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Friday, 03 March 2017 03:09

DSS raid of Judges’ houses was illegal, Saraki insists

Senate President Bukola Saraki has described as illegal the invasion of judges’ houses by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) last October. He spoke at a National Dialogue on the Fight against Corruption organised by the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), in collaboration with the Office of the Vice-President, in Abuja on Thursday. Saraki, who was represented by Senator Chukwuka Utazii, accused PACAC of supporting the use of extra-judicial means to fight corruption. This, he said, would make the fight against corruption unsustainable. He said: “In the same vein, PACAC should not lend itself to supporting extra-legal…

Friday, 03 March 2017 03:05

I travelled to India to search for my exact age – Obasanjo

Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has disclosed that loss of values in the society and high rate of criminality and delinquencies amongst the youth forced him to write ‘Tortoise stories’ books . Obasanjo who spoke in Abeokuta at 2017 International Youth Variety Day and Public Presentation of volume one of Olusegun Obasanjo’s Books for Children said it was sad that the youths of nowadays lack morals and values. The former President who went down memory lane to recall his Yola prison experience during the period of his incarceration during the late Gen. Sanni Abacha-led military regime, said his interaction with…

Friday, 03 March 2017 03:04

Police get 548 vehicles from 9 states

Nigerian Police Force received N548 patrol vehicles from nine state governments in the last 20 months as the force battles inadequate funding and poor infrastructure. The force also got 530 motorbikes, 19 Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs), three choppers, two gunboats, and three ambulances from May 29, 2015 to date. But these donations haven’t helped much in checkmating crimes in the country, according to security expert, Max Gbanite. “The states’ interventions haven’t helped in checkmating crimes except in Lagos state, for some time. But, unfortunately, even Lagos state is back on the black spot after some time", he said. There are…

Friday, 03 March 2017 03:02

Ebola worker dies after childbirth as husband blames stigma

Salome Karwah survived Ebola after it killed both her parents and seven other relatives, then returned to her clinic to help countless others as she had become immune to the deadly virus. Her face graced the cover of Time magazine when it recognized the brave health care workers battling Ebola in 2014. But in a heartbreaking reminder of just how strong fear remains in Liberia, her husband says the nurses on duty were too afraid to touch Karwah when she experienced complications after childbirth last month. "I personally went into the emergency ward to bring a wheelchair to take my…

Friday, 03 March 2017 03:01

NDDC reacts to corruption allegation, defends car purchases

Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, on Thursday absolved its current management of corruption and reckless spending of funds levelled against the commission by the presidency. Earlier on Thursday, Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, PACAC, Professor Itse Sagay, accused the Governing Board and management of the commission of being reckless with funds meant for the development of the oil rich region. Sagay, who spoke at the opening of a two-day national dialogue on corruption in Abuja organised by PACAC in collaboration with the Office of the Vice President, said the commission recently bought 70 exotic cars, including eight…

Thursday, 02 March 2017 15:52

Osinbajo, CJN disagree on corruption in Judiciary

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo and Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Walter Onnoghen on Thursday took different positions on the presence of corruption in the judiciary. While Osinbajo insisted that corruption was ubiquitous in the country including the judiciary, Onnoghen said that whether it existed it must be fought in consonance with due process and the rule of law. He said that “every judicial officer is a gentleman”. This was even as Chairman of Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, PACAC, Professor Itse Sagay said that some agencies of the government were enmeshed in corruption. The trio spoke at the opening ceremony…

Thursday, 02 March 2017 15:50

NDDC bought 18 cars for N1.3bn - Presidential panel

Presidential Advisory Council Against Corruption (PACAC) revealed on Thursday that Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) had diverted billions of infrastructure funds to purchasing exotic cars. Chairman of the council, Professor Itse Sagay, revealed this at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja during the National Dialogue on Corruption themed "The Limitless Ramifications of Corruption". Sagay said the funds, plundered from the federal allocations, were spent on the purchase of over 70 vehicles. According to him, only 18 out of those vehicles gulped a total sum of N1.245 billion. He said while the NDDC purchased about eight Super Lexus cars for…

Thursday, 02 March 2017 15:47

Morocco King phones Buhari

King Mohammed VI of Morocco Wednesday had a telephone conversation with President Muhammadu Buhari in London, where the Nigerian president is on vacation. The King, who initiated the call, asked after the President’s health and expressed satisfaction at his rate of improvement. The two leaders also discussed the current stage of the Morocco-Nigeria Atlantic crude oil pipeline project. King Mohammed VI thanked President Buhari for Nigeria’s support in returning Morocco to the African Union and notified him of Morocco’s request to join the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The Moroccan King also expressed his intention to make the…

Thursday, 02 March 2017 15:41

N18bn trapped in MMM – NDIC

Nigerian Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC) has said about three million Nigerians lost N18 billion in the Phonzi scheme, popularly called Mavrodi Mundial Movement (MMM). Managing Director of the Corporation, Alhaji Umaru Ibrahim, disclosed this while speaking at the ongoing 38th Kaduna International Trade Fair on Thursday. Represented by the NDIC Deputy Director of Corporate Affairs, Alhaji Hadi Suleiman, Ibrahim lamented that despite repeated warnings by Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the corporation, Nigerians still patronised MMM. He said,”The Phonzi scheme is the phenomenon of illegal fund managers, popularly called ‘Wonder Banks’ which have continued to defraud unsuspecting members of…

Thursday, 02 March 2017 04:25

Nigeria’s president has been ill for six weeks. What now? - The Economist

The troubled economy might benefit from the vice-president calling the shots for a while longer Sitting on the pavement outside the Lagos state government secretariat, Empero flicks through newspapers, looking for jobs. “We are smiling and we are dying", says the 36-year-old, a town planner by trade. Nigerians are known for their dramatic turn of phrase. But recent events may justify such rhetoric. The economy shrank by 1.5% in 2016. Inflation has more than doubled to 18.7% in 12 months. Meanwhile, the president, Muhammadu Buhari, has been out of the country since January 19th, being treated for an undisclosed illness.…

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Thursday, 02 March 2017 04:23

Sultan to lead prayer for Buhari, Southern Kaduna on Sunday

Sultan of Sokoto and President-General of the Jama’atu Nasirl Islam (JNI), Alhaji Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakar III, will, on Sunday, lead a special prayer session for the quick recovery of President Muhammadu Buhari and an end to the Southern Kaduna crisis. Secretary-General of JNI Khalid Aliyu Abubakar and Chairman, Kaduna State branch of Council of Imams and Ulama, Sheikh Baban Tune, addressed a news conference on Wednesday. "It is a religious duty for us to work together to seek Allah’s intervention to relive us of these ailing moments. “Preparation is on and come Sunday, the prayer will hold in Kaduna. We…

Thursday, 02 March 2017 04:21

Xenophobic attacks: Militants threaten MTN, Shoprite, others

A coalition of Niger Delta militants, on Wednesday, threatened to blow up Multichoice, owner of DSTV; MTN, Shoprite and 16 other major South African investments in Nigeria if the Federal Government failed to shut them down within one month. The militant groups, who were reacting to the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and their business premises in South Africa, gave one month ultimatum to South Africans living in Nigeria to leave the country and relocate elsewhere. The threat from the militants groups – Niger Delta Watchdogs, Niger Delta Volunteers and Niger Delta Strike Force – is contained in a copy of…

Thursday, 02 March 2017 04:18

Senate may strip president, minister of power to allocate oil blocs

The President and the Minister of Petroleum Resources may be stripped of power to allocate oil blocs. This major change is part of the Petroleum Governance Bill (PIGB) undergoing legislation before the Senate. Chairman, National Assembly’s Joint Committee on Petroleum Industry Reforms, Senator Tayo Alasoadura, confirmed the development in an exclusive chat with this newspaper on the sideline of the ongoing Nigeria Oil and Gas (NOG) conference in Abuja. He said that oil alloca-tion would, henceforth, be executed by the Nigeria Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NPRC) subject to ratification by the National Assembly. He said that the bill would be passed…

Thursday, 02 March 2017 04:15

Security Council to visit 4 countries affected by Boko Haram

U.N. Security Council was heading to West Africa on Wednesday night to examine the threat posed by Boko Haram to the countries most affected by the Islamic extremist group - Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon, all four of which also face a serious humanitarian crisis. France's U.N. ambassador, Francois Delattre, told reporters that "this is the first time ever that the Security Council will visit the region" and members want to support those four countries "in their fight against terrorism." In Nigeria, a seven-year uprising by Boko Haram has killed more than 20,000 people and driven 2.6 million from their…

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