Senator representing Bayelsa East Senatorial district Ben Murray-Bruce has called for lenient visa policy so as to boost Nigeria’s tourism industry which has the potential to significantly boost the nation’s economy. In a series of tweets which began on Thursday, Murray-Bruce who expressed sadness at hearing that foreigners find it difficult to secure Nigerian visa, opined that Nigeria should even be visa-free just like Dubai which is open to the world for business. “By making her visa policy lenient, UAE has attracted the world’s business and tourist visitors. Nigeria can learn from them,” the senator wrote. “By opening her borders…
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The controversial Nollywood actress c*m singer, Tonto Dikeh, who recently revealed her marriage plans, has some advice for young women. Tontolet as fondly called by fans, took to her Instagram page to warn women about their love lives and revealed how they might get over an illusion. She disclosed that a woman should not in any way be the bread winner of the house and says if all your man gives you is the “D”, you have every right to look for another man. See post below: Hang on let me get this straight,you expect a Queen to be intelligent,Sexy,sophisticated,Ambitious,Successful,Not…
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike says the new anti-kidnapping law passed by the State Assembly will help in checking the rising wave of kidnapping in the state. Speaking on Friday when he gave his assent to the Rivers State Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa Polytechnic, Bori ( Amendment) Law 2015; Rivers State Kidnap (Prohibition) Amendment Law, 2015; and the Rivers State Traditional Rulers Law No.4 of 2015 passed by the Rivers State House of Assembly, Wike said with the law becoming operational, criminals convicted for kidnapping and being accessories to kidnap will forfeit their assets, funds and proceeds from kidnap. “I…
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Solomon Arase, has split the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) into two units with a view to checking human rights abuses.The Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG), Investigation, Dan’azumi Doma, made the disclosure on Friday in Lagos in an interview.SARS is one of the 14 units under the Nigeria Police Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (FCIID).The operations of SARS include arrest, investigation and prosecution of suspected armed robbers, murderers, kidnappers, hired assassins and others involved in violent crimes.The DIG said that the current police administration was doing everything possible to check the numerous human rights abuses reported…
The Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Tukur Buratai, said on Friday that the Nigerian Army was on track to effectively respond to emerging challenges associated with protecting the nation’s territory.Buratai said this while leading serving army personnel in Abuja to participate in the monthly ‘Route March Exercise’.He said troops across the country were physically sound and mentally ready to take on any task assigned to them.“The Nigerian Army is back, we are fully back on track; the previous impression should be erased, the Nigerian Army is professional.“We are re-emphasising training which is very important as we strive to remain…
PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI AND OGONI LEADERS LED BY HIS MAJESTY KING G. N. GININWA The Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC) has hailed President Muhammadu Buhari for fast-tracking the clean-up of Ogoniland in accordance with the Report and recommendations of the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP). In a statement signed by the Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, on Friday in Port Harcourt, the Rivers APC said the clean-up of Ogoniland by Buhari, a northerner, has proved that he is a better son of Rivers State and the Niger Delta than immediate past president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, who hails…
The Director General of State Security Services, Lawal Musa Daura, in a rare chat with Aljazeera TV, monitored by our correspondent on Friday, has assured Nigerians of a more resolute and professional service which will attend to valid reports brought before it without prejudice to anybody. “Whatever comes before us with facts and figures, it will be dealt with equally as required by the law. Daura said. Undistracted by the recent campaigns, the DG of Nigeria’s secret police noted that the service will be accountable to the Nigerian citizenry urging them to raise their expectations while affirming that ongoing investigations and clampdown…
The newly appointed Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, on Friday appealed to friends and well-wishers to stop placing congratulatory adverts on him in the media.Kachikwu, who assumed duty as the 17th GMD of the NNPC on Tuesday, said he sees his appointment as a serious national assignment that does not require the frivolity of congratulatory adverts and the celebration they connote.His position was contained in a statement issued by the Group General Manager, Public Affairs Division of the NNPC, Ohi Alegbe, on Friday.The NNPC boss said he would rather appreciate that…
David De Gea will not be part of Manchester United’s Match Day squad for Saturday’s Premier League opener at home to Tottenham Hotspur. Manager Louis van Gaal told the club’s in-house television MUTV that there are “no injuries,” but adds that the Spaniard, who has been linked with a move to Real Madrid, is not in the best shape to start the season. “It is not easy for David De Gea to manage his situation now,” the Dutch boss, 63, said at his pre-match conference on Friday. “You know that we have problems with De Gea. “He shall not play,…
Floyd Mayweather has defended his decision to defend his WBC and WBA welterweight belts against Andre Berto, describing his opponent as an “exciting” fighter. The American (48-0, 26KOs), fresh off the back of his win over Filipino, Manny Pacquaio, on points decision, returns to the ring in a twelve round world championship bout against former two-time welterweight champion Berto live on Showtime pay per view on 12 September. Speaking at the kick-off press conference at the JW Marriott in Los Angeles on Friday, the boxing superstar who will have his WBC and WBA 147-pound titles on the line at the…
No fewer than 1,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday defected to the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Anambra. The members took the action at the swearing-in of the newly elected members of APGA state executive committee in Awka. One of the defectors, Uchenna Umerie, a former lawmaker in the state, said he decided to dump the PDP for APGA because the administration of Governor Willie Obiano was doing well. He said that he could no longer cope with the protracted crisis in state chapter of the PDP. Tokas Ohazuluike, a PDP lawmaker in the state…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday charged the Ministry of Defence to come up with a plan for the establishment of a military industrial complex for the local production of weapons for the use of the Nigerian Armed Forces.According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, the president gave the directive at the graduation ceremony of the National Defence College, Abuja.According to Buhari, the local production of weapons was meant to end the current over-reliance on other countries for military equipment and logistics.He said such a thing was not acceptable to his administration.“We must…
Justice Ibrahim Mairiga of the Kebbi State High Court on Thursday sentenced three former employees of FinBank Plc (acquired by First City Monument Bank Plc in 2011), to 91 years’ imprisonment.The convicts – Suleiman Ibrahim Musa, Bilyaminu Usman and Lawal Suleiman – had been arraigned on 16 counts bordering on forgery, theft and criminal breach of trust by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.The trio, who worked at the Birnin-Kebbi branch of the bank in Kebbi State, were first arraigned on July 21, 2010, and had pleaded not guilty to the charges.Musa, who was then the head of operations, was…
In what may come to most Nigerians as good news and huge relief, the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) Ilorin branch, said yesterday that the price of petroleum products may crash in the coming week.The Ilorin Chairman of IPMAN, Alhaji Sulaiman O. Olanrewaju, made this known in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital during an emergency meeting of the association on the factional crisis rocking it for some time now.According to Olanrewaju, failure of members to dispose the available products may lead to loss as they are not sure of how much the product will fall to even as…
Interim Coach Chris Danjuma has invited to the camp of the Super Falcons a total of 35 players in preparation for the Women’s Football Tournament of next month’s 11th All-Africa Games in Brazzaville, Congo. Onome Ebi, Francisca Ordega, Halimat Ayinde, Esther Sunday and Josephine Chukwunonye – who all missed Sunday’s defeat in Equatorial Guinea which meant ouster from the 2016 Olympics race – have been called again, but injured star forward Asisat Oshoala is left out. Osinachi Ohale, Ngozi Ebere, Desire Oparanozie, Ngozi Okobi and Evelyn Nwabuoku, who were at the FIFA World Cup in Canada in June, are joined…
The All Progressives Congress in Ondo State has urged banks and the Federal Government not to grant any loan to the administration of Governor Olusegun Mimiko.The party made the call in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Omo’ba Abayomi Adesanya, on Thursday.The Ondo APC asked Mimiko to give account of all allocations that had accrued to the state since the inception of his administration more than six years ago.It also challenged the state government to explain to the people of Ondo State why he should be granted a N7bn loan from Access Bank when he has yet to fully offset…
Manchester City coach Manuel Pellegrini has extended his contract until June 2017, the club announced on Friday. As well as Pellegeini, the Chillean’s backroom team of Ruben Cousillas, Xabier Mancisidor and Jose Cabello have also had their contracts extended until 2017. Pellegrini told the club’s website “I am proud to manage Manchester City and am therefore very pleased to have agreed this contract. “I have a very good quality group of players and a great team of people to work with on and off the field and at all levels of the Club. “I am focussed on the coming season…
Pressure is mounting on President Muhammadu Buhari not to consider immediate past Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola (SAN), for appointment in his administration.A civil society group, Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, CACOL, which is the latest, has urged the president not to appoint Fashola in any capacity because his eight-year administration was engulfed in several controversies which could not be overlooked.The Executive Chairman of the group, Mr. Debo Adeniran, who stated this during an interview on Thursday, said that CACOL was troubled by many dilapidated schools in the state and recalled that when the Socio-Economic Right Accountability Project invoked the…
The Ogun State Police Command on Thursday said henceforth, it will shoot armed cultists and “ritualists” at sight.The Commissioner of Police, Abdulmajid Ali, who gave the order shortly after parading 23 suspected criminals at the State Police Headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, said that the command will no longer tolerate the rising cases of cultism and ritual killings.He, however, assured that the shoot-at-sight order will not amount to extra-judicial killing because the intention of armed criminals is either to kill or maim.Mr. Alli also said police would soon raid various campuses in the state to apprehend suspected cult members, adding that the…
The Kaduna State Government Thursday announced its decision to commence implementation of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) framework by September 1. As part of the process of achieving this goal, all banks that maintain the accounts of the Kaduna State Government have been put on notice to close them and remit the balances to the Central Bank of Nigeria, which will host the state’s TSA. Governor Nasir El-Rufai, according to a statement by his Special Assistant, Media and Publicity, Samuel Aruwan, gave the directives at a meeting with officials of all banks holding the state government’s many revenue and expenditure…