A pregnant woman receiving treatment at Gombe Specialist Hospital
Gombe as a result of the twin bomb blasts in Dadin/Kowa Motor Park,
has been delivered of a pre-mature male baby.
The Chief Medical
Director of the Hospital, Dr Reuben Ardo, who disclosed this to
newsmen on Thursday in Gombe, said that the woman was delivered
through a Cesarean Section (CS).
Ardo said that the woman was
still in the hospital receiving treatment, while the baby was put in
an incubator.
“We noticed that the pregnant woman’s baby was
going through stress, so, we took her to the theater for an emergency
surgery to save the lives of both baby and mother.
“The mother
is currently at the hospital receiving treatment, while the baby is
in the incubator at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Federal Teaching
Hospital (FTH) Gombe.
``From the information we got, the woman was
coming back home from the church, when she met the unfortunate
incident,’’ he said.
Ardo further said that since the blast,
they treated and discharged 56 victims, 15 on admission, 15 bodies
deposited at the mortuary, while six were referred to FTH because of
their serious bleeding cases, for the attention of experts.
“One
has a chest injury, the other one has head injury, one was with
multiple injuries and he was bleeding from everywhere, They need
specialist attention,’’ he said.
When contacted, the Deputy
Director, Public Relations, FTH, Malam Haruna Abdulrasheed, confirmed
that the baby was in the hospital.
He said that they recorded 21
dead bodies, 36 on admission and nine who were treated and
discharged.
On
Wednesday night, a twin bomb blast exploded at Dadin/Kowa and Dukku
Motor Parks in Gombe.
Thursday, July 23, 2015
NASS crisis: Leadership tussle is shameful — Emir
THE Emir of Lafia Alhaji Mustapha Agwai
II has described as unfortunate the leadership crisis rocking the two
chambers of the National Assembly, describing it as shameful.
The monarch also chastised members of
the National Assembly for allegedly allowing personal interest and
ambition to becloud the their sense of nationality and told them to
learn how to consider the overall interest of the country before
their individual interest.
The Emir who was speaking when the
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara paid him a
condolence visit in Nasarawa reminded the lawmakers that it was God
who gives power to people.
According to him, "Nigerians are
watching events in the National Assembly with keen interest which is
why leaders must put their personal national interest over and above
individual interest."
He said he strongly believe that God
made Dogara Speaker because he has the capacity to lead saying, “God
will never have made you Speaker if you do not have the capacity to
lead the House.
The Emir said Nigerians toiled,
sacrificing their comforts in order to effect leadership change in
the country with lots of expectations but that the crisis over
leadership positions is both disheartening and unfortunate.
He said, “The things we are seeing
happening in the two chambers of the National Assembly are not
encouraging,”
Continuing he said, people sacrificed
even their lives for the present crop of leaders to be elected with
the expectation that they will deliver on the mandates given to them
and provide good leadership.
He said it will be disappointing if
fail to learn from history and provide solutions to the many problems
bedeviling the country.
“Recent events in the National
Assembly are shameful. When will the crisis and struggle for power be
over? People can’t wait anymore for change to take place.
“You have asked us to pray for peace
in our land and for all leaders, we are also appealing to you our
leaders to put your individual ambitions and interests aside because
it is God who gives power to people.”
Speaking earlier, Dogara called on the
Emir not to relent in praying to God over the security challenges
bedeviling the country especially the North East region.
He said God will not send angels from
heaven to solve Nigeria’s problems which is why the people must
intensify prayers for God to guide the present crop of leaders.
The Speaker in company of other
lawmakers were in Lafia to condole with Hon. Abubakar Sarki Dahiru
representing Lafia/Obi Federal Constituency over the death of his
father.
Buratai, MNJTF Head of Mission meet over Boko Haram
•As Osinbajo clarifies that insurgents
targeting VIPs houses, not VP's house
The Head of Mission, Multinational
Joint Task Force (MNJTF) and Executive Secretary, Lake Chad Basin
Commission, Engineer Sanusi Abdullahi, yesterday, held talks with the
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Major General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, on
ways to end the Boko Haram insurgency.
Meantime, The presidency has denied
saying that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo raised alarm that Boko haram
was targeting his house, saying that the statement was made in error.
Senior Special Assistant to the Vice
President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande in a statement to
correct the error said that the Vice President was meant to say that
the insurgents were now targeting the house of Very Important
Persons, VIPs.
The statement read in parts" A
press briefing note circulated today by the Secretariat of the
National Economic Council, NEC, contains a typo on the very last line
of the last paragraph.
That paragraph should read “The Vice
President also disclosed that security reports has it that scavengers
are now being prepared by insurgents to dump refuse laden with bombs
in the houses of VIPs.”
The last line erroneously says “in
the house of the Vice President.”
However, according to a statement by
the Acting Director Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman Engr.
Abdullahi assured that his commission would partner with the Nigerian
military on the strategies towards making Boko Haram terrorism a
thing of the past.
The Head of Mission who commended the
Nigerian Army’s efforts in the ongoing fight against the insurgency
in the North Eastern part of the country, reiterating the need for
the Nigerian Army in particular and the nation in general to fulfill
its obligations toward ending the insurgency.
He emphasized that the operations of
the Multinational Joint Task Force will be aimed at supporting the
Nigerian military to bring peace to the Sub-Region.
Responding, the COAS, Maj- Gen. Buratai
expressed appreciation for his support and cooperation during his
brief stay as Commander, Multinational Joint Task Force to the Head
of mission.
It will be recalled that before his
appointment as the Chief of Army Staff, General Buratai was the Force
Commander of the Multinational Joint Task Force where the Executive
Secretary was the Head of Mission.
Present during the visit were senior
officers of the Army Headquarters, Major General Mohammed Tasiu
Ibrahim, Chief of Army Standard and Evaluation, Major General Alani
Gafar Okunlola, Acting Chief of
Operations and Brigadier General Dahiru Abdulsami, Acting Director of
Operations.
UNILAG Rejects 59,000 Candidates
University of Lagos, The University of Lagos authorities, UNILAG has rejected about 59,000 candidates who applied for admission into the school through the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB.
In an interview with newsmen, JAMB spokesman, Mr. Fabian Benjamin stated that the board has entered into an agreement with the school to post the rejected students to other schools in Lagos environs.
Mr. Benjamin noted that JAMB has merit and criteria being followed with regards to list sent to UNILAG
Imo Guber Battle: Decision Of Tribunal Affront On Supreme Court – Ihedioha
... Files 10 Grounds Of Appeal, Seeks
Invocation Of Section 16 Of Court Of Appeal Act
Ihedioha has also asked the Court of
Appeal to invoke Section 16 of the Court of Appeal Act to determine
two pending motions, which the Tribunal sadly abandoned.
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| Rt Hon Emeka Ihedioha |
In a ten-ground of appeal contained in
their Notice of Appeal dated July 23, 2015, and filed at the Owerri
Division of the Court of Appeal, by his lead Counsel, Chief Mike
Ahamba, SAN, he contended that the Tribunal erred in law when it
subjected the decision of the Supreme Court to its whims. According
to Chief Ahamba, "the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal
misdirected itself in discarding the decision of the Supreme Court
(Per Chukwuma Eneh JSC) in Abubakar V Nasamu (No. 2) (2012) 17 NWLR
(pt 1330) 523, that application for pre-hearing notice could be oral,
relied on a Court of Appeal decision in Gabi V Dahimi (2015) 12 EPR
239 at 315 to reverse the Supreme Court decision”.
Ahamba averred that “the decision of
the Supreme Court is not subject to discretionary acceptance by the
Tribunal but is firmly binding”, adding that “letters to
registrars in all judicial proceedings though filed in the case file
are never assessed or paid for".
He said the “misconstruction of the
dictum by Chukwuma-Eneh, Justice of the Supreme Court, JSC,
occasioned a miscarriage of Justice”.
In contending that a letter applying
for pre-hearing notice is not a judicial process but administrative,
Ahamba drew the attention of the Appellate Court to the judgment of
Justice Walter Onnoghen of the Supreme Court in Ugba Vs PDP (2013) 4
NWLR (pt. 1343) 486 at 492, positing that the “Tribunal amongst
others, failed to take judicial notice of many letters to Registrars
of Courts and Tribunals which ignite judicial processes but which are
not assessed and paid for”.
He said that “these misconstructions
of the law induced the decision of the Governorship Election Petition
Tribunal that payment of a fee for the application letter was
mandatory”.
The learned SAN further argued that
“there is no provision in the schedule of fees payable under the
Electoral Act or Federal High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules for
pre-hearing notice application", stressing that "the APC
and Rochas Okorocha did not show any provision in the Electoral Act
or Federal High Court Rule or practice direction for pre-hearing
notice application fee”. He stated that “the Tribunal
deliberately ignored the express words of the Supreme Court of
Nigeria cited at the tribunal sitting that "application for
pre-hearing notice under paragraph 18 (1) of the First Schedule of
the Electoral Act is not jurisdictional and thereby occasioned a
miscarriage of Justice”.
Ahamba, in praying the Court of Appeal
to set aside the decision of the petition tribunal dismissing PDP and
Ihedioha’s governorship petition, as well as restore the petition
to the cause list for hearing on merit, also demanded that the Court
of Appeal invokes its powers under Section 16 of the Court of Appeal
Act to determine the two undetermined motions, which sought to aside
Governor Okorocha and APC’s joint reply and their motion to amend
the said reply filed on June 26, 2015 and July 7, 2015 respectively.
Chief Ahamba then prayed that on
determination of these two pending motions and setting aside of the
erroneous decision of the petition Tribunal, which occasioned a
miscarriage of justice, the Court of Appeal should order the
composition of a fresh Tribunal to hear the petition on merit.
NUC disowns Maryam Abacha American University in Niger
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has warned that degrees
obtained from Maryam Abacha American University of Niger Republic
(MAAUN) are sub-standard and will not be accepted in Nigeria.
The NUC Director of Information and Public Relations, Malam Ibrahim Yakasai, handed down the warning while briefing newsmen on Thursday in Abuja.
According to him, NUC has been inundated with inquiries from some Nigerian students who have been offered admission in MAAUN on part time with a graduation time of four semesters.
He listed some of the programmes as Nursing , Medical Laboratory Science, Public Health, among others.
He explained that ``in Nigeria, the duration for a full-time degree programme is not less than three years for direct entry and at least six years for part-time.
``Professional programmes in Science, Engineering and Health Sciences-Nursing, Medical Laboratory Science and Public Health are not offered on part-time basis in Nigeria.
``More so, their graduation time is far less than the graduation time in Nigeria-they admit students with HND on direct entry and they give them two years to do a degree in Nursing or Health Sciences.
``We wish to restate that as the only Quality Assurance Agency for universities in Nigeria, NUC is maintaining its stand that degrees from MAAUN will not be accepted in Nigeria.’’
Yakasai said that the university admitted students who ordinarily would not get admission in any Nigerian tertiary institution.
He expressed displeasure that rather than addressing the issues raised by NUC, MAAUN resorted to campaign of calumny against the commission.
The NUC spokesman advised parents to always crosscheck with the commission before sending their wards to foreign institutions.
On his part, the NUC Director of Academic Standards, Dr Gidado kumo, urged students to be wary of Houdegbe North American University, Cotonou, Benin Republic.
According to him, Houdegbe is one of the controversial universities that have been having issues with NUC in the last four years.
He said that the institution was once operating in Badagry and Kano and then relocated to Jos; but was recently running Bachelors Degree in Public Health in Gombe State.
``We have made it very clear that any degree obtained in Houdegbe North University within the shores of Nigeria is not accepted.
``In Feburay 2015, we had cause to request for a joint assessment visit to the university with the Council for Legal Education.
``At the moment, the institution has been graduating over 600 students from its law faculty whereas in Nigeria, the highest output from any law faculty is about 200.
``We requested a joint accreditation visit but we were flatly refused by Houdegbe North American University.
`` So, our decision is that no law graduate of Houdegbe University will be moblised for the BL programme with the Council for Legal Education.’’
However, Gidado said that any degree obtained in Houdebge North University within Benin Republic was acceptable if it met appropriate conditions.
He listed the conditions as `` the degree programme must be full time, fully residential and evidence of residence permit at the time of programme must be available at the time of graduation.’’
The NUC Director of Information and Public Relations, Malam Ibrahim Yakasai, handed down the warning while briefing newsmen on Thursday in Abuja.
According to him, NUC has been inundated with inquiries from some Nigerian students who have been offered admission in MAAUN on part time with a graduation time of four semesters.
He listed some of the programmes as Nursing , Medical Laboratory Science, Public Health, among others.
He explained that ``in Nigeria, the duration for a full-time degree programme is not less than three years for direct entry and at least six years for part-time.
``Professional programmes in Science, Engineering and Health Sciences-Nursing, Medical Laboratory Science and Public Health are not offered on part-time basis in Nigeria.
``More so, their graduation time is far less than the graduation time in Nigeria-they admit students with HND on direct entry and they give them two years to do a degree in Nursing or Health Sciences.
``We wish to restate that as the only Quality Assurance Agency for universities in Nigeria, NUC is maintaining its stand that degrees from MAAUN will not be accepted in Nigeria.’’
Yakasai said that the university admitted students who ordinarily would not get admission in any Nigerian tertiary institution.
He expressed displeasure that rather than addressing the issues raised by NUC, MAAUN resorted to campaign of calumny against the commission.
The NUC spokesman advised parents to always crosscheck with the commission before sending their wards to foreign institutions.
On his part, the NUC Director of Academic Standards, Dr Gidado kumo, urged students to be wary of Houdegbe North American University, Cotonou, Benin Republic.
According to him, Houdegbe is one of the controversial universities that have been having issues with NUC in the last four years.
He said that the institution was once operating in Badagry and Kano and then relocated to Jos; but was recently running Bachelors Degree in Public Health in Gombe State.
``We have made it very clear that any degree obtained in Houdegbe North University within the shores of Nigeria is not accepted.
``In Feburay 2015, we had cause to request for a joint assessment visit to the university with the Council for Legal Education.
``At the moment, the institution has been graduating over 600 students from its law faculty whereas in Nigeria, the highest output from any law faculty is about 200.
``We requested a joint accreditation visit but we were flatly refused by Houdegbe North American University.
`` So, our decision is that no law graduate of Houdegbe University will be moblised for the BL programme with the Council for Legal Education.’’
However, Gidado said that any degree obtained in Houdebge North University within Benin Republic was acceptable if it met appropriate conditions.
He listed the conditions as `` the degree programme must be full time, fully residential and evidence of residence permit at the time of programme must be available at the time of graduation.’’
We lose N20 bn annually over ban of frozen poultry products - Ijora frozen food traders
The Ijora frozen food traders on Thursday
said that their members cumulatively lose about N20 billion annually
following the Federal Government’s ban on the importation of frozen
poultry products.
Alhaja Afusat Popoola, the President-General of the Ajeromi Frozen Foods Market Association, made the revelation in an interview with newsmen in Lagos.
Popoola said that before the government banned the importation, they used to receive more than eight trucks of different frozen foods which include chicken, turkey, fish, shrimps, gizzard and prawns on daily basis.
She said that the market was now a ghost of itself, adding that traders who were breadwinners of their families were going through hard times.
Popoola urged the government to provide alternative to the banned poultry products following what she termed insufficient local production capacity.
Also speaking, Mrs Chinyere Egbune, the Chairperson of the association at Ijora, Lagos, urged government to assist local poultry farmers financially to bridge the demand gap created by the ban.
Egbune said that current demand for local frozen foods had in most cases led the 300 per cent increase in the price of the poultry products.
“People prefer to buy imported one because with just N1, 000, one can cook a pot of soup, compared to the local one that costs more than N2, 000.
“If the government insists that we should eat the local ones, they should subsidise the local production so that it will be cheaper in the market,” she said.
Another trader, Mrs Oladotun Oriyomi urged the government to review the ban on frozen food because it had affected the traders negatively.
Oriyomi said that due to the ban, most of the companies that supplied the frozen food had laid off their staff members and many traders had closed their shops.
She said that traders survived on the little supplies some people were still able to get into the country.
NAN investigations in some markets in Lagos showed that one kilo of imported frozen turkey now costs between N1, 200 and N1, 500 as against earlier price of N500 per kilo.
A cartoon of turkey currently sells for N11, 200 as against the former price of N5, 000 per cartoon.
Also, a kilo of frozen chicken costs between N1, 300 and N1, 900 while a cartoon goes for between N9, 000 and N9, 500 compared with the former price of N6, 500 per cartoon about two months ago.
NAN reports that the federal government had banned the importation of frozen chicken and turkey in 2003 but since then the items have continued to be available in Nigerian markets.
NAN also reports that following the recent enforcement activity of the ban on frozen foods by the Nigeria Customs Service, a 35 per cent hike in price has been recorded on them in major markets.
Alhaja Afusat Popoola, the President-General of the Ajeromi Frozen Foods Market Association, made the revelation in an interview with newsmen in Lagos.
Popoola said that before the government banned the importation, they used to receive more than eight trucks of different frozen foods which include chicken, turkey, fish, shrimps, gizzard and prawns on daily basis.
She said that the market was now a ghost of itself, adding that traders who were breadwinners of their families were going through hard times.
Popoola urged the government to provide alternative to the banned poultry products following what she termed insufficient local production capacity.
Also speaking, Mrs Chinyere Egbune, the Chairperson of the association at Ijora, Lagos, urged government to assist local poultry farmers financially to bridge the demand gap created by the ban.
Egbune said that current demand for local frozen foods had in most cases led the 300 per cent increase in the price of the poultry products.
“People prefer to buy imported one because with just N1, 000, one can cook a pot of soup, compared to the local one that costs more than N2, 000.
“If the government insists that we should eat the local ones, they should subsidise the local production so that it will be cheaper in the market,” she said.
Another trader, Mrs Oladotun Oriyomi urged the government to review the ban on frozen food because it had affected the traders negatively.
Oriyomi said that due to the ban, most of the companies that supplied the frozen food had laid off their staff members and many traders had closed their shops.
She said that traders survived on the little supplies some people were still able to get into the country.
NAN investigations in some markets in Lagos showed that one kilo of imported frozen turkey now costs between N1, 200 and N1, 500 as against earlier price of N500 per kilo.
A cartoon of turkey currently sells for N11, 200 as against the former price of N5, 000 per cartoon.
Also, a kilo of frozen chicken costs between N1, 300 and N1, 900 while a cartoon goes for between N9, 000 and N9, 500 compared with the former price of N6, 500 per cartoon about two months ago.
NAN reports that the federal government had banned the importation of frozen chicken and turkey in 2003 but since then the items have continued to be available in Nigerian markets.
NAN also reports that following the recent enforcement activity of the ban on frozen foods by the Nigeria Customs Service, a 35 per cent hike in price has been recorded on them in major markets.
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