Month: February 2018

Dapchi 110: The tragedy of a nation

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Karma is a bitch. Poetic justice is a bastard. Both have combined to wrong-foot the incumbent Buhari administration to make it look like a big mistake and an act of misjudgment by the Nigerian electorate. If Buhari had been disallowed from taking power in 2015, and those who advised President Goodluck Jonathan not to give a damn had their way, and Jonathan had remained in power and all the current problems had surfaced, it would have been said by Nigerians that Goodluck Jonathan truncated Nigeria’s destiny. In 2015, the refrain,…

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STATE OF THE NATION: Nigeria’s in the belly of vultures

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CHIEF Tola Adeniyi, a former Managing Director of Daily Times of Nigeria, Plc, in this interview with Vanguard, bares his mind on the challenges confronting the nation and possible solutions. Adeniyi, who is set to launch a book referencing some of his media works gave reasons for making the publication at this time. Excerpts: Why did you publish this book at this time, considering the state of the country? I am bowing to pressure from friends, colleagues and the younger generation, who want to know about Tola Adeniyi and other details…

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Herdsmen render 5000 people homeless, sack 400 school children in fresh Benue attack

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Suspected herdsmen have rendered no fewer than 5,000 residents of Mbatoho Chile community, an Island close to Benue State Government House, of Makurdi local government homeless following a fresh attack. The attack took place despite the commencement of Exercise Ayem A’ Kpatuma by the military to check the incursion of herdsmen into parts of Benue state. The herdsmen also destroyed several house, farmlands and food barns of their victims. Some of the displaced persons, who fled into Makurdi main town from the island to seek the state government’s intervention, said that the…

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Terrorism: US slams sanctions on Nigeria, others

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The United States Treasury Department has added one organisation in Nigeria and other six organisations in Africa and Asia to its sanctions list for global terrorism. Two individuals — including Abu Musab Al-Barnawi of Nigeria and Mahad Moalim of Somalia — were also added to the list for their connection to the Islamic States, the US Treasury said on Tuesday. The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said on its website that at the group level, Bangladesh, Egypt, the Philippines, Somalia, Nigeria and Tunisia were on the list. “The additions…

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Full text of Buhari’s speech at APC NEC meeting

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President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday harped on the need for unity within the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. Against this backdrop, Buhari urged members of the ruling party to support Bola Tinubu, former Lagos State Governor in his bid to reconcile aggrieved members. Speaking at the party’s National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting in Abuja, Buhari anchored his appeal on the fact that elections “are looming on the horizon.” Read full statement below: Protocols: I welcome all of you dear party members to this year’s NEC meeting. Let me first record…

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Central bank gives banks two weeks to settle complaints

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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed banks and other financial institutions to settle customers’ complaints within two weeks. The apex bank’s order touches on issues of overcharge, unauthorised deductions and other matters. Mr Tajudeen Ahmed, The CBN Head of Complaints Management Division, said on Tuesday in Abuja the decision would ensure that banks’ customers received redress on issues of excess charges or unauthorised withdrawal. Ahmed reiterated the apex bank’s commitment to eradicate short payment of interests and end the culture of excess and arbitrary charges. According to him,…

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Breaking: Nnamdi Kanu Spotted In Ghana With Wife

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According to the credible online newspaper, Kanu usually disguises in fez caps and has been seen with his wife on several occasions at bars and salons. The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, and his wife, Uchechi, have been spotted by security agents in Ghana, TheCable is reporting. According to the credible online newspaper, Kanu usually disguises in fez caps and has been seen with his wife on several occasions at bars and salons. Prominent among the places they visit are Kenzo Bar, IBG Salon and…

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If President Buhari is thinking of running again

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I am not sure that inviting all Nigerians to air their views on this matter will not cause similar traffic confusion. Bello, who spoke to reporters after APC governors met with the president, quoted Buhari as saying, “I’m very comfortable that Nigerians will speak loud” on his second term ambition. The Kogi governor however tried to hijack the impending debate when he added, “There are three things. One, [the president] has done well. Secondly, on fighting corruption. Even we the governors are competing among ourselves to ensure that the little…

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FG says new minimum wage will be implemented in Q3

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Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, says the implementation of the new minimum wage will begin in the third quarter of 2018. Ngige made this known while speaking at the 40th-anniversary celebration of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC( in Abuja on Monday. He said the negotiation committee for the new minimum wage for workers has received memoranda from all the stakeholders involved in the process. “Well, we all know the economic situation of the country as of today. The negotiation committee has members from all the tripartite bodies, which…

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Gas attack kills child in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta

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Health officials in the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta are accusing Syrian government forces of using poisonous gas in their aerial bombardment campaign in the Damascus suburb. Syria’s Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets, said on Sunday that women and children in the town of Al-Shifoniyah were experiencing difficulty breathing. At least one child died as a result of suffocation, they said on their official Twitter account. The reports of the gas attack comes as President Bashar al-Assad’s forces fight against opposition groups from multiple fronts, in an…

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