15,000 youths to welcome Buhari from vacation

 

The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), has announced that it has mobilised over 15,000 Nigerian youths to welcome President Muhammadu Buhari from vacation.
The group said the youths would welcome the President at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja upon his arrival.

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The African Development Bank (AfDB) says the approved 155 million dollar loan for Economic and Power Sector Reform Programme (EPSERP) is for improving power systems.

Mrs Fatimah Alkali, the Senior Communications Officer, AfDB Nigeria Country Office, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja.
She said that following the report in the media,

Nigerian govt identifies 59 ways to achieve economic recovery, growth

 

Minister of Budget and National Planning Senator Udoma Udo Udoma [Photo Credit: Channels TV]

The Federal Government said on Friday it had identified 59 ways under a comprehensive plan to achieve economic recovery and growth within the next three years.
These are included in the proposed Nigeria Economic Recovery and Growth Plan, NERGP, 2017 – 2020 development process currently undergoing final touches.
The focus of the plan would be to address current economic challenges,

'Insecure' Star Yvonne Orji to Star In Ad That Celebrates Black Beauty in Hollywood

 

You might recognize her as fan favorite Molly from HBO’s Insecure, which has earned a ton of buzz after just one season. But Yvonne Orji is so much more than a beloved TV sidekick. The Nigerian-American actress, 33, is also a beauty and body-positivity advocate, and is set to star in a new ad that highlights the evolution of beauty in the Black Hollywood.

On February 11, Orji will star in a commercial in collaboration with Proctor & Gamble’s ‘My Black Is Beautiful’ initiative, according to Madame Noire,

Calling me “Lie Mohammed’’ is mindset, price for service – Minister

 

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, says he reads comments of people who claim not to believe what he says and coin his first name as “Lie’’.
The minister stated this while responding to questions when he visited Daar Communications Plc on Friday in Abuja.
He said that such comments were the mindset of the people and a price he had to pay for serving the nation.
“People just have a mindset that whatever Lai Mohammed says cannot be true,

Anyone can hold peaceful protest – Presidency

 

The Federal Government on Friday said that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration is not against any group or individual who plans peaceful protests.
This was disclosed by the Senior Special Assistant to the Acting President, Laolu Akande during a media interview on Channels Television’s programme, Sunrise Daily.
According to him, government is not in the business of countering protests, “particularly, the Buhari administration. We are very much aware of the right of the people and we want to protect the right of the people.
“Our people have the right to have a lawful assembly and lawful protest and we are absolutely not against anybody who wants to exercise their rights to freedom of assembly and express whatever grievances they have, in a lawful way,” he said.

Why I don’t wear Customs Uniform – Hameed Ali

Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs, Retired Colonel Hameed Ali has explained that he does not wear the Customs uniform because he is a retired army officer.
Col. Ali was summoned by the Senate Committee on Customs and Excise Duties to explain the reason for the promotion and the sacking of officers without the approval of a board.
Obinna Ogba, a senator from Ebonyi central, speaking at the session, expressed dissatisfaction on why Ali would carry on the duties of CG in civilian attire since he was appointed in 2015.
The Customs boss told the Senate Committee on Customs and Excise Duties on Thursday that military tradition does not permit him to wear paramilitary uniform as a retired Colonel.
His defence prompted a stage walked out by member of the Senate Committee when Senator Dino Melaye gave an instance of ‎retired General of the Nigerian Army,

If you don’t like Buhari, wait for another Election, Death rumors are callous – Obasanjo

 

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo has in a release by his Media Aide, in Abeokuta on Friday, stated those behind the rumored death of President Muhammadu Buhari as wicked, callous and treacherous.
Obasanjo opined that all that the President needed were  ”our prayers and best wishes, which will ginger his morale to come back more stronger and better.”
Obasanjo who cautioned against politicization of every situation in the country, recalled that he has also been victim of such rumored death while in Office as the President, declaring, “no normal human being will wish an elderly person dead irrespective of their differences.
“If you don’t like him,

Tuface: Nigerians can hold peaceful protest – Presidency

 

The Federal Government on Friday said that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration is not against any group or individual who plans peaceful protests.
This was disclosed by the Senior Special Assistant to the Acting President, Laolu Akande during a media interview on Channels Television’s programme, Sunrise Daily.
According to him, government is not in the business of countering protests, “particularly, the President Buhari administration. We are very much aware of the right of the people and we want to protect the right of the people.

Buchi Emecheta obituary

Buchi Emecheta, who has died aged 72, was a pioneer among female African writers, championing the rights of girls and women in novels that often drew on her own extraordinary life, its trajectory spanning her struggle for an education to having her books set on school curriculums. Whether in her early vivid documentary novels, In the Ditch (1972) and Second-Class Citizen (1974) – about a young black single mother living in the slums of north London – or in the ironically titled The Joys of Motherhood (1979), set in a traditionally male-oriented society in colonial Nigeria, or in her autobiography Head Above Water (1984),

LASU suspends final year student over alleged cultism, rape

 

Mr Adeyemi Temitope, a final year Public Administration student of the Lagos State University (LASU), has been suspended from the institution.

An official bulletin of the institution, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos, stated that Temitope was being tried in a law court over alleged cultism and rape.
The student will remain suspended pending the outcome of his trial in the court,

Police Parade Suspects In The Killing Of A Custom Officer

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The Nigerian Police Force has paraded a five man gang suspected to be involve in the killing of one Custom Officer, Assistant Superintendent of Customs, Aliyu Dayyab on December 22 2016 at the Lagos Tincan area.
The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP. Jimoh Moshood stated this during a press briefing on Friday in Abuja.
“This afternoon,

CJN’s appointment: SAN commends Buhari’s approach

 

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• Says delay in Onnoghen’s confirmation could result in chaos

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Sebastine Hon has commended President Muhammadu Buhari’s cautious approach to the appointment of a substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN).

Hon commended the position taken on the issue by the acting CJN,

FG appoints interim TCN boss

The Federal Government has approved the secondment of Alhaji Usman Gur Mohammed of the African Development Bank (AfDB) as the interim Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN).

A statement by Mr Louis Edozien, Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing, said Muhammed’s appointment was part of efforts by government to reposition the company for better service delivery to Nigerians.
It said that Mohammed has resumed duty with a 12-month non-extendable deadline to complete his transformational mandate and set Transmission Service Providers and Independent System Operators on a path of greater operational efficiency and effectiveness.
It also said that his approval was designed to ensure responsiveness to the needs of the generation companies and distribution companies, who are TCN’s customers.
It said Mohammed was until his secondment, the Principal Power Utility Transformation Specialist in the AfDB’s Nigerian Office.
“Mohammed  joined the service of the AfDB in 2009. He has served in various senior level management roles in charge of financial control,

Southern Kaduna Violence: Full names, local governments of 17 suspected killers

 

 Suspects of the Southern Kaduna killings                                    

The Nigerian Police on Thursday announced the arrest of 17 suspects allegedly involved in the recent killings in Kafanchan, Kaduna State.
The Kafanchan killing is part of the larger violence in Southern Kaduna that has led to the death of over 200 people in the past few months.
The violence, which has sometimes taken a religious dimension, is largely between herdsmen and host farming communities.
The Nigeria police spokesperson,

Fuel queues return to Lagos as NNPC allays fears of scarcity

 

There was fear of a fresh round of fuel scarcity on Thursday as many filling stations in parts of Lagos and Ogun states  did not sell Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol, to motorists as they had run out of the product, The Punch reports.
A source,

CBI arrests ponzi firm Green Ray International MD Mir Sahiruddin

BHUBANESWAR: Tightening its screw on the multi-crore ponzi scam, the CBI on Friday arrested managing director of Green Ray International Limited (GRIL) Mir Sahiruddin, who was on the run for nearly three years. A native of Balasore district, Sahiruddin was hiding with his family in Nigeria. He had entered India on Bangladesh passport by impersonating him as Ahmed Hussain and was arrested from Kolkata.
Confirming his arrest,

Workers’ salaries: NLC to tackle Benue, Rivers government

 

Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) will soon tackle state owning workers’ salaries, NLC president, Ayuba Wabba has said.
Wabba said Rivers and Benue states have been listed as priority states in the union will take on for not paying workers and pensioners.
Wabba gave the hint during a meeting with Representatives of primary health care workers from Rivers, who were on solidarity visit at the weekend.
Let’s not be under any illusion that any employer will give you your rights on a platter of gold,

Economic Recovery Plan, ready in February – FG

 

The Federal Government’s anticipated National Economic Recovery Growth Plan (NERGP) will be ready before the end of February, an official statement has stated.
The NERGP, focuses on five broad areas namely: macroeconomic policy, economic diversification and growth drivers, competitiveness, social inclusion and jobs, and governance and other enablers.
Government, through the plan, is targeting a growth rate of seven per cent between 2017 and 2020.
This is according to a statement issued by Mr Akpandem James, the Media Adviser to the Minister of Budget and National Planning, Sen. Udoma Udo Udoma on Friday in Abuja.
It stated that the plan is expected to be formally launched by President Mohammadu Buhari.