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Speaker’s Death: Ondo Assembly Declares Seven-day Mourning Hon. Samuel Ajayi Adesina   •Tambuwal, Kwara speaker mourn By James Sowole   and Hammed Shittu  The Ondo State House of Assembly yesterday declared a seven-day mourning in honour of the late Speaker of the assembly, Hon. Samuel Ajayi Adesina. Adesina died on Tuesday in an undisclosed hospital during his battle with cancer of urinary bladder. The Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Hon Oyebo Aladetan, who disclosed the declaration of the mourning period, added that the assembly had set up a burial committee headed by a member representing the Odigbo 1 Constituency, Hon. Victor Akinwe. Akinwe incidentally, haileds from the same local government with the late speaker. Aladetan said the committee set up by the assembly would work along with the late legislator’s family members and also liaise with the state government on the burial arrangement for the deceased. The lawmaker described the death o

Anti-gay Law: Nigeria, Uganda May Lose US Human Rights Ratings US Secretary of State, Mr. John Kerry • Nigerian-Americans tell Obama to demonstrate war against Boko Haram in practical terms By Nduka Nwosu in New York US Secretary of State, Mr. John Kerry, will today present the country’s 2013 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices that could affect Nigeria and Uganda’s ratings on human rights following the passage of anti-gay laws by both African countries. However, for Nigerian-Americans, what is of utmost importance to the people is for the US to show greater commitment in its support to eradicate the Boko Haram menace and other forms of terrorism in the country. With Nigeria’s recent ban on homosexuality and same-sex unions and Uganda’s anti-gay law during the week, observers believe some African countries may receive a knock today, as Kerry presents his score card. Apa

Court Refuses Sanusi’s Application for Reinstatement Mallam  Sanusi Lamido Sanusi By Tobi Soniyi in Abuja   A Federal High Court in Abuja Wednesday refused an application byMallam  Sanusi Lamido Sanusi to be reinstated as the central bank governor. Justice Gabriel Kolawole refused the ex parte motion brought before it by Sanusi on the grounds that it would be unfair to grant such an application without affording the respondents a hearing. Sanusi had filed the application on Monday asking the court to make an order of interlocutory injunction restraining the defendants from obstructing, disturbing, stopping or preventing him in any manner whatsoever, from performing the functions as the governor of the CBN and enjoying in full, the statutory powers and privileges attached to the office. Urging the court to expeditiously grant his interlocutory application, he maintained that any delay might cause irreparable and serious damage and mischief on him in

Jonathan: I Feel the Weight of Our 100-year History President Goodluck Jonathan •  French president leads 27 heads of states to centenary, security summit By Our Correpondents As the country commences its centenary celebrations today, President Goodluck Jonathan has declared that he feels the full weight of Nigeria's 100-year history, adding, however, that he feels no frustration of disillusionment, but "a great pride and great hope for a country that is bound to overcome the transient pains of the moment and eventually take its rightful place among the greatest nations on earth”. Jonathan, who stated this in a nationwide broadcast Wednesday to kick-start the centenary, said that the amalgamation of Nigeria in 1914 was not a mistake, assuring Nigerians that in the next 100 years, Nigeria will remain as a united, prosperous and politically stable nation, which will be the pr

Global Outrage over Yobe Killings as FG Mulls Closure of Unity Schools in N’East Supervising Minister of Education, Chief Nyesom Wike     •Education ministry: 30 students were killed in FGC, six bodies unidentified   • Senate c’ttee asks army chief to relocate to Maiduguri By Our Correspondents  The mindless killing of dozens of children of the Federal Government College, Buni-Yadi in Yobe State, Tuesday has incurred the wrath of the global community which Wednesday strongly condemned the massacre. The incident in Yobe has also compelled the government to consider the temporary closure of all its federal government colleges, also known as unity schools, in the three states currently under emergency rule in North-eastern Nigeria. However, unity schools in Taraba, Gombe and Bauchi would not be affected, as the states have been relatively peaceful. Security would also be beefed up