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Sunday, 14 January 2018 04:21

No Grand Coalition! Opponents of Merkel alliance hit the road

Opponents of a renewed German "grand coalition" took to the road on Saturday, hoping to persuade members of their Social Democratic Party (SPD) to vote against governing with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives for another four years. The party's rank-and-file, bruised after seeing the SPD's previous stint as Merkel's junior partner lead to its worst election result since 1933, is wary of its leaders' calls for the party to step up for the sake of Germany's stability. Leaders of the SPD and the conservative camp thrashed out a 28-page blueprint for a possible "GroKo" grand coalition government this week, recommending that…

Sunday, 14 January 2018 04:19

Zimbabwe's new leader describes risky escape after firing

Zimbabwe's new president says he risked gunfire and an hours-long walk amid land mines while escaping a plot to "eliminate" him after Robert Mugabe fired him as his deputy last year. A state-run Zimbabwe Herald report on Saturday said President Emmerson Mnangagwa revealed the details in remarks to Zimbabweans during an official visit to Angola. Mnangagwa said he fled Zimbabwe hours after his firing as vice president in early November, warned of "a mission to eliminate me." He said he traveled to a border post with Mozambique but was told he could not leave. He said one of his sons…

Sunday, 14 January 2018 04:16

Arik flight fails to land, returns to Lagos after reaching destination

Arik Air flight traveling from Lagos to Asaba, Delta State, made a sudden turn midair on Friday evening after it reached its destination but was told that the airport was “closed for the day”. Flight W3 628 had to return to Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, with the disappointed passengers. Spokesperson of the airline, Mr Olabanji Ola, who confirmed the incident, said, “When the pilot approached Asaba Airport, the control tower told him it would be too late for the aircraft to take off again if it lands in the airport. “The airport is for daylight operation because it does…

Sunday, 14 January 2018 04:12

Lagos bans cart pushers, wheelbarrow operators

Lagos State Government on Saturday announced a ban on the operations of cart pushers and wheelbarrow operators, saying their activities are inimical to the environmental cleanliness of the state. Secretary to the State Government, Mr Tunji Bello, made this known in a statement in Lagos. Bello said that with the flag off of the Cleaner Lagos Initiative, the continuous activities of cart pushers would pose a threat to the success of the initiative. He said investigations had revealed that cart pushers were responsible for most of the illegal dumping of waste in canals and road medians at night which causes…

Sunday, 14 January 2018 04:11

ASUU warns striking non-academic unions against attack on members

Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on non-teaching labour unions of universities not to harass or intimidate its members. National President of the union, Mr Biodun Ogunyemi, a professor, made the call on Saturday in Lagos. Ogunyemi was speaking against the backdrop of the recent protest embarked upon by the three non-teaching labour unions of University of Lagos, which resulted in the harassment of his colleagues. The striking unions comprise of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Non Academic Staff Union (NASU) and National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT). The unions, under the aegis of the Joint…

Saturday, 13 January 2018 03:25

Ikpeazu rejects cattle colony in Abia State

Abia State Governor, Mr Okezie Ikpeazu, has rejected plans by the federal government to establish "cattle colonies" for Fulani Herdsmen and their cows in Abia State. In a release signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Enyinnaya Appolos, the Governor stated that Abia state will not cede any part of her territory to Fulani herdsman as colony for cattle. According to Governor Ikpeazu; "we reject any plan to establish cattle colonies for herdsmen in Abia State. “We don’t have enough land for our agricultural activities and our people want more land. “Giving away any part of Abia land as a…

Saturday, 13 January 2018 03:23

Ex-Gov Jang opposes cattle colonies in Plateau

A former Plateau governor, Mr Jonah Jang, says his constituents are opposed to the creation of cattle colonies as proposed by his successor, Simon Lalong. Jang, who represents Plateau North in the Senate, said in Jos on Friday that he had met with his constituents to gauge their feelings on the proposal. “My people are against cattle colonies; they have said that they would not relinquish their ancestral lands for the purpose of grazing reserves or colonies,” Mr. Jang said in a statement signed by his media consultant, Mr Clinton Garuba. Mr. Lalong had told State House correspondents in Abuja…

Friday, 12 January 2018 15:08

Yusuf Buhari recovers, soon to be discharged from hospital - Presidency

PRESS RELEASE The health of Yusuf, son of President Muhammadu Buhari, who was admitted into Cedarcrest Hospital, Abuja, on December 26, 2017 following injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident, has improved remarkably and he is ready to be discharged. This cheery news contained in a statement dated January 12, 2018, by the Medical Director of the Hospital, Dr Felix Ogedegbe, is reproduced below. “Mr. Yusuf Muhammadu Buhari, son of President Muhammadu Buhari, was admitted into Cedarcrest Hospitals Abuja in the late hours of the 26th of December 2017, following injuries sustained as a rider of a motorcycle. Following initial stabilization,…

Friday, 12 January 2018 15:07

#BenueMourns: Nigerians react to mass burial of victims

Nigerians on social media have been reacting to the killings in Benue State by suspected Fulani herdsmen. The assailants attacked communities in Guma and Logo local government areas of the state on January 1 and 2, leaving scores dead and injured. On Thursday residents of Makurdi were thrown into mourning as victims of the attacks were given a mass burial. The massacre which left over 50,000 displaced in Benue and another 18,000 people displaced in Nasarawa State has drawn widespread criticisms with various people sharing diverse reactions. A Twitter user Ogazi Samuel said “Looking at #BenueMourns, I understand why it…

Friday, 12 January 2018 05:58

Anger, tears as Benue gives mass burial to victims of killer herdsmen

Many residents of Makurdi in mourning gathered on Thursday at IBB Square as bodies of the victims of the Fulani herdsmen attacks of January 1 and 2, 2018, in parts of Benue State were given a mass burial. Offices, commercial banks, markets and schools were closed in the state capital as the government had, a day earlier, declared Thursday, a work-free day in honour of the 73 victims. Many of those who attended the requiem shed tears as they lamented incessant attacks on residents of the state by herdsmen. A leader of Tiv nation and chairman of Northern Elders Forum,…

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Friday, 12 January 2018 05:55

Benue must dump anti-grazing law for peace to prevail - Fulani group

A Fulani socio-cultural organisation, Gan Allah Fulani Development Association of Nigeria (GAFDAN) has said that the conflicts between farmers and herders in Benue State and other states is the Fulani way of fighting back over prolonged neglect and injustice. It said the country had relegated the Fulani herdsmen to the background and were never allowed to exercise any right in the country like other citizens. He called for the abrogation of the Anti-Open grazing Bill. National Secretary General of GAFDAN, Mr Saleh Bayeri told our reporter in Jos, Plateau State capital, yesterday: “There has been so much hatred against the…

Friday, 12 January 2018 05:53

Taraba anti-open grazing law starts Jan 24, death toll hits 60

Taraba State Governor, Mr. Darius Ishaku, has said the state anti-open grazing law is not targeted at any religious group or tribe. In a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs, Mr Emmanuel Bello, the governor explained that the law was colour blind. The statement explained that implementation of the Taraba State Anti-Open Grazing and Ranches Establishment Law, enacted in June 2017, is expected to commence on January 24, 2018, at the expiration of the six months grace period. Ishaku in the statement noted that cattle ownership in Taraba State was not the exclusive preserve of any religion,…

Friday, 12 January 2018 05:48

Another nationwide power outage looms as explosion hits major gas pipeline in Delta

An explosion ruptured a major Nigerian gas pipeline on Thursday, the state oil firm said in a statement, days after the same line was repaired following damage from a fire that shut it down earlier this month. Escarvos-Lagos Pipeline was hit by an explosion along Egbokodo-Omadino in the Warri region of Delta state, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said. NNPC did not say whether gas distribution had already been hit, but added that supplies from other sources would be increased to offset any shortfalls as repair works commence. The pipeline supplies gas to plants producing about one-sixth of Nigeria's power,…

Friday, 12 January 2018 05:45

Two senior lawyers punished, SAN title removed

Legal Practitioners Privileges Committee, LPPC, on Thursday announced the withdrawal of the title of Senior Advocate of Nigeria from two lawyers for misconduct. In a statement signed by its secretary, Mrs Hadiza Mustapha, the committee said the first affected lawyer, Mrs Oluwatoyin Bashorun, would not be allowed to re-apply for the position till after three years. According to the statement, the other lawyer, Mr Kunle Ogunba has been relinquished of all privileges attached to the title. “At the last Emergency Meeting which was held on September, 15 2017; the Legal Practitioners’ Privileges Committee by virtue of Section 5 (1) of…

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