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BREAKING: Bayelsa Loses Oil Well To Rivers As Court Orders Map Error Correction

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The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered the transfer of Soku oil field from Bayelsa State to its rightful owner , Rivers State .

Delivering judgment in a suit instituted by Rivers State , Justice Inyang Ekwo, ordered the National Boundary Commission to rectify the error in its 11 th edition of Administrative Map , which designated San Bartholomew River as the boundary between the two states , instead of River Santa Barbara .

The error was said to have surfaced in the 11 th edition of Administrative Map produced by the NBC in 2002 .

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The NBC was said to have in its letter dated July 3 , 2002 in response to Rivers State Government’ s protest admitted its mistake and promised to rectify it in the 12 th edition of the administrative map .

Failure of the NBC to rectify the mistake as promised made the Rivers State Government to file a suit against the Attorney- General of Bayelsa State and the Attorney- General of the Federation before the Supreme Court in 2009 .

The Supreme Court in 2012 ruled in favour of Rivers State and ordered the rectification of the error

By August 2019 , when the mistake had yet to be corrected, Rivers State Government instituted a suit before the Federal High Court in Abuja solely against the NBC, seeking an order of mandamus compelling it to correct its error.

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Granting the plaintiff ’ s prayers in his judgment delivered on Monday , Justice Ekwo ordered the commission to immediately produce the 12 th edition of the Administrative Map restoring River Santa Barbara as the inter – state boundary between Rivers and Bayelsa States , as it was in 1996 when Bayelsa State was carved from Rivers State.

He added that the commission was duty – bound to obey the July 10 , 2012 judgment of the Supreme Court which had affirmed River Santa Barbara as the boundary between the states , by immediately correcting its self -admitted error of designating River San Bartholomew as the boundary .

He also ordered that the judgment be served on the relevant statutory bodies , especially , the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission and the office of the Accountant- General of the Federation for them to immediate recompute the amount of oil revenue accruable to it with the transfer of the Soku oil field to it.

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Bauchi Commissioner Gifts 3 Students Cash For Prompt Resumption, Ability To Read

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The Bauchi state Commissioner for Education, Dr Jamila Dahiru, on Thursday, gave a cash gift of N5,000 each to three Senior Secondary II students of Government Science Secondary School, Misau for their determination to succeed in Education.

Two of the students, Adamu Adamu, Mustapha and Haruna impressed the commissioner for their presence in school in the first day of resumption while Abdullahi Musa marvelled her for his reading ability and comprehension.

According to the commissioner, the gesture was to appreciate their determination to learn as well and motivate other students to emulate them.

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While paying a courtesy visit to the Emir of Misau, Alh. Ahmed Sulaiman, the commissioner disclosed that the Bauchi State government was working with stakeholders from the Misau Emirate to fine-tune modalities of temporarily accommodating the students of Federal Science Technical College, Misau at its Science Secondary School Misau.

She said the college made the request in a letter to the ministry stating that the facility given to them could no longer accommodate their students population, hence the resolve to convene the stakeholders meeting to fine-tune ways of sharing the facility for the betterment of the state.

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She disclosed that government science secondary school Misau, one of the best in the state in terms of befitting facilities has the capacity to accommodate up to five thousand students, but currently houses about three hundred students.

She appreciated the Emir for his continued support to programmes and policies of the government with more emphasis on the education sector.

Speaking on behalf of the Emir and other stakeholders, a retired Director with the Ministry, Muhammad Musa, expressed gratitude to the Commissioner for the honour and promised to assemble critical stakeholders from the emirate so as to arrive at an acceptable decision for the benefit of all and sundry.

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NDIC Obtains Order To Wind Down 96 Microfinance, Mortgage Banks

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The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation has said that it has obtained Winding up Orders for 96 out of 183 microfinance and primary mortgage banks whose licenses were revoked by the Central Bank of Nigeria in May 2023.

The Managing Director, NDIC, Bello Hassa, revealed this at a sensitisation seminar for Judges of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Thursday organised by the NDIC, to enlighten the judiciary on the intricacies of the banking industry.

Hassan said, “As at date, the Corporation had obtained Winding up Orders for 96 out of 183 Micro Finance and Primary Mortgage Banks whose licenses were revoked by the CBN in May 2023, in less than one Year of revocation.”

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He added that the NDIC was committed to fulfilling its mandate of protecting depositors through bank supervision, failure resolution and liquidation so as to boost confidence in the financial system.

Speaking on the role that the judiciary plays in the fulfillment of the mandate, Hassan said, “We recognise the judiciary as one of our critical stakeholders. With this, when cases are brought before them, they can receive accelerated hearing and proclamation of Justice.”

Citing some of the achievements from previous editions of the seminar, Hassan said that instances where liquidation-related litigations experienced delays were reduced.

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JUST IN: 36 Speakers Back State Police

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Speakers of the 36 Houses of Assembly in Nigeria on Thursday expressed support for the National Assembly’s ongoing efforts to alter the 1999 constitution to create state policing in the country.

The Speakers made their resolution known at the end of their meeting in Abuja.

The Senate and House of Representatives are currently working to amend various constitutional provisions, including those regarding state police, financial autonomy for local government, fiscal federalism, and mayoral status for the FCT.

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