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Saturday, 29 June 2019 06:02

Osinbajo distances self from Ruga settlements

Office of the Vice-President and Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria on Friday disagreed over the implementation of the controversial Ruga settlement initiative. While MACBAN’s General Secretary, Mr Baba Ngelzarma, claimed on Sunrise Daily, a programme on Channels Television, on Friday that Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo’s office was helping Fulani herdsmen to create Ruga settlements across the country, Mr Laolu Akande, media aide to Osinbajo, denied the claim. Ngelzerma had told Channels Televisionthat the Ruga settlement model was a component part of the livestock development and transformation plan being implemented under the Office of the Vice-President. He said, “All must…

Saturday, 29 June 2019 06:01

How Fulani converted Ruga settlements in Kaduna community into an emirate – Ex-Obasanjo’s aide

A former Senior Special Assistant to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, Mr Jonathan Asake, said the new move to create Ruga settlements in some parts of the country was an attempt to “Fulanise” the country. Asake, a member of House of Representatives between 2011 and 2015, said this during an interview on Channels Television’sSunrise Daily on Friday. He said the term ‘Ruga’ is a Fulani word and it was thus hypocritical of anyone to say it would not be exclusive to Fulani when implemented. Asake, who is from Southern Kaduna, said in 1987, Kaduna State Government approved Ruga settlements for the old…

Saturday, 29 June 2019 05:59

Wike withdraws approval for all private schools in Rivers

Rivers state governor, Mr Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, on Friday cancelled operational approval given to all private schools in the state and directed them to seek fresh approval. Wike stated that the application for operational approval must be done by all schools within the next two weeks. The governor spoke yesterday at a meeting with all private school proprietors in Rivers state at the Government House, Port Harcourt. “All the schools must apply for operational approval within the next two weeks. “We will set up committees that will recommend approval for schools. All schools in the state must be up to…

Saturday, 29 June 2019 05:58

JAMB announces new requirement for candidates in 2020 exams

Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says starting from 2020, candidates will register for its examinations with their National Identity Management Number (NIM) to solve the challenges of multiple registration. Mr Fabian Benjamin, Head of Media of the board made this known at a one-day capacity building workshop organised by National Examination Council (NECO) for education correspondents in Keffi, Nasarawa state, on Friday. Benjamin, who spoke on the topic: “Understanding Reporting in the 21st Century”, said the development would be facilitated through partnership with National Identity Management Commission (NIMC). According to him, experience has shown that malpractice in the conduct…

Friday, 28 June 2019 04:48

Buhari swears-in chairman, commissioners of Revenue Mobilisation Commission

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday swore in chairman and commissioners of Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission( RMAFC). Mr Elias Mbam from Ebonyi State was appointed as chairman of the Commission alongside 29 others as Commissioners representing various states. Mrs Chiyere Aniobi from Enugu state is the only female in the team. Mr Buhari, during the event at Presidential Villa, urged the officials to be fair and just to the three tiers and arms of government at all times. He has also urged the commission not to compromise its constitutional mandate for whatever reasons. “The mandate of the Commission is…

Friday, 28 June 2019 04:46

FG, states, LGs share N679.7bn May FAAC allocation

Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), Thursday at its joint session shared a total of N679.7 billion as federal allocation to the Federal, States and Local Government Councils, for May 2019. A breakdown of the distribution to the three tiers of government (inclusive of cost of collection to NCS, DPR and FIRS), showed that Federal Government received N284.163 billion, representing 52.68 per cent; States received N187.605 billion representing 26.72 per cent while the 774 Local Government Councils got N140.997 billion, representing 20.60 per cent of the allocation. This was as Oil Producing States received N40.436 billion as 13 per cent derivation…

Friday, 28 June 2019 04:44

Out-of-school children: FG commences Open Schooling Programme in July

Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), says it will commence Open Schooling Programme across the 36 states of the federation by July, as part of strategy to reduce the number of Out-of-School children in the country. Executive Secretary, UBEC, Mr Hamid Bobboyi, represented by Unwaha Ismail in the Commission, disclosed this at the national stakeholders meeting on Open Schooling Programme in Nigeria, on Thursday in Abuja. The programme was launched on May 30, this year to reduce the large numbers of out-of-school children in Nigeria. The programme will receive technical support from Commonwealth of Learning, Canada. Bobboyi said the issue of…

Thursday, 27 June 2019 05:20

Buhari appoints new chair for NNPC board

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mr Thomas John as acting alternate chairman of the Governing Board of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, bringing to an end the tenure of former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr Ibe Kachikwu. NNPC’s Group Managing Director, Mr Maikanti Baru, who announced this in Abuja, stated that the new board chairman would hold the position until the appointment of a new Minister or Minister of State for Petroleum Resources by the President. Baru also said the new chairman’s appointment was with immediate effect. The GMD said, “John, a former Group Managing Director of NNPC, is…

Thursday, 27 June 2019 05:19

Imo govt threatens to deploy youths to recover 67 vehicles allegedly taken away by Okorocha, wife

Imo State Government has alleged that immediate past governor of the state, Mr Rochas Okorocha, his wife and other officials took away 67 vehicles from government house. Chairman of Imo State Recovery Committee, Mr Jasper Ndubuaku, who made the revelation threatened that his team would no longer adopt soft approach in recovering government property in the hands of past government officials. While briefing newsmen in Owerri, yesterday, he noted that the forceful approach has become necessary following refusal of most of them to willingly submit the property. He said the committee would mobilise the youths to assist in recovering the…

Wednesday, 26 June 2019 05:48

Nigeria ‘is bankrupt and we are heading to more bankruptcy’ - Sanusi

Emir of Kano, Mr Muhammad Sanusi II, has warned that Nigeria is on the verge of bankruptcy as fuel and electricity subsidies, as well as debt servicing, continue to eat into government revenue. Sanusi, who is a former governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, said this while delivering his address at the ongoing third National Treasury Workshop, organised by the office of Accountant-General of the Federation in Kano. He advised President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to scrap fuel and electricity tariff subsidies in order to stabilise the economy. He said, “In 2011, when I was CBN governor, Nigeria made $16bn from…

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Wednesday, 26 June 2019 05:47

FG sets up settlements for herdsmen

Federal government says it has started establishing settlements for herdsmen across the nation. Mr Mohammadu Umar, permanent secretary in ministry of agriculture and rural development, made this known in Abuja on Tuesday. He said the farm settlements when fully established would address incessant clashes between cattle rearers and farmers. Umar explained that the pilot programme had already commenced on a 31,000-hectare in Kotongora, Niger state. According to him, the required facilities for a basic life and treatment of cattle are being provided to enhance productivity. He said the government would replicate the programme in selected states as work “is ongoing…

Wednesday, 26 June 2019 05:44

S’East govs, Ortom, Akeredolu, Ishaku, reject FG’s settlements for herdsmen

Federal Government on Tuesday said in the next five years, the establishment of Ruga settlements in the country would stop open grazing by herdsmen and end herdsmen-farmers’ clashes across the country. It explained that the establishment of Ruga settlements, which had been approved by President Muhammadu Buhari and had started in 12 states, would allow herdsmen to stay in specific areas, where they could graze their animals. But all the five South-East state governors, Samuel Ortom (Benue); Darius Ishaku (Taraba) and the Ondo State Government have rejected the Ruga settlements, saying they would not give out their land for herdsmen’s…

Wednesday, 26 June 2019 05:43

Insecurity: South West govs advocate state police

South West governors, yesterday, unanimously demanded for state police; to tackle rising kidnapping, armed robbery, drug abuse, cultism, farmer/herders clashes, ritual killings, and other vices in the region. The governors reached the conclusion during Western Nigeria Stakeholders Security Summit at Theophilus Ogunlesi Hall, opposite main gate of University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Oyo State capital, yesterday. The summit was organised by Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) Commission. The governors highlighted security challenges in the region and how people there have been living in fear, and that state police should be major panacea to the security menace. The summit was…

Wednesday, 26 June 2019 05:41

Soyinka reacts to airplane seat incident; says it was ‘very minor thing’

Nobel Laureate, Mr Wole Soyinka, has finally reacted to an incident on an airplane where a younger traveller reportedly asked him to vacate his seat. The matter was first shared on social media by former Rivers State APC governorship candidate, Mr Tonye Cole. Cole sparked a huge debate online after explaining how the yet-to-identified man defied pleas to allow the 84-year-old writer and former professor keep the seat. Some Nigerians sympathised with Soyinka while others defended his seatmate. Others criticised Cole for making an issue of what should pass as a minor event. The debate continued Tuesday, trending on Twitter…

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