Day: October 9, 2017

Ibe Kachikwu’s letter: Why Buhari should act now and fast

Admin

Making the round on the social media and the conventional media since Tuesday was the leaked memo written by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, to his principal, President Muhammadu Buhari. Revealing as it is, the memo exposed the undercurrent of power play in government and the negative implication to the politic. Outlining his grievance against his subordinate to the President in the memo, Kachikwu complained of insubordination by the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Maikanti Baru, to his office and flagrant disregard…

Read More

Diarrhea outbreak infects 127 in Ethiopia

Admin

About 127 people were in September infected by acute diarrhea in Ethiopia’s second largest city Dire Dawa, 446 kms east of Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa. This is according to an Ethiopian official said on Monday. Muluken Argaw, Dire Dawa city Health Bureau Chief, said the infected people were being treated in the city’s main hospital, while several were discharged after they completed treatment. Argaw cited lack of proper waste disposal means, poor sanitation condition, and failure to properly cook vegetable foods as reasons behind the diarrhea outbreak. Several major cities…

Read More

PDP chairmanship: Why I won’t step down for Bode George – Gbenga Daniel

Admin

A national chairmanship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Gbenga Daniel, has stated that he had no plan of stepping down for any of the contenders. He said this in reaction to speculations that he might withdraw for Chief Olabode George, a former deputy national chairman. Others in the race are Jimi Agbaje, 2015 governorship candidate of the PDP in Lagos State; Prof. Tunde Adeniran, a former Minister of Education and Prof. Taoheed Adedoja, a former Minister of Sports. Daniel said: “All the aspirants for this position are my…

Read More

Dangote reveals secret of business success

Admin

Africa’s richest man and most successful industrialist, Aliko Dangote, today revealed the secret of his business success: self-sufficiency and backward integration, a manufacturing strategy that extracts value from entire processes. “We are not going to import anything any longer,” Dangote said, in the presence of Nigerian vice-president Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Congolese presidential hopeful Moise Katumbi, and about 300 business leaders. He made the  disclosure At the Financial Times’ 4th annual Africa Summit  at Claridges in London. “In Nigeria we are learning how to produce the entire value chain,” Dangote added. Aliko…

Read More

2,000 Nigeria police personnel protest over non-payment of salaries

Admin

No fewer than 2,000 Police personnel attached to the Kaduna State Command are currently protesting over the non-payment of their August and September salaries. The aggrieved police personnel which cut across the rank and file of the Command, are assembled in front of the Salaries Office inside the Command headquarters in Kaduna Town. Addressing the aggrieved personnel, the State Commissioner of Police, Cyril Abeh, explained that the delay was from the Finance Ministry’s IPPS office and not the fault of the police. “They are police officers operating under the law,…

Read More

Aisha Buhari blasts Nigeria’s healthcare, Aso Rock Clinic

Admin

The Wife of the President,  Aisha Buhari on Monday carpeted the health care delivery system in the country and reserved special criticism for the State House Clinic, which she said lacks basic equipment for medicare. She called for a probe of the budget utilisation at the clinic. She expressed the views at the stakeholders meeting on Reproductive, Maternal, New Born, Child, Adolescent Health and Nutrition (RMNCAH and N) in Abuja. The event was also used to inaugurate the Governors Wives Advocacy Group (GWAG) on reproductive health in the country. “I…

Read More