President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the exchange rate for Nigeria Christian Pilgrims Commission’s (NCPC) operations at N160 to $1. The Executive Secretary of the Commission, John Keneddy-Opara, made the disclosure while fielding questions from State House correspondents after briefing President Buhari on the Commission’s activities on Monday. He said: “As you are aware he has approved $1 to N160 for the conventional exchange rate for this pilgrimage operation and he also agreed that he will continue to encourage us particularly as we drive to ensure self-sustenance. “This is a journey and we are sure that we are going to succeed.…
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While one of the popular slogans of President Muhammadu Buhari during his campaign was “if we don’t kill corruption, it [corruption] will Nigeria”, the Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has paraphrased the slogan. Speaking at the 7th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture series on Monday in Lagos, Gov. El-Rufai warned that the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, must be “killed” before it brings about Nigeria’s destruction. El-Rufai, who was visibly angry at the activities of the state-run oil corporation, expressed the hope that the Buhari administration would see to the death of the NNPC. “If you don’t kill NNPC,…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that the release of a former Head of Service, Steve Oronsaye, and Osarenkhoe Afe of Frederick Hamilton Global Services Limited from detention. The court ordered that they be released on the premise of an undertaking signed by the lawyers representing Mr. Oronsaye and his co-accused that they will produce their clients in court on July 21 when their bail applications will be heard. The trial judge, Justice Gabriel Kolawole, also said his decision to release the accused persons was based on the grounds that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, had…
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Ace comedian Basketmouth took to instagram to celebrate his wife as she turned a year older today. the wonderful times we’ve shared together, for the adventure,the love,the laughter,the friendship and all,I’m thankful for your life and I look forward to making many more memories with you. Birthdays come around every year, but you @elsieokpocha come once in a lifetime. Words cant express how much i love you, so I have decided to use numbers…. 123456789. Best wishes on your special day.” Happy birthday Mrs Okpocha Source: Talkofnaija The post Words Can’t Explain How Much I Love You – Basketmouth Celebrates…
The Senator representing Bauchi South Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Senator Ali Wakili, has debunked rumours making the rounds that there is a cold war between President Muhammadu Buhari and the Senate. The senator, who spoke at a press briefing in Bauchi on Monday, said such unfounded rumours were meant to generate “bad blood” between Mr. Buhari and the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki. Last Friday it was alleged that the Permanent Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Finance, Mrs. Anastasia Nwaobia had shunned an invitation to appear before the Senate to brief it on some issues of national…
Some members of the Lagos State House of Assembly on Monday said President Muhammadu Buhari’s pace of governance since inauguration on May 29 gave no cause for worry. The lawmakers spoke against the backdrop of complaints from some quarters that the president had been slow in addressing the nation’s problems. Rotimi Olowo, (APC-Somolu 1), said the president needed time to work on the institutional and structural deficiencies of the country before the masses would begin to appreciate his programmes. Mr. Olowo said: “He assumed duty not long ago and met a lot of structural problems on ground. The president is…
The Peoples Democratic Party caucus in the House of Representatives, on Sunday, warned its All Progressives Congress colleagues to either get their acts together or they would be forced to participate in the election of the Majority Leader of the House and other principal officers. The APC, which is in the majority, has been torn by crisis over the sharing of principal offices in the Green Chamber with both factions of the party insisting on going head-to-head over the selection of House leader. To this end, the PDP caucus hinted that should the final decision be that an election be…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday named new service chiefs as well as National Security Adviser. The appointments came on the heels of the sack of the former service chiefs and NSA appointed by former President Goodluck Jonathan. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the president appointed Major-General Babagana Monguno (rtd) as his NSA. Monguno replaces Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd). The new service chiefs according to the statement are Major-General Abayomi Gabriel Olonishakin, Chief of Defence Staff; Major-General T.Y. Buratai, Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas, Chief of Naval Staff;…
A former Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Mr. Stephen Orosanye, was on Monday arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for fraud and money laundering charges. When the 24 counts charge brought against Oronsaye and other accused persons, including a firm were read to them before Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja, they pleaded not guilty. The prosecution accused them of committing the procurement fraud in 2010 under the pretext of using the various sums of money, illegally withdrawn from the Federal Government’s account, for “biometric data capturing project”. The offences were allegedly committed…
After weeks of speculation and their fate hanging in the balance, the Service Chiefs have all been relieved of their appointments by President Muhammadu Buhari. Their sack was made known by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Femi Adesina, while speaking with State House correspondents on Monday afternoon. The Service Chiefs fired include Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh (Chief of Defence Staff), Lt.-Gen. Kenneth Minimah (Chief of Army Staff), Air Vice Marshal Adesola Amosu (Chief of Air Staff) and Admiral Usman Jibrin. They were all appointed by ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. More details later. The post Buhari Fires Service…
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has given assurance of the state government’s plans to adequately protect lives and property of dwellers in riverine communities. The Speaker gave the assurance during a condolence visit to the Osolu of Irewe, Oba Abideen Durosimi, in the Ojo Local Government Area of the state, over the death of six schoolchildren, who were drowned in a boat accident in the area on July 2, 2015. In a statement issued on Sunday, Obasa, who was represented by the Deputy Chief Whip of the Assembly, Omotayo Oduntan, added that the state…
The Economic Commission for Africa, ECA, has rated Nigeria one of the best three performers among 23 countries in accomplishing the mission of the African Road Safety Action plan. Aside Nigeria, the commission rated Ghana and South Africa as the two other leading countries with clear prospects of achieving the activities of the African Road Safety Action Plan, adding that 40 per cent of member countries are in the process of implementing more road safety management activities. The ECA gave the rating in a mid-term review report from the Third African Road Safety Conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, according to…
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The national vice-chairman (South-south) of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr. Cairo Ojougboh, has described the centenary city built during the former administration of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan as a blueprint for corruption. He also dismissed the claim that the centenary city was a public private partnership arrangement. The centenary city in Abuja was conceived by the Jonathan administration as part of Nigeria’s centenary anniversary. The N2.976tn project, which occupies a landmass of 1,200 hectares, is to be modeled after modern cities like Dubai, Shenzhen, Monaco and Singapore as well as serve as political and economic tool for securing foreign investment. It…
The Presidency has debunked claims that President Muhammadu Buhari and the national leader of All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu are at daggers drawn over the leadership crisis in the National Assembly. Describing as “unfortunate” the emergence of Senator Ike Ekweremadu as Deputy Senate President in the Senate with majority APC members, the Presidency said the party’s leaders were hands in glove with the president in fulfilling his electoral promises to Nigerians. According to the Senior Special Adviser to the President on Media, Mallam Garba Shehu, the challenge before the key leaders of the APC goes beyond the…
The All Progressives Congress candidate in the April 11 governorship election in Rivers State, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, on Sunday gave the Nyesom Wike administration in the state knocks over its alleged impunity, dishonesty and brigandage. The former House of Representatives member in a statement issued in Abuja, pointed out some of the wrong steps taken by the Peoples Democratic Party-led government in the state since May 29 and urged people of the state to endure a little longer as justice would be served on his petition challenging Wike’s election at the governorship election tribunal. He said: “I had hoped that…
A Southeast pressure group has asked Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu to “step aside” to allow another senator from the zone replace him. The African League Organisation (ALO), which demanded Ekweremadu’s resignation while addressing journalists in Abuja yesterday, alleged that as Deputy Senate President in the past eight years, he had been passive as no tangible progress had been made in the Southeast that could be linked to his name. The group said it had written Ekweremadu to quit. The letter reads: “The only noble way forward is that you should immediately step aside for one out of the remaining…
The Police and other security agencies who sealed up all the local government secretariats in Rivers State following a court order sacking the council chairmen elected in the twilight of the Rotimi Amaechi, have been given a vacation ordered by President Muhammadu Buhari. The police said it sealed up the councils to prevent breakdown of law and order following the possibility of a clash between the caretaker chairmen inaugurated by Governor Nyesom Wike and the sacked chairmen, who vowed to remain in office. However, following the presidential directive, it was learnt that the police withdrew from the secretariats. It was…
The former Special Adviser on Niger Delta Affairs to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Kingsley Kuku, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint the right coordinator for the Amnesty Office. Kuku, who also doubled as chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, said Buhari must source a credible person acceptable to the riverine people to man the office. The ex-presidential adviser spoke on the sideline of the Nigerian Athletic Golden League at the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Ondo State, at the weekend. Commending the 30,000 ex-militants benefiting from the Amnesty Programme for being peaceful despite not receiving their allowances for two…