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Tuesday, 11 April 2017 02:59

El-Rufai discloses security vote, salary, attacks N’Assembly

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, on Monday, accepted the challenge of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yabubu Dogara, by releasing details of his security vote, salary and allowances. The governor also released disbursements to the 23 Local Government Areas in the state. El-Rufai, while releasing the details, again challenged National Assembly members to do likewise. The governor said the federal legislature had the most opaque budget in the country, adding that Nigerians had spent N1tn on the lawmakers without knowing the details. The governor had, at the National Assembly retreat in Kaduna on Friday, dared members of…

Tuesday, 11 April 2017 02:58

Fuel queues resurface in Abuja

Long queues of anxious motorists outside filling stations resurfaced in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday. The queues were noticed outside NNPC mega station, Forte Oil and Oando filling stations in Central Business District as well as Conoil and Total filling stations opposite the NNPC Towers. The two Total filling stations and Oando outlets along Berger roundabout also witnessed long queues of motorists in search of petrol. In most of the filling stations, except the NNPC mega station and the outlets opposite the NNPC headquarters, customers were not being served. No explanation was forthcoming as to the reason for…

Tuesday, 11 April 2017 02:57

Patience Jonathan withdraws cash from unblocked account

Former First Lady Patience Jonathan yesterday waited for hours at a bank in Abuja until she was allowed to withdraw money from a domiciliary account. A Lagos court blocked the account in December on the request of Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the EFCC, on suspicion the money it holds - $5.9 million – was proceed of crime. However, Justice Mojisola Olatoregun Thursday lifted the temporary forfeiture order as a result of which the former first lady showed up at the Skye Bank PLC, Maitama, Abuja where she operates the account. She demanded to withdrawal “huge amount of money,” said a source…

Tuesday, 11 April 2017 02:55

N3.03tn tax collected in 2016 - FIRS

Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says it recorded a total tax collection of N3.303 trillion in 2016. No fewer than 14 million taxpayers were also captured in the national tax roll as at December 2016. The introduction of its “waiver of interest and penalty” policy, FIRS added, has so far equally raked in N27 billion. The policy was designed to promote voluntary compliance and shield taxpayers from the burden of carrying forward tax liabilities arising from penalty and interest. Executive Chairman of FIRS, Mr. Babatunde Fowler, made the disclosures at the opening of a five-day journalism training programme on taxation,…

Tuesday, 11 April 2017 02:52

Syria war: US missiles 'took out 20% of aircraft'

A US air strike in response to a suspected chemical attack damaged or destroyed 20% of Syria's operational aircraft, the US has said. Defence Secretary James Mattis said Syria would be "ill-advised ever again to use chemical weapons". Syria has denied a chemical attack on the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun last week that left 89 people dead. G7 nations are meeting in Italy to discuss policy and how to persuade Russia to abandon its Syrian ally. The US fired 59 cruise missiles at Syria's Shayrat airbase last Thursday, following the suspected chemical attack a day before. Mr Mattis said…

Monday, 10 April 2017 16:19

Falae speaks after kidnappers are sentenced to life imprisonment

An Ondo State High Court, Akure Division, on Monday sentenced seven Fulani herdsmen to life imprisonment for kidnapping former Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae. Falae later spoke to PREMIUM TIMES on the judgement, describing it as necessary to stamp out the menace of kidnapping. Justice Williams Olamide found the accused guilty of the act committed in 2015 as charged by the Ondo State government. Mr. Falae was taken captive by the herdsmen on September 21, 2015 during his 77th birthday. He was released four days later after paying about N5 million as ransom. The convicts…

Monday, 10 April 2017 14:50

Trump to sell attack planes to Nigeria for Boko Haram fight

The Trump administration will move forward with the sale of high-tech aircraft to Nigeria for its campaign against Boko Haram Islamic extremists despite concerns over abuses committed by the African nation's security forces, according to U.S. officials. Congress is expected to receive formal notification within weeks, setting in motion a deal with Nigeria that the Obama administration had planned to approve at the very end of Barack Obama's presidency. The arrangement will call for Nigeria to purchase up to 12 Embraer A-29 Super Tucano aircraft with sophisticated targeting gear for nearly $600 million, one of the officials said. The officials…

Monday, 10 April 2017 14:47

Zamfara started Sharia, today it has highest poverty rate - Sanusi

Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, has said Zamfara State which started implementation of Sharia law in Nigeria currently has the highest poverty rate in the country. Speaking at the Mo Ibrahim Forum in Marrakesh, Morocco, weekend, Sanusi said many of those who seized religion as tool of getting power were not necessarily better than the rest of the people. According to him, such people should, however, be given a chance to participate in a democracy, so that they don’t go on pushing a myth that they were not given a chance. “Give them four years, after sometime people find…

Monday, 10 April 2017 14:43

Agbani Darego, Miss World 2001, marries TY Danjuma’s son

Agbani Darego, 2001 Miss World, got married over the weekend to Ishaya Danjuma, son of former defense minister, Theophilus Danjuma. The former beauty queen shared the news on her Instagram page with the picture showing her in a wedding dress with her partner turning their backs to the camera at the wedding. She shared the picture with the caption, “08-04-2017, #Mrs. Danjuma”, which was further confirmed by her friend Elizabeth Elohor. Elohor, while sharing the same picture wrote, “Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Danjuma @agbanidarego. May the almighty God bless your union. #mysisismarried, #beautifulcouple, #Marrakesh. Her post revealed that the couple…

Monday, 10 April 2017 14:42

Obasanjo's ex-wife loses bid to stop son’s wedding

An Ikeja High Court on Monday, dismissed the suit filed by Mrs Taiwo Obasanjo, wife of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, seeking the postponement of the wedding of her son Olujonwo to Tope Adebutu. Justice Lateefa Okunnu, dismissed the suit on the grounds that the court lacked jurisdiction to hear the suit because Olujonwo, 33, is an adult. “On March 27, I ordered counsel to direct me on whether the family court can hear a case where the child is an adult. “Counsel have addressed me and I have read the processes before me. “I have found to be very genuine,…

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Monday, 10 April 2017 02:59

'Who the hell is Bamaiyi that I would want to kill him?', Obasanjo fumes

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has faulted claim by a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ishaya Bamaiyi, that he (Obasanjo) planned to kill the former army chief. Wondering why he would want to kill Bamaiyi, Obasanjo stated that his government between 1999 and 2007 arrested the former COAS to clear his name for allegedly killing other people during the reign of military dictator, Gen. Sani Abacha. He said this on Sunday at his Presidential Hilltop residence in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital while hosting members of Ogun State Correspondents’ chapel. The former President argued that the former Chief of Army…

Monday, 10 April 2017 02:57

Obasanjo lacks moral right to accuse anyone of corruption – Fayose

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has told former President Olusegun Obasanjo to desist from accusing people of corruption in Nigeria. Fayose said it was hypocritical of the former president to claim that some church leaders in the country were not only encouraging corruption but also celebrating people with questionable sources of wealth. Obasanjo made the accusation in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Saturday, at the 2017 Convention Lecture of Victory Life Bible Church International while speaking on the theme, “The role of the church in the fight against corruption in Nigeria.” In a statement issued, on Sunday, by his Special…

Monday, 10 April 2017 02:54

'Thus saith the Lord, those destroying the Naira won’t spend their loot' - Adeboye

General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God Worldwide, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, has said those responsible for the drastic loss in value of the national currency, Naira, will not live to enjoy their illicit gains. Delivering a sermon yesterday at the special Sunday service organised by RCCG Region 11 aka Ikoyi/Victoria Island family at Tafawa Balewa Square, Onikan, Lagos, Pastor Adeboye said this was a revelation he received from God early this year but which he was sharing for the first time. ‘’Those who are deliberately destroying the Naira will make the money but will not spend it”,…

Monday, 10 April 2017 02:52

In response to Wike's assassination allegation, IGP says 221 policemen watch over him

Police chief Ibrahim Idris has denied that he ordered the killing of Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike. The police yesterday described the report as “false” and “misleading”. In an interview, the governor claimed that the Inspector-General had ordered the state’s Commissioner of Police to kill him. In a statement yesterday, Force spokesman Jimoh Moshood, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP), said Wike’s claim was unbecoming of a governor. He said that adequate measures had been put in place to ensure security of lives, including that of the governor. The statement noted that 221 police personnel were recently deployed in Rivers…

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