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       In line with the Buhari presidency’s agenda to create an enabling environment for business in the country, the Presidential Quarterly Business Forum was established to provide an opportunity for the Economic Management Team to interact with members of the organized private sector on issues of common interest relating to the economy. The forum has held four times since inception, assessing the progress made by the present administration in implementing its economic agenda and the fifth meeting of the quarterly business forum will be holding on Monday as follows. Date: Monday 11th September, 2017 Venue: Old Banquet Hall, State House, Abuja Time: 10: 00. a.m. Laolu Akande Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media & Publicity)   Office of the Vice President

     The Duke and Duchess of Rothesay have finished a wonderful three days of engagements in Scotland. Yesterday, Their Royal Highnesses joined guests at Dumfries House for a tea party to celebrate the stately home's 10th anniversary - The Duke and Duchess had a great time on the dance floor!. Today marked a big day for the   Royal Navy 's new aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales as it was officially named by The Duchess of Rothesay, Lady Sponsor of the ship.The Duchess took part in  the traditional naming ceremony, which included signalling for a bottle of whisky to be smashed against the hull of the ship, as is tradition in Scotland!. Their Royal Highnesses also visited a number of communities and organisations in Scotland, including Emergency One, a manufacturer of emergency service vehicles.More photos below.

         Ekiti State Governor, Chief Ayodele Fayose, has urged Yoruba leaders to guide against enemies within their ranks that are out to rubbish their efforts at calling for the restructuring of the country. He stated this in Ibadan during a meeting of Yoruba leaders tagged "Yoruba standpoint on restructuring." The occasion was convened by Dr Kunle Olajide and chaired by Aare Afe Babalola (SAN). A statement from the office of the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, quoted the governor as saying that it was unfortunate that efforts by some people to move the Yoruba land forward were being thwarted by some people within the race. " Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola, Chief Adekunle Ajasin and others have done their best and played their part. But what we have now is that some elders are our biggest problem. This kind of a programme that many eminent people have contributed some much to put in place, they will soon go on radio and televis

An Australian returnee, Stephen Ogho-Oghene Akp ata, who had spent 27 years in Australia has been arrested by the Police in Bayelsa State for killing his wife Onyinye,an Employee of Glo Network after making love to her for about an hour. Akpata, who confessed to committing the dastardly act when paraded by the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Amba Asuquo, was arrested in Lagos following his failed attempt to flee to Ghana.The Suspect confessed that he made love to the deceased at about 5am to 6am on the fateful day before killing her following suspicion of infidelity through a message he saw on her phone. He also confessed to stabbing her with a knife on the neck and shoulder.The suspect also revealed that he has served in various detention centers in Australia.More photos below.

       A business man in Anambra, Dr. Richard Ndubuaku, has sued the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and its leader, Nnamdi Kanu at the Federal High Court in Abuja over their plan to boycott the forthcoming gubernatorial election of the state. He is seeking for an injunction from the court in the suit with number FHC/ABJ/ CS/756/2017 to restrain Nnamdi Kanu and the IPOB from boycotting the Anambra State gove rnorship election scheduled to hold on November 18. According to Ndubuaku if Nnamdi Kanu and the IPOB are allowed to proceed with the planned election boycott, it could result into irreparable damages to him and other innocent citizen who have properties and businesses in Onitsha and other part of the state. In an affidavit he deposed to support the suit, the plaintiff told the court that Kanu and other IPOB members have repeatedly made utterances and threats to stop any form of election in Anambra State and Igbo land. “The defendants (1st and 2nd) are capable of car

                 Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Imohimi Edgal has declared that there is no more kidnappers’ camp in Lagos State following the destruction of over 200 camps hitherto operated by the men of the underworld. Mr. Edgal, stated this on Thursday at a workshop tagged “Towards a Safe and Secured Learning Environment”, organized by the State Government in Ikeja for Principals, Vice Principals, Counsellors and Hostel Ma ster on safety and security, noting that kidnapping was not peculiar to Lagos State or Nigeria. He informed that kidnapping in Lagos State was mainly for ransom collection because the kidnappers were formerly armed robbers and pipeline vandals who were frustrated by the fierce battle with the Police. The Commissioner also said the non-occurrence of a single bank robbery in the State within the last two years underscored the successful efforts of the Lagos State Police Command. Speaking on “The Roles and Expectations of Security Agencies in Se

        The IGP Ibrahim Idris has inaugurated the new state police command headquarters donated by the Nasarawa State government. Idris, while inaugurating the new edifice on Thursday in Lafia, lauded Gov. Umaru Al-Makura for identifying with the Nigerian Police Force by providing the facility at a critical period of challenges to the security system. He said the intervention by the state government would go a long way to enhance the operational capacity of the police in the state. “We assure the state governor of maximum usage of the edifice to ensure that our citizens are adequately protected at all times,” Idris said. He called on individuals and corporate bodies to emulate the state government’s gesture as “the duty of guaranteeing security networking is a duty for all Nigerians.” “There is no doubt that we have challenges, but pockets of interventions like this, will go a long way to ameliorate the plight of the police, especially the logistic requirements,’’ he

     Chinenye Genevieve is reporting today that '' The Nigerian priest, who resigned recently from the Catholic Church in Nigeria, has officially launched his own church in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.Patrick Edet, while serving in the Catholic Diocese of Uyo, ran a ‘Pentecostal-styled’ fellowship called Grace Family Outreach within the Catholic structure. Mr. Edet, who had been a Catholic priest for more than 11 years, stunned the Catholic community in Akwa Ibom when he announced on a live radio programme on August 2 that he was leaving the Catholic Church to live his life as an independent cleric.The Catholic Church later responded by stripping him of the rights and privileges enjoyed by priests and also barred Catholics from relating with him.There has been a measure of excitement in Uyo over the recent launch of Mr. Edet’s ministry since his exit from the Catholic fold. Some Catholic members, CITADELDAILY found out, have been attending the programme, even though the Catholic Bish

       REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, PROF. YEMI OSINBAJO, SAN, GCON, THE VICE PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, AT THE BOOK LAUNCH OF LATE MAITAMA SULE TITLED “ THE GENIUS ORATOR” AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CENTRE, ABUJA ON THURSDAY 9, 2017 Protocol An orator is a skilled public speaker, a master of words especially in the use of words to persuade, to exhort, to inspire, to set direction and possibly to create a vision. Words are of course important, indeed they create or destroy, they edify or humiliate, and words well-spoken can uplift, encourage, and inspire. But words are also the defining tool of nihilists, traitors, hate merchants, demagogues, and rascals of every kind. In the past few months, we have heard words intended to stoke conflict, to denigrate the ethnicities or faith of others, to divide a great people into several small and weaker parts. So oratorical genius like all forms of genius, is not in and of itself a virtue, the character and motivatio

     Mr. LI Xiaohong, member of the CPC Central Leading Group for Inspection Tours, and Director at Vice-Ministerial Level of the Office of the CPC Central Leading Group for Inspection Tours, China, led eight others on courtesy visit to the EFCC. The visitors were received by the acting Chairman, Mr. Ibrahim Magu. According to Xiaohong, "In China, we punish corruption and we have won the support of our 1.3 billion people". Details later.More photos below.