September 26, 2019

Democrats Subpoena White House; Escalates Impeachment

Embattled Trump Leaves New York Angry And Bitter

September 26, 2019 4:31 pm

From his New York skyscraper, President Donald Trump should have felt on top of the world. Instead, the scandal over his alleged shakedown of Ukraine’s president for dirt on an opponent has brought him to the lowest point of his presidency — and at risk of crashing further.

The former real estate tycoon and reality TV performer returned to Washington on Thursday as only the fourth president to face an impeachment inquiry.

On Twitter, he raged at the “hoax” and “scam.” Aides insisted that the story was meaningless.

But in reality, this was the week when Trump was confronted in …

Why Omoyele Sowore Is Still With Us – DSS

September 26, 2019 3:58 pm

The Department of State Services has said the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, was still in custody because his legal team had yet to serve it with a copy of the court order granting him bail.

Spokesperson of the DSS, Dr. Peter Afunnaya said this in a telephone interview with our correspondent, in Abuja, on Thursday.

He said the DSS as a law-abiding agency has the highest regard for the laws of the land and would not do anything to undermine law and order.

Afunnaya said, “We have not received the court order. And his (Sowore’s) counsel …

Be Prudent With Public Funds, Yemi-Esan To Perm. Secs, DGs

September 26, 2019 12:33 pm

Acting Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, Thursday, charged Federal Permanent Secretaries, Director Generals and Chief Executives of government agencies and parastatals as well as heads of nation’s tertiary institutions to make discipline their watchword in the management of public funds.

Dr. Yemi-Esan who gave the charge yesterday at a one-day Public Service Innovation Conference, organized for top public officers said the conference was conceived following the end of a two-day intensive training on radical innovation on Wednesday.

In a keynote address presented to a capacity-filled auditorium at the National Universities Commission, NUC;  the …

Osinbajo Begs Nigerians to Endure Pain of Border Closure

₦90bn Allegation: You Can’t Waive Immunity, Lawyer Tells VP

September 26, 2019 12:05 pm

Lagos-based lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, says Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo lacks the constitutional power to waive his immunity.

Effiong said this in a statement while reacting to Osinbajo’s vow to waive his constitutional immunity to pave the way for the “most robust adjudication” over an allegation that he took ₦90bn from the Federal Inland Revenue Service to fund the 2019 general elections.

The lawyer said the Supreme Court had ruled in the matter of Bola Tinubu vs I.M.B Securities Plc that a person holding any of the executive offices that has immunity cannot waive it.

He said, “Based on the extant constitutional …

Willie Obiano Budgets ₦137bn For 2020 Fiscal Year

September 26, 2019 11:25 am

The Anambra State governor, Willie Obiano, on Thursday laid a budget of ₦137.1bn before the Anambra State House of Assembly for the 2020 fiscal year.

The budget had ₦57.69bn as recurrent expenditure and N78.3bn as capital expenditure, representing 43 and 57 per cent of the budget respectively.

Tagged budget for “Accelerating Infrastructural Development and Youth Entrepreneurship”, the governor said it would take into consideration, the state’s revenue and expenditure trend.

Obiano said, “This is expected to drive the 2020 budget theme of Accelerating Infrastructural Development and Youth Entrepreneurship.

“We hope that the budget allocation will facilitate the intended improvement in …

Dear Young People, Monetize Your Abilities - Onyeka

Onyeka Urges Young People Monetize Your Abilities

September 26, 2019 10:45 am

A Nigerian blogger and historian; Chiemelie Onyeka has charged Nigerians never to do what they do very well for free. The social media influencer tried to drive his message home using some of the experiences he gathered from working with people.

He said: “I once had an ‘ex’ who was very dutiful and eccentric about her job with the media but she was always shortchanged as she came in as an intern at the time. She grew in rank and learnt fast yet it didn’t affect her remuneration. She was underpaid, undervalued and underrated to say the least”.

I always
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Two Children Beaten To Death For Open Defecation

September 26, 2019 7:54 am
Two children were beaten to death in India for defecating in the open, police said Thursday, underlining the violence sometimes unleashed to enforce Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship cleanliness drive.

The children from the Dalit community, India’s lowest social caste previously known as “untouchables”, were on their way to their grandfather’s house in the Shivpuri district in the central state of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday.

“It was early morning and they had stopped to attend to nature’s call” when they were attacked, police inspector general Raja Babu Singh told AFP by phone.

“The kids were taken to the hospital but

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EFCC Docks Conman For ₦65.1m Oil Fraud In Kaduna

September 26, 2019 7:13 am

The Kaduna Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on Wednesday, September 25, 2019 arraigned one Nuhu Ibrahim Shuaibu ( alias Ishaku Abdulrazak) before Justice P. Mallong of the Federal High Court, sitting in Kaduna on four-count charge that border on impersonation and fraud to the tune of ₦65,150,000 (Sixty-five Million, One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira).

Shuaibu’s road to the dock began sometime in 2017, when he introduced himself as NNPC’s Group Managing Director, Finance and Accounts to a businessman, Mallam Faisal Safiyanu, whom he promised to assist in the procurement of between 2,000mt to 2,500mt …

Former French president Jacques Chirac dies at 86

September 26, 2019 7:02 am

Former French president Jacques Chirac, a centre-right career politician who served as head of state from 1995 to 2007, has died, his family told the press on Thursday. He was 86.

“President Jacques Chirac died this morning surrounded by his family, peacefully,” his son-in-law Frederic Salat-Baroux told news men.

Twice elected head of state in 1995 and 2002, his 12 years in the Elysee Palace made him France’s second longest-serving post-war president after his Socialist predecessor Francois Mitterrand.

On the international stage, Chirac will be best remembered for angering the United States with his public opposition to the 2003 war …

Prince Harry kicks off Botswana visit with tree planting

September 26, 2019 6:17 am

Britain’s Prince Harry on Thursday kicked off a visit to Botswana, travelling solo while his wife Meghan Markle and their four-month-old son Archie remained behind in South Africa.

The royals are on a 10-day visit to southern Africa, their first official tour as a family.

In Botswana, Harry joined 200 schoolchildren on Thursday morning as they planted trees in the Chobe Forest Reserve. The Duke of Sussex planted a baobab, a tree that is “severely under threat across Africa,” according to an Instagram post that was accompanied by a photo of Harry kneeling next to a seedling and high-fiving one …

Police accuse lawyer of plot to kill Kashamu

September 26, 2019 5:44 am

The Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday arraigned a lawyer, Bayo Adedokun, before the Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Igbosere for allegedly threatening to kill Senator Buruji Kashamu and Alhaji Muniru Ogunleye over a land dispute.

The 30-year-old lawyer was arraigned on four counts bordering on conspiracy, attempted murder and conduct likely to cause the breach of  peace, which he pleaded not guilty to.

The police alleged that Adedokun, in August at Ogombo village in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State, hired 10 hoodlums to allegedly kill the complainants, claiming that a land they occupied belongs to his …

N90bn allegation: I will waive my immunity – Osinbajo

September 26, 2019 4:13 am

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has personally reacted to an allegation that he took N90billion from the Federal Inland Revenue Service to fund the 2019 general elections.

The allegation was made by a former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Mr Timi Frank.

The VP said he would waive his constitutional immunity to pave the way for the “most robust adjudication” over the matter.

His Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr Laolu Akande, said on Wednesday that Osinbajo made the declaration in a tweet.

It reads, “In the past few days, a spate of reckless and malicious …

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