Live Commentary: Real Madrid vs Liverpool

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx2mBweNWI1V3Lvr6LpYKlB9h6ov3_48cT8PtJXUPeyfXhlKPx2kBgLsowGYuEj0614JY0eoGFIe8WX1k5Pwi7aPiqhLJAQRXYLdd1qES7IecAX9qmD89YonEu7hhNzPO-Hu-IS_rWw8o/s1600/Real-Madrid-vs-Liverpool.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx2mBweNWI1V3Lvr6LpYKlB9h6ov3_48cT8PtJXUPeyfXhlKPx2kBgLsowGYuEj0614JY0eoGFIe8WX1k5Pwi7aPiqhLJAQRXYLdd1qES7IecAX9qmD89YonEu7hhNzPO-Hu-IS_rWw8o/s640/Real-Madrid-vs-Liverpool.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> Welcome to <b><i>Nigerianeye's</i></b> live text coverage of the 2018 Champions League final between Real Madrid and Liverpool at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Two of world football's most prestigious clubs face off in the 63rd edition of the final, in what is a repeat of the 1981 showpiece.<br /> <br /> The Reds won that match 1-0 for the third of five European Cup triumphs, while Los Blancos are going in search of their 13th success on the continent this evening, including a third in a row.<br /> <br /> Follow all of the action as it unfolds in the Ukrainian capital with our extensive updates below.<br /> <br /> <b>OFFICIAL LINE-UPS</b><br /> <b><br /></b><b>REAL MADRID</b><b>:</b> Navas; Carvajal, Ramos, Varane, Marcelo; Casemiro, Modric, Kroos; Isco; Ronaldo, Benzema<br /> <br /> <br /> <b>SUBS:</b> Casilla, Nacho, Bale, Theo, Vasquez, Asensio, Kovacic<br /> <br /> <b>LIVERPOOL:</b> Karius; Alexander-Arnold, Lovren, Van Dijk, Robertson; Henderson, Milner, Wijnaldum; Salah, Firmino, Mane<br /> <br /> <b>SUBS:</b> Mignolet, Klavan, Clyne, Moreno, Can, Lallana, Solanke<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /></div>

Latest-News Live Commentary: Real Madrid vs Liverpool

Welcome to Nigerianeye's live text coverage of the 2018 Champions League final between Real Madrid and Liverpool at the NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev. Two of world football's most prestigious clubs face off in the 63rd edition of the final, in wha…

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDiLk0LUMmBSSDOHD_ophhcwEVEgZV0oLZYmVh1Fp1EY7htBoA5lr7CegWZ2SoehpNmBnFYPnRToH7dLGHCd3wm7EeqzaL-HCa7fDI73wAsBANC9-nMgGVszm2dOEFsY7-XZaHTDkIqLw/s1600/APC-LOGO-17.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDiLk0LUMmBSSDOHD_ophhcwEVEgZV0oLZYmVh1Fp1EY7htBoA5lr7CegWZ2SoehpNmBnFYPnRToH7dLGHCd3wm7EeqzaL-HCa7fDI73wAsBANC9-nMgGVszm2dOEFsY7-XZaHTDkIqLw/s320/APC-LOGO-17.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> In order to rally the support of Ekiti South Senatorial District for the candidate of the All Progressive Congress in the July 14 gubernatorial election, stakeholders in the party have advised President Muhammads Buhari to pick Dr. Kayode Fayemi’s successor in the Federal Executive Council(FEC) from the district.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The group , under the auspices of Ekiti South Solidarity Forum, said the step would be a an apt and suitable option to pacify the people of the zone to be able to vote for the candidate of the party in the July 14 governorship election, having lost the ticket to someone from Ekiti North.<br /> <br /> Fayemi, who had picked the party;s governorship ticket will soon resign from FEC in line with the 1999 constitution.<br /> <br /> The APC stakeholders told President Buhari that available records showed that (Buhari) got the largest votes in Ekiti from the zone during the 2015 presidential election that enabled the party to control the central government .<br /> <br /> In a statement by its coordinator, Dr Ayo Omodara , in Ado Ekiti on Saturday, the group said the issue of zoning virulently canvassed by aspirants from the district had gained traction and had gone into the psyche of the people, adding that ceding the Ministerial slot to the zone would go a long way in assuaging the bruises suffered by the district with the outcome of the party’s primary.<br /> <br /> The stakeholders said in clear terms that it has it on good authority as insiders that Fayemi’s running mate will emerge from Ekiti Central and that it will only be apposite to pick the Minister from the South, to engender political balancing and give the people sense of belonging.<br /> <br /> He said the zone remains the only district that has not produced the governor since 1999, when each of the other zones have enjoyed such opportunities twice, saying the APC had the opportunity to correct the political imbalance in the last primary but the move didn’t actualize.<br /> <br /> Omodara said losing the governorship ticket has brought about serious disenchantment to the ranks of electorate from the district, comprising six local governments , saying this could be a veritable opportunity for their spirits to be lifted with that thinking that their future is bright in APC.<br /> <br /> The group told the President that politicians of APC extraction from the district had resolved to zealously rally supports for Dr Fayemi in the coming election on the strength of their avowed and unflinching beliefs in party supremacy.<br /> <br /> He stated: “Mr. President, we quite appreciate your neutrality in the just concluded primary. We had seen Presidents in this country who were imposing governors in various States from Abuja, but your Excellency, your own was different.<br /> <br /> “You have always been playing the role of father figure to all aspirants. And we did not suspect that you made any move , either overtly or covertly to aid the emergence of Dr Fayemi in that primary<br />  and that was profoundly commendable.<br /> <br /> “And we understand that President Buhari is a peace-loving father , who could have listened and conceded to the idea that the governorship candidate should be picked from the south but for the 1999<br /> <br /> constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and APC constitution and Guidelines which didn’t allow such.<br /> <br /> “But we are glad that the President has no constitutional encumbrances in who he appoints as a Minister and we appeal that he uses this opportunity to put soothing balm on the bruises suffered by the zone<br /> <br /> with the loss of the gubernatorial ticket by picking Dr. Fayemi’s successor in FEC from Ekiti South senatorial district.<br /> <br /> “The zone comprises six local governments with enormous numerical<br /> <br /> strength in terms of voting that will be suicidal to be underestimated in the equation that could facilitate the APC winning Ekiti State.<br /> <br /> “We believe that Mr President acceding to this request will fasttrack and reenact the friendship with the people of the zone, who have always been supporting the progressive party”, he concluded.</div>

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Children’s Day: Safety of the Nigerian child is non-negotiable, says Saraki

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_7F2jZcx5wQXiRA_TpR9qcmJYIM9KvppwpgD2wBof9KRcjgtEcE8-KP3yKfe3cTQYdff7y95AT3syFrDETsNRybIrSP7pd8rFk11xNvkbjkJcJxWU8bpvE1HT5XSAA7jDazxHYyWBT_w/s1600/bs3.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_7F2jZcx5wQXiRA_TpR9qcmJYIM9KvppwpgD2wBof9KRcjgtEcE8-KP3yKfe3cTQYdff7y95AT3syFrDETsNRybIrSP7pd8rFk11xNvkbjkJcJxWU8bpvE1HT5XSAA7jDazxHYyWBT_w/s400/bs3.jpg" /></a></div> President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has felicitated with children across the country and stated that their safety was non- negotiable.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Saraki, in his goodwill message to commemorate the 2018 Children’s Day, signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja, noted that the Children Day gives the country an opportunity to celebrate the young ones and to fully consider the important place they occupy in the heart of the nation.<br /> <br /> He insisted that no Nigerian child should go to bed hungry just as due attention must be paid to their health as part of the vision to make the country stronger.<br /> <br /> Saraki said: “This is also a day to rededicate ourselves to the cause of children. It is a day to recommit ourselves to doing all in our power to ensure that children are protected and empowered to aspire to be great in life, and to remove all impediments in their way.<br /> <br /> “Children are the leaders of tomorrow, our hope for the future. They are the ones we are depending on to take Nigeria to greater heights in the future. We must therefore ensure their health and well-being through the laws we make and the policies we set.<br /> <br /> “I therefore call on us all to do our best to ensure that our children can live in liberty and in truth. No Nigerian child should go to bed hungry. Due attention must be paid to the health of the Nigerian child. This should be part of our vision to ‘Make Nigeria Stronger’. We must invest in the people by first investing in the Nigerian child.<br /> <br /> “The 1 percent of the Consolidated Revenue Fund (CRF) for the Basic Health Fund, whose inclusion we as the National Assembly ensured in the 2018 Budget that we have just passed, will ultimately make for healthier Nigerian children, through a massive boost in increased funding for the sector. We are very excited about this.<br /> <br /> “Furthermore, the safety of the Nigerian child is non-negotiable. We, therefore, today, make an unequivocal call for the release of all Nigerian children in captivity. We remember Leah Sharibu and the other Dapchi Girls – as well as those Chibok Girls still in captivity, on this symbolic day. We affirm their right to freedom, to live carefree with their loved ones, to go to school, and for their dreams to remain intact.<br /> <br /> “We urge all relevant authorities not to relent in the efforts to see that Leah Sharibu and all who are held captive are returned safe and unharmed. We must intensify efforts for the release of our Children, even as we felicitate with the families of all who have been released,” he said.<br /> <br /> He noted that the issues of violence against children, child molestation, child labour and other evils committed against children – remain a grave concern.<br /> <br /> “Last year, we held a consultative session in the Senate with the Speakers of State Houses of Assembly that had not domesticated the Child Rights Act; and I am encouraged to see that there has been some significant progress with reviewing the law to suit the local context in those states.<br /> <br /> “And so, on this 2018 Children’s Day, I congratulate all Nigerian children. I join the entire members of the Legislature, Executive, Judiciary and All Nigerians in wishing the Nigerian Child a Happy Children’s Day. We pledge that we shall always work for a Safe and Nourishing environment for our Children to grow and prosper,” he stated.</div>

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"Omisore’s exit from PDP painful"

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4txco1wkEKtHuib2iOZNRinMFkH6qqKBlrQ4FphCgIXRlHAh_NCX2WWXuDsVEJAaSeu7UyltphZ8HZLrCqmXf3VPcWqcqE2G6xZSusxngwOctxYYHGgEV_z9p4LCP5Cq1A1kLqTHgHAI/s1600/Iyiola+Omisore.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4txco1wkEKtHuib2iOZNRinMFkH6qqKBlrQ4FphCgIXRlHAh_NCX2WWXuDsVEJAaSeu7UyltphZ8HZLrCqmXf3VPcWqcqE2G6xZSusxngwOctxYYHGgEV_z9p4LCP5Cq1A1kLqTHgHAI/s320/Iyiola+Omisore.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ebenezer Babatope, on Saturday said he was personally pained by the exit of Chief Iyiola Omisore from the party.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Babatope, a former Minister of Transport, made the statement in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria.<br /> <br /> NAN reports that Omisore, a one-time governorship candidate of the PDP dumped the party for the Social Democratic Party on May 20.<br /> <br /> In a statement announcing his defection to SDP, Omisore said he was moving to a credible platform to realise his governorship ambition to “rescue the state from the All Progressives Congress.’’<br /> <br /> The Osun State Chairman of SDP, Mr Ademola Ishola, had on Thursday confirmed Omisore’s membership of the party at a news conference in Osogbo.<br /> <br /> But Babatope, who is also from the state, said Omisore’s defection was a sad thing not only to him but to PDP.<br /> <br /> He said the former deputy governor of the state did a lot to grow the PDP both in Osun and at the national level.<br /> <br /> The former minister said he did not expect Omisore to leave the party as he was a committed member and nice to party faithfuls.<br /> <br /> Babatope said he should rather have resolved his differences with the party and realise whatever ambition on the PDP platform.<br /> <br /> “Honestly, I do not know what to say on Omisore’s defection except to say I am sad and the party is sad because he was a great and committed party man.<br /> <br /> “I did not expect him to leave no matter what would have been his misgivings.<br /> <br /> “I will be very happy any day if he decides to return because the Omisore that I know is PDP at heart.<br /> <br /> “We will do our best to talk to him to return because in all respect and fairness, he was an asset to PDP,’’ he said.<br /> <br /> Babatope, however, said that he would remain in the PDP, describing it as ultimate party with the right agenda for Nigeria.</div>

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Rohr opens up on including Lokosa, Simy in Super Eagles squad

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2p-vqnzh79TE_EqFTIehTcWNoEHR9kbSJBfwux4J7q2IMRKpNR-iQ56u5Qx3DQDBrrQBslSkVKnxkcpQuPZeTvb2JMSmWwjCNTbmUi7KgkdXgaljJBeD4N1B3j-surYgBh6mACtbe7OY/s1600/Gernot+Rohr.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2p-vqnzh79TE_EqFTIehTcWNoEHR9kbSJBfwux4J7q2IMRKpNR-iQ56u5Qx3DQDBrrQBslSkVKnxkcpQuPZeTvb2JMSmWwjCNTbmUi7KgkdXgaljJBeD4N1B3j-surYgBh6mACtbe7OY/s320/Gernot+Rohr.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Head coach of the Super Eagles, Gernot Rohr, has spoken on the chances of Kano Pillars forward, Junior Lokosa and Crotone of Italy star, Simy Nwankwo, making his final 23-man squad to the 2018 World Cup.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Rohr said the two players are in line to play against Congo in Monday’s friendly game against the Democratic Republic of Congo.<br /> <br /> The German rated the chances of Simy, who ended the season with seven goals for relegated Serie A side‎ Crotone, as 50-50.<br /> <br /> However, he was non-committal about chances of Lokosa making the squad.<br /> <br /> “Simy is 50-50 to go to the World Cup, but he and Junior [Lokosa] will play on Monday.<br /> <br /> “They will get a chance to show us what they can do, and get a chance to go to the World Cup,” Rohr said at yesterday’s session with the media.<br /> <br /> On Lokosa specificialy, Rohr added: “Even if he does not go, he is training well with the team and the experience will help him in his club.”</div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijznoFtt78psKAbb17_RYBUpZuX1pGs3HTMgXmLNafAgjLu3BBvPiibb9KwOmGLUCf3xLHbWacJMtuy9JnCiRkufRriXi207khxvtVFBIEykQT1voLlTGu5aN7bmDHCjdsKGRsno2t7Tg/s1600/tijani+Bande.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijznoFtt78psKAbb17_RYBUpZuX1pGs3HTMgXmLNafAgjLu3BBvPiibb9KwOmGLUCf3xLHbWacJMtuy9JnCiRkufRriXi207khxvtVFBIEykQT1voLlTGu5aN7bmDHCjdsKGRsno2t7Tg/s320/tijani+Bande.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Nigeria and other African countries at the Africa Day 2018 in New York renewed their commitment to win the fight against corruption so as to advance sustainable development on the continent.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Prof. Tijjani Bande, and other African envoys made the pledge at the celebration of Africa Day, hosted by the AU Mission to the UN.<br /> <br /> On Africa Day, Africans on the continent and in the Diaspora converge to recommit to the mission of the AU and to celebrate the diversity and progress of Africa.<br /> <br /> Bande represented President Muhammadu Buhari, who was recognised in his capacity as the Champion of AU’s anti-corruption crusade.<br /> <br /> The theme for this year is: ‘Winning the Fight against Corruption: A Sustainable Path to Africa’s Transformation’.<br /> <br /> He noted the laudable vision of the defunct Organisation of African Unity, now AU, but said it would not be achieved if the continent did not deal with corruption.<br /> <br /> Bande said: “The Thabo Mbeki Report indicated that Africa loses at least 50 billion dollars to corruption yearly and it receives less as aid.<br /> <br /> “Talking about corruption, which is not calculated but happens every day, the conclusion is clear: there’s no way we’ll achieve our ambition if we do not tackle corruption.<br /> <br /> “The President of Nigeria has been showing clear resolve to fight corruption – Treasury Single Account, Whistle Blowers Policy and no one will be allowed to go scot-free with corrupt practices.<br /> <br /> “And almost every day, millions of Naira are being uncovered that could not be used even by individuals who have stolen them.’’<br /> <br /> Bande conveyed Buhari’s gratitude for the recognition that he should lead as “champion against corruption” but reminded the gathering that “corruption fights back”.<br /> <br /> He said corruption had fought back and is fighting back, not only in Nigeria but all over the continent, stressing the need for resilience in the fight against the scourge.<br /> <br /> According to him, every institution – judiciary, executive, legislature – is implicated, adding that fighting corruption involves all of us; the citizens must be on board or there would be no victory.<br /> <br /> The Nigerian envoy said political will, individual efforts, institutional reforms, among others, were needed, stressing that there is the need to forge stronger partnership to ensure stolen funds are returned.<br /> <br /> Chairperson of African Union Commission, Moussa Mahamat, said the launch of AU was a testimony to the determination of African leaders to expedite the achievement of continental unity and to find home-grown solutions to the region’s challenges.<br /> <br /> Represented by Ms Fatima Kyari-Mohammed, Permanent Representative of AU to the UN, Mahamat said central to the work ahead of AU is the fight against corruption in all its forms. “Corruption destroys the lives of ordinary people and undermines their trust in their leaders and public institutions.”<br /> <br /> “Resources that are needed for development and the delivery of services – such as electricity, education, healthcare, sanitation and clean water – are diverted by a few, thus depriving the majority of the people from access to these critical services.”<br /> <br /> The AU Commission chief said African leaders had declared the July 11 yearly as ‘African Anti-Corruption Day’, 2018 as ‘Year for Combating Corruption’ and adopted a ‘Call to Action’ to fight against corruption and eradicate it.<br /> <br /> “I want to challenge all of us, leaders and Africans from all walks of life, to firmly deal with this scourge,” the AU chief said.<br /> <br /> Mahamat said 2018 witnessed the launch of the Single African Air Transport Market, as well as the signing of the African Continental Free Trade Area and the Protocol on Free Movement of Persons, and the African Passport.<br /> <br /> Other speakers at the event, which also honoured the centenary birthday of late Dr Nelson Mandela, included Rwandan Ambassador to the UN Valentine Rugwabiza and President of the UN General Assembly Miroslav Lajcak.<br /> <br /> Others were Vice President of Universal Peace Federation International, Tageldin Hamad, Wife of Cape Verde Ambassador to the UN Yamile Rocha and South Africa’s Ambassador to the UN Jerry Matjila.<br /> <br /> Matjila formally presented South Africa’s candidacy for the Non-Permanent Seat of the UN Security Council, representing Africa for the 2019 to 2020 term, which election comes up on June 8.<br /> <br /></div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXtq3EezU3dSxvQI33sGQoEuVu8z2ieBdIM-kbwiUgATvBXQQyGQPlhgwKfxf4NNc8GZbmq2bllvVuMwL4GlEIHfGXVbg3cRLlVa9xzkYMYMhdYhk37AXxdgU9Y2Q0zA9P4N0rjKdfFG4/s1600/buhari2.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXtq3EezU3dSxvQI33sGQoEuVu8z2ieBdIM-kbwiUgATvBXQQyGQPlhgwKfxf4NNc8GZbmq2bllvVuMwL4GlEIHfGXVbg3cRLlVa9xzkYMYMhdYhk37AXxdgU9Y2Q0zA9P4N0rjKdfFG4/s320/buhari2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Ahead of the 2019 presidential election, an ex-militant leader of Phase II Amnesty group, under the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP, ‘General’ Emma Lawson has vowed to protect President Muhammadu Buhari’s votes in the Niger Delta region.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Lawson also known as ‘Sinaman’ while addressing a selected team of journalists in Abuja recently, threatened to deal with anybody seeking to truncate Buhari’s vote in the Niger Delta region, including ex-militants who might want to stand on his way.<br /> He claimed that he protected votes that belong to the President during the election, while he vowed that any militant that is hell-bent on frustrating the re-election of Buhari would meet stiff resistance.<br /> <br /> According to him, President Buhari’s performance in developing the Niger Delta region was more than expectation, compared to what the former President and son of the soil, Goodluck Jonathan, did despite the six years he was in power.<br /> <br /> His words: “With circumspect, the socio-political happenings in recent times as they affect the Niger Delta region, I humbly make the following declaration, that I ‘General’ Emma Lawson, No 1 Phase Two Ex-militant Leaders and the Grand Commander of the Creeks of the Niger Delta region shall deliver and protect President Muhammadu Buhari’s votes in the 2019 general elections in the region of the Niger Delta.<br /> <br /> That I shall lead other ex-militant generals under my leadership in this onerous task I have assigned to myself without fear and intimidation from any person or group in the region, and if any ex-militant or youths stand on my way to stop me from carrying out this patriotic task for our great nation, he shall not be forgiven and must be punished according to the laws of the land and law of the creeks.”<br /> <br /> According to him, this declaration and vote of confidence on Buhari is as a result of unprecedented achievements of the President in three years generally, particularly in the Niger Delta region.<br /> <br /> He continued: “These unprecedented achievements are hereby stated, but not limited to the following: visible and tangible projects are being executed by the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, in every nooks and crannies of the Niger Delta region as against preceding order of Jonathan’s government, where virtually most projects were awarded and executed on pages of newspapers.<br /> <br /> “That, the historical take-off of Maritime University, Okerenkoko, is worthy of commendation whilst academic activities have commenced fully. Where our so-called son of the soil failed, Mr President is succeeding.<br /> <br /> “That reforms and prompt payment of ex-militant entitlements in the Federal Government Amnesty programme is worth celebrating as well as the appointment of Professor Charles Dokubo, as Coordinator for the Federal Government’s amnesty programme.<br /> <br /> “That the midwifery of the legal framework for the establishment of the Petroleum University, Okerenkoko is worth of mentioning, again, where our so-called son of the soil failed, the ‘Man’, from Daura has succeeded. I celebrate you, Mr President for the ongoing clean-up of Ogoni Land. What our so-called son of the soil Jonathan refused to do in six years, Mr President, you did it in just two years in office. Indeed you are not just a friend but a brother to us.<br /> <br /> He lauded the appointment of Barrister Festus Keyamo as spokesman of the Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organisation for the 2019 presidential election.<br /> He, however, appealed for completion of the East-West Road, stating that by doing so, Buhari’s name would be written in gold<br /> <br /> Politics they say is a game of interest and it will be quite interesting how the 2019 general elections play out in the months ahead.</div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMBqd_uCFr1h-vEkSn4PQuIDC86kfIBg9WYqceZQ9YqNJ0k0UhaMxBO6K0H7eWmRduShkkaJIWjtfwhj_dqOBkbb2rmZAlOyixD-o837ws_tYtvkZ8zhrFuVuhBMaMGWtQNhnOdhFWpt4/s1600/johesu.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMBqd_uCFr1h-vEkSn4PQuIDC86kfIBg9WYqceZQ9YqNJ0k0UhaMxBO6K0H7eWmRduShkkaJIWjtfwhj_dqOBkbb2rmZAlOyixD-o837ws_tYtvkZ8zhrFuVuhBMaMGWtQNhnOdhFWpt4/s320/johesu.png" width="320" /></a></div> The Joint Health Sector Union (JOHESU) on Saturday confirmed receiving an Order of Interim Injunction from the National Industrial Court (NIC) compelling it to immediately resume duties.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Addressing an emergency news conference on behalf of the national body of JOHESU in Abuja, Dr Godwin Okara, the Chairman, Assembly of Healthcare Professionals Association (AHPA), said the notice was served on the union at 5.39 p.m on Friday (May 25).<br /> <br /> Okara explained that the briefing was aimed at updating the media and the general public on the latest developments affecting the industrial action.<br /> <br /> “An Order of Interim Injunction compelling JOHESU to immediately resume duties was just served on JOHESU at 5.39 pm on Friday May 25.<br /> <br /> “We have the greatest respect and regard for the Judiciary of our country Nigeria.<br /> <br /> “It has always proved to be the bulwark of our democracy, the last hope of the common man and the flagship of the vanguard for law and order in human society,” he said.<br /> <br /> However, Okara noted that JOHESU had before the receipt of the NIC order filed Court Processes before the same court and the Court of Appeal on May 21, challenging the locus standi of the Kingdom Human Rights Foundation International, an NGO, and the jurisdiction of the court to entertain the suit.<br /> <br /> He described the suit as a calculated attempt by the Federal Ministry of Health and the NGO to demonise JOHESU through sustained misinformation and falsehood.<br /> <br /> Okara explained that JOHESU decided to seek legal redress when it noticed that there was an intention by the parties to tarnish the image of its members on the mass media when they have not received any court order.<br /> <br /> “JOHESU had before the receipt of this Court Order filed Court Processes in the National Industrial Court and the Court of Appeal on the 21st of May, 2018, challenging the locus standi of the NGO and the jurisdiction of the court to entertain the suit.<br /> <br /> “The move is a follow up to the calculated attempt to demonise JOHESU through sustained misinformation and falsehood by the Federal Ministry of Health and the Kingdom Human Rights Foundation International, an NGO, that is neither our employer nor a party to the agreement JOHESU signed with Government.<br /> <br /> “The NGO has constituted itself into a meddlesome interloper,” Okara said.<br /> <br /> The NIC had on May 17 allegedly ordered striking members of JOHESU to suspend its on-going strike, and resume work across the nation within 24 hours.<br /> <br /> Justice Babatunde Adejumo, President of the NIC, gave the order after listening to the submissions of Mr Okere Nnamdi, in an ex-parte motion filed by the NGO, Incorporated Trustees of Kingdom Human Rights Foundation International.<br /> <br /> The NGO in the motion prayed the court to order the workers to restore normal healthcare services and go back to negotiation table.<br /> <br /> Okara also expressed concern over the persistent attempts by the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) to misinform the public through malicious fabrication of accusation and blatant lies that JOHESU members had locked up theatres, consulting rooms, laboratories and wards.<br /> <br /> “It beats imagination that NMA will go to any ridiculous length in giving bad names to a dog in order to hang it,’’ he said.<br /> <br /> He dismissed insinuations by the NMA that their members were intimidated by JOHESU officials and hospital authorities lack the power to keep the gates and doors of our health facilities open.<br /> <br /> According to him, JOHESU members have conducted themselves with the highest degree of restraint and discipline in the face of provocation and double-dealing by the Federal Ministry of Health and NMA.<br /> <br /> But the AHPA chairman commended the leadership of the Senate for their recent intervention aimed at ensuring full and amicable resolution of the crisis.<br /> <br /> Okara also appreciated all men and women of good conscience that have lend their voices of reason to JOHESU’s struggle for improved healthcare facilities in the country, justice, fairness and equity in the health sector.<br /> <br /> While sympatising with patients and their relatives over the pangs of the strike, he appealed to the general public to understand that the strike was in the best interest of improving the country’s health sector.<br /> <br /> Okara urged members of JOHESU to sustain the strike pending the outcome of national consultative meetings with states and zonal leaders of the union to review the latest situation and decide on the next line of action on May 27 and 28 in Abuja, respectively.<br /> <br /> The JOHESU official therefore urged the Federal Government to implement the agreement reached with the union on Sept. 30, 2017, to avoid further loss of lives. </div>

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<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuF79PG_9w-jTlsZvkPVMq05SFEdNx5ylLADJPSbldNu8TnDLG4-vme9iP5MeBPlV-bgwWNBpmAo6tMzBanuw8e-4vUcZ_nRASq_TU0Cdgm6BS8A26CgpS0XX4kuGUqZ1FJzT5_lfFjYY/s1600/Alex+Iwobi.jpeg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuF79PG_9w-jTlsZvkPVMq05SFEdNx5ylLADJPSbldNu8TnDLG4-vme9iP5MeBPlV-bgwWNBpmAo6tMzBanuw8e-4vUcZ_nRASq_TU0Cdgm6BS8A26CgpS0XX4kuGUqZ1FJzT5_lfFjYY/s320/Alex+Iwobi.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div> Success for many, has many friends, as not a few people would love to be associated with a successful name, brand, person or in the football world, a star player, who is making waves, posting chart-bursting performances and hitting the marks, week in, week out.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> For Arsenal and Eagles forward, Alex Iwobi, the above statement suffixes as the 22-year old has been receiving plaudits from all and sundry after his World Cup qualifying goal in last October’s penultimate qualifier against Zambia at the Champions of Nest Stadium in Uyo, Akwa Ibom.<br /> <br /> And as the praises have been flowing in, so also the controversies, with claims and counter-claims as to who sowed the seed of development that has seen the former England youth star blossom into a gem on the playing pitch.<br /> <br /> One controversial claim has is that former Eagles captain, Austin Okocha was instrumental in making Iwobi the star he has become in Nigerian football folklore, even though Okocha is yet to credit his nephew’s growing fame to himself.<br /> <br /> This comes despite Iwobi’s admission that Okocha, like Thiery Henry influenced his rise to stardom as he looked up to them as role models to follow in his professional football journey.<br /> <br /> And adding his voice to the issue, Iwobi’s father has told Sports Vanguard that it was incorrect to say Okocha made Iwobi become a star, even as he admitted that he never planned for Iwobi to become a football star.<br /> <br /> Speaking to Sports Vanguard in Lagos  Iwobi’s father said, ‘’just like any other father, you support your child in whatever he or she wants to do.. There was no plan for Alex to become a footballer, not to talk of a star. He took it up on himself and as a good parent, we only had to support, because ultimately it was down to him’’, he said.</div>

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Chris Oyakhilome out with third music album

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN5RxmV_vKrxFdT2DJpmvgdFMgz571YCXk5XhZHRvadC_wVYoE4JvgX1-Tzsn6-5sIR-Q2PH_Gzp6pt7CgUlhe3jSn1oftQ1i_Go6YsJDEwTeoaGI8HqCrmMjIIhPWEFgeHi2Izc3j8Zg/s1600/Chris+Oyakhilome.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN5RxmV_vKrxFdT2DJpmvgdFMgz571YCXk5XhZHRvadC_wVYoE4JvgX1-Tzsn6-5sIR-Q2PH_Gzp6pt7CgUlhe3jSn1oftQ1i_Go6YsJDEwTeoaGI8HqCrmMjIIhPWEFgeHi2Izc3j8Zg/s320/Chris+Oyakhilome.png" width="320" /></a></div> In its resolve to take the gospel of Christ to the nooks and crannies of Nigeria and beyond through music and creative arts, Love World Music and Arts Ministry, an arm of Pastor Chris Oyakhilome’s Believer’s Love World Ministries, is set to release the Best Songs of the Year album.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> According to Pastor Oyakhilome, the major inspiration behind conceiving the idea three years ago was basically to transform societies around the world through music and creative arts.<br /> <br /> “The Best Songs of the Year is a project initiated to reach the world through music and creative arts ministrations. It is a compilation of the best music from the finest music ministers from Believers Love world Nation. It contains timeless truths and messages that have the ability to transform and change societies all around the world. As a result, we resolved to consciously circulate the album all around the world”, he said.<br /> <br /> The Best Songs of the Year album contains songs from top gospel artistes including Sinach, Frank Edwards, Eben, Jahdiel, Evangelist Kathy Woghiren, Buchi, Israel Strong, Ada, Wisdom, Testimony Jaga, Rap Nation and many others.</div>

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2019: ex-PDP governorship candidate dumps party in Ogun

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpBBxmvowrFBWSUZciNe8i2-R4lnA8sKC9AY9Q1-HWR4DslXq-gA6dmtDOzBND6d2aAOvIRUwqxyPiMBEOPru8KJXfPrysETPhVjVoRZd7nQpNQrd4f3tVZoZwkhPZG8C4WjnRM56arn8/s1600/pdp-logo.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpBBxmvowrFBWSUZciNe8i2-R4lnA8sKC9AY9Q1-HWR4DslXq-gA6dmtDOzBND6d2aAOvIRUwqxyPiMBEOPru8KJXfPrysETPhVjVoRZd7nQpNQrd4f3tVZoZwkhPZG8C4WjnRM56arn8/s320/pdp-logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Ahead of 2019 governorship election in Ogun State, the  State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in 2015, Prince Gboyega Isiaka, has dumped his party.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Isiaka  who had contested the governorship on two previous occasions  on the platform of the PDP both in 2011 and 2015 tendered a  letter of resignation of his membership of the party.<br /> <br /> A copy of his resignation letter dated May 24 and addressed to the state PDP chairman, was obtained by our correspondent in Abeokuta. Isiaka, who said the decision was not an easy one for him, noted that the crisis rocking the party in the state had proved intractable ahead of another general elections.<br /> <br /> The Ogun PDP had been factionalised between loyalists of Senator Buruji Kashamu representing Ogun East Senatorial District and a House of Representatives member, Oladipupo Adebutu, from Remo Federal Constituency.<br /> <br /> Isiaka said he was leaving the PDP to continue his partisan political career “by charting a new course.”<br /> <br /> He lamented that genuine steps taken by few patriots within the opposition party to close up the fault lines and return it to glory days have been to no avail.<br /> <br /> The letter partly read, “I am using this medium to convey the decision to resign my membership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), effective from today 24th May, 2018.<br /> <br /> “This has not been an easy one for me as I recall with nostalgia, the opportunities and privileges which the membership of this party conferred on my political career; the peak of which was the kind consideration given me to be the flag bearer of the PDP in the last gubernatorial election in Ogun State.<br /> <br /> “You will recall that the PDP, especially in our state, has been through a rough patch in the last couple of years, and after two successive electoral losses, the search for lasting peace is still elusive. Despite the genuine steps taken by few patriots within the party to close up the fault lines and return the party to glory days, all have been to no avail.</div>

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It’s wrong to file same charges in two different courts against my client Evans’ lawyer to judge:

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0scc180J3j6sZE7qlEO6mhw6uQsLaXPdoJgh5-f5tOMKiUUmZLPZJEcI-9lQZnuUuLD2dwLmLuDoFg75a-SZ_eOAMp94KB2dfGHyzI-m0BMKFiOlqCY1Y5h91ykvgCXG9lxTsK3ZgUkk/s1600/evans+kidnapper.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0scc180J3j6sZE7qlEO6mhw6uQsLaXPdoJgh5-f5tOMKiUUmZLPZJEcI-9lQZnuUuLD2dwLmLuDoFg75a-SZ_eOAMp94KB2dfGHyzI-m0BMKFiOlqCY1Y5h91ykvgCXG9lxTsK3ZgUkk/s320/evans+kidnapper.png" width="320" /></a></div> Alleged billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike a.k.a Evans, yesterday again asked a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere to quash all the charges filed against him by the Lagos State Government.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> He said that similar charges were already pending before a Lagos high court, and requested that he should be tried by one judge.<br /> <br /> The Lagos State Government had brought a fresh five-count charge bordering on conspiracy to kidnap, kidnapping and attempted murder against Evans and three others.<br /> <br /> Evans was arraigned alongside Joseph Emeka, Ugochukwu Nwachukwu and Victor Aduba.<br /> <br /> In the second charge, Evans is standing trial alongside Joseph Emeka, Linus Okpara and Victor Aduba.<br /> <br /> At the resumed hearing of the case yesterday, Counsel to the first defendant, Mr Olukoya Ogungbeje told the court that he had filed a motion on notice to quash all the charges filed against the first defendant, Evans.<br /> <br /> In the motion on notice, Ogungbeje said that  all the charges were “grossly defective, repetitive and an abuse of court processes”.<br /> <br /> He said that the prosecution had earlier filed similar charges and amended charges bordering on kidnapping against the same first defendant pending before the same High Court of Lagos State.<br /> <br /> He relied on Section 153 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law ( ACJL ) of Lagos State, adding that nothing stopped the prosecution from bringing the charges under one judge.<br /> <br /> He said that counts three, four and five were repetitions of same offence.<br /> <br /> “Apart from the counts being of same offence, same section of the law is being provided in these counts.<br /> <br /> “I submit that the prosecution misfired by bringing different charges and instituting the same case in different courts.<br /> <br /> “I urge your Lordship to quash the charge because it is defective and  an abuse of court process,” Ogungbeje said.<br /> <br /> while responding to the motion, the State Director for Public Prosecutions (DPP), Ms Titilayo Shitta-Bey, said “the general rule is that every offence must be in a separate count.”<br /> <br /> Shitta-Bey stated that the first defendant was charged with attempt to murder Chief James Uduji, in count three, while in count four, he was charged with attempt to murder Mr Donald Nwonye.<br /> <br /></div>

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Innoson files motion to suspend execution of order declaring him wanted

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjulWtYchwfAkr_7tajN-v6hhMa2y8BXTUWlQdKIiVP4r3qATSFbR6GvQteCMjADhhfa0enld4jYCvnkSRfnOeTKsF0B1edg_0a9dUat9rZrpXUNz7PRaQ4bhm4YvI2dviaXO2zKf2GHc/s1600/Innocent+Chukwuma.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjulWtYchwfAkr_7tajN-v6hhMa2y8BXTUWlQdKIiVP4r3qATSFbR6GvQteCMjADhhfa0enld4jYCvnkSRfnOeTKsF0B1edg_0a9dUat9rZrpXUNz7PRaQ4bhm4YvI2dviaXO2zKf2GHc/s400/Innocent+Chukwuma.jpg" /></a></div> Chairman of Innoson Motors, Chief Innocent Chukwuma, who was declared wanted by the order of an Ikeja High Court, Lagos has filed a motion for stay of execution of the order.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> It will be recalled that Justice Mojisola Dada of Ikeja High Court declared Chief Innocent Chukwuma wanted for failing to appear before the court on May 24 2018.<br /> <br /> Founder and chairman of Nigeria’s automobile company, Innoson Motors, Innocent Chukwuma.<br /> However, in a motion filed by his counsel, Professor J N Mbadugha, Chief Chukwuma is praying for an order staying the execution of the order granted on May 24 2018 declaring him wanted pending the determination of his appeal against the order.<br /> <br /> A statement issued yesterday by Head, Corporate Communications, Innoson Group, Cornel Osigwe said “Chief Chukwuma has expressly stated that he is not afraid of arraignment but must be arraigned through due process of the law.<br /> <br /> “It must be noted that Chief Chukwuma failed to appear before the court because he had challenged the jurisdiction of the Lagos State High Court to hear the forgery charge filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission at the Court of Appeal Lagos Division on ground of, inter alia, the charge is an abuse of process.<br /> <br /> “A similar charge on the same subject matter, transactions and issues is ongoing at the Federal High Court Lagos Division between the same parties, in charge No: FHC/l/565c/2015. The last hearing of the charge at the Federal High Court was this month, May 22nd 2018”.</div>

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Chairman of Innoson Motors, Chief Innocent Chukwuma, who was declared wanted by the order of an Ikeja High Court, Lagos has filed a motion for stay of execution of the order. It will be recalled that Justice Mojisola Dada of Ikeja High Court declare…

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Military slams Amnesty International over rape report on troops

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVml3P1mm44ignoZVkroD3xFvUjoEuWSBgDXOqPIC9_mNmaCF-DodRhp8c2rtnxInMKtBh3Bb6nytEnONGemLXRLF0pQizbEnGvK_fafcamPZw8YzAfpNs780bIojAOZgnM5FkVs2op3I/s1600/Nigerian+army.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVml3P1mm44ignoZVkroD3xFvUjoEuWSBgDXOqPIC9_mNmaCF-DodRhp8c2rtnxInMKtBh3Bb6nytEnONGemLXRLF0pQizbEnGvK_fafcamPZw8YzAfpNs780bIojAOZgnM5FkVs2op3I/s400/Nigerian+army.jpg" /></a></div> The Nigerian Military has denied the report by Amnesty International accusing soldiers and members of the Civilian Joint Task Force, JTF of raping women and girls at IDP camps.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The report, which was released on Friday revealed how the military and Civilian JTF separated women from their husbands and confined them to “satellite camps” where they were raped sometimes in exchange of food. Amnesty in its report highlighted how scores of women described how soldiers and Civilian JTF members used force and threats to rape them including taking advantage of hunger to coerce them to become their “girlfriends” which involved being available for sex regularly.<br /> <br /> In its reaction, however, the Defence headquarters described the report as fictitious and malicious noting that “this malicious trend by AI is becoming a frequent ritual and it is rather unfortunate”.<br /> <br /> A statement signed by Brigadier General John Agim, Acting Director of Defence Information said, “In times like this, Amnesty International is expected to apply the natural law of liaison by working with security agencies as partners. This would have been the best way to ensure that insurgency and crisis is completely wiped off rather than engaging in falsehood, maligning the military and painting her in a bad light at any slight opportunity.<br /> <br /> “The Nigerian Military wishes to use this medium to reiterate her commitment to the citizens of our dear nation, that it will abide by all Human Rights Regulations as entered into by Nigeria and also go the extra mile in ensuring that the territorial integrity of our nation is well protected.<br /> <br /> “However, the Nigerian Military admonishes AI to desist from cooking reports from time to time to demoralize the entire military system and the nation as a whole whose troops are sacrificing their lives in the fight against Boko Haram and other enemies of the country.<br /> <br /> “These false reports which are capable of derailing the good work being done by our patriotic and selfless soldiers must stop. “Kindly note that we are not in any way implying that AI should not do their job, but such must be done with a level of integrity and credibility by seeking clarification when the need arises.<br /> <br /> “This way a lot will be achieved as both will form partners in the fight against extremism and other vices. The Defence Headquarters, therefore, urge all law-abiding citizens to continue to trust and support the military in the ongoing war against Boko Haram and go about their normal lawful business.”<br /> <br /> The Amnesty International in its report quoted the victims as saying they were coerced into becoming “girlfriends” of security officials to save themselves from starvation. According to the report, “most of these women has already lost children or other relatives due to lack of food, water and healthcare in the camp. The sexual exploitation continues at an alarming level as women remain desperate to access sufficient food and livelihood opportunities”, adding that women reported they were too afraid to reject demands for sex.<br /> <br /> Several human right groups which reacted to the report urged the Federal Government to investigate the allegations. Comrade Ayodele Akele of Campaign for Human Right said, “the report is authentic. Amnesty International has a long credible record we cannot pretend about. It’s a fact that we no longer have the military we used to know. There is no difference between them and the police in Nigeria and it’s so unfortunate and pathetic that our president is not doing anything about it”.<br /> <br /> In his own reaction, Awwal Ibrahim-Rafsanjani, Executive Director of CISLAC said. “This report coming from Amnesty International confirms the reports from various civil society organizations and the National Human Rights Commission in Nigeria which expressed concern over human rights abuses and denial of rights in the IDPs”.<br /> <br /> Similarly, Olalekan Dada, Executive Director, Nigeria Action for Youths said “Amnesty International report exposed what had been happening in the country”, and expressed the hope that rather than defend the military, the government would examine the report holistically to prevent future occurrences”.</div>

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Alleged N700m fraud: PDP accuses Edo of frustrating bail process of Ize-Iyamu, others

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP4s5jlEkdeugEwbyitMjVjXXpve7X1eTTks6A7pLRYyP3peYltCD0UrctXSxUozaxzMx9eQcGKk4SoMM7kZPoa3tCPwuoVu9bkEMW1bi6LxOf7qmfp36RKomXWqjKmEcwJO63_bUfM_M/s1600/pdp-logo.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP4s5jlEkdeugEwbyitMjVjXXpve7X1eTTks6A7pLRYyP3peYltCD0UrctXSxUozaxzMx9eQcGKk4SoMM7kZPoa3tCPwuoVu9bkEMW1bi6LxOf7qmfp36RKomXWqjKmEcwJO63_bUfM_M/s320/pdp-logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> The Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State has accused the state government of allegedly frustrating the party’s efforts to meet the bail conditions of its members standing trial at a Federal High Court in Benin.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> A former governorship candidate of the PDP, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu; the State Chairman, Chief Dan Orbih; and two other chieftains of the party had been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over alleged money laundering.<br /> <br /> Also arraigned on Thursday was a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Lucky Imasuen.<br /> <br /> The presiding judge, Justice P. I. Adjokwu, had granted them bail in the sum of N10m and two sureties each in like sum, who must be public servants not below level 16 and own property in Edo, with the certificates of occupancy deposited at the court.<br /> <br /> But in a statement by its State Publicity Secretary, Chris Nehikhare, the PDP alleged that the state government had refused to sign all documents for the bail “for obvious political differences.”<br /> <br /> The statement read in part, “Acting on the instructions of Governor Godwin Obaseki, all the documents relating to the verification were locked up. This obvious action to deny us justice is malicious and an infantile and irresponsible political vendetta.<br /> <br /> “As it is becoming obvious that they will not do the needful, they have elected to sign only that of Chief Lucky Imasuen because of his current membership of the APC. Lucky Imasuen has insisted that his (matter) cannot be separated from the rest of those charged with him.”<br /> <br /> But Obaseki denied the allegation, adding that he was “too busy developing Edo” to be interested in the criminal prosecution of the PDP leaders.<br /> <br /> The governor, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Communication Strategy, Crusoe Osagie, said, “We are very aware that it is in the character of members of the PDP in Edo to live in denial and blame others when they confront the nemesis of their own actions.<br /> <br /> “We, however, want to advise them that, for once, they should take responsibility for their actions and direct their energy towards soul searching and character reforms.”</div>

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APC funding Ekiti election with Abacha loot, PDP alleges

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOFJL3OryFthxdx6Tc1byU2rWedvTSEKLySiNzMSaSWAL3k2QD7wlFO3Z6mxQoMHFyTKh1HUw5Xr_HnCa7QpDhIpDCr1A-qYoFhd0A6PghYCjRCWvho8QGg3PpNAI5DoXOlYON5NU6G4Q/s1600/APC-LOGO-17.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOFJL3OryFthxdx6Tc1byU2rWedvTSEKLySiNzMSaSWAL3k2QD7wlFO3Z6mxQoMHFyTKh1HUw5Xr_HnCa7QpDhIpDCr1A-qYoFhd0A6PghYCjRCWvho8QGg3PpNAI5DoXOlYON5NU6G4Q/s320/APC-LOGO-17.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> The Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State has accused the President Muhammadu Buhari-led All Progressives Congress government of plotting to fund the July 14 governorship election in the state with part of the Abacha loot and funds from the country’s crude oil sales.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The party said the 77-man campaign committee set up by the APC on the state’s governorship election “will make the PDP victory in the July 14 election sweeter and memorable.” It stated that the appointment of the Kebbi State Governor, Atiku Bagudu, as the chairman of the committee was a demonstration of the APC love for corruption.<br /> <br /> “Was such committee set up on the nation’s economic problems, killings by herdsmen and hunger that is ravaging the country to the extent that Nigerians are committing suicide?,” the state Chairman of the PDP, Chief Gboyega Oguntuase, said in a press release issued in Ado Ekiti on Friday.<br /> <br /> Oguntuase said that it was funny that a party that claimed to be fighting corruption could appoint someone who was declared wanted in the United Kingdom for fraud to lead its campaign in Ekiti.<br /> <br /> “It is on record that Governor Atiku Bagudu allegedly opened several bank accounts with Deutsche Morgan Greenfell Bank where funds stolen from Nigeria were lodged, but falsely claimed that the huge funds were proceeds from his legitimate private businesses in oil and trading.<br /> <br /> “The British Embassy in Washington wrote to the United States Department of State to make a formal request with reference number 34/03 dated April 11, 2003 for the extradition of Bagudu to its territory to face trial and the United States District Court for the District of Columbia on May 7, 2003 issued a warrant for his arrest.<br /> <br /> “On May 22, 2003, he was finally nabbed on the streets of Houston, Texas by two officers and was consequently detained for about 60 days while a court proceeding was on to facilitate his extradition.<br /> <br /> “On November 19, 2003, his wife, Aisha A. Bagudu signed his bail bond of $500,000 cash, prompting his return to Nigeria. On his return to Nigeria, Bagudu actually refunded to the Central Bank of Nigeria through the office of the National Security Adviser the sum of $604,743,187.19, £60,090,984.93 and an additional £5.25m.</div>

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Nigerians should love their country, everything it stood for, US Ambassador advises Nigerians

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIuuk9XwNajTtbiaMTJ4XYbGXBYLeb4gXR7hEBExMzUDodflllBOYtp8EfUyJAtMg9rBcKil-pDd8Z0pwPRrX-K07b1dA0N1YzeJtoKr89DZQpr45eQ-eFqDO0j4sc-Oue4Ff5gkXCnTQ/s1600/William+Symington.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIuuk9XwNajTtbiaMTJ4XYbGXBYLeb4gXR7hEBExMzUDodflllBOYtp8EfUyJAtMg9rBcKil-pDd8Z0pwPRrX-K07b1dA0N1YzeJtoKr89DZQpr45eQ-eFqDO0j4sc-Oue4Ff5gkXCnTQ/s400/William+Symington.jpg" /></a></div> The US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr William Symington, has called on Nigerians to be proud of their values, heritage and culture to propel the country to a greater height.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Symington made the call in Abuja on Friday during his courtesy visit to Alhaji Ibrahim Goni, the Conservator-General of the National Parks Service (PKS).<br /> <br /> He said Nigerians should love their country and everything it stood for, stressing that if they failed to preserve the nation, no one would call himself or herself a Nigerian.<br /> <br /> “Although there is great trouble, and it has affected many, but if you like being a Nigerian, you must protect its symbols and resources.<br /> <br /> “These symbols include your values, culture, water; trees, animals, natural heritage etc because in these symbols, you will find point of reference, point of pride as well as of common interest.<br /> <br /> “As you think about the country it is nice not just to have an appreciation of the people of the country, it is also nice to have an appreciation of the country itself.’’<br /> <br /> He said that the idea of the National Parks was a very welcome development that would add to the economic development of the country.<br /> <br /> “Think of ways people can make a living from things that are beautiful in your parks.<br /> <br /> “There are people around the world who will pay thousands of dollars a day to go to places like your parks, stay overnight and be guided to look at the natures at the park.<br /> <br /> “What I have seen here is extraordinary, it is like a stream that never runs out, it is like a farm you farm in a way that it can continue to regenerate forever.’’<br /> <br /> According to Symington,any Nigerianu can talk about what he has but, most importantly, must talk about what he must have as Nigerian.<br /> <br /> “It is your job to protect the values and what you have as a nation. It is not about the past but the future and the preservation of both the present and its future.<br /> <br /> “Give people reasons to be proud of their natural endowments by God at your parks without destroying them.<br /> <br /> “Preservation of nature is like working in an incredible factory, producing extraordinary goods and saying I am not going to destroy the factory I am going to add value to it and leave it for generations to come.’’<br /> <br /> He advised the parks service to share its experience with the people of Nigeria to understand and appreciate what they have to offer.<br /> <br /> “I think that the future of Nigeria depends not just on Nigerians being proud of being Nigerian, but of Nigerians being proud of where they are, what they have and what you preserve.<br /> <br /> “They cannot be proud of what they do not know, so bringing them to the Parks is the key,’’ he said.<br /> <br /> Responding, Goni thanked the Ambassador for the visit and for the approval granted to three officers of the service to attend an investigative wildlife trafficking course in Botswana.<br /> <br /> He also solicited for more patronage and partnership with the US to elevate the parks to international standard and improve revenue generation.<br /> <br /> Some of the highlights of the visit were the planting of a tree by the envoy to commemorate his visit, sightseeing of the mini-park and an inspection of guard of honour. </div>

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Those resigning from my government don’t want change – Gov Abubakar

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZG4YwC07YKlao5c3qY6NfclgpfgtLYqPwndVs06RN9uEMd_2R_y7LoNchWLk-v2euaFCiUGC1VnioZT5xJi8F-YHuZOdyC-gPExXLG3sHudRneJvx6gdnwFSTp3Uu8qp0f6elrbWn764/s1600/Mohammed+Abubakar.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZG4YwC07YKlao5c3qY6NfclgpfgtLYqPwndVs06RN9uEMd_2R_y7LoNchWLk-v2euaFCiUGC1VnioZT5xJi8F-YHuZOdyC-gPExXLG3sHudRneJvx6gdnwFSTp3Uu8qp0f6elrbWn764/s320/Mohammed+Abubakar.png" width="320" /></a></div> Governor Mohammed Abubakar of Bauchi State has said that those who have resigned from his cabinet were those who had refused to embrace change and drop their old ways of doing things that had destroyed the state.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Governor Abubakar, who stated this while fielding questions from State House correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, stated that it was the people that could not cope with the pace of his administration that have tendered their resignation letters.<br /> <br /> Recall that the Deputy Governor of the State, Nuhu Gidado, who doubled as the Commissioner for Education, resigned this week from the government while the former Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Shehu Ningi had resigned on December last year over alleged high handedness by the governor.<br /> <br /> But the governor said he had a good working relationship with the resigned deputy governor and even allocated the highest money to the education ministry which he was supervising since the inception of the administration till the time he quitted the administration.<br /> <br /> On what transpired between two of them that made him to resign, he said, “What transpired is in the letter of the deputy and I think people should read that letter. Read the entire letter and you will see that there was nothing bad that transpired between us.<br /> <br /> “His final paragraph is that he remains loyal to his leader and his brother. In my response, I eulogized him and wished him the best in his future endeavour and assured him of the support of the good people of Bauchi State. There was no problem whatsoever.”<br /> <br /> Also on why it was easy for him to accept the deputy governor’s resignation letter, he said the word resignation connotes a will on the part of the person who has offered, adding that the deputy decided to offer his letter willingly.<br /> <br /> Besides, he said there was no way he could force him to accept an employment when the time had come for him to look elsewhere.<br /> <br /> Explaining more on his working relationship with his resigned deputy governor, Abubakar said, “We had the most fantastic working relationship. In his words and you can ask him, he has said several times that he is the most pampered deputy governor in Nigeria.”<br /> <br /> On the allegation that apart from the former deputy governor, three other persons had left his government, the Bauchi State governor who has been having running battle with the members of the National Assembly from his state, including the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, said it was very difficult for people to embrace change.<br /> <br /> He said, “Because I have come to Bauchi state to engender change and change is very difficult for people to accept. People are used to a certain way of doing business and I have come to change that way of doing business.<br /> <br /> “Because, that way was destroying Bauchi State. So, we had to put a stop to it. We had to bring Bauchi state out of the dungeons. I give people a chance and if you think you can go at my pace, you stay and if you can’t go at my pace, you resign.”<br /> <br /> He, however, refused to comment whether his deputy resigned because he couldn’t go at his pace and whether he was also expecting more resignation.<br /> <br /> When reminded that the spokesman to the deputy governor had said on television that the deputy governor resigned because he was not being treated as part of the government, Abubakar said the claim was not true.<br /> <br /> “I think he is wrong. Go to the House of Assembly and check, I went on official leave twice since I took over and each time I transmitted a letter to the House of Assembly making him the acting governor of Bauchi.<br /> <br /> “Moreover, I gave him the most important ministry, ministry of education where I have been allocating the largest share of the budget of Bauchi state inception till date. That should answer your question.”</div>

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Nigeria hosting of UNWTO a great opportunity, says Lai Mohammed

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ZLglIQ4phT6vFYOAL0xURDQFrvs4ogntKBNzLhUbTEgWpc58MoRi9_coPdHROpB8I5Ty5RbnAGOWKRBRZH0Bi-4ss-b3gqtUJ1FqeaxmU78qAZiSyVM_5w9KUAXz9HZcGj4Dfgkd9U0/s1600/Lai-Mohammed.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ZLglIQ4phT6vFYOAL0xURDQFrvs4ogntKBNzLhUbTEgWpc58MoRi9_coPdHROpB8I5Ty5RbnAGOWKRBRZH0Bi-4ss-b3gqtUJ1FqeaxmU78qAZiSyVM_5w9KUAXz9HZcGj4Dfgkd9U0/s320/Lai-Mohammed.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said the stage is now set for the 61st edition of the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Commission for Africa (CAF) Meeting, which Nigeria will host from 4-6 June 2018 in Abuja.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The Minister gave the assurance in Benin, Edo State, on Friday when he paid a courtesy/promotional visit to the State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki.<br /> <br /> “Your Excellency, with the support of many stakeholders, I can boldly say that we are ready to host a very successful meeting. The various committees and sub-committees that we have put together to prepare for the summit are doing a great job. We will not disappoint,” he said.<br /> <br /> Alhaji Mohammed said Benin City, being a repository of a rich culture, cannot be ignored in the preparation for the global tourism meeting, hence the decision to visit the city as part of the ongoing nationwide advocacy tour for the meeting.<br /> <br /> He said the meeting will afford Nigeria the unique opportunity to expose her rich culture to the rest of the world, in addition to exploring the theme, Tourism Statistics: A Catalyst for Development, to generate the much-needed statistics for the development of the tourism sector in Nigeria.<br /> <br /> “For Nigeria, this is a great opportunity. In addition to the socio-economic gains, the event will put Nigeria, and the nation’s tourism industry in particular, on the world map, attract foreign research experts and promote the necessary network that will form the basis for future cooperation. Nigeria will also get a rare opportunity to showcase itself to the world: Its tourist attractions, its rich culture, as well as its music and films, which have become the toast of the world, “ the Minister said.<br /> <br /> Alhaji Mohammed, who solicited for the support of the Edo State Government towards the successful hosting of the event, used the occasion to formally invite the Governor to the event.<br /> <br /> In his remarks, Governor Obaseki said the state government believes in the ability of tourism to significantly contribute to the economic development of the nation in general, and noted that Edo has so much to show the world.<br /> <br /> “As it relates to the UNWTO CAF conference, as a state just like you explained, we believe that we have the greatest tourism potentials.<br /> <br /> “We understand the benefits of tourism to any evolving and emerging economy. A country like Indonesia whose GDP was four times less than that of Nigeria in 1994 today has a GDP five times that of Nigeria. The economy of Indonesia is grown by two key contributors to their GDP: oil palm and tourism,” he said.<br /> <br /> While pledging the support of Edo State towards the hosting of the event, Governor Obaseki commended the Minister for his untiring effort in educating Nigerians on the policies and programmes of the Federal Government.<br /> <br /> “We appreciate the perspective and illumination you have continued to give federal government programmes and policies. Times are difficult especially with the difficult economic environment we find ourselves, and it takes a man of competence and knowledge like you to explain for the people to understand what this government is doing to alleviate the sufferings of the people,” he said.<br /> <br />     </div>

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EFCC grills ex-governor Yero for 4 hours over N700m campaign fund

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpoV6W-w4sRp4aYrWLmQglA9-by1XRUDB2C7M_Y3Of6Yu0e2dGCNgu_QzUt0MfgZoWn1RFE0PGm0zJjGYIGwSny0Goo7LaLtIijqE1Ob-oLiVM2COxOXxfw5FSMjNfxYwpdw122upvFyQ/s1600/efcc+2.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpoV6W-w4sRp4aYrWLmQglA9-by1XRUDB2C7M_Y3Of6Yu0e2dGCNgu_QzUt0MfgZoWn1RFE0PGm0zJjGYIGwSny0Goo7LaLtIijqE1Ob-oLiVM2COxOXxfw5FSMjNfxYwpdw122upvFyQ/s400/efcc+2.jpg" /></a></div>  The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), on Friday interrogated former Governor of Kaduna State, Ramalan Yero for four hours at the commission’s office in Kaduna.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Yero was at the EFCC Kaduna office from around 9 am till about 1:30 pm, when he walked out smiling.<br /> <br /> The former governor thanked his supporters who were outside the EFCC office, for their solidarity and asked them to go to the mosques for Juma’at prayer.<br /> <br /> The former governor, however, declined to make comment to the press.<br /> <br /> His spokesman, Malam Yakubu Lere, however told NAN that his boss was invited in connection with the N700 million campaign funds released to the state by the People Democratic Party headquarters in 2015.<br /> <br /> Lere recalled that the former governor was at the EFCC office in Kano two years ago over the matter and was granted administrative bail.<br /> <br /> “At that time, he explained during the interrogation that the N700 million was PDP money sent to him as the then governor of Kaduna State to finance 2015 general election with instructions, which he judiciously followed.<br /> <br /> “What they are holding against him was that he kept the money in the office of the Secretary to the State Government instead of in a bank.<br /> <br /> “Even last week he was here on the same issue, but as you can see, he came out smiling, meaning the commission has found nothing to hold against him for now,” Lere said.<br /> <br /> The spokesman urged Yero supporters to remain calm and be law abiding, adding that the struggle to rescue the state from collapse has just began.</div>

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NNPC targets full implementation of 2018 budget

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRUNpG9EPyGkTmkWeswZTszkx-FOwQVfJXMlVBBOGlC5dskB2B7bqUz7DWRiovydAfBTGHJTtHfPOmLF5cvd5_qp4x0Y8ZF13pikIZxjrg0IaxLFiY7J_pFSnZAJj9v7UkYVMNjVYruNk/s1600/NNPC.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRUNpG9EPyGkTmkWeswZTszkx-FOwQVfJXMlVBBOGlC5dskB2B7bqUz7DWRiovydAfBTGHJTtHfPOmLF5cvd5_qp4x0Y8ZF13pikIZxjrg0IaxLFiY7J_pFSnZAJj9v7UkYVMNjVYruNk/s400/NNPC.jpg" /></a></div> The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Friday, said it has introduced measures to ensure the full and effective implementation of its 2018 budget.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The NNPC in a statement in Abuja, said this was the outcome of a top Management Steering Committee Meeting to review the first quarter performance report and close out on 2017 operations.<br /> <br /> Speaking at the meeting, the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mr. Maikanti Baru, charged all the Chief Operating Officers (COOs) of the Autonomous Business Units (ABU) and Managing Directors of Strategic Business Units (SBUs), as well as Heads of Corporate Services Units (CSUs) to focus more on the implementation aspect of the budget.<br /> <br /> In furthering the implementation of the budget, Baru said management would do most of the front-end work by liaising with relevant government officials to see that the corporation’s budget is signed off on time.<br /> <br /> He said, “Now that the budget is almost ready, we need all the various departments to get the relevant documents to enable us secure approval for implementation of the capital projects. What we will now do is to commit and get the approvals.<br /> <br /> “I want us to look at the performance side very closely and channel our contributions on that. We also need to ensure that the steering committee meeting held on schedule every quarter.”<br /> <br /> In another development, the NNPC said it was considering the expansion of the capacity development arrangement with its Joint Venture (JV) partners to facilitate a more robust cross-posting of staff between the organizations.<br /> <br /> Chief Operating Officer (COO), Corporate Services, Mr. Isah Inuwa, stated this when he led staff on secondment from the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) and Shell in NNPC to a meeting with the Group Managing Director, Mr. Maikanti Baru.<br /> <br /> The COO said the meeting was designed to appraise the GMD on what the staff on cross posting to the corporation had achieved during their assignment.<br /> <br /> Speaking after listening to the accomplishments and challenges of the seconded staff, the GMD commended them on their diligence and their ability to achieve so much in the face of the challenge of working in an environment different from that of their primary employers.<br /> <br /> The cross-posting arrangement is a scheme designed to deepen understanding among the JV partners and develop capacity.</div>

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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Friday, said it has introduced measures to ensure the full and effective implementation of its 2018 budget. The NNPC in a statement in Abuja, said this was the outcome of a top Management Steering C…

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Judge advises Atiku’s son, ex-wife on children’s upkeep

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwkCT3vgAKKQjiBboabFIHnDer8-W7QEEO_XQiYydEZIk4VlOwSqWCbkpI_a4ruvRhaEM9lq_dYnkt2Pr9GRH-dK5dtYJvOzw12N9NGzgFPwqpHFAQ4B_c_yw2XyO3BECLEH94Snmf1Q/s1600/court.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwkCT3vgAKKQjiBboabFIHnDer8-W7QEEO_XQiYydEZIk4VlOwSqWCbkpI_a4ruvRhaEM9lq_dYnkt2Pr9GRH-dK5dtYJvOzw12N9NGzgFPwqpHFAQ4B_c_yw2XyO3BECLEH94Snmf1Q/s320/court.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Justice Kazeem Alogba of the Lagos State High Court in Igbosere has advised a son of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Aminu, to sit down with his estranged wife, Fatima Bolori, and agree on how much he would give her monthly for the upkeep of their two children – Ameera, nine and Amir, seven.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The judge, in a ruling on Friday, urged Aminu to approach Bolori to iron the issue out rather than filing a suit to challenge the N250,000 which a magistrate had ordered him to pay Bolori monthly for the upkeep of the children.<br /> <br /> The judge urged counsel for both parties to advise their clients to “put heads together to arrive at a reasonable sum in the children’s interest, instead of wasting time litigating this appeal.”<br /> <br /> Aminu, through his lawyer, Oyinkan Badejo, had approached the judge, seeking a leave to appeal the judgment of a Lagos State Magistrates’ Court, which, January this year, awarded the custody of Ameera and Amir to Bolori.<br /> <br /> The magistrate, Mrs. Kikelomo Ayeye, in a January 10, 2018 verdict, after granting Bolori the full custody of the children, ordered Aminu to “pay a monthly upkeep for the children in the amount of N250,000 monthly, beginning from January 2018.”<br /> <br /> She, however, granted Aminu permission to “visit his children in Abuja and request for the children to spend holidays with him.”<br /> <br /> But the displeased Aminu approached Justice Alogba, praying to be allowed to challenge the magistrate’s judgment on appeal.<br /> <br /> In his ruling on Friday, Justice Alogba said that he was satisfied with the evidence presented by Aminu that he had been substantially meeting the educational, medical, feeding and other needs of the children.<br /> <br /> “I am satisfied that the applicant has very substantially complied with the lower court’s order… I grant the stay of execution … pending the determination of the appeal,” the judge held.<br /> <br /> He adjourned till June 14, 2018 for further proceedings.‎</div>

Latest-News Judge advises Atiku’s son, ex-wife on children’s upkeep

Justice Kazeem Alogba of the Lagos State High Court in Igbosere has advised a son of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, Aminu, to sit down with his estranged wife, Fatima Bolori, and agree on how much he would give her monthly for the upkeep of t…

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FG declares May 29 public holiday

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaJPKpinm27eEyAPc8iSMdnXZ4MlnUwf_Yq6oWdDIGmx2CLbvhZNNx5KmjqmF7jspgHngcUPAH7-y5KUs3YtnN8-Kd_j2RppKLC52g6Rt5Ig1sFXopzSQjOBA3Lv4JyHqiZiiuuBW9q2U/s1600/Federal+government+of+Nigeria.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaJPKpinm27eEyAPc8iSMdnXZ4MlnUwf_Yq6oWdDIGmx2CLbvhZNNx5KmjqmF7jspgHngcUPAH7-y5KUs3YtnN8-Kd_j2RppKLC52g6Rt5Ig1sFXopzSQjOBA3Lv4JyHqiZiiuuBW9q2U/s400/Federal+government+of+Nigeria.png" /></a></div> The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, May 29, 2018, as a public holiday to celebrate the 2018 Democracy Day.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The Minister of Interior, Lt Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.) made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, in a statement in Abuja on Friday by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Dr. M. Umar.<br /> <br /> The minister congratulated Nigerians on the occasion and pledged government’s continued dedication to entrenching democracy in the polity.<br /> <br /> Dambazau urged all Nigerians to trust and support the government “in its commitment to building an indivisible, peaceful and greater nation based on the tenets of democracy.”<br /> <br /> He further wished all Nigerians a Happy Democracy Day celebration.</div>

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The Federal Government has declared Tuesday, May 29, 2018, as a public holiday to celebrate the 2018 Democracy Day. The Minister of Interior, Lt Gen. Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.) made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, in a stateme…

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APC congress did not hold in Rivers, Abe insists

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwcFbIr_lrzJ3xDWxz7dnBLaT80QZ5LzIp8gtdt3lZAcPPanS5a3x5BMsJ9cGaJdxzNI9A3ZTkAR3cqaKbVSuuotv66svQhrV6NN3gedAdI74YKs0JBN72CJZQbBHSVJV4J5YRFDDSM0M/s1600/APC-LOGO-17.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwcFbIr_lrzJ3xDWxz7dnBLaT80QZ5LzIp8gtdt3lZAcPPanS5a3x5BMsJ9cGaJdxzNI9A3ZTkAR3cqaKbVSuuotv66svQhrV6NN3gedAdI74YKs0JBN72CJZQbBHSVJV4J5YRFDDSM0M/s320/APC-LOGO-17.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>  The Senator representing Rivers South-East Senatorial District at the National Assembly and a governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Sen. Magnus Abe, has insisted that congresses of the party did not hold in the state.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Abe, also said that no new executives of the party in the state have been elected.<br /> <br /> He however insisted that Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya remains the Chairman of the APC in the state as there were no congresses.<br /> <br /> The senator spoke at a brief get-together to mark his 53rd birthday at his liaison office, Freedom House in Port Harcourt.<br /> <br /> Earlier, Abe had, in company of his wife, Mrs. Bariyaah Abe, visited the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, Ogale in Eleme Local Government Area of the state, the Port Harcourt Children’s Home, Borokiri, the home of the Elderly at Harbour Road and the Compassionate Home, Nkpogu, Port Harcourt.<br /> <br /> Speaking, Abe urged his supporters to remain calm and stop insulting leaders and officers of the party, noting that the wrangle in the party would soon be quelled.<br /> <br /> “Let me say clearly for the world to hear. There was no APC congress in Rivers State. And we will not accept it. Human beings can do what they want but God will do what he will.<br /> <br /> “Let me appeal to all, my supporters, and my opponents to stop attacking Chief Davies Ibiamu Ikanya on social media. He is still the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State. He has not resigned, and there has not been any Congress to remove him.<br /> <br /> “When I spoke last time, I said that we have enemies within the party. Some of them are there and some of them are here. Let me tell those who are there to stop the attacks. And to those here, let’s stop creating enemies for the party because if we create enemies, no one will vote for the APC.”</div>

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 The Senator representing Rivers South-East Senatorial District at the National Assembly and a governorship aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Sen. Magnus Abe, has insisted that congresses of the party did not hold in th…

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2019: We’ll expose how PDP looted treasury, plunged Nigerians into poverty – Oshiomhole

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbwyDKOgqHb1Ck1N4nhZqH_9t20Dq7elCpjpQheUnDdCPqowh2o3cDhz46Lwh70PcNLmn6Ho0oHxuDR-CAyND7jNwCDIhK09-qJsUlFc9g429Y3x-ZzXs6Xyo02QtOk3kJlgdMTb-jeVg/s1600/Adams+Oshiomole.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbwyDKOgqHb1Ck1N4nhZqH_9t20Dq7elCpjpQheUnDdCPqowh2o3cDhz46Lwh70PcNLmn6Ho0oHxuDR-CAyND7jNwCDIhK09-qJsUlFc9g429Y3x-ZzXs6Xyo02QtOk3kJlgdMTb-jeVg/s320/Adams+Oshiomole.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Immediate past governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has said that campaigns for 2019 general elections will be interesting because his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), will reveal to Nigerians how the alleged looting of the nation´s treasury by the 16 years of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) reign plunged Nigerians into poverty which the APC government under President Muhammadu Buhari is making effort to eliminate.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Oshiomhole, who disclosed this while addressing leaders of the APC in Edo state, predicted that despite the effort being made by the opposition to allegedly misinform Nigerians about the activities of the APC led government, that the APC will win more states in the governorship election and more National Assembly members. He also declared that President Buhari will be re-elected due to his achievements.<br /> <br /> According to Oshiomhole who recently received the endorsement of President Buhari and the APC caucus in the senate and House of Representatives to succeed Chief John Odigie-Oyegun as the National Chairman of the APC,  “it is our task as party activist to painstakingly explain to our people in the rural areas to understand who dug the hole that led to what we are experiencing today as a nation and the effort by President Muhammadu Buhari to gradually pull us out of that hole to the surface and begin to push and uplift us upward to that level in which every Nigerian will have to say I am a proud Nigerian.<br /> <br /> “Poverty is not an act of God. It is the result of our economic history. And when you look at the numbers of how much was stolen under the watch of Jonathan as President and the revelations the governor of Gombe state made, the kind of money that was diverted under the PDP regime under President Jonathan, those monies if distributed by 180 million Nigerians, each of us will have a swollen pocket.<br /> <br /> “And we must help our people to appreciate that the challenge of rebuilding a house that was rocked beyond foundation, to build complete new foundation cannot be an overnight work.<br /> What is important is that there is a commitment to refix and the President has broken new grounds which may not have been amplified to a level that the rural people can see them.<br /> <br /> “Once upon a time growing up, we were told that the Army´s finances are beyond proud, that whatever a general has stolen, it was for good, you cannot question.<br /> <br /> “But this President has subjected the military to accountability. Some persons who were untouchable before are being touched. So, that fight against corruption, I am happy that even other African heads of states under the umbrella of the AU, have acknowledged President Buhari as one African President that has proved his sincerity to fight corruption. And i think even recently the Secretary General of the Commonwealth also had very kind word to say about the leadership of our President on the war against corruption.”<br /> <br /> Oshiomhole added that “We are preparing ourselves in getting the truth ready so we can engage. In Edo state, those who participated under the PDP philosophy of share the money, those collected money for either their campaign or their personal interest, they are now being called to account for it.<br /> <br /> ¨So I am very confident that we will win the next general election, have our President re-elected, have more governors elected under our platform, have more of our party members elected in the states and National Assemblies so that come February next year we will not only form a federal Government we will have overwhelming majority in the National Assembly such that the capacity to govern on the part of the executive will not be weakened by a tight margin in the National Assembly¨ he stated.</div>

Latest-News 2019: We’ll expose how PDP looted treasury, plunged Nigerians into poverty – Oshiomhole

Immediate past governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has said that campaigns for 2019 general elections will be interesting because his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), will reveal to Nigerians how the alleged looting of the nat…

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Charges against me are repetitive, Evans says, wants them quashed

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJCrq73YxGNFNiq9noZCI3nAL4R2mGbCoCN1svZDMS52xCIrxgjZ3xjCjtA-Rt3YhtRKtRmuif2UuiBhFHnMokLz5uFtT0dL-GZB2qRGqCHMkTETCnvRW5iOL4hT3U4dOeRrGSZJyZJPk/s1600/evans+kidnapper.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJCrq73YxGNFNiq9noZCI3nAL4R2mGbCoCN1svZDMS52xCIrxgjZ3xjCjtA-Rt3YhtRKtRmuif2UuiBhFHnMokLz5uFtT0dL-GZB2qRGqCHMkTETCnvRW5iOL4hT3U4dOeRrGSZJyZJPk/s320/evans+kidnapper.png" width="320" /></a></div> Suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike a.k.a Evans, on Friday asked a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere to quash all the charges filed against him by the Lagos State Government.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Evans said similar charges were pending before a Lagos High Court (Ikeja Division) and therefore should be tried by one judge.<br /> <br /> The LASG had brought a fresh set of five counts bordering on conspiracy to kidnap, kidnapping and attempted murder against Evans and three others, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.<br /> <br /> Evans is charged alongside Joseph Emeka, Ugochukwu Nwachukwu and Victor Aduba.<br /> <br /> In the second charge, Evans is being tried alongside Joseph Emeka, Linus Okpara and Victor Aduba.<br /> <br /> At the resumed hearing of the case on Friday, counsel to the first defendant, Mr. Olukoya Ogungbeje, informed the court that he had filed a motion on notice to quash all the charges filed against the first defendant (Evans).<br /> <br /> In the motion on notice, Ogungbeje said that all the charges were “grossly defective, repetitive and an abuse of court processes.”<br /> <br /> According to him, the prosecution had earlier filed similar charges and amended charges bordering on kidnapping against Evans pending before the same High Court of Lagos State.<br /> <br /> He relied on Section 153 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State, adding that nothing stopped the prosecution from bringing the charges under one judge.<br /> <br /> He said counts three, four and five were repetitions of same offence.<br /> <br /> “Apart from the counts being of same offence, same section of the law is being provided in these counts.<br /> <br /> “I submit that the prosecution misfired by bringing different charges and instituting the same case in different courts.<br /> <br /> “I urge Your Lordship to quash the charge because it is defective and an abuse of court process,” Ogungbeje argued.<br /> <br /> ‎In her response to the motion, the State Director for Public Prosecutions, Ms Titilayo Shitta-Bey, said: “The general rule is that every offence must be in a separate count.”<br /> <br /> Shitta-Bey said that Evans was charged with attempt to murder Mr. James Uduji in count three; while in count four, he was charged with attempt to murder Mr. Donald Nwonye.<br /> <br /> “It will be against the provisions of the law to lump the two offences in one count,” she said.<br /> <br /> She explained that other charges filed against the first defendant before other judges involved different defendants, different offences and different victims. She, therefore, urged the court to dismiss the application.<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, the third defendant, Linus Okpara, in the second charge, has urged the court in a motion on notice to quash the two counts preferred against him.<br /> <br /> He made the application through his counsel, Mr. Jude Igbanoi, adding that the proof of evidence did not disclose any prima facie case against him.<br /> <br /> “I will align myself with the arguments made by the first defendant. I urge this honourable court to quash the charge; there is nothing in the proof of evidence linking the third defendant to the charge,” Igbanoi said.<br /> <br /> The prosecutor, in responding to the third defendant’s motion, told the court that the proof of evidence disclosed a prima facie case against him.<br /> <br /> She said that the proof of evidence disclosed where the third defendant admitted collecting the sum of N2m for the first defendant in relation to one of the victims, Uche Okorafor.<br /> <br /> “I, therefore, urge the court to discountenance the third defendant’s argument,” DPP said.<br /> <br /> Justice Adedayo Akintoye, after listening to all the arguments, adjourned the case until June 26 for ruling.<br /> <br /> NAN also reports that the alleged kidnap kingpin was arrested on June 10, 2017 and was, in August 2017, arraigned before Justice Hakeem Oshodi at an Ikeja High Court for kidnapping.<br /> <br /> He was also arraigned before Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of Ikeja High Court, Lagos.</div>

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Suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike a.k.a Evans, on Friday asked a Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere to quash all the charges filed against him by the Lagos State Government. Evans said similar charges were pending before a Lagos H…

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I love Salah because he plays like Messi – Ronaldo

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsRPMSjFaZvHNvrhms02fw_tNMUcHf6tIfmGEeQgT7YidjLZ-f0nT5xCxQKRGtQHRqqipjO80WN8TS_kvdWuLyTD7yNPt8rt3hRPFg-3757UZ_uSEJS_CwsnOebKLRCuNXdxeP9ibhWkQ/s1600/liv+2-1+lc.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsRPMSjFaZvHNvrhms02fw_tNMUcHf6tIfmGEeQgT7YidjLZ-f0nT5xCxQKRGtQHRqqipjO80WN8TS_kvdWuLyTD7yNPt8rt3hRPFg-3757UZ_uSEJS_CwsnOebKLRCuNXdxeP9ibhWkQ/s320/liv+2-1+lc.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Brazilian legend, Ronaldo de Lima, has said that Liverpool star, Mohamed salah’s playing style is just like that of Barcelona superstar, Lionel Messi.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Ronaldo added that he loves the Egyptian attacker ahead of the Champions League final between Liverpool and Real Madrid on Saturday.<br /> <br /> The former Chelsea and Roma player has had a stunning debut season on Merseyside, netting 44 goals in all competitions since returning to England last summer.<br /> <br /> Salah’s wonderful campaign has brought many comparisons to the likes of Messi and Madrid star, Cristiano Ronaldo.<br /> <br /> But Ronaldo said Salah is more like the Argentine’s ace than any other star.<br /> <br /> The Brazilian told reporters ahead of the match, “Salah, I love him. He is an incredible player with a tremendous quality.<br /> <br /> “He looks like Messi. I recently read him saying that I had been his inspiration and I was excited.”<br /> <br /> Ronaldo added that Zinedine Zidane’s side will win a third Champions League trophy in Kiev.<br /> <br /> “My result is 3-2 for Madrid,” he added.<br /> <br /> “If they win the final it will be an unprecedented event in their history. I am very optimistic. There were doubts during the year, but Real Madrid came together and have achieved something historic.”</div>

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Alleged threats against Wike: PDP vows to leave nothing to chance

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNvUy0BcsIpcxKwwHApCFtwZhgEmf0cCIb8lMqwOax-Kej4XXP8b83fHfFucwQfsRD_C-uKnqDwD3zRqR6BQtQ5UTinHCuDp15g6O3g2-M80aKhxPR_Fm-oVAUuNTFKtF5yKxZYv7rm4o/s1600/Nyesom+Wike.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNvUy0BcsIpcxKwwHApCFtwZhgEmf0cCIb8lMqwOax-Kej4XXP8b83fHfFucwQfsRD_C-uKnqDwD3zRqR6BQtQ5UTinHCuDp15g6O3g2-M80aKhxPR_Fm-oVAUuNTFKtF5yKxZYv7rm4o/s320/Nyesom+Wike.png" width="320" /></a></div> The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the outburst by the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government that it would have dragged in Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, but for his constitutional immunity, confirms the fears that government wants to silence the opposition.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> PDP, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, condemned what it described as “in very strong terms, the further threats against Governor Wike by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who arrogantly dismissed the governor’s allegation that there was a plot by the Federal Government to kill him in a crowd.”<br /> <br /> The statement said the APC party resorted to scare tactics against Governor Wike instead of launching an investigation into the alarm the Governor raised about his life being in danger.<br /> <br /> PDP however called on both Nigerians and the international community to be wary of the alleged threat to Wike’s life and what it described as the carefree attitude of the ruling party.<br /> <br /> The statement partly reads thus:<br /> <br /> It is shocking that instead of calling for an investigation into the serious revelation, the Federal Government resorted to siege mentality to scare the governor, ostensibly to cover up the severity of the allegation.<br /> <br /> Nigerians will recall that the PDP had earlier raised the alarm over plots to harass, intimidate, implicate and orchestrate untoward situations like assassinations, unexplained accidents, inexplicable “armed robbery” attacks, high profile abduction and sudden disappearances of opposition leaders and members.<br /> <br /> The PDP, therefore, invites all Nigerians and the international community to note this threat against Governor Wike, as well as the action and inaction of the APC-led Federal Government, as we are not prepared to leave anything to chance.</div>

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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the outburst by the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led Federal Government that it would have dragged in Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, but for his constitutional immunity, confirms the fears that governm…

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Women lawmakers meet Buhari, demand Osinbajo’s seat come 2019

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXUHTeD9mkkuOU5_RP_aD7OymfPLRpD9GmM5t9kEsbfTCIHoqBjwInohgN0emUqdfRrtGDlxxvNGFnCh22WNDpbzdtJQMPxvA0NYYU6ozX7HwLuRdFOJX4TqpcU7qdQQzBC4lUXx9EG6Q/s1600/buhari+osinbajo.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXUHTeD9mkkuOU5_RP_aD7OymfPLRpD9GmM5t9kEsbfTCIHoqBjwInohgN0emUqdfRrtGDlxxvNGFnCh22WNDpbzdtJQMPxvA0NYYU6ozX7HwLuRdFOJX4TqpcU7qdQQzBC4lUXx9EG6Q/s320/buhari+osinbajo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Women lawmakers in the country have pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to concede the slot of the Vice President to them in subsequent elections in the country.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The female lawmakers made the statement on Friday when they paid a courtesy call on President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.<br /> <br /> Speaking on behalf of the delegation, which comprised elected lawmakers from the nation’s 36 states, the leader of the delegation, Hon. Mrs. Elizabeth Ativie said Nigerian Women were being marginalised by their male counterparts.<br /> <br /> She said the country only had one principal officer in each of the two chambers of the National Assembly since the return to democracy in 1999.<br /> <br /> She also told Mr Buhari that as the president, anything he said at the gathering “will become policy and subsequently law.”<br /> <br /> To this end, she said “whenever the president is a man, the Vice President should be a woman.”<br /> <br /> Mrs. Ativie also said for every three senatorial seats in the states, one should be a woman. She also said “where there are nine House of Reps members, the men should take six and leave three for women.”<br /> <br /> Responding, President Buhari jokingly said “it is a pity that the Vice President is not here, but I am sure the Secretary to the Government of the Federation will brief him that his position is threatened.”<br /> <br /> Mr Buhari however appreciated the support given to him by women generally in the four times he ran for president.<br /> <br /> He recalled reports he received during elections in which women in Labour queued to vote for him.<br /> <br /> He asked the delegation to take a message to their colleagues to extend the same support since he has declared to seek for second term.<br /> <br /> On their request, the president simply told the gathering that he is not “as powerful as you think.”<br /> <br /> He said such requests could only be made by a military head of state, but, he has today dropped the uniform for “agbada”.</div>

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BREAKING: Metuh, lawyers absent from court as his trial proceeds

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAgROGeqg67T4IIPb6VOWF9ZBFhcg79uWovEUNoqFBN8rxYax6Y3B0dsyKxCl7nmHdv-Xu7Xda_3dKPJHpuHIIpSFNgtco3EZnanIC6V_h-BVKYbvEmM3CjPw9fjtZkjVTRS4MAwLjDw4/s1600/olisa-metuh.jpeg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAgROGeqg67T4IIPb6VOWF9ZBFhcg79uWovEUNoqFBN8rxYax6Y3B0dsyKxCl7nmHdv-Xu7Xda_3dKPJHpuHIIpSFNgtco3EZnanIC6V_h-BVKYbvEmM3CjPw9fjtZkjVTRS4MAwLjDw4/s320/olisa-metuh.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div> The trial of a former National Publicity of the Peoples Democratic, Olisa Metuh, proceeded before the Federal High Court in Abuja in his absence and that of his lawyers on Friday.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Metuh had, since his fall in court on Monday, been absent from the trial.<br /> <br /> His lawyer, Mr. Emeka Etiaba (SAN), who had since been appearing for him, did not attend the Thursday and Friday proceedings without any explanation offered for his absence.<br /> <br /> No lawyer in the defendant’s defence team led by Etiaba and another Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Dr. Onyechi Ikpeazu, attended the Thursday and Friday proceedings.<br /> <br /> Justice Okon Abang was forced to adjourn on Thursday due to the absence of legal representation for Metuh on Thursday.<br /> <br /> But on Friday, the judge ordered the continuation of the trial after overruling an objection to the application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s lawyer, Mr. Sylvanus Tahir, for the trial to proceed in the absence of Metuh and his lawyers.<br /> <br /> The objection was raised by Mr. Tochukwu Onwugbufor (SAN), the counsel for Metuh’s co-accused, Destra Investment Limited, who had argued that the law never envisaged that a criminal trial would ever be conducted behind a defendant and his counsel.<br /> <br /> But in dismissing the objection, Justice Abang ruled that although the court had ruled that the matter would proceed in Metuh’s absence, the absence of the defence team was designed to frustrate the trial.<br /> <br /> The judge explained that the court did not bar Metuh from the proceedings but only held that “the trial will proceeding in his absence” due to what the court described as the defendant’s ‎”misconduct” in court on Monday.</div>

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Ebola: Medical experts differ over Nigeria, DRC football Match

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhol-brCzj5z1ryE3WsEPBnWBGCAgG21pwSJqaqbmN4hQcE0Q2F-OpY4wLTPLUk-cN1UbjdWmmFo236v69djLFt3Ws8BShNOuOwnOtiRcy8_HGEwpe0CWlZCaf1ZAOdKJuYDDVU9EhtbSc/s1600/ebola+medics.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhol-brCzj5z1ryE3WsEPBnWBGCAgG21pwSJqaqbmN4hQcE0Q2F-OpY4wLTPLUk-cN1UbjdWmmFo236v69djLFt3Ws8BShNOuOwnOtiRcy8_HGEwpe0CWlZCaf1ZAOdKJuYDDVU9EhtbSc/s320/ebola+medics.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> As Nigerian football fans warm up to watch live friendly football match between Super Eagles and the football team from the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, Nigerian medical doctors have expressed divergent views over the match following the outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease in the central African country.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> While some say, there is no cause for alarm, some of the doctors called for stringent precautionary measures to avoid the mistake of the past.<br /> <br /> In the views of a professor of Medicine and Endocrinology at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH, Prof. Olufemi Fasamade said there is no cause for alarm as the likelihood of bringing the virus to country was low.<br /> <br /> According to Fasamade, Ebola is a condition easily suspected and vigilant port health authorities can screen and isolate ill people at the ports.<br /> <br /> He explained that at risk people can also be identified by simply administering a questionnaire too.<br /> <br /> “So there should be no panic or fear. Ebola is endemic in that country like Lassa fever is endemic in ours and Zika fever in others, he explained.<br /> <br /> However, expressing divergent views, the Chairman Medical Guild, Dr Saheed Babajide who urged the Federal government to demand for the  health status of the team and also authentic the report here in Nigeria before the team is allowed into the country.<br /> <br /> According to Saheed, it would be disastrous if Nigeria should repeat the mistake of the past.<br /> <br /> “Even after authenticating the results, as the team is landing at the airport, there should be comprehensive screening of the team again.  The government should look beyond the diplomatic problem, but consider the risk that will come out of it if anyone of them is infected and a single Nigeria contract it.<br /> <br /> “If it were in developed countries like the United State they will not even allow them to come but because we are Africans, in the spirit of oneness, we should test all of them before the commencement of the match.”<br /> <br /> He further lamented that even in the health facilities Nigeria was not proactive in terms of prevention.  “What is on ground? By now, with the 2014 experience, Nigeria would have build Infectious disease hospitals at least in all the six geopolitical zones.  But we are waiting for it to happen first.<br /> <br /> “When you go to different public hospitals, all the precautionary measures are not available in the hospitals. We should have free running tap water, disposable cloves, face masks, needles and other consumables but these things are not available. Government at all level should sit down and map out strategies on how to prevent Ebola or any other infectious disease by making sure the borders and hospitals are safe.”</div>

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