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Wednesday, 07 February 2018 04:21

Gov Ortom to Benue residents: Defend yourselves if attacked

Benue State Governor, Mr Samuel Ortom, has called on the people of the state to defend themselves if attacked. The governor, who spoke on a radio programme titled, ‘Issue of the moment’ monitored by our correspondent on Tuesday, said it was necessary for the people to defend themselves in order not to become easy preys. Ortom noted that in spite of the presence of policemen in the state, killings were still going on in two local government areas. He flayed the statement credited to Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, which blamed the anti-open grazing law for the New Year…

Wednesday, 07 February 2018 04:20

Ortom is ‘a drowning man’ - Police PRO Moshood

The face-off between Nigerian police and Benue state government took a new twist Tuesday as public relations officer of the force, Mr Jimoh Moshood, described Governor Samuel Ortom as a “drowning man”. Moshood said this on a breakfast television program, Sunrise Daily, aired on Channels Television. “We don’t join issues with a drowning man; Governor Ortom is a drowning man,” he said when asked to comment on the governor’s recent statement. When asked by the presenter to withdraw the statement, he insisted he would not. “I will not withdraw for the purpose of this discussion because he called my IGP…

Wednesday, 07 February 2018 04:16

Buhari withholds assent to three bills

President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the Senate, declining presidential assent to three bills recently passed by the National Assembly. The bills are Police Procurement Fund establishment Bill 2017, Chattered Institute of Public Management of Nigeria Bill 2017 and Nigerian Council for Social Works Establishment Bill 2017. In a letter read by Deputy Senate President, Mr Ike Ekweremadu, on Tuesday, Mr. Buhari gave reasons for rejecting the bills. The letter reads, “Presidential decision to decline assent to three bills recently passed by the national assembly in 2017. “Pursuant to sections 58(4) of the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria…

Wednesday, 07 February 2018 04:14

Buhari ignores health minister, reinstates suspended NHIS chief

President Muhammadu Buhari has reinstated suspended Executive Secretary of National Health Insurance Scheme, Mr Usman Yusuf. Yusuf was suspended by Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, in June 2017, following allegations of gross misconduct. A panel commissioned by the minister after Yusuf’s suspension later found him culpable of infractions that ranged from nepotism to theft of public funds. An administration official familiar with the development said Tuesday evening that Mr. Buhari did not consider Yusuf’s indictment by a ministerial panel before asking him to return to work. According to the source, the letter of reinstatement was sent to Mr. Adewole on…

Wednesday, 07 February 2018 04:12

French President Macron to visit Nigeria, address joint session of National Assembly

President Emmanuel Macron of France is billed to visit Nigeria in early July and is expected to address the joint session of the National Assembly, Ambassador of France to Nigeria, Mr Denys Gauer, has said. Speaking when he paid a visit to Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, at the National Assembly, Gauer said Mr Macron has interest in the future and development of Nigeria. According to a press statement issued by the Speaker’s spokesperson, Mr Turaki Hassan, Gauer revealed that Macron had worked in the French embassy in Abuja early in his career for six months, ”some…

Wednesday, 07 February 2018 04:03

JAMB extends deadline for registration

Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has announced the extension of registration for 2018 UTME till February 11, 2018. The spokesperson of the board, Mr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in a press statement Tuesday evening. The board had said in December that the sale of form and registration for all candidates including those from foreign countries will hold from December 6, 2017 to February 6, 2018. “JAMB as a responsive organisation has taken the decision, albeit with great hesitation, to accommodate candidates who failed to register between the two months window period that ended at midnight of Tuesday, 6th February,…

Wednesday, 07 February 2018 03:58

France bans smartphone use in cars even when you pull over

Road deaths have been on the rise lately in France and with nothing much else to pin it on, authorities are going after scofflaw drivers who text or call. It's now illegal to hold your phone on public roads even when you're pulled over to the side of the road, whether you're blocking traffic or not, Le Figaro reports. The high court ruling means that taking what some consider to be a safe step - pulling over to talk on the phone - could still result in points and a fine of 135 euros. Rather than creating a new law,…

Tuesday, 06 February 2018 03:32

Buhari to visit Nasarawa, Taraba, Zamfara, Benue

President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to visit Nasarawa State today as part of efforts to ensure peace in some trouble spots. After Nasarawa, Buhari is slated to visit Taraba, Zamfara and Benue states but the dates of the visits are yet to be decided, a Presidency source said last night. The President is expected to console victims of herdsmens’ killings and douse tensions in the trouble spots. The Nation

Tuesday, 06 February 2018 03:30

Buhari signs Executive Order granting Nigerians preference in contract award

PRESS RELEASE President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abuja signed Executive Order 5 to improve local content in public procurement with science, engineering and technology components. The Executive Order is expected to promote the application of science, technology and innovation towards achieving the nation’s development goals across all sectors of the economy. The President, pursuant to the authority vested in him by the Constitution, ordered that all ‘‘procuring authorities shall give preference to Nigerian companies and firms in the award of contracts, in line with the Public Procurement Act 2007.’’ The Executive Order also prohibits the Ministry of Interior from giving…

Tuesday, 06 February 2018 03:27

Berlusconi threatens to deport Nigerians, other immigrants

Former Italian Prime Minister, Mr Silvio Berlusconi, has pledged to deport 600,000 illegal migrants, including Nigerians, if he is re-elected. Warning of a “social time bomb ready to explode”, the 81-year-old said in a TV interview his centre-right coalition would remove those who “do not have the right to stay.” In 2014 in Italy there are 71,158 regular immigrants from Nigeria. In 2006 there were 37,733. The three cities with most number of Nigerians are: Turin, Rome and Padua. According to one diplomat, 30,000 Nigerian women are prostitutes in Italy. Out of 157,000 migrants and refugees who have arrived so…

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Tuesday, 06 February 2018 03:21

Okorocha establishes six new tertiary institutions in Imo

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has announced the establishment of six new tertiary institutions in the state. Mr. Okorocha, who made the announcement in a meeting with journalists in Owerri on Monday, said the step was part of plans to revolutionize the education sector in Imo. The new institutions are University of Engineering, Onuimo, University of Agriculture, Aboh Mbaise, Ihitte Uboma College of Education and Ehime Polytechnic. He added that National High School Arondizuogu would become a College of Education while Ahiara Technical College would be upgraded to a Polytechnic. He also announced plans to change the location of…

Monday, 05 February 2018 04:18

IGP orders arrest of IBB’s spokesperson over statement attacking Buhari

Inspector General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris has ordered the arrest of spokesman of former Military President Ibrahim Babangida should he fail to turn himself in within 24 hours. Mr Kassim Afegua is wanted for issuing a ‘fake’ statement. Afegbua in the statement quoted the former military ruler as saying President Muhammadu Buhari should be voted out by Nigerians in 2019. But another statement surfaced purportedly denying the earlier one signed on behalf of Mr Babangida by Afegbua. Appearing on Channel TV last night, Afegbua however insisted that the statement he issued was authentic and authorised by Babangida. A government…

Sunday, 04 February 2018 03:31

IGP Idris is an accomplice in herdsmen killings in Benue - Gov Ortom

Governor Samuel Ortom on Saturday accused Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, of being an accomplice to the recent attacks by suspected herdsmen on Benue residents, a day after the police chief reportedly demanded a suspension of anti-open grazing law. “If truly the IGP said what was widely reported by the media, our conclusion is that his is a clear case of a man who is either on a mission to mislead the nation or is complicit in the attacks on Benue communities and the killing of many people by terror herdsmen,” Ortom said in a statement Saturday evening. Neither…

Sunday, 04 February 2018 03:30

Hundreds flee Taraba as residents bury herdsmen’s victims

Hundreds of people have continued to flee Taraba villages, following attacks on some communities in the Gassol, Ibi and Wukari local government areas by suspected Fulani herdsmen. This is coming on the heels of a reported planned attack on the state by Fulani herdsmen as alleged by Governor Darius Ishaku on Wednesday. Our correspondent gathered that five persons were killed at Amande Jembe village in Bantaje District of the Wukari LGA and four others were killed in Ngutswen village, Gassol LGA, barely nine hours after Ishaku raised the alarm over the planned attacks. When our correspondent visited the deserted communities…

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