Petroleum Bill Now Ready for Buhari to Sign, Says Dogara Saraki: Other aspects of bill will be handled by joint c’ttee of both Houses for $875m over Malabu deal Damilola Oyedele, James Emejo in Abuja and Ejiofor Alike with agency reports
With the passage of the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) by the House of Representatives on Wednesday,
the Speaker of the House Hon. Yakubu Dogara yesterday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to, as a matter of urgency, sign
into law the legislation passed by the National Assembly. His appeal came on the heels of the passage of the legislation
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by the Senate last year. It also came just as Reuters reported yesterday that the federal government has filed
a claim against U.S. bank, JP Morgan Chase for more than Continued on page 8
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NEC Constitutes Committee to Tackle Conflict Between Herdsmen and Farmers Sultan exonerates Miyetti Allah of atrocities by herders Tension in Ekiti as pregnant woman is killed
Omololu Ogunmade, Paul Obi in Abuja and Victor Ogunje in Ado Ekiti The National Economic Council rose from its first meeting this year in the State House, Abuja, yesterday and announced that it has set up a committee to address the protracted conflicts and bloodletting between herdsmen and farmers in
the country. Briefing journalists at the end of the meeting, Kano State governor, Ibrahim Ganduje, disclosed that the committee was mandated to collaborate with the federal government in addressing mindless killings and violence between the two groups. Continued on page 8
Court Refuses to Vacate Order Proscribing IPOB Alex Enumah in Abuja A Federal High Court in Abuja has refused to vacate its earlier order proscribing the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and designating it a terrorist organisation. Acting Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Abdul Kafarati, in a judgment delivered yesterday, dismissed IPOB’s application challenging the order. The judge held that the memo written by the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation
(AGF), Mr. Abubakar Malami, upon which the president gave the approval, stands. Kafarati, in addition, awarded a cost of N500,000 against the group. The acting Chief Judge had on September 20, 2017, issued the proscription order following an ex parte application filed by Malami. Unsatisfied with the decision, IPOB, through its counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, in an application, urged the court to set aside the proscription order. Continued on page 8
L-R: Governors Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State, Emmanuel Udom of Akwa Ibom State, Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, and Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, at the National Economic Council meeting held at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja… yesterday godwinn omoigui