Buhari urges Nigerians not to lose hope despite Yola, Kano bomb attacks

<div align="center"> <img alt="Buhari urges Nigerians not to lose hope despite Yola, Kano bomb attacks" border="0" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZIJtF0B_ojkrhaRTEXQ1GxiqDB0ovMdTPAVlLi2Vl4JKKW1h0JZBgftOg5F2g_9neqyk83Qm4Eh0prFR6pWkD3_ML2nq4lL2zmaa1DQMaNDZ8G1JSh5C-y31eu6DVX12oymC0gBSN8S3u/s640/buhari-ne-700x400.jpg" title="Buhari urges Nigerians not to lose hope despite Yola, Kano bomb attacks" width="540" /></div> <br /> Despite the impact of bomb blasts in Yola, Adamawa State on Tuesday evening and that of Kano State on Wednesday, President Muhammadu Buhari, has told Nigerians not despair, assuring that his administration would soon defeat Boko Haram insurgents.<br /> <br /> Buhari also called on the people to have “confidence in the ability of Nigeria’s reinvigorated, well-equipped and well-motivated Armed Forces and security agencies to overcome Boko Haram very soon”.<br /> <br /> The president who spoke through his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu in the aftermath of the dastardly terror attacks in the two northern states requested an increased vigilance among the civilian population to help ward off suicide terror attacks on soft targets around the country.<br /> <br /> He condoled the families of the victims of the bomb blasts, promising to fish out and bring to justice the perpetrators of the crimes.<br /> <br /> “The President condemned in strongest terms the barbaric suicide terrorist attacks which took place in Yola on the evening of Tuesday, November 17 and in Kano today, causing numerous deaths and injuries among civilians.<br /> <br /> “The President extends his heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims as well as to the Government and people of Adamawa and Kano States respectively.<br /> <br /> “President Buhari reassures Nigerians that his administration is very much determined to wipe out Boko Haram in Nigeria and bring all perpetrators of these heinous crime against humanity to justice.<br /> <br /> “The President urges all Nigerians not to despair in the face of cowardly terrorist attacks but to have confidence in the ability of Nigeria’s reinvigorated, well-equipped and well-motivated Armed Forces and security agencies to overcome Boko Haram very soon.<br /> <br /> “He believes, however, that vigilance is a potential life saver, since security agents cannot be everywhere to deter every planned attack.<br /> <br /> “Citizen’s vigilance will therefore help to reduce the frequency of such attacks”, Buhari said in a statement by Shehu.

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We want to leave Nigeria, we are tired of this forced marriage - Pro-Biafra protesters cry out

<div align="center"> <img alt="We want to leave Nigeria, we are tired of this forced marriage - Pro-Biafra protesters cry out" border="0" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbDxTrWjEhwg5JT04KXNqkxsoma8qq6YFq25gvqSdgoUYLmtAd-GtBr9XaqvQFxy3yTin4MhKGX64ks3d-e1OaQTCm1xYqsfwkHIt3jr4ugxyPF6ltk86XfsOzEfSAw4tjlW30yJNAN5Kp/s640/MASSOB-IPOB-Demonstrate-for-Biafra2.jpg" title="We want to leave Nigeria, we are tired of this forced marriage - Pro-Biafra protesters cry out" width="540" /></div> <br /> Thousands of protesters took to the streets in southeast Nigeria on Wednesday to demand the release of an activist who operated an illegal radio station calling for a separate state of Biafra.<br /> <br /> The demonstration in Aba was the latest by separatist groups on an issue that has again exposed deep and longstanding ethnic fault lines in Africa’s most populous nation.<br /> <br /> A previous unilateral declaration of an independent Republic of Biafra in 1967 led to a brutal civil war that left more than one million dead in nearly three years of fighting.<br /> <br /> In Aba, the commercial hub of Abia state, some 2,000 people carried placards with slogans such as "Biafra or death" and waved the Biafran flag - a golden rising sun on red, black and green.<br /> <br /> Others wore t-shirts and caps with the image of Nnamdi Kanu, the director of Radio Biafra and founder of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) pressure group.<br /> <br /> Some sang freedom songs and carried the outlawed Biafran pound currency.<br /> <br /> "Getting our leader out of detention is our immediate concern but ultimately we want to be free from Nigeria," IPOB’s Abia coordinator, Ikechukwu Ugwuoha, told the crowds.<br /> <br /> "We are tired of this forced marriage imposed on us in 1914 by the British colonial authorities. We don’t want anything to do with Nigeria again because we have not benefited from Nigeria."<br /> <br /> – Criminal conspiracy –<br /> <br /> Radio Biafra was taken off air in July this year after the government accused it of being a "seditious pirate radio station" which broadcast "unsavoury hate messages".<br /> <br /> Kanu was arrested last month and charged with criminal conspiracy, membership of an unlawful society and criminal intimidation.<br /> <br /> A judge in Abuja on Wednesday ordered Nigeria’s secret police to produce him in court next Monday.<br /> <br /> Tension has been building since Kanu’s detention, culminating in demonstrations in major southeastern cities and fears of a crackdown against protesters.<br /> <br /> In Port Harcourt last week, police fired shots in the air and teargas to disperse hundreds of pro-Biafra supporters.<br /> <br /> The Aba demonstration came after a planned blockade of the Niger Bridge on Tuesday was cancelled because of warnings from security personnel.<br /> <br /> The bridge crossing the River Niger which links the southeast with the rest of Nigeria was the de facto border during the civil war.<br /> <br /> Pro-Biafran sentiment has persisted among the dominant Igbo people in southeast Nigeria because of perceptions they have been punished for breaking away.<br /> <br /> But the man who led Biafra during the civil war, Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, warned against a second bid for secession in an interview before his death in 2012.<br /> <br /> Nigeria’s military ruler at the time of the civil war, Yakubu Gowon, last month said he recognised people’s right to protest but the concept of Biafra was "finished".<br /> <br /> "I don’t think it (the increased pro-Biafran sentiment) is any threat," he told Nigeria’s Channels television on October 23.<br /> <br /> "If there is anything of this sort, anywhere in any part of the country, just like the problem of Boko Haram, we, Nigeria,should deal with it in a mature way."<br /> <br /> – ‘No going back’ –<br /> <br /> On the streets, however, there was defiance. IPOB member Jude Chukwu Akiaba tore apart the green and white Nigerian tricolour, calling the country "dead and buried".<br /> <br /> "The Nigerian government has neglected the Igbos for long," the group’s women’s leader, Uzor Amaka, told AFP. "There are no social amenities like roads, electricity, hospitals and jobs in the east.<br /> <br /> "Our people are still being made to suffer for the civil war. So, it is better to call it quits with Nigeria and put our destiny in our hands."<br /> <br /> Osmond Lekwauwa said he was ready to die for the cause.<br /> <br /> "What’s the point of belonging to a nation where you cannot have basic necessities like good roads, water, electricity and jobs?" he asked.<br /> <br /> "I left school (university) six years ago and have not been able to secure a paid employment. I have been doing menial jobs to survive. At 32, I cannot even raise a family.<br /> <br /> "I will rather die being a Biafran than to remain in Nigeria," he said, urging local political leaders to back their campaign.<br /> <br /> "There is no going back on the struggle," he added.

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MTN in hot soup again, fined $622,000 in Uganda

<div align="center"> <img alt="MTN in hot soup again, fined $622,000 in Uganda" border="0" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-mIWqNqPrLGMJJYkY0f_Bn0c-6I77wykQINNWLVZ-PznIfAoJ3p5d8xPoVNSN7nI8jAv4I7WNvX5WiqxMH2gC0baWA_NmTamAnGBpWcxt5fPazkYlm7XVu48n9RRu_J7p8Dr-AeCGj90Y/s640/mtn+logo.jpg" title="MTN in hot soup again, fined $622,000 in Uganda" width="540" /></div> <br /> It is not only in Nigeria that MTN has run foul of the rules. It is also in hot water in Uganda, going by this report by Uganda’s New Vision newspaper:<br /> <br /> The Commercial court in Uganda has ordered telecom giant MTN Uganda to pay a sum of Shs 2.3bn (about $662,000) in damages to EzeeMoney Limited for sabotaging its business.<br /> <br /> Justice Henry Peter Adonyo on November 6, 2015 also ordered MTN to stop acting in unlawful and anti-competitive manner, which denies other businesses an opportunity to prosper.<br /> <br /> Justice Adonyo said MTN should pay Shs 800m to EzeeMoney in general damages for loss of business. It should also pay a penalty of Shs 1.5bn in punitive damages to deter not only MTN but also warn other companies against uncompetitive business tactics.<br /> <br /> It all started when EzeeMoney, which runs an e-money business, obtained a contract from MTN for the provision of digital transmission [E1] and 30 fixed telephone lines to carry out its mobile money business.<br /> <br /> EzeeMoney then contracted Yo! Uganda Limited (YUL) to implement the service after Uganda Communications Commission, the regulator, approved it on December 2012, to use the 7711 short code to enable its customers to subscribe for e-money services.<br /> <br /> But in 2013, MTN cancelled the contract, saying EzeeMoney was a direct competitor to its mobile money business. Through AF Mpanga and company advocates, EzeeMoney went to court, saying MTN’s action “restricted and distorted competition.”<br /> <br /> EzeeMoney said MTN also damaged its ties with YUL and deprived it of services of other telecommunications operators. It argued that MTN used its exclusivity agreements to stop its agents from working for any other firm with similar business, further limiting competition.<br /> <br /> ‘ILLEGAL ACTIONS’<br /> <br /> In a January 28, 2013 letter to EzeeMoney, MTN appeared to say its business would be disrupted if the former was given access to its platform.<br /> <br /> “EzeeMoney is in direct competition with MTN in the provision of mobile money,” read the letter in part.<br /> <br /> Justice Adonyo said the letter confirmed that MTN was stopping services of the company because it considered it a competitor.<br /> <br /> “It is testified that when YUL required the defendant [MTN] to activate the plaintiff’s [EzeeMoney]short code on its platform, the defendant declined to do so on the basis that the plaintiff was in direct competition with it,” the judge observed.<br /> <br /> “YUL then seeing that the plaintiff couldn’t carry out the business they had agreed together, by a letter dated 7/2/2013, did terminate all services with the plaintiff as YUL did not want to jeopardize its relationship with the defendant.”<br /> <br /> David Mpanga, EzeeMoney’s lead counsel, said MTN’s action of not activating the short code and the subsequent cancellation by YUL led to loss of business.<br /> “The denial of the use of the defendant’s [MTN] platform to the plaintiff [EzeeMoney] by the defendant would thus be an act which is prohibited within the meaning of section 53(1) (a) of the Act [Communications] for it limited competition,” Adonyo said.<br /> <br /> AGENTS STOPPED<br /> <br /> The judge also found that MTN coerced its agents to reject EzeeMoney. One witness, Sammy Mwathi, told court that he was an MTN money agent and he was restricted from dealing with other firms in the same business by signing exclusivity agreement.<br /> <br /> “The perusal of the exclusivity agreement itself confirms the position that the defendant acted outside the law for it appears it used coercive methods like denial of services to its agents,” he said. “[This] prohibited fair competition… and [was] contrary to the provisions of the law.”<br /> <br /> <i>*Published by Uganda’s New Vision newspaper</i>

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Breaking News: Many killed in new Yola blast

<div align="center"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw1IbCwo52JEtK0LbEc6rrf5gjXRyLo3UwX1izTNiWzmxY_25K9wUFb7mk_eHm-mkynR9hhLptr-VEiJgO6neB0DPMK-QEsMPBzOoc2Ub0HsQn4wI2td50Dbn4f7gR63rmYCjtcX8PL4I2/s1600/bomb-blast.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Breaking News: Many killed in new Yola blast" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw1IbCwo52JEtK0LbEc6rrf5gjXRyLo3UwX1izTNiWzmxY_25K9wUFb7mk_eHm-mkynR9hhLptr-VEiJgO6neB0DPMK-QEsMPBzOoc2Ub0HsQn4wI2td50Dbn4f7gR63rmYCjtcX8PL4I2/s1600/bomb-blast.jpg" title="Breaking News: Many killed in new Yola blast" /></a></div> <br /> An explosion suspected to be from an improvised Explosive Device, IED, has just occurred at a Motor Park in Yola, Adamawa State.<br /> <br /> A witness, Mohammed Danasabe, told newsmen that the explosion was so loud it could be heard all over the city.<br /> <br /> He said many people were killed, but could not give a figure.<br /> <br /> “I am currently at the scene and we are helping to evacuate injured to the Hospital, there are many dead bodies all over the place,” he said.<br /> <br /> The scene of the blast is close to the main vegetable market in the town and the explosion occurred as traders were closing for the day and rushing home, Mr. Dansabe said.<br /> <br /> Yola has been hit by two deadly bomb attacks this year, with more than 50 people killed.<br /> <br /> The last attack occurred in October.

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Chevron and Shell Nigeria about to Sack 8000 Staff

<div align="center"> <img alt="Chevron and Shell Nigeria about to Sack 8000 Staff" height="359" src="http://www.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dreamstime_s_17684802.jpg" title="Chevron and Shell Nigeria about to Sack 8000 Staff" width="540" /></div> <br /> <div> Palpable fear has gripped the Nigerian staff of Chevron and Shell as the two multinationals begin compilation of 8,000 names for sack.<br /> <br /> According to New Telegraph, plans are underway by Chevron and Shell to sack 8, 000 staff  as the accounts of the oil firms slips into red.<br /> <br /> Further checks by this newspaper at the weekend revealed that managements of the two oil companies have begun to compile names of those who will be affected in Nigeria. This action, sources at the two oil firms told this newspaper, was occasioned by earlier correspondences sent to managements of the companies' subsidiaries in Nigeria.<br /> <br /> "That is what everybody is talking about here," a Shell staff said after his anonymity was guaranteed. "The situation is even worse for some of us who are nontechnical staff," his Chevron's counterpart added. He continued: "Up till now we do not know how many staff in Nigeria will be affected but we are aware that the list being compiled has a mandate to include about 95 per cent of staff from finance: audit and accounting; human resources, government, public relations and communications among others. "The remaining five per cent will make up technical staff, who are due for retirement and those with incriminating memos in their files," he said.<br /> <br /> The New York Times had reported penultimate Sunday that Chevron would axe 7,000 staff in addition to the 1,500 it announced early this year while Shell, according to Reuters, also plans to sack 1000 more staff different from the 6,500 it announced for sack in the first quarter.<br /> Although the two multi-nationals did not give a break-down of how many staff in their Nigerian operations will be affected, Chevron said on its website that Nigeria "is an important part of Chevron's business globally" while Shell, which is also the biggest oil firm in Nigeria in terms of assets and production, "produces substantial volume of its global output from Nigeria."<br /> <br /> Like Chevron and Shell, other international oil companies (IOCs) at the weekend posted unprecedented losses in the third quarter, which is the worst since the downturn started. The trio of Chevron, Shell and Eni, with heavy assets and production in Nigeria, posted $12 billion losses in three months as their outlooks dimmed.<br /> <br /> While Chevron's losses hit $3.6 billion, Shell posted $7.4 billion loss after heavy write-offs and Italian major, Eni, reported $1 billion loss. Exxon Mobil, the largest American oil company, reported a loss of $3.9 billion for the third quarter.<br /> <br /> It posted $4.2 billion compared with $8.1 billion a year earlier. ConocoPhillips recorded $1.1 billion loss as France's Total also had a sharp drop in profit.<br /> Shell, which Reuters said had the lowest cash flow break-even point at around $66 a barrel, said it would axe 1,000 additional jobs after the 6,500 job cuts announced earlier this year. Shell's Chief Executive, Ben van Beurden, who gave the third quarter report, said at the weekend that Net profit excluding identified items collapsed to $1.8 billion from $5.85 billion a year ago.<br /> <br /> Shell posted a third quarter loss of $7.4 billion, according to Beurden, hit by a massive $8.2 billion charge after halting its exploration in Alaska's Arctic sea and a costly oil sands project in Canada.</div>

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Supporters of Radio Biafra boss, Nnamdi Kanu block Niger bridge, demand for his immediate release

<div align="center"> <img alt="Supporters of Radio Biafra boss, Nnamdi Kanu block Niger bridge, demand for his immediate release" border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh63cCdVnE1ZigociEJNgO7oH7F2DMttZEUzz5Us3zat-dEE5YplxdOd1QI6y5GJRh3xEVQt1GZUUXncqN0SOre-5-Co_IrNsGrnNiIoDQjst-_GYVghKbgq0RAGinyS-BfGmQ_wSFFof9Q/s400/bia2.jpg" title="Supporters of Radio Biafra boss, Nnamdi Kanu block Niger bridge, demand for his immediate release" width="400" /></div> <br /> Supporters of the Director of Radio Biafra and leader of the indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, on Friday, grounded commercial and vehicular activities in Onitsha, the commercial nerve centre of Anambra State, in a bid to call for the immediate release of their leader, who is still reportedly being detained by the Department of State Services, DSS.<br /> <br /> Motorists and commuters who were said to be leaving and entering the south-east, through the River Niger Bridge, in Onitsha, this morning, were held to standstill for over six hours, as members of IPOB in their thousands, barricaded the entry and exit routes of the Head Bridge.<br /> <br /> <div align="center"> <img alt="Supporters of Radio Biafra boss, Nnamdi Kanu block Niger bridge, demand for his immediate release" border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp54xcCisUk-JifLnTIfNDNwmXrQrryxbYwSRGeBobGGg-9cyVzs4PrhSIQ7naNCgqW09MoOhlX1JOBFhGX4cjvWBNhBJDLV2IVNA4eAQ8_1s-g3gYoPyqiRn9OWwLm6jB6rGcv1Q1iDmF/s400/bia1.jpg" title="Supporters of Radio Biafra boss, Nnamdi Kanu block Niger bridge, demand for his immediate release" width="400" /></div> <br /> <br /> An eye witness, Mr. Kelechi Amaeze, who was travelling from the south-east to Lagos on Friday, told revealed that thousands of travellers, including himself, were held to standstill at the Onitsha head-bridge owing to the protest, which members of IPOB had tagged, “One Million Match.”<br /> <br /> It was also gahered from another account that IPOB protesters where already taking their demonstration into Asaba, the Delta State capital, but where stopped by security operatives in the state, who had already re-mobilised on getting a tip-off of the protest.<br /> <br /> <div align="center"> <img alt="Supporters of Radio Biafra boss, Nnamdi Kanu block Niger bridge, demand for his immediate release" border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrzRMZKke3IxvHgYwD5Ap8-SmkL7v56FzKW1UYr_ciaXA3xWR4sRfhsc2eGSx1pdK73bjy9xhBfsvMUjVlOJgj7ui6gpf1y1_OlvZDSBDdoC_Q9ttgJeUsASLPxRWYQC8P3_WcItWl4z9g/s400/bia3.jpg" title="Supporters of Radio Biafra boss, Nnamdi Kanu block Niger bridge, demand for his immediate release" width="400" /></div> <div align="center"> <img alt="Supporters of Radio Biafra boss, Nnamdi Kanu block Niger bridge, demand for his immediate release" border="0" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKR3dasdNgqShKk0B4wxzyAkz9xlZNR2EFSZUVSmJwIP1ZJbKqD0BPSGlNaFewdnwvdShevRetsDongLWJ9hx_ewQPkVSEPAMk6wwk0n8nlsD_Ggdf6VhWKsMaw0h_MUCwsEiq2WbpwVhK/s400/bia4.jpg" title="Supporters of Radio Biafra boss, Nnamdi Kanu block Niger bridge, demand for his immediate release" width="400" /></div> <br /> <br /> It was also gathered that the armed-to-the-teeth security operatives barricaded the exit point of the Head Bridge into Asaba with an Armoured Personnel Carrier, APC, to stop the irate protesters from gaining entry into the south-south region.<br /> <br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Supporters of Radio Biafra boss, Nnamdi Kanu block Niger bridge, demand for his immediate release" border="0" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpZwPeMwDQZ1fylJEiu9P-npGaxEefr5yzQAtKty2CLAdKb1nG0J_ONzKKTy_MA1JBHNz_fIEGkrbMcV4OQQdLQtcnthD4_XwsfOdqOJHmMhY0d3YiG9LR_4VLfYVST3IF42OKH2RzLlIR/s400/Mazi-Nnamdi-Kanu-504x273+biafra+radio.jpg" title="Supporters of Radio Biafra boss, Nnamdi Kanu block Niger bridge, demand for his immediate release" width="400" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Radio Biafra boss, Nnamdi Kanu</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <br /> The protest which also reached the Ochanja area of Onitsha, saw one of the protesters allegedly shot dead by an accidental discharge from the shots of a soldier, in a bid to quell the raging protest.<br /> <br /> <div align="center"> <img alt="Supporters of Radio Biafra boss, Nnamdi Kanu block Niger bridge, demand for his immediate release" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7x2337ki8na4Wj0m_yQU2G50nh20ueXP6WoVZ_yYPqb9-DFw8c6HIfZ0x2NFdtg3RN1e6gRr7k5y3gZ3yd9T7o3JqJyRQhdUy-orNBcXkSsihWqnGuC5YK6N-rHE1Do1KpUfaFQenwEL1/s640/bia5.jpg" title="Supporters of Radio Biafra boss, Nnamdi Kanu block Niger bridge, demand for his immediate release" width="478" /></div> <div align="center"> <img alt="Supporters of Radio Biafra boss, Nnamdi Kanu block Niger bridge, demand for his immediate release" border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFy6r5egap4_M3t9wMfzE5G7vjgWBJD3WcLuGzeZvKbg5MiLve0dw1tMB7wiH3h5RDNtxSKLw77ERrGj36TS4ok98guderQq4THDT7NRwLnyCSRyDstu8jckF-d1zvJaHs6TwHYCW1Is1U/s640/bia6.jpg" title="Supporters of Radio Biafra boss, Nnamdi Kanu block Niger bridge, demand for his immediate release" width="360" /></div> <div align="center"> <img alt="Supporters of Radio Biafra boss, Nnamdi Kanu block Niger bridge, demand for his immediate release" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1fvviAJfFpI0iKvXnry0RA2YDWZk_Bit1-2iz74AifeD8_SQFkzkL1wOL0oobu9sfPSzvEOiUxZV9QBUq2s5w7aw6Nd6oDuo4ZqeD_BOlxzA-GxtznyToO2wDq68QE-xEUMeSO6fSOUX1/s1600/bia7.png" title="Supporters of Radio Biafra boss, Nnamdi Kanu block Niger bridge, demand for his immediate release" /></div>

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Government will ensure safety of corps members - NYSC

<div align="center"> <img alt="Government will ensure safety of corps members - NYSC" border="0" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIR7bmxpNsD6O9A7-QMIRd458eVutvd43QpZxW4Ukc_WeXRw-gXb913Qlj9sbpsLjisInnzoYw187C80ULrkd2v8JKg5IJRLviGcGVl7r1jSx3SCtzjkTftH3nczEAuK7WIKpOf1ks6sMW/s400/nysc+otondo.jpg" title="Government will ensure safety of corps members - NYSC" width="400" /></div> <br /> The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig-Gen. Johnson Olawumi, has said that governments at all level will ensure safety of corps members during their service year.<br /> <br /> He urged corps members to be disciplined and security conscious throughout the service year.<br /> <br /> Gen. Olawumi stated these while addressing corps members at the NYSC orientation camp, Yikpata, in Edu local government area of Kwara State, on Friday.<br /> <br /> He said: “Nigerian youth should be patriotic, disciplined, loyal and committed to the wellbeing of our great country.”<br /> <br /> He admonishes members of the 2015 Batch ‘B’ corps members to be patriotic citizens of Nigeria.

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Nigerian Army establishes media centre in Maiduguri

<div align="center"> <img alt="Nigerian Army establishes media centre in Maiduguri" border="0" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxfj35E6hTwJkB6dVh_Q1A40X6KGbSuO8-WR11bBLhGS_Sw_IiFkHFFCXA8TxvvSHviBqBvGCACWPxaeNYfGXw22sgCCsnloYHpjycJzbr4y8uVmtGMZ_6alQQ7paKetrs3goAoEBfkZ2M/s640/nigerian+army.jpg" title="Nigerian Army establishes media centre in Maiduguri" width="640" /></div> <br /> As part of its drive for proper information dissemination in the counter-insurgency operation in the northeast, the Nigerian Army has set up a media centre for the operation Lafiya Dole in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.<br /> <br /> The Centre which was commissioned by GOC of the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Lamidi Adeosun on behalf of the theatre commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Yusha’u Mahmud Abubakar, said the establishment of the media centre in Maiduguri underscores the importance of the media in the on-going war against the insurgency in the country and the North-East region.<br /> <br /> Maj. Gen. Adeosun explained that the military has gained tremendously from media reports on its activities in the troubled region hence the need to take the relationship to the next level especially in the last lap of the operation.<br /> <br /> He said the centre will attend to media 24/7 on the activities of the Army in the North-East region, specifically the counter-insurgency operation.<br /> <br /> He added that the media is very key to the success of the operation in the troubled region and would not want to deprive them of all needed information.<br /> <br /> He called on all media practitioners to always contact the centre for needed clarifications on the activities of the military concerning Operation Lafiya Dole.

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Lagos Commissioner justifies plan to buy 3 helicopters

<div align="center"> <img alt="Lagos Commissioner justifies plan to buy 3 helicopters" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBbL0pHsbzRy6jHceZl_wxzRu_dMkydpBJnZq1ODkC_D_Ig4J40_1ZRvcFtjGOeGNnhLty1WtTqGSgicpVu5lSf028fCWiQwlUxhSV0EBUMFCumP9msjVQqzDOx018aG1i_y7pX4rH-3zE/s1600/police+air+sky+helicopter.jpg" title="Lagos Commissioner justifies plan to buy 3 helicopters" /></div> <br /> The Lagos State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, says the purchase of three additional helicopters by the state government has become necessary in the wake of a rising crime rate.<br /> <br /> Ayorinde restated the need for the helicopters in a statement issued by the Lagos State Ministry of Information and Strategy on Wednesday in Lagos.<br /> <br /> Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode had on Oct. 25 hinted of the plan to purchase the helicopters to boost security and surveillance, but the move had attracted criticism from some quarters.<br /> <br /> Ayorinde, however, insisted that the purchase had become necessary to beef up surveillance and ensure security of lives and property of residents.<br /> <br /> The commissioner said that the helicopters would complement ground efforts of security operatives in checking crime in the state.<br /> <br /> He said that the purchase had also become necessary in view of the precarious security and traffic situation in the state.<br /> <br /> Ayorinde said that the state government had painstakingly studied the situation and resolved to unlock the traffic gridlock being experienced by residents with a motivated workforce and modern technology.<br /> <br /> He decried attacks on innocent citizens and said the government would not fold its arms and watch them get molested and dispossessed of their valuables in traffic or anywhere.<br /> <br /> Ayorinde said every available measure would be adopted to fight crime in the state.<br /> <br /> “The 33,000 policemen serving in the state with estimated 21 million people is grossly inadequate, thus necessitating complementary efforts from the government’’.<br /> <br /> He expressed optimism that the helicopters would go a long way in aiding security and traffic surveillance.<br /> <br /> Ayorinde also implored the residents to always alert security operatives of any form of crime noticed within their vicinity, using dedicated and toll free lines 767 and 112.

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Many killed in Edo bank robbery

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img alt="Many killed in Edo bank robbery" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2H4N0W1YOwBEqAlvkCOK7Ilmw3JnsEHlSCP4xnLn-ncgiSwvPhiTCXxzlqTusmISKMxMppOcTZ73J-L2t9mIp5cSpJhxuUnTNmFJUe__1ZfAwxJUgyiOZzacN2nSBfuollYZg9nhtHues/s1600/edo+benin+map.gif" title="Many killed in Edo bank robbery" /></div> <br /> Several persons including policemen were killed during a bank robbery at Igarra, headquarters of Akoko-Edo local government area of Edo State, on Wednesday.<br /> <br /> A security guard at the bank was killed at the operation which eyewitnesses said lasted one hour.<br /> <br /> The robbery operation was said to have begun at about 6:00am shortly after the state’s Police Commissioner, Chris Ezike, left Auchi which is about 30 minutes drive from Igarra.<br /> <br /> An eyewitness told our correspondent on phone that the robbers killed a guard and started shooting people after ransacking the bank and attacking policemen at the police station.<br /> <br /> He said many persons are receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital in the area.<br /> <br /> Another witness said the robbers were heavily armed and engaged the police in a shoot-out.<br /> <br /> The Nation gathered that policemen who took cover in the bush came out when an armoured personnel carrier was brought to the robbery scene.<br /> <br /> Local vigilante groups reportedly joined in the shoot-out and blocked all routes to Igarra town which made the robbers to abandon the vehicles used for the operation.<br /> <br /> When contacted, Edo Police spokesman, Stanley Osifo, said he was on his way to the crime scene alongside the police commissioner.

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Oyo CJ releases 59 inmates awaiting trial

<div align="center"> <img alt="Oyo CJ releases 59 inmates awaiting trial" border="0" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1qS8HDCMN69xsAknbK4lGtOJFm0XQz4nERYTBq1nUJY8lOQmzGfq30TMJ7t379gJmE8D7c0JeqS7yf6eZROyg6q6k-s6eQU_cG_QQvtBSz13_RjhX0QnRsbTtV3r3QbynDJ9VOVShwNMF/s640/jail.jpg" title="Oyo CJ releases 59 inmates awaiting trial" width="640" /></div> <br /> The Chief Judge of Oyo State, Justice Munta Abimbola, has released 59 out of the 903 inmates awaiting trial in Agodi Prison in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State.<br /> <br /> The released inmates comprised of 53 males and six females.<br /> <br /> Abimbola who released the inmates during his visit to the prison, added that they were awaiting trial on various grounds.<br /> <br /> He said that the purpose of his visit to the prison was to ensure a speedy administration of justice to the inmates that were awaiting trials.<br /> <br /> The CJ also said this would ensure that congestion in the prison was reduced to its barest minimum.<br /> <br /> He said that some of those released were discovered to have been arrested unlawfully.<br /> <br /> Others had been detained for more than the number of years they would have spent in detention for the offences committed, he said.<br /> <br /> The chief judge said that some of those released had health challenges while others were supposed to have been charged as civil matter but charged as criminal cases.<br /> <br /> “ The released inmates have been given another opportunity to repent and live a crime-free life; but if they waste such an opportunity again, nature will cash up with them.<br /> <br /> “I urge the released inmates to learn their lessons and go to the society to sin no more,’’ Abimbola said.<br /> <br /> In his contribution, Mr Ogunmola Tairudeen, Controller of Prisons, Oyo State Command, said that Agodi Prison had been experiencing a great congestion of inmates.<br /> <br /> Tairudeen said that there were 1,003 inmates at Agodi Prison while only seven of them had been sentenced to life imprisonment.<br /> <br /> The controller said that 93 of the inmates had been convicted, saying he was very glad for the visit of the chief judge to the prison.<br /> <br /> He urged the released inmates not to return to their sinful act and commended the judiciary for the mercy granted to the inmates.

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The Chief Judge of Oyo State, Justice Munta Abimbola, has released 59 out of the 903 inmates awaiting trial in Agodi Prison in Ibadan, th...

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FG’s indebtedness to oil marketers has risen to N470 billion

<div align="center"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9XByM-XVMgmNV9sKHKbKI4fE9edNBdbJjYCgA1cXChTxjrAj-7PP95qHI_DgShES0a06Cr6GByxKzobBorSQvrKnCDsE8_rpDCib44nml9FIchPZoEz1mz3TdlA1-yF7jShpQ0o7bG9q/s1600/oil-marketers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="FG’s indebtedness to oil marketers has risen to N470 billion" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9XByM-XVMgmNV9sKHKbKI4fE9edNBdbJjYCgA1cXChTxjrAj-7PP95qHI_DgShES0a06Cr6GByxKzobBorSQvrKnCDsE8_rpDCib44nml9FIchPZoEz1mz3TdlA1-yF7jShpQ0o7bG9q/s1600/oil-marketers.jpg" title="FG’s indebtedness to oil marketers has risen to N470 billion" /></a></div> <br /> The Federal Government’s outstanding indebtedness to oil marketers has risen to N470 billion, arising from a backlog of unpaid subsidy claims since August 1, 2014 till date.<br /> <br /> This is even as the marketers say they require in excess of $2 billion dollars to pay off their foreign suppliers, otherwise they will not be able to continue to import more petroleum products into the country.<br /> <br /> Marketers, who spoke to newsmen yesterday, lamented that government has not been able to fulfil its promise to offset all outstanding marketers’ claims between October and second week in November. This is just as the promise by the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, to assist marketers in accessing dollars to pay off their foreign suppliers has also not yielded fruit.<br /> <br /> One of the marketers said: “We had another meeting with the Vice President (Yemi Osinbajo) two weeks ago and he promised that they would pay us. Right now I can tell you that no marketer has any money or line of credit to import even one litre of fuel.<br /> <br /> “The last time any marketer was paid claims was July 31, 2014. Since August 1, 2014, no marketer has received anything. The total outstanding claims between August 1 and now are about N470 billion.”<br /> <br /> Besides, he added, “Even if they paid all the N470 billion, it will still not be enough to pay off our foreign suppliers because the dollar value of what we require to offset matured debts is over $2 billion. The CBN Governor promised to help us, but nothing has happened.”<br /> <br /> 90 workers sacked<br /> <br /> Another marketer also disclosed on telephone that the situation is so critical that in the last one week, two oil marketing companies have sacked 90 workers, adding that others are laying off secretly on daily basis, thereby compounding an already saturated labour market.<br /> “If marketers continue to lay off workers, soon the unions will soon swoop down on us and begin another crisis.”<br /> <br /> Sealing outlets selling above N87/litre<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, yesterday called on the Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR, to swing into action and shut down any retail outlet selling Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, otherwise known as petrol, above the official price of N87 per litre.<br /> <br /> The call comes as long queues resurfaced in the Lagos metropolis on Monday, and other areas in the country, with many outlets taking advantage of the scarcity to sell petrol above the government approved pump price.<br /> <br /> NNPC’s spokesman, Mr. Ohi Alegbe, also explained: “There is supply of petroleum products from the NNPC and as such there should not be scarcity. However, DPR should shut down any outlet found selling this product above the regulated price of N87 per litre.”<br /> <br /> NNPC said last week, it had deployed 306 truckloads or about 10 million litres of petrol to some northern states.<br /> <br /> The long queues of motorists waiting to buy the scarce product have led to traffic gridlocks along some of the major roads in Lagos, even as motorists lament the arbitrary hike in fuel prices.<br /> <br /> Investigation however showed that petrol stations along the Badagry area, Agbara and its environs sold fuel at between N100 and N120 instead of N87 per litre.<br /> <br /> The Director, DPR, Mr. Mordecai Ladan, in a statement, against the backdrop of the purported resurgence of fuel scarcity in some parts of the country, warned oil marketers against products’ diversion, hoarding, pump manipulation and selling products above government approved prices.<br /> <br /> According to Ladan, any marketer found to be under-dispensing or selling products above the government regulated prices shall be suspended for a minimum of two months.<br /> <br /> He said: “Marketers caught diverting or hoarding the products for profiteering shall be sanctioned with a fine of two million naira and have their operating licence revoked and prosecuted for national economic sabotage.”<br /> <br /> Ladan also said the DPR is collaborating with the Petroleum Equilisation Fund (PEF) and the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, to ensure that defaulters are sanctioned accordingly.

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Fire guts Ebeano supermarket in Lekki

<div align="center"> <img alt="Fire guts Ebeano supermarket in Lekki" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPIbQ51tAQ_STCQYlFKLB9ol9n_eoH-EoqSUI4aDIMlUSroZotYzcUGy0VPmprQUDdUcaeWq_V0Q9LWgLplTPyGA2act0qkrR3PHp8UeQoDCKttzaOdWEhOxDtNwl0ZaZzWJ7Iid9LI8QW/s1600/eb4.jpg" title="Fire guts Ebeano supermarket in Lekki" /></div> <br /> Reports reaching NE indicates that Prince Ebeano Supermarket in Lekki Phase 1, Lagos is currently on fire.<br /> <br /> It is however not clear what led to the fire incident.<br /> <br /> Men of the state Fire Services are said to be heading to the scene of the inferno.<br /> <br /> Ebeano shopping complex is the biggest supermarket in Lekki Phase 1.<br /> <br /> <div align="center"> <img alt="Fire guts Ebeano supermarket in Lekki" border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipEwcoSdORxNCIEfR7MzfEIDHkeY98MhJWZWJv5zmjxJs38-7u3BqeBQMCcopZ6dv2SZpr04KveJZOsfQmsG8-_1H5euguGuxtPZshC74gkxsP_IV6liR4payZafT3M1HmodZ5Osn4Py_E/s400/eb1.jpg" title="Fire guts Ebeano supermarket in Lekki" width="400" /></div> <div align="center"> <img alt="Fire guts Ebeano supermarket in Lekki" border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigTMLxXHB2zq6ZYHmjf8CbS7QJeaxqMihQIVjuKC6HHeN1wsO1cX7e26cyCQIdL8yYYauSTMJLM8zaiwe6NlPXv_NShpAEGHqFvRGyDd_lnOo7OmlNtxvheLWwFxBjpv2KBrxGZd3f32dP/s400/eb2.jpg" title="Fire guts Ebeano supermarket in Lekki" width="400" /></div> <div align="center"> <img alt="Fire guts Ebeano supermarket in Lekki" border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtur6H7I1Hh6McJdoy-wX20lE7kND0PIKevLiLRBZG-q46icoUeW9Fgc1sh6Ehdnp-40Rd6cIDx2tlsvWYJ6Q7dlKOoeQ6flX-G7lXzk7KNNAbkWrGizQehGzodPat77RlG0N-LQ22qCGU/s400/eb3.jpg" title="Fire guts Ebeano supermarket in Lekki" width="400" /></div>

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An accused can’t be on the run when there is no charge against him - Maina

<div align="center"> <img alt="An accused can’t be on the run when there is no charge against him - Maina" border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio6RvUlELoqKpFqo-O8YbcdS-vAz7RM0YHWdlVrysHfmpf3JVvNw-AlXJjcnhWFXGqtwwv5BHg5cuc4ezBlEFyMqs2PVcnJjsjgPXVHvNhRN4Wqbw8XzPUl9XZXc3E8Da8ACTiU0ugYMjX/s400/maina.jpg" title="An accused can’t be on the run when there is no charge against him - Maina" width="400" /></div> <br /> Ex- Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, PRTT, Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina has faulted the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on an alleged order by Justice G.O. Kolawole, that he be produced in court by his counsel, Bar. Esther Uzoma.<br /> <br /> Uzoma, in a statement, said when she made an appearance on July 21 to protest the EFCC’s claim that her client was on the run when no charge had been served on him was against the letters of the law.<br /> <br /> The statement reads: “The EFCC should come clean on the matter of my client, Dr. Abdulrasheed Maina. When I appeared before His Lordship, Justice Kolawole on July 21, I made it clear that the EFCC was yet to file any charge as well as serve any summons on Dr. Maina.<br /> <br /> “It is trite law that you cannot say an accused is on the run when there is no charge preferred against him or any invitation extended to him. During the hearing for the bail application, counsel to the EFCC, Mr. Rotimi Jacobs SAN, wanted the court to direct me to produce Maina in court at the next sitting which I argued that there are clear procedures, which the EFCC is familiar with and should follow.<br /> <br /> “Naturally, the court agreed with my submission on the position of law. Therefore, it is misleading for the EFCC in its statement of Monday to mislead the public that there exists an order for Maina to be produced in court when there is no invitation extended to him talk-less of a charge preferred against him by the commission,” Uzoma stated.

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'I'm sorry' - Fayose apologises to school teachers over mix-up in Sept salary payment

<div align="center"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjakfUYK0t0j2JmaA6wFv5KoeFMkUd-1EYREIkNYSEJFTZpBD_e02_C1_jJy-S51YuUzMjhyWGiz2CT1j1PjCM00GAVyrNhwMPjAQxci4N7fM3PRnzMkL5UwBbMAtSGxWCvXy3Qv1quCMq/s1600/Fayose_thuggery.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="'I'm sorry' - Fayose apologises to school teachers over mix-up in Sept salary payment" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjakfUYK0t0j2JmaA6wFv5KoeFMkUd-1EYREIkNYSEJFTZpBD_e02_C1_jJy-S51YuUzMjhyWGiz2CT1j1PjCM00GAVyrNhwMPjAQxci4N7fM3PRnzMkL5UwBbMAtSGxWCvXy3Qv1quCMq/s1600/Fayose_thuggery.jpg" title="'I'm sorry' - Fayose apologises to school teachers over mix-up in Sept salary payment" /></a></div> <br />  Governor Ayodele Fayose has apologised to primary school teachers in Ekiti State over the mix-up in the payment of their September, 2015 salary.<br /> <br /> According to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Idowu Adelusi, the governor said "even though the mix-up was from the State Accountant General’s office but as the State governor, he takes responsibility."<br /> <br /> “I want to apologise for the inconsistency and problems encountered in crediting the accounts of some primary school teachers, it was after my broadcast few days back that I got a lot of text messages from some teachers that were affected.<br /> <br /> “I sincerely want to apologise, I have gotten to the root of the matter, I have found out that there were mix-ups here and there, the accounts were credited and later withdrawn for carelessness in the accountant general’s office, for whatever it is I take responsibility, I apologise and want to assure you all the lapses will be corrected.<br /> <br /> “My teachers at the primary school level, this money will be credited to your accounts between now and Wednesday unfailingly. My apologies,” he said.

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Photo highlights from the President’s Trip to India

<div align="center"> <img alt="Photo highlights from the President's Trip to India" src="http://www.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Buhari-in-India-1-BellaNaija-600x400.jpg" title="Photo highlights from the President's Trip to India" /></div> <br /> <div> As we all know, President Muhammadu Buhari is presently in India for the India-Africa forum summit. A summit that is filled with numerous activities and meetings with key stakeholders.</div> <br /> <div> Here are some photo highlights from his trip.</div> <br /> <div> <b style="font-weight: 400;">Meeting with Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi at the Hyderabad House</b></div> <br /> <div align="center"> <img alt="Photo highlights from the President's Trip to India" height="266" src="http://www.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Buhari-in-India-1.2-BellaNaija-600x400.jpg" title="Photo highlights from the President's Trip to India" width="400" /></div> <br /> <div> <b style="font-weight: 400;">Meeting with the Nigerian Community in India</b></div> <br /> <div align="center"> <img alt="Photo highlights from the President's Trip to India" height="266" src="http://www.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Buhari-in-India-11-BellaNaija-600x400.jpg" title="Photo highlights from the President's Trip to India" width="400" /></div> <div> <div align="center"> <img alt="Photo highlights from the President's Trip to India" height="266" src="http://www.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/buhari-in-india-12-bellanaija-600x400.jpg" title="Photo highlights from the President's Trip to India" width="400" /></div> <div> <div align="center"> <img alt="Photo highlights from the President's Trip to India" height="266" src="http://www.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/buhari-in-india-13-bellanaija-600x400.jpg" title="Photo highlights from the President's Trip to India" width="400" /></div> <div align="center"> <img alt="Photo highlights from the President's Trip to India" height="266" src="http://www.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Buhari-in-India-14-BellaNaija-600x400.jpg" title="Photo highlights from the President's Trip to India" width="400" /></div> <br /> <div> Addressing CEOs of Indian Companies who have Investment Interests in Nigeria</div> <br /> <div align="center"> <img alt="Photo highlights from the President's Trip to India" height="266" src="http://www.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Buhari-in-India-6-600x400.jpg" title="Photo highlights from the President's Trip to India" width="400" /></div> <div align="center"> <img alt="Photo highlights from the President's Trip to India" height="266" src="http://www.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Buhari-in-India-7-BellaNaija-600x400.jpg" title="Photo highlights from the President's Trip to India" width="400" /></div> <div align="center"> <img alt="Photo highlights from the President's Trip to India" height="266" src="http://www.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Buhari-in-India-8-BellaNaija-600x400.jpg" title="Photo highlights from the President's Trip to India" width="400" /></div> <br /> <div> Meeting with Niger Republic Mahamadou Issoufou at the LALIT Palace Hotel</div> <br /> <div align="center"> <img alt="Photo highlights from the President's Trip to India" height="266" src="http://www.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Buhari-in-India-9-BellaNaija.jpg" title="Photo highlights from the President's Trip to India" width="400" /></div> <div align="center"> <img alt="Photo highlights from the President's Trip to India" height="266" src="http://www.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Buhari-in-India-10-BellaNaija-600x400.jpg" title="Photo highlights from the President's Trip to India" width="400" /></div> <br /> <div> Meeting with some of his former Staff College course mates</div> <br /> <div align="center"> <img alt="Photo highlights from the President's Trip to India" height="266" src="http://www.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Buhari-in-India-3-BellaNaija-600x400.jpg" title="Photo highlights from the President's Trip to India" width="400" /></div> <div align="center"> <img alt="Photo highlights from the President's Trip to India" height="266" src="http://www.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Buhari-in-India-4-BellaNaija-600x400.jpg" title="Photo highlights from the President's Trip to India" width="400" /></div> <div align="center"> <img alt="Photo highlights from the President's Trip to India" height="266" src="http://www.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Buhari-in-India-5-BellaNaija1-600x400.jpg" title="Photo highlights from the President's Trip to India" width="400" /></div> <div> With other Indian government officials</div> <br /> <div align="center"> <img alt="Photo highlights from the President's Trip to India" height="291" src="http://www.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Buhari-in-India-2-BellaNaija-600x437.jpg" title="Photo highlights from the President's Trip to India" width="400" /></div> <br /> <div> Photo Credit: NAN-PHOTO/Femi Adesina/Facebook</div> </div> </div>

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MTN agrees to pay N1.04 Trillion fine to Nigeria

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img alt="MTN agrees to pay N1.04 Trillion fine to Nigeria" border="0" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF9F6jmuAIV2eqSd14buJryxCn9RFJBWfgk1FaTYp8cft_BTKLPB_77kKxKaA_rNPKjB40LLMsJd9TdIX-9D5yDTdqfrmH5OPDm7RLGMfoEdKIwgt6wyNxYNbk7IHDwHedxaNxaF3yVYNf/s400/mtn+logo.jpg" title="MTN agrees to pay N1.04 Trillion fine to Nigeria" width="400" /></div> <b><br /></b><b></b><b>MTN has finally bowed to pressure as it has accepted to pay the N1.04 trillion fine slammed on it last week by the telecoms regulatory authority, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).</b><br /> <br /> Accordingly, the telecoms operator was fine for violating its directive on SIM deactivation.<br /> <br /> This follows series of meeting held between MTN management team from South Africa and Nigeria with the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo.<br /> <br /> The telecoms operator which has largest subscriber base in Nigeria, it was gathered, may have agreed to pay the fine to sustain the interest of its telecoms business.<br /> <br /> Industry sources who confirmed the new arrangement, disclosed that the federal government is already yielding to the plea, which according to him, was part of the agreement reached at the series of meeting held at the weekend in Nigeria.<br /> <br /> “There have been series of meeting at the Presidency between the Vice President Osinbajo and MTN team both from South Africa and the Nigerian arm. MTN wanted a waiver considering their level of investments in the country, but government did not buy the idea of waiver. Instead, I think there will be concession, but certainly not a waiver. At the conclusion of the meeting, the MTN people negotiated on how to stagger the payment. The Presidency is even angry because MTN was a signatory to the regulation, but they are failing to comply with rules.”, the source added.<br /> <br /> It would be recalled that NCC had said that MTN would not escape the fine, owing to the enormity of its implication to national security.<br /> <br /> Although NCC had hinted that the issue is being handled by the federal government, the telecoms authority also noted that MTN would risk withdrawal of its licence if its fails to comply with the fine.<br /> <br /> Even with the widespread calls for the intervention of the Office of the National Security Adviser (NSA), on the N1.04 trillion fine, Chief Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), had last week called on the NSA not to intervene in the matter, adding that NCC regulation must take its course.<br /> <br /> NCC said it had consistently engaged Mobile Network Operators, (MNOs) to strictly adhere to the regulations and its business rules in the registration of their subscribers.<br /> <br /> Following several engagements, the Commission had confirmed various cases of violations of the regulations and sanctioned appropriately.

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Presidency denies the speculated list of ministerial portfolios

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img alt="Presidency denies the speculated list of ministerial portfolios" border="0" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9sA2plDy9CBOlr-oKXsrKR446GidpbzJr5_z-IUzKPVmoboUwb7fScSMwjIivaKm7e2-XzNWn2zi_DTU31sDFrTtDfGbXg_zekZHZZiTGxP-SFg9UPDssGVhlIB5jQiSwQ7DAtDBd5gTo/s640/Buhari-certificate.jpg" title="Presidency denies the speculated list of ministerial portfolios" width="640" /></div> <b><br /></b><b>Ahead of the swearing in of the ministerial nominees following their successful screening and confirmation by the senate last week, the Presidency has denied releasing any list that assigned portfolios to them.</b><br /> <br /> The denial followed the speculated list of portfolios which made the rounds especially on social media on Sunday.<br /> <br /> The Special Adviser to President Mohammadu Buhari, Mr. Femi Adesina said that the list did not emanate from the presidency as it was not officially signed.<br /> <br /> “Any communication from the presidency must be officially singed. Was that list signed by me or Mr. Garba Shehu? Please, ignore it”, he said.<br /> <br /> He also did not reveal when the inauguration ceremony of the Ministers would hold.

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Lagos appoints new Head of Service

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img alt="Lagos appoints new Head of Service" border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijGTDLrL_rujzK44J5o-3k0jOvPQ-sWWO0bKUvcyUK0H8tO3jusXZ9IwR9XhwyUBsq95H6Jz48VmxsDKBC2WCVDD7DnA7HGNSjkorvLsl_WCppu587INLlE35nO2JN5R2mhU7gDEqL1iG3/s400/Ambode-754x461.jpg" title="Lagos appoints new Head of Service" width="400" /></div> <br /> <br /> Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, Sunday, announced the appointment of Mrs. Olabowale Toluwalope Ademola as the 19th Head of Service (HOS) in the Lagos State Public Service.<br /> <br /> Ambode, in a statement through his Chief Press Secretary, , Mr. Habib Aruna, explained that the appointment takes immediate effect, following the statutory retirement of Mrs. Folashade Jaji on 26th October, 2015.<br /> <br /> The new HOS was born on November 10, 1957. She had her Primary Education at Corona School, Yaba and Lagos University Staff School (1962 – 1968), after which she proceeded to Queen’s College, Yaba, Lagos where she obtained her West African School Certificate and Higher School Certificate in 1973 and 1975 respectively.<br /> <br /> Thereafter, she was admitted to the University of Ibadan where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree (Second Class Honours – Upper Division) in Economics in 1981.<br /> <br /> She is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and Masters Degree in<br /> <br /> Business Administration from the University of Lagos and the Lagos Business School respectively.<br /> <br /> After several stints in the private sector, Ademola joined the State Water Corporation as Controller Audit in 1995 before her transfer to the Mainstream Civil Service in 1999 where she rose to become Permanent Secretary in 2010.<br /> <br /> Until her appointment, she was the Permanent Secretary in the Lagos State Civil Service Pensions Office.

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Emir of Borgu to be buried today

<div align="center"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinjH1dw9CicJIYNIYJ1Z83rvhp_CABhtcsnXCJmXPH8JiGi18tNRuYi1n6Fc4zN00Sq_AnEYK_41dR2WDSLilZz9Haitcr0NepWyZHaSmmC4jC6elR19zHiksa21E4MseUDRTQ_ylibdcV/s1600/emir-of-borgu.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Emir of Borgu to be buried today" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinjH1dw9CicJIYNIYJ1Z83rvhp_CABhtcsnXCJmXPH8JiGi18tNRuYi1n6Fc4zN00Sq_AnEYK_41dR2WDSLilZz9Haitcr0NepWyZHaSmmC4jC6elR19zHiksa21E4MseUDRTQ_ylibdcV/s1600/emir-of-borgu.png" title="Emir of Borgu to be buried today" /></a></div> <br /> Tributes poured in yesterday for the late Emir of Borgu in Niger State, Alhaji Haliru Dantoro, Kitoro III, with President Muhammadu Buhari calling him “a great patriot, indefatigable unifier and bridge-builder who did his utmost best as a political leader and traditional ruler to strengthen the bonds that bind all Nigerians together in the interest of national peace, harmony and progress.”<br /> <br /> Close friend of the deceased and former Lagos State governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, hailed him as “a major team player in the struggle for the new political dispensation we now enjoy in Nigeria today.”<br /> <br /> Dantoro died in a German hospital on Friday, aged 77.<br /> <br /> President Buhari expressed great sadness and a deep feeling of immense personal and national loss over the news of the passing away of the Emir and extended condolences to his family and the people of Borgu Emirate.<br /> <br /> He said the deceased ruled over his people “for many years with commendable wisdom, benevolence and an uncommon dedication to duty.”<br /> <br /> He also joined the government and people of Niger State in mourning Alhaji Haliru whom he referred to as “a friend and associate of many years” with whom he shared the vision of a peaceful, politically stable, united, progressive and prosperous Nigeria to which every citizen will be proud to belong.<br /> <br /> Tinubu said he received news of the Emir’s death with shock, disbelief and great sadness, coming “less than 48 hours after I visited him and witnessed how close he was to full recovery.”<br /> <br /> “He was full of life, jovial and eager to return to Nigeria over the weekend. I feel a profound sense of personal loss on the sudden passing away of my royal father, a friend, brother and above all a confidant and supporter,” he said of the man who conferred on him the title of Jagaban Borgu in 2006.<br /> <br /> Tinubu added: “His death is most painful coming at such a critical time when Nigeria was in dire need of his forthrightness and wisdom. He was a man who loved Nigeria truly. His patriotism was never in question. His loyalty was never in doubt. Nigeria for him was a nation of promise with diverse people bound together in one fate.<br /> <br /> “He did not just dream of a totally united nation in word and deed, he worked tirelessly, day and night to seek to build bridges where there was none and to unite friends and foes. He was a people’s person and everywhere in Nigeria for him was home. He was highly progressive in his orientation and practice.<br /> <br /> “Whenever the history of this epoch is written, he will be reserved several pages for his sacrifice for Nigeria, his love for country and its people and his unmatchable contribution to building a better and just society. Through his career as a public servant, a Senator and later a prominent royal father, Alhaji Haliru Dantoro, Kittoro III, made sacrifices and contributed immensely to nation building. He will not be forgotten because his likes are rare.<br /> <br /> “I came to know him very personally before he turbaned me the Jagaban of Borgu Kingdom. But thereafter, we became brothers, just like family. He never left me alone and I never left him alone either. We shared a common bond. A common patriotic desire to see Nigeria rise up to her full potentials, we were fired up in our belief that though the journey to nation hood may be long and tortuous , Nigeria had what it takes to attain greatness. We both shared the responsibility of contributing our time, resources and intellect to this onerous task.”<br /> <br /> He prayed for the repose of the late Emir’s soul.

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