Black Friday in Ondo over PDP gov ticket

SMOKE billowed from the bonfires made by protesters across the major towns in Ondo state to express their displeasure over the substitution of the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Eyitayi Jegede, SAN, last week Friday. The riot that erupted was spontaneous and happened immediately the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, made a u-turn following a court order directing it to do “elimination by substitution” of the governorship candidate of the PDP in the state. Eyitayo Jegede and Jimoh Ibrahim Eyitayo Jegede and Jimoh Ibrahim Palpable tension had enveloped the state for about three days before the final sledge hammer was wielded. Both the Ali Modu Sheriff and Senator Ahmed Makarfi factions in the state boasted that the Court of Appeal verdict would be in their favour. But when INEC finally spoke,

Despite Buhari, Niger Delta leaders meeting, militants blow up major pipeline

A day after President Muhammadu Buhari met with leaders of the Niger Delta to resolve the crisis in the region, a major oil pipeline was sabotaged.
No group has, however, claimed responsibility for the explosion at the oil field operated by the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC, in Delta State.

Sad looking Lionel Messi flanked by policemen after Barca's champions league loss (photos)

A sad looking Lionel Messi was flanked by armed police men as he left the Manchester airport this morning following Barcelona's 1-3 loss to Manchester city in last night's champions league clash. Messi scored Barca's only goal in the clash.

JAMB adopts pin vending for 2017 UTME

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said it will adopt “pin vending”  for the 2017 UTME test, advising intending candidates to get familiar with the new approach. Dr Fabian Benjamin, the board’s Head of Media and Information, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday, in Lagos that it would no longer use scratch cards. “Candidates, wishing to sit for the 2017 examination, should start getting themselves familiar with the newly adopted process of pin vending by the board. We must make ourselves open to change like it is obtained in other climes.

Opposition mounts as Nigeria nears rice sufficiency

With clear indications that Nigeria may finally be on the way to meeting its rice consumption needs, some foreign countries are already displaying dissatisfaction and mounting opposition.This is as farmers across 13 states are starting near the end of wet season rice production with the help of N23 billion loans provided by the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Anchor Borrowers’ Programme.A few weeks ago, the Ambassador of a European nation led a delegation to the office of CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, complaining that Nigerians had been importing stock fish from his country long before independence.
According to our sources, he lamented the decision of CBN to exclude the commodity from those that were eligible for importation with foreign exchange sourced from official window.
Emefiele bluntly informed his guest that while his country had over $1 trillion in its foreign reserve, Nigeria as at then had just about $25 billion and challenged the Ambassador to arrange for business people from his country to come to Nigeria and develop the wide coastal line from Lagos to Calabar.

700,000 apply for 500 FIRS jobs

Abuja – The Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Mr Tunde Fowler, has said that the organisation received more than 700,000 applications from the recent job advert it placed. Fowler made this known on Wednesday in Abuja when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Public Petition.

BREAKING: ECOWAS Court orders Dasuki’s release, imposes N15 million fine on Nigerian Government

The Court of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, on Tuesday declared the arrest and detention of former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, as unlawful and arbitrary.
The court also held that the further arrest of Mr. Dasuki by government on November 4, after he was granted bail by a court of law, amounts to a mockery of democracy and the rule of law.
Mr. Dasuki is facing multiple trials for alleged diversion of $2.1 billion meant for the purchase of arms in the immediate past administration.
He is also accused of illegal possession of fire arms.
He approached the ECOWAS court after he was rearrested by members of Nigeria’s State Security Service shortly after meeting his bail conditions in November last year.
He has remained in the custody of the SSS since his arrest.