Showing posts with label government. Show all posts
Showing posts with label government. Show all posts

Wednesday, 6 July 2016

Afenifere, Ohanaeze disagree as President says Nigeria’s unity not negotiable

President Muhammadu Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday told militants who have continued to destroy oil installations in the Niger Delta that the unity of the country remained non-negotiable.

‘Political restructuring not sustainable without diversification of economy’

sa Aremu of the National Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, NUTGTWN (m) with other comrades briefing newsmen on the state of the NLC election in Kaduna. Pic: Olu Ajayi
NATIONAL Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria, NUTGTWN, yesterday said political restructuring was not sustainable without Socio- economic restructuring through diversification of the economy.

It’ll be total shut down today – PENGASSAN

fuel

As Kachikwu,Ngige,meet with NUPENG, PENGASSAN

THE leadership of Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, has said its strike, expected to commence today, would be total.

Friday, 1 July 2016

I am Sorry, Buhari apologises to Senate


PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari Friday tendered an unreserved apology to the Senate over statements by his Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Prosecution, Okoi Obono- Oblo that the Senate lacked the powers to summon Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami to explain why he dragged the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and two others to court over alleged forgery of the Senate Standing Order.

Ese Oruru appears in court covered

Miss Ese Oruru, the minor, who was allegedly abducted and forcefully converted to Islam and married off in Kano by one Yunusa Dahiru, appeared again on Friday at the Federal High Court Yenagoa where she testified in secret.

Group to sue police over Fulani herdsmen attack

Ranching is the best way to avoid herdsmen/farmers conflicts
An Igbo socio-political and cultural organization, Igbo Improvement Union (a.k.a. Oganiru Ndigbo), said it had directed its lawyers to institute legal action against the police and the military for failing to protect the people of Ukpabi -Nimbo community, Enugu State who were murdered by Fulani herdsmen.

Thursday, 16 June 2016

Buhari still very sick, stays back in London for more treatment, may returns on Sunday if he improves



President Mohammadu Buhari would be back to the country, Nigeria, on Sunday, Vice President Osinbajo has said.

Abandoned Ajaokuta Steel: All govts after Shagari guilty —Sen Murray-Bruce


Speaking when he led the Senate and House of Representatives Committees on Privatization on tour of the projects, Chairman, Senate Committee on Privatization, Senator Ben Murray- Bruce, said the Senate was highly disappointed that successive governments could abandon the projects put in place by former President Shehu Shagari.

Igbo Massacre on 30th May 2016 : Buhari and Burutai must face inter nation criminal court for Genocide against Igbos or there will be war soon


Our people were killed and burnt to death on the 30th May 2016 on Biafra heroes day .

How can we forgive the useless and murderous Buhari and Army chief burutai for all this atrocities they committed .

Farmers/herdsmen clash: Don’t force states to accept grazing reserve policy – agos Chamber of Commerce LCCI warns FG

Fulani-Herdsmen

The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and industry (LCCI) on Monday said that states should be allowed to promote and practise agriculture in the areas they have comparative advantages.

HUNGER IN THE NORTH : There is no food in Nigeria, says Sultan; as he begs Customs to lift ban on rice imporation


The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has urged the Nigeria Customs Service to consider lifting the ban on importation of rice through the land borders. The Sultan made the call when the Comptroller-General of the Service, Col. Hameed Ali (retd), visited him in his palace in Sokoto on Monday.

BREAKING NEWS : “We are Going to Fight…”, Sacked Senior Army Officers Finally Speak up


he Army high command and 38 senior officers retired last week were, yesterday, locked in a war of words over the latter’s mode of disengagement. While the Army and Defence Minister, Mansur Mohammed Dan Ali, said the officers were indicted for what they described as political and monetary corruption, some of the officers said they were not given fair hearing, arguing that they were neither involved in the 2015 elections nor in procurement of arms and ammunition used in the war against Boko Haram.

Osun Hijab Crisis: Aregbesola threatens students ‘disobeying school rules’

Osun State governor, Rauf Aregbesola, said on Tuesday that students found disobeying school rules in the state risk expulsion.

Edo state govt owes late Amodu N25m


Former Super Eagles coach, late Shaibu Amodu is being owed N25million in salaries, sign-on-fees and house rent by the government of Edo State before his death last weekend.

CERTIFICATE MESS: President Buhari Fails To Produce Certificate, Files Appeal With Dozens Of SAN


    The plaintiff has filed an application to amend his originating summons to include prayers for the nullification of the election of Buhari

Northerners Kick Against Emergence Of Southerner As Chief Justice Of Nigeria [REPORT]

Chief-Justice-of-Nigeria-Justice-Mahmud-Mohammed
With four months left to the retirement of the incumbent Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Mahmud Mohammed, tension seems to be enveloping the judiciary over allegations of plans to truncate the seniority rule in the appointment of his successor at the Supreme Court according to a report by Thisday newspapers.

APC’s Change is Actually an Islamic Religious Agenda, ex Gov. Babangida Aliyu


It is no longer news that President Buhari who campaigned on the change mantra is facing arguably the toughest time in his over one year at the saddle.

Breaking: Finally, CBN floats the Naira

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Wednesday announced what it termed the “automatic adjustment mechanism of the exchange rate” in a flexible foreign exchange regime aimed at reducing the pressure on the Naira. CBN has been under immense pressure to devalue the Naira for a while, which has been resisted by both the monetary and fiscal authorities, claiming that past devaluations did not benefit the economy- which is import dependent.

Wednesday, 15 June 2016

Fuel price hike pushes inflation rate to 15.6%


The deregulation of the downstream sector of the oil industry which resulted into an increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirit from N87 to N145 per litre has pushed the country’s inflation rate to an 80-month high of 15.6 per cent.

Monday, 13 June 2016

Unless we restructure, Nigeria’ll not know peace –Okurounmu


In this interview with SAMUEL AWOYINFA, Afenifere chieftain and Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee on the 2015 National Conference, Senator Femi Okurounmu, talks about what the confab report recommended and the implication of not implementing it, among other issues