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Wednesday, 12 July 2017 04:25

With rising debt, FG says can’t borrow any more

Against the backdrop of the nation’s rising debt profile, Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has said the Federal Government must not borrow more to fund its budget. Adeosun said the government should instead raise the money needed by other means, calling into question planned foreign loans of $2bn from lenders like the World Bank, according to Reuters. The government had planned to borrow extensively from overseas to fund a record budget aimed at helping the country spend its way out of its first recession in 25 years. But plans for lenders like the World Bank and the African Development…

Wednesday, 12 July 2017 04:20

Bisi Akande loses wife

Omowunmi, wife of former Governor Bisi Akande of Osun State, is dead. She died yesterday at the University College Hospital in Ibadan. She was aged 73. The cause of death has not been revealed by the family. Omowunmi and Bisi Akande got married 51 years ago, with the marriage blessed with several children. “For about 48 years now that I have gotten married, I am still with my wife,” Akande said in January 2014 at the 70th birthday of Omowunmi. He eulogized his wife as the best woman any man could pray to have. “In our marriage we agreed to…

Wednesday, 12 July 2017 04:18

Emails show Trump Jr. embraced help said to be from Kremlin

Donald Trump's eldest son revealed Tuesday that he was eager to hear damaging information about Hillary Clinton from the Russian government, disclosing a series of emails that marked the clearest sign to date that Trump's campaign was willing to consider election help from a longtime U.S. adversary. The email exchange posted to Twitter by Donald Trump Jr. showed him conversing with a music publicist who wanted him to meet with a "Russian government attorney" who supposedly had dirt on Clinton as "part of Russia and its government's support for Mr. Trump." The messages reveal that Trump Jr. was told the…

Wednesday, 12 July 2017 04:17

IS confirms death of group’s leader, Al-Baghdadi – Reports

Islamic State terrorist group (IS) has confirmed the death of its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, media reported Tuesday, citing an IS statement. According to the Al Sumaria News broadcaster, Al-Baghdadi is dead and his successor will be named soon. On June 16, Russian Defence Ministry said Al-Baghdadi was likely eliminated as a result of a Russian Aerospace Forces strike on a militant command post in the southern suburb of the city of Raqqa in late May. Al-Baghdadi appeared in the media for the first time in 2014 when he declared the creation of a caliphate in the Middle East. Since…

Wednesday, 12 July 2017 04:08

Senate passes bill to protect victims of gunshots

Senate on Tuesday passed the Compulsory Treatment and Care of Victims of Gunshots Bill aimed at ensuring the passage of a law that victims of gunshot wounds receive treatment from medical workers and assistance from security agencies. Speaking on the passage of the Bill, Senate President, Abubakar Saraki, said not every victim of gunshot wound is a criminal, hence, it is important that a legal framework be put into place to avoid unnecessary loss of lives. “By the passage of this Bill, the Senate has moved to ensure that every hospital in Nigeria, both public and private, must accept to…

Wednesday, 12 July 2017 04:07

JAMB begins sale of Direct Entry forms

Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has commenced sale of Direct Entry application form for candidates who have A-level results and wish to gain direct admission to degree programmes in Nigerian tertiary institutions. JAMB spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, said this in a statement on Tuesday. The board has equally commenced sale of UTME application for Nigerians abroad and foreign candidates who desire to attend tertiary institutions in Nigeria. He explained that the process is as it was with the UTME, where you create a profile and obtain the PINS and proceed for biometric capturing at the CBT centres for Direct Entry…

Wednesday, 12 July 2017 04:05

Abuja residents to enjoy improved power supply as DISCO commissions transmission stations

Electricity consumers in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, may soon enjoy improved power supply, as Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC, commissioned two new transmission stations in Abuja on Monday. The two stations are 60 MVA/132/33KVA transmission sub-stations located in Kukuaba. Managing director and Chief Executive of the AEDC, Ernest Mupwaya, said the new sub-stations would “facilitate remarkable improvement in the quality and quantum of electricity supply to customers in the FCT.” He said consumers in the immediate environment of Lugbe will now be supplied electricity directly from the Kukuaba Transmission sub-station, instead of the Katampe Sub-station. Customers in Wuse II,…

Tuesday, 11 July 2017 04:50

South African park rangers search for 4 escaped lions

Officials in South Africa say four male lions escaped from the country's biggest wildlife reserve and were spotted in a nearby village. The national parks service says rangers are searching for the lions, who escaped from Kruger National Park on Sunday night. The lions were seen in Matsulu village and authorities are asking residents to be vigilant. In May, officials rounded up several lions that escaped from the same park. In that case, they believed a dominant pride had chased the lions out of the Kruger reserve. AP

Tuesday, 11 July 2017 04:48

Lagos commuters stranded as BRT drivers protest

Thousands of commuters were stranded on Monday at various Bus Rapid Transport, BRT, bus stops and terminals in Lagos following a protest embarked upon by the bus drivers across the state. Commuters formed long queues at BRT bus terminals in Ikorodu, Ketu, Ojota, Palm Groove and Onipanu, waiting for the buses in vain. The buses were off the roads following a protest by the drivers over the non-payment of their allowances. The drivers are also said to be angered about the termination of the appointments of recruiting agents by Primero Ltd. Primero Ltd. is the firm operating the BRT buses.…

Tuesday, 11 July 2017 04:47

Oyo 'is protein capital of Nigeria' - Minister

Funmi Olaitan, Ibadan The Federal Government has insisted that the exportation of yam is a laudable development that will not cause artificial scarcity or lead to increase in the price of the staple food at the local markets. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Audu Ogbeh, who said this during a courtesy visit to Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, at the Government House, Agodi, Ibadan, also identified the state as strategic and significant to the drive by the country to be self-sufficient in food production and exportation of agricultural produce. Ogbeh, during the two-day working visit to the…

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Tuesday, 11 July 2017 04:38

First storey building in Nigeria records 7,433 visitors in six months

The first storey in Nigeria located in Badagry, Lagos State, recorded 7,433 visitors from January to July 2017. Hodonu Daniel, officer in charge of the building, said in Badagry that tourists that visited the 171-year-old structure in the first half of 2017 were higher than those that did within the same period in 2016. Foundation of the building was laid in 1842 and was completed in 1845. Daniel said, “We have been able to attract more tourists to this site because of its proper maintenance and our ability to preserve its originality. “In the first six months of 2016; 3,767…

Monday, 10 July 2017 04:23

Nigerian military battle 14 threats nationwide - Defence chief

Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Abayomi Olonisakin, said in New York that Nigerian military is confronting no fewer than 14 security threats across the country. Olonisakin disclosed this at a reception organised for him by the Permanent Mission of Nigeria to the UN. The defence chief was at UN headquarters for the Second Chiefs of Defence Conference, alongside more than 100 other chiefs of defence staff all over the world. He said “by my estimation, we have about 14 security threats that we are confronting, ranging from terrorism, insurgency, kidnapping, cultism, to issues linked to armed robbery. “We are handling…

Monday, 10 July 2017 04:20

90 per cent of students in Benin Republic university are Nigerians – Official

President of the Houdegbe North American University in the Republic of Benin, Mr Dada Houdegbe, on Saturday announced that about 90 per cent of its students were Nigerians. Houdegbe made the remark at the University’s award of degrees and conferment of honorary awards to its graduating students and other local and international personalities. “Three years ago, we graduated about 3,000 students from different areas of studies. “Today, Houdegbe North American University is graduating about 2,000 students, as well as the conferment of Honorary Doctorate Degrees on deserving personalities. “Let me say that about 90 per cent of students in our…

Monday, 10 July 2017 04:18

Fayose recalls six sacked commissioners

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has recalled six out of the 16 sacked commissioners. The governor had last week dissolved the State Executive Council in a major shake-up. In a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, on Sunday, Fayose, however, directed the recalled commissioners to return to their duty posts on Monday (today). Those recalled are Commissioner for Environment, Bisi Kolawole; Commissioner for Works, Mrs Funmi Ogun; Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Ayodele Michael; Commissioner for Agriculture, Kehinde Odebunmi; Commissioner for Finance, Toyin Ojo; and Commissioner for Health, Olurotimi Ojo. The statement said…

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