2019: Bola Tinubu Calls For ‘Impactful Reforms’

National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has called for impactful reforms for the ruling party to fulfil its pledge to the Nigerian people.

Tinubu said this at the Daily Trust Annual Lecture Series on Thursday, where he spoke on: “Nigeria and challenges of 2019: This is not a game.”

Tinubu said a lot of people see elections as the end of a process but that the fulfilment of electoral promises is the next phase after attaining any office.

Banks, Government Officials Are Frustrating Anchor Borrowers Programme – Farmers

Malam Sadiq Daware, the National Treasurer, Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria, on Thursday accused some banks and governments officials of frustrating the successful implementation of the Anchor Borrowers Programme.

Daware told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that many farmers had complained that they were unable to access the loan of ABP, executed by the Central Bank of Nigeria.

Retirement: General Sues Nigerian Army

The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal has slated March 15 for the hearing of two applications challenging the alleged illegal retirement of Major General Ibrahim Sani from the Nigerian Army.

Before the retirement, General Sani was Chief of Transformation and Innovation Centre of the Nigerian Army.

A three-member panel of justices, led by Justice Abubakar Datti Yahaya, on Wednesday adjourned to enable the new counsel to Sani, Magaji Mahmoud (SAN), file the relevant processes.

LASEMA Rescues Woman Stuck In Mud Under Third Mainland Bridge (Photos)

Lagos State Emergency Management Agency Response Team rescued a middle aged woman stuck in the mud under the Third Mainland Bridge, inward Berger-Iyana Oworo in the early hours of Wednesday.

This incident is coming barely two weeks after a similar incident wherein a middle aged man was rescued alive by the LASEMA Response Team and other emergency agencies at the opposite end of the same environment.

Kidnappers Kill Two Policemen, Abduct Four Canadians, Americans In Kaduna

Kidnappers have killed two Nigerian policemen and abducted two Americans and two Canadians in Kaduna state.

The foreigners were kidnapped on Kwoi-Jere Road in Kagarko Local Government Area on their way to Abuja from Kafanchan and Kaura.

They were ambushed around 7pm on Tuesday.

Kidnapping is rife in the Kaduna axis of the country and despite efforts by the police in flushing out suspects, it continues.

Court Orders Idris To Unseal Peace Corps’ Head Office

Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court Abuja on Monday ordered the Inspector-General of Police to without delay unseal the headquarters of the Peace Corps of Nigeria.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the head office of the corps located in Jabi area of the FCT was arbitrarily sealed on the order of the IGP.

Delivering judgment, Tsoho also ordered the police and other security agencies laying siege on the premises to vacate the place forthwith.

Nigeria Ranks Second Worst Electricity Supply Nation In 2017

Nigeria has been ranked as the second worst nation in power supply as power drops to 3,851 megawatts.

The Spectator Index of the world’s worst electricity supply in 2017 stated this in a report released by @spectatorindex Twitter handle on Monday.

Of the 137 countries examined in the report, Yemen ranked as worst electricity supply nation in 2017, followed by Nigeria, Haiti, Lebanon and Malawi.

Ethiopia occupied the 37th position, while South Africa and Algeria occupied the 41st and 45th positions respectively.