Newspaper Review Today, 7 May 2015

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•  Govs should be blamed for unpaid salaries – Okonjo-Iweala

The Federal Government on Wednesday absolved itself of blame in the inability of some state
governments to pay their workers’ salaries. It said the governors of such states should be blamed for the development in their states because they were told through the Federation Accounts Allocation Committee to make the issue of wage a priority. Read More From Punch

• Massive traffic lights at the 11th hour In FCT

A few weeks to the end of the President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration, the nation’s capital is witnessing fresh installation of traffic lights, SUNDAY ABORISADE writes
Residents of Nigeria’s capital have suddenly discovered that major junctions of the city are sparkling Read More From Punch

•  Fraudsters dupe people with my name, says el-Rufai

The All Progressives Congress Governor-elect in Kaduna State, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, on Wednesday raised the alarm that some fraudsters had used his name to defraud unsuspecting members of the public across the state and even beyond. Specifically, spokesman for the governor-elect, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, said the impostor created an e-mail address in el-Rufai’s name and Read More From Punch

• Sambisa: Four soldiers injured, 25 women, children rescued

The Director, Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, said that the Special Forces have rescued an additional 25 women and children during a raid on the dreaded Sambisa Forest.
Olukolade also disclosed in a statement on Wednesday that during the operation, the soldiers destroyed seven camps which were being used by the insurgents for their training and operations.
All From Punch

• Enugu Govt spent N800m on medical equipment, drugs in 8yrs — Gov. Chime

 The Eighth Council on Health Meeting has ended in Enugu with the state government saying that it spent N800 million on procurement of drugs in the last eight years of Governor Sullivan Chime’s administration. Stakeholders that attended the meeting included the World Health Organisation, WHO, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, UNICEF; the National Health Insurance Scheme, NHIS; National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA as well as the Nigerian Medial Association, NMA among others. Read Vanguard

• Police tear-gas Niger lawmakers

Some members of the Niger State House of Assembly were yesterday tear-gassed by the police in Minna, the state capital, following their attempts to entre the assembly complex forcefully. Armed policemen had as early as 7 am, barricaded the gate to the complex and prevented the assemblymen Read More From Vanguard
ACE signs performance contract with FG, World Bank
THE Africa Centres of Excellence (ACE) in Nigeria have signed Performance Contracts with the Federal Government and the World Bank, marking the last hurdle to be crossed before the release of the first tranche of funds to them. The ceremony, witnessed by the Honourable Minister of Education, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau, was held at the National Universities Commission (NUC) in Abuja. Read More From Vanguard

• Timeliness of NJC guidelines on judicial appointments

Introduction
The National Judicial Council (NJC) has issued new “Guidelines and Procedural Rules” for all judicial appointments into superior court positions in Nigeria. The reforms seek to plug serious lapses in the former judicial appointments/elevation guidelines that made those guidelines too feeble and ineffective in achieving its aims. The former guidelines did not, and could not safeguard judicial appointments from being politicised or lobbied, or even from “institutional nepotism”.
Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu and President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu and President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami Under those guidelines, judicial appointments were undertaken through processes that were undemocratic, cloistered, elitist, and that lacked openness or transparency. This effectively led to the exclusion of otherwise eligible people from All From Vanguard

•  Senate moves to pass immigration bill

Senate has re­ceived the report of its Committee on Interior on the Immigration Act Amend­ment Bill passed by the House of Representatives in 2014. The report, which was presented by Chairman of the committee, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu, was said to agree with the earlier version passed by the Green Chamber. It makes several innova­tive provisions aimed at modernising and reposition­ing the Nigeria Immigration Service to be able to cope with new immigration chal­lenges. Many observers believe the Immigration Act of 1963 is outdated and long overdue for overhauling. From Sun

•  Don’t appoint tax evaders into govt, CITN charges Buhari

To boost tax col­lection through voluntary compli­ance, the Chartered Insti­tute of Taxation of Nige­ria (CITN) has urged the incoming regime to avoid mistakes of its predeces­sors by not appointing tax defaulters into its cabinet. According to its Presi­dent, Chief Mark Dike, who gave the advice Wednesday in Lagos at a media brief­ing on the upcoming 17th Annual Tax Conference, raising tax revenue requires special measures, in order to tackle tax evasion and il­licit financial flows. From Sun

• Niger Republic Deports 3,000 Nigerians

The Niger Republic troops have deported more than 3,000 Nigerian fishermen and refugees escaping from Boko Haram. According to Associated Press (AP), the refugees said they were compelled to return to Nigeria after Boko Haram last week attacked an island in Lake Chad. They also said the soldiers arrived at the fishing village of Lelewa and ordered them to leave. Niger officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Read More From Leadership

• Buhari Orders His Security Personnel To Obey Traffic Rules

Determined to lead by example, President-elect Muhammadu Buhari has instructed police and military personnel attached to him to respect traffic regulations during his movements. In a statement released by his media team in Abuja, Buhari said obeying the law would be the guiding philosophy of his administration, adding “without leadership by example, the ordinary citizens would become copycats of the lawlessness of their leaders.” Read More From Leadership

• Impeachment: Niger Assembly Complex Sealed Off

As the crisis in Niger State House of Assembly deepens, the police in the state yesterday fired tear gas at lawmakers and staff of the Assembly preventing them from resuming to work.
This is coming even as Niger State Governor Babangida Aliyu distanced himself from the crisis saying the crisis was not aimed at him but was a result of internal wrangling of the legislators. Leadership