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Friday, 07 April 2017 03:22

50 Nigerians deported from eight European countries

Fifty Nigerians were, yesterday, deported from eight European countries over what Department of State Services, DSS, airport command said were immigration and drug-related offences. The latest deportees arrived Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos, on a chartered aircraft with flight number P6-6991 in the early hours of yesterday. DSS said the deportees were from Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Austria, Belgium, Spain, Hungary and Sweden. This latest deportation is coming barely 48 hours after 40 Nigerians were deported for same reasons from Italy and a week earlier 23 Nigerians were equally repatriated from the United Kingdom. Yesterday’s deportees comprised of 47 males…

Friday, 07 April 2017 03:18

US blasts Syria base with cruise missiles

United States fired a barrage of cruise missiles into Syria Thursday night in retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians, U.S. officials said. It was the first direct American assault on the Syrian government and Donald Trump's most dramatic military order since becoming president. The surprise strike marked a striking reversal for Trump, who warned as a candidate against the U.S. getting pulled into the Syrian civil war, now in its seventh year. But the president appeared moved by the photos of children killed in the chemical attack, calling it a "disgrace to humanity" that crossed "a…

Friday, 07 April 2017 03:16

'Who hasn't got a mistress?' Philippine President Duterte is slammed for defending adultery

Rodrigo Duterte faced criticism for defending adultery by his political ally Duterte defended House of Representatives Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez's affairs He said, 'This is a world of hypocrisy. Who among you does not have a mistress?' Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has met a furious backlash after defending adultery by a powerful political ally. Duterte said that like himself, House of Representatives Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez - who has made public his extramarital affairs - had 'many wives'. Describing it as a 'non-issue', the President said in a speech on Tuesday night: 'This is a world of hypocrisy. Who among you here…

Thursday, 06 April 2017 03:36

We’ll approach economic challenges like anti-terror fight – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday assured Nigerians that his administration would approach the nation’s economic challenges with the same commitment it had put into fighting corruption and terrorism. Buhari made the promise while launching the country’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan 2017-2020 at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. While saying his administration inherited numerous challenges, the President recalled that his political campaign was based on a recognition of the difficult situation Nigeria was in and the need to bring positive and enduring change. He said he remained committed to his electoral promise to change the way of doing things and change…

Thursday, 06 April 2017 03:34

FG’s economic model can’t work, says Sanusi

Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi ll, on Wednesday, faulted the present administration’s economic model, saying it would not work. Sanusi, who spoke at Kaduna State Economic Summit in Kaduna, the state capital, also berated northern leaders, saying the North-West and the North-East remained the poorest parts of the world. The monarch, who spoke on the theme ‘Promoting investments in the midst of economic challenges’, said the North, as a region, constituted the highest of the nation’s population, but lacked the necessary indices for progress. Sanusi, a former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, said the Federal Government was borrowing unsustainably.…

Thursday, 06 April 2017 03:33

Buhari’s govt, not low oil prices, caused recession - Pat Utomi

Professor Pat Utomi has chided Buhari administration for the state of the economy, saying it lacks the capacity for effective budget planning. He spoke in Awka, Anambra State capital, on Wednesday, as guest lecturer at Emmanuel Egbogah Budget Roundtable organised by the Business School of Nnamdi Azikiwe University. Utomi said the fall in oil prices did not cause Nigeria’s current economic recession as the Buhari administration claims. According to him, Buhari government failed to preempt and predict the coming economic situation. He argues that if the government had been futuristic in budget planning and management of resources, it would have…

Thursday, 06 April 2017 03:31

10 months after FG's launch of Ogoni clean-up, ‘not a drop of oil cleaned’ – Group

Ten months after the federal government launched the clean-up of Ogoniland, actual work is yet to commence in the community, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria, ERA/FoEN, has said. Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, in June 2016 flagged off the oil spillage clean-up exercise amidst an elaborate ceremony in Bodo, Gokana Local Government Area of Rivers State. Godwin Ojo, Executive Director of ERA/FoEN, said almost six years after the UNEP report, “not a drop of oil” had been cleaned in Ogoniland. “As we speak, there has been no serious effort to manage expectations of the Ogonis. While some believe that…

Thursday, 06 April 2017 03:25

US issues fresh warnings to her citizens against traveling to parts of Nigeria

The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to Nigeria and recommends that U.S. citizens avoid all but essential travel to Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Kano, and Yobe states because the security situation in northeast Nigeria remains fluid and unpredictable. Very poor transportation infrastructure also makes it difficult for the U.S. Mission to provide consular services in these states. All U.S. citizens should have evacuation plans that do not solely rely on U.S. government assistance. Due to the risk of kidnappings, robberies, and other armed attacks, U.S. citizens should also avoid all but essential travel to:…

Thursday, 06 April 2017 03:23

Chemical attack kills 22 members of a single family in Syria

The grief-stricken father cradled his 9-month-old twins, Aya and Ahmed, each in the crook of an arm. Stroking their hair, he choked back tears, mumbling, "Say goodbye, baby, say goodbye" to their lifeless bodies. Then Abdel Hameed Alyousef took them to a mass grave where 22 members of his family were being buried. Each branch of the clan got its own trench. More than 80 people, including at least 30 children and 20 women, were killed in the chemical attack on the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun early Tuesday, and the toll could still rise. The Alyousef family, one of…

Thursday, 06 April 2017 03:21

Trump says chemical attack in Syria crossed many lines

U.S. President Donald Trump accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government of going "beyond a red line" with a poison gas attack on civilians and said his attitude towards Syria and Assad had changed, but gave no indication of how he would respond. Trump said the attack, which killed at least 70 people, many of them children, "crosses many, many lines", an allusion to his predecessor Barack Obama's threat to topple Assad with air strikes if he used such weapons. His accusations against Assad put him directly at odds with Moscow, the Syrian's president principal backer. "I will tell you, what…

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Thursday, 06 April 2017 03:19

China makes U-Turn, cuts loans for Lagos-Ibadan railway project

Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transport, said on Tuesday that the Chinese EximBank that initially promised to provide 85 per cent of the funds for the Lagos-Ibadan rail project, had reduced its exposure by some seven percent. The ground-breaking for the standard gauge rail project, which will stretch to the Apapa Port was done by Vice President Osinbajo in early March. The Federal Government has paid N60 billion for the project. Amaechi spoke about a challenge with the counterpart fund. He said that the Chinese EXIM Bank was to fund 85 per cent of the project initially, but it was currently…

Wednesday, 05 April 2017 14:59

Buhari launches economic recovery, growth plan

Federal government has unveiled its Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP) containing strategies to bail the country out of recession and spur growth and prosperity. President Muhammadu Buhari launched the document in Abuja on Wednesday almost two years after he assumed office as new President of Nigeria. The plan which is the brainchild of Ministry of Budget and National Planning contained 60 critical initiatives expected to help get Nigeria out of recession and reposition on the path of growth. Some of the initiatives included stablizing macro-economic, energy infrastructure and driving industrialization. Speaking at the brief ceremony that preceded the meeting…

Wednesday, 05 April 2017 14:29

Court discharges Justice Ademola, wife

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory in Maitama, Abuja, on Wednesday dismissed all the 18 counts, including gratification charges preferred against Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court, his wife Olubowale, and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Mr. Joe Agi. Justice Jude Okeke discharged the three defendants in a ruling upholding the respective no-case submissions filed by the defendants. The charges were filed last year by Office of the Attorney-General Federation following the raid by Department of State Service’s operatives on the judge’s house on October 7, 2016. Justice Okeke ruled on Wednesday that the prosecution was…

Wednesday, 05 April 2017 14:26

Emir Sanusi blasts northern leaders, Zamfara gov; calls for family planning, others

Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, on Wednesday blasted conservative northern leaders who discourage attitudes and activities that, he said, would have developed the region. The emir spoke while delivering the keynote speech at KADINVEST 2.0, an event organised by Kaduna Sate Government to encourage investments. Giving examples of the destruction of romance and love books by a former Kano governor and the response of the Zamfara State Governor to the current meningitis outbreak in the state, the emir said what exists in Northern Nigeria is “a complete failure of social policy.” “We are fighting culture and we are fighting civilisation,”…

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