Monday, 10 August 2015
SARS Shot the leg of an indigen, their patrol van vandalised
According to eye witness account on what really ensured, a group of Amai
indigens were at a bar along Amai-Obiaruku road drinking and chatting
when
Special Anti-Robbery Squad invaded the bar and started harassing them looking for one excuse or the
Special Anti-Robbery Squad invaded the bar and started harassing them looking for one excuse or theSunday, 2 August 2015
Buhari says Boko Haram will be defeated by the end of this year
Buhari made this statement in Cotonou, during a gala lunch held in honour by the President of Benin Republic, Boni Yayi. He expressed optimism that the Multi-national Joint Task Force, MNJTF launched in Cameroon on Thursday would start yielding fruits soon.
This is as Yayi who described his country as the 37th State of Nigeria assured president Buhari that 800 troops would be contributed to the Joint Task Force by his country in the all-out-assault on insurgents.
While commending the gesture by Yayi, Buhari said “I assure you that we will defeat Boko Haram by the end of this year”.
President Buhari who was on a one-day official visit to Cotonou as the special guest of honour at the 55th independence anniversary of Benin Republic was bestowed with the national honor of the Republic of Benin.
Nigeria’s president recalled that both countries have maintained peace over the years even when he was a military Head of State.
He said:
“I am impressed by your concern and critical approaches by increasing your contributions to the multinational task force of the Lake Chad Commission. This is a great sacrifice on the part of the Benin Republic….
“Even in my first coming into office under a different arrangement, we have learnt to live in peace with our neighbours. Within the week I was sworn in, I went to Niger, Chad. I was supposed to go to Cameroon but I was summoned by the G7 leaders to brief them about the security situation in Nigeria concerning Boko Haram which declared allegiance to ISIS which gives it international dimension”.
Vanguard
Saturday, 1 August 2015
Happy New Month!!!
Friday, 31 July 2015
His teacher told him he'd fail maths - and guess what he did...
What the young guy shared on twitter as he graduated with a First Class degree in Mathematics. Believe in yourself!
UNIPORT makes list of top 10 African Universities
Ondo State To Host BON 2015 In December.
This year, the Best of Nollywood Awards holds December 12th in Akure, Ondo State. The governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, made this announcement Thursday morning at a meeting with the organisers of BON and select Nollywood stars inside his stately country home in Ondo town, Ondo State.
He said “On behalf of the good people of Ondo State and me, we are set to host the Best of Nollywood Awards this year. We will give spirit and soul to the awards ceremony because it would be held in the best and only international events centre in Nigeria. Our new Dome would make the Expo Centre in Lagos look like a village kitchen,” he boasted.
Adducing reasons for consenting to host BON Awards, Governor Mimiko said, “My first reaction when the executive producer mentioned hosting BON Awards to me was that these are not the best of times for any state financially but he assured me that it would not cost the state so much. And I agreed essentially because growing up, we were all victims of cultural imperialism by the West. Of course, at that time, we still had contending views of the East because of the deep rooted culture in their (Indian and Chinese) films.”
As time went by however, he said the Nigerian film began to show great promises.
Though a successful medical doctor before political adventurism took over, Dr Mimiko’s robust knowledge of the global film industry was not in doubt; which was why he said if there is one area Nigeria has shown the world that she is capable of excelling especially in the last two decades, it is in the creative industry especially the film industry. “So, for me, the celebration of Nollywood is within the context of the cultural, if you like, imperialistic possibilities of Nigeria and why not? So long we talk about our potentials; we could also make Nigerian films a global commodity.
If we want to be a dominant country in Africa and a global player, we need to deliberately create our Nollywood narrative by creating a theme around which other sub-themes would be created to sell our country,” he posited.
This is because, he continued, “Even in Hollywood, there is a constant narrative, whether subtle or otherwise, in all their cinematic outputs. We have to discover our own narrative. It is amazing the possibilities therein.
There is no home in Africa where Nollywood is not celebrated and I think this creates finite possibilities for us to recreate and identify ourselves before the world. For us, celebrating Nollywood stars is part of our patriotic drive to ensure that this industry actually helps to actualize the Nigerian dream. I don’t think there is any nation that has a product and does not package how to sell it.”
The executive producer, Seun Oloketuyi, thanked the governor for his understanding, love and support for the entertainment industry, and importantly, for agreeing to host the event. Oloketuyi further expressed his appreciation to Governor Mimiko. While urging other governors to take a cue from Governor Mimiko and help the industry grow, Oloketuyi presented him a certificate to symbolize the hosting right.
Present at the event were Nollywood stars like Segun Arinze, Yomi Fash Lanso, Fathia Balogun, Ngozi Nwosu, Alex Ekubo, Ebube Nwagbo, Toyosi Adesanya and Amanda Ebeye among others.
Buhari - ''No Country Can Succeed In The War Against Terror Alone''
President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to protect the territorial integrity of the Nigerian nation and stressed the need for collective efforts in the fight against terror.
The President, who made the remarks late on Wednesday during a state dinner at the Unity Palace in Yaounde during his two-day working visit to Cameroon, however, stated that Nigeria was going to team up with Cameroon in the fight against Boko Haram.
He said: “We recognize that none of us can succeed alone. In order to win this war, we need the collective efforts of each one of us, standing together as a formidable force for good, to defeat and end these acts of terror against our people.
“Let me assure all of my relentless pursuit of all possible means to safeguard Nigeria’s territorial integrity, protect the lives and property of our citizens as well as my commitment to continue to collaborate with Cameroon and our neighbours, within the framework of the Lake Chad Basin Commission.
“The Federal Government of Nigeria is committed to respecting international norms to resolve this matter and to restore normalcy to all the affected areas as soon as possible.”
-Vanguard extract
EU Bans Food Exports From Nigeria
The European Union has banned some food exports from Nigeria. Among the food items banned includes beans, sesame seeds, melon seeds, dried fish and meat, peanut chips and palm oil.
A statement from the European Food Safety Authority says the food substances were banned because they contained ‘a high level of unauthorized pesticide.’
Nigerian beans was banned because it contained between 0.03mg per kg to 4.6mg/kg of dichlorvos pesticide when the acceptable maximum residue limit is 0.01mg/kg. The ban on the food substances will expire in 2016.
culled from Nigerian.org
Monday, 27 July 2015
Today's News Headlines - 27/7/2015
DAILY TRUST
*Polio eradication: Nigeria makes history
*Looted Fund: How Buhari Arrived At $150bn ' Garba Shehu
*I'm the musician I am because I studied Vet medicine -Beautiful Nubia
*Bloomberg Media, Ford Foundation, launch second round of training for financial journalists
*Nigeria's representatives shine at the United Nations Pageant 2015
*Akingbade wows Lagos with solo exhibition
*Berlin's Memorial Wall as Germany's Monuments of Shame
*How el-Rufa'i's demolition notice jolts Zaria residents
*Bailout: Governors Now Speak In Diverse Tongues
*Unpaid salaries: States urgently need fiscal reform ' Gashinbaki
*APC, Gbajabiamila should accept Dogara's peace offer
*Exposed: How top civil servant returned to duty post after failed governorship ambition
*Senate: Saraki's camp jittery over EFCC hammer
*Reps crisis: Gbajabiamila's henchmen align with Dogara
*Youth beef up security as 15 killed in Borno village attack
*Reps tackle EFCC over invitation to Saraki wife
*Couple welcomes quadruplet after years of anxiety
*BSU medical students protest colleague's death
*China to partner Yobe on agric, infrastructure
*101 persons hospitalised from chlorine exposure
*Kenya: Trials would aid fight against corruption - Obama
*N350m collateral for agric loan too much - LCCI
*Obama: African Entrepreneurs can deliver growth
*N50m goods lost as floods hit Onitsha market
*Benue Govt. spends N10 bn on salaries, grants
*Jos Chemical Explosion: 8 confirmed dead
THE NATION
*Emenike's new status gives Oliseh headache
*Keshi claims N1billion compensation from NFF
*Moses scores as Chelsea beat PSG
*Ighalo wants Nigerians to be patient with Oliseh
*N300b CBN workers' pay bailout for 27 states ready
*Presidency, Boko Haram begin talks
*19 dead, 47 injured in suicide attack
*Troops kill terrorists on Dikwa-Maiduguri road
*5m Alamieyeseigha looted fund given to Bayelsa govt
*House crisis: Buhari meets APC lawmakers ahead of resumption
*Kwara PDP: we 're behind ordeal of Saraki's wife
*6,000 South Africa jobs at risk in proposed restructuring, says Lonmin
*U.S. plans investor roadshow for Africa to boost investment
*Second half of 2015 begins on shaky note
*BA stops flights to Uganda airport
*Rivers State is back in the grip of cultists
CNN
*Daughter of Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown dies, aged 22
*The short, public life of singing legends' only child
*Florida teens missing at sea
*Police, youths clash in Jerusalem
*Mourning 'Cosby Show,' not Bill Cosby
*12 dead in attack at Mogadishu hotel
*Garissa's Christians told 'worship here and you'll die
*Obama delivers powerful speech to Kenyans
*Female bomber kills 15 in Nigeria
*Trinidad on 'high alert' after prison escape and deadly shootout
*Obama: We're all part of one tribe
*Al-Shabaab threat to Christians
*Teen girl bomber kills 20 in Cameroon
*I mourn 'The Cosby Show,' but not Bill Cosby
*Comedy Central's 'Key and Peele' to end after current season
*Perry: Let us take guns to movies
VANGUARD
*APC, PDP fight over Buhari's policies
*Baale, son, 9 others arrested over Lagos hotelier's death
*Alleged forgery of Senate Rules: Controversy as Police seek political solution
*Pneumonia kills 195,000 Nigerian children annually
*How far can Buhari go, managing a tough economy
*No room for incompetent contractors ' Okowa
*Oyo workers to be paid this week ' NLC
*15 killed, 47 injured in fresh Damaturu market blast
*How Tinubu lured five govs out of PDP ' Tony Momoh
*Controversy trails N1.3bn BVN fee for BDC transactions
*Nigerian economy needs thriving retail businesses ' Amuka, Wigwe
*Real estate, ICT, fastest growing sectors in Nigeria ' UN
*No age limit for accessing micro finance loans
*Finance experts laud FG over World Bank's $2.1bn pledge
*W/Cup without Eagles unthinkable ' NFF
*Walcott close to signing new Arsenal deal
*Breaking news: Big Brother Africa 2015 cancelled
*Snoop Dogg arrested by Swedish police on suspicion of illegal drugs use
*#ChildNotBride Campaign Paying off as NHRC Stops a Child Marriage in Abuja
BBC
*Huckabee Israel comments spark row
*India rebels attack police station
*Taiwan president rues lack of progress with China
*UK to secure 750m Asian trade deals
*Osborne in Paris for EU reform talks
*Child bomber hits Nigerian city
*Ferrari serve up win for Bianchi
*Man United sign goalkeeper Romero
*Walcott 'close' to signing new deal
*Turkey calls Nato talks on IS and PKK
*Iraq forces attack IS base in Ramadi.
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