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Wednesday, 18 December 2019 06:07

Atiku to senate: Granting Buhari’s $29.6bn loan request’ll ruin Nigeria

Former Vice-President, Mr Atiku Abubakar has faulted President Muhammadu Buhari’s $29.6 billion loan request claiming it would ruin the future of Nigerians. Mr Buhari had sought approval of senate for the loan, saying oil earnings are no longer enough to meet the financial needs of the country. On Monday, Senate President Ahmad Lawan said the loan request would be approved despite declining a similar request in 2016 with Bukola Saraki as President. In an article yesterday, Atiku said alongside former President Olusegun Obasanjo, he worked to clear Nigeria’s foreign debt inherited from past administrations after the return of democracy in…

Wednesday, 18 December 2019 06:06

Buhari not serious in fighting corruption - Ango Abdullahi

Acting Chairman, Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF), Mr Ango Abdullahi, yesterday dismissed President Muhammadu Buhari’s efforts at fighting the massive corruption bedevilling the country. Speaking in an interview with journalists in Kaduna at the opening ceremony of a public lecture on education, Abdullahi, a former Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, said if Buhari was committed to fighting corruption, the nation’s courts and prisons would have been congested with corrupt politicians. “We have now seen corruption on a massive scale and nobody is doing anything about it,” he said. According to him, many corrupt politicians are going about freely…

Tuesday, 17 December 2019 06:02

Buhari signs 2020 Budget today

Eleven days after National Assembly passed the N10.594 trillion 2020 budget, President Muhammadu Buhari will today sign 2020 Appropriation Bill into law. The N10.59 trillion budget, which will be signed by the president at 3.30p.m., is N264 billion higher than the N10.33 trillion estimates presented by the president in October. It is made up of N4.84 trillion allocation for recurrent expenditure, N2.46 trillion for capital expenditure, N2.72 trillion for debt servicing, fiscal deficit of N2.28 trillion and deficit to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ratio of 1.52 per cent. In the budget, Ministry of Defence got the highest vote of N784.588…

Tuesday, 17 December 2019 05:55

UniAbuja sacks 2 professors, demotes others over sex scandal

University of Abuja has dismissed two of its professors over inappropriate relationships with some female students of the institution. A statement yesterday by the institution’s spokesman, Mr Habib Yakoob, identified the affected professors as Mr Adeniji Adedayo Abiodun of Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture and Mr Agaptus Buzo-Chibuzo Orji of Department of Science and Environmental Education, Faculty of Education. The statement also said two other lecturers, one of whom is a PhD holder, were demoted over the said alleged offence. The demoted lecturers are Mr Robert Dajal, Department of Science and Environmental Education, Faculty of Education, who was…

Monday, 16 December 2019 06:09

New Senate bill takes road maintenance from FG

Senate has introduced a new bill that will take responsibility of road construction, rehabilitation and maintenance away from Federal Government. The legislation, if passed and signed into law by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), will place such responsibility in the hands of foreign and local investors. Chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Roads Maintenance Agency, Mr Gershom Bassey, stated this in an interview with journalists in Abuja on Sunday. The Peoples Democratic Party member representing Cross River South Senatorial District said the red chamber settled for the legislation when it was obvious that Federal Government had over the years…

Monday, 16 December 2019 06:07

OAU loses three lecturers in one week

Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile Ife, has lost three of its academic staff in one week as the institution on Sunday announced the death of Acting Head of the Department of Dramatic Arts, Mrs Victoria Adeniyi. The public relations officer of the institution, Mr Abiodun Olanrewaju in a statement made available to journalists said: “It is too painful for us as a University to tearfully break the unpalatable news of the demise of another promising academic and a prominent member of OAU community, Mrs Victoria Oluwaremilekun ADENIYI, who, until her death early this morning was Acting Head, Department of Dramatic…

Monday, 16 December 2019 06:06

Violent protests erupt on streets of Beirut

Dozens were injured in clashes between protesters and security forces in central Beirut on Saturday, one of the most violent nights since anti-government demonstrations started in October. Security forces used teargas, water cannon and rubber bullets to push protesters, who pelted them with rocks and firecrackers, away from the main sit-in site and government buildings in the capital city. Lebanese Civil Defense and the Red Cross said they transferred 46 people to hospitals and treated the wounds of dozens others on site during hours of clashes. Many of the protest chants were directed at caretaker Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri who…

Saturday, 14 December 2019 06:00

FG stops ex-CJN Onnoghen from traveling at airport, seizes passport

Immediate past Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mr Walter Onnoghen, has been barred from travelling out of the country by President Muhammadu Buhari. The move may be part of a fresh probe into Onnoghen’s affairs. Onnoghen was convicted by Code of Conduct Tribunal in April for not declaring his assets. An internal report issued by Nigeria Immigration Service, which was read out to our correspondent by a top officer, stated that Onnoghen, his wife and daughter were attempting to travel to Accra, Ghana when they were accosted by immigration officers. The report stated, “On November 11, 2019, retired Chief Justice of…

Saturday, 14 December 2019 05:57

Nationwide power cut as electricity grid collapses again

Nigeria’s electricity grid collapsed on Friday afternoon after it had earlier witnessed an intense disruption the preceding day following the industrial action by electricity workers across the country. Different power distribution companies stated on Friday that the grid collapsed again after workers had suspended their industrial action. On Thursday, members of National Union of Electricity Employees suspended their one-day strike after their action disrupted the country’s grid for several hours. Transmission Company of Nigeria commenced restoration of the grid after the workers suspended their strike, only for the grid to collapse again on Friday afternoon. In a notice on its…

Friday, 13 December 2019 06:54

FG directs Turkish Airlines to suspend Nigerian operations

Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) thursday directed Turkish Airlines to suspend its operations into Nigeria, pending when it meets the conditions set for it. NCAA noted that the airline would henceforth cease to operate, pending when it is ready to fly with the right size of aircraft that could transport all passengers with their baggage at the same time. The directive was contained in a letter to the airline by NCAA’s Acting Director General, Mr Abdullahi Sidi, on Wednesday. Sidi, in a statement made available thursday to journalists in Abuja by the Director, Public Affairs, Ministry of Aviation, Mr James…

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Friday, 13 December 2019 06:53

Electricity workers suspend strike

Nigeria’s electricity workers have suspended a strike that engulfed a major part of the country in darkness for a little more than 24 hours. One of the major distributors in Lagos, Eko Electricity Distribution Company on Thursday morning confirmed the development and its readiness to commence business immediately. “Dear customer, National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has suspended its strike. Our offices and payment channels are open for business. Thank you for your patience and understanding,” the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (Eko Disco) shared on its Twitter page on the morning of Thursday, December 12, 2019. Recall that after a…

Friday, 13 December 2019 06:52

Buhari’s kinsmen condemn Aisha over Villa crisis

Kinsmen of the President, Mr Muhammadu Buhari, have faulted his wife, Aisha, over her Wednesday’s statement, which attacked Senior Special Assistant to the President, Mr Garba Shehu. The kinsmen in Daura, in separate exclusive interviews with our correspondent in Katsina state, on Wednesday evening, berated Mrs Buhari for making what they called a purely private family affair, public. Mrs Buhari, had in the statement on Wednesday morning, said, “It was Garba Shehu, who claimed that the government would not allow the office of the first lady to run. He was later to confirm to one of my aides that he…

Thursday, 12 December 2019 05:43

Africans coming to Nigeria to get visa on arrival from January – Buhari

Other Africans travelling to Nigeria will from January 2020 be able to get their visas at the point of entry. This was stated by President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday at Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development in Africa, holding in Egypt. “We in Nigeria have already taken the strategic decision to bring down barriers that have hindered the free movement of our people within the continent by introducing the issuance of visa at the point of entry into Nigeria to all persons holding passports of African countries with effect from January, 2020.” Federal government last year announced visa on arrival…

Thursday, 12 December 2019 05:42

We’re not answerable to US, UK, others on alleged rights abuses - Presidency

The Presidency says Nigeria is a sovereign nation and will not be bothered about the reports from United States, United Kingdom and European Union as regards human rights abuses. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, said this on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme on Wednesday. Adesina was asked to react to reports from the EU, UK and the US that Nigeria’s high record of human rights abuses. He was also asked to react to the invasion of Federal High Court, Abuja by men of Department of State Services who arrested Publisher of SaharaReporters, Mr…

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