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Saturday, 15 April 2017 15:57

UN to cut food aid for Nigeria crisis as funding falls short

Food aid will be cut for more than a million hungry Nigerians affected by Boko Haram's insurgency if promised funding from the international community doesn't arrive, according to a United Nations official. Peter Lundberg, the deputy U.N. humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria, wrote in the French newspaper Le Monde that just 15 percent of the U.N. aid appeal for one of the world's worst humanitarian crises has been received. Over the next six months, $242 million is needed to help 1.8 million people, he said. "Without sufficient financing, the World Food Program will have to reduce its vital support," he wrote…

Saturday, 15 April 2017 02:50

Wike, NIA fight over ownership of N13bn seized by EFCC

The controversy surrounding ownership of the N13bn ($43.4m, N23m and £27,000) found by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission at the Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos, took a dramatic turn on Friday evening when Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and National Intelligence Agency claimed ownership of the money. National Intelligence Agency on Friday said the money belonged to it. A national daily had earlier reported that the money belonged to the NIA. Sources at the agency confirmed to one our correspondents late Friday that the money belonged to the agency and that it had written a formal letter to President Muhammadu…

Saturday, 15 April 2017 02:48

Fayose condemns continued detention of Suswan, Babangida Aliyu, others

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has decried the indiscriminate arrest and continued detention of former Governors of Benue and Niger States, Mr Gabriel Suswan and Dr Babangida Aliyu as well the National coordinator of Peoples Democratic Party National Youth Frontier (PDPNYF), Comrade Austin Usman Okai, describing their continued detention as further demonstration of All Progressives Congress (APC) government regime of vindictiveness and disrespect for the laws of Nigeria. The governor said there was no law permitting security agents to detain Nigerians indefinitely, adding that; “It is even more worrisome that former Governor Suswan has been in detention since February…

Saturday, 15 April 2017 02:46

Nigeria marks 3 years since schoolgirls' mass abduction

Nigerians on Friday marked three years since the mass abduction of nearly 300 schoolgirls by Boko Haram extremists amid anger that government efforts to negotiate their freedom appear to have stalled. Activists were rallying in the capital, Abuja, and commercial hub Lagos to urge President Muhammadu Buhari's government to do more to free the nearly 200 schoolgirls who remain captive. "It is still a nightmare to me. It is still fresh as if it happened last night," said Rebecca Samuel, whose daughter Sarah remains missing. "The government is trying, but I believe they can do more than what they are…

Saturday, 15 April 2017 02:44

Northern elite trying to silence me – Sanusi

Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, says members of the Northern elite are trying to silence him. Sanusi said this while delivering his speech at the Inaugural Annual Chibok Girls Lecture held in commemoration of the third anniversary of the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls from Chibok Government Girls Secondary School by terrorists in Borno State. The event, held in Abuja on Friday had the theme, ‘Where goes our girl child, our nation goes.’ The monarch, who was represented by his daughter, Shahida Sanusi, said he deliberately stayed away from the event because of the sharp criticisms he had received…

Saturday, 15 April 2017 02:38

Afghans react to huge U.S. bomb with shock, awe and mixed feelings

Qari Mehrajuddin first saw "lightning like a thunder storm" followed by the roar of an explosion, an all-too-familiar sound for residents in Afghanistan's war-torn Nangarhar province. "I thought there was a bombing just outside my home," he said. In reality, the blast was around three miles away, its massive impact bigger than any before seen in the region. On Thursday night, American forces dropped one of the largest conventional bombs ever used in combat on what they described as a tunnel complex used by Islamic State militants in Nangarhar's Achin district. Achin is separated from Pakistan by a range of…

Friday, 14 April 2017 17:22

What I know about Ikoyi house where EFCC found over N13 billion – Ex-PDP Chairman

A former chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, Adamu Mu’azu on Thursday explained his connection to the Lagos property where the anti-graft EFCC found over N13 billion hidden in an apartment. Mr. Muazu said although he built the property, it was no longer his. Operatives of the EFCC, acting on a tip off on Wednesday, found $43,449,947, £27,800 and N23,218,000 hidden inside an apartment at Osborne Towers, Ikoyi. The recoveries were valued at N13 billion based on prevailing exchange rate set by the Central Bank of Nigeria. The EFCC circulated photos and video footage of the moment the hidden money was…

Friday, 14 April 2017 17:20

Ile-Ife: 15 detainees released, 40 Obas protest monarch’s detention

Nigeria Police Force has released 15 out of the 21 persons arrested for their alleged role in the clash between Hausa and Yoruba youths in Ile-Ife, Osun State, which left at least 46 persons dead. The Publicity Secretary of the pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, Yinka Odumakin, told our correspondent on the telephone on Thursday that the 15 suspects were released unconditionally. He, however, noted that the Alapoje of Alapoje community in Ile-Ife, Oba Ademola Ademiluyi, and five others were still in police custody. Odumakin stated, “The police have released 15 of the Ife 21 (detainees) unconditionally. They were released to Ropo…

Friday, 14 April 2017 17:17

Here's the father of all bombs: Russia's answer to America's MOAB

The US just dropped a 21,600-pound conventional bomb in Afghanistan. The bomb, the Massive Ordinance Air Blast, nicknamed "Mother of All Bombs" because of its acronym, is the largest nonnuclear bomb in the US's arsenal. But Russia has an even bigger one. The so-called father of all bombs is thought to be about four times as big as the MOAB. It's a thermobaric bomb with a destruction radius of nearly 1,000 feet and a blast yield of nearly 44 tons of TNT. Thermobaric weapons differ from conventional bombs in that they combine with atmospheric oxygen to greatly extend the blast…

Friday, 14 April 2017 03:02

Buhari appoints CEOs for 23 agencies

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Chief Executives for 23 Federal Government agencies. Mr Bolaji Adebiyi, Director of Press in the Office of Secretary to the Government of the Federation stated this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He said the Chief Executives are: Mrs Julie Okah-Donli, Director-General, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons and Mrs Mary Ikpere-Eta, Director-General, National Centre for Women Development. Others are: Mr Bayo Somefun, Managing Director, Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund, Arc. Ahmed Dangiwa, Managing Director, Federal Mortgage Bank and Mr Alex Okoh, Director-General, Bureau of Public Enterprise. Other…

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Friday, 14 April 2017 03:01

Amaechi’s spokesman tackles Fayose’s aide over $43m recovered by EFCC

David Iyofor, media aide of Rotimi Amaechi, minster of transportation, squared off with Lere Olayinka, spokesman of Ayodele Fayose, governor of Ekiti state, over the $43 million recovered by operatives of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in lkoyi, Lagos. The anti-graft agency had released pictures of the money, saying it was uncovered in a fire proof safe at Osborne Towers in Ikoyi. Identity of the owner was not revealed, leading to different reports. Solomon Adeola, senator representing Lagos west; Adamu Mu’azu, former chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); and Esther Nnamdi-Obue, ex-managing director of Petroleum Products Pricing and Marketing…

Friday, 14 April 2017 02:59

Indicted INEC staff refund Diezani’s bribe - INEC Chair

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday said some of its staff accused of benefitting from a N3.4 billion bribe money in the 2015 general elections have refunded their share. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmud Yakubu, disclosed this when he visited Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu, in Abuja. A statement by spokesman of EFCC, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, quoted INEC chairman as saying that 70 of the affected staff in three states were still in denial. Yakubu, according to Uwujaren, said they would be referred to the EFCC for further investigation. INEC chairman also…

Friday, 14 April 2017 02:51

U.S. unleashes 'mother of all bombs' for first time in Afghanistan

United States dropped "the mother of all bombs," the largest non-nuclear device it has ever unleashed in combat, on a network of caves and tunnels used by Islamic State in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, the military said. President Donald Trump touted the bombing as evidence of a more muscular U.S. foreign policy since he took office in January after eight years of President Barack Obama. The 21,600 pound (9,797 kg) GBU-43 bomb, which has 11 tons of explosives, was dropped from a MC-130 aircraft in the Achin district of Nangarhar province, close to the border with Pakistan, Pentagon spokesman Adam…

Thursday, 13 April 2017 16:18

Seized $43m not mine, says ex-NNPC MD

A former Managing Director of one of the subsidiaries of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Esther Nnamdi-Ogbue, has denied social media reports linking her to the $43.4m, N23m and £27,000 recovered by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Nnamdi-Ogbue, who was MD, NNPC Retail section as well as the Pipelines and Product Marketing Company, said this in a statement by her lawyer, Mr. Emeka Etiaba (SAN), on Thursday. EFCC had on Wednesday recovered the cash on the 7th floor of Osborne Towers located at 16, Osborne road Ikoyi. However, the commission did not disclose details regarding who owned the money. It was…

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