Month: April 2015

Indonesia executes four Nigerians drug convicts, defying global anger

Indonesia executed seven foreign drug convicts including two Australians by firing squad Wednesday, causing Canberra to withdraw its ambassador over the “cruel” punishment. Authorities put the seven plus a local man to death after midnight (1700 GMT Tuesday) on the high-security prison island of Nusakambangan in central Indonesia, but a Filipina was spared at the… Read More Indonesia executes four Nigerians drug convicts, defying global anger

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Senate passes 2015 budget without provision for subsidy

The Senate on Tuesday passed N4.493tn budget for the 2015 fiscal year, about five months after it was presented by the Minister of Finance/Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. The national budget, which was earlier passed by the House of Representatives last week, was N51bn higher than the N4.425tn submitted to both chambers… Read More Senate passes 2015 budget without provision for subsidy

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Don’t scrap amnesty programme, ex-militants tell Buhari

The Niger Delta Salvation Group, on Tuesday, urged President-elect Muhammadu Buhari, to resist the temptation of scrapping any of the interventionist programmes including the amnesty scheme initiated by the late President Umaru Yar’Adua. The national coordinator of the group, Victor Tamarapreye, said this in response to the outcome of the March 28 presidential election, which… Read More Don’t scrap amnesty programme, ex-militants tell Buhari

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We’ll examine Suswam’s administration –Ortom

Benue State governor-elect, Chief Samuel Ortom, has said that he will “look into” Governor Gabriel Suswam’s administration in the state with a view to correct its ills and make government accountable. Ortom stated this on Tuesday at a briefing in Makurdi, the state capital. He accused Suswam of “perpetrating last minute frauds.” Ortom spoke through… Read More We’ll examine Suswam’s administration –Ortom

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Xenophobic attacks: FG suspends Perm Sec for recalling envoys

The Federal Government has suspended the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb Danjuma Sheni, for allegedly recalling Nigeria’s Charge D’Affairs in South Africa in the wake of the xenophobic attacks in the former apartheid enclave. A top government official told journalists in Aso Rock on Tuesday that Sheni was suspended for embarrassing President Goodluck… Read More Xenophobic attacks: FG suspends Perm Sec for recalling envoys

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Jonathan, Sambo, others to get N3.24bn severance pay

PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan, Vice-President Namadi Sambo, non-returning federal lawmakers, ministers and   presidential aides will collect N3.24bn as severance allowances, investigation by The PUNCH has shown. The severance allowances   are contained in the Remuneration Package   put together by the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission. According to the package, Jonathan, who will hand over to the… Read More Jonathan, Sambo, others to get N3.24bn severance pay

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Why my cabinet will be small – Buhari

•We will go into action before we are sworn-in •‘Our priorities on security, economy, unemployment, corruption’ •On indiscipline: People are more prepared to behave than in 1983 If statements from the president-elect, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari, are to be believed, the incoming administration, to be inaugurated on May 29, will hit the ground running. Buhari says… Read More Why my cabinet will be small – Buhari

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Impeachment Threat: I am ready to negotiate with APC lawmakers — Fayose

The face -off between the 19 All Progressives Congress (APC) lawmakers in Ekiti State House of Assembly and Governor Ayo Fayose may soon be over, as the governor says he  is willing to  negotiate with the lawmakers The lawmakers are pushing for the impeachment of the governor, as they have directed the state Chief Judge,… Read More Impeachment Threat: I am ready to negotiate with APC lawmakers — Fayose

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South Africans after our lives, Nigerians raise the alarm

Some Nigerians in South Africa have cried out against the xenophobic attacks on Africans in parts of the country. In separate telephone interviews with SUNDAY PUNCH, the Nigerian migrants expressed their fear of attacks as death threats were being circulated on social media. Itunu Bodunrin, who on Monday had attended his master’s degree graduation ceremony… Read More South Africans after our lives, Nigerians raise the alarm

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Jonathan demands N2trn election funds refund, audit

Following the defeat suffered by President Goodluck Jonathan and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, during the March 28 and April 11 elections, the President has asked the party and government officials who handled campaign funds to refund monies not spent, or those not judiciously expended, SUNDAY PUNCH can authoritatively report. Jonathan, credible sources said,… Read More Jonathan demands N2trn election funds refund, audit

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David-West to Okonjo-Iweala: Buhari doesn’t need your advice

A former Minister of Petroleum, Prof. Tam David-West, has replied the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, over her advice on how the incoming administration of Gen. Muhammadu Buhari can increase revenue, saying the incoming president does not need her expertise. David-West, who spoke to our reporter in Ibadan,… Read More David-West to Okonjo-Iweala: Buhari doesn’t need your advice

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FG rushes immigration recuitment to beat handover

A clique in the Presidency is  behind the hasty recruitment  into the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) ahead of next month’s change of government in Abuja, The Nation can  now reveal. The computer-based aptitude test has been scheduled for Monday, April 20  to Friday, April 25 at designated centres across the country, according to information posted… Read More FG rushes immigration recuitment to beat handover

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15 Nigerians, Ghanians killed in Mediterranean by Ivoriens, Malians, Senegalese Ap

Italian police in the Sicilian capital Palermo said they have arrested 15 African men suspected of throwing 12 Christians from a migrant boat into the Mediterranean on Thursday. The police said on Friday in Palermo (Italy) that 41 more deaths were reported in a separate incident. Police said they had arrested men from Ivory Coast,… Read More 15 Nigerians, Ghanians killed in Mediterranean by Ivoriens, Malians, Senegalese Ap

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