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  • Court decongestion: Bulkachuwa relocates to Kaduna division

    The President of the Court of Appeal (PCA), Justice Zainab Bulkachuwa, has relocated to the Kaduna division of the court in continuation of her efforts to decongest the court and clear backlog of cases.

    Justice Bulkachuwaas is, along with three other Justices, expected to hear 656 appeals and motions during 21 days (between March 12 and 30 this year) while at the Kaduna division.

    The division is comprised of Jigawa, Kano and Katsina states, where the PCA is expected to hold special sitting in each state with Justices from the division – Justices Uwanl Abba Aji, I. S Bdilya, 0.0 Daniel Kalio, A. 0. Adefope-Okojie and A. A. Wambai.

    The relocation, in was learnt, is in continuation of an initiative Justice Bulkachuwa introduced last year where Justices in less busy divisions were made to sit outside their divisions to ensure that cases are not unduly delayed in the more busy divisions.

    Last year, th PCA led some Justices to  hold  similar special sitting in Kogi State, where many cases and motions were attended. Other busy divisions also benefited.

    In a statement, ,   Court of Appeal’s spokesperson, Sa’adatu Musa Kachalla quoted the Deputy Chief Registrar of the Kaduna division Mrs. Amine ibrahim as giving further details about the exercise.

    She said: “According to the Deputy Chief Registrar, the special titting will kick off in Dutse the Jigawa State capital on March 12,and   March 16, 2018 , during which182 pending appeals and motions would be attended to.

    “The sitting will move to Kano and will last between March 19 and 23, during which 285 appeals and motions are expected to be heard.

    “The train will then move to Katsina State and sit between March 26 and 30, during which189 appeals and motions would be heard.”

  • ‘NDDC relocates to permanent headquarters next year’

    ‘NDDC relocates to permanent headquarters next year’

    The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) will relocate from its temporary head office on Aba Road to its permanent headquarters under construction, at Eastern bye-pass in Port Harcourt, next year.

    The Managing Director, Mr. Nsima Ekere, who announced this during the 17th anniversary and annual thanksgiving service of the commission at the Dappa Biriye corporate headquarters, assured workers that the 2018 event will take place at the new office.

    He said the 12-floor head office complex was one of the legacies the present NDDC board and management would leave at the end of its tenure.

    Ekere hailed the approval of funds by the Federal Executive Council for the completion of the project, which he regretted suffered delays since it was started by the defunct Oil Mineral Producing Areas Development Commission (OMPADEC) in 1994.

    He said: “We must sustain the thanksgiving service because we have many things we need to be thankful to God.”

    Ekere said efforts were being made to build human capital in the region, adding: “We have signed agreements that will help us achieve this.”

    The chief executive officer noted that in the last one year, the commission had entered into partnerships, including the one with Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), to provide employment for youths.

    He said NDDC signed a tripartite agreement for the establishment of the first ever enterprise innovation and growth hub in Nigeria, adding that it was partnering SMEDAN and Builders Hub Impact Investment Programme (BHIIP) for this purpose.

    According to him, “this is a new approach to address the need to train our youths. We want to turn them into entrepreneurs, who will create jobs and help in checking restiveness in Niger Delta.

    “It is important that we do things that are sustainable. Thus, we will not relent in taking measures that will create job opportunities for our youths. Coming to protest at the gates of NDDC is no longer profitable, as we are sticking with the policy of not negotiating with agitators, especially those that are sponsored. We need to discourage hooliganism and rascality.”

  • Ahmed Uwhubetine relocates

    Ahmed Uwhubetine relocates

    Popular socialite and owner of the defunct 11:45 night club, Ahmed Uwhubetine, whose absence from the Lagos social scene has been sending tongues wagging for some time, sources revealed, has relocated to Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

    Uwhubetine, a lawyer and an Urhobo (from Ughelli North, Delta State), at some point, was behind all the hottest and snazziest night clubs that you can think of from 11:45 to Tribecca. Before one could say, Jack! his patronage dwindled and he teamed up with another socialite, the late Akeem Shodeinde, to establish Reloaded nightclub. It was rumoured that Ahmed suffered serious financial losses while running the new nightclub and eventually had to abandon the project like he did 11:45 nightclub.

    Although there had been news making the rounds that his absence is a strategy to reposition and rebrand, sources close to him said he will bounce back with time.

  • Fed Govt relocates Co-operative Dept to ministry

    The Federal Government has approved the movement of the Federal Department of Cooperatives from the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to the Ministry of Labour and Productivity in accordance with the provisions of the Cooperatives Development Act CAP. 23 and Nigerian Cooperative Society Act CAP. N98.

    The office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, in granting the approval, directed Labour Ministry to take necessary steps in relocating the department in accordance with its enabling laws, adding that its current location in the Department of Cooperatives,  Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, is irregular and should therefore, be re-located accordingly.

    The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Productivity, Dr. Clement Illoh, in line with the approval, has re-established the Cooperative Department in the Ministry, charged with the broad mandate of ensuring effective coverage,  coordination and improved performance of Cooperative Departments of all sectors of the national economy.

    He assured of the Labour Ministry’s commitment to best practices, delivery of quality services and restoration of people’s confidence in cooperative administration in Nigeria.

    Dr. Illoh also announced the appointment of Mrs. Mojisola Sonubi, a Director in the ministry, to oversee the activities of the Department of Federal Cooperative in the Ministry.

    Relying, Mrs. Sonubi called on the states departments of Cooperatives, Federation of Cooperative Colleges, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and other relevant national cooperative organisations and special agencies to cooperate with the Ministry’s federal department of Cooperative as the coordinating centre for cooperative activities in the country.

  • Aliyu relocates deputy

    The face-off between Niger State Governor Dr. Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu and his deputy, Ahmed Musa Ibeto, has worsened, as the governor has directed the latter to move out of his office located in the Government House.

    Ibeto was directed to relocate to ‘F’ Layout Quarters, about 1500 metres  from the Government House.

    It was learnt that the directive was contained in a letter by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Sa’idu Ndako, last Friday.

    He was given till the close of work today (Monday) to relocate to his new office.

    Contacted on the phone last night, the deputy governor said he was yet to be formally informed of any relocation.

    “I have not been in Minna since Friday. I just returned to town. I am yet to be informed, may be when I get to work tomorrow,” Ibeto said.

  • Africa Internet Group relocates

    Africa Internet Group relocates

    Africa Internet Group (AIG) has relocated its office from the high- brow Lekki area of Lagos to  the commercially boisterous Yaba area of  Lagos.

    The office, located in the Ozone Centre on Commercial Avenue, Yaba,  houses six of its other ventures, including  Carmudi, an online car site that allows a person to buy or lease cars online; Kaymu, an online marketplace where buyers and sellers meet to obtain the best deals for products; Easytaxi a mobile app that connects drivers and passengers; Hellofood, an online and mobile platform where people can order food for delivery from the most popular restaurants in the city; Lamudi, an online real estate marketplace; Jovago an online hotel booking service and Jumia an online retail store.

    Since inception in 2012, AIG has expanded to 26 countries and has created 71 firms in different verticals namely, online retail, online marketplace, food ordering, car classifieds, real estate classifieds, taxi hailing, online travel agency and P2P lending marketplace.

    The choice of a new office was determined by the popularity of Yaba, and also because it houses a cluster of banking, educational and technology institutions, features that has made the area grow to become Nigeria’s e-commerce hub, which is now attracting a nest of technology and start-up companies, earning it the name, Nigeria’s Silicon Valley.

    In Nigeria, AIG’s network of firms include leading brands and the move is one of its efforts to contribute to making Yaba the next technological hub in Africa by building tight links to boost the entrepreneurship drive in the area and securing strategic partnerships to grow the ecosystem.

  • Baraje faction relocates to Adamawa Governor’s Lodge

    Baraje faction relocates to Adamawa Governor’s Lodge

    Following the police siege to its secretariat, the Abubakar Kawu Baraje faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has temporarily relocated to Adamawa State Governor’s Lodge in Abuja.

    It has urged its members to avoid confrontation with the Police.

    In a statement by its National Secretary, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, the Baraje faction said it could not be provoked or distracted in any manner.

    The statement said: “The Baraje-led Peoples Democratic Party has chosen not to engage security agencies in confrontation but to toe the path of peace by pursing the matter in court.

    “We will not be deterred and no amount of intimidation and calculated attempts to frustrate our legitimate goal of participating in the democratic processes in our dear country would stop us from contributing our quota to national development.

    “But temporarily, the party would commence entertaining solidarity visits and granting audience to its teeming members and associates at the Adamawa State Governor’s Lodge situated at No. 2, Gurara Street, Maitama, Abuja.

    “The Baraje-led PDP would not be provoked or deterred by actions detrimental to its existence, including the unlawful occupation of its national headquarters by security agencies that have prevented the Baraje-led PDP from moving into its offices located in Maitama District, Abuja.”

    The faction restated its belief in the rule of law.

    The statement added: “The Baraje-led PDP, in accordance with its belief in justice, fair play and the rule of law, had in pursuit of remedies, approached the Courts that directed both the Baraje and Bamanga Tukur factions to maintain the status quo; adding that the pronouncement of Justice Elias Chukwu on the matter was very clear, unambiguous and simple enough to avoid unnecessary rigmarole and arrogant display of power.

    “In view of the subsisting legal action on the issue, the Baraje-led PDP has, therefore, requested its members all over the nation and in the Diaspora, who may wish to express solidarity to contact any member of its National Working Committee, with a view to fixing appointments for such functions.

    “We will not be deterred and no amount of intimidation and calculated attempts to frustrate our legitimate goal of participating in the democratic processes in our dear country would stop us from contributing our quota to national development.”

    The statement expressed the appreciation of the National Working Committee of the Baraje-led PDP to all its members, supporters and sympathisers all over Nigeria and abroad for their steadfastness in the spirit of advancing progress, peace and development in the polity.

  • Shan George relocates?

    NIGERIA’S commercial nerve centre, Lagos, is known for its peculiar hustling and bustling coupled with other stringent laws being dished out on a regular basis by the state governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola, especially on commercial motorcyclists better known as Okada.

    One of those who may have been fed up with the ‘new Lagos’ is Nollywood actress, Shan George. The fair skinned actress Shan George who has surely had her fair share of ups and downs as an actress on the movie is said to have relocated from the bustling city of Lagos.

    We now hear that Shan has to relocating to her Calabar, Cross River home as she feels the capital city of Cross River is a better ‘paradise’ than Lagos.

  • Keshi relocates to Benin

    Keshi relocates to Benin

    Lack of accommodation in Abuja once again forced the Super Eagles Head Coach Stephen Keshi to relocate to his home in Benin City, instead of returning to the nation’s capital to begin arrangements for the next line of action for the Africa Nations Cup holding in South Africa next January.

    The senior national team are presently shopping for friendly matches to prepare for the most glamorous competition in Africa. The Eagles are also considering Zimbabwe or Mozambique as possible camping sites for their training towards the championship which draws will hold later in the month.

    When SportingLife inquired from our source, who is very close to the Super Eagles head coach, he said: “Keshi is not in Abuja, he left for his house in Benin from Calabar last Monday.“

    “I have told you times without number that the coach is not comfortable accumulating bills in a hotel whenever the team is not in camp. That is the reason why he always retires to his home in Benin whenever they are on break. He is not comfortable with the arrangement because it is very stressful for him, but he cannot help it.

    “He is, however, expected in Abuja on Friday (today) to begin arrangements to enable him attend the Nations Cup final draws in South Africa, and also watch the Nigeria National League champion of champions event holding in Abuja this weekend” our source concluded.

    Stephen Keshi, who last weekend entered the history books as one of only two Nigerians that have captained the senior national team, and also qualified them for the Africa Nations Cup, is still awaiting the NFF to fulfil part of the contractual agreement they signed last november. Keshi has fulfilled a part of the conditions given to him by the GlassHouse by qualifying the Super Eagles to the Africa Nations Cup; the other is for him to get to the last four of the championship.

    The NFF are obligated to provide him with a decent accommodation in Abuja and an official car, but eleven months after appointing the Big Boss’ as Eagles’ gaffer, the federation is yet to fulfill this part of the deal.