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Senate directs UNIMAID to suspend fee hike for students

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Senate directs UNIMAID to suspend fee hike for students

The Senate has directed the management of the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) to suspend the recent increment of tuition fees for students attending the institution.

The upper chamber on Tuesday also mandated its Committee on Tertiary Education and TETFUND to investigate the matter in a bid to finding a lasting solution to the issue.

The Senate’s decision to wade into the hike in fee by the institution was reached following a motion considered during plenary.

Sponsor of the motion, Senator Abubakar Kyari (APC, Borno North) bemoaned the recent decision by the UNIMAID management to increase the registration and other fees of the school from N25,000 to N129,000, an increase of over 400 percent.

Half of the men in North-East Nigeria have received no education at all, and this figure rises to over sixty-one percent for women. It is imperative that schools in the North-East should remain of strategic national interest with overwhelming National Security importance,” Kyari said. He said education remains a repellent and potent tool to defeat Boko Haram and also revamp the North East from underdevelopment and poverty.

According to the lawmaker, sixty-two percent of Nigerian children who are not in school live in Northern Nigeria.
Senator Kyari added, “Borno State has the highest number of people that don’t have access to education due to the Boko Haram crisis in particular.

The lawmaker, therefore, called on all stakeholders to rise to the occasion to ensure that the fee increment is reversed due to the greater need to propagate empowerment through education at tertiary levels.

Accordingly, the upper chamber, in its resolutions, mandated its Committee on Tertiary Education and TETFUND, to also engage the Ministry of Education and stakeholders such as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), with a view to reaching consensus on a harmonised fee for all universities across the country.

Alleged Breach of Fundamental Human Right: Industrial Court assumes Jurisdiction

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Alleged Breach of Fundamental Human Right: Industrial Court assumes Jurisdiction

Lordship, Hon. Justice Elizabeth Oji of the National Industrial Court sitting in Lagos has declared that the argument that the court does not have jurisdiction to enforce the fundamental human rights of the DR. Kolapo Adeogun in a matter brought against Federal College of Education (Technical) Akoka and others as unfounded.

The court held that Dr. Adeogun failed to prove that the actions of the institution are illegal and unlawful that none of the exhibits tendered seeks to establish these facts, nor evidence to assist the court in making any finding.

The claimant sought against defendants for A DECLARATION that the directives contained in the internal memoranda dated 30th June and 21st July 2017 respectively and suspending payments of the claimant’s salaries are ILLEGAL, UNLAWFUL, ULTRA VIRES the powers of the defendants and to that extent are NULL and VOID.

Likewise, A DECLARATION that the directives directing the claimant to withdraw cases he has in court in respect of disputes over the management of Edutech Model Cooperative Society Limited are an infringement of the claimant’s rights to fair hearing as guaranteed in section 36(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 among others.

The claimant, Dr. Adeogun a senior lecturer was invited by the institution in relation to the crises that had engulfed a Cooperative Society and he informed the defendants that matters had even been escalated into litigation as there were pending cases in court that he was shocked when defendants’ issued directives that his salaries be suspended pending resolution of the issues and parties should withdraw cases pending in court.

Defendants contended that they will not shut their eyes to the festering crisis in the cooperative and the need to discipline any of its erring staff to protect the image, integrity and reputation of the institution.

They submitted that the prayer of the claimant, as couched, is primarily an allegation of breach of claimant’s fundamental human rights as enshrined in Chapter IV of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), which ought to have been brought under the special enforcement procedure provided therein for the enforcement of fundamental rights and which is not within the ambits of the jurisdiction of the court.

In opposition, the claimant argued that the defendants are not entitled to interfere with the payment of his salaries urged the court to grant the consequential relief to prevent future attempts to further tamper with or deny him his wages/salaries.

Delivering the Judgment, the presiding Judge, Justice Elizabeth Oji held that the argument that the court does not have jurisdiction to enforce the fundamental human rights of the claimant, is unfounded, as the relief sought by claimant are clearly accommodated by the provision of the constitution that the relief sought is related and connected with a dispute over the application of section 36 of the constitution and relates to his employment.

“I do not find evidence on which to rely to begin a consideration of the illegality, unlawfulness or otherwise of the actions of the defendants. None of the exhibits tendered by claimant seeks to establish these facts, nor is there any evidence to assist the court in making any finding on it. This court cannot begin to imagine and assume facts.

“Claimant has not shown how the directive infringed section 36(1) of the constitution; nor how it took away or purport to take away the right of the parties. Neither the laws establishing the defendant nor the contract or conditions of employment of the parties is before this court.

In all, the court held that the claimant has failed to prove that the actions of the defendants are illegal, unlawful and dismissed the case in its entirety.

BBNaija: More endorsements as Mercy signs deal with Royal Hairs

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BBNaija: More endorsements as Mercy signs deal with Royal Hairs

Wining has not stopped for the 2019 Big Brother Naija ‘Pepper Dem’ Season four winner, Mercy Eke as she has just bagged another endorsement deal with Royal hairs.

Mercy Eke took to her Instagram page to announce the great development, saying she’s really happy to be working with the amazing brand.

She wrote: “Another bag 💰 🙏🙏 I have a new family fam 😍 Thank you @royalhairs, I’m so glad I’d be working with this amazing brand 💃” View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mercy Eke BBNaija 🌶🇳🇬 (@official_mercyeke) on Oct 28, 2019 at 10:33am PDT Mercy was the first female to ever win the Big Brother Naija show.

Mercy won prizes that summed up to 60 million, it comprised of cash prize of 30 million and other prizes which includes; a Dubai trip for two, SUV from Innoson Motors, Scan frost electronic makeover, one year supply Pepsi, one year supply Munch It and Indomie.

President Buhari Nominates Justice Kanyip for Confirmation as Substantive President of the National Industrial Court

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President Buhari Nominates Justice Kanyip for Confirmation as Substantive President of the National Industrial Court

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday 29th October 2019 successfully forwarded the name of Ag. President of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, His Lordship, Hon. Justice Benedict Kanyip to the Senate for consideration and confirmation as the substantive President of the Court.

President Buhari also nominated Hon. Justice John Tosho as the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court.

His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari made the recommendation pursuant to Section 250(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) urged the Senate to consider the request in the usual expeditious manner.

The National Industrial Court has exclusive jurisdiction on civil causes and matters relating to or connected with any labour, employment, trade unions, industrial relations and matters arising from workplace, the conditions of service, including health, safety, welfare of labour, employee, worker and matters incidental thereto or connected therewith;

Relating to, connected with or arising from Factories Act, Trade Disputes Act, Trade Unions Act, Labour Act, Employees’ Compensation Act or any other Act or Law relating to labour, employment, Industrial relations, workplace or any other enactment replacing the Acts or Laws; etc

BREAKING: MTN files 9,100-page document to prove N3bn suit against Malami

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BREAKING: MTN files 9,100-page document to prove N3bn suit against Malami

As a tax-related legal battle between telecommunication firm, MTN Nigeria Communication Limited, and the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, gathers momentum, the telco on Tuesday transported a 9,100-page document to court in a bid to prove its N3bn claim against the AGF.

Several copies of the extraordinarily bulky document were brought in a Coaster bus and delivered to the registry of the Federal High Court in Lagos.

MTN sued Malami last year in protest against an August 20, 2018 letter in which the AGF demanded that the telecom firm pay N242bn and $1.3bn as import duties, withholding and value added taxes.
The firm’s lawyer, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), described the AGF’s N242bn and $1.3bn demand from MTN as “malicious, unreasonable and one made on an incorrect legal basis.”

Olanipekun said in writing the demand letter to MTN, Malami acted beyond his powers and violated the provisions of Section 36 of the constitution on fair hearing with “the purported revenue assets investigation” he carried out on the firm’s activities covering 2007 to 2017.

He is, on behalf of MTN, urging the court to award N3bn against Malami as general and exemplary damages.
Justice C.J. Aneke, who is hearing the case, had in May dismissed the preliminary objection filed by Malami, challenging the competence of the suit.

Justice Aneke rejected the AGF’s argument that the suit was not filed within three months of cause of action and was statute barred.

“From the endorsement on the writ, this suit was commenced on September 10, 2018 and a simple calculation shows that from August 23, 2018 when the cause of action arose to September 10, 2018, when the suit was instituted, a period of three months had not expired, as envisaged, for the suit to be statute barred,” the judge held as he declined the AGF’s prayer to strike out the suit.

Meanwhile, the Tuesday’s proceedings in the case were stalled as counsel sought an adjournment.
Justice Aneke adjourned till January 30, 2020.
In the suit, MTN, through Olanipekun, is urging the court to declare that the AGF acted illegally by “usurping the powers of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, to audit and demand remittance of withholding tax and value added tax.”

The firm also wants the court to declare that with the “self assessment exercise,” the AGF usurped the powers of the Nigerian Customs Service to demand payment of import duties on importation of goods.
It wants the court to declare that “the purported self assessment” conducted by the AGF was “unknown to law, null and void and of no effect whatsoever.”

Sokoto killing: Islamic group cautions Nigerian military

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Sokoto killing: Islamic group cautions Nigerian military

The Islamic Movement in Nigeria, IMN. otherwise known as Shiites, has cautioned the Nigerian military to stop using its name to cover up its alleged atrocities.
The group was reacting to the killing of innocent civilians in Sokoto, Sokoto State by airmen of the Nigerian Air Force on October 20, 2019.

EQUITY NEWS.NG reported that the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) said it was
Shiites’ position was contained in a press statement signed and made available to EQUITY NEWS.NG by the President Media Forum of the Islamic Movement, Ibrahim Musa on Monday.

The Islamic Movement said the NAF killings in Sokoto should be of concern to everybody because it could happen to anybody.

The statement added, “Following an incident that took place at Mabera area of Sokoto town, Sokoto state, where military men of the Nigerian Air force murdered a mother of seven and a young man for teasing the girlfriend of an officer and in an attempt to cover up for the crime, the military men claimed they thought their victims were members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, we find it pertinent to dissociate the Islamic Movement in Nigeria and its members from the misleading claims of the military men and all forms of crimes whatsoever.

“Media reports say eyewitnesses said the crisis began when a lady, said to be the girlfriend of an officer, was teased by young people in the area which led the lady informing her Nigerian Air force officer boyfriend of what transpired. The officer was reportedly said to have deployed a truckload of Air force personnel to Mabera area who trailed a young aspiring student, Abdulsalam Lawan, who took refuge in a nearby house, killing him and a 40-year-old mother of seven, Maryam Abdulrahman on 20/10/2019.

“It is in an attempt to cover this act of irresponsibility and brutality and sweep it under the carpet, perpetrated by the Nigerian military that the military informed newsmen that they thought their victims were members of the Islamic Movement.

“In as much as the victims involved are not of the Islamic movement, we wish to condemn this act of impunity and extrajudicial killing implemented by the military and draw the attention of Nigerians in particular and the world at large to a dangerous trend they have introduced whereby uniformed men can kill anybody at will and claim that they thought he or she was Shi’ite.

“We hereby call on members of the public to insist that justice should not only be done by prosecuting the officers involved but to also be seen to have been done, even though the Sokoto state government has intervened. This dangerous act of anarchy and lawlessness perpetrated by the military must not be condoned.

“In the recent past since the Zaria Massacre where the Nigerian Army killed over 1000 men, women, and children and gave a flimsy excuse for the genocide, on several occasions, they have engaged in the killing of innocent unarmed members of the Islamic movement and gave false claims to justify it.

“It is now such that the military has erased the empathetic feeling of humanity from the hearts of some Nigerians such that they don’t see anything wrong with extrajudicial killings perpetrated by the military and in some cases even join them to justify it. The killing is now gradually moving beyond the Islamic Movement and anyone could be killed and labelled Shi’ite to justify it even as there is no justification whatsoever, whether moral, religious, legal or civil for the extrajudicial killing of members of the Islamic movement or any other person for that matter. Life is sacred.

“Having stated our stance, we use this opportunity to call for the release of our revered leader Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky from continued illegal detention even with a standard court order for his release and compensation, and all those detained in undisclosed detention facilities across the country.”

Buhari’s photographer renovates school in Ekiti

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Buhari’s photographer renovates school in Ekiti

The Chief Official Photographer to President Muhammadu Buhari, Bayo Omoboriowo, in appreciation of God’s blessings has started giving back to the society.

His state governor, Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State, on Monday commissioned some blocks of classrooms renovated and equipped by Omoboriowo at Ijero High School in Ekiti state.
The ceremony was attended by first-class traditional rulers, community and political leaders in the state.
Speaking to newsmen at the commissioning, Omoboriowo said he was compelled to give back to the society, especially students, because God had favoured him by giving him the privilege to work with Mr. President.

Apart from the massive renovation he carried out through his Bayo Omoboriowo Foundation in Ijero High School, he empowered students in his hometown with 1000 fully loaded school bags and writing materials.

He said “Bayo Omoboriowo Foundation was birthed as a response to one man’s unwavering desire to continually seek improvements in the general well-being of not just himself, but his immediate environment and society at large.”
Fayemi, who is also the Chairman, Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), called on all indigenes of the state to emulate the philanthropic gestures of Omoboriowo.

He also urged those who are well to do in the state to join hands with his administration to develop Ekiti, adding that the task of development can not be left to the government alone.
Fayemi said “This state belongs to all of us. You know what they say about a village bringing up a child and taking a community to build a state.

“So what Bayo (Omoboriowo) has done is exemplary and I think that other public-spirited Ekiti sons and daughters, Ekiti residence, Ekiti lovers should also consider and do within their own various areas of jurisdictions.
“Bayo is not a school teacher but he was brought up by teachers and that is why he felt he needed to give back and went to Kabiyesi to discuss the possibility of giving back to schools in the society.

“Look at what he has done. I encourage all Ekiti indigenes, wherever they may be based, you don’t even have to have gone to school in Ekiti; those who have even gone to school in Ekiti are even more compelled to do so.
“I see a lot of alumni association doing that; they are all contributing their quota. But individuals can also adopt a school,” he stated.

Five Containers Laden With Rotten Fish, Other Edibles, Found In Apapa

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Five Containers Laden With Rotten Fish, Other Edibles, Found In Apapa

Two safety agencies of Lagos State Government on Monday discovered five containers laden with rotten fish and other edibles in Apapa area of the state .

The News Agency of Nigeria learnt that the shocking discovery was made during a site inspection of the containers following reports of air pollution and release of toxic gas into the environment at one of the off -dock terminals in Apapa .

NAN gathered that the site inspection was conducted jointly by Lagos State Emergency Management Agency and
Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency .

“ The joint- team discovered edibles , including fish , which had become rotten due to faulty refrigerators .

“ The LASEMA team observed the absence of emergency action as well as preparedness plan and appropriate safety measures in place to curtail such incidence and guard against recurrence.

“ A total number of 25 containers was located and five containers laden with edibles have faulty refrigerators .

“ The edibles have therefore defrosted and have become rotten, causing severe health hazard to the environment , ” Dr Olufemi Oke -Osanyintolu , LASEMA Director General, told NAN on Monday .

The LASEMA boss said that the rotten edibles inside the containers left huge impact on four of the affected 13 houses located on the street at Trinity Close, Apapa .
( NAN )

PRESIDENT Buhari sends NDDC board list to Senate for confirmation

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PRESIDENT Buhari sends NDDC board list to Senate for confirmation

The Senate on Tuesday started the process of confirming the appointments of nominees for the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission.
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan read a letter from President Muhammadu Buhari, announcing the 16-member board at plenary.

Lawan asked the committee on Niger Delta to conclude the screening of the nominees and submit a report, within one week.

The nominees include Dr. Pius Odubu, who would serve as Chairman. Odubu was the deputy governor to former Governor Adams Oshiomhole, who is now the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress.

Buhari in the letter said Bernard Okumagba from Delta State, would serve as Managing Director while Otobong Ndem from Akwa Ibom State was nominated as the Executive Director, Projects.
Others are, Maxwell Okoh from Bayelsa State; Jones Erue from Delta State; Victor Ekhatar from Edo State; and Joy Nunieh from Rivers State.

They also included Nwogu Nwogu from Abia State; Theodore Allison from Bayelsa State; Victor Antai from Akwa Ibom State; and Maurice Effiwatt from Cross River State.

The list also included Olugbenga Edema from Ondo State; Uchegbu Kyrian from Imo State; and Aisha Murtala Muhammed from Kano State representing North-West area on the board.

The rest are, Ardo Zubairu (Adamawa State), who will represent the North East; while Ambassador Abdullahi Bage (Nasarawa), would represent the North Central geopolitical zone.

Buhari to police: Arrest yahoo-yahoo boys, avoid innocent Nigerians

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Buhari to police: Arrest yahoo-yahoo boys, avoid innocent Nigerians

– President Muhammadu Buhari warns men of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) against arresting innocent citizens
– Buhari notes recent complaints from civil society groups concerning the arrest of innocent Nigerians and the killing of others
– The president wants the leadership of the law enforcement agency to arrest and punish erring operatives President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, October 28, commended the men of the Nigeria Police Force for their efforts to rid the country of alleged fraudsters, also called ‘yahoo-yahoo’ boys.
The president, who spoke through his deputy, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, also warned the police against arresting or harassing innocent people.

Delivering his keynote address at the opening ceremony of the conference and retreat for senior police officers in Lagos, the president said the law enforcement agency remains very important because it is the closest to the people.
“The police cannot escape public scrutiny and sometimes criticism; Nigerian people old and young want our police force to be better and to do better; they want to be even prouder of your service than ever before. “
This is why in some of our urban areas we want to see more compliance with the rule of law and in dealing with Nigerians,” Buhari said.

Buhari noted recent complaints by civil society groups about the arrest of Nigerian citizens just because they look successful and are carrying laptops. “
Yes we must apprehend yahoo criminals but we cannot harass young men and women on the streets and in taxis most of whom are merely going about their legitimate businesses.
“There are also cases of extra judicial killings and injuries; misuse of weapons and excessive use of force by some members of the force,” the president lamented.

Buhari warned that conducts by a few bad police officers must stop just as he tasked leaders of the police force to ensure that impunity of any kind is discouraged and punished where found.

Buhari, however, described the police as a national asset making the country proud both locally and internationally.
Locally in the past one year alone the Nigeria police has between January and this month arrested over ;2,348 armed robbery suspects – 1,412 suspected kidnappers 694 murder suspects, 1,513 cultists safely rescued 826 kidnap victims, recovered 1,660 firearms and 1612 vehicles,” he noted.

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu earlier mentioned constant engagement of strategic managers as well as consistent training as very important for effective policing. EQUITY NEWS.NG earlier reported how an 18-year-old Elikor Ehud, a resident of Lagos, allegedly stole from a church in Lagos.

Ehud resident in Ejigbo is answering questions after he was arrested by the police in Lagos for allegedly stealing tithes and offerings belonging to the Chosen Vine Ministry, Furniture Avenue.

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