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The Federal Government, Monday raised the alarm that wrong perception about Nigeria to other countries of the world and the international community was stopping the country from nipping in the bud the insecurity challenges currently facing it. The government also argued that the issue was making it difficult for it to acquire the equipment necessary to deal with the problem of insecurity. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who raised the alarm when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Culture and Tourism, said the negative image was seriously hindering the support Nigeria ought to get from outside…

The Senate Monday asked the federal government to be to wary of signing agreements it could not implement. Senate president, Ahmad Lawan, stated this when the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, led by its president, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, visited him in his office, in respect of plans by government to capture universities in  the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS. Lawan said that he was worried that the Federal Government would sign agreements that were not only difficult but also impossible to implement. The ASUU president had told the Senate that the introduction of IPPIS into federal universities would only…

By Akanimo Sampson A rampaging flood has displaced over182,000 people in Somalia, destroyed farmland, infrastructure and roads as well as disrupted livelihoods in some of the worst-hit areas, the Protection Return Monitoring Network (PRMN) of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), has disclosed. According to the report, in Hirshabelle State, the Shabelle River levels in Belet Weyne town and surrounding areas reached bankfull on October 26, leading to spillage which has submerged the town. Three people, including two children under the age of 10 years, drowned. Latest reports received on Monday indicated that a boat carrying 20 people…

Worried by the wave of xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, has taken the case to the October Session of the International Parliament for Tolerance and Peace, IPTP, holding in Ethiopia. Speaking at the opening plenary of the parliament in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, Monday, Ekweremadu, who chairs the Legal and Legislative Affairs Committee of the IPTP, urged the Parliament to pay special attention to problems of xenophobic attacks on the African continent. In a statement Monday by his Media aide, Uche Anichukwu, Ekweremadu said: “Since we are…

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, Monday, said the closure of the borders has reduced smuggling and improved rice production in the country. Speaking to State House correspondents after meeting behind closed doors with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, before the President departed to Saudi Arabia, Emefiele said the nation’s borders would remain closed until neighbouring countries agree to implement mutual anti-smuggling policies. Republic of Niger Republic in the northern border and Benin Republic to the west, are two countries noted for having several smuggling routes into Nigeria. According to Emefiele, apart…

Nigerian Army has flagged off exercise Crocodile Smile 4 in Delta State with a warning to oil thieves to desist from the criminal act or be ready to face the full weight of the law when arrested. Flagging off the exercise Monday, with a free medical outreach programme at the disputed boundary between Aladja in Udu local government area and Ogbe-Ijoh community, Warri South West local government area of the state, Commander 63 Brigade, Asaba, Delta State , Brigadier General Usman Bello said during the exercise, effort will be on to redress security challenges in the state, adding that oil…

The 14 members-elect of the Edo State House of Assembly have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to fulfill his promise of resolving the legislative impasse in the state, saying the time to act is now as the state governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki has crossed the red line and now a threat to democracy. The Assembly members who are opposed to the governor’s inauguration of 10 out of the 24-member legislature said Obaseki cannot continue to carry on against the party and the symbol of democracy, the legislature, without being sanctioned. Spokesman of the group, Washington Osifo, representing Uhunmwode State Constituency said…

Rivers State Government and Real Madrid Football Club have signed a ratification agreement for the development of Real Madrid Academy, Port Harcourt into an international football academy. The agreement signing ceremony took place, Monday, at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, home of Real Madrid Football Club. The signature event held at the Presidency Reception Centre of the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. The signature of the ratification Protocol was executed Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State and the Executive Vice President of Real Madrid Football Club Foundation, Enrique Sanchez. In an address, Wike said: “We are preparing the Real Madrid Academy as a…

Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State has sworn in members of the State Judicial Service Commission in Calabar. Inaugurating the Commission, Monday at the State executive Chambers, Governor’s Office, Calabar, Ayade represented by his deputy, Prof Ivara Esu, urged members of the commission to be forthright in their conduct. His words: “We trust that the same way you have always been forthright in your duties, some of you as retired Judges of the state High Court, some of you as members of the Bar that you will continue to serve the state especially on this particular way so that…

The Chief of Army, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai has expressed fear that inability to manage Federal Government’s public sector financial reforms well may affect the optimal performance of the army’s core competencies. It is believed that the army being a regimented organization should not undergo bureaucratic principles of the Nigerian public service for the purpose of carrying out its constitutional roles with precision. The financial reforms include cashless policy, Treasury Single Accounts, TSA, Foreign Exchange Restrictions, and Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). On the contrary, Major General A. R. Bakare, the Chief of Accounts and Budget Corps has…