Month: February 2018

Sex doll: We play more important roles, says Nigerian women

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Muslim women in Nigeria have said that they play more important roles in the family and society than to be seen as ‘sex objects’. They expressed displeasure with the numerous challenges that the society has subjected them to, noting that ‘they are reformists’. Some of the women spoke at the 2018 Sisters’ Enlightenment Programme, organized by the Sisters’ Circle of the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria, Lagos State Area Unit at the Lagos State Polytechnic, Isolo. The SEP, which had about 2000 females in attendance, saw experts discussing the roles of…

New Minimum Ready By Sept – Ngige

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Nigerian government has assured workers of introduction of a new minimum wage latest by the third quarter of 2018. The Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, who gave the assurance in a statement on Monday, February 26, added that implementation of the new pay would take effect immediately after the announcement. He added that the government is already receiving memorandum from relevant bodies and persons to enable the determination of the new minimum wage. “By the third quarter of this year, a new minimum wage will be announced for the country,”…

How Patience Jonathan, Shagaya used NGO to launder N3.3bn – EFCC

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday urged the Federal High Court in Lagos not to unfreeze a Unity Bank account with a balance of N1,902,673,399.93 belonging to Hajiya Bola Shagaya. The anti-graft agency claimed that the N1.9bn was the balance of a total of N3,305,150,000, which Shagaya received as “founder fees” on behalf of an organisation, “Women for Change” being spearheaded by a former First Lady, Mrs. Patience Jonathan. The EFCC claimed that the N3.3bn was realised through Shagaya’s “fraudulent activities in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,” where…

The Best Politicians Start Small By Bamidele Ademola-Olateju

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I like that young people want to engage. I like that they want political power. But, like I have written here many times; power does not concede. Power concedes only when offered something equal or greater in return. Politics uses the bottom up approach. Power is not acquired overnight, it is built in increments. Do not get it twisted, politics is about representation. Whoever aspires to lead must earn the confidence and respect of those they wish to lead. In politics, numbers is destiny! The people must know you or…

Malabu: AGF’s advice won’t stop Jonathan, Adoke’s probe, Reps insist

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The House of Representatives on Sunday faulted the no-case submission the Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. Abubakar Malami, made to President Muhammadu Buhari on the lingering Oil Prospecting Licence 245 deal. Otherwise known as Malabu Oil deal, about $1.1bn share of the Federal Government in the controversial sale was said to have been “diverted” by officials who handled the transaction. The senior officials, who were frequently mentioned, included a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, and a former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation,…

FARMERS/HERDSMEN CLASH: NIGER TO REVIVE, EXPAND BOBI GRAZING RESERVE

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In a bid to proffer lasting solution to the incessant farmers and herdsmen clash, Niger State government is reviving and expanding the 30,000 hectares Bobi Grazing Reserve in Oro, Mariga Local Government area of the state. The state Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani-Bello disclosed this on Sunday when he paid an unscheduled visit to the reserve , being one of the 23 identified grazing reserves in the state. The State government decision was said to be in line with the Federal Government proposed solution to the incessant bloody clashes between farmers and…

GOV SANI-BELLO SUSPENDS TASKFORCE ON MOTOR CYCLE DOCUMENT RENEWALS …Reduces Number Plate Registration fees

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Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani-Bello has directed immediate suspension of taskforce on enforcement of renewal and registration of motor cycles and other vehicle documents. In that light, Governor Sani-Bello also directed the release of all impounded motor-cycles on presentation of valid prove of ownership. Governor Abubakar Sani -Bello further approved a grace period of one month ending on the 1st April, 2018. Similarly, the Governor has , within the grace period, approved reduction in the purchase of number plates of motor-cycles from N6,200 to N3,500. However, the Governor warned all…

EFCC Tenders Documents Against Ex-Niger Gov, Aliyu

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The trial of former governor of Niger State, Babangida Aliyu, on an eight-count charge of money laundering to the tune of N2billion continued on February 21, 2018, before Justice Yalim Suleiman Bogoro of the Federal High Court, sitting in Minna, Niger State, with prosecution tendering documents to establish the complicity of the defendant in the alleged offence. Nma Abubakar Mohammed, a branch head of Zenith Bank situated at Paiko Road, Minna 1, Niger State, who testified as PW3, told the court that the defendant made withdrawals of 10million naira each…

Ending the Era of Wastage in Niger state By Abdullberqy U Ebbo

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Ending the Era of Wastage in Niger state. By Abdullberqy U Ebbo That an error has lasted for almost ten, twenty years does not mean the error must be accommodated as normal, and that wrongs consequent upon such error must not or cannot be corrected. Error remains error, however long it has lived. This is the situation in Niger state today where the error of building new bridges when old bridges could be repaired, erecting new hospital and school structures when old structures are still good and strong enough to…

No need for data capturing to renew driving licence – FRSC

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The Federal Road Safety Corps has said that there is no need for data capturing while applying for renewal of driver’s licence. Mr Hyginus Omeje, the FRSC Lagos State Sector Commander said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday, adding that the agency departed from the old system long time ago. “I want to use this opportunity to tell motorists that they can renew their licence without going through capture. “The choice of coming to capture is yours, as long as we have your data base at the…