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Thursday, 22 February 2018 04:50

Corruption getting worse in Nigeria – Transparency International

Corruption is getting worse in Nigeria, according to the latest corruption perception index (CPI) released by Transparency International (TI) on Wednesday. While the country scored 27/100 and was ranked 136th in 2016, the latest CPI scores Nigeria 28/100 but with a rank of No. 148 out of 180 countries surveyed — a significant 12 places below where it was the previous year. This will come as a blow to President Muhammadu Buhari who came into office on the strength of his anti-corruption credentials. Although the administration has put many suspects on trial and seized assets of politicians and government officials,…

Thursday, 22 February 2018 04:49

Corruption remains endemic in Nigeria - Sultan

Sultan of Sokoto, Mr Sa’ad Abubakar III, has said there is still high-level corruption in the country, noting that “we cannot continue with these negative things.” The monarch, who doubles as President-General of Nigerian Council for Islamic Affairs, called on the Federal Government to fish out killer herdsmen stigmatising the Fulani ethnic group, noting that there are millions of Fulani in the country including him who are not herdsmen. The Sultan made these remarks at the public presentation of a book, “Dynamics of Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences” in Abuja. The book was written in honour of Registrar of Joint…

Thursday, 22 February 2018 04:47

Publish assets recovered, names of ‘looters’ before sale, Fayose tells Buhari

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has challenged the federal government to publish all the looted property it has recovered, in addition to names of those they were recovered from, before selling them (assets) off. He also said that the government should endeavour to publish names of buyers after they are eventually sold. The governor, in a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Communication and New Media, Mr Lere Olayinka, said Nigerians were no longer interested in being governed through propaganda. Fayose, who has been an ardent critic of the federal government’s anti-corruption drive, spoke against the backdrop of…

Thursday, 22 February 2018 04:37

Billy Graham, preacher to millions, adviser to U.S. presidents, dies at 99

U.S. evangelist Billy Graham, who counselled presidents and preached to millions across the world from his native North Carolina to communist North Korea during his 70 years in the pulpit, died on Wednesday at the age of 99, a spokesman said. Graham died at 8 a.m. EST (1300 GMT) at his home in Montreat, North Carolina, according to Jeremy Blume, a spokesman for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. According to his ministry, he preached Christianity to more people than anyone else in history, reaching hundreds of millions of people either in person or via TV and satellite links. Graham became…

Thursday, 22 February 2018 04:32

You can’t impose daytime curfew, Court tells Oro worshippers in Ogun

An Ogun State High Court sitting in Ipokia Local Government Area has declared that the imposition of a daytime curfew on the people of Ipokia by Oro festival was illegal. Justice Sikiru Owodunni, who delivered judgement in a suit filed by Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN, and Muslim community in Ipokia against Oro festival, ordered that Oro festival worshippers have no constitutional authority to impose curfew on residents of Ipokia, Idi-Iroko, Ihunbo, Ifonyintedo, Ogosa, Koko, Ilashe, Ibatefin, Agosasa, Oniru, Mede and Ajegunle and other villages in the area. Counsels to the applicants, Mr Kayode Samson and Mr David Folalu had…

Wednesday, 21 February 2018 04:32

Dana aircraft overshoots runway, skids into bush at Port Harcourt airport

Just after the embarrassment of an emergency door falling off on landing in Abuja, Dana Airlines was on Tuesday enmeshed in another aviation near mishap, this time in Port Harcourt. Reports say the airline’s plane, coming from Abuja, overshot the Port Harcourt runway night and ended up in the bush. Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) confirmed the incident. Reports indicated that the 44 passengers on board the flight were petrified by the incident but were evacuated from the bush when the pilot was able to stop the aircraft. FAAN’s Head of Corporate Affairs, Mrs. Henrietta Yakubu, said no one…

Wednesday, 21 February 2018 04:16

Taraba govt says ready to review anti-open grazing law

Taraba State Government has agreed to review the anti-open grazing law to address the concerns of herders in the state. Governor of the state, Mr Darius Ishaku, and his Ebonyi State counterpart, Mr David Umahi, disclosed this on Tuesday during a visit by a sub-committee of the National Economic Council on a fact finding mission to Taraba State. The committee, headed by Umahi, was set up by the council to work on resolving the conflicts between farmers and herders across Nigeria, and especially in Benue, Nasarawa and Taraba states where the conflicts have claimed hundreds of lives. Addressing journalists at…

Wednesday, 21 February 2018 04:15

Muslim students kick against state police

Funmi Olaitan, Ibadan The last may not have been heard about the recent clamour for state police, as Nigerian students under the aegis of Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (MSSN), have kicked against the call, saying it is not only frightening but threatening looking at how security issues and politics are handled by some state governors in the country. MSSN in a communique issued at the end of its national executive council meeting, held in Abuja, said it will never support the call for state police, urging all well-meaning Nigerians to reject the move in order to prevent the country…

Tuesday, 20 February 2018 05:05

I’ll sell all unclaimed looted assets – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said all unclaimed looted assets, including landed properties, recovered by the federal government would be sold and the proceeds deposited into government treasury. The president made this known when he addressed members of Daura Emirate coalition who paid him a condolence visit at his country home, Daura, Katsina State. Mr Buhari noted that many suspected looters of government resources had been denying ownership of their ill-gotten properties and assets across the country. He stated that he was not surprised by the increasing number of those denying ownership or disclaiming the properties traced to them by…

Tuesday, 20 February 2018 05:02

Okogie to Buhari: Nigerians are hungry, angry

A former President of Christian Association of Nigeria, Anthony Cardinal Olubunmi-Okogie, has said Nigerians are angry over poverty and insecurity in the country. The former Lagos Archbishop of the Catholic Church urged the Presidency to take note of the criticisms by former President Olusegun Obasanjo; former military dictator, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida; the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria and others, saying that they should not be dismissed as ‘wailers’. He said, “The truth is: Nigerians are not happy; Nigerians are hungry and angry. They are not happy because their lives and their belongings are not safe. They work so hard while…

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Tuesday, 20 February 2018 04:58

Pope backs down, OKs resignation of divisive Nigerian bishop

Pope Francis backed down Monday and accepted the resignation of Nigerian bishop who had been rejected for years by the priests of his diocese, setting a precedent that could have repercussions in Chile and elsewhere when papal authority is challenged. The announcement came after Francis in June issued a harsh ultimatum to the priests of Nigeria's southern Ahiara diocese, warning they would lose their jobs if they didn't obey him and accept Monsignor Peter Okpaleke as their bishop. Francis gave each priest 30 days to pledge their obedience. The Vatican said Monday that 200 priests obeyed, but some still expressed…

Tuesday, 20 February 2018 04:56

Herdsmen must obey anti-grazing law - Sanusi

Emir of Kano, Mr Muhammadu Sanusi II, has said Fulani herdsmen should obey Anti-Open Grazing Law in states where it is in force in the interest of peace and stability of the country. Sanusi spoke yesterday in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State capital, at meetings with security agencies and interest groups. The frontline monarch said the law is in the interest of everybody and not targeted at crippling herdsmen economically. He said the law caters for the welfare of herdsmen, their host communities, farmers and security agencies. The meeting, hosted by Governor Ayo Fayose at the Government House Pavilion, was attended by…

Tuesday, 20 February 2018 04:55

Only registered herdsmen will be allowed in Oyo - Ajimobi

Funmi Olaitan, Ibadan Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, on Monday, warned that henceforth, only registered herdsmen who are members of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, umbrella body of Fulani cattle breeders, with valid identity card, will be allowed in the state. Ajimobi who gave the warning during a meeting with representatives of farmers, cattle breeders, security agents and other stakeholders held at House of Chiefs, Secretariat, Ibadan, maintained that protection of lives and property remained the core function of his administration. He used the occasion to seek for cooperation of all stakeholders in ensuring that the state continues to…

Tuesday, 20 February 2018 04:52

Thousands in Zimbabwe bid farewell to 'People's General' Tsvangirai

In a sea of red T-shirts, thousands of Zimbabweans bade farewell on Monday to opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai, whose death has opened divisions in his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party only months before elections. Tsvangirai died on Feb. 14 aged 65 after a long battle with cancer and is due to be buried on Tuesday in his rural home of Buhera, 200 km (130 miles) southeast of Harare.Party faithful converged on a square in downtown Harare to bid farewell to a man whose career was defined by his rivalry with long-time president Robert Mugabe, who was ousted in November.…

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