• Chief Emeka Anyaoku, Leader of the Patriots

The Patriots has shifted its national political summit from May 27–28 to June 11 and 12 in Abuja

A statement from its Secretariat said that the new date was due to the 26th anniversary of Nigeria’s return to civil rule on May 29. 

It was learned that among issues proposed for discussions are: provision for judicial adjudication of corruption and betrayal of trust matters, remuneration of members of the National Assembly, remuneration and compensations in the public service, electoral system, political party structures, revenue management format, security architecture, and fiscal arrangement.

Other items on the list are management of resources and revenue, concurrent functional responsibilities, regional border changes and disputes, as well as equal rights among federating regions, basis of state government, status of the federal capital territory (FCT), federal Executive Council, powers and functions of the President, restructuring of states based ethnic homogeneity and other items are contained in the document.

The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court (FHC), Justice John Tsoho, yesterday announced the redeployment of some judges.

In a statement by FHC’s Director of Information, Dr. Catherine Christopher, Justice Tsoho directed Justice M. G. Umar from Enugu Judicial Division to take over cases presided over earlier by Justice Inyang Ekwo of Court 5 in Abuja Division.

“The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho, has effected the redeployment of some judges of the court.

“The general public is hereby notified that all cases pending before Court Number 5 in the Abuja Judicial Division will be attended to by the judge who has been moved to Abuja for that purpose.

“Consequently, there is no need for litigants and/or counsel to apply to the Chief Judge for re-assignment of cases that have been pending before the court,” the statement said.

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The Lagos State Government is investigating the employment of 89 labourers from Katsina State at Dangote Refinery, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos.

The development comes after a recent viral video showed the young men arriving in Lagos and converging on the Ibeju-Lekki area of the state, sparking security concerns among locals, and on social media.

The Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, said an investigation was ongoing.

He maintained that security agencies were aware of the situation and should be allowed to conclude the probe.

“We are investigating the matter. I’m sure security agencies are also not unaware of it. It will be nice to let them do their investigation,” Omostoso said.