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Thursday, 29 December 2016 03:00

Ambode offers amnesty ‎to cultists, criminals in Lagos

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has announced the readiness of his government to offer amnesty to cultists willing to renounce their membership of cult groups and turn over a new leaf. Mr. Ambode, who stated this in Ikorodu at the ongoing One Lagos Fiesta, said his administration has perfected plans to use 2017 to rehabilitate all those involved in one form of criminality or the other and are ready to be law abiding, with the view to making them live normal lives and contribute meaningfully to the society. While noting with concern the rising spate of cultism and other…

Wednesday, 28 December 2016 16:58

UNMASKED: The white man arrested in Sambisa Forest and his role in Boko Haram

The mysterious white man captured by Nigerian soldiers during last week’s storming of Boko Haram’s headquarters in the Sambisa Forest is a Frenchman and he specialises in repairing and unlocking armoured personnel vehicles and other fighting equipment, according to Daily Trust quoting authoritative military sources. It credited the sources as disclosing that the white man’s identity is being concealed by the Federal Government and military authorities for diplomatic reasons. President Muhammadu Buhari had on Friday announced that Boko Haram’s last stronghold in the Sambisa forest, Borno State, was overrun by troops on Thursday, December 22. Soldiers who took part in…

Wednesday, 28 December 2016 16:57

Army recover Shekau’s Qur’an, flag in Sambisa – Official

The Nigerian Army on Wednesday said it had recovered Abubakar Shekau’s Qur’an and flag in Camp Zero, the Boko Haram’s Headquarters in Sambisa forest. Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, said this while giving newsmen update on “Operation Rescue Final’’ in Maiduguri. “We believe that the Holy Book and the flag were abandoned by Abubakar Shekau while he escaped. “The Book will be taken to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Burutai, for onward presentation to Mr President. “We have also made a lot of arrests. Our troops in Damboa arrested about 15 Boko Haram members.…

Wednesday, 28 December 2016 16:55

500% increase in dog price as Ekiti residents take to 'dog' meat

Prices of dog have shot up by about 500 per cent in Ekiti State, following the residents’ new-found love for dog meat consumption. Consequently, dogs have disappeared from the streets in Ekiti State. More people have increasingly turned to dog meat for their nutrition despite the taboo hitherto associated with the consumption of dog meat in the community. In Ado-Ekiti, Ikere-Ekiti, Ise-Ekiti, Emure- Ekiti, Ikole-Ekiti and Otun-Ekiti, new dog slaughter slabs have sprung up as residents devour the meat in homes, restaurants and beer parlours. A resident said no fewer than 20 of such slaughter slabs exist in Ado Ekiti…

Wednesday, 28 December 2016 16:54

Be wary of activities that can cause fire, Oyo govt cautions residents

Oyo State government has urged citizens and residents in the state to be careful and avoid anything that might cause fire outbreak during the harmattan season, saying that the Senator Abiola Ajimobi’s administration would continue to support the fire Services department to ensure that it performs its life-saving functions effectively. State Commissioner for Works and Transport, Mr. Wasiu Dauda, who gave this admonition during a courtesy call by Members of the Oyo State House of Assembly Committee on Works and Transport recently, also cautioned motorists and other road users to be patient while driving during and after the festive period…

Wednesday, 28 December 2016 03:04

How FG saved N200bn from public sector payroll

The federal government payroll has been able to get rid of 50,000 ghost workers, saving the country N200 billion, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Garba Shehu, has said. Shehu said the exercise led to the saving of N13 billion monthly from the payroll from February to December this year. Speaking with State House correspondents at an interactive meeting to mark the end of the year, the media aide to the president announced that 11 persons championing the syndicate of ghost workers had been handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). “The…

Wednesday, 28 December 2016 03:01

DSS arrests key terrorism suspect, places politicians under surveillance

Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday confirmed the arrest of the third most wanted terrorism suspect. The suspect, who is in the custody of the agency, has been indicted in the killing of expatriates in the country between 2012 and 2013. Many secret services in various parts of the world have been trooping into Nigeria to interact with the suspect. Also, the service foiled a terrorist attack on the United States through its active intelligence alert. The arrest is seen as a significant anti-terrorism breakthrough. United States President Barack Obama telephoned President Muhammadu Buhari to hail the feat, a source…

Wednesday, 28 December 2016 03:00

Arrested B’Haram fighter warns of attacks on FCT

A middle-aged man suspected to be one of the fleeing fighters of the Boko Haram sect has been arrested by officials of a security agency recently established by the Abuja Municipal Area Council popularly known as AMAC Marshal in the Federal Capital Territory. A statement issued on Tuesday night by the spokesman for the AMAC Marshal, Kingsley Madaki, said the suspect who gave his name as Usman, was nabbed at 4.30pm at Utako Market. According to him, the suspect was apprehended “with a Qur’an and a chaplet on his neck while trying to lobby people in the market.” The statement…

Wednesday, 28 December 2016 02:57

US billionaire Smith sponsors Chibok girls

An African American billionaire, Robert Smith is sponsoring the education of 24 Chibok schoolgirls in American University, Yola in Adamawa State. The identity of the good Samaritan was revealed today by Malam Garba Shehu, senior special assistant on the media to President Muhammadu Buhari at an interaction with media men in Abuja. The billionaire, Shehu also revealed is offering to take responsibility for the 21 girls freed in october and all the others who will hopefully be eventually set free. Who is Robert Smith? He is a 54 year-old businessman, who attended good American colleges such as Cornell and Columbia…

Wednesday, 28 December 2016 02:56

Govt officials stop free Chibok girls being home for Christmas

Kidnapped girls freed from more than two years of captivity by Boko Haram Islamic extremists were prevented by Nigerian officials from spending Christmas at home with their families, relatives and a lawyer said Tuesday. The news raised questions about Nigeria's handling of the 21 girls freed in October through negotiation mediated by the Swiss government and the International Committee of the Red Cross. Nearly 300 girls taking science exams were kidnapped from a government boarding school in the northeastern town of Chibok April 2014. Dozens escaped within hours, and 219 remain captive. The mass abduction brought Boko Haram world attention…

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Wednesday, 28 December 2016 02:54

You’re worsening Ibori’s case, Uduaghan tells persons visiting the ex-convict governor in London

A former Governor of Delta, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, says those people going to London to see his predecessor, James Ibori, and posting pictures and comments about him, are creating more problems for him. Uduaghan, who stated this in a Facebook post on Tuesday, asked those involved to “stop it”. Ibori, who was the governor of the oil-rich state between 1999 and 2007, was released from a United Kingdom prison on Wednesday after serving a concurrent13-year jail term for money laundering. The Southwark Crown Court jailed him on April 17, 2012 after he pleaded guilty to a 10-count charge of money…

Wednesday, 28 December 2016 02:52

Hundreds of candidates disqualified from N-Power jobs

A total number of 4,136 candidates were successful in the just concluded physical verification exercise for the Federal Government N-Power jobs in Niger, an official has said. The state coordinator, National Orientation Agency, NOA, Muhammed Ali, made this known to journalists in Minna on Tuesday.‎ “A total of 5017 candidates applied in the first phase‎ with a total number 4,251 candidates screened, 258 were disqualified, 744 were absent while 3, 995 were successful. ‎”In the second phase which is the supplementary 752 candidates applied but 165 were available for screening, while 25 were disqualified. ‎ “A total of 587 were…

Wednesday, 28 December 2016 02:50

Harmattan haze forces airlines to make return

Airlines, yesterday, made air returns to Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos and other airports across the country after poor visibility, occasioned by harmattan haze, prevented their aircraft from landing in places they were scheduled for. Visibility reduced to less than 40 metres, which is below weather minima and made it dangerous for aircraft to take off. The acceptable weather minimum level is 100 meters. Spokesman for Dana Airline, Kingsley Ezeanyanwu, confirmed the incident, saying an aircraft billed for Port Harcourt at 2p.m. took off at 7:20p.m. yesterday when visibility improved. As a result of this development, a Dana Airline flight from…

Tuesday, 27 December 2016 15:03

Buhari joins Jonathan, Yar’Adua to violate law on public procurement

Despite promises during the campaigns in the build up to the 2015 election, President Muhammadu Buhari has failed to inaugurate the National Council on Public Procurement, NCPP, as required by Nigerian law. The Public Procurement Act 2007 was signed into law by late President Umaru Yar’Adua on June 4, 2007. The Act provides for the establishment of the National Council on Public Procurement, NCPP, and the Bureau of Public Procurement, BPP, as the regulatory authorities responsible for the monitoring and oversight of public procurement as well as harmonizing existing government policies and practices. The act was put in place to…

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