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Monday, 23 December 2019 06:22

Military repels Boko Haram attack on Yobe capital, Damaturu

Nigerian military successfully repelled a Boko Haram attack on Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, an official has said. According to reports, there was panic in Damaturu as loud gunshots and artillery fire rented the air. Residents rushed into their houses and businesses closed hurriedly on Sunday evening while the attack occurred. While speaking on the attack, spokesman of Sector II of Operation Lafiya Dole, Damaturu, Mr Njoka Irabor, said “the insurgents made an attempt to enter Damaturu from the northern flank of the town but were given a heavy blow by both air and ground troops.” Irabor, an army captain,…

Monday, 23 December 2019 06:20

IPPIS controversy: ASUU develops own payroll for use in varsities

Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged Federal Government to jettison its Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) for the union’s University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS). The union’s National President, Mr Biodun Ogunyemi, spoke on Sunday at News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja. The union leader said ASUU would support any step by the Federal Government to eradicate corrupt practices from the university system, but urged the government to embrace the union’s proposed payroll system. President Muhammadu Buhari, on October 8, 2019, directed all government employees to be enrolled into IPPIS to ensure accountability and…

Monday, 23 December 2019 06:19

ISIS militants 'getting stronger again' in Iraq - Report

There are growing indications that the Islamic State (IS) group is re-organising in Iraq, two years after losing the last of its territory in the country. Kurdish and Western intelligence officials have told the BBC that the IS presence in Iraq is a sophisticated insurgency, and IS attacks are increasing. The militants are now more skilled and more dangerous than al-Qaeda, according to Lahur Talabany, a top Kurdish counter-terrorism official. "They have better techniques, better tactics and a lot more money at their disposal," he said. "They are able to buy vehicles, weapons, food supplies and equipment. Technologically they're more…

Monday, 23 December 2019 06:17

UK warns Nigerians students in Britain against allowing their bank accounts for use to send money to UK

British Government has advised people to be wary of allowing third party to use their bank accounts to send money to the United Kingdom. National Crime Agency via its verified Twitter handle @NCA_UK, gave the warning on Sunday. The British government agency, which leads the UK’s fight to cut serious and organised crime, said foreign students in UK universities are especially susceptible. It warns, “Letting someone use your bank account to move money is money laundering. “Earlier this year, 95 bank accounts — containing more than £3m — were frozen by UK law enforcement coordinated by the National Economic Crime…

Sunday, 22 December 2019 06:15

Nigeria among countries violating religious freedom - US govt

Nigeria has been placed on the United States Special Watch-List (SWL) for governments that have engaged in or tolerated severe violations of religious freedom. This was announced in a statement by Mr Mike Pompeo, US secretary of state, on Friday. Other countries added to the list besides Nigeria are Cuba, Nicaragua and Sudan. The US secretary of state did not say why Nigeria was added to the list, but it may be connected to the clampdown on the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) by the government. “On December 18, 2019, the Department of State re-designated Burma, China, Eritrea, Iran, North…

Saturday, 21 December 2019 05:06

Buhari has damaged Nigeria’s international reputation - Ex-US envoy

A former United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr John Campbell, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of damaging Nigeria’s reputation following his government’s disrespect for the rule of law. Campbell served as U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria from May 12, 2004, to July 19, 2007. In his reaction titled: “Buhari’s Dictatorial Past and the Rule of Law Today in Nigeria” about the continued detention of Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters, Campbell said: “the state security service assault on a courtroom and the re-arrest of Sowore has already damaged the country’s international reputation.” Campbell’s reaction was published as a blog post on…

Friday, 20 December 2019 05:32

JAMB abolishes N100m allocation to state offices – Registrar

Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Wednesday said that the board would no longer give the usual N100 million to its state offices. Mr Isiaq Oloyede made the disclosure at the opening of a two-day meeting with Computer Based Test (CBT) centres, Technical Advisors, Service Providers such as MTN, Airtel, Galaxy Backbone and other stakeholders. The meeting was held at Kongo Conference Hotel, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria. Oloyede said: “You may recollect that since 2016, we do give at least N100m to state offices for one thing or the other. We want to tell you that this…

Friday, 20 December 2019 05:31

Nigeria has over 500 unemployed young pilots, aeronautic engineers. Their chief trainer explains why

Rector and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, Kaduna State, Mr Abdullahi Mohammed, in this interview with WOLE OYEBADE, x-rays the problem of unemployed pilots vis-à-vis an estimate that Nigeria currently has over 500 trained yet unemployed pilots and engineers milling around the aviation sector. Mohammed, among other issues, said the lasting solutions abound in both the local industry and in emerging opportunities in global aviation community. Excerpts: You have been on the driver’s seat at NCAT since 2017. What major changes have you brought to the college? When I was appointed in January 2017,…

Friday, 20 December 2019 05:28

Respect tenets of democracy, rights of Nigerians, group urges Buhari

A youth group, New Generation Leadership (NGL) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to obey the key tenets of democracy which include respect for the rule of law, judicial independence, due process, as well as political and media freedom. The advice was contained in a statement released by Secretary of the group, Mr Adedayo Adegbayibi, while reacting to present happenings in Nigeria and the recent protest of Punch Newspaper to always refer to Buhari as a Major-General in a military regime and not as President in a democracy. The New Generation Leadership said "General Buhari should be worried that some…

Thursday, 19 December 2019 05:02

FAAC: FG, states, LG lose N104bn as revenue shrinks

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mr Isa Dutse, said on Wednesday that Federal, States and Local Government Councils shared N635.8 billion in November. Dutse disclosed this while addressing journalists after the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting in Abuja. He said the amount shared included Value Added Tax (VAT), exchange gain and Forex Equalisation. According to him, the gross statutory revenue generated for the month was N491.8 billion, which was lower than N596.04 billion received in the previous month, with a difference of N104.1 billion. The permanent secretary said the federal government got N242.2 billion, states…

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Thursday, 19 December 2019 04:59

Herdsmen ‘annex’, hoist flag near Ekiti gov’s hometown

Some suspected herdsmen have taken over some areas covering about 8km in Orin-Ekiti, Ido/Osi local government area of Ekiti State near Governor Kayode Fayemi’s hometown, Isan-Ekiti. The herders hoisted a red flag at the ‘annexed’ farmlands where they warned farmers to keep off or face death. Residents told journalist on Wednesday during a protest that the herders occupied and destroyed crops planted on the abandoned 2,500 acres of land at Orin Farm settlement. The protesters, comprising old and young men and women, chanted derisive songs against the invaders with placards bearing their thoughts and agitations including ‘What is our sin?’;…

Thursday, 19 December 2019 04:58

Jigawa govt to build 95 mosques

Jigawa State Government has opened tender for the construction of 90 Friday congregational and five daily prayer mosques, across the 30 constituencies of the state. Mr Isma’il Ibrahim, spokesperson, office of the Secretary to the State Government, made this known in a statement in Dutse on Tuesday. According to him, Chairman, Tender Board Committee and Permanent Secretary, Administration and Finance in SSG’s office, Mr Muhammad Dagaceri, said the bid opening is for the second quarter of 2019. Ibrahim disclosed that 200 contractors are bidding for the contracts. He added that, representative of the state’s Due Process and Project Monitoring Bureau,…

Wednesday, 18 December 2019 06:10

Democracy too slow for my liking - Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, said democracy was too slow for his liking. Mr Buhari said this at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, at a short ceremony where his aides and some members of staff presented a card to him on his 77th birthday. The President compared the current anti-graft war to the one he prosecuted as a head of state between 1983 and 1985, and admitted that he had learnt the hard way that the current democratic system was different from when he first came in 1983 as a military ruler. As head of state, Buhari within few months in…

Wednesday, 18 December 2019 06:09

Senate rejects Buhari’s visa-on-arrival policy

Senate yesterday rejected the visa-on-arrival policy of President Muhammadu Buhari, saying it is premature, considering the spate of insecurity in the country. Mr Buhari had recently announced issuance of visa-on-arrival to all African travellers by January 2020, suspending the requirement that they apply in advance. Mr Adewunmi Adetunbi, in his motion, said neither the executive nor a member of the National Assembly had yet submitted a bill for domestication of the said African Continental Free Trade Agreement which is a necessary prerequisite before the policy’s implementation. Minority Leader Mr Eyinnaya Abaribe said that a lot of Nigerians were worried about…

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