Thursday, 9 March 2017

CURRENT POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND JUDICIARY EVENTS IN NIGERIA



President MOHAMMADU BUHARI is expected to return to the country tomorrow, in a statement by the adviser to the president, Media and Public FEMI ADESHINA, the president left the country on January 19th 2017 for a vacation; of which he had routine medical checkups,  the Holiday was extended based on Doctor’s recommendation for further test and rest. They also said that president MOHAMMADU BUHARI expressed appreciation for the teaming Nigerians from across the country and beyond who had prayed fervently for Him.

Acting President YEMI OSIBANJO has reinstated that Agriculture and solid mineral will continue to receive prominence under his present administration in view of the economic important to Nigerians. President YEMI OSIBANJO gave the assurance when he paid a courtesy visit to Sultan of Sokoto ALHJI MOHAMMADU SAHAD ABUBARKAR as part of his tour at Sokoto state in Nigeria. He maintained that the development of Agriculture and Agro allied value chain as well as trade and commerce will back the nation to the path of the sustainable development. Sultan ABUBAKAR advised the federal government to amend its decision to the ban importation of rice and vehicles to the land boarders.  He observed that Nigerian are already going to difficult moment and therefore said that such policies should not be taken further to aggravates their sufferings. He assured the acting president of the support and loyalty of the traditional rulers; saying they would continue to work for the peace, Unity and Stability of Nigeria. The correspondent reports that prayers were offered for the quick recovering of President MOHAMMADU BUHARI

On the Other hand, the Federal Capital Territory High Court of Nigeria had sentenced two Police officers MR. EZEKIEL ACHENEJI and EMMANUEL BABA to death over the killing of some of the six Apple Ibo Traders in Abuja in 2005. In a judgment delivered today by JUSTICE ISHA BELLO; two of the policemen standing trial were sentenced to death while three others were discharged. Those condemn to death were EMMANUEL BABA and MR. EZEKIEL ACHENEJI while DANJUMU IBRAHIM, NICHOLAS ZAKARIA and SEDI SALAMI were discharged. Their victims were young traders including a woman between the ages of 21-25 years.
Also the peace initiated by the former President GOODLUCK JONATHAN in the People Democratic Party (PDP) had collapsed. This followed the rejection of the recommendation of governor Dickson by recommended committee by the ALHAJI AHMED MAKARITY GROUP; the committee had recommended the convenient of the National Unity Convention made up of organ of the party under the leadership of National Chairman of the party ALHJI ALIMODU SHERIFF,B addressing newsmen in Abuja, the spokesmen for the Makarity Group PRINCE DAY ADEYE said there will be no meeting point for them and ALIMODU SHERIFF. PRINCE DAY ADEYE described the governance reacting reconciliation Committee as  a illegal stressing as an Adhoc committee, its life span had expired. He called ALHJI ALIMODU SHERIFF  to locate the national secretariat of the PDP.

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