Former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and Deputy National Secretary of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai took a swipe at delegates in. the ongoing National conference. . He joked via his twitter handle, @elrufai, that the average age of delegates at the conference is 61 years old, adding that nearly three quarters of the delegates are in their 70s. He labeled them “PDP youths at work”. . However, the National Youth Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Hon. Abdullahi Maibasira, who is 31 years old, born on 30th January 1983 is not a delegate to…
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Six people have been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly selling fake Alteco 110 Super Glue in the market. . Two cartons of the fake products were recovered from the suspects during a raid carried out by officials of Alteco and the police at the Agege Main Market. . Police sources said the suspects, however, claimed that the fake products were purchased from the Lagos Island area.
Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State, on Wednesday, signed the state’s 2014 Appropriation Bill of N114.7 billion. into law. . Signing the bill at the Government House, Dutse, Lamido commended the state House of Assembly for passing the budget, stating that the legislature had been cooperative, which had resulted in the development of the state. . He said: “I must thank the legislators for their commitment in the passage of the estimate as it was presented on January 7, 2014. . “The people of the state also deserve commendation for their support and cooperation with my government in the last…
Following the cancellation of the tragic recruitment into the Nigeria Immigration Service, penultimate Saturday, President. Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday approved the composition of a Special Committee to assist in reconducting the exercise. . This was contained in a press statement issued by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation Senator Anyim Pius Anyim. . Applicvants who could not find seats await further instructions as others take seats to write the Nigeria Immigration Service examinations at the 60,000 capacity National Stadium, Abuja. Photo by Abayomi Adeshida. . According to the statement the committee. would be chaired by the Chairman of the…
Suspected Boko Haram members in Volkswagen Golf cars Tuesday rammed into a patrol vehicle of the Police in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, killing five policemen, three civilians and injuring others. . The terrorists also lost their lives in the blast. . The incident Vanguard gathered happened near Dalori Housing Estate in the town. . Our correspondent gathered that immediately after the blast men of the 7 Division, Nigerian Army, a combined team of mobile policemen and vigilante youths a.k.a Civilian JTF mobilized to the scene of the blasts and cordoned off the area to prevent further attacks. . A…
Mr Bode Towoju, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that Nigeria will overcome the security challenges posed by insurgents. . Towoju said in a statement, made available in Abuja on Tuesday, that all hands must be on deck to fight the menace. . He called on politicians to cooperate with the government to fight the insurgents. . Towoju commended the effort of the security agents in curtailing the insurgency and called on the Federal Government to motivate the solders. . He said the issue of insurgency was beyond party politics, adding that all Nigerians must rise…
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Tuesday said that three million people were displaced by insurgency in the North-East between January and March. . NEMA Director-General Mohammad Sani Sidi made this known at the 7th National Humanitarian Coordination meeting organised by NEMA for donor agencies in the country in Abuja. . Sani-Sidi said NEMA in collaboration with the Red Cross and State Emergency Management Agencies in affected states, carried out a comprehensive multi-sector rapid assessment of humanitarian situation in the areas. . Represented by Dr Zanna Mohammad, NEMA’s Director of Administration, Sani-Sidi said the assessment was carried out between…
Two medical experts on Tuesday in Lagos urged Nigerians to ensure elimination of rats from their environments to prevent contracting Lassa fever. . In interviews in Lagos, the doctors said that rodents, especially rats were more in human habitation during dry season. . Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia says: “Lassa fever or Lassa Hemorrhagic Fever (LHF) is an acute viral hemorrhagic fever caused by the Lassa virus. . “Lassa virus is a member of the arenaviridae virus family. . “Similar to Ebola, clinical cases of the disease had been known for over a decade. . “The infection is endemic in West…
Dr Precious Gbeneol, the Senior Assistant to the President on Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), on Tuesday said the Federal Government had released N113.75 for girl child education programmes. . Gbeneol announced this in Abuja at the launching of three million free exercise books, distributed to pupils across the 36 states of the federation and the FCT. . “The MDG has initiated programmes to help Nigeria achieve Universal Basic Education with focus on the issues of quality, capacity, access and relevance. . “The MDGs made available over N113.75 billion of debt relief to the Federal Ministry of Education from 2006 to…
THE House of Representatives Committee on Public Accounts Tuesday summoned the Accountant General to the Federation,AGF, Mr Jonah Otunla, the Central Bank of Nigeria,CBN and the Budget office to explain why the sum of N59.6billion subsidy money meant for Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC allegedly got missing. . The money which the Budget office and Accountant General’s office claimed was disbursed to NNPC was not received by the corporation. . Officials of NNPC told members of the committee that all attempts to make the budget office and AGF do a formal letter stating that the said N59.6bn was not cash…
Unknown armed gunmen struck in the early hours of Tuesday at Konga, an Akassa fishing community off the Atlantic coast of Brass in Bayelsa East senatorial district and kidnapped, Mr. and Mrs Joel Kido, parents of a maritime businessman in the area. . But Mr. Joel Kido, aged 65, father of the businessman was said to have jumped into the sea and escaped from his captors. . The gunmen, numbering about eight, it was learnt, stormed the residence of the couples at 12 midnight while they were asleep and marched them to their waiting speedboat. . While Mr. Joel managed…
The crisis rocking Ekiti State wing of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) Tuesday took a new turn as the party’s state secretariat was set ablaze by people suspected to be political thugs. . The arson which was said to have been committed at about 5.30 am on Tuesday, badly affected the office of the Chairman, Mr Makanjuola Ogundipe and the conference Hall of the one-storey building located in along Ikere Road, Ado Ekiti. . It has been gathered that the fire disaster could have been more disastrous but for the timely intervention of passers-by who alerted the residents of the Area…
In preparation for the 2015 elections, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, has sent another batch of 16,691 policemen on promotion course. . The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Frank Mba, stated this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. . Mba said that while on the course, the officers would undergo intensive training on election “protection duties’’, adding that it was a strategy to ensure orderly and violent-free elections. . “The course, which is concurrently taking place at various police training institutions nationwide, is specifically designed to equip the men with new skills in standard operational policing practices.…
The office of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in Lagos is on fire at the moment, according to report and photos shared on the social media. . More details to follow…
President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday assured Nigerians in The Netherlands that the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) would soon be passed by the National Assembly. . This is contained in a statement issued by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, in Abuja. . It stated that Jonathan gave the assurance at an interactive session with Nigerians residing in The Netherlands. . According to him, he has been assured by the National Assembly that the seventh National Assembly will be able to complete the process of passing the bill. . “The NASS will as soon as they…
A former Head of State, Gen. Mohammadu Buhari, on Monday urged the National Assembly to adopt a holistic approach to ensuring transparency and accountability in the oil and gas sector. . Buhari made the call at a roundtable for Legislators and Civil Society Organisations organised by the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF) in Abuja. . PGF is a forum of 16 state governors who are members of the All Progressives Congress (APC). . The theme of the roundtable was; “Improving governance through transparency, budgeting, accountability and effective public financial management“. . He noted that it was a duty of legislature in…
The ranks of All Progressives Congress, APC, in Imo State have continued to deplete since the recent return of former governor of Imo State, Chief Achike Udenwa, to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. . The Mayor of Owerri, Chief Gibson Njemanze, has joined the league of appointees of Governor Rochas Okorocha that had resigned their appointments. . Scores of Okorocha’s foot soldiers, such as Dr. Vin Udokwu, Chief Soronnadi Njoku, Chief Analyn Nwaneri, Col. Lambert Ihenacho (rtd) and a host of others, have since resigned their appointments and returned to the PDP family. . Chief Njemanze, who conveyed his resignation…
A private investor, Festrut Conglomerate is set to establish a farm covering 100 hectares of land in Uzebba, Edo State that will provide about 15,000 employment opportunities for the people of the state. . Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the company, Dr. Festus Asikhia, disclosed this when he led a delegation on a courtesy visit to Governor Adams Oshiomhole at the Government House in Benin City, weekend. . Asikhia said “I have to go to my community, where I can easily have access to land and I have acquired about 100 hectares of land for the take-off of the company. Apart…
The Coordinator, Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), Lagos office, Alhaji Kamaldeen Oladeji, on Monday said all was ready for the Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination (UTME), scheduled for April 12. . Oladeji in Lagos said that 11 centres accredited for the Dual Based Test and the 103 venues for the Paper Pencil Test in the state were ready. . He said that the board was yet to compile the total number of centres to be used for the Computer Based Test (CBT) mode of the examination. . “As you may know, the CBT registration is still ongoing, having been extended…
THE Lagos State Government has dismissed the alleged sale of blood in its hospitals even as it has initiated better compensation for voluntary blood donors. A member of the Lagos State Blood Transfusion Committee, LSBTC, Sherifat Lawal said the N4,500 charged for a unit of blood should. not be regarded as payment, but accepted as the normal processing charges. . Lawal who spoke during a blood donor drive organised by the LSBTC, in partnership with the State Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Centre, maintained that no amount is commensurate with the value of human blood as it is…