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The Nigerian Economists Society, NES, yesterday stated that the flexible foreign exchange, forex, regime of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, cannot survive in a non-productive economy, warning that the country may slide into depression. Warning that some form of managed pegged system is consistent with the structure of the Nigerian economy, the society urged CBN to review the new regime, stressing that managed float policy is a better option given the Nigerian economy’s current local productive capacity and over-dependence on crude oil as its major source of forex earning. The economists, mostly university lecturers, spoke at a one-day symposium on the topic: “Managing the Naira”, at the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom state, where they maintained that given the structure of the economy, the current forex policy is not a viable option as it suits an industrialised economy of which Nigerian economy has not yet reached.   A communiqué issued by the society at th...

  Indications emerged yesterday that police will re-arraign suspects who were earlier arrested and detained in connection with the murder of a former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Bola Ige. It was gathered that all the suspects that were apprehended in 2002, who were later freed, would be again rearrested for fresh arraignment and prosecution in respect of the case. Punch reports that Special Investigation Panel set up by the IG will look at all the evidence in the case, including forensic analysis which will be used to prosecute the suspects afresh.   According to report, the initiative to re-open Bola Ige’s murder case was from the acting Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris. Sources said the IG wanted to demonstrate that the police could resolve all previously abandoned politically-motivated murder cases in the country. Ige was killed in his Bodija, Ibadan residence, on December 23, 2001, after he arrive...

Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday lambasted critics of President Muhammadu Buhari’s war against corruption, calling their reasoning “absurd”. A statement by his spokesman, Laolu Akande, said Osinbajo spoke in Rwanda, where he represented the country at the meeting of the African Union. Speaking with newsmen after the conclusion of the 27th Ordinary Session of the African Union, Osinbajo said those who looted the treasury were members or appointees of the then government.   Replying critics, Osinbajo said: “I think it (the allegation) is entirely absurd. “I think that view is absurd and without foundation or basis whatsoever. “We look at corruption from all possible facets. “If you look at, for example, corruption in the military, from military procurement, obviously the only individuals responsible for that could be persons who had held office within the period in question and that has been done and clearly the opposition was not in the off...

  Jude NdukweThe recent embarrassing incident in the Red Chamber of the National Assembly between (Distinguished?) Senators Dino Melaye and Remi Tinubu has raised some dust from different quarters. While some Nigerians have not only asked Melaye to apologise to Tinubu, they have also threatened him with all kinds of actions should he not tender the apology within certain periods of time depending on who or what group is issuing the ultimatum. In the same vein, some Nigerians have also blamed the whole saga on Remi Tinubu for being consistently uncouth and unwomanly in her activities in the senate. Whichever divide one belongs in the imbroglio, it is obvious that this is not just a fight, it is a fight of first instance in the many more and bigger ones to come. This is a fight that signals how deeply divided the Senate has become and how the ruling All Progressives Congress, having shown copious deficiencies as managers of the nation, have allowed a good scenar...

The Islamic Medical Association of Nigeria (IMAN), an NGO, has advocated a psychological therapy for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at the Kukareta self established camp in Yobe. Dr Abdullahi Nur, Chairman of the association in the state, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Damaturu on Tuesday. Nur said the appeal became necessary following an evaluation and discovery by the association of three cases of insanity among the IDPs in the camp. He said that two ladies and a man were diagnosed to have suffered mental insanity among the IDPs from careful evaluation of members of the medical team who visited the camp.   “I am calling for urgent psychological therapy for the IDPs for the shock suffered from the attacks on their communities.’’ Nur said the association was partnering with the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) to transfer the patients to a psychiatric hospital in Maiduguri for adequate medical attention...

  Salisu Yusuf is expected to name his final 22-man NPFL All-Stars squad on Saturday. The team will then travel to Spain, where they will play friendly matches against top Spanish sides Valencia and Malaga. A total of 37 players have been invited from various Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) clubs, to fight for their places in the All-Stars squad.   After the players are pruned down to 22, they are expected to travel to Lagos for the final phase of camping early next month.

Jose Mourinho has confirmed his squad for the China leg of their pre-season tour. The new Manchester United boss, began his reign with a 2-0 over Wigan last weekend, but their offseason programme kicks off fully this weekend. United will play Borussia Dortmnd in their first game in Shanghai on Friday.   Captain Wayne Rooney returns to the team and is joined by new boys, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Eric Bailly. However, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, has not joined up with his new team-mates, as he enjoys extended break following Euro 2016. Full squad: Goalkeepers: David De Gea, Sergio Romero, Sam Johnstone Defenders: Eric Bailly, Daley Blind, Timothy Fosu-Mensah, Phil Jones, Paddy McNair, Marcos Rojo, Luke Shaw, Chris Smalling, Axel Tuanzebe, Antonio Valencia  Midfielders: Michael Carrick, Ander Herrera, Adnan Januzaj, Jesse Lingard, Juan Mata, Memphis Depay, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Andreas Pereira, Ashley Young Strikers: Will Keane, Marcus Rashford, Wayne R...

  The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Rivers State Command on Tuesday said it rescued a two-month old baby dumped in a refuse site in the state. The infant was picked up on Friday by officials of the NSCDC on patrol along the New Elelenwo Manifold in Akpajo, Eleme Local Government Area, LGA, of the state. The baby was said to have been abandoned inside a carton of noodles and placed in the refuse dump.  In a statement on its official website, the NSCDC said, “The baby was in a critical condition at the time she was rescued due to the rain and bad weather she had been exposed to. “She is doing well after officials rushed her to a hospital where she was given prompt and adequate medical attention. “The State Commandant of the NSCDC, Helen Amakiri, said the baby will be handed over to the Social Welfare Department of the Ministry of Women Affairs,” the statement added.

Naira forwards rose to record highs and volatility surged on Monday following the removal of a limit on bid-offer spreads by the Central Bank of Nigeria on Friday. The development raises expectations that the naira is set to extend declines as it trades more freely, according to a Bloomberg report. Three-month non-deliverable forward contracts jumped by 4.1 per cent to a record N329 per dollar, while contracts maturing in a year rose by 3.3 per cent to N363 per dollar, the highest level on a closing basis. One-week historical volatility increased to 27 per cent, compared to an average of 8.6 per cent over the past year, data compiled by Bloomberg showed. The naira weakened by 3.5 per cent to a record N294.5 against the dollar in the spot market, having swung between 280.22 and 294.84. A currency trader at INTL FCStone Limited, Mr. David Willacy, said little trading took place. On Friday, the CBN ended a rule capping the difference, or spread, between bids and offers in th...

Amayanabo of Twon-Brass, King Alfred Diete-Spiff, has disclosed that elder statesmen in the Niger Delta were holding peace talks with militants in the region. He said this when he spoke to journalists on Tuesday in Port Harcourt at the sidelines of the Partners for Sustainable Development (PSD) Forum organised by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). His words: “The youths are not employed; the older ones, even the pensioners, are not getting their pension because the earnings have dropped seriously. Everybody is agitated and what you see is a spill over.   “When a kettle or a pot boils, it spills over and so the Niger Delta is boiling. We are trying to get to the root of it and see how we can control and make everybody cool down.” “The state governments are cash-strapped because the oil is not flowing and if it goes beyond this, the federal government will also be cash-strapped too. We must attend to these little problem,” he said. The first military ...

Rowland Nike: Army releases 249 Boko Haram suspects in Maiduguri... : A total of 249 suspected Boko Haram terrorists and their accomplice have been cleared and released by the Joint Interrogation...

Rowland Nike: Tinubu’s wife accused of splashing N75m to organiz... : A civil rights movement, Committee for the Defence of Women’s Rights, has alleged that the wife of a former governor of Lago...

Rowland Nike: College of Education in Katsina-Ala shutdown by st... : Students of College of Education, Katsina-Ala, Benue State, Monday staged a protest over the recent increment in their tuition fee...

Rowland Nike: College of Education in Katsina-Ala shutdown by st... : Students of College of Education, Katsina-Ala, Benue State, Monday staged a protest over the recent increment in their tuition fee...

Rowland Nike: Forex scarcity pushes naira down across market seg... : The naira depreciated against the United States dollars at all foreign exchange (forex) market segments last week following reports of stra...

Rowland Nike: My protection charm failed me – Suspected robber : The Lagos State Police Command, weekend, paraded one Nnamdi Onu, a member of a four-man robbery syndicate. Onu and his gang s...

Rowland Nike: One stabbed to death in Lagos as football game tur... : A Senior Secondary School 2 student was over the weekend stabbed to death during a friendly street football match between youths in...

Rowland Nike: Fans expecting wedding bells when I’m still single... : Popular Nollywood actress, Yvonne Eleghetse Jegede, has called out to her fans who allegedly said she was getting married soon. ...

Popular Nollywood actress, Yvonne Eleghetse Jegede, has called out to her fans who allegedly said she was getting married soon. The 33-year-old thespian said she is still single and searching and wondered why fans would go a step ahead of her to say they are expecting wedding bells. She told Encomium she still maintains a positive mindset about marriage. The Edo state-born said, “I am single now and yes, I do hope to get married. There are people who are celebrating 25 years in marriage. They are not different from people that are divorced. Of course, I have a positive mindset about marriage.” Addressing ‘go and marry’ comments from fans, she said, “For fans that are expecting wedding bells soon, how can they be expecting wedding bells when I am still single? “But I will say it is a prayer and I accept it as a prayer,” she quipped.

A Senior Secondary School 2 student was over the weekend stabbed to death during a friendly street football match between youths in Okota. It was gathered that some youths from Oseni Liade Street were playing football at the end of the street, when a group of boys from neighbouring Taiwo Street came to join them. Vanguard reports that the visiting youths were told to wait for their turn. At the end of the first round, another set of players, among who were the visiting youths, were expected to take over the football pitch. According to eyewitnesses, the visitors were disallowed, an action that snowballed into a free for all. In the process, one of them, Kayode Babayanju, of 8, Taiwo Street, was alleged to have stabbed another youth, Michael Tanko, in the hollow of his left elbow. Tanko, a Senior Secondary School 2 student of Hills International School, reportedly chased his assailant until he became dizzy and slumped. Unfortunately, he died moments before reach...

The Lagos State Police Command, weekend, paraded one Nnamdi Onu, a member of a four-man robbery syndicate. Onu and his gang specialized in terrorizing commuters at Anthony Bus Stop in the state, disposing them of cash and valuables. Luck, however, ran out on them after they stormed the bus stop at about 5.45am on Friday where they robbed passengers waiting to board buses to their respective destinations. The operation lasted till about 7am, when they snatched a bag from a lady and in the process of fleeing the scene, Onu was apprehended by a mob. He was said to have brought out a red charm from his pocket and threatened to hit whoever got close to him with it; in the process, the mob withdrew out of fear. This paved way for the other members of the gang to abscond, but Onu, was swiftly accosted by a team of policemen on patrol. The policemen were said to have hit him with the charm and he slumped.  The Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, while par...

The naira depreciated against the United States dollars at all foreign exchange (forex) market segments last week following reports of strain in forex supply, mainly at the interbank market segment As a result of this, the spot rate of the naira dropped week-on-week against the dollar at the interbank market to an all-time low of N292.25 to a dollar. The naira also depreciated at the Bureau de Change and parallel market segments by 2.9 per cent and 3.13 per cent to N355/$1 and N365/$1  respectively as demand at the interbank market spilled over to the alternative market segments. This week, analysts at Cowry Assets Management Limited predicted an increased upward pressure on the foreign exchange rate as the central bank prepares to settle its obligations on its 1-month (July 2016) tenor futures contract entered on Monday, 27 June 2016 at the rate of N279/$1. The value of the maturing futures contract was put at $697 million. Also, analysts at Afrinvest West Africa Limit...

Students of College of Education, Katsina-Ala, Benue State, Monday staged a protest over the recent increment in their tuition fee. It was gathered that the school authority had recently announced 100 per cent increment in the tuition fee. Irked by the development, the irate students began the protest at the George Akume Hall, thus, paralyzing all academic activities in the school. The students, displaying palm fronds, were singing ‘we no go gree oo, we no gree.” Despite the intervention of the SUG President, and the Dean Students Affairs of the college, the students insisted that the protest continues until the school management rescinds its decision

A civil rights movement, Committee for the Defence of Women’s Rights, has alleged that the wife of a former governor of Lagos State and chairperson Senate Committee on Women Affairs, Mrs. Oluremi Tinubu is planning to sponsor a protest against Senator Dino Melaye on Wednesday in Abuja. According to the organization, Mrs. Tinubu has reportedly released N75 million to Lagos State APC Woman Leader, Mrs. Kemi Nelson through one of her sisters simply identified as Funlola. The National President of CDWR, Prof. Taibat Majekodunmi, made the revelation in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja.   According to the group, the protesters have stormed Abuja and have allegedly booked for 300 rooms in many hotels the FCT. She said, “We have it on good authority that N75 million has been released by Senator Okuremi Tinubu to Mrs. Kemi Nelson through Mrs. Tinubu’s sister called Funlola. The money is to organise a protest in Abuja on Wednesday against the chairman, Denate...

A total of 249 suspected Boko Haram terrorists and their accomplice have been cleared and released by the Joint Interrogation task force as approved by the Chief of Army Staff in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital. Those cleared and released today, Monday, include 169 males, 46 women and 34 children. Further breakdown shows that 203 of them were from 18 Local Government Areas of Borno State, while 44 were from other States, including two from Adamawa , two from Jigawa, Lagos got one, Oyo had one and Yobe 38. However, two of them were from the Republic of Cameroon.  The released persons were handed over to the Borno State government through the Commissioner for Local Government, HON. USMAN ZANNA by the Acting General Officer Commanding 7 Division, Brigadier General Victor Ezugwu. The two foreigners were, however, handed over to the Borno State Command of the Nigerian Immigration Service. In his remark, the Commissioner advised the released detainees t...

In the following recent upsurge in disease like diabetes, cancer, high blood cholesterol and many emerging and re-emerging micro-organisms that cause a wide range of infection (s), it is important at this point that the general public should inculcates the healthy attitude of constant laboratory check outside ill health to avoid the pain and discomfort of breaking down with ailments that are avoidable and preventable. For instance, a regular laboratory check would discover and prevent the devastating effect of cancer in both males and females, as well as other debilitating diseases like diabetes. Hence, it is worth to note that cancer, diabetes, high blood fat (cholesterol) are killers but could be prevented.     Therefore, with the challenges observed, our aim at this point is to be of help, and contribute to the general well being of the public. Thus, this we have conceited to do by ensuring that high laboratory internal and external quality control measures are i...

First daughter of late Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Yeni, has revealed why she stopped smoking. She said she only quit smoking three years ago so as to stay alive for her only daughter, Rolari. Speaking with the Sun, Yeni said, “Before my daughter went into the university, I used to smoke and suffer chest pains. I was like ‘if I continue smoking I may die before my daughter graduates’. “That was the inspiration I needed to stop smoking because for years, I had been telling myself that I would stop smoking on the first day of January, but by January 4 I was still smoking. “But this time, I didn’t wait for January 3 or 4. I simply told myself that if I continued smoking, I would die and never see my daughter graduate. And that was just too important for me, so I just stopped. I have stopped smoking for three years. The fear of not being able to educate my child gave me tha...

Some Ijaw elders and traditional rulers under the aegis of Bayelsa Elders for Progress, Peace and Good Governance, have accused some of aides of President Muhammadu Buhari of frustrating the federal government’s proposed dialogue with militant group, Niger Delta Avengers, NDA. The monarchs and the elders, while commending the president’s resolve to spearhead the dialogue, expressed worries over the alleged show of deceit, insincerity among the presidential aides from the Niger Delta. According to the group, their attitude had created a distrust between the militant group and the Federal Government. The group headed by their Coordinator, Chief Ayibatonye Goodnews, and the Secretary, Chief Lucky Ebifaghe, made the claim in an open letter to the President. They opined that recent activities of some prominent aides from the Niger Delta such as the Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, and the Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Brig.-Gen....

The Nigerian Ports Authority has said about 90 per cent of containers bringing in goods from other countries eave the shores of Nigeria empty. It also said the level of operational activities at the nation’s ports in the first quarter of 2016 dropped drastically when compared with the same period of 2015. A statement by the authority obtained on Friday quoted the Managing Director, NPA, Habib Abdullahi, as saying the findings were contained in a report of port activities. The report also showed the seaport as a catalyst for economic development through export commodities. He said an analysis of the vehicle importation figure in the first quarter of 2016 showed a decline of 10 per cent with a total of 27,133 units as against 30,139 units handled in the corresponding period of 2015. Abdullahi said, “This position has been communicated to the Nigerian Export Promotion Council by the NPA management. We highlighted the need to sensitise Nigerians to the importance of filling the ...

Serena and Venus Williams defeated fifth seeds, Timea Babos of Hungary and Yaroslavia Shvedova of Kazakhstan 6-3 6-4 on Saturday, to claim their sixth doubles title at Wimbledon. It was also their 14th doubles triumph as a team at the majors and their 22nd in 23 finals overall. The only time the American sisters lost a doubles final in 1999, was in San Diego.   “It’s awesome to win another doubles at Wimbledon,” Serena said. Venus added: “I never want to make a mistake. I don’t want to let Serena down. She brought the energy from the singles on to the doubles court.” The two siblings are expected to feature at this year’s Olympic Games.

The ousted Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Sen Ali Modu Sheriff has disclosed that there are moves to settle the leadership crises currently rocking the party but maintained that his faction will not relinquish the party’s National Secretariat to his contender, who is the Chairman of the party’s Caretaker Committee, Sen Ahmed Makarfi. Nigerian police had on May 22 locked down the party’s National Secretariat located in Abuja following violent clashes between supporters of both rival factions over who should be the authentic leader of the party. Sheriff gave the hint while speaking through the Deputy National Chairman of his faction, Dr. Cairo Ojughoh.   He said, “It is true the two groups are discussing, looking for ways of finding political solutions to the crisis. “However, that political solution does not include the permission for the Makarfi group to open the national secretariat. We are not part of such an arrangement and we won’t s...