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a full transcript of President Muhammadu Buhari’s letter to the National assembly rejecting the bill for establishing the Peace Corps of Nigeria. Below is a transcript of the letter and Photos; “Pursue to section 68(4) of the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended), I hereby convey to the House of Representatives, my decision on 25, January, 2018 to decline presidential assent to the Nigeria Peace Corps establishment bill, 2017 recently passed by the national assembly specifically, reason for the decision to decline assent to this bill include among others: A security concerns regarding the proposed Nigeria Peace Corps bill being authorized to undertake activities currently being performed by extant security and law enforcement agencies and; “Financial implication of funding the establishment and operations of the proposed Nigeria Peace Corps, given the scarce financial resources may pose serious challenge to the government “Please ac...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday announced dates for general elections in the country for the next 36 years, starting from 2019 to 2055. Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mamood Yakubu, made the announcement at a consultative meeting with leaders of political parties in Abuja. “In 2019, the dates are Feb. 16 and March 2; in 2023, the dates are Feb. 18 and March 4. “In 2027, the dates are Feb. 20 and March 6; in 2031, it is Feb.15 and March 1. “In 2035, it is Feb. 17 and March 3; in 2039, it is Feb.19 and March 5 and in 2043, it will hold on Feb. 21 and March 7. “In 2047, it is Feb.15 and March 2; in 2051, it is Feb.18 and March 1; in 2055, it is Feb. 20 and March 6,” Yakubu said. He pointed out that in other democracies of the world periods of elections were generally known and were not topics for speculation. Yakubu explained that the aim was...

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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has said the “snake of corruption” swallowing money in government agencies and ministries will kill Nigeria if it is not killed. Atiku said this while receiving the Man of the Year Award in Lagos, on Friday. He urged the federal government to fight embark on serious fight against corruption instead of engaging in media warfare or propaganda. Atiku Abubakar Mr. Atiku said: “We must try to identify why, though we have been ostensibly fighting corruption for the past few years, Transparency International, the official global anti-corruption monitoring agency, has not increased our Corruption Perception Index rating, “Not to belabor the point, but we have to kill the snake of corruption that swallows the commonwealth that should lift our people up from poverty. Whether that snake is in a JAMB office or any other government office, we must kill it or it will kill us “This month of February 2018, according to the World Poverty Cl...

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The Senator representing Bayelsa East constituency, Ben Murray-Bruce, has again taken a swipe at President Muhammadu Buhari for failing to visit victims of Benue massacre. He advised Buhari to take a cue from US president, Donald Trump. Senator Ben Bruce wrote, “Dear President Muhammadu Buhari, you can learn a thing or two from President Donald J. Trump about leadership. “Trump is on his way to Parkland, Florida to condole with the victim’s families and the survivors of the #ParklandSchoolShooting. “Yet two months after 73 people were killed in Benue, you are yet to visit them!” The lawmaker further advised Nigerians to get their PVC’s and vote out all unwanted leaders in the 2019 general election. In his words, “If you haven’t got PVCs and you complain of bad leaders, note that complaints don’t get rid of bad governments but votes do. “There are long lines to collect PVCs, but if you can spend hours on fuel queues, you can spend hours to get a PVC to...

 L atest report as unidentified hackers stole 339.5 million rubles ($6 million) in an attack on the SWIFT international payments messaging system in Russia last year, the Russian central bank said on Friday. The disclosure, buried at the bottom of a central bank report on digital thefts at Russian banks, is the latest in a string of attempted and successful cyber heists using fraudulent wire-transfer requests. The central bank said it had been sent information about ”one successful attack on the work place of a SWIFT system operator. “The volume of unsanctioned operations as a result of this attack amounted to 339.5 million rubles,” the bank said. The central bank declined to provide further details. A spokeswoman for SWIFT, whose messaging system is used to transfer trillions of dollars each day, said the company does not comment on specific entities. ”When a case of potential fraud is reporte...

Alhaji Sa’idu Dansadau, the National Chairman of the National Rescue Movement (NRM) has called Nigerians not to vote for corrupt politicians in 2019. Dansadau, a former Senator, made the call while addressing supporters of the party in Kano on Saturday. “No corrupt politicians should be voted in the upcoming general elections in 2019; anybody found to have stolen public funds should not be allowed to hold any political office,” he said. According to him, there was need for Nigerians to avoid politicians who don’t have the interest of the country at heart but are only interested in amassing public funds through corrupt practices. Dansadau said his party would not give opportunity to anybody found to have record of corruption to contest for any political office under its platform. “Kano people should lead other Nigerians in accepting and embracing the party. Only people who have strong faith in God will embrace NPM, “Dansadau said. The Nation...

The Federal Government is not unmindful of unemployment and poverty situation in the country, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said  on Tuesday . Such problems among others structural conditions which are responsible for violent extremism in the country are being addressed on daily basis by the administration of President Mohammadu Buhari, the Minister added. The Minister made the remarks at the Sheraton Hotel, Abuja, while delivering a keynote address at the public presentation of Policy Framework and National Action Plan For Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism, organised by the Office of the National Security Adviser, ONSA. Alhaji Mohammed said for instance the Anchors Borrowers Programmes has created over 6.3 million jobs for farmers through rice farming. Listing the achievements of the present administration, the minister said the federal government served no fewer than 246.4 million meals...

Sani Aliyu, NACA DG [Photo: NACA Nigeria] More young Nigerians are engaging in sex much earlier, the National Agency for the Control of AIDS has said. According to the Director-General of NACA, Sani Aliyu, at least 15 per cent of Nigerian youth now lose their virginity before the age of 15. The agency also raised an alarm that the Nigerian youth are increasingly engaging in unprotected sex and having multiple sexual partners. The alarm was ahead of the Valentine’s Day on February 14, warning the youth to “Share love and not HIV,” according to a statement Tuesday by the spokesperson of the agency, Toyin Aderibigbe. He said about 4.2 per cent of Nigerians between the ages of 15 and 24 have HIV. “The first sexual contact in Nigeria begins at less than 15 years for 15 per cent of Nigeria’s youths. This, coupled with the practice of having multiple sexual partners, increases HIV vulnerability among the...

There is corruption on your nose – Again, Obasanjo fires at Buhari Olusegun Obasanjo, former President has launched another attack at President Muhammadu Buhari over his administration’s handling of the fight against corruption. In his latest attack, the former President maintained that Buhari has corruption on his nose. In an interview with Germany’s international broadcasting outlet, Deutsche Welle, Obasanjo said the president’s anti-corruption fight has been polluted by people in his inner circles. Obasanjo said the president could do better on how he goes about the war on curruption. He said if he was the president, he “I would make sure people in charge of anti-corruption institutions are people of integrity. There is no point in fighting corruption beyond you and you have corruption on your nose.” On his newly formed movement, Coalition for Nigeria movement, CNM, the former president said the movement will truly help Nigerians to move away fr...

Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, says finding solutions to the perennial crises between herdsmen and farmers in several communities in Nigeria could only be achieved if the issue is approached with an open mind. Osinbajo, spoke on Monday through Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi, who represented him during a fact finding mission to Benue State. “We are here to tell you that we feel your pains because whatever happened to Benue may affect other ethnic groups in Nigeria”, he said. “That is why in the national economic council meetings, the issue of farmers and herdsmen’s crises were discussed extensively after which an agreement was reached that a nine-man committee to be set up to proffer sustainable solutions to the crisis between the two bodies”. According to the vice-president, as part of the efforts to resolve the crises, a sub-committee was raised to visit the four most affected states including Benue, Taraba, Kaduna and Plateau to interact with ...

Shehu Sani in JAMB Office Staff of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, were on Tuesday morning surprised when the senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, stormed their office with anti-snake venom and snake charmers, a day after a staff claimed a missing N36 million was eaten by snake. JAMB Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede, went into rounds of laughter when the lawmaker presented him with two packs of anti-snake venom and offered the services of two snake charmers to fish out snakes that swallowed huge amount of money. The exams board said it suspended the staff, Philomena Chieshe, at its Makurdi office following the bizarre claim. In reaction to the development, the senator visited the JAMB headquarters to ascertain the truth of the matter and to lend his “assistance”. “The reason for my presence here is in response to the story that a snake swallowed about N36 million. It is my c...

L atest report as Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom and his and his Taraba State counterpart, Mr Darius Ishaka, have hit out at the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, after he accused him of sponsoring the militia causing havoc in the states. Sanusi claims Ortom training militia to attack the herdsmen. During a meeting with the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Niger State, Sanusi regretted the attitude of the states towards open grazing. He said: “We hope that the Vice President will speak to the Governors of Taraba and Benue in particular, on the manner the militias have continued to implement these obnoxious and unconstitutional laws”. “We hope that he will speak to the governors and the traditional rulers of the Bachama, the Tivs. This country cannot afford ethnic conflicts and ...

Leader of IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu The Economic Community of West Africa ECOWAS Court, has again adjourned hearing into the fundamental rights suit filed by leader of the indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. Mr. Kanu’s suit filed in March 2016 is yet to reach its hearing stage at the court since it was first brought before it. The case had been adjourned in November 2017, after a previous postponement a month before that time, following applications by parties in the matter. On Tuesday the court presided by Justice Hemeye Mahdmadane announced its decision to make the further adjournment after entertaining a fresh application by the prosecution. Mr. Mahmadane said the court’s decision to adjourn is based on the fact that motions brought before the court in November were yet to be translated into English language. At the opening of session on Monday, the prosecution counsel, Maimuna Shiru, informed the court, that h...

Prof. Wole Soyinka Gbenga Adeniji Revered playwright, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has said President Muhammadu Buhari is in a trance. Soyinka, while reacting to a question on the three things he would tell the President if he meets him, stated, ” I will say Mr. President you are in a trance.” He added that the sooner the President got out of the trance, the better for the nation. Asked the form of trance the President was in, the Nobel laureate said, “I don’t know. So many unforced errors. Take for instance the suspended Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Usman Yusuf,  reinstated by the President. “What is that about? What is going on?” Soyinka had earlier held a press conference in Lagos on the state of the nation titled ‘Nomads and Nation: Valentine card or valedictory rites.’ Details soon.

…..Vows to prosecute mysterious ‘snake’ that swallowed N36m The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has given 24 hours to candidates who have obtained their pins to complete their registration. The board gave the advice in a statement to announce the close of sales of forms for this year’s unified tertiary matriculation examination. According to the statement issued by its Head of Information, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, on Tuesday, in Abuja, the board noted that it would not entertain any complaints from candidates who fail to complete their registration exercise. He said the extension applied to candidates who had initiated registration processes and had paid and procured the registration e-pins but could not register at the closed of sales. The statement reads: “Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board wishes to inform the general public that the sale of 2018 UTME application is closed. “However, the public is urged to note that all candidates who ...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has closed registration for the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). This was confirmed in a statement signed by the board’s spokesman, Fabian Benjamin, on Tuesday. He said candidates who paid and obtained pins but have not been able to register, have 24 hours to complete their registration. “The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) wishes to inform the general public that the sale of 2018 UTME application is closed. “However, the public is urged to note that all candidates who paid and obtained pins and could not unsuccessfully register at the close of sale are allowed to quickly within 24 hours complete their registration as no complaints would be entertained afterwards. “For purposes of emphasis, this applies to only candidates who had initiated registration processes and have paid and procured the registration epins but could not register at the close of sales. ...

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POLITICS – I t is report that the former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has asked Nigerians to let politicians know that can no longer ‘buy’ their way into elective positions by ensuring that the electoral processes are not tampered with. He said that until the problem of vote-buying is tackled in the country, those in government will remain irresponsible and non-responsive to the aspirations of the people. Jega said this in Abuja on Friday at an interactive forum organised by the Centre for Democracy and Development, CDD, to interrogate how African government’s can reconcile procedural democratic practices with substantive democracy. He noted that the struggle for democracy to survive in Africa has been characterized by frustration because of the failure of governance to satisfy the aspirations and expectations of the people as well as promote stability. ...

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The Federal Ministry of Health is set to engage 200,000 agents under its Community Health Influencers, Promoters and Services (CHIPS) Programme nationwide. President Muhammadu Buhari had in his visit to Nasarawa on Tuesday directed the ministry to “synergise with other states to roll out the programme to enable the less-privileged and the rural dwellers to have access to health services.” CHIPS, developed by the National Primary Health Care Development Agency, NPHCDA, aims to link health work force to rural and underserved communities in hopes of bridging gaps in access to health care. Speaking on the development, NPHCDA executive director, Faisal Shuaib, said the CHIPS agents will go from house to house to provide first aid care and health education. According to him, those selected from communities will stimulate residents to seek care in primary health centres closest to them. “They will play roles of effective demand generation and health beh...

Joint Senate Committee on Police Affairs and National Security and Intelligence report which was submitted to the Senate chambers on Wednesday was witnessed with credibility crisis; hence, 15 out of 25 Senators who are members did not sign the report. A copy of the report seen by DAILY POST which was condemned and rejected by the red Chambers at Wednesday’s plenary showed that, the joint Chairman, Senator Abu Ibrahim, his co-counterpart, Senator Shaaba Lafiagi with only 6 others endorsed the report. While 2 clerks who served the committee also signed. Though, the report was condemned and rejected at Wednesday’s plenary, for being biased and one sided, it also showed that the committee relied heavily on the Inspector General of Police’s 8 point submission when he appeared before the committee on 2nd February, 2018. Part of IG’s report which was adopted by the Senate Committee, curiously, was his visit to Tunga in Awe local government of Nasarawa State w...

Former Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, has lambasted President Muhammadu Buhari for not visiting the state, following the alleged attacks by Fulani herdsmen. Speaking with newsmen yesterday in Makurdi, the state capital, the former governor said Buhari should have visited Benue first to commiserate with the government and people of the state over the loss of many innocent lives. According to Suswam, “I am not in a position to comment on his visit (to Nasarawa) because I’m not in his party. Secondly, I know that as a President, he must have had his programme outlined for the year but that notwithstanding, the Benue case is an emergency. “One would expect that a place that lost 73 People at once, he (Buhari) would have been more concerned about visiting such area. One would expect that a responsive government would have visited Benue to condole with the people over the gruesome murder of innocent lives. “I have condemned the killing in totality...

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In a move to combat hydra-headed problem of drug dependence among millions of Nigerian youths and widespread incidence of drug induced criminality and violence in the country, the United Nation Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has launched four different publications on important policies and guidelines for controlled medicines and drug dependence treatment. The publications, which were developed jointly by UNODC, Federal Ministry of Health and National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) was launched by the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole and the NAFDAC Boss, Prof. Moji Christianah Adeyeye under the auspices of UNODC. The four publications are National policy for Controlled Medicines, National Minimum Standards for Drug Dependence Treatment in Nigeria, National Guidelines on Quantification of Narcotics for Medical and Scientific Purposes and National Guidelines for the Estimation of Psychotropic Substances and Precursors. UNODC Pr...

  Troops of 707 Special Forces Brigade, Nigerian Army, on  a routine patrol along Gbajimba – Iyiodeh road in Guma LGA of Benue State have  arrested two Fulani militias. According to a statement signed by the Assitant Diector Army Public Relations,707 Special Forces Brigade Nigeria Arny makurd,Major Olabisi Ayeni, stated that suspects  were  planning a dangerous mission. The troops sighted the militias while on their daily patrol. According to Major Ayeni the  militia who were suspected to be converging, possibly for an attack on Governor Ortom’s fish farm and other innocent citizens were about to be approached for questioning when they opened fire on the troops who later engaged them. He said violent herdsmen who also fought back was at the same time trying to withdraw. The Special Forces Operators intensified their pursuit and succeeded in arresting two of them while others fled in disarray. The herdsmen had since been handed over ...

Former Vice President and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has been identified as the best suited for the position of President and Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 2019. In a press statement by a group, the Alliance for Northern Development Initiatives (ANDI), based in Kaduna, the group said it zeroed in on the former Vice President because of his many good qualities as well as his interest and deep concern for the well-being of young people and all Nigerians in general. The group said in the statement signed by its Secretary General, Barr.    Juris Tanko that Atiku Abubakar is highly recommended because of his acumen in running businesses, his detribalized nature, his compassion and philanthropy and his abiding interest in the progress, unity and development of the Nigerian nation and people without discrimination. The statement notes that Atiku Abubakar is a tested politician...

The United States of America has said that Russia is not its friend and will not be until its government has, “the values that it has.” The Russian Embassy earlier lampooned the US for, “unmotivated” and “hostile” actions against its people. The U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, said at a retreat of the Republican Party. According to CNN, the ambassador said yesterday, “[Moscow] is not, will not, be our friend. As long as their government has the values that it has, and as long as it conducts itself the way it does internationally. Haley said that she believed Moscow to be involved in the attempts to meddle in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, calling it, “an outrageous thing.” The envoy also claimed that Moscow was backing the Syrian government, protecting Iran from more thorough legal inspections and illegally occupying Ukrainian territory. Ukraine and a number of Western countries do not recognise the decision of the Crimean resi...