Dr Paul Ezeonu, the Chief Medical Director, Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki (FETHA), says the institution embarked on mass recruitment of staff to meet the healthcare needs of the people in Ebonyi. . Ezeonu disclosed the recruitment to the Correspondent Chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) on Sunday in Abakaliki that the staff would work in rural areas. . He spoke when members of the chapel visited him, noting that posting the staff to rural areas would reduce the mortality and morbidity cases. . “We employed an outpost programme with some missionary hospitals, such as the Mile 4 Hospital,…
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Nigeria’s former Central Bank chief, Lamido Sanusi on Sunday described the president who ousted him as a simple man trying to do well who has been undermined by incompetent and fraudulent aides. . Sanusi was suspended by President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday over alleged financial misconduct, a move seen by many analysts as politically motivated. . Sanusi has accused the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) of misappropriating $20 billion (14.5 billion euros), allegations that earned him powerful enemies across the government. . In an interview with AFP in Lagos, Sanusi said many of the people advising Jonathan are sycophants who…
GOVERNOR Chibuike Amaechi has condemned the suspension of the governor Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Malam Sanusi Lamido, saying that the action was unconstitutional. . Amaechi who spoke Sunday at Christ Church, Port Harcourt said the President lacked the powers to suspend a CBN governor. . “You can imagine how President Jonathan announced the sudden removal (suspension) of the CBN Governor. . He does not have such powers. He knows that nothing will happen that was why he took that action. So, I think the preachers should begin to preach what we called the liberation theology. You (church leaders) are…
EFFORTS to build a consensus on fiscal federalism will take the centre stage in Yenagoa the Bayelsa State capital when apex ethnic nationalities brainstorm to formulate an agenda for the forthcoming national conference. . The apex nationalities coming together for this purpose are the Odua People Congress, Afenifere, Ohaneze Ndi Igbo, Itsekiri National Congress, Middle belt Congress, Urhobo Progressive Union, who have been invited to attend the Ijaw National Congress International day which is marking its annual celebration in Yenagoa today. . It was learnt that President Goodluck Jonathan has been invited as the special guest of honour while General…
Kano Emirate Council has condemned the suspension of Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi from the position of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor. . The Emirate council in a statement Friday signed by Walin Kano, Alhaji Mahe Bashir said “We viewed Mr. President action as a deliberate witch-hunt of the governor for doing his job by letting Nigerians to know the alleged fraud going at the petroleum industry and to divert people attention from this monumental fraud”. . The statement noted that ” As the President suspended the governor without a recall to the rule of law, We believed it was…
The National Vice Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, South East zone, Col Austin Akobundu (rtd) has said that the rally scheduled to hold today provide an opportunity for the reclamation of Imo State which was lost to All Progressive Grand Alliance, APGA in 2011. . In a statement in Enugu, yesterday, Akobundu said that the PDP rally in Owerri and the president’s visit “are enough signs to the Rochas Okorocha’s government that the game is over for him and that his ragtag APC government should leave the stage for a people oriented party.” . The PDP chieftain welcomed…
THE Urhobo Council of Bishops and Elders (UCBE) has condemned the practice of ritual killings and sales of human parts in some parts of the country, describing it as barbaric and inhuman. . The group, in a statement by its Chairman, Rt. Rev Vincent Muoghereh and Secretary, Rt. Rev I.A Obie, said: “when the children are delivered, prospective customers pay for the babies and take these babies for whatever purpose for their purchase. We have degenerated to a level lower than animals, too bad.” . Lamenting that “baby factories are reported all over the country where young girls are camped…
A 50-year-old secondary school teacher, Mosumade Olusola, appeared in an Osogbo Magistrates’ Court for allegedly damaging a motorcycle belonging to one Akinde Solomon. . The prosecutor, Insp. Abiodun Fagboyinbo, told the court that the accused committed the offence on Feb. 17 at Capital Hotel in Osogbo. . Fagboyinbo said the accused pushed the complainant’s motorcycle from where it was packed into a gutter, damaging it in the process. . He said the offence was contrary to and punishable under Section 451 of the Criminal Code Cap 34 Vol.11 Laws of Osun 2003. . The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to…
The Acting Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr Sarah Alade, has urged staff of the bank to ensure the success of the bank’s policies and programmes. . This is contained in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja by Mr Isaac Okoroafor, the bank’s Deputy Director, Corporate Communications. . It quoted the acting governor as saying, while addressing staff at the bank’s headquarters in Abuja on Friday, that the sudden management change should not discourage them from doing their jobs. . “We have to move on because the whole world is watching us to deliver on the statutory mandate…
The Federal Government said there was no more refugees camp in Nigeria, attributing the development to the fact that there was no more war in Liberia or Sierra Leone. . Mrs Hadiza Sani-Kangiwa, the Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer of National Commission for Refugees, . Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFRMI), announced this in Lagos on Friday. . She spoke at the donation of rice, noodles milk and clothes to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA). . As a result, she said the government had expanded the mandate of the commission to include Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) since refugees…
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, today, said that he would continue to safeguard the unity of the country. . Tambuwa was speaking as the Special Quest of Honour at the closing ceremony of the National Qur’anic Recitation Competition in Dutse. . He said that the break-up of the country, being insinuated by some Nigerians, was not the best for the country, pointing out that “united, the better for us as a people.” . The speaker, who said that Southern Sudan which broke up from Sudan had been engulfed in crisis, warned Nigerians to learn a lesson from…
Governor Seriake Dickson is the only governor in Nigeria who was sworn in on Valentine’s Day. . Penultimate Friday, while other people were celebrating Valentine, Dickson was explaining what his administration had been doing in the last two years and where he was taking the state to in the years ahead. He was also asked how he feel to be the governor of Mr. President. . Hear him: It is very exciting to be the governor of the President or Vice President. There are governors who even complain about having the National Chairman of the party from their state and…
Tragedy struck in Lagos as a 35-year-old man was found dead in a domestic well while another, together with a one-year-old baby, was rescued from an inferno. The incident happened in two different parts of Lagos as the state fire service responded to emergency calls. . The man, whose identity could not be ascertained, was said to be working in a domestic well at number 11, Akinyele Street, Oko Oba, Agege when he was trapped leading to his death. . Residents put a distress call to the Oko-Oba fire service station which arrived the scene but this was too late…
CHAIRMAN, Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF and Rivers State governor, Chibuike Amaechi has summoned an emergency meeting of the governors to take a position on the suspended governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. . In a statement Friday by NGF Director- General, Asishana Okauru, the Monday meeting though an emergency one is the third NGF Meeting in 2014 and will be chaired by Governor Amaechi at the Rivers State Governor’s lodge, Asokoro in Abuja at. 8pm prompt. . It will be recalled that President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday suspended the apex bank governor over alleged cases…
Gov. Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has approved the immediate reopening of the Lagos State University (LASU) for normal academic activities. . This is contained in a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media, Mr Hakeem Bello, and made available to newsmen on Friday in Ikeja. . The statement said the reopening was in the interest of students and in compliance with the recommendation of the state House of Assembly Ad-hoc Committee on the recent disturbances in the school. . According to the statement, the governor has also approved N51million for the repairs of the institution’s…
The Acting Central Bank Governor, Dr Sarah Alade, has assured stakeholders that the recent changes in the apex bank will not affect Nigeria’s monetary policies. . Alade made this known when she briefed newsmen in Abuja on Friday. . President Goodluck Jonathan had on Thursday suspended the apex bank governor, Malam Sanusi Lamido sanusi, and directed Alade who was a deputy governor, to oversee the affairs of the bank. . Alade assured that the bank would continue to intervene in the interbank foreign exchange market to ensure stability of exchange rate of naira and preserve the value of the domestic…
The APC senatorial aspirant and a former House of Representatives member, Hon Samaila Ahmed who was kidnapped by unknown gunmen at his residence at Darazo Local Government Area of Bauchi state has been released. . Hon Samaila Ahmed abducted on Monday 17th February was released to his family members on Friday night after spending five days in hands of his captors. . It was learnt that the abductors demanded a ransom of N6.5m from Hon Ahmed’ family but the family finally paid a ransom of N2.5m to the abductors before the release of the former Repsmember. . When contacted, the…
No fewer than 15 hoodlums on Thursday invaded the conference hall of the Bayelsa State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Yenagoa and disrupted the union’s planned emergency meeting. . But the intervention of the police prevented the situation from degenerating into bloodbath as four of the hoodlums were arrested. . The union headed by its chairman, Tariyon Akono, it was learnt had planned to discuss the Ladi Lawal NUJ awards 2014 at the emergency meeting when the hoodlums invaded the venue. . The conference was later sealed up by the police authorities in the state which invited…
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…
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…