President Muhammadu Buhari said on Saturday that 916 million Euros was required for the effective implementation of the Lake Chad Development and Climate Resilience Action Plan (LCDCRAP). President Buhari, who stated this in Abuja at the opening of the 2nd Regional Security Summit, noted that the implementation of the action plan remained a vital challenge. According to him, the long term development of the Lake Chad region is crucial to reducing the high poverty rate in the basin. He said poverty was a major factor in the recruitment of terrorists. “The long-term development of the Lake Chad Region is crucial…
Author: David Folami
Mr Akin Akinsehinwa, the Chairman, Ondo State Board of Internal Revenue, said on Sunday that the state generated N2.3 billion as Internally Generated Revenue between January and March. Akinsehinwa disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Akure. He said the agency realised the amount within three months because it shifted focus from individual tax payers to corporate organisations. The chairman said the shift in focus was a result of the harsh economic realities in the state which had been worsened by the dwindling resources from the Federation Account. “Things are tough nowadays and we…
The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Emmanuel Ojukwu, has warned people spreading rumour of impending attack of some communities in the state to desist from it, saying there is no substance in the story. In a statement signed by the Police Spokesman in the command, Ebere Amaraizu, on Sunday, Ojukwu said that anybody found to be spreading the rumour would be prosecuted. The statement was sequel to media report that some communities in the state would be attacked by suspected herdsmen. Describing the reports as rumour, Ojukwu said that they were capable of causing panic and fear in…
Minister of state for petroleum resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, on Tuesday revealed how he received threats from a militant. Dr. Kachikwu, was speaking at the federal government’s town hall meeting which held in Kaduna state, where he lamented the effect of attacks on oil installations. He said described the attacks as a drain on the country’s resources, but said the government was on top of the situation. “Last week, my phone number was published in Sahara Reporters and then I began to get millions of phone calls,” he said. “One of the first phone calls I took not knowing who…
The removal of the oil subsidy and the increase of fuel price to one hundred and forty five naira may lead to organised labour and federal government face off in the next few days In a swift reaction on Wednesday, the Nigeria Labour Congress vowed to resist what it called unilateral increase in prices of petroleum products from eighty seven to forty five naira per litre In a statement signed by it General Secretary Dr. Peter Ozo-Eson, the NLC said the increase represents the height of insensitivity and impunity The Labour Union said with the imposition on the citizenry the…
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has blamed the differences in the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state on some fifth columnists who left the opposition PDP but do not wish the APC well. Speaking while playing host to members of the fact-finding and reconciliation committee of the All Progressives Congress for Edo State, led by Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, at the Government House, Benin City, Governor Oshiomhole said; “these are the people that I, along with other leaders of the party, rehabilitated. Having neutralized their own machine, they jumped out of the boat so that they don’t sink with…
The leadership crisis rocking the Imo state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, seems to be gradually coming to an end but not without casualties. Rising from long hours and days of meetings where all the leaders like Achike Udenwa, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, former Governor Ikedi Ohakim, former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Emeka Ihedioha and all the elected office holders from the party in the state, the group said they have resolved their differences. While briefing newsmen in Owerri, the party leaders denied that they were restricted from conducting the state congress by any court. But despite…
The National Association of Nigerian Students NANS on Thursday threatened to shut down all campuses in the country on Tuesday and Wednesday next week over subsidy removal. It vowed to mobilise over 40 million of its members on a mass protest to this effect. While reacting to the increase, NANS President, Comrade Tijani Usman, said the Association would re-enact the Occupy Nigeria protest against the removal of subsidy from petroleum product next week. “A directive has been issued to all tertiary institutions to shut down all campuses on Tuesday and Wednesday, next week. After that, they will all converge on…
President Muhammadu Buhari has been given a 7-day ultimatum to revert to the old pump price of petrol or have a serious mass action by the citizens to contend with. A senator elected on the platform of the ruling APC, Dino Melaye, was reported to have issued the threat in response to the recent removal of subsidy from petrol and the resultant increase in the price from N86 to N145 per litre. The senator who was a prominent figure in the 2012 protest #OccupyNigeria, against the similar policy of the Goodluck Jonathan administration, urged the leadership of the party in…
Massive protest has broken out in the Ibadan, capital of Oyo state over the hike in the price of petrol as recently announced by the federal government. The protest is being coordinated by the Joint Action Front. It involves coalition of Civil society groups spearheaded by Dr Ademola Aremu. They described as the Fuel increment as a frauMajor roads in the city from University of Ibadan to Bodija market are blocked.
Barely a week ago, at an event in Lagos which was a public lecture, the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, SAN gave an account of his stewardship in the last five months. In a paper titled “Nigeria’s Electricity Challenge: A Roadmap for Change”, Fashola acknowledged the shortfalls in meeting the electricity demands of consumers in the country over the past years . He however ended on an optimistic note that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration has all it takes to overcome the electricity challenges the country currently faces. One noticeable trait in the Minister’s paper is the sincerity…
The Deputy Governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere has described the recent gruesome massacre of rural dwellers in Enugu State as an act of terrorism, which he said should be condemned in its entirety. Prince Madumere made this statement on behalf of Governor Rochas Okorocha while receiving peaceful protesting members of Imo State chapter of Christian Association of Nigeria led by the chairman, Bishop Stafford Nworgu. The group bearing placards with inscriptions were protesting over the recent Enugu massacre by the herdsmen, proposed national grazing bill at the National Assembly among other issues. Prince Madumere applauded the people of…
The Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) said it has come to its attention that the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike this week mobilized a group of PDP members and sympathisers with the sum of N25m to go and protest at the Independent Electoral Commission [INEC] Headquarters, Abuja. The APC in a statement signed by is its Spokesman, Senibo Chris Finebone said, “This condemnable action is part of the wild goose chase by the governor to stop Senator Magnus Abe at all cost from consummating his expected victory in the suspended Rivers South-East rerun election whenever it is…
Following the negative reactions that greeted the announcement of the increase in fuel price – from N86 per litre to N145, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has explained the rationale behind the development. Osinbajo’s statement, issued on Friday, May 13, is the first explanation coming from the Presidency since the new fuel pricing regime was announced on Wednesday, May 11. The statement which was entitled “The Fuel Pricing Debate: Our Story,” said what the Presidency is most concerned about is how to shield the poor from the worst effects of the policy. “I will hopefully address that in another note,” Osinbajo…
Officials of the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State early on Saturday demolished no less than 100 shops at the Rauf Aregbesola Modern Market in Iyana-Ipaja, Lagos State. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who visited the market reports that some of the traders were seen running helter-skelter to remove their goods and valuables there. Some of them told NAN that they got to the market in the early hours of the day to see that some of its shops were being demolished without any prior notice from the local government. Other claimed that they got…
Pep Guardiola signed off his three years in the Bundesliga on Saturday as Bayern Munich lifted a fourth straight German league title after Saturday’s 3-1 win over bottom-side Hanover. Poland hot-shot Robert Lewandowski finished as the Bundesliga’s top scorer after claiming his 30th league goal of the season. No other foreign striker has ever scored so many goals in a single Bundesliga season. Mario Goetze then netted twice in what could be his last Bundesliga game for Bayern. According to reports, the German World Cup winner has been told to find a new club by Bayern’s in-coming coach Carlo Ancelotti,…
Sevilla’s run of success in the Europa League will count for little when Liverpool meet the Spanish side in the final on Wednesday, manager Juergen Klopp said on Friday. The five-time European Cup winners hope to end an 11-year wait for a continental trophy when they face the back-to-back Europa League champions in Basle. “I don’t think it is relevant but that’s just me,” the 48-year-old German told reporters when asked about Sevilla’s impressive Europa League pedigree. “We will be ready 100 percent. We’ve shown what we’re capable of in the Europa League. It’s an outstanding opportunity for us. Important…
After losing out by one point to title winners Barcelona in La Liga on Saturday, Real Madrid’s attention turned to the Champions League final with Atletico Madrid in Milan in two weeks’ time. Zinedine Zidane’s side beat Deportivo La Coruna 2-0 in the final La Liga game of the season, recording a 12th straight win in the competition, but Barca’s 3-0 victory at Granada pipped them to the first prize. “We’re a little disappointed after the effort we made but now we’re only thinking about Milan,” Zidane told a news conference after his team finished as runners-up. “After 38 league…
Barcelona sealed their 24th La Liga title as Luis Suarez took his tally for the season to 59 goals with a hat-trick in a 3-0 win at Granada to hold off Real Madrid’s late-season surge. Real registered their 12th consecutive La Liga win, 2-0 at Deportivo La Coruna thanks to Cristiano Ronaldo’s double, but finished a point behind their bitter rivals. Suarez’s treble also sees him become the first player in seven years other than Ronaldo and Barca teammate Lionel Messi to win the Pichichi award for La Liga’s top goalscorer with 40. “We are deserving champions,” said Suarez. “We…
Super Falcons striker, Asisat Oshoala, played a major role for her Arsenal side as they defeated Chelsea 1-0 to win the Women’s FA Cup final at Wembley on Saturday. Danielle Carter’s first-half curler was all that Arsenal needed to claim a record 14th FA Cup title in a game watched by 32 000 cheering fans at Wembley. Arsenal Ladies almost scored in the first minute as Oshoala’s pass found Carter but her effort fell on top of the roof of the net much to Chelsea’s delight. The Nigerian was soon in the thick of things as she wriggled past three…