President Buhari now in Morroco

President Muhammadu Buhari is now in  Marrakech, Morocco, to participate in the ongoing 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), tagged, COP-22.

The President would participate in the official opening of the plenary of the conference today Nov. 15 where he would deliver his national statement during the High Level Segment of COP 22.

A statement earlier issued by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, said President Buhari would be presenting Presidential address at the conference. The address is expected to highlight, among other key issues, Nigeria’s unwavering commitment to implementing the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and policy actions aimed at tackling climate change through environmental sustainable efforts.

It said that the President would also use the occasion of his speech to rally international support for the clean-up of Ogoniland in the Niger Delta and the resuscitation of the Lake Chad Basin.
 The statement said President Buhari would also attend the Africa Day Commemoration at COP 22 with the theme, “Moving from Commitments to Action with Intended Nationally Determined Contributions and African Renewable Energy Initiative.”
The President, according to the statement, will also attend the Summit of African Heads of State on the sidelines of the Climate Change conference. COP 22, will be attended by representatives from 197 countries including world leaders, environment ministers, government officials as well as a wide range of representatives from civil society and the private sector.
The conference is the first meeting of State Parties since the entry into force of the landmark Paris Agreement on Nov. 4, 2016. The legally binding international Agreement on climate change, among others, addresses issues of global warming, including its impact on food security and agriculture.

Another Communal Clash in Ebonyi

Report of another communal clash in Ebonyi State is a shock to all the inhabitants of the state, after the effort of the state governor Eng David Umahi in bringing peace to the state.

It was reported by the state police command that renewed hostility between the people of Onweonweiya and Mkpumaekweoku communities in Izzi local government area of Ebonyi State as risen so intensely and result in a clash that claim three lives and destruction of landed properties worth millions of naira and buildings brought down with fire.

Economic recession: traditional chief seek for more skills

THE Lagos State Government has churned out another 206 graduates’ under its skill acquisition programme with Chief Jimoh Olukosi, the Baale-elect for Agiliti Community in Ketu axis among the participants. Olukosi, in his 50s, was adjudged one of the best graduates in paint production after the two weeks programme organized by Ikosi-Isheri Local Council Development Area, LCDA.

The Baale-elect, after receiving a certificate from the council Sole Administrator, Mr. Abdul Adewale, explained that the reason he embarked on the training was to avoid being caught in the mire of economic recession. He added that the aim was “to be independent and not to wait for gifts from anyone or my children before I can cater for my needs.”

"Hunger" must stop in Nigeria

WITH the current exchange rates, 70 per cent of Nigerians live on less than US$1 per day. Too few Nigerians are able to obtain enough food to live healthy and productive lives, so it is no surprise Nigeria is ranked the 14th most hungry nation out of 119 countries and 152nd out of 187 on the 2015 UNDP Human Development Index (HDI). With a Global Hunger Index (GHI) score of 32.8, which is only a marginal improvement over the last decade, Nigeria has steadily plunged in its GHI scores since 1990. The severity of hunger in the country remains serious as the nation failed to fulfil its commitment to the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of halving hunger by 2015.

After cursing Obama, Duterte PLEAD FOR FORGIVENESS

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is expressing regret after his obscenity-laden rant against President Barack Obama prompted the White House to cancel planned bilateral talks between the two leaders.
Duterte, who cursed Obama as a "son of a bitch" Monday, said in a statement through his spokesman that he regretted "it came across as a personal attack on the US President."

Mark Zuckerberg see Lagos as the HeartBeat of Nigeria

Mark Zuckerberg’s visit to Nigeria as being the national song as nigerians have posted so many memes and comments to the social media. Mark has thses to say as regards his visita.

Lagos is undoubtedly the heartbeat of Nigeria 

Since Abuja became the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria, there have been arguments over which of the two cities -Abuja and Lagos- is the actual heartbeat of the Nation.

Buhari’s action plan against "RECESSION"

As the National Bureau of Statistics comfirmed that Nigeria was now officially in recession, the presidency in response has assured that critical measures were already ongoing to get the country out of the prevailing economic decline.

As a direct response to the fiscal crisis, it said the Federal Government

Photo Of Omotola Jalade When She Was Pregnant At Just 18 Years Old

 Photos: Police arrest woman over an alleged attempt to kill her husband after a fight over properties 

Photos: Nigerian girl dies few days to her wedding

 

Ever wonder why Omotola has such grown up children even though she is yet to be 40? Well she started child bearing at such an early age of 18, we got wind of her photo when she was pregnant as a teenager

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REPLY LETTER OF IMMEDIATE PAST GOVERNOR MARTIN NWANCHO ELECHI TO INCUMBENT GOVERNOR DAVID NWEZE UMAHI OVER CAR GIFT

A READING FROM THE REPLY LETTER OF IMMEDIATE PAST GOVERNOR MARTIN NWANCHO ELECHI TO INCUMBENT GOVERNOR DAVID NWEZE UMAHI, BOTH OF EBONYI STATE – NIGERIA, WEST AFRICA.
CHAPTER 1: FROM VERSE 1 TO 12.

THEME: DONATION OF VEHICLE AS AWARD FOR SERVICES TO EBONYI STATE

I write to acknowledge with gratitude the receipt a letter No. EB/SSG/M43/T./365 dated 2nd June, 2016 from the Secretary to the State Government, by which he conveyed to me, your gracious approval for a donation of one V8 Toyota Jeep to me (copy attached).

‘Water scarcity to last for next 11 months in Niger’

Minna—NIGER State Government yesterday warned that the ongoing water scarcity in the state might linger for the next 11 months.

Commissioner of Water Resources and Dams Development, Alhaji Idris Abubakar Azozo. who

USAID spends $240m on IDPs in North-East

MAIDUGURI—THE United States Agency for International Development, USAID, yesterday said it had spent over $240 million on the welfare among others of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) across the North-East.
The country Director of USID Micheal Harvey, told newsmen in Maiduguri, Bornu State, that the money was spent mainly on health, sanitation and

Alleged N1trn fraud: Court stops Senate, IGP from arresting Lamorde

ABUJA—Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has restrained the Senate and the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, from arresting the former Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde, over his alleged complicity in N1 trillion fraud. Justice Gabriel Kolawole issued the order on the basis of an ex-parte motion Lamorde filed before the court through his lawyer, Mr. Festus Ukpue. The former EFCC boss

FG to establish container weigh-stations to beat IMO July deadline

ederal Government is to establish weigh-stations at the nation’s seaport to beat the new International Maritime Organisation, IMO, law that makes it compulsory for all consignment meant for export to be weighed before leaving their port of origin.

The law is expected to take effect from the 1st of July, 2016. A senior staff in the ministry of transportation, who disclosed this to Vanguard in Abuja on condition of anonymity, said that government is considering whether to construct the weigh-stations directly before concessioning them or construct them on a Public-Private Partnership basis. The ministry top shot told Vanguard that they are expecting a recommendation to that effect from the Nigerian Shippers Council, NSC, at the end of the just concluded workshop themed, “Transport cost and regional connectivity of African countries.” An official of the NSC who confirmed this to Vanguard explained that he could not speak officially on the issue as they have not sent their recommendation to the ministry but assured that they will work at beating the deadline for the implantation of the new policy. The NSC official said that they also considered the option of allowing terminal operators to handle the weighing of such consignments but reasoned that the terminal operators may use it as a means of further exploiting Nigerian shippers. Stakeholders at the Abuja workshop had kicked against the 1st July, 2016 commencement date because most countries in the sub-region except Ghana are not ready. They were however reminded by the Chris Welsh, Secretary General of Global Shippers Forum, GSF, the resource person that the new law was passed by the IMO in 2014. Walsh said member countries had the opportunity to contest the implementation last year before the agreed implementation date this year. He explained that mis-declaration of container weight has led to significant losses to shippers and shipping lines. According to him, the shipper is responsible for obtaining and documenting, the verified gross mass of the packed container, the verified gross mass must be communicated to the ship’s master or the shipping line terminal representative prior to loading of the ship, the communication should be signed by a duly authorised representative of the shipper (maybe an electronic signature.) He also stated that packed containers will not be loaded on ships unless the verified mass is provided to the master (in practice the shipping line or the line’s agent).

NASS slashes, passes N6.06trn 2016 budget

By Gabriel Omoh, Henry Umoru, Emman Ovuakporie, Johnbosco Agbakwuru & Joseph Erunke ABUJA—The National Assembly, yesterday, passed a N6.06 trillion 2016 budget into law, following a motion by the Chairman, Joint Committee on Appropriations, Senator Danjuma Goje, seconded by Senator Andy Uba, thus reducing the President’s proposal by N17 billion. While the President proposed a budget of N6.07 trillion, the National Assembly slashed it to N6.06trillion. The 2016 budget had been trailed by allegations of padding which delayed its passage.

The highlight is as follows: N351bn for statutory transfers,

Umahi laments death of 9 in auto crash

Abakaliki—Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has expressed sadness over the death of nine persons in a motor accident which occurred Tuesday at Ezzamgbo- Abakaliki- Enugu Expressway.

Umahi, in a statement

Constitution restructuring’ll revive Nigeria’s economy — HURILAWS

Human Rights Law Service, HURILAWS, has said the crucial issues in the nation’s constitution that should be looked at to revive Nigeria’s economy, include restructuring of the political arrangement to strengthen the states and local governments through the devolution of more powers and funding.

Programmes Officer of HURILAWS, Mr Collins Okeke,

FOREX crisis: Food, beverage sector to sack 3m workers

ORGANISED Labour, yesterday, raised alarm that the food, beverage and tobacco sector of the nation’s economy was on the verge of shutting down and that over three million jobs were at risk due to the inability of companies to source foreign exchange to import raw material for operations. Already, leading companies in the sector, such as

Presidency: No vacancy in 2019 — APC

ABUJA — There will be no vacancy in the Presidency in 2019, members of the National Caucus of the All Progressives Congress, APC, declared on Tuesday night in a seeming lure to President Muhammadu Buhari to seek a second term.

The national

NNPC didn’t remit N3.2tn to FG in 2014 –Auditor General

The Federal Government says it has uncovered discrepancies of about N3.3tn in the remittance of funds by various Ministries, Departments and Agencies of government as well as foreign missions in the 2014 fiscal year.

This was contained in the 2014 Annual Audit Report presented to the National Assembly on Monday by the office of the Auditor General of the Federation.

According to

Tuns Farms: Court of Appeal strikes out Skye Bank’s case

The Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has struck out the motion of stay of execution applied by Skye Bank Plc on the judgement in favour of Tuns Farms Limited. The court said it took the position on the grounds that it lacks the jurisdiction to entertain the matter given that the bank had already filed an appeal challenging its ruling on the original case at the Supreme Court. In the same ruling the court also struck out all other motions sought by the bank. According to the presiding judge, Justice Sotonye Denton-West, the court was in agreement with Mr. Duro Adeyele (SAN), counsel to Tuns Farms Limited, that it lacks jurisdiction to entertain a case that has already been entered at the Supreme Court. She stated that any deliberation of the matter was “an exercise in futility” and “amounts to a waste of the court’s time”. She pointed out that the records of the case are already at the Supreme Court. Earlier, Mr. Oluwemimo Ogunde (SAN), counsel to Skye Bank, has persuaded the court to hear and rule on the motion that the execution of the original judgement by a trial court was not properly carried out and should be set aside, insisting that the court will have to rule one way or the other. In response, Justice Mohammed Ambi-Usi Danjuma, one of the judges of the Court of Appeal reminded the lawyer that “the supreme court will not be interested in asking whether or not the execution was properly done. The Supreme Court was approached to determine whether the Court of Appeal was right to uphold the judgement of the trial court.” Delivering the court’s ruling on the matter, Justice Denton-West said: “This court has been inundated by applications mostly overtaken by events and before the highest court of the land. If the rule of law is not respected, this will lead to anarchy. The court has no jurisdiction. A judgement has been executed. A motion of stay of execution will amount to academic exercise. There is no live issue to be determined by this court. The court is obligated to strike out the application and all other ancillaries. There are hereby struck out.” Osun State High Court Osogbo had, in three separate judgements against Skye Bank Plc, awarded damages totaling N3.9 billion to Tuns Farms Limited alongside other subsidiaries of Tuns Group. When the bank appealed the judgment at the Court of Appeal, the appellate court upheld the judgement of the trial court. Subsequently, Tuns applied to the High Court and got the writ of attachment and sale against goods of judgment debtor and the order was executed. According to Tuns in the writ of summon, the bank offered a credit facility of N414 million to it and the offer was accepted. The company said it had planned to use the fund to develop its property in Abuja. Tuns projected to earn a net income of N1.152bn from the project but the bank turned round and released only N150 million thereby breaching the contractual agreements entered with the company. Delivering his judgments at the high court on March 14, 2014, Justice A. O. Ogunlade said: “I am convinced by overwhelming evidence laid before me that the Defendant (Skye Bank) breached the fundamental terms of the contract in facility 11 of Exhibit PA1 without lawful justification and I hereby make an award of special damage in full to the Claimant, in the sum of N421,384,000, being the loss the Claimant suffered due to the refusal and failure of the Defendant to comply with the terms and conditions of the contract of 17th August, 2005. “The claimant through one of the paragraphs of its statement of claim has established the fact that the breach of the terms and conditions of the contract in facility 11 of Exhibit PA1 caused the Claimant’s director and shareholders myriad of psychological trauma and emotional breakdown.” Subsequently, Skye Bank appealed the judgement and lost again at the Court of Appeal. Adeyele told newsmen that the court awarded a total of N3, 991,150.000 to his client. According to the counsel, there was nothing inhibiting his client from executing the judgment. Skye Bank Plc, through its lawyers, has applied for a stay of execution of the judgment of the high court and following the execution also applied for the court to set aside the execution. Both applications were struck out by the Court of Appeal.