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       What this Constitution Review exercise represents is a foundation laying process that will create more opportunities for the young people in our nation. Additionally, through this process, we have redefined our budget process and addressed numerous legal issues that have bogged us down for many years. For example, for many years, as a nation, we have not been saving. Today’s Constitution Review has made it binding for us to save. Additionally, we have shown our commitment to the fight against corruption by providing autonomy to the Attorney General and the Accountant General through this review. We have also guaranteed improved administration of our local governments, strengthened our democracy through more credible elections, and empowered our judiciary in the dispensation of justice Most importantly, we have opened the road for a new Nigeria where younger people can run for elected positions, through the passage of the  # NotTooYoungToRun  Bill. Now that we

                             Musician Rihanna looks pregnant in a red long flowing gown she wore to a movie premiere in London yesterday.To me she is looking 6 month pregnant and the way her boobs are almost falling off the bra line but the funny thing is that she is not pregnant but I don't know why she decided to go for this shape of dress and red is a very beautiful colour.She posted all the photos yesterday with the caption ''London premiere! Luc Besson's Valerian in theaters now.#MeetBubble #UKNavy''.More photos below.

      Benue state acting governor, Engr Benson Abounu has called on elected local government council chairmen and other operators of the third tier of government to team up and work together to achieve the purpose of bettering the lives of the ordinary people. Speaking while declaring open a 3-day induction workshop for elected local government councils in the state at Royal choice Hotel, Makurdi, Engr Abounu told the main actors in the local government system to see themselves not only as as partners and co-workers in the service of the people but also as agents of the change that President Muhammadu Buhari promised the nation. He said the era of repeating the same mistakes all over again is gone adding that the APC government is set to change the ugly face of the country and give practical meaning to governance. Engr Abounu advised the chairmen and key actors of the local government system not to take their people for granted but to relate with them honestly, always brief

                                             The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A’ Ikeja, Lagos having intensified its anti-smuggling operations intercepted various contraband with a duty paid value (DPV) of One Billion, Two Hundred and Ninety Five Million, SixHundred Thousand, SevenHundred and Twenty Four Naira, Ninety Five Kobo only (1,295,600,724.95) 2. Similarly, the unit through its interventions recovered One Billion, Two Hundred and Eighty Six Million, Seven Hundred and Thirty Thousand, Six Hundred and Seventy One Naira, Ninety Kobo only (N1,286,730,671.90) from duty payments and demand notices on general goods that tried to beat the system from seaports, airport and border stations through wrong classification, transfer of value, and shortchange in duty payment that are meant for the Federal Government of Nigeria, making a cumulative of Two Billion, Five Hundred and Eighty Two Million, Three Hundred and Thirty One Thousand, Three Hundred and Ninety S

                  Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, will inaugurate a new world-class fertilizer plant built by Indorama Eleme Fertilizer and Chemicals Limited, tomorrow in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The plant with production capacity for 1.5 million Metric Tons of Urea fertilizer is considered the world’s largest single-train Urea plant. Eleme Petrochemicals Company Ltd, now Indorama Eleme Fertilizer and Chemicals Limited was privatized in 2006 after the sale of Federal Government’s 75 percent shares to a core investor through a competitive bidding process. The Plant has a production capacity of 4000 metric tons (MT) of nitrogenous fertilizer per day or 1.5 MT per annum and was built with an investment of USD 1.5 billion. The fertilizer plant is supported by a Port Terminal at the nearby Onne Port Complex, and a Gas Pipeline of 83.5KM for gas supply. The plant will bring about a green revolution in the agriculture sector not only in Nigeria but also in other p

                          Earlier today President Buhari received a delegation of Nigerian Governor's Forum led by its chairman, Governor Abdulaziz Yari in London..At least it was evident that President Buhari can stand,chat and even walk around,though he looks slim but it obvious his getting better.I wish him good health.More photos below.

       The untiring determination of the Ogun Customs Area Command in its quest to stop the importation of frozen poultry products has continue to yield more results as five (5) vehicles carrying frozen poultry products were intercepted by officers of the Command.

      The EFCC today, July 26th, 2017 arraigned one Ojotomobor Ovuakponye before Justice Mohammed Yahaya of the Kano State High sitting in Gezawa on a one count charge of Obtaining by False Pretence. The accused person allegedly obtained the sum of N100,000 (One Hundred Thousand Naira Only) from the account of one Jummai Ruqayya Mohammed by pretending to be a staff of GT Bank.

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday said that the N25billion Employment Trust Fund (ETF) set up by his administration has successfully empowered over 4000 small and medium scale businesses in the last two years as a means to boost the economy of the State. Governor Ambode, who spoke when he received a delegation from Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on a courtesy visit at the Lagos House in Ikeja, said deliberate efforts have been made by his administration to aid businesses and encourage budding entrepreneurs in the State. Alluding to the fact that the State boasts of a burgeoning population of youths, the Governor said that driving entrepreneurship growth was a sure way to engage the youths meaningfully to enable them contribute their quota to the growth of the economy. “There is no way under this economic recession that we have found ourselves that we can actually employ all the people und

       The EFCC, on Wednesday, July 26, 2017, returned a parcel containing a camcorder to the Federal Office of Criminal Investigation, Germany, otherwise known as BKA. The Canon E0S C100 camcorder was returned to the BKA through its representative in Lagos, Damilola Adewale, by the Head of Operations, EFCC Lagos zonal office, Garba Dugum. The Commission had taken over the parcel, following a petition received from the BKA on July 20, 2017. One more photo below.

          Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja has adjourned to October 23, 2017 for continuation of trial of a case involving a former Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Alex S. Badeh. He is standing trial along with Iyalikam Nigeria Limited on a 10-count charge bordering on abuse of office, criminal breach of trust and money laundering to the tune of N3.97billion brought against him by the EFCC. The court had on the last sitting, July 4, 2017 fixed today for arguments for and against the admissibility of documents that the nineteenth prosecution witness, Abubakar Madaki, made reference to in the course of his testimony, but was objected to by the defence. 

         A vacation judge, Justice Chuka Obiozor, sitting at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday, July 26, 2017, granted an application filed by a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Olajumoke Akinjide, for the release of her international passport to enable her travel abroad for medical treatment. Akinjide and one Olanrewaju Otiti had been arraigned on June  22, 2017 before Justice J.O. Abdul-Malik of the Federal High Court sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State on an amended 12-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of N650million. The accused allegedly conspired to receive the money from a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke in the build-up to the 2015 general election. The case was adjourned to September 12, 2017 for continuation of trial in Ibadan, Oyo State. 

              In attendance were Alhaji Ja'afaru Ahmed, CGP, Nigeria Prison Service, Rosalyn Wiese, DG International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Ofice, Dr. Yemi Kale, Statistician-General of the National bureau of Statistics, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla, SA on Prosecutions, Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Ag. Secertaryof the ACJMC and Mr. Akingbolahan Adeniran, Rule of Law Advisor, Office of the Vice President. The software, created by Femi Ajamolaya, is aimed towards ensuring better management of data in prisons across Nigeria. It is currently in use in Lagos, Enugu and Abuja.More photos below.

             Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode (right), with former President & Chairman Brenthrust Foundation, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo during the Brenthrust Foundation’s visit at the Lagos House, Ikeja today,More photos below.

           The Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA) General Manager, Engr. Olalekan Shodeinde has warned building Owners and Developers to desist from adding other floors or structures to old and existing buildings without obtaining necessary approvals which are given after a thorough engineering appraisal and integrity test on the structure. Speaking on the recent collapsed building at No. 3/5 Mass ey Street, Lagos Island, Lagos, Engineer Shodeinde said the building, a four-floor structure built with bricks, collapsed due to foundation failure when the bearing capacity of the soil could not sustain additional structure. The occurrence, he stated, was due to the additional load on the property resulting from a communication mast erected on the building two weeks ago. Engineer Shodeinde said several inspections conducted on the same property in the past did not reveal any signs of distress even though the structural members were constructed with gravel. According