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Sunday, 22 January 2017 02:53

Buhari not dead — Presidency

President Muhammadu Buhari’s spokespersons on Saturday night described as “evil rumours” social media reports about the president’s health conditions and possible death. In their separate posts, published on their Twitter handles, Mr Femi Adesina, special adviser on media and publicity to the president and Mr Garba Shehu, senior special assistant on media and publicity to the president, dismissed the reports as false and clear case of mischief. Adesina said: “Best wishes to all who wish PMB well. “As for those who carry evil rumours, may they receive grace to repent.’’ Shehu also dismissed the rumour that President Buhari was dead…

Sunday, 22 January 2017 02:52

Nationwide outage worsens as fire razes TCN control room

Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said on Saturday that a fire incident which occurred at its Afam VI power station in Rivers State had completely destroyed the firm’s protection and control equipment. General Manager, Public Affairs of TCN, Mrs. Seun Olagunju, explained in a statement that the fire incident occurred on Wednesday and that the equipment destroyed were located in TCN’s relay and control room. She said the development had prevented the evacuation of guaranteed 450 megawatts of electricity generated by the station. Olagunju said the fire incident, which occurred around 6:58 am, completely destroyed the transmission company’s equipment at…

Sunday, 22 January 2017 02:39

Buhari reads riot act to varsities

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday warned that any university management involved in unethical practices would face the full wrath of the law. Buhari, who was the Visitor at the sixth convocation of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) in Abuja, said universities would henceforth prepare quarterly financial reports. Represented by Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Buhari said his administration was anchored on ensuring security of lives and property, fighting corruption and improving the economy. “As we move to address the existing needs of our universities, we demand that the leadership of these institutions reciprocate government’s…

Saturday, 21 January 2017 16:11

New Ponzi scheme, Twinkas, springs up to replace distressed MMM

Twinkas, another Ponzi scheme similar to the troubled MMM, has started trending with memberships in different categories. According to the scheme, it was created “to promote the greatest good, with a particular emphasis on helping man and the environment." It said that it had successfully revised all technical and logical issues about the front-end and has provided mobile numbers to help facilitate the money exchange process. “We are gradually restoring our CRM Modules (Live Chat, Ticket, Mobile Calls) to enable us get in touch with you regularly. “We have switched to STRICT MODE. Meaning zero tolerance. Hence, we will not…

Saturday, 21 January 2017 16:09

Demarcation of cattle routes, graze reserves panacea to farmer/herdsmen – Herdsmen

Some herdsmen in Yobe have said that the panacea to incessant farmers/herdsmen clash is dermarcaion of cattle routes and grazing reserves. They gave the advice in separate interviews with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Babbangida, Yobe, on Saturday. They said that the peace existing in Yobe was as a result of demarcation of grazing reserves by the state government. Malam Buba Muhammad, a herdsman, from Biriri village, said the state had not recorded any case of farmer/herdsmen clash in the last eight years. Muhammad attributed the peaceful coexistence between farmers and herdsmen to the demarcation and protection of the…

Saturday, 21 January 2017 02:26

Drama as Jonathan visits Obasanjo’s village

There was mild drama in the Ibogun hometown of former President Olusegun Obasanjo in Ogun state, on Friday, when ex-President Goodluck Jonathan came visiting. The immediate past president arrived Ibogun to a warm reception by members of the community. The people sang, danced, and lined up the streets to welcome the august visitor. Accompanied by Olagunsonye Oyinlola, former governor of Osun state, and some of his former aides, Jonathan waved back at the crowd. He headed to the residence of his estranged benefactor, but known for his unpredictable lifestyle, Obasanjo acted as if he was not expecting him. The elder…

Saturday, 21 January 2017 02:20

Buhari knocked for routine checks abroad despite N3.8bn Aso Villa clinic budget

A cross-section of Nigerians and a pan-Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere, have knocked President Muhammadu Buhari for shunning Nigeria to spend his vacation in the United Kingdom, and similarly choosing to have ‘routine’ medical checkup in the foreign country. They described as embarrassing President Buhari’s trip abroad for vacation and medical checkup despite the N3.87bn allocated to State House Medical Centre, Aso Villa, Abuja in the 2016 Appropriation Act. The President had on Thursday, departed Abuja for London on a medical vacation. That would be the President’s third medical trip abroad since inauguration. The President had in June 2016 taken 10…

Saturday, 21 January 2017 02:18

Osinbajo resumes as acting president, gets update on the Gambia situation, others

Nigeria’s acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, on Friday received updates and briefs on the Gambian situation and other issues in the country from a number of cabinet ministers. A spokesman for the Vice President, Mr Laolu Akande, hinted of the briefing in a post published on his twitter handle on Friday. VP Osinbajo on return to Abuja receives update & briefings on the situation in Gambia & also briefings from a number of cabinet ministers — Laolu Akande (@akandeoj) January 20, 2017 “Work Of Change” Mr Akande had earlier tweeted that “work of change” had always been on Professor Osinbajo’s…

Saturday, 21 January 2017 02:15

Saudi Arabia restores Nigeria’s Hajj quota to 95,000

Nigeria’s slot for the 2017 Hajj has been restored to 95,000 by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This declaration was made by the Saudi Minister of Hajj during a Ministerial Meeting between officials from the two countries on Wednesday in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The Kingdom had in 2013 reduced Nigeria’s quota from 95,000 to 76,000. It said the cut, which affected all countries participating in the annual ritual, was necessitated by development projects going on in the Grand Mosque and other holy sites in the Kingdom. The meeting of Wednesday kick-started preparatory meetings with Saudi agencies in respect of Hajj…

Friday, 20 January 2017 18:13

Group: 11 killed at Nigeria pro-Trump rally; police deny it

Eleven people were killed when Nigerian security forces cracked down on a demonstration supporting the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, a separatist group said Friday, though police denied there were any deaths. The demonstration was organized in southern Rivers state by the Indigenous People of Biafra, whose members want Trump to support the creation of an independent Biafran state for the Igbo people. Ugochukwu Chinweuba, a member of the group, said police and soldiers used live rounds and that "scores" were wounded in addition to the dead. Nnamdi Omoni, a spokesman for Rivers state police, said the claim was…

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Friday, 20 January 2017 17:58

Boko Haram attacks camp bombed by Nigeria's Air Force

Boko Haram extremists attacked a refugee camp in northeast Nigeria just days after Nigeria's air force bombed it, witnesses said Friday, as reports emerged that the death toll from the bombing could be as high as 170. More than 100 Boko Haram fighters launched the attack Thursday evening, and soldiers battled for hours trying to repel them, witnesses said. One witness said eight Boko Haram fighters were killed and one soldier was injured, though others said the toll was still being determined. The witnesses, who included aid workers and camp residents, spoke on condition of anonymity because of safety fears.…

Friday, 20 January 2017 17:56

Kano on security lockdown after civil disturbances

Joint patrol teams of the military, police and state security service have been deployed to strategic streets in Kano following Wednesday’s clashes between motor park touts and officers of the state traffic control agency, KAROTA. Roads adjacent to the Government House have been blocked by the security personnel, forcing motorists to divert to Abacha House Gidado road. Spokesman of the police in the state, Magaji Majiya, said the development was a show of force to weed out criminals from the state. “We are simply on a show of force to chase out criminals elements from their hiding abodes so that…

Friday, 20 January 2017 15:44

Women protesters want Fayose arrested

Some protesters under the aegis of “Patriotic Mothers Without Borders”, on Friday stormed the EFCC Abuja headquarters calling for the “arrest, investigation and prosecution” of Ayo Fayose, Governor of Ekiti State, over his alleged involvement in the $2.1 billion arms deal scandal. Chanting “Fayose must go”, the women numbering about 300 carried various placards and banners with inscriptions like: “EFCC Must Prosecute Fayose”, “Corruption is Corruption”, “Fayose is being tormented by the blood of innocent Nigerians slaughtered by Boko Haram”. The convener of the group, Nnenna Jideofor, accused Mr. Fayose of stealing part of funds meant to equip the military…

Friday, 20 January 2017 02:54

Our revenue so low that we have no choice but to borrow $30bn — FG

Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, on Thursday said that the inability of the Federal Government to generate enough revenue to meet its obligations had left it with no other choice than to turn to international financial institutions for loans to finance critical infrastructure projects. She said that with a huge monthly personnel expenditure of about N210bn, coupled with additional debt service burden of N120bn, making a total of N330bn every month, it had become difficult with the low receipts from oil to generate enough revenue to meet these obligations as well as fund capital projects. The minister stated these…

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