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Wednesday, 22 February 2017 16:20

Somalia's new leader inaugurated, vowing to restore dignity

Somalia's new leader was inaugurated Wednesday while promising to restore dignity to the troubled Horn of Africa nation but warning it will take another two decades to "fix" the country. President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, who also holds U.S. citizenship, was elected earlier this month in a step toward Somalia's first fully functioning central government in a quarter-century. "Multiple challenges are ahead of our government. Therefore, I am telling people that because of the limited resources we have, our achievements will be limited," said Mohamed, also known as Farmajo. "For the past 26 years, there have conflicts and droughts, so it…

Wednesday, 22 February 2017 03:03

Osinbajo seeks confirmation of Onnoghen, nominates Asekun as envoy

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo yesterday wrote the Senate, seeking the confirmation of Justice Walter Onnoghen as Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). The acting President also sent the name of Mr. Adeyinka Asekun from Ogun state to the Senate for confirmation as non-career Ambassador. Senate President, Bukola Saraki, read two separate letters of Osinbajo during yesterday’s plenary. The letters are dated February 7, this year. In his letter on the CJN, Osinbajo said he requested for confirmation of Onnoghen in line with section 231 (1) of the country’s Constitution. On the Ambassadorial nominee, Osinbajo said, “further to Mr. President’s letter dated…

Wednesday, 22 February 2017 02:59

Curfew imposed after 14 people killed in Southern Kaduna

Kaduna state government has imposed a 24-hour curfew on parts of the state, a government spokesman said on Tuesday, after clashes killed at least 14 in the region. Conflict over grazing land and water, chiefly between semi-nomadic Muslim herders and Christian farmers, has piled pressure on authorities already facing an Islamist insurgency in its northeast and rebels in the oil-rich south. Gunmen shot dead at least 14 villagers and destroyed property in an attack on the Kaura village of Takad in southern Kaduna state on Monday, said Enock Andong, a local community leader. As a result of violence in Kaura…

Wednesday, 22 February 2017 02:56

Boko Haram recruits 2,000 child soldiers

Terrorist group, Boko Haram, recruited about 2,000 child soldiers in 2016 and used them in combat, UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said. UNICEF Executive Director, Anthony Lake, disclosed this on Tuesday as global leaders gather in Paris on the anniversary of the Paris Commitments to end the use of children in conflict. Lake said estimates indicated that tens of thousands under the age of 18 were being used in conflicts worldwide. According to the UNICEF chief, exact data on the number of children used and recruited in armed conflict is difficult to ascertain because of the unlawful nature of child…

Wednesday, 22 February 2017 02:54

Kogi is now a haven for Boko Haram -Governor Bello

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi on Tuesday said that following the losses suffered by Boko Haram in the north-east, its fleeing members had found a haven in his state. Bello made the disclosure in Abuja while speaking at the seventh edition of the National Security Seminar entitled: “Consolidating on the Gains of Counter Terrorism Operations in Nigeria". He, however, warned that the insurgents had chosen a wrong place because he was ready to collaborate with the military to rout them out of the state. “Kogi is now a haven for Boko Haram, because many of them have relocated to my…

Wednesday, 22 February 2017 02:53

NECO releases Nov/Dec 2016 SSCE results

National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of the November/December 2016 Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE) conducted for private candidates. Of the 47,118 that partook in the exercise, 28,530 got five credit passes and above in English Language, Mathematics and other subjects. Registrar/Chief Executive, Professor Charles Uwakwe, who announced the results yesterday at the council’s headquarters in Minna, Niger State, acknowledged an improved performance, especially in the core subjects. He noted that the examination was well supervised by experienced senior members of staff and external monitors. His words: “Furthermore, our question papers have continued to undergo reliable and valid…

Wednesday, 22 February 2017 02:51

Trump administration widens net for immigrant deportation

Trump administration has issued tough guidelines to widen the net for deporting illegal immigrants from the US, and speed up their removal. Undocumented immigrants arrested for traffic violations or shop-lifting will be targeted along with those convicted of more serious crimes. The memos do not alter US immigration laws, but take a much tougher approach towards enforcing existing measures. There are an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants in the US. Five questions ahead of new US travel ban White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said on Tuesday the new guidelines would not usher in mass deportations, but were designed to…

Tuesday, 21 February 2017 14:11

Zimbabwe's Mugabe turns 93, says he will stand in 2018 polls

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who turned 93 years old on Tuesday, described his wife Grace, an increasingly political figure, as "fireworks" because of her feisty remarks in his defense. A large celebration is scheduled for Saturday in tribute to Mugabe, who has ruled since independence from white minority rule in 1980. Grace Mugabe has defended her husband against critics who say it is time for him to step down, saying the ruling party should field him as a corpse if he dies before elections next year. In an interview marking his birthday that was shown late Monday on state broadcaster…

Tuesday, 21 February 2017 14:07

Nigeria, three others may lose 1.4 million children to famine in 2017 – UNICEF

United Nations International Children Emergency Fund, UNICEF, on Monday said that 1.4 million children suffering from severe malnutrition could die this year from famine in Nigeria and three other countries. The three other countries are Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen. According to UNICEF, in Yemen, where war has been raging for nearly two years, 462,000 children are suffering from acute malnutrition while 450,000 children are severely malnourished in northeast Nigeria. Drought in Somalia has left 185,000 children on the brink of famine but that figure is expected to reach 270,000 in the next few months, said UNICEF. In South Sudan,…

Tuesday, 21 February 2017 14:04

Nigeria has no record of oil, non-oil export activities since June 2015

The Senate was yesterday told that Nigeria has since June 2015, been exporting oil and non-oil products without documentation. This was just as it heard that the development has made the country lost over N23.6 billion expected repatriated proceeds of the export within the period. Similarly, the Senate alleged discovery of over $850 billion supposedly earned by the country between 1996 and 2014 from its crude oil export proceeds but yet to be repatriated to the country by the Joint Venture Oil Companies, a development it noted, was in total contravention of Nigeria’s Pre-shipment Inspection of Export Act and Article…

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Tuesday, 21 February 2017 12:43

I'll be away much longer as I need an extended period of rest - Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said results of the series of medical checkups he carried out in the cause of his medical vacation had shown that he needed longer period of rest. He said this necessitated his staying back in London, United Kingdom longer than initially planned. The President said this in a four-paragraph statement made available to journalists by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina. Adesina did not disclose how long the President’s “longer period of rest” will take. He however thanked Nigerians for their prayers and good wishes while assuring them that there is…

Tuesday, 21 February 2017 03:26

Forex crisis: Senate asks EFCC to go after CBN, NNPC officials

The Senate yesterday said top officials of the Central Bank of Nigerian (CBN) are billionaires, and asked the anti-graft agency, EFCC, to go after them. The senators also said EFCC should investigate top Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) officials as well as top federal bureaucrats. They made the call when acting EFCC chairman, Mr Ibrahim Magu, and officials of the commission appeared before the Senate committee on Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes to defend their budget. A member of the committee, Senator Isa Hamma Misau (APC, Bauchi) said the $9.8million recovered at the residence of the former Group Managing Director of…

Tuesday, 21 February 2017 03:23

Xenophobic attacks on Nigerians: FG warns S-Africa of dire consequences

As fear of further attacks against Nigerians in South Africa spreads, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, has called on South African government to take decisive measures to protect Nigerian citizens and other Africans in the country. In a statement issued in Abuja, Dabiri-Erewa described the attacks as an unnecessary setback. Urging restraint on the part of Nigerians, she warned that further attacks without any reprimand may incur dire consequences. She spoke as the Senate, yesterday, called for harder stance against South Africa on the issue, just as Chairman, House Committee on Diaspora…

Tuesday, 21 February 2017 03:22

65,000 Christians in Katsina pray for Buhari

Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) says about 65,000 of its members in Katsina State, have begun seven-day fasting and prayers for quick recovery of President Muhammadu Buhari. Rev. Nelson Onyeka Chukwu, CAN Chairman in the state, who disclosed this to journalists on Monday in Katsina, said that the prayers would be offered at Mountain of Fire Church at Kofar-Kaura, Katsina and in six other Churches. Chukwu listed the other Churches as Church of God Mission, Calvary Baptist, ECWA, St. Martin De Porres Catholic Church, and C&S, Dutsin-ma road, all in Katsina. He further said that the prayers would be concluded…

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