Why Criminal and Penal Codes cannot be merged – Kano AG
Kano State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Umar Malik Kuliya, has been in the saddle in the last one and half years. A former State Counsel in the State Ministry of Justice who began his career 25 years ago is a product of Bayero University. Kuliya who left for the banking sector two years after, later returned to the State Justice Ministry as Commissioner 23 years after.
In this interview, he spoke on the nation’s Criminal Justice System, particularly the inherent peculiarities in both Penal and Criminal Codes, Corruption and Constitution amendments.
Kuliya also spoke on his challenges as well as achievements as Kano State number one law officer which include training and employment of several lawyers and the state government face-off with Outdoor Advertisers Association of Nigeria which has now been resolved.
We supported Eagles at Afcon – Kenyan High Comm. to Nigeria
Newly appointed Kenyan High Commissioner to Nigeria, Thomas Amolo, yesterday, revealed that Kenya was the greatest supporter of Nigeria during the just concluded African Cup of Nations, AFCON 2013 in South Africa.
Problem of Nigeria’s education is delivery not curriculum – Prof. Zuru
Prof. Abdullahi Abdu Zuru is the Vice Chancellor, Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero (KSUSTA), and the immediate past National President of Institute of Chartered Chemists of Nigeria, ICCON. In this interview, he spoke on matters revolving around Nigerian education, among others. Excerpts:
Shipping: Obasanjo laments low returns on $2bn investment
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed concern over poor returns accruing from about $2 billion invested by local operators in the shipping industry.
Chief Sam Odighi Udinyiwe Igbe, MON – A cultural icon, a purist
TODAY, this Column is taking time off from politics and all the associated issues of corruption, to treat our esteemed audience to the profile of a great personality who, if we were asked, would be the Column’s nominee to lead the crusade against corruption, injustice and other social vices in which Nigeria is totally immersed.
Quality of private varsities’ graduates laudable – NUC boss
The Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, NUC, Prof. Julius Okojie, has said that private universities’ stable academic calendar has justified the quest for the creation of more private varsities in Nigeria, as the quality of graduates they produced yearly speaks to that fact.
Odi: Court dismisses FG’s application to stay N37.6bn judgment
PORT HARCOURT – Justice Lambo Akambi of a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Wednesday, described as frivolous and lacking in merit, the application by the Federal Government seeking to stay execution of the N37.6 billion judgment awarded the people of Odi community in Bayelsa State, pending the determination of an appeal against the judgment.
Turning Abuja streets into motor parks
THE restoration of the Abuja master plan became a sing-song during the Mallam Nasir El-Rufai’s tenure as FCT Minister. During the period, several buildings worth billions of naira were demolished for the simple reason of restoring the Abuja master plan and maintaining environmental cleanliness and sanity in the federal capital Abuja.
EFCC nabs Atuche, 2 others over alleged move to reclaim Keystone
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Wednesday, arrested the former Managing Director of defunct Bank PHB, Mr. Francis Atuche, in connection with ongoing investigations into operations of the bank.
Bauchi students’ll do all national exams in spite of ASUSS strike, govt vows
Bauchi — The Bauchi State government, Wednesday, assured that secondary school students will still sit for this year’s WAEC, NABTEB, NECO and JAMB examinations irrespective of the on-going strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools, ASUSS, which has led to the detention of 11 of the teachers for about two weeks now.
Adamawa PDP: The rainbow coalition against Nyako
“WHAT affects one of us affects every other governor,” one of the antagonists in the feud among the governors belonging to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP told Vanguard weeks before the feud came to a climax. It is as such not surprising that given the increasing divide among the governors in their attitude towards the presidency, that virtually all of them are agreed on supporting their embattled colleague in Adamawa State, Admiral Murtala Nyako.
