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Wednesday, 22 March 2017 17:09

Senate calls for resignation of Hameed Ali as Customs boss

The Senate has called for the resignation of Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Hameed Ali. The lawmakers said on Wednesday that Mr. Ali was not fit to hold public office. The call follows Mr. Ali’s decision not to appear before the lawmakers in uniform on Wednesday as directed by the Senate. The Customs boss told reporters on Tuesday that his decision not to appear was based on legal advice after a Nigerian filed a case in court seeking the interpretation of a Customs law on uniform for the Comptroller-General. The Senate on Wednesday rejected the letter by the Attorney…

Wednesday, 22 March 2017 17:03

Parliament shooting: Woman dies in UK attack

A woman has died on Westminster Bridge in central London in what police are treating as a terrorist incident. A police officer was also stabbed in the nearby Houses of Parliament by an attacker, who was shot by police. The attacker struck several pedestrians as he drove a car across the bridge, before crashing it into railings. A doctor at St Thomas' Hospital said a number of other people were hurt - some with "catastrophic" injuries. A Downing Street source said Prime Minister Theresa May was safe. Prime Minister Theresa May was seen being ushered into a silver Jaguar car…

Wednesday, 22 March 2017 17:01

Commissioner slumps, dies during physical exercise

Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development in Plateau State, Sam Galadima, on Wednesday slumped and died at the Rwang-pam Township Stadium in Jos. A witness said the commissioner slumped at the stadium and was rushed to the Plateau specialist hospital, where he was confirmed dead by doctors. The commissioner died while jogging during the weekly physical excise for state executive council members introduced by Governor Simon Lalong. Spokesperson of the ministry, Ladi Emmanuel, confirmed the death in a telephone interview. PT

Wednesday, 22 March 2017 16:58

Ife mayhem and police partiality - G9

PRESS RELEASE We should put the recent Ife mayhem which claimed so many innocent and defenceless lives in proper and historic perspective in order to understand and appreciate the enormity of the damage and desecration of the sacred ancestral home of all Yoruba people worldwide. A Fulani or Hausa man was reported to have violently assaulted a Yoruba housewife who went home to report the unprovoked attack to her husband. When the husband arrived the scene the Hausa or Fulani man gave the husband a dirty slap and poured invectives on him and his wife. The situation got out of…

Wednesday, 22 March 2017 16:56

Afenifere constitutes legal team for 'Ife 21'

PRESS RELEASE Following the illegal, unconstitutional and sectional parade of 21 Ife indigenes over the recent clashes between the host community and Arewa settlers, Afenifere vowed to resist the undue deployment of federal might to settle ethnic scores. As a first step in this regard, we have assembled a powerful team of Lawyers to enforce the fundamental human rights of the 21 abducted Yoruba persons. It is a settled law that investigation and trial of suspects must take place at the scene of the crime. We are appreciative of the many lawyers of Yoruba extraction who have taken up this…

Wednesday, 22 March 2017 16:55

8 killed as suicide bombers target Maiduguri

Nigerian officials say at least eight people have been killed after five suicide bombers attacked the northeastern city of Maiduguri. National Emergency Management Agency says the Wednesday morning blasts were detonated at various points along the Maiduguri-Gamboru highway. They included a camp for displaced people where two civilians were killed. The emergency management agency says all five of the bombers were killed. Another 20 people were injured. Maiduguri is the birthplace of the Boko Haram extremist group and the base for Nigerian military efforts to counter it. The city is the frequent target of suicide bombers. Boko Haram recently has…

Wednesday, 22 March 2017 16:44

UI: Students protest against lack of water, light

Activities have been grounded at the University of Ibadan due to the strike embarked on by the three non-academic staff unions of the institution. They are Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) and National Association of Academic Technicians (NAAT). The unions began indefinite strike on March 10 to protest against shortfalls in payment of salaries and illegal deduction in pension since December 2016. The three gates leading into the university were locked. Some of the students who reside on the campus told NAN that staying was becoming unbearable due to their inability to access water…

Wednesday, 22 March 2017 03:19

Customs damns senate, launches vehicle duty verification code

Comptroller-General of Customs, retired Col. Hameed Ali, on Tuesday announced a code number for efficient and effective vehicle duty clearance verification. Ali disclosed this at a media stakeholders meeting in Abuja. He said that the essence of the meeting was to have a roundtable with stakeholders to come up with solution to avoid causing hardship to Nigerians in regards to duty payment on old vehicles and verification. He said that the organisation had taken further step to ensure that Nigerians, who wanted to verify the authenticity of their customs duty clearance, could do so at the comfort of their homes…

Wednesday, 22 March 2017 03:16

FG, States, LGs share N429bn for February

A total of N429.127 billion has been distributed as federal allocation for the month of February 2017 to federal government, state governments and local government councils. A communiqué issued by the Technical sub-Committee of Federation Accounts Allocation Committee (FAAC) at the end of the meeting held on Tuesday in Abuja, indicated that the gross statutory revenue received for the month is N290.163 billion, which is lower than the N324.990 billion received in the previous month. The shared amount comprised the month’s statutory distributable revenue of N258.692 billion, Value Added Tax of N69.207 billion, Exchange gain of N40.329 billion and Excess…

Wednesday, 22 March 2017 03:15

Ife crisis: Outrage as Adebanjo, Bode George, Babatope, others fault Abuja parade

There was outrage from notable Nigerians from the South West, yesterday against the one-sided parade of Ile-Ife residents over the recent clash between the Yoruba and Hausa communities in the ancient city. Among those who lampooned the Nigeria Police for the one-sided arrest and parade, are chieftain of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo; former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olabode George; former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Senator Kofoworola Bucknor-Akerele; former Minister of Transport, Chief Ebenezer Babatope; and the Yoruba Youth Socio-Cultural Association, YYSA. On its part, the YYSA accused the Presidency…

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Wednesday, 22 March 2017 03:13

U.S., Britain curb electronics on flights from Middle East, North Africa

United States and Britain on Tuesday imposed restrictions on carry-on electronic devices on planes coming from certain airports in Muslim-majority countries in the Middle East and North Africa in response to unspecified security threats. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said passengers travelling from a specific list of airports could not bring into the main cabin devices larger than a mobile phone such as tablets, portable DVD players, laptops and cameras. Instead, such items must be in checked baggage. Although civil liberties groups raised concerns that U.S. President Donald Trump was seeking another limit on movement after a travel ban…

Wednesday, 22 March 2017 03:11

Crisis looms in varsities over salary cut

Crisis seems to be looming in Nigerian universities as the lecturers, under their umbrella group, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), are threatening to engage the Federal Government in a face-off. Specifically, the union is accusing the Federal Government of illegally reducing the salary of its members across the country, describing the development as a threat to industrial harmony on campuses. While advising the Federal Government to rescind its decision and pay up, ASUU also enjoined the state governments to pay what they owed their universities from the next tranche of the Paris Club Debt refund. The union said…

Wednesday, 22 March 2017 03:09

Absenteeism: Reps step down four motions due to absence of lawmakers

House of Representatives on Tuesday stepped down four out of six motions it had scheduled for deliberation due to absence of the sponsors. The motions, whose sponsors were absent, include “Call for Reconstruction of Bauchi – Gombe – Yola Federal Highway” and “Call to Explore the Use of Cement to Construct Roads”. The others are a call to Investigate the Disconnection of Electricity to Communities in Akoko Northeast – Northwest, Ondo State and Need to Investigate the Exorbitant Charges and Refusal of Multichoice Nigeria Plc to adopt “pay as you go” package option. The motions stood in the names of…

Wednesday, 22 March 2017 03:08

Boko Haram: Cameroon 'forcing Nigeria refugees home'

UN refugee agency has criticised Cameroon for the forced return of hundreds of refugees to north-east Nigeria after they had fled from the Islamist Boko Haram insurgency. UNHCR said forced returns had "continued unabated" despite an agreement earlier this month. Under the deal, any returns would be voluntary and only "when conditions were conducive". Cameroon has rejected the accusation and said people returned willingly. According to the UNHCR, more than 2,600 refugees have been forcibly returned to Nigeria from Cameroon this year. Many are unable to go back to their villages in Borno state for security reasons and have ended…

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