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Wednesday, 11 January 2017 04:51

N510bn bailout: FG appoints auditors to monitor states

The Federal Government has appointed eight accounting firms to evaluate the rate of compliance by state governments with the implementation of the Fiscal Sustainability Plan, which they signed to in June last year. A total of 35 states endorsed the plan with Lagos the only state backing out of the agreement. The appointment of the firms was confirmed by the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, in a statement issued by the Director, Information, Ministry of Finance, Mr. Salisu Dambatta. The eight accounting firms are PricewaterhouseCoopers, KPMG Professional Services, Ernst & Young, PKF Professional Services, Muhtari Dangana & Co., S.S.…

Wednesday, 11 January 2017 04:49

Senate opposes Abuja airport shutdown; summons Amaechi, Fashola

The Senate on Tuesday summoned Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Mr Amaechi, to appear before it within two days over the planned closure of Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja for six weeks. This followed a motion sponsored by Chairman, Senate Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff, Senator Hope Uzodinma, and co-sponsored by five other senators. The Senate also summoned the Minister of Works, Power and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshall Sadique Abubakar, and Minister of State, Aviation, Mr Hadi Sirika, on the issue. Others also invited are, Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Mohammed Bello, Managing…

Tuesday, 10 January 2017 17:12

Malabu oil deal: Jonathan breaks silence, says 'I didn’t send anybody to receive bribe'

Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday said he did not send the Chairman of AA Oil, Abubakar Aliyu, or any other person to collect bribe in the $1.3bn Malabu oil deal. Jonathan, who stated this in a statement in Abuja by his Media Adviser, Ikechukwu Eze, said that the negotiations and transactions for the $1.3bn oil deal involving oil giants ENI and Royal Dutch Shell, predated his Presidency, which began on May 6, 2010. He stated, “We make bold to point out that the former President never sent any Abubakar Aliyu, as the innuendoes in the false report suggest, to…

Tuesday, 10 January 2017 17:05

Lawyer accuses SSS of killing Nnamdi Kanu’s guests

Counsel of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Namdi Kanu, said nine persons have been missing since last year after they visited his client in detention. The counsel, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, alleged the State Security Service, SSS, arrested and killed the persons. He made the allegation at the Federal High Court, Abuja, where Mr. Kanu is facing a charge of treasonable felony. Three others, David Nwawuisi, Benjamin Madubugwu and Chidiebere Onwudiwe, are being tried alongside Mr. Kanu. Mr. Ejiofor told the court that the SSS arrested the nine supporters of IPOB after they visited his client sometime last year…

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…

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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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