News

Friday, 16 June 2017 17:37

London fire: Protesters storm town hall

Protesters demanding help for those affected by the Grenfell Tower fire have stormed Kensington and Chelsea Town Hall with a list of demands. Between 50 and 60 people broke off from a protest outside to go into the council building. One member of the public said people made homeless needed help "right now". After meeting survivors near Grenfell Tower, Theresa May announced a £5m fund to pay for emergency supplies, food, clothes and other costs. There were angry scenes outside the Clement James Centre, in North Kensington, where the meeting had been held. Earlier, the Queen and Prince William visited…

Friday, 16 June 2017 17:35

Helmut Kohl, chancellor who reunited Germany, dies at 87

Helmut Kohl, the physically imposing German chancellor whose reunification of a nation divided by the Cold War put Germany at the heart of a united Europe, has died at 87. Kohl's Christian Democratic Union party posted on Twitter: "We are in sorrow. #RIP #HelmutKohl." The daily newspaper Bild reported that Kohl died Friday at his home in Ludwigshafen. Over his 16 years at the country's helm from 1982 to 1998 - first for West Germany and then for all of a united Germany - Kohl combined a dogged pursuit of European unity with a keen instinct for history. Less than…

Friday, 16 June 2017 04:13

Senate slams down Osinbajo, vows not to concede powers to executive

The Senate on Thursday vowed that it would not concede its powers to the Executive. This followed a Point-of-Order raised by the Deputy Leader of the Senate, Bala Na’Allah, at plenary. Quoting Order 43 of Senate Standing Rule, Mr. Na’Allah said there were media reports credited to Acting President Yemi Osinbajo to the effect that the National Assembly did not possess any power to alter the budget. He expressed concern that such statement was attributed to the acting president, saying that he was knowledgeable enough in law. ”We have operated the Constitution from 1999 to date and I have had…

Friday, 16 June 2017 04:11

Osinbajo, Emir Sanusi in secret meeting

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday met behind closed doors with the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, in the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The meeting which took place at the Vice-President’s mini-conference room, lasted for about two hours. When accosted by State House correspondents, the Emir declined to comment on the outcome of the meeting. However, it was reliably gathered that the Emir was on a “Thank You’’ visit to the acting president, who recently joined other well meaning Nigerians to stop Kano State House of Assembly from its investigation of alleged misappropriation of funds and other infractions levelled against…

Friday, 16 June 2017 04:05

Probes launched amid grim search for London fire victims

London firefighters combed through a burned-out public housing tower Thursday in a grim search for missing people as police and the prime minister launched investigations into the deadly inferno, with pressure building on officials to explain the disaster and assure that similar buildings around the country are safe. At least 17 people were killed as flames raced through the 24-story Grenfell Tower early Wednesday, trapping people inside their apartments. Many people remained unaccounted for Thursday, and officials weren't sure exactly how many were missing. But they expected the death toll to rise significantly. London Police said an investigation had been…

Friday, 16 June 2017 04:01

EU announces €143m support package for North East

European Union (EU) Commission on Thursday in Brussels, Belgium, announced a support package of €143 million to help the early recovery and reconstruction needs in the North East of Nigeria. The package is for the provision of basic services including energy, education, health, job creation, strengthening, monitoring and evaluation systems, as well as public financial management systems. Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, who signed the package agreement on behalf of Nigeria said the support shows yet another positive effort in the collaboration between EU and Nigerian Government to collectively work towards ameliorating the sufferings of…

Friday, 16 June 2017 04:00

Navy redeploys top officers

Nigerian Navy has redeployed 21 senior officers to head different formations and commands in line with the efforts to reposition the Navy. Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Ibok-Ette Ibas, approved the movement. Director of Naval Information, Capt. Suleiman Dahun, said in a statement in Lagos that the posting was to re-organise the upper echelon of the Nigerian Navy. He stated that “the new Flag Officer Commanding (FOC), Western Naval Command is Rear Adm. SAG Abbah, formerly Navy Secretary. “Rear Adm. VO Adedipe, formerly Deputy Commandant, Armed Forces Command and Staff College Jaji, moves to Eastern Naval Command as…

Friday, 16 June 2017 03:58

Again, N’Delta militants issue quit notice to northerners

Despite acting President Yemi Osinbajo’s warning against hate speeches and threats from any part of the country, a coalition of Niger Delta militants has insisted on its quit notice to northerners living in the oil-rich region. The militant groups, in a statement on Thursday, also lamented that none of the leaders of the northern groups that issued the quit notice to the people of the South-East living in the North had been arrested. Signatories of the statement issued in Port Harcourt, who gathered under the aegis of the Coalition of Niger Delta Agitators, are John Duku (Niger Delta Watchdogs), Ekpo…

Friday, 16 June 2017 03:56

FG to recruit 7,500 graduates as tax advocates

The Federal Government says it will recruit 7,500 graduates as Community Tax Liaison Officers to raise tax awareness among citizens. Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, along with chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr Babatunde Fowler, made this known at a joint press briefing on Thursday in Abuja. Adeosun said the recruits would be expected to go to schools, churches, mosques, markets and other social places to educate people on the tax system and let them know their obligations. She said through this initiative, the government expected to increase the number of tax payers by 35 per cent, from…

Thursday, 15 June 2017 04:44

Osinbajo to South East leaders: Shun tit-for-tat

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Wednesday met with Southeast governors and other leaders of thought from the region and urged them not to be tempted into a tit-for-tat amid hate speeches across the country. In his opening remarks at the meeting with the leaders of thought held at the old Banquet Hall, Presidential Villa, Abuja, Osinbajo urged them to always speak out against hate speeches and comments capable of polarizing the country along ethnic, sectional and religious lines. He stated that the meeting was “very urgent and crucial’’ because of the current loud voices of hate speeches and divisive comments…

More...

Thursday, 15 June 2017 04:42

Presidency kicks as CCT discharges, acquits Saraki

The Presidency, on Wednesday, described as outrageous and travesty of justice the acquittal of Senate President Bukola Saraki by the Code of Conduct Tribunal, which upheld the no-case submission of the Senate President. Special Assistant to the President on Prosecution, Mr. Okoi Obono-Obla, wondered why the CCT dismissed the weight of “overwhelming evidence” against Saraki, who was tried for false asset declaration by the Federal Government. CCT in Abuja had discharged and acquitted Saraki of all the 18 charges of false asset declaration and other related offences preferred against him. The two-man panel of the CCT, led by its Chairman,…

Thursday, 15 June 2017 04:40

Senators react to Saraki’s judicial victory at CCT

Deputy Leader of the Senate, Bala Ibn N’Allah, said the victory of Senate President Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, was victory for democracy. He said in Abuja that it was obvious that the case against Dr Saraki was only a distraction to governance. CCT on Wednesday ruled that Saraki had no case to answer in the 18-count charge against him over allegations of false declaration of asset. “The case was diversionary and unhelpful to the government of the day and now, he has been vindicated. “Those who erroneously believed that they can mislead the government into…

Thursday, 15 June 2017 04:39

Nigerians react to Saraki’s victory at CCT

Nigerians reacted most of Wednesday to news that the Code of Conduct Tribunal had cleared Senate president, Bukola Saraki, of false asset declaration charges. The tribunal said the failure of the prosecution to present witnesses who were fully part of the alleged offence against the senate president, made their evidence “incurably defective”. Many Nigerians expressed their views on Twitter and other social media. Read some of the reactions below: Orubebe cleared Justice Ademola cleared Dino Melaye cleared… Bukola Saraki cleared Pls never shld anyone say we are fighting CORRUPTION? — Kemi Ariyo (@d_problemsolver) June 14, 2017 Why You surprise Saraki…

Thursday, 15 June 2017 04:36

London residents demand answers in deadly high-rise blaze

With smoke still swirling around the charred remains of Grenfell Tower in west London, residents and community leaders demanded to know Wednesday how a ferocious fire could have swept through the high-rise apartment block with such speed that it killed at least 12 people. The anger was particularly strong since activists had warned just seven months ago that fire safety procedures were so lax that only a catastrophic blaze would bring the scrutiny needed to make the building safe. WHAT HAPPENED? Fire and police officials have not specified what went wrong, but extensive video footage shows the flames climbing the…

Page 722 of 830

News

More...

Search

Most Read

Editorial

News

Business

Politics

Opinion

Features

Strangely

Crime

Wars

SCIENCE & TECH

SPECIAL REPORTS

Sports

VIDEOS