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Monday, 23 January 2017 16:19

Northern governors, Sultan, emirs meet over Southern Kaduna crisis

Sultan of Sokoto and Chairmen of councils of traditional rulers across the 19 States of northern Nigeria, Sa’ad Abubakar, has met with governors in the region over the continuing violence in Southern Kaduna. Hundreds have been killed in the area since last year in clashes between Fulani herdsmen and locals of the area. National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, said 204 people have been killed. But the figure has been disputed, with the Catholic Church putting the death toll at 808 early January. The federal government and Kaduna state government have been accused of not doing enough to end the killings.…

Monday, 23 January 2017 16:18

30 retired AIGs, other senior officers sue Buhari, others

Thirty senior police officers, retired in 2016, have challenged their retirement at the National Industrial Court, Abuja insisting the force was ‘influenced’ to retire them. The officers sought the powers of the court to interpret certain parts of the constitution binding on the Police Service Commission and its retirement processes. The officers sued the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Attorney-General of the Federation and Inspector-General of Police for an 'influenced’ retirement. Also joined as co-defendants in the suit, which came up for mention, are the Police Service Commission and the Nigeria Police Force. Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris,…

Monday, 23 January 2017 16:16

Junaid to Presidency: Stop lying to Nigerians about Buhari’s health

Second Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, yesterday lashed out at the Presidency saying they should stop lying to Nigerians over the health status of President Muhammadu Buhari. He also said Nigerians cannot afford to have another constitutional crises due to Mr. President's health. The Presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu had attacked Mohammed on Sunday saying he is suffering from pathological cynicism. According to Shehu, “Mohammed’s kind of critics is toxic to national progress because they are only primarily interested in destroying every positive effort and achievements of the government and we advise Nigerians to be wary of prejudiced and biased critics…

Monday, 23 January 2017 02:20

FG releases N375m to feed 700,000 pupils in 5 states

The Federal Government said it had so far released over N375 million toward the implementation of its school feeding programme in five states, this year. Mr Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Vice-President, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Akande said that the release of the amount was meant to feed almost 700,000 primary school pupils in the five states. According to him, all states of the federation, except two, are now being processed for the payment of N30,000 monthly stipends to 200,000 graduates, the N-Power beneficiaries. Akande, who was giving…

Monday, 23 January 2017 02:19

I don’t know if Buhari uses Aso Rock Clinic, says Femi Adesina

Femi Adesina, special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, says he does not know if his principal makes use of the clinic at the presidential villa. Buhari is currently in the UK, where he is expected to undergo medical checkups. Nigerians have been reacting to the decision of the president to seek medical attention abroad despite the huge amount allocated to the hospital in Aso Rock. But speaking on Sunday Politics, a programme on Channels Television, Adesina said since he had not seen Buhari fall sick, he would not be able to say if the president uses…

Monday, 23 January 2017 02:17

Analysis: Nigeria now has a bigger internal security threat than Boko Haram

For much of the last seven years, the biggest threat to Nigeria’s security has been a devastating insurgency led by terrorist sect, Boko Haram, but that’s no longer the case. Over the past year, Nigeria has seen an uptick in violent activities of nomadic Fulani herdsmen. As Quartz has previously reported, the threat of a crisis has lingered with the effects of climate change—rapid desertification of grazing land and lower rainfall—making cattle rearing more difficult in the herdsmen’s northern Nigeria base. Seeking alternatives, herdsmen have journeyed south seeking fertile grazing land for their cattle. But with that search often leading…

Monday, 23 January 2017 02:16

Tinubu’s private plane flies Jammeh into exile

More details of the peaceful battle to restore democracy in The Gambia became known yesterday. After days of stand-off, former President Yahya Jammeh suddenly agreed to quit office, yielding to last-minute pressure from Guinean President Alpha Conde and his Mauritanian counterpart Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz, who were with him between Friday and Saturday. After agreeing to leave and save The Gambia from a major crisis, Jammeh was confronted by big challenge – how to fly out. The leaders, The Nation learnt, reached out to All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Tinubu who authorised his private aircraft to be used…

Monday, 23 January 2017 02:14

Buhari’s critic Junaidu Mohammed suffering from “pathological cynicism” – Presidency

The Presidency has condemned popular northern politician, Junaidu Mohammed, who has been very critical of President Muhammadu Buhari. The presidency, in a statement by Garba Shehu, said Mr. Mohammed may be suffering from ‘pathological cynicism’ and should be ignored by Nigerians. Read Mr. Shehu’s full statement below: The Presidency will like to break with tradition by reacting to the latest attack on President Muhammadu Buhari’s integrity in an interview by a former House of Representatives member from Kano State, Junaidu Mohammed. While Junaidu Mohammed is entitled to his opinion, he is not entitled to misrepresent facts about the concrete achievements…

Sunday, 22 January 2017 17:14

Why Buhari hasn't forwarded Onnoghen’s name to Senate for confirmation as CJN

President Muhammadu Buhari may not send the name of Justice Walter Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen to the Senate for confirmation as Chief Justice of Nigeria until he is given a clean bill in the ongoing investigation of judges by security agencies, THISDAY has learnt. Onnoghen was sworn in as acting Chief Justice of Nigeria November 10, 2016. 1999 constitution stipulates a maximum tenure of three-month in acting capacity. The delay in sending his name to the Senate for confirmation has continued to raise fears about his fate particularly as he inches closer to the three-month stipulated tenure. Section 231 (1) states:…

Sunday, 22 January 2017 17:13

Katsina University says memo on religious groups on campus targeted at Muslims, not Christians

Authorities of the Umaru Yar’Ádua University, Katsina, have denied discriminating against Christian students in the approval granted a students religious association to operate on its campus. Acting Dean of Student Affairs of the University, Sulaiman Kankara, had in a January 17 memo informed students of a new guideline for the registration of clubs and associations in the institution. In the circular, Dr. Kankara indicated that participation in clubs and associations, including departmental ones, were strictly optional and that no student should be compelled to pay dues. He also outlawed the formation of tribal and local government associations in the university.…

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Sunday, 22 January 2017 17:11

Shiites accuse Buhari of dictatorship tendencies

Members of the Islamic Movement Nigeria (IMN), otherwise known as Shiites, yesterday, called for the release of their leader, Sheikh Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and his wife from detention in line with the ruling of the Federal High Court, Abuja. Besides, the group reacted to claims by government, necessitating El-Zakzaky’s continuous detention in the custody of the Directorate of State Security (DSS), while calling on President Buhari to respect rule of law and fundamental rights of Nigerians, as directed by the court. Spokesman of the Shiites, Mallam Ibrahim Musa, faulted claims by the Presidency, as reported in the media, “that the Presidency…

Sunday, 22 January 2017 02:58

Army officer attacks Nigeria’s service chiefs, says they are ‘Nollywood actors’

Angered by what he described as the inability of the military to provide the needed weapons and equipment to defeat the Boko Haram terror sect, and the recent ease at which insurgents were killing senior army officers, a top infantry commander has described the country’s service chiefs as “Nollywood actors”. T.J. Abdallah, a lieutenant colonel, and the commanding officer (CO) of 151 battalion located at Banki Junction, Borno, is now in trouble with military authorities after making the remarks on a WhatsApp group operated by the 49 regular cadet class of the National Defence Academy (NDA). A report of an…

Sunday, 22 January 2017 02:56

Diezani accuses EFCC of falsehood, media trial: Here's her own side of the story

•Anti graft agency ‘taking advantage of my silence to try me by media’ •Denies withdrawal of $153m from NNPC accounts •Yenagoa estate is family compound built in 2011 Embattled former Petroleum Minister, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, is not taking allegations of massive corruption leveled against her by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) lightly. She rose in her own stout defence yesterday, denying the allegations. She accused the EFCC of taking advantage of her silence all this while to put her on media trial and declared in a lengthy statement from her London home. She said given the “level of…

Sunday, 22 January 2017 02:55

EFCC: Buhari re-submits Magu’s name to Senate

There are indications that President Muhammadu Buhari has re-submitted the name of the embattled Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu to the Senate for confirmation. A close associate of the Acting EFCC chairman revealed this to Sunday Telegraph, saying that the action was based on report that Magu was cleared of any wrongdoing by the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami. On the allegation of financial impropriety leveled against Magu by the Department of State Services, (DSS), and the Senate’s failure to clear him during his screening, the Presidency…

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