Month: May 2017

Osinbajo Swings Into Action: Orders resumption of 24-hour port operations

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…Bans illegal reception for non-designated persons at airports …Nigeria to process tourist, business visas within 2 days …Orders instant prosecution of bribe takers Details of the Executive Orders signed by Acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo have emerged revealing a number of decisive policies formulated to ensure the smooth running of different organs of government. Osinbajo had last Thursday signed three Executive Orders at a time many in some quarters assumed that governance had taken a back seat in Nigeria. The Orders formed part of  the initiative by the Federal Government…

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Microsoft to establish datacenter in Africa to boost economic growth

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For the first time, the software giant, Microsoft has disclosed plans to establish datacenter in the African continent including Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa. The investment would address the needs of African customers and recognizes the potential for digital transformation in Africa through the power of cloud. The development which is expected to enable greater innovation, entrepreneurship and economic growth across the continent when fully deployed will directly deliver the company’s mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Expanding on existing investments,…

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Trump says Venezuela crisis a ‘disgrace to humanity

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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Thursday (May 18) called the situation in Venezuela a “disgrace to humanity” and said the deadly political crisis was possibly the worst of its kind in decades. “We haven’t really seen a problem like that… in decades, in terms of the kind of violence that we’re witnessing,” Trump told a press conference with visiting Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. “People don’t have enough to eat. People have no food. There’s great violence. And we will do whatever is necessary and we will work together to…

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Senate Probes Alleged Lopsided Recruitment In DSS

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Senate yesterday directed its Committee on Federal Character to carry out thorough investigation of recent alleged lopsided recruitment carried out by the Department of State Services (DSS). Chairman of the Committee, Senator Tijjani Yahaya Kaura (APC Zamfara North) had during plenary declared that his committee based on the petitions, resolved to probe the exercise considered to be highly lopsided in favour of a particular state and section of the country. Senator Kaura, who rose through Order 43 of the Senate Standing Rules  to intimate his colleagues of the move, said…

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Senate Summons Amaechi Over $5,851Bn Rail Project Loan

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The Senate yesterday summoned the minister of transport, Rotimi Amaechi to appear before it to explain reasons for the exclusion of the south east from the proposed loan of $5,851 billion from China Exim Bank to execute the modernisation of Lagos-Kano, Kano-Kaduna, Lagos-Ibadan, and Lagos-Calabar rail segment. This follows a motion moved by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe (PDP Abia South) during plenary titled, “Outright Omission of Eastern Corridor Rail Line in the request for approval of Federal Government 2016-2015 External Borrowing (Rolling Plan)”. Abaribe said that the federal government had on…

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Obasanjo’s Perspective On Corruption

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I read the corruption bombshell from the past president Olusegun Obasanjo recent speech as I was about to close my page on the Nigerian corruption saga. I also assumed that President Muhammadu Buhari has opened a new chapter of his holistic agenda to move the country forward. Recently, Obasanjo was quoted to have said: “The national situation is worse than what I met on the ground in 1999.” Our former president is entitled to his opinion which we may not all necessarily agree with. I have read many comments by…

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Nigerian Army arrests deadly Boko Haram commander known as ‘Pepper’

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he Nigerian army troop stationed at Forward Operation Base, Potiskum has arrested a suspected notorious Boko Haram commander in Yobe state. The suspect, a 35-year-old man called Abubaka Adamu, popularly known as ‘Pepper’ was arrested around New Prison area, Potiskum, Potiskum local government area, Yobe state. Adamu was arrested on Sunday, May 14, by the Troops of 233 Battalion, 27 Task Force Brigade, of the Nigerian army. According to a statement by the Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Sani Kukasheka Usman, Adamu was arrested with the help of…

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Massive Cyberattack Hits 99 Countries

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A massive ransomware campaign appears to have infected a number of organisations around the world, with cases reported in the UK, US, China, Russia, Spain, Italy, Vietnam and many others. Cybersecurity researchers said they have detected 36,000 instances of the ransomware called WannaCry virus and variants of the name. Ransomware is a type of malicious software designed to block access to a computer system until a sum of money is paid. It installs covertly on a victim’s device, which could be a computer, smartphone or wearable device. It then either…

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How Nigeria ‘lost N2 trillion to poor metering of oil wells’ in two years

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Nigeria may have lost about $64 million ( about N2 trillion) between the second quarter of 2015 and the first quarter of 2017 to poor metering of  its oil wells. As part of the efforts to curb corruption in the oil and gas industry, former administration of President of Goodluck Jonathan  had approved the 2014 Weight and Measures Act  which marked the commencement of the  computerised metering system of oil wells under the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment in 2015. Nigerco Nigeria Limited was subsequently appointed the consultant to…

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North Korea launches what appears to be a ballistic missile

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US PRESIDENT Donald Trump has called North Korea a “flagrant menace” as world leaders condemned the rogue nation’s latest ballistic missile test. Seoul, South Korea and Japan also spoke out against the missile launch, which came just days after South Korea’s new president Moon Jae In was inaugurated in Seoul. The flight “was not consistent with an intercontinental ballistic missile”, the US Pacific Command said. A statement from US President Donald Trump’s White House called North Korea a “flagrant menace” and urged “far stronger sanctions” against the reclusive nation. “With…

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