As part of efforts to ease the Nigerian business environment for investors and grow the economy, the House of Representatives has passed a Bill that seeks to, among other things, establish the Competition and Consumer Protection Tribunal to promote healthy business competition and strengthen consumer rights. The House adopted the recommendation of the report on the bill sponsored by the Speaker, Rt. Hon Yakubu Dogara, to repeal the Consumer Protection Act, establish the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission and Consumer Protection Tribunal. The bill when concurred by the Senate and assented to by the President, apart from developing business,…
Author: David Folami
The House of Rep says it will investigate terms and conditions of proposed transfer of National Stadium, Surulere, to Lagos State Government by Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports. Already, it has mandated its Committee on Sports to investigate the use of budgetary allocations for the maintenance of the stadium in the last five years. The resolution on this emanated from the adoption of a motion by Rep. Danburam Nuhu (Kano-APC) at plenary on Thursday Nuhu had told his colleagues that the ministry was at an advanced stage of entering into agreement with Lagos Government to take over the stadium.…
President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to return to Nigeria, after a well deserved vacation on Friday, March 9, 2017. The President has been on vacation in London for over 40 days, reportedly as a result of some health issues. The Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina on Thursday, March 8, 2017, revealed this to journalist. According to Punch, Adesina did not tell reporters the exact time that the President will arrive. He said “President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to return to the country tomorrow, Friday, March 10, 2017. “The President left the country on January…
The Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday ordered the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, to promptly investigate and prosecute the culprits in the recent communal clashes in Ile-Ife. He gave the order in a statement issued by the Vice Presidential Spokesman, Laolu Akande, in which he noted that many lives were reportedly lost in the crisis. The Acting President also called on all the different groups of people in Ile-Ife to live in harmony, remain calm and keep the peace “while police investigation is in progress’’. He gave the assurance that perpetrators of the acts of violence would…
Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana has threatened to drag the South African government to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights over the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians. According to Punch, Falana said this in a letter which he wrote to the President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma. The lawyer also called on the government of South-Africa to investigate the issue and fish out those behind the attacks. According to Falana, the South-African government is to blame for the continued attacks. He said “We believe that it is the failure of your government to bring perpetrators to justice…
The Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing has debunked the allegation made by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode that the minister, Raji Fashola is frustrating his government’s effort to beautify Lagos. Fashola’s media aide, Hakeem Bello, in a statement made available to us, accused Ambode of misleading Nigerians. He said “The attention of the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing has been drawn to certain statements credited to the Governor of Lagos State, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode claiming that the “Federal Ministry of Works“ has been frustrating the efforts of his administration to carry out a “total reconstruction of the International…
Nicki Minaj’s ex-boyfriend, Safaree Samuels recently appeared on The Wendy Williams Show. His name has resurfaced after Remy Ma mentioned him in ‘ShETHER’, her infamous diss track to Nicki. In the verse, Remy basically said that Safaree wrote all of Nicki’s raps and she owes her fame to him. Wendy asked Safaree about his past relationship with Nicki and her behaviour behind the scenes. While he was able to dodge a few of the questions, Safaree did own up to the fact that Nicki and her team tried to stop him from appearing on the show – and Wendy lashed…
Arsenal forward Theo Walcott has acknowledged the disharmony within the club’s ranks by declaring it is time for Arsene Wenger’s players to stop “fighting each other”. Reports emerged last week that star player Alexis Sanchez had become involved in a blazing training-ground row with some of his teammates. Wenger said the reports were “completely false”, but speaking after Arsenal’s humiliating Champions League exit against Bayern Munich, Walcott admitted all was not well within the camp. “There are certain things that happen at training grounds,” Walcott said, in comments published by the London Evening Standard newspaper on Wednesday. “I’m sure it…
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Reconciliation Committee has recommended that the party holds its national convention not later than June 30. The committee also proposed that the convention planning committee should consist of seven PDP governors; seven senators including the deputy senate president, as well as 12 members of the House of Representatives. The recommendations are contained in a report submitted to the National Chairman of the party, Sen. Ali-Modu Sheriff at the party’s national Secretariat in Abuja. The report was submitted by the Chairman of the committee and Governor of Bayelsa, Mr Seriake Dickson. Dickson, who read out some…
The Wedding Party producers have suffered a big blow as the high grossing Nigerian movie is now easily accessible to people across world. Pirated versions are now selling for N500 in Lagos, N400 in Benin, N300 in Abuja and Port Harcourt, and the cheapest price goes for N200 in Warri, Delta State. ‘500m naira is enough profit returned on investment, make Street hawkers sef chop small,’ an Instagram user, @Vasofficial said. The movie, which has made about N500m since it was premiered in the cinemas in December, is also available for illegal streaming and downloads on YouTube and Facebook. During…
In a new editorial for Harper’s Bazaar US, singer Ciara shows off her growing baby bump as she strikes poses for the camera. The singer, who is heavily pregnant with her second child, also brought her son, Future Jnr. along for the shoot and they matched outfits in a couple of adorable snaps. In the accompanying interview, she opens up on one of her life regrets which according to her is not being able to go to college. ‘I didn’t get to go to college because of my career,’ she says. ‘That’s the one thing I fantasize about sometimes.’ Married…
Oge Okoye joined her colleagues and women across world to celebrate the International Women’s Day today, March 8, 2017. ‘I am me, you are you, I am beautiful and so are you, we are unique in our different ways,’ the actress shared along with her look to the 2017 Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA). The Nollywood actress had sneaked into this year’s awards ceremony following the Friday night dog theft drama that made her get trolled online. ‘The event was almost over when she arrived,’ a red carpet photographer for the event told TheNETng. ‘She entered the hall and…
The Senate has reversed its earlier decision to send a ‘strong delegation’ to South Africa over the xenophobic attack on Nigerians. Members of the delegation as announced by Senate President Bukola Saraki are; Ike Ekweremadu, Ahmed Lawan, Olusola Adeyeye, Shehu Sani, Shaaba Lafiagi, Magnus Abe and Stella Oduah. Similarly, the House of Representatives also resolved to send a delegation to South Africa over the same issue. But during plenary on Wednesday, March 8, 2017, Deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu announced that the Senate would be pulling back from the trip. “The Senate has pulled out of the trip to South…
Mrs Betsy Obaseki, wife of Edo Governor, on Wednesday in Benin empowered 500 widows in the state with 40 chickens each. Addressing the beneficiaries on the occasion of International Women’s Day, the governor’s wife stressed the need to launch Edo women into agriculture to reduce the level of poverty in the state. She said that the empowerment became imperative as the demand for poultry products in Nigeria was surpassing supply. She said each of the widows would receive 20 male and 20 female chickens, adding that each of the female chickens was capable of laying six to seven times daily.…
Senate President, Bukola Saraki is currently in Germany on a three-day official visit. Saraki will lead a five-man delegation of Nigeria’s Senate to the Bundesrat, which is the German Parliament. The Nigerian legislators will meet with the President of the Bundesrat, Maria Luise Dreyer, her Deputy, Johannes Singhammer, the Parliamentary State Secretary in charge of the Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development, Thomas Silberhorn, the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, head of Julius Berger, Mr. Walter J. Lindener and President of the Berlin House of Representatives, Ralf Wieland. They will also visit German Village, Feldheim, which was the first community in…
The LA Galaxy have extended a contract offer to Manchester United striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic that would make the 35-year-old Swede the highest paid player in MLS history, a source confirmed. Sports Illustrated was the first to report the news. Galaxy president Chris Klein declined to comment when contacted. Ibrahimovic is free to sign with any club as his contract with United, which contains an option year that has not yet been exercised, expires this summer. Last May, multiple sources said former Ajax, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Paris Saint-Germain and Sweden national team striker was in discussions to join the league, but…
Borussia Dortmund head coach Thomas Tuchel hailed the performance of his side after they comprehensively overturned a one-goal deficit to ease into the Champions League quarterfinals, and added his is a side no club wants to face in the last eight. Trailing 1-0 to Benfica from the first leg, the German outfit responded in emphatic fashion as Christian Pulisic added to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang’s hat trick during a dominant 4-0 victory. “It was excellent,” Tuchel said in an interview broadcast on BT Sport. “We had a brilliant start, we scored with our first chance, which was very important. We scored, had…
It was a night to anyone associated with Barcelona will remember forever, and a game that truly made no sense. The thought of Luis Enrique’s side sneaking through into the Champions League quarterfinals seemed impossible after their horror 4-0 defeat at the Parc des Princes and it still looked implausible even when Luis Suarez headed them in front against PSG in the second minute of the second leg. Edinson Cavani’s volley to make it 3-1 looked to have ruined Barca’s hopes and people started to walk out of the Camp Nou as the team began to wilt. However, spurred on…
After the workout sessions and breakfast, the housemates were visited by Desmond Elliot, alongside One Africa Director, Nachilala Nkombo. The Housemates were presented with goody bags that contained their individual name branded t-shirts and fact folders with all the information about the One AFRICA campaign. Later on, they all sat in the lounge to elaborate further on the #GirlsCount campaign as today is also International Women’s Day. Before the visit was done, Desmond Elliot encouraged the Housemates to celebrate the girl child and women more. They also Tasked the Housemates to read through their materials and come up with a…
Nigerian actress, Osas Ighodaro Ajibade, was recently a guest at Pulse Nigeria Studios. During the exclusive interview, the actress spoke about the beauty of being an actress and having stage fright. “Acting is one of the greatest opportunities that I have had in my life. I can’t think of any other occupation that I would be doing if it wasn’t acting, first,” said Ajibade. According to the actress who has entertained viewers on productions such as “Tinsel,” and “Gbomo Gbomo Express,” her discovery of acting helped her out low self esteem. “My discovery of acting actually helped me out of…