President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja on Sunday urged Nigerians not to relent but to continue to pray for the peace, stability and unity of Nigeria. . Jonathan made the call at the enthronement of the Most Rev. Oche Job, as the Methodist Archbishop of Abuja Diocese. . Job succeeded Most Rev. Chimaroke Iweha, who retired in November 2013. . Represented by Prof. Chinedu Nebo, the Minister of Power, Jonathan noted that the situation in the country would have gone worse were it not for payers. . “We should continue to serve God in our nation. We need to continue to…
Author: David Folami
Twenty policemen in three escort gunboats escaped death on Saturday when unidentified youths engaged them in a shoot-out on the creeks of Bayelsa. . The policemen were said to be escorting an ex- militant leader, Mr Eris Paul, to Peremabiri in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area. . Paul, popularly called Ogunboss, said the attack was carried out by community youths involved in oil theft and illegal oil bunkering. . “These are boys that I included their names in my amnesty list and prevailed not to go back to crime. . “My continual attempt to stop them from the noticeable acts…
Nigerian Business mogul and Africa’s richest man, Mr. Aliko Dangote, has called for the realisation of a healthy Nigerian society to enable the country advance forward as a developed sovereign nation. . Dangote, who spoke weekend at the Summit of the Private Sector Health Alliance while inaugurating the Nigeria Health Innovation Market, NHIM, Steering Committee, called for viable partnerships between the Nigerian private sector and Federal government to enable the country attain targets of the Millennium Development Goals, MDGs. . “There is no way we can progress without a healthy society even when you look at it from the business…
A bricklayer, Mr Adewale Omole, has abandoned his wife in the hospital after he heard that she was expecting triplets. He did not even wait for the woman to give birth before he vanished. . Narrating her story, the wife, Mrs Abosede Omole, who already had two children, said her husband abandoned her and the babies. She said her husband started behaving strange after she went for a scan in Lagos where she was told that she was expecting triplets. . Abosede, delivered the triplets, weekend, at Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, EKSUTH. . She said: “My husband abandoned me…
The Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of Nigeria, NPAN, has condemned the alleged move by the Federal government to empower security agents to intercept and record electronic communications between individuals and track data use from internet service providers and mobile networks. . In a communiqué issued by the body at the end of its executive council meeting held in Abuja, it described the move as a violation of the constitutional guarantee of free speech and an invitation to arbitrariness. . It urged the Federal Government to withdraw the bill in line with its constitutional obligation to protect the rights and liberties of…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has been asked to commence an immediate investigation into allegations that $20 billion oil money is missing from the account of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). . In the petition by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), it requested the commission to “urgently begin a thorough, transparent and effective investigation into allegations that $20 billion oil money is missing from the account of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).” . The petition followed last week’s allegation by the Central Bank, CBN, Governor, Lamido Sanusi, that “NNPC is operating a racket through which…
AT the last All Progressives Congress (APC) rally held in Yola, Adamawa State, the popular refrain among most of the contributors was the fact that the party was in place for change. The shout of “Change!” rented the air as each speaker tried to work up the crowd, mostly hired, to respond loudly by chanting “Change!” . But a look at the so-called change agents showed a befuddling lot. Number one on the list is former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, who is more Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) than even President Goodluck Jonathan. He has admitted that he was one of…
Chairman, Ferry Transport Association (FTA), Bayeku, in Ikorodu, the Lagos State Mr Lukman Ganiyu, on Friday urged the state government to enhance ferry transportation. . Ganiyu said in Lagos that government’s assistance would further reduce operational costs and decongest traffic on the road. . “We’ve not received any form of support from government. It has been our personal efforts. If the government partners with us in the area of loan we know how to repay. . Even the usual traffic congestion on our roads would reduce. . In western countries, they take water transportation seriously because it is faster. For…
Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA, has commenced calibration of navigational equipment at some airports across the country to enhance air safety. The one week exercise is being handled by ASECNA, a Dakar based Calibration firm. . The Managing Director of the Agency Engineer Mazi Nnamdi Udoh said in Lagos on Wednesday that the calibration of the navigational aids would assist in putting all the navigational aids in proper shape at these airports. . According to NAMA General Manager, Public Affairs, Mr Supo Atobatele, “The routine calibration exercise commenced at the State owned Birni Kebbi airport where newly installed Doppler Very…
Hundreds of Ugbo Okonkwo residents including widows and children, Friday, staged a peaceful protest against plans by Enugu State Government to demolish their houses in the area which it designated as a slum. . The protesters including several widows and children marched through the Upper Chime dual carriageway displaying several placards, weeping and praying for God’s divine intervention in their plight. . Some of their placards read: “No slum in Ugbo Okonkwo, we acquire our land legitimately”, “No government has told us that we live in a slum”, “We are law-abiding citizens, we deserve a home”, “Your Excellency, we like…
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has granted an order of interim injunction restraining a former governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel and some members of the other faction from opening a parallel office of the party in the state. . It also barred Daniel and all the five governorship aspirants in the party including Abiodun Akjnlade, Sharafa Ishola, Gboyega Isiaka, Sina Kawonise and Kayode Amusan as well as the factional Chairman and Secretary of the party in the state John Olaleye and Micheal Adegbola respectively from commencing another party registration exercise until the motion was heard and…
Former Deputy Governor of Osun State, Otunba Iyiola Omisore will today in Osogbo formally declare his governorship ambition for the August elections in the state on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP. . Prominent PDP leaders such as the Vice President, Alhaji Namadi Sambo, Senate President, David Mark, PDP governors, members of the National Assemly and PDP EXCO members are expected to grace the occassion. . Meanwhile, the ruling All Progressives Congress APC in Osun state has warned its members to stay off the campaign ground and desist from any action capable of threatening the peace of the…
Governor Peter Obi said that the support his Government was offering to higher institutions in Anambra State was in line with the policy of his Government to offer support to all organizations and institutions domiciled in Anambra State, whether private, public or Government-owned provided their services were for the good of the people of the State. . He said this yesterday while presenting a cheque of N100m and four brand new vehicles and a 50 Kva generator to the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka for development projects, including construction of internal roads in the University. . The Governor who had extended…
Rivers State Governor, Rt.Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has thanked God for the Supreme Court judgement given yesterday morning. He also thanked the apex court for handling the matter judiciously and Rivers people for their continued support after emerging victorious over Celestine Omehia at the Supreme Court. . In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. David Iyofor, Amaechi said although the court ruling vindicates his position that Omehia had no case against him, he believes that there is no victor, no vanquished in this matter. . The governor said the apex court ruling provides a new…
Ondo state Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko has vowed to give a good legacy on road network in the state even as he commissioned a 22.3km re- constructed Apata/ modern Market Ikare, Ugbe – Iboropa Ise Akoko roads and Afira bridge amidst wild jubilation by the natives. . Speaking at the commissioning of the road projects, Mimiko said his administration is progressively moving forward in giving the people of the State a better road network which he described as expensive but inevitable. . He vowed that his administration will continue to pay more premium on new roads construction and rehabilitation of…
The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, yesterday, ordered members of the Interim State Executive Committee of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in Rivers State, to appear before it on February 20, to show cause why the party should not be restrained from registering new members in the state. . Ruling on an ex-parte motion that was filed by an aggrieved chieftain of the party in the state, Barrister Otonye Briggs, Justice Gabriel Kolawole, specifically ordered the Interim Chairman and Secretary of APC in Rivers state, Chief Davis Ikanya and Mr Emeka Beke, respectively, to ensure that they appear…
A group, Southern Kaduna Indigenes Progressive Forum (SKIPFo) yesterday said it has compiled enough documentary and other relevant information enough to drag Governor Mukhtar Ramalan Yero to the Internal Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague for what it said was genocide against the Atakad people of Kaura Local Government Area in the southgern part of Kaduna State. . A Press Statement signed by the Chairman of the registered group, Major George Asake (rtd) said that its lawyers were working in concert with other experts to file genocide charges against Yero, and possibly seek his extradition to stand prosecution even after…
Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has cautioned the senate President, Chief David Mark to stop playing politics with the issue of 11 defecting members of senate, saying the senators are free to join the party of their choice. . The senate president is yet to read the letter of former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators who defected to All Progressive Congress. . Fayemi made the statement in reaction to the brouhaha dogging the defection of Senator Bukola Saraki and other ten Peoples Democratic Party senators on Thursday at his country home, Isan Ekiti in Oye Local Government while participating…
National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Adamu Muazu Thursday told the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, G5 Governors who dumped the party for All Progressives Congress, APC that they were embarking on what he described as an unsuccessful sojourn. . Speaking at Wadata Plaza, PDP National Secretariat when he received the Katsina State delegation of the PDP led by the governor Ibrahim Shema, Muazu who pleaded with them to return to PDP family, said, “I appeal to those our members who have been wronged and decided to embark on a journey that is not successful to come…
Young Patriots, the youth wing of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has urged Nigerian youths to identify with the political process by participating fully in it. . Its National Coordinator, Mr Echezona Asuzu, said this at a world news conference in Abuja on Friday. . According to Asuzu, there is the need to hear the voice of Nigerian youths in every matter of national development because they are the most affected by the government policies. . He said, “the youths constitute more than 62 per cent of Nigeria’s population and they should rise up and speak for themselves by taking…