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Wednesday, 10 May 2017 03:19

FBI chief James Comey fired by Trump

President Donald Trump has fired the director of the FBI over his handling of the inquiry into Hillary Clinton's emails, the administration says. The White House shocked Washington by announcing that James Comey "has been terminated and removed from office". But Democrats said he was fired because the FBI was investigating alleged links between the Trump campaign and Russia. The move came as it emerged Mr Comey gave inaccurate information about Mrs Clinton's emails to Congress last week. Reaction as it happened James Comey: From 'brave' to fired Decoding Comey's testimony President Trump wrote in a letter to Mr Comey…

Wednesday, 10 May 2017 03:17

Ajimobi inaugurates board of Igbeti mining company

Funmi Olaitan, Ibadan Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State yesterday took a significant step towards the resuscitation of the moribund Nigeria Marble Mining Company, Igbeti, with the inauguration of a new management board saddled with the responsibility of injecting life into the company. On the management team are representatives of the Federal Government, Oyo State, and Olorunsogo Local Government; while Dr. Jadesola Sodipe, Mr Jacob Adetoro and Mr Connie-Jean Aremu (SAN) are representatives of the Ashamu family, which founded the company. An official from the federal Ministry of Solid Minerals, Zonal Mine Office (Southwest), Mr. Donatus Umaro, was also inaugurated…

Tuesday, 09 May 2017 17:40

Buhari refuses to name Osinbajo acting president in medical leave letter to NASS

President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, at the plenary on Tuesday read a letter from President Muhammadu Buhari informing the legislature of his medical vacation in the United Kingdom. Buhari said the leave was indefinite. While the President said in the letter that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo would “coordinate” the governance of the country during his absence, Senator Mao Ohuabunwa criticised the letter as not naming Osinbajo as Acting President and should be disregarded. The letter read, “In compliance with Section 145 (1) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), I wish to inform the distinguished Senate that I will be…

Tuesday, 09 May 2017 03:42

Some abducted Chibok girls refused to be ‘freed’ – Negotiator

Some of the schoolgirls, abducted by Boko Haram militants from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, in April 2014, refused to be part of a group of 82 girls freed at the weekend, one of the negotiators involved in the release said on Monday. After over three years in captivity, 82 of the schoolgirls were released out of the more than 200 students, who were still in the terrorists’ captivity in exchange for some detained Boko Haram’s suspects. In October last year, 21 of the kidnapped girls were released in a deal brokered by Switzerland and the International Committee of…

Tuesday, 09 May 2017 03:40

Tam David-West: Many people around Buhari are very corrupt

Tam David-West, elder statesman and former minister of petroleum resources, has alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari government is dominated by corrupt people. In an interview with Sun, David-West urged Buhari to kick corrupt people out of his government. He vouched for the integrity of Buhari, saying he “can entire fire” for him. “The president is my friend and I always tell him the people around him are corrupt. Buhari is clean,” he said. “I have worked with him and I can enter fire because of him; but a lot of people around him are very corrupt and until he kicks…

Tuesday, 09 May 2017 03:38

No funds to pay workers - FG

New minimum wage talks may have been shifted until salary and promotion arrears owed civil servants are cleared, it was learnt yesterday. Minister of Labour and Productivity Chris Ngige, Minister of Finance Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, Budget Office Director-General Ben Akabueze and Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Comrade Ayuba Wabba met yesterday with the leadership of the National Assembly to find ways of clearing salary and promotion arrears of civil servants. Also for discussion at the closed door meeting chaired by Senate President Bukola Saraki was the issue of payment of transfer allowances of workers and death benefits. Ngige told reporters…

Tuesday, 09 May 2017 03:34

UNIUYO VC orders herdsmen out of campus

Prof. Enefiok Essien, Vice-Chancellor, University of Uyo (UNIUYO), has ordered herdsmen, operating within the university community, to relocate their cattle from the campus within two weeks. Essien, who made the call at a meeting with the herdsmen, led by their head, Alhaji Farouk Miyetti Allah, in Uyo on Monday, said that the action would prevent cattle from constituting a nuisance to the environment. According to a statement by the university’s Director of Public Relations, Mr Godfrey Essien, the vice-chancellor said that the order became imperative as part of efforts to promote peace and unity on the university campus. The deadline…

Tuesday, 09 May 2017 03:32

High maternal deaths in Oyo: Health experts urge Ajimobi to lift employment embargo in hospitals

Report by Funmi Olaitan A health expert, Mr. Rapheal Samuel, has raised an alarm over the shortage of medical personnel in government hospitals in Oyo State, urging Governor Abiola Ajimobi, to lift embargo on employment to fill the vacancies in the health sector. Senior Program Officer, Advocacy and Demand Generation of Nigerian Urban Reproductive Heath Initiative (NURHI), Ibadan office, raised the alarm at a 'Two-Day Training on Writing Human Angle Stories on Family Planning' organized by Development Communication (DevComs) Network in conjunction with NURHI in Ibadan. He said presently the state has 22 medical doctors to man the 33 local…

Tuesday, 09 May 2017 03:28

Amaechi suffers defeat at Appeal Court

Minister of Transportation, Mr Chibuike Amaechi, yesterday, suffered defeat at the Appeal Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, as the court upheld the judgment of the state's High Court, which threw out his suit challenging the constitution of a Judicial Commission of Enquiry to probe sale of valued assets when he was governor of the state. It would be recalled that on assumption of office, Governor Nyesom Wike constituted a commission to probe the sale of valued assets of the state by Amaechi while he was governor of the state. Amaechi, on his part, approached the Rivers State High…

Tuesday, 09 May 2017 03:26

Court orders IGP to pay N4m for rights violation

An FCT High Court sitting in Maitama yesterday ordered Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris to pay N1million each to four men for violation of fundamental rights. The suit brought by the four men, Ozor Okolocha, Elvis Obiaku, Edward Onyenoknone and Imoni Micah had IGP and FCT Commissioner of Police as respondents. Trial judge, Justice Jude Okeke in his judgment held that the applicants were continuously detained by the respondents at Keffi prisons, without remand order renewal (14 days after the expiration of an earlier remand order) and without charges preferred against them. “This is a gross violation of…

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Tuesday, 09 May 2017 03:18

Passport booklets now available - NIS

Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Monday informed members of the public that it had provided passport booklets to all its Passport Issuing Centres across the country. NIS, in a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, James Sunday, said the attention of its Comptroller General, Muhammad Babandede, was drawn to some media reports of persisting scarcity of Passports Booklets across its Passport Issuing Centre. But the statement stressed that “there is no scarcity of passport booklets across all our Issuing Centres in Nigeria and abroad.” NIS had in March informed members of the public about a shortfall in the supply…

Monday, 08 May 2017 03:17

Buhari meets Chibok girls, leaves for medical trip

President Muhammadu Buhari expressed joy Sunday night at meeting with the 82 Chibok schoolgirls newly freed from Boko Haram extremists - then jolted the country by announcing he was leaving for London immediately for medical checkups as fears for his health continue. "We've always made it clear that we will do everything in our power to ensure the freedom and safe return of our daughters" and all captives of Boko Haram, Buhari said on his Twitter account. Minutes later, the 74-year-old president startled Africa's most populous nation with the news of his departure. Buhari, who has missed three straight weekly…

Monday, 08 May 2017 03:16

Chibok girl comes back with leg amputated

One of the Chibok schoolgirls released by Boko Haram on Saturday returned with a leg amputated. The unnamed girl was among the 82 girls taken from Banki, a town on the border with Cameroon, to Abuja, where they were taken to a Department of State Services clinic. "Two [of the girls] have injuries," said, chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari, who received the girls at the Abuja airport. "One has hand injury, the other has a leg injury." He was quick to point out that the amputation had nothing to do with the "rescue" operation, which he…

Monday, 08 May 2017 03:11

‘Born again’ claim: Stephanie Otobo must confess her sins, says Apostle Suleman

Omega Fire Ministries says it has received with bewilderment the purported claim by controversial entertainer, Miss Stephanie Otobo, that she had become born again and accordingly forgiven Apostle Johnson Suleman, whom she previously accused of having an amorous relationship with her. The church, in a statement on Sunday signed by its Communications Manager, Mr Phrank Shaibu, also expressed doubts about Stephanie’s claim of being born again, “coming on the heels of the fresh suit instituted by her against Apostle Suleman in Canada, the smear campaign and threat to unveil nude pictures confirming her tryst with the senior pastor.” Shaibu particularly…

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