Politics

Buhari Applauds Siting Of Transport University In Daura

December 2, 2019 12:57 pm

President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the Federal Ministry of Transportation for convincing the China civil engineering company (CECCC) to construct a university of transportation in Daura, Katsina state.

Buhari made the commendation during the ground breaking ceremony of the newly established university in Daura on Monday.

He said the university would bring rapid development to the nations transport sector as well as generate both academic and none academic employment opportunities to Nigerians.

Buhari lauded the management of the Chinese company which pledged to construct the university as part of its corporate social responsibility.

He emphasised that such efforts would enhance …

Dino Melaye Is My Political House Boy – Smart Adeyemi

December 2, 2019 9:26 am

The newly-elected Senator Smart Adeyemi has said his defeated opponent, Dino Melaye, is his political house boy who could not manage well his earlier election into the Senate but decided to burgle it with  unnecessary exuberances.

Adeyemi while addressing  newsmen on Sunday after his victory at the poll said’ when a servant steals the garment of his master, the garment will be too big for the servant that the joy of having his master’s garment will cause the servant to misbehave to people- he ordinarily could have respected.
The two-term senator said Melaye’s over size garment made him to misbehave …

Hang Buhari, Osinbajo, Tinubu, Others For Hate Speech – FFK

December 2, 2019 9:25 am

The former Minister of Aviation, Nigeria, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode via his verified Facebook page voiced the only terms he’ll parley to if he were to support the hate speech bill.

 

“I will support the Hate Speech Bill if its provisions are made retroactive and if its first victims are Muhammadu Buhari, Bola Tinubu, Yemi Osinbajo, Lai Mohammed, Nasir El Rufai, Festus Keyamo, Rotimi Amaechi, Adams Oshiomole, Femi Adesina and Shehu Garba.”

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“Promise to hang them first for their hateful words over the years and the Bill gets my …

Abe Seeks End To Politics Of Bitterness In Rivers

December 2, 2019 9:23 am

Senator Magnus Ngei Abe has identified the inability of politicians in Rivers State to eschew bitterness and rancor as being responsible for the slow pace of development and growth in the state and called for an end to it.

Abe, who spoke at the funeral service in honour of Late Mrs. Fyna Oby Boms, wife of former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Rivers State, Barrister Worgu Boms, at the Civic Centre in Port Harcourt on Saturday said, the time had come for the political elites to put politics of bitterness and hate behind them and work together to …

Aisha Buhari Celebrates 30 Years Wedding Anniversary

December 2, 2019 9:22 am

The First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Mrs Aisha Buhari, has taken to Twitter to celebrate her 30 years wedding anniversary to President Muhammadu Buhari.

Through her verified Twitter handle, @ashiambuhari, Mrs Buhari tweeted a video collage of the couple, with their children and grandchildren.

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She tweeted: “Alhamdulillah for 30yrs of togetherness. #30yearsweddinganniversary #ThanksbetoALLAH”.

    

 

 

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Is Nigeria Approaching Debt Trap?

December 2, 2019 3:53 am

There are concerns that at the rate at which the federal government is accumulating debt, without commensurate investment in infrastructure, the country may plunge into a debt trap, writes Obinna Chima

Since President Muhammadu Buhari re-presented the 2016-2018 $30 billion External Borrowing Plan of the federal government to the Senate for approval last week, there have been concerns that the country may be heading towards a debt trap.

A debt trap is a situation in which a debt is difficult or impossible to repay, typically because high interest payments prevent repayment of the principal.

Nigeria, less than two decades …

Melaye Faults Those Congratulating Smart Adeyemi

December 2, 2019 3:52 am

Senator who represented Kogi West at the eighth Senate, Dino Melaye, has berated those celebrating the electoral victory of Mr. Smart Adeyemi in last Saturday’s rerun election.

The Independent National Electoral Commission had declared Adeyemi the Senator-elect for Kogi West, having polled a total of 88,373 votes, compared to Melaye’s 62,133 votes.

Read Also: 2023: Southeast Needs To Work Hard For Presidency –Nwaka

But Melaye had tweeted yesterday: “Congratulating Smart Adeyemi will amount to congratulating an armed robber after successful operation.”

 

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Housing

FG Should Recover, Tax Abandoned Properties, Says Adelakun

December 2, 2019 3:52 am

Yemi Adelakun is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of NISH Affordable Housing Limited. Apart from being the Executive Chairman, Nigeria Integrated Social Housing Co-operative Society Limited and Managing Consultant, Skytech Institute Limited, he is also the President, Housing Finance and Investment Network and Convener of the Nigeria Housing Finance Conference on Affordable Housing.

A Chartered Manager and fellow of Chartered Management Institute,  Adelakun  joined  the civil service in 1983 and retired  as a  Permanent Secretary in the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation.

“When I retired, because of my experience in the  Federal

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Obasanjo Restates Importance Of Credit–Based Economy

December 2, 2019 3:51 am

Former President of Nigeria, President Olusegun Obasanjo has listed integrity and trust as important elements in managing credit-based economies.

Obasanjo, who stated this at the Annual Induction/Nigeria Credit Industry Award 2019 of the Instititute of Credit Administration (ICA) said that  today, there is strong credit availability in finance world for development-oriented programmes including those in agribusiness, education and the provision of infrastructure.

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“ To be successful player in this space, we must demonstrate trust and ability to manage creditlines judiciously, corruption free so that future generations of Nigerians who …

Farmers

Borders: Why Local Farmers Can’t Meet Nigeria’s Food Needs

December 2, 2019 3:51 am

The closure of Nigeria’s land borders with neighbouring – Benin Republic, Niger and Cameroon – since August 20, this year to check smuggling of rice, poultry products, among other food products, and illegal movement of light arms, was expected to boost local food production to bridge the gap created by the Federal Government policy

But rather than see more food stuff available in the market, the country has been witnessing increasing  scarcity and price spikes on local rice and poultry products which are among the major food items  being smuggled into the country. Local rice farmers and poultry producers blame …

Nearly 70 Dead In Syria Regime Clashes With Idlib Militants

December 1, 2019 4:55 pm

Two days of clashes between regime forces and armed groups in Syria’s last major opposition bastion have killed nearly 70 on both sides, a war monitoring group said Sunday.

The battles in the northwestern province of Idlib are the most violent there since a Russian-brokered ceasefire agreement went into effect in late August, said the head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

On Sunday morning, clouds of smoke rose over the Maaret al-Numan region as warplanes pounded jihadists and allied rebels in positions they had recently recaptured from regime forces, said an AFP correspondent.

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PDP

55 Party Chairmen Reject PDP Call For Mahmood Resignation

December 1, 2019 1:04 pm

There was a major crack among the country’s opposition political parties on Sunday after 55 national chairmen of political parties rejected the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) call for the resignation of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.

The PDP had last Thursday asked the INEC chief to resign over statements allegedly credited to two INEC Commissioners; Festus Okoye and Haruna Mohammed, that the “card readers were circumvented” in elections conducted by the Commission.

The party, in a statement issued on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, said the statements were admissions that …

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