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Onnoghen A few days ago, President Muhammadu Buhari, in a brashness sign-posting a curious arrogance of power in a democracy, gave an unprecedented turn to the melodramatic trial of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Walter Onnoghen, at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), when he unilaterally suspended Onnoghen and in his place hurriedly swore-in Justice Tanko Muhammed as the new Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria. The purported suspension of the incumbent and appointment of another without due input from the institutions set up by the Constitution, notably the National Judicial Council (NJC) and the Senate, is unconstitutional. Such an act is not only unknown or unacceptable to law, it is capable of causing disaffection amongst Nigerians and heating up the polity. The strangeness and undemocratic nature of both the suspension of the CJN and appointment of another in an acting capacity is illustrated by the gross violation, albeit respectively, of Section 292 (1a)

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has declared that its Presidential candidate and former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar will beat the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, President Muhammadu Buhari in the February 16 presidential election in the South West region. Deputy National Publicity Secretary of PDP, Prince Diran Odeyemi made this revelation while speaking with DAILY POST in a telephone conversation at the weekend. Odeyemi, while reacting to a comment credited to Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State that President Buhari will get a landslide victory in the February 19 presidential election, said Abubakar “will shock All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate in the February 16 presidential election”. He said those who had promised to deliver the South West votes to Buhari were deceiving him and that the pledge was just a figment of day dreaming. DAILY POST recalls that Ajimobi had on Thursday said the South West will re

update by Vanguard  By Femi Sobowale IT was widely believed in Lagos State by politicians and voters alike that the immediate past Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mr. Ibrahim Idris was trying to influence the 2019 elections in Lagos State by deploying a former Chief Security Officer of the powerful former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as the state’s Police Commissioner. On January 13, 2019, it was announced that Mr. Imohimi Edgal, Lagos State Commissioner of Police had been redeployed to the Force Headquarters in Abuja as the Police officer in charge of the Explosive Ordinance Unit while Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, hitherto in charge of the Explosive Ordinance Unit, would replace Edgal as the Lagos police boss. Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (3rd right); All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Candidate in Lagos, Mr, Babajide Sanwo-Olu (2nd right); his running mate, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat (right); wife of the Governor, Mrs. Bolanle Ambode (left); S

The Nigerian born former Chelsea sporting director, Mike Emenalo has been officially sacked by AS Monaco few days after the team coach, Thiery Henry was suspended. The reorganization of the French Ligue one side As Monaco consumed former Nigeria’s Super Eagles defender Mike Emenalo who was the club Sporting Director. Before joining the French side, Emenalo has worked with English premier league side Chelsea in the same capacity. It could be recalled that the principality side asked the former coach Henry Thiery to step aside on Thursday following not too impressive performance of the club under him. The club has gone ahead to open discussion with former coach Leornado Jardim who left the team before Henry took over. During the first spell of Jardim, the relationship between him and Emenalo was not cordial. The management of the club on Friday confirmed the sacking of Emenalo. Source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/01/monaco-sacks-nigerias-michael-emenalo.html

Alhaji Saleh Bayari, the leader of coalition of Fulani herdsmen groups in Nigeria, has appealed to the Federal Government to grant unconditional amnesty to their members detained over various allegations in the country. NAN reports that Bayari made the call at a National Delegates’ meeting of coalition of Fulani Associations from 36 states of the federation and the FCT held in Sokoto on Sunday. He said the federal government should consider amnesty to Fulani people accused of crimes as it was done to agitators in the oil rich Niger Delta region. “About 3,000 Fulani clans are in detention at different security formations in the country. “Poverty, neglect and poor treatment among fellow Nigerians are mostly causes that forced those accused persons to engage in dastardly acts,” Bayari said. He explained that about 2,500 pastoralists were killed while 3.7 million livestock were either killed or rustled from the herdsmen at various states of the federation, the situation that s

CBN injects $500m as naira depreciates in parallel market By Babajide Komolafe THE outcome of the N150 billion FGN bond offer by the Debt Management Office, DMO, this week will be determined by investors’ quest for higher interest rates on fixed income instruments in line with recent upsurge in the inflation rate. At the last auction held in November 2018, the DMO sold only N39.5 billion representing 35 percent of the N115 billion bond offered due to its unwillingness to accept investors’ demand for higher interest rate. DMO-debt management office In a statement announcing the auction results, the DMO stated: “Although subscription levels were higher than the amount allotted, it was observed that the DMO was unwilling to accept higher rates from subscribers in order to moderate debt service cost and maintain market stability as the rates at which each of the bonds were allotted were close to their secondary market yields.” This week, the DMO will conduct its f

By Joseph Erunke THE Federal Government has attributed its successes in the fight against Boko Haram and criminalities in the country to the Nigerian Air Force, which it noted, sustained its day and night raids against terrorists. Nigerian Air Force display during the 58th Independence Day Celebration at Eagle’s Square Abuja on 1st Oct 2018 Meanwhile, the government has insisted that contrary to some claims, no part of the country was still under the hands of terrorists. Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Mr Boss Mustapha, who was guest of honour at Chief of Air Force Award Night, weekend, in Abuja to mark the end of 2018, hailed the Nigerian Air Force for the feat. Speaking through his representative and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Godfrey Onyema, Mustapha said: “It is glaring that the Nigerian Air Force has made huge sacrifices through the commitment, dedication and perseverance of its personnel in the defence of our nation.  The conduct of sust