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Saraki to Tinubu: Your budget-padding allegation irresponsible

Apr 23, 2019 topnews

In response to the budget padding allegation leveled against the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, by the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Saraki has requested for proof that he has padded the national budgets since 2015. Former Lagos State governor Tinubu in a statement on Sunday accused Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, of padding national budget since they came to power. “National budgets were delayed and distorted as these actors repeatedly sought to pad budgets with pet projects that would profit them,” Tinubu claimed in the…

Over 138 dead as Sri Lanka’s blasts hit churches, hotels

Apr 22, 2019 topnews

At least 138 people were killed and 450 hurt in the bomb attacks on several churches and hotels in Sri Lanka. An incident which coincided with Easter celebrations. Eight blasts were reported, including at three churches in Negombo, Batticaloa and Colombo’s Kochchikade district. The Shangri-La, Kingsbury and Cinnamon Grand hotels and one other, all in the capital, were also targeted. A national curfew has been put in place “until further notice” and social media networks have been temporarily blocked. President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday joined world leaders in condemning the bombings.…

Couple sells six-hour-old baby for N850,000

Apr 22, 2019 topnews

A child trafficking syndicate who allegedly sold a six-hour-old baby for N850,000 shortly after he was born, have been arrested by operatives of the Imo State Police Command. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Rabiu Ladodo, who paraded the suspects at the command’s headquarters in Owerri on Saturday, described the crime as “absurd and irritating.” Ladodo said the suspects would be charged to court at the conclusion of investigation. The CP noted that it was unbelievable that the mother of the newborn, Chinonye Oparaocha, 23, conspired with the other…

Tinubu accuses Saraki, Dogara of budget padding for past four years

Apr 22, 2019 topnews

The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki; and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, have been accused by the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, of allegedly hijacking and padding national budgets for the four years that the party had been in power. He claimed that the two presiding officers of the National Assembly always padded the budgets with pet projects that profited them while they cut funds appropriated to projects that would have benefited Nigerians. Tinubu made the allegations in a statement…

Oke Ogun poly rector suspended over alleged misconduct

Apr 22, 2019 topnews

The rector of Oke Ogun polytechnic, Mr Mathew Oladeji, and some principal officers have been suspended by the Governing Council of the institution. The affected officers, according to the governing council’s letter which was sent to Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State through the Commissioner for Education, Prof Adeniyi Olowofela, had been queried in respect of “series of allegations of fraudulent practices and gross misconduct.” The letter reads, “In line with the disciplinary procedure of the institution as highlighted in the Institution’s Edict; Part 8, Sub-section 28 (3 &4), Mr…

Husband kills wife over plan to re-marry after his death

Apr 22, 2019 topnews

Uwani Danjuma, a 30-year-old man, has been arrested for killing his wife because she planned to re-marry after his supposed death. The incident occurred at Uddu Village in the Rijau Local Government Area of Niger State.According to Danjuma, his late wife had told him when he was sick weeks earlier that if he dies, she will re-marry another man. Angered by those words, Danjuma attacked and killed his wife with a cutlass after he got well. Confessing to the crime, the suspect said his wife was sleeping when he carried…

Third Mainland Bridge is safe -FG

Apr 22, 2019 topnews

Contrary to a Facebook video clip spreading fears about the Third Mainland Bridge, the Federal Government has said that the bridge is safe for use. A statement by Special Adviser on Communications to the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Hakeem Bello, on behalf of the ministry under the supervision of Mr. Babatunde Fashola, said the expansion joint being speculated to be dangerous was among those slated for repairs. He said the bridge is very safe for the motorists to ply pending the commencement of the repair works. “The public…

“95 Per Cent Of States Can’t Pay N30,000 Minimum Wage” – Ebonyi Gov.

Apr 21, 2019 topnews

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State on Wednesday in Abakaliki, the state capital, declared that 95 per cent of states in the country cannot pay the proposed N30, 000 minimum wage to workers. Mr Umahi, who is the Chairman of the South East Governors Forum, said this while inaugurating a 36-member fact-finding committee to ascertain the mode of workers’ promotion arrears payment in states across the six geo-political zones of the states. According to Mr Umahi, the payment of the N30, 000 can only be realised if the federation account…

Buhari Extends Muhammad’s Appointment as Acting CJN

Apr 21, 2019 topnews

Request of President Muhammadu Buhari for the extension of the appointment of Justice Tanko Muhammad as the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) for another three months has been approved by the National Judicial Council (NJC), at the weekend. The decision to extend Muhammad’s appointment, according to a statement from the Council, was reached on Thursday April 18, 2019, at the Council’s 88th meeting. The statement also cleared the air on reports by an online newspaper and a national daily that the body would be meeting next week to take…

11 dead, many missing in Benue community

Apr 21, 2019 topnews

In a Good Friday attack by unknown armed men on people returning from church at Tse-Aye and Tse-Ngibo, Ikurav Tiev in Katsina/Ala local government area of Benue state, 11 persons were reportedly killed and many unaccounted for. It was gathered that the attack was a fallout of the deep rooted rivalry and power tussle between the people of Shitile and other neighbouring communities in Sankera area of the state comprising Logo, Ukum and Katsina/Ala local government areas. According to a highly placed government official who preferred anonymity, the crisis…