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      February 11, 2020 Auno Killings: Where is Mr. President? - Asks PDP...Says Buhari Presidency Has Abandoned Nigerians The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the inaction of the Buhari administration on the spiraled wave of killings, banditry and kidnapping, particularly the Sunday carnage in Auno, Borno state, by insurgents, has left the nation with no other option than to hold that the Buhari Presidency has abandoned Nigerians. The party described as alarming that all the Buhari Presidency can offer in the face of the killings of our citizens are condolence statements with no decisive and significant action to track down the perpetrators and end insurgency in the country. The PDP said it is disheartening that instead of settling down at home and attending to the worsened insecurity under his watch, Mr. President and his officials are busy globetrotting. The party notes that in normal climes, with the situation in Auno, where insurgents viciously massac...

    Today, two generations of The Royal Family visited The Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre near Loughborough. Both The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall and The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge unveiled a plaque to mark the first Royal visit since DMRC's opening. The Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre has been treating patients since October 2018, and will ensure rehabilitation treatment is available to seriously injured sailors, soldiers and members of the RAF. This  21st century medical hospital has replaced Headley Court, which treated injured members of the Armed Services for over 70 years. The new Medical Centre is located within the estate of Stanford Hall. The late 6th Duke of Westminster was inspired to create a state of the art medical facility after serving in the British Reserve Army for 40 years. He donated a personal founding gift of £70 million to create the hospital. The centre includes a gym, a range of swimming and hydrotherapy pools. ...

      The ongoing infrastructural development programme of the Lagos State Government is a deliberate effort to make the State attractive to Diasporan investment, Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said. Sanwo-Olu said there would be no point requesting Nigerians abroad to come back home to invest if the local business environment was not made to support their aspirations. The Governor disclosed this while receiving His Worship, Mr. Patrick Brown, the Mayor of Brampton City in Ontario, Canada, who led a delegation to the State House in Alausa on a courtesy visit. Sanwo-Olu said the Canadian city shared similar history with Lagos, stressing that both cities had grown over the decades to become the hubs of commerce and Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The Governor acknowledged the efforts made by the Mayor to accelerate more development in Brampton, which hosts a large population of Nigerians. He said Lagos would be seeking bilateral cooperation with t...

     The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Office, on Tuesday, February 11, 2020, arraigned one Yushua Mohammed Ahmed before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on a four-count charge bordering on stealing to the tune of €3,808,870.00 (Three Million, Eight Hundred and Eight Thousand, Eight Hundred and Seventy Euro). . . Among other charges, Ahmed is alleged to have, between 29th September, 2015 and 26th October, 2010, in Lagos, converted to his own use, the sum of €458,425.00 (Four Hundred and Fifty-eight Thousand, Four Hundred and Twenty -five Euros) belonging to the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The offence is contrary to Section 280 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria 2015.

       The Makurdi zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on February 11, 2020 secured the conviction of one Otene Olafikwu before Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of the Federal High Court sitting in Makurdi, Benue State, on a two-count charge bordering on currency counterfeiting. . . The convict was arrested alongside John Garba Aondohemba, Simon Atsen Gbagir and Janet Tyondugh for possessing and altering two counterfeit $50 bills. They were subsequently arraigned on February 6, 2020.

      Photos: President Buhari and his delegation observe a minute silence in honour of Nigerians recently killed by Boko-Haram in Borno State while meeting with Nigerians in Diaspora Living in Ethiopia in Addis Ababa on 11th Feb 2020 Diaspora 5: President Buhari receiving a presentation from President of Nigeria Community in Ethiopia Mr David Omozuafoh and other members of the group while meeting with Nigerians in Diaspora Living in Ethiopia in Addis Ababa on 11th Feb 2020.More photos below.

       On going funeral Mass for Seminarian Michael Nnadi, in attendance are 8 Bishops, over 500 Priests and Rev. Sisters. It is such a touching moment for everyone, tears rolling freely.       Homily of His Lordship Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah at the Funeral Mass of Seminarian Michael Nnadi at Good Shepherd Seminary Kaduna (11th February 2020). 1. We have gathered around the remains of Michael in supplication but also as solemn witnesses to the penetrating darkness that hovers over our country. I have the rare honour of being considered the principal mourner in this ugly tragedy. It is not an honour that I am worthy of receiving. The honour belongs to God Almighty who created Michael and marked out this moment and pathway for him. The greater honour goes to his immediate family whose devotion as Catholics laid the foundation for his faith and vocation. To his grandmother, Mrs. Eunice Nwokocha, a most simple, beautiful and devout Catholic woman wh...

       The Police in Lagos has arrested suspected leader of a notorious cult group known as ‘Berry Boys’ that has been on their wanted list, over violent crimes and rival cult clashes in the state. The suspect, Maliki Bello, 22, who hails from Lalopun, Kwara State but resides at 23 Ayinla street, in Idiaraba area of Lagos state, disclosed during interrogation that he was initiated into the group when he was 12 years old  and in Junior Secondary School 1, before he rose to become the group’s supreme leader. He also revealed how members were recruited into the cult unknowingly. He said, “The gang has an official Facebook page (Bbl Baloteli) with 1,928 friends. We use the Facebook page and other social media accounts to recruit new members, plan attacks and give updates to members”. His confessional statement according to the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Elkana Bala, led to the arrest of 11 additional suspects. Bala informed that, ” ...

      A young girl whose name has been identified as Dele was found and pictured reading by the ATM gallery of First City Monument bank (FCMB) in Ondo Town. A Twitter user who was about using the ATM found the young girl sorting her homework with the uninterrupted electricity supply at the ATM stand. The tweet went viral and finally got to FCMB Management who asked people through the Bank’s official Twitter account to help fin d Dele so that she could be sponsored. The tweet: “I saw this little Dele at FCMB Bank along Yaba Road in Ondo City. She is using the ATM Gallery light to do her homework. My respect goes to her determination to make it in life. Let it go viral.” And then FCMB replied: “We are inspired by Dele’s determination to study. It’s great our ATM Gallery could light her books for the evening, but we would love to do more to support. Can you please help us find Dele? Please RT until it gets to someone who knows her.” More reports have it that Dele and her...

         By Ena Ofugara The close friends of the family of Sir Agboegbulem are speaking up for their late friend and dispelling a few wicked untruths that have emerged. The chief untruth is that the police released the video to stop the family from prosecuting the girl for murder. Sir Barr. Agboegbulem’s wife is a seasoned, well brought up lady from Uburu, Oru LGA of Imo state and a SENIOR DIRECTOR IN CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA. Her family is well known in their town. She lives in Abuja while the husband practiced and lived in Benin, and hails from Agbor Delta State, often joining her for weekends. The family are making it clear that at no time have they met or confronted the female in question. They simply took their husband, son, brother, and father home and laid him to rest just last week. So when did they have the time to chase after a girl and or to prosecute her? I have come to find that Sir Agboegbulem was in law faculty Uniben part time program same ...

      Ekiti State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has trained over 2000 teachers, Education Officers of the board and staff of the Local Government Education Area since the inception of the present administration. The chairman (SUBEB) Prof, Francisca Aladejana, who made this assertion while delivering a keynote address at a 2-Day training program for staff of the board said one of the major goals of the administration of Dr. Kayode Fayemi is to ensure that public servants are equipped with the right skills, knowledge, and attitude to accomplish the vision and mission of his administration. Prof Aladejana noted that the quality of the human capital of an organization is critical to the attainment of the organization’s goals and objectives hence the need for the two-day training program which she further said that would broaden the knowledge of staff, improve their performance and efficiency on the job. Earlier in his opening remarks, the Permanent Secretary...

        Governor  Kayode Fayemi  has approved the release of N248,522,900 for the payment of the May/June 2020 WAEC fees of the entire 14,242 SS3 Students in Public Secondary Schools in Ekiti State.    The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has approved the release of  N248,522,900 (Two hundred and forty-eight million, five hundred and twenty-two thousand, nine hundred naira), for the payment of the May/June 2020 WAEC fees of the entire 14,242 SS3 Students in Public Secondary Schools in the state. The State Commissioner for Education, Science, and Technology, Mr. Foluso Daramola, who made this known in Ado-Ekiti, said the Fayemi Administration had also, in the year 2019, procured 52,000 units of School furniture for Public Secondary Schools, across the state as part of efforts aimed at providing basic infrastructure in schools. The Commissioner stressed that the present administration has also been paying running grants to all...

       In order to consolidate efforts made by the Federal Government in the past four years to improve the economy, there is the need for stronger collaboration with States to, amongst other things, create a conducive environment for businesses to thrive especially the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo stated this in Lafia on Monday at the launch of the Nasarawa State edition of the National MSMEs Clinics, which is the 26th in the series. According to the Vice President, “Our expectation is that this 26th edition of the National MSME Clinics holding here in Nasarawa State will give further impetus to the process. “I want to emphasise that it is important for small businesses to take full advantage of the opportunities offered by the MSME Clinics. “Just as the MSME Clinics provide an opportunity for Federal Government regulatory agencies to inform small businesses about their requireme...

     Sanwo-Olu assures Citizens of Fair Representation for Justice …Restates Commitment To Public Interest Group The Lagos State Government on Monday promised it will continue to give financial and other forms of support to the Lagos Public Interest Law Partnership LPIP, in order to continue to offer probono judicial service to indigent Lagosians who desire fair legal representation. Governor Sanwo-Olu made the pledge when a four-man team from the Board of trustees of the organization led by Senator Daisy Danjuma, paid a courtesy call on him at the Lagos House, Ikeja. The LPIP was set up in 2012 to expand access to justice and reduce the burden on government funded agencies. The Governor commended the Board of Trustees for making life bearable for Lagosians who might not have the opportunity to be heard through the provision of free legal services. He also thanked the team for their role in rendering their service to humanity through partnership with Non Gov...