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Friday, 12 May 2017 16:04

Obasanjo’s son, Baba Ijebu’s daughter hold traditional wedding

The children of Olusegun Obasanjo, former president, and Kessington Adebutu, owner of Premier Lotto, on Thursday had their traditional wedding. The ceremony took place despite the controversy surrounding the date of the marriage. Taiwo Obasanjo, the groom’s mother, had in a letter to The Methodist Church of Nigeria, said the dates chosen for the wedding of Abraham Obasanjo to Tope Adebutu – May 11 and 13 – would precipitate untold misery for the country. “The two dates were chosen and compelled by Satan for them to lure unsuspecting numerous souls to a banquet of death, that will result in strange…

Friday, 12 May 2017 03:32

Buhari treats me like his son, says Osinbajo

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday gave some glimpses into the personal and official relationships he has shared with President Muhammadu Buhari. On a visit to Katsina to launch the state’s Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises Clinic, Osinbajo disclosed that ”the President has been treating me as a brother. In fact the President has taken me as a son in the way he treats me.” The Acting President noted that "going by the amount of responsibilities President Buhari has given me, it shows that he seriously believes that we can live as brothers in this country". “He seriously believes in…

Friday, 12 May 2017 03:29

FG releases N1.2trn for 2016 capital projects

As the 2016 budget closes, Federal Ministry of Finance says N1.2 trillion capital releases have been made in line with government’s increased focus on capital expenditure. Director of Information, Mr Salisu Dambatta, in a statement on Thursday, said power, construction and housing sectors got the largest share of the releases made in 2016. He said the Federal Government's ability to cash-back capital releases of N1.2 trillion was a reflection of its commitment to infrastructure development. “The following releases were made: Power, Works and Housing received the largest allocation of N307.4 billion. “This is followed by Defence and Security, N171.9 billion…

Friday, 12 May 2017 03:27

How N/Assembly will spend its N125bn budget

Legislators passed the 2017 budget yesterday and raised their vote from N115 billion to N125 billion. The legislators, for the first time in many years, revealed details of their budget following sustained public pressure. Senators and members of House of Representatives would spend N11.5bn on travel and transport; refreshment - N1.3bn; legislative activities - N21.4bn; vehicles - N6.6bn, and consultancy - N5.88bn. Others are publicity and advertisements - N3bn; fuel and lubricant - N2.1bn and security equipment - N1.5bn. The passage of the budget came five months after it was presented by President Muhammadu Buhari. They also raised the total…

Friday, 12 May 2017 03:25

FG negotiating with Boko Haram for more Chibok releases - Minister

Federal government is negotiating "seriously" for the release of more than 110 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls still held by Boko Haram and will exchange more detained members of the extremist group for them if needed, an official said Thursday. "We will not relent until all are back," the minister of women's affairs and social development, Aisha Alhassan, told reporters in the capital, Abuja. The mass abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls from a boarding school three years ago brought world attention to Boko Haram's deadly rampage in northern Nigeria. Thousands have been kidnapped or killed in the group's eight-year insurgency, with millions…

Friday, 12 May 2017 03:20

6m Nigerians susceptible to diabetes - Global Panel

Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition has forecast that the number of people suffering from Type 2 Diabetes in Nigeria will double from 3.1 million to 6.1 million from 2011-2030. It gave the chilling projection which it said is the likely consequences the country will suffer from the consumption of unhealthy diets, after it presented a document: Improving Nutrition through Enhanced Food Environments at the launch of federal government’s Agric and Nutrition Strategy from 2016-2025. The panel, funded by UK Aid and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, is an independent group of influential experts with a commitment…

Friday, 12 May 2017 03:18

Oyo sends private waste contractors packing

Funmi Olaitan, Ibadan Oyo State government yesterday disclosed that its contracts with all Private Waste Contractors had been terminated with effect from May 5, stating that Oyo State Waste Management Authority (OYOWMA) now has the mandate with full responsibility for the collection of waste in line with its commitment to ensure a cleaner and healthier environment. The government also said it had commissioned WestAfricaENRG, a leading Environmental Solutions company in Nigeria, to manage OYOWMA as well as taking care of the full operational and legal duties of the agency in the state. The State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism,…

Friday, 12 May 2017 03:16

UTME: Check your emails, JAMB tells candidates

Joint Admissions and Matriculation Examination, JAMB, has advised candidates for the 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, scheduled to commence on Saturday, to check their e-mails for notification of their examination centres. JAMB’s Head, Media and Information, Mr Fabian Benjamin, gave the advice in an interview with NAN on Thursday in Lagos. Benjamin said the advice became imperative because of agitations by some candidates over non-communication on their examination centres by the board to them, less than 72 hours to the commencement of the all Computer Based Test, CBT. He said that the board commenced issuance of notification of examination…

Friday, 12 May 2017 03:14

Ajimobi vows to move against recalcitrant street traders

Funmi Olaitan, Ibadan Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo state on Thursday warned traders who preferred to display and sell their wares by the roadsides instead of moving into the neighbourhood market stalls freely allocated to them by the state government that they will soon lose them. He gave the warning while restating government’s decision against street trading during an unscheduled visit to the neighbourhood market at the Scout Camp, Molete, Ibadan. It would be recalled that the market was built and inaugurated in 2013 by the Ajimobi-led administration, with over 3,000 spaces and lock-up shops, which were allocated to traders…

Thursday, 11 May 2017 17:45

National Assembly passes 2017 budget

National Assembly has passed the 2017 Appropriations Bill, raising the budget from N7.28 billion earlier proposed by President Muhammadu Buhari in December last year, to N7.44 trillion. Appropriations Committees of the Senate and House of Representatives separately presented their harmonised reports of the budget for consideration and subsequent passage on Thursday. According to the report, N434.4 billion was appropriated for statutory transfers to the National Judicial Council (N100 billion); Niger Delta Development Commission (N64.02 billion); Universal Basic Education (N95.2 billion); National Assembly (N125 billion); Public Complaints Commission (N4 billion); INEC (N45 billion); and National Human Rights Commission (N1.2 billion). The…

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Thursday, 11 May 2017 17:41

N-Power: Beneficiaries protest non-payment of 5 months stipend

Some beneficiaries of the Federal Government’s N-power programme in Nasarawa have protested non-payment of their five months stipend. The protesters carrying placards and leaves, marched for over five kilometres from the Lafia Branch of United Bank for Africa to the Government House. Spokesperson of the group, Mr Abdulkareem Isiaka, said most of their members have not been paid since the programme started five months ago. He said the protest was to draw the attention of the concerned authority to come to their aid by ensuring that they get their money as at when due. “All those who are yet to…

Thursday, 11 May 2017 17:39

Tomato scarcity looms as tomato pest returns

Gombe State Agricultural Development Project, ADP, says that the tomato pest, Tuta Absoluta, has seriously affected tomato harvests in three of the state’s 11 local government areas. Tuta absoluta, a destructive tomato pest, ravaged many tomato farms across Nigeria in 2016 causing an astronomical increase in the market price of tomato. Mr Abba Dreba, Pest Control Officer of the Gombe ADP, said in Gombe on Wednesday that the affected local governments were Akko, Kwami and Yamltu-Deba. “The tomato pest started ravaging tomato farms since last year but the ADP was not aware of this until this year; this is because…

Thursday, 11 May 2017 03:44

Shake-up in top hierarchy as Customs reconstitutes new management

Nigeria Customs Service has reconstituted its management and announced some key appointments to rejig the service toward greater efficiency. Public Relations Officer, Mr Joseph Attah, announced this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Attah said the service has appointed four Acting Deputy Comptroller-Generals (DCGs) and seven Acting Assistant Comptroller-Generals (ACGs) to re-engineer the management for efficient service delivery. While re-constituting the new team, Attah said that Comptroller-General of Customs, Hameed Ali, also approved the deployment of eight comptrollers. He said that the new management members include Alu Robert, ACG Tariff and Trade now Acting DCG Tariff and Trade; Olubiyi…

Thursday, 11 May 2017 03:42

Despite pleas by 5 governors, Kano assembly proceeds on probe of Emir Sanusi

Kano State House of Assembly has launched an investigation against Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammadu Sanusi ll, over alleged abuse of office and improper conduct. The emirate council is already being investigated by the state anti-corruption agency over allegation of financial fraud running into billions of naira. The House yesterday constituted an 8-man committee to investigate eight offences allegedly committed by the emir. The committee was constituted following a motion by Mr Ibrahim Ahmad Gama, Nassarawa Constituency. The 8-man committee was headed by a member representing (Warawa), Mr Labaran Abdul. The allegations are: Accusing the state governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar…

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