Customs release Obasanjo’s My Watch

                                                                      Former President Olusegun Obasanjo

The Nigeria Customs Service on Thursday said that it had released former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s autobiography titled, My Watch.

The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the NCS Comptroller-General, Alhaji Dikko Abdullahi, made the disclosure to newsmen when he inaugurated two new patrol boats of the service in Lagos.

Abdullahi said that the container was released following the vacation of an FCT High Court order restraining the former President from publishing, printing or offering for sale, his autobiography titled, “My Watch’’ on Tuesday.

“Customs got the initial order of the court to stop the container and now that the court asks us to release the container, so be it,” he said.

Justice Valentine Ashi had ordered the release of the books which had been in the custody of customs.

I’ll restore military ties with US –Buhari

                                                   President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)

The President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Tuesday said his administration would restore military cooperation with the United States of America.

In an article published by the New York Times in its Tuesday edition, Buhari promised to among other things reformed the military.

The outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration had cancelled the training component of its military cooperation with the US citing a lack of sincerity on the part of the Americans for its decision.

But Buhari said, “My administration would welcome the resumption of a military training agreement with the United States, which was halted during the previous administration. We must, of course, have better coordination with the military campaigns our African allies, like Chad and Niger, are waging in the struggle against Boko Haram. But, in the end, the answer to this threat must come from within Nigeria.”

Jonathan rejects amended constitution

                                                                                     President Goodluck Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan has rejected the amendments made to the 1999 Constitution by the National Assembly, The PUNCH has learnt.

A top government official who pleaded anonymity told our correspondent on Tuesday that Jonathan vetoed the amendment on Monday.

The official said the decision of the President not to sign the document was because the amendment did not meet the provisions of Section 9 (3) of the 1999 Constitution.

The source explained that with the return of the document by the President, the letter accompanying it might be read on the floors of the two chambers of the National Assembly any time from Wednesday (today).

Petrol sells for N100 per litre in Kwara

A litre of petrol is still being sold for N100 in Ilorin and towns in Kwara State.

Our correspondent, who monitored the situation in Ilorin on Thursday, observed that some filling stations remained shut, with the attendants claiming that they had no petrol for sale.

Many buyers of the products had complained that despite assurances from the government that the product would be sold at the official price of N87 per litre, they were still buying it for N100.

A motorists at Tanke area of Ilorin, Mr. Alphonsus Dimkpa, said it was surprising to him that petrol was being sold at such an exorbitant price.

Oba of Lagos unguarded remark

                                                                                     Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu

There is no gainsaying the fact that Nigeria is blessed with men and women of integrity as well as heroes and heroines.

During the Ebola crisis, we saw how the selflessness, patriotism and dedication to duty of Dr. Stella Adadevoh saved millions of Nigerians from death. Conversely, there was also another member of the medical profession in Port Harcourt, who, unlike Dr. Adadevoh, put his own interest first, breached the ethics of the medical profession and caused the death of some Nigerians.

Nigeria, and indeed the world, witnessed another heroic deed following the March 28 presidential election, when the incumbent President, Goodluck Jonathan, conceded defeat and congratulated his challenger, Muhammadu Buhari, even before the final result was declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission.