Monday, November 11, 2019

TRADE UNION CONGRESS WANTS NIGERIANS TO ALIGN WITH PROPHET MOHAMMED'S TEACHINGS AT Eid-El Maulud

November 10, 2019

Press Release

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, has called on Muslim faithfuls to abide by the teachings of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) which borders on piety, charity, tolerance and peaceful co-existence, among others.

The workers body added that if Nigerians read the books and live by their tenets the country will be a better place, adding that the problem of the country has never been the issue of religion.

In a statement jointly signed by the President, Comrade Quadri Olaleye, FCIA and Secretary General, Comrade (Barr.) Musa-Lawal Ozigi, they said at this time of the country’s national life it has become very imperative for all Nigerians irrespective of their religious background to cooperate with the progressives in the country to transform and make the country fulfill her manifest destiny.

According to Olaleye, until we uphold the above stated virtues with a view to overcoming our current national challenges we cannot achieve much as ineffectiveness, mediocrity, backstabbing and impunity have become the order of the day. There are too many absurdities in our clime. The unity we once cherished is no longer there because of politics, he lamented.

On the national minimum wage being contested by some state governors, the TUC leaders advised governors to stop spending money on frivolities. That the economy is ailing and the organized labour is not willing to cause more harm. However, we may be forced to act if the governors do not perform.

Comrade Olaleye called for peace in Bayelsa and Kogi during the coming elections. “Elections should not be a do-or-die affair. The enforcement officers must be neutral; and carry out their duties without bias. They should remain committed to the unity of the country, and ensure that the programmes of the federal government are actualised,” he added.

UNICEF Decries increasing Child Marriage As Nigeria places second with the largest number

Nigeria has been said to be the one with the second largest number of child-brides in the world.

It is said to have 23 million girls and women, married as children, often ending their education pursuits.

The disclosure was made by UNICEF Chief of Field Office Bauchi, Bhanu Pathak, while speaking at the 30th Anniversary of the adoption of the Child Rights Convention (CRC), by the United Nations, held in Bauchi.

Bauchi Chief of Field Office, UNICEF, Bhanu Pathak, decries that too many Nigerian children and young people are being left behind, especially as it relates to education.

Statistics have it that Nigeria has the world's highest number of out-of-school children, with more than 10.5 million not in school.

Wife of Bauchi State Governor, Aisha Mohammed, stresses the need for Nigerians not to rely on international donor agencies to develop the country.

The celebration has the theme; "The Nigeria we want, Voices from Bauchi", with youths from Adamawa, Bauchi, Gombe, Jigawa, Plateau and Taraba as well as Kaduna in attendance.

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PRESIDENT BUHARI, UI V.C, ASUU MOURN EX-PETROLEUM MINISTER, TAM DAVID-WEST

President Muhammadu Buhari expresses deep sorrow at the passage of his ally and friend, a man he usually calls “the indomitable Tam David-West.”

In a statement signed by the presidential media aide, Femi Adesina,President Buhari said Professor Tamunoemi Sokari David-West, 83, was a consultant virologist of national and international standing. He served as Commissioner of Education in the old Rivers State, Minister of Petroleum and Energy under the Muhammadu Buhari military regime, and Minister of Mines, Power and Steel under Gen. Ibrahim Babangida regime.

“He had an indomitable spirit, stood resolutely by whatever he believed in, and was in a class of his own,” says President Buhari of the academic, author of many books, and social critic.

He commiserates with the David-West family, the people of Buguma, Kalabari Kingdom of Rivers State, the academia, and all those who loved “the forthright Tam David-West.”

President Buhari prays that God will rest the soul of the committed nationalist, urging all those who believe in the ideals he espoused to approximate same, for the betterment of Nigeria, and humanity in general.

Meanwhile, Prof. Idowu Olayinka, the Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan, has mourned the death of enigmatic Prof Tam David-West, who passed on in the early hours of Monday, Nov. 11, 2019 at the University College Hospital after a brief illness .

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this was contained in a statement by Mr Olatunji Oladejo, the University’s Director of Public Communication, in Ibadan on Monday.

According to the statement, late David-West aged 83, was a retired Professor of Virology at the University, who has contributed immensely to the development of education in Nigeria.

The VC said, “the death of Late Prof. David -West is a big loss to the academic family all over the world.”

He noted that the vacuum left by the deceased would be difficult to fill.

Olayinka said “Late Prof David West was a mentor of many generations of virologists all over the world.

Uber CEO called Jamal Khashoggi's murder a 'mistake.' Now he's trying to put it right

By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business

Updated 1 hour ago Nov 11, 2019

New Delhi (CNN Business) -

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi has reportedly tried to clarify his description of journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder as a "mistake" by the Saudi government.

Khosrowshahi made the original remarks in an interview with Axios, video of which was posted online.

"I think that government said that they made a mistake," he said when asked whether the head of the Saudi sovereign wealth fund, Yasir Al Rumayyan, should continue to sit on Uber's board. The Saudi fund is Uber's fifth-largest shareholder, with 5.3% of the company.

Khosrowshahi compared Khashoggi's murder to Uber's troubles with self-driving cars, one of which killed a pedestrian in Arizona last year. The pedestrian was walking a bicycle across a road at night.

Uber's self-driving software system initially classified the pedestrian as an unknown object, then as a vehicle, then as a bicycle, but never braked.

Officials ruled earlier this year that Uber would not face criminal charges.

The company temporarily halted its vehicle testing program and shut down its self-driving operations in Arizona.

"We've made mistakes too, right, with self-driving, and we stopped driving and we're recovering from that mistake," Khosrowshahi said.

"So I think that people make mistakes, it doesn't mean that they can never be forgiven. I think they [the Saudi government] have taken it seriously," he added.

Axios reported that the Uber chief subsequently called the publication to express regret over his comments and sent an emailed clarification.

"I said something in the moment that I do not believe," the statement read.

"When it comes to Jamal Khashoggi, his murder was reprehensible and should not be forgotten or excused."

Uber did not immediately respond to a request for comment from CNN Business.

The CIA concluded that Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, the country's de facto ruler, personally ordered the death of Khashoggi, who disappeared a little over a year ago from the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

A total of 11 people allegedly involved in the murder were charged last year by Saudi prosecutors. Saudi officials said five of them face the death penalty for being directly involved in "ordering and executing the crime." The United States has sanctioned 17 Saudi officials for their alleged involvement.

Bin Salman denied being personally involved in Khashoggi's death in a "60 Minutes" interview with CBS in September, but said he took responsibility for the death as a Saudi leader.

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Respect Court Order On Sowore, NHRC Boss Tony Ojukwu Tells Secury Agencies

“Stop Desecrating the courts”, Ojukwu advises Law Enforcement Agents.

The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, Tony Ojukwu Esq, has advised law enforcement agents to stop desecrating the judiciary. Ojukwu said this while reacting to the alleged refusal of officials of the Department of state services to release on bail the social campaigner Sowore after the order of his release by the trial court and his lawyers meeting the bail conditions. “There is need for the three arms of government to work harmoniously with utmost respect for each other as envisaged under the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”

Many cases have been reported to the commission about investigating police officers and state security officers deliberately refusing or delaying to verify bail conditions following court orders just to punish suspects unduly for reasons that are not constitutional. “The constitution guarantees the innocence of every citizen of Nigeria until proven guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction” he said.

A situation where the order of courts are continuously disobeyed by security agents makes such security agents judges onto themselves and such situation does not augur well for our democracy based on separation of powers and rule of law. It makes the law uncertain at any point in time and leads to loss of confidence of the people in government and state institutions of which the judiciary is one.

A situation like this can also lead to self help thereby creating more problems for law enforcement agents and threaten the precarious situation of state responsibility to respect, protect and fulfill human rights in the country. He therefore called for renewed commitment on the part of law enforcement agents to submit to constituted authority and oversight and release all detainees who have met their bail conditions as ordered by the courts of the land. “You cannot approbate and reprobate” he said.

On the part of the Commission, “ we shall continue to train and sensitize law enforcement agents on the need to respect the law and the constitution which they have sworn to protect so as to engender a culture of respect for human rights in the country.”

Source: NHRC Press Release

SDP Kogi Office Raised, Days To Governorship Election

Barely one week to the 2019 Kogi Governorship Election, the Social Democratic party SDP in the state along Paparanda square in Lokoja has been raised by fire.

The incident occurred last Sunday night after the Governorship candidate of the party Natasha Akpoti addressed members of the party in Lokoja.

Natasha and her running mate Adams Khalid returned to the state to flag off their governorship election campaign after they were declared eligible for the election by the federal high court in Abuja.

The SDP governorship candidate and her running mate for November sixteen Kogi State gubernortorial election were initially disqualified by the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC on the grounds that the age of her first running mate was below the approved age and was denied replacement.

But the federal high court finally put the matter to rest on Thursday when it ruled in favour of Natasha and her party.

ILO COMMENDS BUHARI OVER MINIMUM WAGE

The Director General of the International Labour Organization, Mr. Guy Ryder has commended Nigeria for the labour friendly disposition of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration.

Charlse Akpan, Deputy Director Press and Public Relations, ministry of Labour and employment, in a statement said Mr. Ryder in a chat by the sidelines of the 337 session of the Governing Board of the ILO in Geneva, Switzerland over the weekend, told the Hon. Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige who is also the President of the Government Group of the Governing Board of the organization, that ILO was impressed Nigeria could afford a New Minimum Wage at a time of teething economic challenges

The remark followed briefing by the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) Comrade Ayuba Wabba to the session on the successful completion of negotiation and implementation of the New Minimum Wage and its Consequential adjustment by the Federal Government. He also informed the organization that labour unions are currently negotiating with other federating units using the template provided by the Federal Government.

The

Director General further extoled Nigeria for the successful hosting of the International Youth Forum last August and thanked the President for re-appointing Sen. Ngige, noting the improved labour administration the nation has been witnessing under him.

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Sunday, November 10, 2019

EID el-MAULUD: PRESIDENT BUHARI ASKS MUSLIMS TO FOLLOW THE EXAMPLES OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD

Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari tells muslims in his country that "the greatest honour Muslims could accord Prophet Muhammad is to follow his shining examples of non-violence, peaceful disposition and remarkable virtues of patience."

In his goodwill message to the Muslim Ummah on the occasion of the Maulud celebration to commemorate the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, President Buhari said:

"Putting into practice the great virtues for which the Holy Prophet Muhammad is historically famous and revered would have a far greater impact on changing our attitudes and behaviours than the best sermons ever will.

"The indiscriminate killing of innocent people, the kidnapping of female students and forcing them into marriage and conversion is contrary to teachings and personal examples of the Prophet Muhammad.

"Violent extremism is the single biggest challenge facing the image of Islam today which has been hijacked by a minority of misguided elements who are using religion to cover-up their criminal agenda.

"There is the urgent need for increased vigilance by Muslims in order to frustrate and stop the spread of violent ideologies that are causing human havocs and tragedies around the world.

"Extremism is like a cancer that needs to be attacked in its early stages before it grows malignantly out of control and harm the society."

The President in a statement by his senior special assistant on media and publicity Garba Shehu, also advised Muslims not to allow their children to be lured and recruited by extremists who will ultimately destroy their lives and future.

While wishing the Muslim Ummah a peaceful celebration, the President urged them to use this occasion to renew their resolve in promoting tolerance, love, harmony and peaceful coexistence in the country.

President Buhari also sent special goodwill messages to the Emirs of Daura, Alhaji Faruk Umar Faruk; Kazaure, Najib Hussaini Adamu; Hadejia, Alhaji Adamu Abubakar Maje Haruna; and that of Gumel, Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed Sani, whose people celebrate this festival, named Sallar Gani, with greater fervour as well as prayers for the unity, progress, and prosperity of Muslims in Nigeria and around the world.

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Breaking...Bolivia Army on Morales Stepping down

Mr Morales has denied wrongdoing and previous calls to resign.

The army chief in Bolivia has urged President Evo Morales to step down amid protests stemming from his disputed re-election last month.

The call comes hours after Mr Morales agreed to call a new election after international monitors called for the result to be annulled.

The Organization of American States (OAS), which monitored the elections, found "clear manipulation".

Mr Morales has denied wrongdoing and previous calls to resign.

International Labour Organization (ILO) LO Pledges Support for Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies in Kwara State

The Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS) addresses Human Rights issues within employment relations through their 2019 Public Lecture and National Dialogue, on the theme “Casting Human Rights in Employment Relations Mould: From State to Workplace Perspective”, held in Ilorin, on 31st October 2019.

ABUJA (ILO News): The Director of the ILO Country Office for Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone, and Liaison Office for ECOWAS, Mr. Dennis Zulu, has pledged ILO’s support to the Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS). He made the pledge in response to a presentation made on areas for possible ILO intervention during the MINILS 2019 Annual Public Lecture and National Dialogue, which had as its theme “Casting Human Rights in Employment Relations Mould: From State to Workplace Perspective”. The Public Lecture which was organized in conjunction with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) held on 31^st October 2019 at MINILS campus in Ilorin, Kwara State.

While delivering his good will message at the event, Mr. Zulu acknowledged with appreciation the Institute’s contributions to debates on key labour issues that are of interest to the ILO. According to him, the public lecture was of a great relevance to the ILO’s objectives as it celebrates its centenary in 2019. He stated that right from its inception in 1919, the ILO has been using Standards to address workers’ rights globally and at the workplace. He used the opportunity to congratulate Nigeria for being the first African Country to host both the First African Office of the ILO in 1959 and the First ILO African Regional Conference in Lagos from 5-16 December 1960.

He stated that the ILO’s engagement with MINILS since its inception has yielded positive results over the years and has affected labour administration in Nigeria positively. He was optimistic that ILO’s continuous engagement with MINILS, partners and other relevant stakeholders would bring more benefits to Nigerians. He commended MINILS for taking the initiative to share information and good practices on labour issues and pledged the ILO’s support to some of the activities and programmes of the institute to enable the institute impact positively on the beneficiaries of such programmes.

In his goodwill message, the NLC General Secretary, Comrade Emmanuel Ugboaja, commended the ILO for adopting a number of conventions and recommendations to moderate industrial relations in the work place. He listed them as the convention of Freedom of Association, Organizing, Collective Bargaining, Full and Productive Employment, Elimination of all Forms of Forced Labour, Abolition of Child Labour and the Elimination of Discrimination in Employment and Occupation. He urged workers and employers to use these standards to demand their rights.

Mr. Saliu Alabi, Director-General of MINILS, in his welcome address gave a detailed overview of the strategic nature of the theme of the lecture. Mr. Saliu Alabi, speaking on the theme of the lecture, said that human rights are key elements in overall strategy for engendering decent jobs as well as transforming employment relationships and work place practices. “There is increasing consensus that the workplace is a critical platform upon which development processes could be fostered, at both strategic and operational levels’’ he said. He further commended the Ministry of Labour and Employment and several other partners including ILO for their support to the institute and implored that the Dialogue would give momentum to the cause of human rights and employment relations in Nigeria.

Remarks were made by a representative of the Executive Governor of Kwara State, His Excellency Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazak. Declaring the lecture open, the State Governor stated that its government had done their best to ensure that everyone was accorded their rights within the confines of the law. Alhaji Abdulrazak assured the gathering of his government’s continuous efforts to ensure that issues relating to human rights are tackled especially that relating to minimum wage. He also maintained that Kwara is “leading the charge” in restoring and protecting basic human rights and working towards UN SDGs especially the rights of women and young girls to fair representation, inclusion and decent empowerment.

From the panel discussions, various recommendations were made on how to promote human rights and workplace practices. The event gathered together renowned professionals from government, labour, academia, civil societies and legal profession. Amongst those who participated at the public lecture and made contributions were the Acting Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan ; Acting President, National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), Hon. Justice Benedict Bakwaph Kanyip; and Chief Femi Falana, SAN. Chief Falana lauded judges of the NICN for deciding labour matters in line with the provisions of the ILO conventions and international best practices). Also in attendance were trade union leaders and members, representatives of civil society and human rights organizations, top government functionaries, and representatives of the international community.

The Michael Imoudu National Institute for Labour Studies (MINILS) is Nigeria’s foremost institute for labour education aimed at building the capacity of workers and their unions; promoting exchange between Industrial relations parties in the interest of Industrial harmony; developing international linkages to encourage best practices and global solidarity and advancing the frontiers of knowledge on labour matters. It has evolved into a rallying platform for industrial and labour discourse on contemporary national and international issues.

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Monday, November 11, 2019

UNICEF Decries increasing Child Marriage As Nigeria places second with the largest number

PRESIDENT BUHARI, UI V.C, ASUU MOURN EX-PETROLEUM MINISTER, TAM DAVID-WEST

Uber CEO called Jamal Khashoggi's murder a 'mistake.' Now he's trying to put it right

Respect Court Order On Sowore, NHRC Boss Tony Ojukwu Tells Secury Agencies

SDP Kogi Office Raised, Days To Governorship Election

ILO COMMENDS BUHARI OVER MINIMUM WAGE

EID el-MAULUD: PRESIDENT BUHARI ASKS MUSLIMS TO FOLLOW THE EXAMPLES OF PROPHET MUHAMMAD

SDP Kogi Office Raised, Days To Governorship Election

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