Month: May 2017

The military yesterday dismissed rumours of impending coup in the country, saying  Nigerians should not panic as there was no such attempt to topple the government of the day. The Director of Information in Defence Headquarters, Major General John Enenche  stated this at a press conference attended by spokesman of the army, Brig.-Gen. Sani Usman and a representative of the spokesman of Navy. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Tukur Buratai had recently warned officers of the Nigerian Army against fraternizing with politicians, an admonition which had been interpreted to…

Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, has stated that the economy of Nigeria cannot be grown by engaging in fasting and prayers but only by the hard work from the country’s civil servants. Osinbajo disclosed this during an interaction with civil and public servants on transparency and efficiency on Ease of Doing Business on Wednesday in Abuja, where he also stated that, “no matter how long we pray and fast, our nation won’t grow until some of us decide to do the hard work that will make our nation work.” He added that Nigeria…

Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, has described elite Nigerians as greedy. According to him, ordinary Nigerians only needed government support to make live meaningful for themselves. He, therefore, called on the 19 northern governors to invest on the Small Scale Enterprises, to make life better for people in the region. The Sultan spoke at the opening ceremony of the second Kano Economic and Investment Summit with the theme, ‘Transforming the Economy of Kano: Turning Challenges into Opportunities’. Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, who declared open the summit, was…

Barely three months after the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) of the Nigeria Customs Service intercepted 660 pieces of pump action emanating from Apapa port; the NCS has once again intercepted 440 pieces of the riffles at the Tin Can Island Port. While displaying the guns to journalists at the Tin Can Island Command of Customs yesterday, Zonal Coordinator of Zone A’ of Customs, Assistant Comptroller General of Customs Monday Abueh said that the import originated from Turkey. The guns were concealed inside a forty footer container with numbers PONU210024 (1)…

Former Vice President and a chieftain of ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Atiku Abubakar, has suggested the use of the nation’s six geo-political zones as federating units rather than the current 36-state structure, many of which he declared unviable. “We must be open to changing the nature of the federating units, such as using the existing geo-political zones as federating units rather than the current 36 states, of which only a few are financially viable,” he said. Abubakar spoke in Lagos, Sunday, while accepting the Hero of Nigeria Democracy Award…

The Federal Government is to seek alternative to recharging the Lake Chad basin through inter basin water transfer from Congo basin, a project that has been estimated to cost $15 billion. The decision of the government to seek an alternative to save the basin is due to the high cost of the inter basin water transfer which a feasibility study had shown would cost about $15 billion. Minister of Water Resources Engr. Suleiman Adamu, disclosed this during a twitter chat with social media influencers and other Nigerians. According to available…