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Tuesday, 22 October 2019 06:05

Ortom to FG: Use border closure to keep out violent foreign herdsmen

Benue State Governor, Mr Samuel Ortom, has appealed to Federal Government to extend its border closure to include foreign herdsmen who allegedly have unfettered access into Nigerian territories with arms to attack communities including those in Benue. The governor made the appeal on Monday when he visited a female victim of herdsmen attacks whose limb was amputated over the weekend while working on her farm in Guma Local Council of Benue State. He lamented that Nigerians continued to live in fear in their own country. Ortom also reiterated the need to ban all forms of open grazing in the country…

Tuesday, 22 October 2019 06:04

Police appoint six new DIGs, 14 commissioners, others

Police Service Commission on Monday promoted six officers to the rank of deputy inspector-general, with two of them asked to proceed on pre-retirement leave immediately. Four of the six newly-promoted DIGs will replace the four DIGs that were recently retired. They will also join the police management team led by the inspector-general, according to a statement by PSC spokesperson, Mr Ikechukwu Ani. The announcement followed retirement of DIGs Taiwo Lakanu, Godwin Nwobodo and Yakubu Jubrin, Usman Tili Abubakar from service earlier this month. The six new DIGs include: Abdul Dahiru Danwawu, Lawal Shehu, Adeyemi Ogunjemilusi, Peter Ogunyanwo, who were assistant…

Tuesday, 22 October 2019 06:01

Angry youth block Suleja-Minna-Bida highway over deplorable roads

Youth under the auspices of National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) on Monday blocked Suleja-Minna highway to protest the deplorable state of roads in Niger state. The angry youth also blocked Bida-Minna road as motorists were forced to look for alternative routes into and out of the state. The youth, who carried placards with various inscriptions, vowed to continue their protest until their demands are met. One of the coordinators of the protest, Mr Mohammad Etsu, said: “we will not stop this protest for good roads until Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola address them.” Police and other security…

Tuesday, 22 October 2019 05:52

Why protesters are on the streets worldwide

In recent weeks, mass protests have broken out in countries from Lebanon to Spain to Chile. All are different - with distinct causes, methods and goals - but there are some common themes that connect them. While thousands of miles apart, protests have begun for similar reasons in several countries, and some have taken inspiration from each other on how to organise and advance their goals. Here's a look at the issues at stake - and what binds many of those taking to the streets. Inequality Many of those protesting are people who have long felt shut out of the…

Monday, 21 October 2019 04:50

Buhari departs Abuja for Russia-Africa Summit

President Muhammadu Buhari will on Monday (today) depart Abuja to attend a three-day Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia. The event will be held from October 23 to 25 with a focus on exploring and expanding opportunities in security, trade and investment, science and technology, and gas production. According to a statement made available by the presidency, during the summit, Mr Buhari will meet with President Vladimir Putin to further strengthen relations in security, trade and investment, and building partnerships that will enhance Nigeria’s huge gas potential, following Russia’s success in gas exportation. The summit will bring fresh perspectives on global…

Monday, 21 October 2019 04:46

Only half of candidates offered admission into tertiary institutions last year took up offer - JAMB

Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said over 500,000 spaces were not utilised in the 2018 admissions in tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The board disclosed this in its weekly bulletin on Sunday in Abuja. Statistics by the board for its 2018 admissions in the country’s tertiary institutions showed a total of 1,126,025 quota for universities, polytechnics, colleges of education and innovation enterprise institutes (IEIs). According to the bulletin, a total of 585,498 out of the total sum were utilised, while a total of 527,815 slots were not utilised in the 2018 admission process. The board’s Head of Media, Mr…

Sunday, 20 October 2019 06:23

Buhari orders crackdown on illegal rehabilitation centres nationwide

President Muhammadu Buhari has told Nigeria Police Force not to relent in its efforts to bust all illegal correctional centres in the country. The President said his administration had zero tolerance for criminality and human rights abuse such as the enslavement of children in fake rehabilitation centres. Mr Buhari gave the order on Saturday just as Kaduna State Governor, Mr Nasir el-Rufai, led operatives of Kaduna State Police Command to raid a torture home, known as the Mallam Niga Rehabilitation Centre, at Rigasa, Igabi Local Government Area of the state. At the centre, 147 captives – men, women and children…

Sunday, 20 October 2019 06:22

A US prisoner’s daily upkeep higher than the new monthly minimum wage in Nigeria - Minister

Minister of Interior, Mr Rauf Aregbesola, said on Friday that the least daily upkeep spent on a prisoner in United States was N31,000. He said the amount was higher than the N30,000 which the Federal Government recently approved as monthly minimum wage for its workers. He said his ministry, considering the dwindling resources available to the country, had proposed N730 for the daily upkeep of its prisoners in 2020. Aregbesola made the comparison while responding to questions from members of Senate and House of Representatives Joint Committee on Interior during 2020 budget defence session of the ministry. He said the…

Sunday, 20 October 2019 06:18

Johnson sends unsigned letter to EU asking for Brexit delay

Prime Minister Boris Johnson sent an unsigned letter to the European Union requesting a delay to Britain’s exit from the bloc and also said he did not want the extension after his latest Brexit setback in parliament on Saturday. Johnson had previously said he would rather be “dead in a ditch” than ask for any extension to the Oct. 31 deadline. But he was compelled, by a law passed last month by opponents, to send a letter to the bloc asking to push back the deadline to Jan. 31 after lawmakers thwarted his attempt to pass his EU divorce deal…

Saturday, 19 October 2019 05:58

Discovering oil in the North is of no significance to us - Northern leaders

Northern leaders, yesterday, expressed mixed feelings over news that crude oil has finally been discovered in that part of the country, raising the prospects of states in the region getting the 13 percent derivation benefits hitherto enjoyed by nine oil-bearing states in Southern part of the country. Leader of Northern Elders Forum, Mr Ango Abdullahi and Second Republic lawmaker, Mr Junaid Mohammed, who spoke with our correspondent on the reported oil find in the North, said there was nothing to cheer about it as the discovery and production of oil in the Niger Delta since 1956 has not brought significant…

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Saturday, 19 October 2019 05:55

Brexit day of reckoning as parliament votes on Johnson's deal

Prime Minister Boris Johnson puts his last-minute Brexit deal to a vote in an extraordinary sitting of the British parliament on Saturday, a day of reckoning that could decide the course of the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union. More than three years since the United Kingdom voted 52-48 to be the first sovereign country to leave the European project, Johnson will try to win parliament’s approval for the divorce treaty he struck in Brussels on Thursday. In a day of Brexit high drama, lawmakers convene for the first Saturday sitting since the 1982 Argentine invasion of the Falklands,…

Friday, 18 October 2019 06:07

Servicing Nigeria’s debts has become extremely difficult - FG

Barely 24 hours after International Monetary Fund advised Nigeria to increase tax to raise more revenue, Federal Government on Thursday said its low revenue was affecting its ability to service debts and fund day-to-day recurrent expenditure. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, during an interview with journalists on the sidelines of World Bank/International Monetary Fund meetings in Washington DC, United States, noted that although Nigeria did not have a debt problem, she said, “underperformance of our revenue is causing a significant strain in our ability to service debt.” She also justified the $3bn loan the country…

Friday, 18 October 2019 06:05

FG, Labour strike deal on Minimum Wage

After three days of intense meetings, Organised Labour and Federal Government, yesterday, reached a truce on the consequential adjustment of the new N30,000 minimum wage. The agreement signified that Organised Labour would no longer go ahead with the planned strike. The meeting of the committee, which was hurriedly organised by Federal Government to forestall labour from proceeding with its planned strike after the expiration of the ultimatum, had been on since Tuesday October 15. Labour had threatened a nationwide strike after October 16, should the Federal Government fail to reconvene the committee on the consequential adjustment and take a positive…

Friday, 18 October 2019 06:04

FG to seize P&ID assets in Nigeria – Minister

Minister of Information and Culture, Mr Lai Mohammed, said Federal Government is preparing legal instruments that will enable it confiscate assets of Process and Industrial Developments Limited (P&ID) in Nigeria. The minister stated this when he appeared with agencies under his ministry’s supervision to defend 2020 budget before Senate Committee on Information. “I am aware that AGF is also working on registering the judgment in which the Nigerian court ordered the winding up of P&ID Nigeria. “The important thing about it is that when this judgement is registered, it therefore means that whatever belongs to P&ID now becomes the property…

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