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Wednesday, 29 May 2019 16:40

Obasanjo, 393 others escape crash on Ethiopian Airlines

Former President, Mr Olusegun Obasanjo and 393 other Passengers escaped death on Wednesday at Murtala Mohammed International Airport when an Ethiopian Airlines plane almost crashed. Other prominent Nigerians in the Ethiopian Airline passenger aircraft, Boeing 777-300, included Director General of Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Mr Ayoola Olukanni. Also in the plane was Mr Samson Adebayo, Director of Ports Inspection, National Agency For Food And Drug Administration And Control (NAFDAC) as well as scores of Nigerians and other nationals. Ethiopian Airline passenger aircraft, ET-901, had departed Bole International Airport, Addis Ababa, at about 9:10…

Wednesday, 29 May 2019 04:53

Buhari’s 2nd term: How Nigeria and its president are being held to ransom

The pomp and ceremony of President Muhammadu Buhari's inauguration will not mask the huge challenges the 76-year-old Nigerian president faces during his second term in office - in particular the booming business of kidnapping for ransom. Even one of the president's relations - a traditional ruler in Daura in northern Nigeria - is currently being held after he was seized from outside his house earlier this month by gunmen. In March, a well-known Muslim cleric in Kano, who campaigned for Mr Buhari ahead of his re-election, was held for 12 days by kidnappers demanding $833,000 (£657,000) for his release. "Eight…

Wednesday, 29 May 2019 04:51

FIRS to sew one driver’s uniform for N188,000, spend N3.17m daily on refreshments

National Assembly Joint Committee has raised concern over Federal Inland Revenue Service’s (FIRS) 2019 projected estimate of non-oil revenue tax collection of N146.54 billion. Co-chairman of the committee, Mr John Enoh, and other members of the committee raised the concern at FIRS’s budget defence in Abuja on Monday. The committee sought to know why 2018 approved estimate was N153.85 billion, while 2019 projected cost stood at N146.54, amounting to 4.75 per cent decrease. On personnel cost, the committee asked why the service was proposing 14.6 per cent increase in number of staff from 7,854 in 2018 to 9,000 staff in…

Wednesday, 29 May 2019 04:44

US Vice President predicts war everywhere in the next few years

Paul Waldman Vice President Pence told West Point graduates May 25 that it was a “virtual certainty that you will fight on a battlefield for America at some point." Vice President Pence spoke to the West Point graduating classon Saturday, and amid the standard congratulations and tributes to the graduates, he said something truly shocking: It is a virtual certainty that you will fight on a battlefield for America at some point in your life. You will lead soldiers in combat. It will happen. Some of you will join the fight against radical Islamic terrorists in Afghanistan and Iraq. Some…

Wednesday, 29 May 2019 04:43

After several quiet years, tornadoes erupt in United States

After several quiet years, tornadoes have erupted in the United States over the last two as a volatile mix of warm, moist air from the Southeast and persistent cold from the Rockies clashed and stalled over the Midwest. On Monday, the U.S. tied its current record of 11 consecutive days with at least eight tornadoes on each of those days, said Patrick Marsh, warning coordination meteorologist for the federal Storm Prediction Center. The previous 11-day stretch of at least eight tornadoes per day ended on June 7, 1980. “We’re getting big counts on a lot of these days and that…

Tuesday, 28 May 2019 05:23

Buhari accuses N’Assembly of ‘padding’ 2019 budget with more than half trillion Naira

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday signed 2019 appropriation bill of N8.92 trillion into law but said adjustment of the budget by the National Assembly may affect its smooth implementation. Speaking at the event which took place at the president’s mini-conference room, Presidential Villa, Abuja, Mr Buhari said the addition of about N90 billion to the N8.83 trillion he submitted to the legislature would make it difficult for the government to realise its set objectives. He, however, stated that the executive arm of government would dialogue with the forthcoming ninth National Assembly so as to make life much better for Nigerians.…

Tuesday, 28 May 2019 05:22

Buhari’s aide berates President’s wife for ‘speaking without facts’

Special Adviser to the President on Social Investment, Mrs Maryam Uwais, has responded to allegations by wife of the president, Mrs Aisha Buhari, that implementation of Social Investment Programmes (SIP) failed in the North. Uwais, who spoke on a Lagos-based televison station on Monday, said the programme had, out of the 4.2 million indigenes, reached out directly to, at least, 290,000 beneficiaries in 12 local governments of Adamawa State. The presidential aide said, had Mrs Buhari bothered to go through SIP data, she would have seen that 1,054 primary schools have been captured in the school feeding programme, 11,000 graduates…

Tuesday, 28 May 2019 05:20

Pastors claim 30 Christians killed in Jos attacks

About 30 persons were killed and 20 houses burnt by suspected Islamic fundamentalists during the attacks on some churches and areas inhabited by Christians in Jos on Sunday, a group, Arewa Christians and Indigenous Pastors Association, has claimed. According to the organisation, the attacks confirmed the planned “Fulanisation and Islamisation” of Nigeria, which ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo; a former minister of defence, Mr Theophilus Danjuma, and some ethnic nationalities warned about. “The purported executive order signed by Mr President revoking all firearms licences with effect from June 1, 2019 is largely seen as a ploy to disarm Christians and minority tribes…

Monday, 27 May 2019 04:29

South under herdsmen’s siege, Yoruba elders, Ohanaeze, others cry out

Yoruba and Igbo leaders have raised the alarm over the nefarious activities of suspected Fulani herders in South West, South-South and South East geo-political zones. Yoruba elders, members of the Ohanaeze, clerics and others in separate reactions, said the entire southern Nigeria has been turned into a killing field by herders, who they claimed have not only laid siege, but were terrorising and killing with impunity. Yoruba Council of Elders (YCE), in a statement, said until decisive actions were taken against the herdsmen killing Nigerians in the name of protecting their cows, the problem will persist and the country will…

Monday, 27 May 2019 04:28

Many feared killed in fresh Jos violence

Many were on Sunday feared killed and others injured in fresh violence in parts of Jos, Plateau State. Houses were also reportedly burnt during the violence which spread to communities, including Dutse-Uku and Rikkos. Confirming the violence in a statement on Sunday, Police Public Relations Officer in Plateau State, Mr Mathias Tyopev, said security men had been drafted to quell the fight. He said, “We have received reports of tension around Dutse Uku, Rikkos, Cele Bridge and we have mobilised our personnel to the area. “As we speak, the area commander, Jos metropolis, is there on ground.” A resident of…

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Saturday, 25 May 2019 04:32

Oyo workers begin indefinite strike

Daniel Agbolade, Ibadan Civil servants in Oyo state, in compliance with the directive of the state chapter of tNigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Friday embarked on an indefinite strike. Following the strike, activities were completely paralysed at the state government secretariat, Ibadan, housing many of the ministries and parastatals. Gate to the secretariat was half locked as workers stayed away from their various offices within the secretariat with only security guards attached to the secretariat sighted around. Also, all public schools across the state both primary and secondary schools were shut down in compliance with the strike However many of the…

Friday, 24 May 2019 04:49

Adamu confirmed as IGP, promises to re-organise police

Mr Mohammed Adamu was yesterday confirmed Inspector-General (IG) by the Nigeria Police Council (NPC). The Council, chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari, confirmed Adamu’s appointment during its meeting at Council Chamber of Presidential Villa, Abuja. Members of the council expressed satisfaction with Adamu’s performance since his appointment in an acting capacity on January 15. He was appointed at the expiration of the tenure of former IG Ibrahim Idris, who retired at 60, the statutory retirement age. Speaking to reporters after his confirmation, the IG promised to re-organise the police for efficiency to fight banditry, kidnapping, insurgency and general insecurity across the…

Friday, 24 May 2019 04:47

Fears rise China could weaponise solid minerals in trade war with US

US has hit China where it hurts by going after its telecom champion Huawei, but Beijing’s control of the global supply of rare earths used in smartphones and electric cars gives it a powerful weapon in their escalating tech war. A seemingly routine visit by President Xi Jinping to a Chinese rare earths company this week is being widely read as an obvious threat that Beijing is standing ready for action. However, analysts say China appears apprehensive to take such a route just yet, possibly fearful of shooting itself in the foot by hastening a global search for alternative supplies…

Thursday, 23 May 2019 05:47

What Buhari told ministers at valedictory FEC meeting

President Muhammadu Buhari used the occasion of the valedictory meeting of the current Federal Executive Council (FEC) to pay tribute to his late Minister of State (Labour), Mr James Ocholi, who died in a car accident along Abuja/Kaduna expressway in 2016. Mr Buhari also lauded members of the federal cabinet who resigned for various reasons from the cabinet. Mr Kayode Fayemi resigned as Minister of Solid Minerals Development to contest for governor of Ekiti State. He is now governor of the South-west state. Mrs Kemi Adeosun was forced to resign as Minister of Finance after she was exposed to have…

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