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President Muhammadu Buhari, Thursday, boasted that the combined efforts of defectors and their backers in the opposition will not distract his administration from the good work it was doing for the benefit and development of Nigeria. The President also said that his administration was focused in delivering the 2015 campaign promises in the area of improved economy, security and fight against corruption. Speaking at the lunch with some governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, and some members of the National Assembly and Commissioners in Daura, Katsina State, President Buhari said the APC had the full…

Cable Newspaper Journalism Foundation, CNJF, a not-for-profit media organisation, has sent a Freedom of Information request to Kemi Adeosun on the payment to lawyers in the recovery of $321 million Abacha Loot from Luxembourg. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, had engaged two Nigerian lawyers, Oladipo Okpeseyi and Temitope Isaac Adebayo, for the recovery after the money was returned to Nigeria with $1.5 million interest by the Swiss government. However, TheCable online newspaper, a partner organisation to Cable Foundation, reported that Enrico Monfrini, a Swiss lawyer, had done all the legal work and completed all…

An Ondo State High Court, sitting in Akure, the state capital on Thursday sentenced seven persons to death over the killing of a businessman, Banji Adafin. The businessman who was based in the United States of America was killed while on holiday in Akure on July 4, 2017, at No 5 Temidire Street, Akure. The Punch gathered that, apart from killing the businessman, the convicts were also said to have stolen valuable items at the residence of the deceased. Some of the items stolen included iPads, phones, television sets, laptops, and an unspecified amount of money. The charges preferred against the convicts…

At least six persons have been confirmed dead in an auto crash involving a truck and a commercial bus along the Enugu –Port Harcourt Expressway. The truck with number plate; GME 838 XX , was said to have crushed the bus with number plate, EZA 467 YF, at about 6pm, as they struggled for the right of way at a dilapidated portion of the road at Amavo junction, Osisioma Ngwa council area of Abia State. Vanguard observed that the two lanes of the dual carriage way had been dilapidated as motorists wade through gullies and flood whenever it rains, leading to…

Unhappy at the lukewarm attitude of Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State to the payment of their salary arrears, some angry Ekiti workers, Thursday, stormed the State Secretariat and forcefully chased away their colleagues who resumed their duty posts in Ado Ekiti. The workers, under the aegis of Ekiti Workers Rescue Team, said it was wrong for Governor Fayose, who accused former Governor Kayode Fayemi of insensitivity for owing one month salary in 2014 to have betrayed the trust and confidence the workers reposed in him that earned him victory in 2014. The Workers, who were led by former Chairmen of…

The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has ordered the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, to pay N11million as damages for the breach of fundamental rights of 11 Gombe State indigenes illegally detained by officers of the Nigerian Army. The court, in a judgment delivered by Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu, declared the detention of the applicants, James Yusuf, Ishaya Ali Poshiya, Nehemiah Yohanna Poshiya, Husseini Poshiya, Hamma Poshiya, Yusuf Mafindi, Yila Boyi, James Bare, Ezekiel Dandaudu, Ali Ishaku and Ilya Bala, since July 6, illegal and unconstitutional. Aside ordering the immediate release of the detainees, the court…

Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, Thursday, assured popular gospel artiste, Evangelist Yinka Ayefele, whose music studio was demolished on Sunday, that his government would take steps that would put smiles on his face. At the end of the marathon meeting which ended around 7p.m., Governor Ajimobi reportedly hugged Evangelist Ayefele and exchange pleasantries. The governor took the decision after a marathon meeting which was summoned by the governor. The meeting reportedly had no fewer than 10 traditional rulers in attendance. The monarchs were led by the Alaafin of Oyo, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi. When Vanguard called to know…

Responding to the development, the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, through its National President, Dr. Francis Faduyile, lamented that governments over time had failed to put enough premium on the health sector, lamenting that medical tourism had been compounded by the government even funding the adventures of its officials abroad. He said: “As it stands now because of the meager allocation to health, we cannot be able to take care of Nigerians properly. We do not have the proper equipment and personnel to manage the health of Nigerians appropriately too. “We have called on the government to put more Premiums on…

Following President Muhammadu Buhari’s gesture to settle the medical bills of a blind member of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Atiku Abubakar, the former Vice President has taunted him for sacrificing the country’s medical capacity through repeated medical tourism. Atiku in a riposte to Buhari’s gesture had tackled him for putting electoral considerations in a humanitarian deed. The former vice-president’s assertions were immediately tackled by President Buhari’s camp which flayed Atiku for going to London in 2007 to seek relief for what it called a simple leg injury. The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA on its part, blamed federal government…

The Financial Reporting Council, FRC, has proposed incentives for whistle-blowers in the private sector, as part of its effort towards ensuring good corporate governance in that sector of the economy. This is part of the provisions of the 2018 Draft Code of Corporate Governance of the FRC, to fight corruption in the private sector which had been considered critical for the nation’s anti-corruption war. Speaking at the public hearing on the Draft Code, Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer, FRC, Mr. Daniel Asapokhai, said the whistle blowing policy of the federal government had brought clear gains in public administration, adding that workers…