good run in Heat 3, clocking 11.53secs to place first.

After her disqualification, Ivory Coast’s MARIE TA LOU went on to win the race in 11.36secs.In 2015, Ta Lou won the women’s 100m event of the 2015 All Africa Games.

The final of the men and women’s 100m event will hold today, Tuesday, August 27, 2019.

August 27, 2019 AKWA IBOM STATE GOVERNMENT APPROVES INCENTIVE TO REVENUE GENERATING AGENCIES TO BOOST STATE IGR
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AKWA IBOM STATE GOVERNMENT APPROVES INCENTIVE TO REVENUE GENERATING AGENCIES TO BOOST STATE IGR

As part of efforts to scale up the internally-generated revenue in Akwa Ibom state, the state government has approved a 2.5 per cent incentive to all revenue generating agencies of the state government.

The incentive was announced by the commissioner for Finance, Mr LINUS NKAN during a meeting with revenue-generating Ministries, Departments and Agencies at the Revenue House in Uyo.

The finance commissioner said the meeting was a crucial one; targeted at boosting the morale of the agencies and re-inculcate in them the need for revenue generating, reporting and accounting.

Addressing newsmen after the meeting, the Finance Commissioner expressed hope that the monthly incentive, which he described as Cost of Revenue, will boost their drive to make more money for the state.

On his part, chairman of the Akwa Ibom state Internally Generated Revenue Service –AKIRS, Mr OKON OKON revealed that the agency has improved its revenue generation from N24 billion naira in 2018, to N20.2 billion naira between January and June 2019.

He credited this feat to the agency’s increased tempo of enforcement of tax laws in the state, as well as the compliance of citizens to prompt payment of taxes.

Our correspondent, OKODI OKODI reports that the AKIRS boss and the finance commissioner, further charged citizens and business owners in the state to remain committed with tax remittances to enable the state government provide basic amenities for citizens.

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