Also, Women groups have stormed the National Assembly
The Lagos State Government is warning motorists queuing up for fuel at stations, to not hinder the movement of other people. This message comes a Lagosian continue to suffer serious transportation hardships due to the fuel crisis. Commissioner for Transportation, Frederic Oladeinde, says even though the government sympathizes with motorists, the scarcity is no excuse for roads to be blocked or traffic impeded.
The Commissioner says traffic regulatory agencies have been directed to ensure the free movement of vehicles and apprehend anyone caught disrupting traffic around petrol stations.
Women groups have stormed the National Assembly Complex in Abuja today, protesting lawmakers’ rejection yesterday, of what they have described as increased participation of women in politics.
Chanting solidarity songs, the aggrieved women said the lawmakers deliberately voted against the clauses to further make it impossible to achieve the 35% affirmative action in political party administration.
According to them, why did parliament vote against women's right to get their husbands' indigene status, or confer citizenship on a non-Nigerian husband?
Meanwhile,
Let’s go to Kano where the trial of Abdulmalik Tanko and two others for the alleged kidnap and murder of five-year-old Hanifa Abubakar in Kano continued today at the Federal High Court.
Our correspondent Bashir Farouk reports that journalists were barred from accessing the courtroom, due to the confidential testimony of the DSS official.
Mr. Tanko, Hashimu Isyaku, and Fatima Jibrin, are charged with criminal conspiracy, kidnapping, concealing/keeping in confinement a kidnapped person, and culpable homicide.
