Hot News Naija: February 2017

Tuesday 28 February 2017

JAMB scraps awaiting O’level results, includes 4th choice

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has announced that students will no longer be able to secure admission into higher institutions while awaiting their O’level results.
JAMB said this was part of its restructuring in preparation for the 2017 UTME higher institution examination.
This means candidates must sit and obtain the results of either West African Examination Council school examination, WAEC, or National Examination Council, NECO, before admission. The board said this will keep candidates from taking the slots they do not qualify for.

JAMB also introduced a fourth choice of school, but said candidates can apply to only one government-owned university.

A Saudi Investment Company, Zain Al-abdin group is to set up an Agric City in Kwara State. The proposed Agric City, which is to be located along the River Niger in Kwara North will comprise a cluster of farms specializing in cultivation, processing and export of rice, maize and vegetables.

The Chairman of the investment group, Zain Al-Abdin Nafawi disclosed this when he and other members of the group visited the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed last Friday at the Government House, Ilorin.

According to the Chairman, the Agric city will also contain facilities such as schools, hospitals, shops and other associated services.

#WhosoldKWARA?

KWARA STATE FOR SALE. It is very worrisome to hear that the proposed dubious LIGHT UP KWARA PROJECT CONTRACT .

IT IS REALLY A PITY. The said contract is worth 6 billion and payable to the contractor in ten years time. However, I believe the term of agreement of ten years is just to appease to those who might think that it is a good deal.

Haba, the so called leader of those who can't reason beyond their noses. The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom. Where on earth are you taking all these money to. Haba! Haba! Haba!. If your target is the Presidency come 2019, then u have so many issues to contend with and the heads of millions of Kwarans that you have cheated will religiously work against u insha Allah.

The poorest group of people in the world are Salary earners. They live in a vicious cycle of poverty. Referring to them as servants of civil which made them uncivilized. They categorized them as common men, tax payers and middle class citizens.

If you ask who are highest class citizens, you will hear people who create wealth with their ideas. People who are Entrepreneurs in making and people with wisdom to create and innovate. (nothing to something).

Salary is continuously being awaited every month ending and any slight delay brings about heartbreaking anxiety and disappointment. Family become worried. Mind set to chaos and relatively angry. But when the salary finally arrived, we end up paying unexpected debts. The lack of financial management only set in the philosophy of salary earners.

THE 4TH QUARTER 2016 NIGERIAN GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT REPORT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS

STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER ON ECONOMIC MATTERS, DR. ADEYEMI DIPEOLU, ON THE 4TH QUARTER 2016 NIGERIAN GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT REPORT ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS

President Buhari

The recently released data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed that Gross Domestic Product (GDP) contracted by -1.30% in the fourth quarter of 2016. This translated into an estimated growth rate of -1.51% for the full year 2016. These figures reflect the slow-down in the economy for most of 2016 but also show that the recession may have bottomed out because of an improving trend in several key sectors.

Although the oil sector declined by -12.38% on a year on year basis, this was a relative improvement compared to the third quarter when the decline amounted to -22.01%. This outcome was due mainly to increases in production such that the quarter on quarter growth for the oil sector between the third and fourth quarters was 8.07%. The non-oil sector however declined by 0.33% after showing some resilience in the third quarter when it grew by 0.03% at the height of the recession.

Those hoping to be Vice-President to Prof. Yomi Osinbajo are the ones praying and wishing that President Muhammadu Buhari would not make it back to the country alive. This revelation was made by Senator Shehu Sani in Kano over the weekend. He maintained that the same persons hide under the guise of friends and well wishers but keep praying hard against Buhari.

Sani said:”Those peddling rumours of Buhari death are people presumably close to him but want him dead so that they will be nominated as VP to Osinbajo”.

“But unfortunately, they woefully failed because Buhari is coming back safely and healthy to continue his fight against corruption and corrupt practices which he specializes in”.

* Retail price per bag of fertilizer to reduce by 30-40%

* Programme is expected to create between 80,000 - 100,000 jobs

The Presidential Fertilizer Initiative of the Buhari Administration has started yielding results, with the production of more than 4,000 metric tonnes of locally-blended fertilizer in the first week of operation.

The Initiative was approved by President Muhammadu Buhari in December 2016, to achieve the local production of one million metric tonnes of blended Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Potassium (NPK) Fertilizer for the 2017 wet season farming.

THE IMMINENT COLLAPSE OF CIVIL SERVICE ETHICS AND CODE OF CONDUCT IN KWARA STATE: SEASON 1

CHRONICLES OF HOW MANY SERVING CIVIL SERVANTS AT FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL COUNCIL LEVELS ARE OPENLY BEING INVOLVED IN POLITICS AND POLITICAL ACTIVITIES WITHOUT REGARDS FOR CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS WHICH FORBIDS THEM FROM DOING SO:

A CASE STUDY OF TEJIDINI ABDULWASIU OLAYINKA

SEASON 1

Hello our esteemed followers on the new media.
Hmmnnn!!! It's like we are bringing out releases consistently these days... The persistent situation in Kwara State, call for it!

The topic of today came about as a result of an issue generating attention on the social media; amongst the citizens of Kwara State.

We were brought to notice about a certain Mr. Tejidini Abdulwasiu Olayinka who claimed to have asked Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki on behalf of the Youths of Kwara State, the question bordering on youths development!

Who is Tejidini self? What right and gumption does he possess to claim he is addressing a politician on behalf of the Youths of Kwara State?

Just few days after the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council, PEBEC, adopted a 60-day Action Plan to push Ease of Doing Business reforms in the country, Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, paid a surprise visit to Nigeria's major international airport in Lagos, declaring an urgent task to correct many of the problems already identified by the Council.

Speaking briefly with the press after inspecting several parts at the airport for over an hour, Prof. Osinbajo said the visit was in line with the work of PEBEC.

According to him, "as part of our work on the Ease of Doing Business, on making the environment friendly, not just for local businesses but also for those who want to come and do business in Nigeria, the airport obviously is one of the major places where we need to ensure that facilities are working and that things are being run properly."

INEC TO DEPLOY 753 PERSONNEL FOR ETCHE STATE AND FEDERAL CONSTITUENCY ELECTIONS

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), is to deploy 753 Election Day personnel to conclude the Saturday, 25th February Etche II State Constituency and Etche/Omuma Federal Constituency elections in Rivers State.

The areas affected in the Etche State and Federal Constituency elections are: One (1) Local Government; Eighteen (18) Registration Areas, 147 Polling Units, 163 Voting Points, and 60, 874 Registered Voters.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission today, February 21st , 2017 arraigned the former Governor of Katsina State Ibrahim Shehu Shema and three others before Honourable Justice Maikaita Bako of the Katsina State High Court on a twenty two count charge of Criminal Breach of Trust, forgery and using as genuine.

Shema is being charged alongside three others, Sani Hamisu Makana, Lawal Ahmad Safana and Ibrahim Lawal Dankaba for allegedly diverting public funds to the tune of over Eleven Billion Naira to their personal use during his tenure as Governor of Katsina State.

2019 is coming and history is going to repeat itself. Those 'against' President Buhari today are going to find another saviour and they are going to support the hell out of him.
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Those who appeared to be 'progressives' in 2015, whose voices were so strong that not joining them was almost a taboo, who painted the last administration so black that daring to speak up in defence of any action of that administration will earn you a barrage of insults, those people will be 2019's opposition. They will be in the shoes of the 2015 Jonathanians. They will become the ones fighting against the odds. They will be the ones tagged 'enemy of progress' for daring to mention Buhari. They will be the ones trying to defend all the actions and inactions of this administration.

Indigenes of Abere community in Ede North Local Government Area of Osun State staged a protest against the demolition of some buildings in the community which the Ministry of Environment and Sanitation started on Monday morning.

The protesters, who barricaded the road and made bonfires on the road connecting Osogbo to Gbongan stopped the ministry officials from carrying on with the demolition.

One of the buildings was already destroyed when the indigenes trooped out and stopped the government officials from continuing with the exercise.

President Muhammadu Buhari thanks millions of Nigerians who have been sending good wishes and praying for his health and well-being in mosques and churches throughout the country.
The President is immensely grateful for the prayers, show of love and concern.

President Buhari wishes to reassure Nigerians that there is no cause for worry.

WHEREAS:

A. Following the repugnant attempt by Sen. Ali Modu Sherrif and other undemocratic forces to undermine and take over the Peoples Democratic Party, the National Convention of the party held at Port Harcourt on the 21st day of May 2016 dissolved the then National Working Committee and the National Executive Committee and replaced the National Working Committee with a 7-member National Caretaker Committee under the leadership of Sen. Ahmed Mohammed Makarfi as Chairman and Sen. Ben Obi as Secretary with a mandate to run the party and organize an elective National Convention as soon as practicable;

B. The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt in FHC/PH/CS/524/2016 PDP & ORS. Vs. SHERRIF & ORS in its judgment endorsed the decisions of the 21st May 2016 National Convention, holding that the Convention did not violate any extant Order of the Courts or any provisions of the Party’s or Country’s Constitution.

In principle, I agree with the emir of Kano's pronouncement on polygamy, procreation, and poverty. However, there is need to proceed with caution on the legislative intervention he is proposing. I am not Muslim or Hausa so I may not be able to speak to the theological and cultural issue at stake. However, I do know that our societies in Africa are driven by patriarchy and notions of masculine pride and dignity. This culture tends to mediate how people see these things.
Like the emir, I used to display an unqualified intolerance for people who want to bring many children into this world despite lacking the means to care for them. I used to preach vehemently and somewhat haughtily against unbridled procreation among my own poor extended family.

Kwara state will be 50 years old in May this year ln Shaa Allah. Time indeed is cruel and miserly. It ticks and gives the impression that it is standing still. Those who understood the logic of time, its essence and its inordinately desirous movement take the opportunity offered by time to do great things not only for themselves but also for their society. Such people do not lay claim to saintly but perform supererogatory actions.

Chief Sunday Bolorunduro Awoniyi, Chief Aderibigbe, Chief Josiah Sunday Olawoyin, Chief S. B. Daniyan, Amuda Gobir, Ahman Patigi, Abubakar Attahiru Madaki Lafiagi and a host of others who fought for the creation of Kwara state are all great men full of energy and passion with special upbringing either by way of culture or religion and who demonstrated their commitment and desire to lead their society out of darkness to the frontiers of modernity and civilisation. They are great men, vibrant with fire in their eyes and iron in their belly. They never seek dominion over others neither was their demand for their own state driven by personal, selfish interest or greed. They desired a state of their own in that pre-modern times. A state which they and their children yet unborn can be proud to lay claim to. They maintained cohesion in their struggle and did not allow the issue of ethnic sentiments instead their commitment stirred the spirit in the people and this cemented the already existing internal cooperation which also served the founding fathers the required tonic. But there was more to their demand. There was something beyond life that was worth aiming at – and that was immortality. That was the heritage they envisioned for us because they were not the sort of human beings who go in search of miracles where hard work and intelligent strategising matters.

Good day to you all our esteemed viewers on the new media. Let us again thank Almighty God, for His goodness upon our lives. Inspite of the burning and biting effects of this recession, occasioned by the activities of the luciferous elements within and around the corridors of power, coupled with ineptitude on the part of those managing our economy, we still thank God for the gift of life!
We took time to as usual go over various news items on social media. While doing so, we came across a release credited to Dr. Muideen Olufemi Akorede, Senior Special Assistant on Media & Communications to Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State. In his release, he informed us about Kwara State Government preparation towards marking the 50th Anniversary of the creation of Kwara State. Infact, a 31 man committee has already started working, just to organise a befitting celebration. A celebration in which millions of our naira, will again be wasted on a meaningless charade by those whom providence has put in the seat of power. The annoying aspect is, there are so many people suffering and in serious pain as a result of unpaid salaries and entitlements. Yet, Kwara State Government would rather celebrate with their few friends and cronies than to put smiles on the faces of those ones who have being working for months without being paid.

INSPECTION TOUR OF SOUTH-SOUTH ZONE : FASHOLA PREACHES PEACE AS ONLY VIABLE MEANS TO ACHIEVE ECONOMIC RECOVERY, PROSPERITY

* “Everybody wins when there is peace and nobody wins when there is conflict”, he says
* Commends National Assembly, South-South Parliamentarians for support on Infrastructure Development
*Underscores role of FG , Federal Controllers of Works as partners in progress not competitors with States

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN has advocated peace in the country as the only means to achieve the overall development of the country saying in the atmosphere of peace everybody wins while nobody wins in a situation of conflict.

Fashola, who spoke while touring on-going Federal road projects across the five South-South States of the country, said in spite of political and ideological differences, the most important objective of the nation was to develop Nigeria for the benefit of all Nigerians.

Federal Government Meets Investors on the Issuance of Sovereign Green Bonds

“Nigeria is committed to sustainable economic development. The Lagos Event is a concrete step in the process of developing and issuing our 2017 sovereign green bonds program ‘- Amina Mohammed, Minister of Environment.

Nigeria’s aspiration to become a green economy inches closer as The Federal Government meet investors and Capital Markets Operators in Lagos for the first ever Green Bonds Conference.

Themed “Green Bonds: Investing in Nigeria’s Sustainable Development”, the Conference is organized by the Federal Ministry Environment in collaboration with Federal Ministry of Finance and Debt Management Office and will take place on Thursday, the 23rd of February 2016 at the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Lagos.

Olufunmilayo Odunaike raised money last week to give succor to those on her list who need some financial respite. Reading through Folake Oyetosho's update, she suggested a clothes drive and I embrace it. I confess I have not followed the 80/20 rule. I have classic clothing in my closet that I promise to wear but never get to wear them, yet I buy and buy and buy again. I have shoes I have not worn in 3-4years (all leather upper, leather sole). I have bags I won't ever carry again. I know a lot of my friends fall into this category. Somehow, we tend to think everyone is okay but that is not the reality. There are many on our lists that are in need. They are hardworking folks who will never beg. This is about them.

A couple of my interlocutors have written to say that Audu Maikori deserves to face justice for sending out a false tweet. I have no issue with that. There is a new law in Kaduna against incitement and if he is in violation of it and the state's prosecutors feel they can build a case, he should be prosecuted.

But here are the issues that the few--yes, few--El-Rufai worshippers and and those who share his ethno-religious and supremacist inclinations are avoiding and want to deflect by latching onto Maikori, the entertainment entrepreneur having become their convenient escapist scapegoat.

The Kaduna State Government on Monday announced that the Garrison Commander of the 1 Division of the Nigerian Army and the state’s Commissioner of Police have relocated to the southern part of the state.

This is to enable Brigadier-General Ismaila Isa and CP Agyole Abeh coordinate a determined response to renewed attacks by armed bandits on communities in Kaura and Jema’a local government areas.

The situation has been brought under control by this afternoon, but security operations continue.

Good evening our dearly esteemed compatriots!

We are going to again continue on this topic, as we wish to via it continue awaken the spirits of the Youths of Kwara State. Youths who have being reduced to ordinary garage touts, politically naive simpletons and bag carriers. We believe that certain Kwara Youths are better qualified to run the affairs of this State better than the bunch of the half baked individuals we are seeing on parade holding offices and portfolios of which they are not contributing anything meaningful towards the the progress of Kwara State and comfort of its citizenry. Simply look at the boards appointment made! How many technocrats and sharp brains were selected as members of the board? They have simply turned State Institutions to become instruments of giving political settlement to their political cronies and luciferous supporters who have nothing upstairs! If not, how will any sensible government appoint an illiterate as Commissioner for Education and stark illiterate as a member of the board of an Academic Institution?

Acting President Osinbajo signs seven bills into law

The Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, has signed into law Pension Rights of Judges (Amendment) Act, 2017, and six other bills passed by the National Assembly.

This is contained in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Ita Enang.

Mr. Osinbajo is acting on behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari, who is on an extended medical vacation in the United Kingdom.

BACKGROUND
In this parable, the King’s son is to be married and the king is planning the wedding celebration. He had invited the obvious people, the great men of his kingdom, the people one would expect to be at such an occasion, but they had treated his invitation with contempt. They have proved unworthy of it. But the King cannot cancel the banquet. This is his son’s wedding; it must be celebrated; there must be guests to fill the banqueting hall. Where can worthy guests be found, guests who will not spurn but be glad to be there and really share the joy of the occasion with the King? Who will prove worthy to be a guest at the wedding banquet?

NOTE ON THE TEXT

PART 1: THE SPECIAL INVITED GUEST REFUSE TO COME (MATT. 22:1-3; REV. 21:2, 9)

We have record of all your wickedness

You killed Shiites and imprisoned their leader
You paid Fulani murderers in SK
You arrested John Danfulani
You arrested Luka Biniyat
You are threatening Gloria Ballason
You are threatening all Southern Kaduna people who defend themselves
You threatened Pastors
The invitation of Apostle Suleman by DSS you masterminded it
You threatened to demolish Gbagyi Villa
You threatened to ban religion by bringing one evil bill
You closed Assemblies of God Church Saminaka for almost 2 years now with a stupid excuse of security.

Many of the Party faithful were today injured as Hon. Kolawole Babatunde came in company of Thugs and Military to destroy Party Secretariat in Isua, in Akoko land, Ondo state

It was a show of shame when Hon. Kolawole Babatunde came in with arm thugs to the Party Secretariat where meeting was holding.

He immediately order all the thugs that accompanies him to start beating up all the leaders on sit.

Former Commissioner from Akoko Southeast Hon. Folagbade Amodeni was molested and beating up. His phone and other value items was carted away by this arm thugs.

In a country calling.........CHURCH We don't Preaching Repentance, Holiness, Righteousness, Confessions, Restitution, Substitution, Sober reflections, the high cost of sin, etc because we are all saved by a Grace promised by our Daddy and our PAPA in the Lord. We don't need to repent or flee from sin because our Daddy in the Lord has assured us that our names has been written in the Book of life.

In a country calling ......... CHURCH We love having sex without marriages and walk on roads on artificial look and dress half naked because our Papa in the Lord has said, it is only Muslims that will go to hell not Christian that believes.

Below are the images of Federal Polytechnic Offa taken around 7:30pm on Tuesday 15th February, 2017 by me.

From the interview granted by students and some indigenous offa residents living around the campus, it was revealed that this is the way the Polytechnic environment is left in acute DARKNESS anytime from 7:30pm everyday.

Our hearts bleeds more when we hear the institution is a federal owned citadel. With the amount of billions generated from students annually in the name of frivolous charges by this institutions, the management couldn't not afford diesel to light up the school environment everyday for the benefit of the students and the community.

Governor Nasir El-Rufai has caused Audu Maikori to be arrested for sending a tweet that relied on false information about an attack that never occurred, a tweet for which he has since apologized. Maikori has been a critic of the governor's handling of the Southern Kaduna killings.

El-Rufai's latest canard to defend his tyranny and intolerance for critique is what he calls "a policy of consequences." Very chic. The problem is that not a single one of the foreign herdsmen he says are responsible for killing hundreds of Southern Kaduna people has been arrested for murder. Not a single one of them has faced this "policy of consequences."

In fact instead of being arrested, El-Rufai rewarded them with handsome payments to silence their guns. Yet Southern Kaduna folks like Maikori who complain about their menace, even if relying on unreliable information produced in the haze of crisis, are hounded into detention. It's different strokes for different folks.

US President Donald Trump believes common ground can be found with Russia, but Moscow must still be held accountable for the Ukrainian crisis, Vice President Mike Pence has said. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, He said, “The United States will continue to hold Russia accountable, even as we search for new common ground, which as you know, President Trump believes can be found.”

In his first major foreign policy address for the Trump administration, Pence issued a hardline statement, saying the US would demand that Moscow “honors the Minsk agreement, beginning by deescalating the violence in eastern Ukraine.” The US and its European allies have been claiming that Moscow is backing the rebel movement in eastern Ukraine against the post-coup Kiev government.

President Buhari

When next someone tells you President Buhari is fighting corruption, look the person in the eye and call the person an ignoramus.

Let me explain to you why Buhari is not fighting corruption and why he cannot fight corruption.

First, if we are to judge an administration as fighting corruption based on how much EFCC recovered under the administration, then Buhari administration has not done anything special.

Before Buhari came into power in 2015, the EFCC had recovered over $12billion in the name of 'fighting corruption'.

US President Donald Trump will make sure Iran never develops a nuclear weapon capable of threatening any NATO member state or, especially, Israel, Vice President Mike Pence has said in a statement.

Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Pence claimed the easing of nuclear-related sanctions has given Iran more freedom to threaten the region.

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WHAT A GREAT DISASTER!!! SUPERLATIVE WELCOME RECEIVED BY A PROFFESSIONAL ARMED ROBBER

THE SUPERLATIVE WELCOME RECEIVED BY A PROFFESSIONAL ARMED ROBBER, A CONVICTED AND JAILED THIEF, FORMER GOVERNOR JAMES ONANEFE IBORI OF DELTA STATE, FROM THE SAME PEOPLE HE DEFRAUDED, WHAT A GREAT DISASTER INDEED!

HMMNNN!!! WHERE IS OUR SENSE OF SHAME AND DECENCY IN THIS COUNTRY?
WHAT IS ACTUALLY WRONG WITH OUR BRAINS?
WHEN SHALL WE WAKE UP FROM SLUMBER?

Good Evening Darling Kwara Compatriots and Fellow Nigerian Citizens.

It is nice to be back here again after our last release which was early hour of this week Wednesday.

The Fantastically Corrupt Chief James Onanefe Ibori, Former Executive Governor of Delta State, who was arrested in Dubai and extradited to United Kingdom to face criminal proceedings for money laundering is now back.

The man is finally back home, having completed his jail term in far away Britain. During his arrival, as our team began to upload the pictures of the superlative and befitting welcome back from jail, he received from his people, we were at loss!

HMMNNN!!! So, all these people went out there to welcome back a convicted and jailed thief! No wonder, Delta State is grossly underdeveloped when compared with the amount of money in billions acruing to the State as allocation from Federal Government. Delta State being an oil producing State, has an allocation far more when compared to a State like Kwara. However, a journey around various communities within that State, reveals so much poverty, backwardness, deprivation and squalor. James Ibori, via his 8 years rule as Executive Governor of Delta State, contributed immensely to ensuring that Delta State Citizens remain poor, yet people of his State celebrated him on his arrival from Prison he served in United Kingdom!

A claim by the Governor of Ekiti State, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, that the Federal Ministry of Finance has withheld statutory allocation due to Ekiti State has been brought to the attention of the Ministry of Finance.

The Ministry categorically denies and states the claim as incorrect as the Ministry has not withheld any statutory allocation due to Ekiti State, or any other State in the country.

The fact is that, the Ekiti State Government failed to comply with the necessary requirements for participating in the Budget Support Facility (BSF), which is a Conditional Loan Programme to State Governments introduced with the view to enhancing fiscal prudence and designed particularly to enhance transparency, efficiency in public expenditure and payment of salaries.

Symbolism matters in leadership. Many members of the Nigerian ruling class do not realize this. In three weeks of being acting president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has not done anything substantively different from what President Buhari has been doing for almost two years. He has not healed a broken economy, tamed inflation, stemmed the collapse of the naira, improved power, or engineered a miraculous infrastructural renaissance. Nor has he dealt a final, decisive blow on Boko Haram. In other words, he has not changed the governing paradigm of the APC/Buhari administration and has thus not fundamentally altered how the administration is perceived and evaluated. It is still a calamitous administration on several fronts.

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Engineer Babachir David Lawal, has assured the government of Sierra Leone that Nigeria will give the necessary support to the Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority (SLRSA), in accordance with the agreement signed by both countries in 2012.

The SGF made this known, today in his office, when he received a delegation from the SLRSA, led by the Executive Director of the agency, Dr. Sarah Bendu.

According to the SGF, the manpower required by the agency will be deployed to Sierra Leone as soon as possible in order to resume the implementation of the agreement.

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, has had to reschedule his visit to Ondo State today. The trip had been set-up in continuation of his tour of the oil-producing communities which earlier took the Acting President to Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers and Imo States.

Prof. Osinbajo was already air-borne this morning when weather reports indicated dusty haze and very poor visibility at the Akure Airport and other alternative airports nearby.

The presidential jet therefore had to return to Abuja following which the weather condition was closely monitored until about 2:30pm, when it became abundantly clear that the situation would not change in time for the Acting President to achieve the purposes of the visit. The visit has therefore been rescheduled for Monday, the 20th of February, 2017.

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, extends heartfelt condolences to the Oparadike family, the government and people of Imo State on the death of Chief Innocent Oparadike, a former Commissioner for Information and Culture in Imo State.

Prof Osinbajo also commiserates with the Nigerian Union of Journalists and the Nigerian Guild of Editors on the demise of their colleague and one of Nigeria’s brightest journalists and thinkers.

Acting President Osinbajo believes that the late Chief Oparadike, who had a very distinguished career as a journalist and administrator will be long remembered by his colleagues and admirers for his profound decency, boldness and uprightness.

The Mallam Nasir El-rufia Herdsman led Kaduna state government has no other developmental agenda for the Southern Kaduna people other than to sponsor genocide killings and attacks against helpless southern Kaduna indegenes and residents who are non Fulanis.

The whole agenda is to convinently creat grazing resesves for the Fulani herdsmen in the state.

When ABU Zaria was to be established, they saw vast land in Zaria.

When the only school of Aviation Technology was to be established, they saw vast land in Zaria.

Following his factional victory at the Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt today, the aclaimed authentic PDP Chairman, Ali Modu Sheriff in reacting to the favourable judgement said he will engineer a restructuring of the PDP such that characters like Wike and Fayose cannot find a way through to attain any position of prominence in the party in the future.

The Former Governor of Borno state said the likes of Governor Wike of Rivers state and Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State have brought shame and agony through the application of their crude and godless politics which is at variance with the principles upon which our founding fathers built our great party.

Femi Fani Kayode

"The decision by the Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt to recognise Senator Ali Modu Sheriff as the National Chairman of the PDP is a victory for the ruling APC and President Muhammadu Buhari." Says Femi Fani Kayode

The former Minister of Aviation and Minister of Culture and Tourism of Nigeria who was also appointed the Director of Media And Publicity at Jonathan/Sambo Presidential Campaign Organisation in the last presidential election said: "The decision is as shameful as it is absurd. It is time for us to gut the PDP, leave its carcass for the treacherous and destructive mole called Ali Modu Sheriff and form a new megaparty."

The C of A decision is absurd.Its time for us to gut the PDP,leave its carcass for the treacherous mole called Sheriff and form a new party.
— Femi Fani-Kayode (@realFFK) February 17, 2017

The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has on Friday, ruled that the caretaker committee headed by Senator Ahmed Makarfi is illegal and cannot act on behalf of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Makarfi faction promised to appeal the judgment! The court set aside the judgement delivered by Justice Mohammed Liman of the Federal High Court in Rivers State who recognized former Kaduna State governor, Ahmed Makarfi as the leader of the party.

Messrs. Sheriff and Makarfi lead separate factions of the PDP, Nigeria’s major opposition party.

Professor Adebiyi Daramola

The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA Professor Adebiyi Daramola has admonished the 2016/2017 matriculating students of the Institution to demonstrate industry, enterprise and thrift as well as support and cooperation with the management in order to achieve lofty goals and aspirations for a better future.

The Vice Chancellor while congratulating the 4,772 new students on their admission to the University said. “It is indeed a pride to be admitted into FUTA where you will be expected to study very hard and be certified worthy in character and learning in order to build a successful and rewarding future for yourselves”.

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FEDERAL MINISTRIES TO SACK 3500 WORKERS

Despite the high rate of unemployment in Nigeria, the federal government has penned down about 3500 civil servants for dismissal over what it calls “irregular appointments/unauthorised appointment issue.”

Investigation by our reporter revealed that almost all the ministries are affected. But according to the Federal Character Commission, the most affected ministries are Education, Health, Science and Technology, Information, Finance, and Transportation.

PEACE CORPS CAMP: CANDIDATES PAID #47,500 AND CANNOT GET A BEFITTING VENUE FOR CAMP

Kwara Stete Police Command Orders Stoppage of the Ongoing Peace Corps Camp in Offa

Peace Corps Camp in Offa

Information reaching us from the Kwara state Police command has it that the ongoing training of the newly recruited members of the PeaceCorps nf Nigerian in Offa has been stopped. The Authority in the camp have also order the trainees to go home assuring them not to entertain any fear that they are enlisted memebers of the organisation already.
THE Nigerian Police had instructed the Camp authority to halt further activities relating to the ongoing camp and disperse the cadets eith immidiate alacrity. This is not unconnected with that facts in the Camp, that the cadets are seriously paying for the absolute administrative flops and lack of coordination from the part of the authority

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