News

Thursday, 17 January 2019 05:24

Buhari, again, declines assent to 5 bills

President Muhammadu Buhari has written to Senate just as he declined assent to Revenue Mobilization, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2018 and four others passed by National Assembly and forwarded to him for onward signing into law between November and December last year. Mr Buhari in separate letters to Senate President, Mr Bukola Saraki and dated 4th January, 2019 informed the federal lawmakers of his rejection of the bills which are Maritime Security Operations Coordinating Board (Amendment) Bill 2018 and Bankruptcy and Insolvency Bill 2018. Others are Federal Polytechnic (Amendment) Bill 2018 and the Energy Commission (Amendment) Bill 2018.…

Thursday, 17 January 2019 05:16

New IGP sacks force’s spokesperson, Moshood; appoints replacement

Acting Inspector General of Police, Mr Adamu Mohammed, has appointed a new spokesman for Nigeria Police Force. He is Mr Frank Mba, an Assistant Commissioner of Police. He takes over from Mr Moshood Jimoh, an acting Deputy Commissioner of Police who has been redeployed to ‘other national assignment’. Until his appointment, Mba was working at the Special Fraud Unit (SFU), Ikoyi- Lagos. The posting is with immediate effect. Mba, a lawyer, is an alumnus of University of Lagos where he studied Law. He also has a Masters Degree in Law from University of Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom. A product of…

Thursday, 17 January 2019 05:15

Nigeria’s ambassador to Cote d’Ivoire slumps, dies

Nigeria’s Ambassador to Cote d’Ivoire, Mr Ibrahim Isah, has died, Foreign Affairs Ministry officials, have confirmed. Sources from Nigerian Embassy at Deux Plateau, Abidjan, said Isah, aged 60, died at 7p.m. on Tuesday. The sources said he slumped and died at Polyclinique Internationale Sainte Anne-Marie (PISAM) where he had gone to see his doctors. Interim Chairman of Nigerian Community in Cote d’Ivoire, Mr Musudi Akanfe, said the entire embassy had been thrown into mourning over the death. “We are already in a mourning mood, we received this sad news with rude shock, we pray God to console the family and…

Thursday, 17 January 2019 05:14

Ekiti monarch dies five days after losing 15 residents in accident

Traditional ruler of Iworoko Ekiti in Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government Area of Ekiti, Mr Oluwafemi Adejana, is dead. The monarch died in the early hours of Wednesday, five days after losing 15 residents in an auto-crash which occurred in the town on Saturday. Adejana, who was in his 80s, died at an undisclosed hospital in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti state capital. He had welcomed the state deputy governor, Mr Bisi Egbeyemi, on Sunday on a condolence visit to his palace. The fatal accident had involved an articulated vehicle carrying branded campaign rice for a serving senator in Ondo State. 15 persons were…

Wednesday, 16 January 2019 04:47

Buhari, Osinbajo get new 10-year international passport

President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice Yemi Osinbajo have been presented with a new 10-year diplomatic passport by Nigeria Immigration service. The passports were presented by Minister of Interior, Mr Abdulrahman Dambazau, and Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service, Mr Mohammed Babandede. Officials of NIS had earlier captured biometrics of the president and vice president shortly before commencement of an extraordinary meeting of Federal Executive Council inside council chamber of presidential villa. Apart from the 10-year validity, the new passport, according to NIS has enhanced security and is ”weather friendly”. Immigration Service said the new passport has polycarbonate technology that eliminates…

Wednesday, 16 January 2019 04:46

New IGP promises change of strategy

New acting Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu, has said he would adopt a fresh strategy to tackle security challenges facing Nigeria. The new police chief said this Tuesday while speaking with State House correspondents after he was decorated with his new rank by President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Mr Adamu, who thanked Mr Buhari for appointing him, said he knew that there were security challenges to be tackled in the country. ”Issues of kidnapping, abduction and other security challenges. From the strategies put in place by former IGP, we will restrategise and make sure that…

Wednesday, 16 January 2019 04:45

Drama as new IGP reverses Idris on Lagos CP

New Inspector General of Police (IGP) Adamu Mohammed may have reversed the transfer of Lagos State Commissioner of Police Imohimi Edgal who was earlier named to head Police Ordnance Department (EOD) in Abuja. The Lagos CP was to swap office with Mr. Kayode Egbetokun. who is presently in charge of Police Explosive Ordnance Department. The two officers had arranged for a handing and taking over ceremony scheduled to hold by 3pm yesterday but as they were having a closed door session preparatory to the handing over, a call allegedly came from the new IGP Adamu Mohammed and he ordered that…

Wednesday, 16 January 2019 04:42

UK’s May faces no-confidence vote after Brexit plan crushed

British lawmakers overwhelmingly rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s divorce deal with the European Union on Tuesday, plunging the Brexit process into chaos and triggering a no-confidence vote that could topple her government. The defeat was widely expected, but the scale of the House of Commons’ vote — 432 votes against the government and 202 in support — was devastating for May’s fragile leadership. It followed more than two years of political upheaval in which May has staked her political reputation on getting a Brexit deal and was the biggest defeat for a government in the House of Commons in modern…

Wednesday, 16 January 2019 04:37

FRSC to begin enforcement of speed limit devices on private vehicles

Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Tuesday, said it would soon begin enforcement of speed limit devices installation on private vehicles. FRSC introduced the use of speed limit device in 2016 to reduce incidents of accidents and loss of lives. However, the enforcement of compliance with the installation began on Feb. 1, 2017 with articulated trucks. Mr Philip Ozonnandi, FRSC Unit Commander in Ore, Ondo State, said private car owners were required to install the device to avoid having their vehicles impounded. Ozonnandi said that commercial vehicle owners had already started complying with the order for installation of the speed…

Wednesday, 16 January 2019 04:33

Muslim parents task LAUTECH over banning of Hijab-wearing students

Daniel Agbolade The last may not have been heard about the barring of female Muslim students from entering Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) International School, Ogbomoso, for wearing Hijab, as parents of the students have called on the management of the school to expedite action on the issue. It would be recalled that no fewer than 55 female Muslim students who wore Hijab to the school were barred from entering the school premises on Monday. But, the parents who said they had waited for several years to ensure that their children are allowed to use Hijab in the school,…

More...

Tuesday, 15 January 2019 03:53

Buhari appoints acting IGP as Idris retires today

Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) Abubakar Adamu Mohammed Lafia has been named as acting Inspector-General of Police (IG). Adamu’s appointment got the blessing of President Muhammadu Buhari, who met with IG Ibrahim Idris, who is expected to bow out of service today after attaining the retirement age of 60. The appointment came following opposition from some quarters against possible tenure extension for Mr Idris, who has also attained the statutory 35 years in service. It was gathered that the acting IG was selected by the president among three names submitted to him after weeks of shopping for Idris’ replacement.…

Tuesday, 15 January 2019 03:41

Zimbabwe army deploys to disperse fuel protests, 13 injured

Zimbabwean soldiers on Monday deployed in some urban areas where police clashed with protesters over fuel hikes, deepening the sense of crisis in a country whose economy is rapidly deteriorating. At least 13 people were injured by gunfire and 12 were arrested, human rights lawyers and doctors said. An Associated Press journalist saw three military trucks with soldiers headed for Chitungwiza, a large suburb southeast of Harare, the capital. Clashes between police and protesters have occurred in Chitungwiza. Military helicopters were also seen flying over Harare. The deployment of the military came one month after an official report said police…

Sunday, 13 January 2019 04:37

Investigation: Petition against CJN written by Buhari’s ex-aide

Identity of the man who wrote a damning petition against Chief Justice of Nigeria, Mr Walter Onnoghen, has been revealed. According to online information about Mr. Dennis Aghanya, he was a media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari between 2009 and 2011; while he was also a pioneer National Publicity Secretary of defunct Congress for Progressive Change. Aghanya is not new to controversy, as he once advised National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, to dissolve the party’s two factions in Enugu State when they couldn’t seem to agree on the way forward. In a letter made…

Sunday, 13 January 2019 04:35

South-south govs summon emergency meeting over CJN

South South Governors Forum has scheduled an emergency meeting for Sunday (today) to discuss the developing move to remove Mr Walter Onnoghen as chief justice of Nigeria (CJN). In a statement signed by Mr Fidelis Soriwei, special adviser, media relations to governor of Bayelsa State, the forum revealed that the security òf Niger Delta, during and after the election; the issue of derivation; and recent development involving CJN would feature for deliberation at the meeting. Expressing his opinion at the development in the Supreme Court, Mr Dickson said while he was yet to know the full details surrounding the developments…

Page 548 of 831

News

More...

Search

Most Read

Editorial

News

Business

Politics

Opinion

Features

Strangely

Crime

Wars

SCIENCE & TECH

SPECIAL REPORTS

Sports

VIDEOS