Falana To Buhari- Detention Of El-Zakzaky Could Lead To Fresh Insurgency

   

   Mr Femi Falana (SAN) has urged the Federal Government to release detained leader of Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), Sheik Ibraheem El-Zakzaky.

Former Vanguard accountant jailed for fraud

 

   A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a former Chief Accountant of Vanguard Newspapers, Bhadmus Abiodun, to seven years imprisonment for fraud. He was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on an eight-count charge of conspiracy, forgery and stealing of about N40.66million belonging to his employer.

Buhari orders immediate payment of N30,000 minimum wage to civil servants

   President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the immediate payment of the N30,000 minimum wage to Federal civil servants. The order came amidst plans by labour to declare another industrial strike.

Lagarde quit as IMF managing director

    Christine Lagarde has resigned as the managing director of International Monetary Fund (IMF). In a statement released on Tuesday, Lagarde said her resignation will be effective from September 12.

Lawan appoints SA Media, Deputy Chief of Staff

The President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan, has approved the appointments of Karage Mamman and Ola Awoniyi as his Deputy Chief of Staff and Special Adviser on Media, respectively.

This was contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Special Assistant to the  president of the Senate on Media and Publicity, Mr Mohammed Isa.

Other appointments approved by Lawan, according to the statement, were that of Abubakar Sidiq Usman as Special Assistant on New Media; Kabir Adamu as Special Adviser on Security and Intellegence, and Muhammad Mukhtar Yawale as Special Adviser on Health.
All the appointments are with immediate effect. The 58-year-old Awonyi, according to the statement, is a graduate of University of Ibadan where he obtained a B.Sc in Psychology and holds Masters in Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice (MLC),and Masters in International Affairs and Diplomacy (MIAD), both from Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria. He also obtained a Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism from International Institute of Journalism, Abuja in 1997.

He worked with Nigerian Tribune for over a decade before he joined the services of Agence France-Press (AFP), where he is the Head of Abuja office. The new Deputy Chief of Staff to the Senate President, Karage, according to the statement, is a graduate of University of Sokoto where he obtained Bachelor of Arts (Education).

   He retired as Director in Federal Ministry of Education in 2018. On his part, Usman, popularly know as Abu Sidiq, according to the statement, graduated from Federal University of Technology, Minna, where he obtained both his first and second degrees. A reknown blogger, Abu Sidiq, was the Head of Social Media Unit of the Field Operations Directorate of All Progressives Congress (APC) during the 2019 general elections. (NAN)