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Saturday, August 22

There’s no alternative to democracy - Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said there is no alternative to democracy, arguing that he almost lost his life to a dictator under a military rule. He said this on Friday at his Hilltop residence in Abeokuta when officials of the National Association of Nigerians Students and some student union leaders from various institutions of learning paid him a visit. Obasanjo and some other retired...

The 7 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, on Saturday entered and cleared Gudumbali town in Guzamala Local Government Area of Borno. This is contained in a statement signed by Col. Sani Usman, Acting Director, Army Public Relations. He said the effort was part of the continued offensive against the Boko Haram terrorists. He added that during the operation, a number of terrorists were killed and their...

Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole at the weekend declared that it was not wrong for President Muhammadu Buhari to beam his anti-corruption searchlight on men and women in the immediate past administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan. He stressed that the cries of selectiveness of the Buhari's fight against corruption was uncalled for as Jonathan's men were fully in charge of managing...

The Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, has been ranked the best university in Nigeria by Webometrics. According to the latest web ranking of world universities conducted by the Cybermetrics Lab of Spain, a research group belonging to the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), OAU was rated as the best in the country A statement by the insitution's spokesperson, Mr. Abiodun Olarewaju,...

Residents warned to stay indoors as Oro festival sweeps Ile Ife

Residents of Ile-Ife, have been warned to remain indoors as traditionalists wrap up the funeral rites for the immediate past Ooni of Ife, Oba Okunade Sijuade. The final rites are to be performed by the Oro deity. Town criers went from street to street on Saturday,asking residents especially commercial drivers and motorcyclists, to keep off the roads between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. The Head of the Oro Cult in the town and the Awara of Iwara, Oba Layi Adereti, according to the News Agency...

The UN Secretary-General, Mr Ban Ki-Moon, is scheduled to begin a two-day official visit to Nigeria on Sunday. Ban is expected, to among others, meet with President Muhammadu Buhari at Aso Rock Villa on Monday. An itinerary released by the UN Information Centre, Lagos said. during the visit, Ban is also scheduled to hold talks with state governors on Sunday. The dialogue with the governors,...

The Lagos State Police Command on Saturday said it has arrested one Friday Aguibosim for allegedly impersonating a former Commissioner of Police, Mr. Kayode Aderanti, who has been transferred to Abuja. According to a police source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, the 27-year-old Aguibosim was arrested on August 12 for opening a Facebook account in the name of the former Lagos commissioner...

The Police in Nsukka on Saturday arrested two men in masquerade costume in Ovoko Community, Nsukka LGA, Enugu State, for allegedly beating up a passenger on a commercial motorcycle and robbing him of N57,000. The incident happened on the Nsukka/Oballo-Afor highway. A police source said policemen moved to the scene when the victim, Mr. Chinonso Ezewaji, reported the matter to Nsukka Police Area command...

The second-in-command of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant group was killed during a US air strike in Iraq on Tuesday, according to the White House. The US and its allies stage daily air strikes on ISIL targets in the group's self-declared caliphate based in Iraq and Syria. A drone strike last month killed a senior leader in its Syrian stronghold of Raqqa. "Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali, also...

Northern Governors meet on dreaded forest

Governors of North Western States and Niger met in again in Kaduna on Saturday to review the security approach towards ending cattle rustling and other security challenges in Kamuku and Kuyanbana Forests. It would be recalled that, five Governors of Kaduna, Niger, Katsina, Kebbi and Zamfara states met in June to form a joint security operation against dreaded Kamuku Forest. Meanwhile, at the Saturday's review meeting held alongside security chiefs, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano...

Manchester United's early-season goal-scoring problems resurfaced in a 0-0 draw with Newcastle United on Saturday that left them with just two goals from their opening three Premier League games. The spotlight will inevitably fall on England centre-forward Wayne Rooney, who has now gone 10 games without a goal for his club and was once again operating as the only striker in manager Louis van Gaal's...

The Catholic Bishop of Ondo Diocese, Most Rev. Ayodeji Arogundade, has predicted that all the countries adopting gay marriage would soon crumble, saying their people have lost their values. Arogundade also attributed the increase in homosexuality in western countries to the lack of adequate parental care for the children there. The cleric stated this while speaking with journalists at the Bicentenary...

The Department of Petroleum Resources on Friday stormed several filling stations at Ikorodu, Ibeju-Lekki and Ketu, in Lagos, shutting down 14 stations for manipulating their dispensing pumps and over-charging buyers, among other offences. While all the affected stations had N87 per litre on their pumps as the selling price, the pumps were under-dispensing Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol,...

The presidency has said that official portfolio was yet to be assigned to Aisha, the wife of president Mohmmadu Buhari, overruling what hitherto was known as “First Lady’s office”. Apparently renaming it “Office of the Wife of the President”, the presidency however stated that Mrs. Buhari would, for now, be saddled with women and youth related issues in the country. The Presidency was reacting...

The Federal Government has begun moves to establish special courts to try corruption-related cases as part of the efforts to fight graft in the country. According to Punch Newspaper, President Muhammadu Buhari was opting for a comprehensive onslaught against the problem of corruption in the country. It was learnt that the President had concluded plans to submit a bill on the planned special anti-corruption...

Buhari appoints Obasanjo on special mission

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed former President Olusegun Obasanjo as his Special Envoy to mediate and help find a solution to the crisis brewing in Guinea Bissau following the dismissal of the Prime Minister, Mr Domingos Pereira, and his cabinet by President Jose Mario Vaz. This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Friday by the president’s Special Adviser...

Following the approval for the recruitment of 10,000 police officers by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Nigeria Police has informed the public that recruitment into the Force is yet to commence. A statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Ojukwu said the modalities for the recruitment were being worked out with the Police Service Commission and would be announced in due...

The National Economic Council (NEC) said on Thursday that power generation in Nigeria will reach 5,000 megawatts by December, noting that, the trend will continue to improve. They said that Council learnt that power supply had increased by 29 per cent with a generation of 4,662 MW, adding that, the target was to reach 5,000 MW by December. The council was unhappy that states and their agencies...

Below is a press statement from former Rivers state governor, Rotimi Amaechi denying claims in that he operates an account with an unnamed bank in Minnesota, USA. Our attention has been drawn to fake stories making the rounds on the Internet and social media about former Rivers State Governor Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi. The stories are all what they are- concocted and failed attempts to...

The speaker of the old Anambra State House of Assembly during the second republic, Chief Ifeanyichukwu Enemchukwu has passed on. He was 75 years old. Enemchukwu, who held the title of Oba of Oba in Idemili South local government area, was the speaker of the old Anambra State, comprising the present Anambra and Enugu states and some parts of Ebonyi State between 1979 and 1983. The speaker of the...

The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Mr. Femi Adesina, on Friday, clarified that President Muhammadu Buhari suspended the Comptroller-General, Nigeria Immigration Services (NIS), David Parradang, for unauthorized recruitment into the Service. Adesina, through a text message, dispelled insinuations in some quarters that Parradang was suspended because an ISIS chief, Ahmed...

President Muhammadu Buhari has suspended the Comptroller General of Nigeria Immigration Service, David Parradang, with immediate effect. This is contained in a statement signed by the Director of Press, Federal Ministry of Interior, Mr. Yusuf Isiaka Alhaji, on behalf of the permanent secretary of the ministry on Friday in Abuja. The statement said the Deputy Comptroller-General of Immigration,...

The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, has said troops of the 7 Brigade, Maiduguri, have liberated Gudumbali town in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State. Usman, in a statement on Friday, said operatives killed a large number of the insurgents and destroyed their weapons during a battle and had commenced "a clearance operation in the general area". He recalled that...

Nigeria's D'Tigers beat Uganda 98-59 in their second Group A game at Afrobasket for Men in Rades, will meet hosts Tunisia in their final group game on Sunda...

Parts of Makurdi, the Benue State capital was, Friday, hit by a major disaster following over four hours of torrential downpour which submerged about 200 houses and huts and also swept away property and valuables of residents, worth millions of Naira. The latest incident which has taken its toll on residents was the second major flood disaster in the state capital, in the last four weeks. The...

Why Victor Moses will not play for Chelsea this weekend — Mourinho

Jose Mourinho has disclosed that Super Eagles' star, Victor Moses is injured and will not be part of the team to face Brown Ideye's West Bromwich Albion on Sunday. 'Moses is still injured and Oscar is still injured,' said the Portuguese. 'I don't know if the new players are available for Sunday yet.' Moses against New York Red Bulls He reported Thibaut Courtois, available again following his one-match suspension, will return to the starting line-up on Sunday. 'I'm so happy with Begovic's...

Police arrest nine over alleged rape, theft

The Kaduna State Police Command on Friday said it arrested five suspected rapists and four other persons for alleged criminal conspiracy, theft and vandalism. Mr. Zubairu Abubakar, the command's spokesman, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Kaduna that the rape suspects carried out the act in Rigasa area of Kaduna metropolis. He said the suspects were arrested on August 19, following complaints by the victim's parents. "Among the suspects, were two who raped a 13-year-old girl, while...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Abuja said he would not tolerate any attempt by the Nigeria Police to extort money from unemployed youth applying to join the force. Speaking at a meeting with officials of the Ministry of Police Affairs and the Police Service Commission at the presidential villa, Mr. Buhari said the practice of applicants having to pay bribes before being accepted...

The United States Government has said it is ready to work with the ne w management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to reform the Nigerian oil and gas industry. The US Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle, told the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Ibe Kachikwu, that the United States would provide all the necessary assistance required by the new NNPC Management to realize its...

People’s Democratic Party in Kwara State has faulted the rationale behind the state government’s decision to borrow five billion naira to pay the arrears of local governments’ staff salaries. The state Publicity Secretary of the Party, Chief Rex Olawoye, made the observation in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria in Ilorin. Olawoye, therefore, challenged Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, to...

The police on Friday arraigned a 15-year-old boy in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly stabbing his mother’s customer in the face with an iron rod. The accused, who lives at Isheri, a suburb of Lagos, is facing one charge of assault. The prosecutor, Sgt. Jimah Iseghede, told the court that the offence was committed on August 16 at 8, Ajibode St., Isheri, Lagos State. Iseghede...

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday expressed deep concern over the unfolding political situation in Guinea Bissau. The political crisis was sparked off by the dismissal of the Prime Minister, Mr. Domingos Simoes Pereira, and his cabinet by President Jose Mario Vaz. Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, in a statement on Friday, said in demonstration of...

Watford striker Odion Ighalo has insisted his spirit is not dampened by his omission from the Super Eagles’ list to face Tanzania next month, saying he plans to work harder to earn a recall to the team. Coach Sunday Oliseh omitted the 26-year-old from his 18-man foreign-based list for the crucial encounter, Goal reports. The former Udinese striker said his omission would afford him the opportunity...

A 23- year old hair dresser at the popular Oba market, Miss Faith Idehen, is currently battling excruciating pain in her left ear after she was allegedly bitten by her landlord’s daughter simply identified as Vivian, a single mother of two. The victim was occupying a two bedroom apartment at Vivian father’s house located at No 2 Jesus Power lane, off Ojo Street, Ugbiyoko, Benin City, Edo State. The...

Rivers governor, Mr Nyesom Wike, has said his administration will continue sponsorship of Christian and Muslim Pilgrims to their respective Holy lands. Wike made this known at the inauguration of the State Christian and Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Boards in Port Harcourt. He said that the dwindling state resources was not an excuse to stop sponsoring Nigerians, adding that pilgrimage was necessary...

The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has urged members of the public, including medical personnel to attend to accident victims and persons with gunshot injuries and thereafter, inform the police for necessary action. This, he said, became imperative, following neglects and consequent untimely death of victims out of fear of being implicated without police involvement. A statement...

The West African Examination Council says it is not considering adopting a Computer-Based Test mode for its examinations. Its Head, National Office, Mr Charles Eguridu, made the clarification at an interactive forum with education correspondents on Thursday night in Abuja. Eguridu said it would amount to ‘intellectual dishonesty’ for him to say that the council would introduce CBT in the next...

A non-governmental organisation, Prevent Abuse of Children Today Coalition in Cross River State, says that no fewer than 20 children are kidnapped in Cross River within nine months. This is contained in a statement by Mr. James Ibor, Coordinator, PACT Coalition, Cross River State and Executive Secretary Basic Rights Counsel Initiative of the group in Calabar on Friday. Ibor said that PACT had...

We’re ready for war – North Korea

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered his frontline troops to be ready for war, against a backdrop of rising military tensions between his country and South Korea. The announcement follows an exchange of artillery shells across the two countries' heavily fortified border. The Demilitarised Zone is a legacy of the 1950-53 Korean War, which ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty, leaving the Korean Peninsula still technically in a state of war. The North's official KCNA news...

PCN shuts 148 chemists in Cross River

The Pharmacists Council of Nigeria on Friday sealed 148 medicine shops in Cross River for unauthorised sale of drugs. Deputy Director and Head of Enforcement, PCN, Abuja, Mr. Stephen Esumobi, made this known during a press conference in Calabar. He said the action was taken as part of measures to ensure that only quality drugs were sold to members of the public. According to him, the patent medicine shops were also closed for operating without the supervision of a pharmacist, poor storage...

Reporter dies in Ghana presidential convoy crash

A member of the press corps of Ghana's Presidency lost his life Thursday after the vehicle they were traveling skidded off road, a release from the presidency said. The release said the reporter from the state-owned Ghanaian Times newspaper lost his life in an accident involving the press corps at Shai Hills about 45 km northeast of the capital. The release said other members of the press corps were also injured and had been airlifted to the Military hospital in the capital. It said...

Imo State Governor, Chief Rochas Okorocha, has advised loyalists of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to stop losing sleep over his earlier stand that the All Progressives Congress, APC, would govern Imo for 24 years. Okorocha gave the advice in a press statement signed by his media aide, Mr. Sam Onwuemeodo, and made available to journalists in Owerri. “Some members of the PDP in the state,...

A tailor, Ifeanyi John, is now in police net for allegedly stabbing his colleague, Anthony Kalu, 28, to death, following an argument that ensued over N200 fine. The incident occurred on Wednesday evening at Number 39, Bawas Street by Umuwaya Road, Umuahia, Abia State. The tailors, mostly from Edda in Afikpo-South Local Government Council of Ebonyi State, were said to have gathered for their...

How Mikel snubbed me in London - Super Eagles Chief Coach, Sunday Oliseh

Super Eagles Chief Coach, Sunday Oliseh yesterday explained why he left out Chelsea of England midfielder, John Mikel Obi from his list of players invited for the forthcoming 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier against Tanzania. Oliseh who revealed this at a media parley in Abuja said he made several phone calls including text messages to Obi’s number but he never responded to any. The former international who reluctantly spoke about the issue of Obi revealed that he has no...

FG refuses to appeal ruling against Kashamu’s extradition

The Federal Government has not appealed against the ruling of Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court in Abuja, which dismissed a suit seeking the extradition of the Ogun-East Senator, Buruji Kashamu, to the United States of America to face illicit drug charge, findings by our correspondent have shown. Since it was an interlocutory ruling and not a judgment on the main suit, the government ought to have appealed against the ruling which was delivered on July 1, within 14...

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