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Wednesday, 10 April 2019 04:31

Buhari has no solutions to Nigeria’s security challenges – PDP

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has again lamented worsening insecurity in the country, particularly killings and kidnappings in the North, adding that President Muhammadu Buhari had no solutions to the nation’s security challenges. PDP National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, in a statement, said the opposition party was grieving over the pain and anguish Nigerians had been subjected to following the failure of the Buhari administration to provide adequate security for citizens despite the huge resources at its disposal. He said, “The Federal Government has failed to exert enough commitment to protecting lives of Nigerians and curb the bloodletting and kidnapping…

Wednesday, 10 April 2019 04:30

Here are the 9 senior police officers dismissed, 6 demoted for misconduct

Police Service Commission has approved with immediate effect the dismissal of nine senior Police officers for gross misconduct. It also approved the reduction in rank of another six officers for different cases of misconduct. PSC spokesman, Mr Ikechukwu Ani, said in a statement on Tuesday that this was part of the outcome of the fifth plenary meeting of the Commission, which held in Abuja on March 26 and 27, 2019, presided over by its Chairman, Mr Musiliu Smith, a retired Inspector-General of Police. It stated that the Commission also approved ‘severe reprimand’ for five officers and ‘reprimand’ for another five.…

Tuesday, 09 April 2019 04:35

Nigeria’s economy slipping under Buhari - World Bank

World Bank has said that Nigerian economy has been slipping since 1995 and this continued till 2018. The bank, in its latest report on the regional economy titled, ‘Africa’s Pulse’, released the taxonomy of growth performance in sub-Saharan Africa, which focused on macroeconomic and financial features that led to growth resilience on the continent. According to the bank, the taxonomy is used to help identify factors that are correlated with success or failure in economic growth performance in sub-Saharan Africa, with emphasis on macroeconomic and financial variables. The analysis, it said, involved a series of macroeconomic variables for 44 sub-Saharan…

Tuesday, 09 April 2019 04:33

Executive arm more corrupt than legislature, judiciary - ICPC

Chairman of Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, Mr Bolaji Owasanoye, has said that executive arm of government in Nigeria was more corrupt than legislative and judicial arms. A statement from the commission’s spokesperson, Mrs Rasheedat Okoduwa, said Owasanoye spoke while delivering a lecture titled, ‘The legislature and fight against graft and corruption’, at the 9th National Assembly Induction Programme for new legislators in Abuja. Owasanoye told participants that members of the legislative arm would also continue to be branded corrupt by the public until the arm made its yearly budget public. The statement said, “Corruption thrives more…

Tuesday, 09 April 2019 04:31

Buhari’s Minister faults Senate Committee over ‘abandoned projects’

Daniel Agbolade, Ibadan Minister of Communication, Mr. Adebayo Shittu, has dusagreed with Senate Committee on Communication, on the claim that the ministry abandoned 104 projects under 2018 budget. He said no project was abandoned by his ministry but rather delayed in order to follow due process which is the mantra of the present administration, stating that his own insistence on transparency has saved the the ministry and the country N600 million. According to Shittu who spoke with journalists in Ibadan, Oyo state capital, it would be inconceivable for any minister under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari, to engage in…

Tuesday, 09 April 2019 04:29

Revolutionary Guard Corps: US labels Iran force as terrorists

US President Donald Trump has designated Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist organisation. It is the first time the US has labelled another nation's military as a terrorist organisation. Iran retaliated by declaring US forces in the Middle East as a terrorist organisation, Iran state news reported. Washington-Tehran tensions have risen since Mr Trump withdrew the US from the international Iran nuclear pact. Labelling the Guards as a terrorist organisation will allow the US to impose further sanctions - particularly affecting the business sector, given the IRGC's involvement in Iran's economy. A number of IRGC and…

Monday, 08 April 2019 04:31

Nigeria’s economy continues to decline under Buhari - Bloomberg

Only economic growth can defuse poverty time bomb in Nigeria, Bloombergsaid in an editorial on Sunday. The New York-based international news agency, which described President Muhammadu Buhari’s record over the last four years as discouraging, wondered whether he “is up to the task” of reviving the economy. According to the editorial, one of humanity’s most hopeful developments in recent decades has been the dramatic drop in extreme poverty. It noted that in the year 2000, some 1.4 billion people lived at or below the global poverty line of $1.90 a day, adding, “Today, the number is about 600 million. This…

Monday, 08 April 2019 04:30

FG bans mining activities in Zamfara over killings

Federal Government of Nigeria has announced a total ban on mining activities in Zamfara State and its environs. The decision is part of fresh measures to restore peace to the state bedevilled by banditry. Hundreds of people have been killed or kidnapped by bandits in Zamfara in the past year. There have been suspicions that the criminality is a fallout of the artisanal mining of gold and lead in the state. The new measure banning mining was announced by Inspector General of the Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, while briefing State House correspondents on Sunday in Abuja. Adamu said the government…

Monday, 08 April 2019 04:25

Assist us with information, police chief pleads

Daniel Agbolade, Ibadan Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 11, Mr. Leye Oyebade, has appealed to people in the zone to support efforts of the zonal police hierarchy in nipping crimes in the bud before they blow up to crisis by volunteering information to the police. He said though the police have crime-mapped the entire zone to know the various crime peculiarities of the three states in the zone and how to combat them, the place of making prior information available to security operatives will go a long way to help them achieve proactive community policing…

Sunday, 07 April 2019 04:32

I’m one of the most unhappy leaders in the world - Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has reassured Nigerians that ending banditry remains a key priority of his administration. In a statement by Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Mr Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Saturday, Mr Buhari said that he would do whatever it takes to ensure the country’s security system confronts these public enemies with merciless determination. Buhari was reacting to recent spike in reported incidents of banditry and kidnappings in some parts of the country. The president condoled with all those affected by the unfortunate events. Buhari described as ridiculous allegation of indifference being levelled against…

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Sunday, 07 April 2019 04:29

No deal with Onnoghen over resignation - Presidency

There is no deal between the Presidency and embattled Mr Walter Onnoghen on his exit as Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). Onnoghen who had been on suspension since January 25 following allegations of corruption against him by Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), turned in his letter of resignation on Thursday. Then followed speculations that he had reached an agreement with the Presidency for the purpose of giving him a soft landing after National Judicial Commission (NJC) recommended that he should be compulsorily retired. However, highly placed Presidency sources said yesterday that at no time was a deal reached between…

Saturday, 06 April 2019 05:31

Mixed reactions as suspended CJN, Onnoghen, resigns

Mr Walter Onnoghen’s resignation as Chief Justice of Nigeria on Friday was greeted with mixed reactions from senior lawyers, Peoples Democratic Party and ruling All Progressives Congress. Onnoghen, who was suspended from office on January 25 by Federal Government for failing to declare part of his assets, tendered his resignation letter to President Muhammadu Buhari late on Thursday, it was learnt. Surprisingly, the letter was sent to Buhari barely 24 hours after National Judicial Council reportedly recommended Onnoghen’s compulsory retirement from service after investigating allegations of misconduct levelled against him. Although the former CJN’s spokesman, Mr Awassam Bassey, has yet…

Saturday, 06 April 2019 05:25

UAE denies stopping issuance of 3 months visa to Nigerians

United Arab Emirates Embassy in Nigeria has denied suspending or stopping issuance of three months visa to Nigerians travelling to the country as a result of a robbery allegedly involving five Nigerians in Dubai. The embassy in its Twitter handle @UAEEmbassyNGR said: “In the light of the press report published this morning (Thursday 4/4/2019) alleging that United Arab Emirates has suspended issuing tourist Visa to Nigerian nationals, United Arab Emirates Embassy in Abuja would like to announce these news are inaccurate and stresses the importance of sourcing news from its official channel”. Meanwhile, the mission told newsmen in Abuja on…

Friday, 05 April 2019 04:28

Nigeria’s public debt climbs to N24.4 trillion

Nigeria’s total public debt rose by N1.96 trillion, or 8.74 percent, from N22.43 trillion as at September 30, 2018, to N24.39 trillion by December 31, 2018. Director-General, Debt Management Office, DMO, Ms Patience Oniha, told journalists while presenting the latest report on the country’s debt profile on Thursday in Abuja that the new figure represents a year-on-year growth rate of about 12.25 percent. Oniha said the report includes data on the composition of the public debt data and breakdown of the debt between the Federal and the State government, including Federal Capital Territory (FCT). DMO DG said the report showed…

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