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Tuesday, 24 January 2017 03:10

FG pays N72b counterpart fund for Lagos-Ibadan railway

The Federal Government has released N72 billion counterpart funding for the construction of Lagos-Ibadan modernisation railway project. Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi made this known at the quarterly Presidential Business Forum which was presided over by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Banquet Hall, Abuja, on Monday. The Lagos-Ibadan rail project which was awarded to China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation would cost about 1.5 billion dollars (N458bn). Amaechi, who commended the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun for ensuring full release of the counterpart funds for the project, enjoined the National Assembly to ensure speedy approval of the 30…

Tuesday, 24 January 2017 03:08

Mixed reactions as Buhari sends Magu’s name to Senate again

President Muhammadu Buhari has replied the Senate on its rejection of the nomination of the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Ibrahim Magu. In a letter, which reliable sources said was sent to the Office of the President of the Senate on Sunday night, Buhari pleaded with the lawmakers to confirm Magu. It was gathered that the President’s stance stemmed from the fact that the acting EFCC chairman had been cleared of allegations against him in the security report by the Department of State Services. Buhari’s letter was in response to the communication from the Senate…

Tuesday, 24 January 2017 03:07

Buhari, Osinbajo in telephone conversation

The Presidency said yesterday that President Muhammadu Buhari and Acting President Yemi Osinbajo spoke to each other on telephone Sunday night. Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, said this in a statement. Osinbajo is acting as president following Buhari’s vacation in London where he will also undergo medical check-up. Akande said yesterday that during their telephone conversation, Buhari and Osinbajo reviewed local and other developments including the situation in Gambia where Nigerian troops are playing a leading role in resolving the fallouts of that country’s presidential election. Daily Trust

Tuesday, 24 January 2017 03:06

Official: 236 dead at camp bombed by Nigerian air force

Death toll from the bombing of a refugee camp by Nigeria's air force has climbed to 236, a local official said Monday - a sharp increase from earlier counts. A total of 234 victims were buried in Rann, where the camp is located, while two others died after being evacuated to the city of Maiduguri for medical care, said Babagana Malarima, chairman of the Kala Balge local government council of northeast Borno state On Jan. 17, Nigeria's air force bombed the camp housing Boko Haram refugees near the Cameroonian border multiple times. In a rare admission, air force officials said…

Tuesday, 24 January 2017 03:04

Fayemi: I once drove taxi, worked as security guard

Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has said that he did not just find himself at the top of the ladder of life without paying necessary price. He said he reached a height after engaging in odd and menial jobs such as driving public taxis and working as security guard both in Nigeria and during his postgraduate days in the United Kingdom. Fayemi, who stated this yesterday while delivering the 49th convocation lecture at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, advised Nigerian youths to stop complaining and engaging in blame game, as no one owed them anything but…

Tuesday, 24 January 2017 02:52

Stop behaving like an opposition party, FG lambasts BBOG

The Federal Government has urged the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG), group to see government as a partner rather than adversary in the quest to secure the release of the Chibok girls. In a statement in Abuja on Monday, Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the BBOG’s continued portrayal of the government as an adversary and the needless firing of darts at President Muhammadu Buhari, were ultimately counter-productive. Mohammed said that the President was doing his utmost best to bring the girls back home safely. “The Federal Government has bent over backwards to carry the BBOG along…

Monday, 23 January 2017 16:19

Northern governors, Sultan, emirs meet over Southern Kaduna crisis

Sultan of Sokoto and Chairmen of councils of traditional rulers across the 19 States of northern Nigeria, Sa’ad Abubakar, has met with governors in the region over the continuing violence in Southern Kaduna. Hundreds have been killed in the area since last year in clashes between Fulani herdsmen and locals of the area. National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, said 204 people have been killed. But the figure has been disputed, with the Catholic Church putting the death toll at 808 early January. The federal government and Kaduna state government have been accused of not doing enough to end the killings.…

Monday, 23 January 2017 16:18

30 retired AIGs, other senior officers sue Buhari, others

Thirty senior police officers, retired in 2016, have challenged their retirement at the National Industrial Court, Abuja insisting the force was ‘influenced’ to retire them. The officers sought the powers of the court to interpret certain parts of the constitution binding on the Police Service Commission and its retirement processes. The officers sued the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Attorney-General of the Federation and Inspector-General of Police for an 'influenced’ retirement. Also joined as co-defendants in the suit, which came up for mention, are the Police Service Commission and the Nigeria Police Force. Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris,…

Monday, 23 January 2017 16:16

Junaid to Presidency: Stop lying to Nigerians about Buhari’s health

Second Republic lawmaker, Dr. Junaid Mohammed, yesterday lashed out at the Presidency saying they should stop lying to Nigerians over the health status of President Muhammadu Buhari. He also said Nigerians cannot afford to have another constitutional crises due to Mr. President's health. The Presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu had attacked Mohammed on Sunday saying he is suffering from pathological cynicism. According to Shehu, “Mohammed’s kind of critics is toxic to national progress because they are only primarily interested in destroying every positive effort and achievements of the government and we advise Nigerians to be wary of prejudiced and biased critics…

Monday, 23 January 2017 02:20

FG releases N375m to feed 700,000 pupils in 5 states

The Federal Government said it had so far released over N375 million toward the implementation of its school feeding programme in five states, this year. Mr Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the Vice-President, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Akande said that the release of the amount was meant to feed almost 700,000 primary school pupils in the five states. According to him, all states of the federation, except two, are now being processed for the payment of N30,000 monthly stipends to 200,000 graduates, the N-Power beneficiaries. Akande, who was giving…

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Monday, 23 January 2017 02:19

I don’t know if Buhari uses Aso Rock Clinic, says Femi Adesina

Femi Adesina, special adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, says he does not know if his principal makes use of the clinic at the presidential villa. Buhari is currently in the UK, where he is expected to undergo medical checkups. Nigerians have been reacting to the decision of the president to seek medical attention abroad despite the huge amount allocated to the hospital in Aso Rock. But speaking on Sunday Politics, a programme on Channels Television, Adesina said since he had not seen Buhari fall sick, he would not be able to say if the president uses…

Monday, 23 January 2017 02:17

Analysis: Nigeria now has a bigger internal security threat than Boko Haram

For much of the last seven years, the biggest threat to Nigeria’s security has been a devastating insurgency led by terrorist sect, Boko Haram, but that’s no longer the case. Over the past year, Nigeria has seen an uptick in violent activities of nomadic Fulani herdsmen. As Quartz has previously reported, the threat of a crisis has lingered with the effects of climate change—rapid desertification of grazing land and lower rainfall—making cattle rearing more difficult in the herdsmen’s northern Nigeria base. Seeking alternatives, herdsmen have journeyed south seeking fertile grazing land for their cattle. But with that search often leading…

Monday, 23 January 2017 02:16

Tinubu’s private plane flies Jammeh into exile

More details of the peaceful battle to restore democracy in The Gambia became known yesterday. After days of stand-off, former President Yahya Jammeh suddenly agreed to quit office, yielding to last-minute pressure from Guinean President Alpha Conde and his Mauritanian counterpart Mohammed Ould Abdel Aziz, who were with him between Friday and Saturday. After agreeing to leave and save The Gambia from a major crisis, Jammeh was confronted by big challenge – how to fly out. The leaders, The Nation learnt, reached out to All Progressives Congress (APC) stalwart Asiwaju Bola Tinubu who authorised his private aircraft to be used…

Monday, 23 January 2017 02:14

Buhari’s critic Junaidu Mohammed suffering from “pathological cynicism” – Presidency

The Presidency has condemned popular northern politician, Junaidu Mohammed, who has been very critical of President Muhammadu Buhari. The presidency, in a statement by Garba Shehu, said Mr. Mohammed may be suffering from ‘pathological cynicism’ and should be ignored by Nigerians. Read Mr. Shehu’s full statement below: The Presidency will like to break with tradition by reacting to the latest attack on President Muhammadu Buhari’s integrity in an interview by a former House of Representatives member from Kano State, Junaidu Mohammed. While Junaidu Mohammed is entitled to his opinion, he is not entitled to misrepresent facts about the concrete achievements…

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