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Friday, 30 December 2016 03:09

Abia Assembly Speaker impeached

Abia House of Assembly on Thursday, elected a news Speaker, Hon. Kennedy Njoku, representing Osisioma-Ngwa North Constituency. Njoku’s election followed the removal of Speaker, Rt. Hon. Martins Azubuike, representing Isialangwa North Constituency. Deputy Speaker of the House, Hon. Cosmos Ndukwe, who presided over the plenary, said that 20 out of 24 members signed the impeachment notice against Azubuike. During the election conducted by the Clerk of the House, Mr. John-Pedro Irokansi, Njoku, polled 17 votes to defeat Chikwendu Kalu, representing Isialangwa South Constituency, who polled three votes. Deputy Leader of the House, Hon. Solomon Akpulonu, representing Obingwa East Constituency, who…

Friday, 30 December 2016 03:06

Wike alleges plot to bomb his plane

Governor Nyesom Wike has raised alarm over alleged plot by his political enemies to bomb his plane, saying that the alleged evil plot will fail. The governor spoke Thursday in Port Harcourt at an end of year party by his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. Continuing, he said the alleged plot to bomb his plane was part of desperation on the part of his detractors to eliminate him, stressing that no man can destroy whom God had lifted. He said his political opponents were unhappy with the successes recorded by his administration since he came on board, adding…

Thursday, 29 December 2016 03:12

Boko Haram may have used Chibok girls as shields during attack - Nigerian army

Boko Haram fighters fleeing an attack on their base last week may have used some of the girls kidnapped in 2014 from northeast Nigeria's Chibok as human shields to prevent being fired upon by fighter jets, a military commander said on Wednesday. Major General Lucky Irabor, theatre commander of Nigeria's military campaign against the group, showed a news conference aerial footage he said was filmed during the operation in the Sambisa forest that showed Boko Haram fighters moving with women and children. "The haggard fighters were just using them as a shield," Irabor told reporters in the northeastern city of…

Thursday, 29 December 2016 03:11

Dangote's net worth declines 32% in 2016 – Bloomberg

Africa’s richest man and President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has lost 32 per cent of his wealth, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires’ Index. Bloomberg reported on Wednesday that Dangote lost $4.9bn or one-third of his wealth as the combined effect of falling oil prices and the June devaluation of the naira pushed him to No. 112 on the billionaires’ list with $10.4bn. Dangote was the world’s 46th-richest person in June. Saudi Arabia’s Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Al Saud fell by $4.9bn, a 20 per cent drop, the report added. Alwaleed had said in November that all of his…

Thursday, 29 December 2016 03:03

Aborted flights: Airline operators decry poor state of navigational aids at airports

Airline Operators of Nigeria, AON, on Wednesday decried the deplorable state of navigational aids at airports around the country. Chairman of AON, Mr Nogie Meggisson, made this known in a statement issued in Lagos. Meggisson said the situation had made flying in the Nigerian airspace difficult during the harmattan, thereby leading to flight cancellations. According to him, this has increased the sufferings of passengers and disrupted their plans for the festive season. He noted that exactly 48 years today, on December 28, 1968, the first aircraft operated at CAT lll and landed in zero visibility at Heathrow airport, yet Nigeria…

Thursday, 29 December 2016 03:01

Okorocha asks pensioners to forfeit majority of their dues and sign that they’ve collected all

Rochas Okorocha, governor of the state, wants pensioners in the state to sign off years of entitlements in order to get a meagre sum that is way below half of what is due to them. A document from the state government to the pensioners, seen by TheCable, seeks to compel the retirees to accept the plan of the state to pay them only 40 percent of pension arrears and cancel the remaining 60 percent. Not only that, 40 percent payment is only applicable to 13 months of pension; all arrears beyond 13 months are to be written off. In context,…

Thursday, 29 December 2016 03:00

Ambode offers amnesty ‎to cultists, criminals in Lagos

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has announced the readiness of his government to offer amnesty to cultists willing to renounce their membership of cult groups and turn over a new leaf. Mr. Ambode, who stated this in Ikorodu at the ongoing One Lagos Fiesta, said his administration has perfected plans to use 2017 to rehabilitate all those involved in one form of criminality or the other and are ready to be law abiding, with the view to making them live normal lives and contribute meaningfully to the society. While noting with concern the rising spate of cultism and other…

Wednesday, 28 December 2016 16:58

UNMASKED: The white man arrested in Sambisa Forest and his role in Boko Haram

The mysterious white man captured by Nigerian soldiers during last week’s storming of Boko Haram’s headquarters in the Sambisa Forest is a Frenchman and he specialises in repairing and unlocking armoured personnel vehicles and other fighting equipment, according to Daily Trust quoting authoritative military sources. It credited the sources as disclosing that the white man’s identity is being concealed by the Federal Government and military authorities for diplomatic reasons. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Friday announced that Boko Haram’s last stronghold in the Sambisa forest, Borno State, was overrun by troops on Thursday, December 22. Soldiers who took part in…

Wednesday, 28 December 2016 16:57

Army recover Shekau’s Qur’an, flag in Sambisa – Official

The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said it had recovered Abubakar Shekau’s Qur’an and flag in Camp Zero, the Boko Haram’s Headquarters in Sambisa forest. Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, said this while giving newsmen update on “Operation Rescue Final’’ in Maiduguri. “We believe that the Holy Book and the flag were abandoned by Abubakar Shekau while he escaped. “The Book will be taken to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Burutai, for onward presentation to Mr President. “We have also made a lot of arrests. Our troops in Damboa arrested about 15 Boko Haram members.…

Wednesday, 28 December 2016 16:55

500% increase in dog price as Ekiti residents take to 'dog' meat

Prices of dog have shot up by about 500 per cent in Ekiti State, following the residents’ new-found love for dog meat consumption. Consequently, dogs have disappeared from the streets in Ekiti State. More people have increasingly turned to dog meat for their nutrition despite the taboo hitherto associated with the consumption of dog meat in the community. In Ado-Ekiti, Ikere-Ekiti, Ise-Ekiti, Emure- Ekiti, Ikole-Ekiti and Otun-Ekiti, new dog slaughter slabs have sprung up as residents devour the meat in homes, restaurants and beer parlours. A resident said no fewer than 20 of such slaughter slabs exist in Ado Ekiti…

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Wednesday, 28 December 2016 16:54

Be wary of activities that can cause fire, Oyo govt cautions residents

Oyo State government has urged citizens and residents in the state to be careful and avoid anything that might cause fire outbreak during the harmattan season, saying that the Senator Abiola Ajimobi’s administration would continue to support the fire Services department to ensure that it performs its life-saving functions effectively. State Commissioner for Works and Transport, Mr. Wasiu Dauda, who gave this admonition during a courtesy call by Members of the Oyo State House of Assembly Committee on Works and Transport recently, also cautioned motorists and other road users to be patient while driving during and after the festive period…

Wednesday, 28 December 2016 03:04

How FG saved N200bn from public sector payroll

The federal government payroll has been able to get rid of 50,000 ghost workers, saving the country N200 billion, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Garba Shehu, has said. Shehu said the exercise led to the saving of N13 billion monthly from the payroll from February to December this year. Speaking with State House correspondents at an interactive meeting to mark the end of the year, the media aide to the president announced that 11 persons championing the syndicate of ghost workers had been handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). “The…

Wednesday, 28 December 2016 03:01

DSS arrests key terrorism suspect, places politicians under surveillance

Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday confirmed the arrest of the third most wanted terrorism suspect. The suspect, who is in the custody of the agency, has been indicted in the killing of expatriates in the country between 2012 and 2013. Many secret services in various parts of the world have been trooping into Nigeria to interact with the suspect. Also, the service foiled a terrorist attack on the United States through its active intelligence alert. The arrest is seen as a significant anti-terrorism breakthrough. United States President Barack Obama telephoned President Muhammadu Buhari to hail the feat, a source…

Wednesday, 28 December 2016 03:00

Arrested B’Haram fighter warns of attacks on FCT

A middle-aged man suspected to be one of the fleeing fighters of the Boko Haram sect has been arrested by officials of a security agency recently established by the Abuja Municipal Area Council popularly known as AMAC Marshal in the Federal Capital Territory. A statement issued on Tuesday night by the spokesman for the AMAC Marshal, Kingsley Madaki, said the suspect who gave his name as Usman, was nabbed at 4.30pm at Utako Market. According to him, the suspect was apprehended “with a Qur’an and a chaplet on his neck while trying to lobby people in the market.” The statement…

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