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AVMS Dog Show: Publicity finally kicks starts

The date for the annual dog show of the Association of Veterinary Medical Students finally has now been made known officially as the 18th of November, 2017. The general committee held its first meeting on Wednesday, 25th October, 2017 at the medicine foyer. All members of the AVMS body have since been enjoined to take up the responsibility of ensuring that the event is well publicized even as the central committee had been able to get the event aired on the radio and making posters available at strategic locations.

Babachir’s sack: We’ve been vindicated, says APC

The All Progressives Congress has said that the party has been vindicated following the sack of the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Babachir Lawal.

The APC National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi , on Monday in Abuja said that President Muhammadu Buhari had done the needful by sacking the embattled SGF .

“Few days ago when the President directed the dismissal of Abdulrasheed Maina, some people say that is right, but what about the suspended SGF.

“But the President, by virtue of the position he occupies, is the only one who has all the information and he would do what is necessary at the right time.

“We have been vindicated and it shows that the President has not in any way waiver in his commitment not to tolerate corruption at any level no matter who is involved,” he stated.

Also reacting to the development, Chairman Presidential Advisory Committee on Anti-Corruption Prof. Itse Sagay, said the former SGF’ s sack was overdue.

“I think there has been a consensus on this and that was overdue, there has been too much delay.

“Although I will like to put a caveat that government usually has a lot more information than the rest of us as the delay might have been discretionary due to the information they had.

“I was patient and I definitely endorse the final decision that has been taken,” Sagay.

Nigerians outcry forced Buhari to sack Babachir, Oke – Fayose

The Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose has described the sacking of the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, and the Director General, National Intelligence Agency, Ayodele Oke, by President Muhammadu Buhari as an afterthought.

The governor said the indicted officials and others still in Buhari’s government should be handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for thorough investigation and prosecution.

Speaking through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Fayose said, “The President only acted because of the outcry of Nigerians, especially over the fraudulent reinstatement of the former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Mr Abdullahi Maina.”

President Buhari appoints new SGF

President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Babachir Lawal and the former Director General of the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, Ambassador Ayo Oke.

Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Engineer David Babachir Lawal,

The President also appointment Mr. Boss Mustapha as the new SGF.

This was contained in a tweet by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina.

The tweet read, “PMB terminates appointments of Babachir Lawal, suspended SGF, and Amb Ayo Oke, former DG, NIA. Mr Boss Mustapha is new SGF.”

Gani Adams to be officially installed as 15th Aare Ona Kakanfo in January 2018

The official installation of Otunba Gani Adams as the 15th Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba Land has been fixed for January 13, 2018.

In a statement issued by Femi Adepoju, the Director of Media And Communication to the Aare Designate. "The palace of the Alaafin Of Oyo, The Iku Babayeye Ikeji Orisa, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi has scheduled the installation ceremony of the Aare Ona Kakanfo designate, Otunba Gani Adams as the 15th Aare Ona Kakanfo for the 13th of January 2018".  Otunba Gani Adams was proclaimed the 15^th Aare Ona kakanfo by the Alaafin on the 15th of October. 

Explaining the Choice of Adams as Aare Ona Kakanfo, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, said the National Coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress, Gani Adams, was chosen as the new Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yoruba land after considering his antecedents as a Yoruba man who had exhibited passion for defending his people, their culture and tradition.

Buratai orders redeployment of troops to Lake Chad region

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has said troops that excelled during the ‘Operation Crocodile Smile II’ would be redeployed in the Lake Chad region to flush out the remnants of Boko Haram terrorists.

Buratai, who made this remark in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State during the closing ceremony of the three -week Army operation in the Niger Delta, explained that the task of ending the Boko Haram insurgence must be accomplished.

The Army chief maintained that the remnants of the terrorist group were in neighbouring countries, adding that they must be identified and dealt with in conjunction with other relevant security agencies

Gov. El-Rufai Vows To Appeal Judgment Awarding N40 Million To Chocolate City Boss

Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has vowed to contend the ruling of a Federal High Court in Abuja which awarded N40 million in damages to the Chocolate City Entertainment boss, Audu Maikori, even up to the Supreme Court if need be.

On May 5, 2017, Mr Maikori filed a suit in an Abuja Federal High Court, asking to be awarded N21 billion as damages done to him and his business. The Chocolate City boss was arrested in March and transferred to Kaduna where he was detained for four days.

This preceded an earlier arrest in February on account of a social media post that claimed five students of College of Education were killed in southern Kaduna. The story later turned out to be false to which Mr. Maikori apologized and blamed his driver for wrongly informing him

Uhuru Kenyatta wins Kenyan election with 98% in flawed re-run

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta was on Monday declared victor of the country’s deeply divisive elections, taking 98 percent of the ballots cast in a poll boycotted by his rival Raila Odinga, sparking fears of further violence in flashpoint opposition strongholds.

Despite his crushing win, the turnout of just 38.8 percent among 19.6 million registered voters is set to raise questions about the credibility of an election that has plunged East Africa’s most stable democracy into its worst crisis in a decade.

Spain prosecutor files charges against Catalan leaders

Spain's Attorney General Jose Manuel Maza said the charges will include sedition and rebellion

Barcelona, Spain - Spanish Attorney General Jose Manuel Maza has confirmed he will file criminal complaints against the dismissed Catalan government.

Maza said the charges will include sedition and rebellion, both felony offences with penalties of between one and 30 years in prison.

The attorney general said the charges will be filed against dismissed Catalan President Carles Puigdemont, Vice-President Oriol Junqueras and others who "have produced an institutional crisis that ended the unilateral declaration of independence with total disregard of our Constitution last October 27".

The head of the UN food agency has appealed for aid to avert a humanitarian crisis in the conflict- wracked DR Congo province of Kasai.

David Beasley told the BBC that more than three million people were now at risk of starvation.

He warned that hundreds of thousands of children could die in the coming months if aid was not delivered.

Violence flared in August 2016 after the death of a local leader during clashes with security forces. It has forced 1.5 million people from their homes, most of them children.

Jeff Bezos becomes the world's richest person

Amazon chief executive, Jeff Bezos, has displaced billionaire and Microsoft co- founder, Bill Gates as the richest person in the world.

The Economic Times reported that Bezos’s rise in the Billionaires Index was aided by a $10.4 billion addition to his net worth as Amazon shares rose 13 percent, the most in 2 1/2 years, a day after the company reported quarterly sales and profit that surpassed analysts’ estimates

US court blocks Trump’s military transgender ban

A federal judge on Monday blocked President Donald Trump’ s ban on transgender personnel from serving in the US military, though she upheld a block on the Pentagon paying for sex -change procedures .

US District Judge Colleen Kollar- Kotelly ordered the government to “revert to the status quo” that was in effect before Trump ordered the contentious ban.

At the same time, however, she dismissed the plaintiffs’ motion to block a ban on funding for sex -reassignment surgery

Barack Obama called for jury duty in Illinois and plans to serve

Former US president Barack Obama has been summoned for jury duty in the state of Illinois and is planning to serve, a court official says.

Details have not been released but he is expected to appear in Cook County next month.

Ex-presidents Bill Clinton and George W Bush also appeared for jury selection after leaving the White House.

Barack Obama went to Harvard Law School and lectured at the University of Chicago's law school for 12 years before he joined the Senate. He also worked as a civil rights lawyer.