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Sunday, 21 March 2021 05:21

‘I ran one and half kilometers on foot to escape heavy gunfire from herdsmen’ - Ortom

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state Saturday morning narrowly escaped death after running a distance of about one and a half kilometers when suspected heavily armed herdsmen numbering about 15 attacked him on his farm at Tyo-Mu community in the outskirts of Makurdi, along Makurdi-Gboko road. Narrating the incident to newsmen in Makurdi shortly after his escape, the visibly shaken Governor who explained that the incident happened at about 11 am said it took the grace of God and the resilience of his security personnel who repelled the attackers who dressed in black, to keep him alive. Hear him, “You…

Sunday, 21 March 2021 05:20

Nigeria will be no more if FG allows Ortom to be killed - Wike

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State says the Federal Government will be held responsible if Samuel Ortom, his Benue counterpart, is assassinated. The convoy of Ortom was attacked along Makurdi/Gboko road in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue on Saturday. In his reaction to the incident, Wike said if the Benue governor is killed, there might be another civil war in the country. “If you kill Ortom, then be prepared to bury Nigeria. If anything happens to Ortom, the Federal Government will be held responsible and they should be prepared that there will be no more Nigeria,” Wike said in…

Saturday, 20 March 2021 06:06

Walter Onnoghen - remember him? Here, the former CJN tells of the lies, intrigues that made Buhari remove him from office

Walter Onnoghen on Friday opened up on his removal as the Chief Justice of Nigeria in 2019. He had earlier made some passing comments about his ordeal at his 70th birthday which he marked quietly in Abuja on December 22, last year, the day he ought to retire from the bench if he had his tenure in full. But he spoke in more details about his travails at a book launch held on Friday in Abuja, where he denied some allegations and speculations that were said to have motivated President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to move against him. For instance, he…

Saturday, 20 March 2021 06:03

Biden misses steps, falls thrice while boarding Air Force One

US President Joe Biden, on Friday, fell three times while climbing the steps of Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, while on his way to Atlanta. In a viral video, the president is seen climbing the stairs, during which he loses his footing and trips thrice while holding onto the railing with his right hand. He, however, gets up, dusts his left knee, and climbs the remaining steps up before turning around to salute the air force personnel on the runway. Commenting on the incident, Karine Jean-Pierre, deputy press secretary at the White House, reportedly told journalists that “It…

Friday, 19 March 2021 05:43

Aisha Buhari returns to Nigeria after long absence

Nigeria’s First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has finally returned to Nigeria after spending six months in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Sources in the Presidential Villa confirmed that the First Lady returned Thursday morning. Mrs Buhari made her last known public appearance in September 2020 during the wedding of her daughter, Hanan. Since then, she has conspicuously not been involved in any government activity or sighted publicly. She also stopped posting on social media. SaharaReporters last December reported how the First Lady had relocated to Dubai, the UAE. The report cited security concerns as one of her reasons for moving out…

Friday, 19 March 2021 05:42

‘Children under attack, our collective future under attack’, Reps sound the alarm on unceasing kidnap of schoolchildren

PRESS RELEASE The House Committee on Basic Education and Services has observed with great alarm the steady dislocation and deterioration of basic education especially in states that are badly affected by frequent kidnappings, Boko Haram and bandit attacks. This has compelled many state governments to shut down schools especially boarding houses. The invasion of schools has disrupted the school calendar, destroyed school infrastructure and properties, traumatized our children, scared off teachers and school administrators. Though the President has assured Nigerians that the Kankara kidnapping of school children was going to be the last in the country, announced a shoot-at-sight- order…

Thursday, 18 March 2021 05:59

FG earmarks $1.5bn for rehabilitation of P’Harcourt refinery

Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, approved $1.5 billion for the rehabilitation of the Port Harcourt refinery in Rivers State. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, made this known when he briefed State House Correspondents on the outcome of the council meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Sylva, who briefed alongside ministers of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, Health, Osagie Ehanire and Budget and National Planning, Clement Agba, said local content is fully involved in the job. According to him, the rehabilitation will be done in three phases…

Thursday, 18 March 2021 05:56

Gumi’s approach to dialogue with bandits wrong - Katsina gov

Aminu Masari, governor of Katsina state, says he does not support the manner in which Ahmad Gumi, Islamic cleric, is going about his intervention with bandits. Gumi has been at the forefront of those advocating for dialogue with bandits, in spite of their incessant attacks on schools and abduction of schoolchildren. The cleric has embarked on a number of publicised visits to the bandits’ enclaves in the forest in a bid to dialogue with them. Commenting on Gumi’s approach, the Katsina governor said it is not the right way to handle the situation. “They [bandits] need moral and spiritual education…

Thursday, 18 March 2021 05:55

Christians, Muslims clash over hijab as Kwara reopens schools

Violence yesterday marred reopening of 10 schools recently closed down by the Kwara State Government over the wearing of Hijab as Christians and Muslims clashed in many schools. This is coming as Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has said that the Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, should be held responsible for the violence caused by the unrest over wearing of hijab in schools. Emir of Ilorin and Chairman of Kwara State Council of Chiefs, Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has however, urged Islam and Christian faithful in the state to embrace peace. In Baptist Secondary School, Surulere, the situation was tense as security…

Thursday, 18 March 2021 05:53

Tanzania president, John Magufuli, is dead

Tanzania's President John Magufuli has died aged 61, the country's vice-president has announced. He died on Wednesday from heart complications at a hospital in Dar es Salaam, Samia Suluhu Hassan said in an address on state television. Magufuli had not been seen in public for more than two weeks, and rumours have been circulating about his health. Opposition politicians said last week that he had contracted Covid-19, but this has not been confirmed. Magufuli was one of Africa's most prominent coronavirus sceptics, and called for prayers and herbal-infused steam therapy to counter the virus. "It is with deep regret that…

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Wednesday, 17 March 2021 06:00

Unprecedented borrowings to fund 2020 Budget pushed Nigeria’s debt to N33trn - DMO

Nigeria’s total public debt as at December 31, 2020 was N32.915 trillion, Debt Management Office has said. The figures include debt stock of federal and state governments, as well as, the Federal Capital Territory. DMO blames the rise on the Covid-19 pandemic, which it said caused government to borrow more after years of decline in borrowings. “It will be recalled that after Nigeria exited recession in 2017, the level of New Borrowing at the Federal Level as shown in the Annual Appropriation Acts, had been declining as part of the Government’s measures to moderate the rate of Growth in the…

Wednesday, 17 March 2021 05:57

Buhari gets highest Niger Republic award

PRESS RELEASE President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja congratulated outgoing President of Niger Republic, Mahamadou Issoufou, for successful completion of his second tenure, and wining the prestigious 2020 Mo Ibrahim prize for Achievement in African Leadership, describing him as a worthy African leader. Buhari, who was awarded the highest national award of Niger Republic, Grand Croix Des Ordre National Du Niger, by Issoufou, felicitated with the outgoing leader for upholding the tenets of democracy, improving the economy of his country and consolidating the good relations that existed between both countries. “Mr. President, let me start by congratulating you on the…

Wednesday, 17 March 2021 05:56

NJC’s meetings, operations fully automated – CJN

PRESS RELEASE Chief Justice of Nigeria and Chairman National Judicial Council, I. T. Muhammad, has disclosed that as part of the continued measures aimed at ensuring that the Justice system is not crippled in the face of threats posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Council has completed a full-scale automation of its meetings and operations. This is intended to herald a regime of electronic system to the Council’s document management, marking a significant departure and paradigm shift from the current paper-based operations. The Chief Justice of Nigeria represented by the Deputy Chairman of the Council, Bode Rhodes-Vivour, who stated this…

Wednesday, 17 March 2021 05:55

‘It’s not true’: FIRS, not NIPOST, in charge of stamp duty collection

Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has countered reports that Nigeria Postal Service (NIPOST) has been licensed for collection of stamp duty charges. According to the 2019 finance act, a N50 stamp duty is payable on any bank deposit or transfer of N10,000 or more — deposits or transfers maintained by the same person in the same bank are exempted from the charge. Last week, Isa Pantami, minister of communications and digital economy, had said NIPOST is the legal producer of stamp duties through the 2020 Finance Act, thereby implying that the agency is in charge of stamp duty collection. However,…

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