°Recommends scrapping of overlapping agencies °Threatens to publish MDAs withholding audited account The lingering dispute between the Senate and the Executive arm over the retention of Mr. Ibrahim Magu as the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), made a rude re-entry into the front burner of public discourse wednesday as the Red Chamber threatened to filibuster the confirmation of the nomination of Ms. Aisha Ahmad as a deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). President Muhammadu Buhari had forwarded Ahmad's nomination to the Senate for confirmation as a replacement for Mrs. Sarah Alade whose tenure expired in February. But the Senate said yesterday that it would not consider the nomination in line with its July 4, 2017 resolution to suspend all executive confirmation requests until Magu is removed. Besides, it said, the hostility would persist until the Senate's power of confirmation of nominees to the boards of commissions establ...
A Catholic student group at Georgetown University that promotes the benefits of traditional marriage risks losing its funding and other university benefits after being accused of fostering hatred and intolerance. Love Saxa advocates for marriage as " a monogamous and permanent union between a man and a woman, " the group states in its constitution. That definition of marriage happens to be in line with that espoused by the Catholic Church, raising the question of how administrators at Georgetown , the United States ' oldest Catholic and Jesuit institution of higher learning , will handle the controversy if it eventually comes before them. "I suppose the question for Georgetown is whether they think Catholic kids can still be Catholic there, " said Chad Pecknold, a theology professor at the Catholic University of America. About half of the student body identifies as Catholic , according to the university. Seventy - five percent of Catholics ages 18 to 29 favor sa...
Jerusalem – The U.S. Army has inaugurated its first military base in Israel,which sends a message of readiness to Iran in the region, local media reported on Tuesday. The base's opening comes as Israel faces a slew of regional threats, especially from its Iran, Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth said. The Israeli military said the new base is located inside an existing Israel Air Force base in the southern region. The American military base houses dozens of U.S. soldiers operating radar device alongside Israeli soldiers as U.S. radar has been operational on site for a decade, using American civilians to operate it.
Zeinab as-Sayyid Mahfouz. Source: al-Arabiya. A man has been arrested by the Egyptian police after he allegedly admitted to beating his 85-year-old mother to death because his wife complained about her. Zeinab as-Sayyid Mahfouz died at a hospital in Alexandria on September 15 after what many speculated to be domestic violence. After reports of him beating his aged mother to death circulated online, social media users in Egypt demanded that he be brought to justice. It was learnt that Zeinab's daughter-in-law had complained to her son about her after which he brutally beat her up to please his wife. He then proceeded to a restaurant with his wife, leaving his battered and wounded mother in the house to bleed. Neighbours who noticed blood draining out of the house, broke into the house to find the woman lying unconscious with bruises on her face. They immediately rushed her to the hospital where she eventually died. There were reports that the son and wife tried to flee the city when...
GOODIE IBRU BOWS OUT OF IKEJA HOTELS AMIDST FAMILY WARS AND COURT VICTORY Feb 20th 2017, Barely two months after securing victory in court as the authentic chairman of Ikeja Hotels plc, Goodie Ibru has resigned from that office. Mr. Ibru said he took the move in the overall interest of the company and the larger Ibru family. In a statement, he anchored his decision on the need to get Ikeja Hotels to perform optimally, which have been hampered by multiple law suits filed by shareholders in the contest for the management and control of the company. He stated that the decision of Justice Kafarati of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on December 21, 2016, confirming him chairman vindicates his struggle for corporate governance in the company and provides right timing for him to retire as founding chairman after 32 years in office. Mr. Ibru called on the younger generation of Ibrus to work with other shareholders to continue to carry on the torch of excellence for which Ikeja Hotels has been k...
SEE NICKI MINAJ'S BOOBS AS SHE BARES IT FOR FASHION(PHOTO) MARCH 6TH 2017, For a while, Nicki Minaj has had a comparatively reserved sense of style compared with some of her older, flashy tactics. But following a bit of industry drama recently, the female MC took to Paris Fashion Week in a series of gag inducing looks. The latest? A breast exposing top from Mugler at Haider Ackermann. Though the sophisticated, yet still sexy British designer David Koma is currently reigning over the Mugler brand, Minaj went for the designs of his predecessor: Nicola Formichetti. You know him: His over-the-top, paparazzi-baiting styling was brought to international attention during his time working with Lady Gaga, an approach that morphed into a role heading up Mugler. In fact, the boob-baring look that Minaj ended up wearing in the front row at the Ackermann show this season came from the designer’s Fall 2011 collection, which was only one season after Gaga took to the Mugler runway to perfo...
Police officers The Ondo State Police Command says it had arrested three suspects in connection with the alleged kidnapping and killing of two female students of the Adeyemi College of Education in Ondo state. The Public Relations Officer of the command, Femi Joseph, revealed that one of the suspects was arrested on Friday after participating in a robbery operation in Ondo town, while the other accomplices were arrested on Saturday. Victims It was gathered that the two students, Oladepo Blessing and Oluwasemilore Mary, had earlier been declared missing, while their whereabouts was unknown. According to the PPRO, the suspects are John Adenikiri, also known as Emir; Fisayo Fasanu, aka Abore; and a herbalist, Alfa Abdurafiu. Joseph also explained that Adenikiri and Fasanu confessed that they sold the mutilated bodies of the victims to Abdurafiu, who used them for rituals. Arrest The police spokesman noted that Adenikiri and Fasanu were arrested in Ondo town while Abdurafu was arrested in ...
The former chief intelligence officer was arrested by troops in June along Buni Yadi in Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State. The ex Boko Haram commander, Abdulkadir Abubakar has revealed that the sect's leader, Abubakar Shekau has left Sambisa forest, and is now hiding in Mandara Mountain. This is coming three days to the end of the order » given to the army by ,Maj. Gen Tukur Buratai to capture- dead or alive- Abubakar Shekau. The former chief intelligence officer was arrested by troops in June along Buni Yadi in Gujba local government area of Yobe State, NAN reports. Abubakar also promised to help the military capture Shekau and also broker peace between the sect's two factions and the Federal Government. He said "I am cooperating with the military and I am ready to provide information on the whereabouts of Shekau. Shekau has left his enclave in Sambisa and moved deep into Mandara Mountain. I know the area where he is hiding and willing to provide a guide to the mi...
2 GERMAN ARCHAEOLOGISTS KIDNAPPED IN KADUNA REGAIN FREEDOM 26TH FEB 2017, The two German archaeologists kidnapped recently in kaduna state have regained their freedom. Channels Television reports that Professor Peter Breunia and Johannes Behirnger, were released unhurt in the night of Saturday, February 25 by their abductors. They were released in Katari village, along the Kaduna-Abuja expressway, according to the report. It is not yet known if a ransom was paid for their release as demanded by their abductors who picked them on February 22 in a deep forest. Just days ago, the acting president, Yemi Osinbajo, reportedly summoned the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, following the incident. Since then, the police had intensified their security surveillance efforts around the forest through its various teams. Premium Times also quotes a security source as saying: “Yes, they were released last night (Saturday) by their kidnappers. No ransom was paid,” a senior p...
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