FG secures $1.5 b for Ajaokuta

The federal government has secured about $1. 460 billion for the completion of the Ajaokuta Steel Mills in Ajaokuta, Kogi State.

The development signifies what could become an effective end to the over 40 year-delay in the completion of the multi-billion dollar project.

The Minister of Mining and Steel Development, Arc.  Olamilekan Adegbite disclosed this in an interview in Abuja |||READ MORE …

Trump has assembled team to recommend and vet candidates for clemency

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is considering issuing additional pardons and commutations and has assembled a team of advisers to recommend and vet candidates for clemency, a White House official confirmed Thursday.

The process is normally handled by the Department of Justice, but the White House has taken the lead, with Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, heading the effort, and is joined by White House counsel Pat Cipollone.

The Washington Post first reported Wednesday night that Trump had put together this team, which the report said is basically an informal task force of at least a half-dozen allies of the president. According to the report, the group has been meeting since late last year |||READ MORE …

Bloomberg tells Democrats they need him. Not everyone agrees.

LAS VEGAS — Mike Bloomberg might not be Donald Trump. But he was a perfect presidential stand-in for his Democratic rivals Wednesday night.

They upbraided him again and again, wasting no time or opportunity in the NBC/MSNBC debate here to show voters just how each of them would treat an ideologically ambiguous billionaire New York politician with a spotty record on matters of race and gender discrimination.

"I'd like to talk about who we're running against, a billionaire who calls women 'fat broads' and 'horse-faced lesbians.' And, no, I'm not talking about Donald Trump — I'm talking about Mayor Bloomberg," Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said just a couple of minutes into the debate |||READ MORE …

NOA Translate FOIA Into Indigenous Languages For Transparency, Accountability

The National Orientation Agency (NOA), has say that its had translated the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) into Hausa, lgbo, Yoruba and 20 other Nigerian indigenous languages to promote transparency and accountability for good governance  process.

The Director General of NOA, Dr. Garba Abari, made known at the stakeholder’s dialogue with the chief executives officer of different agencies and parastatals of government on the theme: “evaluate the application of the Freedom of Information Act and its impact on national development” in Abuja.

Abari said, “It is our hope that this review will enable us all as stakeholders to assess the implementation and impact of the FOIA in various public institutions and allow MDAs |||READ MORE …

Zulum Calls For Recruitment Of 100,000 Soldiers To Defeat Boko Haram

Borno state governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has called for the recruitment of at least 100,000 additional soldiers to bring the war against Boko Haram to an end.

Zulum apart from also decrying the lack of manpower in the Nigerian Military as well called for technological approach to the war against insurgency.

The governor stated this on Thursday when members of the House of Representatives committee on Defence led by its Chairman, Hon. Babajimi Benson paid him a courtesy call at the Council Chamber of the Government House Maiduguri |||READ MORE …

IYC Hails Appointment Of Prof Kemebradikumo As MD NDDC

The Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) has hailed the appointment of Prof. Pondie Kemebradikumo, as the new managing director of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

Briefing newsmen in Yenegoa, the chairman Ijaw Youth Council Central Zone, Comr. Kennedy Olorogun described the appointment as a “round peg in a round hole.”

He, however, urges Ijaws irrespective of political lines to support him in achieving his mandate.

Olorogun also commended President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing an Ijaw son as acting MD of the board in line with the constitutional provisions of the board |||READ MORE …

Danger: Deadly Lassa Fever hits Lagos again

primary carriers of Lassa fever virus

The deadly Lassa Fever has hit Lagos State again, as a case has been recorded, Commissioner for Health, Dr. Akin Abayomi has said.

Lagos has thus joined 19 States in the country to record Lassa Fever.

In 2017, Lassa Fever outbreak was recorded in Lagos, with five confirmed cases and two death |||READ MORE …

Three doctors arraigned over baby’s death in Abuja

The Medical and Dental Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal, on Tuesday in Abuja, arraigned three medical doctors for their alleged roles in the death of three-month-old Peace Oluwole.

The accused medical practitioners, Dr. Iyoha Joseph, Dr. Obafemi Kuye and Dr. Mukaila Oyewunmi Oladipo, were accused of conducting themselves unprofessionally by administering unnecessary drugs, delaying necessary actions and exposing the baby’s system to unnecessary drugs, which resulted in his death.

The doctors were presented before a panel headed by the chairman of the tribunal, Prof. Abba Hassan. The baby was admitted to the R. Jolad Hospital in Gbagada, Lagos State, in March 2013, where the three doctors work. He was returned after he was discharged in distress before his death |||READ MORE …

Without media there won’t be democracy, says Gbajabiamila

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajajiamila said on Wednesday that the current democracy being enjoyed in Nigerian would not have been possible without the sacrifice of media professionals in the country.

The Speaker who spoke at the unveiling of the of the Green Chamber Magazine and official lapel pin of the House of Representatives paid glowing tributes to the media for their sacrifice in being the current democracy to bear.

The Speaker said “the country has long benefited from the work of dedicated media professionals; men and women possessed of incredible talent and abundant courage, who risked life and limb to tell stories that exposed malfeasance and abuse and held the powerful to account |||READ MORE …

JUST IN: Actress Patience Oseni dies

Nollywood Actress Patience Oseni has passed on.

She died on Monday, February 17, 2020 in Calabar, Cross River State, following a battle with stroke and weight. She was said to have relocated to Calabar with hope that her daughter would take adequate care of her, unfortunately, the latter was also ill at the same time.

Chairman Actors Guild of Nigeria, Emeka Rollas confirmed her death on Wednesday in a statement |||READ MORE …

Last Photo Of Aso Rock Official Taken A Day Before Her Brutal Murder

Late Laetitia Dagan

More details have emerged about Laetitia Dagan who was brutally murdered at her residence in Abuja.

The last photo taken by an Assistant Director attached to the State House, Abuja, Laetitia Dagan, before she was killed in her apartment in Galadimawa, Abuja, shortly after she returned from work on Monday has been released.

Dagan's last photo before her death

It was gathered that the 47-year-old Plateau State indigene was said to have left her office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, around 8pm while the incident happened around 11pm |||READ MORE …

Wow! Meet The Nurse Who Dances For Her Patients So They Can Recover On Time (Photos)

A nurse in South Africa, 57-year-old Gumede Thathakahle, has taken caregiving to another level as she entertains her patients with dance.

In a shared video on Facebook, she was seen dancing as she talked with the patients at the Philani Clinic in Scottburgh.

In an interview with the People’s Paper, she said that she holds the belief that nurses should always give hope to their patients, something more effective than pills |||READ MORE …

Billionaire Kidnapper Evans May Die By Hanging (See Shocking Reason)

Kidnap kingpin, Chukwudubem Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans, may get a life imprisonment or death penalty sentence.

This is because former Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has signed the state kidnapping prohibition bill, 2016 into law.

The law prescribes life imprisonment or death penalty for the offence of kidnapping and forceful extortion in the state |||READ MORE …

ANISZA MARKS VALENTINE’S DAY BUILDING LOVE PARK WITH RECYCLABLE WASTES

ANISZA Foundation & Gallery had a Love Park event to commemorate Valentine’s Day on Friday using recyclable wastes to build a park.

Speaking to the press at the Gallery Novo Isioro founder and curator of the ANISZA Gallery said “ANISZA invited the youths in its host community here in Abuja, the centre of Unity, to come together regardless of religion, ethnic group or social class to build a love park which they have chosen to call ‘the ANISZA Love Park’ using recyclable wastes. ”

According to Isioro “the idea for the use of wastes and building together is simple, it is a way of reusing past experiences, hurts and even social differences to our advantage |||READ MORE …

I KNOW THE RITUAL KILLERS, THEY STARTED IT 5 YEARS AGO

PF mobilization Veep Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba alias GBM says he knows the people behind ritual killings and that the scheme started 5 years ago.

Meanwhile, when GBM was Defence Minister, he started a scheme called ‘Tongas under Oath’ that was his orchestrated scheme to have HH and UPND officials arrested at that time. But luckily Sata saw through it and rubbished it during the State House swear in ceremony of Winter Kabimba as Justice Minister.

Then GBM joined UPND and was made Vice President and running mate. After the 2016 elections, HH and GBM traveled together for the Kuomboka Ceremony which resulted into a treason case for the UPND President Hakainde Hichilema |||READ MORE …

Lyon’s sack: RNDA militants vow to resume hostilities in Niger Delta

The rising protest against the Thursday nullification of the All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate, Chief David Lyon victory in Bayelsa on Tuesday took a new twist with a coalition of militant groups under the aegis of the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers (RNDA) threatening to resume attacks on oil installations in the region if the mandate is not restored.

In a letter to the Presidency and Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Ibrahim Tanko, made available to Vanguard, the RNDA warned that failure to reverse the ill-fated and anti-Bayelsa peoples’ judgment may result in the resumption of hostilities against oil pipelines to cripple the economy of the country.

The RNDA, in the letter issued yesterday and signed by leaders of the nine militant group from the nine states of the Niger Delta in the creek, said though they have accepted ceasefire and have been engaging in peace advocacy in the region, the recent judgment of the Supreme Court nullifying the election of David Lyon is unacceptable and provocative and targeted at alleged perversion of the civil rights of the people of Bayelsa State who freely gave their mandate to David Lyon in the governorship election |||READ MORE …

BREAKING: Why Buhari can’t sack Service Chiefs now, by SGF

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha on Tuesday criticised those calling for the sack of Service Chiefs.

Mustapha declared the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari will not sack the Service Chiefs now. He said there are processes that must be followed to effect their sack.

According to him: “We are in a very difficult time now. We need everybody to be on board. We need synergy within intelligent community, within the military formations that will help fight this war |||READ MORE …

JUST IN: Amaechi’s CSO dies of electric shock

The Chief Security Officer to Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, Mr. Tony Iwelu died on Monday of electric shock from a shower rose in Stone Edge Hotel, Kaduna where they were lodged after an official assignment.

A statement from the Head Press and Public Relations unit of the ministry Mr Eric Ojiekwe, stated that Iwelu was until his death, in charge of the Minister’s security; a job he did with utmost professionalism |||READ MORE …

Buhari needs understanding to tackle challenges – Adesina

Nigerians have been tasked to show understanding to the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration as it does all that is needed to overcome the myriad of challenges facing the nation.

Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, gave the task on Tuesday when he received a delegation from Unity, Honour and Glory Initiative (UHG) in his office at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Adesina, in a statement issued by Deputy Director of Information in the State House, Mr. Attah Esa, assured President Muhammadu Buhari’s vision of a unified, harmonious and purpose-driven country will be consistently followed |||READ MORE …

Kwara to revoke 5,000 plots of land

The Kwara government says it will revoke over 5,000 plots of land sold illegally by the immediate past administration.

Bolaji Edun, the Director-General of Kwara Bureau of Lands, disclosed this in an interview with newsmen on Monday in Ilorin.

According to Edun, the immediate past administration signed over 5,000 Certificates of Occupancy for plots of land in the state located at Budo-Osho |||READ MORE …