A former Military ruler of Nigeria, General Ibrahim Babangida (rtd) was paid a visit on Sunday, March 19 at his Hilltop mansion in Minna by Senate President Bukola Saraki and Senator Dino Melaye.
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The suspected body of the medical doctor, Dr. Allwell Orji that jumped off the 3rd Mainland Bridge on Sunday, March 19 has been recovered recovered by marine policemen.
PUNCH reports that the doctor’s mother had been contacted to come for the identification of the body.
“The body of the doctor was found at about 11.30am. We want to be double sure and his parent has been called to come and identify the body,” the source said.
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It was reported here last week that President Muhammadu Buhari had ordered Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun and Central Bank Governor, Godwin Emefiele to immediately release the second tranche of the London-Paris Club loan refund to states.
Below is the breakdown of the $6.9billion Paris Club to be shared to the states.
The government has raised a verification and reconciliation team on the claims by states to end over deduction of loans which have crippled many states.
It was also learnt that the government has set guidelines for accessing the refund.
The Federal Government may, due to the recession, issue long tenored instruments of between five and 10 years to states with valid claims to refund the money.
The initial payment was greeted with controversy following the remittance of about N19billion from the N522.74 billion into two accounts of the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) as commission to consultants.
The states are demanding US$6, 923,722,131.81 refund from the Federal Government.
The states based their requests on unaccounted deductions on “Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) Report of the Reconciliation of State Governments’ External Debts, Vol. 1 (May 2007)”
The breakdown is as follows: Abia ($151, 410, 816.39); Adamawa($161, 968, 221.27); Akwa Ibom($344, 122,584.90); Anambra($162, 163, 091.98); Bauchi ($182, 192, 756.59); Bayelsa ($329, 744, 322.49); Benue($81, 580, 708.60); Borno($194, 461, 850.74); Cross River ($160, 936, 263.51); Delta ($365, 655, 143.86); Ebonyi($119, 419,427.28); and Edo( $161, 354, 346, .83).Others are Ekiti($126, 432, 758.86); Enugu($142, 034, 156.54); Gombe ($118,486,826.45); Imo($185, 451, 792. 92); Jigawa ($188, 282, 561.77); Kaduna($204, 549, 118.60); Kano( $287, 952, 190.23); Katsina($217, 274, 991.01); Kebbi($158,344,357.37); Kogi($159, 674,903.18); Kwara($135, 646, 207 .33); Lagos($223, 773, 195.58);
The list includes Nasarawa($120, 557, 593.92); Niger($191, 014, 388.20); Ogun($152, 036, 415.75); Ondo ($ 185, 527, 107.67); Osun(4167, 261, 095.11); Oyo(4209, 314, 168.61); Plateau($149, 512, 027.96); Rivers ($462, 593, 183.07); Sokoto($170, 625, 921.77); Taraba(4148, 662,635.52); Yobe($143, 393,460.04); Zamfara($144, 169, 154. 81); and FCT($18, 142, 185).
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Following the alleged seizure of a bulletproof car purportedly owned by Senate President Bukola Saraki, the senate has reacted by directing its committee on ethics and privileges to investigate the alleged seizure.
The car was reportedly seized by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) of which comptroller-general, Hameed Ali, had been locked in a face-off with the senate.
Recall the red chamber had summoned Ali to appear before it in uniform over the customs’ planned enforcement of duty on old cars.
But the customs chief appeared before the senate in civilian attire. He was subsequently ordered out of the chamber with an order to get a uniform.
However, there were insinuations that the senate was being hard on Ali because the customs had seized a sport utility vehicle (SUV) of Saraki.
On Tuesday, Ali Ndume, a senator from Borno state, raised a point of order asking the upper legislative chamber to investigate the allegation.
He said Nigerians were insulting the senate over the matter.
He also asked the senate to investigate allegations of certificate forgery against Dino Melaye, a senator from Kogi west.
After listening to the motion, deputy senate president Ike Ekweremadu, who presided over the session, referred it to the committee on ethics and privileges, and he directed it to submit its report in four weeks.
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Due to the ‘un-parliamemtary’ statements attributed to former Senate leader, Senator Ali Ndume, Senate president Bukola Saraki and his loyalists are said to be hatching a plot for his downfall.
Senator Dino Melaye is said to be at the forefront of the movement for the suspension of the lawmaker representing Borno-south senatorial district
Daily Sun reports that barring any last minute changes, Senators have concluded plans to suspend Ali Ndume from the upper house over what they described as ‘un-parliamentary’ utterances made by the lawmaker from Borno south.
Plans were reportedly made in the camp of the Senate President Bukola Saraki and another senator, who is seen to be neutral, has been approached to move a motion on the floor of the Senate to that effect.
Senators loyal to Saraki are said to already be reaching out to their colleagues who are yet to join the train and multiple sources in the know said Ndume’s suspension may happen any time soon.
Chairman of the Federal Capital Territory committee Senator Dino Melaye is believed to be leading the attack on Ndume.
Ndume reportedly incurred the wrath of Saraki and his supporters when he protested the rejection of the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Ibrahim Magu by the Senate.
Recall that Ndume had accused Saraki of erring by accepting a new report not signed by the Director-General of Department of State Services Lawal Daura.
He also queried Saraki for not reading a similar letter written to the Senate President by an Assistant Comptroller General of Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) on behalf of the Col. Hameed Ali despite accepting the one from the DSS.
Ndume, after the second rejection of Magu, granted several press interviews where he openly criticized Saraki and the entire Senate for rejecting Magu.
He also on Tuesday, March 21, moved a motion on the floor of the house requesting that allegations of misuse of office and certificate forgery against Saraki and Melaye respectively should be investigated to ensure that there was no abuse of legislative privileges by them.
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A bill seeking to stop facial mutilation under the guise of cultural and tribal marks yesterday passed through second reading in the Senate.
Sponsored by Senator Dino Melaye (Kogi West), the bill is fully named ‘A Bill for an Act to provide for the Prohibition of Facial Mutilation, the Offences, Prosecution and Punishment of offenders and the protection of victims under threat of facial mutilation and to provide for other related matters.’
Melaye while presenting the lead debate, said the era where facial marks were needed for identification with certain affiliations are long gone, as the popularity and acceptance of the practice continues to wane.
“These tribal marks have become emblems of disfiguration and have hindered many situations of life. Some have developed low self-esteem, they are most times treated with scorn and ridicule. The reactions of people who interact with them on interpersonal basis somehow dampen their spirit or lower their self-esteem. They are reduced in most cases to laughing stocks in the communities and called several horrible names,” Melaye argued.
“Long before the awareness programmes on AIDS, many innocent people, mostly children, who were subjected to tribal marks laceration, had inadvertently been infected with the deadly HIV virus. Sharp instruments used by the locales to inscribe the tribal marks were not sterilized, thus exposing kids, even adults, to the risk of HIV/ AIDS,” he added.
Contributing to the debate, the Senate Whip, Senator Olusola Adeyeye (Osun Central) said the practice brings reproach to the African race, all around the world.
“We must stop it, and we must ensure stiff penalties, not just for the parents but for the so-called local surgeons who administer the marks. African legislatures must stop it. All African countries must ban this practice in the name of tribal marks,” he said.
Adeyeye displaying the mutilations on his arm, disclosed that he was a victim of the practice, when his grandmother forcefully took him to a local surgeon who made the cuts, while his father was away.
My father did not want any of us to have marks, he said, and recalled the pains of being cut with a knife without any form anaesthesia.
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Multiple blasts have killed at least four people and wounded 18 others in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, according to police.
Borno Police Commissioner Damian Chukwu disclosed that three blasts occurred near the city’s Muna Garage area at around 4:30am on Wednesday, March 22.
There were four explosions inside the camp,” the coordinator of the Muna camp Tijjani Lumani disclosed. “The bombers struck at different locations around 4:30 am.
“The explosions triggered fires which burned down many tents”, he said, adding that casualties details were not known.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility but Maiduguri has been frequently targeted by fighters of the Boko Haram armed group.
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The Prestigious Harvard University has denied claims made by Senator Dino Melaye that he got a degree from the institution.
Melaye is currently facing a certificate scandal, after it was reported that he did not graduate from the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) in Kaduna as he claimed.
On Tuesday, Senator Ali Ndume raised a point of order asking the Senate to probe the allegations that Melaye did not graduate from ABU.
In response, Melaye insisted that not only did he graduate from ABU, he also has a degree from Harvard.
He said: “I am here to respond to the issue raised by the Boko Haram suspect (and) senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Ali Ndume.
“I want to say, to me, it is a welcome development. Democracy is about investigation and no senator is above investigation. To me, it is a welcome development and it will finally clear the air on all the malicious and vindictive allegations.
“To say that I did not graduate from ABU is to say that I am not a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. ABU is a very prestigious university in this country and it is not possible for one to be running a master’s programme in the university when one did not graduate from a university. I have successfully completed one and I am doing the second one.
“I want to announce that this is the eighth degree that I am pursuing. I am also a graduate of University of Abuja, where I did Masters in Policy Analysis. I am a graduate of London School of Economics and Political Science. I am also a graduate of Harvard University. The course I am pursuing now will make it my eighth degree.”
However, Harvard University explained that Melaye only did a one-week development course in 2016.
Their tweet read: “Contrary to claims by@dino_melaye that he acquired academic degree at @Harvard the university said there was nothing like that.
“@Harvard’s Kennedy School Executive Education said @dino_melaye only attended a professional dev course that lasted 1 week in 2016.”
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Though his body is yet to be recovered, more details have emerged on Dr Allwell Orji, the late doctor that took his life after jumping into a lagoon off third mainland bridge in Lagos. Also, his real photo has emerged after the initial photo used was debunked by another Allwell Orji on Facebook who claimed to be a nurse based in Port Harcourt.
Here are 7 facts you need to know about the late medical doctor.
1. His full name is Dr. Allwell Chiawolamoke Orji and he was born May 21
2.He was 35 years old
3.Dr. Orji was a 2008 student of the College of Medicine, University of Lagos (Unilag).
4. He worked at Mount Sinai Hospital, Papa Ajao, Mushin
5.He was battling with Sickle Cell Anaemia and often had seizures which made him always keep to himself.
6. His passion for surgery made him write the exam for his residency in surgery, so that he could become a consultant and passed but due to his ailment, he was turned down because its management felt his ailment, which is usually accompanied by seizures, could be a deterrent in the performance of his duties.
7.Dr Orji succeeded in taking his life on Sunday, March 19 after previous unsuccessful attempts.
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Lagosians will have to find other ways of getting entertained in bars and restaurants as the Lagos State Government has banned live band music from being played there.
Persons that refuse to adhere will have to have to pay N500,000.
The government also warned religious houses to procure sound proof in order to minimize the effect of noise pollution.
General Manager, Lagos State Environment Protection Agency, LASEPA, Adebola Shabi said the decision on noise pollution came as a result of the increasing rate of petitions by residents, who were lamenting the frequent disturbance from the beer parlours, clubs and religious houses.
On procurement of sound proof for churches, mosques, beer parlour and restaurants, Shabi added: “Any new church to be built must come and get a sign-off from the agency, the old one should start putting sound proof now. It must be acoustic .”
While harping on the ban of live band at bars and other places, the LASEPA boss warned “Any complaint from the residents henceforth, there will be sanction. They must obtain permit to do so and failure to obtain permit, the fine is N500, 000. We must discourage needless noise making at our residences.”
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Newly elected Confederation of African Football (CAF) President, Ahmad Ahmad has stepped down as Vice-President of the Madagascar Senate.
Ahmad, who is also the Madagascar Football Federation boss, tendered his resignation on Monday, March 20 to vacate the office he had occupied since February 2016.
The 57-year-old former AC Sotema coach was later received officially by the members of the MFF and Muslim community at the Carlton Hotel in Antananarivo, where he addressed the gathering.
Ahmad, a two-time government minister, is also expected to vacate his position as the MFF president, as required by the CAF rules.
This could happen anytime soon with MFF’s first vice-president Soda Andriamiasasoa expected to take over the reins on an interim basis pending elections.
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Tragedy struck on Wednesday morning, March 22 when the Plateau Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, Mr Samuel Galadima, slumped and died while jogging along with Governor Simon Lalong, at the Rwang Pam Stadium, Jos.
The Director of Press Affairs, Mr Emmanuel Nanle, who confirmed the incident said, “Yes, the commissioner slumped while jogging and was rushed to the Plateau Specialist Hospital, where he died.”
Nanle said that the official was gasping for breath by the time he arrived the hospital.
“Doctors tried to stabilise him but could not. We have lost him,” he said.
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Former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has taken to farming in Equatorial Guinea, where he now lives.
Jammeh went into exile in Equatorial Guinea in January from his country after 22 years in power.
The photos were shared on Facebook by journalist Sainey MK Marenah.
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Khaleed Umar Al-Makura, one of the sons of Nasarawa State governor, has been arrested in connection with the death of Ovye Amos, a JSS 2 student of Government Secondary School, Lafia.
According to reports, Amos was out to buy batteries for his torchlight when he was knocked down by a car that was being driven by Khaleed.
Fellow students of the deceased staged a peaceful protest yesterday, demanding that the case should not be swept under the carpet and that Khaleed must face the full wrath of the law.
They carried placards with various inscriptions, demanding justice.
The police, officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), teachers and government officials were called in to calm the students.
Aliyu Tijjani, Nasarawa State Commissioner for Education, said Monday that the government had taken measures to ensure that the perpetrator was brought to book, reported online news website The Cable.
“He has already been arrested. I want to express my profound dismay and sadness over what happened here yesterday. It is unfortunate, very, very unfortunate,” he said.
Goodluck Agwu, the school’s head boy, explained that Amos was hit by the car driven by Khaleed when he went out to buy batteries for his flashlight at 8.00 p.m.
The students, who were not satisfied with the explanation by the commissioner, continued their protest but the police were deployed to calm them.
“It is a painful thing, we sympathise and empathise with you and we assure you that an investigation is ongoing and that the particular culprit as we are speaking now is in our custody,” Maikudi Shehu, the area commander of the Lafia area office, had told the aggrieved students.
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The management of the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State has disclosed it would issue a statement on Senator Dino Melaye’s academic status on today, March 22.
This is following an allegation made by an online news portal, SaharaReporters, the Senator did not graduate from the department of Geography as he had always claimed.
Ali Ndume had on Tuesday at the plenary said previous certificate scandals involving members of the National Assembly were probed by the lawmakers.
He said, Now, that brings me to the second matter. In the National Assembly, here in the Senate of the 4th Assembly, Enwerem was accused and it was also investigated. Wabara was accused of collecting a bribe and it was investigated and determined. So, a lot of precedence had been set. Now, the second matter of privilege affects my colleague, Sheikh Dino Melaye, and it is in The Punch of today (Tuesday) on Page 10; I have the newspaper. In The Punch, it says, ‘Dino Melaye in first degree certificate scandal.’”
“During the 4th Assembly, Salisu Buhari was accused of certificate forgery; he was investigated and his fate determined. After that, in the 5th Assembly, Bello Masari was accused of certificate forgery (secondary school); it was investigated and was cleared. In the 6th National Assembly, Dimeji Bankole was accused of not having NYSC certificate; it was investigated and he had to show his NYSC certificate.
Ndume also quoted an online medium with a report titled, ‘Dino Melaye Allegedly Did Not Graduate From University.’
In Melaye’s defence he said , “I have my admission letters, results, certificate of discharge from ABU. Not only that, I was the Student Union Government President of ABU. On three occasions, I was the most popular student on campus.”
However, the Information Officer of ABU, Mr. Adamu Muhammed, said the university would issue a formal statement on the status of Melaye on Wednesday.
He said, “We are gathering all the facts from the faculty and the department concern and we will issue a press statement tomorrow (today).”
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The United States warned Tuesday that extremists plan to target planes with bombs hidden in electronic devices, and banned carrying them on flights from 10 airports in Turkey, the Middle East and North Africa.
The Department of Homeland of Security on Tuesday announced new carry-on restrictions that prevent U.S.-bound passengers from eight Middle Eastern countries from carrying personal electronic devices larger than a smartphone in the passenger cabin.
The TSA order, which does not have a stated end date, covers laptops, tablets, e-readers, cameras, portable DVD players, and handheld gaming devices larger than a smartphone. According to the “emergency amendment”, such forbidden devices must be stowed in checked baggage.
The list of Muslim-majority countries includes Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait, Morocco, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey. The nine airlines impacted by the order are Royal Jordanian, EgyptAir, Turkish Airlines, Saudia, Kuwait Airways, Royal Air Maroc, Qatar Airways, Emirates and Ethiad Airways.
If the airlines fail to implement the changes within 96 hours, the Federal Aviation Authority could revoke their clearance certificates, which would ban them from flying into U.S. airspace. No U.S. airline is affected by the ban because none currently operates direct flights to and from the above destinations.
U.S. Administration aides declined to comment on any new or specific threats, but said the government had made the decision based on evaluated intelligence suggesting some terrorist organizations have considered using consumer electronics as a way to hide explosives and smuggle them onto passenger planes. It’s not yet clear if or how this ruling relates to the Trump administration’s revised travel ban, which is currently being challenged by U.S. courts.
The full airport ban list announced by the Department of Homeland Security includes: Queen Alia International Airport (AMM), Cairo International Airport (CAI), Ataturk International Airport (IST), King Abdul-Aziz International Airport (JED), King Khalid International Airport (RUH), Kuwait International Airport (KWI), Mohammed V Airport (CMN), Hamad International Airport (DOH), Dubai International Airport (DXB), and Abu Dhabi International Airport (AUH).
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A commercial motorcycle rider has lost his life after he was knocked down by a trailer on the Iyana-Itire axis of the Oshodi-Apapa expressway in Lagos.
According to reports, the passenger on the bike broke his leg in the accident while the trailer driver escaped.
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As the dust begin to settle in Sabo Community, located in the ancient town of Ile-Ife, Osun State, the community where an inter ethnic clash between Yorubas and Hausas took place, residents have continued counting their losses.
It was reported that the lingering crisis between the factions of National Union of Road Transport Workers, (NURTW), Abuja Branch and the Hausa people prolonged the clash.
Following the attacks, former Governor of Kano State, Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso with Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola in company visited Ile-Ife for on-the-spot assessment of the crisis.
To set the record straight, below is the sequence of events that rocked the ancient town 15 years after Modakeke war;
1.) An argument ensued between a Yoruba woman called Kubura and a Hausa man when the latter forcefully attempted to keep his luggage in her shop at Sabo Market, but the woman refused and her refusal got rewarded with a slap.
2.) The Yoruba youths obviously angered by the action, reportedly descended on him for laying his hands on a woman, beat him to stupor and locked him up in the shop.
3.) Seeing the attack on one of their own, the Hausa people around, retailiated, hence escalating to fight to orgy of violence marked by killings and destruction of lives and properties.
4.) The leader of Hausa community in Ile Ife, the Seriki Hausa, Alhaji Mahmud Muhammed invited the police when the crisis degenerated, with a combined team of heavily armed soldiers and operatives of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) drafted to maintain peace, but the devastation continued unabated, leaving several casualties before nomalcy was finally restored.
5.) With a view to ensuring peace and security of lives and property, the Osun State Government immediately imposed a two-day curfew on Thursday, March 9 from 6.00pm to 7.00 am and was to be in force till Friday, March 10.
6.) Governor Rauf Aregbesola while addressing people at the palace of the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi after visiting the scene of the incident to assess the magnitude expressed deep regrets over the incident before the Ooni called for a one minute silence for those who lost their lives in the fracas and for sustainable peace in the town and the entire country.
7.) Hausas in their hundreds with their children, bag and baggage as well as several other personal effects still fled the town for fear of further attacks by the Yorubas.
8.) However, Hausa leader, Alhaji Buhari Halum disclosed that Governor Rauf Aregbesola had made a donation of 5 million naira and 14 bags of rice to the victims and that some kind-hearted indigenes have been assisting them in various ways.
9.) On March 10, aggrieved people trooped to the Sabo Central Mosque to observe the Friday prayers with “Ife Has Finished Us” inscription conspicuously pasted in front of the mosque.”
10.) The Police on Monday, March 20 revealed that 46 people lost their lives, 96 injured while 20 suspects linked to the clash were paraded before Journalists.
However, economic activities have gradually picked up in the other parts of the town, with people going about their normal businesses.
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Photos from the scene of the multiple bomb blasts that rocked a camp for refugees who have fled Boko Haram insurgents in Maiduguri, Borno State on Wednesday, March 22 have surfaced.
According to a coordinator of the Muna camp, Tijjani Lumani, the bombers struck at different locations around 4:30 am.
“The explosions triggered fires which burned down many tents”, he said, adding that casualties details were not known.
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The best graduating student of Lagos State University, Elizabeth Orefuwa has revealed she wrote the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) seven times before gaining admission into the institution.
She graduated with a cumulative grade point average of 4.74 in accounting education at the 21st convocation of LASU.
The chartered accountant yesterday, March 22 said she would have given up on her dream of pursuing university education but wanted to satisfy her father.
Orefuwa said she became an associate accountant in 2010.
“When I eventually secured admission to LASU, my aim was not to be the best graduating student. I just wanted to satisfy my dad’s yearning,” she said.
“The journey through the institution was not easy; it took me seven years of writing the UTME before I finally gained admission in 2012.
“I also applied for direct entry three times at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
“During this period of waiting, I started professional career at the Institute of Chartered Accountant of Nigeria (ICAN) in 2007 and became qualified as an Associate Chartered Accountant (ACA) in 2010.”
Orefuwa, who is pregnant, got married at the beginning of her final year.
“I had a CGPA of 4.72 before marriage and I graduated with 4.74. I got married during my final year in 2015 and my husband was very supportive throughout that period,” she said.
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