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Wednesday, 28 December 2016 02:57

US billionaire Smith sponsors Chibok girls

An African American billionaire, Robert Smith is sponsoring the education of 24 Chibok schoolgirls in American University, Yola in Adamawa State. The identity of the good Samaritan was revealed today by Malam Garba Shehu, senior special assistant on the media to President Muhammadu Buhari at an interaction with media men in Abuja. The billionaire, Shehu also revealed is offering to take responsibility for the 21 girls freed in october and all the others who will hopefully be eventually set free. Who is Robert Smith? He is a 54 year-old businessman, who attended good American colleges such as Cornell and Columbia…

Wednesday, 28 December 2016 02:56

Govt officials stop free Chibok girls being home for Christmas

Kidnapped girls freed from more than two years of captivity by Boko Haram Islamic extremists were prevented by Nigerian officials from spending Christmas at home with their families, relatives and a lawyer said Tuesday. The news raised questions about Nigeria's handling of the 21 girls freed in October through negotiation mediated by the Swiss government and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Nearly 300 girls taking science exams were kidnapped from a government boarding school in the northeastern town of Chibok April 2014. Dozens escaped within hours, and 219 remain captive. The mass abduction brought Boko Haram world attention…

Wednesday, 28 December 2016 02:54

You’re worsening Ibori’s case, Uduaghan tells persons visiting the ex-convict governor in London

A former Governor of Delta, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, says those people going to London to see his predecessor, James Ibori, and posting pictures and comments about him, are creating more problems for him. Uduaghan, who stated this in a Facebook post on Tuesday, asked those involved to “stop it”. Ibori, who was the governor of the oil-rich state between 1999 and 2007, was released from a United Kingdom prison on Wednesday after serving a concurrent13-year jail term for money laundering. The Southwark Crown Court jailed him on April 17, 2012 after he pleaded guilty to a 10-count charge of money…

Wednesday, 28 December 2016 02:52

Hundreds of candidates disqualified from N-Power jobs

A total number of 4,136 candidates were successful in the just concluded physical verification exercise for the Federal Government N-Power jobs in Niger, an official has said. The state coordinator, National Orientation Agency, NOA, Muhammed Ali, made this known to journalists in Minna on Tuesday.‎ “A total of 5017 candidates applied in the first phase‎ with a total number 4,251 candidates screened, 258 were disqualified, 744 were absent while 3, 995 were successful. ‎”In the second phase which is the supplementary 752 candidates applied but 165 were available for screening, while 25 were disqualified. ‎ “A total of 587 were…

Wednesday, 28 December 2016 02:50

Harmattan haze forces airlines to make return

Airlines, yesterday, made air returns to Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos and other airports across the country after poor visibility, occasioned by harmattan haze, prevented their aircraft from landing in places they were scheduled for. Visibility reduced to less than 40 metres, which is below weather minima and made it dangerous for aircraft to take off. The acceptable weather minimum level is 100 meters. Spokesman for Dana Airline, Kingsley Ezeanyanwu, confirmed the incident, saying an aircraft billed for Port Harcourt at 2p.m. took off at 7:20p.m. yesterday when visibility improved. As a result of this development, a Dana Airline flight from…

Tuesday, 27 December 2016 15:03

Buhari joins Jonathan, Yar’Adua to violate law on public procurement

Despite promises during the campaigns in the build up to the 2015 election, President Muhammadu Buhari has failed to inaugurate the National Council on Public Procurement, NCPP, as required by Nigerian law. The Public Procurement Act 2007 was signed into law by late President Umaru Yar’Adua on June 4, 2007. The Act provides for the establishment of the National Council on Public Procurement, NCPP, and the Bureau of Public Procurement, BPP, as the regulatory authorities responsible for the monitoring and oversight of public procurement as well as harmonizing existing government policies and practices. The act was put in place to…

Tuesday, 27 December 2016 15:00

NCAA fines Arik N6m over delay of passengers’ luggage

Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority has fined Arik Air N6m over its passengers’ complaints of delay and inability of the airline to ferry their luggage from London to Lagos from the 2nd, 3rd and 4th of December, 2016. The airline was also directed to pay each affected passenger, the sum of $150 as compensation for inconveniences suffered as a result of the delayed arrival of their luggage, within 30 days of the date of the letter. The NCAA disclosed the sanction in a statement on Tuesday by its General Manager, Public Relations, Sam Adurogboye. The agency explained that it had, in…

Tuesday, 27 December 2016 02:46

Muslim Northern governors spend Christmas in Akwa Ibom, call for unity

Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, has urged Nigerians to double efforts at bridging gaps in the country, saying what unites the people is more important than things that divide them. Speaking in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, when he joined two other Muslim northern governors to take part in festivities to commemorate this year’s Christmas, Mr. Tambuwal said Nigeria’s diversity is a source of strength which should be cherished and nurtured for the benefit of the people. The other governors in the entourage were Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara and Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi. The three joined Governor Udom Emmanuel to felicitate…

Tuesday, 27 December 2016 02:45

Presidency: Why Buhari is silent over killings in Southern Kaduna

Buffeted by searing criticism of his cold silence over the serial killings in Southern Kaduna, Kaduna State, the presidency said monday that President Muhammadu Buhari had been mute because the state Governor, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, had been on top of the situation. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, spoke on a Channels Television’s programme: Sunrise Daily saying that it was needless for the president to speak on the bloodletting in the restive part of the North-western state since the governor assured that he was in full control of the violent crisis and had…

Tuesday, 27 December 2016 02:43

My predecessors left with 22 police vehicles – Ex-IGP Arase

Immediate past Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, has advised his successor, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, to avoid engaging in acts that could bring any past occupant of that office to public ridicule. In a letter dated December 1, 2016, which he wrote to Idris, Arase pointed out that it was for this reason that while he was in office, he ensured that Force Order 295 was put in place to protect ex-IGs from being demeaned. Arase, who retired as police IG in June, said it was in the spirit of this order that he desisted from ridiculing the last two…

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Tuesday, 27 December 2016 02:42

Ministry budgets N1.7bn for foreign trips

International trips of officials at the Foreign Affairs Ministry will gulp N1.7 billion in the 2017 fiscal year, the budget proposal shows. The budget details indicate that out of the N13.2 billion allocated to the main foreign ministry, a total of N1.7 billion was budgeted for international travels. Local trips will cost N19.5 million. Out of the N13.2 billion, the budget proposals show that the foreign ministry headquarters is to expend N6.3 billion on capital expenditures while recurrent will gulp N6.9 billion. Aside foreign missions, the ministry has a total of five agencies; Technical Aids Corps, Foreign Service Academy, Institute…

Tuesday, 27 December 2016 02:40

Sambisa forest to become military base - Army chief

Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Monday said Sambisa forest would serve as training ground for personnel of the Nigerian Army as from 2017. Buratai said this in Damasak, Borno, while celebrating Christmas with troops of 145 Battalion after the road leading to the town was reopened by Gov. Kashim Shettima, three years after closure. He said troops were already conducting a mop up operation in the forest after the last strong hold of the Boko Haram terrorists was captured. “We are also opening up roads to Sambisa and Alagarno forest. Sambisa forest is going to be one…

Tuesday, 27 December 2016 02:38

Army ends Operation Python Dance in South-East

Operation Python Dance inaugurated by the Nigerian Army in the South East geo-political zone to curb crime in the area during the yuletide will end on Dec. 27. Deputy Director, Public Relations, 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Col. Sagir Musa, made the disclosure in a telephone interview on Monday. The operation was launched to span from Nov. 27 to Dec. 27. “The Exercise will end on Dec. 27, as earlier indicated. “However, troops will still be massively around in the whole of South-East to continue with patrols, road blocks and check points. “Nigeria’s South-East has not recorded incidence of…

Tuesday, 27 December 2016 02:37

FG not sincere on dialogue with Niger Delta – Avengers

The Federal Government has been accused of insincerity on moves geared towards resolving the perennial crisis of militancy in the Niger Delta. The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA), one of the militant groups agitating for resource autonomy for the people of the oil-rich region, made the accusation yesterday while reacting to Buhari’s latest pronouncement on the proposed dialogue between the Federal Government and leaders of the Niger Delta. Buhari had, at the weekend, told some visitors to the State House that his administration will persuade the leaders of the Niger Delta “that they should please sit down with us and agree…

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