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Justice went both ways as the Federal High Court, Abuja, has ruled that the Nigerian Senate's ban on Kogi Central senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, was unlawful and unconstitutional. Delivering judgment today, Justice Binta Nyako ordered the immediate recall of Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan, stating that her suspension amounted to a denial of representation for her people in Kogi Central. The judge described the suspension as “unduly excessive” and criticised the Senate’s disciplinary process, advising a comprehensive review of its rules on sanctions. The senator had dragged to court the Clerk of the National Assembly; the Senate; Senate President Godswill Akpabio; and Senator Neda…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has called for the creation of an additional state for the South-East, to place it at par with the other six geopolitical zones in Nigeria. Mbah also made a case for rotational presidency and state police to give every part of the country a sense of belonging and secure the nation better. He spoke on Thursday evening when he received in audience members of the Senate Committee on Constitution Amendment, who were on a courtesy visit to him, at Government House, Enugu, ahead of the regional public hearing on…

By Felix Durumbah Another fruit of this week's three-day protest by irate workers of Federal Capital Territory Administration FCTA) has manifested. Perhaps, panicked by threat by the workers' umbrella Joint Union Action Committee JUAC) to proceed on full-blown strike on the heels of the protest, authorities of FCTA have approved one of the key demands of the workers: training and retraining programmes for staff members. They had earlier hurriedly okayed the commencement of promotion exercises for the staff, another key demand of the workers. Ahead of the protest, which kicked off on Monday, June 30, and ended Wednesday, July 2,…

*Shuts Down Outlet By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Enugu State Gaming and Lotto Commission, on Thursday, nabbed 21 underage lotto/game players, including three boys dressed in school uniform, in a lotto/game outlet in Independence Layout axis of Enugu. The apprehended underage children, of between ages 12 and 15, were nabbed at about 1:30p.m. and handed over to the state Ministry for Children, Gender Affairs and Social Development. Executive Secretary of the Commission, Prince Arinze Arum, told newsmen in Enugu that the apprehension of the underage lotto/game stakers and unlicensed lotto/gaming outlet owner were part of ongoing moves to sanitise the system.…

By Sylvia Kodilichukwu, Enugu Stepping up into the premier league of aviation business, Enugu State government is set to launch Enugu Air, its commercial airline, on Monday, July 7. This was disclosed in a statement released by the state government on Thursday, July 3. According to the state government, Enugu Air is part of the Governor Peter Mbah administration’s integrated blueprint for a modern, multimodal transport ecosystem within its vision to make Enugu a major aviation hub. In the statement, signed by the Commisssioner for Transportation, Dr. Obi Ozor, the government said that the launch of Enugu Air would take…

A truck belonging to Dangote Industries Limited this evening, July 3, rammed into several vehicles at the Nyanya-Mararaba bridge opposite Karu checkpoint in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The accident occurred at 6.25 pm, according to a statement by FCT Administration (FCTA)'s Emergency Management Department (FEMD). The statement,signed by Head of Public Affairs, FEMD, Nkechi Isa, read: "The Dangote truck loaded with cement experienced brake failure as it descended the slope at Kugbo and rammed into several vehicles along its path. "The incident occurred during the peak hours as most people were returning home after the day's work. "No life…

*Give Him 14 Days To Response To Financial Impropriety Allegations By John Ekah, Gusau Trouble is looming in Zamfara State as the House of Assembly led by the Speaker, Hon. Bashar Aliyu Gummi, today issued a two-week ultimatum to the State Governor, Dauda Lawal, to respond to some alleged acts of financial impropriety or face impeachment. For one, they described as callous, abuse of office and alleged theft the renovation of the state-owned Yariman Bakura Teaching Hospital, Gusau at a cost of N9 billion by the executive arm. These were part of issues raised at the parallel Assembly's plenary which…

To mitigate the impact of flooding in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) this year, the FCT Emergency Management Department (FEMD) has embarked on an awareness campaign to Kuje, Kwali and Abaji Area Councils. This followed the annual flood outlook issued by the Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) on probable high risk floods in some communities in the three Area Councils. At the palace of the Gomo of Kuje, Alhaji Haruna Tanko Jibrin, FEMD informed the royal father and his subjects that predictions by NIHSA and Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NiMET) indicate that eight locations in FCT were at risk of heavy…