Showing posts with label Nigerian News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nigerian News. Show all posts
N5,000 monthly allowance won't be enough to alleviate poverty - Senators

Two senators have urged ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) to increase its proposed monthly allowance for unemployed Nigerians from N5,000, saying the amount was inadequate for alleviating their hardship.
The senators, who are Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) separately in Abuja, that APC should evolve a better welfare scheme that would assuage the pains of the unemployed and aged.
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The National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission (NSIWC) on Wednesday, July 1 declared that the Federal Government will not pay salaries of staff schools in the nation’s tertiary institutions.
The Executive Chairman of the Commission, Chief Richard Egbule, made this known at a news briefing in Abuja.
NAN reports that the University workers under the aegis of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) had threatened to embark on strike for non-funding of staff schools by the Federal Government.
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These are definitely not interesting times for the nation’s economy, particularly the national currency, the naira, no thanks to the depleting reserves and the subsequent banning of importers of 41 items from the foreign exchange market by the Central Bank of Nigeria.
Barely 10 days after the CBN stopped forex sale to importers of rice, textile and 39 other items, the naira on Wednesday crashed to 230 against the United States dollar at the parallel market, down from 218 recorded on June 23 when the new forex rule was introduced.
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The Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday rejected the appointment of Mrs. Amina Zakari as the Acting National Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission.
The PDP also asked that the first female to head the country’s electoral body be sacked immediately because her appointment was allegedly facilitated by a relationship with the Presidency and ties with some new governors in the north.
The opposition party equally alleged that Zakari’s appointment would give the All Progressives Congress an upper hand at the various election petitions tribunals.
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A Federal High Court in Lagos has dismissed the money laundering charges levelled against a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
The trial judge, Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, in a judgment on Wednesday, freed Fani-Kayode after holding that “the prosecution case is feeble” and had failed to prove the allegations against the accused person beyond reasonable doubt.
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At least 10 Egyptian soldiers were killed when a car bomb planted by suspected Islamist militants exploded at a military post in North Sinai, a military spokesman said on Wednesday, adding that 22 “terrorists” had also been killed.
Other security sources said that at least 30 soldiers had been killed in a wave of attacks targeting at least six military checkpoints. Speaking on condition of anonymity, the officials said militants took other soldiers captive and seized several armoured vehicles south of the town of Sheikh Zuweid.
Witnesses reported hearing explosions in Sheikh Zuweid and Rafah, prompting many residents to leave their homes.
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A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Lateef Raji, has warned that the recent attacks on the party’s National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, will lead to the destruction of the ruling party.
Raji, who is the immediate past Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to former Governor Babatunde Fashola, said this in a statement on Tuesday.
Raji said Tinubu was the pillar of the APC and if he was pushed out of the party, the APC may not live to see another election.
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The Head of the Countering Violent Extremism Department in the Office of the National Security Adviser, Dr. Fatima Akilu, told President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday that no fewer than 22 women and girls recruited as suicide bombers by members of the Boko Haram sect are now undergoing rehabilitation under the programme.
She said the female trained as suicide bombers by the sect were being rehabilitated after voluntarily embracing the agency’s de-radicalisation programme.
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Senator Ben Murray-Bruce has suggested that the Nigerian government merge some states in the country in a bid to save the country.
Murray-Bruce made the suggestion as a possible solution to the inability of some states to pay their workers’ salaries.
The Senator, who represents the Bayelsa East Senatorial District, made the comment via Twitter on Thursday, June 11, 2015.
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The Port Harcourt Refining Company Limited will start refining crude oil and will contribute to petroleum products’ availability by the end of this month, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has said.
The corporation also gave an assurance that on or before the end of this week, the scarcity of Premium Motor Spirit, otherwise known as petrol, would cease across the country.
The Group Managing Director, NNPC, Dr. Joseph Dawha, said these in Abuja on Thursday after inspecting some filling stations in the city.
He said, “Presently, the refineries are undergoing rehabilitation and we are undertaking what we call a new strategy to carry out the turnaround maintenance on them. Basically, what this means is that we are carrying out phased implementation of the rehabilitation of the refineries.
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that it would go forward with plans to discipline Senate President, Bukola Saraki and House of Representatives Speaker, Yakubu Dogara for defying the leadership of the party.
This was disclosed on Thursday, June 11, 2015, by National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed while speaking to journalists in Abuja after a meeting between the leadership of the APC and some senators loyal to its previously nominated candidate, Senator Ahmed Lawan.
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Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday administered oath of office and allegiance on Ahmad Lawan and 27 other All Progressives Congress senators who were absent at the formal inauguration of the Eighth Senate.
The  senators were gathered at the International Conference Centre, Abuja, waiting for President Muhammadu Buhari, who was billed to address them when the Clerk of the National Assembly, Alhaji Salisu Maikasuwa, proclaimed the Eighth Senate and subsequently conducted the election.
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A former National Deputy Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, has said that the political career of the National Leader, All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, is over.


George said this during a telephone interview with while reacting to the emergence of Senator Bukola Saraki as the Senate President ahead of Senator Ahmed Lawan, who was the preferred candidate of Tinubu.
03:25
Post elections, Senator Bukola Saraki of Kwara State emerged as the Senate President while Yakubu Dogara was voted Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Both men are members of the All Progressive Congress (APC), but they are not backed by the Party according to an official statement by the APC.

 This Tuesday a statement issued by the Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) to the President, Mr. Femi Adesina, said the president would have preferred that the APC process of electing leaders been followed.
Adesina said, "Nonetheless the President took the view that a constitutional process has somewhat occurred.”
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A cold war is currently brewing among sister security agencies ahead of the relocation of President Muhammadu Buhari to the Presidential Villa, Abuja,
Since their inauguration on May 29, Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo have yet to relocate to the State House, because renovation works going on in their official residences had not been completed.
While the President currently operates from Defence House, the official residence of the President-elect, Osinbajo is said to be residing in a private residence.
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Looks like Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike is officially ready for former Gov. Rotimi Amaechi. He's asked all Permanent Secretaries in the state to produce full account details of their Ministries’ expenditure in the last 18 months. Read the press statement below...

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has directed Permanent Secretaries in the state   to produce   full account  details  of their Ministries ' expenditure  over the  last 18 months.

This is even as the  governor  advised  the permanent  secretaries  to  shun partisan politics  as career civil  servants,  saying the roles some of  them played in  the  closing  days of the immediate  past administration  were politically  motivated. 

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A Syrian Christian fighter has beheaded an Islamic State group (IS) militant to avenge people "executed" by the jihadists in northeastern Syria, a monitor said on Friday.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the incident took place on Thursday in Hasakeh province, where IS holds large areas of the countryside.

According to the monitor, the Christian fighter, a member of the minority Assyrian community, found the jihadist in the local village of Tal Shamiram.
03:52
A Kenyan lawyer has expressed interest in marrying PresidentBarack Obama’s eldest daughter, Malia.
Felix Kiprono has offered to pay a bride price of 50 cows, 70 sheep and 30 goats to Obama for the hand of the first daughter.
Kiprono also said, while speaking to The Nairobian, that what he feels for Malia is true love and not infatuation.
“I got interested in her in 2008. As a matter of fact, I haven’t dated anyone since and promise to be faithful to her. I have shared this with my family and they are willing to help me raise the bride price,” he said.
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The Senate Joint Committees on Petroleum Resources has reportedly summoned the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and the Minister of Petroleum Diezani Allison-Madueke over the lingering fuel scarcity in the country.
The two Ministers and other stakeholders are expected to appear before the committee on Monday, May 25.
Report says the Committees also summoned the Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation; Managing Director Petroleum Pricing and Regulatory Agency; and the Director of the Department of Petroleum Resources.
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Some Muslim youths on Friday stormed the Kano Government House and the palace of the Emir of Kano, Mahammad Sanusi II, to protest an alleged blaspheming of Prophet Mohammed (SAW) by a Tijjani preacher, Abdul Nyass.
The protesters, armed with sticks and other dangerous weapons, stormed the streets of the city to express their anger over Nyass’ alleged blasphemous statements against Prophet Mohammed.
The youths attempted to gain entry into the Kano State Government House, but were prevented by security operatives, who had hectic time calming them.
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