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Friday, 03 February 2017 18:08

Osinbajo, Presidential Task Force on Food Security meet behind closed doors

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Friday met behind closed doors with members of the Presidential Task Force on the rising cost of food items in Nigeria. The meeting, which took place at Aguda House, official residence of the acting president, was attended by all members of the group. Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the setting up of the task force as part of efforts to enhance affordable food prices across country. The Task Force is to urgently consider measures that would ensure a steady flow of produce to the market and reverse recent price increases. It is also has…

Friday, 03 February 2017 18:06

SSS operatives seal private Nigerian TV, CoreTV

Security operatives believed to be from the State Security Service on Friday broke into the Abuja office of CoreTV, a cable and satelite broadcaster, carting away broadcasting and other related equipment. Olajide Adediran, CoreTV managing director, told PREMIUM TIMES the operatives also shut down the station and barricaded the area during the operation around 4:00 a.m. Friday, even though the media house had no history with the secret police. “They have never formally notified us of any wrongdoing,” Mr. Adediran told PREMIUM TIMES by telephone. “This takes us entirely by surprise.” Mr. Adeniran said he arrived the office, at 34,…

Friday, 03 February 2017 03:05

Jonathan meets U.S. lawmakers; speaks on Nigerian Christians, Niger Delta

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has met with the United States Congress House Sub Committee on Africa to speak on the Niger Delta issue and challenges facing Christians in Nigeria. A spokesperson for Dr Jonathan, Mr Ikechukwu Eze, said the meeting was part of efforts of the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation to fulfill its mission to promote peace and prosperity in Nigeria and Africa. The statement said the former president, who was invited by the U.S. Congress subcommittee and spoke in his capacity as Chairman of the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation. Jonathan, who left office in 2015 after six years, said the implementation…

Friday, 03 February 2017 03:04

Presidency slashes Aso Rock’s budget allocation

The Federal Government has reviewed downward budgetary provision for the State House, Aso Rock Presidential Villa in the 2017 fiscal year. Permanent Secretary in the State House Mr. Jalal Arabi who disclosed this yesterday said government had re-prioritised projects in its Medical Centre and suspended most of its capital expenditure proposals in this year. He said the budget for the State House has been reviewed downward from N16.567billion to N13.567billion in the 2017 appropriation billion currently before the National Assembly. He was speaking when members of the House Committee on Special Duties led by Nasir Daura, visited for their oversight…

Friday, 03 February 2017 03:02

Planned protest: We ‘ll arrest 2Face if… - Police

Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni, said the command will not let the planned protest to be led by popular singer, Mr Innocent Idibia to hold in the metropolis. Owoseni said intelligence reports indicated that criminals might hijack the process to wreak havoc in Lagos. He said: “Information reaching us revealed that some hoodlums are planning to hijack the peaceful protest and at such, we won’t allow it to hold in Lagos. We know that Tuface does not have the capacity to contain such a crowd and we will not fold our hands and watch while things go…

Friday, 03 February 2017 03:00

Police can’t stop 2face rally – Fayose, Adegboruwa

Governor of Ekiti State and Chairman of the Governors’ Forum of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has knocked the Federal Government and the Nigeria Police for planning to stop a protest for good governance by a musician, Mr. Innocent Idibia, a.k.a. 2 Face. Also, a Lagos-based lawyer, Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has said nothing, including the police, can stop the planned peaceful rally being organised by the musician. The rally, which 2face planned to lead in the Lagos metropolis next Monday, is to protest against the current economic hardship being faced by the masses. 2face had since last month…

Friday, 03 February 2017 02:59

Senate to block ‘outsiders’ from heading Customs

The Senate has commenced the process of amending the Nigeria Customs Service Act which aims at preventing appointment of Comptroller General from outside the Service. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff, Senator Hope Uzodinma (PDP, Imo) disclosed this during a meeting with five former Comptroller-Generals of Customs on the amendment of NCS Act. Uzodinma said a Customs Commission will be established to replace the board of the NCS. The commission when established would be headed by a retired Customs CG. “The commission would monitor the NCS activities and replace the board of the NCS. The appointment…

Friday, 03 February 2017 02:57

Kaduna Disco sacks 530 workers

National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, on Thursday said the Kaduna Electric, has terminated the appointments of 530 of its members. Kaduna State Chairman of NUEE, Ephraim James, said that the company issued sack letters to the workers on February 1. “The termination letters are being dispatched in batches, but so far we can confirm that 530 affected personnel had so far received their letters,“ he said. In one of the sack letters obtained by NAN, signed by the company’s Managing Director, Garba Haruna, and dated January 31, 2017, the firm hinged the decision on a 'Talent Review’ conducted in…

Friday, 03 February 2017 02:56

Troops ‘arrest over 3,000 Boko Haram suspects in 3 weeks’

Nigerian troops have arrested some 3,332 Boko Haram suspects within three weeks, a senior commander said Thursday. Lucky Irabor, a major general and commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, responsible for fighting the insurgents in northeast Nigeria, said the military had also made an unprecedented capture of arms within the period. He said an anti-aircraft gun was amongst the recovered weapons. Mr. Irabor, who disclosed this at a press conference at the headquarters of the Theatre Command, said the arrested suspects were being interrogated to determine their levels of complicity. “At this level of the counterinsurgency operations, anyone found in the…

Friday, 03 February 2017 02:54

How my Boko Haram colleagues amputated my hand, leg

Muhammad Abubakar, a 31-year-old self confessed Boko Haram member, on Thursday said his hand and leg were chopped off because he was planning to surrender and quit the battle in Sambisa forest. Abubakar disclosed this to journalists in Maiduguri during a briefing organised by Major-General Lucky Irabor, Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, to update journalists on ‘Operation Rescue Finale’. Abubakar said he was punished because of his decision to renounce his membership of the group and embrace peace. “I had told a friend, Hassan Dan-Guduma, that I was going to surrender as the movement had no meaning to me anymore.…

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Thursday, 02 February 2017 17:06

Don't put President Buhari under pressure for my sake, acting CJN Onnoghen advices Nigerians

Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen, has appealed to Nigerians not to pressure President Muhammadu Buhari into appointing him the substantive Chief Justice. Onnoghen made the appeal in a statement by his media aide, Awassam Bassey. President Buhari has come under criticism for not submitting Onnoghen’s name to Senate for confirmation as Substantive Chief Justice , almost three months since he was appointed in acting capacity. National Judicial COuncil had earlier recommended Onnoghen to President Buhari to be the substantive chief justice of Nigeria. PREMIUM TIMES reported how Mr. Onnoghen’s role as Acting Chief Justice will lapse on…

Thursday, 02 February 2017 16:59

Man hangs self in Kano

A middle-age man identified as Nura was found hung on a tree plant in Tsamiya village of Gezawa local government area of Kano state. The man was suspected to have hung himself for reasons best knwon to him, an eye witness, said. "The man kept his shirt, shoe and a local counter (Charbi) under the tree and then wrote his name before he committed suicide," he said. As at the time this reporter visited the scene, the lifeless body of the man was still dangling on the tree. Daily Trust

Thursday, 02 February 2017 03:27

FG to raise VAT on champagne, other luxury items

Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved the revised National Tax Policy. The policy will see the Value Added Tax on luxury items, like champagne, increasing from the current five per cent, among other changes. Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the end of a meeting of the council presided over by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo. She was joined at the press conference by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; and the Minister of State, Aviation, Hadi Sirika. The administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan had in 2014, while unveiling its…

Thursday, 02 February 2017 03:26

Nigerian university announces cure for HIV/AIDS

Prof. Francis Otunta, the Vice Chancellor (VC), Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, in Abia, has confirmed the discovery of a new drug for the treatment and cure of HIV/AIDS. Otunta told newsmen at the university campus on Wednesday that the finding followed years of scientific research by the institution. He said that the breakthrough was made by Prof. Maduike Ezeibe, a researcher in the university. According to him, Ezeibe had presented the drug to the University management, Senate and Council, where he explained the processes he went through to arrive at his finding. The VC also said that Ezeibe…

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