Good Morning!
Here are 10 things you need to know this Thursday morning:
1.Report says a Boko Haram kingpin, Jarasu Shira, was on Wednesday morning arrested in Damboa, Borno State. Shira was said to have been arrested at a motor park at about 8.30am, along with 10 other suspected members of the group, who escorted him to Damboa to connect a vehicle to Biu enroute Lagos State.
2. The Nigeria Prisons Service has explained that it put handcuffs on the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh while he appeared for his trial at the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday because it was a standard procedure and that the the officer in charge of the escort that took Metuh to court was at liberty to determine if the inmate should be handcuffed or not.
3. The Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha has denied that he called for the hanging of the Director of Radio Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, stressing that the death or continued existence of the pro-Biafra leader will mean nothing to his him.
4. President Muhammadu Buhari has been advised to withdraw the 2016 budget. This is coming from Sen. Eyinnaya Abaribe (PDP Abia South). He advised the President to go back to the drawing board, saying the proposal was faulty on many grounds and could not be implemented in its current form.
5. Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has asked the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed to either disclosed the names of the 15 former governors and other Nigerians he claimed stole N1.34trn between 2006 and 2013, otherwise he should keep his mouth shut permanently. This was contained in a statement issued by Lere Olayinka, Social Media Adviser to the Governor.
6. The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has threatened to scrap the Nigerian Maritime University project inaugurated by the immediate past administration of Goodluck Jonathan, saying it is “a waste of resources.”
The Minister also threatened to scrap the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA.
7. Report says the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai has directed all officers of the Nigerian Army who have not declared their assets to do so immediately. He gave the directive, Wednesday, during a conference with Principal Staff Officers and Directors serving at the Army Headquarters.
8. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has asked a Federal High Court in Lagos, to remove James Faleke as the lawmaker representing Ikeja Federal Constituency of Lagos State in the House of Representatives. The suit marked FHC/L/08/1680/15 was filed by a PDP member, Olakunle Okunola, with the PDP listed as the second plaintiff.
9. Justice Ademola Adeniyi of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, ordered the Federal Government to produce former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd.), before him on February 16. Justice Adeniyi gave the order after he was notified that the ex-NSA, whose trial was originally scheduled to commence yesterday, was not brought to court by the prosecution.
10. The Rivers State Police Command has arraigned 10 pro-Biafra protesters before a Magistrate court in Port Harcourt.
The Command said the pro-Briafran suspects were among those arrested while allegedly planning to cause confusion in the state. - DAILY POST
VANGUARD
*Oil price: Senators split over 2016 budget
*I've God's mandate to unite Yoruba race ' Ooni
*Sacked workers: Labour briefs Imo police boss
*ICPC to arraign ex-Zamfara gov today over alleged corrupt practices
*Fuel import: Foreign suppliers blacklist Nigeria
*Produce Dasuki in court Feb 16, judge orders FG
*LASSA FEVER: FG targets 10,000 health centres, sets up c'ttee
*Killers of ex-FUTA VC sentenced to death
*Telecom firms in Nigeria must adhere to NCC guidelines 'Buhari
*Biafra: Buhari is too soft on Nnamdi Kanu ' Bankole-Hameed
*Ugwuanyi honoured in Ireland for outstanding leadership
*CHAN: Oliseh calls for patience
*CHAN: We're not Niger ' Tunisia coach
*Wolfsburg table 3.5m Euros for Osimhen
*Tension in Lagos market as traders protest invasion by NURTW
*January 15, 1966 coup: Public tragedy, private grief
* Mimiko unveils Sunny Ade, Yomi
Blaq, others as Ondo’s cultural
ambassadors
*Early child education pivotal to nation's devt
*FG to give priority to infrastructure devt in tertiary institutions
*16 orphans get educational grant
*ETL backs Buhari's war against corruption in tertiary institutions
DAILY TIMES
*Corrupt judges'll end up in jail, FG warns
*More Finland companies indicate interest in Nigeria
*Pastor, 70, seeks dissolution of 41-year-old marriage over alleged sex starvation
*N2.6b fraud: How ex-NIMASA DG disburses funds ' witness
*We are not involved in Kogi Assembly crisis ' APC
*TB Joshua sues Lagos Coroner, AG over indictment
*Buhari lauds UAE on financial assistance
*MASSOB claims Police kill 8 in protest
*2015 recorded highest number of annulled polls, says INEC
*Military panel: Ekiti Assembly vows to resist attempt to remove Fayose
*Edo Assembly adopts 55 days business calendar
*N. Korea dropped 1 million propaganda leaflets ' Seoul
*Roadside bomb kills five soldiers in Pakistan
*ANAMBRA TRANSPORT SYSTEM: Obiano sets template for future economic development
*Ministers, judges have 3-5 cars, why the uproar against lawmakers' ' Senator
*Vandalism: Minister of Defence reads riot act to soldiers
*Brutal assault on journalist: NUJ files N500m suit against Customs
*N5,000 stipends will alleviate hardship ' Lawmaker
*Ugwuanyi in UK, lures Nigerians in Diaspora, others to Enugu
*Gov Bello frowns at drainage blockage
TRIBUNE
*Edo 2016: We have no anointed candidate 'Odigie-Oyegun
*Court grants 26 MASSOB members bail in Abia
*500 ex-militants protest non-payment of allowance in Rivers
*Aba killings: Ndigbo not at war with FG, Ohanaeze tells army
*Court sentences 2 domestic staff to death over murder of ex-vice chancellor
*Fenerbahce wants 7m from West Ham to land Emenike
*U-17 Women's W-Cup qualifier: Flamingoes land in Namibia
*Apapa gridlock to persist as truck terminal effort collapses
*NIMASA not a revenue generating agency 'NISA
*African maritime journalists conference debuts in Ghana
NEW TELEGRAPH
*Ex-FUTA VC's killers to die by hanging
*Shell, Chevron to sack 18,500 workers
*Buhari's budget not implementable 'Senators
*Biafra: Court remands Kanu in Kuje Prison
*How I lost my baby during childbirth 'Saraki's wife
*Arms deal: Court orders FG to produce Dasuki for trial
*Nigeria's loss to Escravos pipeline attack hits N2.35bn ' Fashola
*CAN, Yari head for showdown over church demolition
*Nigeria's digital economy, others valued at $4.3trn ' AfICTA
*Stock market rebounds with N302bn gain
*Onyema, Elumelu to speak at WEF in Davos
*Nigeria has 35 Japanese firms, says envoy
*I've no hand in arms procurement fund ' Falae
*Buhari shouldn't erode democratic values, says Ajulo
*Swansea swoop on Onazi
*Pinnick, Giwa exchange blows!
*Leicester's success big boost for Watford ' Ighalo
*Waiting for a female President
*Rapper Mos Def due in court for trying to leave S'Africa on 'World Passport
BBC
*Asian shares up after global panic
*US 'wasted millions' on Afghan aid
*Obama irate over US water crisis
*Vietnam congress set to pick new leaders
*Australian apology to gay UK widower
*Crowd breaks into Moldovan parliament
*Hoffman sees 'subliminal racism' in US
*China's 'Pentagon' building lies empty
*Meet Pakistan's Women on Wheels
*Teaching self-defence to Muslim women
*The Australian who shot a North Korean propaganda film
*Austria's Plan B to cap refugees and tackle migrant crisis
*Sending sanitary supplies so African girls can learn
*Rwanda beat Gabon to advance at CHAN
*Sisters launch 'end of chemo' study
*More Brazil babies affected by Zika
*Man 'frozen to death' comes back to life
*Toxic algae triggers dementia brain changes
*Surprising story of the first boy diagnosed as autistic
*China's Twitter ends 140-character cap
*India regulator pillories Facebook
*Athletic Bilbao 1-2 Barcelona
*Man Utd 'set to be biggest earners
*Leicester City 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur
*Liverpool 3-0 Exeter City
IB TIMES UK
*Inquiry into Alexander Litvinenko murder 'will point to Kremlin involvement'
*BBC slammed in leaked report of Jimmy Saville's sexual assaults
*Sex offenders in UK serving longest
sentences in past decade
*Donald Trump does not think Sarah Palin wants to be his vice president
*Sarah Palin's oldest son Track charged
over domestic violence case
*Miners lead FTSE 100 surge as
disappointing China data boosts stimulus
hope
*European stocks hit lowest level since
October 2014 as oil prices tumble
*Brent crude remains under pressure as
Iran ramps up production
*UK unemployment falls to lowest level in a decade at 5.1%
*BP cuts 4,000 jobs as oil price slump
continues
*Calais police force migrants and refugees to move their 'Jungle' homes
*Lawrie spared jail for trying to smuggle
Afghan refugee from Calais into UK
*Big UK firms will be forced to take action on slave and child labour
*Cameron's immigrant crackdown will
drive thousands into modern slavery
*Scientists Discover Light Emitting From
Mysterious Alien Planet
*Bomb on police bus 'kills 10' as warplanes strike PKK rebels
*Nationalists attack pro-Kurdish party
headquarters caught on CCTV
*Isis 'to eliminate Christianity from Iraq':
1,400-year-old St Elijah's Monastery of
Mosul flattened
*Joe Biden urges world business leaders to do more for LGBT rights
*Young people worried computers will eliminate their jobs in next decade.
ROCHAS IS NOTHING BUT A CRIMINAL LIAR
ReplyDeleteHmmmmmmm
DeleteSexy end time gov Roch abi?
This last news, so true. Computers will soon replace humans bc robots are really being improved.
ReplyDeleteWhat's our business with whether Metuh was handcuffed or not.
ReplyDeleteHe's a criminal, innit?
#WhiteDiamondOut
End time headline news
ReplyDeleteFayose you no dey hear word?
ReplyDeleteRochas, abeg leave IPOB alone and concentrate on your state.
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Waoh...
ReplyDeleteWelcome To SkyPrince Blog
Did MASSOB say eight?
ReplyDeletePictures,or adonbelivit.
#WhiteDiamondOut
Can't wait for our Twitter to exceed 140 characters too.
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Shell, Chevron if you sack 18,500 workers, how many will remain in this country. I pity workers this year. BAD news everywhere. SACK, SACK, SACK.
ReplyDeleteBaby Ambode give Lagos State water. Na wa for this fool they gave to Lagos State. SHAME
Shell, chevron to sack 18500? Na how many go come remain now?
ReplyDeleteGod please come and rescue Nigeria ooo
GOooooood morning to yu all, it's news time again.
ReplyDeleteOkay
ReplyDeleteEnroute to Lagos......OMG! Thank God they captured the Bokoharam kingpin. May thunder fire all of you.
ReplyDeleteEscravos attack....loss at N2b, shame on Nigeria. I so dread these militants. You fix my name for a prospect in the creeks, I lose 5kg in 24 hrs. I dey fear them die. God.
ReplyDeleteOoni....please use the mandate justly, enough of the Cold War in Yoruba Land. The gists are exhilarating.
Foreign suppliers blacklist Naija....before nko? When all they do is owe and divert products.
Sarah Palin...things on zero level at the home front. Woman, you forgot to train your kids while sitting out at the big official desk. Pity!