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Nigeria, August 3, 2016 – Angry women dressed half naked have protested against continued attack on their communities by armed Fulani herdsmen in Kaduna State. The women who armed themselves within placards with inscriptions such as ‘’President Buhari, we want to hear you speak on the menace of Fulani herdsmen and the grazing bill will kill our country”, were angry about the onslaught of the herdsmen on Ninte village in Godogodo Chiefdom, Jema’a Local Government, Kaduna State. The women who are from Ninte and surrounding villages staged the protest to the palace of the Chief of Godogodo. The women alleged…
USA, August 3, 2016 – Presidential aspirant of the Republican Party, Donald Trump has accused President Barack Obama and Presidential candidate of the Democratic Party, Mrs. Hilary Clinton of creating a foreign policy that destablised the world and rendered it unsafe. Trump was reacting to statement credited to Obama describing him as unfit to succeed him in the White House. “President Obama has been a failed leader who along with Secretary of State Clinton created a foreign policy that has destabilized the world and made it an unsafe place. He is the one who is unfit to be President and…
By Michael Jegede I commend Ndoma-Egba’s nomination for the NDDC top job. He has the requisite experience required to perform creditably. I think we should be expecting a lot of development of infrastructure in the entire nine states of the Niger Delta. His appointment is a clear example of fixing a square peg in a square hole by President Muhammadu Buhari. Ndoma-Egba is a nationalist, and I have confidence that under his watch as chairman, every part of the region will witness tremendous development Abuja, August 3, 2016 – Former Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria,…
Rio, August 3, 2016 – The seeding for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Table Tennis event has been determined after the announcement of the ITTF August 2016 World Rankings, with reigning World Champions MA Long and DING Nong, all Chinese leading the seeding in the Men’s and Women’s Singles event respectively. World number one MA, who has swept all major Men’s Singles titles in 2015, has his eyes set on Gold on his Olympic Singles debut in Rio, to become the fifth male table tennis Grand Slam Champion in history. The road to Gold will not be a smooth one…
Abuja, August 2, 2016 – President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Asiwaju Bisi Adegbuyi as Post Master General of Nigerian Postal service. A statement from office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation signed by Director Press, Mr. Bolaji Adebayi made the announcement. ‘’His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the appointment of ASIWAJU BISI ADEGBUYI as Post-Master General/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Postal Services (NIPOST)’’, the statement said. (Signed) Bolaji Adebiyi, Director (Press), Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
Nigeria, August 2, 2016 – The Ekiti State House of Assembly has said that its failure to absorb Mr Toyin Obayemi and get him sworn in as a member is not born out of politics, but a product of the House’s policy of adhering strictly to the rule of law. Obayemi came to the Assembly complex on Tuesday with some cameramen and demanded to be sworn in as a member of the House, brandishing a Federal High Court judgment order and a certificate of return issued by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Curiously, security operatives swarmed around the complex…
Abuja, August 2, 2016 – President Muhammadu Buhari has nominated Senator Olabiyi Durojaiye as Chairman Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). Also nominated is Mr. Sunday Dare as Executive Commissioner. Dare was until the nomination, a media aide to National Leader of the All Progressive Congress(APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. In a letter to President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, the Buhari, the President directed the Senate to confirm his nominees for appointment. “President Muhammadu Buhari has requested the Senate to confirm nominees into positions of Chairman, Executive Commissioner, and Non Executive Commissioners of Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)”, Senior Special Adviser…
Nigeria, August 2, 2016 – Lagos Water Corporation has appealed to the general public over the temporary disruption of water supply to some parts of the Lagos metropolis. In a statement issued today by the Corporation, its Group Managing Director, Engr. Muminu Badmus said the disruption of public water supply is due to the shortage of gas at the corporation’s Independent Power Plants (IPP). The LWC Boss, however, assured the Lagosians of initiating an alternative power source to restore water supply within Lagos Metropolis as soon as possible. While reiterating the Corporation’s commitment towards providing uninterrupted water supply in the…
USA, August 2, 2016 – A federal judge in Iowa, United States has sentenced 39-year-old Bradley Prucha to 70 year imprisonment for sexually exploiting teenagers through child pornography and specialising in retail theft. Prucha, a registered sex offender and retail theft specialist used counterfeit bar codes to cause retail merchandise to sell to him below cost and would then return the items for their full price or sell them online at a significant profit. Prucha was in addition convicted of being the ringleader of the multi-state retail theft scheme, producing child pornography, distributing a prescription narcotic to minors, and witness…
Nigeria, August 2, 2016 – Governor of Bayelsa State, Henry Seriake Dickson has asked political and opinion leaders, across the state and the Niger Delta to show more understanding and cooperate with the security agencies in their current efforts at maintaining peace, law and order. While urging the youths of the region to be law abiding,meh told them to channel their grievances through the relevant organs of the government. Dickson also called for continued collaboration between the government and the people of the region at ensuring lasting peace and development in the region. The Governor, according to a statement issued…
