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Monday, 27 August 2018 05:35

Impeachment: APC dares Saraki to reconvene Senate

The All Progressives Congress has dared the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to reconvene the Senate if indeed he was not perturbed about moves to impeach him.The APC spoke through its acting National Publicity Secretary, Mr Yekini Nabena, said the party’s position was its response to Saraki’s declaration that he was not losing sleep over threats to unseat him following his decision to dump the APC to join the opposition Peoples Democratic Party.Nabena made the party’s position known to Punch via the telephone. in Abuja on Sunday.Saraki had told reporters in Asaba the Delta State capital on Saturday that he was…

Monday, 27 August 2018 05:33

APC, PDP Equally Corrupt at all levels, says Carnegie Endowment

A report on corruption by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has slammed the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as being corrupt and inclined to using political power to steal public resources. The report titled, “A New Taxonomy for Corruption in Nigeria,” which was published recently, said despite President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-corruption posture, there was little difference between his party, APC, and PDP.In swift reaction a highly place member of the APC who does not want to be named because he is not the party spokesman said given all they have done…

Monday, 27 August 2018 05:32

India warns Nigerian visa applicants against fraudsters

The Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Nagabhushana Reddy, has cautioned Nigerians applying for visas to India, to be wary of fraudsters who pose as travel agents.Mr Reddy, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, advised intending visa applicants to seek accurate information from the high commission or its website.He said that the country’s visa application was an online process and urged prospective applicants to take advantage of information available on the website or seek assistance from trusted people.He said: “We have tried to strengthen our website and now it contains, in a comprehensive manner, list…

Monday, 27 August 2018 05:27

ASUU tasks FG over death of members

Funmi Olaitan, IbadanChairman, University of Ibadan chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Deji Omole, has raised alarm of untimely death of overworked Nigerian workers, calling on the Federal Government to open-up recruitment of academic staff in federal institutions.Omole in a release issued on Sunday, called for comprehensive medical check-up by various institutions to ascertain the health conditions of their staff, noting that in the struggle for survival, many lecturers who think they are well may have death threatening health conditions.He lamented that the health conditions of members of the union are fast depreciating due to work overload…

Monday, 27 August 2018 05:17

Kaduna Govt imposes 24-hour curfew on troubled communities

The Kaduna State Government has imposed a 24-hour curfew on Kwaru and Ungwan Yero, two communities affected by violence.This extends the 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew earlier imposed on the neighboring communities in Kaduna North Local Government Area.The government, in a statement by Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s spokesperson, Samuel Aruwan, said the decision was taken after a review of the security situation in the communities.Residents of the two communities were enjoined to comply with the directive, as security agencies have been directed to vigorously enforce the curfew, Mr Aruwan said.The extension of the curfew followed a fresh attack by suspected…

Monday, 27 August 2018 05:13

Rivers Govt kicks as EFCC probes N117b transactions

Detectives are probing about N117b suspicious transactions by the government of Rivers State in the last three years.The huge cash was intermittently withdrawn over the counter by a state official designated for the purpose, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) sources said at the weekend.There were indications that the withdrawals from the state accounts were laundered by some state officials.The state government yesterday described the probe as a “political witch-hunt” and vowed not to be intimidated.Four suspects have been shortlisted for interrogation in connection with the massive withdrawals. They include an official in charge of Finance and Accounts at the…

Monday, 27 August 2018 05:06

Oyo ADP charges Ajimobi to pay salary owed College of Agric workers

Funmi Olaitan, IbadanOyo State chapter of the Action Democratic Party (ADP), on Sunday, charged Governor Abiola Ajimobi to devise every means possible to pay the 23 months' salary owed workers of the State College of Agriculture, Igbo Ora.The party in a statement signed by the state Publicity Secretary, Lawal Akindele, said it is no longer conscionable for citizens of the state to keep quiet in the face of the hardship the workers of the institution are facing and the bleak future that steers thousands of students of the institution in the face.It will be recalled that workers in the College…

Monday, 27 August 2018 05:03

Pope apologizes for ‘crimes’ against Irish women, babies

Pope Francis issued a sweeping apology Sunday for the “crimes” of the Catholic Church in Ireland, saying church officials didn’t respond with compassion, truth or justice to the many children and women who were abused over generations.Francis was interrupted by applause from the crowd of 300,000 as he read the apology out loud at the start of Mass in Dublin’s Phoenix Park, the largest gathering of his two-day trip. It was a response to the tens of thousands of Irish children sexually and physically abused at Catholic Churches, schools and workhouses, and the women who were forced to live and…

Sunday, 26 August 2018 05:07

Buhari asks troops to be ruthless with bandits and kidnappers

President Muhammadu Buhari Saturday in Katsina, the Katsina State capital, said the spate of insecurity in areas of military operations was disgraceful and tasked troops to be ‘‘ruthless’’ in the battle against bandits, criminals and kidnappers.Buhari who returned to Abuja Saturday after spending five days in Daura, where he had celebrated the Eid-el-Kabir interacted with troops deployed to curb the activities of bandits and criminals in Zamfara and neighbouring states under the auspices of Operations Sharan Daji and Diran Mikiya.According to his Senior Special Assistant to Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in a statement, Buhari’s unannounced visit to the troops…

Sunday, 26 August 2018 05:01

Nigerian economy on life support - Peter Obi

A former governor of Anambra, Peter Obi, has said that the Nigerian economy is on life support due to the rising debt profile of about N22.7 trillion.Mr Obi, disclosed this at the ‘2018 This Generation Conference’ organised by the Summit Bible Church, with the theme: “Taking Responsibility, Making Nigeria Great,” on Saturday, in Abuja.According to him, the high unemployment rate was orchestrated by bad governance and if 50 per cent of the country’s revenue is used to settle such debt Nigerians will continue to groan.The former governor, who was the guest speaker, implored voters to weed out people who lack…

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Sunday, 26 August 2018 04:53

Slain Abuja Catholic priest buried

It was a very painful and teary event at the Saints Simon and Jude Seminary Kuje, when late Catholic priest, Michael Akawu, shot dead by armed robbers in Gwagwalada, was laid to rest.The Catholic Bishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onayeikan, many catholic priests, family members, relatives and other faithful, could not hold back their tears as, Akawu, the first indigenous priest was buried.The priest who was just 18 months in priesthood, was until his death the Assistant Parish Priest at Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Parish Dobi.On Thursday, Late Akawu’s body left University Teaching Hospital Gwagwalada for Immaculate Conception Parish…

Sunday, 26 August 2018 04:39

War hero and presidential candidate, John McCain, has died

Senator John McCain, who faced down his captors in a Vietnam prisoner of war camp with jut-jawed defiance and later turned his rebellious streak into a 35-year political career that took him to Congress and the Republican presidential nomination, died Saturday after battling brain cancer for more than a year. He was 81.McCain, with his irascible grin and fighter-pilot moxie, was a fearless and outspoken voice on policy and politics to the end, unswerving in his defense of democratic values and unflinching in his criticism of his fellow Republican, President Donald Trump. He was elected to the Senate from Arizona…

Sunday, 26 August 2018 04:37

Pope in Ireland, decries abuse cover-up, meets with victims

Pope Francis faced a lukewarm reception and scattered protests Saturday on his trip to Ireland, with even his vow to rid the church of the “scourge” of sexual abuse and his outrage at those “repugnant crimes” dismissed as a disappointment by some of Ireland’s wounded victims.But others who met with him in private left heartened that he would respond to their plight, including two of the thousands of children who were forcibly put up for adoption for the shame of having been born to unwed mothers. They said Francis described the corruption and cover-up in the church as “caca” —…

Sunday, 26 August 2018 04:34

Trump renews criticism of Sessions over Mueller investigation

US President Donald Trump again laced into Jeff Sessions, his attorney general, on Saturday after Sessions defended himself from the president’s scathing criticism over his recusal from a probe into Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 election.In a rare rebuttal to Trump, Sessions said on Thursday that he “took control of the Department of Justice” the day he became attorney general, and that “the actions of the Department of Justice will not be improperly influenced by political considerations.”In a tweet on Saturday morning, Trump replied that Sessions “doesn’t understand what is happening underneath his command position.”Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who…

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