Wedne<day, May 16, 201l
DAILY TRUST
Pension scam: Senate seeks arrest of IGI directors 8ylsliuWakili
TIlE
~te
has given a
one-weck ultimarum
10 the
lnspcctor GcomI of Palace.
MoNmmcd Abubakar. to am:st lop rnanaganmI Ctt'(. utha of thc Industnal and
GcncRllnsur.lnccCompany (IGI) ....1""'" """J'IIdty In lhc mismanagement cL pm"""fund,.
5pcaIdng to our
c0rre-
spondent on phone )UIcrtby. the chairman of the ~ Joint Comnuttcc on Public Service and Estab· Usluncnl andStatcand Local
GoYcmmcnl AdnunislnIlion. Senator Aioplus Etok (PDP, Akwa lbom North· Wc:st)' conHrmed that he has signed the W2rTVII of arrest.. lbc committee m :ent..ly Investigated alleged sharp pr.u:tk~ in the management of pension funds in the ~"Y.
Court asked to stop Jonathan from reinstating Salami By Atib a.l11 AN AI>ujoI """" HlghCoun h.B btm • .kEd Io.zap PI$. dm Good udt,Jarwlwtfrom
........... "" '"""""'" """lon>J","_"'" of
Presidml 01 thfo Court of Appeal. Ju!; tia Is. A)1)Sabmi. 11>< "" "ulT. Nooh Ai=
Attorney (;alCr.ll tntion (IIGF).
the Fed·
HelJlC.'o~ngadccWatJOll
thz aU Iht meetings, d.iscuJ..
SIOI'ISanj~·
tIon5
n tI eo rdnstalernmt ol
s.wru by"" "'"""" Judldid O;Jun.jJ (NJC) must be
put on hoIJ as it is iIIcgaI and WICOIlSlit\ lkmal. Thr NJt :oo Thwsdolym:om.mendtd to !.be P'n':skknt the renstI lement <:i Sabrni.
ninemonlhsaftl!!'bewassus-
pmdN b> . Jonathan
00
me
I'ccommclldnion oClhe NJC Ajarc said the suit Sa1ami
6kd dd" 'SLng his~ sian w.1Ssl LUpendingin cowt
lberdly R In§winghlm will undennlno::lhcrulc~
FG: 308 killed in 118 Boko Haram attacks 81 MislWlu ~I
2009 while: 308 peopk:
POUCE AfIiurl; MnmlrrCaJebOlubolade said tbe Boko Har.un sea has kiIbJ ~ people Ul 118 altock:J in suNorthem
nei;ud to the group ~ anscd. orubobde appm:ialed the mnams of Nigerians 10 issues of pmonaI safety and 5«Urity. saymg the~t has takcnoonc:rete measures loensurcpeacc and stability in thecounuy. '1 is Important 10 nQ(e !hat ac:iUeve--
~
Slales and Abuja.
He milUSler ,nade the remarXs}'eSler--
<by althe ongoing mlnistnial pb.tronn in Abup.. Ht:saXJ 118 lltUlWU'I!:catriedoul in a..dU. Homo, Kaduna.N'JF. Yobe and Pbteau SlatCS by the sea siDer
'\IA!n!;
killed in
Hesaid thalJJsuspcrucoo-
France commits $200m to Nigeria's electricity By 't'unus Abdu~mid
FRANCE has committed S200 million (N]l billion) ID
the Nigmas powe- S«IOf. A Il'ICIllOfmdumcl under·
standing (MOU) was)'$tt<by Signed bccwcen the Power Minister" &rth Nnaji and IWO Frmch com-
"'"'" """'" by """a..,cmmcnt 10 undcrukc fcaIibilirystudies.sdectandcon· SlruCt :II
high voltage lrans-
mission Ilnc and sub5tatklns.
mmlS olthe pOOa in stnnrning crtmes
and lC!'TOrism is noc
50
pubIkiscd but
Farmers in Nigeria drop to 27% -UNDP report bJd Wa Ics:stimr: and fewer peopIeand resoura:s.l'reeing people ID work in other TIlE Afrian Hwnan DeYdopmcnI
smon; - orcnjoylTJ(ft~time.-the
"""'" of"" Unit'" """'"' o..dopmenl Prognmmt-{UNDP) rdcastd yes-
""",,\'{"rtha population projected. 10 exucd two billion SIOmd.ime after 2050. SubSahar.an Arm win need ID produccsubstanliallymore food. whilem~ng the stmr.cs which agricuitW1li production pIaca on the cnvllonmcnl.
terday in Nairobi Kenya said the.han! of the C'COOOfllicaI}y active population in """"""" In NI.... "" _ from JJ'MI in 2001 1024 ~ in 2011. Thr tqXlft entitled; Su.stalnmIeAgri-
ita I'adua: Nigeria lost a true leader -Sambo Yar'Bdual, administration was wdl
'II'liculattd and woukt.solVftl ~ dco.dopmental dJalIcnp facing lhc
""""".
In his remark. <hlnnan of the ocxasion.OUcfSoiomoo lat, ~11': .seltN by ProCessor }my Gam. saki lhc bk Yar'adua ....<IS <Xlf11.mittcd to
"" prlndpks of """""""" '"" RuleofLaw.
He said the book tilled: The Scrv·
ant Leader 2 • ] Years Presidential \\'3krshed oflAtt: PreOOmI Umaru Musa fuN:!tA,"isa must read fOriill
"""",""'_bd=
III his 5pt«h. author d book. F.mmmud Adeda. said the book is his modesl contribution to the kad·
cnhip process 10 N"~ The book W'd.S ~ by Pro( .f.ssK:I: U Essietoftbe Baycro Unfva-· Sty.Kana.
PDP suit: Ex-NITEL chief allegations untrue-MTN MTN NigaiahudCKribcd as untrue :IIllcgations made against the romp,IIlY by a former Genera] Manager of the defunct Nigerian Tdecommunicationl limited (NITEL). Solomon Ogundele while swearing to an affidavitl filed 'II the Federal High Court. Ahuja byrne Ekiti .Ild Osun stat~ chapters of th~ People's Democratic ?any (PDP). Ogundd~ had on Friday sworn to an affidaVIt in support of PDp, revca1ing how MTN and the Nigerian Communicatiollll Commission allegedly s:abollged lh~ dnve of th~ stale owned telecoms company 10 make profitl.