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 Nairaland General › We Are Not Responsible For Mubi Killings- Boko Haram Leader by Ptimes(op): 4:44pm On Oct 09, 2012 |
The group says it did not carry out the execution of about 40 students in Mubi Adamawa. The insurgent group, Jamaatu ahlis Sunnah lil daawati wal jihad, also known as Boko Haram, has denied carrying out the attack that claimed the lives of over forty persons, most of them students of tertiary institutions in Mubi, Adamawa State last week. A man who claimed to be a senior member of the group, who spoke exclusively with PREMIUM TIMES on Tuesday, said his group had nothing to do with the killing of students in Mubi. Read more: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/103009-we-are-not-responsible-for-mubi-killings-boko-haram-leader.html |
| Politics › Ankio Briggs Condemns Jonathan’s Broadcast by Ptimes(op): 11:45am On Oct 09, 2012 |
A Niger-Delta rights activist and ally of President Goodluck Jonathan, Ankio Briggs, has criticised the president’s national broadcast, made on Tuesday morning. In the broadcast, focused on the floods ravaging several states of the country, the President announced the categorization of flood affected states and the approval of monies to the states. Mr. Jonathan also announced the setting up of a committee to raise funds to address the floods. Read more:http://premiumtimesng.com/news/102982-ankio-briggs-condemns-jonathans-broadcast.html |
| Politics › Explosions, Gunshots At Gwange Area In Maiduguri by Ptimes(op): 12:14pm On Oct 08, 2012 |
Heavy fighting may be ongoing between the JTF and Boko Haram. Reports from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, indicate that multiple explosions and gunshots are occurring around Lagos street and Gwange area of the Maiduguri metropolis. A resident of the area informed PREMIUM TIMES that an Improvised Explosive Device, IED, may have been planted in the area targeting a Joint Task Force, JTF, patrol team and probably exploded. He said the gunshots that followed could be from the members of the JTF. Read more: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/102869-breaking-news-explosions-gunshots-rock-maiduguri.html |
| Politics › 30 Suspected Boko Haram Members Killed In Yobe- JTF by Ptimes(op): 10:15am On Oct 08, 2012 |
The field commander of the Boko Haram in Yobe has been reportedly killed Security operatives have reported a huge success against members of the dreaded Boko Haram in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, as about 30 members of the sect, and its Yobe commander, were killed in a gun duel, Sunday. According to a statement by the Joint Task Force, JTF, in Yobe, security operatives “on cordon and search operation in suspected Boko Haram hideout at Kandahar and the cemetery areas of Damaturu engaged in a gun battle with the suspected terrorists.” Read more: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/102809-30-suspected-boko-haram-members-killed-in-yobe-jtf.html |
| Politics › Bayelsa Speaker, Others Collected Conference Money Without Attending Conference by Ptimes(op): 4:28pm On Oct 05, 2012 |
The police say it has established that the speaker and others did collect some money, believed to be N78 million, for the conference The fraud rocking the Bayelsa State Houe of Assembly is yet to be resolved as the police have confirmed that the Speaker of the Assembly and some other lawmakers collected money for a conference in South Africa without actually attending the conference. Read more: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/102585-bayelsa-speaker-others-collected-conference-money-without-attending-conference-police-say.html |
| Politics › Civil Society Blast Jonathan, Say He’s A Serial Liar by Ptimes(op): 11:41am On Oct 05, 2012 |
Members of civil societies say President Goodluck Jonathan administration is wrought with lies. Some civil society organisations said on Thursday that it came as no shock to them that President Goodluck Jonathan lied to Nigerians during his Independence Day anniversary speech. They said ‘falsehood’ and deception is a major tool of the president’s administration. “I am not surprised that the president lied,” Yinka Odumakin, spokesman of the Save Nigeria Group said. Read more: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/102551-were-not-surprised-jonathan-lied-to-nigerians-civil-society-organisations.html |
| Politics › Tinubu Dealt Political Blow As Tribunal Declares PDP Winner Of His Local Council by Ptimes(op): 11:13am On Oct 05, 2012 |
ACN loses its hold in the Ikoyi/Obalende local council area. Bola Tinubu, the national leader of the largest opposition party, the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, suffered a huge political blow on Thursday as the court declared the Peoples Democratic Party as the winner of the local government election in his locality. Mr. Tinubu, also referred to as the ‘Lion of Bourdillon,’ has his house on 26 Bourdillon Street, Ikoyi, in Ikoyi/Obalende local council of Lagos. He is a two-term former governor of Lagos and his house serves as a Mecca of sorts, with hundreds of party faithfuls trooping in daily to seek political favour or direction. Read more: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/102521-tinubu-receives-political-knock-out-as-pdp-wins-his-local-council-election.html |
| Nairaland General › Jonathan Sacks Service Chiefs, Appoints New Ones by Ptimes(op): 5:03pm On Oct 04, 2012 |
Only the Chief of Army Staff retains his post. President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked three of the military service chiefs and replaced them with new ones. Read more: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/102451-jonathan-sacks-service-chiefs-appoints-new-ones.html |
| Politics › Breaking News: Taraba Deputy Governor Impeached by Ptimes(op): 2:24pm On Oct 04, 2012 |
20 members of the state parliament supported his removal from office. The embattled deputy governor of Taraba State, Sani Abubakar, has been impeached. Mr. Abubakar was impeached by 20 of the 24 members of the Taraba State House of Assembly, while three members were absent during the sitting. Read more: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/102424-breaking-news-taraba-deputy-governor-impeached.html?wpmp_switcher=desktop |
| Crime › Lagos Judge Accused Of Theft, Harassment By Mother by Ptimes(op): 6:05pm On Oct 03, 2012 |
The judge faces petitions on his personal conduct outside the room with the police and the NJC. A Lagos Judge, Adeniyi Adebajo, who is enmeshed in several unethical controversies, is facing grave accusations from the most unlikely source, his mother. Irene Adebajo, the mother of the Lagos State High Court Judge, has pleaded with the police to save her from her son, whom she accuses of harassment, attempted murder, theft, and other violent attacks. Read more: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/102287-lagos-judge-accused-of-theft-harassment-by-mother.html |
| Crime › EFCC To Arrest Catholic Priests Over Atuche’s N45 Million Tithe by Ptimes(op): 11:51am On Oct 03, 2012 |
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is set to arrest reverend fathers and leaders of the two Catholic Churches in Delta State which received from Francis Atuche, former managing director of Bank PHB, money believed to be stolen depositors’ funds, the International Centre for Investigative Reporting has reported. Mr. Atuche, who is standing trial at the Lagos High Court, Ikeja, paid N45 million he allegedly stole from depositor to St. Monica Catholic Church and St. Augustine Catholic Church, both located in Ibusa, Delta State. While St. Monica got N35million as tithe from Atuche, St Augustine got N10million. Read more: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/102279-exclusive-efcc-to-arrest-catholic-priests-over-atuches-n45-million-tithe.html |
| Crime › Breaking News: Gunmen Kill 27 Poly Students In Adamawa by Ptimes(op): 1:14pm On Oct 02, 2012 |
Reports from Mubi, Adamawa state say some unknown gunmen men Monday night raided some apartments that hosts numerous students of tertiary institutions at Wuro Patuji, a suburb of Mubi town and allegedly killed about 27 students suspected to be students of Federal Polytechnic Mubi. Read more here: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/102162-gunmen-kill-27-poly-students-in-adamawa.html |
| Nairaland General › Morning News Update by Ptimes(op): 8:28am On Oct 02, 2012 |
[b][/b]President Jonathan lied in Independence anniversary broadcast. President Goodluck Jonathan lied to the world in his Independence Day anniversary speech about gains his administration has made in the fight against corruption, a PREMIUM TIMES investigation has revealed. In what appears to be a major credibility stunt, President Jonathan read a speech in which he scored his government high on all sides. Read more here: http:///VjZx9s [b][/b]Boko Haram declares war on Emirs, Governors, others. The Islamic insurgent group, Jama’atu ahlis sunnah lil daawati wal jihad, popularly known as Boko Haram, has declared a full scale war on Northern leaders, governors, and officials in authority. In an Hausa language video by its leader, Abubakar Shekau, posted on YouTube, the group said it would begin to target the leaders. “This message is for those in authority (Emirs, Governors, and people in authority). Wallahi you have no resting place again and no resting time again, either we are here or we are not,” the group said. Read more here: http:///RvnpoZ [b][/b]Jonathan commits to tough UN anti-corruption, terrorism reforms... http:///QHYKhI |
| Nairaland General › Dana Crash: Judge Fixes Sep. 28 For Ruling On Inquest by Ptimes(op): 1:00pm On Sep 13, 2012 |
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has fixed September 28 for ruling in a suit seeking to stop a Lagos Coroner’s inquest into the Dana plane crash. A group, Civil Aviation Round Table Initiative, had gone to court seeking to stop the Lagos Coroner from investigating the cause of the June 3, 2012, air crash which caused the death of over 150 people. Read more here: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/100034-dana-crash-judge-fixes-sep-28-for-ruling-on-inquest.html
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| Politics › Lagos Ready To Release Bodies Of DANA Crash Victims To Relatives by Ptimes(op): 12:51pm On Aug 09, 2012 |
Following the outcome of the DNA tests ordered on the remains of the victims of the DANA Air crash in June, the Lagos State government said that the bodies are ready for collection. Jide Idris, the state Commissioner for Health, disclosed this, Wednesday, at a meeting with the relatives of the deceased at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja (LASUTH). “We have got some of the results of the DNA analysis from the UK. The experts have revealed the results and we felt it necessary to brief the victims on the processes and documentation needed to claim the bodies,” said Dr. Idris...Read more: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/93899-lagos-govt-ready-to-release-bodies-of-dana-crash-victims.html |
| Romance › My Wife Regularly Slaps Me, Husband Tells Court by Ptimes(op): 11:14am On Aug 07, 2012 |
Ayinla Kangu of Pakata Area in Ilorin on Monday asked an Ilorin Area Court to dissolve his five-year-old marriage to Raliatu Ologede, over alleged impatience and domineering attitude. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the complainant cited an instance when his wife slapped him for his inability to pay their child’s school fees. "My lord, I want an end to this marriage. My wife is impatient, domineering and lousy. She is fond of beating me over any minor issues. "In fact, when I could not pay our child’s school fees, she covered my face with slaps. "She seized my cell phone and radio set three months ago and as a result, I have lost contact with my family members and friends," Kangu said. He said that he got married to Ologedein 2007 and the marriage was blessed with a four- year-old boy but prayed the court to dissolve the marriage...Read more: http://premiumtimesng.com/metro/6351-my_wife_slaps_me_husband_tells_court.html |
| Politics › Even At 14% Overall Budget Performance, The Senate Bows To Okonjo-iweala by Ptimes(op): 10:16am On Aug 03, 2012 |
Finance minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who took the center stage of the budget implementation controversy with variant statistics credited to her, calmed an anticipated stormy senate meeting that earlier threatened her with sanctions Thursday, satisfying the lawmakers’ concerns, but barely putting in new statistics to disprove facts that spending performance remained abysmal. The minister confirmed that while the recurrent budget had been fully implemented, the capital expenditure, which funds developmental projects, remained at about 14 per cent of the total capital...Read more: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/6310-senators_bow_to_okonjo-iweala.html |
| Politics › No Going Back On Plot To Impeach Jonathan, Says Reps by Ptimes(op): 11:28am On Jul 24, 2012 |
Amid a mixed public reaction that appears to have emboldened its position, the House of Representatives on Monday insisted that its resolution to impeachment President Goodluck Jonathan over poor budget implementation remained firm and unshakable. The House said in a statement that the move, which it has now confirmed to be its official resolution, was “noble, bold and patriotic” and would not be forced down by “intimidation and blackmail”. Spokesperson Muhammad Zakari also denied that the resolution was either sponsored by an opposition political party or borne out of lawmakers’ grievance over the fuel subsidy bribery scandal involving its member, Farouk Lawan, and the legislators’ inability to secure constituency project allowance. “No amount of blackmail or intimidation would cow us to abdicate our constitutional responsibility which we signed with our employers the (Nigerian people) to stand firm and protect their interest,” Mr. Zakari said...Read more: http://premiumtimesng.com/politics/6179-going-back-plot-impeach-Jonathan-says-reps.html |
| Politics › MDG Fraud: How the health ministry steals from the sick and dying by Ptimes(op): 1:33pm On Jul 20, 2012 |
Massive corruption in various ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) are the main reasons Nigeria will not achieve her Millennium Development Goals (MDG) targets, a PREMIUM TIMES investigation has revealed. Between 2006 and 2008, MDAs such as the health ministry, water resources ministry and the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) mismanaged hundreds of billions of naira meant to specifically help Nigeria achieve the MDG targets. While public officials mismanaged the MDG funds described by a senior civil servant as “free money,” President Goodluck Jonathan sits on a report indicting these officials and their collaborating contractors. The most culpable of these MDAs is the health ministry, which according to official government investigators “is the main impediment to achieving the MDGs related to health.” Obatunde Oladapo of the “Treatment Action Movement,” an NGO dedicated to helping people living with HIV/AIDS, is so enraged by the blatant stealing of funds meant to treat sick people and save more Nigerians from dying from treatable diseases that he only stopped short of cursing the thieves. He said they were feasting on “blood money” that will haunt them forever...Read more: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/6145-how_the_health_ministry_is_stealing_from_the_sick.html |
| Politics › Okonjo-iweala In Diplomatic Shuttle To SEC, Begs Staff To Allow Arunma Oteh's Re by Ptimes(op): 1:00pm On Jul 20, 2012 |
The Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Friday held a conciliatory meeting with staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in an attempt to placate them to accept the return to office of Arunma Oteh, the embattled Director General of the apex capital market regulatory agency. Ms Oteh, who was reinstated to office on Tuesday by the Federal Government in controversial circumstances after her suspension by the Board of the Commission a month ago, has not been able to resume duties following stout resistance and opposition by workers. The workers, through their union, the Amalgamated Union of Corporate Organisations, on Wednesday demonstrated for over an hour outside the SEC premises against Ms Oteh’s reinstatement...Read more: http://premiumtimesng.com/business/6146-okonjo-iweala_in_diplomatic_shuttle_to_sec_begs_staff_to_allow_a.html |
| Politics › SEC Staff Protest Against Arunma Oteh's Return by Ptimes(op): 3:05pm On Jul 18, 2012 |
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| Politics › $620k Lawan Probe: Journalist Detained For Obtaining Classified Info by Ptimes(op): 11:00am On Jul 18, 2012 |
Mr. Tyem is accused of fraternising with staff familiar with the investigationhttp://premiumtimesng.com/news/6109-police_detains_journalists_for_having_info.html |
| Politics › Access Bank, CBN, Others Culpable In Subsidy Fraud by Ptimes(op): 10:18am On Jul 18, 2012 |
Access Bank and other Nigerian banks played major roles in the fuel subsidy scandal of 2011 and have several questions to answer, a PREMIUM TIMES investigation has shown. Sources at Access Bank, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and the oil industry say that although there is no apparent focus on the role of Nigerian banks in the whole scandal, some of them, particularly the major players like Access Bank helped perpetrate the fraud. While N240billion was approved in the 2011 budget as petrol subsidy, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria’s finance minister last week told the Nigerian Senate that the Federal Government actually paid 2.19 trillion as subsidy to petrol importers...Read more: http://premiumtimesng.com/business/6114-EXCLUSIVE-Access-Bank-CBN-others-culpable-subsidy-fraud.html |
| Politics › Gunshots, Explosion Rock Islamic School In Jos by Ptimes(op): 1:22pm On Jul 17, 2012 |
There are reports of sporadic gunshots at Bukuru, Jos South LG. The cause is unclear yet but vehicular movement is restricted while shop owners have hurriedly locked up their shops. We also gathered that a bomb also exploded in an Arabic school in the vicinity. Details are still sketchy, but one person is feared dead...Read more: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/6093-Gunshots-explosion-rock-Islamic-school-Jos.html |
| Foreign Affairs › Pakistan Sacks 250 “pot-bellied” Policemen by Ptimes(op): 12:26am On Jul 08, 2012 |
The Police authority in Punjab, a district in Pakistan, has sacked 250 pot-bellied and fat officers from the Police Force. The Inspector General of Police, Habibur Rehman, ordered a team of district police officers to measure the waistline of the 175, 000 members of the police force and all men found to be overweight were ordered to reduce their weight to a required standard before Saturday. “The Inspector General ordered 175,000 personnel...Read more: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/foreign/5953-pakistan_sacks_250_pot-bellied_policemen.html |
| Sports › Arsenal Cancels Visit To Nigeria by Ptimes(op): 3:02pm On Jul 06, 2012 |
English Premier League giants, Arsenal FC, have cancelled the proposed friendly match with the Super Eagles of Nigeria, scheduled for August 5, and “reluctantly” postponed their planned trip to Nigeria for their pre-season preparation. Arsenal said it was taking the decision because of the complexities linked to the planned game against the Super Eagles. The London club’s marketing director, Angus Kinnear, said on its official website that the decision was unfortunate. "Bringing a top-level club to an international market is always complicated and logistically challenging,” Mr. Kinnear said...Read more: http://premiumtimesng.com/sports/football/5931-Arsenal-cancels-visit-Nigeria.html |
| Politics › Nigerian Men Accused Of Links To Al-qaeda In The Arabian Peninsula by Ptimes(op): 10:19am On Jul 06, 2012 |
Two Nigeria men have been accused of having links with al-Qaeda and recruiting members to train in Yemen, the BBC is reporting this morning. Olaniyi Lawal, 31, and Luqman Babatunde, 30, both pleaded not guilty at a court in the capital Abuja, the report says. The two are charged with receiving funds from Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and seeking to "further the objectives" of the group, according to court papers seen by the corporation. Messrs Lawal and Babatunde were charged with receiving "monies in Saudi riyals and US dollars equivalent to one million naira" (about $6,200; W£4,000) from AQAP. Prosecutors say they planned to use the money to recruit and transport prospective members of a terrorist group to Yemen for training, in violation of Nigeria's anti-terrorism law...read more: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/5935-nigerian_men_accused_of_links_to_al-qaeda.html |
| NYSC › NYSC Member Delivers Baby In Katsina Orientation Camp by Ptimes(op): 1:45pm On Jul 05, 2012 |
The NYSC Coordinator in Katsina State, Ebenezer Afolalu, said on Wednesday that a female corps member delivered a baby girl at the orientation camp in Katsina. Mr. Afolalu said this in Katsina, during the opening ceremony of the 2012 orientation course for batch B NYSC members deployed to the state. The coordinator, who refused to disclose the name and state of the corps member, said that the lady delivered on the first day of registration, at the camp clinic. He added that both the mother and baby are in good health. Mr. Afolalu said that..Read more: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/national/5905-nysc_member_delivers_baby_in_katsina_orientation_camp.html |
| NYSC › NYSC Directs Corps Members To Resume In Troubled States by Ptimes(op): 2:27pm On Jul 03, 2012 |
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Monday directed 2012 Batch ‘B’ youth corps members to immediately proceed to their orientation camps, including those in violence besieged states, claiming that adequate arrangements have been made for their safety. A statement signed by the Director (Corps Mobilisation), Mary Kolajo, and pasted at the NYSC Headquarters in Abuja, urged whosoever wanted a re-posting to do so while in camp. It stated that the cases would expeditiously be treated by state coordinators. The NYSC headquarters was besieged by at least 400 of the new corps members on Monday, who were there to complain of their postings. Femi Adegbite, a youth corps member posted to Maiduguri, said he might not go as he is unsure of his safety. “Last year, many youth corps members were killed in these troubled states including Borno and nothing happened. How do you expect me to go to Maiduguri?’’ he said. Another corps member, Ireti Labati, posted to Yobe, said she would not go if her posting was not changed...Read more: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/national/5862-nysc_directs_corps_members_to_resume_in_troubled_states.html |
| Crime › Vice Principal Kills Principal In Delta School by Ptimes(op): 2:23pm On Jul 03, 2012 |
The Vice Principal of Elume Grammar School in Delta state, Daniel Okpobusa, has shot and killed the Principal of the school, Rosemary Ojuederie, the Delta state police command says The Police Public Relations Officer, Charles Muka, who confirmed the arrest of Mr. Okpobusa said on Monday in Asaba that the accused had confessed to the crime. According to police spokesman, Mrs. Ojuederie, 56, was on Thursday, June 28 murdered in her room by unknown assailants. “However, through information, her VP (Special Duties), one Daniel Okpobusa, 45 years, was arrested and under intense interrogation, he confessed to killing..Read more: http://premiumtimesng.com/metro/5863-Vice-Principal-kills-Principal-Delta-school.html |
| Politics › 8 Million Barrels Of Seized Crude Disappear In Naval Custody by Ptimes(op): 1:05pm On Jun 29, 2012 |
What happened to the 8.5 million barrels of crude oil in the bowel of MT Vanessa, the foreign vessel arrested by the Nigerian navy last week? After one week of snubbing the House of Representatives upstream petroleum committee investigating oil bunkering in the Niger Delta, naval chiefs showed up Thursday claiming that the vessel was not laden with crude oil and that media reporting that gave the impression were flat out wrong. This new mystery around the presumed content of MT Vanessa confirms the worry of members of the committee who had voiced out loudly that the tradition of disappearing crude contents in ships seized by the navy must not repeat itself this time... Read more: http://premiumtimesng.com/news/5820-oil_bunkering.html |
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