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Thursday, 13 February 2020 05:35

Soyinka shows up in court for Sowore’s trial

Nobel Laureate, Mr Wole Soyinka, and a former senator, Shehu Sani, were at the Federal High Court in Abuja Monday to observe the trial of an activist, Mr Omoyele Sowore. A former chairman of Nigeria’s human rights commission, Mr Chidi Odinkalu, was also in court for the trial. Soyinka arrived at about 8:50 a.m., five minutes after Mr Sowore arrived at the court. When our correspondent approached the Nobel Laureate to speak on his appearance in court, he declined to comment and said any comment could land him in detention. “The way I came into the court with two legs,…

Thursday, 13 February 2020 05:31

Highlife maestro Victor Olaiya is dead

Iconic Nigerian highlife musician, Mr Victor Olaiya, is dead He died at Lagos University Teaching Hospital at exactly 12 noon on Wednesday. He was 89. Mrs Bimbo Esho, managing director of Evergreen Music Company Ltd broke the news on Facebook. Mrs Esho, who is the daughter of highlife music enthusiast, Femi Esho, wrote, “We pray that the Doyen of highlife music find repose with the creator while wishing the family and entire music community the fortitude to bear this irreplaceable loss. And to my namesake Abimbola Olaiya I will miss your contribution to highlife music”. PT

Wednesday, 12 February 2020 04:55

Buhari runs the worst nepotistic and sectional govt in Nigeria’s history - Kukah

Bishop of Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Mr Matthew Kukah, on Tuesday hit President Muhammadu Buhari hard. The cleric assessed the Buhari regime and concluded the President had not only relegated the national interest to the background, he had also introduced nepotism to the military. He said under Buhari, it was important for any Nigerian to be a northern Muslism before he could hold any strategic position. Kukah stated this in his sermon at the Good Shepherd Major Seminary, Kaukau in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State before the burial of Michael Nnadi, a seminarian killed by kidnappers. He recalled…

Wednesday, 12 February 2020 04:53

Aisha Buhari, Patience Jonathan meet at Aso Rock

First Lady, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has met with her predecessor, Mrs Patience Jonathan at Presidential Villa, Abuja and shared experiences on issues relating to women’s development in the country. Mrs Buhari disclosed this on Tuesday on her tweeter handle. The first lady said their discussion centred on issues affecting growth and development of women in the country, especially girl-child education, women’s participation in politics at local level. “Yesterday, I received my predecessor, Mrs Patience Jonathan at the State House. “We discussed my efforts with regards to greater involvement of women in politics and participation of women at lower level of…

Wednesday, 12 February 2020 04:51

Ekiti approves six months maternity leave

PRESS RELEASE Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Kayode Fayemi, has approved six months (180 days) maternity leave for female workers in the state public service. This is in line with the administration’s determination to key into global best practices that will improve the quality of lives of the citizens. The new policy, which took effect from February 1, 2020, is aimed at improving maternal health and encourage nursing mothers to observe the six months exclusive breastfeeding campaign of United Nations Intervention Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF). The six months exclusive breastfeeding campaign is aimed at reducing to the barest minimum, infant…

Tuesday, 11 February 2020 05:30

87 percent of poor Nigerians live in Northern Nigeria – World Bank

Northern Nigeria accounted for 87 per cent of all poor people in Nigeria in 2016, World Bank has disclosed in a new report. The report titled ‘Advancing social protection in a dynamic Nigeria’, released on January 28, 2020, was described as a ‘detailed analysis of the social protection sector’ in the country. The report noted that social protection measures implemented by the government in Nigeria had not been able to address the high level of poverty, as well as the negative impact of conflicts and natural disasters. In the comprehensive report, obtained by one of our correspondents, World Bank observed…

Tuesday, 11 February 2020 05:27

Burkina Faso president heads ECOWAS committee to probe Nigeria’s border closure

The Authority of Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) Heads of State and Government has constituted a committee, headed by President Roch Marc Christian Kabore of Burkina Faso, to study and make a full report on Nigeria’s land border closure with her neighbours. In a statement by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, the decision was made on the margins of the 33rd AU Summit to discuss the issue and other pressing regional matters. Nigeria’s Foreign Minister, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, told journalists after the three-hour closed door session that the meeting attended…

Tuesday, 11 February 2020 05:23

Court discharges ex-gov Aliyu from corruption charges

A former governor of Niger state, Mr Mu’azu Babangida Aliyu, and two others standing trial along with him at Niger State High Court for alleged corruption since 2017 have been declared not guilty. The two others are former Chief of Staff, Government House during Aliyu’s administration, Mr Umar Nasko, and the state’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman, Mr Tanko Beji. The trio were being tried for alleged diversion of N2 billion ecological fund. The case had lingered for over three years and had witnessed three separate trial judges presiding over it at different times. Last month, counsels to the plaintiffs…

Tuesday, 11 February 2020 05:21

A school girl was found using an ATM gallery light for her school homework. This is how Nigerians reacted to the scene

Reactions have trailed the action of a pupil, simply identified as Dele, found reading at the gallery of an Automated Teller Machine belonging to the First City Monument Bank in Ondo State. A Twitter user, Bada Maruf, said he was about using the ATM when he saw the pupil. According to him, the pupil was making use of the ATM light to sort her homework when he saw her. Although he did not give the exact time and day he saw the pupil at the ATM gallery, Mattew made the post at 10.08pm on February 5. Maruf tweeted, “I saw…

Tuesday, 11 February 2020 05:18

Back in the public eye, masked Xi Jinping warns of ‘grim’ fight with coronavirus

Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday that China’s fight against the coronavirus outbreak, which has exposed the country’s vulnerabilities, remained “grim” but called on officials to have full confidence that they would triumph over the disease. The coronavirus, which was first reported in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in December and has since spread throughout the world, has so far sickened more than 40,000 with a pneumonia-like illness and killed more than 910 people, the majority of them in China. The World Health Organisation has declared it a global emergency. China’s state media reported on Monday that Xi…

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Monday, 10 February 2020 05:53

We warned Nigerians that ‘Buhari lacked the will, competence and commitment to lead’ - Northern Elders

Arewa leaders, under the auspices of Northern Elders Forum (NEF), yesterday accused President Muhammadu Buhari of failing governance test by allowing insecurity and poverty to thrive in Nigeria. Led by Mr Ango Abdullahi, a former vice chancellor ABU, the body handed over the verdict yesterday when it reviewed the state of the nation in Kaduna State. Speaking at a press conference in Zaria, Abdullahi said NEF would have “refrained from comments on major developments relating to management of national security and governance because it is convinced that these are times which require the highest levels of responsibility and circumspection in…

Monday, 10 February 2020 05:52

Buhari, Canada PM hold talks to strengthen ties

PRESS RELEASE President Muhammadu Buhari Sunday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, described Nigeria-Canada relations as very cordial, expressing his desire to further strengthen bilateral ties. The Nigerian leader met with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the margins of the 33rd AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In remarks before the press, Mr Buhari underscored the warm and friendly relations between Nigeria and Canada, noting commonwealth membership of both nations and the choice of Canada for higher education by Nigerian students. ‘‘We have a lot of students in Canada. We are aware of our vital roles to keep the country together.…

Monday, 10 February 2020 05:51

Southwest govs to apply for gun licence for Amotekun operatives

There were indications on Sunday that South-West state executive councils would on Wednesday discuss the bills on Amotekun corps. It was gathered that a security network agency would be established in each state to oversee the Amotekun corps. Ondo State Attorney General, Mr Kola Olawoye, said after the passage of the bill, each state would apply to Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, for a gun licence for the Amotekun corps. South-West governors, had at a summit organised by the Development Agenda for Western Agenda on January 9 agreed to set up Operation Amotekun to address killings and kidnapping…

Monday, 10 February 2020 05:50

Why we’re opposed to Amotekun - Miyetti Allah

Following reactions that greeted the formation of Southwest regional security organization, codenamed Amotekun, a Fulani socio-cultural organization, Miyetti Allah has alleged that the aim of security formation is ‘to cleanse the Fulani tribe from the Southwest’. Leader of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore, in Bauchi state, Mr Sadiq Ahmed said the Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN) also known as Amotekun, lacks the legal framework to succeed. The elder statesman who admitted on Saturday that the nation was facing serious security threat called for the restructuring of the security architecture in the country. According to him, “I can tell you one thing,…

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