December 2019

Punch Playing Partisan Politics Not Journalism –Presidency

December 11, 2019 11:35 am

The Presidency has accused the Punch newspapers of playing partisan opposition politics and not journalism in its decision to address President Muhammadu Buhari as Major General, to protest his “disregard” for the rule of law.

In a second statement from the presidency on the matter, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, described Punch newspapers’ decision as absurd particularly when it never changed former Olusegun Obasanjo’s title to General, even when he disobeyed Supreme Court order  withholding local government funds of Lagos State.

It said: “It is unprecedented and absurd in our recent political history. The Punch …

NSCDC Probes Fraudulent Messages On Recruitment

December 11, 2019 11:35 am
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has commenced investigations to fish out those behind fake messages being sent to unsuspecting candidates who had applied for employment in the organisation to send their names for replacement and report for training.
 
The NSCDC said there is no replacement taking place in the Corps and the fraudulent messages neither emanated from the Corps nor the Civil Defence, Immigration, Fire and Correctional Services Board which is saddled with the sole responsibility of recruitment into the Corps.
 
A statement issued in Abuja yesterday by Emmanuel Okeh (DCC), Civil Defence Public Relations Officer (CDPRO), 
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Ugwuanyi

Encomiums For Ugwuanyi As Council Bosses Bow Out

December 11, 2019 11:34 am

By the time Enugu State Governor, Chief Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi dissolved the 17 elected council chairmen, the Chairman of Enugu North Local Government Area, Emma Onoh left with his head high. 

Onoh who in less than three months, recently completed one of the most adoring pavilions in Enugu state, had declared that he owed no debt at all as his first term of two years came to an end on December 4, 2019.

He hailed Governor Ugwuanyi for providing enabling environment for council Chairmen to operate, describing the governor as a super administrator.

The council boss made the remarks when the …

House Probes Unexecuted Constituency Projects

December 11, 2019 11:33 am

The House of Representatives has set up an ad-hoc committee to investigate the amount of unspent constituency project funds not remitted in the last 10 years.

The House ordered the investigation following the adoption of a motion moved by the Speaker, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, on the need to refund unspent budgeted monies.

Read Also: Punch Newspaper Vows To Address Buhari As Major-General

The ad hoc committee, chaired by Hon. Francis Agbo, was also tasked to unmasked the defaulting agencies and report back to the House for further legislative action.

In his lead debate, Hon. Abubakar Fulata emphasised the need for …

Wabote Highlights Benefits Of NLNG Train 7

December 11, 2019 11:32 am

The Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Mr. Simbi Wabote, has reiterated that the upcoming Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Train 7 will have significant impact on the Nigerian economy and the oil and gas industry in particular.

The Final Investment Decision (FID) on the long awaited projected is expected to be taken before the year runs out.

Speaking at the just concluded 2019 Practical Nigerian Local Content in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Wabote said the project would bring more revenue to the country through taxes as well as creation of 10,000 direct jobs which …

1 Dead, Many Injured As Trailer Crushes Vehicles In Abuja

December 11, 2019 11:31 am

A middle- age woman died instantly on Wednesday morning when an articulated vehicle ploughed into several vehicles, at the Kugbo Hill, Nyanyan along the Abuja- Keffi Road.

Eye witnesses said the accident occurred at about 10.00 am, when the trailer developed a brake failure while it was about descending the hill. In the process, the driver lost control of the vehicle, when it crushed the other vehicles on its path.

Read Also: Punch Newspaper Vows To Address Buhari As Major-General

The articulated vehicle was said to be laden with an excavator, which it was taking to a construction site before …

Efik’s Cultural Day Of Glamour, Fun

December 11, 2019 11:31 am

It was a day of colours, glamour and extravagant display of cultural fiesta. It was a cultural festival like no other, a festival of dancing, a festival of traditional songs, festival of local delicacies and strong local liquors, festival of cultural attires, festival of masquerades and ultimately a festival of the people, for the people and by the people of Efik in Calabar, Cross River state.

United by culture, said to be more powerful than religion, hundreds of Efik sons and daughters from far and wide and across all walks of lives, had held residents of the Federal Capital Territory …

Niger

Niger: 2020 Budget Based On Payment Of 30,000 Minimum Wage

December 11, 2019 11:30 am

The Niger State government has said that its 2020 budget is based on the payment of the ₦30,000 minimum wage.

This is just as the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has thumbed down the fiscal estimates describing it as “budget of nothingness and profound sleaziness”.

The state Commissioners for Planning, Alhaji Mamman Musa and that of Finance, Alhaji Zakari Abubakar, while giving the breakdown of the budget in Minna on Wednesday, said like other aspects of the budget, the implementation will commence once the fiscal estimates are passed by the House of Assembly and assented to by …

Punch Newspaper Vows To Address Buhari As Major-General

December 11, 2019 8:22 am

The entire country and a global audience are rightly scandalised by the unfolding saga over Omoyele Sowore and the unruliness of the SSS and the government; but it is only a pattern, a reflection of the serial disregard of the Buhari regime for human rights and its battering of other arms of government and our democratic institutions. PUNCH views this tendency and its recent escalation with serious concern, knowing as the great thinker, Edmund Burke, said that “the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Nigeria had trod a path, a veritable …

Edo APC Factions Bicker Over Defecting PDP Members

December 11, 2019 8:22 am

Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has raised the alarm over alleged plans by the government to recruit thugs from Kogi and Ekiti states to disrupt a rally planned for defecting People’s Democratic Party (PDP) members on Friday.

Over 20,000 PDP leaders across the 18 local government areas of the state, led by Osagie Ize-Iyamu, will be received into the APC by the party National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, and other leaders.

A statement by the party Secretary, Lawrence Okah, alleged that the state government has recruited the services of the governor’s Special Adviser on Security, Haruna Yusuf

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Your Appointment Merited, UBTH Chairman Tells UNIBEN VC

December 11, 2019 8:21 am

Chairman, University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) Management Board, Bashorun Adedoja Adewolu, yesterday, said the appointment of the new Vice Chancellor, Lilian Salami, is a clear attestation by the entire university community that she is the most preferred over others. 

He stated this when he led UBTH management team to visit the vice chancellor.

“Your appointment as vice chancellor, at this time in the history of the university, is not a fluke rather it is a clear attestation by the entire university community that you are the most preferred over others.

“Your ability and capacity to deliver on this …

NSE Boss, Onyema, Bullish On Insurance Sector

December 11, 2019 8:20 am

The Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Mr. Oscar Onyema yesterday said the ongoing recapitalisation exercise in the insurance sector will present new opportunities for mergers and acquisitions and bring about efficiency, innovation and profitability.

Onyema stated this at the NSE Insurance Sector Forum with the theme: “Recapitalisation: A Panacea for Insurance Industry Growth,” held in Lagos, which was sponsored by Coronation Merchant Bank.

According to him, the upward review of the paid-up capital of the insurance sector would strengthen the growth and development of the sector, noting industry has grown remarkably over the years, generating a gross premium …

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