FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has approved the revocation of a land belonging to former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Kanu Agabi.
This was contained in a notice of revocation pasted on the property located at Plot 2935, off Mamud Ribadu Street, Asokoro, Abuja.
According to the notice signed by Engineer Umar Sayyadi, deeds registrar, at the FCT Administration, the former AGF had contravened the guiding terms for the allocation.
See a copy of the notice below.
The Council of Legal Education of the Nigerian Law School has imposed a five-year ban on law admissions at Baze University Abuja.
The council accused Baze University, owned by vice presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Datti Baba-Ahmed, of consistently violating approved quotas.
The Nigerian Law School said findings showed Baze University, founded by the Labour Party’s presidential running mate Yusuf Datti-Ahmed, was carrying over 347 backlogged law graduates awaiting admission.
The council stated that since 2017, the university has admitted over 750 law students, exceeding its 50 students per session allotment that should have taken 15 years to fill.
It added that Baze also improperly runs a 3-year law degree for some candidates instead of the accredited 5-year national benchmark curriculum.
Consequently, CLE has banned the university from law admissions for five years in the first instance, saying the period will enable resolving the backlog and compliance issues.
The council said follow-up visits would check if remedies have been implemented before considering lifting the sanction. It notified admission bodies like JAMB to steer prospective students away from the university temporarily.
The blanket moratorium despite the presence of innocent or unsuspecting students and parents has generated criticism. But officials say regulatory oversight must be upheld, promising that the students’ fate would be addressed.
The Acting Secretary and Director of Administration of the Nigerian Law School, Ms Aderonke Osho, who made this known, said, “At its Quarterly Meeting held on November 23, 2023, the Council of Legal Education (CLE) presided over by its Chairman, Chief Emeka Ngige, SAN, OFR considered the report of the Accreditation panel to the Faculty of Law, Baze University, Abuja.
“It emerged from the findings by the Panel led by the Director-General, Nigerian Law School, Prof Isa Hayatu Chiroma, SAN, that: Baze University consistently and most flagrantly had contravened its admission quota of 50 students per session as approved by the Council of Legal Education with the result that the Faculty is currently having a backlog of over 347 law students waiting to be admitted into the Nigerian Law School.
Since 2017 the Council of Legal Education had grappled with the excesses of Baze University by admitting over 750 law students which ordinarily would have taken about 15 years of admission based on the quota allotted to the University.
“Baze University runs a three (3)-year LL.B programme for some UTME candidates without the approval of National Universities Commission (NUC), Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB and Council of Legal Education.”
The statement further noted that “Under the NUC Minimum Benchmark Academic Standard (BMAS) for law degree programme in Nigerian Universities, Law is a five (5)-year programme for UTME candidates and four (4)-year for Direct Entry students.
“The Council of Legal Education after thorough consideration of these infractions resolved as follows: The imposition of a moratorium on admission of law students to the Faculty of Law, Baze University, Abuja, with immediate effect;
“The moratorium will last in the first instance for a period of 5 years and may be renewed if no satisfactory action is taken to remedy the situation.
“The Council in the interest of the innocent students, parents and guardians will use the 5 year period to find ways to deal with the backlog of law students admitted by Baze University in excess of its admission quota.
“Follow-up visits will be paid to the university to ascertain the extent of the measures it has taken to remedy the anomalies observed during the accreditation visit.
“The National Universities Commission (NUC), Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Parents, guardians, prospective applicants, and members of the public are hereby put on notice on the status of Baze University Abuja and its faculty of law.”
Israel DMW estranged wife, Sheila Courage, has broken her silence after being called out by her husband, accusing him of beating up her mother.
This comes after Israel DMW wrote a long note capturing the reason they both went their separate ways.
Davido’s aide accused Sheila of using him to gain fame despite starting their relationship at church
Responding to the allegations, Sheila accused Isreal DMW of harassing her mother and taking back everything he bought for her.
In a lengthy note, she wrote: “If anything happens to me or any member of my family @isrealdmw should be held responsible!!! Going to my mums shop to beat her up?? You wan kill pikin kill mama join?? This isn’t even something to be quiet about at this point, @nigerianpoliceforces.
“I was going to post this just yesterday! I held back because aside involving the police I reached out to someone I believe could reach him and would act on it, I say make I no forward so I don’t get the “Oh you shouldn’t have brought it online” yadayadayda!! This man carried boys to harass my mum at her shop!!
“Both the phone and the generator he collected from my mum yesterday was immediately replaced by my dad. Everything Israel ever did he was never asked or coerced! He just always thinks doing all these little things would cover up his demonic attitude
“Saying this might be petty but Idc he didn’t get me my first iPhone 411) even my younger sister dey use iPhone when I meet you israel and I was using an iPhone too (I know you suffer partial memory loss).”
Davido logistics manager, Israel Afeare, also known as Israel DMW, has thrown an array of accusations and insults at his estranged wife, Sheila courage, and her family.
Israel DMW did not hold back as he publicly aired his frustrations, revealing a turbulent relationship with Sheila.
He claimed in a continuous statement that Sheila was disparaging him by sharing private texts with his boss (davido), whom he refers to as “oga.”
The logistics manager then leveled serious charges against Sheila and her family, branding them “gold diggers” and accused them of extortion.
He was the one who introduced Sheila to his boss, according to Israel DMW, and even advised that he follow her on Instagram.
However, he now claims that Sheila and her family are seeking a higher bidder to marry their daughter.
Israel DMW directed curses towards Sheila and anyone who comes into contact with her.
In his Israel’s words;
“Sheila, Would always enter my oga’s dm to discredit me. She keep showing everyone my Oga’s chatt, that oga, doesn’t like me at all. That oga said he’s even tired of me.”
I was fulky the one that even introduced her to oga. I was the one who told oga to start following her back on IG. People, should be careful of Sheila and her parent. They are fully gold diggers. They fully extorted me. They want to look another highest bidder to sell dia daughter to again.”
“Sheila, on this day you’re fully cursed you shall never have peace in ur entire lifetime. Any man who nears you is fully cursed. You fully deceived me into a Legally oat of marriage, just to get popularity? Hmmmm.”
The Kano State government has sacked no fewer than 3,234 workers “illegally” employed under the administration of the former governor, Abdullahi Ganduje.
The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Abudullahi Baffa Bichi, disclosed this while briefing journalists, on Friday, November 24.
According to him, the affected persons were not eligible to be employed into the Kano State Civil Service.
He said the development followed the government’s decision to implement report of the committee on screening and verification of employment conducted by the immediate past administration.
“The verification committee report was received by the Government and its salient observations and recommendations were noted and accepted,” he said.
“The majority of the employment was not captured in the 2023 Approved Budget and a significant percentage of those employed had neither applied nor indicated interest to serve which form a major aspect of employment requirement.
Most of those employed did not undergo processes of screening and recruitment interviews as expected by the service regulations; employed were found to have suspicious or forged certificates, while many non-indigenes were employed in spite of a large number of qualified unemployed indigenes roaming.
“The employment did not take into consideration the actual manpower needs of the respective MDAs but was influenced by the desire to tie down the new Administration financially; our streets and those employed were wrongly placed through deployment to non-career posts or the calling of their respective qualifications.”
Bichi stressed that the committee in view of the number of those employed, broke into three panels to handle the screening of the 12,566 as against the 10,800 earlier reported.
However, based on the observations and having regard to the recommendation of the Technical Committee, the SSG said that the Governor has approved the reinstatement of a total of 9,332 staff across 51 MDAs that were found eligible by the committee.
“Those found with offers of appointments but not on the payroll should be subjected to further interviews by relevant recruitment centres in the Service; Proper placement and posting, deployment of eligible staff to relevant MDAs for optimal utilization should be undertaken while in case of those employed into the lower cadre without any regard to their qualifications they should be properly placed depending on need and availability of vacancy.”
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has sacked the Speaker of the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Abubakar Suleiman.
Suleiman was removed as the member representing Ningi Central Constituency in Ningi Local Government Area of the State.
In the judgement it delivered on Friday, the Appeal Court ordered a rerun in 10 polling units in the constituency.
The Ondo State House of Assembly is set to hold a plenary session today to discuss the state’s political situation, including the possibility of declaring Deputy Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa as acting governor.
Sources close to the matter have indicated that the lawmakers may take this step due to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s ongoing health issues, which have prevented him from resuming his duties. Governor Akeredolu is currently recuperating at his private residence in Ibadan, Oyo State.
While some lawmakers are reportedly in favour of declaring Aiyedatiwa acting governor, others have expressed opposition. It has also been gathered that the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has reportedly given its approval for the plenary session.
“The lawmakers are ready to meet today (Friday). One of the agenda of the sitting is the declaration of Lucky Aiyedatiwa as the acting governor. Though some of the lawmakers may not be at the meeting today because they are not in support of Aiyedatiwa becoming an acting governor the national leadership of the APC knows about and has approved the meeting. So they may declare Aiyedatiwa acting governor today,” the source reportedly said.
Olatunji Oshati, Chairman of the House Committee on Information, confirmed the development but declined to say definitively whether or not Aiyedatiwa would be declared acting governor. He stated that the House would be “reviewing the political situation today as directed by our national leaders.”
Recall that President Bola Tinubu has fixed today to meet with members of the Ondo State House of Assembly in Abuja to discuss the ongoing political crisis.
FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has said that henceforth, obtaining a Certificate of Occupancy (C-of-O) in Abuja will now require a National Identification Number (NIN) and Bank Verification Number (BVN).
Speaking to journalists in Abuja on Friday, November 24, Wike further disclosed that existing landowners in the capital must get recertification to incorporate these new features.
According to him, he has been refraining from signing C-of-Os during his tenure as the FCT minister to introduce enhanced security measures, such as the inclusion of NIN for individuals and BVN for corporate bodies.
“There are a lot of discrepancies, a lot of cloning of C-of-Os, so we have come up with an idea that every allottee who seeks and applies for a C-of-O must supply his NIN; this is one of the features we are going to put in the new C-of-O,” Wike said.
“If a corporate body doesn’t have an NIN and they have a property, they must put their BVN. So many persons have not registered, and this will make them go and re-register.”
Addressing the issue of existing landlords with C-of-Os, Wike stated that they would only be required to pay a nominal fee for recertification.
“For everyone who has a C-of-O, they will come for a recertification, so that we can incorporate the NIN or BVN,” he declared.
“Those who had a C-of-O before don’t need to pay money again; the highest they can pay is N50,000, and corporate bodies will pay N100,000. It helps in terms of security; it also helps to improve our revenue generation.”
“There are people who own seven properties, so this will identify them so they can pay taxes.”
Furthermore, Wike highlighted the benefits of this initiative in identifying property owners accurately for tax purposes.
He also addressed the proposed N5 million fee for C-of-O from the annual ground rent, explaining that the fee is based on land ownership rather than the structure built on it.
“The task force proposed N5 million, and the stakeholders said let it be reduced. They asked, ‘If it’s going to be on properties four-bedroom or bed-bedroom?’, again, you have to understand that the C-of-O is not based on the building but the land. The only difference is the annual ground rent.
“The one with a two-bedroom property cannot pay the same as the person with a three-bedroom property,” he said.
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has revealed a fresh plot to kick out Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State in the next election.
Ganduje said the National Working Committee (NWC) is repositioning the Rivers State chapter of the party to win the 2027 governorship election in the state.
Leading reporters reports that Rivers State is currently under the control of the opposition PDP.
The governor, Fubara, recently parted ways with his political godfather, Nyesom Wike, who currently serves as the FCT minister under the APC-led federal government.
Speaking during the inauguration of the state caretaker committee at the APC national secretariat on Friday in Abuja, Ganduje lamented that since 2015, APC had been suffering some setbacks in the state due to intra-party dispute and litigations.
Recall that the NWC had on Wednesday dissolved the Rivers executives at all levels and constituted a 7-member caretaker committee consisting of loyalists of a former governor of the state and current minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, led by Tony Okocha.
Ganduje said: “We have decided to reform the party. This won’t be possible without the leadership in the states.
We want you to make history for our party so that during the next election, we will have Rivers State for APC. You contributed in electing the government of today (president). I can beat my chest; we are proud of you,” the APC national declared.
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has accused Governor Sim Fubara of Rivers State of dismantling the political structures he laid in the state within three months of assuming office.
Speaking in a media chat with TVC News, Wike said he was instrumental in Fubara’s emergence as governor and had even laid the foundation for his second term by asking him to continue the Ring Road project he inaugurated.
However, he expressed disappointment that Fubara, instead of building on his legacy, chose to destroy the political structures that brought him into power.
Wike further alleged that Fubara sent people to burn the state House of Assembly in an attempt to stop his impeachment. He questioned the rationale behind this action, noting that the impeachment process takes time.
He added that the reason he is keeping calm is because he respects President Tinubu and won’t want to disobey Tinubu’s order.
He said: “We never knew that it will take you three months to scatter the political structure that picked you up. What is painful is seeing these propaganda and lies that I was angry. Did he (Fubara) buy form? Be grateful in your life in all circumstances.
“I will not allow anybody to crumble our political structure. I told him if you do this ring-road your second tenure would be assured, I took him to Germany to meet Julius Berger and they promised to do the road in three years which is the year leading to election. I told him if you do this road nobody will challenge you in Rivers State.
“Anything that will make me disrespect Mr President count me out, he disobeyed the President, disobeyed the Vice President. When the law speaks, thuggery, militancy, and ethnicity will run away.”
Wike’s comments come against the backdrop of a simmering political crisis in Rivers State. The crisis comes just months after the inauguration of Fubara as governor on May 29.
