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There are indications that the current crises rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has taken another turn as some top members of the party are said to have met to discuss how to form a new party. The alleged plan for a new party is said to have been spearheaded by the former governor of Kano State and former Education minister, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, ex-Governor of Jigawa State Sule Lamido and erstwhile Deputy Senate President, Ibrahim Mantu, Daily Trust reports. According to the report, others said to be involved in the alleged scheme include, former minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Senator Bala Muhammed, former deputy governor in the old Sokoto State, Ahmed Muhammed Gusau, former governor of Bauchi State, Isa Yuguda, former governor of Cross River State Donald Duke, Senator Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi, Senator Ibrahim Ida, Adamu Maina Waziri, Ibrahim Idris, Aminu Wali, Abba Dabo, John Odey and Aniete Okon. The newspaper also claimed that a onetime Senate presid...

The 20-year-old central defender has signed a four-and-a-half-year contract. He said: ‘I am very happy to sign for Chelsea, a world-famous club with a reputation for major success. I am delighted to be in the Premier League, the best league in the world, and can’t wait to meet my team-mates and get going. ‘I am still at the beginning of my career but I believe this is the place to develop and learn from some of the best players in the world.’ Miazga, born in New Jersey, joined the Red Bulls Academy in 2009 and signed his first professional contract four years later at the age of 17. He debuted for the Red Bulls soon after turning 18. By the 2015 Major League Soccer season the tall, strong centre-back had established himself as a regular in the heart of a defence which helped the Red Bulls finish with the best regular-season record in North America. He was an ever-present in the subsequent play-off campaign which ended with a narrow two-legged defeat to Columbus Crew in the C...

The 2016 budget proposal submitted to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari is reportedly missing. Recall that President Buhari had on Tuesday, December 22, 2015, presented the budget proposal to the joint session of the National Assembly. But about two weeks later, news of the withdrawal of the budget filtered round. The disappearance of the budget document was announced during a closed-door session at the National Assembly that lasted 90 minutes. It was said that Senate Leader Ali Ndume made the disclosure during the closed-door session, even as the Senators were supposed to commence the consideration of the N6.08tr budget today.

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in Kwara State has said primary school teachers in the state will embark on strike, today, in protest of the non-payment of their four months’ salary arrears. Chairman of the union, Comrade Musa Abubakar, said, yesterday, in Kaiama, Kaiama Local Government Area of the state that the union could no longer guarantee industrial harmony in the state following the non-payment of their four months’ salary arrears. “I want to believe they have tried. If the members of the National Assembly are not paid for four months, I doubt if you will see anybody in the red or green chambers. “I recall in Oyo State; they were not paid for just two months and some House of Assembly members did not go to work. “So, for us to have worked for four months without pay, I think the teachers have tried and that is why we told the government that we cannot guarantee any industrial harmony again. “We cannot guarantee any teacher going to class from today to teach with ...

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in Kwara State has said primary school teachers in the state will embark on strike, today, in protest of the non-payment of their four months’ salary arrears. Chairman of the union, Comrade Musa Abubakar, said, yesterday, in Kaiama, Kaiama Local Government Area of the state that the union could no longer guarantee industrial harmony in the state following the non-payment of their four months’ salary arrears. “I want to believe they have tried. If the members of the National Assembly are not paid for four months, I doubt if you will see anybody in the red or green chambers. “I recall in Oyo State; they were not paid for just two months and some House of Assembly members did not go to work. “So, for us to have worked for four months without pay, I think the teachers have tried and that is why we told the government that we cannot guarantee any industrial harmony again. “We cannot guarantee any teacher going to class from today to teach with ...

Nigeria’s vice president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, has shed more light on the proposed N5,000 monthly allowance for unemployed Nigerians, The Punch reports. In a statement issued on Sunday by the senior special assistant on media and publicity to the vice president, Laolu Akande, the federal government would not import food for its school feeding programme. The Presidency has shed more light on the N5,000 monthly stipend. The statement read: “One of the major differences here is that the social intervention programme such as the Conditional Cash Transfer would be a direct transfer of N5,000 monthly to the extremely poor among us. “This is a safety net that several advanced nations have put in place long time in their history often at times of economic challenges. “The money would be paid directly to the people concerned on the condition of school enrolment and immunisation. “This way, we are expanding school enrolment and also assuring physical well-being. “Homegrown sch...