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…
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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…
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…