Newspaper Review 12 May 2015

In today's newspaper review Rivers Assembly suspends 3 LG chairmen, Jonathan appoints former CBN boss, Emir Sanusi as UNIBEN pro-chancellor,  Buhari’s traffic order,  and many others, follow us to know the papers this morning

•  Jonathan appoints former CBN boss, Emir Sanusi as UNIBEN pro-chancellor

The former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi (Muhammad Sanusi II), has been appointed as the pro-chancellor of the University of Benin, Edo State. Read more from Vanguard

• School Return: 91-yr-old threatens to occupy Fashola’s office

A 91-year-old woman, Madam Roseline Ololo has given the Lagos State governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola, a seven-day ultimatum to ensure the return of Metropolitan College and Isolo Secondary School to her, failing which she will permanently occupy the governor’s office. Vanguard

•  Court orders banks to freeze Sule Lamido, Jigawa state, council’s accounts

A Federal High Court sitting in Dutse, Jigawa State,  has directed all the commercial banks operating in the state to freeze accounts bearing the names of Governor Sule Lamido, Birnin-Kudu Local Government and the Jigawa State Government with immediate effect. The court also summoned the banks to appear before it with statements of their accounts. Read More From Vanguard

• Buhari’s traffic order

Almost all Nigerians have unflinching and implicit confidence in the leadership of the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari. This has been demonstrated by the voters in electing him as the next President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Read More From Punch

• Gov candidate denies embezzling N400m

The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Enugu State, Mr. Okey Ezea, on Monday, denied allegations that he embezzled about N400m meant for the campaign of President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, in the state. The alleged embezzlement had been cited as one of the reasons behind the party’s poor outing in the 2015 general elections in Enugu State. The allegation had also led to a major crisis in the Enugu State chapter of the APC. Punch

• ASUU demands unconditional release of kidnapped lecturer

The Academic Staff Union of Universities at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, has called for the unconditional release of Dr. Femi Omisore of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, who was abducted by some gunmen in Ado Ekiti on Friday. The Chairman of ASUU, OAU chapter, Dr. Caleb Aborisade, in a telephone interview with our correspondent in Osogbo, said members of the union made the call after an emergency congress on Monday. Read More From Punch

• NLC Calls For Investigation Into Burnt P/Harcourt Office

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed its River State Council to invite the police to do a thorough investigation into the fire incident that gutted its Port Harcourt office.
The union in a statement by its General Secretary, Dr. Peter Ozo-Eson stated that invaluable documents and materials were destroyed in the fire. The statement reads in part, “we note with sadness the fire incident that gutted our State Council office in Port Harcourt.Invaluable documents and materials were destroyed in the fire. “We have directed our State Council to invite the police to do a  Read More From Leadership

• Rivers Assembly suspends 3 LG chairmen

Rivers State House of Assembly has suspended three local government areas’ caretaker committee chairmen. The chairmen were Cassidy Ikegbidi (Ahoada East), Ojukaye Flag-Amachree (Asari-Toru) and Derick Mene (Khana). It has also set up an ad-hoc committee to investigate the activities of the affected chairmen. It was gathered that the suspension of the chairmen bordered on insecurity and financial mismanagement.  Read More From Sun