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Saturday, 19 August 2017 07:13

Buhari returns from London today, to address the nation

PRESS RELEASE President Muhammadu Buhari returns to the country later today, after receiving medical attention in London. The President had left the country on May 7, this year, after handing over power to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who has functioned as Acting President since then. President Buhari is expected to speak to Nigerians in a broadcast by 7 a.m on Monday, August 21, 2017. He thanks all Nigerians who have prayed ceaselessly for his recovery and well-being since the beginning of the health challenge. FEMI ADESINASpecial Adviser to the President(Media and Publicity)August 19, 2017

Saturday, 19 August 2017 03:10

Adeboye visits Buhari in London

General Overseer Worldwide, Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, on Friday visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the Abuja House, London. Buhari has been receiving medical attention in the British capital since May 7, 2017. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, posted two photographs taken during Adeboye’s visit on his Facebook page. In one of the pictures, Buhari and his visitor were seated on a sofa while the President appeared to be scanning through a book, suspected to be a gift from the religious leader. A bag, which appeared to have been used…

Saturday, 19 August 2017 03:06

Flood: Nine local govts risk being submerged in Lagos – NSE

Lagos State Government must intensify its flood management efforts so that communities in Epe, Eti-Osa, Amuwo Odofin, Ojo, Kosofe, Lagos Island, Apapa, Ibeju-Lekki and Ikorodu Local Governments would not be submerged. Victoria Island branch of Nigerian Society of Engineers, NSE, gave the advice on Thursday at a conference and paper presentation on the solutions to flooding in Lagos State. It said that a recent research showed that Eti-Osa could be totally submerged in a few years’ time if there were no concrete management of flooding on Victoria Island. It therefore called on the state government to relocate residents in flood…

Saturday, 19 August 2017 03:00

Beggars dare Kano govt, return to streets

Many beggars in Kano have returned to their businesses in spite of a state government order in 2016 which banned street begging. Our correspondent who visited some streets in the state capital on Friday, reports that many beggars were seen on the streets, including Sabo Bakin Zuwo road leading to Kano Government House. Some of the beggars said they returned to the streets because they were dying of hunger. Adamu Babale said he came to Kano daily from his village to beg for money to cater for his family. He said if he had a trade to engage in he…

Friday, 18 August 2017 03:35

Osinbajo, lawyers say hate speech is terrorism

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has described hate speech as a form of terrorism, saying the Federal Government had drawn the line on it. Osinbajo was speaking yesterday at the Banquet Hall of Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja, at a one-day national security summit organised by National Economic Council. The retreat was attended by state governors, members of Federal Executive Council and security chiefs. Osinbajo said “Hate speech is a species of terrorism. Terrorism as it is defined popularly is the unlawful use of violence or intimidation against individuals or groups especially for political ends. The law, that is the…

Friday, 18 August 2017 03:34

Buhari’s health has improved tremendously - Dogara

House of Representatives Speaker Yakubu Dogara said yesterday that President Muhammadu Buhari’s health had improved tremendously. The Speaker and Senate President Bukola Saraki yesterday visited the President at the Abuja House in London Tweeting via his verified official Twitter handle @Yakubdogara, the Speaker said he was glad seeing the President doing well. He urged Nigerians to continue to pray and offer thanks for answered prayers for the safe return of the President. “Today we visited His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari. I am glad that he is doing well.” “His health has improved tremendously. I urge all Nigerians to continue to…

Friday, 18 August 2017 03:32

Another meeting between FG and ASUU deadlocked

A meeting between the federal government and university lecturers has ended without a resolution of the nationwide strike called by the union on Monday. Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, began a nationwide strike this week, over demands for improved funding of universities and welfare of lecturers.An earlier meeting with the government was also unsuccessful. Thursday’s meeting began at exactly 3:42 p.m. in Abuja. In his opening remark, Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, said ASUU did not follow the proper procedure before starting the strike. “There must be a mandatory letter of 15 days to labour, to education before going…

Friday, 18 August 2017 03:29

In revealed secret diary, Chibok girls recount ordeal in Sambisa forest

The abduction of more than 200 schoolgirls from Chibok, Borno State by Boko Haram’s jihadist insurgency was the accidental outcome of a botched robbery, say the girls who spent three years in their brutal captivity. The Chibok girls made the surprise revelation in secret diaries they kept while held prisoner and a copy of which has been exclusively obtained by the Thomson Reuters Foundation. They were kidnapped from their hostel at the Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State by Boko Haram fighters on April 14, 2014. Recalling the night of their kidnapping in April 2014, Naomi Adamu described in the…

Friday, 18 August 2017 03:26

Lagos second least liveable city in the world - Report

Lagos is the least liveable city in the world after Damascus, a city in war-torn Syria, an annual survey has shown. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s 2017 Global Liveability Report, a decade of declines in the ease of living has now stabilised, although a number of cities have suffered from the “spreading perceived threat of terrorism”. “Of the more poorly scoring cities, 12 continue to occupy the very bottom tier of liveability, where ratings fall below 50% and most aspects of living are severely restricted,” the report said. “Continued threat from groups such as Boko Haram acts as a…

Friday, 18 August 2017 03:25

Oyo spent N22b on LAUTECH in six years, crisis to end soon - Oyo govt

Funmi Olaitan, Ibadan An end may be in sight to the crisis in the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, as the Oyo State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Adeniyi Olowofela, said on Thursday that the recently inaugurated Governing Council of the university is already finding a lasting solution to the crisis in the institution. Olowofela while speaking during a ministerial press briefing, held at the Film Theatre, Ministry of Information Culture and Tourism, also said the state government has expended over N22bn on the institution since 2011. According to him, the Governing Council has had a…

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Friday, 18 August 2017 03:22

Strange disease kills 50 people in Kogi

A strange disease, whose symptoms include diarrhoea, bloodstained vomiting and high fever has killed 50 people at Okunran, Okoloke and Isanlu-Esa villages in Yagba West Local Government of Kogi. Initial reports had suspected Lassa Fever, but medics told Saka Audu, Commissioner for Health, who visited the affected areas on Thursday, that it was a strange disease that was unknown. “We initially suspected Lassa Fever after getting some misleading reports about people bleeding around, so we made a diagnosis for viral haemorrhagic fever (lassa fever), but the result was negative,” Jannette Hathorn, a Consultant at ECWA Hospital, Egbe told Mr. Audu.…

Thursday, 17 August 2017 05:02

Osinbajo assigns portfolios to new ministers

Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, has assigned portfolios to the two ministers sworn in three weeks ago. Stephen Ocheni and Suleiman Hassan were sworn in in May, several weeks after they were confirmed by the Senate, due to President Muhammadu Buhari’s absence. ‎Mr. Ocheni will fill the vacuum created by the death of James Ocholi who hailed from the same state, Kogi State. He is to assume duties as Minister of State in Ministry of Labour and Productivity. Suleiman Hassan appointed to fill the Gombe State slot will assume duties as Minister of State, Power, Works and Housing, replacing Amina Mohammed,…

Thursday, 17 August 2017 05:01

New Permanent Secretaries get portfolios

Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday swore-in 15 new federal permanent secretaries at State House Council Chambers in Abuja. They were appointed to fill vacancies in various government agencies. Below are the names of the Permanent Secretaries and the ministries they were assigned. 1. Anagbogu Ifeoma Nkiruka – Women Affairs 2. Walson-Jack Didi Esther – Service Welfare Office in the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation 3. Gekpe Grace Isu – Information and Culture 4. Aliboh Leon Lawrence – Budget and National Planning 5. Uwaifo Osarenoma Clement – Ministry of Health 6. Afolayan Ayodele Olaniyi…

Thursday, 17 August 2017 04:59

ASUU strike: We failed to fulfil agreement, FG admits

Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on Wednesday admitted that the Federal Government failed to meet its part of the agreement reached with the Academic Staff Union of Universities last year, which led to the ongoing industrial action called by the union. He, however, said the government was not happy that ASUU embarked on the strike without following due process by giving an adequate notice. Adamu spoke with State House correspondents after the weekly meeting of Federal Executive Council presided over by Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The minister said government had realised that it made some…

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