Military authorities have warned Nigerians against falling victims of new modes of operation adopted by Boko Haram insurgents to attract unsuspecting members of the public to themselves before wreaking havoc.
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Sunday, December 20, 2015
'El Rufai sees us as enemies' -Shi'ite Group says
Ikhide Ikheloa: Buhari, you’ve failed but there’s hope! 12 steps to avoid the wrath of Nigerians
By Ikhide Ikheloa
- Admit that in electing you, we failed, failed, failed Nigeria.
- Admit that the silly promises you used to win the elections are just that – silly; abandon them loudly.
- Develop and implement a Nigeria-centric economic plan that offers relief in the short run and sustains economic vitality in the long run.
Bayelsa Commissioner kidnapped
Suspected kidnappers have struck in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State and abducted the state Commissioner for Local Government, Mrs. Sarafina Otazi.
This is coming barely 24 hours after the sister of the Bayelsa state Governor Seriake Dickson was kidnapped.
Five signs that PMB's Government isn't an improvement on GEJ's
Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomhole yesterday said that, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) under President Goodluck Jonathan squandered the resources of the country and that Nigeria would have collapsed if Jonathan had won. While some will agree with the governor, others would disagree.
A Government of sadists -By Femi Fani-Kayode
A former aviation minister Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has a say on recent events that affected many groups of Nigerians – arrests, killings and alleged abuse of Nigerians, be it followers and leaders of a particular faith or movement – and assesses the way President Muhammadu Buhari-led government reacts to and deals with such force majeures.
On the night of 12th December 2015 in the city of Zaria, Kaduna state, Sheik El-Zakzaky, the leader of the 10 million-strong Shia Muslim community in Nigeria, was shot, brutalized and dumped in a wheelbarrow. He barely escaped with his life but sadly, according to Iranian government sources and The New York Times, his wife, two of his sons and no less than one thousand of his Shia Muslim followers were not so lucky.
They were massacred in the sanctity of their homes that night by members of the Nigerian Armed Forces. Up until the time that I am writing this essay, not one word of regret or remorse has been expressed by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Nigerian Armed Forces or the federal government about the whole incident.
That alone speaks volumes but what is more important to note is the fact that this is one of the most brutal and callous events in the history of our country. It was premeditated, well-planned, well-orchestrated and well-executed. Homes were bombed and burnt to the ground and innocent and defenseless men, women and children were slaughtered in an unrelenting frenzy of violence.
After the carnage, the bodies of the victims were left in the compound of the houses and in the streets and gutters for carrion birds to feed on and for street urchins and petty thieves to rob. This was indeed a sordid and shameful chapter: it was not only mass murder but it was also a crime against humanity. Those that were murdered were targeted simply because they were Shia Muslims and simply because, earlier in the day, some of them had mounted a road block which obstructed the convoy of the General Burutai, the chief of army staff.
It is very clear that by this act alone the chief of army staff, under whose orders these men were acting, President Muhammadu Buhari, who is the commander-in-chief of our armed forces, and every single officer and soldier that took part in the massacre are guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity and are therefore candidates for the International Criminal Court at the Hague. Our leaders must be accountable and it is my fervent prayer and desire that the whole matter ends up there and that both Buhari and Burutai are called to justice.
What makes the whole matter worse is the fact that there was no mention of the episode on the BBC television or CNN and there was no sense of outrage in our country about what these people had been subjected to. One wonders what happened to our sense of decency and our ability to empathize with those that are suffering and that have been subjected to injustice? What happened to our sense of responsibility, our sensitivity and our compassion? Yet it doesn’t stop there.
Two days before the tragic events in Zaria, a man was granted bail by two separate courts in two separate criminal matters in Lagos. However the minute he stepped out of the court premises he was confronted and apprehended by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), violently manhandled, dragged off the streets, bundled into a waiting van, given the beating of his life and whisked away to an unknown destination. According to our constitution this man is presumed innocent until proven guilty and up until now he has not been found guilty of any crime. Worse still, the operatives did not have an arrest warrant and what they did was manifestly unlawful. Yet despite that, again there is no sense of outrage in our country about the treatment that this man was subjected to. Again it doesn’t stop there.
Approximately one month ago, a man was granted bail and given permission to travel out of the country by the Federal High Court for medical treatment. Yet as he proceeded to do so he discovered that the Department of State Security (DSS) had laid siege to his home. They refused to let him step out of the gate, they traumatized his family and they criminalised and demonised him in the national and international media. After a month of confining him to his home they eventually stormed his house, overwhelmed his security men, roughed him up, dragged him out feet first, threw him in a waiting car, abducted him and carried him away to an unknown destination. All this happened in violation of an order of the Federal High Court and despite the fact that he had not been found guilty of any crime by any court in the land yet there is no sense of outrage in our country.
Again it doesn’t stop there. A man obtains a court order that the DSS must not under any circumstances enter his home yet they ignore that order, force their way into his house, shoot bullets everywhere, terrorize and manhandle his children, beat up his wife and “bite” her like a dog, throw their belongings into the streets and finally violently evict him and his family from the premises and into the streets and there is no sense of outrage in our country. Again it doesn’t stop there.
A man is arrested by the EFCC, he is maligned and convicted in the media by what are, more often than not, false allegations and spurious confessions that are skillfully leaked to the press by his tormentors and captors. After days in detention he is eventually charged and arraigned before three separate courts for virtually the same offences all in an attempt to break, humiliate and shame him. He is subjected to all this despite the fact that he is deemed innocent until proven guilty yet there is no sense of outrage in the country over the matter. Again it doesn’t stop there.
A man is arrested and detained by the DSS simply because he expresses his desire for the establishment of a new nation called Biafra. He is kept in solitary confinement and denied access to his lawyer and family members for weeks on end. His lawyer goes to court and the court grants him bail and directs that he should be released on reasonable terms and conditions. All those terms and conditions are met but instead of abiding by the court order and releasing him the DSS keeps him in detention for a further three months.
After the three months have expired they take him to a different court and apply to keep him in detention for yet another three months. The new court declines to grant that order and instead directs that he should be released unconditionally and with immediate effect.
On hearing about the order of the court the supporters of the young man went to the streets in many cities in eastern Nigeria and started celebrating and jubilating.
This did not go down well with President Buhari’s security agencies and consequently they shot dead five of the man’s young supporters in Onitsha simply for jubilating, singing solidarity songs and dancing in the streets. Meanwhile, the DSS have refused to abide by the court order and up until the time that I am writing this essay the man has not been released and he remains in their custody. All this has happened to this man and his followers yet there is no sense of outrage in the country about what they have been subjected to.
When one considers all these events one is at a loss for words. Is this really a democracy? I have come to the conclusion that this is a government of sadists, run by sadists and for sadists. Not only do they place no stock or value on the sanctity of human life but they also relish in their impunity and their lack of respect for the rule of law.
They are cowardly, wicked, malicious, petty, insensitive, vicious and, worst of all, manifestly incompetent. They are a government of liars, run by liars and for liars. They malign the weak, harass the defenseless, torment the poor and punish the innocent but God will see their end. They are soft on Boko Haram whilst they murder Shia Muslims, Christians, Biafrans, the young, the old, the weak and the vulnerable.
They defy court orders and mock the judiciary. They abuse power and defy the word of God. They rejoice when others suffer and they take pleasure in the misfortune of their adversaries. Instead of being just and true, they are perverse in all their ways. Instead of seeking peace, moving the country forward and facing the business of governance they have chosen to tread the path of destruction, persecution, discord, strife, witch-hunts, lies, demonization and war. In a futile attempt to distract the world from their own failures they seek to inculcate and establish an atmosphere of fear and intimidation and thereby silence their perceived enemies and detractors.
Yet, no matter how many people they incriminate, criminalise, malign, humiliate, misrepresent, beat and lock up, no matter how many people they kill, no matter how many people they abduct and throw out of their homes, the fact remains that the country is still falling apart and our economy is still going to the dogs.
No matter what lies they tell and no matter what entertainment and palliatives they feed us with to keep us grinning and distracted, the value of the naira is still at its lowest in its 42 years of existence, the security situation is still terrible, Boko Haram is still waxing stronger, the morale of our soldiers is still getting lower, the price of food is still rocketing, the fuel queues still persist and poverty and hardship pervades the land like never before.
The Buhari administration is indulging in wickedness and the abuse of power, violating the civil liberties and human rights of its own citizens, murdering its own people, dividing the country, witchunting and intimidating its perceived enemies, making a mockery of justice and the fight against corruption, rejecting peace and all that is wholesome and true and, like the biblical Pharaoh, they are provoking the wrath of the Lord and playing with fire. As He did with Pharaoh, Nebuchadnezzar, Jezebel and Sennacherib, God will surely break them and bring them down.
He will avenge the dead, He will vindicate the innocent and falsely accused, He will prove Himself mighty in battle and He will grant them no mercy. Shame and woe be unto all those that have chosen to dine with the devil by joining and supporting this government. The Bible says there is no peace for the wicked. There is no fellowship between light and darkness. There is no agreement between good and evil. There is no commonality of purpose between the just and the perverse.
There is no accord between the compassionate and the heartless. There is no bond between the kind and the wicked. I would rather die than join or support a government of heartless men and closet fundamentalists. I have no doubt that by the time this is all over the Nigerian people will regret the choice that they made earlier this year and they will beg for a true democrat and peace-loving man to be elected into office. Like the proverbial frog that is slowly being boiled in water but that does not even feel it, our people are being taken for a ride by the Buhari administration.
To distract them from his government’s monumental failures, the president feeds them with a daily dose of lies, falsehood and sensational and unsubstantiated allegations about the so-called corruption of key players in the previous administration. Sadly, the people lap it up with joy and accept the tales they are being told without question, reason or exception. They forget that allegations are a dime a dozen and that trial by media does not often result in a conviction in a diligent and responsible court of law.
Meanwhile, as this obscene circus show of branding everyone but himself as a crook and feeding the innocents to the lions continues, President Buhari is destroying the lives of the people, ruining the economy, crushing his opponents, silencing his detractors, discrediting his adversaries and dividing our nation. He is also breaking the spirit of our country and turning us into a laughing stock before the international community.
The bottom line is this: Nigeria has been transformed into a Gestapo-like police state where state-sponsored lies and propaganda hold sway and where fear, coercion, blackmail and intimidation are the primary tools of governance.
May God grant us the courage to take back our country and may the forces of light, truth and justice prevail in our land. Merry Christmas.
The author, Femi Fani-KayodeNaij
Air France Plane makes emergency landing in Kenya over bomb scare
EPA
Authorities in Kenya are examining a suspect package that forced an Air France flight from Mauritius to Paris to make an emergency landing in Kenya.
The pilots of the Boeing 777 requested to land at Moi International Airport in the capital Mombasa after the suspect item was found in a toilet.
Friday, December 18, 2015
Biafra :5 shot dead while celebrating Kanu's release
FIVE members of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) were yesterday allegedly shot dead by securitymen in Onitsha, Anambra State while celebrating the release by an Abuja High Court of Radio Biafra Director, their leader, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu. The IPOB members who were jubilating at the Bridge Head in Onitsha clashed with the security operatives resulting in the death of five persons.
tension among motorists and commuters along the busy Niger Bridge area, Enugu/Onitsha Expressway over fear of possible blockage of the Bridge Head by the IPOB members.
The supporters, who on hearing about the court’s favourable verdict on Kanu converged at the statue of the late Biafran leader, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu- Ojukwu in a large procession from Bridge Head to the town when they were intercepted by the security operatives
El Rufai's State Broadcast on Zaria massacre
Dear People of Kaduna State,
We have witnessed sad events in Zaria and a part of Kaduna metropolis over the last few days. As your Governor, it is my duty to address you on the incidents, and explain the events that preceded the tragedy of last weekend. We shall also outline how we intend to prevent a recurrence.
Hotel owners in Abuja forced to close down in Abuja due to harsh taxes
Hotel Owners Association Abuja laments over the Nigerian economy and how greatly businesses have been affected as a result of imposed multiple taxation by the Nigerian government and the Municipal Area Council.
“The general operating environment is still very challenging for us. I have already made mention of the lull in business so far in 2015” says Mrs Bola Onigbogi, President of Abuja Hotel Owners Forum. “But our regulatory environment has not kept apace. We have been saddled with new regulations and tariffs that has made our operations very difficult, she lamented.
MTN drags FG to court, refuses to pay humongous fine
MTN Nigeria has stated that it would launch a court challenge against the $3.9 billion fine that Nigeria has ordered it to pay by December 31 for failing to disconnect unregistered users.
MTN said that “All factors having a bearing on the matter have been thoroughly and carefully considered, including a review of the circumstances leading to the fine and the subsequent letters received from the NCC.”
“MTN Nigeria, acting on legal advice, has resolved that the manner of the imposition of the fine and the quantum thereof is not in accordance with the NCC’s powers under the Nigerian Communications Act and therefore there are valid grounds upon which to challenge the fine.”
thebreakingtimes.com
#DasukiGate -Top CBN officials respond to Dasuki
In the light of the damning allegation that the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, was turned into a cash machine under former President Goodluck Jonathan, top officials of the bank have refuted such claims stressing that the apex bank has beenunduly maligned.
This comes amidst the ongoing probe of the alleged looting of public funds meant for the procurement of arms for which a former National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki and few others have been indicted.
A cross section of Nigerians has fingered the CBN to have acted in concert with Dasuki, distributing the nation’s commonwealth without recourse to due process.
Recently, the Information and Culture Minister, Lai Mohammed, stated “… the nation’s economy suffered a monumental mismanagement and the Central Bank was turned to the ATM or piggy bank of a few people …”
In reaction, top CBN officials said Nigerians need to understand the modus operandi of the apex bank as it relates to its clients.
On how the CBN works, Bank officials stated that when a payment mandate (being instrument to withdraw money) is issued by a client, it will look at such mandate to ensure that the signature tallies with that of the signatory before any dime from such agency’s money can be moved.
“Once this is ascertained, the bank will also check to see that there is enough money in the account before paying; not minding whether the person wants it in cash or electronic transfer. However the person wants it, the apex bank has no option than to pay.“The bank is not an auditor, neither is it an anti-corruption police to pry into what the money is meant for or whether the money will be judiciously utilized,” an official explained.“If for instance, you take a cheque to the bank and you present the cheque to the teller, the teller takes the cheque, looks at it, looks into the account, looks at the signature to verify that it is the same one on file, having also examined your ID, they pay you.“Before they pay you, they are not going to ask what the money is being meant for; neither will they ask you to bring documentation to prove that you have done the contract for which the money is meant,’’ another official said.“Just like individuals have current accounts with commercial banks that is how these agencies have accounts with the CBN. Just like these current account holders write cheques that is how these agencies write mandates requesting CBN to pay out certain sums.“When such mandates get to the CBN, it looks at it, examines it to see that the authorizing officer is the one that approved the mandate and once these things have been certified, we (CBN) will have to pay from that agency’s account,” he added.“These are all agencies that operate an account with the CBN and the accounts are managed by the Banking and Payment Department of the CBN. The agencies’ accounts are funded, if there’s no money in their account, we will have to bounce such mandates,” another source said.“I must emphasize that the CBN is not honoring such mandates from its own resources; it is only doing so from those agencies funds it is holding for them in their own account. There is a lot of ignorance out there. The money the CBN paid out (in Dasuki’s case) is not CBN’s money.”
Meanwhile, the spotlight has been beamed on the former CBN Lamido Sanusi, by the EFCC on Dasuki’s alleged diversion of the $2 billion arms funds.
Current CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele would also be extended an invitation to explain his role in the arms scandal.
Top bank officials across the nation also could possibly soon be invited by the anti-graft agency.
Post Nigeria
Thursday, December 17, 2015
'Sunni-Shiite Conflict reflects Modern Power Struggle, not Theological Schism'
By Yaroslav Trofimov
The conflict raging between Sunnis and Shiites across the Muslim world is easy to view as eternal hatred that is destined to keep claiming lives for the foreseeable future.
Yet despite its ancient roots, the divide hasn’t been this deep or bloody for centuries. And it is only in recent years that it has emerged as the biggest fault line in the battle for dominance in the Middle East and beyond.
President Buhari to present 2016 budget to NASS next week
LIB
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
Legend in death: Michael Jackson's thriller album sells 30 million copies
Obama appoints 34 year old Nigerian as new Deputy Adviser for International Economic Affairs
United States President, Barack Obama has appointed a Nigerian national Adewale Adeyemo, to succeed Caroline Atkinson as his deputy national security adviser for international economic affair, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Adewale "Wally" Adeyemo,34, joined the White House's National Economic Council as deputy director this fall from the Treasury, where he served most recently as the deputy chief of staff to Secretary Jacob Lew.
Britain and US condemn Zaria massacre
British High Commissioner, Paul Arkwright has condemned the violence in Zaria and Kaduna caused by the alleged murder of some faithful of the Shi’ite Muslim sect by men of the Nigerian Army.
Anti-Graft war -We've been vindicated by Dasuki's alleged payments, SUVs to Buhari -PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, says President Muhammadu Buhari’s denial that he benefitted from funds relating to the arms deal scandal, and the consequent controversy trailing it, underscores the need for a more neutral and transparent body like an Independent National Truth Commission to examine all issues relating to handling of security votes and campaign funding without interferences from the government.
The PDP, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh on Wednesday said the leak that President Buhari benefited from the office of the former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, against the convention of dealing with the office of the Secretary to Government of the Federation, also stresses the fact that the war against corruption should be holistic, transparent and not politicized.
#DasukiGate -Linda Ikeji reacts to accusation, Social media kicks too.
Linda Ikeji has hit back at accusers who say she illegally took money from Government officials.
The popular blogger dismissed rumours to the contrary saying she could never partake in illegal deals linked to funds meant for the purchase of weapons.
“… No party registered or unregistered, no human being dead or alive gave me N240m for anything,” she tweeted.
“Anyway, all these bad belle people looking for ways to bring a woman down…like I always say…you can’t,” she added.
An unconfirmed report was on Monday December 14, 2015 shared online by prominent commentator cum columnist Kayode Olumide Ogundamisi. He said “a popular female blogger” received N240m from Dudafa Waripamo, Special Assistant to the former President on Domestic Affairs.
Female bloggers in the country don’t come more popular than Nigeria’s biggest blogger, Linda Ikeji and the fact that she appears to be making bucket loads of clash via “just aggregating news” and selling paid ads immediately made her the first suspect as far as Nigerian social media was concerned.
@Nemeze CNO said :
If Linda Ikeji is the blogger Dasuki paid i repeat nothing is wrong with what she did she charged a fee for a service.. Don’t hate!— Nemeze CNO (@Nemeze) December 14, 2015
Another user
When you say Linda bought house because of Dasuki’s money i think you should go and take a ook at the ranking of her blog in the world
— Baba Oni Gas (@manmustwack) December 14, 2015
“When i told folks that u can’t blog your way to such wealth when u nor be CNN they laughed it off. Well now we know the “how” Linda Ikeji” another tweeter stressed”.
More revelations continue to spring up daily on how the money meant for the security of the country was allegedly laundered as controversial socialite and daughter of former Oyo State Governor, Kemi Olunloyo a.k.a Snitchlady has come out to reveal more shocking details indicting Linda the more.
She took to twitter alleging that:
#LindaGate The property located in Banana Island #Lagos was allegedly a GIFT from a politician in exchange for NOT running a story.
— Madam Kemi
Olunloyo (@HNNAfrica) December 14, 2015
Kemi further alleged Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, organized a conference meant for bloggers during the 2015 Presidential campaign. She said she was there with Linda and that the PDP bloggers were to receive N200, 000 and a gold plated iphone with a logo, as a thank you gift.
According to her, instead of N200,000, Linda received N240 million. Hmmm, does anyone smell jealousy at play here?
“I hope Linda Ikeji proves me WRONG bcos if I have to tell the story Dudafa allegedly paid her to KILL, the Internet will break!” Kemi added.
In a related development, Linda took to the same platform to refute the claims stressing that she didn’t receive any N240 million from any political party or individual.
Of course, she denied the allegations, dismissing it as the antics of her “haters,” trying to bring down a hard-working woman.
“So, social commentator and activist Kayode Ogundamisi tweeted this today…he didn’t mention any names but I am now trending on Twitter. Many assume he’s talking about me…and you can’t blame them really. He said…popular! I’m somewhat popular! He said female.. I’m female…duh! Lol. He said Lagos…I live in Lagos…in a posh place called Banana Island..lol. #Flipsweave! #Just teasing!“But seriously for the record…no party registered or unregistered, no human being dead or alive gave me N240m for anything. The only advert I did for PDP was a page background take-over for former president Jonathan… and they asked for the space after I did a page background take-over for APC’s Akinwunmi Ambode. (I’m sure you all saw it). The two parties paid me same amount. I had a politics advert rate which I sent to everyone who wanted to advertise on LIB! And it was a few millions …which some of you followed to chop inside in the giveaway that April…lol. #Kidding!“Anyway, all these bad belle people looking for ways to bring a woman down…like I always say…you can’t! Except you’re mightier than God! Whether you like it or not, I’m a hardworkingyoung woman who God chose to bless the work of her hand and is using me to bless others”See Linda’s full reaction: Wait, a popular female blogger received N240m from Dasukigate?
Blogger and social media commentator JJ Omojua also threw his weight behind linda ikeji;
Me: I do not think any blogger got N240million from Dasuki | Blogger's Report: No blogger got N240 million from Dasuki
— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) December 15, 2015
If the story turns out to be true though, it will dramatically alter the perception of the blogging profession in Nigeria, Linda’s status as a female role-model, and will possibly influence the ongoing #AntiSocialMediaBill conversation.
Post Nigeria
'Yuguda squandered N91 billion security vote in 8 years' -Bauchi
Governor Mohammed Abubakar
The Bauchi State Government has disclosed that the past administration of Isa Yuguda squandered N91 billion security vote in eight years.
In a statement by the Special Assistant to Governor Mohammed Abubakar on Media and Communications,
Yakubu Mohammed, the state said that more facts had emerged on security related expenditures by the former governor.
Blame FG, not courts for shaky anti-corrruption war -SAN
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, Joe Agi has reacted to claims that the judiciary is deliberately compromising the fight against corruption, stating the burden of blame should be laid squarely on Government investigators.
'Let's stop lying to ourselves about Dasuki' -Uche Ezechukwu
On the currently trending issue of the alleged reckless disbursement and squandering of the national patrimony by the immediate past National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, the outrage being currently expressed by most Nigerians seems patently hypocritical. We are suddenly acting as if we had not been aware that both at the federal and state levels, a lot of atrocities are being committed under the guise of our nebulous definition of “security.”
Saturday, December 12, 2015
Army releases statement on Attack on COAS in Zaria
What if Saraki was sacked by the Appeal Court??
Yesterday, the Court of Appeal upheld the election of the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki as the lawmaker representing Kwara Central Senatorial District. Imagine the court had sacked Saraki, a lot would be happening right now. Here are the things that could possibly be happening right now if he was sacked…
Federal High court orders the freezing of Kanu Nwankwo's accounts
A Federal high court sitting in Lagos, Nigeria has ordered that all accounts belonging to former captain of the Super Eagles, Nwankwo Kanu and his company, The Hardley Apartments anywhere and in any bank or financial institution in Nigeria should be frozen pending the hearing of suit filed for the recovery of a debt of N924,788,754.56,
Management Corporation Of Nigeria (AMCON) filed the suit against the defendants, Also affected by the order of the court is a Director of Hardley Apartment, Ayoola Gam-Ikon.
Bayelsa polls: Asari Dokubo asks FG to hands off alleged rigging plot
Alhaji Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), has given the Federal Government one week ultimatum to hands off alleged plan to rig the governorship election in Bayelsa State and install the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Timipre Sylva, as winner.
Asari-Dokubo
Asari-Dokubo in a statement issued in Yenagoa, on Thursday, accused the Federal Government and its agencies of collaborating with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to rig the election.
He warned that except government steers clear of the alleged complicity, ex-militants would return to the creeks to resume agitation with consequences on strategic oil installations.
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Donald Trump responds to those criticising his 'anti-muslim' rant
Following the wave of criticisms that greeted his call for a complete ban on Muslims entering the United States, Donald Trump has responded by telling a cheering crowd at his South Carolina rally on Monday: "I. Don’t. Care."
Tuesday, December 8, 2015
El Rufai dissolves State VIO, sacks all officers
The Kaduna State Government on Tuesday announced the dissolution of the state’s Vehicle Inspection Office.
An Executive Order giving immediate dissolution to the state’s VIO, was signed by Governor Nasir El-Rufai.
PDP bashes Buhari for giving Nigerians gloomy festive seasons
,Nigeria is experiencing the gloomiest festive season.In a statement on Tuesday, by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, the PDP said,
“rather than evolving economic initiatives to improve the lot of the citizens, this administration has, in the last seven months churned out policies that stifle productivity in the formal and informal sectors, thereby inflicting hardship on them. This has resulted in the semi-destruction of the long-standing extended family system in our society.
Social Media Bill: Activists march on National Assembly
Now is the best time to remove subsidy -World Bank tells Buhari
The right time for President Muhammadu Buhari to remove fuel subsidy if he is desirous of doing so is now, the World Bank has said.
The World Bank’s Lead Economist, Nigeria country office, John Litwack, said Tuesday at the launch of the new edition of Nigeria Economic Report that if the government really meant to take a decision on the issue of fuel subsidy removal, the best time to act would be now that global crude oil price was at its lowest level.
Saturday, December 5, 2015
December deadline to crush BH is sacrosanct -CDS
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin, yesterday, vowed that the December deadline to end terrorism is Sacrosanct.
Olonisakin said this when he visited Maiduguri, Borno State, to inspect the ongoing Counter-Terrorism and Counter-Insurgency Operations against Boko Haram terrorists.
6.3 milllion Nigerian children die yearly from vaccine preventable diseases
Dr. Irene Isibor, the National Surveillance Officer of World Health Organisation, on Friday said most children in Nigeria were still dying from vaccine-preventable diseases due to people’s wrong attitude.
Bayelsa guber: SA, 3 other PDP members injured in attack
The Special Adviser to the Bayelsa State Governor on Inter-Party Matters, Hon. Austin Adigio, and three other members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Okpoama and Eweama communities of Brass Local Government Area of the state were on Friday macheted in a bloody attack ahead of the election.
Friday, December 4, 2015
Twin bomb blast in Borno today
LIB
Cut travels and wastages, not workers' salaries -Fayose tells fellow Governors
Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has dissociated himself from calls by the Nigeria Governors’ Forum that workers’ salaries be reduced or mass retrenchment done to lighten some burden of the states.
Speaking on Thursday in Abuja, Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum and governor of Zamfara state Abubakar Yari told newsmen that the current low prices of oil was making the payment of N18, 000 minimum wage impossible for state governments. He said it would either be reviewed downward or workers would face sack.
However, Fayose has a better solution. According to the governor, instead of reducing salaries and sacking workers, the state governors could reduce the affluence they enjoy in office and put an end to wastages.
N106 Billion error in MTN fine letter 'emanated from Presidency'
The Nigerian government on Friday admitted responsibility for an embarrassing N106 billion discrepancy in fines imposed on telecoms firm, MTN.
The Nigerian Communications Commission had on Thursday asked the South African operator to pay 35 per cent less N1.04 trillion ($5.2 billion) fine earlier charged the company for failing to disconnect unregistered subscribers.
Thursday, December 3, 2015
Jihadist plot to kill Pope Francis thwarted
Four people have been arrested over alleged threats made by jihadists to kill Pope Franics.
The arrests, made in Italy and Kosovo, were conducted by anti-terror police who had been monitory a "highly dangerous group" on social media.All four were Kosovan nationals said to have links to Syria. Police said threats had been made warning Pope Francis "would be the last Pope",
The arrests, made in Italy and Kosovo, were conducted by anti-terror police who had been monitory a "highly dangerous group" on social media.All four were Kosovan nationals said to have links to Syria. Police said threats had been made warning Pope Francis "would be the last Pope",
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