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FRSC Orders Seizure Of Trailers Without Proper Latch

The Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, has ordered the immediate impoundment of trailers without proper latch.

A latch is a metal bar with a catch and lever used for fastening a heavy item.

A press statement on Saturday by the Corps Pubic Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, disclosed that FRSC has sealed partnership with the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) to ensure that vehicles secured are not allowed to leave the Ports.

Speaking on the dangers, Oyeyemi said that apart from the threat to lives and

Barcelona To Be Without Goalkeeper Ter Stegen For Super Cup

Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen will miss the derby match against Espanyol on Saturday through injury and is unlikely to play in next week’s Spanish Super Cup.

“It is true that he has some problems in the tendon,” said coach Ernesto Valverde in a press conference on Friday. “He will not be available tomorrow and for the Super Cup it will be difficult too. He will return after the Super Cup.”

The club had said on Monday that Ter Stegen is undergoing treatment on a problem with his right knee. Barcelona said the decision to begin treatment was made after …

‘Don’t Open Nigeria For Africans Without Visas’

A Rights group, Human, Right, Liberty Access, and Peace Defenders’ Foundation (HURIDE), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari not to plunge Nigeria into dangerous religious war with his new foreign policy of opening Nigerian borders to Africans without visas.

The group made the call after its national executive end of the year meeting, expressing shock that President Buhari who few months ago closed border ahead of 2019 Christmas will immediately open it for people from other parts of the continent to troop into.

The group urged Buhari to immediately stop the policy, or carry on with it at the risk …

Aisha: “Daura Gave Presidential Directive Without Consent”

First Lady, Aisha Buhari has alleged that Alhaji Mamman Daura gave a presidential directive without her husband’s knowledge.

Until recently, Mamman Daura, a nephew of President Muhammadu Buhari lives in Glass House inside the presidential villa. The feud between the first lady and Daura’s family worsened in October when she returned from a two-month foreign trip. It became public knowledge when a video of the president’s wife asking questions and making comments about being locked out of a room and demanding that some people should pack their belongings went viral. She engaged Daura’s daughter, Fatima.

Daily Trust had exclusively …

Okorocha: Igbo Presidency Not Realistic Without North

  • Ethnicity, religion shouldn’t be factors in politics
  • Recommends structural redesign to save APC

 

A former governor of Imo State, Senator Rochas Okorocha saturday said that Igbo presidency was not possible without support of the north, saying Igbo alone could not make themselves the President of Nigeria in 2023.

Okorocha, currently representing Imo West Senatorial District, however warned that ethnicity and religion should not be a factor in politics in the country, noting that poverty “does not know any religion or ethnicity.”

He made the remarks at a session with journalists yesterday in Abuja, where he expressed concern about the …

Ekiti

Voters Without PVCs Free To Vote In Ekiti LG Poll Says Govt

The Ekiti State government has formally declared that people who registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) but have lost their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) are free to vote in the December 7 local government election in the state.

However, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday, rejected the move, saying it contravenes relevant sections of the constitution and the Electoral Act.

The Commissioner for Information, Chief Muyiwa Olumilua, said that residents without voter cards would be allowed to vote during the exercise, as long as they possess either the National Identity Card or driver’s licence.

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Without Constitutional Backing, Card Reader Now Useless

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) wednesday described the non-recognition of the smart card reader by the 1999 Constitution(as amended), as a great setback for the commission’s efforts to tackle poll fraud, using technology.

According to the commission, the lack of legal backing for the smart card reader has rendered the device legally impotent and has further encouraged politicians not to accord any importance to it.

This came just as the civil society Situation Room has accused the electoral body of not being firm in enforcing rules.

The civil society coalition also said INEC should take responsibility for most of …

Britain Sneak Into Davis Cup Quarters Without Murray

Great Britain rested Andy Murray and squeezed into the Davis Cup quarter-finals on Thursday after clinching an all-or-nothing doubles rubber to beat Kazakhstan.

Britain will face Germany in Madrid on Friday night in the last eight, which begins later on Thursday with Australia up against Canada. On Friday, Serbia will face Russia and Spain take on Argentina.

The British team knew defeat would ensure an early exit just as France, the tournament’s top seeds, had already crashed out a few hours before at the hands of Serbia and Novak Djokovic.

It made the gamble to leave Murray out of the …

Portuguese Doctor Suspended After Baby Born Without A Face

Portuguese Doctor Suspended After Baby Born Without A Face

A Portuguese doctor has been suspended after a baby was born without a nose, eyes or part of his skull.

The parents of baby Rodrigo had not been aware of their son’s severe physical abnormalities until he was born earlier this month. Medical council officials have voted to suspend Dr Artur Carvalho over allegations of negligence.

It has emerged that other complaints, dating back more than a decade, have been made involving other babies. Reports of those cases, detailed by Portuguese media, have provoked widespread outrage.  BBC said Dr Carvalho has not commented publicly on any of the allegations and …

Border Closure: No Gain Without Pain, Says Lai Mohammed

Border Closure: No Gain Without Pain, Says Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed says ” there is no gain without pain”, Nigerians must endure the temporary effects of the closure of the borders to reap the attendant benefits.

The minister stated this on Monday when he paid a working visit to the new corporate headquarters of “The Sun” Newspaper in Lagos.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the minister, who said that the visit was part of his ongoing media tour, was received by the management of the newspaper led by Mr Onuoha Ukeh, the Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief.

Fielding questions from the …

Kebbi Emir calls for more aids from EU, UNICEF in community

Handwashing without soap a waste – UNICEF

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)  on Wednesday  advised Nigerians to use soap or ash and running water to was hands after defecation to prevent infection and illness.
Mr  Bioye Ogunjobi, a Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Specialist with UNICEF,  gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.
Ogunjobi said that using water alone is not proper hand washing technique as it could not totally clean the hand.
According to him, faeces is oily and cannot easily come off after using tissue paper or water to clean-up after defecation.
“Proper hand washing means
How to grow states’ IGR without increasing taxes

How to grow states’ IGR without increasing taxes

The projected monthly Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of Lagos State Government for 2018 was N60bn, but at the end of the year, it got about N382bn instead of N720bn, according to the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics (NBS), which is just about 53 percent of the targeted IGR.

Despite the shortfall, the state’s IGR was huge compared to what other states declared as IGR. The N382bn IGR is more than the IGR of 29 other states. Outside Rivers, Ogun, Delta, Kano, Kaduna and Edo, the rest 29 states had N363.48. In fact, the monthly IGR of Lagos is higher than what