NUJ seeks revival of state-owned newspapers

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has urged state governments in the Southeast to revive their print media outfits.

National Vice President (Southeast) Chris Isiguzo spoke yesterday at the commemoration of the 2015 World Press Freedom Day.

Akpabio: We’d recall 17 sacked lawyers if…

The seventeen lawyers sacked by Akwa Ibom might be recalled before the May 29 handover date, Governor Godswill Akpabio, has assured.

He stated this while responding to questions from labour leaders over the weekend during the Labour Day celebration in Uyo.

Millions gone as fire razes Gamboru Market in Maiduguri

Goods worth millions of naira were destroyed yesterday when fire razed a section of Gamboru Market in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.

Some traders in the market told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the fire started at 3 am when there was nobody in the market.

Directors to host Fashola

 

The Institute of Directors Nigeria will on Wednesday host Governor Babatunde Fashola at the Shell Hall, Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos.

The governor will deliver a Public Policy Lecture titled: “My stewardship – Eight Years of Delivering Excellence”.

Don advises Buhari

 

A former World Bank scribe, Prof. Ladipo Adamolekun, has urged the President-elect, Gen. Muhammad Buhari, to fight corruption to bring change in the country.

Adamolekun spoke at the Silver Knights’ 2015 edition of May Day Lecture held at the International Conference Centre, Lead City University, Ibadan.

Major agenda for Buhari

After voting the All Progressives Congress (APC) into office on March 28, Nigerians will not be able to resist the urge to set agenda for the in-coming government of Muhammadu Buhari. There will indeed be dozens of items on the collective agenda, many of them argued vigorously and persuasively to make them rank high on the president-elect’s priorities. Given the mess made of the country in the past one decade and more, and especially in the past two or three years, everyone will be justified to focus on those critical areas of national life that have become a nightmare for the country. Gen Buhari himself has zeroed in on about four priorities: insecurity, economy/unemployment, corruption, and power. There is little doubt that if he accomplishes these priorities, he will be an instant hero.

Missing $20bn: DPP backs Buhari on probe of NNPC, others

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) has thrown its weight behind the president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari, to fight corruption in all sectors, especially within the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC).

US offers France $35 million to fight Boko Haram

President Barack Obama of the United State of America (USA) has approved the disbursement of $35 million in military and defence support services to France as part of Washington’s contribution to the war against the terror group, Boko Haram.

Floyd Mayweather to pay Suge Knight’s $10m bail if he wins fight against Pacquiao.

Suge Knight may soon be out of jail, that is if Floyd Mayweather wins his next bout against Manny Pacquiao. According to Knight’s lawyer, the undefeated boxing champ has plans to bail him out.

The rap mogul is currently serving his third month behind bars for running over two men and killing one, Terry Carter, in the parking lot of Tam’s burgers in Compton on January 29, 2015.

Brendan Rodgers: Liverpool will not sell Raheem Sterling - even if he refuses new deal

The Liverpool boss has revealed he has had the 20-year-old at his house for talks as part of his attempt to convince the England star his future is at Anfield.

The 20-year-old has already snubbed a £100,000-a-week offer from the Reds and put talks on ice until the end of the season.

Parallel govt allegation: Arewa chair Coomassie, Ango Abdullahi tackle Jonathan

Prominent northerners yesterday lashed out  at President Goodluck Jonathan  for accusing President-elect Muhammadu Buhari  of running a parallel government following the outcome of the March 28 election.

Diezani: The pretty face in an ugly oily business

MINISTER of Petroleum Resources and current President of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke’s name will be featuring prominently in public discussions in the days ahead. Having presided over the nation’s economic engine for a stretch of five years, the various publics, local and international, may find it hard to resist the temptation to ex-ray her controversy-dogged tenure.

Nigerian native doctor jailed in US for preparing fake charms for drug pushers

A Nigerian-born native doctor   has been jailed for  14 years in the United States of America (USA)  for collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars from cocaine traffickers looking to get his supernatural protection from authorities.

Contrary To Bad Reports, Shaydee And Korede Bello Are Friends [PHOTO]

In the past few weeks, reports went on that EME’s Shaydee and Korede Bello were engaged in some sorta shade showing business, where the former reportedly called the later a “One Hit Wonder”.

MI Abaga, Jesse Jagz, Ice Prince, Others Release The Indestructible Choc Boi Nation Album

After teasing us with two critically acclaimed singles, Summertime and Suite 99 over the past month, Audu Maikori’s Chocolate City Music label has released ‘The Indestructible Choc Boi Nation’. The album is a compilation of 15 songs by 13 talented artistes, serving as the flagship project to introduce the next chapter of the Chocolate City Story; Choc Boi Nation.

Jonathan hindering smooth transition, displaying misplaced anger – APC

The All Progressives Congress has accused the President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration of plotting to hinder a smooth handover of power on May 29.

It says it is becoming apparent that the incumbent administration will not fully cooperate with the incoming government, despite its “public posturing” in that regard.

Saudi beheaded for killing father

A Saudi national convicted of murdering his father was beheaded on Thursday, bringing to 70 the number of executions carried out this year in the kingdom, the interior ministry said.

ITTF World Championship: Africa’s only hope bows out

This is not the best of times for African teams at the ongoing International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Championships in Suzhou, China, as the only hope of the continent Egypt’s Omar Assar was bundled out by the aggressive Korean, LEE Sangsu in the round of 32 of the men’s singles.

Ex-Akwa Ibom NDDC chief gets three- year jail for stealing

An Akwa Ibom State High Court has sentenced a former commissioner representing Akwa Ibom State on the board of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr.Godwin Moffat Eyo to three years imprisonment. Eyo was sentenced by the court sitting in Uyo for stealing 56 transformers meant for oil producing communities.

Boko Haram is a fraud, says Buhari

President-elect,  Muhammadu Buhari has said Boko Haram will be denied a recruitment base when local communities realise that its claim of being a religious group is a fraud.

“The fraud called Boko Haram can be defeated by denying it a recruitment base,” Buhari told visiting leaders of Nassarawa State who came to congratulate him on his emergence as President-elect.

I’m ready for probe after tenure, says Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday said he would be ready after leaving office for any probe of his administration’s activities.

President-elect Muhammadu Buhari plans to revisit the $20b “missing” oil money when he gets into office.

Besides, All Progressives Congress (APC) spokesman Lai Mohammed has alleged massive looting by government officials.

But, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, the President said he is not afraid of any investigation after leaving office.

Oyo Tribunal gets 12 petitions

The Oyo State Election Petitions Tribunal yesterday said it has received 12 petitions – 10 House of Representatives and two senatorial.

At the State High Court, Iyaganku, Ibadan, where Courts 15 and 21 have been assigned to hear the petitions, a tribunal official, who pleaded for anonymity, said it was too early to give  details.

Hoodlums beat up workers at Ibadan firm

There is tension at the Ring Road headquarters of the Ibadan Local Government Properties Company Limited, Ibadan, Oyo State, yesterday, as hoodlums stormed the compound and beat up some workers.

The multi-billion dollar NNPC fraud, by auditors

How much is missing from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s (NNPC’s) books – $20billion? $1.48billion? $4.29billion?

The question remained unresolved yesterday – despite the release of the auditors’ report. But one fact is clear: the system is rotten.

Swiss government closes doors to looters

Nigerians ferrying money to Switzerland will now have to prove that such wealth is acquired legally before they are allowed to lodge such in the European nation’s banks.

FG names Abuja streets after Jonathan, Sambo, Atiku, 185 others

The Federal Government has honoured eminent Nigerians and other accomplished Africans by naming major streets in Asokoro Extension, Guzape, Wupa, Wuye and Maitama Extension districts as well as expressways and roads after them.

Jonathan sacks NHIS Secretary, names Obi SEC Chair

President Goodluck Jonathan has relieved the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Dr. Femi Thomas of his appointment.

According to a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, the President has approved the appointment of Mr. Olufemi Akingbade as Acting Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the NHIS.

medical importance of white kidney bean

Spikes in blood sugar and increased insulin levels begins the progression to insulin insensitivity and type 2 diabetes. Common staples in the American diet, white bread, rice and potatoes consist of monosaccharides which are absorbed quickly in the intestine.

CBN probe banks’ foreign subsidiaries

Foreign subsidiaries of major Nigerian banks are being probed by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to establish compliance with anti-money laundering regulations.

 

CBN Banking Supervision Director Mrs Tokunbo Martins said the move would ascertain if lenders are complying with the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) regulations of Nigeria and those of countries where they operate.

Oyo PDP group restrategises for 2019

Some members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State have started regrouping to strategise for the 2019 elections.

 

The members, who held a meeting at the house of a chieftain, Adebisi Olopoenia, in Ibadan, the state capital, yesterday, agreed to sanitise the party and present only credible and electable candidates in 2019.

Nine-year-old beats 25,000 others in Maths competition

A NINE-year-old pupil of the Nigerian Turkish School, Abuja, Adeoluwa Adetoba, has emerged winner of the 2015 edition of the National Mathematics Competition.

 

Adetoba beat 25,000 competitors nationwide to win the competition, organised by the Nigerian Turkish International Colleges, in collaboration with the National Mathematical Centre.

EU commits N35.2b to water, other projects in 14 states

THE European Union has committed N35.2 billion to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) in 14 states, the Head Section, Social Governance, Delegation of the European Union in Nigeria, Dr. Klaus Gautsch, said at the weekend.