From Maikanti to Maina: What next?

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It’s one of the ironies of the times that those getting the worst deal from retirement savings are the most vulnerable, the people that the scheme is supposed to help. Stories about pensioners dying in long, waiting lines have moved from front pages to obscure spots, yet we’re often confronted with news of incredible stealing by public officials managing pension savings. After months in hiding, former Chairman of the Presidential Pension Reform Task Force, Abdulrasheed Maina, returned to the crime scene, hoping that we would have moved on from the…

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Nuclear: U.S. issues fresh warning to N/Korea

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Jim Mattis, the U.S. Defense Secretary has warned North Korea of the danger that awaits it if carries out any attack on the United States or its allies. Mattis who issued the warning to North Korea on Saturday, told the regime of Kim Jong Un its ongoing missile and nuclear development, was no match for the U.S.-South Korea alliance. “Make no mistake,” Mattis said during a news conference in Seoul, “any attack on the United States or our allies will be defeated, and any use of nuclear weapons by the…

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Why Buhari is silent on corruption reports – Presidency

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The Presidency has given reasons President Muhammadu Buhari has been quiet on cases of corruption involving members of his cabinet. It also said that the Senate and the Ministry of Health panels that investigated the suspended Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Babachir Lawal, and the Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Prof. Usman Yusuf, was lacking the powers to indict the top government officials. This was disclosed by a Special Assistant to the President on Prosecutions, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla when he addressed questions on why President…

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Osinbajo blasts Christian leaders, reacts to ‘plan’ to Islamise Nigeria

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Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has declared that it was impossible for anyone to Islamise Nigeria as claimed by Christian leaders. Osinbajo, spoke in Lagos on Friday during the Greater Nigeria Pastors Conference convened by Apostle Wale Adefarasin and Rev. Abayomi Kasali. He explained that the recent uproar over the country’s subscription to Sukuk Bonds was not justified. Osinbajo said, “Part of the problem is the failure of Christian leadership to take its rightful place. We focus our minds on something we call the Islamic agenda. We look for it everywhere…

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Garcia books date with Venus Williams at WTA finals

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Caroline Garcia produced a stunning comeback to overcome Caroline Wozniacki 0-6 6-3 7-5 and advance to the last four at WTA Finals on Friday in Singapore. The Frenchwoman topped the Red Group after top seed Simona Halep lost later in the day to Elina Svitolina. Garcia’s dream debut will continue on Saturday with a semi-final against an evergreen Venus Williams, while Wozniacki takes on White Group winner Karolina Pliskova, who can replace Halep as world number one if she wins the tournament on Sunday. Svitolina knew she was out of…

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Anambra IGR skyrockets to N1.5bn monthly

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r Michael Okonkwo, the Managing Director, Awka Capital Territory Development Authority, says the monthly internally generated revenue of the state has increased from N500 million to N1.5 billion. Okonkwo told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Saturday that the Authority`s revenue profile also increased from N13 million to N20 million monthly. He said that Gov.Willie Obiano`s administration inherited a monthly N500 million as IGR and directed that something is done to increase the revenue profile of the state. “When Gov. Obiano came in, he met a monthly…

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WHO records 90% decrease in Polio cases in Africa

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recorded more than 90 per cent decrease in polio outbreak in Africa in 2012, an official, Mr Basi Wadzin, has said. Wadzin is the State Coordinator of WHO in Plateau. He stated this at the administration of polio vaccines to children at the Primary Health Care Centre in Jos North Local Government Area organised by Rotary Club, District 9125. The official said globally between 1,000 and 350,000 cases of polio outbreaks were recorded annually in the 80’s and that Nigeria had been certified polio…

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Police abort Niger-Delta elders’ meeting

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Leaders of the Niger Delta, under the auspices of the Pan Niger Delta Forum, PANDEF, have condemned the action of security operatives during their meeting in Port Harcourt. Operatives of the Nigerian Police Force took over the Hotel Presidential, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, venue for the planned Chief Edwin Clark-led PANDEF, fourth quarter general meeting. Heavily armed, fierce looking policemen barricaded the entrance to the venue, stopping visitors from accessing the hotel. Meanwhile, PANDEF in a communique signed by Chief Edwin Clark, the General Assembly, said it noted with concern…

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A season of dashed hopes

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This week, the news of an alleged secret recruitment process by the Federal Inland Revenue Service broke out. According to the news, FIRS was sending text messages to some privileged individuals inviting them to a certain location for interview and possible appointment. Just as the news went viral, I came across an appeal by a concerned citizen on Twitter copying the handles of the organization in question, that of the Nigerian Senate, House of Representatives, the presidency and a host of others. Here was my thought and reply to the…

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Nnamdi Kanu: Arrest Senator Abaribe now – Igbo youths tell FG

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A South-East based group, the World Igbo Youth Congress, WIYC, Thursday, asked Abia State Governor, Chief Okezie Ikpeazu and Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe to produce the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. The youths said anything on the contrary, the duo should be made to face the music. The group spoke in apparent response to Governor Ikpeazu, who had told State House correspondents, after meeting with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, that it was not his duty to locate Kanu. The WIYC…

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