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Sunday, 23 December 2018 05:37

Amnesty Int’l report credible, too many killings in the land – TY Danjuma

Former minister of defence, Mr T.Y Danjuma, has decried the deplorable security situation in the country, saying there are too many killings in Nigeria. Danjuma, who stated this at the 11th Festival of Praise with the theme “Sing out! Our God reigns” which held in Abuja yesterday, cited the latest Amnesty International Report on the security situation in North east as being credible.He charged Nigerians to eschew bitterness and imbibe the virtue of peace and tolerance as the nation prepares for 2019 elections. He said, “Nigerians should use the season as an opportunity to pray for Peaceful coexistence and tolerance…

Sunday, 23 December 2018 05:31

Akwa Ibom to launch own airline – Gov

Akwa Ibom governor, Mr Udom Emmanuel, has said his administration was planning to launch a state-owned airline, Ibom Air, to “lessen problems currently being encountered by numerous air travellers” to the state. Emmanuel said this on Friday in Uyo, during the annual state-sponsored Christmas Carol night. The governor said the planned airline, which would be wholly owned by the state, would ensure the state remains a destination of choice for foreign investors. “Our state-owned and run Obong Victor Attah International Airport has a category 2 runway and work is ongoing on the second taxi way,” the governor said. The governor…

Sunday, 23 December 2018 05:29

2019: Maharaj calls for divine govt

Daniel Agbolade, Ibadan With Nigerians getting ready for 2019 general elections, Founder of One Love Family, Satguru Maharaj, has called for the adoption of what he tagged Africanocracy or divine government. He said with the myriads of problems facing the county, it requires no soothsayer to know that both the Parliamentary and Presidential systems of government have failed to work in Nigeria. He made the call in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, on the occasion of his 71st Birthday anniversary celebration. The spiritual leader also warned foreign countries, notably United States of America, to desist from predicting break up of Nigeria…

Friday, 21 December 2018 05:49

FG plans new taxes to fund 2019 budget

Amid revenue shortfall pressures, Federal Government intends to introduce new taxes in the fiscal year 2019 as part of its efforts to boost revenue. Briefing the media, yesterday, in Abuja on 2019 budget, Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, said that current focus of the ministry is on revenue because government has resolved to mobilize more domestic revenue so it can better fund the budget. She stated: “As you can see from the performance (of 2018 budget) that there is a gap between what is in the budget and what is actually generated. So we are doing what we can…

Friday, 21 December 2018 05:47

ASUU strike may affect 2019 elections - INEC

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged federal government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to resolve the lingering strike by university teachers, which has brought academic activities across the country to a halt, warning that failure to do so could adversely affect preparations for conduct of 2019 general elections. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr. Festus Okoye, who raised the alarm at a one-day seminar on media and gender-sensitive reporting of elections organised by the commission in collaboration with the support of UN Women, stated that students of federal tertiary institutions should and…

Friday, 21 December 2018 05:46

N. Korea insists US act first before it gives up nukes

North Korea said it will never unilaterally give up its nuclear weapons unless the United States first removes what Pyongyang called a nuclear threat. The surprisingly blunt statement jars with Seoul’s rosier presentation of the North Korean position and could rattle the fragile trilateral diplomacy to defuse a nuclear crisis that last year had many fearing war. The statement carried by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency comes as the United States and North Korea struggle over the sequencing of the denuclearization that Washington wants and the removal of international sanctions desired by Pyongyang. It also raises credibility problems…

Friday, 21 December 2018 05:42

Senate adjourns till January 16

Senate has adjourned its plenary till January 16, 2019. Motion for adjournment was moved by Senate Leader, Mr Ahmed Lawan, after Thursday’s plenary. While moving the motion, Lawan thanked opposition colleagues, staff of National Assembly, journalists and others ‘who made 2018 successful’. The motion was seconded by FCT Senator, Mr Philip Aduda. The Presiding Officer, Ike Ekweremadu, wished Nigerians a Happy Chrismas and urged them to drive safely. The lawmakers thereafter adopted the motion through a voice vote. PT

Friday, 21 December 2018 05:40

JAMB begins sale of UTME form Jan 10, bans cybercafés

Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board has said that it will commence sale of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination form to candidates on January 10, 2019. This was made known during a meeting between JAMB and Computer Based Test centres at University of Lagos, on Thursday, where Registrar of JAMB, Mr Is-haq Oloyede, also said registration for UTME would no longer be done at cybercafés but at accredited CBT centres. Oloyede stated that limiting of registration of candidates to only approved CBT centres was to end extortion of candidates, mixing up of pupils’ data, malpractice, as well as for monitoring purposes. He…

Thursday, 20 December 2018 04:37

Buhari proposes N8.83 trillion budget for 2019

President Muhammadu Buhari has proposed a budget of N8.83 trillion for 2019. The president presented the budget at a joint session of National Assembly on Wednesday. The proposed budget shows that about a quarter of the sum (N2.14 trillion) will be used for debt servicing while capital expenditure is expected to gulp N2.031 trillion. Further breakdown presented by the president shows that proposed recurrent expenditure is N4.04 trillion, statutory transfer is N492.36 billion, there is a sinking fund of N120 billion, while capital expenditure is N2.031 trillion. In a presentation intermittently cut by rowdiness, Mr Buhari said the budget was…

Thursday, 20 December 2018 04:36

Cheers, boos as Buhari presents 2019 budget

The parliament witnessed a rowdy session on Wednesday when President Muhammadu Buhari presented 2019 Appropriation Bill before the National Assembly. Lawmakers from different political divides booed and cheered the president as he explained the budget details. Few minutes before noon, Mr Buhari arrived at National Assembly to present the bill before a joint session of National Assembly amidst cheers and protests from lawmakers. Buhari had, in a lengthy speech, proposed a budget of N8.83 trillion for 2019. Mr Buhari’s speech was, however, interrupted by cheering and booing. Government protocol requires that after the president’s presentation, Speaker of House of Representatives…

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Thursday, 20 December 2018 04:35

FG withdraws $1.6bn from Excess Crude Acct in 3 weeks

Between November 25 and December 19, money in Excess Crude Account declined by about $1.68bn, statistics obtained from Federation Account Allocation Committee have revealed. As of November 25 when FAAC committee meeting was held to allocate revenue for that month, the balance in ECA was put at $2.319bn. However, at the resumed meeting on Wednesday at headquarters of ministry of finance, the balance, according to Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Mr Mahmoud Dutse, had dropped to $631m. Dutse, who briefed journalists shortly after the meeting, said withdrawals were made by Federal Government from ECA to settle the last tranche of…

Thursday, 20 December 2018 04:28

3.3m Nigerians jobless in 9 months - NBS

Data made available by National Bureau of Statistics have shown that the number of unemployed Nigerians has risen to 20.9 million from 17.6 million. The report, released on Wednesday, contained employment trends from Q4 2017 to Q3 2018. According to the report, the working-age population (people between 15 – 64 years) increased from 111.1 million to 115.5 million. “The total number of people in employment (i.e with jobs) increased from 68.4 million in Q3 2015 to 68.72 million in Q3 2016, to 69.09 million in Q3 2017 and 69.54 million in Q3 2018,” the report read. “The total number of…

Thursday, 20 December 2018 04:26

How explosion rocked Lagos community

The explosion that rocked Abule-Egba community of Lagos Wednesday morning was caused by activities of pipeline vandals. Residents and passers-by, who thronged the community Wednesday morning told this newspaper that the incident occurred in the early hours of the day when vandals scooped petrol from a pipeline that runs through the community. This newspaper earlier reported how cars, houses and offices around Awori, Tipper Garage bus stop and some parts of Abattoir areas of the community were consumed by the inferno. Tajudeen Salako, a resident who spoke to our correspondent, explained that the incident occurred around 5 a.m. when residents…

Thursday, 20 December 2018 04:22

FG declares holidays for Xmas, New Year

Federal government has declared Tuesday 25th, Wednesday 26th December 2018 and Tuesday January 1, 2019, as public holidays to mark Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year celebrations respectively. Minister of Interior, Mr Abdulrahman Dambazau, made the declaration on behalf of the federal government in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. According to the statement signed by Mr Mohammed Manga, Director of Press of the ministry, the minister enjoined Christian faithful and all Nigerians to use the period to pray earnestly for progress and development of Nigeria. He called on Nigerians to strengthen their resolve to maintain peace and unity in…

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