Senator representing Bayelsa East Senatorial District Ben Murray-Bruce has made a case for improved access to funding for Nigeria’s youth entrepreneurs. According to him, Nigerian youths are not naturally given to fraud and terrorism. “Their intelligences must be expressed. How it’s expressed depends on opportunities.” “When they don’t have electricity or access to loans to put their ideas to work, youths are more likely to engage in anti social acts,” he wrote on microblogging site Twitter. “I propose a sound economist be appointed minister of youths to set up a 1$ Billion fund exclusively to fund youth enterprise.” 4-Nigeria could…
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Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has described the tenure of Professor Attahiru Jega, chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC, which formerly ends today, as a successful one. According to Atiku, the introduction of Card Reader and Permanent Voters Card (PVC) for the 2015 elections earned him the respect of Nigerians and the international community. Jega bows out after a 5-year term in office. Atiku further said that Jega proved to the world that the country could still remain united after the elections, according to a statement signed by Mazi Paul Ibe and released by the Atiku Media Office. He explained that he was…
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Sulaimon Lasun has explained that, contrary to general conceptions, lawmakers do not receive funds for projects located in their constituencies. Lasun said this on Monday while receiving the Yoruba Community in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in his office in Abuja. “We don’t get cash for any constituency project. Once a lawmaker suggests a project, the execution of such projects is the prerogative of the Executive branch,” he said. Speaking further, the lawmaker lamented that most industries located in the South West region of the country are in bad states. He…
Kaduna State governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, today announced the appointment of Hadiza Bala Usman, co-founder of #BringBackOurGirls Group, founded to campaign for the rescue of the Chibok Girls abducted by Islamist sect group Boko Haram as chief of staff. “In April 2014, Hadiza co-founded the global movement #BringBackOurGirls which has been demanding for the rescue of the 219 young girls abducted by Boko Haram from Chibok Secondary School in Borno State North East Nigeria,” a statement signed by el-Rufai’s Spokesman, Samuel Aruwan said. “In August 2014 she gave a touching speech on Chibok Girls at the United Nations Headquarters in New…
The Federal Government has appointed Mr Mordecai Danteni Ladan, to oversee the activities of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), a statement posted on the website of the DPR on Monday stated. According to the statement, Ladan is to take over from the former DPR Director, Mr George Osahon, whose tenure elapsed on June 19. It said that a memorandum dated June 19, stated that the appointment was with immediate effect. Ladan, according to the statement, is a Petrochemist by profession, who joined DPR in Nov. 23, 1987 as a Senior Analytical Chemist. The statement said that Ladan was deployed…
Michael Collins Enebeli, widely known as Don Jazzy, is unarguably Nigeria’s most high profile music producer. Beyond his dexterity in the area of music production however, Don Jazzy has shown he is also good when it comes to the discovery and nurturing of raw talents. The Supreme Mavin Dysnasty boss, who worked with D’banj for several years before they parted ways, discovered Wande Coalwhile running one of Nigeria’s biggest music labels, Mo Hits Records (co owned by himself and D’banj). Discovering Wande Coal, famously called the Black Diamond on the streets of Mushin, one of Nigeria’s most notorious slums, Don…
Following the criticism from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over President Muhammadu Buhari’s delay in making key appointments, the Senator representing Kaduna Central, Shehu Sani, has alleged that the PDP was only attempting to rush Buhari into the traps and land mines left behind by its government. The senator insisted that the previous PDP governments had destroyed Nigeria and its economy, as well as it paralysed Nigerian people and impoverished them in the last 16 years of its ruling the country. Sani stated this while addressing journalists shortly after his visit to the National Library in Kaduna on Monday. According to…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has insisted that no amount of intimidation, blackmail and propaganda by the Presidency would stop it from standing shoulder to shoulder with Nigerians in demanding that President Muhammadu Buhari kick-starts government and commence implementation of his campaign promises for which he was voted into office. The former ruling party said the Presidency’s excuse that it was taking its time to clean up the mess created by the PDP is lame and diversionary noting that it stands by its statement that the delay is creating loopholes through which some persons claiming closeness to President Buhari have…
The statement by National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh that President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress needs prayers from Nigerians to be able to deliver, has been described as a defeatist reaction. The former ruling party had while taking stock of the APC-led government at the centre, said it had been all motion, but no movement in the last 30 days. Former APC Interim National Vice Chairman, North-East, Engr. Umar Duhu made the comment in Abuja on Monday. The APC chieftain said it is unfortunate that the PDP spokesperson has forgotten so quickly…
The Rivers State chapter of All Progressives Congress has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to pay attention to the Federal Ministry of Education in his bid to recover Nigeria’s stolen billions. Rivers State Chairman of the APC, Dr. Davies Ikanya, who made this call in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Sunday, said President Buhari should specifically beam his searchlight on the period the incumbent state governor, Mr. Nyesom Wike, served as Supervisory Minister of Education under the Goodluck Jonathan administration. Ikanya specifically drew the attention of Mr. Buhari to an allegation that the sum of N20bn was released…
The Rivers State Government has faulted the former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Chief Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), on his condemnation of the recognition of Sir Celestine Omehia as a former governor of the state. The State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, last Thursday, restored the rights and privileges of Mr. Omehia as a former governor of the state while hanging his (Omehia) portrait on the wall reserved for ex-governors at the Government House, Port Harcourt. Omehia, who was sworn in as the governor of the state on May 29, 2007, was sacked by the Supreme Court in a landmark ruling…
A 19-year-old student, who allegedly defrauded several individuals by impersonation former governor of Lagos State and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has been arraigned. The accused, Emmanuel Eto, a resident of No.2, Abasomor St., Alegbo Road, PTI in Delta, was arraigned before Magistrate Margaret Dan-Oni on a three count-charge of impersonation, conspiracy and cyber fraud at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Monday. The Prosecutor, Insp.Edet Okoi, told the court that the accused pleaded not guilty when the charge sheet was read to him. Okoi told the court that the accused between April and…
The Kano state Government has expressed satisfaction that the rule of law was allowed to take its course in the case of a recent judgment by an Upper Shari’a Court, Rijiyar Lemo, in the state, which passed death sentences on nine persons for blasphemy against the Prophet Mohammed (SAW). The government noted that the judgment is a clear pointer to the fact that whoever breaks the law of the land will not be spared. It also expressed appreciation to the general public for the patience and the calmness with which they allowed the law to take its course, despite the…
The National Secretary of the Labour Party, Dr Kayode Ajulo has said that the Buhari administration in the last 30 days has been slow and unsteady. “He (Buhari) is slow and he is unsteady. Unsteady in the sense that he is yet to have the rein of power,” he told Vanguard. The president is yet to appoint ministers and other principal officers. This, among other things have exposed him to a series of attacks. On his part, National President of the Arewa Youths Consultative Forum, Alhaji Yerima Shetimma said Nigerians were running out of patience owing to the slow…
The man fondly referred to as the grandfather of Nigeria’s comedy industry clocked 50 years on Wednesday, June 24, 2015, as friends colleagues, family and well-wishers came together to commemorate his golden age. Several events have been held to commemorate the milestone age which started on Sunday, June 21 with a comedy show tagged Ali Baba’s Spontaneity2 where his wife surprised him with a brand new Mercedes Benz S500 valued at over $22,000 (about N4.5M). In continuation of his 50th birthday celebration, Comedian Alibaba took to his instagram page and disclosed, 50 things that can kill an artiste’s career. Below…
Nollywood actor, IK Ogbonna has officially unveiled Sonia Morales as his wife. The couple who welcomed a son a week ago got married in Paris. He shared romantic photos from Belgrade as they toured the city with his father-inlaw..He proudly called her his MRS.. They look so smitten..Congrats to them.. The post IK Ogbonna Officially Unveils Babymama, Sonia Morales As His Wife | Photos appeared first on INFORMATION NIGERIA.
Our very own Toolz is in LA for the BET Awards, courtesy of DSTV Nigeria and MTV Base… She has been sharing her experiences and of course, fab pics with US celebrities like Larvene Cox, Faith Evans, Boris Kodjo and wife Nicole Parker, OtGenesis, Fettywap28.. The post Photos: Toolz Interacting With Top US Stars At The 2015 BET Awards appeared first on INFORMATION NIGERIA.
Both legal and oil experts have advised that the Nigerian independent oil operators should be considered first in the award of Oil and Gas contracts. Nigerian service companies should also be considered for contracts and services in line with the local content law just as they called for subsidy removal. A legal expert Bar. Ayo Samuel noted that the “Local content Law specifies that Nigerian independent operators be given “first consideration” in the award of Oil and Gas focused contracts and Nigerian service companies be given “exclusive consideration” for contracts and services. This is the dilemma that the government is…
In a bid to make its solutions and services more accessible to its customers, Concept Nova an IT Solutions company has established partnership with Ebeano – a major chain of Supermarkets in Lagos on the sale of its car tracking device TI-KON. TI-KON Car tracking device is a powerful self-service device that uses GPS as well as GSM technology, to monitor the location of a vehicle at all times and can be accessed from an internet enabled device like a mobile phone, a Tablet or a PC. TI-KON Car tracking device gives you speed and location updates on your vehicle…
Former Interim Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, yesterday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari and governors elected on the platform of the APC to settle the differences in the party and save it from imminent collapse. “What began as political patronages to be shared into APC membership, spreads among ethnic zones, religious faiths and political rankings and experiences have now become so complicated that the sharing has to be done by and among PDP leadership together with cohorts of former new-PDP affiliations in the APC, by and among gangs of past anti-Buhari’s presidency, and certain APC…