April 2019

APC to tribunal: Atiku not Nigerian by birth

April 12, 2019 11:02 pm

The All Progressives Congress (APC) told the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja yesterday that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) had no candidate in the last presidential election. Responding to the petition filed by Atiku and the PDP challenging the victory of the APC candidate Jubril (President Muhammadu Buhari) in the election, the ruling party contended that by fielding Atiku, “a non-Nigerian by birth”, the PDP cannot claim to have had a candidate in the last presidential election.

The party argued that by virtue of not being a Nigerian by birth, Atiku, a former Vice President, was not qualified to …

Boy drowns in stagnant pool in Kano

April 12, 2019 8:55 am

A 14- year-old boy, Huzaifa Abdulrashid, has drowned while bathing in a stagnant pool called “Promise” at Gwarzo Road in Gwale Local Government Area of Kano State.

The spokesman of the Kano State Fire Service, Mr Saidu Mohammed, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the incident happened on Friday morning when the deceased went to take his bath.

“We received a distress call today from one Malam Habibu Ibrahim at about 07:35 a.m. that Abdulrashid’s body was found floating in the water.

“On receiving the information, we quickly sent our rescue team to the scene at about 07:43a.m.…

North-central group endorses Wase for speakership

April 11, 2019 10:23 pm

As the campaign for the Speakership of the House of Representatives continues, the representative of Wase federal constituency in Plateau State, Hon. Ahmed Idris Wase, has received the endorsement of North Central-based organisation, The Equity and Justice Forum.

The body said it has thrown its weight behind Wase, a member of All Progressives Congress (APC), to become the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and it has started wooing political stakeholders and members of the House to support the Forum’s candidate.

The Convener of the Forum, Femi Davies, who made this known in a press conference at the Murtala Muhammed
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Hypocrisy of Nigerians condemning xenophobia in S’Africa

April 11, 2019 9:52 pm

By Odumodu Gbulagu

The word Xenophobia came from “Xenos” meaning STRANGE or FOREIGN; and “Phobos” meaning FEAR.
Xenophobia can be then defined as deep rooted fears and hatred towards foreigners.

South Africa is now the world’s headquarters of Xenophobia.
The way and manner they became prejudiced against the people that liberated them from apartheid is still very surprising.

They kill, maim and discriminate against fellow African immigrants with such joy that even women and children are involved in the killings, and they oftentimes sing and watch while their likes are being stoned to death.
The pictures and videos are often …

Q3 2018 capital budget records dismal implementation

FG plans removal of fuel subsidy

April 11, 2019 9:34 pm

The Minister of Finance, Mrs Zainab Ahmed says the Federal Government will look into gradual removal of fuel subsidy as part of strategies to boost revenue.

Ahmed said this on Thursday on the sideline of the IMF/World Bank meetings currently taking place in Washington DC, United States of America.

Ahmed made the disclosure while reacting to the IMF’s advice to Nigeria and other countries who still subsidise fossil fuel to stop doing so.

According to the IMF, fuel subsidy removal would help boost revenue and improve government’s spending to build more hospitals, roads, schools, and to support education and health …

Nigeria, others to benefit World Bank $15bn grant

April 11, 2019 9:13 pm

The World Bank has said it will spend 15 billion dollars from 2021 to 2023 to help Nigeria and other African countries strengthen their human capital.

The World Bank Vice President for Africa, Mr Hafez Ghanem, said this at the launch of the bank’s Africa Human Capital Plan during the World Bank-IMF Spring Meetings on Thursday.

Ghanem said that the objective of the plan was to enable Africa’s young people to grow up in optimal health, and be equipped with the right skills to compete in the digitising global economy.

He said that Sub-Saharan Africa scored the lowest of all

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IMF cautions Nigeria against borrowing from China

April 10, 2019 9:07 pm

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned Nigeria and other emerging market countries taking excessive loans from China to consider the terms of such facilities, especially, their compliance with the Paris Club arrangements.

Speaking on Wednesday at the ongoing IMF/World Bank Spring Meetings in United States of America, Director, IMF Monetary and Capital Markets Department, Tobias Andrian, said that there was nothing bad in borrowing from China, except that the terms of such loans are always questionable.

He said: “Loans from China are good, but the countries should consider the terms of the loans. And we urge countries that when …

Without Ifa, there wouldn’t have been Google – Ooni of Ife

April 10, 2019 8:58 pm

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, on Wednesday said that the Google originated from the  ‘Ifa’ also known as the oracle.

The traditional leader said that without ‘Ifa’, Google would not have been created.

Ogunwusi said this during the press tour of the tourists sites within the ancient city ahead of the Tourism Innovation and Development Innovation Conference (TIDA) slated for April 24.

The theme of the forthcoming conference is:” Impact of Sustainable Tourism Development and Marketing of Tourism Destinations on Host Communities”.

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Bench warrant against me futile – Nnamdi Kanu

April 10, 2019 7:57 am

Leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has described the bench warrant against him as merely an academic exercise.

In a broadcast monitored in Awka, Kanu said the international and diplomatic community would surely ignore the bench warrant, arguing that the diplomatic community had voiced its disapproval of what was happening to IPOB in Nigeria.

He said that he remained eternally grateful to his sureties for standing by him all through his travails, trials and tribulations, adding that it smacked off judicial persecution for Justice Binta Nyako handling his case to claim that his sureties had …

Anambra Assembly passes bill to reduce burial expenses

April 10, 2019 7:45 am

A Bill seeking to curtail burial and funeral expenses in Anambra State has been passed by the state House of Assembly.

The Bill which was sponsored by the member representing Anaocha 11 constituency,Hon Charles Ezeani, was passed after due consideration by the House during Wednesday’s plenary.

The burial and funeral expenses had been on the rise in the state, which forced the Catholic Bishop of Awka, Most Rev Paulinus Ezeokafor to raise the alarm a few years ago.

The Cleric said if not curtailed, people in the state would go hungry after such burial ceremonies, while also advocated for a …

Tribunal set to deliver judgment on Okorocha, Izunaso case

Labour gives Okorocha 7-day ultimatum to pay salaries

April 10, 2019 7:23 am

The organised Labour in Imo State comprising the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), the Joint Public Service Negotiating Council (PSNC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) on Tuesday issued a 7-day ultimatum to the state government to pay March 2019 salaries owed to state Civil servants and all the outstanding pension arrears.

The Labour, in a letter to the state governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha and obtained by The Daily Times said that all efforts to ensure that the state Accountant-General pay the March 2019 salaries yielded no result.

The letter jointly signed by the state chairman of the NLC, Comrade Austin Chilakpu, …

Senate okays ₦1.64tr borrowing plan

April 9, 2019 11:11 pm

The Senate on Tuesday adopted the N1.64 trillion proposed by the Executive for new borrowing to fund this year’s budget deficit.

The upper chamber also approved the proposed N500 billion special social intervention funds.

The adoptions were parts of the 2019-2021 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP) passed Tuesday by the upper chamber.

Jubril (President Muhammadu Buhari) sent the MTEF/FSP to the National Assembly on November 6, last year, for consideration and approval.

The passage of the MTEF/FSP came as the Senate is set to receive the report of the 2019 budget from its Appropriation Committee.
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