Petrol pump price remains N145 per litre – PPPRA (Nation)
The Executive Secretary Secretary, Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), Abdulkadir Saidu on Tuesday refuted the growing speculation on the purported imminent price increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol), noting that the retail price of Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) remains at the subsisting price cap of N145 per litre. According to him, in a statement issued to reporters in Abuja, marketers should ensure that there is no price distortion in their respective retail outlets. The PPPRA, he… Read more
House keeps mum over Buhari’s rejection of Electoral Act Amendment Bill (Nation)
The House of Representatives refused to debate the refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to sign into law for the forth time the Electoral Act, 2010 Amendment Bill. Before the floor could degenerate into a rowdy session yesterday, following the reading of the President’s letter conveying his rejection of the Bill, Speaker Yakubu Dogara said in line with House rules, the letter would not be considered on the day it was read but slated for another legislative day. President Buhari, in… Read more
Bindow presents N230bn for 2019 fiscal year (Nation)
Governor Mohammed Jibrilla Bindow of Adamawa State has presented a budget proposal of N230.9 billion for the 2019 fiscal year to the state House of Assembly. Fifty-five percent of the proposal is for capital projects while the balance of 45 percent is for recurrent expenditure. Presenting the budget on Tuesday, Bindow specified that of the total N230, 989,412,375, the sum of N127,494,176,800 would be spent on development projects while N103,495,235,575 would take care of recurrent expenditures. Bindow said the fiscal… Read more
2019: Emir tasks women on voting candidates with their interest (Nation)
The Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammadu Sanusi II, has challenged Nigerian women to vote in leaders whose electoral campaign prioritizes promotion of women welfare and abuse against women in the society. The Emir made the call at his Palace during a courtesy call made by The Strong Women Network, a group of rising women in Nigeria, sequel to the launch of her maiden project in Kano, during an all-female conference with the theme: “Matters Arising to Afresh Womanhood” (MATA 2018.)… Read more
NLC to place governors owing salaries, pensions on “watch list” (Nation)
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) is to liase with the International Trade Union Congress (ITUC) to place names of governors in the states where workers are being owed salaries and pensions for several months on a “watch list”. NAN reports that the ITUC is the world’s largest trade union federation. It was formed on Nov. 1, 2006, out of the merger of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and the World Confederation of Labour. Mr Ayuba Wabba, President of… Read more
Katsina APC rep defects to PDP (Nation)
A member of the House of Representatives from Katsina State, Ibrahim Murtala, has defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Murtala, who is representing Matazu/ Musawa Federal Constituency, announced his defection in a letter read by the Speaker, Mr Yakubu Dogara, on the floor of the house on Tuesday. Read Also: Kashamu to Secondus: I’m not APC’s agent In the letter, Murtala said that he wished to inform the house and the general public that… Read more
Breaking: Alleged land fraud: FG charges perm. sec, director (Nation)
Accuses them of frustrating investigation The Federal Government has filed charges against the Permanent Secretary, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Christian Chinyeaka Ohaa and Director of Lands, FCT, Alhaji Adamu Jibreel in relation to allegation of fraudulent conduct in the allocation of land in the FCT. In the charge marked, CR/76/18, filed before the High Court of the FCT, Ohaa and Jibreel are accused by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC) of obstructing its ongoing investigation… Read more
‘No amount of blackmail can stop my support for Buhari’ (Nation)
The governorship candidate of the Action Alliance (AA), Uche Nwosu, has restated that no amount of cheap blackmail will dissuade him and his followers from supporting President Muhammadu Buhari’s reelection. Nwosu who left the All Progressives Congress (APC) after the controversial governorship primaries, stated that the circumstance that forced him to dump the APC has nothing to do with President Buhari. He said that his support for the President is beyond personal considerations or party and religious inclinations. Nwosu argued… Read more
Mozambique busts ‘30,000 ghost workers’ (BBC)
Mozambique’s government has discovered more than 30,000 ghost workers on the civil service payroll. The civil service minister said some were paid for jobs they had not done, others were dead or fictitious. The fraud had cost the government around $250m (£198m) between 2015 and 2017, Carmelita Namashulua said….Read more
The global turmoil Trump fueled is poised to haunt him as markets fluctuate (CNN)
US President Donald Trump unleashed a wave of global disruption on the way to the White House in 2016 — and now there are signs the anti-elite tide he surfed to the presidency could come back to hurt him. Pandemonium in Washington, London, Paris and Berlin is breeding the kind of uncertainty that investors and markets abhor, just at the moment fears are growing of a global economic slowdown and an end to a years-long bull run….Read more
Trump concerned about being impeached, sees it as a ‘real possibility,’ source says (CNN)
President Donald Trump has expressed concern that he could be impeached when Democrats take over the House, a source close to the President told CNN Monday. The source said Trump sees impeachment as a “real possibility.” But Trump isn’t certain it will happen, the source added. A separate source close to the White House told CNN that aides inside the West Wing believe “the only issue that may stick” in the impeachment process is the campaign finance violations tied to former Trump attorney Michael Cohen’s payouts to Trump’s alleged mistresses….Read more
Brexit is making Britain very hard to understand right now (CNN)
The UK must look very weird to the outside world at the moment. Don’t worry though: Brexit, and its resulting political mayhem, has left much of the UK’s population just as confused. This week, it looked as though Prime Minister Theresa May’s hard-won yet widely-loathed Brexit deal with the European Union would finally have its moment in the spotlight, as lawmakers were set to vote in the House of Commons on Tuesday. Then, after a weekend of speculation, she delayed the vote….Read more
China bans sale of most iPhone models after granting Qualcomm an injunction against Apple (CNN)
A Chinese court has banned the sale and import of most iPhone models in a stunning decision amid the trade war between the United States and China. The ban does not cover the new iPhone XS, iPhone XS Plus or iPhone XR, which were not yet available when Qualcomm filed its lawsuit. The phones covered by the ban make up about 10% to 15% of current iPhone sales in China, according to Daniel Ives, analyst at Wedbush Securities….Read more
Guardiola praises Sterling over handling of alleged abuse (Supersport)
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has hailed Raheem Sterling as an “incredible person” after the English forward hit out at the media coverage that he said helps fuel racism. Sterling made the comment on Sunday a day after he faced alleged racist abuse from a supporter during City’s 2-0 Premier League defeat by Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. “Raheem said it perfectly. He is an incredible person, an incredible human being,” Guardiola told a news conference on Tuesday. “In the 21st century it’s tough to understand today what happened years ago for black people. You have to protect how equal we are together and help us to be better…Read more
Stop being late and prove your value, Rivaldo urges Barca’s Dembele (Supersport)
Barcelona winger Ousmane Dembele needs to improve his attitude and focus on being more professional even if he does want to leave the La Liga leaders, the club’s former championship winning player Rivaldo has said. Dembele, who joined Barcelona in August 2017 for 105 million euros ($119.45 million), suffered injury problems in his first year and this season has been criticised for his behaviour, including turning up late to training and events. Media reports have linked the 21-year-old with a move away from the Nou Camp during next month’s transfer window….Read more
Bayern without injured Robben for Ajax clash (Supersport)
Veteran Dutch winger Arjen Robben will play no part in Bayern Munich’s Champions League clash at Ajax due to an ongoing knee injury, the Bundesliga giants said Tuesday. Robben, 34, has been out injured since scoring twice in a 5-1 win over group rivals Benfica last month and has yet to fully recover. Robben, who scored Bayern’s winning goal against Dortmund in the 2013 Champions League final, confirmed in Monday’s edition of magazine Kicker that he will quit the Bavarian giants at the end of the season….Read more
South Africa cutting it fine for Afcon (Supersport)
South African officials will hold talks on Tuesday but are cutting it fine if they are to make a bid to replace Cameroon as hosts of the next Africa Cup of Nations finals. Sports minister Tokozile Xasa expressed an interest in the country stepping in as emergency hosts after last month’s decision to strip Cameroon of the right to hold next June’s 24-team tournament. Xasa last week said government was keen but also admitted she need to understand better the process before taking it to the cabinet for a decision….Read more
Court sentences 14-year-old to three years in prison for rape (Nation)
An Upper Area Court I, Kasuwan Nama in Jos, on Tuesday, sentenced a 14-year-old boy to three years in prison for raping a four-year-old girl. The judge, Lawal Suleiman, sentenced the teenager without an option to pay fine. Suleiman held that the punishment would serve as deterrent to others who would want to indulge in such crimes. The prosecutor, Inspector Yakubu Audu had earlier told the court that the case was transferred from the Kaduna-Vom Police station to the State… Read more
Man bags two months imprisonment for stealing groceries (Nation)
A Karmo Grade I Area Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, sentenced a 36-year- old man, Abdulahi Danjuma to two months imprisonment for breaking into a shop to steal groceries valued N5,000. Danjuma of NNPC quarters, was arraigned, tried and convicted after he pleaded guilty to the two- count- charge of house breaking and theft. The magistrate, Alhaji Inuwa Maiwada, who sentenced the convict, however, gave him an option to pay N5,000 fine. The prosecutor, Mrs Ukagha Ijeoma, had earlier told the… Read more
Man docked over rape of 31-year-old woman (Nation)
The Police in Ogun State on Tuesday docked a 40-year-old man, Olalekan Yinka, before an Ota Magistrates’ Court over the alleged rape of a woman, aged 31. Yinka, who lives at 16, Igbele Durojaiye Street, Ota, is facing a count charge of rape, to which he pleaded not guilty. The Prosecutor, Sgt. Abdulkareem Mustapha told the court that accused allegedly raped the lady at his residence on Dec. 2, at 9.30 p.m. Mustapha said that the offence contravened Section 360 of… Read more