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Wednesday, 08 May 2019 05:44

Angry villagers block Osinbajo’s convoy in Abuja

Aggrieved protesters blocked the convoy of Vice-President, Mr Yemi Osinbajo, along Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Expressway, in Abuja, yesterday morning, to demand the Presidency’s intervention in alleged land grabbing in the Federal Capital Territory. The vice-president was heading to the airport when his convoy ran into a barricade at Goza village axis of the road. Residents of Gbagyi village had converged on the spot, which is the major road connecting the airport to the city, to protest alleged invasion of their land by the military. Osinbajo’s security aides tried to appease the protesters but failed. This forced Osinbajo to alight from…

Wednesday, 08 May 2019 05:43

Insecurity in North worse under Buhari - Northern elders

Chairman of Northern Elders Forum, Mr Ango Abdullahi, has lamented the growing security challenges facing the country, saying President Muhammadu Buhari is not doing enough to salvage the situation. The former Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, was reacting to the Presidency’s assertion that kidnap of district head of Daura, Buhari’s hometown in Katsina State, had shown the security agencies were not giving any town preferential treatment. Speaking on the abduction of Mr Musa Uba, Mr Buhari’s brother-in-law, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, said on Kakaaki, a breakfast television programme on AIT, …

Wednesday, 08 May 2019 05:39

Miyetti Allah is like Afenifere, Ohanaeze - Presidency

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, has said Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria is like Afenifere and Ohanaeze Ndi Igbo socio-cultural groups and thus should not be criminalised. He also defended the meeting between Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, and leadership of Miyetti Allah, adding that the government needed the cooperation of Miyetti Allah to help in tackling weapons proliferation as the security situation in the country worsens. Shehu, who was a guest on Channels TV’s Sunrise Dailyon Tuesday, urged Nigerians not to politicise the meeting, arguing that all stakeholders…

Wednesday, 08 May 2019 05:38

Afenifere, Ohanaeze knock Presidency for likening them to Miyetti Allah

Pan Yoruba socio-cultural group, Afenifere and its Ndigbo counterpart, Ohanaeze, have berated Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, for likening Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria to their groups. Shehu had said Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria should not be criminalised because the Fulani group was in the same league with Afenifere and Ohanaeze Ndigbo. But the two socio-political organisations said it was wrong to compare them with Miyetti Allah. While Ohanaeze said it was in the same pedestal with the Arewa Consultative Forum, Afenifere on other hand described the…

Wednesday, 08 May 2019 05:35

Kano-bound train derails, leaving 200 passengers stranded

No fewer than 200 passengers have been stranded following an accident involving a Kano-bound train which derailed in Jangaru community in Bosso Local Government of Niger State. The passengers, currently taking shelter at Minna rail terminal, accused management of Nigeria Railway Corporation of abandonment. Our correspondent, who was at the railway station on Tuesday, learnt that the passengers were evacuated from the scene of the accident by volunteers. It was observed that they were sitting in the open space and sweating under the sun. The 15-wagon train said to be carrying an unspecified number of people, mostly traders travelling to…

Tuesday, 07 May 2019 05:05

FG stops govs from seizing LG allocations

Federal Government, yesterday, drew the battle line with state governments over financial autonomy for local councils. Alarmed by the continuous misuse of cash allocated to local councils across the country by state governments through the State Joint Local Government Accounts, SJLGA, federal government outlawed the meddling of states in council allocations via the newly inaugurated Financial Intelligence Unit, NFIU, excised from Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, recently. The government set June 1, 2019, as take-off date for the new order, making it compulsory for all LGA allocations to go straight to their respective bank accounts. However, the Federal Government’s…

Tuesday, 07 May 2019 05:02

Court strikes down gov’s, others' purported power to dissolve LGs, LCDAs

Daniel Agbolade An Oyo state High Court sitting in Ibadan, has declared as null and void purported powers of the state governor, House of Assembly and any other government agency, from summarily truncating or dismissing elected local government chairmen and councillors duly elected in the 33 local government areas and 35 LCDAs in the state. The presiding judge, Mr A. A. Aderemi, handed down the ruling in a suit filled by Mr. Bosun Ajuwon, other Chairmen and Councillors, for and on behalf of the elected local government /LCDA Chairmen and Councillors across the state. The court while relying on the…

Tuesday, 07 May 2019 04:58

UN report says nature is in worst shape in human history

Nature is in more trouble now than at any other time in human history, with extinction looming over 1 million species of plants and animals, scientists said Monday in the United Nations’ first comprehensive report on biodiversity. It’s all because of humans, but it’s not too late to fix the problem, the report said. Species loss is accelerating to a rate tens or hundreds of times faster than in the past, the report said. More than half a million species on land “have insufficient habitat for long-term survival” and are likely to go extinct, many within decades, unless their habitats…

Monday, 06 May 2019 05:25

Presidency mocks opposition, media as Buhari returns from London

Presidency yesterday lashed out at online media critics and opposition politicians, who had insinuated that President Muhammadu Buhari might extend his 10-day private visit to London, and said the president’s return to the country on schedule has put them to shame. The president, who left the country on April 25, arrived in Nigeria about 8.30 pm and was received by government officials at Presidential Wing of Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. Announcing the president’s return in a statement, his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, attacked some online media which had speculated that the president would not…

Monday, 06 May 2019 05:24

At least 40 dead in Russian plane’s fiery emergency landing

A Russian airliner burst into flames while making an emergency landing at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport Sunday evening, and at least 40 people died, officials said. The Sukhoi SSJ100 operated by national airline Aeroflot had 73 passengers and five crew members on board when it touched down and sped down a runway spewing huge flames and black smoke. Elena Markovskaya, a spokeswoman for Russia’s Investigative Committee, said early Monday that 41 people were killed. But Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova said later that 38 survived, implying the death toll was 40. Victims included one member of the crew and at least two…

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Monday, 06 May 2019 05:20

Ramadan begins today, says Sultan

Sultan of Sokoto and President-General, Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Mr Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar yesterday declared today as the first day of Ramadan, 1440 AH. The announcement marks the commencement of the 29 or 30 days fast by Muslims across the country. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar in which Muslims will observe one month fasting. Making the announcement in his Sokoto palace, Abubakar said the commencement of the fast followed reports of sighting of the moon in some states which marked the end of the month of Shaaban 1440 AH. Abubakar said: “Upon due…

Monday, 06 May 2019 05:19

Social workers seek involvement in fight against insecurity

Daniel Agbolade, Ibadan Social workers in the country under the aegis of Nigeria Association of Social Workers (NASoW), have come against the spate of insecurity occasioned by kidnapping, terrorism, banditry, killings and other anti-social behaviours across the country. The association in a communique issued at the end of its emergency executive meeting which took place in Abuja and presided over by its National President, Mr. Mashood Mustapha, while calling for the involvement of social workers in finding solution to the problem, lamented that the level of insecurity across the country should be worrisome to all well meaning and peace loving…

Sunday, 05 May 2019 05:17

Nigerian army raises alarm over plots to derail Buhari’s second inauguration

Nigerian Army has said some unpatriotic elements, in collusion with foreign collaborators, are planning to derail the swearing in of newly elected government on May 29 in order to scuttle the nation’s democratic process. “Some of these mischievous elements thought that we would not have a safe and successful general elections but were proved wrong, hence they want to derail the scheduled handing over later this month and to scuttle the democratic process in the country,” army spokesperson, Mr Sagir Musa, said in a statement on Saturday. Musa alleged that unpatriotic elements plan to do that by causing mischief and…

Sunday, 05 May 2019 05:12

FG to spend N170bn to construct, rehabilitate 10 roads nationwide

Federal government has approved the construction and rehabilitation of ten roads across the country at the sum of N169.74 billion. Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, disclosed the development in a statement by his Special Adviser, Communications, Mr Hakeem Bello. He said the projects would create jobs for Nigerians, including senior citizens in the country. Bello said Fashola stated that the projects would enhance Federal government’s objective of improving transportation infrastructure and restoring the nation’s road network as part of the implementation of the Government’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan. Bello added that the approval, which was…

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