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Friday, 05 July 2019 04:19

Killing 2, injuring 12, Lagos pipeline fire put out 17 hours after

National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed that the Ijegun pipeline fire has been successfully quenched with the assistance of specially-trained safety firemen after 17 hours of tedious services. South-West Coordinator of NEMA, Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, announced late yesterday. The pipeline explosion occurred at Ijegun in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State in the early hours of Thursday, with two unidentified bodies as well as many vehicles and shops burnt in a raging fire. Farinloye said the fire was subsided with support from Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) as well as Lagos State and Federal Fire Services. According to…

Friday, 05 July 2019 04:15

Here’s how Nigerians reacted to Buhari’s suspension of Ruga projects

President Muhammadu Buhari succumbed to pressure on Wednesday by suspending the controversial Ruga settlement scheme, designed to settle the Fulani and their cattle on acquired land across states in the federation. The suspension was announced in Abuja after governors representing the six geopolitical zones of the country met with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo at Presidential Villa, Abuja. Chairman of the National Committee on Food Security/Herders/Farmers Conflicts and Governor of Ebonyi State, Mr Dave Umahi, disclosed the government’s decision to journalists after the meeting. Besides Umahi, others at the meeting included Plateau State Governor, Mr Simon Lalong; Governor of Kebbi State, Mr…

Thursday, 04 July 2019 05:56

To be honest, we haven’t done well in power sector - Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari admitted on Wednesday that the performance of his administration in the power sector was “not good enough”, saying that this called for more efforts by Electricity Distribution Companies to provide the needed resources and technical expertise. He stated that Federal Government would play its own part by improving the transmission of electricity. Buhari spoke in Abuja when Oba of Benin, Mr Omo N’Oba N’ Edo Ewuare II, led members of the Edo State Council of Traditional Rulers and chiefs on a visit to the President at Presidential Villa. The Oba, who sought the President’s intervention on the…

Thursday, 04 July 2019 05:55

Finally, Buhari agrees to sign AfCFTA pact

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved recommendations of Presidential Committee on the Impact and Readiness Assessment of African Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA, agreement. By this, presidential spokesperson, Mr Garba Shehu said, the president will be signing the Phase one of the agreement in the course of his attendance at the Mid-Year Coordination Meeting of African Union and 12th Extraordinary Summit on AfCFTA in Niamey, Niger Republic in a few days’ time. In accepting the reports as submitted, Mr Buhari made it clear that the Nigerian government will be seeking to include terms that engender the development of policies that promote…

Thursday, 04 July 2019 05:53

Ajimobi paid N2bn to faceless road contractor without known address - Makinde

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has made another revelation known of how a faceless contractor with untraceable office address was awarded Moniya-Iseyin road for N7billion by immediate past administration of former Governor Abiola Ajimobi. The Governor spoke after taking a tour of the road leading to Pacesetter Quarry and Asphalt plant, located on Km 25, Moniya-Iseyin Road, Ojedeji Village, Akinyele local government for an assessment of the plant. Mr Makinde, who described as a serious headache for him since took over the administration of the state disclosed that N2 billion out of the total contract sum was paid to…

Thursday, 04 July 2019 05:52

Buhari refuses assent to another 17 bills, signs 9

President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected 17 bills passed by the 8th National Assembly. Mr Buhari, however, gave assent to nine other bills passed by the last National Assembly. Senior Special Assistant to the President (Senate), Mr Ita Enang, disclosed this to journalists at a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja. He explained that the president decided not to communicate to the 9th Assembly on the rejection of the bills because it could not take any decision on the rejected bills. Enang, however, promised to engage leadership of both chambers on the rationale behind the rejections of those bills. He said…

Thursday, 04 July 2019 05:50

Aircraft manufacturer offers $100m to Pius Adesanmi’s family, others in Boeing 737 Max crashes

Boeing is giving $100m (£80m) to help families affected by the two crashes of the company's 737 Max planes in Indonesia and Ethiopia. The payment, stretching over several years, is independent of lawsuits filed in the wake of the disasters, which together killed 346 people. The money will support education and living expenses for families and community programmes, Boeing said. Lawyers for victims' families dismissed the move. The loss of Ethiopian Airlines' flight ET302 in March was the second fatal accident involving a 737 Max in the space of five months. A near identical aircraft, owned by Indonesian carrier Lion…

Thursday, 04 July 2019 05:48

Obesity kills more than smoking in cancer cases - Report

Obesity now causes more cases of four common cancers in the UK than smoking, according to a charity. Cancer Research UK says bowel, kidney, ovarian and liver cancers are more likely to have been caused by being overweight than by smoking tobacco. It says millions are at risk of cancer because of their weight and that obese people outnumber smokers two to one. But its new billboard campaign highlighting the obesity-cancer risk has been criticised for fat-shaming. It is not the first time the charity has been accused of fat-shaming. In February, comedian and campaigner Sofie Hagen took to Twitter…

Wednesday, 03 July 2019 13:07

Buhari bows to pressure, suspends Ruga settlement projects

Following public outcry over the Ruga Settlement Projects, an idea designed “to stem the tide of herdsmen/farmers clashes across the country,” President Muhammadu Buhari is said to have suspended the project until further notice. The president, after consultations with stakeholders, it was gathered, has resolved to put away the idea for a thorough review and well acceptable approach to the menace constituted to national security by the constant clashes between herdsmen and farmers. Thisday

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Wednesday, 03 July 2019 05:04

Ruga: Buhari values cattle above Nigerians; he shouldn’t have won second term - Soyinka

Outrage trailing introduction of the Ruga settlements policy continued yesterday, with Nobel Laureate, Mr Wole Soyinka, saying it’s going to be an explosive issue, adding that the President ought to have lost the last elections on account of the “lackadaisical attitude which he took to the issue of cattle-rearers.” He also wondered if there was any society where cattle take priority over human beings. Soyinka, a special guest at the official launch of Solution 17 for Sustainable Development Goals , an initiative geared towards youth empowerment in Lagos yesterday, maintained that the practice of herders’ settlement across Nigeria was neither…

Wednesday, 03 July 2019 05:03

Wike rejects Ruga, says Rivers people should defend their lands

Rivers State Government has vowed not to participate in Federal Government’s Ruga settlements for herdsmen. The state government in a statement signed by Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Information, Mrs Paulinus Nsirim, noted that the state has no land for the implementation of such a policy. It said the second term of Governor Nyesom Wike has prioritised commercial agriculture, hence all available arable land in the state will be needed to drive commercial agriculture across the state to create employment for Rivers youths. The state government emphasised that it has not given any approval for siting of Ruga settlements anywhere in…

Wednesday, 03 July 2019 05:02

Benue govt threatens to drag FG to Supreme Court over Ruga

Benue State Government yesterday disclosed its decision to approach the Supreme Court to stop Federal Government from going ahead with Ruga project in the state. Chief Press Secretary to the state governor, Mr Terve Akase, who disclosed this while speaking on African Independent Television, AIT programme, Kaakaki said the government had contacted its lawyers to get their papers ready to begin the court process. He said: “Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mr Garba Shehu, came out to tell the world that Federal Government had gazetted land in all the 36 states. We came out quickly…

Tuesday, 02 July 2019 05:49

Nigerians so unhappy with country that many just want ‘to walk away’ - Obasanjo

Former President, Mr Olusegun Obasanjo raised the alarm, yesterday, that Nigeria is fast losing its identity over what he termed as “poor management of the nation’s diversity.” Obasanjo, who spoke at international conference organised at Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, Ogun State, equally declared that many citizens are unhappy with Nigeria that they wish to walk away from the country. He noted that Nigeria could have ceased to exist if not for God’s grace and kindness. The conference, which had in attendance Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun, had the theme: “Religion, the State and Global Politics.” While…

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