February 2020

Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki

Explosion: Edo Factional APC Scribe Fingers Obaseki

February 11, 2020 11:37 am

 

Factional State Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Lawrence Okah, whose house was allegedly bombed by unknown persons on Tuesday morning, has accused Governor Godwin Obaseki of plotting to kill him over his second term ambition.

The Governor, however, said the resort to violence was the stock in trade of Ize-Iyamu, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and their cohorts in the Edo Peoples Movement (EPM).

Speaking while conducting journalists round his residence where the bomb exploded, Okah alleged that some gunmen had last week Tuesday fired at his bedroom.

He said that …

Kanu’s Threat Is A Rant Of A Local Coward – Abia CP

February 11, 2020 5:51 am

Abia Commissioner of Police, Ene Okon, has said the threat by IPOB to deal with his children if any member of the pro-Biafra group was shot by police during the burial of Kalu’s parents, was like the  ranting of a local coward.

IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kalu, in radio address last Saturday, said if any shot was fired in Afaraukwu on

February 14, the family and children of Mr. Okon  would be haunted down and killed.

Okon in a statement said: “I don’t want to talk much; all that I want to say is that the threat is a ranting …

SARS

Documentary Uncovers Tactics Used By SARS To Kill

February 11, 2020 5:50 am

Illegal tactics used by Nigeria’s security agencies to toture and kill detainees have been uncovered in an investigative documentary by the BBC Africa Eye.

In the 17-minute clip titled “The Torture Virus” and posted on its YouTube channel on Monday, February 10, the documentary showed how victims are illegally tortured through a technique called ‘Tabay’ and sometimes buried alive and killed by men of the Nigerian Army, Nigeria Police and the Special Anti-Robbery Squard (SARS).

The documentary begins by showing the tourture of two young men, Abba Bashir and Abubakar Mala, by members of the government-backed Civilian Joint Task Force …

Lawyer

Kanu’s Lawyer Asks Army, Police, Others To Withdraw

February 11, 2020 5:50 am

Ahead of the burial ceremony of Nnamdi Kanu’s parents in Abia state, his lawyer, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has called on the Army, the Inspector General of Police and other security agencies to withdraw their men from the community to allow for a peaceful burial.

Eze Israel Okwu Kanu and Ugoeze Sally Kanu, parents of the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kalu would be buried on February 14, 2020. Ejiofor, at a press conference, yesterday, in Abuja, appealed to Abia  Police Commissioner, Mr. Ene Okon, to order the police to stay away from the venue of the ceremony.

The appeal by Kanu’s lawyer comes …

Anambra Election Must Hold, Our Representatives Ready - MASSOB

We Want Biafra Not Igbo President In 2023 – MASSOB/BIM

February 11, 2020 5:49 am

The Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and the  Biafra Independent Movement (BIM), yesterday, said they were not part of agitation by some South East leaders pushing for an Igbo to become President in 2023.

The groups said their interest and agitation remained the actualisation of the sovereign state of Biafra  and appealed to the Federal Government to grant them Biafra independence ahead of 2023.

Chief Larry  Ikechukwu Odinma, who addressed the media in Abakaliki, as  Minister for Planning and Strategy in the New Republic of Biafra, said Igbo were more focused on getting …

ICPC Uncovers Funds Diverted To Private Accounts During Lockdown

₦2.5bn DSO Trial: ICPC Has No Case Against Us – NBC boss

February 11, 2020 5:48 am

Defendants in the multi billion naira Digital Switch Over (DSO) contract trial have told the Abuja division of the Federal High Court that the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC) has no prima facie case against them.

Specifically, the Director-General of National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Ishaq Kawu Modibbo, Pinnacle Communications Ltd, and two others, yesterday told Justice Folashade Ogunbanjo- Giwa that there was nothing in the charge against them to warrant their defence.

Accordingly, they adopted their no-case submission in urging the court to discharge and to acquit them from the charge.

They  are facing prosecution …

Omoyele Sowore

#RevolutionNow: Sowore, Bakare’s Trial Resumes Wednesday

February 11, 2020 5:37 am
The trial of Omoyele Sowore, Convener, #RevolutionNow, and his co-defendant, Olawale Bakare, will, on Wednesday, resume before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja.
Although the hearing was scheduled to begin today, Tuesday, the absence of the presiding judge stalled the trial.
At about 9a.m. when News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) visited Court 7 on the fourth floor of the building, the courtroom was empty aside from the court registrar and few workers doing their official assignment.
On the cause list attendance, Sowore’s case with suit number: FHC/ABJ/CR/956/2019 was on item nine according to the serial number.
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Ogbemudia Stadium

NFF Dumps Refurbished Ogbemudia Stadium For S’Leone Clash

February 11, 2020 5:35 am

After several weeks of speculations, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), May have shelved the idea of playing Super Eagles first international match of the year at the refurbished Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin, Edo State.

The refurbished stadium with a sitting capacity of 19,500 stands as one of the best in the country today and is equipped with the latest facilities.

It was due to be formally opened with the Super Eagles’ Day-four match of the ongoing AFCON 2021 qualifying round clash with Sierra Leone on the 22nd of March, 2020.

However, THISDAY last night confirmed from a top official …

President Muhammadu Buhari

Your Investments Safe, Buhari Assures Oil Companies

February 11, 2020 5:34 am

Despite rising security challenges across the country, President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday told foreign investors, especially those in the petroleum sector, not to panic as their investments remain safe. 

This was as he launched the Nigerian Gas Transportation Network Code, (NGTNC), a contractual framework between gas network operator and gas shippers that specifies the terms and guidelines for operation and use of the country gas resource.

President Buhari gave the assurance at the opening of the 3rd Nigerian International Petroleum Summit (NIPS) in Abuja.

Represented by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr. Boss Mustapha, Buhari told the …

Nigerians Begin Payment Of ₦6.98 Per USSD Bank Transaction

Electronic Payment Transactions Hit ₦151tn

February 11, 2020 5:33 am

The total value of transactions through various electronic payment (e-payment) channels in the country rose by 13 per cent to a total of ₦150.773 trillion in 2019, compared with the ₦133. 637 trillion recorded in 2018.

Also, the volume of transactions stood at 2.952 billion in 2019, higher than a total of 2.073 billion recorded in 2018.
The figures were contained in the latest industry e-payment data for full year 2019, from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), obtained by THISDAY yesterday.

But the data put the total value of intra-bank e-payment transactions at N441.905 trillion in 2019, while total …

Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU

ASUU Opens Talks With FG Over 2009 Pact, IPPIS

February 11, 2020 5:32 am

 

As part of moves to halt an impending strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over its standoff with the federal government on the non-implementation of the February 2009 agreement and government’s insistence that the union members must enroll on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), leaders of the union and the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, have commenced fresh talks, THISDAY has learnt.

The union has also accused the federal government of plotting to embark on what it called the “dilution” of the academic ranks of its members, through a 11-member committee set …

Tariff Hike Won’t Improve Supply - NUEE

FG Moves To Resolve Industrial Dispute In Power Sector

February 11, 2020 5:31 am

The federal government has agreed with the leadership of the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) on a 60-day timeframe to settle all issues relating to outstanding severance package due to electricity workers disengaged seven years ago as a result of the privatisation of the power sector entities.

The agreement was reached at a meeting between the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, and the leadership of NUEE, Ministry of Power, and Bureau for Public Enterprises (BPE) in Abuja yesterday.

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