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Sunday, 31 May 2020 04:53

Tear gas and burning cars in US cities as unrest continues

Tense protests over the death of George Floyd and other police killings of black men grew Saturday from New York to Tulsa to Los Angeles, with police cars set ablaze and reports of injuries mounting on all sides as the country lurched toward another night of unrest after months of coronavirus lockdowns. The protests, which began in Minneapolis following Floyd’s death Monday after a police officer pressed a knee on his neck for more than eight minutes, have left parts of the city a grid of broken windows, burned-out buildings and ransacked stores. The unrest has since become a national…

Saturday, 30 May 2020 06:34

Immediate past NNPC GMD Maikanti Baru is dead

Maikanti Baru, the former group managing director of the NNPC, has died. Mr Baru died late Friday night in yet undisclosed location and of undisclosed ailments. He was 60. His death was announced early Saturday morning by the current head of the state-owned energy conglomerate, Mr Mele Kyari. “My brother, my friend and my mentor, Maikanti Kachalla Baru, immediate past GMD of NNPC died late last night,” Kyari wrote on Twitter. “He was of exemplary character and disposition. May Allah forgive him and have mercy upon him.” Mr Baru was born in 1959 and led a career in engineering, rising…

Saturday, 30 May 2020 05:48

Akinwumi Adesina: Why the US is targeting Africa’s foremost banker

The US and the African Development Bank have fallen out over allegations of corruption against the bank's Nigerian head, writes former BBC Africa Business editor Larry Madowo. Akinwumi Adesina is a sharp dresser known for his expensive tailored suits, immaculate white shirts and an endless supply of colourful bow ties. But the clean public persona of the 60-year-old president of the African Development Bank (AfDB) is now being questioned after a string of corruption and abuse of office allegations from his own staff spilled into the open. Mr Adesina has denied all the allegations. The board of governors of the…

Saturday, 30 May 2020 05:45

Govs set for war with Buhari over Executive Order on financial autonomy for state legislature, judiciary

State governors on Friday took their case on Executive Order 10 which guarantees financial autonomy for the judiciary and the legislature at the state level directly to President Muhammadu Buhari and Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami. Chairman of Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Mr Kayode Fayemi, met separately with the President and the minister to press home the objection of the state chief executives to the order, which was signed by Mr Buhari penultimate Friday. To the governors, the order is not only unnecessary; it is also an over-kill of Section 121(3) of the 1999…

Saturday, 30 May 2020 05:45

FG to probe states, agencies over diversion of Covid-19 funds

Federal Government anti-graft agency, Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, and Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation have begun investigation and audit of state governments, agencies and personnel, who spent the Covid-19 funds from the government and private individuals. Office of the Accountant General said the internal audit procedures would apply to all transactions relating to the Covid-19 Funds and reports would be forwarded to its Audit Monitoring Department. AGF, Mr Ahmed Idris, added that any ministry, department or agency that contravened the guideline would be sanctioned and names of such MDA and its principal officers would…

Saturday, 30 May 2020 05:41

Buhari extends appointment of appeal court acting president

President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the appointment of Mrs Dongban-Mensem as Acting President of the Court of Appeal (PCA) with effect from June 3 for a further period of three (3) months. This is pursuant to Section 238(4) and (5) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic, Mr Buhari’s spokesperson, Mr Garba Shehu, said. Dongban-Mensem was sworn in as acting court of appeal president by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mr Tanko Muhammad, on March 6. The swearing-in followed Dongban-Mensem’s appointment by Buhari after Mrs Zainab Bulkachuwa retired as she clocked the statutory mandatory retirement age of 70 years as…

Saturday, 30 May 2020 05:37

Civil unrest flares again in US after Minneapolis policeman charged with murdering George Floyd

The white former Minneapolis police officer shown in video footage using his knee to pin an unarmed black man’s neck to the street was charged with murder on Friday in the man’s death, an incident that has unleashed four nights of violent protests. Derek Chauvin, who was dismissed from the police department with three fellow officers the day after the fatal encounter, was arrested on third-degree murder and manslaughter charges for his role in Monday’s death of 46-year-old George Floyd. The charges brought by Hennepin County prosecutors came after a third night of arson, looting and vandalism in Minnesota’s largest…

Friday, 29 May 2020 05:58

After previous $22.79bn loan approval from Senate, Buhari writes NASS for fresh $5.5bn loan

President Muhammadu Buhari has written to Senate and House of Representatives, seeking approval for a fresh loan of $5.513 billion. In a letter read by Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, at plenary on Thursday, the president said the loan was to finance the 2020 budget deficit, financing of critical projects, and supporting some states of the federation. A similar letter was read by Senate President Ahmad Lawan during plenary, on Thursday. The president also presented a revised 2020 Appropriation Bill and the 2020-2022 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper to both chambers of the National…

Friday, 29 May 2020 05:55

FG threatens to withhold allocations of states flouting financial autonomy of legislature, judiciary

Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami, yesterday stated that with the Executive Order 10 issued by President Muhammadu Buhari, federal government could through the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation withhold allocations of any state that fails to honour the autonomy of the two other arms of the state government. Special Assistant to AGF on Media and Public Relations, Mr Umar Gwandu, said in a statement that the minister spoke yesterday in Abuja at a Radio Nigeria programme, ‘Politics Nationwide’. The new Executive Order was issued to the provision of section 121(3) of the…

Friday, 29 May 2020 05:54

Electricity companies drag FG to court over ‘business interference’

Electricity distribution companies have dragged the Federal Government to court to restrain it from further interfering in the corporate business activities of the power firms. According to the firms, the government, through Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission and other agencies, had been interfering in the corporate activities of the Discos, a development, they claimed, had hampered their smooth operations. Senior officials of some of the power firms told our correspondent in Abuja on Thursday that the Discos resolved to take the matter to court. Nigeria’s power distribution firms include Abuja, Benin, Eko, Enugu, Ibadan, Ikeja, Jos, Kaduna, Kano and Port Harcourt…

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Friday, 29 May 2020 05:50

More Nigerians dying from other causes than Covid-19 - FG

Nigeria has recorded more deaths from hospitals’ refusal to attend to patients with other illnesses than from Covid-19 virus, Secretary to Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, has said. Mustapha while speaking at the daily Presidential Task Force (PTF) on Covid-19 briefing on Thursday said there have been reports of refusal by some medical institutions to treat patients for fear of contracting the Covid-19 virus. Mustapha, who is also chairman of the task force, said the action portrayed by these medical institutions is unacceptable. “PTF has received rather sadly, reports of continued refusal by medical institutions to receive…

Friday, 29 May 2020 05:47

Buhari appoints new DG for Nuclear agency

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday appointed Mr Yau Usman Idris as Director-General of Nigeria Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA). In a letter conveying the approval of Mr Buhari for the appointment, Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Mr Timipre Sylva, congratulated the new DG and urged him to work hard to justify the confidence reposed in him. The appointment is with effect from 19th February 2020. Federal Government established Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA) on 3rd August 1995 with the responsibilities for nuclear safety and radiological protection regulation in Nigeria. NNRA however began effective operation in May, 2001. Sun

Friday, 29 May 2020 05:47

IGP reshuffles state police commands, moves Commissioners

Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the posting of 11 Commissioners of Police (CPs) to states and police formations. Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. He listed the CPs deployed as; Undie Adie, Osun; Johnson Kokumo, Edo; Lawal Tanko, Bauchi; Philip Maku, Ebonyi; Ahmed Shehu, Gombe; Bolaji Salami, Ondo and Joe Enwonwu, Oyo. Others are; Evelyn Peterside, Eastern Port; Okon Ene, Explosive Ordinance Device (EOD); Bello Maikwashi, Airport Command and Sina Olukolu, Anti-Fraud Unit, FCID Annex, Lagos. IGP urged the posted officers to consolidate and…

Friday, 29 May 2020 05:44

Lagos commuters resort to trekking as fares rise on account of lockdown, curfew

Commuters in Lagos State are lamenting hike in fares which have gone up by 200 percent across the state since introduction of curfew by the Federal Government. Investigation by journalists revealed that most commuters now trek several kilometres to their places of work and residences since the lockdown and curfew introduced by the Federal Government. The increase in fares could go as high as 300 percent in the evenings. Most of the commuters blame the incessant increase in fare on greed by the transporters who take advantage of the curfew to inflict more hardship on the citizens. But the transport…

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