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Monday, 20 February 2017 03:56

Again, Saraki meets Buhari in London

President Muhammadu Buhari met with Senate President Bukola Saraki in London on Sunday evening, the presidency's official Twitter account said, amid concern over the leader's month-long absence for undisclosed medical reasons. Word of Buhari's meeting with Senate President Bukola Saraki in London, their second in less than a week according to the presidency, may help alleviate worries that the leader's health is worse than officials publicly admit. "This evening President @MBuhari met with Senate President @bukolasaraki, at Abuja House", the official @NGRPresident Twitter account wrote. But many Nigerians are sceptical of such announcements even when accompanied by photos. The presidency…

Monday, 20 February 2017 03:53

Ann-Kio Briggs to Osinbajo: Rivers women will protect Wike

The alleged withdrawal of the security details of the governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, by the police featured prominently during the town hall meeting Acting President Yemi Osinbajo had with the people of the state on Monday. Osinbajo is touring the Niger Delta region of the country to promote a “new engagement” that is expected to usher in lasting peace in the troubled region. Some women in the state in their presentation to Osinbajo said they were ready to offer themselves as security to protect Mr. Wike against any harm. Ann-Kio Briggs, a popular Niger Delta activist, spoke on…

Monday, 20 February 2017 03:50

Michael Ibru’s children fight over estate

Sixteen children of Chief Olorogun Michael Ibru, have filed suits and counter suits over the sharing of his multi-billion naira assets. Ibru, one of Nigeria’s prominent businessmen died last September. He was aged 86. One of his sons, Oboden Ibru, has approached the Igbosere High Court, Lagos, for a declaration, among others, that he and his 15 other siblings are entitled to the estate of their father. In a counter-claim, one of the late Chief Ibru’s daughters, Janet Ibru, urged the court to declare that only persons whose paternity are confirmed by a diagnostics centre in the United States are…

Monday, 20 February 2017 03:49

Hitler's phone sold for $243,000 at US auction

A telephone used by Adolf Hitler during World War Two has been sold for $243,000 (£195,744) at a US auction. Identify of the buyer, who bid by phone, has not been revealed. The bidding in Chesapeake City, Maryland, started at $100,000. The red phone, which has the Nazi leader's name engraved on it, was found in his Berlin bunker in 1945. Soviet soldiers gave it to British officer Sir Ralph Rayner as a souvenir shortly after Germany surrendered. The phone was sold by auction house Alexander Historical Auctions. Auction house officials said the phone was a "weapon of mass destruction",…

Monday, 20 February 2017 03:46

Why underdevelopment of Africa will continue - U.S diplomat

A development economist, Mr. Brian Browne, has said that the economic underdevelopment of Africa and third world nations in general, would continue until there is a change in the economic design of the world which he said was deliberately made to keep poor nations down. He said this at the 90th birthday lecture in honour of Professor Adetowun Ogunsheye, the first woman professor in Nigeria and the first African woman to graduate from the Ivy-league University of Cambridge, held in Ibadan, Oyo State at the weekend and organized by Ogunsheye's collegues in Atayese, a Yoruba organization that believes in the…

Monday, 20 February 2017 03:42

Ambassadors to be posted in May

Nigerian ambassador-designates will be posted to the country’s various missions abroad in May. The 47 career ambassadors cleared by the Senate had been assigned portfolios. The Red Chamber is yet to approve the nominations of the non-career diplomats. After approval by the Senate, the Federal Government has to secure approval from host countries before posting the envoys to the various missions. Speaking to Daily Trust in an exclusive interview, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama said the country’s foreign missions would have substantive heads in May. “Realistically, we would be looking at the next three months from now", Onyeama told…

Sunday, 19 February 2017 18:41

Tragedy as Deputy Chief of Staff to Plateau Gov slumps, dies

Barrister Yusuf Gambo Hawaja, deputy Chief of Staff to Plateau state governor, Mr Simon Lalong, is dead. He died on Sunday at the Bingham University Teaching Hospital (BhUTH) in Jos, the state capital. Hawaja, it was gathered, has been suffering from an undisclosed ailment for a while and had slumped in his house on Sunday morning. He was immediately rushed to the hospital, where he eventually died. Thisday

Sunday, 19 February 2017 03:25

Diplomats say Buhari ‘routes trips via UK’ to avoid declaring medical leave

Diplomats say President Muhammadu Buhari routes official trips via London in order to see his doctor and avoid declaring medical leave all the time, Reuters reports. The diplomats are unnamed, but they are thought to be from Western countries. Buhari is currently in the UK for vacation during which, he said, he would undergo medicals for an undisclosed ailment. He was scheduled to return to the country on February 5 – at the end of his 10-day vacation – but he extended the time indefinitely, citing advice from his doctor that he should wait to get his test results as…

Sunday, 19 February 2017 03:24

Buhari did not route official trips to see doctors - Presidency

The Presidency on Saturday said there was no truth in a media report that President Muhammadu Buhari had made several medical trips to London in the past, under the guise of embarking on official trips to other countries. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, said this in an interview with our correspondent. Adesina was reacting to a Reuters report titled “Nigeria signals normality by putting Buhari’s deputy in charge” published on Friday. According to the report, some unnamed diplomats had claimed that Buhari had made several visits to Britain to see his doctor, routing…

Sunday, 19 February 2017 03:23

Muslims organise special prayers for Buhari’s health

Muslims in major state capitals and towns in the northern part of the country, on Saturday, held marathon prayers for a quick recovery of President Muhammadu Buhari. Correspondents in Nasarawa, Kano, Kaduna, Katsina and Kwara States reported that the special prayers were held at the various Eid prayer grounds across the states. Muslim faithful across the 13 local councils and the 18 development areas of Nasarawa State converged on the states’ central prayer ground and held a special prayer session for Buhari. The President is currently spending his longest vacation, since his inauguration in 2015, in London. The special prayer…

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Sunday, 19 February 2017 03:21

Osinbajo signs seven bills into laws

Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has assented to seven bills passed by the National Assembly. The bills which include Oath (Amendment) Act 2017, Defence Space Administration Act, Veterinary Surgeons (Amendment Act) have now become Nigerian laws. Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters Senator Ita Enang confirmed Osinbajo's endorsement of the bills. Other bills signed by Osinbajo are National Film and Video Censors Boad, Pension Rights of Judges, Nigerian Institute of Social Science (Establishment) Act, and Mortgage Institutions Amendment Act. Enang said the Acts, other than the Defence Space Administration Act and Institute of Soil science are…

Sunday, 19 February 2017 03:17

Nigerians suffer fresh xenophobic attack in S/Africa

Nigerian Community in South Africa has confirmed attacks and looting of Nigerian-owned businesses in Pretoria West on Saturday. Mr Ikechukwu Anyene, President, Nigeria Union, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on telephone from Pretoria, South Africa, that the attacks began at 4.00 a.m. He said that the union had reported the incident to the Nigeria mission and South African police. “As we speak, five buildings with Nigerian businesses, including a church have been looted and burnt by South Africans. “One of the buildings is a mechanic garage with 28 cars under repairs, with other vital documents, were burned during…

Sunday, 19 February 2017 03:12

New Gambian president promises reforms, freedoms

Gambia's new president promised greater freedom, an improved economy and better education as thousands attended a ceremony Saturday marking his inauguration after a tense political standoff with the country's former longtime leader. "This is a victory for democracy. It is a victory for all Gambians," President Adama Barrow said to a packed stadium near the capital that included dignitaries and several African heads of state. The day, he said, was symbolic because it also marked the day in 1965 when the small West African nation declared its independence from Britain and the year in which the 52-year-old Barrow was born.…

Saturday, 18 February 2017 17:25

Army to soldiers: If you’re not satisfied, apply for discharge

Any soldier that is dissatisfied with the operations and “professional drive” of the army can apply for voluntarily discharge, Sani Usman director, army public relations, has said. In a statement released on Saturday, Sani said the army cannot afford to have disloyal or disgruntled elements within its ranks. The army spokesperson said there would be no room for “rumour mongering and outright falsehood” in the army. “The attention of the Nigerian Army has been drawn to a campaign of calumny on social media platforms by some individuals or group of persons. “The faceless persons have been making spurious and unfounded…

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