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Politics / Orji Kalu Failed To Pay Land Charge - Lagos by masterdre: 7:14am On Aug 14, 2013 |
The Lagos State government has reacted to claims by Orji Kalu that his Ikoyi residence was sealed by government officials after he criticized the state governor. http://premiumtimesng.com/news/142723-orji-kalus-sealed-property-lagos-govt-says-former-governor-failed-to-pay-land-use-charge.html |
Politics / Nigerian Governors Battle Incumbent Senators Over 2015 Polls by masterdre: 2:21pm On Aug 13, 2013 |
A battle of political supremacy rages between the two prominent sons of the Eastern Senatorial District of Niger State. Babangida Aliyu, the state governor, who will complete his constitutionally approved second-term in office, and Dahiru Kuta, the senator representing the district in the Senate, are battling each other over who would occupy the seat in the upper legislative chamber from May 2015. Although Mr. Aliyu, who is Chairman of the Northern State Governors Forum, NSGF, has not publicly proclaimed his desire to occupy the seat, it is believed he will spend his immediate political future in the upper house. Mr. Aliyu’s intention to contest the senatorial election is allegedly because his presidential ambition is clashing with that of President Goodluck Jonathan, who is also yet to formally announce his plan to re-contest. See details here: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/142669-nigerian-governors-battle-incumbent-senators-over-2015-polls.html |
Health / Consumption Of Seeds Meant For Planting Is Hazardous – Official by masterdre: 7:47am On Aug 13, 2013 |
Ibrahim Abdullahi, the Managing Director of Maslaha Seeds Ltd, Gusau, Zamfara, has urged farmers to desist from the consumption of seeds as it is hazardous to the health. Mr. Abdullahi said in Abuja said that seeds were usually treated with chemicals and colouring to preserve them and make them “true to type”, stressing that consumption of these chemicals amounted to “food poisoning”. He said that seeds were to be planted while grains should serve as food but he observed that some farmers instead consumed the seeds and planted grains. Read more: http://premiumtimesng.com/regional/142609-consumption-of-seeds-meant-for-planting-is-hazardous-official.html |
Crime / Anambra Bricklayer Arriving From Brazil Excretes 2.07kg Of Cocaine – NDLEA by masterdre: 10:25pm On Aug 09, 2013 |
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday arrested a 46-year-old bricklayer from Anambra, who attempted to smuggle 2.07 kilogrammes of cocaine into the country. A statement by the Spokesman of the NDLEA, Mitchell Ofoyeju, said the suspect was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, with 83 wraps of substance that had tested positive to cocaine. Read details here: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/142523-anambra-bricklayer-arriving-from-brazil-excretes-2-07kg-of-cocaine-ndlea.html |
Politics / Dismissal Of “bribery” Policeman Not Too Harsh – IG by masterdre: 7:26am On Aug 09, 2013 |
The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, has rejected concerns that the prompt dismissal of a police officer caught on tape asking for bribe, was too harsh. Mr. Mohammed said he will not oversee a corrupt police, instead will continue to fight against corruption in the force. He said apart from the regular warnings issued to the officers of the force, authorities have also deployed different strategies to discourage corruption in the service including staging officers up to test their ethical standards. See details here: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/142482-dismissal-of-bribery-policeman-not-too-harsh-ig.html |
Education / NANS Urges FG To Meet ASUU Demands To End Strike by masterdre: 7:59am On Aug 08, 2013 |
The South-West zone of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Wednesday called on the Federal government to meet the demands of striking university lecturers to save undergraduates’ future. The zonal Coordinator, Tunde Adeyemo, made the call while addressing a news conference in Lagos. Mr. Adeyemo said that the current strike would further weaken the sector and negatively affect the students. Read details here: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/142454-nans-urges-fg-to-meet-ASUU-demands-to-end-strike.html |
Politics / PDP Mocks APC Over Call For Jonathan To Join Opposition Party by masterdre: 7:52am On Aug 08, 2013 |
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has hit back at opposition All Progressive Congress, APC, for asking President Goodluck Jonathan to join its fold; saying by so doing, the opposition has admitted that it has no presidential material for the 2015 elections. The PDP said the leadership crisis rocking the opposition party just a few days after registration is an indication that the APC is a party of desperate power mongers whose only aim is to satisfy their egocentric interests. Read details here: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/142458-pdp-mocks-apc-over-call-for-jonathan-to-join-opposition-party.html |
Politics / Man Sets Six People Ablaze For Smoking Indian Hemp by masterdre: 9:12pm On Aug 07, 2013 |
Six young men accused of smoking Indian hemp and gambling have been set ablaze in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, by a house owner in their area. PREMIUM TIMES learnt that the landlord, identified as Agba, in Ago-Oko area of the town where the incident occurred, had warned the boys on several occasions to desist from their acts, warnings they ignored. Read details here: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/142424-man-sets-six-people-ablaze-for-smoking-indian-hemp.html |
Education / WAEC Releases Results For May/june 2013 Exams, Withholds 112, 865 Results by masterdre: 7:43pm On Aug 07, 2013 |
The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has released the results for the May/ June 2013 WASSC Examination. The exam body released 1.54 million results on Wednesday. It, however, withheld 112, 865 results and cancelled 2,176 results. Read details here: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/142431-waec-releases-results-for-mayjune-2013-exams-withholds-112-865-results.html |
Politics / Nigerian Military Relaxes 24 Hour Curfew In Potiskum by masterdre: 4:31pm On Aug 07, 2013 |
The Yobe State Joint Task Force, Wednesday, said it has relaxed the 24 hour curfew imposed on Potiskum Town, Yobe State. This was made known in a statement signed by the state’s JTF spokesperson, Lazarus Eli. He said the curfew was relaxed following the completion of the JTF’s special operations in Potiskum. Read details here: http://premiumtimesng.com/regional/142422-nigerian-military-relaxes-24-hour-curfew-in-potiskum.html |
Health / Girl With Strange Medical Condition Has No Anus by masterdre: 7:26am On Aug 07, 2013 |
A strange medical condition that affects organ formation before birth, has left a one-year-old girl in Niger State without an anus, leaving her to rid herself of waste through the vagina, while her poor parents struggle for more than a year to get funds for a corrective operation. Like all childbirths, Amina Ibrahim, heaved a sigh of relief when her daughter, Fatima, was born. Not that she had a traumatic pregnancy; but as all pregnancies are fraught with uncertainties, successfully delivering a seemingly healthy child was a mirthful event. Read details here: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/142365-girl-with-strange-medical-condition-has-no-anus.html |
Politics / NNPC Disputes Shell’s Claim Of N109bn Loss To Crude Oil Theft, Others by masterdre: 7:06am On Aug 07, 2013 |
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Tuesday disputed claims by its partner, Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC), that their joint venture lost over $700 million (about N109.9 billion) to crude oil theft and vandalism in the second quarter of this year. The dispute highlights the dearth of transparency and accountability in the operations of the country’s petroleum industry such that two partners in a joint venture find it difficult to have the same records and data of their operations. See details here: http://premiumtimesng.com/business/142405-nnpc-disputes-shells-claim-of-n109bn-loss-to-crude-oil-theft-others.html |
Politics / Apc, Cnpp, Cpc Commend Inec Over Registration by masterdre: 10:47pm On Jul 31, 2013 |
The Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, CNPP, the All Progressives Congress, APC, and the defunct Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, has commended the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, over the registration of the All Progressives Congress, APC. CNPP, in a statement by its spokesperson, Osita Okechukwu, shortly after the electoral body announced the registration of the APC in Abuja, said it “congratulates INEC for its forthrightness, steadfast and obedience to the rule of law”. Read details here: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/141987-apc-cnpp-cpc-commend-inec-over-registration.html |
Politics / Akwa Ibom Crisis: Akpabio, Umana In Secret Meeting by masterdre: 7:37am On Jul 31, 2013 |
The political crisis in Akwa Ibom may be on the verge of being resolved as Governor Godswill Akpabio on Tuesday held a secret meeting with the embattled Secretary to the State Government, Umana Umana. Mr. Umana’s office was sealed on Monday by armed security operatives from the Government House, Uyo, reportedly on the orders of Mr. Akpabio. The office remained sealed by the security officials as at Tuesday. Armed security men led by one A. Akiola, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, said to head the police security unit in the Government House, Uyo, reportedly stormed the government secretary’s office block located within the government house, at about 10 a.m. on Monday and took over, after sacking civil servants working there. Read details here: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/141959-akwa-ibom-crisis-akpabio-umana-in-secret-meeting.html |
Crime / Nigerian Fraudsters Dupes British Council Of Millions Of Naira by masterdre: 4:38pm On Jul 30, 2013 |
The United Kingdom’s cultural organisation, British Council, has lost at least N43.75 million (£175,000) to fraudsters working in cohort with some its Nigerian employees, PREMIUM TIMES has learnt. A British Council spokesperson told PREMIUM TIMES that two of its exam staff colluded with fraudsters from outside the organisation to falsify invoices for the hire of venues, furniture and cleaning services. Read details here: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/141911-nigerian-fraudsters-dupes-british-council-of-millions-of-naira.html |
Politics / Abia Chief Judge Falsifies Date Of Birth As NJC Recommends Compulsory Retirement by masterdre: 8:19am On Jul 30, 2013 |
The National Judicial Council on Monday recommended the compulsory retirement of Justice Shadrach Nwanosike, the acting Chief Judge of Abia State from office. This is contained in a statement signed by the acting Director of Information of the Supreme Court, Soji Oye, in Abuja. The statement said that the recommendation was sequel to the findings of the NJC that Mr. Nwanosike falsified his date of birth which invariably affected his retirement age. It stated that the NJC also considered and deliberated on the report of its Committee on Performance Evaluation of Judicial officers of the Superior Courts of Record in the country. Read details: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/141868-abia-chief-judge-falsifies-date-of-birth-as-njc-recommends-compulsory-retirement.html |
Nairaland / General / Police Seize Arms Cache, Foil Bank Attack In Rivers – Commissioner by masterdre: 8:11am On Jul 30, 2013 |
The police in Rivers said in Port Harcourt on Monday that it seized a cache of arms in a special operation carried out in Ahoada Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mbu, told newsmen that the arms were seized after the police foiled an attack on two bullion vans belonging to a first generation bank. He said that the suspects had attempted to rob the bullion vans before security operatives intervened. Mr. Mbu said that a suspect during interrogation confessed to the crime and thereafter revealed their arms cache. Read details here: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/141884-police-seize-arms-cache-foil-bank-attack-in-rivers-commissioner.html |
Politics / PDP Reconciliation Committee To Give Priority To Anambra, Ekiti by masterdre: 7:55am On Jul 29, 2013 |
The newly-constituted National Reconciliation Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said on Sunday that it would give priority to the Anambra and Ekiti chapters of the party for now. The ad-hoc Committee said it took the decision because of the imminent governorship election in Anambra State and the crisis rocking the Ekiti State chapter of the party. Consequently, it asked members of the party from the two states to refrain from all hostilities in order to give it the opportunity to do its work successfully. Read details here: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/141818-pdp-reconciliation-committee-to-give-priority-to-anambra-ekiti.html |
Education / 114 Graduate With First Class In Covenant University by masterdre: 10:18pm On Jul 26, 2013 |
A total of 114 students of the Covenant University, Ota, in Ogun State graduated with first class honours, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. The first class students were among the 1,466 who were awarded various degrees at the institution’s 8th convocation ceremony. The Chancellor of the University, David Oyedepo, said at the event that 720 of the students made Second Class (Upper Division), 565 Second Class (Lower Division), and 67 Third Class. Mr. Oyedepo said that 111 of the students were awarded Master’s Degrees while 30 others obtained PhD. He said the university’s Board of Regent had mandated it to become one of the best 10 universities in the world in the next 10 years. Read on: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/141700-114-graduate-with-first-class-in-covenant-university.html |
Education / ASUU Strike: North East Universities Insist On Strike by masterdre: 5:59am On Jul 26, 2013 |
Lecturers in eight universities in the North East, Thursday, insisted that they would continue with their ongoing strike until the government meets their demand. The lecturers, members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Bauchi Zone frowned at the Federal Government’s insistence that it would not implement the 2009 agreement with the lecturers; unless some of its provisions were renegotiated. The union, whose members nationwide have been on strike for over three weeks, dared the federal government and asked its members to ignore the government’s utterances regarding the agreement. Read details here: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/141666-ASUU-strike-north-east-universities-insist-on-strike%E2%80%AA.html |
Politics / Yerima Blackmailed Senators With Religious Sentiment, Says David Mark by masterdre: 6:27am On Jul 25, 2013 |
Senate President, David Mark, has accused a senator, Ahmed Yerima, who is at the centre of the child marriage controversy, of blackmailing the Senate to reverse its initial move to delete a section of the constitution that appears to support child marriage. http://premiumtimesng.com/news/141612-yerima-blackmailed-senators-with-islam-claim-david-mark.html |
Politics / Rivers Crisis: Presidency Condemns Northern Governors’ Visit To Amaechi by masterdre: 6:20am On Jul 25, 2013 |
The presidency has reacted angrily to last week’s solidarity visit of four northern governors to Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State over the violent political crisis there. Presidential spokesperson, Doyin Okupe, who addressed a press conference on Wednesday in Abuja, described the visit as “political drama”. Mr. Okupe said the visit by Governors Rabiu Kwankwaso of Kano, Sule Lamido of Jigawa, Murtala Nyako of Adamawa, and Muazu Babangida Aliyu of Niger was a political move “clearly intended to create fear, despair and sense of apprehension among the citizenry.” Read details here: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/141596-rivers-crisis-presidency-condemns-northern-governors-visit-to-amaechi.html |
Sports / Breaking:jonathan Honours Nigeria’s 4x400m Olympic Gold Medallist With N5mn Each by masterdre: 1:19pm On Jul 24, 2013 |
President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday honoured the Nigerian 4x 400m men relay team that won gold at the Sydney 2000 Olympics. The team only recently got its gold medal after Olympic organisers stripped the former winners of the gold medal for failing a dope test. Read details here: http://premiumtimesng.com/sports/141566-breaking-jonathan-honours-nigerias-4x400m-olympic-gold-medallist-with-n5mn-each-others.html |
Politics / Dickson - People Are Plotting To Destabilise Bayelsa by masterdre: 7:15am On Jul 24, 2013 |
There is a plot by some persons within and outside Bayelsa State to destabilise the state, the governor, Seriake Dickson, has said. http://premiumtimesng.com/regional/141549-some-people-are-plotting-to-destabilise-bayelsa-governor-dickson.html |
Politics / Ekiti PDP Suspends Fayose, Others by masterdre: 7:04am On Jul 24, 2013 |
The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State worsened on Tuesday as the party announced the suspension of Ayo Fayose, a former governor in the state. The Chairman of the party, Makanjuola Ogundipe, announced the suspension in Ado-Ekiti. He said Mr. Fayose’s suspension followed the roles he allegedly played in the invasion of the state secretariat by hoodlums last week. Read details here: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/141519-ekiti-pdp-suspends-fayose-others.html |
Politics / Anenih, Uba, Others To Vie For PDP Ticket In Anambra Governorship by masterdre: 6:40am On Jul 23, 2013 |
The aspirants meet PDP national leadership, rule out consensus candidacy. http://premiumtimesng.com/news/national/141458-anenih-andy-uba-nwoye-20-others-to-vie-for-pdp-ticket-in-anambra-governorship-poll.html |
Politics / Even Without “jumbo Allowances” Nigeria’s Lawmakers’ Lead World In Salaries by masterdre: 6:34am On Jul 23, 2013 |
The Economist’s review of lawmakers’ salaries in 29 nations unsurprisingly hurled Nigeria up the pay rungs, at $189, 500 (about N30 million) in average annually for each Senator or member of the House of Representatives. The figure is second only to Australia. Relative to each country’s per capita- how much each citizen of each nation is worth when their nation’s total wealth is shared by her population- Nigeria assumed its rightful top, followed by Kenya and Ghana, two other poor African nations, relative to other matched countries. Find out more here: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/141454-even-without-jumbo-allowances-nigerias-lawmakers-lead-world-in-salaries.html |
Politics / I Support Dialogue With Boko Haram – Governor Shettima Of Borno by masterdre: 6:30pm On Jul 22, 2013 |
Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno says his government is in support of the Federal Government’s decision to dialogue with the moderate elements within the Boko Haram sect. Mr. Shettima, who said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri on Monday, noted that most conflicts in the world, including the country’s 1967-1970 civil war, were sorted out at the conference table. “Unless we want to engage in an endless war, I believe it is irrational for anyone to oppose dialogue as a means of resolving conflicts. “I see no reason why we should not engage the moderate elements in Boko Haram, who are willing to lay down their arms and who have recognised the territorial integrity of the nation, in a dialogue. Read details here: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/141439-i-support-dialogue-with-boko-haram-governor-shettima-of-borno.html |
Politics / Breaking News: PDP Convention Committee In Crucial Meeting by masterdre: 2:09pm On Jul 22, 2013 |
The members of the Special National Convention Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party are currently in a crucial meeting at the party’s secretariat, in Abuja. The meeting is being attended by the committee chairman, Jerry Gana; Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom; Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu; and other members. Follow details here: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/141418-breaking-pdp-convention-committee-in-crucial-meeting.html |
Politics / Again, Nigerian Soldiers Battling Boko Haram Lament Prolonged Stay by masterdre: 3:34pm On Jul 20, 2013 |
Nigerian soldiers battling insurgents in Yobe State have again lamented the military authorities’ decision to keep them in the war front beyond the officially stated time. The soldiers, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of victimization, lamented that they have stayed beyond their regular period of deployment and implored their superiors to adhere to the routine troop rotation. PREMIUM TIMES encountered many of disenchanted soldiers manning several checkpoints in Yobe, who said they had spent at least nine months in the state instead of the approved six. Read details here: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/141357-again-nigerian-soldiers-battling-boko-haram-lament-prolonged-stay.html |
Politics / Breaking News: GSM Services Restored In Borno by masterdre: 3:09pm On Jul 19, 2013 |
Telecommunication services have been restored in Borno State, the hotbed of the Boko Haram insurgency. The Federal Government suspended all GSM services in the state since May following the declaration of a State of Emergency there. Satellite phones, which were becoming popular among middle class and rich residents, were also banned by security forces, who used the telephone black-out as a tactic to limit communication among members of the insurgents. Read details here: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/141302-breaking-gsm-services-restored-in-borno.html |
Politics / How Nigeria’s Justice Minister, Adoke, Lied To U.K. Group On $1.1bn Malabu Fraud by masterdre: 12:03pm On Jul 19, 2013 |
While the House of Representatives’ committee report into the Malabu oil bloc deal was laid only last week, Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, who is amongst those central to the case, raised a letter more than two months ago to a UK based watchdog, claiming he had been exonerated. Lawmakers have accused Mr. Adoke of “lying” and disparaging the integrity of the House over a report they have yet to consider; and on Tuesday, summoned the minister for explanations in a new twist to the huge fraud in excess of N170 billion. “How can a minister lie to the whole world? If you as a minister could lie outside and that is later found out, what impression will that leave on us as a nation? And you say you are fighting corruption,” said Samson Osagie, who raised the matter before the House on Tuesday. Read details here: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/141284-exclusive-how-nigerias-justice-minister-adoke-lied-to-u-k-group-on-1-1bn-malabu-fraud.html |
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