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Tuesday, 13 June 2017 03:38

EFCC invades The Sun, prevents staff from entering, leaving premises

PRESS RELEASE Law-abiding staff of The Sun Publishing Limited resumed work this morning, June 12, 2017 to behold heavily armed EFCC operatives in our company. They claimed to have “orders from above” to seal up the premises of The Sun Publishing Limited. At gunpoint, they ordered our security personnel to take them round the company premises, after which they proceeded to prevent staff from either entering or leaving the premises, and disrupted our circulation process. For one gruelling hour, EFCC operatives subjected our staff to crude intimidation, psychological and emotional trauma, even as some of the men accused our organisation…

Tuesday, 13 June 2017 03:37

Sun Newspaper under forfeiture order - EFCC

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has explained the presence of its operatives at the Sun Newspapers in Lagos on Monday. EFCC said The Sun Newspaper, which is owned by former Abia governor, Orji Uzor Kalu, had been under forfeiture order and that its operatives only visited to check the integrity of the company’s assets. According to the agency’s spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, its men did not spend more than one hour in the company. The EFCC is prosecuting Orji Kalu for alleged fraud against the Government of Abia State when he was governor. The SUN on Monday filed an action at…

Tuesday, 13 June 2017 03:35

Osinbajo in Anambra, blames govt for ethnic agitations

Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday blamed the Federal Government for the ethnic agitations across the country. He said the failure of the state to provide basic needs for the people had forced them to seek succour in their respective ethnic groups. He said the political elite had failed the people through looting of funds meant for their social welfare. Osinbajo spoke during the 50th conference of the Nigerian Law Teachers Association held at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State. The acting President said most of the security problems confronting the nation were self-inflicted, resulting from corrupt practices,…

Tuesday, 13 June 2017 03:26

Judges’ recall: NJC misrepresenting facts – Buhari's aide

The Presidency has accused National Judicial Council (NJC) of deliberate misrepresentation of the law and facts over the recall of some suspended judges. In a statement issued on Monday, in Abuja, Mr Okoi Obono-Obla, Special Assistant to the President on Prosecution, said that some assertions made by the NJC on the issue were false. “I wish to debunk some of the assertions contained in the statement issued by Soji Oye, Director of Information, NJC, which was widely reported in the media on June 12. “One of such false assertions by Oye is the claim that the office of the Attorney-General…

Tuesday, 13 June 2017 03:25

Nigeria army says it killed Boko Haram leader, frees 9 kids

A top Boko Haram commander was among many insurgents killed Sunday as soldiers fought to rescue nine children being trained at a secret camp, a Nigerian official said Monday. Soldiers on their way to an Islamic extremist camp in Jarawa village in Borno State, ran into an ambush by Boko Haram fighters, said Nigerian army spokesman Brig. Gen. Sani Usman. The soldiers then killed a large number of Boko Haram insurgents, including one of its commanders Abu Nazir, who was on the military's wanted list, Usman said. Soldiers also rescued nine abducted children, who are now being given preliminary humanitarian…

Tuesday, 13 June 2017 03:20

FRSC to subject traffic offenders to psychiatric test

Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it will begin to subject traffic law violators to psychiatric test with effect from July 1. Its Corps Marshal, Boboye Oyeyemi, stated this in Abuja on Monday at the opening of a five-day training programme on traffic safety of non-motorised transportation (NMT), which includes walking, bicycling, skating, wheelchair travel and other forms of human-powered transportation. The training was organised for 22 FRSC officials. Mr. Oyeyemi said the test would focus on four areas of violations namely: use of phone while driving, traffic light and route violations as well as dangerous driving. “We are worried…

Monday, 12 June 2017 04:10

FG spends N3.7bn on school feeding in 9 states

A total of N3,770,688,144 has so far been released for the feeding of 1,287,270 school children in nine states under the Home Grown School Feeding Programme of the Federal Government. The Federal Government said, yesterday, that nine states had been covered in the programme. Senior Special Assistant to the acting President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, said the benefiting states, comprising Anambra, Enugu, Oyo, Osun, Ogun, Ebonyi, Zamfara, Delta and Abia, at the last count, have received various sums in tranches, while 14,574 cooks have been engaged in the communities where the schools are located. It said the…

Monday, 12 June 2017 04:09

10.5m out-of-school children, a ticking time bomb - Saraki

Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, said, yesterday, that reports that over 10 million children were out of school was not only alarming but also a ticking time bomb. He, however, expressed the readiness of the National Assembly to partner with stakeholders, such as United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, to drastically reduce the numbers. Speaking, yesterday, in Abuja when a UNICEF delegation, led by its Country Representative, Mohammed Malick Fall, paid him a courtesy visit, Saraki said the legislature was “committed to do all it can to address the issue of out-of-school children through funding and material resources.” Saraki, who lamented…

Monday, 12 June 2017 03:58

In major restructuring, El-Rufai slashes Kaduna districts to pre-2001 numbers

Kaduna State government has dissolved all districts and village units created in the state from the year 2001. Commissioner for local government and chieftaincy affairs, Jafaru Ibrahim, made this known in a press briefing in Kaduna on Sunday. Mr. Ibrahim said the government needs to reduce the burden that a bloated payroll imposes on local government councils, and empower the councils to be able to undertake capital projects and deliver public goods. “The state has therefore reverted to the 77 districts and 1,429 village units that existed prior to 2001,” he said. He explained that the new restructuring was done…

Monday, 12 June 2017 03:48

Don't get your cattle into schools, other public places, Oyo warns herdsmen

Funmi Olaitan, Ibadan Oyo State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Adeniyi Olowofela, at the weekend, warned that herdsmen found shepherding cows into public schools or converting their playground to grazing fields will be arrested for prosecution, while the straying cattle will be seized as exhibits. He gave the warning while addressing journalists in Ibadan, against the backdrop of reports that cows invaded some public schools in Ibadan and other areas recently. Although the state had no designated grazing zones, he said the herdsmen have been cautioned at different meetings from straying into unauthorized places to feed their cattle…

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Monday, 12 June 2017 03:43

Oyo, Osun discover 97 bank accounts operated by LAUTECH

Funmi Olaitan, Ibadan Oyo and Osun States who are owners of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, have said 97 different bank accounts being operated by the management of the institution have been discovered against the earlier directive of Single Treasury Account (TSA) policy specifically put in place to promote transparency. The discovery, the two states said, was based on the visitation panel report which submitted its report recently and insisted on forensic audit of the accounts of the institution. The report, also revealed that majority of the banks have closed shop due to either restructuring, merger or outright…

Sunday, 11 June 2017 17:32

Pope to Nigerian priests: you'll be fired if you don't obey

Pope Francis has laid down an ultimatum to Nigerian priests: be fired if you don't obey me and your bishop. Francis met June 8 at the Vatican with a delegation from the Ahiara diocese, where priests have been refusing to accept the 2012 appointment by then pontiff, Benedict XVI, of the local bishop. Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, reporting the pope's unusually harsh order, said Sunday that Francis was acting "for the good of the people of God" by threatening to suspend the priests from the ministry if they didn't pledge in a letter, by July 9, "total obedience" to Francis…

Sunday, 11 June 2017 03:54

Putting the records straight: Why suspended judges were recalled - NJC

PRESS RELEASE The attention of the National Judicial Council has been drawn to reactions of some members of public, particularly Legal Practitioners, Jurists, Academics and Public Office holders on the recall of the Judicial Officers that had been earlier directed to recuse themselves from performing Judicial duties pending the conclusion of investigation or determination of the cases filed against them. Council is particularly concerned about the Press statement issued by Okoi Obono-Obla, Esq, Special Assistant to the President on Prosecution on 8th June, 2017; that the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation filed a Notice of Appeal against the…

Sunday, 11 June 2017 03:53

Osinbajo, Ajimobi, S/West govs, others honour Akande at daughter's wedding

Funmi Olaitan, Ibadan Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo; Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki; Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, led prominent Nigerians that converged on Ibadan on Saturday for the wedding of the daughter of former Interim National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Bisi Akande. The high octane event, which took place at International Conference Centre, University of Ibadan, also attracted other state governors from the South West, including Senator Ibikunle Amosun (Ogun), Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu (Ondo); and Mr Rauf Aregbesola (Osun). Also in attendance were the wife of Oyo State Governor, Mrs Florence Ajimobi; a former Governor…

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