On Monday, March 7, 2016, a public hearing was held to debate the Frivolous Petition Bill, also called the Social Media Bill. There have been hues and cries over the bill based on fears that it is being sponsored to tame social media in Nigeria. But the Senate had severally said that the bill is…
Month: March 2016
Senate Holds Hearing On Social Media Bill
A public hearing on Frivolous Petition Bill has been organised by the Nigerian Senate. The bill is also fondly referred to as the Social Media Bill. The upper chamber of the National Assembly put up the public hearing to engage different stakeholders in debating and making clarification concerning the Bill. The hearing, Aproko247 learnt, is…
Justice Laminkara Cleared As Rivers Chief Judge
The Rivers State House of Assembly has reportedly okayed Justice Iyayi Laminkara as Chief Judge of the state. It was reported that the Assembly session was presided over by the Speaker, Dobotorudima Adams, and nine other lawmakers. The latest development may spur another controversy between the Judiciary and Legislature in the state. There were issues…
Ogun Doctors Begin Warning Strike
Reports reaching us indicate that doctors in Ogun State under the umbrella of the National Association of Government General Medical and Dental Practitioners, have commenced a one-week industrial action. According to a communiqué issued at the end of its emergency general meeting, the strike is to press home their demands. The aggrieved doctors said they…
BREAKING: Badeh Sent To Kuje Prison
Former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, has been ordered to be remanded in Kuje prison. Badeh was arraigned in court on Monday morning by the Federal Government based on corruption charges. A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday remanded him in prison, pending hearing of his application for bail.…
Email Inventor, Ray Tomlinson, Dies At 74
The man credited to have invented the email, Ray Tomlinson, has died. Tomlinson is also the man to have created the use of the @ sign now used in email addresses. Reports say Tomlinson died of an apparent heart attack on Saturday, March 5, 2016 in the United States of America. The US-based computer programmer…
Ambode Visits Scene Of Mile 12 Clash (PHOTOS)
Lagos State governor, Akinwumi Ambode, on Sunday afternoon, paid an on-the-spot assessment to scene of the ethnic clash in Mile 12 area of the state last week. Last Thursday, there was a riot between Hausa and Yoruba tribes at Mile 12, Maidan and Agiliti, which left some people dead. Also during the unrest, several properties,…
CCT Trial: Saraki Accused Of Bribing Journalists
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has been accused of giving bribes to reporters who cover the judiciary ahead of his trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, which begins on Friday, March 11, 2016. A popular online platform, SaharaReporters, said the Senate President gave out the sum of N50,000 each to journalists through one of…
Quadrant Loses Skye Bank Account To New Firm
789MARKETING reports that Skye Bank may have taken its account from a leading Public Relations agency based in Lagos, The Quadrant Company, fondly called Quadrant, and given it to Powerlight Communications. The reputable brand online platform disclosed that no reason was given for this. Powerlight Communications is owned and run by the bank’s pioneer Corporate…
Buhari Mourns Ocholi
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the death of Minister of State for Labour, James Ocholi, on Sunday as untimely, regretting that Nigeria has lost a key component of the change agenda. Buhari, who expressed shock and sadness at the death the Minister, his wife and son in a car crash, said Ocholi was “an accomplished…