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The Adamawa state police command has confirmed the death of a patrol policeman along the Wuro-Dole-Pariya Road in Girei Local Government area of the state on Thursday. According to the state's police spokesman, SP Othman Abubakar, the policeman shot a passenger when a misunderstanding arose between a patrol team and some passengers. This enraged a mob who mobbed the inspector to death. His remains along with eight rounds of live ammunition have been recovered, he said, leaving out the reason he was mobbed. An eyewitness, who simply identified himself as Sadiq, said that the incident followed a disagreement over a N50 bribe. The driver of the bus offered N50 but the policeman wanted N100. A passenger challenged them and that led to a hot argument and the shooting of the passenger and injuring of another by the inspector. “Angry about what happened, a mob attacked the inspector who was trying to escape and lynched him,” Sadiq said. Attached Files: police bribe.PNG

The Federal Government has released the debut Sovereign Sukuk of N100 billion to the Works ministry for the construction of major roads in Nigeria.  The bond, which was issued in September 2017, was successfully completed last week. Nigeria's Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun on Thursday handed over the N100 billion proceeds cheque to Minister of Power, Works and Housing Babatunde Fashola. Adeosun, who disclosed that the Offer was oversubscribed to the tune of N105.87 billion, said the milestone was a sign of confidence in the Nigerian economy and the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. “This is the first Sukuk bond issuance for Nigeria. It is about financial inclusion and deepening of our financial markets. “The proceeds will be used to further support government capital spending for 2017 -the construction and rehabilitation of 25 key economic roads across the six geo-political zones of the country. The North Central and South South Zones accounted for five each of the 25 k...

The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari can only get over the issues surrounding rail projects in the country. This is coming after the Minister yielded to the summon of the President over the $16bn eastern rail project and others. Addressing State House correspondents later, Amaechi admitted that there were "issues around the transport" that he had to discuss with the president. According to the minister, President Buhari's blood pressure will rise if he does not brief him about issues in the railway subsector. He recalled that an approval had been given for the eastern flank of the railway modernisation "which has to do with from Port Harcourt to Maiduguri cutting across Aba, Owerri, Enugu, Umuahia to Makurdi, Abakiliki, Awka and Lafia down to Bauchi, Gombe, Yola and to Damaturu and ends at Borno." He stated: "That is why I was summoned. Don't forget that the president sleeps and wakes up thinking ab...

Here are 7 things every Nigerian should know about her: Aisha Ahmad is from Niger state, born on October 26 1977. She is married with two teenage sons. She graduated from the University of Abuja, holds an MSc in finance and management from the Cranfield School of Management in the UK, as well as an MBA with a specialisation in finance from the University of Lagos, Nigeria. Although she is 40 years old, she has a 20-year experience in the banking industry. She has worked at NAL Bank Plc, Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc (a member of Standard Bank Group) and Zenith Bank Plc. Currently, she a Director at Diamond Bank Plc She sees Hilary Clinton as a mentor. In 2016, she said: “Hillary Clinton who happens to be my ‘birthday mate’ has been a strong influencer over the years. I admire her ability to stay focused on making an impact and my admiration for her has only been validated by her recent nomination as the US Democratic presidential candidate.” She is the chairperson of the execut...

A former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, has said that he has no problem with Governor Willie Obiano, but that he wants him booted out of power because of poor performance. Obi said his problem with Obiano, who he said remained his friend, was non-performance. Speaking at a rally organised by the women’s wing of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the state’s party secretariat, Obi, who accompanied the gubernatorial candidate of the PDP, Mr. Oseloka Obaze, said his reasons for fighting his successor were informed by the vow he made to the people of the state in 2013. “In 2013, I took Obiano around Anambra State: to the markets, to every part of the state and the people kept asking me if I was sure of him as they did not know him, but that they would vote him because of me. “I told them I would be the one to lead a campaign against Obiano if he did not perform well in his first term. Today, can anyone show me what the governor has done within his first term? He ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, released the timetable and schedule of activities for both the Ekiti and Osun states’ governorship elections. National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee (IVEC) of INEC, Prince Solomon Adedeji Soyebi, who unveiled the details at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja, cautioned political parties not to see the development as a Notice of Election. Prince Soyebi revealed that while the Ekiti governorship election would hold on July 14, 2018, Osun State’s would take place on September 22, the same year. He explained that since the Ekiti State governor’s tenure and his counterpart’s in Osun State would expire on October 15 and November 26, 2018, respectively, Section 178 (2) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) and Section 25 (8) of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended), stipulate that election into the office of governor should be held not earlier than 150 days and not later than 30 days befo...

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has so far released N43.92 billion to farmers under its Anchor Borrowers Programme (ABP) through 13 participating institutions. Over 200,000 small holder farmers from 29 states of the federation have also benefited and about 233,000 hectares of farmland cultivated, with eight commodities, including rice, wheat, maize, cotton, soya beans, poultry, cassava and groundnuts as well as fish farming. CBN’s Acting Director, Corporate Communications, Mr. Isaac Okorafor, who represented the Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, at the bank’s special day at the ongoing 12th Abuja International Trade Fair, said so far, there has been a quantum leap in local production of most of the commodities contained in the list of 41 items not illegible for official foreign exchange allocation or access in the country. Responding to questions from the audience, Okorafor said CBN’s introduction of the ABP in less than two years had increased local rice production by two million metri...

Alhaji Abubakar Tsav has reacted to the leadership tussle between Ibe Kachikwu and Maikanti Baru in the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC. According to him, Mr. Baru should be punished for insubordination. “I think the GMD of NNPC has made a very serious mistake because he is answerable to the minister. If I were the minister, I would have issued a query to the GMD asking him to explain why such things happened. And the query would also be copied to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. "If the man did it because he is close to the President, it is wrong because the President has confidence in Kachikwu which made him to appoint him. If I were the President, I will either redeploy him or sanction him to send a message across that it is wrong to undermine supervisory superiors.” Attached Files: ibe ka.jpg File size: 101.1 KB

The House of Representatives committee on public petitions has ordered the arrest of Ibrahim Magu, the chairman of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for ignoring their summons.  He is to be brought before the committee on November 7 to answer questions in connection with a petition sent to the house by ex first lady, Patience Jonathan. Dame Patience had petitioned the House, alleging harassment of her person and firms linked to her associates by the EFCC, the Federal Inland Revenue Service and the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency. She said her personal bank accounts and those of the firms had been frozen on the directive of the EFCC. The house had summoned Mr. Magu severally but he'd failed to appear. When he failed to appear on Wednesday, another, scheduled day, a motion for his arrest was raised by Chairman, House Committee on Public Accounts, Mr. Kingsley Chinda. Ruling, Hon. Nkem-Abonta stated, “The absence of the EFCC is making our work difficult. We are no...

The President will today meet Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, The Nation learnt last night. The minister has alleged that $25billion contracts have been wrongly awarded by Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Group Managing Director Dr. Maikanti Baru. Kachikwu wrote President Muhammadu Buhari on the “bravado management style” employed by Baru as a result of which he has sidelined the minister and the board of the NNPC on matters they should take decisions on. Baru remained silent on the allegations yesterday. The Senate also yesterday expressed shock at the allegations. After a debate on a motion on the matter, a panel of senators headed by Senator Aliyu Wammako, was raised to investigate the matter. The meeting between the President and the minister is expected to be on the issues raised in the August 30 memo. There were indications last night that the Presidency might probe the allegations against the GMD. Besides, it was not clear yest...