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Friday, 20 September 2019 05:46

FAAC: FG, states, LGs share N740.880bn for August

Rising from the Federal Account Allocation Committee, federal government, states and local government councils have shared N740.880 billion as federal allocation for August 2019. According to the communique released at the end of the meeting, Federal Government received N301.804 billion, representing 52.68 per cent; the states, N188.925 billion, representing 26.72 per cent and local government councils, N142.654 billion, representing 20.60 per cent; while oil producing states received N43.513 billion as 13 per cent derivation revenue. However, cost of collection/Transfers/ FIRS, refund stood at N43.984 billion. Daily Trust

Friday, 20 September 2019 05:45

N614bn bailout: Govs give condition for loan repayment

Governors have demanded an audit of the N614 billion bailout funds from the Federal Government as a condition for the repayment of the loan. Chairman, Nigerian Governors Forum and Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Kayode Fayemi, said in Abuja on Wednesday night that it was important that an audit and reconciliation of accounts on the bailout fund is carried out between federal and state governments as a pre-condition for repayment. Reading a communiqué issued after the over three-hour meeting between the governors and Federal Government’s finance team, he said: “Governors have never been averse to payment of loans, and we…

Friday, 20 September 2019 05:44

Boko Haram, ISWAP fighters fleeing to North, Central Africa - Army

Boko Haram fighters are fleeing to neighbouring countries as well as North and Central African nations, following military bombardments of their strongholds in Northeast, Nigerian Army said yesterday. A statement by its spokesman, Mr Sagir Musa, a colonel, said the concerted efforts of troops of Operation Lafiya Dole and the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) had led to the death of scores of Boko Haram fighters, and their remnants are in mass exodus to border towns outside Nigeria. Musa said: “Nigerian Army wishes to inform the public that due to the combined onslaught on the identified hideouts of elements of…

Friday, 20 September 2019 05:43

Nigerian army accuses NGO of aiding terrorists, forces it to close office

The army in northeastern Nigeria forced non-profit Action Against Hunger to close its office in the region, accusing it on Thursday of aiding terrorist groups such as Boko Haram and Islamic State. The international aid agency said it was ordered by soldiers to close its main office in Maiduguri, Borno state, on Wednesday. Mr Ado Isa, a colonel and deputy director of army public relations, said Action Against Hunger was warned several times that it was “aiding and abetting terrorists” by supplying food and drugs. “Consequently, AAH has been declared persona (non) grata,” Isa said. The humanitarian group, which focuses…

Friday, 20 September 2019 05:42

Xenophobia: Nigerians shun trips to South Africa

There are strong indications that many Nigerians have been shunning trips to South Africa in the last two weeks. It was gathered on Thursday that since the latest xenophobic attacks on Nigerians by South Africans, many travellers had been boycotting trips to the former apartheid enclave. A number of travel agents told one of our correspondents that Nigerians were not buying tickets to South Africa, except for special reasons. I haven’t sold tickets to Johannesburg for two weeks– Agent “I have not booked a single ticket to Johannesburg in the last two weeks,” a travel agent, who did not want…

Thursday, 19 September 2019 05:51

Buhari sacks Head of Service, Oyo-Ita; appoints replacement

PRESS RELEASE President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mrs Folashade Yemi-Esan as Acting Head of Civil Service of the Federation with immediate effect. Yemi-Esan, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum Resources takes over from Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita, who has been directed to proceed on an indefinite leave to allow conclusion of the investigation being carried out by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The President has also approved the extension of the tenure of seven (7) retiring Permanent Secretaries for a period of one calendar year with effect from 1st October, 2019 to ensure stability in Federal Civil Service and…

Thursday, 19 September 2019 05:50

Senate to Nigerians: It’s an insult to say N5.5bn is too much to buy vehicles for ourselves

Senate, on Wednesday, described the public condemnation of its planned purchase of Sport Utility Vehicles amounting to N5.5 billion for senators as an insult. Senate Leader, Mr Yahaya Abdullahi, stated this in an interview with journalists in his office in Abuja. Abdullahi said the status of a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is not undeserving of an SUV. He said each of the 109 senators in the upper chamber would get one SUV, which would be paid for at the end of their four-year legislative tenure. He said the burden on the shoulders of a senator was not…

Thursday, 19 September 2019 05:48

Saudi Arabia oil attacks: Weapons debris 'proves Iran behind them'

Saudi Arabia's defence ministry has shown off what it says is wreckage of drones and cruise missiles that proves Iranian involvement in weekend attacks on two oil facilities. It said 18 drones and seven cruise missiles were fired from a direction that ruled out Yemen as a source. Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi rebels have said they are behind the attacks. Iran has denied any involvement and warned it would retaliate against any attack that targeted it. US has stood by its accusation that Iran was behind the attacks. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said after arriving in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday…

Thursday, 19 September 2019 05:47

Ghanaians mad at President for accepting apology from South Africa

South African government seems to be on a damage control mission after the recent xenophobic attacks that were widely reported few weeks ago. President of the Republic of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, has however delivered a message of apology, through his special envoy, Minister Jeffrey Radebe, to the Ghanaian government. He apologised to the president and people of Ghana for the recent xenophobic attacks that occurred in South Africa. President Akufo-Addo, on behalf of the Ghanaian people, accepted the apology in good faith, and urged the South African authorities to bring the perpetrators of the attacks to book as soon…

Thursday, 19 September 2019 05:46

Xenophobia: Second batch of 315 Nigerians arrives from South Africa

Second batch of Nigerians evacuated from South Africa has arrived Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. 315 returnees were aboard Air Peace flight APK 7818 which touched down at the Lagos airport from OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg at about 8:00pm on Wednesday. The 315 returnees, comprising 290 adults and 25 infants, were on board Air Peace Boeing 777 aircraft with registration 5N-BWI. Air Peace had offered to evacuate stranded Nigerians in the wake of the xenophobic attacks with the first batch of 187 arriving last Wednesday. The second batch was supposed to arrive on Tuesday but it was…

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Thursday, 19 September 2019 05:45

S’Africa evacuation: I’ve never been so honoured in my life – Air Peace Boss

Chairman of Air Peace Airlines, Mr Allen Onyema, on Wednesday thanked members of House of Representatives for honouring him for his role in the evacuation of Nigerian victims of xenophobic attacks from South Africa. The aviation businessman was in the chamber of House of Representatives on the invitation of the speaker, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila. The lawmakers had at their Tuesday plenary commended the airline chief for his kind gesture to his compatriots. Many Nigerians in South Africa have suffered from the latest xenophobic attacks with many businesses destroyed and looted. Although at least five people have been killed in the…

Wednesday, 18 September 2019 06:02

Buhari takes total control, directs Osinbajo to seek approvals for agencies under him

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo to, henceforth, seek presidential approvals for agencies under his supervision, TheCable can report. Under the laws setting up the agencies, the president is empowered to give final approvals but TheCable understands that the provisions were not followed during the first term. It was learnt that the directive to follow due process was issued via a presidential memo on Monday. Currently, Mr Osinbajo is chairman of the governing boards of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), National Boundary Commission (NBC) and Border Communities Development Agency (BCDA). He is also chairman of board of directors…

Wednesday, 18 September 2019 06:01

Osinbajo fires back, says ‘the mutually respecting relationship between’ Buhari and himself ‘well known’

PRESS RELEASE (Re: Buhari directs Osinbajo to seek approvals for agencies under him) Our attention has been drawn to a sensational report by The Cable which claims that President Muhammadu Buhari, has directed Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to seek approvals for agencies under him. The report suggests, falsely, that agencies under the supervision of the Vice President do not normally comply with established rules where presidential approvals are required. This is obviously misleading and aims only to plant seeds of discord in the Presidency while creating an unnecessary national hysteria. The agencies in question are established by law and the…

Wednesday, 18 September 2019 06:00

Dirty in-fighting among Nigeria’s army generals revealed as military court-martial begins in Abuja

A military court-martial for the troubled Nigerian Army major-general, Mr Hakeem Otiki, opened on a very personal note in Abuja on Tuesday, with the defence team labouring to cast the case as springing from a protracted resentment rather than merely another manifestation of endemic corruption in the military. The defence argued that a bitter rivalry was at the root of the scandal and the man appointed to lead the court-martial, Mr Lamidi Adeosun, a lieutenant-general, was not suited for purpose because of a conflict of interest. Although the defence did not elaborate on the cause of the rivalry, a senior…

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