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  • Global financiers meet on cyber security

    Key global and regional payment, clearing and settlement operators have met at a roundtable in Paris to discuss cyber security and the resilience of financial market infrastructures (FMIs) and the wider market ecosystem.

    Senior executives, with authorities, discussed continued collaboration, preparation for and responses to cyber incidents, with a particular focus on cross-border actions.

    “Against a backdrop of rising cyber threats, which respect no borders, it is important to have international coordination on these vital issues,” Bank of France Governor François Villeroy de Galhau said.

    The meeting, hosted by the Bank of France, was convened by the international standard setting bodies for FMIs, the Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI) and the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO), who issued guidance on cyber resilience in 2016.

    “It is vital for authorities and operators to work together to advance FMIs’ ability to withstand increasingly complex cyber-threats, and to restore services in a timely way in the event of a successful attack,” said CPMI Chair Benoît Cœuré.

    “Ongoing industry engagement on this critical issue has been encouraging and it is essential that we continue to develop this partnership to reinforce the cyber resilience of financial market infrastructure,” said IOSCO Board Vice-Chair Jean-Paul Servais.

  • Obas to meet Ambode over Lagos-Badagry Expressway

    The Lagos Council of Obas is to meet Governor Akinwunmi Ambode over the dilapidated Lagos-Badagry Expressway, Akran of Badagry De Aholu Menu Toyi I said yesterday.

    Menu-Toyi I told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Badagry that the road had retarded the growth of the ancient city and the movement of people.

    The monarch said the council would visit the governor in order to hasten work on the Mile 2-Okokomaiko section of the road.

    “I am not happy with the state of the road. Lagos-Badagry Expressway is an international road, which is supposed to be the responsibility of the Federal Government, but it has been abandoned.

    “The road is deterring investors from coming to the town, while tourists are no longer visiting Badagry.

    “Sons and daughters of the land now prefer to enjoy their holidays in Lagos instead of coming home.

    “Motorists and passengers spend up to five hours in the gridlock before getting to the city, a journey that is supposed to take an hour.

    “The road has now become a death trap to my citizens, this is sad,” the monarch said.

    National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Lagos State Chapter Vice-Chairman Oloyede Edun said many lives had been lost to accidents due to the bad road.

    Special Adviser to Ambode on the Environment Babatunde Hunpe said the state was awaiting the Federal Government’s approval to reconstruct Okokomaiko/Seme Border Section of the expressway.

    Hunpe said work on the road would start immediately the state got the approval.

  • APC senators meet as Saraki, Dogara weigh options

    Following uncertainty over the reconvening of the National Assembly, senators in the All Progressives Congress (APC) Caucus yesterday summoned an emergency meeting.

    There were strong indications that most of the APC Senators were still insisting last night that Senate President Bukola Saraki must step down.

    The APC senators will, however, use yesterday’s meeting to take a position on the logjam in the National Assembly and the way forward.

    But Saraki and House Speaker Yakubu Dogara were weighing options last night on how to “overcome” the tension in the National Assembly.

    The support figures for Saraki and Dogara in the two chambers were said to be “not adding up” for comfortable majority to hold rancour-free sessions either way.

    It is unclear what will become of the 2019 poll budget which the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)  expects to be passed.

    The agenda of the meeting of the APC Senators was kept under wraps to avoid leakage, it was learnt. But, according to a source, the senators may deliberate on eight issues, namely:

    • A firm decision on Saraki by APC Senators
    • Resistance of alleged plot to declare Akpabio and other defectors vacant
    • Retention of the post of Senate Leader and other principal offices held by APC
    • Whether or not to accept a joint session of the two chambers
    • How to prevent ambush sitting in the two chambers by PDP
    • Solutions to the stalemate over 2019 poll budget
    • Averting a shutdown of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari
    • APC agenda for NASS Leadership meeting on Tuesday or Wednesday

    A ranking senator, who spoke in confidence, said: “The emergency meeting became necessary because we are getting fed up with the ongoing foot-dragging by the Senate leadership on the reconvening of the chamber to consider important state matters, especially the 2019 poll budget.

    “We have discovered that the National Assembly leaders are more occupied with the aftermath of pre-sitting tension in the country than the matters at hand.

    “But, we are saying the leaders should be courageous enough to reopen the two chambers. The interest of the country is more paramount than any other consideration.

    “So, we are meeting to take a position on the way forward for the National Assembly.”

    Another APC Senator said: “Our party has taken a position on Saraki and we are also meeting to come up with a firm decision as a caucus.

    “We have a challenge at hand. The Chairman of the National Assembly, Dr. Bukola Saraki, wants to have his cake and eat it. He is seeking to retain his plum seat. We are insisting that he cannot have his way. Let him step aside.

    “It was imperative for us to meet because we have heard of plot by PDP senators in cahoots with some of our leaders to ambush APC senators through kangaroo reconvening of the National Assembly.”

  • SUG aspirants meet at debate

    Thousands of students converged on the James Ayatse Convocation Arena of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi  (FUAM) in Benue State, to witness the maiden Students’ Union presidential debate and manifesto session organised by Campus Gist newspaper.

    The event, which was transmitted on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Network, was well attended by staff and students. Also, government officials, non-government oganisation (NGO) workers, and media practitioners were among the judges’ panel at the event.

    Candidates contesting in the elections took turns to present their manifestoes and respond to questions from panelists and members of the audience.

    The event climaxed with the unveiling of candidates for the presidential debate. The two contenders Frank Apeaii and Jacob Dajoh spent time to sell their ideas to students, explaining how they would administer the union’s affairs. They also answered questions from the panelists.

    Guests at the event took turns to comment  on the performance of each contender, applauding Campus Gist and Students’ Union Electoral Committee for organising the event, which many believed would change the future of elections in the school.

    Students praised the maturity displayed by the aspirants, advising politicians to take a cue from the students’ conduct. Members of the audience expressed confidence that the union elections would be driven by issues and not violence.

  • National Assembly leaders meet ahead of lawmakers recall

    •Senate leader briefs Osinbajo

    National Assembly leaders are to meet today amid the clamour for the reopening of the two chambers to consider issues of national importance, it was learnt yesterday.

    It was gathered that the meeting may also not be unconnected with the appeal by the Presidency for the National Assembly to reconvene in the national interest to consider pending issues.

    A source close to the leadership of the National Assembly noted that Senate President Bukola Saraki and House of Representatives SpeakerYakubu Dogara “are not oblivious of the appeal to reconvene the two chambers for some unfinished legislative businesses”.

    The source noted that how to stabilise the National Assembly amid the gale of defections by members of the two chambers would be on the agenda.

    Special Assistant to the Senate President on International Relations, Bankole Omisore, confirmed the meeting.

    Omisore tweeted that the leadership will tomorrow (today) meet at noon to consider some national issues.

    The noon meeting, the Senate President’s aide said, would be followed by another meeting with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), led by Chairman Mahmud Yakubu.

  • NBA electoral committee to meet stakeholders June 12

    The Electoral Committee of the Nigerian Bar Association (ECNBA) will meet with stakeholders on June 12 ahead of the association’s election next month.

    It has invited those who have submitted nomination forms to their formal opening.

    ECNBA Secretary Bolaji Agoro said the meeting would hold at the Conference Room of the President, Eighth Floor, NBA House, Central Business District, Abuja.

    The notice reads in part: “Consequent upon the closure of nomination on May 31, 2018, I am directed by the Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association Election Committee Prof. Yadudu Auwalu to invite you or your representative to attend a stakeholders’ meeting organised by the ECNBA to formally open all the nominations submitted by contestants for the national offices of the NBA.

    “At the meeting, inventory of all documents submitted by all those who filed nominations shall be taken in their presence as one of the steps to be taken to secure the integrity of the screening process that will follow immediately after the nominations have been opened in the presence of some invited Bar leaders.”

  • Stakeholders meet on Cleaner Lagos Initiative

    INDISCRIMINATE dumping of refuse is inimical to the Cleaner Lagos Initiative, Igando- Local Council Development Area (LCDA) Chairman Mrs Morenike Adesina-Williams has said.

    Mrs Adesina-Williams, who spoke to stakeholders on the new environmental sanitation policy, said the enlightenment this became because many people were caught dumping refuse indiscriminately. She advised them to stop and support the LCDA in its bid to make the area refuse free. ‘’Don’t put refuse on the roadside or on the median. Rather, put them in front of your house where they would be picked by officials of the refuse disposal firm,’’ she said.

    She later unveiled and distributed refuse bags.

    The LCDA Head of Environment Mrs Temitayo Salami harped on proper refuse disposal and environmental cleanliness, noting that a dirty environment scares away investors and tourists.

    Aravindu Valmeikal, Operation Manager Visionscape International Utility Group, handlers of Cleaner Lagos Initiative project, said it was the plan of his firm to make Lagos as clean as Singapore. He asked for the support of the people for his work.

    Meanwhile, the LCDA has flagged off the construction of Anthony Ababe/Ashimi Street in Ijegun Mrs Adesina-Williams urged the firm handling the project to expedite action on the work to meet the six-month deadline. She appealed to the people to cooperate with the contractors to see the work through.

  • Buhari, Ghanaian President meet in Aso Villa

    President Muhammadu Buhari met yesterday behind closed doors with Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

    The meeting was held at the new Banquet Hall of the State House, Abuja.

    Briefing reporters at the end of the one hour meeting, the Ghanaian President said he came to greet Buhari on his return to the country after medical treatment in United Kingdom (UK).

    He said he also discussed issues concerning both countries and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

    He said: “I came from Accra today to visit my senior brother, President Buhari. All of us have been very anxious about his wellbeing and it was very good news that he had returned.

    “As an African, I have to come and see for myself how he was. I am very delighted to see that he is back – very vigorous as always and very engaging on the issues of the day.

    “We had a good half an hour together, reviewing matters both in Ghana and Nigeria as well as what is going on in the ECOWAS community.

    “So, I  am  happy that I have this opportunity to come and I am going back to Ghana very fortified and I am going to tell Ghanaians that our big brother Nigeria is well and things are well.”

  • Ilamose land tussle: Stakeholders meet to solve crisis

    The representatives of  the Lagos State House of Assembly,the Nigerian Police Authority and feuding parties in the lingering land tussle in Oke Afa, Illamose area of Ejigbo, a suburb of the state, would meet tomorrow to find lasting solution to the problem.

    The community was  engulfed in crisis penultimate Friday when people suspected to be hoodlums unleashed terror on the people over a court judgment.

    Judgment to determine the rightful owner of the land by an Appeal Court was said to have been delivered in favour of one Alhaji Hakeem Osuolale, the judgment creditor.

    A  truce  was reached last Sunday to allow for property owners verify their land and title documents with the office of the Surveyor-General at the Lagos State secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja.

    Other resolutions reached at the meeting, which was convened by the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ejigbo Division, Superintendent of Police Segun Titiladun Ayo, and held in his office, was the setting up of a committee, comprising leaders of the six Community Development Associations (CDAs) in Ilamoshe and counsel to the judgment creditor, Patrick Arasanmi, that would work out modalities of arriving at a ratification/settlement arrangement.

    The DPO, while explaining his interest in the matter, said peace is his paramount interest. After reading some sections of the judgment delivered by the Appeal Court on the disputed large expanse of land, he said: “There is nothing the police can do to prevent the judgment creditor from exercising his right. I have spoken to him and he has agreed to be magnanimous in victory. He is ready to abate his intention to fully exercise his right by repossessing the land because he is aware many of you innocently bought the land from whom you thought were the rightful owners, but it is now up to all affected landlords to also meet him halfway by approaching him for any settlement.”

    One of the knotty issues that were raised at the meeting was the concern by some property owners that some houses marked or destroyed were outside of the court ruling. They claimed in the judgment given by the court, only nine streets were listed in the ruling, while the judgment creditor insists it was a survey area that was subject of litigation, which were not delineated by streets.

    “We advise those affected to get authentic survey plan from the office of the Surveyor-General of Lagos State to chart it and see if it is included in the affected area or not. He is the one that can authoritatively tell you whether your land was rightly or wrongly touched. You can’t get that from me. Each person should do their verification before approaching us,” Oshuolale said.

    Hon. Idimogu said: “ “Now, the judgment creditor has agreed to give the issue a human face and a committee has been set up to liaise on an amicable settlement. The judgment creditor has agreed to stay action for a week, which is enough time for people to verify if they are affected by the court ruling or not. We will meet again next week to discuss the findings of the committee.”

  • NLO chiefs to meet La Liga officials in Dubai

    NLO chiefs to meet La Liga officials in Dubai

    In its quest to entrench good organisation in the lowest tier of the nation’s football leagues, through synergy with established leagues across the globe, the Chairman of the Nationwide League One, Ahmad Kawu is set to lead a four man team to Dubai to meet with officials of Liga Nacional de Futbol Profesional.

    The team ,which also includes the Executive Secretary of NLO,  Olushola Ogunnowo,  Yarma Farouk and Marinze Cassandra Ijeoma will depart  on  October 18f or a meeting scheduled for Monday 12:00 am in Dubai.

    Ogunnowo said that the aim of the visit is to discuss ways and modalities to find the synergy between the NLO and the LaLiga. However, the NLO team will meet with Fernando Sanz Duran, General Director (Middle East and North Africa for LaLiga) and his team in their office in Dubai.

    “We (the Board and Secretariat of NLO) are doing everything possible within our reach to truly develop Nationwide League One in order for us to meet up with the global standard.”