P.M. News -- Today In Nigerian Newspapers -- Nov. 19, 1998
Adey Oyenuga
November 19, 1998
Lagos - Decree 2 To Go: Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar said
yesterday that the controversial Decree No. 2 and other draconian
decrees were no longer desirable in the present day Nigeria and would be
expunged from the statutes. -Champion
Kolade Criticises Idle N10bn Education Fund:
Chairman, Cadbury Plc, Dr. Christopher Kolade has protested
government's non- disbursement of between N7 billion and 10 billion
Education Tax Fund contributed by the private sector in the past five
years. At a time the educational sector is grappling with sinking decay,
Dr. Kolade wondered why the fund should be locked up in the vaults of
the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). -Concord
Committee Lists Rules For Debate On Constitution:
Procedural details for the nascent debate on the 1995 draft
constitution were yesterday reeled out by the Constitutional Debate
Coordinating Committee (CDCC).For purpose of the debate, which committee
chairman Justice Niki Tobi said has no "no-go" areas, the country has
been delineated into 10 zones. -The Guardian
MILAD Escapes Gunshots:
Pandemonium broke out yesterday at the Ekiti State Police Command
premises in Ado-Ekiti as the state military administrator, Navy captain
M. Atanda Yussuf narrowly escaped being killed by gunshots from some
irate policemen. Navy Captain Yussuff has gone to the police
headquarters to intervene in the rancour brewing between some mobile
policemen and soldiers who had created disaffection within themselves
ovr fuel issue. -Sketch
Obasanjo Is Military's Candidate - Akinjide:
Former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice,
Chif Ricahrd Akinjide (SAN), on Tuesday night described the presidential
ambition of the former Head of State, General Olusegun Obasanjo (rtd),
as "a gimmick designed by the nation's military to perpetuate itself in
power." -The Punch
FG Unfolds Dev Plan For Niger-Delta:
Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar unfolded, yesterday a
development package for the oil rich Niger-Delta area which has been on
the boil for several years now over alleged neglect by the Federal
Government. Agitation for redress of the situation has often been
violent like in Ogoniland where demands by the Movement for the Survival
of Ogoni People (MOSOP) culminated first in the murder of the "Ogoni
Four," and later in the hanging of the "Ogoni Nine" led by writer, Ken
Saro-Wiwa. -Vanguard
Activists Set Agenda For UN Rapporteur's Visit:
Nigeria's human rights groups have started setting agenda for the UN
special rapporteur, Mr. Soli Jehangir Sobrajee, billed to start a 10-day
investigation of alleged human rights abuses in the country as from
Sunday. Topping their agenda are demands for the abbrogation of several
obnoxious decrees including Decree 2 of 1984 and the release of
remaining "political detainees." -The Diet
Aba Traders Declare War On Robbers, Lynch 20:
The violent disturbances in Aba, the commercial nerve centre of Abia
state has worsened with the killing of about 20 persons suspected to be
members of the dreaded "Mafia Scud" or "Down Below" as they were called.
-The Port Express IG Orders Fasehun's Arrest Human rights activists and
a chieftain of the Campaign for Democracy (CD), Dr. Fredrick Fasehun,
may have gone into hiding following an order for his immediate arrest
given by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Alhaji Ibrahim
Coomassie. -This Day
'Arisekola Not Invited To UI':
Ibadan millionaire businessman and owner of the Monitor Newspaper,
Alhaji Abdulazeez Arisekola Alao, who narrowly escaped death on Tuesday
in the hands of irate students of the University of Ibadan was not
officially invited to the institution, authorities of the university
have claimed. Vice Chancellor of the University Professor Omoniyi
Adewoye maintained in an interview yesterday that Arisekola was not
formally invited to the 50th anniversary of the institution. -Daily
Times
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