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Thursday, 11 May 2017 03:38

Why I visited Osinbajo – Ex-VP Sambo

Former Vice-President Namadi Sambo on Wednesday said his visit to Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, was a familiarisation one. He described the meeting as a “usual” visit. Sambo said this in a brief interview he had with State House correspondents shortly after meeting Osinbajo behind closed doors inside his office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. A member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, Sambo was deputy to former President Goodluck Jonathan who lost the 2015 presidential election to President Muhammadu Buhari. He arrived at Osinbajo’s office at about 4pm shortly after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by the…

Thursday, 11 May 2017 03:35

Falae’s family sues airline, NCAA; claims $100,000, N219.9m

The family of former Ondo State Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, late Deji Falae, has asked a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos to hold that Associated Aviation Nigeria Ltd and the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, were responsible for his death in an air crash through negligence. Deji was the son of former Secretary to Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae. The deceased was serving as commissioner in Ondo State and a passenger on board Flight 361 that crashed on October 3, 2013 while conveying the remains of former Ondo State governor, Dr Olusegun Agagu, for funeral. Late…

Thursday, 11 May 2017 03:33

28 states owe teachers - NUT

Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) said yesterday 28 states were owing teachers backlog of salaries. Its National President, Mr Michael Alogba-Olukoya, spoke yesterday at a two-day workshop on commercialisation and privatisation of education organised by NUT and Educational International (EI) for the union’s National Executive Council (NEC) members in Abuja. He accused some governors of “insensitivity” to the plight of teachers by refusing to pay their salaries at a time of recession. According to him, recession came to worsen the situation for teachers with many of them being owed by their states. Alogba-Olukoya accused some governors of deliberately sacking 35…

Thursday, 11 May 2017 03:32

Nigeria to issue New Yellow card

Federal Executive Council, presided over by Acting President Professor Yemi Osinbajo has approved a memorandum for the introduction of a new Yellow Card with advanced security features. Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole said that the former card was prone to abuse through issuance by unauthorised persons to people not actually vaccinated. “With this new card you cannot fake the yellow card; using a card reader; we can also document your vaccination status to know whether or not you have been genuinely vaccinated. “As soon as we start the roll out, we will tell the Nigerian community the date of…

Thursday, 11 May 2017 03:27

Fayose berates DSS over detention of Ifeanyi Ubah

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has condemned Department of State Services (DSS) over the arrest and detention of Managing Director of Capital Oil and Gas Limited, Mr Ifeanyi Ubah, lamenting that “the DSS is becoming law unto itself and dragging Nigeria back to 1984 when Decree 2 was used by National Security Organisation (NSO) to dump Nigerians in detention without trial under flimsy excuses.” The governor, who described DSS' claim that it arrested and detained Ubah for inciting members of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers Union to stop lifting petroleum products so as to cripple the economy and cause untold…

Thursday, 11 May 2017 03:24

Food Security: Researchers task FG, states on population control, management

Funmi Olaitan, Ibadan Researchers from various tertiary institutions across the country yesterday rose from the First International Conference on Pure and Applied Sciences at Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, calling on the Federal Government and the different states in Nigeria to be more pro-active in their population control and management strategies as a veritable antidote to food security in the country. The conference which drew academics from different parts of the country expressed reservations over the political will of governments in Nigeria to effectively tackle the issue of food security as manifested in the high rate of continued dependence on food…

Thursday, 11 May 2017 03:22

Oyo Assembly summons Commissioner, VC over LAUTECH crisis

Funmi Olaitan, Ibadan Oyo State House of Assembly on Tuesday summoned the Vice-Chancellor of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Ogbomoso, Prof. Adeniyi Gbadegesin and the state Commissioner for Education, Prof. Adeniyi Olowofela, to appear before it over the lingering crisis in the institution. The summon was sequel to a motion of urgent public importance titled, "Urgent need to avert another indefinite industrial action at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso", moved by Hon. Olawumi Oladeji, representing Ogbomoso North State Constituency. Oladeji in her motion said before the suspension of the strike action by the unions in the university, a…

Wednesday, 10 May 2017 16:15

Controversy over Buhari’s letter needless – Lai Mohammed

Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday said the controversy that trailed President Muhammadu Buhari’s letter to the National Assembly was a needless distraction. The President in his letter to the Senate had said that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo would coordinate governance in his absence in line with Section 145 (1) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended). Because the letter didn’t expressly state that Osinbajo will be the Acting President, it sparked controversies among Nigerians including the lawmakers. Senate President, Bukola Saraki, had declared during Tuesday’s plenary session that the mere mention…

Wednesday, 10 May 2017 16:13

Osinbajo, former VP Sambo in closed door meeting

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo is currently in a closed door meeting with former Vice President Nnamadi at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Sambo arrived the Villa at exactly 4pm into the waiting hands of Osinbajo who ushered him into his office. Both men are currently meeting in Osinbajo’s office. Vanguard

Wednesday, 10 May 2017 16:12

Nigerian Army appoints new commanders, staff officers for formations, units

Nigerian Army has appointed new commanders and staff officers for some formations and units across the country. A statement by Army spokesman Colonel Sani Usman on Wednesday said in a bid to re-strategize, Nigerian Army has posted in 147 officers into Operation Lafiya Dole, some Divisions, formations and training schools. He said in a posting released by the Office of the Military Secretary (Army), last week, Major General RO Yusuf, Commander, Nigerian Army Ordnance Corps, is now the Commander Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), Minna. Major General A Oyebade, General Officer Commanding (GOC), 1 Division Nigerian Army, will move to…

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Wednesday, 10 May 2017 03:24

N/Assembly raises 2017 budget by N143bn

National Assembly has jerked up 2017 budget by N143 billion, from N7.298 trillion to N7.441trillion proposed by President Muhammadu Buhari. Reports of the Appropriation committees of Senate and the House of Representatives were presented and laid yesterday. The presentation of the budget reports were postponed trice. At the Senate, Chairman of the Appropriation committee, Senator Danjuma Goje (APC, Gombe) laid the report and it was seconded by the Vice Chairman, Senator Sonni Ogbuoji (PDP, Ebonyi). Senate President Bukola Saraki said the budget would be passed tomorrow. At the House, the report was presented and laid by chairman of the House…

Wednesday, 10 May 2017 03:23

Girls refusing rescue should be forced out - Chibok leaders

Leaders of Chibok community, under the aegis of Kibaku Area Development Association, have faulted a negotiator, Zannah Mustapha, for saying that some abducted schoolgirls refused to be part of a group of 82 girls freed at the weekend. Chairman, Chibok Community in Abuja, Hosea Tsambido, told reporters in Abuja, on Tuesday, that the attitude of the Federal Government was not only suspicious but was at variance with how the government handled the rescue of the 21 schoolgirls in October last year. Tsambido said the community would never accept such a claim because the government could use it as an excuse…

Wednesday, 10 May 2017 03:22

Swiss govt opens up on why it helped in negotiating Chibok Girls’ release

Spokesperson of Swiss Foreign Ministry, Noemie Charton, has confirmed his country took part in the negotiations that secured the release of 82 girls kidnapped at the weekend by the terror group Boko Haram. He said the country took part “at the request of Nigeria” and due to “humanitarian concerns”. Last Friday, a Boko Haram faction released the girls, who had been held captive for three years, in exchange for prisoners. Those freed were part of a group of more than 276 schoolgirls kidnapped from the Chibok village, in the restive Borno State, in April 2014. Nigeria thanked Switzerland, International Committee…

Wednesday, 10 May 2017 03:20

Boko Haram: Families of 800 slain soldiers get N3bn benefits

The Federal Government has released N3 billion as death benefits to the families of 800 soldiers killed by Boko Haram terrorists in the North-East states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, four years after their breadwinners died in service. It was learned that government had kept to its promise of paying death benefits and released billions of Naira for payment to families of military personnel across the Army, Navy and Air Force. Those of troops killed in 2010, 2011 and 2012 were duly paid to their families. However, when it got to the turn of families of soldiers and officers killed…

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