Day: July 19, 2017

Nigerian States get another tranche of Paris loan refund

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The Federal Government has released a state-by-state breakdown of another tranche of refund amounting to N243.8 billion being over-deductions on Paris Club, London Club Loans. The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, in a statement on Tuesday, said that the debt service deductions were in respect of the Paris Club, London Club and Multilateral debts of the Federal and State government from 1995 to 2002. President Muhammadu Buhari had earlier approved the release of N522.74 billion as first tranche of payment to states. “These payments, which totalled N243, 795,465,195, were…

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Hart joins West Ham on loan from Man City

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West Ham have completed the loan of Joe Hart from Manchester City with an option to buy. It was reported on Friday that the England international was on the verge of making the switch to the London side after City agreed to pay part of his £100,000-per-week wages. Hart had his medical on Monday to secure a switch to the Irons, making his fifth loan since he joined in 2006 from Shrewsbury Town and likely his last. The 30-year-old has two years left on his deal at the Etihad Stadium,…

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High profile Boko Haram terrorist, 3 others, surrender

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A high profile Boko Haram terrorist, Konto Fanami, and three other repentant terrorists have surrendered to the Nigerian Army on Monday. The Army Spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman, announced this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday. Usman said that the four repentant terrorists willingly deserted their hideouts and surrendered themselves to 120 Task Force Battalion at Goniri in Borno. He described Fanami as the Ameer (leader) of “Kafa hideout of the Boko Haram terrorists group that operates on Ajigin-Talala-Mungusum axis.’’ “During preliminary interrogation, they confirmed that they abandoned the terrorism…

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Obamacare defeats Donald Trump

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President Donald Trump’s obsessive bid to overhaul or outrightly repeal former President Barack Obama’s legacy health law, known as Obamacare,  has collapsed. The efforts collapsed in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, dealing a sharp setback to Trump and the Republican Party’s seven-year quest to kill President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law. The disarray in the Republican-controlled Senate rattled financial markets as it cast doubt on the chances for getting Trump’s other domestic policy priorities, such as tax reform, through a divided Congress. Saying he was disappointed, Trump suggested at the White…

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Quit notice: MASSOB sets deadline for mass return of Igbos from North

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The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) has declared August of 2017 as a date for the mass return of all Igbo indigenes living in the north. The group said the declaration was to help Igbo indigenes beat the October 1st deadline given to them by the Arewa youths. A press release by the group’s Director of Information, Comrade Samuel Edesonu, stated that the decision was reached at its National Executive meeting which was presided by its leader, Comrade Uchenna Madu. Edesonu said part of…

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