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Wednesday, 19 July 2017 17:26

Mob set bank on fire in reaction to police shooting of 3 trailer drivers in Apapa

Mayhem is ongoing in Apapa area of Lagos as a policeman attached to Diamond Bank on Burma Road allegedly shot dead three trailer drivers. Irate mob have set Diamond bank on fire as the management of the bank refused to release the trigger-happy policeman to the mob. PM News gathered that a trailer driver wanted to park in front of the Diamond Bank since the entire Burma Road had been overtaken by indiscriminate parking by trailer and tanker drivers. A policeman attached to the bank was said to have objected and, in the process, a brawl ensued. The policeman was…

Wednesday, 19 July 2017 17:25

Senate passes bill to protect whistleblowers

The Senate on Wednesday passed another anti-corruption bill: ‘the whistle blower protection bill,’ after its third reading at plenary. Taking to its twitter handle @NGRSenate afterwards, the Senate said the bill is aimed at ensuring the protection of persons with potentially reliable information on the war against corruption. Brief details of the bill were also captured in a pictograph with the theme: “8th Senate Whistle blower protection bill: things you need to know.” The bill amongst other things aims at ensuring that persons who make disclosures about corruption do not suffer reprisals in relation to such disclosures and are duly…

Wednesday, 19 July 2017 04:02

Second Paris Club refund: Here's what each state got

The Federal Government has released N243.79 billion as the second tranche of Paris Club Refund to the 36 state governments and Federal Capital Territory. Director of Information in the Federal Ministry of Finance, Mr. Salisu Dambatta, confirmed the release in a statement issued on Tuesday night. With the fresh release of the second tranche of N243.79bn, the amount so far disbursed to states as refund under the Paris Club loan is N760.17 billion. He said the approval for the payments was done on May 4 by President Muhammadu Buhari in partial settlement of long-standing claims by state governments relating to…

Wednesday, 19 July 2017 03:55

Farmers, herdsmen’s clash claims 37 in Kaduna

Another round of crisis which erupted between farmers and herders in Kaduna State has left 37 persons dead with several others injured in the last two days. The incident occurred in Kajuru Local Government Area, about 50 kilometres from Kaduna, the state capital. The violence was said to have started on Sunday, when some Fulani youths went to a village at Ungwan Uka to avenge the killing of a herdsman. The herdsman was said to have been attacked and killed a few days ago by some Kadara youths at a farm at Banono village. A witness confirmed the killing, but…

Wednesday, 19 July 2017 03:50

CAC workers on strike over salary arrears

Staff union of Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in Abuja on Tuesday shut down business activities at the commission’s headquarters as members began warning strike over alleged non-payment of salary arrears. Chairman of the staff union, Mr Ibrahim Kirfi, alleged that management of CAC defaulted in the payment of salary arrears. Kirifi said that that the strike was due to non-implementation of salary arrears agreement on huge disparity between the executive and non-executive staff. He said it was necessary for the management to pay the arrears from January 2014 to date, adding that if the demands were not met, the strike…

Wednesday, 19 July 2017 03:49

Lagos Assembly member dead

A member of Lagos State House of Assembly, Kazeem Ademola Alimi, is dead. The lawmaker, who represented Eti Osa Constituency I, died after a brief illness yesterday, two weeks after his 50th birthday. A statement by Musbau Razak, Chief Press Secretary to Speaker Mudashiru Obasa, said the late lawmaker died at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH). A two-time lawmaker, Alimi was chairman of the House Committee on Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs. He is survived by a wife and children. The Nation

Tuesday, 18 July 2017 16:16

It is annoying seeing public officers celebrating frivolities - Peter Obi

Former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, says he feels annoyed when he sees people in public office celebrating. In an interaction with journalists in Lagos on Sunday, Obi wondered what these leaders were celebrating, saying the quality of political leaders in the country today was too low. Noting that most of the states had collapsed, Obi expressed dismay at the barrage of awards some organisations give to governors. "A certain governor even went on CNN to advertise his award, which ran for up to 10 times," he observed. "Even the governors who are owing salaries are receiving awards.…

Tuesday, 18 July 2017 04:13

States get another Paris Club refund

States have received another tranche of the Paris Club refund, it was learnt yesterday. Ekiti, which got N9.5 billion in the first tranche, has received another N4.772 billion; Abia got N5.715 billion. The state received N11.4 billion in the first tranche. Governor Ayo Fayose’s Media Adviser Lere Olayinka confirmed Ekiti’s receipt of the second tranche. Commisioner for Finance Obinna Oriaku confirmed that of Abia. But the total amount paid out by the Ministry of Finance could not be confirmed last night. Top officials of the ministry said they were waiting for clearance from Minister of Finance Mrs Kemi Adeosun before…

Tuesday, 18 July 2017 04:11

Dasuki’s claim on Boko Haram false - Presidency

The Presidency Monday debunked claims by former National Security Adviser, NSA, to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Colonel Sambo Dasuki that the Jonathan administration cleared the Northeast of Boko Haram terrorists to make elections possible in 2015. The presidency described Dasuki’s claim as not only faulty but laughable as some local government areas in the North East were under the control of Boko Haram before the President Muhammadu Buhari government came to dismantle all the areas of control by the Islamic sect. A statement issued by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu in Abuja…

Tuesday, 18 July 2017 04:05

WASSCE results out, 59% pass Maths, English

West African Examination Council says the performance of candidates in its 2017 May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination is an improvement over the ones recorded in the recent past. The council’s Head of National Office, Mr. Olu Adenipekun, said this in Lagos on Monday, at a news conference to announce results of the May/June diet of the examination. He said that 923,486 of the 1,559,162 candidates that sat for the examination, representing 59.22 per cent, obtained a minimum of credits in five subjects and above, including English Language and Mathematics. Adenipekun said the percentage of candidates in this category…

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Tuesday, 18 July 2017 03:59

Somalia restores internet connection after weeks of outage

Somalia has restored its internet connection after repairing a severed undersea cable, a telecoms official said on Monday, after an outage that the government said had cost the economy millions of dollars a day. However, a police officer said attacks by Islamist militants had dropped during the outage that lasted more than three weeks. "The internet is now back and clients are using it," said Adnan Ali, media director for Hormuud Telecom, the country's top operator. Businesses had to close or improvise to remain open during the shutdown and the telecoms minister told state radio it cost the equivalent of…

Monday, 17 July 2017 14:59

Journalist, wife, son killed in gas explosion

National vice president of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), South-South zone, Eddie Bekom, died on Sunday at Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, where he was receiving medical attention following injuries he sustained in a domestic gas explosion. His wife and one of their sons also died from injuries they also sustained in the explosion. Mr. Bekom was a staff of Cross River Broadcasting Service, Ikom. The gas explosion occurred at the home of his neighbour in Ikom some weeks ago and affected his entire household and a neighbour. The family members had been under intensive care at the hospital, with…

Monday, 17 July 2017 14:57

Dark hair dye and chemical relaxers linked to breast cancer

African-American and white women who regularly chemically straightened their hair or dyed it dark brown or black had an elevated risk of breast cancer, recent research suggests. “I would be concerned about darker hair dye and hair straighteners,” epidemiologist Tamarra James-Todd said after reviewing the report in Carcinogenesis. “We should really think about using things in moderation and really try to think about being more natural. “Just because something is on the market does not necessarily mean it’s safe for us,” she said in a phone interview. James-Todd, a professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in…

Monday, 17 July 2017 03:56

Osinbajo set to approach Supreme Court over Magu

The Presidency will soon approach the Supreme Court to make a pronouncement on the lingering crisis between the executive and the National Assembly over the powers of the President to appoint some heads of government agencies without recourse to the Senate based on the provisions of Section 171 of the Constitution. A Presidency source, who disclosed this to journalists in Abuja, on Sunday, said the development was based on legal advice made available to the government on the different interpretations of the law on the matter. Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, had, in an interview in April, ruled out the possibility…

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