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      The Honourable Minister of Finance and Chairman of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC), Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has reconvened the meeting of the Committee for Wednesday, 28th March, 2018 at 9:00am. The meeting, which will hold at the Auditorium of the Federal Ministry of Finance, will have in attendance the Accountant General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris; Commissioners of Finance and Accountant-Generals of the 36 States and representatives of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Federal Inland Revenue Service, Nigeria Customs Service, Department of Petroleum Resources, among others. The Minister has also called for an emergency meeting next week with the Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mr. Maikanti Baru, and key management over revenue payment into the Federation Account. It will be recalled that the FAAC meeting was inconclusive on Tuesday, necessitating the intervention of the Honourable Minister. Signed: Oluyinka Akintunde

   Few hours ago,Kenya Hollywood star took to her social media to share this photo above with the caption '' Thrilled to share that   Liesl Tommy   is directing the film adaptation of   Trevor Noah 's   #BornACrime ! She's a powerhouse whom I have known and admired for years and who directed my broadway debut, Eclipsed. I can't wait to work with her again for this movie and proud to have a South African woman at the helm of this story''.More photos below.

        The Executive Chairman of Takum local government in Taraba state, Hon. Shiban Tikari on Monday said the statement by Rtd. General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma accusing the Armed Forces of colluding with killers to kill Nigerians has vindicated him and his people. Tikari and his Ussa counterpart, Rimansikwe Karma had on Wednesday last week accused the army operatives of Operation Ayem Akpatuma (Cat Race), currently ongoing in the state of bias, extortion and brutality of innocent civilians in the state, while providing cover for the killer herdsmen to attack communities in Takum and Ussa local government areas. The two chairmen during interaction with journalists in Takum alleged that the commencement of the operation Cat Race in the area had rather witnessed resumed attacks by herdsmen on some communities in Takum and its environs with scores killed and over 1,300 people displaced. “It is sad to note that the soldiers of exercise Ayem Akpatuma are harassing our people

    Mel B's mother Andrea Brown shared three letter written by her 10 year old grand daughter showing she is frightened by her former Step-Father Stephen Belafonte. She posted the notes online yesterday after Stephen revealed he’d had the 10-year-old’s initial tattooed onto his hand.Stephen  is currently locked in a custody battle with his ex-wife Mel over visitation rights to Angel, whose biological father is Eddie Murphy. Andrea shared the three handwritten notes on Twitter and said they were a “cry for help”. The notes, which she claimed were written by Angel, alleged that she had “heard Stephen hitting mommy’s hand”. Stephen has previously denied abuse allegations made against him by Mel B.The letter also claims Angel never wants to see Stephen again and that she is “scared” of his behaviour.It read: “I'm very frightened of Stephen. When he is mad its terrifying. I never want to see him ever again it'd be like reliving a horrible part of my life.“I heard Stephen hit

        Every event in my Catholic church,I try as much as possible to stick to the dress code and on Sunday which is Palm Sunday was no different.The palm is green so I decided to wear a deep green dress that is above the kneel with green shades.I decided to use a white transparent big bag,white shoe and white pearl necklace and earing.Funny how a lady walked up to me that she is wearing green today too because she noticed how I wear colours according to events and she kind of like it because it makes her search down her trunk box only to find a dress she bought about 7 years ago and she has never worn it.But Palm Sunday is a good day to rock her green dress. Advantages of sticking to colour during events are: 1}.Good Memory: When you need a particular colour outfit,that is when your brain will flashback to all you have in your wardrobe of that particular colour of outfit. 2}. Strength to search: Just because you are sure you have a particular colour in your box,you are ready to t

        Governor Samuel Ortom has stated that he remains firm and committed to the security of lives and property of Benue people. He stated this yesterday at Catholic Youth Center Makurdi during the dedication of Lutor Samuel Isho Adanyi by the family of Chief Benjamin Adanyi, Majority Leader of the Benue State House of Assembly.Governor Ortom said much progress had been recorded on the need for ranching of livestock as being championed by his administration especially with prominent Nigerians condemning the wanton killings in the country by Fulani herdsmen. He stated that God had heard the prayers of Benue people and expressed hope that the displaced persons would soon return to their homes to continue with their normal activities. The Governor also noted that the problem of payment of salaries would soon become a thing of the past as regular payments had commenced since the beginning of the year, stressing that money would be sourced and arrears cleared. He prayed t

        It was the final burial of an Awka daughter identified as ''Adolika'' that was ruthlessly sold into slavery on Thursday 22 March 2018. Incident which occurred about 400 yrs ago in Awka community and capital of Anambra state where a Nwa-okpu (daughter) was unjustly sold away into slavery and the entire family have not known peace and had been left to deal with reoccurring untimely deaths of the promising members of the  family who are mostly young men ever since. The people the family looked up to for hope of survival and transition from poverty kept dying for no visible cause.On this occasion the entire family have come together to perform a spiritual cleansing which involves the accordance of a befitting burial rite to that gallant daughter whose spirit is purported to be behind the predicaments of her family members whom she must've sworn to wipe out and subject to generational curse as vengeance over their wickedness to her 4 centuries ago. It was a m

         President Muhammadu Buhari attends the National Executives Committee (NEC) Meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the party headquarters in Abuja. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was also in attendance.      REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, AT THE  NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE APC TUESDAY, 27TH MARCH, 2018 Protocols: I am delighted to once again welcome you to this National Executive Committee Meeting of our great party. As we usually  do, I hope we will take the opportunity of this gathering to resolve outstanding issues and consolidate our plans towards making  APC the strongest defender of the interests of our people. 2. In particular, I think it is important for me to speak quickly on the contentious issue of the tenure of our National and State  Executive Officers. As we all know, a motion was moved at the last National Executive Committee meeting of February 27, 2018, to the effect th

     The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has restated the commitment of his administration to partner with the Nigerian Prisons Service to address some of the challenges affecting the prisons system in the State. The Governor, who spoke through the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr. Tunji Bello, during a study visit of delegates from the Nigerian Prisons Service Academy, Ijebu Igbo, Ogun State, added that the State Government is willing to collaborate with them in meeting some of their demands and enabling them to live up to expectations in the State. He informed that despite the State Government’s awareness that the Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison and Ikoyi Prison have become overpopulated as well as unsuitable for the present locations, the State Government cannot relocate them without the consent of the Federal Government. Ambode stressed that the State Government’s desire to relocate the prisons to places like Badagry, Ikorodu and Epe axis where vacant

       Student hung himself after reading his girlfriend's letter saying that:, "from today never and never come to me again because I have got another boyfriend who can buy me breakfast and lunch,so you are free also to get another girl".So because the guy can't provide lunch again that is why you dumped him,and now he foolishly ended his life.More photos below.

     According to sources, A young Nigerian man who disguised himself as a lady in order to probably “flex” at a nightclub and also swindle unsuspecting men in the process, was caught.T he man was caught in a nightclub after eating Sharwama, Suya and consuming enough beer. He was humiliated and disgraced after his act was uncovered as his photos were taken to show his real manhood. Facebook user lives in Port Harcourt, Rivers state, Simeon Nsirim Chukwu shared the pictures and wrote '' “Please our young men should beware of who they mingle at night with. This young man who disguise himself as a woman was caught in a night club after eating sharwama, suya and consuming enough beer. Poverty in the land.”.More photos below.

       The two young sisters who were killed after being hit by the robbers’ bullets in Onitsha in Anambra State last December – have been laid to rest at their hometown in Agulu area of Anambra state. The girls identified as 11-year-old Vivian Ifeanyinwa Alor and 7-year-old Venus Oyinyechukwu Alor were said to be traveling from Lagos to their village immediately after Christmas to celebrate the festive season with their grandma before they were killed by stray bullets during an armed robbery operation. They were buried on Friday 23rd, amid tears with family, friends and relations in attendance.More photos below.

         “A major component of our industrialization aspirations therefore, is to promote a culture of integrity, of hard work, and trustworthiness. How do you do this? l think that we can do it by demonstrating empirically that a culture of integrity, hard work, and trustworthiness actually pays. In other words that it makes sound business sense and economic sense - to be honest and forthright, to have integrity and ethics; that individuals and societies that practice these values do much better than societies that do not. “In all societies where MSMEs have worked, there must be a certain measure of trust, they must be able to open certain branches of the business, people must be trusted enough not to pilfer from what is being sold. So owners of businesses, regardless of size or complexity, are confronted with agency problems and moral hazards. In the last few years we have seen how shareholders in banks have simply woken up one morning to find their banks collapsed and huge liabi

      Today at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, President Muhammadu Buhari received Martin Luther King Jnr’s family. He was also conferred with the 1st Black History Month National Black Excellence and Exceptional African Leadership Award 2018.   # AsoVillaToday .More photos below.