Human rights activists in the Niger Delta have advised the North to exercise patience till 2019 to retake power from the South. . The activists, in Warri, Delta State, said: “By 2019, President Goodluck Jonathan, who we have endorsed for a second term for equity to prevail in the country, would have completed his second tenure and the Presidency will then be open for them.” . Convener of the meeting, Mr. Austin Ozobo, who spoke to Vanguard, said: “The activists unanimously concluded that the North should wait till 2019 after Jonathan’s second term would have elapsed, to wrest power, and…
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THE Federal Government has assured that the target of power generation peaking at40,000mw by year 2020 would be realised, with the expectation of more capacities from Mambilla, Zungeru large hydros, grid power from solar, wind and coal-to-power initiative. . Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Power, Amb. Godknows Igali, gave the assurance while playing host to the team of the body of permanent secretaries in the civil service on peer review mission. . He said the review was meant to assist the creation of service-wide framework that would enable Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, deliver on their mandates. Igali identified the key…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Chairman, Alhaji Adamu Mu`azu, on Thursday said that the PDP was not just a party for the present generation, but for the future generation. . He said this in Abuja, when Gov. Gabriel Suswan of Benue led a delegation of the party stakeholders in the state on a courtesy visit on him. . Mu`azu expressed happiness on the development stride going on in the state, which he said, was the reason the people of the state praised the PDP-led administration. . Mu’azu commended those that remained in the party and called on those who…
Abia State governor, Chief Theodore Orji, has said Ndigbo would not field any presidential candidate in 2015. . According to Orji, any presidential hopeful from the South East geopolitical zone planning to challenge President Goodluck Jonathan will be embarking on a futile mission, as the zone is solidly behind the President. . The governor said this in Umuahia when he received a delegation of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Lagos branch, who were on a fact finding and courtesy visit to the state. . Orji said as long as President Jonathan would run for second term in 2015, he remained best bet for…
President Goodluck Jonathan On Thursday commissioned a $20 million Nizamaye Hospital, considered a milestone in bilateral relations between Nigeria and Turkey. . The 80-bed world-class facility cited in an industrial layout in Abuja is the first time Turkey, under the Nigeria-Turkish expatriate business group, ventures into healthcare. . Turkey ambassador to Nigeria Mustafa Pulat said that“This hospital is another token of our interest and determination to come to Nigeria—in the best way we can, of course,” said Mustafa Pulat, Turkey’s ambassador to Nigeria. . “It is our own investment in the human capital of Nigeria,” Pulat added in an interview…
Mr Tom Obey, the Information Communication Technology consultant of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), has urged Nigerians to embrace the use of social media platforms to prevent disasters in the country. . Obey said this during the Social Media Week programme held in Lagos. . In his presentation titled `NEMA and Social Media: How to Use Media Platforms for Disaster Management’, he said there was need for the public to use such platforms in fighting disaster. . Obey defined social platform as the use of new media for social interactions which include networking sites such as facebook, twitter, flickr and…
President Goodluck Jonathan has appointed managing director of Zenith Bank,Mr Godwin Emefiele as the new governor of Central Bank. . Information reaching us say the president has forwarded Mr Emefiele’s name to the Senate for approval. He has also nominated Mr Adelabu Adebayo, an Executive Director at First Bank as Deputy Governor of the Apex Bank.
A phone engineer, Ojo Ayokunle, who allegedly stole a handset valued N70,000, was arraigned on Thursday in Lagos. . Ayokunle, 18, who resides at No. 4, Akinpelu St., Oshodi, Lagos, is being tried for stealing at an Oshodi Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. . The accused however, pleaded not guilty. . The Prosecutor, Cpl. Kehinde Olatunde, told the court that the accused committed the offence on Feb. 7 at No. 5, Church St, Oshodi, Lagos. . Olatunde said that the accused stole one android ipad worth N70,000, property of Miss Vivian Nelly. . “The complainant just bought the phone; she gave it…
The upgraded Nigerian driver’s licence is recognised in the U.S. and Europe, the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) said on Thursday. . The Lagos Sector Commander of the FRSC, Mr Chidi Nkwonta, in Lagos said that three states in the U.S. and seven countries in Europe accepted the licence. . According to him, the licence is recognised in Maryland, Washington DC and California in the U.S. as well as Germany, Turkey, Switzerland, Poland, Spain, Austria and Sweden in Europe. . “Maryland accepts Nigerian driver’s licence provided it verifies that it is genuine; Washington accepts Nigerian driver’s licence, and California too.…
An attack by scores of Boko Haram Islamists in the northeast Nigeria town of Bama has killed 60 people and caused massive destruction to public buildings, police told AFP, today. Residents said gunmen stormed the town at roughly 4:00 am (0300 GMT) on Wednesday, armed with heavy weapons and tossed explosives into various buildings, forcing residents to flee into the surrounding bush. . “We are collating the figures and the death toll has risen to 60 from the Bama attack,” said Lawal Tanko, the police commissioner in Borno state, which is the epicentre of Boko Haram’s four-and-half-year Islamist uprising. .…
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Lamido Sanusi returned to the country on Thursday after attending an ECOWAS meeting in the Niger Republic. . Sanusi, who was in the company of APC chieftain and former FCT Minister, Nasir El Rufai, was quizzed by the State Security Service, SSS, at the Muritala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. His international passport was also seized. . It will be recalled that the presidency. announced the suspension of Sanusi, citing. breach of enabling laws, due process and. mandate of the CBN as reasons for the action.
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has cautioned the Federal Government against abuse of power following the abrupt manner the CBN Governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanisu was suspended. . Reacting to the suspension in a statement issued by his media office in Abuja, the former Vice President maintained that the President had no power to remove or suspend the CBN Governor in such manner. . Sanusi who was in Niger with other central bank governors of West Africa when the suspension was announced according to CBNC said ‘Well I don’t know what they are talking about when I come back I will…
Lagos State Government has banned all forms of dresses that expose breasts, coves and other sensitive parts of the female body, saying “they are indecent.” . This was contained in a circular issued by the State Head of Service, Mrs. Josephine Williams to entire Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, dated February 7, 2014. . It was gathered that the decision was taken as a result of worsening cases of indecent dressing among the state government female public servants. . The circular however urged all Directors of Finance and Administration, DFAs, to immediately move against indecent dressing. . The circular, with…
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Bello Adoke, has said that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, can legitimately transfer its participating interest in Oil Mining Leases, OML, to its wholly owned subsidiary, the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company,NPDC. . Adoke provided the legal position during the investigative hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance on the alleged unremitted $49.8bn oil revenue in respect of the status of $6bn NPDC gross revenue which the suspended CBN Governor, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, had alleged should have been remitted to the Federation Account by NNPC. . He informed…
The suspension of Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, yesterday, drew mixed reactions across the country. . While the Federal Government, through the Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, sought to calm fears of turbulence in the economy with an assurance that tight monetary policies would be sustained, the National Assembly was sharply divided along partisan lines. . The All Progressives Congress (APC) on its part flayed the suspension as a brazen act of illegality that was poorly thought out and in bad taste. The party said that the suspension would negatively…
Ahead of the 2015 general elections, the Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku has called on volunteers to rise up in support of the sustenance of the transformation agenda of President Goodluck Jonathan. . The Minister made the call in Abuja, when he received a coalition of youth organisations, under the Concerned Youth Forum who are campaigning for President Jonathan to continue beyond 2015. . Mr. Maku said the government would be pleased with volunteers using their widow’s mite to support good governance and champion the course of development that would enhance their social and economic well-being. . He urged…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have arrested a notorious Nigerien drug kingpin, Abubakar Woru, 45, with a car loaded with 681 rolls of tramadol capsules in Katsina State. . The Customs Area controller, Alhaji Yerima Abubakar said at a press conference on Wednesday in Katsina, that the suspect had been on the customs watch list for a long period. . According to him, Woru was arrested on Monday on Katsina-Jibia road after attempting to bribe customs patrol officers with 435,000 CFA or (N136,764). . He said that the officers turn down the offer and arrested the suspect. . Abubakar said…
Nigerians have been urged to reflect on their relationship with the less privileged and especially the physically challenged in the society. . The call was made by the President/Founder of Asabe Shehu Yar’Adua Foundation, Dr. Asabe Shehu Yar’Adua when the foundation celebrated the Valentine’s day with the physically Challenged in Abuja, Lagos, Owerri, Port Harcourt and Ogun State. . According to her, “we should ask ourselves if we have genuinely and consistently demonstrated unconditional love towards such category of fellow compatriots in the face of compelling needs. . “It is disheartening to see many of the needy in obvious distress…
Former Senate President, Ken Nnamani, on Wednesday, identified corruption as one of the major challenges hindering the economic development of the country. . Nnamani, who is now the chairman, National Steering Committee, African Peer Review Mechanisation (APRM), made this known to newsmen in Gombe. . The chairman spoke shortly after the opening ceremony of a two-day sensitisation workshop for stakeholders on APRM in the North-East geo-political zone of the country. . Nnamani said APRM was initiated in 2003 by New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD), saying it was agreed that each country would subject itself to review its performance. .…
A 61-year-old engineer, Age Ashogbon and one Prince Eshilokun, 50, a technician, were, Tuesday, arraigned before a Lagos magistrate’s court sitting at Ikeja, for allegedly obtaining money under false pretence. . The duo were brought before Magistrate Eniola Fabamwo. . The two accused who reside at 7, Odukoya Street, Bariga and 2, Danmole Street Bariga, respectively, are facing a three-count charge, bordering on conspiracy, forgery and obtaining, preferred against them by the police. . The prosecutor, Berth Nwaokoye, told the court that the defe ndants and others at large, conspired to commit the alleged offence. . He said the incident…