President GEJ seeks immunity for African leaders from ICC prosecution for war crimes, genocide

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Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan, has called for an amendment of the laws governing the International Criminal Court, ICC, to allow serving African leaders to enjoy immunity from prosecution for war crimes, genocide, and war against humanity. Two serving African presidents, Sudan and Kenya, have been accused of war crimes by the ICC. Mr. Jonathan stated this on Saturday in an address at the Extraordinary Session of African Union Heads of State and Government, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 

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Obama seeks Congressional approval to bombard Syrian Government

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US President Barack Obama does not need congressional approval to order strikes against Syria, but that option is disadvantageous to him, Chairman of the Russian State Duma International Affairs Committee Alexei Pushkov told Interfax.

“The law obliges the president to seek congressional authorization in case of war, but in a whole number of cases in the past the law was ignored on the basis of Congress’s resolution 1973 which authorizes the president to launch a military operation overseas for up to 60 days under emergency circumstances without seeking permission from Congress if immediate action is necessary,” Pushkov said

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Suntai writes assembly, seeks to resume duty

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RECUPERATING Governor Danbaba Suntai may have sent a letter to the Taraba State House of Assembly  seeking to resume  work.

The letter, according to a United States- based Nigerian online news portal,SaharaReporters, was  on Monday  received by the Speaker of the House of Assembly,Haruna Tsokwa.

 The portal did not say exactly when the letter was written and the day the governor, who arrived in the country from the US after a 10-month medical sojourn, hoped to commence duties.

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Fashola seeks technology to develop rail transport

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Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola says a mutual collaboration between Nigeria and any country with a reliable technology on rail transportation will guarantee long life span for roads across the country.

Fashola spoke at the Lagos House, Ikeja, during a courtesy visit by the Russian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Nickolay  Udovichenko.

He said Nigeria needed to take a lot of cargo off her highways in order to extend their lifespan.

The governor said since Russia had developed such technology, it was necessary that Nigeria showed interest in Russia to adopt the technology to take pressure off her roads.

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SSS Seeks Permission To Demolish Amigo Supermarket

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A move has been initiated by the Department of State Security Service (DSS) to demolish Amigo Supermarket in Abuja following alleged discovery of boxes with arms in the complex.

The outfit is owned by some Lebanese who were recently linked with terrorism activities including providing cells for Hezbollah terror group in Kano.

An online organisation claimed that the SSS had requested the approval of President Goodluck Jonathan to demolish the supermarket. It added that the president had received the request by security agents but declined to grant it, more than a week after investigators sealed off the supermarket.

Last week, the media was awash with reports of the discovery of “boxes” containing arms during minor excavation works within Amigo.

FG seeks $3.4bn foreign loan for power projects …says Nigerian banks charge high interest rates

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The Federal Government is looking beyond Nigerian banks to raise $3.4bn needed to fund power projects in the country because of high interest rates being charged on loans by local banks.

The Chairman, Presidential Task Force on Power, Mr. Beks Dagogo-Jack, said Nigerian banks had not done enough in terms of understanding how the ongoing reforms in the power sector worked.

He spoke with journalists on the sidelines of the Presidential Power Reform Transaction signing ceremony in Abuja on Monday.

Primate Elijah Ayodele Seeks Presidential Attention… Attacks Pastor Oritsejafor

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The popular seer and self acclaimed man of God, Primate Elijah Ayodele, is a known name in Nigeria. He gained relevance through his numerous predictions with a vast majority of such predictions coming to pass.

But recently, the man behind the Inri Foundation, a humanitarian organization poised to take care of the needs of those in need, has lampooned the governance of the apex Christian body, Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN led by Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor. In his predictions for this season, he said Oritsejafor lacks style as CAN leader.

Hear him, “CAN has not been playing its role as an umbrella Christian body. The leadership of CAN has turned the body to a kind of political party through which they play politics and solicit from government. The current leadership of CAN lacks vision, they lack Focus.”

Rev Chris Okotie seeks secret trial for ex-pianist, asks judge to chase journalists

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The Head of the Household of God Church and former presidential candidate, Chris Okotie, was so uncomfortable with journalists reporting his involvement in a suit that he asked the judge to chase journalists away from the court room.

The reverend stated this to a Lagos Magistrate Court Judge on Wednesday during a trial between him and a former member of his church.

Mr. Okotie is accusing Dafiaghor Okiotor, 40, a former keyboardist in the church, of blackmail and intimidation and trying to extort N39 million from him.

Mr. Okiotor, however, stated that the flamboyant head of the church owed him after he played the keyboard and produced music for the church for 14 years.

JUSTICE: Mother of killed student seeks help from IGP

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The family of Mr. and  Mrs. Joseph Fasere, a native of Ilupeju Ekiti, in Oye Local Government Area of Ekiti State, have called on the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar to investigate the alleged extra-judicial killing of their son, Seyi Fasere by the police, last week.

Seyi, before he met his untimely death, was a 400-level student of the Ekiti State University (EKSU), but the police shot him dead after an armed robbery operation at a new generation bank in Oye Ekiti

while on his way to school from Ilupeju  Ekiti to Ado-Ekiti,  the state Capital.

But, the Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Ekiti State Command, Mr.  Victor Obayemi denied that the police killed the young boy, saying the young man may had died during exchange of gun fire by his men and the armed robbers.

House Of Representatives Kills Bill Which Seeks To Make Exclusive Breastfeeding Compulsory

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The House of Representatives has suppressed a Bill that sought to make exclusive breastfeeding compulsory to employees in the public and private sectors. If passed, the law would have ensured that all newborn babies are fed on no other thing but chest milk, till a stipulated time.

The exclusive chest feeding bill, entitled “a bill for an Act to make exclusive chest feeding compulsory to employees in the Public and Private sectors for the improvement of the health of new born babies in Nigeria and for related matters (HB 313)”, was sponsored by Honourable Jumoke Okoya-Thomas.

Family seeks help for paralysed son

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For the family of Alhaji Kamardeen Abdul-Mojeed of 24, Imoru Road, Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, the horrible accident of December 11, 2011, involving members of the family cannot be forgotten in a hurry. On the fateful day, a ‘learner’ driver allegedly rammed his Sport Utility Vehicle into aKeke NAPEP (tricycle), conveying Abdul-Mojeed’s wife, Sikirat, and his two sons, Mubarak and Ridwan.The Jeep owner and a passenger in the tricycle died on the spot.

Wife Of Conductor Killed By Policeman Seeks Justice

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Kafayat Adeoye, whose bus conductor-husband, Kazeem, was shot dead by a trigger-happy policeman on November 7, 2012, at Tipper Garage, Ketu, Lagos, over N50 change, has called on police authorities to ensure that justice is done. Kazeem was shot dead by a policeman attached to the Mopol 50, Abuja, Corporal Oluwakiyesi Adegboyega,  Kafayat and her husband had a seven-year-old son.  PUNCH Metro tracked down Kazeem’s wife on Saturday; at the time of the incident, no one knew the deceased’s family.
Kafayat stated that she was more devastated because her husband was killed by a policeman who is paid to protect members of the public.