December 3, 2019

Govt Wants Full Political Inclusion For Disabled Persons

December 3, 2019 12:12 pm

In commemoration of the 2019 International Day of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs), Senate President Ahmed Lawan, Secretary to the Government of the Federation Boss Mustapha, and Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development Sadiya Umar Farouq, have advocated for the full inclusion of disabled Nigerians into the country’s political process.

The call comes as the Federal Government constitutes a peoples’ parliament for persons with disabilities, with the inauguration and first sitting of the special body’s elected executives.

Speaking in Abuja on Tuesday at the event titled …

Sokoto, Morocco Set For Pioneering Phosphate Project

December 3, 2019 12:10 pm

Nseobong Okon-Ekong writes that the Sokoto State government has entered a business undertaking with Morocco that promises to enhance improved agricultural yield for farmers, and ultimately, increase the state’s Internally Generated Revenue

Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal’s recent visit to Morocco marked the conclusive stage of a cooperation agreement with OCP Morocco, a state-owned company and a world leader in phosphate and its derivatives, for the establishment of a phosphate blending plant in Sokoto state.

The state government, working in conjunction with the Solid Minerals Development Fund (SMDF) had earlier keyed into the initiative to tap into its massive phosphate reserves, …

Sirika Inaugurates Committee To Review Impact Of Rainfall

December 3, 2019 12:09 pm

Minister of Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, yesterday inaugurated an inter-ministerial committee, charged with the responsibility to review from 2015-2018 the impact of seasonal rainfall prediction (SRP) by the Nigerian Metrological Agency (NiMet) on the nation’s food security.

Sirika, in a statement by the ministry’s Director, Public Affairs, James Odaudu, said “prediction which is very scientific and exact, are extremely important and beneficial to what we do, like how to plan cities and build in such a way that stands the weather condition, but the most important one is our ability to feed ourselves by knowing when to plant and …

Amaechi: No Apology For Siting Transport Varsity In Daura

December 3, 2019 9:31 am

Transport Minister, Rotimi Amaechi, has said he does not owe anybody apology for citing the Federal University of Transportation in Daura.

Amaechi spoke on Monday in Daura, Katsina State, as President Muhammadu Buhari performed the groundbreaking for the university.

The minister, in his welcome address, said the university was his own “imagination” to ensure the availability of the manpower needed for the sustenance of modern technology, especially in railway transportation.

Amaechi said Daura was suitable for the university, stating that he would not mind being called a sycophant for saying so.

He said, “When we cited the wagon factory …

Okorocha: Ihedioha Gathered PDP Chieftains To Abuse Me

December 3, 2019 9:31 am

The immediate past governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, has said his successor, Emeka Ihedioha, assembled the governor of Akwa Ibom State, Udom Emmanuel; former ministers of Aviation, Osita Chidoka and Fani Kayode; and other chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party in Owerri on Saturday during the 40th Ahiajoku lecture to abuse him.

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Okorocha, in a statement by his media aide, Sam Onwuemeodo, described the event as a gathering of the PDP members.

The statement said “Chief Emeka Ihedioha is governing Imo State with a stolen mandate. Since then, …

Aveiro, Ronaldo’s Sister Blasts Van Dijk Over Jibe On CR7

December 3, 2019 9:30 am

Van Dijk’s joke on Ronaldo was strongly hit back by Ronaldo’s sister, in an Instagram post she updated hours ago.

A reporter asked Van Dijk, “Cristiano Ronaldo won’t be here tonight, so that’s already one less rival to care about.”

And he answered, “Was Cristiano Ronaldo really a rival?”

Katia, the sister of Ronaldo, responded, “I think there are people living completely frustrated !!! And unrealistic… Such humility!”

“It is well known that Ronaldo will not win the Ballon d’Or today despite having won important collective titles… but this is another conversation and that up ahead we will see where …

Farooq: Aisha Would Be The First Victim Of Social Media Law

December 3, 2019 9:29 am

If the fascistic social media strangulation bill being sponsored by Senator Mohammed Sani Musa of Niger State (BTW, why is Niger State the source of all the fascistic bills in the Senate?) becomes law, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, who fancies herself as “First Lady,” would be its first victim. Here’s why.

Last week, Senator Musa said on national TV that the principal inspiration behind his sponsorship of the bill was to punish people behind the previously wildly trending social media rumor that Muhammadu Buhari was going to get married to his dabino-stealing (former) mistress, Ms. Sadiya Umar Farouq, who …

Miss Ukraine Banned By Miss World For Being Single Mum

December 3, 2019 9:28 am

A BEAUTY queen is taking legal action against the Miss World contest after she was banned for being a mum.

Veronika Didusenko, 24, was crowned Miss Ukraine in 2018 but stripped of her title four days later when it was revealed she was divorced with a son.

She should have gone on to represent her country in the Miss World finals but was banned from taking part and replaced by another contestant.

Veronika claims bosses of the UK-owned Miss World franchise are in breach of the Equalities Act 2010 and has demanded they change their “outdated” entry rules.

She …

Jonathan And APC, Fealty To Buhari And Survivalist Agenda

December 3, 2019 9:28 am

Who does not love Former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan? Yes, there are some who do not (the number is growing in recent times), but then, Jonathan is Nigeria’s Obama. Many accord him – despite, true, one or two flaws here and there – the “Hero of Democracy” title in Nigeria, same way they do Barrack. He did not fight the loss in 2015, you saw his human side every time when he talked about his handicaps, we saw the Boko Haram insurgency hurt him, he wrote several books we all love even though the much anticipated book had fall short …

Saraki: EFCC Playing Politics, Witch-Hunting Enemies

December 3, 2019 9:27 am

Bukola Saraki, former senate president, has kicked against court judgement ordering the forfeiture of his houses to EFCC, saying that it is an abuse of the court process and a violation of a subsisting order of the federal high court in Abuja.
It should be noted that a federal high court in Lagos had ordered the forfeiture of two houses of Saraki in Ilorin based on an application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
In a statement, Yusuph Olaniyonu, his special adviser on media and publicity, alleged that the claim that the property were built with …

Ogoni Talk Tough On Oil Fields, Threaten Multi-Nationals

December 3, 2019 3:34 am

Recently, Ogoni people met in Zaakpon, Khana Local Government, Rivers State, for the unveiling of the Federal Government roadmap to the economic, peace and security development in Ogoniland, as it concerns the contentious Oil Mining Lease (OML) 11. The gathering, under the auspices of Ogoni General Assembly (OGA), drew attendance from Eleme, Gokana, Khana and Tai local government areas, making up Ogoni ethnic nationality in the state.

Venue of the event, Zaakpon Community Town Hall, was full to the brim, with both old, young and children. They all thronged to the place to hear what the leader of the Conscience …

Lagos Doctors Reject New Minimum Wage

December 3, 2019 3:33 am

Doctors in Lagos State, under the aegis of Medical Guild, have rejected the new minimum wage paid to workers by the state government, saying it is below the expectations of civil servants.

Dr Babajide Saheed, Chairman of the Guild, made the doctors’ decision known on Monday at a media briefing on the Scientific Conference scheduled to hold on Dec. 3 and 4 in Lagos.

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The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Medical Guild is the association of doctors under the employment of the Lagos State Government.

Saheed said that …

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