President Muhammadu Buhari has received the report of the Justice Ayo Salami-led probe panel on alleged corruption charges against suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magi, at the State House, Abuja. In a ceremony in the Executive Council Chambers of the State House, the panel, led by Justice Salami, would be handing boxes of documents, believed to be volumes of the report to the President. President Muhammadu Buhari has received the report of the Justice Ayo Salami-led probe panel on alleged corruption charges against suspended Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission…
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Nigeria, Africa’s biggest oil producer, is set to resume the importation of petroleum products from a neighbouring country, Niger Republic. The Ministry of Petroleum Resources announced on Thursday in a statement that the two countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Thursday for petroleum products transportation and storage. According to the statement, Niger Republic’s Soraz Refinery in Zinder, some 260km from the Nigerian border, has an installed refining capacity of 20,000 barrels per day. “Niger’s total domestic requirement is about 5,000bpd, thus leaving a huge surplus of about 15,000 bpd, mostly for export,” it said. The ministry said the MoU…
CNN in their newsroom program called out Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture over threat of sanction. The News agency which stated that it is standing by its report on the Lekki toll gate, stressed that Lai Mohammed did not provide any evidence to back his allegation of them being “irresponsible” with their report which he claimed was “one-dimensional and lacking in balance.” Recall that Mohammed who also insisted that military only fired empty bullet on protesters at Lekki toll gate, also queried Dj Switch on who she is allegedly fronting for. Reiterating that the Nigerian army and…
The killing of Ifeanyi Okereke by one of the security details attached to the office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, has sparked outrage on social media as Nigerians condemned the act and called for justice over the incident. Many Nigerians have said the killing of the newspapers vendor again validates the recent #EndSARS protests against police brutality and extrajudicial killings. The PUNCH had reported how a security aide to the Speaker shot the vendor in the head. The incident, which occurred at the Federal Secretariat, Abuja, around 3pm on Thursday, had caused panic in the area. The…
We should amend our constitution to scrap the judiciary arm of government since court orders are no longer obeyed. There’s no reason for Judges to continue sitting on cases if their judgements,directives and orders won’t be respected. Separation of powers is the most pivotal aspect of constitutional democracy,the judiciary is to adjudicate on issues brought before it and its judgments are binding on all regardless of the suitability. We should stop pretending that we are practicing democracy if the rule of law has no place in our political system and court orders are wantonly disregarded especially by those referred…
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has said he was devastated by the death of Ifeanyi Elechi, a vendor who was killed on Thursday by a stray bullet fired from his convoy. The speaker who described the incident as ‘horrific’ in a statement he personally signed early hours of Friday explained that it was a stray bullet from one of the security men attached to his motorcade. Gbajabiamila further explained that the sad event occured after exchanging pleasantries with the vendors at the federal secretariat area of Abuja metropolis on his way out of the national assembly. He…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has warned the Federal Government against encouraging brain drain with a lingering strike and nonchalant attitude towards the yearnings of ASUU. Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, the President, ASUU, in an interview held on Sunday, said Ethiopia has already recruited 200 professors from Nigeria while South Africa, Ghana, Egypt, etc have a sizeable number of Nigerian professors. He warned that the few presently pushing the government for an amicable resolution are patriots that have refused to abandon the nation despite government lackadaisical attitude towards lecturers and the entire academic system. He said “If not for…
An end to the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may be in sight. The Federal Government on Thursday promised to “bend backwards” to meet ASUU’s demands “half-way”. Both parties will meet today as talks to end the strike which began on March 23 continues. Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, faulted comments by ASUU zonal coordinators, saying they should not be speaking for the union. To him, the zonal coordinators were becoming a “nuisance”. Ngige said: “We are meeting with their national leadership tomorrow (today) and those in the zones are advised that it…
The Senate on Thursday accused banks of aiding government agencies in the diversion of public funds. It also challenged anti-graft agencies in the country to beam their searchlights on private organisations in their fight against corruption. Senate President Ahmad Lawan stated this when the leadership of the Institute of Forensic and Investigative Professionals of Nigeria (CIFIPN) visited him in Abuja He advised that the investigative activities of the anti-graft agencies should not be limited to government agencies because some banks and private organisations are used as conduits to siphon public funds. Lawan said: “Our experience in the National Assembly recently…
Following the spread of a letter purportedly written by Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, on various social media platforms, Dr John Edor, Chairman of ASUU, University of Calabar, UNICAL, branch has debunked rumours that the union has called off its eight months old strike. He disclosed this to newsmen during a telephone chat on Thursday in Calabar. Edor who was reacting to a statement purportedly released by the Union via a Twitter handle calling off the 8months old strike embarked on by them said ASUU does not have a Twitter account. His words :”As I talk to you now,…