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Bauchi Female Commissioner Resigns A female commissioner for Ministry for Environment in Bauchi State, Rifkatu Samson Dannah has resigned her appointment. This is coming at a time when Governor Abubakar had directed that appointees planning to contest in the 2019 election should resign and leave office. Dannah took the final decision after picking the All Progressive Congress’ nomination form to contest for State Assembly for Bogoro constituency. She said, her decision to contest was informed by the clarion call on her following positive achievement while she was an Assembly member. Dannah picked her form at the APC Secretariat in Bauchi amid massive support. Dannah’s resignation, according to the political adviser to governor Abubakar, Kawu Labaran followed the governors directive that contesting appointees should resign their appointment to concentrate on campaigns. Labaran Exclusively told DAILY POST in an interview in Bauchi that some appointees have earlier resign

Court Stops Ondo Electoral Body from Conducting LG polls An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure has barred the State Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC) from conducting the local government elections scheduled for December 1. In a suit marked Ak/195/2018 and filed by the Idowu Otetubi led faction of the state’s chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC against the party’s chairman in the state, Ade Adetimehin, the State Executive Committee of the party, the APC as well as the Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC), the applicant had prayed that the court should restrain the 4th defendant which is ODIEC from accepting any lists of candidates from the Adetimehin led faction of the party ahead of the December 1 local government polls. Justice Kolawole of the Ondo State High Court after hearing the submission of the applicant’s counsel, Tolu Babaleye, granted the prayer of the applicants and gave an order of interim injunction restraining ODIEC from condu

Gully Erosion Kills 15 in Anambra Community The Federal Government has disclosed that 15 people of Umuozu community in Otolo, a suburb of Anambra State, lost their lives to gully erosion in the area. Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Abubakar Bwari, who was drawn to the gas emission from exposed coal seam in the community, dispatched a team of officers from the ministry to visit the scene for preliminary inspection and to hold discussion with the affected community. The team observed that the gully erosion led to some coal seams which were exposed with emitting gases, adding that there was also intermittent fire flares from the exposed coal seams, which commenced around December 2017. According to the minister, “Coal deposits are known to contain several gases that are highly toxic and injurious to human health and environment. “In this case, the deaths could be as a result of the coal releasing carbon dioxide and other gases that if inhaled could cause harm to hum

Justice Idris Threatens to Jail Orji Kalu Justice Mohammed Idris on Monday vowed to apply the full weight of the law on former governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, for absenting himself from the Federal High Court in Lagos for the continuation of his N7.65bn alleged fraud case. Justice Idris recalled that on July 31, the former governor begged for a six-week adjournment on the claim that he had a surgery appointment in Germany. “The letter for the adjournment of the 31st of July, 2018 was written on the 27th day of July, 2018 and forwarded to this court on the 31st day of July, 2018. “From the email correspondence of 31st July, 2018 sent at 11.29am GMT by one Ifunanya, it appears that the said German surgeon was not even available for an appointment with the 1st defendant, Dr Orji Uzor Kalu, when the letter of 27th July, 2018 was written and when the application for an adjournment was made on the 31st day of July 2018. “It appears from the said email that as at the 31s

Nigeria Accuses Switzerland of Being ‘Accessory’ to Abacha Loot. Nigeria’s foreign affairs minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, has flayed Switzerland for its role in keeping the infamous Abacha loot and making the process of repatriation of the assets strenuous. The Abacha loot refers to monies believed to have been stolen and stashed in countries and tax havens around the world by late Nigerian ruler, Sani Abacha. Switzerland recently agreed to repatriate a fresh $350 million as part of the Abacha loot in that country. The minister said he was also shocked and angry by the chunk of the money retained by “institutions in Switzerland and lawyers”. Mr Onyeama spoke Tuesday morning at the opening of 2nd International Conference on Combating Illicit Financial Flows and Enhancing Asset Recovery for Sustainable Development. The two-day event is organised by the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), in conjunction with other partners. Mr Onyeama described the a

Flood Wrecks Havoc in Ibadan, Homes, Church Affected Many residents of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital are counting their losses following a torrential rainfall that flooded no fewer than 30 houses and a Church in Ososami, Oke Ado, Liberty Road and Oke-Ayo areas on Sunday, DAILY POST reports. DAILY POST gathered that many residents on Monday started relocating from those areas. Some of the victims of the flood have been rendered homeless as they claimed they had no other means to secure new apartment. Property worth several millions of naira went down in the ravaging flood from the Ogunpa River. It was learnt that the downpour, which started around 4.30 p.m. on Sunday, lasted for about four hours, leaving many areas flooded. Some of the affected property, included a two storey-building and a church (Christ Apostolic Church) at Omigade street, Osasami in Ibadan South West Local Government. A resident, Mr Abdulkareem Subair, who also suffered losses in the flood said “I

Biafra: Kanu cries out over Switzerland’s refusal to grant family members visa The younger brother to the elusive leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, Prince Emmanuel Kanu, has berated the Embassy of Switzerland in Abuja for allegedly denying travelling visa to members of the family, following an invitation by the United Nations, UN, to the 116th United Nations Human Rights Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances. Kanu’s family members were invited by UN as key witnesses of the mass murder allegedly committed by the Nigerian security operatives when the family compound was invaded on September 14, 2017, during the Operation Python Dance ll conducted by the Nigerian Army. Speaking, Kanu said apart from the family, “key IPOB members who witnessed the genocide at Afaraukwu were also denied visas.” In a statement, Kanu accused the Embassy of “conspiracy, collusion and unholy dealings with Abuja to frustrate the family and help the Ni