Buhari challenges regional leaders on illegal flow of arms into Nigeria

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRDoiHxG9_-CVL5VNerl2bDGvjXSgVMJMVvu4Oi7k1QpOnbii1-FkcTS1EldW3Hutnn8iDhQdzKQmQYO9Y8dPGvGFpY4XTjhNLn1yAaSHyAIIifA8SR5cXic3JYfe8rm_SYypUTC_E-uw/s1600/bUHARI-NATIONAL-BROADCAST+%25281%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="491" data-original-width="906" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRDoiHxG9_-CVL5VNerl2bDGvjXSgVMJMVvu4Oi7k1QpOnbii1-FkcTS1EldW3Hutnn8iDhQdzKQmQYO9Y8dPGvGFpY4XTjhNLn1yAaSHyAIIifA8SR5cXic3JYfe8rm_SYypUTC_E-uw/s320/bUHARI-NATIONAL-BROADCAST+%25281%2529.png" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> President Muhammadu Buhari on  Saturday in N’Djamena, the Chadian capital stressed the need for wider cooperation among countries of Sahel and Saharan regions to counter the infiltration of small arms to Nigeria.<br /> <br /> <br /> The president made the call at the one-day Extraordinary Session of the Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) in N’Djamena.<br /> <br /> <br /> The Nigerian leader maintained that the call had become imperative as such illegal arms were flowing into ”the hands of militia forces, bandits and insurgents who are becoming a threat to human rights and internal security.<br /> <br /> <br /> According to him, his administration has worked closely with immediate neighbours in the last few years to stem the widespread availability of small arms and light weapons making their way into Nigeria.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> He, however, noted that the “very disturbing recent developments” had impelled the administration to seek support from a wider circle of countries if the illegal inflows are to be curtailed.<br /> <br /> <br /> Malam Garba Shehu, Presidential spokesman said in a statement that ”the President is also putting on the table for discussions, the problems of irregular migration, trafficking in persons, especially of women and children as part of the security nature of his engagements.<br /> <br /> <br /> ‘It is in view of the significance of this organization and the role it can play in furthering domestic security that President Buhari ordered the reinvigoration of our nation’s interest, approved the payment of the backlog of unpaid funds and for a speedier work on the processes of the ratification of the treaty binding the members of the organization.<br /> <br /> <br /> ”While in N’Djamena, President Buhari is also expected to press for the protection of the well-being of the large population of Nigerians living both legally and illegally in Libya, which is the host country of the CEN-SAD<br /> <br /> <br /> President  Buhari, alongside his host and current Chairperson of CEN-SAD, Idriss Deby Itno and their counterparts from Niger and Togo, with high-level representations from other member-countries are expected to issue a communique at the end of the summit.<br /> <br />

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Stop panic buying of fuel, NUPENG urges Nigerians

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_ZWPEfi4iFRtiw5hyphenhyphenSC2GFEofZozCghCDFmzU1nGNQfDmaTxlnCgfKS69m1evC7RUCTuMx0VQFXRODajmwo4AOtA5pd1xca0QTOuaTHTT9W0raHIxmMEf65PDDJvpHiyzI72i2XDpoY/s1600/NNPC-DPR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="485" data-original-width="728" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_ZWPEfi4iFRtiw5hyphenhyphenSC2GFEofZozCghCDFmzU1nGNQfDmaTxlnCgfKS69m1evC7RUCTuMx0VQFXRODajmwo4AOtA5pd1xca0QTOuaTHTT9W0raHIxmMEf65PDDJvpHiyzI72i2XDpoY/s320/NNPC-DPR.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on Saturday called on Nigerians to stop panic buying of petrol  and diesel as there was enough of the products in circulation.<br /> <br /> <br /> Mr Tayo Aboyeji, the NUPENG South West Chairman, made the call in an interview with the newsmen in Lagos.<br /> <br /> <br /> “Nigerians should stop spreading and listening to rumours of government removing fuel subsidy and increasing pump price of fuel.<br /> <br /> <br /> “We are not aware of such move, there is enough fuel in circulation and no increase have been made so far, ” Aboyeji said.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> <br /> The NUPENG boss cautioned Nigerians of the impeding dangers of storing and stock piling fuel at homes and shops, especially during this hot weather.<br /> <br /> <br /> “Careless storage of fuel can lead to fire disaster both in the house or in the car,” Aboyeji added.<br /> <br /> <br /> Some few gas stations are not selling fuel while the few ones selling are witnessing long queue of vehicles and jerry cans in Lagos and other parts of the country.<br /> <br /> <br /> Despite the long queues, however, transport fares in most parts of Lagos state remain the same.<br /> <br />

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpKY0K7zqCoEw-XB56ZUT_A8Z1Gw44yqPtFJZFL62rg6QPOTJkyBIEk7MBiUk2FXp4NVEb3bfJF1ZLbO2xwn4A_tuDzBUKBtoyceuXDjUkHU68GsjtlJvJ_4PmbN3WvaPASm2ZFxUvU3M/s1600/NOUN-universiy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="404" data-original-width="647" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpKY0K7zqCoEw-XB56ZUT_A8Z1Gw44yqPtFJZFL62rg6QPOTJkyBIEk7MBiUk2FXp4NVEb3bfJF1ZLbO2xwn4A_tuDzBUKBtoyceuXDjUkHU68GsjtlJvJ_4PmbN3WvaPASm2ZFxUvU3M/s320/NOUN-universiy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) would continue to make efforts at ensuring that it remains among the topmost educational institutions engaged in cutting-edge research.<br /> <br /> <br /> NOUN’s Director of Media and Publicity, Ibrahim Sheme, in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said Prof. Abdalla Adamu, Vice-Chancellor of the university disclosed this during the unveiling of Olusegun Obasanjo Centre for African Studies (OOCAS).<br /> <br /> <br /> According to him, the Centre, formerly known as the Olusegun Obasanjo Centre for Good Governance, was redesigned to widen its scope to meet with happenings in the contemporary society.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> <br /> Adamu added that the newly revamped center for African Studies also aimed to create more avenues for research in Nigerian institutions and Africa as a whole.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> He said the Centre was opened to collaboration with local and international scholars willing to dissect Africa towards the goal of producing cutting-edge research that would showcase the African story.<br /> <br /> <br /> The statement also revealed that the Director of OOCAS, Prof. Stanley Ngoa, said that the centre has already swung into action, with various collaborations with research bodies within and outside the country.<br /> <br /> <br /> Ngoa said the key areas of focus for the OOCAS include African Leadership and Development, Food Security and Agricultural Research, Health in Rural Nigeria; Infant and Maternal Mortality, among others.<br /> <br /> <br /> Those involved in the centre include; former President Olusegun Obasanjo, as a visiting scholar, veteran journalist Ray Ekpu and a former minister of national planning, Dr Shamsudeen Usman.<br /> <br /> <br /> Others are Prof. Baz Dreisinger, the founder of the Prison to College Pipeline in the United States, Prof. Toyin Falola, a reputable authority on African Studies, as well as other reputable scholars in different fields of endeavour.<br /> <br />

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2n2Dyuh7bjvBimSloV86bnaCPAfdf2FRpthBwTQeQQ7K7SlyzY00R6X8aw0yjqCPNanKPDeG1G3h-HwJKn55U9Txuwup1oIXEExmc7PZZTvJJu8pSBmTnhlSpfAOkdFxm1rnCDOWp4HKn/s1600/Adekunle+gold%252C+simi.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="399" data-original-width="395" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2n2Dyuh7bjvBimSloV86bnaCPAfdf2FRpthBwTQeQQ7K7SlyzY00R6X8aw0yjqCPNanKPDeG1G3h-HwJKn55U9Txuwup1oIXEExmc7PZZTvJJu8pSBmTnhlSpfAOkdFxm1rnCDOWp4HKn/s400/Adekunle+gold%252C+simi.PNG" width="395" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><b style="font-family: inherit;">As we grow up, we encounter the busiest days of our lives whether we asked for it or not. Relationships get caught up in the fiasco and most times suffer from the chaos if attention isn’t brought back into it. Because most couples feel that they have run out of ideas to express their love for each other, here are 31 ways to rekindle that love in your relationship and let your partner know you still feel a great deal for them regardless of how busy you both are.</b></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Early morning tugs</span>. There’s nothing better than being woken up with a kiss or snuggle by your partner or a big bear hug to begin the day.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Simple sweet notes count</span>. Simple sweet notes such as “I love you” or “kick ass today at work, kisses” tucked in his or her bag, coats or lunch boxes would definitely bring a smile and go a long way.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Listen</span>. Not just hear but also actually pay close and undivided attention to your partner when he or she talks of an interest, even if it may not concern you.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Make them matter</span>. Little things like mouthing the words “I love you” to your partner, across a room full of people would make them feel not left out and alone.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"></div> <a name='more' id="more"></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">Compromise. Go for a movie that has an actor/actress your partner is a fan of. Do things you wouldn’t normally do.</span><br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Massages</span>. If there’s one thing I would love when I get home, it is a massage; be it of the foot or back. Give your love a foot massage, after a long day at work.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Admit mistakes.</span> When you are wrong most especially. Admit that you made a mistake, when you actually make one.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Steal a glance</span>. Look at your partner when he or she is speaking to you intently. Your partner’s sense of intent focus to what he or she is saying will make them feel loved.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Dance.</span> While you can and when you can, whisk your lover away for a waltz, if a romantic number is playing on the radio. When he or she is unsuspecting will be more romantic.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Put their feelings into consideration.</span> Ask if your partner is free, before inviting your friends over for a drink/dinner at home. Privacy is one thing human beings value no matter what so showing you consider his or her feelings enough to ask matters.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Compliments.</span> Compliment her on her new hairstyle or him on his new shoes or watch. Tell your lover that he or she looks more attractive with every passing day. Whisper in his or her ear that you love the new perfume.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Good wishes</span>. Wish your partner luck, before an important day at work. Wish them a productive day or meeting.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Communicate.</span> Call your partner, if you are going to come home late. Communicating such little thing makes him or her know they are still very much in the picture regardless of your busy lives.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Surprise them.</span> Surprise your lover with tickets, for a romantic cruise. Pick his or her favourite dessert/pastries on your way home. Gift him or her a luxurious spa session. Buy a present, however small, for your lover, even when there is no occasion.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Switch off all gadgets during ‘us’ time</span>. Take the phone off the hook for an intimate evening of undivided attention. Turn it on Airplane mode.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Pray together</span>. Go to a place of worship and pray together. Make appointments to attend community occasion set up by your place of worship.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Do a hobby together.</span> Pursue a hobby both of you have in common together over the weekend.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Be an actual date during social events</span>. Stay close to your partner at a social event. Most people at events leave their partners hanging at events to great non-mutual ones. Always carry your partner along with you.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Ask for opinions</span>. Ask for his or her opinion on a matter that concerns topics such as politics, the state of the nation and the society at large.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Don’t interrupt</span>. Don’t interrupt your partner when he or she is talking to guests. Most find it pretty rude and disrespectful.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Laugh some more</span>. Laugh at your lover’s jokes, even if you have heard them a hundred times before. There’s no harm in it.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Take a shower together</span>. How much more intimate can you get? This is it. The bond that grows in there is beyond.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Smile warmly</span>. At your partner when your eyes meet, even if you have nothing to say. Just smile. It warms the heart.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Go out on an unplanned date</span>. Compliment your lover on his or her choice of a restaurant also.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Future plans</span>. Discuss your future together, where or what you guys intend to do or be in the nearest future.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Be adventurous</span>. Be a secret admirer and invite your lover to a mystery date. Send him or her a hand-written letter on scented paper.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Relieve old memories</span>. Go through your old photos together. Watch home videos that his or her family may have sent.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Offer a helping hand.</span> Lend a hand, when you see your partner in the midst of some heavy work. Offer to buy the week’s grocery supplies.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Go extremely personal</span>. Come up with silly nicknames for each other and use them only when you are alone. Customize a mug or a mouse pad with your picture for his or her desk. Get your lover’s favourite painting or photo framed by a professional. Recreate your first date. Designate a song or poem as “ours”.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Meet the family</span>. Take your partner home to meet your family. Offer to take your partner’s cousin or siblings out to hang.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;">Do things together</span>. Plan a vacation together. Watch your partner’s favourite TV show together. Hold your lover close and let your hearts beat together.</span></div>

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<div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><img src="https://w9r9i7y2.stackpathcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/relationship-money.jpg" /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Financial literacy is the skill and knowledge with which an individual makes informed decisions about handling their finances.</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Different people hone this skill at different stages of their lives and parents can help by introducing habits like piggybank savings to children to help them in financial literacy.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The first thing to note is that financial literacy is a skill and is best mastered by an individual before introducing it to a partner in a romantic relationship.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Some may wonder about the link between financial literacy and a romantic relationship. The answer is simple: financial decisions impact relationships. Whether the financial state of a relationship i</span></div> <a name='more' id="more"></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">nvolves debt or more credit, both parties in the relationship will surely be affected.</span><br /> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The three simple steps on how to practice financial literacy include:</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Initiate financial discussions</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Unlike popular opinion, financial discussions with a partner does not have to be boring or stressful. Setting up a lovely dinner or eating out at a great restaurant while discussing finances are examples of ways to make the conversation semi-formal.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In discussing finances, it is always important for both parties to be transparent about their credits, debits, and incomes. Both partners will decide the exact financial step they wish to adopt be it investing, saving, budgeting or even operating a joint account.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A very essential outcome of having the financial or ‘money talk’ is that both parties can be clear about the money personality of each other. 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Budgeting covers include income, credits, expenses, emergency fund, funds allocated for specific projects or plans and savings or investments.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Budgeting helps in documenting every financial step making sure to track how both parties spend and save money.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Follow through and respect</span></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">With the financial discussions and documentation put in place, it is important that both parties respect the financial rules.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Financial infidelity like spending money in secret, acquiring loans or debits in secret, investing in risky ventures or ponzi schemes and other financially irresponsible behaviours should be dropped by both parties.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In the case where one partner is cheating financially, an apology should be issued followed by corrective measures to resolve the matter.</span></div>

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="403" data-original-width="789" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOO9C1CxjZPxcxedGA7c5DWD4lEQ5d2u-oKk9_0U9Pc0VVun7VFjzL6p-ZUoIB1r44VGsFUPmQbrAwJB5wJjEm_BePODQfVoVfJwmw4eDCa7d9ZLv4tFNTVxQg9X1_gaUiNsMgiI8QN1Ar/s400/police-logo1.jpg" width="400" /></div> <br /> Some officers of the Nigerian Police Force, have been accused of allegedly planting weed in a passenger’s bag in Anambra State.<br /> <br /> In a report posted on social media by popular activist Segalink, the victim was on his way to catch a flight when the cab he was traveling in was stopped by the officers.<br /> <br /> After a thorough search and finding nothing on the passenger, they later accused him of keeping weed in his luggage, after which they took him to an ATM point and forced him at gun point to withdraw N150,000.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Segalink wrote:<br /> <blockquote><br /> I was just informed about a citizen running late to catch a flight in the SEast, Only for him to be stopped by @PoliceNG in Awka. They demanded for a search & found nothing. He was even in a cab. While they searched he was trusting enough to focus on his phone & flight update.<br /> <br /> Then they bellowed at him to follow them that they have miraculously found weed in his luggage. This by the way is a church guy whose innocence can make a bee repent from ever stinging a soul. Yet Police saw him as a prey & dragged him not to their station but to the ATM machine.<br /> <br /> He was forced at gun point to withdraw N150,000 from his account as settlement for the evidence planted by rogue policemen. This will be escalated and the culprits will be found based on the evidence available. They’ve preyed on the wrong guy. Let the purge begin.<br /> <br /> He is currently too shocked to believe this happened to him in his own country. If it were to be armed robbery he knows this is a possibility in any country but having your own policemen rob you at gun point is the 8th Wonder of the World.<br /> <br /> The spate of evil between Enugu and Awka as perpetrated by Police is alarming. Even if we don’t have governors or President it shouldn’t be this bad. It calls for concern. #EndImpunity #ReformPoliceNG</blockquote>

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="640" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicDa6yuBYLbmDw9iMm3eqFlZYCB9a4wwhXW93RlqOWcXFX416E1sWA5AaQTtE6CJ1Tbv59dwfDDSGUldfymMBfJEaqAsXcaQcD4FDn1PA0dFAxFLSV9vJwfPgm9D9dqxCCSeU_X5_4To36/s640/trump+buhari+2.jpg" width="640" /></div> <br /> The US department of state has cautioned its citizens to “reconsider travel to Nigeria because violent crime, such as armed robbery, assault, carjacking, terrorism, civil unrest, kidnapping, rape and piracy, is common throughout the country.”<br /> <br /> In a travel advisory recently released on its website, which contains information on the safety and security of US travellers, Nigeria was listed among 35 countries with a “K” indicator that indicates where its citizens could be at risk of getting kidnapped or taken hostage.<br /> <br /> “The new “K” indicator is part of our ongoing commitment to provide clear and comprehensive travel safety information to U.S. citizens so they can make informed travel decisions,” the department said.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> “The Travel Advisories for 35 countries have been updated to include a “K” indicator for the risk of kidnapping and/or hostage taking: Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Mali, Mexico, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Russian Federation, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine (in Russian-controlled eastern Ukraine), Venezuela, and Yemen.”<br /> <br /> While Nigeria was placed on level 3, the US department of state issued a level 4 travel alert for Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states.<br /> <br /> “The security situation in northeast Nigeria is fluid and unpredictable, particularly in Borno and Yobe States and northern Adamawa State,” the department said.<br /> <br /> “Terrorist groups based in the Northeast target churches, schools, mosques, government installations, educational institutions, and entertainment venues. Approximately two million of Nigerians have been displaced as a result of the violence in northeast Nigeria.”<br /> <br /> The 35 countries were placed in four levels of travel with respect to their safety and security risk.

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMeMVmg9cUD_Dzy34d2SzreZvmIrGluAme48jbRBmOS7W_dME2U6NcTtpkvlHjvESnEGf8H3Sz1eRiUZ6rkeOFp581gUMI9NFBCvNS8_32hmQ1NfD4gQnfOhBjekfmmfdDmMNlDfmt2ZA/s1600/Super-Eagles-1+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="1024" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMeMVmg9cUD_Dzy34d2SzreZvmIrGluAme48jbRBmOS7W_dME2U6NcTtpkvlHjvESnEGf8H3Sz1eRiUZ6rkeOFp581gUMI9NFBCvNS8_32hmQ1NfD4gQnfOhBjekfmmfdDmMNlDfmt2ZA/s320/Super-Eagles-1+%25281%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> Football fans on Saturday have counsel the Super Eagles against complacency with the group pairings they got at the draw of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).<br /> <br /> <br /> Some of them who spoke to the newsmen in Ilorin said they should not underrate the teams because there are no longer minors in football.<br /> <br /> <br /> The Super Eagles of Nigeria have been paired in Group B with Guinea, Madagascar and Burundi for the 2019 AFCON scheduled to hold from June 21 to July 19 in Egypt.<br /> <br /> <br /> Mr Tope Aderinoye said the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) should ensure they start preparation immediately and not think that the group stage would be easy.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> <br /> ”It might not be easy as everybody thinks, so it is better the NFF engage them now, so that by the time the tournament starts, they would have crossed the ‘t’ and dotted the ‘i’s.<br /> <br /> <br /> ”This is because we cannot afford not to come out of that group convincingly,” Aderinoye said.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Another respondent, Mr Ibrahim Abdulrahman said the players and the coaching crew should clear the thoughts that the other teams in the group are minors.<br /> <br /> <br /> ”They should be prepared to play them as if they are playing the like of Cameroon, South Africa and Senegal.<br /> <br /> <br /> ”These so called small teams can spring up surprises when nobody expects, because there are no more minors in football,” Abdulrahman said.<br /> <br /> <br /> On his part, Mr Shona Ajala, said the pairing looks like a walk in the park but the Eagles should not take it for granted.<br /> <br /> <br /> ”Our group seems the easiest but we shouldn’t be complacent about that.<br /> <br /> <br /> ”Super Eagles have grown beyond qualification by calculations because it is when we have supposedly easy opponents that we struggle to qualify.<br /> <br /> <br /> ”So, that should take caution from now on,” Ajala said.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> (NAN)

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikbflU-vFeIP20j-L6fQeMf1OVH-SCAMQ8-l6RVYReRE4-i23hFH070vR7sGvGb56OvfH_MnYH8I6YSYoKdPL2SQviSQlThObBFH7aHfIjxxB-CJq3eaiY3OXsYzhPDQ1wPc7yxeJ6Zkw4/s1600/Moghalu+ypp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="365" data-original-width="443" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikbflU-vFeIP20j-L6fQeMf1OVH-SCAMQ8-l6RVYReRE4-i23hFH070vR7sGvGb56OvfH_MnYH8I6YSYoKdPL2SQviSQlThObBFH7aHfIjxxB-CJq3eaiY3OXsYzhPDQ1wPc7yxeJ6Zkw4/s400/Moghalu+ypp.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, the presidential candidate of the Young Progressive Party (YPP), has announced his withdrawal from partisan politics, as he labels the Nigerian youth “the biggest disappointment.”<br /> <br /> Moghalu, who came 14th, with only 21,886 total votes in the last general election, announced his decision in a chat with Arise News TV in Abuja.<br /> <br /> Also, while appearing on a program on <i>Channels TV,</i> he regretted that the young populations did not make their presence felt during the polls.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> “The biggest disappointment was with the youths. The youth vote was absent. They make a lot of noise, they rant and rail but you will not see them on the voting day. And when they vote, they don’t vote in line with their rhetoric,” he said.

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="897" data-original-width="1600" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPS6BSr7TDHCJqofkWONqP4jE2lD7EHFd1MNzMLmbgMNEJXaeXFFSInxMlqXR3HXwKwWnzkM-p5UKxwL9Gi_yqphIN41XnYkqqaXXFy84pjxlKYkhsf5g3JqAE5FuLPc2WR8nb_ZvHU6e0/s640/Fuel_Scarcity_Abuja.jpg" width="640" /></div> <br /> Many petrol retail outlets in Lagos and Abuja yesterday closed shops while the few that sold had long queues as motorists waited to fill their vehicles’ tanks and buy some in kegs to keep as reserves in expectation that fuel scarcity could worsen.<br /> <br /> However, oil marketers assured there was no scarcity and advised fuel consumers not to engage in panic-buying as what led to the gap in fuel supply and distribution, which resulted in the queues at fuel stations, was a minor operational problem.<br /> <br /> The problem, according to the marketers, has been addressed and depots are loading 24 hours, and whatever supply gap there is will be closed between today and tomorrow.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The Executive Secretary, Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria (MOMAN), Mr. Clement Isong, told newsmen that all their members’ depots had fuel.<br /> <br /> He said there was a slight technical hiccup which the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and the marketers had already resolved, adding that there would be normal supply, and any envisaged scarcity would be over this weekend.<br /> <br /> Companies that make up MOMAN include Total Nigeria Plc, Conoil Plc, Oando Plc, 11Plc (formerly Mobil Oil Nigeria Plc), MRS Oil Nigeria Plc and Forte Oil Plc.<br /> <br /> Isong said: “All the tanks have product. There is no supply shortage. What caused the queue is a minor operational hiccup. Whenever there is such technical issue and it takes up to 12 hours to resolve, it upsets supply and distribution chains, and that is what happened in this scenario because it created backlogs of loadings that could have been done earlier.<br /> <br /> “However, the problem has been resolved. One of the vessels berthed at the port loaded into our tanks yesterday (Thursday), another one will discharge today (Friday) and the third vessel will discharge tomorrow (today).<br /> <br /> “I advise the public not to embark on panic-buying as there is enough fuel. The gap in supply created by the technical problem will be closed within the weekend as our members are loading 24 hours through the weekend.<br /> <br /> However, an official of one of the depots owned by the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), who did not want his identity disclosed, said it was slight scarcity.<br /> <br /> According to him, during the election period, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) did not make enough fuel imports. As a result of that shortage in import, there was not enough fuel to go round and the NNPC resorted to rationing what it had in stock.<br /> <br /> “If 10 depots are supposed to get supply from NNPC and only five depots were able to get at the end of the day, certainly, there must be a gap, and that is the reason you see queues at the filling stations.<br /> <br /> “For instance, there are marketers who have paid for fuel in our depot in the past two to three weeks, and they are yet to be loaded because of inadequate fuel. But I believe that supply shortfall will be addressed soon.<br /> <br /> “It is not something so serious. I assume it is a costly oversight on the part of the NNPC.”

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="754" height="444" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnmQTIwVvf1qvGZhTkqp3nJPnGsoPrFfH7XYj5JKw-X1wbL8G_XZFJS7rZzi8lkWMvXCBEo6StiI4BqYz2wsFE-wGkmpSnTmGCH2thnkbNYJJW-OvegB-WAtrXry3NOud35d7RNQbQkllF/s640/afcon+group.jpg" width="640" /></div> <b><br /></b><b><br /></b><b>The 1997 African Footballer of the Year, Victor Ikpeba has described Group B where Nigeria has been paired against Guinea, Madagascar and Burundi for the 2019 AFCON as easy.</b><br /> <br /> However, Super Eagles’ Head Coach, Gernot Rohr has revealed that Nigeria would play the Black Stars of Ghana and the Teranga Lions of Senegal in an international friendly as part of preparations for 2019 AFCON.<br /> <br /> According to Rohr, the game against Ghana will hold in Asaba, while the second friendly with Senegal is slated for Egypt.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The opening match of the 2019 AFCON, which will feature the Pharaohs versus the Warriors of Zimbabwe, is scheduled to take place at the 74,100-seat Cairo Stadium on June 21.<br /> <br /> The 2019 AFCON draw was held at the magnificent Giza Pyramids and Sphinx last night but before the event, Ikpeba who was an analyst on a cable television picked Burundi, Namibia and Madagascar as the countries he wanted in the Eagles’ group.<br /> <br /> Ikpeba whose prediction was almost accurate apart from Namibia whom he got wrong, opined that the Super Eagles were lucky to be handed easy opponents in the group stages.<br /> <br /> Nigeria could not make it to the last two editions of the AFCON and incidentally, it was the Syli Nationale of Guinea that stopped the Eagles from qualifying for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations after ending the qualifiers with a 2–2 draw, with goals from Ikechukwu Uche and Victor Obinna.<br /> <br /> Nigeria coached by the late Stephen Keshi, came back in the 2013 edition hosted in South Africa; after playing through the tournament with an unbeaten run, defeated Burkina Faso in the finals to lift the Cup for the third time. However, they did not qualify for the next two tournaments.<br /> <br /> In Group B are two countries; Burundi and Madagascar that are making their debuts at Africa’s flagship tournament with Burundi coming very close to qualifying for the 1994 Africa Cup of Nations, losing only on penalties to Guinea in a playoff.<br /> <br /> On paper, The Swallows of Burundi looks like the weakest team in the group but the fact that they booked a ticket ahead of Gabon that parades Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, one of the deadliest strikers in Europe, says a lot about how they have improved.<br /> <br /> On 16 October 2018, Madagascar became the first country to qualify for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations for the first time in their history, after they won 1–0 against Equatorial Guinea.<br /> <br /> They qualified from a group that had the Teranga Lions of Senegal with all their superstars including Liverpool’s maverick, Sadio Mane.<br /> <br /> The Syli Nationale of Guinea will undoubtedly pose the toughest challenge to the Super Eagles from the way they qualified ahead of the Elephants of Ivory Coast in the qualifiers.<br /> <br /> On June 10, 2017, Guinea humiliated Ivory Coast 3-2 in Abidjan and though they were held to a 1-1 draw by the Elephants in the reverse game in Conakry, they still went ahead to qualify as group winners.<br /> <br /> Their best finish in the Africa Cup of Nations was second in 1976. The team reached the quarter-finals in four recent tournaments (2004, 2006, 2008, and 2015).<br /> <br /> Last night’s draw was historic in its own right, being the first time that twenty-four teams will compete and in a competition taking place mid-year, away from the traditional January – February.<br /> <br /> Yaya Touré, the Ivorian champion and four-time winner of the CAF African Player of the Year award, was on stage alongside Ahmed Hassan, record-holder of the number of caps with Egypt (184) and Former African Player of the Year, El Hadji Diouf as well CAF Deputy General Secretary, Anthony Baffoe.<br /> <br /> Other CAF legends also in the Egyptian capital are Joseph Antoine Bell and Rigobert Song.<br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><u>Full draw:</u></span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><u><br /></u></span><b>Group A</b><br /> <br /> Egypt<br /> <br /> DR Congo<br /> <br /> Uganda<br /> <br /> Zimbabwe<br /> <br /> <b>Group B</b><br /> <br /> Nigeria<br /> <br /> Guinea<br /> <br /> Madagascar<br /> <br /> Burundi<br /> <br /> <b>Group C</b><br /> <br /> Senegal<br /> <br /> Algeria<br /> <br /> Kenya<br /> <br /> Tanzania<br /> <br /> <b>Group D</b><br /> <br /> Morocco<br /> <br /> Ivory Coast<br /> <br /> South Africa<br /> <br /> Namibia<br /> <br /> <b>Group E</b><br /> <br /> Tunisia<br /> <br /> Mali<br /> <br /> Mauritania<br /> <br /> Angola<br /> <br /> <b>Group F</b><br /> <br /> Cameroon<br /> <br /> Ghana<br /> <br /> Benin<br /> <br /> Guinea Bissau

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="429" data-original-width="715" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvZv2Jvlf1w1kPy3B9Ejv54ZLIwCfeM1ShJLlvzf7vNCrz_CQd1CLbfBdIFSbaEL-xHFoOaE4QXhyGQcg47bUxgRHmanweiUWD9LregKZ6a0kajWx9CAsoSMpjJEKEwnTWeSQp8i7MiUHu/s640/rohr+musa.jpeg" width="640" /></div> <br /> <br /> The Super Eagles will not have an easy ride to the knock-out rounds of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, going by the draws conducted in Cairo Egypt, on Friday night.<br /> <br /> This is according to coach, Gernot Rohr and skipper, Ahmed Musa.<br /> <br /> The Super Eagles, making a first appearance at the AFCON for the first time since winning it in 2013, have been drawn in Group B alongside Guinea, Madagascar and Burundi.<br /> <br /> Rohr, responding to questions in Cairo, immediately after the draws, said that what is most important right now is for his players to finish the season in their various clubs healthy, in order to prepare adequately for the Nations Cup.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> “It is not an easy group because Guinea is a good and young team, Madagascar was the first to qualify for AFCON and Burundi eliminated Gabon en-route to the Nations Cup. So it is not going to be as easy as everyone thinks.<br /> <br /> My players will just have to finish well and healthy in their various clubs and then prepare for our friendly matches against Ghana, at home in Nigeria and against Senegal before the start of the tournament in Egypt<br /> <br /> Captain Ahmed Musa promised that the players will be ready well ahead of the competition.<br /> <br /> “We will prepare well for the Nations Cup. With hard work, we will qualify from this group. I wish my colleagues the best of luck in their various clubs, as they round off the season, and prepare for the AFCON.<br /> <br /> Asked if here was any team he wanted to avoid before the draws, Musa said “I am a football player and I am ready for any country. I am not afraid of anyone.”<br /> <br /> For former Super Eagles player and the 1997 African footballer of the year, Victor Ikpeba, THE Nigerian group is decent enough; the players only need to be business-minded, going into the competition.<br /> <br /> “We have a decent group, but we should not look down on any team. If the Super Eagles players will go to Egypt with a business-mindset to get the job done, we will qualify from the group with ease.<br /> <br /> The Super Eagles will begin her quest for AFCON glory on 22nd June against Burundi at the Alexandria Stadium, Egypt. They will next face Guinea on 26th June, before rounding off the group matches against Madagascar on 30th June.

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Nigeria has 10.2 million out-of-school children - FG

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1065" data-original-width="1600" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqL2-0b8a1MxGxWkEGlJKCuX2YKL11W3WTFYupAGugPpQjg9ua7_whyFJysQHLEHTEOpA9V9OUijSTPaB1A57z6L2ZM_DD6ctdTwannK6OVQOOFWYP4p7pekLPxGDSBoSMivFG8FOWDn5V/s400/kids+slum+ghetto.jpg" width="400" /></div> <br /> The Federal Ministry of Education on Friday said that it had conducted a National Personnel Audit of both public and private schools in Nigeria, which showed that the country has 10,193,918 out-of-school children.<br /> <br /> The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, who revealed this at a press conference in Abuja, said the audit was part of the 2018/2019 Annual School Census, which was carried out by the Universal Basic Education Commission, National Population Commission, National Bureau of Statistics and other stakeholders.<br /> <br /> Adamu said the census showed that the most endemic states affected by the out-of-school children were; Kano, Akwa Ibom, Katsina, Kaduna, Taraba, Sokoto, Yobe, Zamfara, Oyo, Benue Jigawa and Ebonyi states.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The minister noted that the Federal Government had developed four strategic interventions on the out-of-school children, which are; Special Education, Boy-Child Education, Girl-Child Education and Almajiri Sensitisation.<br /> <br /> Adamu said, “In 2015, conflicting figures of out-of-school children were being given, ranging from 10 to 13 million. We must acknowledge that the issue of data has constituted a stumbling block in terms of planning for the out-of-school children nationwide.<br /> <br /> “However, UBEC, the NPC and the NBS worked together towards this common goal of determining the number of children of school age who are not in school. Based on the conducted National Personnel Audit of both public and private schools, Nigeria has out-of-school children population of 10,193,918.<br /> <br /> “In the next four years therefore, we shall concentrate efforts at; increasing advocacy and sensitization of stakeholders at all levels, improve synergy between stakeholders at all levels of basic education delivery.”

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Plateau government denies diverting IDPs’ N20 Billion

<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUAkaGsHESXcIMuPxWbX8REXk8pol1NkEYEq5uJzy7x9ak1NNM4csd6pwxOkqBNQ1NXKqA29qyMXYOAZ1SzN0xnz_sEBqLevBfN1ywZUoLqGsmXH2GaeW4v1ebFsUakyEiFx6EVLObMSAy/s1600/idps+food.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="637" data-original-width="1050" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUAkaGsHESXcIMuPxWbX8REXk8pol1NkEYEq5uJzy7x9ak1NNM4csd6pwxOkqBNQ1NXKqA29qyMXYOAZ1SzN0xnz_sEBqLevBfN1ywZUoLqGsmXH2GaeW4v1ebFsUakyEiFx6EVLObMSAy/s400/idps+food.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> The Plateau State Government has denied the allegation that it diverted N20bn meant for the Internally Displaced Persons in the state.<br /> <br /> The Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Mr. Sylvester Wallangko, who stated this during the 2019 budget breakdown at the ministry’s conference hall in Jos, explained that it would be callous to divert any money meant for IDPs.<br /> <br /> Wallangko also stressed that the state ran a responsible and accountable government.<br /> <br /> He said, “The opposition is not correct. If something like that happened, we would declare it. N20bn is a huge sum of money that could not be paid secretly. So, the allegation is baseless. If N20bn comes in, it will be made public. Those who are making the allegation should think twice,” he warned.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the commissioner stated that the ‘Budget of Rescue and Infrastructural Growth’ had a size of N153.5bn, pointing out that N68bn (44.33 per cent) was for capital projects, while N85.4bn (55.37 per cent) was set aside for recurrent expenditure.<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Mr. Edward Kallon, has demanded humanitarian aid and protection for 10,000 residents in Borno State who relocated to Maiduguri, the state capital.<br /> <br /> The residents were on Monday relocated from Jakana, Mainok and Auno communities to the Bakassi IDPs camp to give way for military operations in the Maiduguri-Damaturu axis.<br /> <br /> All the communities are located along the 132-kilometre Maiduguri-Damaturu road.<br /> <br /> However, Kallon said, “The military ordered the immediate departure of and forced relocation of 10,000 civilians in the middle of the night, without prior warning.”

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Minister of Communications loses NYSC certificate case to APC

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrjXDx2j35FFScAI-p615ImvidLspgAHgT_FLvrHE2QWxTfvM9m1bX8swT9Mu_DrVQ_1QxiGMDqEKfdZNP8q5a6BTiP3Qi59Odia7V3HqgTHUdDR2yzlzyr7hE6tEvBnWr91WStSGeBEIz/s1600/shittu+q.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="329" data-original-width="412" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrjXDx2j35FFScAI-p615ImvidLspgAHgT_FLvrHE2QWxTfvM9m1bX8swT9Mu_DrVQ_1QxiGMDqEKfdZNP8q5a6BTiP3Qi59Odia7V3HqgTHUdDR2yzlzyr7hE6tEvBnWr91WStSGeBEIz/s320/shittu+q.png" width="320" /></a></div> <br /> The Federal High Court in Ibadan on Friday struck out a suit filed by the Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, against the All Progressives Congress for preventing him from contesting the Oyo State governorship primary election for not possessing the mandatory National Youth Service Corps certificate.<br /> <br /> Bayo Adelabu eventually emerged as the party’s candidate in the March 9 governorship election won by Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party.<br /> <br /> Shittu, who was not happy with his exclusion from the primary, headed for the court to challenge his party’s decision.<br /> <br /> Justice P.I. Ajoku struck out the case, saying Shittu did not file the case within the time stipulated by law.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> “I must first consider the provision of Section 285 of the Constitution that makes it mandatory for all pre-election matters to be filed within 14 days of occurrence.<br /> <br /> “This particular case was not filed within 14 days, but outside the date.<br /> <br /> “Therefore, I will not bother going into the merit of the case.<br /> <br /> “Having failed to satisfy the dictates of the Constitution, the matter is hereby, struck out.”<br /> <br /> In his reaction, the defence counsel, Mr Adebayo Ojo, a former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice , Oyo State, said the law had taken its due course.<br /> <br /> Shittu had prayed the court to determine whether the decision to stop him from taking part in the primary was lawful or a contravention of the constitution.<br /> <br /> Joined as respondent in the matter is the Independent National Electoral Commission.

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Arrested gay pastor attempts to molest suspect in cell

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtSXVJ4pZhf31Rv6BLIClVCGjvBB2C6UqwgQWSdeP61p_7mIoFIKg6QkqUknIh6eb9l2M3kMe7SoJfnn5X0voC4u2QeswIkMH6ugY1ir1KAoF1RWYAv7u_qhzLb1anowbfVb4RStEGOKq/s1600/Prison+jail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNtSXVJ4pZhf31Rv6BLIClVCGjvBB2C6UqwgQWSdeP61p_7mIoFIKg6QkqUknIh6eb9l2M3kMe7SoJfnn5X0voC4u2QeswIkMH6ugY1ir1KAoF1RWYAv7u_qhzLb1anowbfVb4RStEGOKq/s400/Prison+jail.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> Chizemdere Ezuma, a self-acclaimed reverend arrested for sodomising and infecting a 16-year-old boy, Shedrack, with human immunodeficiency virus has created a scene in police custody.<br /> <br /> Ezuma reportedly made overtures at a male suspect with whom he was kept in a cell at the Lagos State Police Command headquarters in Ikeja and attempted to molest him.<br /> <br /> It was learnt that the suspect, whom Ezuma wanted to sodomise last Saturday night, raised the alarm and threatened to beat him up.<br /> <br /> One of the policemen on duty was said to have relocated Ezuma to another cell and kept an eye on him till the next morning.<br /> <br /> “All the policemen on duty that night were amazed when the suspect complained that the pastor wanted to molest him.<br /> <br /> “The suspect said the pastor was romancing his legs and when he was awake, the pastor gestured for him to come close,” a police source told our correspondent.<br /> <br /> The source stated that Ezuma, the founder of ‘Jesus Intervention Household Ministry,’ did not deny the allegation when a policeman confronted him.<br /> <br /> “He was taken to another cell that night and was kept under watch. He had been arraigned for sexual harassment.<br /> <br /> “A boy (Shedrack) whom he was sleeping with was also charged with prostitution. The boy confessed to have slept with a lot of men in exchange for money.<br /> <br /> “He was remanded in a correctional home while Ezuma was remanded in prison custody,” the source added.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> However, the spokesperson for the police in the state, DSP Bala Elkana, denied that the scenario played out.<br /> <br /> Ezuma was tracked down on March 21, 2019, at his rented apartment on Adelaja Ojo Street in the Ikotun-Egbe area of Lagos three months after he went into hiding.<br /> <br /> The reverend, who is said to be a member of a gay syndicate, had been declared wanted following the arrest of one Prince Chinecherem for defiling a minor.<br /> <br /> Elkana had in a statement stated that Ezuma brought in about 15 boys into his apartment and forcefully penetrated them through the anus.<br /> <br /> “On further interrogation, the ‘reverend’ revealed that he is HIV positive and had been receiving treatment for over three years.<br /> <br /> “One Shedrack, 16, was part of his customers and was infected with HIV around October 2018. He further confessed that he pays the boys N2000 each anytime he had carnal knowledge of them,” the statement added.<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, neighbours of the pastor expressed shock over the incident when our correspondent visited the area on Wednesday.<br /> <br /> A resident, who identified herself simply as Josephine, said she knew Ezuma to be an easy-going man, adding that she did not initially believe he committed the alleged crime.<br /> <br /> She said, “I was not around when he was arrested. I learnt he was sleeping with young boys. I can’t imagine he could engage himself in such an obnoxious act.<br /> <br /> “In fact, many people were surprised because he was an easy-going man. We always greeted each other. I learnt he had a church but it is not on this street. I don’t know where it is located.”<br /> <br /> Ezuma’s next-door neighbour, who did not disclose her name to newsmen, said she did not suspect the man was into the unlawful act until his arrest.<br /> <br /> “In this house, every tenant is on their own. As you can see, it is a family to their flat. The only thing I knew about him is that he is called pastor and lived alone.<br /> <br /> “We don’t talk to each other. I was also surprised like everyone else when the police came here to arrest him. They said he was sleeping with boys,” the woman said.

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Why we killed Nigerian-born US soldier – Suspect

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhu2nTBDztyaiCQF3YoRRnpKiTSkeLjdtakpqwOJ4SZE6919C8vLx2g_Za7ND52nCBlIZpTSJzL3LJKk2QermFPKzcBJLuK-GAXd-haVMwm02uJVCWKxgo0jPt5wOD9PBTeFq7dd3n2LSv/s1600/sus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="354" data-original-width="640" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhu2nTBDztyaiCQF3YoRRnpKiTSkeLjdtakpqwOJ4SZE6919C8vLx2g_Za7ND52nCBlIZpTSJzL3LJKk2QermFPKzcBJLuK-GAXd-haVMwm02uJVCWKxgo0jPt5wOD9PBTeFq7dd3n2LSv/s640/sus.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> Two years after Chuks Okebata, a United States army veteran, was abducted and killed by some gunmen in his hometown in Umuduruorie, Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State, the police have arrested seven members of a kidnap gang that allegedly carried out the dastardly act.<br /> <br /> The suspects, Sunday Igwe also known as School Boy, Michael Ahmefula, Oyebuchi Echefule, Ndubusi Isaac, Victor Dagogo, Chima Okoro and John Edet, were rounded up by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Two Ak-47 rifles and six magazines loaded with 127 units of live ammunition were reportedly recovered from the suspects, who were arrested at different locations in Imo, Abia and Rivers states.<br /> <br /> After several months of working on their leads, it was learnt that the detectives trailed Igwe, who is the gang leader, to a hotel in Aba, Abia State, and apprehended him.<br /> <br /> He was said to have led the team to arrest Ahamefula, his second-in-command, and Echefule in a hotel in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.<br /> <br /> It was gathered that other suspects were arrested in Orlu and Aba areas of Imo and Abia states respectively.<br /> <br /> In an interview with journalists earlier in the week, Igwe stated that he killed the US soldier because he proved stubborn.<br /> <br /> He said they forced the late soldier inside the boot of their operational car after abducting him and headed for their hideout.<br /> <br /> Igwe explained that the man brought out a pistol and started shooting at them in an attempt to escape, injuring him and the driver in the process.<br /> <br /> He stated, “We didn’t know who he was when he kidnapped him. While we were heading for our camp, he pulled out his gun and started shooting at us from the boot. We didn’t know he had a pistol on him.<br /> <br /> “Bullets hit me in the leg and the driver was shot in the hand. We drove to a halt and disarmed him.<br /> <br /> “We killed him because he proved stubborn. We dumped his body inside a gutter and left. We didn’t have the intention of killing him but he forced us to do so.”<br /> <br /> The 29-year-old native of Abia State explained that he went into crime after he dropped out of school in 2009 and relocated to Port Harcourt.<br /> <br /> He said he met with some men at a smoking joint, who introduced him to carjacking.<br /> <br /> He said, “After some time, I met one Mazi and KC, who introduced me to kidnapping. Mazi wanted a place where he would be keeping his kidnapped victims. I provided my family house in the village and I was looking after the victims after they had been kidnapped.<br /> <br /> “Later on, some operatives busted our hideout. I escaped with a gunshot wound in the hand.<br /> <br /> “When I returned from the hospital after eight months, I reunited with KC. Our first operation was in Imo State. We moved round the city looking for people with flashy cars. When we see one, we will follow and kidnap the owner.<br /> <br /> “There was this man we followed unknown to us that that policemen were in his car. The moment the policemen came down, we opened fire on them and killed them. We collected their rifles and kidnapped the man. We didn’t know that the man we kidnapped was just a driver and not the owner of the vehicle.”<br /> <br /> The second-in-command, Ahamefuna, said he had participated in many kidnap operations with the gang during which they collected millions of naira in ransom.<br /> <br /> The 28-year-old father of two said, “I reside in Port Harcourt and I am from Abia State. I knew School Boy (Igwe) at a smoking joint. He had an injury in his leg then and he took me to his village where we met with KC.<br /> <br /> “We formed a kidnap gang and abducted a man who paid us N1.5m before we released him. We went for another operation that yielded N15m ransom. We also picked someone in Owerri and took him to Abia State. We got N10m ransom from two other victims.”

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Truck kills undergraduate immediately after paying school fees in bank

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="361" data-original-width="640" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9I-CVfjzUKSx_MNqkTgFLjXW0kZFGst9D31f6KaES7EXRDy1m7KwDJYmz1l4GoIQ85ciuQXfNZEJZVZrG0Xdet6Seux2yX_QVZYXwzjP9PlxylpF4mrH_A46Fdnkk-Fd4kPeRgZBB-m3d/s640/keke+accident.jpg" width="640" /></div> <br /> A student at the Faculty of Science, University of Ibadan, Balkis Adeniyi, has died in an accident that occurred on Mokola-Oyo Road in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Friday.<br /> <br /> Eyewitnesses reveled that the accident also left two other victims seriously injured as a tricycle popularly called Keke Napep, rammed into a waste disposal truck at Leventis area of Sango in the metropolis.<br /> <br /> The accident occurred around 9:30am while the student was returning from a bank where she had gone to pay her school fees.<br /> <br /> The police gave the number plate of the tricycle as RU 152 UP and described the truck as ‘MARC LAMMERTYN’.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> An eyewitness, Bamgbose Omobola, blamed the crash on speeding on the part of the tricycle driver, adding that the victim (Adeniyi) died immediately after the accident.<br /> <br /> The eyewitness said, “The lady was coming from a bank at Ajibade where she had gone to pay her school fees.<br /> <br /> “Her phone and bag were recovered. When the bag was searched, her school identity card was found there. She was a student of UI. We contacted her parents.<br /> <br /> “The two other victims who had injuries in the heads and legs had been taken to a hospital for treatment.”<br /> <br /> Confirming the tragedy, the Police Public Relations Officer in Oyo State, Olugbenga Fadeyi, said, “Yes, it was true.<br /> <br /> “The Divisional Police Officer, Mokola Police Station, confirmed it to me and we have commenced investigation into the matter.”

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Jumia becomes first African start-up to list on New York Stock Exchange

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="273" data-original-width="410" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh46BYgJat50PI819ijql2ERjE0Z0jHZXOkN3hwV7V-k5BsGaYqg-J0KKLqAbF0Bth6G2vt3woD5n4L3G1o62Dw4xkkG5Wx2QuWTFfBUzegUE7hOXqyoQfc2H-gLCh0fzgwAbWoSUjiGdnq/s640/jumia+stock.jpg" width="640" /></div> <br /> <br /> Jumia Technologies, a pan-African technology company, has listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), becoming the first-ever technology company from Africa to list on the world’s largest stock exchange.<br /> <br /> The largest e-commerce operator in Africa started its first day of trading with an opening price of $14.50 but the stock traded at the close of the day at $25.46 per share.<br /> <br /> The initial public offering (IPO) of the pan-regional tech start-up, founded in Lagos in 2012, surged more than 75 per cent on its first day of trading at NYSE on Friday.<br /> <br /> Jumia Nigeria CEO Juliet Anammah, was present to ring a ceremonial bell when the company’s stock began trading on the floor of NYSE.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Mr Alex Ibrahim, Head of International Capital Markets at the NYSE, told the News Agency of Nigeria that Jumia listed as an African technology company on the stock exchange.<br /> <br /> According to him, however, Germany was only Jumia’s country of incorporation and the technology giant was a pan-African company.<br /> <br /> “We are very excited about Africa because what we saw here today was amazing. This company priced extremely well, traded up largest volumes.<br /> <br /> “So, that showed the interests by investors not only very large institutions but even the retails here in the U.S., the dynamics was extremely impressive.<br /> <br /> “We are expecting to see other companies from the region in different segments of the tech space to potentially consider U.S. listing,” he said.<br /> <br /> Ms Lisette Kwong, Corporate Communications officer, Intercontinental Exchange at the New York Stock Exchange, also told NAN that Jumia’s IPO was set at $14.50 but it actually opened and closed at higher prices.<br /> <br /> “Last night before the stock opened, it was set at the price of $14.50. The opening price was $18.95 and then it closed at the end of the day at $25.25. So, it was really great,” Kwong said.<br /> <br /> According to Ibrahim, Jumia had a 30 per cent bump at the opening and then continued to trade up until the end of the day. So as we said, it was a very successful transaction; a lot of demand.<br /> <br /> “The interests by the U.S. investors was extremely strong so I’m assuming that investors will continue to look into Jumia because they provide the vehicle to tap into the region that is growing and providing access to U.S. investors to buy these products that actually mirrors the growth of the region,” Ibrahim said.<br /> <br /> He said Jumia chose to list on New York Stock Exchange as against NASDAQ, which was usually traditional technology companies, because it saw the benefits.<br /> <br /> Ibrahim said NYSE had large volatility than its competitor, NASDAQ, adding that NYSE provides more visibility, certainty of execution and when companies do transactions, they trade very well.<br /> <br /> (NAN)

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My sister responsible for rumours of me having a stroke – Mr Ibu

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNKo6cx0thZsgXWRu5s6SB3G-Ai9l3-7-XjMiyjXpinlpimMtYncAV4cHPH7dtkJlCG8FDVkRUaE3o0r39iYGM48pc0aSAOiJXmdLTxXuZpYUSNpC17S6see4QGNQ0bloj6op2mZ0sYMUz/s1600/Mr-Ibu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="405" data-original-width="608" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNKo6cx0thZsgXWRu5s6SB3G-Ai9l3-7-XjMiyjXpinlpimMtYncAV4cHPH7dtkJlCG8FDVkRUaE3o0r39iYGM48pc0aSAOiJXmdLTxXuZpYUSNpC17S6see4QGNQ0bloj6op2mZ0sYMUz/s400/Mr-Ibu.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> Comic actor, John Okafor widely known as Mr Ibu, had to make a video recently to debunk a rumour about his health condition after it was reported that he was down with a stroke.<br /> <br /> Speaking to newsmen, the 57-year-old said that it was his sister, who instigated the fake news about his health.<br /> <br /> He stated, “I don’t know what actually happened; one of my sisters was also part of the rumour mongers.<br /> <br /> “She just opened a media house; so she is looking for a way to make her brand go viral. I feel she should have consulted me before spreading this kind of news and I would have given her another angle to explore such that it would not affect my image.<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> “The President of the Actors Guild of Nigeria also confirmed that I was sick and it is very funny. The only bad incident that has happened to me recently was when I was attacked in Nnewi during Christmas and I have recovered.<br /> <br /> “I have forgiven my sister for what she did. I am alive and well, my wife was very angry over the news and wanted to take action but I told her not to do so.<br /> <br /> “I’ve left it to God for Him to defend me.”

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Atiku not a Nigerian, unqualified to contest presidency - APC

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrI-Zh-oQCocomtJgUPt5332UPLKEtUtShCn-2NyqAMNJKSLpoJjEd5ejIFLxcxmdpdoihl75wZaZb4DP-IpmfJj9Ae443s1tH0PwA9Epa_HiPR-VIbdBjNbgCS0Yiz7Y4mcSlaUhsCrfx/s1600/apc+atiku.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="337" data-original-width="600" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrI-Zh-oQCocomtJgUPt5332UPLKEtUtShCn-2NyqAMNJKSLpoJjEd5ejIFLxcxmdpdoihl75wZaZb4DP-IpmfJj9Ae443s1tH0PwA9Epa_HiPR-VIbdBjNbgCS0Yiz7Y4mcSlaUhsCrfx/s640/apc+atiku.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <b>The All Progressives Congress has said that Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate in the 2019 presidential election, Atiku Abubakar, is not a citizen of Nigeria by birth and ought not to have even been allowed in the first place to contest the election.</b><br /> <br /> APC said this in response to the election petition filed before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal by the Peoples Democratic Party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.<br /> <br /> APC, the third respondent to the petition, faulted the grounds of the petition, adding that Atiku “is not a citizen of Nigeria by birth and ought not to have even been allowed in the first place to contest the election.”<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> APC also faulted the claim by the petitioners that they obtained the authentic results of the February 23, 2019 election from the Independent National Electoral Commission’s server showing that they won the election.<br /> <br /> INEC had, on February 27, 2019, declared the APC alongside its candidate, President Muhammadu Buhari, winner of the election with 15,191,847 votes to defeat his closest rival, Atiku, whom it said polled 11,262,978 votes.<br /> <br /> But the petitioners stated in their 139-page petition anchored on five grounds that “from the data in the 1st respondent’s (INEC’s) server…the true, actual and correct results” from “state to state computation” showed that Atiku polled a total of 18,356,732 votes defeat Buhari whom they said scored 16,741,430 votes.<br /> <br /> They said the results were the total votes scored by the candidates in 35 states and the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, as there was “no report on sever” about the results from Rivers State as of February 25, 2019.<br /> <br /> By calculation, Atiku and PDP claimed to have defeated Buhari by 1,615,302 votes.<br /> <br /> In its reply filed through its lead counsel, Mr. Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), the APC said the data and computation of results on state-by-state basis were not legitimate.<br /> <br /> The party stated that only the results declared by INEC were authentic.<br /> <br /> The party averred that Atiku was born on Nov. 25, 1946 in Jada, Adamawa, in Northern Cameroon and was therefore a citizen of Cameroon and not a Nigerian by birth.<br /> <br /> According to APC, contrary to the assertion of Atiku in his petition, he has no right to be voted for as a candidate in the election to the office of president of Nigeria.<br /> <br /> Apart from the issue of the origin of Atiku, the APC asserted that most of the claims contained in his petition had become statute barred and that the tribunal was not the appropriate place to entertain such.<br /> <br /> The APC specifically said that the issue of the educational qualification of Buhari as raised by Atiku could not be treated by the Tribunal.<br /> <br /> The party said this was because the period for claims and objections on such issues had expired.<br /> <br /> It maintained that the petitioners failed and neglected to use the appropriate period to challenge the validity of the educational qualification of Buhari.<br /> <br /> Atiku had in his petition to the tribunal, faulted the conduct of the Feb. 23 Presidential Election on grounds of non-compliance with relevant electoral laws and other malpractices such as intimidation of voters.<br /> <br /> The former Vice President and PDP claimed to have scored the majority of the lawful votes in the election and prayed the tribunal to declare them as winners of the election.<br /> <br /> In the alternative, he prayed for an order for the cancellation of the election and another order by the tribunal directing INEC to conduct a fresh election that would conform with relevant laws.<br /> <br /> No date has, however, been fixed for hearing of the petition.

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AFCON 2019: Super Eagles in Group B with Guinea, Madagascar and Burundi

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV5QLkjuWahlqPq7d0oKzkzV8ot4CAZ_SG6R6huPASTJG_eWL3dCJxZ4B3292btVpzUQIpb_FPkfl4BntERlN9fTEHy17WbYxy6vr8TwmfwB9Y0VPW-pe1O1bgBdsP1fktVaIte2EOiADu/s1600/super+eagles+new+2018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="902" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV5QLkjuWahlqPq7d0oKzkzV8ot4CAZ_SG6R6huPASTJG_eWL3dCJxZ4B3292btVpzUQIpb_FPkfl4BntERlN9fTEHy17WbYxy6vr8TwmfwB9Y0VPW-pe1O1bgBdsP1fktVaIte2EOiADu/s640/super+eagles+new+2018.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> Nigeria have been drawn with Guinea, Madagascar, Burundi in Group B at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.<br /> <br /> The draw for the 32nd AFCON finals took place in Cairo, Egypt on Friday.<br /> <br /> The tournament will take place in six venues: Cairo International Stadium; Borg El-Arab Stadium, Alexandria; Suez Stadium; Air Defence Stadium; Ismailia Stadium and; Al Salam Stadium in Egypt between 21st June – 19th July 2019.<br /> <br /> Egypt will kick off the event against Zimbabwe on June 21. The tournament ends on July 19.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> Group F in the 24-team tournament brought together the second and third most successful sides in its history. Cameroon, who won their fifth continental crown last time and were originally set to host the competition, will face four-time winners Ghana. Benin and Guinea-Bissau complete the group.<br /> <br /> Group D contains three former champions, with top seed Morocco matched against Ivory Coast and South Africa, as well as Namibia.<br /> <br /> Senegal, the only one of the six top seeds never to have won the event, will face a former champion Algeria as well as the East African pair of Kenya and Tanzania in Group C.

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REVEALED: 2019 Africa Cup of Nations Draw

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaYGVTE3swV9lrLvO26ANr8y06lGkzPiBj_KeuMM6KchfHtAMkblfdrclCJ5hSpsZN1wv4gE-HuAGLVDlnkjCq3q0rFtaQ7mPS7E_y-nK0tMQ7_vIDrGftAbMMt5rfPa7JdpleMxxpH8_E/s1600/afcon+2017.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="356" data-original-width="280" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaYGVTE3swV9lrLvO26ANr8y06lGkzPiBj_KeuMM6KchfHtAMkblfdrclCJ5hSpsZN1wv4gE-HuAGLVDlnkjCq3q0rFtaQ7mPS7E_y-nK0tMQ7_vIDrGftAbMMt5rfPa7JdpleMxxpH8_E/s400/afcon+2017.png" width="313" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> The draw for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations was made in Cairo on Friday, see the details below:<br /> <br /> <b>Group A</b><br /> <br /> Egypt<br /> <br /> DR Congo<br /> <br /> Uganda<br /> <br /> Zimbabwe<br /> <br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> <b>Group B</b><br /> <br /> Nigeria<br /> <br /> Guinea<br /> <br /> Madagascar<br /> <br /> Burundi<br /> <br /> <br /> <b>Group C</b><br /> <br /> Senegal<br /> <br /> Algeria<br /> <br /> Kenya<br /> <br /> Tanzania<br /> <br /> <b><br /></b><b>Group D</b><br /> <br /> Morocco<br /> <br /> Cote d’Ivoire<br /> <br /> South Africa<br /> <br /> Namibia<br /> <br /> <br /> <b>Group E</b><br /> <br /> Tunisia<br /> <br /> Mali<br /> <br /> Mauritania<br /> <br /> Angola<br /> <br /> <br /> <b>Group F</b><br /> <br /> Cameroon<br /> <br /> Ghana<br /> <br /> Benin<br /> <br /> Guinea Bissau<br /> <br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"><i>Easy group for Nigeria? How do you rate our chances?</i></span>

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwQFRNgYI5YOcs6wNA3GNqeWmWzX6bjm_5JUNiMG_izB56_c3C8X6O0ULxApL1ptHGe_kWvnkeCtHSxGvAEJIRUz_ovng3-sVj6utYU2mDBOhhfImV4nHwJDXZLtXxlaFugzOVT0fCt99Z/s1600/Private-Jet-Dental-Holidays.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="735" data-original-width="1114" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwQFRNgYI5YOcs6wNA3GNqeWmWzX6bjm_5JUNiMG_izB56_c3C8X6O0ULxApL1ptHGe_kWvnkeCtHSxGvAEJIRUz_ovng3-sVj6utYU2mDBOhhfImV4nHwJDXZLtXxlaFugzOVT0fCt99Z/s400/Private-Jet-Dental-Holidays.png" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> About $56 million of the $1.09 billion Malabu Oil Block cash was used by a former Minister of Petroleum Resources to buy a jet.<br /> <br /> The aircraft has been traced to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.<br /> <br /> Four anti-corruption organisations have petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) demanding the seizure of the jet.<br /> <br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a>These disclosures were contained in the petition sent to the EFCC by the four groups.<br /> <br /> The petition was signed by the Chairman, Human Resource Development Centre (HEDA), Olanrewaju Suraju; Corner House Director, Nick Hildyard; Re: Common Director, Antonio Tricarico; and Co-founder, Global Witness, Simon Taylor<br /> <br /> They alleged that the jet was said to be worth 56 million dollars.<br /> <br /> In the petition, which was addressed to the Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, the anti-corruption groups said the jet was bought with proceeds of corruption relating to the fraudulent sale of OPL 245.<br /> <br /> They demanded the retrieval and forfeiture of the jet by the Federal Government through the EFCC.<br /> <br /> The four anti-corruption crusaders, which attended the court proceedings in Milan, said their position was strengthened by “findings from the on-going international corruption case taking place at the Milan, Italy Court”.<br /> <br /> The petition said: “The investigation focused on the sales of OPL245 to Eni and Shell. It also involves grievous allegations of corruption linked with several serving and former company managers, including Nigerian politicians.<br /> <br /> “Prosecutors in Milan were told by a former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent, Debra LaPrevotte and Ten. Col. Alessandro Ferri both involved in the investigations of the case, that 56 million USD of proceeds of corruption was used by the former minister for the purchase of a private jet in Oklahoma City, USA.<br /> <br /> “The specific tail registration number of the aircraft was given as M-MYNA<br /> <br /> “What we heard from testimony in the court confirmed the information enclosed in a table produced by the FBI, and already disclosed as a public document in the court case, Crown vs. Malabu Oil and Gas, which was held at Southwark Crown Court in London, UK; namely that proceeds of the OPL 245 deal were used to purchase a Bombardier Global 6000 private jet with the registration number M-MYNA”<br /> <br /> “This aircraft is listed as registered to Tibit Limited (BVI) and registered in the Isle of Man. The FBI table notes that the aircraft purchase was made from Insured Aircraft Title Services, Oklahoma City, US. We note that the company appeared in a 2010 investigation by the US Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs committee, Permanent Sub-Committee on Investigations, regarding their role in the purchase of aircraft by PEPs.”<br /> <br /> They alleged that “the individuals connected to Tibit Ltd, a BVI company involved in selling several Bombardier 6000 jets, have been the subject of a court case with the Australian Tax Office.<br /> <br /> “The report related to the Panama Papers has also raised questions about the Bombardier sales.”<br /> <br /> The anti-corruption organisations urged the government to seize the aircraft.<br /> <br /> They said: “The aircraft’s most recent flight, according to public aircraft tracking websites, was from Paris to Dubai airport on the 7th June 2017. The aircraft appears to have remained in Dubai since.<br /> <br /> “There is, therefore, reason to believe that the jet is still in Dubai airport and could be frozen by competent authorities as possible proceeds of crime.<br /> <br /> “We kindly urge you to verify this information and take appropriate steps, including asset freezing and forfeiture, where possible, under the 2018 Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters between Nigeria and United Arab Emirates.”<br /> <br /> The OPL245 is an offshore oil block with about nine billion barrels of crude.<br /> <br /> It was auctioned for $1.3 billion (1.1 billion euros).<br /> <br /> Although the Nigerian government received only $210 million as Signature Bonus, about $1.092 billion was traced to a London bank account which was suspected to be slush funds allegedly used to bribe some middle men and politicians in the country.<br /> <br /> A former President was accused of benefiting about $200 million from the Malabu oil deal.<br /> <br /> About $523million of the $1.092billion paid for the block was shared out as bribes to some former ministers and politicians.

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="400" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSEhrBQzI29uDzCejN9l6NtQEPHQgS2MQ5AIPAv4F74gvB9y7yCg8m_cgQ0z9-sn6QlX-qMriLbf8hANulZ2M_u3w10vaSdWVkUSvCfxuVqbuDHMsYhQo7Z5LYHtRIFFQWEst_EgGS_9vK/s400/jail+%25281%2529.jpg" width="400" /></div> <br /> <br /> A self-acclaimed professor, identified only as Jide, has been arrested by operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, after he was caught assisting his daughter during the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in the Jabi area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.<br /> <br /> The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board confirmed Jide’s arrest on Thursday, which was the first day of the UTME, noting that the man sneaked into a Computer-Based Test centre in Jabi but he was later arrested by operatives and was now in custody.<br /> <br /> NE learnt that Jide was arrested at the Brix Academy CBT Centre in Jabi while the UTME was on, trying to assist his daughter in the examination.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The JAMB Head of Information and Public Affairs, Dr Fabian Benjamin, in an interview newsmen said the NSCDC would go on with Jide’s prosecution at the end of its investigations.<br /> <br /> He said, “In Brix Academy in Jabi, a man penetrated the system, broke all security barriers, went into the examination hall and assisted his daughter. When arrested, he claimed to be a professor and also the owner of a non-governmental organisation. He has been picked up and he is with the security operatives. We believe that in no distant time, he will be prosecuted.<br /> <br /> “He was not able to carry out his nefarious activity. He claimed to be a professor from a university outside the country.”<br /> <br /> Benjamin noted that the outing for the UTME on Thursday was “successful and impressive,” adding that despite a few challenges in some centres, the board believed that the examination would get better.<br /> <br /> A total of 1,855,643 candidates would be taking the UTME which would run till Monday.

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Civil servant arraigned for buying $140,000 property in America

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="646" data-original-width="1000" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj8Lrs1SErrF_YP27aBSMOk4wGRFPJJh5vUR2zDtFE8BuxqOLYiqAaW1dxqUE9icF6pz26KDBPfGE2mmKj2PyNq7ZWQfG0P5nl6Zx7KclSpx0aVxjUvHF4cf0RF97R6FqpbFSVElCZPT1r/s400/gavel+law.jpeg" width="400" /></div> <br /> A director in the Federal Ministry of Education, Victor Igboanugo, has been arrested by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission for purchasing a property worth $140,000 in the United States of America and taking kickbacks worth millions of naira.<br /> <br /> During his arraignment before Justice V. B. Ashi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja, Igboanugo was accused of using his office and position to also commit fraud worth N162m.<br /> <br /> The ICPC told the court that the accused, while acting as the Deputy Director of Procurement at the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, bought the property in the US, whose cost was above his legitimate income.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The commission, in a statement by its spokesperson, Rasheedat Okoduwa, said, “The accused is being arraigned for alleged contract fraud to the tune of N162m and ownership of a property valued way above his legitimate income.<br /> <br /> “Mr Igboanugo, who had worked at various times in the ministries of Environment and Niger Delta Affairs, is facing 17 counts before Justice Ashi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court 23, Apo, Abuja.”<br /> <br /> The commission also accused Igboanugo of abuse of office and conferring undue advantage upon himself, saying the alleged crimes contravened sections 10, 12 and 19 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000, and were punishable under the same sections.<br /> <br /> The counsel for the ICPC, Henry Emore, told the court that Igboanugo, while being the Secretary of the Ministerial Tenders’ Board at the Ministry of Environment, facilitated the award of multiple contracts to private companies where he held personal interests.<br /> <br /> “He was further accused of receiving N20m kickback through one of his companies, Phinavic Ventures Limited, from the Chief Executive Officer of Lufem Engineering Limited, Mr Asiwaju Adekanbi, after the award of a contract for the construction of a skills acquisition centre.<br /> <br /> The charges read in part, “That you, Victor Igboanugo, sometime in October 2008 or thereabout in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, while being a public officer, used your position as Deputy Director and Secretary of the Ministerial Tenders’ Board of the Federal Ministry of Environment to confer corrupt advantage upon yourself by awarding a contract for the construction of a three-bedroom semi-detached bungalow at the Prototype Housing Scheme, Asaba, Delta State, to your company, Echedom Technical & Trading Company Limited for a contract sum of N10.5m, thereby committing an offence punishable under Section 19 of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000.”<br /> <br /> After the defendant had pleaded not guilty to the charges, the defence counsel put in an application for bail, which was not opposed by the ICPC counsel.<br /> <br /> The application was granted by Justice Ashi in the sum of N2m with one surety in like sum, who must be an officer not below Grade Level 14 in the Federal Civil Service.<br /> <br /> The case was adjourned till June 19, 2019, for trial.

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Military air strikes killing innocent villagers - Zamfara Emirs cry out!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="620" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKtcIwe6VMJNhAOxP9dYaAdDgPaBosvJb8tYREGCCyTj62RnKBraMyi9ked7NqEAitiNivxGNbjY7B2X7eXW-sKh9CW_pdJxHOwuO-spUB9sSsISHgjZW2vu1ELnRX2wRjwMmxJAdHtbYa/s400/airforce+bombs.jpg" width="400" /></div> <br /> <br /> Zamfara Council of Chiefs on Thursday said many innocent villagers had been killed in misdirected air strikes by the military in the ongoing fight against bandits in the state.<br /> <br /> The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the Emir of Bungudu, Alhaji Hassan Attahiru made the disclosure at the end of an emergency meeting of the council, on Thursday in Gusau, the state capital.<br /> <br /> He said, “The council noted that airstrikes undertaken by the military did not hit the main camps of the bandits.<br /> <br /> “Reports from Mutu in the Gusau and Tsafe Local Government Area, Tangaram in the Anka LGA and Dumburum in the Zurmi LGA, among others, indicated that the areas shelled were not the actual hideouts of the bandits and the victims were innocent civilians.”<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> The council said efforts to end banditry in the state would only be achieved “if the main camps of the bandits are taken over and security personnel stationed there for a considerable period of time.<br /> <br /> “This will deprive the bandits territory, mobility and supply routes, thus securing all surrounding areas.”<br /> <br /> On the recent allegation of connivance with bandits by some traditional rulers made by Defence Minister, Mansur Dan’Ali, the council challenged the minister to immediately name the traditional rulers or withdraw the statement.<br /> <br /> “Failure to do this will make his statement false and an attempt to tarnish the image of the traditional rulers and thereby making them scapegoats for the inability of the military and other security forces to end the scourge.”<br /> <br /> The council said the traditional rulers had always cooperated with government and security agencies in providing information on location, routes and names of persons engaged in such criminal activities.<br /> <br /> “Unfortunately, the military and other security agencies have failed to be on top of the situation.<br /> <br /> “We will not shield anyone and we will want any suspect however highly placed to be arrested and prosecuted, ” the council said.<br /> <br /> NAN reports that the meeting, chaired by council Chairman and Emir of Anka,Alhaji Ahmad Muhammad, was attended by all the emirs in the state.

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Wild jubilations in the streets as military removes Sudanese president after 30 years in power

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Igl-W2mPksbRF-ytuTC7RcCtBWYaHKhuBkVt3OC2a8sKIQb0W7xeUQYRNfDrIJfL56X8l3zPz3dobFU6rWqq5_PXApz_flAZxOBMNwrtVsQfeVDl-ihXy5ZW7puSiAB3tIRp7Ifn3KN5/s1600/al+bashir+sudan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="332" data-original-width="500" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Igl-W2mPksbRF-ytuTC7RcCtBWYaHKhuBkVt3OC2a8sKIQb0W7xeUQYRNfDrIJfL56X8l3zPz3dobFU6rWqq5_PXApz_flAZxOBMNwrtVsQfeVDl-ihXy5ZW7puSiAB3tIRp7Ifn3KN5/s400/al+bashir+sudan.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> <b>Sudan’s armed forces overthrown and arrested President Omar al-Bashir after months of protests against his nearly 30-year rule.</b><br /> <br /> In a statement on Thursday, General Awad Ibn Auf said al-Bashir was taken to a “safe place” after the “toppling of the regime” and also announced the formation of a military-led transitional government, which will rule for two years.<br /> <br /> “The armed forces will take power with a representation of the people to pave the way for Sudanese people to live in dignity,” said Ibn Auf, the country’s vice president and defence minister.<br /> <br /> He also declared a three-month state of emergency and the suspension of the 2005 constitution, as well the closure of Sudan’s airspace for 24 hours and of border crossings until further notice.<br /> <br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> All of Sudan’s government’s institutions, including the National Assembly and national council of ministers, have been dissolved, Ibn Auf added, assuring that Sudan would soon prepare for “free and fair” elections.<br /> <br /> Ibn Auf’s announcement came against the backdrop of a sixth successive day of anti-government protests outside Sudan’s army headquarters in the capital, Khartoum.<br /> <br /> Demonstrators have staged a mass sit-in outside the complex to call for the army to support their bid to see al-Bashir peacefully removed from power.<br /> <br /> The Sudanese Professionals Association, which has been spearheading the protests, rejected Ibn Auf’s move as a “military coup”, however, and vowed to hold further demonstrations.<br /> <br /> The SPA said in a tweet it was demanding the “handover of power to a civilian transitional government that reflects the forces of the revolution”.<br /> <br /> But Al Jazeera’s Hiba Morgan, reporting from Khartoum, said the “future of Sudan is very much in the hands of Ibn Auf”.<br /> <br /> “Most of the members of this military council are part of the ruling National Congress party and old regime … but the protesters want new leaders, civilian leaders, not the military,” Morgan said.<br /> <br /> Protests against al-Bashir, who took power in 1989 and is wanted by the International Criminal Court, started in December over rising bread prices but quickly morphed into broader calls for him and his political entourage to release their grip on power.<br /> <br /> Critics accuse the 75-year-old of mismanaging Sudan’s economy, resulting in high food prices, regular fuel shortages and widespread cash shortages.<br /> <br /> Representatives of the anti-government Girifna resistance movement, which has helped organise the anti-government protests, said the group would also continue to protest until its demands for a political overhaul were met and described Ibn Auf’s announcement as a “slap in the face”.<br /> <br /> “The three-month state of emergency and two years transition is not what we were fighting for,” Girifna member Hajouj Kouka told Al Jazeera from Kenya.<br /> <br /> “We are going to use the same momentum that we had to fight Ibn Auf, he is the new enemy … we are not done,” he added.<br /> <br /> (AJ)

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#BringBackOurGirls marks 5th anniversary in Nigeria, London, New York

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP-KxT6Tp9vTyjzPfKxqd7Lh8FEGthtaLUGABAsyrWIfZCpVUQIizFurgQzF289chLsy97jD_K9f__SPCWEh_jVrKI9-aRkNSxS8PyYHGkDLDxeimt7bGBm0SDoqY7M_ezuY9GzafBngZc/s400/chibok+parents3.jpg" width="400" /></div> <br /> The #BringBackOurGirls (BBOG) advocacy group will today, in three continents, commence a three-day event to mark the 5th anniversary of the Chibok schoolgirls’ abduction by Boko Haram.<br /> <br /> 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, on the night of April 14, 2014, making Sunday, April 14 the 5th anniversary of the event.<br /> <br /> In a statement made available to NE yesterday, the #BringBackOurGirls said it will host simultaneous events in Abuja, London, New York and Washington DC “to mark this sad anniversary.”<br /> <br /> BBOG said it would “mark the 5th year of captivity for 112 Chibok Girls by gathering with members of the Chibok community and members of BBOG from all over Lagos to remind our government and the world that they are still missing…”<br /> <a name='more' id="more"></a><br /> <br /> It will kick off today’s event in Lagos with a march from Falomo Roundabout, Ikoyi at 11am.<br /> <br /> Tomorrow, from 12 – 2pm, there will be a BBOG Sit out at Falomo Roundabout, Ikoyi and a BBOG Sit out at 64, Adewale Adenuga Street, Orilowo Bus stop via Binta International School, Ejigbo, Lagos. The activities will come to a climax on Sunday, April 14 with an interfaith vigil at Falomo Roundabout, Ikoyi between 5pm and 7pm.<br /> <br /> Sunday in London, a panel of discussants will consider the topic, #BlackLivesMatter and the #BringBackOurGirls movement: Online struggle for offline justice.<br /> <br /> This will hold between 4pm and 7pm at The Africa Centre, 66 Great Suffolk Street, London SE1 0BL.<br /> <br /> In New York, the event will be marked with an overnight vigil at the Nigerian Embassy from 10pm on Sunday, April 14 and 10am on Monday, April 15.<br /> <br /> The organisers said they would not relent in their advocacy and demands for the rescue of the country’s school children and fellow citizens from captivity.<br /> <br /> “We demand: justice for the slain, resettlement and rehabilitation for people displaced by the violence, safe schools, the launch of the National Missing Persons Register; and proper welfare, equipment and support for officers and families of our police and armed forces,” the organisers said.

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