On Tuesday, President Muhammadu Buhari received in farewell audience outgoing High Commissioner of Canada to Nigeria, Perry John Calderwood and the outgoing US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr James Entwistle.
Wednesday, 13 July 2016
Tuesday, 12 July 2016
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Ms Hadiza Bala Usman as the Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA.
The appointment was disclosed in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Director of Communication of the Federal Ministry of Transport, Mrs Yetunde Sonaike.
Also appointed were three Executive Directors, namely, Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko, Executive Director (Finance); Prof. Idris Abubakar, Executive Director (Engineering), and Dr. Sekonte Davies, Executive Director (Marine Operations).
On Monday at the State House, Abuja, President Muhammadu Buhari received the African Union, AU envoy on Peace Fund, Dr Donald Kaberuka.
Buhari pledged that Nigeria would fulfil its financial obligations to the African Union,
particularly on programmes and operations aimed at ensuring durable peace, stability and security on the continent.
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The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adeboye was at the home of Pastor Olawale Elijah on Tuesday morning to commiserate with the family on the murder of Mrs. Eunice Olawale.
Mrs Elijah was murdered on Saturday morning while preaching in Kubwa, a satellite town in Abuja.
The Punch reports that Pastor Adeboye and his entourage visited the family at their Gbazango Estate, Kubwa residence around 6am.
Pastor Adebayo Tiamiyu, a family friend to the Elijahs confirmed the visit to The Punch correspondent.
“I just learnt that the G.O visited the family early this morning to condole with them on the death of their loved one. You know the man of God had a programme at the Abuja stadium on Monday, so he visited the family on his way to the airport for his flight to Lagos,” he said.
Maikudi Mohammed, 25 has been arrested by the police in Bauchi State for cutting off the head of his dead son.
The Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Police Command, Haruna Mohammed, said in a statement on Monday that the suspect was arrested in Misau town in the Misau Local Government Area, following a tip-off that he was in possession of his son’s head wrapped in a cloth.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect and his accomplice, one Damina Mohammed, had gone to a cemetery in Galambi village and exhumed the body of the deceased which head they removed with the intention of selling it to a ritualist.
The police said that the ritualist fled the community following the arrest of the suspects.
“On July 7, 2016, at about 3pm, following intelligence report, one Maikudi Mohammed, of Galambi village was arrested with a suspected human head wrapped inside a cloth by police detectives in Misau town.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect conspired with his accomplice, one Damina Mohammed, 26, of the same address, and went to a graveyard in Galambi village. He cut off the corpse’s head with the plan to sell it to their customer, who is now at large.
“The principal suspect confessed that the child was his son who died and was buried, but he later went back to the graveyard at night with his accomplice and exhumed it.”
The presidency has refuted claims by the Bring Back Our Girls group that President Buhari has not kept his promise to rescue the abducted Chibok girls.
In a press release signed by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu on Monday, the presidency urged BBOG to continue to support government in the war against terrorism.
"The BringBackOurGirls group claims in a recent statement that President Muhammadu Buhari has “broken all promises” made to the group about rescuing the missing Chibok girls and that the government had been “lackadaisical” in the rescue mission.
"The Presidency will like to appeal to the officials and members of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) campaign group, not to waver in their support for the government in the war against terrorism and in the ongoing effort to free all Nigerian citizens taken captive by the Boko Haram terrorist group.
"The past year of this administration has seen the Nigerian military step up bombardment of the Sambisa Forest, a stronghold of the Boko Haram terrorist group, leading to the capture of hundreds of insurgents.
"Also, records from the Army show the rescue of no fewer than 15,000 captives, mostly women and children from the terrorists from February to date. In addition, dozens of communities that were previously under the control of the terrorists have been liberated, allowing thousands of previously displaced citizens to return home and resume their normal lives.
"Thousands of these women and children freed from captivity have also been reunited with their families. This huge number of rescued women and children may not be prominent names, and their disappearance may not have generated any massive media attention and campaign.
"However, their liberation is just as important as that of every other missing woman and child, and a testament to the devotion of our military personnel who daily risk life and limb in the effort to bring back every Nigerian citizen kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists.
"Along with these ongoing efforts to rid our country of terrorists and terrorism, the Nigerian government is focused on the welfare and rehabilitation of rescued Nigerians, many of whom were found in a state of severe malnutrition and illness.
While their intentions are honourable, perhaps the BBOG leadership have not considered the collateral damage which must inevitably follow its riveting and dispiriting claim that the President has "broken all promises" allegedly made to the group on this issue. Or that he has been “lackadaisical” in rescuing the Chibok girls. The Federal Government’s focus has always been to free the Chibok girls alive and unharmed.
"The President is conscious always about the fact that terrorism in Nigeria is part of a global phenomenon. Since coming to office, his response to it has been firm and well considered.
"President Buhari will never make bogus promises or play to the gallery. It is misleading of anyone to preach that the Chibok girls are within an easy grasp. If the military under the President knew where they are held, they will bring the Chibok girls home today.
"The Presidency is open to renew cooperation with the BBOG group, international bodies, religious groups, social workers, and all others who are assisting in the field to ensure that those who have so far been rescued from Boko Haram captivity are given the support they need to make a full recovery and be reintegrated fully into society.
"Groups such as the BBOG can also lend a helping hand to military families whose losses need to be appreciated and focused upon.
"The life of every single Nigerian matters to this government and the security agencies, under the command of President Buhari, will continue to exert all its powers to ensure that every Nigerian is safe from the brutality of terrorists and terrorism."
Dozens of women in Kuje Area Council, Abuja on Tuesday morning protested against several months of blackout in the area.
The women were seen at the Kuje office of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company, AEDC carrying placards and chanting "no light no pay ; wi no go grii o, wi no go grii."
Some of the protesters told Abujacitynews that the AEDC had been distributing outrageous bills with virtually zero power supplied to the customers.
Staff of the power company who went to disconnect indebted customers the previous day were said to have been chased away by angry residents.
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