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Theresa May Faces Defeat In Parliament Over Brexit Plan File Photo of Theresa May Prime Minister Theresa May faced the prospect of a historic defeat in a vote on her Brexit deal in parliament on Tuesday potentially leaving Britain in limbo about the biggest political and economic change for the country in decades. Barely two-and-a-half months before Britain is due to leave the EU, May’s expected defeat leaves open a range of outcomes, from resurrecting her deal, leaving the EU with no deal at all or holding another referendum that could halt Brexit altogether. The prime minister’s hopes of keeping her widely unpopular plan alive will hinge on the scale of her expected loss. A comparatively narrow defeat could allow her to try again, but a loss by 100 votes or more would most likely be seen as dooming the plan for good. As Britain’s deepest political crisis for at least half a century built to a head, a spokesman for May said she would respond quickly to the result o...

Okorocha, 6 Others To Appear Before APC Disciplinary Committee For Alleged Anti-Party Activities Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State and six other big wigs of the All Progressives Congress in the state have been invited to appear before a disciplinary committee set up by the state chapter of the party in Owerri, the state capital, Punch Metro reports. The seven men are to appear before the committee on Wednesday. Others invited included: APC candidate for Imo East senatorial district, Mr. Emma Ojinere; House of Representatives candidate for Ezinihitte Mbaise/Ahiazu Mbaise Federal Constituency, Mr. Rapheal Igbokwe; Ehime Mbano/IhitteUboma/Obowo Federal Constituency candidate, Mr. Chike Okafor; state Deputy Speaker, Mr. Ugonna Ozuruigbo; Mr. Eddy Iheanacho and a gubernatorial aspirant, Mr. Obinna Mbata. In the invitation letter signed by the Committee Chairman, Mr. Matthew Omegara; and Secretary, Mr. Kevin Ugwu on Tuesday, in Owerri, the committee stated that the affecte...

Buhari to attend APC mega rally in Warri President Buhari Flaging-Off of the APC Ng Presidential Campaign in Akwa-Ibom, presented with the party’s flag as presidential candidate for the 2019 election. President Muhammadu Buhari is expected in Warri on Thursday to flag off the Delta State All Progressives Congress (APC) rally for the presidential, gubernatorial, national and state House of Assembly campaigns dubbed “mother of all rallies”. To this end, APC chieftains in the state including the state gubernatorial candidate, Chief Great Ogboru, met for several hours at the Warri home of the immediate past governor of Delta State, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, who decamped to the APC to achieve his senatorial ambition. Uduaghan in the company of APC leaders Tuesday inspected the Warri City stadium where the mega rally will take place to ensure a hitch-free rally. During the APC meeting at Uduaghan’s residence, various committees were set up to ensure the rally is a huge succes...

Nigerians react as Buhari replaces Idris with new IG of Pol ice Nigerians have reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of AIG Mohammed Adamu as the new acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) on Tuesday. Buhari decorated Adamu with a new rank during his meeting with outgoing Inspector General of Police, IGP, Ibrahim Idris and his successor at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Until his appointment, Adamu, who hails from Lafia in Nasarawa State, had served as the Commissioner of Police in Enugu State. He was one-time director of peacekeeping operations of the Force. Mohammed’s appointment has since stirred diverse reactions from Nigerians on social media. While some applauded Buhari for replacing Idris, others accused the President of one-sided appointment favouring the Northern part of Nigeria. Here are some comments gathered by DAILY POST from Twitter: @Okorocollins1 ” Congratulations to the new IGP. Hope he brings sanity to the police force. Nigerians ...

President Buhari Appoints And Decorates New Police IG Mohammad Abubakar Adamu (Photos) A new Inspector General of Police, Mohammad Abubakar Adamu, has been appointed and decorated by President Muhammadu Buhari.  President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed a new Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammad Abubakar Adamu,  Punch Metro reports. Buhari decorated the new Inspector General of Police at the State House, Abuja on Tuesday. He was assisted by the immediate past Police IG, Ibrahim Kpotun Idris. The new IG hails from Nasarawa. Earlier on Tuesday, the President and cabinet ministers had held an emergency Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja. The agenda of the meeting, which took place at the Presidential Villa, was unknown. Our Correspondent had reported earlier that Adamu was sighted at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He had been projected as the possible replacement for the former Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim ...

Appreciating The Nigerian Military At its height, the Boko Haram insurgency not only threatens to decimate Nigeria as we know it; it also sought to bring large swathes of land under the absolute control of a bloodthirsty sect. Photo:Afolabi Sotunde / Reuters Boko Haram declared a caliphate that spanned 11 local councils in states such as Borno, Yobe and Adamawa and reigned with absolute impunity over about 1.7 million people in those councils, according to the 2006 population figures. Insecurity was profound in the Northeast, infrastructure destroyed, farmlands were deserted, markets became desolated, schools were constantly violated and large-scale humanitarian crisis that still bites very hard today planted itself in the region. But that despicable part of the Nigerian history is fading away, giving room to a rising hope. And the country has its military—often maligned, yet celebrated—to thank for that. Brutal attacks on soft and military targets are...

Nigeria Police: DIGs to retire as AIG Adamu Mohammed emerges new IGP The presidency will on Tuesday announce the appointment of AIG Adamu Mohammed as the acting Inspector General of Police (IGP). An impeccable source told DAILY POST Monday night that Mohammed, an indigene of Nasarawa state, will take over from outgoing IGP, Ibrahim Idris. A presidency source had earlier confirmed to NAN that President Muhammadu Buhari had zeroed in on the senior officer. His elevation means that all Deputy Inspectors-General will retire from service. Recall that on June 21 2016, Buhari sacked DIGs when he named Idris as the IGP. He succeeded Solomon Arase who retired same day. Mohammed had served as the Commissioner Of Police in Enugu State. He was one time director of peacekeeping operations of the Force. He is currently the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone Five, in Benin, Edo State. Mohammed is also a directing staff member at the National Institute of policy and...

Government borrows N1.16 trillion from equity market Acting Head, Listing Business Division, Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Tony Ibeziako (left); Chief Executive Officer, Oscar Onyema, and Executive Director, Regulation, Tinuade Awe, during the 2018 Market Recap and Outlook for 2019 at the Exchange House, Lagos. • As NSE predict volatile half year To finance its fiscal and infrastructure deficits owing to paucity of funds, the Federal Government had borrowed about N1.16 trillion from the equities market in 2018, including the maiden N100 billion Sukuk designed to fund critical road network across the country.Furthermore, the government plans to borrow additional N1.65 trillion is year, half of it (N824.82 billion) from domestic sources, while 24.24 per cent or N2.14 trillion of its 2019 expenditure will be devoted to debt servicing, Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, had told journalists at the weekend. According to the Nigerian Sto...

Policy Imperatives for Diversity Management: Nigeria in Comparative Perspective By Ladipo Aadamolekun Diversity Management in Nigeria since 1954 – An Overview Nigeria was established as a federation in 1954 to accommodate the country’s ethno-linguistic differences: a central government sharing political power and national resources with three regional governments where each of the country’s three major ethno-linguistic groups (Hausa-Fulani, Igbo and Yoruba) was dominant. The federal system adopted (explicated in the country’s 1954 Constitution) was close to K. C. Wheare’s classical definition of the federal principle:  “the method of dividing powers so that the general [central] and regional governments are each within a sphere co-ordinate and independent”. This system was maintained with only minor modifications when a fourth region was created in 1963. Prof. Adamolekun In 1957, Prime Minister Balewa championed the adoption of a coalition government...

DDB Lagos’s historic feat as it emerges Nigeria’s most creative agency The mood was pensive, but festive at the same time, when advertising bigwigs gathered for the 13th edition of Lagos Advertising and Ideas Festival (LAIF) 2018, which recognises creative excellence in all areas of advertising and marketing communications. As the evening wore on, it was not clear which agency would take the day as quite a couple of industry top dogs such as Insight and SO&U were making a good showing along with the usual suspects, X3M Ideas and Noah’s Ark. The strong showing made by younger agencies such as Culture, Etuodi, BBDO and UpIntheSky also heightened the intense competition. However, if there was one agency that clearly demonstrated superior creative breadth and depth in diverse award-winning works, it was DDB Lagos. By the evening ended, DDB had yet again topped the overall list of creative agencies in Nigeria by winning the Grand Prix award for the acclaimed ‘Man in the Box...

Osinbajo and failed relocation orders to oil majors, Apapa trucks ‘NNPC must move to Niger Delta to encourage IOCs’ Tracking electoral promises by Nigerian politicians for their implementation could be a tricky affair. In most cases, those promises are not originally meant to be fulfilled; they are usually made on the spur of the moment to garner support and accolades from the swooning crowd. Once these politicians turn their back they hatch yet other promises to be made to the next crowd of supporters or victims. Whenever such politicians are called out, their handlers begin to spin a lot of tales in the guise of giving nuanced interpretations that contradict what was so obviously said. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has fallen into the same category of politicians. At least two of the promises or orders he made last year are yet to be fulfilled. The first was the order he gave to international oil companies to immediately relocate their headquarters to the Niger Delta. H...

Transfer: Ancelotti speaks on Koulibaly joining Man United Napoli manager, Carlo Ancelotti has insisted that his star defender, Kalidou Koulibaly, is not keen on leaving Italy. Reports this week claimed Koulibaly was desperate to leave Serie A after being the victim of racist abuse in Italy. Manchester United are considered to be in the fore of completing the transfer, with Napoli valuing the centre-back at over £90million. But Ancelotti dismissed the latest speculation and denied that Koulibaly was unhappy in Italy. “In England they write that Koulibaly can leave because of the problem of racism, I do not think so,” Metro UK quoted him as saying. “Koulibaly is happy in Naples, he’s upset like others, but it will not be a trigger for a goodbye. “He never showed it, he wants to stay in Naples and in Italy, a country he likes very much.’ United failed in an attempt to lure Koulibaly away from Napoli during the last summer transfer window, as the Italian club cl...

N171bn For Military, N22bn For Nigeria Airways… Check Out Buhari’s N422bn Package For Pensioners  The proposed 2019 budget submitted before the national assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari earmarks N422 billion for pensioners. Checks made by TheCable into the budget document showed that the military got the highest allocation at N171 billion while the civilian staff of the Defence Intelligence Academy got the lowest allocation at N224 million. The presidency also included N22.86 billion in the budget for settling ex-staff of the now-defunct Nigeria Airways. In 2018, the federal government had paid N22.6 billion, which is 50% of the total entitlement meant for the staff. The pension benefits of former presidents, vice presidents and military heads of states were pegged at N2.30 billion. Here is a breakdown of the benefits due to pensioners as listed in the proposed 2019 budget. source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/01/n171bn-for-milita...

Intrigues as new minimum wage faces uncertainty   [FILE] Minister of Labour and Productivity, Dr Chris Ngige Gloria Ehiaghe writes that the Federal Government’s reluctance to transmit the N30,000 new national minimum wage to the National Assembly, coupled with labour unions threats to shut down the country are among the intrigues plaguing the realisation of enhanced workers’ welfare in Nigeria. The clamour for a new wage, which effectively began in 2017, has dragged up to 2019, at the peak of the general elections, which would undoubtedly shift the attention of Nigerians, who are now eagerly awaiting who emerges president and governors in the 36 states of the federation in the next general elections. As it stands, the implementation of the new wage may not be feasible in the first quarter.The reality is that even when the bill is transmitted to the National Assembly on or before January 23, as claimed by the Federal Government, it will be subjected to public hearing a...