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Thursday, 02 March 2017 04:13

Why I refused to detonate my explosive – Teenage suicide bomber

A teenager, Amina Yusuf, paraded by the military on Wednesday in Maiduguri, said she failed to detonate her explosive because she did not subscribe to Boko Haram ideology. The 17-year-old told journalists in Maiduguri that she was abducted five years ago, alongside her parents, in Madagali in Adamawa, after a terror attack on the village. “I was abducted alongside my parents in Madagali in Adamawa after the terrorists attacked our village. We were taken to a camp in the bush where we were forcefully indoctrinated by the group", she said. The suspected suicide bomber said her parents were killed after…

Thursday, 02 March 2017 04:04

Drama as Senate screens 82-year-old ambassadorial nominee

Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, on Wednesday, screened an 82-year-old non-career ambassadorial nominee, Justice Sylvanus Nsofor (retd.), who refused to recite the National Anthem when he was asked to do so. The refusal by the nominee to recite the anthem had shocked members of the committee. The nominee is one of the 46 on the ‘reviewed list’ for whom President Muhammadu Buhari was seeking legislative approval for their appointment. The nominee was asked series of questions, which he responded to. Senator Gbenga Ashafa (APC Lagos East), specifically, asked Nsofor to recite the anthem. The nominee, however, decline to recite it,…

Wednesday, 01 March 2017 18:07

Finally, Senate clears Onnoghen as substantive CJN

The Senate on Wednesday cleared Justice Walter Samuel Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). Onnoghen was cleared after an intensive screening during the plenary which lasted for an hour and 10 minutes. Onnoghen’s confirmation was unanimous as there was no dissenting voice. Consequently, Senate President Bukola Saraki charged the new CJN to ensure that the judiciary is entrenched during his administration as the last hope of the common man. Thisday

Wednesday, 01 March 2017 18:05

Biafra: Court strikes out six charges against Kanu, others

Abuja Division of the Federal High Court on Wednesday struck out six of the 11-count charges brought against the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Mr. Kanu and three others, David Nwawuisi, Benjamin Madubugwu and Chidiebere Onwudiwe, are facing trial for alleged treason. The matter continued on Wednesday with the hearing and determination of applications seeking the withdrawal of the charges against the defendants. Delivering her ruling in the three similar applications brought by the first, second and third defendants in the matter, the presiding judge, Binta Nyako, said counts 3, 5, 7, 9, 10 and 11…

Wednesday, 01 March 2017 18:02

Service chiefs brief Osinbajo

Service chiefs on Wednesday briefed Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on the security situation across the country. The briefing was attended by Defence Minister Mansur Dan-Ali, National Security Adviser, General Babagana Muguno, Information Minister Lai Mohammed, Inspector-General of Police Idris Ibrahim, Director-General Department of State Security, Lawal Daura, and other top government officials. Dan-Ali, at the opening of the briefing session, acknowledged that the Federal Government's support had impacted positively on the capacity of the Armed Forces in the fight againt Boko Haram terrorists in the northeast and other security threats across the nation. "On behalf of the armed forces and…

Wednesday, 01 March 2017 17:53

Obasanjo blames Zuma, others for xenophobic attacks on Nigerians

Former President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obsanjo, on Wednesday blamed President of South Africa (SA), Jacob Zuma, and other SA’s leaders for the spate of attacks on Nigerians and other nationals living in their country. Obasanjo said if the South African youths are violently striking at Nigerians and other African nationals out of immaturity and ignorance of what Africa and its continental organisations stood for, are the leadership and elders of the country also ignorant? The ex – President who apparently expected Zuma and the country’s elders to educate their youths to see Nigerians and other blacks as their brothers…

Wednesday, 01 March 2017 03:15

'He's sick'; no, 'he's on medical vacation', Reps clash over Buhari’s health status

Members of the House of Representatives exchanged words on Tuesday over the health status of President Muhammadu Buhari. Lawmakers quarrelled over the use of the word “sickness” in referring to Buhari or explaining his reason for being away from the country to the United Kingdom since January 19. The disagreement was more pronounced among members of the ruling All Progressives Congress, the President’s party. While some members said Buhari was sick and was away to treat himself, others claimed that he was on “medical vacation.” It was House Majority Leader, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, who started the argument when he tried…

Wednesday, 01 March 2017 03:10

Senate: NNPC failed to account for N5.1tr subsidy

The Senate has said Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has collected N5.1 trillion as fuel subsidy without giving any account. The Senate heard that during the subsidy regime, the country paid a total of N9.93 trillion as subsidy. Of this amount, the NNPC got N5.1 trillion and Independent marketers were paid N3.83 trillion. The upper chamber has therefore decided to launch an investigation to find out how the corporation used this huge amount of money. The decision was sequel to a point of order raised by Senator Dino Melaye (APC, Kogi on the subsidy payment. “While we are prosecuting the…

Wednesday, 01 March 2017 03:08

South Africa deports 97 Nigerians

While the federal government criticises South Africa’s handling of recent xenophobic attacks on Nigerians, South African Government has deported 97 Nigerians for committing various offences in the country. Property of several Nigerians and other sub-Saharan Africans have been destroyed across South Africa in xenophobic attacks that have been condemned by various governments. While asking its citizens to stop the attacks, South African government has also blamed illegal immigrants from Nigeria and other countries, as well immigrants who commit crime for the attacks. The government has thus decided to clamp down on such immigrants. The 97 deported Nigerians landed at the…

Wednesday, 01 March 2017 03:02

$5m African leadership prize fails to find a winner - again

Sudanese telecoms magnate Mo Ibrahim failed to award a $5 million African political leadership prize on Tuesday, the second year running the gong designed to foster regional democracy has gone begging due to a lack of suitable candidates. Since its launch in 2006, the Ibrahim Prize has only been awarded four times - to Mozambique's Joaquim Chissano, Botswana's Festus Mogae, Cape Verde's Pedro De Verona Rodrigues Pires and Namibia's Hifikepunye Pohamba in 2014. Candidates have to be democratically elected African heads of state or government who have left office in the previous three years at the end of their constitutional…

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Wednesday, 01 March 2017 03:01

Pentagon send Trump a plan to defeat ISIS within a YEAR

Defense secretary Jim 'Mad Dog' Mattis went to White House to present new plan to defeat ISIS President had told generals he wanted to 'totally obliterate' the Islamic fanatics in Iraq and Syria Document handed to top echelons of National Security Council is 'classified' and 'preliminary' Pentagon say The Pentagon presented the White House with possible new battle plans Monday to defeat the Islamic State group, after President Donald Trump demanded top brass find additional ways to destroy the jihadists. A pillar of Trump's campaign was to quicken the fight against IS, which despite losing thousands of fighters still controls…

Wednesday, 01 March 2017 02:59

Russia and China veto new UN sanctions on Syria

Russia and China vetoed new U.N. sanctions on Syria Tuesday and the U.S. ambassador accused both countries of refusing to hold President Bashar Assad's regime accountable for the use of chemical weapons. "They put their friends in the Assad regime ahead of our global security," new American envoy Nikki Haley told the U.N. Security Council after the vote. "They turned away from defenseless men, women and children who died gasping for breath when Assad's forces dropped their poisonous gas." The Trump administration recently joined France and Britain in sponsoring the resolution, and Haley minced no words in denouncing the "outrageous…

Tuesday, 28 February 2017 17:35

Nigeria’s GDP contracted further 1.30 percent in Q4 2016

Nigeria’s real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contracted by 1.30 per cent in the fourth quarter of last year (Q4 2016) compared to -2.26 per cent growth in the previous quarter, National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) stated on Tuesday. Though the decline was less severe than the contraction in the previous quarter, it was nevertheless lower than the 2.11 per cent growth rate recorded in Q4 2015. Thisday

Tuesday, 28 February 2017 17:33

FG officials give conflicting figures on oil production

Nigeria's oil production has risen to 2.1 million barrels a day, managing director of state oil firm NNPC said on Tuesday, without giving an explanation for the increase. "We are hoping that by the end of 2017 we should ramp up production to above 2.2 million barrels (per day)," Maikanti Baru told an oil conference in Abuja. OPEC member Nigeria has given differing figures for its oil output in recent weeks. Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun said on Thursday production was 2.2 million bpd, without giving an explanation. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had put output at between 1.7 million bpd and…

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