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  • Senate begins confirmation of CBN’s MPC nominees

    The Senate on Wednesday mandated its Committee on Banking and Finance to begin the process of confirming four presidential nominees as members of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

    This followed the adoption of the communication from President Muhammadu Buhari, requesting the Senate to confirm the nomination of the four appointees.

    The nominees are Prof. Adeola Adenikinju, Dr Aliyu Sanusi, Dr Robert Asogwa and Dr Asheikh Maidugu.

    The Senate would also consider Buhari’s request that Mrs Aisha Ahmad and Mr Edward Adamu be confirmed as CBN Deputy Governors.

    Moving for the adoption of the request, the Senate Leader, Sen. Ahmed Lawan said that the process was in accordance with the provisions of Section 12 (1)(4) of the CBN Act 2007.

    The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, gave the committee one week to consider the requests.

  • 2019: Senate clears seven REC nominees

    2019: Senate clears seven REC nominees

    The Senate on Wednesday confirmed seven of the nine Resident Electoral Commissioner nominees sent for approval by President Muhammadu Buhari.

    President Buhari on December 20, 2017 sent names of the nine candidates to be considered as RECs.

    Out of the nine, seven of the nominees were confirmed, one failed to show up for screening, while one is still under consideration.

    The confirmed nominees are Baba Yusuf, Borno; Lukman Ajidagba, Kwara; Segun Agbaje, Ekiti, Cyril Omorogbe, Edo.

    Others are Yahaya Bello, Nasarawa; Emmanuel Hart, Rivers; and Mohammed Ibrahim, Gombe.

    The chairman senate committee on INEC, Suleiman Nazif, said the nominee from Osun State, Eric Olawale, did not show up for screening before the committee.

    He said the committee stood down the confirmation of the nominee from Akwa Ibom, Monday Tom, for further legislative consultation.

    He added that the seven approved nominees were duly cleared by relevant security agencies.

  • Osun Assembly confirms Aregbesola’s nominees

    The Osun House of Assembly on Monday, confirmed the four nominees of Gov. Rauf Aregbesola as members of the state Judicial Service Commission (JSC).

    The motion for the confirmation of the nominees was moved by the leader of House, Mr Timothy Owoeye after the screening of the nominees.

    Owoeye’s motion’s was seconded by the House Committee Chairman on Judiciary, Mr Dejo Bello.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Aregbesola, in a letter dated Aug. 28, urged the lawmakers to confirm the nominees to fill the vacant positions in the commission.

    The letter was read at the plenary on Sept. 11 by the Speaker, Mr Najeem Salaam.

    The governor said that members of the current commission were inaugurated on June 6, 2012, adding that their tenure had expired.

    According to Aregbesola, his letter is sequel to the expiration of the tenure of office of the members of the council.

    “By virtue of Section 199(1)(c) of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 Constitution(as amended), having spent five years as members, I , as the governor of the state of Osun approved four members to serve in JSC,’’ he said.

    The confirmed members are: Nathaniel Agunbiade, Olagunju Oloruntomilola, Oyewale Olatayo and Olarotimi Mikail.

    Similarly, the Assembly confirmed the governor’s nominees for the post of Director- General of State Debit Management Office.

    The governor, in a letter dated July 23, urged the state lawmakers to confirm the nominee in person of Babatunde Adejumo who has been in an acting capacity.

    The motion for the confirmation of the nominee was also moved by Owoeye and seconded by Mr Kamil Oyedele, the Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation.

    In his remarks, the speaker urged the nominees to give their best for the development of the state and to re-position the state judiciary to an enviable position.

    The speaker also called on Adejumo to work toward the economic development of the state.

     

    NAN

  • Senate confirms 8 REC nominees, steps down Lagos, Kebbi, candidates

    The Senate on Thursday confirmed the appointment of Mrs Asmanu Maikudi from Katsina State and seven others as Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC).

    Other nominees, who were equally confirmed are, Mr Sam Olumekun from Ondo State, Prof. Riskuwa Shehu from Sokoto State, Mr Kassim Geidam from Yobe and Jibrin Zarewa from Kano State.

    Prof. Samuel Egwu from Kogi, Mr Mike Igini from Delta and Abdulganiyu Raji from Oyo State were also confirmed.

    The upper chamber, however, stepped down consideration of Amb. Rufus Akeju (Lagos), Dr Mahmuda Isah (Kebbi) and Ahmad Mahmud (Zamfara).

    It also rejected the nomination of Prof. Mustapha Zubairu of Niger on the ground that he came from the same geo-political zone with Mohammed Haruna, the Federal Commissioner, representing North Central in INEC.

    This decision of the senate followed the report of the Committee on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) presented by its Chairman, Sen. Suleiman Nazif.

    The decision of the chamber to step down the confirmation of Akeju was sequel to a Point-of-Order raised by the Deputy Minority Whip, Sen. Biodun Olujimi, on a court judgment against his appointment.

    Displaying a copy of the judgment, she warned that confirming the nominee would amount to a negation of the powers of the judiciary.

    On the nominees from Kebbi and Zamfara, the senate said that there were issues on their cases that needed to be further investigated.

    In his remarks, the President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, charged the successful nominees to contribute their quota to transform election process in the country.

    He said that their appointment was timely as it would have positive impact on elections in the country.

    “The newly confirmed Resident Electoral Commissioners are people of high integrity, disciplined and full of patriotism.

    So, we expect that the gains recorded by INEC in the previous elections should be surpassed.

    “The timetable recently released by INEC for 2019 general elections is timely and this will give the newly-appointed RECs an opportunity to correct the mistakes of the previous elections.

    “On our part as a Senate, our committee is working on the amendment of the Electoral Act to further complement the electoral body,’’ he said.

    Meanwhile, the Senate had, prior to the confirmation of the RECs, clarified that it had not changed its resolution not to consider presidential requests for confirmation on areas not specified in the Constitution.

    It stated that it would maintain the position until judicial interpretation was made on those areas.

    This followed a Point of Order by Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe.

    Whiling citing Order 43, he said that he was taken aback when he read in the newspapers that the Senate had reversed its resolution on confirmation of certain executive nominations.

    On that, Saraki said, “this institution has great respect on the resolutions that we pass here as a body.

    “We will never go against our resolutions. If you can recollect, what we said is explicitly stated in the Constitution in Section 153 or even section 171.

    “Ambassadorial and ministerial appointments are the only ones that we will continue to consider.

    “Those are ambassadors, ministers and others bodies, specified in the Constitution.

    “The National Assembly will not consider anyone outside the specified agencies, and INEC is among those bodies that are in section 153, which we will consider their nominations.

    “This is just to assure you that we have not shifted ground on this resolution.

    “Please discard what you read from the newspapers and be guided that as presiding officers we respect the law,’’ he said.

    In another development, the National Information and Intelligence Database Bill, 2017 scaled first reading at the plenary.

    The bill, which was sponsored by Sen. Suleiman Hunkuyi(APC-Kaduna), is aimed at making the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit(NFIU) autonomous of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC).

    It is part of effort to lift the suspension of Nigeria from EGMONT, an international Financial Intelligence Group.

     

  • JUST IN: Edo Assembly confirms Obaseki’s commissioner nominees

    The Edo State House of Assembly on Wednesday confirmed 18 nominees ‎sent to it by Governor Godwin Obaseki as commissioners.

    The nominees were cleared ‎eight days after the list was read during plenary on June 20, 2017.

    Obaseki had in a letter dated June 19 and addressed to the Speaker, Dr. Justin Okonoboh, urged the House to facilitate the confirmation of the nominees.

    Those on the list include Yekini Idaiye (Akoko Edo), Ohonbamu Paul (Egor)‎, ‎E. Agbale (Esan Central), Emmanuel Usoh (Esan North-East), Magdalene Ohenhen (Esan South-East) andAmiolemen Osahon (Esan West).

    Also nominated were Joseph Ughioke‎ (Etsako Central), Mika Amonokha (Etsako East), Mariam Abubakar‎ (Etsako West)‎ Osagie Inegbedion‎ (Igueben) Erimona Oye‎ (Ikpoba-Okha), Prof. Yinka Omoregbe‎ (Oredo).

    Others are Osaze Osemwegie-Ero (Orhionmwon), Monday Osaigbovo (Ovia North-East)‎, Christopher Adesotu (Ovia South-West)‎, Jimoh Ijegbai‎ (Owan East), Okun Reginald (Owan West)‎ and David Osifo‎ (Uhunmwode)

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    Details soon…

  • 12 commissioner-nominees screened by Edo House of Assembly

    12 commissioner-nominees screened by Edo House of Assembly

    The screening process for twelve out of the 18 commissioner-nominees submitted by Gov. Godwin Obaseki to the Edo House of Assembly began on Thursday.

    Governor Obaseki had on Tuesday submitted the list of 18 commissioner nominees to the Assembly for screening and confirmation.

    The 12 nominees were screened by members of the House Standing Committee on Rules, Business and Government House headed by Mr Foly Ogedengbe (APC-Owan West).

    The nominees include Paul Ohonbamu, Christopher Adesutu, Jimoh Ijebai, Yekini Idieye, Mariam Abubakar, David Osifo, Emmanuel Agbale and Monday Osaigbovo,

    Others are Osaze Ero, Amiolemen Osahon, Osaigie Inegbedion and Emmanuel Usoh.

    Paul Ohonbamu and Christopher Adesutu were, however, asked to take a bow by the committee by virtue of their status as former lawmakers.

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    The nominees, who spoke shortly after they were screened, gave an assurance that they were prepared to deploy their wealth of experience to actualise the vision of the governor.

    Ogedengbe said that the committee would forward the credentials of the nominees to the appropriate authorities for verification.

    He said that the verification was meant to ascertain if the nominees were academically qualified to function as commissioners in the state

  • Obaseki receives list of nominees for appointment

    Obaseki receives list of nominees for appointment

    The committee constituted to screen persons for political appointments in Edo on Friday presented nominations for Special Advisers (SA) and Senior Special Assistants (SSA) to Governor Mr Godwin Obaseki.

    Presenting the report at Government House, Benin, Chairman of the Committee, Professor Dennis Agbonlahor, described the process as innovative and democratically-driven.

    He recalled that the committee had three weeks ago submitted report on the recommendations for the appointment of commissioners to the governor.

    Agbonlahor said, “we received 11 applications for the position of Special Advisers; we recommended six nominees, two each from the three senatorial districts in the state.

    “Out of the six persons, two are females, representing 33 per cent of the nominees.

    “We used the same criteria to screen the SSAs. We received 150 applications and after interview, with the leaders of the various local government areas and the applicants, when necessary, we nominated 54 persons.

    “Three persons from each of the 18 LGAs in the state, including seven females, were selected, which is about 13 per cent of the nominees,” he said.

    Receiving the report, the governor commended the committee for aligning with the principle and criteria set up for the screening.

    He said that the process was necessary to allow people at the grassroots participate in the selection of political leaders.

    According to Obaseki, we must involve people at the grassroots to participate in the process of nominating people they believe will represent their interest to work in government.

    He explained that the committee was set up to listen and review the complaints of those who felt they were left out of the political process.

    He assured that before the end of May all the political nominees would be appointed into offices.

     

     

     

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  • Beyonce dominates Grammy 2017 nominees list

    Beyonce dominates Grammy 2017 nominees list

    Sensational singer, Beyonce has clinched nine Grammy nominations for her album Lemonade. The vocalist who has won 20 Grammys, has been nominated in categories like record of the year, song of the year and album of the year. She is followed by Drake, Rihanna and Kanye West, who all have also been nominated.

    Check the nominees list below

     

    Album of the year:

    “25” — Adele | Review

     

    “Lemonade” — Beyoncé | Review

     

    “Purpose” — Justin Bieber

     

    “Views” — Drake | Review

     

    “A Sailor’s Guide to Earth” — Sturgill Simpson | Interview

     

    Record of the year:

     

    “Hello” — Adele

     

    “Formation” — Beyoncé

     

    “7 Years” — Lukas Graham

     

    “Work” — Rihanna featuring Drake | Review

     

    “Stressed Out” — Twenty One Pilots

     

    Song of the year:

    “Formation” — Khalif Brown, Asheton Hogan, Beyoncé Knowles & Michael L. Williams II, songwriters (Beyoncé)

     

    “Hello” — Adele Adkins & Greg Kurstin, songwriters (Adele)

     

    “I Took a Pill In Ibiza” — Mike Posner, songwriter (Mike Posner)

     

    “Love Yourself” — Justin Bieber, Benjamin Levin & Ed Sheeran, songwriters (Justin Bieber)

     

    “7 Years” — Lukas Forchhammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Pilegaard & Morten Ristorp, songwriters (Lukas Graham)

     

    Best new artist:

    Kelsea Ballerini

     

    The Chainsmokers | Interview

     

    Chance the Rapper

     

    Maren Morris

     

    Anderson .Paak | Interview

     

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    Best pop vocal album:

     

    “25” — Adele

     

    “Purpose” — Justin Bieber

     

    “Dangerous Woman” — Ariana Grande | Review

     

    “Confident” — Demi Lovato

     

    “This Is Acting” — Sia | Review

     

    Best dance/electronic album:

     

    “Skin” — Flume

     

    “Electronica 1: The Time Machine” — Jean-Michel Jarre

     

    “Epoch” — Tycho

     

    “Barbara Barbara, We Face a Shining Future” — Underworld

     

    “Louie Vega Starring…XXVIII” — Louie Vega

     

    Best rock album:

     

    “California” — Blink-182

     

    “Tell Me I’m Pretty” — Cage the Elephant

     

    “Magma” — Gojira

     

    “Death of a Bachelor” — Panic! at the Disco

     

    “Weezer” — Weezer | Interview

     

    Best alternative music album:

     

    “22, a Million” — Bon Iver | Review

     

    “Blackstar” — David Bowie | Review

     

    “The Hope Six Demolition Project” — PJ Harvey

     

    “Post Pop Depression” — Iggy Pop | Review

     

    “A Moon Shaped Pool” — Radiohead | Review

     

    Best urban contemporary album:

     

    “Lemonade” — Beyoncé

     

    “Ology” — Gallant

     

    “We Are King” — King

     

    “Malibu” — Anderson .Paak

     

    “Anti” — Rihanna | Review

     

    Best rap performance:

     

    “No Problem” — Chance the Rapper featuring Lil Wayne & 2 Chainz

     

    “Panda” — Desiigner

     

    “Pop Style” — Drake Featuring the Throne

     

    “All the Way Up” — Fat Joe & Remy Ma featuring French Montana & Infared

     

    “That Part” — Schoolboy Q featuring Kanye West

     

    Best country solo performance:

     

    “Love Can Go to Hell” — Brandy Clark

     

    “Vice” — Miranda Lambert

     

    “My Church” — Maren Morris

     

    “Church Bells” — Carrie Underwood

     

    “Blue Ain’t Your Color” — Keith Urban

     

    Best jazz vocal album:

     

    “Sound of Red” — René Marie

     

    “Upward Spiral” — Branford Marsalis Quartet With Special Guest Kurt Elling

     

    “Take Me to the Alley” — Gregory Porter

     

    “Harlem On My Mind” — Catherine Russell

     

    “The Sting Variations” — The Tierney Sutton Band

     

    Best gospel album:

     

    “Listen” —Tim Bowman Jr.

     

    “Fill This House” — Shirley Caesar

     

    “A Worshipper’s Heart [Live]” — Todd Dulaney

     

    “Losing My Religion” — Kirk Franklin

     

    “Demonstrate [Live]” — William Murphy

     

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    Best contemporary Christian music album:

     

    “Poets & Saints” — All Sons & Daughters

     

    “American Prodigal” — Crowder

     

    “Be One” — Natalie Grant

     

    “Youth Revival [Live]” — Hillsong Young & Free

     

    “Love Remains” — Hillary Scott & the Scott Family

     

    Best Latin pop album:

     

    “Un Besito Mas” — Jesse & Joy

     

    “Ilusión” — Gaby Moreno

     

    “Similares” — Laura Pausini

     

    “Seguir Latiendo” — Sanalejo

     

    “Buena Vida” — Diego Torres

     

    Best American roots performance:

     

    “Ain’t No Man” — The Avett Brothers

     

    “Mother’s Children Have a Hard Time” — Blind Boys of Alabama

     

    “Factory Girl” — Rhiannon Giddens

     

    “House of Mercy” — Sarah Jarosz

     

    “Wreck You” — Lori McKenna

     

    Best spoken word album (includes poetry, audio books & storytelling):

     

    “The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo” — Amy Schumer

     

    “In Such Good Company: Eleven Years Of Laughter, Mayhem, And Fun In the Sandbox” — Carol Burnett

     

    “M Train” — Patti Smith

     

    “Under the Big Black Sun: A Personal History Of L.A. Punk (John Doe With Tom DeSavia)” — (Various Artists)

     

    “Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink” — Elvis Costello