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Friday, 25 August 2017 04:32

US to limit visas from 4 nations that won't take deportees

The Trump administration is poised to impose visa restrictions on four Asian and African nations refusing to take back their citizens who've been deported from the United States, officials said Thursday. The officials said Cambodia, Eritrea, Guinea and Sierra Leone would soon be subject to sanctions. They're meant to coax "recalcitrant" countries into accepting the return of individuals the U.S. tries to remove. Under federal law, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson can stop all or specific types of visas from being issued to such nations. Tillerson isn't likely to ban all visas, the officials said. Rather, he would target government…

Friday, 25 August 2017 04:29

ASUU blasts JAMB over cut-off marks

Funmi Olaitan, Ibadan Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Thursday, lashed out at the Federal Government over the minimum cut-off mark for 2017/2018 admission into the nation’s tertiary institutions. It would be recalled that JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, had in agreement with other stakeholders announced 120 and 100 as the minimum scores for admission into University and Polytechnic respectively. He said, “30 per cent of those in higher institutions do not take JAMB or have less than the cut-off marks. The admission process is now automated with direct involvement of the registrar of JAMB for final approval. We…

Thursday, 24 August 2017 04:34

Buhari resumes old habits in days since return - Reuters

President Muhammadu Buhari has kept a low profile since his grand return from sick leave on Saturday. Buhari disembarked his plane in Abuja on Saturday to a military salute and was cheered by hundreds of people who lined the streets as his motorcade drove to the presidential villa. But the president, known locally as the Lion of Africa, is again working from home and missing weekly cabinet meetings, as he did during his previous, two-month, stay in Nigeria between absences for treatment for an undisclosed ailment in Britain. The refusal to disclose details of Buhari's illness has caused speculation about…

Thursday, 24 August 2017 04:14

Sultan declares September 1 Sallah day

Sultan of Sokoto and Chairman Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs, Sa’ad Abubakar, has declared Sept. 1, 2017 as Eid-el-Kabir day. This is contained in a statement signed by Prof. Sambo Junaidu, Chairman, Advisory Committee on Religious Affairs to Sokoto Sultanate Council. The statement released in Sokoto on Wednesday, indicated that the declaration followed the sighting of the new moon of Zulhijja on Tuesday. “The advisory committee in conjunction with the National Committee on Moon Sighting received various reports on moon sighting across the country confirming the sighting of new moon of Zulhijja on Tuesday Aug. 22, 2017,’’ it said.…

Wednesday, 23 August 2017 04:39

Buhari issues marching order to military chiefs to keep Nigeria one

President Muhammadu Buhari has given security chiefs a directive on ongoing agitations in the country, saying they must ensure that Nigeria remains one. Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Abayomi Olonishakin, stated this on Tuesday in an interview with State House correspondents after a meeting Buhari held with security chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Olonisakin said the agitation by a “secessionist group” in the South-East, the Independent People of Biafra, was among security issues the President discussed with security chiefs. He said the President asked them to ensure that his directive that Nigeria must remain one was carried out to…

Wednesday, 23 August 2017 04:36

Replicate UK health facilities in Nigeria, NMA challenges Buhari

Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to replicate in Nigeria facilities he benefited from in the hospital that attended to him in London. President of the association, Dr Mike Ogirinma, urged the federal government to invest more in the health sector to remove the need for Nigerians having to travel abroad for health care. Ogirima made the call at the end of the National Executive Council meeting of the association in Kaduna on Monday. Welcoming Buhari back from his medical vacation in London, Ogirima urged the president to utilise his positive experience in the health systems…

Wednesday, 23 August 2017 04:35

FG may adopt selective minimum wage increase – Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says the Federal Government may consider increasing workers’ remuneration package, especially bonuses of certain government agencies, instead of increasing wages across board. According to a transcript made available to journalists in Abuja on Tuesday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu Akande, the Vice-President spoke during a session titled, ‘Conversation with the Vice-President’ at the 2017 Nigerian Bar Association National Conference held in Lagos on Monday. Osinbajo said though the issue of better pay for workers was a good suggestion, the government was “in a bind of sorts.” He said at the…

Wednesday, 23 August 2017 04:32

FG, states, LGs share N467.8 billion in August as revenue drops

The federal government, states and local governments shared N467.8 billion in August, Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, said on Tuesday. This indicates a shortfall in revenue by N184.2 billion from N652 billion shared in July. Mrs. Adeosun, represented by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Mahmoud Dutse, said this at the end of the monthly Federation Account Allocation Committee, FAAC, meeting on Tuesday in Abuja. She said the shared amount was inclusive of Value Added Tax, VAT.Gross statutory revenue was put at N387.31 billion, while VAT was N80.53 billion. She said the decline in revenue was caused by a drastic…

Wednesday, 23 August 2017 04:24

Only one-third of students who sat for JAMB scored above 200 – Official

Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, on Tuesday said 569,395 of the 1.7 million candidates that wrote this year’s UTME scored over 200 marks.The number represents just about a third of the students who sat for the examination. The total score for UTME exam is 400. JAMB Registrar, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this at the policy meeting of the stakeholders of tertiary institutions in Abuja. He said 23.8 per cent of the total number of the candidates scored below 160 marks. He said stakeholders unanimously agreed that the minimum cut-off marks for university degree is to stand at 120. Stakeholders,…

Wednesday, 23 August 2017 04:22

Oyo committed to flood control, to shut down 22 radio stations - DG

Funmi Olaitan, Ibadan Director General, Oyo State Bureau of Physical Planning and Development Control, Mr Waheed Gbadamosi, on Tuesday, restated the commitment of the state government to control floods in the state, saying the government had spent only 14 per cent of the $200millon World Bank loan granted it after the August 26, 2011 flood disaster which claimed hundreds of lives and property worth several millions of naira. Gbadamosi while addressing a ministerial briefing held at the state Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, said the repayment plan of the loan is spread over a period of 20 years with…

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Wednesday, 23 August 2017 04:18

France's Macron heads east to tame flow of cheaper workers

French President Emmanuel Macron is pushing for tighter European Union rules to protect workers in France and other prosperous countries in Western Europe from cheaper labor stemming from the continent's eastern nations. Macron is set to raise concerns over so called "posted workers" with several leaders in Central Europe as he makes his first visit to the region this week. His stance threatens fresh tensions in a bloc already strained by competing national interests after disputes over migrants and Britain's vote last year to leave the European Union. During a three-day tour starting Wednesday, Macron will seek to get an…

Wednesday, 23 August 2017 04:16

Triple talaq: India court bans Islamic instant divorce

India's top court has ruled the practice of instant divorce in Islam unconstitutional, marking a major victory for women's rights activists. In a 3-2 majority verdict, the court called the practice "un-Islamic". India is one of a handful of countries where a Muslim man can divorce his wife in minutes by saying the word talaq (divorce) three times.The landmark court decision came in response to petitions challenging the so-called "triple talaq" custom. The cases were filed by five Muslim women who had been divorced in this way and two rights groups. Women's rights campaigners have hailed the court's decision as…

Wednesday, 23 August 2017 04:14

Recruitment: Navy releases list of successful candidates

Nigerian Navy has released the list of successful candidates for the 2017 Nigerian Navy Recruitment Exercise. A statement yesterday by Navy spokesman Captain Suleman Dahun said the candidates emerged successful after the aptitude test held nationwide on Saturday 12 August 2017. He said, “Candidates are therefore advised to check online at www.joinnigerianavy.com for their names.” He added that, “All successful candidates are to report at the Nigerian Navy Secondary School, Ojo, Navy Town, Lagos for the final selection interview which is scheduled to hold from Friday 25 August 2017 to Saturday 14 September 2017.” He also said, candidates are reminded…

Wednesday, 23 August 2017 04:13

I never supported Ajimobi's chieftaincy review - Olubadan

Funmi Olaitan, Ibadan The controversy over the Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up by Oyo State government on Olubadan chieftaincy declaration, has assumed a new dimension as Oba Saliu Adetunji on Tuesday described the recommendation of 32 crowns for Ibadanland by the commission as a joke taken too far. The monarch while reacting through his Director, Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Adeola Oloko, to a statement credited to the state Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Mr. Bimbo Kolade, by a private radio station in Ibadan, said the opposition of Oba Adetunji to the chieftaincy review embarked upon by…

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