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Akwa Ibom State government has rejected plans by the Nigeria Society of Engineers, NSE, the Standard Organisation of Nigeria, SON, and any other interested organisation to investigate the collapse of a church building in the state. The Nigeria police said 27 people lost their lives, while 37 were injured when an uncompleted structure housing the Reigners Bible Church, Uyo, collapsed on Saturday during a ceremony to enthrone the founder of the church, Akan Weeks, as a bishop. The building collapsed shortly after the ceremony started around 10 a.m., with heavy iron beams falling on worshipers, including women and children. The…
Seen from above in a helicopter, the straight white walls of Ngala camp in northeast Nigeria carve a misshapen star out of the dry brown scrub. There are 55,000 people living in tents and straw huts inside the geometric garrison, protected from Boko Haram jihadists by the military. Though the city of Ngala is less than a kilometre away, these people can't go back to a normal life. "Boko Haram is still here, the only thing we can do is wait for food," said Aishi, a 50-year-old woman with deep lines in her tired face. Over the past year, Nigerian…
1. It is my pleasure to present the 2017 Budget Proposals to this distinguished Joint Assembly: the Budget of Recovery and Growth. 2. We propose that the implementation of the Budget will be based on our Economic Recovery and Growth Strategy. The Plan, which builds on our 2016 Budget, provides a clear road map of policy actions and steps designed to bring the economy out of recession and to a path of steady growth and prosperity. 3. We continue to face the most challenging economic situation in the history of our Nation. Nearly every home and nearly every business in…
The Senate has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to suspend and ensure prosecution of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Babachir Lawal, over alleged breach of Nigeria’s law in handling contracts awarded by the Presidential Initiative for the North East, PINE The Senate’s resolution on Wednesday followed presentation of the report on mounting humanitarian crisis in the north-east by the Shehu Sani-led ad hoc committee. Lawal’s company, Global Vision Ltd., is one of the companies indicted by the committee for allegedly benefiting from inflated and phantom contracts – or ones not executed at all – awarded by the…
Governor-elect of Ondo State, Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, said on Wednesday that the enviable record of service of Governor Olusegun Mimiko would be difficult to surpass. Akeredolu said this when he led some members of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state on a courtesy visit to Dr Mimiko in his office in Akure. He commended Mimiko for devoting his time to the service of the people of the state, adding that his wealth of experience and advice would be needed for sustainable development. “We are here as indigenes of Ondo who are concerned about the progress and development of…
Nearly a half million children will face starvation in northeastern Nigeria next year and 80,000 will die if they don't get treatment in the humanitarian crisis created by Boko Haram's Islamic uprising, the U.N. Children's Agency warned Tuesday. "What is already a crisis can become a catastrophe," UNICEF executive director Anthony Lake said. His statement said the 400,000 children at risk of starvation represent just a fraction of the suffering among some 2.6 million refugees in the seven-year insurgency that has killed more than 20,000 people. "If they do not receive the treatment they need, one in five of these…
Another senior Nigerian Army officer has been killed by suspected Boko Haram militants. The officer, O. Umusu, a Lieutenant Colonel and Commanding Officer, 118 Task Force Battalion in Borno State, was killed alongside his security details, by an Improvised Explosive Device in an ambush Monday evening. Military insiders said the officer and his men were returning from Maiduguri to their location towards Baga. The incident happened between Sari and Gudumbali. Their remains were evacuated to 7 Division Medical Services and Hospital, our sources said. This is the fourth lieutenant colonel the army is losing in two months. PT
Wednesday, 14 December 2016 02:39

NNPC still diverting oil proceeds - Saraki

Senate President Bukola Saraki yesterday said the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is still diverting proceeds from sale of crude oil. Speaking on the alleged diversion of $5billion by the NNPC and the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC), Saraki said “We must put an end to this type of level of misappropriation and recklessness. This must stop. “They did it up to the last administration and now they are carrying out the same practice again. We must put an end to this and we cannot continue this issue where some people are sabotaging the efforts to fight corruption.” The Senate…
House of Representatives opened an investigation on Tuesday into an offshore oil field owned by Royal Dutch Shell and Eni, the latest inquiry into their acquisition of the OPL 245 licence block which could hold up to 9.23 billion barrels of oil, according to industry figures. Earlier this year the Dutch and Italian authorities launched their own investigations. The acquisition in 2011 was a "breach of due process that resulted in monumental revenue loss to the country," said Yakubu Dogara, speaker of Nigeria's House of Representatives. A spokesman for Shell said: "As this matter is the subject of current investigations,…
Wednesday, 14 December 2016 02:37

Court orders EFCC to unblock Fayose’s account

A Federal High Court in Ado-Ekiti has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes commission, EFCC, to unfreeze all blocked accounts belonging to Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose. The judge, Taiwo Taiwo, gave the ruling on Tuesday after considering the arguments of respective counsels on the matter. The judge also said the decision of the commission to freeze the account, without considering first the arguments or opinion of Mr. Fayose on the matter, amounted to abuse of the defendant’s fundamental rights to fair hearing. Mr. Taiwo said the act, as perpetrated by the EFCC, was illegal, wrongful and unconstitutional. He noted…
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Nigerian-British of Yoruba parentage, Kemi Badenoch elected leader of UK Conservative Party

The UK’s battle-scarred Conservatives on Saturday elected “anti-woke” candidate Kemi Badenoch as its new head,…
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This startup helps parents-to-be select embryos for ‘designer babies’ with higher IQ, other traits

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The AI revolution: How Predictive, Prescriptive, and Generative AI are reshaping the world

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Nigeria awarded 3-0 win over Libya after airport fiasco

Nigeria have been awarded a 3-0 victory over Libya, and three vital points, from their…

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