Новости за 02.02.2018

Public affairs commentator, Dr Oguche James, writes on the two years anniversary of the Kogi state governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, and the giant steps he has has taken so far to address the issues bedeviling the state.

Hameed Ali, the Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC) has directed area comptrollers to grant Senate Ad Hoc Committee access to warehouses across the country for inspection. He quoted the CGC as saying “customs has nothing to hide.

Twenty-two political parties, under the umbrella of Committee of Concerned Political Parties (CCPP) have constituted six committees on security, restructuring and 2019 general elections. Interim chairman of CCPP made this known.

Popular human rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), Femi Falana, on Friday, February 2, urged former President Olusegun Obasanjo to admit that he brought shame to the country during his time as a leader of the country.

No fewer than 27 Boko Haram insurgents have voluntarily surrendered to the troops of Operation Lafiya Dole, in Maiduguri. The Theatre Commander, Maj.-Gen. Rogers Nicholas, made the disclosure while briefing newsmen on Friday.

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) in its Weather Outlook released in Abuja on Friday, February 2, said central states of the country would record moderate dust haze conditions on Saturday,with hazy conditions in the south

The Presidency on Friday, February 2, raised concern over the way the herdsmen and farmers clashes in Nigeria is being reported in some segment of the media.The Presidency accused some media house of peddling hate speech.

President Buhari while receiving the outgoing South African High Commissioner to Nigeria,said Nigeria had no regret fighting the scourge of apartheid in South Africa until full democratic system was established in the country.

The Jigawa state House of Assembly has passed the Not Too Young to Run bill barely 24 hours after the Bauchi state House of Assembly towed the same line. The North-west state is now the 16th state to pass the bill so far.

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, February 2, met with Governor Godwin Obaseki in a closed doors meeting at the presidential villa to discuss the issue of human trafficking and illegal migration common in Edo state.

Former governor of Edo state, Adams Oshiomhole, has joined other politicians to react to the controversial letter by former President Olusegun Obasanjo asking President Muhammadu Buhari not to run for second term in office.

The minister of state for petroleum resources, Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, on Wednesday, January 31, signed an agreement with President Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger Republic to build a refinery between Katsina state and Niger Republic.

The Jigawa state House of Assembly has passed the Not Too Young to Run bill barely 24 hours after the Bauchi state House of Assembly towed the same line. The North-west state is now the 16th state to pass the bill so far.

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris during his meeting with a Senate committee on Friday, suggested that states with anti-grazing law be ordered to suspend the law until ranches can be provided for herdsmen.

Bishop Emmanuel Chukwuemeka of the Anglican Diocese of Enugu, uttered some biting comments on Nigerian politicians at the funeral mass for late Alex Ekwueme, the former vice-president of Nigeria and an elder statesman in Enugu.

The Supreme Court has announced that from July, the manual means of filing and serving court papers would only be through electronic means. It was reported that Justice Walter Onnoghen who is the chief justice of the federation

The Supreme Court has announced that from July, the manual means of filing and serving court papers would only be through electronic means. It was reported that Justice Walter Onnoghen who is the chief justice of the federation

The East African community is in mourning following the sudden death of Ugandan musician Moses Nakintije Ssekibogo alias Radio ,who passed away on Thursday,February 1 2018. Radio passed on at Case Clinic in Uganda.

The federal government says the implementation of the Power Sector Recovery Programme (PSRP) will ensure a minimum baseline daily power supply of 4,500Mega Watts from 2018. It would also ensure the stability of the national grid.

Ekwueme was rushed to Memfys Hospital of Neurosurgery, Enugu, after he slumped in his home on October 29, 2017. The former vice president was eventually transferred to a hospital in London on November 12 but he died a week later.

The Police Command in Benue is interrogating the DPO in charge of Gboko A Division over the recent killing of seven persons the state. The DPO was being questioned on whether he acted professionally upon getting a distress call.

Nigeria’s first professional photographer Jonathan Green was son of a high chief of a prominent House in Bonny, Rivers state. Green was well-educated and socially very confident, all of which can be glimpsed from his body of work.

Honourable Samson Osagie, an Edo state chieftain of the APC has warned that the effect of rampant killings by rampaging herdsmen throughout the country may reduce the chances of the APC in the coming 2019 elections.

A former secretary to the government of the federation, Kingibe, has claimed that he is not aware of the circulated 2019 presidential campaign posters bearing his image. He made the statement in an advert in a national newspaper.

Six herdsmen were on Thursday, February 1, rescued by community leaders at Torugbene community, Burutu local government area after youthsin the are reportedly repelled an alleged attack on some farmers by the herdsmen.