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Tuesday, 20 August 2019 05:46

Universities shut as workers begin warning strike

Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and Non-Academic Staff Union have commenced a five-day warning strike on Monday, following a directive from Joint Action Committee to all branch Chairmen of the unions across the country. According to a letter, dated August 16, jointly signed by General Secretary of NASU, Mr Peter Adeyemi, and National president of SSANU, Mr Samson Ogoeke, the members were directed to embark on a warning strike on Monday, August 19, 2019. The leadership of both unions explained that the industrial action, followed the expiration of the 14-day ultimatum, which they gave to Federal Government. Also, the…

Monday, 19 August 2019 05:03

Buhari queries FIRS boss, says Fowler’s performance worse than under Jonathan

President Muhammadu Buhari has queried the chief executive of Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr Babatunde Fowler, over worsening tax collection since 2015. Sources within FIRS confirmed the development on Sunday after a letter querying Fowler’s low performance appeared on social media in the morning. In the query stamp-dated August 8, by Chief of Staff to the President, Mr Abba Kyari, said the presidency “observed significant variances between the budgeted collections and actual collections for the period 2015 to 2018.” Since 2015, FIRS under Fowler has not been able to meet collection targets, a different trend from the preceding years.…

Monday, 19 August 2019 05:02

Tension as Yoruba, Hausa clash in Lagos market

Two persons were feared killed and many others injured on Sunday as Yoruba and Hausa traders clashed at Ilepo Market in the Oke Odo area of Lagos State. Acoording to eyewitness account, a Hausa porter, popularly known as Alabo or Bolar boy, mistakenly hit a Yoruba man with the tray he was using to convey goods for traders. The disagreement was said to have degenerated into a fight between the duo. Soon, hoodlums from both ethnic groups took over the fight, which turned to a free-for-all. Policemen from Oke Odo Division deployed in the area were reported to have shot…

Monday, 19 August 2019 05:00

FG, senate president, Southeast govs, others condemn attack on Ekweremadu in Germany

As widespread outrage trails the harassment and humiliation of immediate past deputy senate president, Mr Ike Ekweremadu, Federal Government has called on German authorities to ensure that the mastermind face consequences of their actions. This is even as Senate President Ahmad Lawan, Senate Minority Leader Enyinnaya Abaribe, South East governors, former Leader of Senate, Ali Ndume and Toby Okechukwu, Deputy Minority Leader of House of Representatives, have condemned the attack carried out by Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Delta State Governor, Mr Ifeanyi Okowa also condemned the attack. PDP in a…

Monday, 19 August 2019 04:59

Nnamdi Kanu threatens Ekweremadu-style attack on southeast govs who travel abroad

Leader of separatist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mr Nnamdi Kanu, has offered N1 million reward for credible information on overseas travel itinerary of Southeast governors. The fugitive also warned other Igbo leaders except a senator, Mr Enyinnaya Abaribe, not to travel out of the country for their own good. Kanu announced this in a live broadcast on the rogue radio station, Radio Biafra, on Sunday night. He was speaking on the recent attack by some of his group’s members on a senator, Mr Ike Ekweremadu, in Germany and the spate of killings and kidnappings in southeast. He said…

Monday, 19 August 2019 04:58

Hong Kong protests: Huge crowds rally peacefully

Organisers say 1.7 million people turned out at Sunday's pro-democracy protest in Hong Kong, amid increasingly severe warnings by Beijing. Police put the figure much lower at 128,000, counting only those at an officially sanctioned rally. Activists and police have clashed over the past 11 weeks, but this weekend's protest remained peaceful. The protests were sparked by a controversial extradition bill, which has since been suspended. They have now morphed into a broader movement demanding democratic reform and an investigation into alleged police brutality. The protest's organisers, Civil Human Rights Front, were denied authorisation for a march through the city,…

Sunday, 18 August 2019 05:50

Boko Haram: Tears, solemnity at cemetery where hundreds of Nigerian soldiers lay in Maiduguri

It ought to be a desolate place like every other graveyard, but the casualties of the deadly war against insurgency entering its 10th year would not let it be. Nigerian Army 7 Division Cemetery in Maiduguri, Borno State, is sadly a busy place, no thanks to activities of Boko Haram. Scores of mourners and sympathizers accompanied five caskets being pushed along a pavement at the army cemetery. It was a familiar movement for the pavement as more than 1,000 people mostly families of troops killed in battlefield, as well as serving army personnel have walked on this sideway which thrust…

Sunday, 18 August 2019 05:49

Former Nigerian deputy senate president stoned in Germany

Nigeria’s former Deputy Senate President, Mr Ike Ekweremadu, was on Saturday physically attacked by a mob while attending a cultural event in Germany. Ekweremadu who confirmed the attack in a statement, said the attackers were members of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), a South East secessionist group. Earlier in the day, a video of the attack was widely circulated on social media. In the video, a mob attacked Ekweremadu as he attempted to enter venue of the event in Nuremberg, Germany. In the one minute video, the mob chanted ‘go back’ while trying to deny Ekweremadu entry. The lawmaker had…

Sunday, 18 August 2019 05:46

El-Zakzaky speaks on his detention facilities in Abuja, Kaduna

Shi’ite leader, Mr Ibrahim EZakyzaky, has said that he had greater freedom while in custody in Nigeria than in Medenta Hospital, New Delhi, India, where he went for treatment last Monday. He explained that he was detained at a well furnished house located beside the Senate President’s residence, adding that he was also free to move around. The cleric in a video alleged that Federal Government made it difficult for him to get the needed treatment at the hospital, noting that he was treated like a prisoner in the Asian country. In the video, the Shi’ite leader could be seen…

Sunday, 18 August 2019 05:45

Enugu airport to be shut for repairs

Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has finally agreed to shut down the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, for major repairs. The closure of the runway will take effect from August 24, according to a statement by the spokesperson of FAAN, Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu. Federal Government through immediate past Minister of State for Aviation, Mr Hadi Sirika, had said the closure of the runway was inevitable following some security concerns which pose threat to flight operations. Apart from the runway which is in a dilapidated condition, the proximity of a market to the runway as well as a broadcast mast…

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Sunday, 18 August 2019 05:44

Sudanese protesters sign final power-sharing deal with army

Sudan’s pro-democracy movement and ruling military council signed a final power-sharing agreement Saturday at a ceremony in the capital, Khartoum, after weeks of tortuous negotiations. The historic deal paves the way for a transition to a civilian-led government after the military overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir months ago and the more recent deadly suppression of protests. Earlier this month, the two sides initialed a constitutional document in the wake of international pressure and amid growing concerns the political crisis that followed al-Bashir’s ouster could ignite civil war. Mr Abdel-Fattah Burhan, head of the military council, called the signing a “victorious…

Saturday, 17 August 2019 05:24

Court orders FG to pay N2.8tn to private gas firm

A British judge has ordered the federal government to pay $9bn (about N2.8 trillion) in assets to a small private company. The firm, P&ID, had reached a deal with the government in 2010 to build a natural gas plant - but the deal fell through two years later. P&ID then sued the government for failing to provide the gas or install the pipelines it had promised to build. The firm was first awarded $6.6bn (£5.4bn) in 2017, but the London court has now added $2.4bn in interest. According to the firm's website, the deal would have allowed it to "build…

Saturday, 17 August 2019 05:23

FG, El-Zakzaky in hot exchanges over aborted treatment in India

Federal Government may bar the leader of Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, from other overseas treatment. Following reports of IMN leader’s alleged moves to internationalise his agitations and unruly behaviour in India, it was learnt that Federal Government might take into account security reports it already had on the IMN leader which indicated he planned to consolidate foreign support for his group. Top security officials confirmed that El-Zakzaky’s attitude and activities during his visit to India only confirmed intelligence reports the government already had on the embattled Shiite leader. A top intelligence officer told one of our correspondents on…

Friday, 16 August 2019 05:30

DSS to take custody of El-Zakzaky as Shi’ite leader returns from India in anger

Barely 96 hours after landing in New Delhi, India, for medical treatment, leader of Islamic Movement in Nigeria, Mr Ibrahim Zakzaky, has discharged himself from Medenta Hospital and is expected to arrive in Nigeria on Friday (today) morning. El-Zakzaky was flown to Medenta Hospital in New Delhi alongside his wife, Zenaat, on Monday for medical treatment for an undisclosed ailment. He had however complained about the situation in India, saying he was caged and not allowed any freedom. Chairman of Free El-Zakzaky Committee, Mr Abubakar Abdurahman, said on Wednesday that the IMN leader might be brought back to Nigeria if…

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