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Sunday, 22 July 2018 03:27

Killings: Gowon demands Miyetti Allah’s leadership arrest

Former Head of State, Mr Yakubu Gowon, has expressed serious concerns over the security situation in the country, saying that the situation if not immediately addressed, could lead to a religious war. Gowon spoke on Saturday at Benue People’s House, Makurdi, when he visited Governor Samuel Ortom to commiserate with the government and the people of the state over the wanton killings and destruction of properties in the state. He particularly expressed worry over the killings of innocent and unarmed villagers by armed herdsmen, which had yet to be stopped by appropriate authorities. Gowon, who said he was disappointed at…

Sunday, 22 July 2018 03:22

Chinese leader arrives for Africa visit as US interest wanes

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Africa on Saturday on a four-nation visit seeking deeper military and economic ties while his rival in a bitter trade war, the Trump administration, shows little interest in the world's second most populous continent. This is Xi's first trip abroad since he was appointed to a second term in March with term limits removed, allowing him to rule for as long as he wants. That rang familiar to some of Africa's long-entrenched leaders. China is already Africa's largest trading partner, and it opened its first military base on the continent last year in the…

Sunday, 22 July 2018 03:20

Fire engulfs Jos market, razes 217 shops — Official

Fire has engulfed a segment of Jos Terminus Market in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State with 217 shops burnt. Properties worth millions of naira were also lost. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Undie Adie, who visited the market confirmed the incident to reporters in Jos. Chairman of petty traders in the market, Mr Mustafa Ibrahim, said the incident began around 1.30am and its cause still unknown. “About 217 temporary shops were burnt. We have lost more than N70 million in the incident,” he said. Meanwhile, Adie said: “Some of the things we have salvaged were secured…

Saturday, 21 July 2018 04:37

FAAC: Finally, FG, states, LGs share N668.8bn

After weeks of horse-trading over revenue under-payment by Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, the three tiers of government have finally received the sum of N668.8bn as allocation for May 2018. Director of Information, Federal Ministry of Finance, Mr Hassan Dodo, confirmed release of the fund in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday. He said the fund was released to the three tiers of government while reconciliation of the revenue underpayment was still ongoing. The statement read in part, “Owing to the disagreement on remittances by revenue generating agencies, especially NNPC, the sharing of revenue for May 2018 that was meant…

Saturday, 21 July 2018 04:35

Fashola, again, blasts DISCOs, says their services too poor

Power minister, Mr Babatunde Fashola, has defended his directives to electricity regulators to ensure electricity distributors are more responsive to customers’ yearnings. In a statement he personally signed, Fashola also criticised an official who wrote defending the electricity distributors (DISCOS). Many Nigerians have complained about the actions of the DISCOS especially the non-provision of pre-paid meters, and the use of estimated billings. Fashola criticised Sunday Oduntan, who he said wrote defending DISCOS and presented “himself as Executive Director, Research and Advocacy of Association of Electricity Distributors (ANED). “If ANED is not a licensee, who is ANED? An NGO? If so,…

Saturday, 21 July 2018 04:34

LAUTECH approves increment in tuition fees

Governing Council of Ladoke Akinola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, has approved the increment in tuition fees of students of the university from 100 Level to 400 Level. This was contained in a statement signed by Secretary of the Council, Mr J. A Agboola. According to the release, the decision was reached at 133rd governing council meeting held on Thursday, July 5. The council decided that the hike will take effect from 2018 / 2019 academic session. Medical, Nursing and Biomedical students have been billed to start paying N300,000, Engineering student billed for N250,000 and students of the Faculties of Agricultural…

Friday, 20 July 2018 05:11

Twitter appoints Okonjo-Iweala to Board of Directors

Twitter Inc, Thursday announced the appointments of Mrs Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Mr Robert Zoellick to Twitter's Board of Directors (the "Board") as new independent directors, effective immediately. Marjorie Scardino will be stepping down from the Board for personal reasons at the end of the year. "Ngozi and Bob are distinguished leaders with unparalleled global perspective and policy expertise," said Omid Kordestani, Executive Chairman of Twitter. "We are confident they will be incredible assets to Twitter as we continue to focus on driving transparency and making Twitter a safer, healthier place for everyone who uses our service." Mr. Kordestani added, "On…

Friday, 20 July 2018 05:04

FAAC deadlock unresolved as govs insist on ‘no sharing’

Governors of the 36 states of the federation insisted, Wednesday night, that the deadlock at Federation Accounts and Allocation Committee, FAAC, meetings will continue until Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, remits what is due to government coffers. The governors also said NNPC should not continue to spend money meant for the Federation Account without approval of the President and National Economic Council, NEC. NNPC had remitted N147 billion into the federation account in May but the governors faulted that amount, saying it did not reflect the current economic realities and prices of oil in the international market. They also queried…

Friday, 20 July 2018 05:03

New national carrier must fail for Nigeria’s sake – Oby Ezekwesili

A former minister of education in Nigeria, Mrs Oby Ezekwesili, has predicted doom for the country’s new national carrier, Nigeria Air. “It shall fail,” Ezekwesili ‏said on Twitter, March 28, three months before the new airline was unveiled on Wednesday at Farnborough air show in England. “For the sake of the country, it must fail,” she tweeted through her handle @obyezeks. Ezekwesili said establishing the new national carrier was “clearly a wrong priority” and “a waste”. Her remarks attracted criticisms from other Twitter users who said she wasn’t wishing Nigeria well. “Ma, if you had maintained that it’s ‘clearly a…

Friday, 20 July 2018 04:55

Ex-IGP Ibrahim Coomassie is dead

Former Inspector General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Coomasie, is dead. He was aged 76. His death was confirmed by Force Public Relations Officer, Mr Jimoh Moshood, who said he died at about 7pm on Thursday at Orthopaedic Hospital, Katsina. Coomassie, Sardauna of Katsina, was the 9th Inspector General of Police. He served under late General Sani Abacha and General Abdulsalami Abubakar administrations. Coomassie was a member of Provisional Ruling Council (PRC), the highest state organ under the military regime of General Abacha, and was also chairman of Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) Thisday

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Thursday, 19 July 2018 04:39

Jonathan in closed-door meeting with IBB

Former President, Mr Goodluck Jonathan, yesterday, had a private meeting with former Military President, Mr Ibrahim Babangida, in Minna, Niger State, second of such meeting within nine months. Jonathan, who came by road from Abuja, arrived Babangida’s residence at 10:24am in a convoy of five cars. Journalists, who got wind of the visit, stormed Babangida’s residence, but were stopped from getting close to the main gate. Few minutes after the journalists arrived, Jonathan’s convoy left for Abuja. Details of the meeting remain unknown. However, it was gathered that a member of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and governorship aspirant in Niger…

Thursday, 19 July 2018 04:37

Govs meet to discuss FAAC deadlock, other matters

Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) on Wednesday night met in Abuja to discuss Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) deadlock, minimum wage, among others. The June meeting of FAAC in Abuja ended in a deadlock. FAAC monthly meeting is the forum where money is shared among the federal, states and local governments. Also on the meeting agenda was presentation by the Chief Executive Officer of EduMarshals, on replicating EduMarshals education project at the state level. Postmaster General was also expected to make presentation at the meeting on the Nigerian Postal Service in maximising revenue potential through electronic stamp solution, digital addressing system…

Thursday, 19 July 2018 04:36

FG lied on power generation capacity - Discos

The 11 electricity distribution companies (Discos) in Nigeria’s electricity market Tuesday accused the federal government of lying on its claims of improvement in power generation in the country, stressing that generation capacity as at January 2015 was 6,421 megawatts (MW) and not 4,000MW as often claimed by the government. The operators also took a swipe at the federal government for asking them to either upgrade their efficiency levels in the market or quit the stage, saying that such orders would not stop the imminent collapse of the electricity sector. Speaking through Executive Director, Research and Advocacy of their umbrella association,…

Thursday, 19 July 2018 04:32

Nigeria Air: Nigerians react to new national carrier

Mixed reactions on Wednesday trailed unveiling of the name and logo of proposed new national carrier by Minister of State for Aviation, Mr Hadi Sirika. Sirika had unveiled the name of the new carrier as “Nigeria Air’’ with a logo encompassing the flowing green, white and green ribbon at Farnborough Air Show in London. The carrier, scheduled to begin operations by December, will replace defunct Nigerian Airways liquidated in 2003 by then President Olusegun Obasanjo administration. Mr Illitrus Ahmadu, President, Air Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN), said the move showed that the government was committed to the…

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