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Monday, 13 May 2019 06:05

Nationwide blackout looms as labour plans electricity shutdown

Trade Union Congress has asked Nigerians to look for alternative power source beginning from Monday (today), as it declared that it would shut down nationwide operations of Transmission Company of Nigeria today. But TCN described the move by TUC as ill-motivated, stressing that it was wrong for the labour union to claim that there was industrial disharmony in the transmission company. It was also learnt that the plan by TUC to ground operations at the transmission firm had caused disagreement between the two major unions in the power sector. In a message to workers at Abuja headquarters of TCN, which…

Sunday, 12 May 2019 04:06

Ganduje closes in on Sanusi as heavily armed security men move to Kano emir’s palace

There is currently a deployment of heavily armed policemen around Kano Emir’s Palace and personal residents of some senior council members of the emirate. Our reporter observed that about 10 Police Hilux Vans, which conveyed security personnel to the place, were stationed at Kofar Kudu emir’s palace, another 10 around personal residence of Chief of Staff to the Emir of Kano Mr Muhammadu Sanusi along Iyaka road. Further observation showed that another 10 police patrol vehicles were stationed at the main entrance of Kano State Government House, while one patrol van was kept at the personal resident of incumbent Galadiman…

Sunday, 12 May 2019 04:05

JAMB releases results of 1.7m candidates, blacklists 116 centres

Joint Admission and Matriculation Board has released results of 1,792,719 candidates out of the 1,886,508 who sat for 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examinations in April. Announcing the results in Abuja on Saturday, JAMB Registrar, Mr Ishaq Oloyede, said 34,120 results were withheld, including results of 15,145 candidates which were being further clarified as ‘identical twins and siblings.’ He explained further that 59,667 candidates were absent during the exams. Oloyede stated, “A total of 1,826,839 sat for the UTME. Today, we are releasing results of 1,792,719 candidates. “Some 34,120 results are being withheld, including results of 15,145 candidates being further clarified…

Saturday, 11 May 2019 04:55

Insecurity: Pastors, Imams, others to be recruited as special police constables

As part of measures to check rising insecurity in the face of insufficient manpower in Nigeria’s police force, the Force has concluded plans to engage thousands of Special Constables to work with conventional policemen in communities. The recruitment of the special officers, which would be announced any moment from now, has received presidential backing and it is expected to start in Kaduna and other northern states where the traditional emirate and district structures support the system. It was further learnt that the police had presented the idea to the state governors who were said to have bought into the scheme.…

Saturday, 11 May 2019 04:54

Gov raises alarm over residents of his state fleeing to neighbouring country

Confirming the exodus of residents from parts of Sokoto to neighbouring Republic of Niger, Governor Aminu Tambuwal has pleaded with fleeing residents to return. The residents were fleeing Sokoto state and relocating to communities in Niger Republic due to incessant attacks by bandits. “I enjoin residents of Burunkuma communities and environs to stop relocating to Niger Republic. “I will personally travel to the place and plead with those who relocated to come back home,’’ Mr Tambuwal said. Tambuwal made the plea when he addressed newsmen at the end of an expanded security meeting following Tuesday’s attack, which led to the…

Saturday, 11 May 2019 04:52

CCT trial: Why Appeal Court dismissed Onnoghen’s appeals

Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Friday, dismissed four interlocutory appeals former Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Mr Walter Onnoghen, lodged to challenge the procedure Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, adopted in the trial that led to his conviction. In a unanimous decision, a three-man panel of Justices of the appellate court, led by Mr Stephen Adah, in four separate judgments, held that issues the ex-CJN raised in his appeals had turned academic. However, in the first appeal marked CA/A/70c/19, Adah who delivered the lead verdict, faulted Federal Government on how the ex-parte order President Muhammadu Buhari relied upon…

Saturday, 11 May 2019 04:50

JAMB to release 2019 UTME results today

Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said that it would release 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results today (Saturday). The board’s Registrar, Mr Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed this to newsmen on Friday in Abuja. According to him, the board will meet and consider details available to be announced to the general public. “We are releasing our results tomorrow, we are having a meeting today to consider what to put out,” he said. 2019 UTME was held from April 11 to April 18 with over 1.8 million registered candidates. Since then, the board is yet to release the results. It explained…

Saturday, 11 May 2019 04:49

US-China talks break up after US raises tariffs

Trade talks between the U.S. and China broke up Friday with no agreement, hours after President Donald Trump more than doubled tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports. Trump asserted on Twitter that there was “no need to rush” to get a deal between the world’s two biggest economies and later added that the tariffs “may or may not be removed depending on what happens with respect to future negotiations.” A White House official, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter, confirmed that the talks had concluded for the day but…

Friday, 10 May 2019 04:53

Sanusi calls Ganduje’s bluff, jets overseas without approval

Emir of Kano, Mr Muhammad Sanusi, on Wednesday night, travelled out of the state, despite the controversial law creating additional emirates in the state which substantially reduced his powers. The Emir whose trip came a few hours after the state governor, Mr Abdullahi Ganduje, assented to the controversial bill, was initially believed to have travelled out to perform the lesser Hajj but there were indicators that he might have travelled to London. A top government source told our correspondent that the monarch had applied to embark on the trip some three days ago, adding that he did not wait to…

Friday, 10 May 2019 04:49

US seizes North Korean ship amid tense moment in relations

U.S. said Thursday that it has seized a North Korean cargo ship used to violate international sanctions, a first-of-its kind enforcement action that comes amid a tense moment in relations between the two countries. The “Wise Honest,” North Korea’s second largest cargo ship, was detained in April 2018 as it traveled toward Indonesia. It’s now in the process of being moved to American Samoa, Justice Department officials said. Officials made the announcement hours after North Korea fired two suspected short-range missiles toward the sea, the second weapons launch in five days and a possible signal that stalled talks over its…

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Thursday, 09 May 2019 07:02

Buhari inaugurates board of North East Development Commission

President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the governing board of the newly established North East Development Commission (NEDC). The inauguration took place Wednesday, shortly before commencement of the weekly meeting of Federal Executive Council. The new board is chaired by Mr Paul Tarfa, a retired major-general. The event held inside council chamber of State House, Presidential Villa, Abuja. Other members of the board are Mohammed Alkali (Managing Director), Musa Yashi, Executive Director Humanitarian Affairs; Muhammed Jawa, Executive Director Administration and Finance and Omar Mohammed, Executive Director Operations. Others are David Kente, member representing North East Zone; Asmau Mohammed, member representing North…

Thursday, 09 May 2019 07:00

Ganduje signs bill reducing powers of Kano emir

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has assented the bill seeking the establishment of four additional first class Emirates in Kano State. Mr Ganduje’s assent comes on the heels of a passage of the bill by Kano State House of Assembly. The House at noon on Wednesday passed the bill for the creation of four additional first class Emirates to be situated in Rano, Gaya, Karaya and Bichi. This follows the approval of the amendment of the local government and chieftaincy affairs law by the lawmakers, during their sitting on Wednesday. In a motion presented to the House by Majority Leader Baffa Babba,…

Thursday, 09 May 2019 06:54

State police is the only solution to banditry - Ajimobi

Oyo State Governor, Mr Abiola Ajimobi, has renewed his advocacy for introduction of state police to curb the pervading armed banditry and insecurity threatening peace of the country. The governor restated this position while hosting Assistant Inspector-General of police in charge of Zone 11, Mr Leye Oyebade, in his office, in Ibadan, on Wednesday. He appealed to Federal Government to invest in cutting-edge technology that would aid reconnaissance and intelligence gathering in order to preempt crimes before being committed. If established, he said that state police would have the benefit of good community relations, adding that increase in funding of…

Thursday, 09 May 2019 06:53

Power grid collapses, outage spreads

National electricity grid crashed on Wednesday afternoon, significantly reducing bulk power available for distribution across the 11 Distribution Companies (DisCos). The collapse is coming a day after the national grid rose to 5,114 megawatts (MW) which it had not reached for over two months. Although this was the first collapse recorded this month, there were at least two major collapse in April, with one reducing the grid to 180MW. As at Wednesday morning, the grid was 4,212MW before the collapse occurred. Reacting to this, a statement from spokesman of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC), Mr Oyebode Fadipe said the grid…

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