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.
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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…
President Goodluck Jonathan said Tuesday in Abuja that in addition to enhancing regional and continental trade, ongoing reforms in the Nigerian Customs Service will also boost security in the country by helping to curtail the influx of illegal small arms and light weapons. . Speaking at an audience with the visiting Secretary General of the World Customs Organization, Mr. Kunio Mikuriya, President Jonathan said that the reforms were necessitated by the need to redefine the core values and operations of the service.
ORGANISED attacks on prison formations by the Boko Haram insurgents in the North-East part of the country have left no fewer than 50 officials of the Nigerian Prisons Service dead, while many more have been wounded. . The Comptroller General of the Nigerian Prisons Service, Mr Zakari Ibrahim, in Calabar, Cross River State in his keynote address at the annual workshop of the Prisons Welfare Insurance Scheme, said the organised attacks by the insurgents and hoodlums in a desperate bid to free themselves or their colleagues in custody “have left a number of our staff with severe injuries while some…
Two policemen were feared dead following a clash between them and some youths in Difa village in Yamaltu/Deba Local Government Area of Gombe State. . A reliable source in the area said yesterday in Gombe that the incident occurred in the night of February 16. . According to the source, some policemen on routine night patrol from Kwadon division arrested some youths in the village for allegedly being in possession of illegal drugs. . The source said that the arrest did not go down well with other youths whose protest led to violent clashes that resulted in the death and…
UNIVERSITY of Lagos is set to name a 15- storey girls hostel after Dame Patience Goodluck Jonathan this Friday. . At a briefing yesterday, the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Professor Duro Oni, said the 15-storey building expected to cost about N3 billion would be named after the First Lady because of her contributions towards women folks. . He said: “It is a female hostel and the person due to be named after it is the President’s wife who has touched the lives of many women.” . According to him, like other tertiary institutions, UNILAG had been having problem of accommodation hindering…
One person was confirmed dead while properties worth millions of naira were destroyed in a tanker fire incident that occurred on Monday night at Takie area of Ogbomoso in Oyo State. . Eye witnesses reports that the fire was caused by a petrol tanker which crashed into a nearby park following brake failure. . Some eye-witnesses told NAN that the vehicle, which was trying to negotiate a roundabout at Takie, fell and spilled its content before bursting into flames. . The Oyo State Police Command confirmed the death of a motorcyclist who was crushed when the vehicle ran into the…
The UN’s human rights office on Tuesday condemned the killing of scores of villagers by suspected Boko Haram Islamists in Nigeria, and urged the government to do more to protect civilians. . “We condemn in the strongest terms Sunday’s attack by gunmen against eight villages in Adamawa and Borno States, which led to the death of more than 150 people,” said Ravina Shamdasani, spokeswoman for the UN high commissioner for human rights. . “We are appalled by the extreme and indiscriminate violence which Nigeria has being witnessing in recent times,” she told reporters. . Hundreds of homes have been destroyed…