In a letter dated February 1, 2021 by his lawyer, Chukwuma Machukwu-Ume (SAN), Umahi also demanded within seven days an apology and retraction from the online medium which would be aired over AIT, Youtube and other internet/social media network “where the publications were aired as well as two national dailies”.
Umahi said the medium should have obtained information about governance in Ebonyi from the state website: http://www.ebonyistate.gov.ng before making its publication.
“We certainly concede to your constitutional right to criticize your government or any government for that matter for any wrongdoing and or criminal behaviour. In any case, you have a duty to do so within the province and stipulation of the Constitution and Rule of Law i.e. with true and verifiable facts void of any personal or political malice.
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By Lukman Olabiyi
The Federal High Court, Lagos has ordered businessman, Chief Sunny Odogwu, and his two companies: Robert Dyson & Diet Limited, and SIO Properties Limited to pay N26.2 billion to Diamond Bank Plc for failing to repay a loan obtained from the bank eight years ago.
The court presided by Justice Saliu Saidu also granted leave to Diamond Bank to foreclose and sell ‘Luxury Collection Hotels and Apartments’, formerly Le Meridian Grand Tower, located at 31-35, Ikoyi Crescent, Ikoyi, Lagos, belonging to Odogwu.
Co-defendants in the debt recovery suit are Corporate Affairs Commission, (CAC), The Registrar of Title, Federal Land Registry, and Leadway Trustees Limited, as fourth, fifth and sixth defendants respectively.
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January 28, 2021
The Gan Allah Fulani Development Association (GAFDAN) has faulted the agreement reached between the South West Governors and the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Akure, Ondo State.
The Fulani group clearly said that the Miyetti Allah cannot represent the interest of the entire Fulani in Nigeria.
In a press statement signed by its National President, Alhaji Sale Bayari, the group disassociated itself from the agreement, saying it amounts to “shaving one’s head in his absence”.
According to the Fulani group, “As a law-abiding association, we shall not go into any unlawful, unconstitutional, and repressive agreement with any governor, president, or government, without reference to the ground norm law of our country, which is the constitution”.
To elect Members of the Audit Committee.
Special Business
To fix the remuneration of the Directors.
To authorize the renewal of recurrent transactions that are of trading nature or those necessary for day-to-day operations from related companies in accordance with the Rules of the Nigerian Stock Exchange governing transactions with related parties or interested persons.
Notes:
(a) Proxy
A member of the Company entitled to attend and vote is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and vote instead of him/her. A proxy need not be a member.
In view of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Guidelines issued by the Corporate Affairs Commission on holding of Annual General Meetings (AGM) of Public Companies using proxies, attendance at the AGM shall only be by proxy. A member of the company entitled to attend and vote at the AGM is advised to appoint a proxy of his choice from the proposed list of proxies below to represent him/her at the AGM:
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In this interview by ISAAC SHOBAYO, a former national president of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) and now national president of Gan Allah Fulani Development Association of Nigeria (GAFDAN), Alhaji Sale Bayari, speaks on the controversy trailing Monday’s meeting of South West governors with MACBAN and other stakeholders, among other issues.
Are you not disturbed that the Fulani, especially the herdsmen among you, have become endangered species, given the killings, banditry and kidnapping often associated with them around the country?
The position of Gan Allah Fulani Development Association of Nigeria is that these problems we are having in this country are purely political. They equally have regional, economic, social and tribal undertones. The problems have been made worse by the insecurity in the country. The government said they had been trying their best but we can see that their best is not good enough. In all these, what I don