The National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has attributed the country’s economic crisis (Fuel scarcity) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP’s) 16 years misrule.
While addressing Journalists in Lagos, Tinubu stated that PDP had destroyed Nigeria during its 16-year rule. He said the PDP refused to pursue what was necessary for the growth and development of the country.
He said, “We want to stay focused and redirect Nigeria. We want to reverse the decay of 16 years. We are hearing comments from the PDP left and right. We are saying we want to clear the mess they created. For 16 good years, the PDP destroyed the country. We should not be lamenting over petrol queues today if they had seen what was necessary and done what was necessary for this country.
“We can’t be emotional and live in self-denial. They should have done the Awolowo Road and the Lagos/Ibadan Expressway. If they put priority on our railroad, if they put priority on electricity generation and distribution, we will not be in this mess today.”
SHOCKING: Cooks Arrested For Picking Students Sanitary Pads
The Federal Girls’ College, (FGC) Akure, Ondo State Capital over the weekend witnessed a shocking scene following an alarm raised by the students that their used sanitary pads are being allegedly picked by two of their cooks.
It was gathered that that the suspects were allegedly caught by the students at their dustbins on Friday, which was a day to their “Visiting Day.” The students escalated the matter, and the two suspects have been arrested and suspended by the School management.
The school Principal, Mrs. Florence Ejikeme, noted that the police is in full charge of the case for proper investigation.
Mr Femi Joseph, the State Police Public Relations Officers, who confirmed the incident said only two of the women were in the police custody. He added that the command had commenced investigation on the matter.
According to the Police PRO, the command had not been able to establish that whether or not the suspects used the sanitary pads for ritual purposes as alleged by the students.
He, however, appealed to the students to be calm that the police would get into the root of the matter. “The matter is still at the realm of allegation, so as I’m speaking with you we, are still investigating.”
Sexual Assault: Rector Threatens Sanctions Against Lecturers
The Rector of Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic Uwana (AIFPU), Ven Ogbonnia Ibe-Enwo has warned lecturers to desist from the act of abusing students sexually or financially.
The rector who gave the warning during the 35th Matriculation Ceremony of the School said anyone caught in the act will face the consequences. He added that appropriate measures have been taken to eradicate or curtail any form of extortion in the institution.
Venn Ogbonia, however, urged the Federal Government to review the Federal Polytechnic Act, noting that the move will revolutionalise polytechnic education in the country and ensure the production of manpower up to the highest level from Bachelor of Technology to Doctorate degree of Technology.
His words: “The review will also enable us be at par with universities while allowing our core mandates to remain. The rector noted that the move will ensure productivity and ensure a level playing ground for all members of the sector such that they would attain the peak of their careers.
“We should abrogate all dichotomies militating against productivity, as obtained in the career progression between the university and polytechnic graduates,” the rector added.
Wike Opens Up On Rivers Commissioner’s Suspension
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, has said he suspended the state’s commissioner for Works, Mr Kevin Wachukwu because of negligence of duty and failure to monitor projects effectively.
“This is the time to deliver good governance to the people of Rivers State and I will not tolerate negligence of duty. The failure to deploy site engineers to these project three project sites means that the government and people of the state can be short-changed via poor quality delivery.
“The contracts have provision for site engineers and project vehicles. There was no reason why it was not enforced. If I am always at project sites supervising the quality and pace of work, there is no reason why the commissioner should not do the same. This goes to other commissioners. We are in the era of governance and every official must work for the people of the state”, Wike said addressing Journalists in Port Harcourt.
Fuel Crisis: FG Orders NSCDC To Arrest Black Market Operators
In bid to stop the activities of black market operators and others illegally benefiting from people in the current fuel crisis, the Nigeria Security & Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC) has ordered a 24-hour surveillance of petrol stations by the Officers of the corps.
The Commandant General of Nigeria Security & Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC) Alhaji Abdullahi gave the order after a meeting with the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu at NNPC towers Abuja,
Federal Government has outlawed selling of petrol on roadsides and directed the NSCDC official to arrest and prosecute offenders.
The deployment of officers of the Corps to petrol stations across the country would help check sharp practices and ensure the smooth supply and distribution of the product.
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu, during the meeting, stated that the involvement of NSCDC operatives became necessary following the need to ensure total eradication of queues from fuel stations across the country and for effective monitoring of the distribution system.
Agriculture: ‘Buharists’ Begin Diversification Of Economy
The Buhari Youth Organisation BYO, in line with Federal government’s aspiration to diversify the economy from oil has began full activation of the agricultural sector by educating and engaging youths with agriculture.
The Lagos state chapter of the BYO which recently registered it’s agric cooperative society with the Lagos state Ministry of Agriculture, over the weekend, held an Agric seminar with the theme; Repositioning Agriculture For Youths Empowerment and Rural Development.
According to the group, the seminar is aimed at educating the youths and its members on the need to take agriculture seriously and how to succeed in the sector by having firsthand information from experts in the industry.
Speaking at the event in Lagos, the Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, Toyin Suarau said the state had acquired 2,134 hectares of land from neighbouring states to promote agriculture.
The commissioner, who was represented by Oladeji Alao, the General Manager of Lagos State Coconut Development Authority, said the state government had invested much in agriculture to empower youths.
He said noted that Nigeria is currently facing hard times because of over reliance on oil.
The commissioner decried the absence of youths in the industry, adding that the average age of a Nigerian farmer today is about 55.
“Lagos State has 84 hectares of land in Osogbo, out of which 20 hectares is used for palm produce, while others are used for rice farm, cassava and mills.
“We have also acquired 1,000 hectares of land in the same Osun, 500 hectares in Ogun and Oyo each and 50 hectares in Abuja to encourage farming.”
According to Saurau, the state has developed estate farming and cluster farming because of the challenge of space in the state.
While delivering a lecture entitled: “Reclaiming the Lost Paradise through Agricultural Entrepreneurship”, the Guest Speaker, Isaac Oluyi, said resourceful youths would understand that agric is a good business, adding that the sector must be technologically driven.
“For agriculture to be attractive, it must be driven by technology. We can make use of technology to change our fortune through agriculture. Agriculture has gone beyond hoes and cutlasses, Oluyi said.
The guest speaker urged youths to stop complaining but rather engage in crop cultivation, animal rearing, processing, distribution, marketing and many others.
The National President of BYO, Khalil Aminu, said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government is going back to the basis which is agriculture.
Aminu noted that soft loans would be given to youths who are interested in the agriculture. He assured that the fund would not be siphoned by the political class who may want to present themselves as farmers, saying it is no longer business as usual.
The BYO boss commended the initiative of the Lagos state chapter, saying it was timely and aligned with the policy trust of the Federal Government.
He further directed all state chapters of the BYO to emulate the Lagos chapter’s initiative to empower the youths in agriculture.
Earlier, Prince Wale Oyekoya, the Chairman, Agriculture, Lagos Chambers of Commerce and Industry, urged all states to take advantage of agriculture to improve on their Internally Generated Revenue.
In attendance at the event were; National Vice President, BYO, Mrs Lucy Ajayi, Lagos Patron of the group, Hon. Hakeem Oluwo Apesin and BYO Lagos Agric Grand Consultant, Prince Wale Oyekoya among others.
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YABATECH Part Time Students To Resume After Dazan’s Death
The Authorities of Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH), Lagos, on Friday said its part-time students for the 2015/2016 academic session would resume on April 2.
This was disclosed in a statement by the institution’s Head, Public Relations Unit, Mr Charles Oni, in Lagos. It reminded all newly admitted candidates that they were expected to pay their acceptance fees and school fees on or before the resumption date.
It will be recalled that the management of the institution directed the student to go on a forced break on the 11th of February 2016, following protests by the students over the death of their colleague, Charity Dazan, HND 2, in Office and Technology Management OTM student.
The students alleged that the School Medical Centre did not respond on time to the emergency needs of Dazan who eventually died.
The full-time students of the institution had resumed on March 29, 2016.
Fresh CONTROVERSY As Presidency Denies Receiving 2016 Budget Document
The Presidency has said that it has not received, not just the details but also the documents of 2016 Appropriation Bill from the National Assembly.
Speaking at the Corporate Headquarters of the Leadership Newspapers in Abuja on Thursday, Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed stated that, “It is not true that the president has refused to assent to the budget. The fact remains that it (budget) is not even before him.
“The practice really is that when the budget is approved like that, there is what we call headline figure that is approved, then, it will take a few days for the National Assembly to throw up the details.”
It will be recalled that a government official under the condition of anonymity, had on Tuesday confirmed that President Muhammdu Buhari received the Budget, though without details.
“The President has just received the transmission of the Appropriation Bill (2016 Budget) from the National Assembly and is very anxious to sign it into law, but the National Assembly only sent in the highlights without the details of the budget”, the source had said.
Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari, before now said that he would not sign the 2016 Appropriation Bill into law until he was sure that what had been returned to him was the same with what his administration submitted to the National Assembly.
He said he would do a ministry-to-ministry review before he appends his signature on the Budget.
Lai Mohammed further stated that despite controversies surrounding the 2016 Budget, the President and the National Assembly nurture no rift.
He said: “On the passage of the budget, I want to clear the misconception. There is absolutely no rift between the executive arm of government and legislative arm of government”.
DRAMA! Oshiomole Blasts Buhari’s Critic, Ayo Fayose
Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole has slammed his Ekiti State counterpart Ayodele Fayose, describing him as a “fraudster”.
Oshiomhole through his political adviser, Charles Idahosa criticized Fayose’s frequent attacks on President Muhammadu Buhari, stressing that, “It’s just a pity that Nigerians tend to forget history fast. I am always shocked when people take Fayose seriously. This regular attack on Buhari is to prepare the ground because he knows he will go down”.
He further affirmed that, “All his actions are to whip up public sentiments so that when his sins catch up with him, people will say that it’s because he is always attacking the government. Is he the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Publicity Secretary or spokesman?”
FINALLY! Van Gaal Makes SHOCKING Admission About Man Utd Job
Manchester United manager, Louis Van Gaal has shockingly admitted that it is quite possible that he would not be at Old Trafford next season.
The Dutchman, while fielding questions from newsmen at a press conference on Friday said his continued stay at the Red Devils will be based on the decision of the management.
“I think the board has to evaluate after the results of this year, what they have to do,” he said.
“I cannot predict that when I do not know the facts. First you have to see the facts, I have always said that.
“The results and the titles and Champions League positions you can only say at the end.
“I am a rational person. I know a Manchester United manager has to win something, but I am still working on that.”
Goal reports that Van Gaal has been criticised for failing to get the best out of many of the players at his disposal and former Red Devils winger, Angel Di Maria recently claimed that he struggled at United because he was played out of position.
But Van Gaal has hit back at the Argentina international, insisting he must take some of the blame for an underwhelming single season at Old Trafford in 2014/15.
“I have never seen a player who doesn’t look at himself [like him].
“He looks at the way he performed here and [claims] it is always the fault of the manager.
“So he is one of the players who has no self-criticism. Unfortunately it is my life as a manager. It is always like that.”
Facebook Creates New Web-Based App For BBM Users
The Blackberry Technology Company announced today that it has worked with Facebook to launch an updated “web-based Facebook app” which people can use to continue enjoying the features of the BlackBerry 10 OS and BlackBerry OS app for Facebook.
The news comes a week after Facebook announced it was killing support for its BlackBerry native app on March 31. “Facebook will continue to support BlackBerry 10 and BBOS. The experience will be slightly different, but you will still get the same Facebook features you love,” the post stated.
In addition, the new Web-based app offers some features that are not available in the existing Facebook app for BlackBerry. These features include the ability to reply to comments and see replies to comments. All posts will now load in your feed, and “any features available to Facebook website users will be available to you in the updated application.”
The announcement will please some users who were otherwise concerned about accessing Facebook on their phone after March 31. “Our fans are fighting for us, and we love their support. That’s why we have worked hard with Facebook to address some technical challenges and the best solution was to move forward with a Web-based app,” the company wrote today.
UN Peacekeepers Gave African Girls $9 For Dog Se x – Group
An advocacy group has released rather unsettling news detailing the horrific tale of how at least 98 Central African Republic (CAR) girls were allegedly sexually abused by international peacekeepers.
According to rt.com, the report was released by AIDS-Free World, an international advocacy organization, obtained. The group said that MINUSCA, the UN’s peacekeeping mission in CAR, met with local leaders and victims “who reported that troops from France and Gabon have sexually abused several girls in their province.”
The group cited three CAR girls who said that they, along with a fourth girl, were raped by UN peacekeepers.
The girls said they “were tied up and undressed inside a camp by a military commander from the Sangaris force (the French military intervention in CAR) and forced to have sex with a dog,” the group wrote.
Then after the debasing act, each girl was reportedly given 5,000 Central African Francs ($9) or roughly N1800
“The three girls interviewed sought basic medical treatment. The fourth girl later died of an unknown disease. One of the survivors said that she was called ‘the Sangaris’ dog’ by people in the community.”
According to the group, the alleged perpetrators “left CAR, returning home in 2015.”
Also the organization mentions one more case of a 16-year-old girl who was allegedly raped by a Congolese UN peacekeeper.
The girl’s mother told police that the peacekeeper “raped her daughter in a hotel room at 4pm on Monday, March 28, 2016.”
“When police questioned the accused in the presence of his UN military commander, the soldier confirmed that he ‘had sexual intercourse’ with the victim several times, and paid her between 2,000 and 3,000 Central African Francs [$3-5dollars].”(or N600-N900)
The report was sent directly to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who immediately issued a response, expressing his horror.
“I am shocked to the core by the latest allegations of abuse by international forces in the Central African Republic. Our focus must be on the victims and their families. We are talking about women and young children who have been traumatized in the worst imaginable way,” Ban said in a statement, released by the UN.
He added that these crimes by UN peacekeepers “only fester in silence.”
“Yet, we must face the fact that a number of troops who were sent to protect people instead acted with hearts of darkness.”
Earlier in March the UN Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) said it received new allegations which refer to incidents which occurred in 2014 and 2015 in the Kemo prefecture of the CAR.
The UN investigation into “these sickening allegations, which suggest sexual abuse and exploitation of a large number of women and girls, must leave no stone unturned,” said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein.
“We are taking these allegations – some of which are particularly odious – extremely seriously. It is vital that the victims are protected and receive all necessary care,” he said.
The United Nations currently has 106,000 troops and police serving in 16 peacekeeping missions.
Syrian Crisis Dealing BIG BLOW To Nigeria – UN
The United Nations (UN) Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Ms Fatma Samoura has stated that the UN is having challenges in mobilising resources for Nigeria’s Boko Haram-ravaged North-east in view of the humanitarian crises in other parts of the world.
She made the declaration yesterday during a visit to Borno State Governor Kashim Shettima at the Government House in Maiduguri, the state capital,
Followng Governor Shettima’s position that the $800 million set aside by the World Bank to rebuild the Northeast, is ”grossly inadequate”, Ms. Samoura, the UN representative, expressed regret over the situation, saying the crisis in Syria is hindering support for Nigeria’s North-east
“As we all know, the Syrian crisis that is affecting Europe is also taking a heavy toll in terms of funding from our traditional donors.
“We are trying our best to ensure that our advocacy and our communication strategy are up to the level where we will be receiving more attention from the donor community.
“The humanitarian response plan, as we speak, is just 10 per cent funded, meaning we have only received 24 million dollars.
“This is out of 248 million dollars budgeted for the North East of Nigeria for 2016,” she said.
Samoura, however, pledged that the UN would continue to complement the World Bank and the EU support to address the root causes of poverty and exclusion in the North East.
“The UN will also support the Borno Government in its work on recovery and rehabilitation for the safe return of the IDPs back to their areas of origin,” she said.
Samoura said her visit to Maiduguri was to demonstrate the sympathy of the UN to the appalling situation of the 1.8 million people who have been displaced by insurgency.
She commended the strong leadership and commitment of the governor to finding sustainable solutions to safe and voluntary return of the IDPs to their places of origin.
Five Jailed For Beating Journalist To Death Over Facebook Comment
Five men on Friday were sentenced in Azerbaijan for up to 13 years in prison for beating to death a journalist who had criticised an Azeri football team player on Facebook.
Court in the capital Baku found the men “guilty of inflicting serious bodily harm that caused the death” of journalist Rasim Aliyev, judge Eldar Ismayilov said in the courtroom.
The men were sentenced to prison terms ranging from nine to 13 years.
Aliyev, a 30-year-old photo and video journalist for a number of online publications, died in hospital in August last year after being beaten by a group of men who had contacted him over his Facebook post about a heated football match between teams from Cyprus and Azerbaijan.
Aliyev had criticised the behaviour of the Azeri team Gabala’s striker Javid Huseynov who waved a Turkish flag after the match with Cypriot team Apollon Limassol and allegedly made an offensive gesture at a journalist.
Aliyev wrote that Huseynov “did not know how to behave” and should not play in matches in Europe.
Aliyev told the Turan agency before his death that he had received insulting comments about the post.
He said he was contacted by telephone by a man claiming to be a cousin of the player. After initially abusing him, the man phoned him back in a conciliatory tone and invited him to drink tea.
“I came out alone. There were five or six of them and they immediately threw themselves at me and started beating me up,” Aliyev told the agency.
He later died in intensive care after his condition worsened and he underwent an emergency operation.
Mango Tree Dispute Kills 2 People, 40 Houses Burnt In Edo
At least two people have been killed and 40 houses burnt down after an inter communal clash broke out in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State.
The communities, the Uneme-Ekpedo and Bekuma-Okpameri communities clashed on Wednesday after some members quarrelled over a mango tree.
It was learnt that some people from Uneme-Ekpedo community went into a bush to pluck mangoes, but one of them was killed by youths from Bekuma-Okpameri community, who claimed the mango tree belonged to them.
Angered by the killing, youths from Uneme-Ekpedo reportedly mobilized and attacked Bekuma-Okpameri and set houses ablaze. The palace of the traditional ruler of Bekuma-Okpameri, HRH Moses Alabi, is among houses torched by the rampaging youths.
Many residents of Bekuma-Okpameri were said to be camping Lampese, a neighbouring village, as there community has been completely sacked.
Edo State Commissioner of Police, Chris Ezike, confirmed the incident, saying the Police has begun investigation into the tragedy.
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