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Friday, 23 December 2016 16:32

We’re happy our son, Ibori, is freed after jail term - Delta govt

Delta State Government says it has no case with former governor and convicted fraudster, Mr James Ibori, and is very happy he has been released from the London prison. The State Commissioner for Information, Mr Patrick Ukah, stated this in Asaba while responding to questions after briefing journalists of the decisions at the last State Executive Council meeting for the year. Ibori was on Wednesday released from prison after completing his sentence for fraud in a London prison. According to Ukah, the close associate of the former governor and all those who knew him and loved him expressed joy at…

Friday, 23 December 2016 02:25

SSS accuses Wike, Saraki’s aide, others of plotting to destabilise Abuja

State Security Service, SSS, has accused the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, of working with an aide to Senate President Bukola Saraki to destabilise the Federal Capital Territory during yuletide with a view to casting federal authorities in bad light. The said aide to the Senate President, Ikenga Ugochinyere, is to help Mr. Wike mobilise hoodlums to execute the violent plan, SSS alleged in a statement signed by an official, Tony Opuiyo, and distributed by PR Nigeria. “The Department of State Services (DSS) wishes to inform the general public that it has uncovered a sinister plot by the Rivers State…

Friday, 23 December 2016 02:23

Analysis: A peep into Aso Rock 2017 Budget - Saatah Nubari

The first time this budget analysis series ran was for the 2016 budget; and it becomes visible each day that the 1810 page document was a horrid, hurriedly-put, corrupt-conduit-filled piece of executive cluelessness. Well, since I’m more of a realist than any of the other-ists, I’ll just say that the fact that the world lost an entire tree to the making of the paper it was inked on is a tragedy. We have been given a sequel; the 2017 budget was presented to the National Assembly by the President in the presence of the ministers who drafted it—and even slept…

Friday, 23 December 2016 02:21

Buhari shuns S’East Economic Summit after IPOB warned him not to set foot on Igboland

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday stayed away from the maiden South-East Economic and Security Summit in Enugu, which started about 48 hours after some pro-Biafra agitators warned him not to set foot on Igboland. Buhari was meant to be the Chief Guest of Honour at the summit, which held in the Enugu State Government House, according to the programme of the event. Although the President was expected at the event, as noted by several speakers who spoke during the event, he did not show up, neither was he represented. Also, ministers from the South-East, who were slated to make presentations…

Friday, 23 December 2016 02:18

Obasanjo urges Igbo ‘unity’

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has urged people of the South East zone to shy away from the spirit of individualism and unite to achieve the political aspirations that has eluded them for the development of the region. Speaking on Thursday at the South East Security and Economic Summit in Enugu, Chief Obasanjo said the zone would not achieve much with continued individualism and lack of cohesion amongst them. He said the people of the area seemed to have forgotten their spirit of enterprise and communal efforts, which stood them apart from other ethnic groups in the country. He said the…

Friday, 23 December 2016 02:16

Buhari directs states to pay salaries from debt refund

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed state governors to pay at least 25 percent of the refunds made to them from excess deductions for external debt service to settle outstanding workers’ entitlements. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu made this known in a statement yesterday. Shehu said Buhari approved the sum of N552.74 billion to be paid in batches to all the states that were owed, but they are expected to receive 25 percent of their approved sums in the first instance before this week runs out. According to the presidential aide, there are about…

Friday, 23 December 2016 02:15

FG in talks to secure release of more Chibok girls, Presidency says

Nigerian authorities are involved in negotiations aimed at securing the release of some of the more than 200 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 in the northeastern Nigerian town of Chibok, the president's spokesman said on Thursday. His comments, posted on Twitter, came in response to reports in Nigeria's media that some of the girls had been released by the Islamist militant group, which he said were untrue. "The negotiations are ongoing and the Department of State Service, DSS is full of optimism that they will be successful," Garba Shehu, a spokesman for President Muhammadu Buhari, said in a…

Friday, 23 December 2016 02:14

Buhari approves 24 hours curfew in parts of Kaduna

President Muhammadu Buhari has endorsed the 24-hour curfew imposed on Zangon-Kataf, Kaura and Jema’a local government areas of Kaduna State. Governor Nasir El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State made this known after a closed door meeting with the president at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday. The governor, who briefed the president on the security situation in Southern Kaduna, said the president had enjoined the state government to do all it could in restoring peace and stability in the state. According to the governor, the president gave him the directive to restore stability to the state and bring all perpetrators to book.…

Friday, 23 December 2016 02:12

Immortalising Ironsi/Fajuyi: Oyo govt compensates land owners

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State yesterday presented cheques to compensate owners of the land to be used for the proposed Ironsi-Fajuyi Memorial Park and Garden at Lalupon, Lagelu Local Government Area of the State. The governor, who was represented by his deputy, Hon. Moses Alake Adeyemo, at the presentation of the cheques held at the Exco Chambers of the Governor’s office, Ibadan, noted that the establishment of the Ironsi-Fajuyi Memorial park in Lalupon is government’s gesture at promoting inter-tribal unity and love within the nation, as seen in the way late Col. Adekunle Fajuyi laid down his life for…

Thursday, 22 December 2016 02:34

Why we owe workers salaries - FG

The Federal Government yesterday said staff of some agencies are yet to get November salaries because they had exhausted their budgetary allocations since October. The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun told State House reporters after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting that the affected agencies had more staff than the budgetary allocation. She said: “Let me explain how the salary system works. All the agencies have an allocated IPPIS which is the salary platform. If for example an agency has a N12bn salary for the year, we insist they continue to pay until that N12bn is exhausted. “Instead of taking…

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Thursday, 22 December 2016 02:32

Street dancing as UK court orders ex-Gov Ibori freed

People danced in the streets in southern Nigeria on Wednesday, celebrating news that a British court has ordered the release of a former governor convicted of stealing more than $70 million from Nigeria's treasury. James Ibori, governor of oil-rich Delta State from 1999 to 2007, was halfway through serving a 13-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to money-laundering and fraud. British High Court Judge Juliet May on Wednesday ordered his immediate release based on supported allegations that police investigators took bribes and prosecutors covered it up. In Nigeria, where corruption is endemic, Ibori supporters danced for joy and set off…

Thursday, 22 December 2016 02:30

Kaduna govt imposes 24-hour curfew on 3 local governments

A 24-hour curfew has been imposed on three local government areas in Kaduna State. The affected areas are Zangon-Kataf, Kaura and Jema’a. The State Security Council said it took the step following credible intelligence about risk to lives and property in the areas. Kaduna has 23 local government areas. Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s spokesman, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in a statement shortly after an emergency meeting of the Council on Wednesday in Kaduna. Mr. Aruwan disclosed that the Council also reaffirmed the ban on all processions and unlawful assembly throughout the state. The statement said that security agencies had also been…

Thursday, 22 December 2016 02:26

Angry Ekiti traders destroy government, police property

Traders and street hawkers in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, on Wednesday resisted attempts by officials of the Ministry of Works to restrain them from displaying their wares along the roads. Having prepared well to make huge gains in the ongoing yuletide, the traders considered the action of the task force a “disturbance,” and an attempt to deny them of their season’s profit. They also engaged in street protests, burn fires, and even vandalizing the office of the Commissioner for Works, Funmi Ogun. Trouble began when early on Wednesday morning, officials of the ministry, popularly called “Dagrin,” prevented street…

Wednesday, 21 December 2016 16:49

Expose corruption and make money as FG adopts new whistle blowing policy

The Federal Government has approved a new policy on whistle blowing that aims to encourage Nigerians to report financial and other related crimes to relevant authorities. The highlight of the policy is that whistleblowers whose revelations lead to recovery of money will be entitled to as much as 5 per cent of the recovered sum. The new policy was approved Wednesday at the meeting of the Federal Executive Council chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari inside the Council Chamber of the Aso Rock Villa. The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, who announced the new policy to State House correspondents, said…

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