Monday, March 9

******SUMMARIES OF SOME MAJOR NEWS ITEMS*****



 APC reports Patience Jonathan to ICC

******The presidential campaign organisation of the All Progressives Congress has reported the wife of President Goodluck Jonathan, Patience, to the International Criminal Court. Two weeks ago, Patience had, while campaigning for her husband in Calabar, Cross River State, told the supporters of the PDP to stone anyone canvassing for change in the state.
The campaign organisation said the letter of complaint was signed by its Director-General, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, who is the Governor of River State. It said that the letter would be delivered to ICC on Monday (today), adding that the Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, and the National Human Rights Commission would also be sent copies of the letter. “Change, as the entire country knows by now, is the slogan of the APC – the rallying cry of a political party that wishes to bring hope of greater and better things to come for Nigeria and Nigerians****

 Court awards N42m to employee for wrongful sacking
****** The National Industrial Court sitting in Abuja has awarded the sum of about N42.8m in favour of a former employee of Zenith Bank Plc, Mr. Abdulazeez Ibrahim. Ibrahim, a former Deputy Manager with Zenith Bank Plc, had sued the bank, challenging the decision of its management terminating his appointment over a purported N7bn fraud said to have been perpetrated by a syndicate within the bank. The presiding judge, Justice O. Shogbola, in his judgment, awarded N42m in favour of the plaintiff, to cover for salaries, allowances and interests accruable to the plaintiff for the period of his suspension and subsequent sacking by the bank. The judge held that the report of the police investigation into the alleged N7bn fraud exonerated the claimant. Shogbola advised the bank not to rubbish its workers on mere suspicion, stressing that the bank must not be misled into believing that it had the power of life and death over its workers****

 MAN condemns electricity tariff increase
***** The Chairperson, Abuja Council of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, Dr. Wosilat Shittu, has condemned the withdrawal of the Multi Year Tariff Order by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission. This, she said, would have adverse effect on industries in the country and urged the commission to rescind the decision. Shittu, who stated this in a chat with journalists in Abuja, noted that manufacturers were already facing a lot of challenges as a result of unfavourable business environment in the country****

 *Mourinho is not special – Luiz
***** David Luiz has stoked up the tension surrounding Paris Saint-Germain’s UEFA Champions League last 16 second-leg clash with Chelsea by claiming Jose Mourinho “is not special”. PSG travel to Stamford Bridge with the tie level at 1-1 following the first leg at the Parc des Princes, however, Chelsea hold a slight advantage courtesy of their away goal in the French capital. Luiz left Chelsea for PSG in a £50m move last June after his only season under the stewardship of Mourinho, who has long been referred to as “the special one”. But Luiz told L’Equipe , “He is special for you, not for me.*****


 Source: newspanoramang.wordpress.com

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