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Fleeing Boko Haram members operating as kidnappers in Southwest -Ekiti Governor

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Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi has said some fleeing Boko Haram insurgents have relocated to the Southwest where they now operate as kidnappers.
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The governor made the claim on Sunday night when he featured in a Channels Television programme, “Politics Today”.
 
Fayemi, who chairs the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), said the insurgents were also operating as bandits in the Northwest.
 
The governor said Boko Haram insurgency, which returned to the front burner following the killing of over 40 farmers in Borno State, is not limited to the state.
 
Following the massacre, which received widespread condemnation, some Nigerians have called for the sack of the Service Chiefs while others are calling for the declaration of a state of emergency.
 
But Fayemi said governors had not discussed the need for a state of emergency over the Boko Haram insurgency.
 
“And that is not something that our colleagues, who are at the receiving end of the insurgency, have proposed to us. Governor Babagana Zulum (of Bonro State) or our Northeast colleagues have not said anything about state of emergency.
 
“Insurgency is not limited to Borno State. We will be making a mistake if we do not draw a correlation between what is going on in Borno State and what is happening in other parts of the country – banditry, kidnapping, militancy. They are inextricably intertwined.
 
“Some of the insurgents that escaped from the Boko Haram territory are the ones prosecuting the banditry in the Northwest; some of them are involved in the kidnapping in the Southwest.
 
“ISWAP (Islamic State in West Africa Province) insurgents coming down from Sudan, from Niger (Republic), are involved in what is going on. How many states are you going to declare (a) state of emergency on then? So, we must take a holistic view on this,” he said.

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Buhari sacks NDE DG

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President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Director-General of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Dr. Nasiru Mohammed Ladan Argungu.
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Dr. Argungu was relieved of his post in memo issued on December 4, 2020, taking effect from December 7.
A statement on Tuesday in Abuja by the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said President Buhari also directed the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN), to appoint an Acting Director-General from among the senior directors of the agency to replace Argungu in the meantime.

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Petrol price to reduce to N162.44 per litre as from December 14

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The Federal Government has reduced the pump price of premium motor spirit (petrol) from N168 per litre to N162.44 per litre effective from December 14, 2020.
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Labour and Employment Minister Chris Ngige announced this while addressing reporters at the end of a meeting with labour leaders, which began at 9 p.m on Monday and ended at 1:30 a.m on Tuesday.
 
The product currently sells at N168, following the decision of the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), to increase the ex-depot price of petrol from N147.67 per litre to N155.17 in November.
 
The ex-depot price is the price at which the product is sold by the PPMC to marketers at the depots.
 
The minister said a technical committee had been set up by the larger house to ensure price stability across the industry.
 
He said: “Our discussion was fruitful. The NNPC, which is the major importer and marketer of petroleum products, and customers, have agreed that there will be a reduction of the pump price of PMS and that the price cut will get us about N5 per litre. That the price cut will take effect from next Monday, a week from today.
“A committee that has members of labour, NNPC, PPRA, Petroleum Equalisation Fund (PEF), Ministry of Labour and Employment, Ministry of Finance, the unions – P Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) to stand in. This time, they will be appraising the market forces and every other thing that will make for stability in the industry.
 
“They have to liaise with all the marketers to make sure that the cap is always maintained. In the course of maintaining the cap, some people will even sell below this price of N162.44, if they cut other internal arrangements, like collage.
 
“This committee will report back to the main committee on January 25, 2021.”
 
Ngige explained that the price reduction was not meant to suspend deregulation because it did not affect the price of crude oil but in areas where the NNPC, as the main importer, had agreed that it could cut costs, such as freight and demurrage.
 
The minister said the new price slash was a product of a joint committee of the NNPC and labour representatives, which looked into how to cut costs.
 
On electricity tariff, Ngige said both sides agreed to wait till January 25 to enable the special committee dealing with complaints to conclude its deliberations.
 
“The Electricity Committee is still at work. We have gone down and there is a price now. They are now touring the DisCos. They have been all over the country. They have been in Lagos, Ibadan; they are supposed to be in Kano now. Two members of the committee have taken ill; so, they couldn’t continue. But they will also continue after the Yuletide and then report back again on January 25.
 
“Same goes for the palliatives. The palliatives have been rolled on. Everybody’s hands must be on deck. We want to see that people start getting the effect of the palliatives.
 
“For the workers: the palliatives concerning the urban poor. We are going to engage and enroll a lot of urban city workers. We will give them some stipends every month for the next 12 months as part of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT),” he added.

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Maina’s briefcase companies had N3bn turnover – EFCC witness

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An Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s prosecution witness said on Tuesday that a former chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, operated briefcase companies with N3bn turnover in their accounts without engaging in any business.
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The anti-graft agency is prosecuting Maina before the Federal High Court in Abuja on charges of money laundering involving N2bn.
 
The ninth prosecution witness, Rouqayya Ibrahim, who is an investigator with the EFCC, said her team conducted “a concealed income analysis of the defendant.”
 
She said the investigation showed that Maina’s company accounts had N3bn turnover when he could not have been able to legitimately save more than N109m if he had received his last salary of N256,000 continuously for 35 years without spending a dime from it.
 
The witness said, “Regarding his known income which is his salary, we discovered that his last payment which was in February 2013 was N256,000 and part of the concealed income analysis we did was that should the defendant have earned or was paid this sum pay month, for 35 years as a civil servant without spending a single kobo of the salary he would he would have only received N109m for the 35 years without spending a single kobo and we compared that with the result of our concealed income and net worth analysis and discovered that he had an estimate of at least N3bn of known income from illegitimate source.”
 
Earlier on Tuesday, Justice Okon Abang rejected defence lawyer’s request for an adjournment to enable him to prepare better for the case.
 
The request for adjournment was opposed by EFCC’s prosecuting counsel, Mr Faruk Abdullah.
 
The judge upheld the objection.
 
He ruled that contrary to the claim by the lawyer, Anayo Adibe, the defendant’s right to fair hearing was not under any threat.
 
Justice Abang noted that Maina had not been appearing in court since the matter resumed on September 29, until when he was brought on December 4 after he was arrested based on the arrest warrant issued by the court.
 
The judge, had before adjourning the matter on December 4 till Tuesday,  ordered Maina to be remanded in a correctional centre.
 
The judge made the remand order after the defendant, who was said to have jumped bail and fled to Niger Republic, was extradited to Nigeria.
 
The trial continues on Wednesday.

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Nigeria’s official population rises to 206 million

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The National Population Commission says Nigeria’s population is now estimated at 206 million.
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This comes exactly two years after the NPC estimated the country’s population at 198 million.
 
The Chairman of the NPC, Nasir Kwarra, said this at a press conference on the commencement of the next Enumeration Area Demarcation in Abuja on Tuesday.
 
Kwarra said since Nigeria had not been able to hold a census in the last 14 years, it would be difficult to know the exact population of the country.
 
He said, “In the absence of actual census, we formally do projections and we have all along been doing our projections and we estimate that as of 2020, the estimated population of Nigeria 206 million.”
 
The NPC boss said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), had the sole right to announce the next census.
 
Kwarra added that he was certain that Buhari would do the needful soon.
 
While announcing the commencement of the Enumeration Area Demarcation exercise, Kwarra said about 260 local government areas out of the 774 in the country had been fully demarcated.
 
He stated that the 11th phase of the exercise would begin on December 9, 2020 and end on January 20, 2011.
The NPC chairman said, “Planning for census is anchored on the EAD as the basis for estimating both the human and material resources required for the census. In essence, the success of a credible and accurate census depends very much on the quality and reliability of the EAD.”
 
Kwarra explained that the EAD exercise is not the enumeration of persons living in the country but a preparatory exercise before the census.
 
He said the NPC would be assisting the Independent National Electoral Commission to create digitised maps of INEC registration areas for the first time as part of the EAD. He said this collaboration would positively affect future elections.

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Trump’s hopes dashed by US supreme court

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The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday handed a devastating defeat to Republicans seeking to throw out up to 2.5 million mail-in ballots in Pennsylvania as they try to undo President Donald Trump’s election loss.
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The justices refused to block the state from formalising President-elect Joe Biden’s victory there.
 
The court in a brief order rejected a request made by U.S. congressman Mike Kelly, a Trump ally, and other Pennsylvania Republicans who filed a lawsuit after the Nov. 3 election arguing that the state’s 2019 expansion of mail-in voting was illegal under state law.
 
Pennsylvania was one of the pivotal states in the election, with Biden, a Democrat, defeating Trump there after the Republican president won the state in 2016.
State officials had already certified the election results.
 
There were no noted dissents from any of the justices on the court, which has a 6-3 conservative majority including three Trump appointees.
 
Trump had urged the Republican-led Senate to confirm his most recent nominee, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, before the election so she would be able to participate in any election-related cases.
 
Trump has falsely claimed that he won re-election, making unfounded claims about widespread voting fraud in states including Pennsylvania.
 
Democrats and other critics have accused Trump of aiming to reduce public confidence in the integrity of U.S. elections and undermine democracy by trying to subvert the will of the voters.
 
The Republican plaintiffs argued that the universal, “no-excuse” mail-in ballot program passed by the Republican-controlled Pennsylvania legislature in 2019, enabling voters to cast ballots by mail for any reason, violated the state’s constitution.

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Man drags Amstel Malta/Nigerian Breweries to court

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An Abuja-based Nigerian, Paul Oche, has filed a N1.5 billion suit against the Nigerian Breweries PLC over alleged intellectual theft.
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Oche, in a suit filed before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja, is claiming a sum of N1 billion as aggravated and exemplary damages against the company for unlawfully, capriciously, maliciously and contemptuously infringing on his copyright in the intellectual literary work, titled; “The Amstel Factor; an Amstel Malta Guide on How to Be the Best You Can Be.”
 
In the suit instituted through his counsel, Paul Ekweume, the plaintiff is also claiming another sum of N500 million as general damages over unlawful use of his copyright.
 
Besides monetary demands, the plaintiff sought for an order of perpetual injunction, restraining the defendants, their agents, servants and privies from further infringing by way of unlawful use, adaption and derivation on his copyright.
 
While the Nigerian Breweries PLC is the 1st defendant, DDB South Africa, Mr samsomp Oloche and Heineken BV Netherlands are 2nd to 4th defendants respectively.
 
In his statement of claim, Oche averred that he authored the Amstel Factor Book as well as a proposal and power point presentation made to promote the Amstel Malta drink brand.
 
As part of efforts to promote the Amstel Malta brand in Nigeria, the plaintiff claimed that the brewery launched a new credential campaign sometimes in 2016 with the slogan: “Why Add More” and published it on all its social media forums, websites and bill board adverts as well as videos and graphic designs based on the campaign.
 
He further claimed that he spent several years engaging in various intensive academic researches and eventually gathered the necessary materials which culminated into his writing a book: “The Amstel Factor, An Amstel Malta Guide on How to Be the Best You Can Be;” a proposal and a power point designed to pictorially and graphically demonstrate his works on the electronic media, television and motion pictures.
 
He said that in 2015, he travelled to the breweries’ headquarter in Lagos and submitted the book and the proposal to the Brand Manager, adding that after the submissions, he waited patiently for a formal invitation by the company to deliver his campaign but was not given acknowledgement of receipt of his book.
 
The plaintiff said in February 2016, he visited the LinkedIn online profile of one Samson Oloche, the 3rd defendant in the suit, who at the time was the Consumer and Market Intelligence, Digital and Media Manager of the company.
 
He further averred that he informed the said Oloche how he submitted a proposal in 2015 to Amstel Malta Brand Manager but did not receive any response, adding that the 3rd defendant provided him with his email address, where he then forwarded the power point presentation and proposal and that he got a promise that the right person in the breweries would see and evaluate his work.
 
He stated that in 2016, he stumbled upon a new Amstel Malta campaign online tagged: “Why Add More.”
 
He added that without seeking his permission, the breweries used his literary work in the brand campaign and refused to give credit to his work.
 
Oche further stated that a complaint was lodged with the Nigerian Copyright Commission and that series of meetings were held during which the 3rd defendant admitted receiving Amstel Malta Brand campaign proposal and power point presentation but later claimed to have deleted the materials and that he did not submit it to the appropriate authority.
 
At the mention of the case on Tuesday, the plaintiff, through his counsel, Ekweume, said he filed a motion on notice for an Interlocutory Injunction, restraining the defendants from further use of his copyright in the activities of the giant brewery lined up for the year.
 
Although counsel to the 1st, 3rd and 4th defendants, Amina Ibrahim, said she had not been served with the motion, the claim was found to be false.
 
Counsel to the 2nd defendant, Joseph Osayande, who admitted service of the motion on Dec. 4, asked for time to respond.
 
Following bitter complaint on the alleged continuous infringement of the copyright and the refusal of the respondents to admit responsibilities, Justice Nyako ordered status quo to be maintained by parties in the suit.
 
She noted that issues had been joined in the suit.
 
The judge, who directed the company to continue the sale of the already packaged branded Amstel Malta, ordered that further campaign on the new branded Amstel Malta being handled by DDV of South Africa be put on hold pending the determination of the main suit.
 
Justice Nyako got infuriated when Osayande, counsel to DDB of South Africa, challenged the order of status quo, prompting the judge to warn the lawyer and his client against flouting the order of the court.
 
“If you campaign on the subject matter of this suit, it is contempt of court.
 
“I will descend heavily on you as a counsel because I have warned you and have cautioned you in the open court on the consequences of prejudicing the court,” she held.
 
The judge adjourned the matter until Jan. 20 for hearing