Star Boy Entertainment front man “Wizkid ” hints on what to expect from him as a gift for the new month.
He tags the new month the month of sweet love with the coming tune!
We can not calm down!!! Watch Snippet as tweeted by him few minutes ago
Tuesday 28 February 2017
Wizkid Releases “Sweet Love” Snippet
Star Boy Entertainment front man “Wizkid ” hints on what to expect from him as a gift for the new month.
He tags the new month the month of sweet love with the coming tune!
We can not calm down!!! Watch Snippet as tweeted by him few minutes ago
Maje Ayida's First Baby Mama, Crystal Cunningham Stuns In New Bikini Photos
Maje Ayida's first babymam, Crystal Cunningham shared these hot bikini photos on her Instagram.
Man Cries Out: " They Have Used My Destiny For Money Rituals"
Please save me from this ritual business people, they used my destiny for money ritual, they believe that no one can save me from them. Please come to my rescue
Senate to hold confirmation hearing for acting CJN on Wednesday
The senate will conduct a confirmation hearing for Walter Onnoghen, acting chief justice of Nigeria (CJN), on Wednesday. Senate President Bukola Saraki, who announced this on the floor of the upper legislative chamber, on Tuesday, said the exercise would take place at 11am.
Last Tuesday, Saraki read a letter from Acting President Yemi Osinbajo requesting the confirmation of Onnoghen as CJN. Onnoghen has been acting CJN since November 10, 2016 when Mahmud Mohammed, his predecessor, retired.
A controversy had brewed over President Muhammadu Buhari’s delay in sending his name to the senate for confirmation as CJN. But the tension was doused when news that the president had asked the senate to confirm him filtered in. Onnoghen’s tenure as acting CJN was due to elapse on February 10, but it was only two days before the time that the presidency communicated to the upper legislative chamber on his confirmation.
However, the senate could not consider the request because it was on a three-week recess. The National Judicial Council (NJC), which had nominated Onnoghen for the position, re-nominated him on February 9 – a day before the expiration of his three-month tenure. Onnoghen is from Cross River state. He is the only CJN from the south in 30 years.
Last Tuesday, Saraki read a letter from Acting President Yemi Osinbajo requesting the confirmation of Onnoghen as CJN. Onnoghen has been acting CJN since November 10, 2016 when Mahmud Mohammed, his predecessor, retired.
A controversy had brewed over President Muhammadu Buhari’s delay in sending his name to the senate for confirmation as CJN. But the tension was doused when news that the president had asked the senate to confirm him filtered in. Onnoghen’s tenure as acting CJN was due to elapse on February 10, but it was only two days before the time that the presidency communicated to the upper legislative chamber on his confirmation.
However, the senate could not consider the request because it was on a three-week recess. The National Judicial Council (NJC), which had nominated Onnoghen for the position, re-nominated him on February 9 – a day before the expiration of his three-month tenure. Onnoghen is from Cross River state. He is the only CJN from the south in 30 years.
Allegri wants more intensity from Juventus despite Coppa win
Massimiliano Allegri believes there is still more to come from Juventus, with the coach demanding greater intensity from his side despite the Serie A leaders putting one foot in the Coppa Italia final with Tuesday's 3-1 first-leg defeat of Napoli.
The holders came from behind to take control of the tie, with a pair of controversial Paulo Dybala penalties and a Gonzalo Higuain goal against his old club putting Juve in a dominant position after they recovered from Jose Callejon's superbly crafted opener.
Juve are now in a strong position to win the league and cup double for the third year in a row, but Allegri felt his side were below-par in the first half, when they fell behind to Napoli for the first time at Juventus Stadium, while using a back three.
"In the first half more than having the wrong system, we made too many mistakes in our passing, but nonetheless had plenty of chances and allowed Napoli very little," Allegri told Rai Sport.
"The first half was bad on a technical level, the second was much better. I don't think we played badly with three at the back, we must made too many mistakes in our passing, but it went very well after the break.
"I have to compliment the entire squad, as they played a fine second half and managed to come back despite going a goal down.
"Napoli are always dangerous and we finished the game on a high, so this bodes well for the future. I think we can improve a great deal in terms of intensity.
"I particularly wish to compliment Miralem Pjanic, someone who has really improved."
Napoli were left to lament arguable penalty decisions made by referee Paulo Valeri, with goalkeeper Pepe Reina particularly frustrated by the official's calls, which included a spot-kick against him for bringing down Juan Cuadrado despite getting a touch on the ball.
"We had a good first half, made Juve split apart and did our work," Reina told Rai Sport. "With the second-half incidents, everything changed. The result changed because of the referee's decisions. That is all.
"What am I supposed to do, disappear? If a player gets the ball, he gets the ball, end of story. Are players not supposed to touch the ball anymore? In my view, I moved the ball, so he either had to jump or get out of the way. In my view, people aren't talking enough about the penalty on [Raul] Albiol.
"That incident was definitely more of a penalty than the Cuadrado one. We must certainly learn and improve and play a better second half, but I am absolutely furious. It's not fair. The final result was changed by the refereeing decisions. That is all you can say.
Guti: I hope Barcelona eliminate PSG
Real Madrid great Guti revealed he wanted Barcelona to stage a remarkable comeback to beat Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League.
Luis Enrique's men are on the verge of a last-16 exit, trailing 4-0 on aggregate ahead of the second leg at Camp Nou on March 8.
But Guti, a Madrid great who won five LaLiga titles and three Champions Leagues with the club, hopes to see a comeback.
And the Madrid youth coach would also like to see Barca defender Gerard Pique, outspoken in his criticism of Real, be the hero.
"I want Barcelona to come back against PSG in the Champions League that way they won't be able to focus on LaLiga as much," he told El Chiringuito.
"I want Pique to score the fifth goal because he deserves it, he is the only one facing the situation head on, despite getting criticised by all sides."
Madrid are in control of their Champions League tie after a 3-1 win over Napoli in the first leg.
They are also a point clear of Barcelona atop LaLiga, and have a game in hand.
Keown: I wish Ibrahimovic joined Arsenal
Former Arsenal defender Martin Keown still laments Zlatan Ibrahimovic not joining the Premier League club in 2000.
Ibrahimovic, now starring at Manchester United, was once offered a trial by Arsene Wenger, but rejected it as insulting.
Keown, who was at Arsenal at the time and won three league titles with the club, rued the fact the Swede opted against making the move.
"I regret that Zlatan Ibrahimovic never joined Arsenal," he wrote in the Daily Mail.
"He visited the club in 2000 as a teenager and such was his physique and frame my team-mates joked that the Swede was coming to take my place at centre-back.
"Even then you could see Ibrahimovic had such a big presence. Now that he is thriving at Manchester United, the comparisons with Eric Cantona are inevitable."
Ibrahimovic has gone on to enjoy a trophy-laden career at the likes of Inter, Barcelona, AC Milan, Paris Saint-Germain and now United.
The striker led United to an EFL Cup success on Sunday, scoring a brace – including the match-winner – to take his tally to 26 goals in 38 matches in all competitions this season.
Keown said the comparisons to Cantona, a United great in the 1990s, were warranted.
"I man-marked Cantona for England against France and for Everton when he was at Leeds," he wrote.
"Although Cantona was an intelligent player, I never felt he was going to run away from me. When I could lock on to him, I knew I could deal with him.
"In a one-against-one situation Ibrahimovic has more. He is bigger, stronger and more powerful.
"Cantona unlocked the door for United’s success in his five seasons at the club. He will always be considered The King, but Ibrahimovic is helping to rescue United's reputation and make them great again."
Monday 27 February 2017
11-Month-Old Baby Raped By Her Uncle, As She Bleeds Endlessly
Reports circulating online is that An 11-Month old Baby (name withheld) is currently battling between life and death after She was raped by a 27-year-old Uncle, identified as Ibrahim, in Ijebu Igbo area of Ogun state.
It was gathered that the mother of the litttle child had dropped her off with the Ibrahim who lives next door in a bid to get some food stuffs in the nearby market.
Witnesses further disclosed that Ibrahim used his fingers to tamper with the child’s sexual organs while she was in a deep slumber before trying to penetrate with his manhood.
“It was at this point that we shouted an that attracted the attention of other neighbors”, and eye witness said
Further details are still sketchy. However, Ibrahim has been arrested and is currently helping the police with investigations.
It was gathered that the mother of the litttle child had dropped her off with the Ibrahim who lives next door in a bid to get some food stuffs in the nearby market.
Witnesses further disclosed that Ibrahim used his fingers to tamper with the child’s sexual organs while she was in a deep slumber before trying to penetrate with his manhood.
“It was at this point that we shouted an that attracted the attention of other neighbors”, and eye witness said
Further details are still sketchy. However, Ibrahim has been arrested and is currently helping the police with investigations.
CBN Sells $230 Million To 16 Banks, Boosts Financial Market
Sixteen banks shared in the $230 million foreign exchange (forex) mart by the Central Bank of Nigeria through the forward contract agreement.
This forms part of the fulfillment of the apex bank’s pledge to ensure liquidity in the interbank market under the latest policy announced last week.
Of the 16 financial institutions, 13 are commercial banks, one is a development financing establishment, while two are merchant banks.
An analysis of the auction’s participants showed that nine commercial banks and one merchant got $162.85 million at bid rates ranging from N325/$ to N360/$, while six others got $58.52 million at bid rates between N315/$ and N320/$.
However, the first 10 banks with a total request of $162.85 million in the forwards contract have the maturity date of March 27, 2017, while the other six have a maturity date of April 24, 2017.
Consequently, the parallel market strengthened to N460 per dollar, its highest level in more than three months, following the series of interventions by the apex bank.
Last week, the regulator offered $500 million in 60-day forward contract, but ended up selling $370 million, as some banks could not back up their bids with naira equivalent or provisions.
A sub-Saharan economist for RenCap, Yvonne Mhango, said: “There are rays of light in Nigeria’s outlook…foreign reserves have risen over 20 per cent to $29 billion and a more comfortable CBN has this week announced changes to its foreign exchange policy and injected more dollars into the local market. Since Monday (February 20), the parallel market rate has strengthened,” she said.
Research analyst at FXTM, Lukman Otunuga, said that though Monday’s new foreign exchange policy, which made more dollar available for the few at 20 per cent above the official rate is already easing some pressures, it does little to solve the major problem of multiple exchanges.
According to Otunuga, Nigeria’s five adopted exchanges continue to add to the uncertainty with both firms and investors constantly left confused. The bearish combination of depressed oil prices, foreign exchange scarcity and tepid economic fundamentals continue to expose the Nigerian economy to downside risks.
Analysts at Afrinvest said: “In our view, while the implementation of the revised foreign exchange market guideline has been greeted with much optimism, we do not believe this move can sustainably address the lingering foreign exchange liquidity challenges in the economy without relaxing forex rate peg and review of list of items ineligible for forex transactions in the parallel market.”
More Youths To Be Gainfully Employed In 2017 says FG
The Secretary to Government of the Federation, Mr Babachir Lawal, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is laying a solid foundation for the future generation through his leadership style.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Lawal, who spoke at a roundtable with top government officials in Owerri on Saturday, said that by no fewer than one million youth will be gainfully employed by year end.
The SGF was in Owerri on Friday where he was conferred with a Fellowship at the 5th Convocation of Imo State Polytechnic, Umuagwo.
He said Buhari’s administration was not witch-hunting anybody, but wanted to ensure that impunity and corruption were eradicated in the country.
Lawal said the Federal Government had already engaged over 30,000 youths through its numerous programmes and job creation, adding that one million youths would be gainfully employed before the end of 2017.
He said the president inherited a lot of challenges ranging from insecurity to corruption, adding that the situation needed support and patience to fix the economy.
He said that everybody must join hand to rediscover the nation and to put it back to where it rightfully belong.
He said, “We have commenced a new journey of rapid and sustainable economic growth that will usher us prosperity despite all the challenges.
“Our economy should have been among the strongest in the world if not for the high level of corruption which is more evident in key sectors like education and health care delivery.”
The SGF said the administration had recorded huge success since it started the fight against corruption and had prosecuted many public office holders.
He added that the Whistleblowing policy had helped the administration recovered millions of naira from corrupt Nigerians, adding that the huge sum would be reinvested to boost the economy.
Lawal said that government was aware of the pains Nigerians were passing through. He assured that government was doing everything possible to address it.
“This government has introduced diversification policy and very soon we will begin to witness changes as we have witnessed in rice and wheat production,” he said.
Gov. Rochas Okorocha said that this was not the time for Nigerians to weep or complain in the struggle for nationhood, but a time to comply.
According to him, Nigeria must write the history of this recession, just like other advanced nation did in their own struggle to greatness.
Okorocha further said Buhari’s main job was not to build skyscrapers but to lay a solid foundation for other successors to build.
He said Nigerians should continue to pray for the president as his emergence was divine and the purpose must be fulfilled.
Okrocha also admonished youths to de-emphasize the search for civil service jobs, but to see agriculture as the fastest means to create wealth.
Buhari’s P.A Blasts Dele Momodu For Crediting Osinbajo
Personal Assistant to President Buhari on social media, Lauretta Onochie, has lampooned Dele Momodu for crediting Acting President Yemi Osinbajo with the improvements in foreign exchange and engagement with the public.
Momodu had praised Osinbajo for charting a new path for the country in his weekly column tagged “Pendulum”.
Onochie, however, disagreed with him, saying “its sad Dele Momodu is clever by half”
On her twitter handle, Lauretta wrote “With a mindset like this, it’s not hard to work out that Dele Momodu is too clever by half. If he does not understand “Team”, how can he understand “Team Spirit”?
“The President and the Acting President have a great understanding of what it means to be a team. They respect, consult and collaborate with each other. Sync”.
Dele Momodu is used to the “Leaders behaving badly” ways of leadership where deputies do not dare breathe without the permission of the Principal.
I have no doubt that Dele Momodu runs his Corruption-friendly business empire that way. He decides alone and imposes on his staff.
The difference between Buhari/Osinbajo and Jonathan/What’s his name, administrations is not only the anti and pro-corruption. One is a team, the other wasn’t.
While Nigerians are applauding the cohesive team spirit that exits between our President and our VP, Dele Momodu is using it to earn his keep from his corrupt friends.
It’s common knowledge that under this administration, all businesses whose foundation was built on corruption, will collapse. Did I hear a loud OVATION?
As an image maker and a friend of the corrupt especially of those who raped our nation, has Dele Momodu stopped to ask where his fees are coming from? Stolen funds?
Dele Momodu must borrow some common sense from some of our youth who are educated and who know the meaning of “Team”. Here’s one from Japheth J Omojuwa.
It’s not lost on Nigerians that Dele Momodu helped to encourage corruption by providing a platform for our corrupt nouveau rich to massage their corrupt ego.
Dele Momodu has taken a stand for corruption. He must now understand that the respect that exists between our two leaders, is stronger than his love for the corrupt.
Nigerians are learning again, that a President can delegate to the Vice so the benefit will go to Nigerians, not just to them.
Dele Momodu can no longer hide his disdain for the war on corruption. But joining accidental Social Media practitioners in this way is to say the least, sickening!
One thing is certain. Nigerians are learning from a credible team that great respect, friendship, collaboration and consultations are possible between workmates”.
Say “No’ To Dele Momodu’s divisive stance. It’s selfish, self-centred and egocentric. He alone, stands to gain. END. Thanks for retweeting”
EmmaEmma Nyra’s Stunning Look At The BBNaija Eviction Show
Beautiful Emma Nyra’s stunning look at the Big Brother Naija Eviction show on Sunday.
Emma Nyra opened the Big Brother Live eviction show on Sunday night as she performed one of her new songs.
The all white outfit was styled by celebrity designer, Swanky Jerry.
Stop Praising Osinbajo, Nothing Like ‘Osinbajo Administration’ – APC Group
The All Progressives Congress, APC, Youths Renaissance has insisted that President Muhammadu Buhari is the head of the current administration.
The group, therefore, warned those referring to the government as ‘Osinbajo administration’ to stop forthwith.
A statement by Collins Edwin, National Secretary, APC Youths Renaissance, noted with dismay the “attempts by some Nigerians and their collaborators in the media to create crisis of confidence and severe the smooth working relationships between President Muhammadu Buhari and the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo through unnecessary praises and accolades”.
It said since President Buhari left Nigeria for London in January, prominent Nigerians and organisations had formed the habit of making superficial praises of the successes achieved by the APC-led Federal Government under the watch of President Muhammadu Buhari, in which Professor Osinbajo is standing-in for him in Acting Capacity.
“We are using this medium to educate these professional merchants of conflicts that there is nothing like Osinbajo Administration in this regime, but the Buhari Administration.
“Hence, whatever successes achieved by anybody, whether by Professor Yemi Osinbajo or any of the Ministers serving under the four-year mandate given to our great party by Nigerians, the credit should go to the Buhari Administration.
“We will henceforth view anyone who still indulge in this balonious habbit of making sycophantic praises and ascribing credits to an individual against the administration as unveiled enemy of the Nigerian people who do not want peace in our leadership”.
Check out beautiful photos of popular Actress
Popular Nigerian actress, Fathia Balogun‘s sister, Stella Williams and her beau tied in holy matrimony at a low-key traditional wedding that took place yesterday.
Check out photos from the traditional wedding below;
Check out photos from the traditional wedding below;
Sunday 26 February 2017
At 93rd birthday bash, Robert Mugabe says hewon't quit
Zimbabwe's PresidentRobert Mugabehas marked his 93rd birthday with lavish celebrations, addressing his own mortality in a speech, but showing no signs of quitting politics.Thousands of government supporters, some wearing clothing adorned with Mugabe's imagein younger days,converged in Matabeleland for Saturday's birthday bash and show of strength for the ruling ZANU-PF party.Also wearing a multi-coloured suit emblazonedwith his own image and dark glasses, Mugabe, the world's oldest head of state, told the crowd he had no intention of stepping down."People who arebusy forming their own groupings saying 'Mr Mugabe must go'. I ask myself where should I go?" Mugabe, who has been inpower for 37 years, said in a speech that wasbroadcast on state radio and television.Speaking for over an hour, Mugabe said he would not impose his successor and that if ZANU-PF party felt he should retire, it would hold an extraordinary congress to choose a new leader."Others are saying 'President, choose a successor before you retire'. Is that not imposition? Me imposing someone on the party? No, I don'twant that," Mugabe said."This is an issue for the congressto choose. We can have an extraordinary congress if the president retires, but you said I should be your candidate in the next election."His hands gripping the podium, Mugabespoke slowly. He said that at times he felt alone, but that he has a"mission" and"mandate" asZimbabwe's leader and appealed for theruling party to overcome its divisions."It's not always easy to predict that, although you are alive this year, you will be alive nextyear," he said."It does not matter how healthy you might feel. The decision that you continue to live and enjoy life is that of onepersonality we call the Almighty God."
Saturday 25 February 2017
Why I Specialize In Sucking Private Parts Of Children – 83-Year-Old Man Confesses
Agaba Ada has confessed to defiling minors in Benue State.Ada, who hails from Ohimini Local Government Area of the state was caught in the act on Saturday night.A source privy to the incident told DAILY POST on Sunday that the suspect had undressed a 5-year-old girl and was ‘feeding on’ her private part when the child’s mother, Blessing Agbo, (the suspect’s neighbour) walked into the scene.The source said, “The mother raised the alarm and neighbours trooped in.“We asked the girl (names withheld) how the incident played out and she insisted it was not the first time.“The minor said sometimes, the suspect will call her and her peers, make them lay on the bed and suck them one after the other. When he is done, ‘he will turn his eyes into a ‘fore-sight’ mode and tell us never to tell anyone.“The girl added that sometimes, ‘the suspect will bring his cat and warn us thatif we ever disclose it to anyone, the cat willeat us up’.“But when we asked the man, he cried andsaid he derives joy in the act and it is the reason he lived this long,” the source added.Speaking further, the source said the suspect confessed to be a ‘man of the under world’ and that his covenant was to involve in the act and he will be rewarded with long life.“We called the elders who summoned the suspect. We don’t have any idea what will be done to him but this is devilish. Who knows how many more ills he has done in our village.“The victim pointed out the other children who the man had also defiled and they confessed one after another”, the source added.According to DAILY POST who spoke withthe mother of the victim who said she could not talk as she was still in shock.Also, an elder in the community, David Ogbole told our correspondent that the matter was being looked into.He said it was a shameful act and the suspect will be dealt with accordingly but “this is not a police case,” Ogbole added.Meanwhile, when contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, ASPMoses Yamu, told our reporter that the command was not officially aware of the incident.He added, “Yesterday? I haven’t got that report officially yet.“As soon as we are informed officially, I will get back to you.”
No More 2nd Choice In JAMB!!See Reasons From JAMB
Fabian Benjamin, JAMB’s Head of Media and Information, told Premium Times on Saturday that the choice of public universities was restricted to one but candidates can choose as many colleges of education and polytechnics as they want.The new measure by the board means that candidates may select a public university and a private university, but not two public universities.Mr. Benjamin said that the Board took the restrictions because candidates hardly getadmissions into their second and third choice universities.He said: “Yes we restricted the choice to one but candidates can choose as many colleges or polytechnics,”“We discovered it was of no use choosing a university as second choice when in actual sense they can’t even accommodate their first choices,”
Friday 24 February 2017
EUROPA LEAGUE ROUND OF 16
Man Utd♦ Draw Rostov in Europa League🏆 Last 16
Manchester United have been drawn against Russian club Rostov in the last 16 of the Europa League.
Jose Mourinho's men reached the knockout stage with a 4-0 aggregate victory over Saint-Etienne, having finished runners-up in their group, and they are the only Premier League club remaining in the competition after Tottenham were eliminated on Thursday.
Europa League last 16 draw in full:
🔰Celta Vigo vs Krasnodar
🔰APOEL vs Anderlecht
🔰Schalke vs Borussia Monchengladbach
🔰Lyon vs Roma
🔰Rostov vs Manchester United
🔰Olympiacos vs Besiktas
🔰Gent vs Genk
🔰Kobenhavn vs Ajax
Manchester United have been drawn against Russian club Rostov in the last 16 of the Europa League.
Jose Mourinho's men reached the knockout stage with a 4-0 aggregate victory over Saint-Etienne, having finished runners-up in their group, and they are the only Premier League club remaining in the competition after Tottenham were eliminated on Thursday.
Europa League last 16 draw in full:
🔰Celta Vigo vs Krasnodar
🔰APOEL vs Anderlecht
🔰Schalke vs Borussia Monchengladbach
🔰Lyon vs Roma
🔰Rostov vs Manchester United
🔰Olympiacos vs Besiktas
🔰Gent vs Genk
🔰Kobenhavn vs Ajax
Woman Sells Housemaid’s 2-Week-Old Baby To Widow For N600,000
Delta State Police have arrested a 43-year-old Ngozi Ojei and Ewere Samuel (20) for selling a two-week-old baby girl to a widow for N600,000.Samuel is the mother of the baby. Samuel gave birth to the baby girl while she was Ojei’s housemaid in Aba, Abia State.But because Samuel could not identify the person who impregnated her, she and Ojeiagreed to sell the baby to avoid keeping a bastard child. They sold the baby late January to a woman simply identified as awidow.Parading them alongside suspected armed robbers, kidnappers and traffickersat the command headquarters in Asaba yesterday, the Commissioner of Police, Zanna Ibrahim, said in November 2016, Ojei asked Loveth Ojie to help her get a housemaid before she brought Samuel.“In January 2017, the said Ngozi Ojie came to Ekwuoma (in Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State) to see the mother of Ewere Samuel after which she took her to Aba.“The said Ewere Samuel delivered a babygirl and the suspect sold the child. The suspect confessed selling the baby for N600,000,” the commissioner explained.But Ojei said she and the mother of the baby girl got N250,000 each from the proceeds.While Ibrahim said investigation was ongoing, Ojei’s husband, Mr. Edwin Ojei (50), of No. 22, MCC Osisioma Ngwa, Abia State, who was paraded alongside his wife, said:“I only came home for burial when I was arrested.”
Thursday 23 February 2017
We’ve injected over$16bn into Nigerian operations —MTN Group
LAGOS— Despite the challenges arising from the N330 billion fine imposed on it by Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, last year, MTN Group said, yesterday, it had so far injected over $16 billion in its operations in the country.Chairman/Chief Executive of MTN Group,Mr. Phuthuma Freedom Nhleko, disclosed this when he led a high level delegation to NCC headquarters in Abuja.Nhleko, who was received by the Executive Vice Chairman, EVC, of the commission, Prof Umar Danbatta, and his team, said the group had faith in Nigeria and would be willing to invest more in the sector in the years tocome.“We had challenges in the past, during the period of the fine, and weare grateful for the role the commission played towards an amicable resolution,” he said.Nhleko, whose visit to the NCC management was a valedictory one as he steps down as Group Chairman in March, said: “We have a very long way to go and so ask for spectrum which is the oxygen and life blood to navigate this long and tedious investment journey. Without spectrum, the sector will suffocate.”Nhleko specifically solicited more spectrum allocation and a release of the one that belonged to Visafone, which equityshares MTN acquired in 2015.In his response, Prof. Danbatta said: “I like to state that our word is ourcovenant. When we take decisions, we are concerned about the stability of the industry and there is no way we can guarantee it without considering the dominant status of MTN and its obligations.“If the dominant status isbecoming stringent, we are open to engagement,we will be guided by what is happening in the market to ensure the growth and developmentof the sector.“The sector has contributed very well to the National Gross Domestic Product, GDP, and has shown remarkable resilience in this recession.”Danbatta said the NCC made a case for relaxingfiscal policies towards the sector to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, adding that the CBN governor was favorably disposed to request and further engagement, especially towards majorplayers who desired to import equipment to aid deployment of broadband infrastructureservices and others.
ECOWAS plans technology hubs to address unemployment
Abuja – ECOWAS says it is developing an information technology “innovation hubs” in member states to address unemployment in the region.ECOWAS Commissioner for Telecommunications and Information Technologies, Dr Isaias Barreto da Rosa, disclosed this in Abuja on Friday.He said that the regional bloc was concerned withdeveloping projects and initiatives that “touch thelives of its citizens”.‘’We have this project which is the innovation hub; we have many talented young people in West Africa and our unemployment rate is very high.“If we manage to train some of them in entrepreneurship, this can be of assistance so that they can start their small ICT-based business.“We do believe that our young people can develop solutions and products, put them online and sell to a market of not just 300 million people but seven billion people.“That is why we have this youth entrepreneurship initiative to promote the establishment of the youth innovation hubs all over our 50-member-states so that we can assist young people with their business ideas, especially ICT-based business ideas.”The ECOWAS commissioner said that the project launched in 2016 was to complement existing youth initiative programmes in member states.He said that the commission was also working with governments of memberstates to promote the establishment of these hubs.“We are working with governments to promotethe establishment of these hubs through equipment, training, organisation and competition.“We will select those young people who have innovative ideas and givethem training; and try to sponsor some activities they intend to implementso they can move ahead with their ideas,” he said.According to him, the commission will work with the private and development partners to facilitate the process.
Big Brother Naija: Why Reality Show Must Stop Airing Immediately – Group
A group, Nigerian Project for Human Development, NPHD, has joined others voices calling for the termination of popular Reality Show, Big Brother Naija.The group has petitioned the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, the Presidency and the Nigerian public that the airing Big brother Naija be stopped.Recall that a Lagos lawmaker, Segun Olulade yesterday advised the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on the negative implications of Big Brother Naija on the nation’s cultureand youths.But in a statement by its coordinator, Dr. Mojisola Araba, NPHD claimed that the petition to cancel Big Brother Naija had gathered 10,000 signatures.According to the group, the “Petition has collected 10,000 signatures from concerned Nigerians to cancel the Reality TV Show ‘Big Brother Naija.’”It added, “The on-going TV Reality show, Big Brother Nigeria is indeed a corruption of TV Reality shows.“The Nigerian public is complaining about the moral perversity in the House of the Big Brother Nigeria.“In one episode last two weeks or so, the inmates were shown openly kissing and caressing one another. This is a celebration of obscenity, eroticism and idleness.“More importantly, it is a big mockery of Nigerian culture and tradition. Since the inmates are Nigerians, they should have been projecting the Nigerian cultural heritage. But instead of doing that, they are bastardizing it.“When Endernol, the Dutch, first conceivedthe idea of BBA in 1997, open kissing and caressing by the inmates and celebration of obscenity were never considered by him.“Even the TV Reality shows in other countries do not contain the obscenity we are watching in the on-going Big Brother Nigeria. There is a great danger in importing the destructive foreign lifestyle to Nigeria.“Explicit sexual overtures which appeal to the prurient interest in sex, damages a country’s moral ecology in an analogous way in which oil pollutant damages a country’s ecology.“The biggest tragedy of the on-going Big Brother Nigeria is that our children also glued to the TV screen watching it. Children are our future.“Therefore we should protect them from lewd exposure, which might prevent their growth into free, independent and well-developed citizens.“The Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC) must live up to its bidding as a bodycharged with controlling, monitoring, regulating the electronic media and monitoring of satellite transmission in Nigeria. Our TV stations cannot become dumping grounds for all sorts of immoral programs.“NBC must stop the airing of Big Brother Nigeria now.”
FG working towards ensuring every Nigerian owns house in 3 years’
ILORIN-Federal government on Thursday said it has concluded arrangements to ensure that every Nigerian owns house within the next three years by ensuring that it built 16-17 million units houses every year across the states of the federation for public and private workers . The Minister of State, Power, Works and Housing, Hon. Mustapha Baba Shehuri who made the disclosure in Ilorin, Kwara state capital said the project which will be achieved under a Public-Private Partnership arrangement has reached an advanced stage in terms of implementation. Hon Sheuri said this at the official commissioning of 250 housing estate units financed by the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria(FMBN) and developed by Kam- Abioye Nigeria Limited located along Bala-Eiyenkorin road, Ilorin, the state capital. According to the minister,”The Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing will continue to strive at meeting the challenges of housing deficit in Nigeria,which has been put at 16-17million units.” “Indeed,the Ministry’s plan to build several housing units in every state of the federation for public and private workers every year,over the next three years,under a Public-Private Partnership arrangement has reached an advanced stage in terms of implementation”. He said this became necessary because, “Every government has the responsibility of addressing the welfare of its citizens in all possible ways.It is in this context that it has been a matter of priority for the President Muhamamdu Buhari led administration to provide affordable housing for the teeming Nigeria’s populace”. The Minister who said that, “National Housing models have been designed and approved for each six geo political zones of the country added that,”he design of the housing units is based on the cultural diversities and climatic conditions in the choice of the houses and in line with the present administration’s vision of standardizing building materials to boost local content by encouraging our artisans and craftsmen as well as the creation of employment”. While noting further that, “the 250 housing units being commissioned today are equipped with basic amenities required for a decent life”,the minister stressed that, ‘the developer has done a good job and it is my humble prayer that the beneficiaries will make good use of these facilities to ensure the accomplishment of the lofty objectives for which huge expenditures were incurred by the government’. Hon. Shehuri also pointed that, “the FMBN being the apex mortgage institution in Nigeria has a major role to play in the realization of the aspirations of many Nigerians towards owning a home through mortgage,stressing that,“I am please to re-affirm the resolve of this administration to recapitalize the bank to the tune of N500billion which will no doubt reposition the bank to adequately and efficiently carry out its mandate under the National Housing programme of this administration in order to make the lower class nigerians own houses easily. The Acting Managing Director/Chief executive of Federal Mortgage Bank,Mr Richard Esin in his address said at the occasion that ,the Federal government has approved loan of N5M and below by National Housing
[the_ad_placement id="before-content"] Fund(NHF)for prospective house owners,”thus loan applicants will not be required to make down payment of 10% of the house price”anymore. He stressed,”in addition,the cost of mortgage perfection which usually adds another 10% to the upfront costs will be capitalised and repaid gradually over a period of five years.The effect of these concessions reduces initial ownership costs by at least 20%” According to him,”These steps are in pursuit of the business focus of the bank which is targeted at providing affordable mortgages to promote home ownership among the mass and middle income market segments in Nigeria” He added that,”The targetted average price per unit of house to meet the need of these customer markets is estimated at N5M per unit” “To achieve this price target,FMBN is collaborating with developers for large scale housing delivery at city/district scale based on the National Housing Model driven by the federal ministry of power,works and housing”
Wayne Rooney's agent doing 'due diligence' over China deal -source
Wayne Rooney's agent, Paul Stretford, is inChina to assess the options open to the Manchester United forward should he leave Old Trafford at the end of the season, a source has told ESPN FC.Stretford, who is also attending to business relating to his China-based multi-media company, Red Lantern, has spent time speaking to interested Chinese Super League clubs, with sources telling ESPN FC that "due diligence" is required before any decision is made over a possible movethere by Rooney.Sources continue to insist that any move before the Feb. 28 transfer deadline remains highly unlikely, with Rooney determined to ensure that any potential departure from United is the correct one for his family.The 31-year-old has yet to be told by United that he can leave Old Trafford, but having lost his regular starting position under Jose Mourinho, he is aware of interest from several overseas clubs.Sources told ESPN FC on Wednesday thatRooney wants to stay at United until the end of the seasonand help the club pursuesilverware on three fronts before considering a move to the CSL or Major League Soccer.A move to MLS is a possibility, although such a deal would prove difficult to negotiate if United demand a fee for a player whose £300,000-a-week contract runs until June 2018.CSL clubs areallowed only five foreign players on the books, with one of the five having to belong to a country from within the Asian Football Confederation, andjust three may play in any one game.Two top-flight clubs -- Jiangsu Suning and Beijing Guoan -- currently have an available space for an overseas player, butJiangsu boss Fabio Cannavaro has said his club does not plan to pursue a deal for Rooney, while the BBC reported that Beijing are not interested.
Driver charged with killing baby strapped on mother’s back
A 25-year-old truck driver, Rasaq Ibrahim, who allegedly hit and killed a year old baby strapped on her mother’sback, on Thursday got a N250,000 bail.Magistrate Y.R. Pinheiro,who granted the bail in Ikeja, ordered the accused to produce two sureties in like sum.She held that one of the sureties must be a landed property owner.Pinheiro adjourned the case to Feb. 27 for mention.Ibrahim, whose address is unknown, had pleaded not guilty to a three-count charge bordering on dangerous driving andmanslaughter.Earlier, the prosecutor, Insp. Mathew Akhaluode,told the court that the accused drove recklessly and knocked down the baby and her mother as she was hawking bread.Akhaluode said that the baby, Limota Kamarudeen, died instantly while her mother, Tawa, sustained injuries.The prosecutor said that Ibrahim, who drove a commercial Volvo truck, committed the offences on Feb. 5 on Ajibula Street, Ogunwemimo Junction, Mafoluku, Oshodi.“A team of traffic workers rushed to the scene and took the lifeless body of the baby and her injured mother to a hospital,’’ he said.According to him, the offences contravene Sections 19, 20 and 34 ofthe Road Traffic Law of Lagos State, 2011.
Tuesday 21 February 2017
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Lionel Messi Wants Three Players Gone Before Signing New Barcelona Contract (Guess Who)
Lionel Messiwants three players to leaveBarcelonabefore he signs a new contract, the Daily Express reports.The names in question are Jeremy Mathieu, Ander Gomes and Lucas Digne who Messi feels have not lived up to expectations this season, and would also reportedly like Luis Enrique to be replace at the end of the current campaign.Digne signed from PSG in the summer buthas toiled when picked over Jordi Alba.Messi is close friends with Alba and reckons manager Luis Enrique is wrong totrust him so often.Andre Gomes is another Enrique signing that Barcelona’s No 10 wants gone.The midfielder arrived with big expectations but, despite having Enrique’s backing, does not have the support of his team-mates.
Ideye joins Mikel in China
Olympiakosstriker Brown Ideye is being lined up for a move to China with Tianjin Teda before the close of the transfer window, sources close to the player have told ESPN FC.Chinese Super League clubs are scouring all over the world for new players before their transfer window closes later this week, ahead of the start of the new season next month.Tianjin Teda have been searching for a new striker to finalise their squad ahead of the new season kicking off and have targeted a move forNigeria international Ideye.Ideye has been at Olympiakos since the summer of 2015 after joining the club followinga disappointing one-year spell in the Premier League with West Bromwich Albion.The 28-year-old was West Brom’s then-recordclub signing when he joined them in 2014 fromDynamo Kiev, but he failed to hit the heights atthe Hawthorns.Ideye scored seven goals in 31 appearances in all competitions for West Brom before he leftto join Olympiakos, and he has got his career back in track in Greece.The powerful striker scored 13 goals in his debut season to help Olympiakos win the Greek Super League and he has surpassed that this season with 15 goalsin all competitions.Tianjin Teda have made an offer to Olympiacos for Ideye, sources said, adding that they have already agreed personal terms with the player over the possible move.Tianjin Teda signed Ideye’s Nigerian teammate John Obi Mikel from Chelsea during the January transfer window and they are now hoping to add Ideye as their latest marquee signing.
NIGERIAN AIR FORCE 2017 RECRUITMENT EXERCISE
The Zonal Screening for the Nigerian Air Force 2017 Recruitment Exercise is scheduled to commence on23 February 2017at the following centres:a. Nigerian Air Force Base, Makurdi.
b. 303 MAG Nigerian Air Force, Ilorin.
c. Sam Ethnan Air Force Base, Ikeja – Lagos.
d. 155 Nigerian Air Force Base, Enugu.
e.115 Special Operations Group, Nigerian Air Force, Port-Harcourt.
f. 107 Air Maritime Group, Nigerian Air Force Benin.
g. Nigerian Air Force Base, Kawo – Kaduna.
h.403 Flying Training School, Kano.
i.105 Composite Group Nigerian Air Force Base, Maiduguri.
j.209 Quick Response Group, Ipetu-Ijesha.
k.119 Forward Operation Base Mabera, Sokoto.
l.103 Strike Group, Nigerian Air Force, Yola.
m.451 Nigerian Air Force Station, Jos.
n. 251 Nigerian Air Force Base, Bauchi.Only candidates who have received SMS are to report with the original of their credentials to the centres for screening.
b. 303 MAG Nigerian Air Force, Ilorin.
c. Sam Ethnan Air Force Base, Ikeja – Lagos.
d. 155 Nigerian Air Force Base, Enugu.
e.115 Special Operations Group, Nigerian Air Force, Port-Harcourt.
f. 107 Air Maritime Group, Nigerian Air Force Benin.
g. Nigerian Air Force Base, Kawo – Kaduna.
h.403 Flying Training School, Kano.
i.105 Composite Group Nigerian Air Force Base, Maiduguri.
j.209 Quick Response Group, Ipetu-Ijesha.
k.119 Forward Operation Base Mabera, Sokoto.
l.103 Strike Group, Nigerian Air Force, Yola.
m.451 Nigerian Air Force Station, Jos.
n. 251 Nigerian Air Force Base, Bauchi.Only candidates who have received SMS are to report with the original of their credentials to the centres for screening.
REVEALED! 9 things to do in your 20s to become a millionaire before 30
At a time when the recession is biting harder than ever, there is nothing great than having to learn on or two secrets ofwealth, especially how to acquire it at anearly age.“In a free-market economy, anyone can make as much money as they want,”emphasizes self-made millionaire Steve Siebold, who has also studied over 1,200 of the world’s wealthiest people.And it’s never too early to start.To help you reach the seven-figure markby 30, we have rounded up 9 important nuggets of advice from people who became millionaires at a young age, as well as those who have studied hundreds of self-made millionaires.That one would become a millionaire cannot be quaranteed, but doing these things won’t hurt your odds.1. Focus on earning“In today’s economic environment you cannot save your way to millionaire status,” writes Grant Cardone, who went from broke and in debt at 21 to self-made millionaire by 30. “The first step is to focus on increasing your income in increments and repeating that.“My income was $3,000 a month and nine years later it was $20,000 a month. Start following the money, and it will force you to control revenue and see opportunities.”Earning more money is often easier saidthan done, but most people have options. Read about 50 ways to bring in additional income, some high-paying jobs you can do on the side, how you can earn passive income, and the first step to take before starting any business, from an entrepreneur who earns up to $170,000 a month.2. Develop multiple streams of incomeOne way to earn more is to increase your streams of income. In author Thomas C. Corley’s five-year study of self-made millionaires, he found that many of them develop multiple streams of income: 65% had three streams, 45% had four streams, and 29% had five or more streams. These additional streamsinclude real-estate rentals, stock market investments, and part-ownership in a side business.“Three streams of income seems to be the magic number for the self-made millionaires in my Rich Habits study, butthe more income streams you can create in life, the more secure will your financial house be,”he writes.3. Save to invest, don’t save to saveWrites Cardone:“The only reason to save money is to invest it. Put your saved money into secured, sacred (untouchable) accounts. Never use theseaccounts for anything, not even an emergency. This will force you to continue to follow step one (increase income). To this day, at least twice a year, I am broke because I always investmy surpluses into ventures I cannot access.”Investing is not as complicated or daunting as we make it out to be. The simplest starting point is to contribute toyour 401(k) if your employer offers one, and take full advantage of your company’s 401(k) match program — which is essentially free money — if it has one.Next, consider contributing money toward a Roth IRA or traditional IRA, individual retirement accounts with different contribution limits and tax structures — which one you can use depends on your income. If you still have money left over, you can research low-cost index funds, which Warren Buffett recommends, and look into the online-investment platforms known as “robo-advisers.”The key to consistently setting aside money is to make it automatic. That way, you’ll never even see the money you’re contributing and you’ll learn to live without it.4. Don’t show off — show up“I didn’t buy my first luxury watch or car until my businesses and investments were producing multiple secure flows of income,” writes Cardone. “I was still driving a Toyota Camry when I had become a millionaire. Be known for yourwork ethic, not the trinkets that you buy.”Need inspiration to save more and spend less? Read up on tips and strategies from regular people who saved enough of their incomes to retire before 40.5. Change your mindset about money“Getting rich begins with the way you think and what you believe about making money,”self-made millionaire Steve Siebold explains.At the end of the day,“The secret has always been the same: thinking,” he emphasizes. While the masses believe becoming wealthy is out of their control, rich people know that making money is really an inside job.”6. Invest in yourself“The safest investment I’ve ever made isin my future,”writes Tucker Hughes, who became a millionaire at 22.“Read at least 30 minutes a day, listen to relevant podcasts while driving and seekout mentors vigorously. You don’t just need to be a master in your field, you need to be a well-rounded genius capable of talking about any subject whether it is financial, political or sports related. Consume knowledge like air andput your pursuit of learning above all else.”Many modern-day successful and wealthy people are voracious readers. Take Warren Buffett, for example, who estimates that 80% of his working day isdedicated to reading.7. Set goals and visualize achieving themIf you want to make more money, you have to have a clear goal and then a specific plan for how to achieve that goal. Money won’t just appear — you have to work at it.Rich people choose to commit to attaining wealth. It takes focus, courage,knowledge, and a lot of effort, self-made millionaire T. Harv Eker emphasizes, and it’s possible if you have precise goals and a clear vision:“The number one reason most people don’t get what they want is that they don’t know what they want. Rich people are totally clear that they want wealth.”8. Hang out with people you admireAndrew Carnegie, who started with nothing before becoming the richest man in the US, credits all of his riches toone principle: the Master Mind.The idea is to surround yourself with talented people who share your vision, because the alignment of several smart and creative minds is exponentially more powerful than just one.Plus, we become like the people we associate with, which is why the rich tend to associate with others who are rich.“In most cases, your net worth mirrors the level of your closest friends,”explains Siebold.“Exposure to people who are more successful than you are has the potential to expand your thinking and catapult your income. The reality is, millionaires think differently from the middle class about money, andthere’s much to be gained by being in their presence.”9. Shoot for $10m, not $1m“The single biggest financial mistake I’ve made was not thinking big enough,”writes Cardone.“I encourage you to go for more than a million. There is no shortage of money on this planet, only a shortage of people thinking big enough.”Source: Business Insider.
Update: Don’t expect me back any time soon, says Buhari to Nigerians
ABUJA-President Mohammadu Buhari has said that he needed a longer period of time to rest in London, United Kingdom where he had gone on medical vacation.The import of this is that the president should not be expected back to Nigeria any time soon.The president said the need to further rest in London was necessitated by the series of medical tests he had run.He however expressed gratitude to Nigerians who have been praying for him, saying that therewas no cause for alarm.The president’s appreciation was contained in a brief statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina.The statement read thus:“President Muhammadu Buhari thanks millions of Nigerians who have been sending good wishes and praying for his health and well-being in mosques and churches throughout the country.“The President is immensely grateful for the prayers, show of loveand concern.“President Buhari wishesto reassure Nigerians that there is no cause forworry.“During his normal annual checkup, tests showed he needed a longer period of rest, necessitating the President staying longer than originally planned.”Meanwhile, jolted by the statement, State House correspondent later sought more clarificationfrom Adesina on the state of health of the President.The interview which heldat the Old Banquet Hall, Abuja, after a meeting onPromoting Effective Policy Monitoring and Evaluating and Performance of Ministers, Department and Agencies in the implementation of the 2016 Budget of Change organized by the Ministryof Budget and National Planning went thus:Journalists: Tell us more on the Statement you issued?Adesina: “The President wants Nigerians to know that he appreciates their prayers. He appreciates their concerns and their goodwill. He has added that there is really no cause to worry. He is theone who owns the body and there is nobody who will know his body more than him and he says no cause to worry. It makes sense to say that maybe from the results of the tests, further rest had been recommended. Thestatement did not say how long the rest will last.“I speak for somebody, I do not speak for myself. So it is what he tells me to say that I say and the statement transmitted tome is that the President needs to rest for some further time.Journalists: Any possibility that he will speak to Nigerians directly?Adesina: What he has just done is to speak to Nigerians.Journalists: What is actually wrong with the President?Adesina: Don’t you know that the Hippocratic Oatheven forbids a doctor from speaking about the condition of his patient except the patient authorizes it? It is only the patient himself who can speak about what heis going through. This is the person going throughthese series of tests and rest and he says no cause to worry, let us believe that.Journalists: Why have they been harassing Journalists who have been trying to reach the President in UK?Adesina: I do not consider that an harassment. Presidents are not hijacked and interviewed. Those things are scheduled. So,I do not consider that as harassment.Journalists: Confirm the reports that he may remain there for monthsAdesina: What we have just said is what I will want us to believe. The President said he needs to rest further. The samePresident that communicated that to us, when it is time for him to come, he will also communicate to us.Journalists: There are claims that the Presidenthas lost his voice.Adesina: Those people need to prove it. He spoke with President Trump. Did Trump say he did not speak with Nigerian President. Anybody can allege anything.Journalists: What would you tell Nigerians really?Adesina: My message to Nigerians is that let us learn to believe our leaders. This is a man we elected into office and he says no cause to worry, let us believe him.Recall that the President left Nigeria for London on January 19, 2017.He was due to return after 10 official days but at the expiration of the period, he wrote to the National Assembly, extending his medical vacation indefinitely.The continued stay of the president has however brewed controversy, dividing Nigerians in many respects.
Zidane reveals Ronaldo's favourite position
The coach has also ruled out the possibility of restinghis star man against Valencia but refused to confirm if Gareth Bale would featureZinedine Zidane says Cristiano Ronaldo's preferred position is on thewing and has backed the Real Madridstar to get back among the goals soon.Allegri's bust-ups with Juve starsRonaldo has failed to find the net in his last two outings, a 3-1 win over Napoli in the first leg of the Champions League's round of 16, followed by the 2-0 La Liga victory at home to Espanyol.Appearing at a news conference to preview his team's trip to face Valencia in the league on Wednesday,the Madrid coach was questioned about his use of the Portugal star, prompting an unequivocal response. "He's always played out on the flank," Zidane said."That's his natural position. I'm sure he will score goals. He can play in a variety of positions because he's an outstanding player. But he prefers playing out on the wing. That's wherehe's scored 300, 400 goals?," he added, prompting laughter among the watching media. The Frenchman also flagged the possibility that Ronaldo will be restedat times during the final months of the season, as Madrid challenge for both domestic and Champions League honours."I think it was a cup game if I'm not mistaken," he said of Ronaldo's previous unforced absence."And I'm pretty sure there'll be another game or two when he'll be rested. But he'll play on Wednesday, definitely."HeadsWe're all set for tomorrow's match@valenciacf_en!#RMCity#RMLigapic.twitter.com/jovCPmvhxe— Real Madrid C.F. (@realmadriden)February21, 2017As speculation mounts over the future of Madrid's fringe players, Zidane welcomed comments from James Rodriguez last week in which the Colombia international stated his desire to remain in the Spanish capital. "I value what he's doing now, when heplays," he said. "He's doing very well. His contribution has been good. "He can get the best out of his team-mates. I'm happy that he came out the other day to say he wants to stay at the club.Finally, the coach would not confirm if Gareth Bale, who made a goal-scoring return from injury off thebench against Espanyol, will feature at Mestalla. "You'll find out on Wednesday. He's happy, in great shape, but we'll have to wait and see."
NNPC records $2.45bn crude oil export sale in one year
THENigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said that$2.4 billion export sale was recorded in 12 months of 2016.The corporation’s monthly Financial and Operations Report for the month of December 2016 just released indicated a 13.4 per cent rise in oil and gas sales for December 2016 as against the previous month.The report also indicateda total export sale of$195.4 million for crude oil and gas in the month of December 2016 as against the sum of$166.18 million recorded in the previous month.“This is $20.22 million higher than the preceding month’s performance. Crude oil export sales contributed$100.37 million (or 51.36 percent) of the dollar transactions compared with $96.31million contribution in the previous month”, the report stated.According to the report, only 18 cases of vandalized points on downstream pipelines were recorded in December 2016 as against 43 in the previous month.The drop in the cases of pipeline sabotage, according to the report, was due to sustained engagement with stakeholders by the Federal Government andthe Corporation.Total exportproceedsThe report also indicatedthat the total export proceeds of $175.04 million in December 2016 was remitted to fund the JV cash call for the month to guarantee current and future production.In the downstream, a total of 1,392,154,486 litres of white products were distributed and soldby the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company (PPMC) in December 2016 compared to 1,248,831,982 litres in November 2016.According to the report, of the total volume of 12.67 billion litres of white products distributed, petrol accounted for 88.07 percent. The report also showed that about 9,493,640 barrels of crude oil were processed under the Direct-Sales-Direct-Purchase (DSDP) scheme in December, 2016.
Neymar, FC Barcelona tostand trial on corruption charges
FC Barcelona player Neymar and his club will stand trial on corruption charges over his transferfrom Brazilian team Santos, after losing a final appeal.The case relates to a complaint from Brazilian investment group DIS, which owned 40 per centof Neymar’s transfer rights.NeymarIt claims it received less money than it was entitled to when Neymar joined Barca from Santos for £49 million in 2013.Santos FC, Neymar’s mother and a company run by the 25-year-old footballer’s parents will also face charges.“Santos FC, FC Barcelona, Neymar, his mother Nadine Goncalves and N&N, the family company, have lost their appeals to havecharges of fraud and corruption dropped,” the Spanish High Court said in a statement on Monday.NAN reports that they cannot appeal against the court’s decision.Prosecutors are seeking a two-year prison sentence and a fine of nearly £8 million for Neymar.However, even if the Brazil international were found guilty he would be unlikely to go to jail.Under the Spanish legal system, prison terms of under two years are typically suspended.Prosecutors are also seeking a fine of about £7.2 million for FC Barcelona and £5.6 million for Santos.Barca thought they had brought the affair to a close when a judge archived the case in June.But Spain’s public prosecutor successfully overturned the ruling in September, allowing the case to proceed.Neymar’s FC Barcelona team-mate Lionel Messi was sentenced to 21 months in prison for tax fraud in July of last year.He has since appealed against the sentence.(NAN)
HAFED POLY KAZAURE,JIGAWA STATE MATRIC CEREMONY
The Hussaini Adamu Federal Polytechnic Kazaure will hold her annual and compulsory Matriculation ceremony for the New students. Its a ceremony where by the institution will lay it's rules and regulations governing it.
The ceremony will hold on 24th February.
Congratulations to the New students.
The ceremony will hold on 24th February.
Congratulations to the New students.
Militants activities cost Nigeria to lose its position as the largest producer and exporter of oil in African - Dogara
- Speaker of House of Repreentatives, Yakubu Dogara blamed Niger Delta militant activities for current economic recession in Nigeria.- He said the actions of the militants costNigeria to lose its position as the largestproducer and exporter of oil in the African continentThe speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has blamed Niger Delta militants’ activities as the reason Nigeria fell from its position as largest producer of oil in Africa.He made this accusation on Monday while delivering his opening remarks at an investigative hearing on the alleged violation of the Public Procurement Act and abuses of the Amnesty Programme jointly organized by the House of Representatives Committees on Public Procurement and Niger Delta Affairs.Militants activities cost Nigeria to lose its position as the largest producer and exporter of oil in African - DogaraDaily Post reports that Dogara said that in 2016, the intense militancy activities that raged in the Niger Delta region and the rising security risks which hindered the exploration of oil and economic activities in the region, resulted in a drastic reduction in Nigeria’s oil production capacity and revenues; foreign direct investment and the dwindling of the nation’s economy.He said:“It is worthy of note that the activities of the militants cost, Nigeria, the giant of Africa, to lose its position asthe largest producer and exporter of oil in the African continent.“According to Dr Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, the Honourable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Nigeria lost between $50 billion and $100 billionin oil revenues to militant attacks on installations in 2016. At a point, he said, the attacks cut production to 1.2 million barrels a day — a loss of 1 million barrels a day.“Indeed Nigeria lost about 3,000 MW of electricity to militancy activities in the Niger Delta, since then, according to RajiFashola (SAN) – the Hon Minister of Works, Power, and Housing.”He however urged stakeholders to empower Niger Delta region so as to limit militant activities in the area.He said:“Let me use this opportunity to state that a more permanent solution which directly empowers the areas and stakeholders where oil and gas is produced should be instituted in order toachieve better fiscal, social and environmental equity. It is in this regard,that we welcome the recent announcement of the Hon Minister of State, Petroleum, of the unveiling of a 20-point agenda aimed at instituting permanent peace in the oil-producing region.”Meanwhile, a group of militant groups known as the Joint Revolutionary Council (JRC)has told Bayelsa state Governor Seriake Dickson to apologiseto Ijaw woman activist Annkio Briggs or face their anger.JRC accused Dickson of being behind an alleged assault on Briggs after she and others were attacked by hoodlums during a recent peaceful protest in Yenagoa, capital of the oil-rich south-south state a week ago over the allocation of 1, 200 hectares of land to Fulani herdsmen for cattle grazing.
Change in leadership: FCMB Group Announces LeadershipChanges
The FCMB Group Plc has announced there-organisation of its leadership at the Group level, as well as its flagship.From Monday, March 20, 2017, Ladi Balogun, having served as Group Managing Director of the commercial banking arm, FCMB Limited for 10 years, will be stepping down in this capacity.He will assume the role of Group Chief Executive of the holding company, FCMB Group Plc..Mr Ladi BalogunThe holding company comprises FCMB Limited, FCMB Capital Markets, CSL Stockbrokers and CSL Trustees.READ ALSO:FCMB at it again – gives out brand new car, bursary, other prizes to winners of Flexx PromoUnder Ladi Balogun’s leadership, FCMB Limited has undergone a successful transformation from a merchant bank toa top 10 commercial bank in Nigeria across key metrics.During this period the bank has emerged as a leader in consumer finance, agricultural banking and electronic banking. The bank’s franchisehas grown to 4 million customers, 220 branches and a successful banking subsidiary in the United Kingdom.Mr Balogun will be succeeded as Managing Director of FCMB Limited by Adam Nuru, who is currently the Executive Director in charge of BusinessDevelopment for the bank.Mr Adam NuruHe previously served as Regional Director, in charge of Abuja and Northern Nigeria, where he was responsible for growing the bank’s Northern franchise to become the largest and most profitable region of thebank.Adam Nuru has 28 years of banking experience, with 7 years spent with FCMB. He is a graduate of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he studied Business Administration, and has attended management programmes at leading international educational institutions
JUST IN: Acting President Osinbajo, governors in crucial meeting inside Aso Rock
Osinbajo meets with governors, ministers over rice.Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Nigeria’s acting president, has reportedly met with state governors and some ministers in the Muhammadu Buhari cabinet inside Aso Rock.The meeting deliberated on how boost rice and wheat production in NigeriaThe Nation reports that the meeting concerned the Presidential Task Force on Rice and Wheat, but that it held behind closed-doors at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday, February 20.The report quoted the Kebbi state governor, Bagudu Atiku Abubakar, as saying that the forum reviewed the wheat and rice programme of the country.It also discussed how to support states to increase wheat production.He said:“This is the meeting of Presidential Task Force on Rice and Wheat and we reviewed the wheat programme and what we can do more to support states in order to increase production of wheat.“The meeting is to ensure that our farmers who had responded to the call are supported in terms of getting good price for their output.“We reviewed where we are with rice production. The acting president noted with satisfaction all the efforts of the different stakeholders to attain food sufficiency in the shortest possible time.“The acting president assured the meeting that the federal government willcontinue to support the drive towards food self-sufficiency.“He said the government will support thefarmers, the millers and other stakeholders involved in the value change.”
Presidency: There is a cabal but I am not part of it- Nasir El-Rufai says
Governor of Kaduna state, Nasir El-Rufai, says that he is aware of a cabal in the presidency in Abuja but he is not part of those in it. He denied claims of been part of the cabal when he spoke to some editors in Lagos over the weekend. He says although he is very close to President Buhari, he is not part of the decision makers at the Federal level.
"It is not correct to say I am part of those that influence things in the Villa. Am I very close to Buhari? Yes. I worked very closely with him in the CPC (Congress for Progressive Change) when everyone had given up on him. I know him, I know how he thinks and he trusts me. He knows that I am driven by public interest. Do I participate in federal decision making? I don’t. I am too busy addressing Kaduna problems to be part of it. When I am called for an opinion or when I happen to be around, and I have an input or if I see something going seriously wrong; I drive and go and see Mr. President I have heard A, B, C, D. I don’t think it is not right, you should consider doing C, D, E. I do that and I drive back to Kaduna.
My primary assignment is Kaduna. I am not involved in the Federal Government. People like to say and attribute so much to me, and sometimes it is good for me, it gives me a larger than life image. Is there a cabal? There is always a cabal. Even in your own newspaper houses, there is a cabal. Nobody can run an institution without a coterie of two, three, four trusted people. There is always a cabal; the issue is whether it is a positive or a disruptive cabal. Am I a member of the cabal? No, I am governor of Kaduna state; I work for Kaduna state 24/7.
"It is not correct to say I am part of those that influence things in the Villa. Am I very close to Buhari? Yes. I worked very closely with him in the CPC (Congress for Progressive Change) when everyone had given up on him. I know him, I know how he thinks and he trusts me. He knows that I am driven by public interest. Do I participate in federal decision making? I don’t. I am too busy addressing Kaduna problems to be part of it. When I am called for an opinion or when I happen to be around, and I have an input or if I see something going seriously wrong; I drive and go and see Mr. President I have heard A, B, C, D. I don’t think it is not right, you should consider doing C, D, E. I do that and I drive back to Kaduna.
My primary assignment is Kaduna. I am not involved in the Federal Government. People like to say and attribute so much to me, and sometimes it is good for me, it gives me a larger than life image. Is there a cabal? There is always a cabal. Even in your own newspaper houses, there is a cabal. Nobody can run an institution without a coterie of two, three, four trusted people. There is always a cabal; the issue is whether it is a positive or a disruptive cabal. Am I a member of the cabal? No, I am governor of Kaduna state; I work for Kaduna state 24/7.
hahahaha! i can't stop Laughing o! Check it out yourself!
Pidgin Proverbs
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1. Na for old age ashawo dey know the value of pikin.
2. Woman wey never see problem.. Na im dey still hold breast run.
3. Woman wey dey find pikin no dey wear pant sleep.
4. Rat wey follow lizard enter rain, na later é go hear am.
5. Na for afternoon dem dey find black goat.
6. Weather hot!! É No mean say fowl go lay boiled egg.
7. EYE WEY DEY CRY DEY SEE ROAD.
8. Pikin wey him mama back cross water, wey say him march fish, wetin him mama go march?
9. Small pikin wey dem carry for back no know say the journey far.
10. Person wey don faint before no be
stranger to death.
11. Person wey chop belle full, no know wetin hungry man dey see.
12. No be as woman dey close eye enjoy sex she dey enjoy labour pains.
13. Yansh no get teeth but e dey cut shit.
14. Lizard wey fall from tall iroko tree, if nobody hail am!! é go hail himself
15. IF GIRL TAKE HUSBAND DO BOYFRIEND, SHE GO TAKE BOYFRIEND DO HUSBAND.
16. Cockroach wey jam fowl, jam bad luck.
17. Na cricket tell him children say, No matter how ground strong, Them no go sleep outside.
18. Pikin wey say him mama no fine dey use style call him papa blind man.
19. No be eye wey dem take chop eba dem take dey share meat.
20. Person wey use Elephant set trap, na him know wetin he wan Catch.
21. When Breeze Blow Fowl Yash Go Open.
22. STUDENT WEY READ NA HIM SERIOUS, BUT STUDENT WEY PASS NA HIM KNOW BOOK.
23. Dem no dey tell tortoise say race don start.
24. Dem no dey tell blind man say salt no dey for food.
25. Before you see monkey, monkey don see you.
26. Thief wey jump fence enter house
where owner dey wait for am, no go jump again.
27. If pikin say he sabi die, him papa sef go tell am say him sabi bury.
28. Na wetin dey sweet for goat mouth, Na im dey kill am.
29. If e be like say everybody dey craze" na you dey craze.
30. Meat wey you dey forbid, no use your teeth cut am.
31. My thing and our thing no be the same oh.
32. Na happiness dey make prick stand.
33. Na as goat stand for market dem dey price am.
34. Craze no hard to form, na the trekking be wahala.
35. Its a small world!! No mean say you fit trek from Naija go London.
36. No matter how hot your temper be, e no fit boil beans.
37. Chicken wey run from Borno go Ibadan go still end up inside pot of soup.
38. Today’s newspaper na tomorrow Suya wrap.
39. Akara and moi moi get the same parent, na wetin dem pass through make dem different.
Person wey no go comment for this joke, na low battery go spoil im phn.
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1. Na for old age ashawo dey know the value of pikin.
2. Woman wey never see problem.. Na im dey still hold breast run.
3. Woman wey dey find pikin no dey wear pant sleep.
4. Rat wey follow lizard enter rain, na later é go hear am.
5. Na for afternoon dem dey find black goat.
6. Weather hot!! É No mean say fowl go lay boiled egg.
7. EYE WEY DEY CRY DEY SEE ROAD.
8. Pikin wey him mama back cross water, wey say him march fish, wetin him mama go march?
9. Small pikin wey dem carry for back no know say the journey far.
10. Person wey don faint before no be
stranger to death.
11. Person wey chop belle full, no know wetin hungry man dey see.
12. No be as woman dey close eye enjoy sex she dey enjoy labour pains.
13. Yansh no get teeth but e dey cut shit.
14. Lizard wey fall from tall iroko tree, if nobody hail am!! é go hail himself
15. IF GIRL TAKE HUSBAND DO BOYFRIEND, SHE GO TAKE BOYFRIEND DO HUSBAND.
16. Cockroach wey jam fowl, jam bad luck.
17. Na cricket tell him children say, No matter how ground strong, Them no go sleep outside.
18. Pikin wey say him mama no fine dey use style call him papa blind man.
19. No be eye wey dem take chop eba dem take dey share meat.
20. Person wey use Elephant set trap, na him know wetin he wan Catch.
21. When Breeze Blow Fowl Yash Go Open.
22. STUDENT WEY READ NA HIM SERIOUS, BUT STUDENT WEY PASS NA HIM KNOW BOOK.
23. Dem no dey tell tortoise say race don start.
24. Dem no dey tell blind man say salt no dey for food.
25. Before you see monkey, monkey don see you.
26. Thief wey jump fence enter house
where owner dey wait for am, no go jump again.
27. If pikin say he sabi die, him papa sef go tell am say him sabi bury.
28. Na wetin dey sweet for goat mouth, Na im dey kill am.
29. If e be like say everybody dey craze" na you dey craze.
30. Meat wey you dey forbid, no use your teeth cut am.
31. My thing and our thing no be the same oh.
32. Na happiness dey make prick stand.
33. Na as goat stand for market dem dey price am.
34. Craze no hard to form, na the trekking be wahala.
35. Its a small world!! No mean say you fit trek from Naija go London.
36. No matter how hot your temper be, e no fit boil beans.
37. Chicken wey run from Borno go Ibadan go still end up inside pot of soup.
38. Today’s newspaper na tomorrow Suya wrap.
39. Akara and moi moi get the same parent, na wetin dem pass through make dem different.
Person wey no go comment for this joke, na low battery go spoil im phn.
Sunday 19 February 2017
Hilarious! MORNING JOKE!
I was eating Amala and enjoying my drinkaround 4pm, a man entered the restaurantwith a brief case. I guess he was a big politician bcos his dressing and pot belly portrays it.He walked and sat down as everybody looked at him. Suddenly a woman came tohim and started crying. The woman knelt down and told him that her children and herself want to die of hunger since her husband died. This man opened the brief case and gave dis woman N500,000. The woman jumped up and left the scene in happiness.I was still watching when another man started crying and came to him. He knelt down and begged him that he needed money to establish his bizness. This man brought out N10,000,000 (Ten Million Naira Cheque) and he gave this man.This time, I started murmuring and practicing on the lie I would blow to have my own national cake. I started crying andwent to the man. Immediately I knelt down, I heard “Cut!! Cut!! Cut!!”. I turned and saw the director of the movie. He laughed and said “oh boy na movie we dey shoot here” ooHahahahahah shame wan kill me. Chaii!!Economy recession no go kill person lol.…😷😷
UNILORIN: Rejected 711candidates paraded fakeresults— VC
ILORIN—VICE Chancellor of University of Ilorin, UNILORIN, Professor Abdulganiyu Ambali, weekend explained why the university refused admission to 711 candidates after collecting their money, saying they uploaded excellent results, which the authorities later discovered during screening to be fake.UNILORIN VC, Prof. AbdulGaniyu AmbaliIt was reported that management of the university had offered admission to no fewer than 2,000 candidates and afterwards withdrewthe admission from the candidates.Speaking with reporters, Professor Ambali said: “The issue of people trying to say we collected their money and refused to offer them admission is uncalled for. They wasted our time. In any civilized society those people should be prosecuted. That is examinations malpractice. If those people are using fraudulent means to come in, you can imagine what they will dowhen they become our students fully. But we thought they were youngpeople, we say they should learn by losing the opportunity. They can reapply. We thought they had to be taught a lesson and that was why we kept quiet.“They are just trying to portray the university negatively. You know theuniversity has come a long way. For the last three years we have been the most patronized university with over 100,000 applicants wanting to come and join us.”
There is no cabal against Osinbajo - Garba Shehu
- Garba Shehu has said Osinbajo and President Buhari contested on the same tickect so Osinbajo’s milestone is also Buhari’s administration's milestone- Shehu also said on the calls by Nigerians to speak with the President, the presidency can only deliver Nigerians’ messages and hope the president comply and address the nation- He aslo denied there is any cabal formed by president Buhari's aides to stop Osinbajo's influence as Acting PresidentThe Presidency has said any milestone achieved by Acting President Yemi Osinbajo in the absence of President Muhammadu Buhari should also be considered as a milestone achieved by President Buhari.The senior special assistant to PresidentMuhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, made this claim during an interactive session with Nigerian youths organized by the Citizens Support for Good Governance in Nigeria on Sunday, February 19.Shehu said it was not true that some close appointees of President Buhari had constituted themselves into a cabal with the aim of whittling down the influence of Acting President Osinbajo.There is no cabal against Osinbajo - Garba ShehuREAD ALSO:Garba Shehu says Nigeria is now second largest rice producerShehu said:“This country has one government. When Nigerians voted, theyvoted for Buhari/Osinbajo on one ticket. Nobody can divide that ticket, so if Prof. Osinbajo achieves a milestone, it is a milestone by the Buhari administration. It is one government, no division in this government.”Vanguard reports that when Shehu was asked why President Buhari hasn’t address the nation on phone or a video footage, Shehu said the presidency will tell the President about Nigerians request and hope he will agree to it.He said:“Okay, if you are making a suggestion, we will put it to him, in case he would agree. We will put it to him.”Meanwhile, Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajohas assented to seven bills passed by theNational Assembly.Senator Ita Enang, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly matters confirmed that Osinbajo had indeed endorsed the bills.Also Enang explained that the Acts, other than the Defence Space Administration Act and Institute of Soil science were mainly Amendments to thePrincipal Act and they are intended to bring the Acts in conformity with currentrealities.
My salary as lecturer was more than RCCG’s income — Adeboye
GENERALOverseer of The Redeemed ChristianChurch of God, RCCG, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, who presides over a global church withmembers in about 198 nations of the world, at the weekend, described his early years as the General Overseer of the mission as turbulent, saying the church’s total income then was about half of his salary as university lecturer.Ministering during a three-day special programme to end the church’s 40-day fasting and prayer period at the Redemption Camp, Kilometre 46, Lagos Ibadan Expressway, Pastor Adeboye shockedthe worshippers when hedeclared that the church’s total income when he took over its leadership was less than his pay.Pastor AdeboyeHis words: “When God called me into full time ministry, I must tell you the truth, I was afraid because things were rough. I knew poverty when I was young but I became a university teacher with the belief that my days of poverty were gone.“When God asked me to leave my job to become a full-time pastor, the total income of the church was less than mysalary and we were to share it among some 39 people.‘’I was really afraid but God gave me one promise. He said do not worry my son, I will be with you. If you are wondering why my case is different, it is because God told me that He will be with me and He has been faithful to His promise.”He also narrated some unpalatable experiences he had in repositioning the church.All parishes of mission, yesterday celebrated theend of the 40-day fastingand prayer which commenced on Wednesday, January 11, 2017.
Chelsea draw Man Utd in FA Cup quarter-finals while Lincoln could face Arsenal
Jose Mourinho will return to Stamford Bridge to face Antonio Conte's table-toppers, while there could be an all-non-league quarter-finalChelsea have been drawn at home to Jose Mourinho's Manchester United in the quarter-final stage of the FA Cup.The Portuguese will return to Stamford Bridge for the second time since leaving the west London club as he looks to replicate Louis van Gaal's success with the Red Devils last season.Elsewhere, non-league Lincoln City were handed a potential trip to the Emirates Stadium to face Arsenal, should Arsene Wenger's side put out Sutton United on Monday evening.Should Sutton beat the Premier League club, however, it would guarantee a non-league club in the semi-final stage of the competition.Tottenham will host London rivals Millwall, having beaten Fulham on Sunday thanks to a Harry Kane hat-trick, while Middlesbrough will welcome either Huddersfield or Manchester City.Pep Guardiola's team could only draw with David Wagner's Championship side on Saturday, despite the Terriers fielding a weakened XI as they continue their bid to reach the Premier League.
45-yr-old driver rapes 80-yr-old woman in Ekiti
An Ado Ekiti High Court on Monday sentenced a 45-year-old commercial driver, Lawrence Adedapo, to seven years imprisonment for raping an 80-year-old woman, Madam Grace Asaolu.The sentence on Adedapo has brought to five the number of persons convicted for the offence in the last two years in the area with one of them bagging life sentence.Before his sentence on Monday, the Presiding Justice Dele Omotoso said he convicted Adedapo based on evidence before the court which showed that the driver forcefully had carnal knowledge of the old woman and was guilty as charged.According to the court, the convict sexually assaulted the octogenarian on Nov. 7, 2013 at Oke Erimope Street, Ogbese, Ise-Ekiti and was subsequently charged to court.In the course of the trial, Adedapo was said to have pleaded not guilty to the charge and gave evidence in his own defence, but called no witness to back his claims.In his testimony, Adedapo, who described the old woman as his “mother as well as his concubine” whom he had been dating as far back as his bachelor days, claimed that Asaolu framed him up.He claimed that the old woman had earlier approached him for a sum of money to travel to her village, but on that date, she walked into his room and demanded for the money.The driver claimed that the old woman started romancing him which eventually led to a sexualintercourse after he had given her N1,000.The prosecution, led by the Attorney General andCommissioner for Justice, Owoseni Ajayi, gave evidence that the convict confessed to have been dating the woman before the incident and that she consented to the sexual intercourse.Ajayi tendered the blood-stained clothes of the victim which was recovered from the scene of the incident.The trial judge resolved all issues in determination against Adedapo and consequently sentenced him to a jail term of seven years for having unlawful carnal knowledge of the old woman.
SAD NEWS For Nigerians!! Buhari Is Death: The Worst Has Happened. Aisha Buhari Weeps Bitterly – Live on CNN
Recall that On Thursday, January 19, Buhari departed Abuja to the United Kingdom on a 10-day vacation during which he would undergo routine medical check-ups.
His trip and absence from the country has been trailed by controversy. There has been speculation that the president is sick and some even went as far as saying he was dead but all these reports have been debunked by the presidency.
The only time we heard about her was when she travelled to see her husband in the United Kingdom and photos were released as proof. But, Nigerians are not buying it as some have claimed it is photoshopped.
Aisha has also not been active on social media. Her last post on Facebook was on February 4 about world cancer day. On Twitter, it was on January 27 when she retweeted about making the people of Kogi State beneficiaries of free screening programme.
Her silence on this matter is deafening and some Nigerians are wondering why she has chosen to stay mute
His trip and absence from the country has been trailed by controversy. There has been speculation that the president is sick and some even went as far as saying he was dead but all these reports have been debunked by the presidency.
The only time we heard about her was when she travelled to see her husband in the United Kingdom and photos were released as proof. But, Nigerians are not buying it as some have claimed it is photoshopped.
Aisha has also not been active on social media. Her last post on Facebook was on February 4 about world cancer day. On Twitter, it was on January 27 when she retweeted about making the people of Kogi State beneficiaries of free screening programme.
Her silence on this matter is deafening and some Nigerians are wondering why she has chosen to stay mute
Anambra Election: We Are Not Supporting Any Candidate - IPOB
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Saturday declared that it had no interest in the forthcoming Anambra governorship election.
The group said they were aware of the efforts by some politicians trying to drag its name into Nigerian politics.
IPOB in a statement by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, said they remained committed to the leadership of its founder, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, whom he described as their prophet.
According to him, IPOB was not interested in any political party and would in no way support any politician in Nigeria.
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The statement reads:
“IPOB and its leadership worldwide warn those involving IPOB under the command and leadership structure of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu with the forthcoming electioneering politics of Anambra State under the constitution of Nigeria should desist from doing so forthwith.
We have observed with alarming dismay how some shamelessly unscrupulous individuals are trying desperately hard to tag our revered name IPOB to their nonsensical party politics in Nigeria.
The public is hereby warned to stay away from such groups and individuals because such adventure have always ended in shame. IPOB is not and can never be part of any electioneering in the Luggardian contraption we have come to know as Nigeria. Anybody telling you IPOB is supporting any political party is a deceiver and should be stone.
IPOB under the leadership of the prophet of our time Mazi Nnamdi Kanu are not part of these treacherous anti-Biafra meetings going on in the homes of some washed out politicians and can never be part of it.
We are not in the business of campaigning for the restructure of Nigeria, we are 100% focused on the puritanical pursuit of the restoration and liberation of Biafra from tyranny. We cannot be part of those who are claiming to be IPOB in whatever customary guise or assumed elders who have spent their whole lives serving Hausa Fulani interests.
They have achieved nothing in their lifetime towards the liberation of our people worth referencing. They have continued to shamelessly tag IPOB to their myriad of names in the hope of misleading our people into following them into their evil Nigerian politics.
The Elders Council established by our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has been dissolved since 2014 when it was discovered these ‘elders’ were campaigning for the same Buhari and his APC to take over Biafraland.
We stopped them then and we shall stop them now no matter the party they intend to use to achieve their satanic purpose disguised as patriotism for Biafra.
These criminals dancing from one project of shame to another have been using the revered name of IPOB to dupe desperate politicians. First these criminals said Biafra will come by legal method. When that failed, they said it would come through diplomatic means.
Now that their much vaunted diplomatic approach has fallen flat, they have opted for what they call political process. This is their last ditch desperate attempt to immerse themselves in the sell-out politics of Nigeria. We IPOB say we are not part of it.
Therefore, we would like to warn again that the name IPOB is hallowed and cannot be involved with Nigeria politics.
IPOB family members worldwide are not politicians but freedom fighters diligently pursuing the restoration of ancient nation of Biafra with truth and honesty. We are not going to derail from this divine pursuit of liberating our people from the shackles of bondage and slavery from Nigeria come what may.”
The group said they were aware of the efforts by some politicians trying to drag its name into Nigerian politics.
IPOB in a statement by its spokesman, Emma Powerful, said they remained committed to the leadership of its founder, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, whom he described as their prophet.
According to him, IPOB was not interested in any political party and would in no way support any politician in Nigeria.
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The statement reads:
“IPOB and its leadership worldwide warn those involving IPOB under the command and leadership structure of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu with the forthcoming electioneering politics of Anambra State under the constitution of Nigeria should desist from doing so forthwith.
We have observed with alarming dismay how some shamelessly unscrupulous individuals are trying desperately hard to tag our revered name IPOB to their nonsensical party politics in Nigeria.
The public is hereby warned to stay away from such groups and individuals because such adventure have always ended in shame. IPOB is not and can never be part of any electioneering in the Luggardian contraption we have come to know as Nigeria. Anybody telling you IPOB is supporting any political party is a deceiver and should be stone.
IPOB under the leadership of the prophet of our time Mazi Nnamdi Kanu are not part of these treacherous anti-Biafra meetings going on in the homes of some washed out politicians and can never be part of it.
We are not in the business of campaigning for the restructure of Nigeria, we are 100% focused on the puritanical pursuit of the restoration and liberation of Biafra from tyranny. We cannot be part of those who are claiming to be IPOB in whatever customary guise or assumed elders who have spent their whole lives serving Hausa Fulani interests.
They have achieved nothing in their lifetime towards the liberation of our people worth referencing. They have continued to shamelessly tag IPOB to their myriad of names in the hope of misleading our people into following them into their evil Nigerian politics.
The Elders Council established by our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has been dissolved since 2014 when it was discovered these ‘elders’ were campaigning for the same Buhari and his APC to take over Biafraland.
We stopped them then and we shall stop them now no matter the party they intend to use to achieve their satanic purpose disguised as patriotism for Biafra.
These criminals dancing from one project of shame to another have been using the revered name of IPOB to dupe desperate politicians. First these criminals said Biafra will come by legal method. When that failed, they said it would come through diplomatic means.
Now that their much vaunted diplomatic approach has fallen flat, they have opted for what they call political process. This is their last ditch desperate attempt to immerse themselves in the sell-out politics of Nigeria. We IPOB say we are not part of it.
Therefore, we would like to warn again that the name IPOB is hallowed and cannot be involved with Nigeria politics.
IPOB family members worldwide are not politicians but freedom fighters diligently pursuing the restoration of ancient nation of Biafra with truth and honesty. We are not going to derail from this divine pursuit of liberating our people from the shackles of bondage and slavery from Nigeria come what may.”
Aso Rock Boils As 36 Governors Take Deadly Decision Over Buhari’s Continuous 'Hide And Seek Game' In London
The Nigeria Governors Forum, has agreed to send some Governors to the United Kingdom, UK, to visit President Muhammadu Buhari, except the President returns home between now and next week.
An impeccable source, disclosed that the decision was taken at the last Governors’ meeting, in Abuja.
Recall, that Buhari had a few weeks ago, written to the Senate to inform the Legislators, that he would proceed on medical vacation for 10 working days, and that Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, would act on his behalf as President, during his absence.
The President however, was expected to resume work on Monday, February 6, 2017, but he again wrote a letter to the National Assembly a day before, informing the Lawmakers that he needed to extend his leave, in order to complete and get the results of some tests recommended by his Doctors.
On the Governors’ visit to the UK, the source said: “We will visit the President, if he doesn’t come back in the next one week. We decided to do this, after the Leaders of the National Assembly, led by the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, visited the President.
Wenger hints at staying in management for at least four more years
The Arsenal manager noted that Sir Alex Ferguson did not retire untilage 71 and, at 67, says he remains as hungry as ever to continueArsene Wenger has suggested he could stay in management for at least four more years after noting that Sir Alex Ferguson did not quit Manchester United until age 71.'Wenger will have big job lined up'The Arsenal manager is 67 and says he is as hungry as ever to be in the dugout despite the Gunners' 5-1 defeat to Bayern Munich in the Champions League this week.Ferguson has pursued other interestssuch as horse racing since retiring and Wenger believes he had "had enough" by the time he ended his coaching career.The Frenchman, on the other hand, insists he has not yet reached that point and will continue until he feels differently - adding that he hopes he will be able to do so at Arsenal."Ferguson has some other interests in life and he was older [when he retired] than I am today," Wenger told reporters. "He was four years older. He retired at 71 and I’m 67."When asked if he planned to carry on for four more years to match his old rival, he replied: "Maybe more, maybeless, I don’t know. Everybody is different."I do not want to take anything away from Ferguson, he was an absolutely unbelievable manager, but he had enough. He had enough. And I’m not at that stage."Wenger denied thathis admission that he would be managing next seasonwhether he remained at Arsenal or not was any kind of veiled threat to the club."No, it’s not a threat, not at all," he added. "My preference is always to manage Arsenal and I have shown that."Ozil a scapegoat for Arsenal crisisThe three-time Premier League champion acknowledged, however, that he would have to consider whether he felt wanted at the Emirates Stadium at the end of the campaign."I am adult enough to analyse the situation," he said.
Saturday 18 February 2017
Nigerian Army 76 RRI Zonal Screening Exercise Postponed- See New Date
The Nigerian Army wishesto inform all Shortlisted Applicants for 76 RRI Zonal Screening that the Zonal Screening Exercise has been postponed.The 76 RRI Zonal Screening Exercise earlierscheduled from February 19 - March 3, 2017 has been postponed till furthernotice. New date will be communicated at short notice. Inconveniences caused highly regretted.Successful candidates from the Pre-Screening Examination are to attend at the Zonal Screening Centres for their respective states of origin when a new date is announced.Submission of DSS Form is no longer required.Candidates selected at theZonal Screening Exercise will immediately commence training at TheDepot, Nigerian Army, Zaria.
JAMB EXAMINATION TO HOLD ON MAY 2017
THE JAMB EXAMINATION WILL HOLD ON MAY 2017
The Joint Admission and Matriculation
Board (JAMB) has announced that the
Unified Tertiarys Matriculation
Examination will hold in May 2017.
The announcement was made via the
official twitter handle of JAMB
@JAMBHQ. According to the statement,
the actual dates will be communicated
soon.
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The Joint Admission and Matriculation
Board (JAMB) has announced that the
Unified Tertiarys Matriculation
Examination will hold in May 2017.
The announcement was made via the
official twitter handle of JAMB
@JAMBHQ. According to the statement,
the actual dates will be communicated
soon.
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TODAY'S FOOTBALL MATCH FIXTURES
Olagold brings to you today soccer fixtures- 2017-02-19
💥 English FA Cup
*Blackburn Rovers vs Manchester United* - 🕐 Feb 19, 05:15 PM WAT
*Fulham vs Tottenham Hotspur* - 🕐 Feb 19, 03:00 PM WAT
💥 Italian Serie A
*AS Roma vs Torino* - 🕐 Feb 19, 06:00 PM WAT
*Chievo Verona vs Napoli* - 🕐 Feb 19, 03:00 PM WAT
*AC Milan vs Fiorentina* - 🕐 Feb 19, 08:45 PM WAT
*Bologna vs Internazionale* - 🕐 Feb 19, 12:30 PM WAT
*Sampdoria vs Cagliari* - 🕐 Feb 19, 03:00 PM WAT
*Udinese vs Sassuolo* - 🕐 Feb 19, 03:00 PM WAT
💥 German Bundesliga
*Borussia Monchengladbach vs RB Leipzig* - 🕐 Feb 19, 03:30 PM WAT
*FC Cologne vs Schalke 04* - 🕐 Feb 19, 05:30 PM WAT
💥 Spanish Segunda División
*Huesca vs Sevilla Atletico* - 🕐 Feb 19, 12:00 PM WAT
💥 Spanish Primera División
*Barcelona vs Leganes* - 🕐 Feb 19, 08:45 PM WAT
*Real Sociedad vs Villarreal* - 🕐 Feb 19, 12:00 PM WAT
*Valencia vs Athletic Bilbao* - 🕐 Feb 19, 04:15 PM WAT
*Celta Vigo vs Osasuna* - 🕐 Feb 19, 06:30 PM WAT
💥 English FA Cup
*Blackburn Rovers vs Manchester United* - 🕐 Feb 19, 05:15 PM WAT
*Fulham vs Tottenham Hotspur* - 🕐 Feb 19, 03:00 PM WAT
💥 Italian Serie A
*AS Roma vs Torino* - 🕐 Feb 19, 06:00 PM WAT
*Chievo Verona vs Napoli* - 🕐 Feb 19, 03:00 PM WAT
*AC Milan vs Fiorentina* - 🕐 Feb 19, 08:45 PM WAT
*Bologna vs Internazionale* - 🕐 Feb 19, 12:30 PM WAT
*Sampdoria vs Cagliari* - 🕐 Feb 19, 03:00 PM WAT
*Udinese vs Sassuolo* - 🕐 Feb 19, 03:00 PM WAT
💥 German Bundesliga
*Borussia Monchengladbach vs RB Leipzig* - 🕐 Feb 19, 03:30 PM WAT
*FC Cologne vs Schalke 04* - 🕐 Feb 19, 05:30 PM WAT
💥 Spanish Segunda División
*Huesca vs Sevilla Atletico* - 🕐 Feb 19, 12:00 PM WAT
💥 Spanish Primera División
*Barcelona vs Leganes* - 🕐 Feb 19, 08:45 PM WAT
*Real Sociedad vs Villarreal* - 🕐 Feb 19, 12:00 PM WAT
*Valencia vs Athletic Bilbao* - 🕐 Feb 19, 04:15 PM WAT
*Celta Vigo vs Osasuna* - 🕐 Feb 19, 06:30 PM WAT
BSU ACADEMIC CALENDAR FOR 2016/2017 session
The management of Benue State University, Markurdi (BSU) has released the 2016/2017 academic calendar for regular students and the 1st semester calendar for sandwich students.The breakdown is as indicated on the table below;S/NODATE EVENT DURATION/REMARKS1. Monday, 20th February, 2017 - Friday, 3rd March, 2017Screening/Registration of Fresh Students2 weeks
2. Monday, 27th February, 2017 - Friday, 3rdMarch, 2017Registration for Returning Students1 week3. Monday 6th March, 2017 - Friday, 10th March, 2017Late Registration/Lectures1week4 Monday 13th March, 2017Departmental Boards meet on Second Semester2015/2016 Session Undergraduate Results1 week after resumption.
5 Monday 20th March, 2017Faculty Boards Meet on Results2 weeks after resumption.6 Monday 27th March, 2017Departmental Postgraduate Committeesmeet on Results3 weeks after resumption.7 Thursday 30th March, 2017Senate meets on Undergraduate Results3.3 weeks after resumption.8 Monday 3rd April, 2017Faculty Postgraduate Committee meets on Results4 weeks after resumption.9 Monday 10th April, 2017Postgraduate School Board meet on Results5 weeks after resumption.10 Thursday 13th April, 2017Senate Meets on Postgraduate Results5.3 weeks after resumption.11 Monday 13th March, 2017 - Thursday 6thApril, 2017LECTURES 3.3 Weeks12 Friday 7th April, 2017- Friday 21st April, 2017Easter break/Sandwich Lectures2 Weeks13. Thursday 6th April, 2017Add/Drop ElectivesEnd of Add/Delete Electives14. Friday 28thApril, 2017Matriculation of Fresh Students8.3 Weeks after Commencement of Lectures15. Monday 8th May, 2017- Friday 12th May, 2017Continuous Assessment/Lectures1 Week16. Monday 24thApril, 2017 - Friday 9th June, 2017LECTURES 7 WEEKS17. Monday 12th June, 2017 - Wednesday 14th June, 2017Semester Examination: GST/EPS Courses0.3 Week18. Thursday 15th June, 2017 - Saturday 30th June,2017Other Undergraduate Courses2 Weeks19. Monday 3rd July, 2017 - Saturday 15th July, 2017Semester Examination Postgraduate Courses2 Weeks20. TOTAL DURATION18 WeeksNational public holidays: 8th March, Women’s day, 14th and 17th April, Good Friday and Easter Mondayrespectively, 1st May, Workers day, 27th May, Children’s day, 29th May, Democracy day and 26th June, Eid-el-Fitri. These dates are subject to confirmation by the Federal Government.
2. Monday, 27th February, 2017 - Friday, 3rdMarch, 2017Registration for Returning Students1 week3. Monday 6th March, 2017 - Friday, 10th March, 2017Late Registration/Lectures1week4 Monday 13th March, 2017Departmental Boards meet on Second Semester2015/2016 Session Undergraduate Results1 week after resumption.
5 Monday 20th March, 2017Faculty Boards Meet on Results2 weeks after resumption.6 Monday 27th March, 2017Departmental Postgraduate Committeesmeet on Results3 weeks after resumption.7 Thursday 30th March, 2017Senate meets on Undergraduate Results3.3 weeks after resumption.8 Monday 3rd April, 2017Faculty Postgraduate Committee meets on Results4 weeks after resumption.9 Monday 10th April, 2017Postgraduate School Board meet on Results5 weeks after resumption.10 Thursday 13th April, 2017Senate Meets on Postgraduate Results5.3 weeks after resumption.11 Monday 13th March, 2017 - Thursday 6thApril, 2017LECTURES 3.3 Weeks12 Friday 7th April, 2017- Friday 21st April, 2017Easter break/Sandwich Lectures2 Weeks13. Thursday 6th April, 2017Add/Drop ElectivesEnd of Add/Delete Electives14. Friday 28thApril, 2017Matriculation of Fresh Students8.3 Weeks after Commencement of Lectures15. Monday 8th May, 2017- Friday 12th May, 2017Continuous Assessment/Lectures1 Week16. Monday 24thApril, 2017 - Friday 9th June, 2017LECTURES 7 WEEKS17. Monday 12th June, 2017 - Wednesday 14th June, 2017Semester Examination: GST/EPS Courses0.3 Week18. Thursday 15th June, 2017 - Saturday 30th June,2017Other Undergraduate Courses2 Weeks19. Monday 3rd July, 2017 - Saturday 15th July, 2017Semester Examination Postgraduate Courses2 Weeks20. TOTAL DURATION18 WeeksNational public holidays: 8th March, Women’s day, 14th and 17th April, Good Friday and Easter Mondayrespectively, 1st May, Workers day, 27th May, Children’s day, 29th May, Democracy day and 26th June, Eid-el-Fitri. These dates are subject to confirmation by the Federal Government.
'How I almost got kidnapped after collecting a flyer in Lagos'
Mrs Ronke Kehinde, a style editor with the defunct Compass newspaper, has recounted her experience on how she was almost kidnapped with a flyer.In an interview with Tribune, she recounted how she collected a lethal flyer innocently in broad daylight on the streets of Lagos and she was almost kidnapped after that. All thanks to her faulty car air-conditioner!Mrs Ronke KehindeRead her experience below:"I was coming from Computer village, Ikeja last week Wednesday, driving towards Ikeja General Hospital. There was a traffic hold-up due to the traffic light under the bridge that was on red at the time. Then, a lady appeared from theblues with flyers in her hand. She was by the passenger’s window, but her hands were already inside my car, holding the flyer to my face. It was property sales flyer. I wasn’t interested, but I took it, because I wanted her to go so I could drive on. At this time, the traffic light had turned green. I took the flyer from her and dropped it on the seatbeside me. As soon as I moved, I noticed something strange. I was feelingsome sensation in my eyes.PAY ATTENTION:Get all the latest gossips on OLAXALI SUPER App"They were peppery. I looked at the flyer suspiciously and quickly threw it on the floor of the car, because I wasn’t sure if what I was feeling was as a result of the flyer or where I was at that time. I took the roundabout turning beside LASUTH, then connected the flyover near Awolowo House on Oba Akran Road. AsI continued to drive, I was feeling so dizzy and uncomfortable. My eyes were getting unbearably peppery. Curiously, as I was getting close to Guinness, I noticed a light brown car following me. There were three men in the car. Anytime they got to my side, in the traffic, they would all look at me intensely."It was at this point I realised somethingwas wrong. It was then I started suspecting a set up. I stuck my head outside the window while driving, so I could get fresh air because I was actually choking."I suspected that those guys were expecting to see an unconscious woman. The lady that gave me the flyer must be working with them.When they noticed that I was fully conscious because I was looking at them, they stopped following me."On her advice to the public, she said:"I will say people should not read the flyers given to them on the road immediately. If it is folded flyers, they should not open it. They should wait till they get to a safe place before they openit. Some police officers called to rejoice with us, and they offered some security tips to apply in such dangerous situation."One of them said the best thing to do is to drive to the nearest police station when you are being followed. He said when they see you driving towards the station they will know that this is a bad market.They also advised that if you already have a suspected flyer or card inyour car, please don’t put on the air conditioner of your car. Put down the windows of your car to give room for cross ventilation. If my A/C had not been faulty, maybe the story would havebeen different."
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