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Tuesday, 10 January 2017 17:03

Senate rejects U.S.-based professor as electricity commission boss

The Senate has rejected the nomination of American-based professor, Akintunde Akinwande, as the head of the National Electricity Regulatory Commission. Mr. Akinwande was rejected for his failure to attend confirmation hearing. The decision was announced Tuesday. Other nominees for whom confirmation was sought by President Muhammadu Buhari, were cleared by the Senate. PT

Tuesday, 10 January 2017 17:02

2019 ambition, public outcry over Pastor Adeboye’s resignation made Buhari sack FRC boss – Fayose

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described the sack of the Executive Secretary of the Financial Regulatory Council (FRC) of Nigeria, Mr. Jim Obazee, in connection with the implementation of the controversial Corporate Governance Code 2016 as an afterthought and cover-up to stem the tide of negative public reactions to the implementation of the controversial law that stripped the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye and others of their positions. In a release issued in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday and signed by the governor’s Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media,…

Tuesday, 10 January 2017 17:00

Declare state of emergency in pension administration, pensioners urge FG

Pensioners who retired from federal government agencies and establishments have called for state of emergency in pension administration of the country, saying many of them are dying of hunger, depression and poor health. They made this known during a protest held in Abeokuta, Ogun State Capital. The pensioners claimed that they had not received their gratuity and pension for 14 months. The pensioners said many of them had been denied their gratuity and are consequently dying slowly. They said further that those of them who had served for more than 20 years before the commencement of the Contributory Pension Scheme…

Tuesday, 10 January 2017 02:52

FG suspends law that forced Pastor Adeboye to stand down as RCCG leader

The Federal Government of Nigeria on Monday suspended the Corporate Governance Code which was issued on October 17, 2016 by the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria. The suspension is coming barely two days after the Corporate Governance Code reportedly forced Pastor Enoch Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God to step down as the General overseer of RCCG Nigeria. The suspension was disclosed in a statement by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Okechukwu Enelamah. In the statement, Enelamah said the code was suspended in order to carry out a detailed review of its application. According to…

Tuesday, 10 January 2017 02:51

UN uncovers 400 fresh graves in Borno

United Nations said its humanitarian mission has discovered some 400 fresh graves of adults and children, who died very recently from hunger and disease in Rann, Kala/ Balge Local Government Area of Borno State. According to a report released by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), which covers the period from December 15, 2016 to January 6, 2017, the UN added that an estimated 450,000 children aged under-five will suffer from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in 2017. The 10-page report titled Nigeria Emergency Situation Report No. 3, gave an account of the state of needs…

Tuesday, 10 January 2017 02:47

Nigerian scholar named Rhodes Professor at Oxford University

Oxford University has announced the appointment of a U.S.-based Nigerian, Professor Wale Adebanwi, to the prestigious Rhodes Professorship in Race Relations in the School of African and Interdisciplinary Area Studies. The appointment was recently announced in the university gazette. Adebanwi who is currently a professor at the University of California, Davis, United States, will also be a Fellow of the St. Anthony’s College, Oxford effective July 1. Oxford University is the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the world’s second oldest university in continuous operation. The university has produced 28 Nobel laureates, 27 British Prime Ministers and many foreign…

Tuesday, 10 January 2017 02:46

‘Why Justice Abang was moved to Asaba’

There are speculations that Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja may have been transferred to the Asaba Division of the court to handle the trial of former Delta State governor, James Onanefe Ibori, when he returns to the country. Ibori, who was convicted of corruption charges in the United Kingdom completed his prison term last month. He is being touted to face fresh trial in Asaba, the state capital this year. Abang, who was among the 11 judges redeployed by the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Ibrahim Auta in a circular dated December 21, 2016,…

Tuesday, 10 January 2017 02:38

FG sacks heads of Nigerian aviation agencies

Four heads of agencies and colleges in Nigeria’s aviation industry have been sacked, according to a government statement. Those relieved of their jobs are the Managing Director of Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA, Emma Anasi; and the Director General of the Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NiMet, Anthony Anuforom. Others are the Rector of the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, NCAT, Zaria, Samuel Caulcrick; and the Commissioner of Accident Investigation Bureau. A statement by the Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Mr Sabiu Zakari, said on Monday in Abuja that President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the sack and the appointments of new…

Monday, 09 January 2017 18:23

Buhari sacks official whose actions led to Adeboye’s exit as RCCG leader

Head of the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria, FRC, Mr Jim Obazee, has been sacked by President Muhammadu Buhari. Obazee’s sack comes about 48 hours after implementation of his agency’s law led to the exit of Nigeria’s most influential Christian cleric, Pastor Enoch Adeboye. Adeboye resigned as the general overseer of the Redeemed Church in Nigeria on Saturday, but retained oversight of the global arm of the church. The FRC rule is established by the Financial Reporting Council, Nigeria, Act No 6, 2011. The council, which is under the supervision of the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, is…

Monday, 09 January 2017 16:32

5 suicide bombers die, kill 3 near Maiduguri

Five suicide bombers trying to infiltrate Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri have died in explosions that killed at least three civilians, police said Monday, blaming Boko Haram Islamic extremists. Sunday night's blasts occurred more than 10 kilometers (6 miles) apart on the city's eastern outskirts, deputy superintendent Victor Isuku said. Three men strapped into explosive vests and firing assault rifles approached a military checkpoint at about 8:20 p.m., he said. One exploded, killing all three and a civilian self-defense fighter. Two hours later, two female bombers blew up, killing themselves and two unidentified people. Soldiers and civilians fighting alongside them…

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Monday, 09 January 2017 16:31

Maiduguri blasts: Suicide bombers ‘hugged victims before explosion’

Witnesses in Kaleri suburb of Maiduguri, Borno State, where two female suicide bombers attacked and killed two persons on Sunday, said the attackers hugged the victims first before the bombs went off. Sources in the community, said the suicide bombers knocked on several doors begging for hot food or a place to sleep due to the extreme cold weather. One of the sources who did not want to be quoted for her own safety, said, “They came to knock on my door at about 10p.m. And when I asked who was at the gate, a female voice said she was…

Monday, 09 January 2017 16:27

Gambia’s Jammeh following Buhari, Mahama’s footsteps – Falana

The Gambia’s president, Yahya Jammeh’s decision to ignore a call to hand over power peacefully by the Economic Community of West African Communities was following in the footsteps of other presidents within the region, human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has said. In a statement on Sunday, Mr. Falana said Nigeria’s Muhammmadu Buhari and Ghana’s former president, John Mahama, lack the moral right to ask Mr. Jammeh to hand over because they ignored rulings handed down by the ECOWAS court last year. Mr. Jammeh, who came to power in a bloodless coup in 1994, suffered a surprise defeat in the hands…

Monday, 09 January 2017 03:19

How we selected beneficiaries of N5,000 stipend to poorest Nigerians - Presidency

Details are emerging on how the Federal Government determined the beneficiaries of the Conditional Cash Transfer who are now receiving the N5,000 monthly stipends across the 9 pilot states. According to the Senior Special Assistant on Media & Publicity in the Office of the Vice President, Laolu Akande, the nine states are Bauchi, Borno, Cross Rivers, Ekiti, Kwara, Kogi, Niger, Osun and Oyo. Mr. Akande clarified that reference to Ogun, instead of Osun-among the pilot states- in his last press statement on the issue was a typo. In his press update on the progress of the Muhammadu Buhari administration’s Social…

Monday, 09 January 2017 03:17

Fed High Court redeploys Justices Abang, Liman

The Federal High Court leadership has redeployed 11 judges including – Justice Mohammed Liman in Port Harcourt and Justice Okon Abang in Abuja divisions. A circular addressed to all judges of the court, announced that Justice Liman had been moved to Enugu division, while Justice Abang is transferred to Asaba division. Justice Liman gave the judgment that accentuated the leadership crisis in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), when he recognised the Ahmed Makarfi-led National Caretaker Committee as the authentic body to run the affairs of the party. Justice Abang gave the judgment which sacked Abia State Governor Okezie Ikpeazu last…

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