JOHN Enenche, Coordinator of the Defence Media Operations, says three Nigerian soldiers died after sustaining injuries when Boko Haram (BHT)/Islamic State of West Africa (ISWAP) fighters on Tuesday attacked troops’ location in Kukawa town in Borno State. Enenche, a Brigadier General who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday said the attack was vehemently thwarted. He further disclosed that eight terrorists were neutralized while unconfirmed number escaped with gun shots wounds. “Unfortunately, three soldiers were fatally wounded and later gave up the ghost at the military medical reception station at Kukawa military location,” the Defence spokesperson said. He added that…
Author: YemieFash
The pledge by Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu to reduce tuition fees in tertiary institutions is mere campaign to hoodwink the electorates ahead of the October Gubernatorial Election. Did he just realise that hundreds of students have dropped out of State owned tertiary institutions on account of increased fees? Did Akeredolu not say that the increment of fees parents were complaining about is not more than the cost of a pair of shoes? Making such a pledge now that elections are just around the corner is laughable and ridiculous. It is a calculated attempt to deceive the people who have…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved a variation of N3.9billion for the completion of federal secretariat projects in Anambra, Bayelsa, Nasarawa, Zamfara and Osun states. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Council also approved N1.5billion for the rehabilitation of the second phase of the Usuma Dam at Bwari, Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Ministers of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola and FCT, Muhammed Bello confirmed these developments at a briefing on the outcome of the Council meeting, presided by President Muhammadu Buhari. Fashola stated that the secretariat projects were initially awarded in 2011 at the cost…
Oil prices fell on Thursday as major producers warned of a risk to demand recovery if the coronavirus crisis is prolonged as U.S. crude inventories dropped less than expected. Brent crude was down 36 cents, or 0.8 per cent at $45.01 a barrel by 0442 GMT, having slipped 0.2 per cent in the previous session. U.S. oil was down 38 cents, or 0.9 per cent at $42.55 a barrel, after inching higher on Wednesday. Stockpiles of crude in the U.S. fell a fourth straight week, even as net imports rose, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Wednesday. However, the…
The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, says he had not been invited by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the probe of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). He made this known through his Media Aide, Mr. Anietie Ekong, on Wednesday in Abuja. Ekong said that the anti-graft agency had not sent an invitation letter to his principal concerning the financial dealings of the commission. Ekong said: “My boss is yet to be invited. I don’t think the EFCC letter expressly stated that the minister is being investigated. It didn’t state that.” Recall that the…
The Senate Joint Committee on Finance and National Planning, Tuesday threatened not to approve the budgets of Federal Government’s agencies whose heads refuse to appear before the panel to defend their proposals in the 2021-2023 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF/FSP), after being duly invited. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, Senator Solomon Adeola (Lagos West), made the threat while presiding at the beginning of a five-day stakeholders’ interactive session on the 2021-2023 MTEF/FSP, in Abuja. Among agencies specifically mentioned by Senator Adeola included the Central Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria Ports Authority, Nigerian Communications Commission,…
Barely 24 hours after seven persons were badly injured in an attack at the secretariat of the Social Democratic Party in Idanre Local Government Area of Ondo State, at least three persons have also been attacked by armed thugs. The fresh attack happened on Wednesday evening as thugs suspected to be working for the All Progressives Congress moved on the streets with matchetes and axes and brutalised anyone seen. The attack comes barely three days to the local council election in all 18 local government areas of the state. A source told YemieFash online that the thugs were moving…
The House of Representatives Committee on Treaties, Agreements, and Protocols has summoned the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami and the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed to appear before it next Tuesday and make explanations on the loans obtained by the Federal Government from China for railway projects. Malami and Ahmed are expected to appear before the Committee alongside Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Ali Pantami. The invitation was contained in separate letters dated August 18, 2020, and addressed to the Ministers and signed…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on the Federal Government to pay arrears of withheld salaries of its members to pave way for further discussions on the outstanding issues of 2019 Memorandum of Action. The President of the association, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, made the call at a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday. Ogunyemi said five months salaries of ASUU members in some universities were still withheld by the Accountant General of the Federation on account of non-registration on IPPIS. According to him, thousands of other academics across the universities are suffering the same fate which is…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved a total of N5.49 billion for revised costing of federal secretariat projects in five states and a dam project in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. This was disclosed to State House Correspondents at the close of the week’s FEC meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja Tuesday, by the ministers who presented the memoranda for the variation; Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola; Minister for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mohammed Bello; and the Minister of Information and Culture Alhaji Lai Mohammed. Speaking on his Ministry’s presentation,…