Youths occupy NASS, protest delay of 2016 budget passage

*Ask lawmakers to revisit grey areas in 2016 budget, return exotic cars *Security operatives helpless as legislators, others stranded ABUJA— hundreds of youths, under the aegis of Citizens United for Peace and Stability, CUPS, yesterday stormed the National Assembly calling for immediate resignation of Senate President, Saraki, on the allegations of corruption leveled against him and controversies surrounding the 2016 budget yet to be signed...

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710 Nigerians killed by Fulani herdsmen in 10 months —Igbo Youth Movement Read

ENUGU—The Igbo Youths Movement, IYM, has lamented that Fulani herdsmen have killed 710 other Nigerians excluding the 48 Agatu people in Benue State in the last 10 months without the Federal Government addressing the issue. IYM made this known while reacting to the Monday’s killing of about 40 indigenes of Nimbo in Uzo Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State by Fulani herdsmen last night. The statement signed by the Founder of the IYM and Leader of the South East Democratic Coalition, Evangelist Elliot Uko, entitled, ‘Ten Months of Carnage,’...

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PDP CHAIRMANSHIP: S’West chieftains threaten to dump party.... READ

Stalwarts of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the South West have threatened to leave the party if the zone is not allowed to produce the next national chairman of the party. This came as former National Deputy National chairman of the party, Chief Olabode George called on members of the party to conduct themselves peacefully during the PDP congresses scheduled to begin this weekend. Former Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr Doyin Okupe, who made the position known after party leaders in the zone...

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Boko Haram insurgents have new uniforms — ARMY ... EG

Abuja—The Nigerian Army yesterday alerted the nation that members of the Boko Haram terrorist’s sect had resorted to wearing local government or community uniforms to deceive security agencies. A statement from Army headquarters said, “Troops of 22 Brigade Garrison and elements of 3 Battalion that went out on long range fighting patrol on Monday, to Gima village in Ngala Local Government Area made a startling discovery; Boko Haram terrorists...

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Fuel scarcity: N150bn debt hampering availability of products — Marketers

LAGOS— Marketers of petroleum products said, yesterday, that non payment of N150 billion outstanding debt owed them by the Federal Government was also hampering the availability of products nationwide. Their position came as the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) said the ongoing fuel scarcity might linger as marketers face the challenges of non-availability of petrol in depots. A major marketer, who chose to be...

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Edo ALGON to FG: Take over primary school teachers’ salaries

BENIN—MEMBERS of Association of Local Governments of Nigeria, ALGON, in Edo State, whose three-year tenure expired on April 22, have appealed to the Federal Government to take up the responsibility of payment of primary school teachers’ salaries, saying that the burden of payment was one of the major problems militating against development at the grassroots. The members, led by their chairman, Mrs Itohan Ogbeide, commended Governor Adams Oshiomhole...

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Ex-Finance Minister Refunds N140m, Surrenders 2 houses

ABUJA—Embattled former Finance Minister, Senator Esther Nenadi Usman, has returned N140 million out of the N2.5 billion she allegedly received from the office of the former National Security Adviser ahead of the 2015 Presidential elections. In addition, the former Senator, who served as the Director of Finance for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Presidential Campaign Organisation, has surrendered two of her houses to the Federal Government as...

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Fulani herdsmen hold 8 hostage in Delta community .....

OBIARUKU—APPREHENSION, yesterday, gripped residents of Obiaruku community, Ukwani Local Government Area, Delta State, as eight persons were held hostage for several hours by suspected Fulani herdsmen. Those held hostage, Vanguard gathered, were working in a farmland in the community when they were seized at 6 a.m., by the herdsmen who allegedly brutalised them. Youth leader of the community, Chika Uwabuofu, told Vanguard that the captives were later released at 1 p.m., as tension was building in the community. He disclosed that the herdsmen had...

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