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Tuesday, 05 December 2017 03:54

Failure of govt cause of killings - Sultan

Sultan of Sokoto, Mr Muhammad Abubakar Sa’ad III, has attributed incessant killings, particularly in the Northeast, to government’s failure at discharging its duties. The monarch, who spoke yesterday in Kaduna State, at a meeting of Northern Traditional Rulers’ Council, said issues affecting the people, good governance and justice to all would be discussed. He said: “I am the leader of Fulani in this country, and in the West African sub-region. I live with so many people and I know their problems, and I will never call on any Fulani to pick up arms to kill anybody. “I have said it…

Tuesday, 05 December 2017 03:52

Supreme Court allows full enforcement of Trump travel ban

Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to fully enforce a ban on travel to the United States by residents of six mostly Muslim countries. This is not a final ruling on the travel ban: Challenges to the policy are winding through the federal courts, and the justices themselves ultimately are expected to rule on its legality. But the action indicates that the high court might eventually approve the latest version of the ban, announced by President Donald Trump in September. Lower courts have continued to find problems with the policy. White House spokesman Hogan Gidley said the White…

Monday, 04 December 2017 03:56

Extremist preachers aiding insurgents - Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has said insurgents are able to attract members to their fold because of what he called the “insidious preaching” of extremist clerics. Speaking in Jordan yesterday at a security meeting hosted by King Abdullah II, Mr Buhari called for an action plan to halt the trend. Buhari also urged leaders, especially from the Muslim world, to speak up against the hateful violence committed by deranged people in the name of Islam. “All nations, irrespective of religion should partner effectively in implementing national, regional and global action plans to counter violent extremism,” the president said. He reiterated Nigeria’s…

Monday, 04 December 2017 03:52

Corruption under Buhari worse than Jonathan’s era - Tola Adeniyi

Renowned journalist, columnist and administrator, Mr Adetola Adeniyi, in this interview speaks on why 2019 general election should not be conducted without the country being restructured, how years of Fulani hegemony has brought the country to its kneels. Excerpts: You’re one of the strong voices calling on the government of Nigeria to address the national question. And the national question is giving power to the people, including the minority in the country wherever they are. Why have you been so tenacious in your call to the government and people of Nigeria to address the national question? I have been so…

Monday, 04 December 2017 03:49

60 corps members die in one year – NYSC DG

At least 60 members of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) serving in different parts of the country died as a result of “frivolous journeys” in the last one year. NYSC Director-General (DG), Mr Suleiman Zakari Kazaure, said this at the weekend while addressing corps members during his official visit to NYSC permanent orientation camp at Wannune in Tarka Local Government Area of Benue State. Kazaure warned corps members against making arbitrary journeys without the consent of either their state coordinators or DG as the case may be. He urged them to be security conscious in any environment they find themselves…

Sunday, 03 December 2017 03:26

Buhari was banned from entering U.S. for 15 years - Atiku

President Muhammadu Buhari was banned from entering United States because Americans had reservations about his religious views, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar said. Critics have long accused Mr. Buhari of holding religious views antithetical to modern democratic principles, a charge the president has repeatedly rejected. In 2001, Buhari drew nationwide backlash when he was quoted as declaring support for the Islamic doctrine of Shari’a and calling on Muslims to only vote for their fellow Muslims during elections. The president challenged the report saying he was quoted out of context. He has also repeatedly denied being an extremist, saying he tolerates…

Sunday, 03 December 2017 03:25

Buhari never banned from U.S - Presidency

PRESS RELEASE Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, claims in an interview published Saturday that "for about 15 years, Buhari could not enter America on account of religious considerations." This fictive concoction being passed off as truth is mind boggling, coming from a former Number Two man of Nigeria, who should know the truth. At no time was President Buhari, as a private person, ever forbidden from entering any country in the world. Rather, the rest of the world has always held Muhammadu Buhari as a man of sterling qualities, strong on integrity, transparency and accountability. The same testimony is still…

Sunday, 03 December 2017 03:21

Terrorists plotting to bomb Abuja, US, UK warn

British and United States governments have warned their citizens of terrorist groups’ threat to carry out bomb attacks in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, during the Yuletide. In its latest foreign travel advice to British nationals, the country’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office stated that it would raise the terrorism threat alert in Nigeria during the festive periods. Around 117,000 British citizens visit Nigeria each year, according to the FCO. US government warned its citizens not to travel to Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Jigawa and Yobe till the end of the year. “The risk of terrorist attack increases around religious festivals; so…

Sunday, 03 December 2017 03:16

Borno plans fortress towns to counter Boko Haram

Borno state government has a plan for the northeast, torn apart by eight years of conflict with Boko Haram: displaced people will be housed in fortified garrison towns, ringed by farms, with the rest of the countryside effectively left to fend for itself. The vision for the state of Borno, ground zero for the war with the Islamist insurgency, is a stark admission of the reality in the northeast. For two years, the military and government have said Boko Haram is all but defeated, and the remnants are being mopped up. But the military is largely unable to control territory…

Saturday, 02 December 2017 03:40

In tears, El-Rufai adopts late Commissioner’s children, names school, hospital after him

Kaduna State Governor, Mr Nasir El-Rufai on Friday expressed his resolve to adopt the three children of late Commissioner of Education, Science and Technology, Mr Andrew Nok, who died on November 21, 2017 after a protracted illness. Speaking at a valedictory executive session held in honour of the late Professor, El-Rufai said that the state government would sponsor the education of the deceased's children up to Phd level. He also said that one of the state’s secondary schools and an health institution would be named after the late Commissioner who he said served meritoriously as the Commissioner for Health and…

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Saturday, 02 December 2017 03:38

FTK, twins music sensation, release hot new Single

Since they broke into the Nigerian music scene about three years ago, talented duo known as FTK have captured the imagination of lovers of popular contemporary music, who have responded to their energetic beat and on-stage presence with enthusiasm. Their music is also a regular feature of radio airwaves, as well as online. When something is nice, as someone once said, you play it twice. FTK, which is short for Falobi Taiwo & Kehinde, is composed of twins who – in their other life – are both undergraduates of Mass Communications at Babcock University. Their double-barreled virtuosity is complemented by…

Saturday, 02 December 2017 03:31

FUT Minna gets new VC

Mr Abdullahi Bala, formerly deputy vice chancellor administration, Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna, has been inaugurated as the 7th Vice Chancellor of the University. The event was witnessed by top government functionaries, academicians and the general public. Bala, a professor, said during his tenure, the institution would strive hard to provide equal opportunity to individuals and groups in its admissions and appointments. “We will work hard in navigating the University along the trajectory of progressiveness and development already charted by my predecessor,” he said. Bala said his administration would be guided by three cardinal principles of obeying statutes of…

Friday, 01 December 2017 03:44

I advised AGF Malami to meet with Maina abroad - DG SSS

Director General of State Security Services, Mr Lawal Daura, said on Thursday that he advised Attorney General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami, to meet with Mr Abdulrasheed Maina abroad. Maina is wanted for alleged pension fraud and is currently on the run from the anti-graft agency, EFCC. Daura, while giving his submission on Thursday to House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating Maina’s controversial reinstatement and promotion in the civil service, however said he advised him to do so in presence of a third party. “The attorney general of the federation sometime in 2016 or 2015 (can’t remember the exact…

Friday, 01 December 2017 03:42

Interior Ministry reinstated Maina without my approval – HoS

Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita, again on Thursday said the former head of Presidential Task Force on Pension Reform, Mr Abdulrasheed Maina, was reinstated into the civil service without a directive from her office. Oyo-Ita spoke at the continuation of a hearing by the ad-hoc committee set up by the House of Representatives to probe the matter. Attorney General of the Federation, Mr Abubakar Malami; Acting EFCC chairman, Mr Ibrahim Magu; Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun; Accountant General of the Federation, Mr Ahmed Idris; Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Services, Mr Mohammed Babangede;…

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