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Tuesday, 28 February 2017 17:28

Soludo, Utomi, other Igbo leaders demand release of Nnamdi Kanu

A former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Chukwuma Soludo, and Igbo leaders have asked the Federal Government to release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. They made the call under the aegis of an Igbo group, Nzuko Umunna. Soludo, who delivered the group’s statement in Abuja, said, ‎”We visited Nnamdi Kanu to hear his own point of view as well as share our own point of view with him. “We believe that Nigeria has the potential to be great, and like most countries has its own challenges. “Nigeria has never been more divided than…

Tuesday, 28 February 2017 17:25

JAMB scraps awaiting result registration

With effect from this year (2017), candidates awaiting results would no longer be eligible to apply for the Universities Tertiary Matriculation Examination, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, said in Abuja on Tuesday. The organisation also said it had concluded all restructuring and reforms and is now set to commence the sale of its application document in March. The restructuring exercise will now allow for only one choice of public university in which new registration platform will now be first choice, second choice, third choice and fourth choice and not most preferred, preferred choice. A statement by the spokesperson of…

Tuesday, 28 February 2017 17:19

LASG has no plan to ban 'Danfo’ buses

Lagos State Ministry of Transport has no plan to ban yellow buses known as “Danfo” but to upgrade them to international standard, the acting Commissioner for Transport, Mr Lanrewaju Elegushi, has disclosed. Elegushi made the disclosure in Lagos on Tuesday during a stakeholder’s forum to deliberate on how to improve the transport system in the state. He said that the plan of the government was to restructure the transportation system in the state to international standard. “What we are planning is to restructure the transportation system in the state to meet international standard. “That is why we organised this forum…

Tuesday, 28 February 2017 03:27

Opposition scheming to cause division between Buhari, Osinbajo, Presidency alleges

The Presidency on Monday said it was wrong for anybody to claim that acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, had been performing better than President Muhammadu Buhari since the President started his extended medical vacation. It said Osinbajo “still consults with Buhari on major national issues” on a regular basis. Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Babafemi Ojudu, said this in an interview with State House correspondents. While describing those behind the argument as thoughtless, Ojudu described it as a ploy by the opposition to cause an unnecessary division in the Presidency. He said the President and Osinbajo had a…

Tuesday, 28 February 2017 03:12

Famine: South Sudanese eat weeds to survive

Thousands of South Sudanese families caught up in famine eat weeds and water lilies to survive, according to George Fominyen, Spokesperson for the World Food Programme (WFP). He said “what we’ve seen is a lot of people coming from the islands. “They have been living on water lilies, they have been living on roots, from weeds in the Nile, at most they eat once in a day.” County commissioner Majiel Nhial also said when villagers received food aid in 2016, they were attacked. He added that “men in uniform looted and burnt homes. “We lost all our properties, cows and…

Tuesday, 28 February 2017 03:11

South Africa attacks on Nigerians, others continue

Attacks on Nigerians and other foreigners in South Africa have continued. The Nigerian community in South Africa said yesterday that another shop belonging to a Nigerian was looted in the latest xenophobic attack at Jeppestown, Johannesburg. South African Police said no fewer than 100 people ransacked shops in Johannesburg overnight, in the latest wave of looting incidents in South African cities. “We are following up on leads and we are expecting to make more arrests", police spokesman Brig. Mathapelo Peters said. She said she did not know the nationalities of the shopkeepers and police were waiting for owners to come…

Tuesday, 28 February 2017 03:07

Fulani herdsmen storm Benue with 50,000 cattle

Fulani herdsmen at the weekend invaded some communities in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State with no fewer than 50,000 cattle to graze. Sole Administrator of the Council, Mr. Mike Inalegwu, disclosed during a chat with New Telegraph, while providing an update on the incessant crises between the Agatu people and the Fulani herdsmen. The council boss explained that the invasion followed the joint agreement signed between Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom and his Nasarawa State counterpart, Alhaji Tanko Al- Makura on the Agatu/ Fulani crisis, which ceded part of Agatu land to the herders to graze after the…

Monday, 27 February 2017 03:00

SSS swoops on ex-Gov Suswan, seizes arms, cars, other items

DSS Press Release Department of State Services (DSS) wishes to inform the public that on 24th February, 2017, between 2100 hours and 0242 hours, the Service executed a search warrant, at the property of Dunes Investment and Global Properties Ltd, located at No 44 Aguiyi Ironsi Way, Maitama-Abuja. The operation was informed by intelligence that some incriminating items were stashed in the boots of cars parked at the property, particularly a Mercedes Benz S550 (BWR 135AH), and Masarati 4.7 (BWR 207 AJ), which were subsequently confiscated. Consequently, on 25th February, 2017, about 1000hours, in the presence of two (2) private…

Monday, 27 February 2017 02:58

God has been partial to me, says Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says President Muhammadu Buhari has not disappointed him since he assumed office in 2015. Obasanjo, who stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria at his hilltop residence in Abeokuta, added that God had been partial to him as he did not deserve the favour He bestowed on him. While reflecting on the Buhari administration since 2015, Obasanjo said the President had done his best to move the country forward. “Whatever anybody says, President Buhari has not disappointed me from what I know of him", he said. He said Buhari had delivered on…

Monday, 27 February 2017 02:57

FG plans 350,000 more graduates for N-Power

The federal government will hire 350,000 more unemployed graduates under the N-Power Volunteer Corps Scheme. Senior Special Assistant to the Acting President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, stated yesterday that the government had requested N157.75 billion in the 2017 budget estimates for the scheme. Akande said part of the fund would be spent on the recruitment and training of 350,000 graduates and 50,000 non-graduates youths to be engaged as artisans. He said N4.5bn had been earmarked for the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics programme to support young Nigerians in building skills in those disciplines. He said about N75bn had…

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Sunday, 26 February 2017 17:16

Two kidnapped Germans freed

Nigerian security agents have freed two German archaeologists kidnapped by gunmen from a remote dig, the governor of northern Kaduna state said Sunday. Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai "commended the security agencies for their efforts in securing the release of the Germans," said a statement. It gave no details of the rescue or where the Germans are now. Nor did it say whether anyone has been arrested. Gunmen had been demanding a ransom of 60 million naira (about $200,000) for the release of Professor Peter Breunig and his assistant, Johannes Behringer. The two were abducted at gunpoint Wednesday and walked into…

Sunday, 26 February 2017 17:08

Ex-Gov Kalu, Ananaba write Abia Gov Ikpeazu over entitlements

PRESS RELEASE A former governor of Abia State Chief Orji Uzor Kalu and a former Deputy Governor, Sir Emeka Ananaba have written Governor Okezie Ikpeazu over their entitlements as former governor and deputy governor of the state. Kalu and Ananaba who served at different periods wrote in their capacity as former democratically elected governor and deputy governor, respectively, of the state in lieu of their entitlements as contained in the Abia State Governor/Deputy Governor's Pension Law 2001. According to a press release by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Ikpeazu, Enyinnaya Appolos, the Governor has directed relevant officials of the…

Sunday, 26 February 2017 03:11

Mamman Daura, 3 other aides bar Buhari's ministers, family, friends from having access to him

Family members, friends and senior government officials who attempted to call or pay visits to President Muhammadu Buhari in the United Kingdom are having a difficult time getting access. SUNDAY PUNCH can authoritatively report that four aides of the president control access to President Buhari, who is on extended medical vacation in the United Kingdom. The aides are the President’s nephew, Mamman Daura; Senior Special Assistant to the President on Domestic Affairs, Sarki Aba; Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari; and Personal Assistant to the President; Tunde Sabiu. Our correspondent learnt that anyone who wants to telephone or see the…

Sunday, 26 February 2017 03:10

Garba Shehu misses Buhari’s phone call, gets SMS

Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, has narrated how he missed the President’s phone call on Saturday. The presidential aide, who made this known on his Facebook page on Saturday, said that Buhari originated a call to him from his London abode after he (Buhari) had spoken with some members of the presidential media team. He, however, revealed that he received a text message from the President after missing the call. According to him, the President had earlier spoken with the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed and his Special Adviser on…

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