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Wednesday, 22 March 2017 03:15

Ife crisis: Outrage as Adebanjo, Bode George, Babatope, others fault Abuja parade

There was outrage from notable Nigerians from the South West, yesterday against the one-sided parade of Ile-Ife residents over the recent clash between the Yoruba and Hausa communities in the ancient city. Among those who lampooned the Nigeria Police for the one-sided arrest and parade, are chieftain of the pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo; former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olabode George; former Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Senator Kofoworola Bucknor-Akerele; former Minister of Transport, Chief Ebenezer Babatope; and the Yoruba Youth Socio-Cultural Association, YYSA. On its part, the YYSA accused the Presidency…

Wednesday, 22 March 2017 03:13

U.S., Britain curb electronics on flights from Middle East, North Africa

United States and Britain on Tuesday imposed restrictions on carry-on electronic devices on planes coming from certain airports in Muslim-majority countries in the Middle East and North Africa in response to unspecified security threats. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said passengers travelling from a specific list of airports could not bring into the main cabin devices larger than a mobile phone such as tablets, portable DVD players, laptops and cameras. Instead, such items must be in checked baggage. Although civil liberties groups raised concerns that U.S. President Donald Trump was seeking another limit on movement after a travel ban…

Wednesday, 22 March 2017 03:11

Crisis looms in varsities over salary cut

Crisis seems to be looming in Nigerian universities as the lecturers, under their umbrella group, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), are threatening to engage the Federal Government in a face-off. Specifically, the union is accusing the Federal Government of illegally reducing the salary of its members across the country, describing the development as a threat to industrial harmony on campuses. While advising the Federal Government to rescind its decision and pay up, ASUU also enjoined the state governments to pay what they owed their universities from the next tranche of the Paris Club Debt refund. The union said…

Wednesday, 22 March 2017 03:09

Absenteeism: Reps step down four motions due to absence of lawmakers

House of Representatives on Tuesday stepped down four out of six motions it had scheduled for deliberation due to absence of the sponsors. The motions, whose sponsors were absent, include “Call for Reconstruction of Bauchi – Gombe – Yola Federal Highway” and “Call to Explore the Use of Cement to Construct Roads”. The others are a call to Investigate the Disconnection of Electricity to Communities in Akoko Northeast – Northwest, Ondo State and Need to Investigate the Exorbitant Charges and Refusal of Multichoice Nigeria Plc to adopt “pay as you go” package option. The motions stood in the names of…

Wednesday, 22 March 2017 03:08

Boko Haram: Cameroon 'forcing Nigeria refugees home'

UN refugee agency has criticised Cameroon for the forced return of hundreds of refugees to north-east Nigeria after they had fled from the Islamist Boko Haram insurgency. UNHCR said forced returns had "continued unabated" despite an agreement earlier this month. Under the deal, any returns would be voluntary and only "when conditions were conducive". Cameroon has rejected the accusation and said people returned willingly. According to the UNHCR, more than 2,600 refugees have been forcibly returned to Nigeria from Cameroon this year. Many are unable to go back to their villages in Borno state for security reasons and have ended…

Wednesday, 22 March 2017 03:06

Fayose demolishes three filling stations

There was tension in parts of Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, yesterday as three filling stations under construction were demolished allegedly on the orders of Governor Ayo Fayose. The incident happened few hours after members of the state chapter of Petrol Dealers Association of Nigeria (PEDAN) suspended their two-day strike, following the intervention of traditional rulers. The uncompleted filling stations were demolished for allegedly being located in residential areas. Our reporter, who moved round at 6.30 pm, noticed that one of the filling stations in Irona was very close to AUD Primary School; the other one was situated at Ijigbo…

Tuesday, 21 March 2017 17:30

I won’t honour Senate’s invitation on Wednesday - Customs boss

Comptroller-General of Customs, retired Col. Hameed Ali, says he will not honour the invitation of the Senate on Wednesday. Ali told State House correspondents after a closed-door meeting in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday, that his position was informed by the fact that the case is in court. He said that since the matter was already in court, it would amount to contempt of court for him to appear before the upper chamber of the National Assembly as it had demanded. “The case is in court already. Somebody has sued us. I have gotten my writ of summons and…

Tuesday, 21 March 2017 17:27

Senate to investigate Saraki over vehicle importation

The Senate is to investigate its president, Bukola Saraki, over an allegation that an impounded sports utility vehicle imported into the country with fake documents belonged to him. This followed a point of order raised by Senator Ali Ndume (APC-Borno South) during plenary on Tuesday. Ndume drew attention to a publication by an online medium, Sahara Reporters, that the impounded armoured Range Rover SUV which is said to worth N298m, belonged to Saraki and that the insistence of the Senate that the Customs boss Hameed Ali appear before it in uniform is connected to his refusal to release the vehicle…

Tuesday, 21 March 2017 17:24

Recovered body not my son, doctor’s mother tells police

Mother of Dr. Allwell Orji, who jumped into the Lagos Lagoon on the Third Mainland Bridge, said the body recovered by marine policemen was not that of her son. Spokesperson for the Zone 2 Police Command, SP Dolapo Badmos said, “The mother has come to identify the body recovered, but she said the deceased was not her son.” Punch

Tuesday, 21 March 2017 17:15

Boko Haram leader in new video vows to establish caliphate

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau in a new video is vowing to continue his insurgency until he establishes an Islamic caliphate across West and Central Africa. In the 27-minute video seen by The Associated Press, Shekau says his fighters will continue to attack Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri with suicide bombers until the country accepts the ways of Islam and jettisons constitutional rule. Shekau also denies neighboring Cameroon's claims earlier this month that 60 of his men were killed and 5,000 people were rescued from captivity. A multinational force has been fighting Nigeria's homegrown Boko Haram extremists in the Lake…

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Tuesday, 21 March 2017 02:28

Borno IDPs suffer starvation, risk death

Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Borno on Monday appealed to the State Government to improve current arrangements made for their feeding. Some of the IDPs told newsmen at the Teacher’s Village camp in Maiduguri, that current feeding arrangement in the camp was not favourable to them. The IDPs particularly accused the State Emergency Management Agency [SEMA] of diverting food meant for them. One of the inmates, Hajja Falmata Bukar noted that the commendable efforts of the Federal and Borno Governments in providing adequate food for their feeding were being frustrated by the SEMA officials. “We all know that the Federal…

Tuesday, 21 March 2017 02:24

The countdown begins: Britain to start EU exit on March 29

Britain will begin divorce proceedings from the European Union on March 29, starting the clock on two years of intense political and economic negotiations that will fundamentally change both the nation and its European neighbors. Britain's ambassador to the EU, Tim Barrow, informed European Council President Donald Tusk of the exact start date on Monday morning. "We are on the threshold of the most important negotiation for this country for a generation," Brexit Secretary David Davis said. "The government is clear in its aims: a deal that works for every nation and region of the U.K. and indeed for all…

Tuesday, 21 March 2017 02:23

Minister wants WAEC fee reviewed downwards

Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has urged West African Examinations Council (WAEC) to review its registration fee and process to give equal opportunities to secondary school leavers. Adamu made the call on Monday in Abuja when he received WAEC’s Governing Council, led by the Chairperson, Dr Evelyn Kandakai. According to him, many parents and guardians complain about the exorbitant fees charged by the council, as their children/wards fail to write the examinations upon completing secondary education. Minister of State for Education, Prof. Anthony Anwukah, commended WAEC’s contributions to the development of education in Nigeria and other member countries, namely…

Tuesday, 21 March 2017 02:21

Lagos bans live band at beer parlours, restaurants

Lagos State government has prohibited live band music at various beer parlours and restaurants. The government also told religious leaders to soundproof worship centres to minimise the effect of noise generated on the residents. General Manager, Lagos State Environment Protection Agency (LASEPA), Adebola Shabi, who disclosed this to our correspondent, said the decision came on the heels of increasing rate of petitions by residents lamenting the disturbance from beer parlours, club houses and religious houses. Shabi said Governor Akinwunmi Ambode was poised to develop Lagos. LASEPA decried the rate at which residential areas were being converted to commercial use without…

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