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Saturday, 05 May 2018 04:02

Buhari in Daura as APC holds ward congresses today

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday proceeded to his hometown, Daura, Katsina State a few hours after he returned from his official visit to the United States of America. Buhari, who left Washington DC on Tuesday, arrived in Abuja on Thursday evening after a stopover in London, United Kingdom. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, had earlier in the day attributed the “technical stopover” to the fact that the big aircraft in the Presidential Air Fleet is currently under repairs. He said the President had to use a small plane, which could only fly…

Saturday, 05 May 2018 03:53

Karl Marx statue from China divides Germans on anniversary

A Chinese gift of a statue of Karl Marx is dividing Germans, as his home town of Trier prepares to unveil it 200 years after his birth.Marx co-wrote the Communist Manifesto, which said that all human history had been based on class struggle. His work remains controversial in Europe but is presented by China as central to its way of governing.Local officials have appealed for calm as rival groups prepare for rallies in Trier on Saturday. They include anti-communist and anti-capitalist demonstrations as well as a vigil in solidarity with China's banned Falun Gong movement, DPA news agency reports. "If…

Friday, 04 May 2018 04:34

Buhari arrives Nigeria from U.S. visit, after ‘technical stop’ in London

President Muhammadu Buhari has finally touched down in Abuja, two days after he left United States following an official visit to President Donald Trump. The president landed at 10:17 p.m. at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport from London. The arrival comes hours after PREMIUM TIMES reported the curious disappearance of the president who should have arrived in Nigeria since Wednesday. He went to London without any formal announcement. His media aides, who initially failed to explain the president’s whereabouts eventually did following public outcry after the story. The curious stop in London prompted speculation that the president went to see…

Friday, 04 May 2018 04:31

NAFDAC raids pharmaceutical firms over cough syrup

Four pharmaceutical companies have been raided in Nigeria after a BBC investigation into the role of cough syrup containing codeine in an addiction epidemic. The firms are in Lagos, Ilorin and Kano, National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control said. Nigeria this week announced a ban on the production and import of the syrup. The BBC investigation showed the syrup being sold on the black market for young Nigerians to get high. The probe recorded a number of pharmaceutical employees selling the drug illegally.Prices of the syrup on the black market have shot up since the ban. Officials…

Friday, 04 May 2018 04:26

Reps reject paternity leave

A bill for an Act to make provisions for optional paternity leave to all married male employees in private and public service, on Thursday failed to scale through second reading in House of Representatives. The bill, sponsored by Mr Edward Pwajok (Plateau-APC), subsequently failed to scale through as it was roundly defeated with a unanimous voice vote. Members, who balked at the idea of granting paternal leave to Nigerian male workers, said that Nigerian cultural and economic environment was not ripe for such privilege yet. According to Pwajok, the proposal for a two week or more (depending on the decision…

Thursday, 03 May 2018 05:00

Nigerians getting poorer despite recession exit – World Bank

World Bank says unemployment and poverty rates increased in Nigeria despite an exit from recession in 2017. The Bretton Wood institution made these remarks in a report released this week. The report titled, “Nigeria Bi-annual Economic Update: Fragile Recovery,” reads: “The decline in the non-oil and non-agriculture sectors, however, continued as aggregate demand remained weak and private sector credit low. “Rates of unemployment and underemployment increased in 2017 and poverty is estimated to have increased slightly. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in 2018 is expected to hover just over 2 per cent, largely oil sector-driven. “Nigeria has a big home…

Thursday, 03 May 2018 04:58

Nigeria going nowhere without restructuring – Anyaoku, Adebanjo, others

A former Commonwealth Secretary General, Mr Emeka Anyaoku; a chieftain of a pan-Yoruba organisation, Afenifere, Mr Ayo Adebanjo; President General of a pan-Igbo organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Mr John Nwodo, and others have said Nigeria’s future is hanging in the balance if its governance system is not restructured urgently. The elder statesmen on Wednesday at the 10th anniversary symposium of late Mr Abraham Adesanya held in Lagos, described the crises in the country, especially the incessant killings in the Middle Belt, as a reflection of a country on the brink of collapse. Anyaoku, while delivering his speech as the guest speaker…

Thursday, 03 May 2018 04:54

Police IG Idris disobeying Senate not new; he did it to Buhari – Saraki

Senate President, Mr Bukola Saraki, has condemned the decision of Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, to snub senate’s invitation twice. For the second time, Idris on Wednesday failed to appear before the senate plenary despite a formal invitation. He was invited to answer questions on the arrest of a senator, Mr Dino Melaye, and killings across the country. The police boss was first summoned on Wednesday, April 25, but he failed to appear. “I don’t want us to labour too much. At the upper chamber, we must show maturity and statesmanship. I don’t think anybody who has been around…

Thursday, 03 May 2018 04:51

Again, court stops council polls in Oyo

Funmi Olaitan, Ibadan A Federal High Court, sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, on Wednesday, ordered Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission ( OYSIEC), to suspend the planned election into the newly created Local Community Development Authority (LCDAs) pending the determination of the substantive suit before the court. Some aggrieved members of All Progressive Congress ( APC) from Ibarapa East local government, had approached the court over the creation of new wards, seeking an interim order to suspend the conduct of council poll slated for May 12, 2018 in the state. Presiding judge, Mrs Joyce Abdul-Malik, in her brief ruling on…

Wednesday, 02 May 2018 04:42

FG restructuring Nigeria’s security architecture - Osinbajo

The federal government has in response to repeated calls by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), organised labour unions and other concerned Nigerians over the rising state of insecurity in the country, embarked on the restructuring of the nation’s security architecture. This was disclosed Tuesday by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, on the occasion of the 2018 National May Day Celebration at Eagle Square, Abuja organised by the two main Federations of Trade Unions — Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC). President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the recruitment of 6,000 additional policemen as part of fresh measures to address…

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Wednesday, 02 May 2018 04:41

No peace in Nigeria until FG seeks God’s forgiveness – Wike

Rivers State Governor, Mr Nyesom Wike, has said unless the Federal Government (FG) apologises to the State and seeks God’s forgiveness, it will have no peace. Wike said this yesterday, while addressing workers during the Workers’ Day celebration, at General Yakubu Gowon Stadium, Elekahia, Port, Harcourt. The governor, who charged the organised labour to be apolitical, noted that the country is hunted and bedevilled by killings, because the Federal Government politicised security crisis in Rivers because it is not an All Progressives Congress (APC) state. “Don’t just see me as governor of Rivers state; see me as a soldier of…

Wednesday, 02 May 2018 04:37

Addiction: FG bans production, importation of codeine containing syrups

Federal Ministry of Health has banned the importation of codeine as active pharmaceutical ingredient in Nigeria. Minister of Health, Mr Isaac Adewole, gave the directive to National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in his office on Tuesday, according to a statement issued by the ministry. The directive ordered NAFDAC to immediately stop further issuance of permits for the importation of codeine. This implies that codeine-related drugs will not be imported or produced in the country any longer. A feature by BBC was recently aired showing the traumatic and stimulating effects of codeine on the Nigerian youth…

Wednesday, 02 May 2018 04:35

South Korea president says Trump deserves Nobel Peace Prize

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said U.S. President Donald Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the standoff with North Korea over its nuclear weapons programme, a South Korean official said on Monday. "President Trump should win the Nobel Peace Prize. What we need is only peace," Moon told a meeting of senior secretaries, according to a presidential Blue House official who briefed media.Moon and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Friday pledged at a summit to end hostilities between their countries and work towards the "complete denuclearisation" of the Korean peninsula. Trump is preparing…

Tuesday, 01 May 2018 04:16

Buhari, Trump meet; speak on killings in Nigeria

Presidents Muhammadu Buhari and Donald Trump held a press briefing in the U.S. leader’s first meeting with a leader from sub-Saharan Africa at the White House. Mr Trump hailed Mr Buhari for “fighting corruption and improving Nigerian trade.” He also said the U.S. “would be investing substantially in Nigeria” if Nigeria could implement a “level-playing field that we asked for.” The U.S. president also commended Buhari for the role he played in securing the release of kidnapped Dapchi schoolgirls. He, however, called on Buhari to do more to end the ongoing killings linked to herdsmen across central Nigeria. Buhari in…

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