Africa Newspapers

AllAfrica News: Nigeria

• The Extra-Constitutional Elephant in the Room
  [Guardian] Nigeria recently underwent what I like to call a constitutional crisis of clarity. The President left the country on yet another medical holiday and sent the required letter to the National Assembly. In spite of the clear wording of the constitution on what happens on receipt of the letter (i.e. the Vice-President becoming Acting President until the President sends another letter informing the legislature of his resumption), mischief makers pounced on the phrase "coordinating the activities of government"
  
  
• Court Adjourns Patience Jonathan's $5.8 Million Forfeiture Hearing Till Sept
  [Premium Times] Justice Mojisola Olaterogun of the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court has fixed September 24 for hearing in the application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, seeking a final forfeiture order of $5.8m allegedly belonging to Patience Jonathan, wife of former President Goodluck Jonathan.
  
  
• Ibori Wins Suit Against British Secretary of State Challenging his Detention
  [Guardian] Former Governor of Delta State James Onanefe Ibori yesterday won a case against the British Secretary of State for the Home Department. The costs to be paid by the Home Department, as ordered by the court, would be determined later.
  
  
• British Court Awards Ibori £1 Compensation
  [Vanguard] A High Court in London has awarded James Ibori, former Delta State governor, a nominal £1 (about N400) as damages over his claim of unlawful detention by Amber Rudd, British Home Secretary.
  
  
• Oil Workers, Industrial Arbitration Court Disagree Over Exxonmobil Dispute
  [This Day] Oil workers under the aegis of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and the Industrial Arbitration Court (IAP) have disagreed over the picketing of ExxonMobil by the workers, which may enter the second week today, if the aggrieved workers implement their weekend threat to embark on total withdrawal of services.
  
  
• Paris-London Club Refund - Aggrieved APC Chieftains Targeting Buhari, Says Yari
  [This Day] Abuja -The governor of Zamfara State, Abdulazizi Yari has accused those behind the allegations of embezzlement of the Paris-London Club refunds of actually targeting President Muhammadu Buhari and chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) who worked for the victory of the party's candidate in the Ondo State governorship election.
  
  
• World Bank - Nigeria Faces Fragile Economic Recovery in 2017
  [This Day] Abuja -The World Bank has revealed that Nigeria faces the prospect of fragile economic recovery in 2017 given the high degree of fragility and risks from future shocks to the oil price or further unrest in the Niger Delta region.
  
  
• Ibori Awarded £1 As Damages for Unlawful Detention
  [This Day] A High Court in London has awarded former Delta State Governor, James Ibori, a nominal £1(about N400) as damages over his claim of unlawful detention by the British Home Secretary Amber Rudd.
  
  
• Senior Lawyer - N'Assembly Has Power to Tinker With Budget
  [This Day] A senior lawyer, Mr. Sebastine Hon (SAN), has called on the acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN) to sign the Appropriation Bill into law.
  
  
• Obasanjo, Osinbajo to Speak On 50 Years After Biafra
  [This Day] A former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo and seven other leaders will on Thursday speak at a conference on the 'Memory and Nation Building - Biafra: 50 Years After.'
  
  
• 14-Yr-Old Boy Breaks Into Toilet, Defiles Neighbour's 7-Year-Old Daughter
  [Vanguard] A 14-year-old secondary school student is facing trial at an Ikeja chief magistrate's court over the defilement of his neighbour's seven-year-old daughter.
  
  
• Lagos Shops for New Investors for 4th Mainland Bridge Project
  [Premium Times] The Lagos State Government on Monday said it was shopping for new investors to take over the 4th Mainland Bridge project.
  
  
• WHO Admits Slow Response to Ebola
  [Premium Times] The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday admitted it responded "too slow" in its handling of the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
  
  
• I'll Resign If Nigeria Continues Fuel Importation By 2019 - Kachikwu
  [Daily Trust] Minister of state for Petroleum Resources Dr. Ibe Kachikwu said he will quit from the government if he fails to deliver on the promise to end fuel importation in Nigeria by 2019.
  
  
• Wheat Farmers Harvest 9,000 Tons in Gombe
  [Premium Times] The Chairman, Wheat Farmers Association in Gombe State, Batari Dauda, said 9,000 tons of wheat were harvested in the 2016/2017 farming season in the state.