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Monday, 02 January 2017 02:30

FG agencies budget billions for foreign training despite embargo

Federal government agencies have budgeted billions for foreign travels and training this year despite the subsisting embargo on such travels. Data from the 2017 proposed budget analysed by Daily Trust shows that over N15 billion has been earmarked for the banned subheads. These funds were captured in the budgets of the various ministries and agencies under subheads such as “international training and transport (training),” “international travel and transport (training)”and “international travel and transport (others). On February 5, 2015, the office of the head of service of the federation announced the embargo in a circular “Restrictions on Foreign Trainings and International…

Monday, 02 January 2017 02:23

Afenifere leader, Adebanjo lauds Mimiko on education

A Yoruba leader and Afenifere Chieftain, Chief Ayo Adebanjo weekend lauded the Ondo State governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko for upholding the cardinal policy of the Action Group led by the late Sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, which is Education for all.” Adebanjo asked him to “continue to flaunt and hold the banner of good governance.” The Afenifere chieftain gave the charge in Ondo during the Commissioning of theAwosika Memorial Caring Heart Mega Primary School, where he was the guest of honour. Adebanjo said quality education remains the forerunner of an egalitarian society, pointing out that the Mega school type of educational…

Monday, 02 January 2017 02:20

2017: There’ll be sorrow for corrupt people, says Olukoya

General Overseer of Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries Worldwide, Dr. Daniel Kolawole Olukoya has sounded a stern warning to corrupt people, saying they will “reap multiple sorrow”. Olukoy spoke early yesterday while giving a 40-point prediction to spiritually guide Christians for 2017. He addressed worshippers at the MFM’s Prayer City at a service to herald into 2017. He declared 2017 as one of deep sorrow for the wicked, adding that it’s also a year of confused noises and meaningless storm. According to him, 2017 will “experience redemption in contention, while it is blowing heavenly final whistle against those attacking…

Sunday, 01 January 2017 18:08

Drunk pilot arrested in cockpit before take-off

A pilot who was drunk in the cockpit has been arrested shortly before take-off in Canada. Two hours after his arrest, the 37-year-old man was found to have more than three times the legal limit of alcohol in his body. His plane, part of the Sunwing budget airline, later left Calgary for Cancun, Mexico, with a different pilot. There were more than 100 people on board. The incident happened at 07:00 local time (14:00 GMT) on Saturday. Airline staff noticed the pilot behaving strangely, and then he passed out. They alerted the authorities and the man was escorted from the…

Sunday, 01 January 2017 18:06

10-year-old girl used as human bomb in Maiduguri

One person was seriously injured when a suicide bomber aged around 10 blew herself up in a New Year's Eve attack in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, witnesses and aid workers told AFP Sunday. One person was seriously injured when a suicide bomber aged around 10 blew herself up in a New Year’s Eve attack in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, witnesses and aid workers told AFP Sunday. One person was seriously injured when a suicide bomber aged around 10 blew herself up in a New Year’s Eve attack in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, witnesses and…

Sunday, 01 January 2017 18:04

JAMB registrar, Oloyede, reacts to fraud allegations, says petitioners are liars

Registrar Joint Admissions and Matriculation board (JAMB), Is-haq Oloyede, has described the allegations leveled against him by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as lies. Professor Oloyede, who is also the immediate past vice chancellor of the University of Ilorin, stated this in a statement released on Saturday. Academic Staff Union of Universities had, Thursday, petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) accusing Mr. Oloyede of fraud during his tenure as vice chancellor. The petition was jointly signed by the Ibadan Zonal Chairmen of ASUU, Ade Adejumo, and Deji Omole of the Unversity of Ibadan. Other…

Sunday, 01 January 2017 18:02

MEND says lost confidence in Buhari over restive Delta

A group of former Nigerian militants said on Sunday it had lost confidence in the president's efforts to end attacks on oil facilities in the Niger Delta, a major goal in efforts to reach a lasting peace settlement. In its first public criticism of President Muhammadu Buhari, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said he was "jeopardizing the fragile peace in the region" with public comments about the unrest while reneging on past agreements. MEND had backed Buhari in his 2015 presidential election campaign and urged militants behind the most recent spate of attacks to pursue…

Sunday, 01 January 2017 05:05

Buhari says will pursue peace in restive Niger Delta in 2017

Nigeria's government will seek a lasting peace settlement with militants in the oil-producing southern Niger Delta region in 2017, President Muhammadu Buhari said in a New Year's message on Saturday. Attacks on oil facilities in Nigeria's energy hub, coupled with low oil prices, helped push Africa's biggest economy into recession - the first in 25 years - in the second quarter. Crude oil sales account for two-thirds of government revenue in the OPEC member country. Attacks by militants, who want a greater share of the country's energy wealth to go the impoverished oil-producing swampland, have been less frequent since November…

Sunday, 01 January 2017 05:04

Buhari, PDP clash over CJN Onnoghen’s confirmation

Piqued by the delays in nominating Justice Walter Samuel Onnoghen to the Senate for confirmation, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), said it has reviewed “the dirty politics surrounding the appointment of a substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), particularly at the Presidency.” Consequently the party declared that President Muhammadu Buhari’s failure to submit the Onnoghen’s name to the Senate for confirmation was “shockingly embarrassing.” The party called on the National Judicial Council (NJC) to reject the option of recommending another person and insist on Onnoghen as its only choice, to frustrate what it called the President’s attempt at reserving the…

Sunday, 01 January 2017 05:03

Dogara collected $600,000 from Ibori, Jibrin alleges

Suspended member of the House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has accused the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, of collecting $600,000 from James Ibori. Jibrin, a former Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation, claimed on Saturday that Ibori donated the money to Dogara’s campaign from prison in 2015 to support his bid to become the speaker. The suspended lawmaker claimed in a statement that he chose to be silent lately to strategise on his crusade in the new year. The statement read in part, “The propaganda and lies spread around lately by the axis of evil in the House of Representatives to water down…

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Sunday, 01 January 2017 05:00

Magu not sacked, Presidency says

Contrary to reports, Mr Ibrahim Magu, has not been relieved of his appointment as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the presidency has said. The Guardian newspaper quoted an unnamed source as saying Magu had been asked to vacate his seat by the Attorney General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami. Although Malami could not be reached on phone, officials at the presidency denied the report. “It is not true,” presidential spokesperson, Mr Femi Adesina, told PREMIUM TIMES on Saturday. Adesina confirmed that President Buhari had not authorised Magu’s removal. Close aides of Magu also said no…

Sunday, 01 January 2017 04:59

Jonathan prays for Nigeria driven by talent and character, not religion, tribe

A former president, Dr Goodluck Jonathan, on Saturday said a greater Nigeria is achievable through action and prayer. In a New Year message posted on his official Facebook account, Jonathan joined his family to wish Nigerians a Happy New Year 2017. “My prayer for Nigeria in the year 2017 is that we continue to forge greater ties across the length and breadth of this great nation to the end that we may achieve the Nigerian Dream: A nation where the child of a nobody can become a somebody without knowing anybody,” Jonathan, who was president between 2010 and 2015, said.…

Sunday, 01 January 2017 04:58

2017: Be vigilant, hopeful, NIG advices Nigerians

New Independence Group (NIG) has tasked governments at all levels in Nigeria to pursue people-oriented goals in the coming year. The group, a socio-economic think tank, also urged the citizens to remain vigilant and ensure that governance serves their best interest. The pieces of advice were contained in a New Year Day felicitation issued by the group in a press statement, signed by its Convener, Professor Akinyemi Onigbinde. “We join all Nigerians in celebrating the successful exhaustion of the year 2016 as they no doubt survived the throes of unprecedented economic crisis, insecurity, and exacerbated rot that characterised the spent…

Sunday, 01 January 2017 04:56

Wike: Why I attended Tambuwal’s daughter’s wedding

Rivers state Governor, Nyesom Wike, who was one of eminent personalities from within and outside the country that witnessed the wedding fatiha of Governor Aminu Tambuwal’s daughter says he was in Sokoto to symbolize that Nigeria is one, irrespective of political parties. Governor Wike asserted this when he paid a courtesy call on the Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar. He was accompanied to the palace by Governor Aminu Tambuwal. The Rivers state Governor who noted that Nigeria would continue to remain one indivisible entity, called on those agitating for its division to desist from it. He debunked insinuations that…

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