We Feel Your Pains, Osinbajo Tells Nigerians.

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says the current administration is concerned about the hardship that Nigerians have been experiencing, and is taking steps to address them.
In a piece which highlighted the strategic implementation plan of the 2016 budget, Osinbajo said the government will resume the approach of townhall meetings – as was used during the campaign period – to explain its progress and address challenges.
Osinbajo said the implementation plan “articulates six thematic strategies and 33 priority actions, which will constitute the short-term priority of the federal government over the next 12 months”.

‪#‎PanamaPapers‬: TMG Demands Saraki’s Resignation

Call for the resignation of Nigeria’s Senate president, Bukola Saraki, is gathering steam after #PanamaPapers exposed his secret offshore assets shortly after his false assets declaration trial began at the Code of Conduct Tribunal.
The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), a coalition of over 400 civic organisations working for the entrenchment of democracy and good governance in Nigeria, has added its voice to the growing calls for the embattled Senate president to step down from office.
The group said the revelations by the #PanamaPapers and the prosecution team are too lurid for Nigerians to ignore, adding that Mr. Saraki had lost all moral grounds to continue to occupy such office in the land.

Corruption Has Eaten Deep Into Every Fabric Of The Nigerian Society – Farida Waziri

ILORIN-Former Chairman, Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mrs. Farida Waziri on Thursday urged Nigerians to partner with the federal government in the ongoing task of waging war against corruption in the country,even as she said that the ongoing war is not selective as widely believed in some quarters. Farida Waziri, former Chairperson of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commisssion.
According to her, “the government alone cannot wage war against corruption, hence, all people irrespective of their status should complement the current effort of the federal government led by President Muhammadu Buhari to tackle the menace in the country.

Boko Haram Terrorists Now Divided – Air Chief

Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar has expressed the commitment of the Nigerian Airforce NAF to swiftly eliminating the remnants of insurgents in the North East, saying members of the sect are already surrendering in large numbers.
Abubakar spoke on Friday in Abuja at a media parley to unveil activities for the 52nd anniversary of the Nigerian AirForce.

Nigeria Has 12,000mw Installed Capacity, But Can Transmit 5,000mw —Osinbajo

VICE-PRESIDENT Yemi Osinbajo, on Thursday, said the country’s independent power plants (IPP) across the landscape have an installed capacity of over 12,000 megawatts, adding, however, that 5,000 megawatts of the total capacity could be transmitted due to inadequate gas supply to the plants.
Osinbajo said this at the National Forum on the Economy, organised by Vintage Press, publishers of The Nation Newspapers, with the theme: “National Economy: The Way Forward,” in Lagos.
The event, held at Lagos Airport Hotel, Ikeja, was attended by other dignitaries, including the Lagos State governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode; his Imo State counterpart, Chief Rochas Okorocha, among others.

God Chose President Muhammadu Buhari For Nigeria, Says APGA

Awka- THE national chairman of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, Chief Victor Oye has called for understanding of Nigerians in the face of the current hardship, saying that Nigeria is not as hopeless as some people think. Addressing reporters in Awka yesterday, Oye observed that with the measures being taken by government, things would soon get better. He said: “Every problem has an expiry date.

How Ex-PDP Chair, Haliru, Son Got N300m —Witness

STELLA George, a witness in the ongoing trial of Dr Bello Haliru Mohammed, former chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday, told Justice A. R. Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja that there was an inflow N300 million from the Office of National Security Adviser to the account of BAM Projects and Properties Limited, owned by the accused.
George, a banker with Sterling Bank, while being led in evidence by counsel for Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Rotimi Jacobs, stated that on March 18, 2015, a sum of N137, 200,000 was transferred to Kumu Golo Limited and another transfer of N178,800,000 was made to North Polo Global Services same day.

Oil Companies ‘Provide Forex’ To End Fuel Scarcity.

Ibe Kachikwu, minister of state for petroleum, says he has been able to convince some international oil companies to provide needed foreign exchange to end recurring fuel scarcity.
Speaking in a podcast posted on Facebbok on Thursday, Kachikwu, who doubles as the group managing director of NNPC, said they would provide needed forex for the next one year.
“The first thing that I have tried to do is, for the first time in this country, I have been able to convince the upstream companies to provide some forex buffer over the next one year for those who are bringing in products,” he said.

Jonathan Accepts Personality Of The Year Award, Says ‘Nigerians Deserve It More Than I Do’.

Former President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday said Nigerians were more deserving of the personality of the year award, which the editorial board of Vanguard conferred on him.
The newspaper said it singled out Jonathan for the award because he made Nigeria join the league of nations with civilised democratic behaviour.

Vanguard hailed him for the peaceful conclusion of the 2015 presidential election.
“For the first time in the country’s history, the then incumbent President, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, readily conceded victory to his challenger, General Muhammadu Buhari, an act that perplexed doomsayers at home and abroad,” the newspaper said.

EFCC Weeding Out The Bad Eggs, Says Magu.

Ibrahim Magu, chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says the agency is “restructuring its operations and weeding out the bad eggs”.
Magu, who stated this while speaking with members of the presidential advisory committee on corruption led by Itse Sagay in Abuja on Thursday, said the commission would get to the root of all major corruption cases, including the Halliburton bribery scandal.
According to a statement issued by Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC spokesman, Sagay asked the anti-graft agency not to relent in carrying out its mandate of ridding the country of economic and financial crimes.

Man Trying To Smuggle Cocaine In Boxers In Lagos (Photos)

Officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have discovered twenty-eight packs of Tramadol weighing 21.99kgs inside a DJ Rack box and 1.8kgs of cocaine in boxer shorts.The seizure was made at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos.

The Tramadol which was hidden among camera items was intercepted during pre-shipment inspection.

The consignment was destined for Congo Brazzaville in central Africa. Another suspect was also caught with 1.8kg of cocaine in his boxer shorts on his way from Dubai. Both suspects are being investigated.

Proliferation Of First Class Degrees In Private Varsities The PUNCH

The article, “First Class honours: Kini big deal?” by Abimbola Adelakun published on the back page of The PUNCH of Thursday, March 10, 2016 refers. The standard and quality of academic programme in universities the world over are NOT determined or measured by the number of first class graduates a university churns out but by the quantity and quality of research it conducts. The quality of research executed by a university is in turn measured by the number of journal articles published by its staff in core journals. There are standard yardsticks (bibliometric, webometric, etc) for determining what a core journal is. The craze to spew out large numbers of first class graduands by Nigerian private universities is a ploy to fool the undiscerning public as to what constitutes a quality university and a marketing gimmick to attract large numbers of applicants.

"Almost Died Yesterday But Am Alive"-gallant Explosive Specialist Reveals.photos

May God continue to protect the brave men who have put their lives at risk for the security of this nation. A gallant Nigerian explosive ordinance device (EOD) specialist who faces death anytime he goes for an assignment -is filled with thanks and proud of his job despite escaping death recently.... The expert identified as Muye wrote on his social media page; One more dance along the razor's edge finished. Almost died yesterday, may be dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today. Proudly EOD....It is fatal to enter an war without the will to win it. Bomb suit chill

Suleman's 2015 Prophecy On Buhari Comes To Pass..?

Nigerians may stone Buhari in the next six months – Apostle Johnson Suleman

Shortly after defending why his prophecies on the General elections failed to come to pass, Apostle Suleiman in the interview with Punch newspaper, made a disturbing statement concerning the president elect, Muhammad Buhari.

Hear him.

“Let me say this to you. In the next six months, people may stone Buhari. The reason I’m saying this is because the expectation is too high.

Ebube Nwagbo Is Numatvilla Megacity Ambassador

Nollywood Actress Oluebube Nkechi has joined the league of Nigerian celebrities to be endorsed as one of Numatville Megacity Ambassadors.with this shey Gets a free complimentary plot at the Nollywood Quarters of the Megacity..

Civilian-JTF Shoot 4 Female Suicide Bombers Dead In Borno(Graphic Photos)

According to reports,Civilian JTF today shot four female suicide bombers dead in Jimini village of Jere LGA of Borno State.The terrorists came through a bush and were gunned down by the ever alert Civilian JTF members.This was disclosed by Daily Correspondents who said the insurgents came in throughthe bush.Read what Daily Correspondents said below.....

Armsgate: Again, Metuh Refuses To Open Defence, Requests 6th Adjournment

The National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh, again refused to open his defence at the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.
Metuh alongside his company, Destra Investment Limited who are standing trial on charges bordering on money laundering and benefiting the sum of N400m from the fund allegedly disbursed from the office of the National Security Adviser during the last administration had on five different occasions pushed for adjournment of his case.

Insecurity In Funaab As Robbery Cases Increase

For the past three weeks, a larger percentage of students of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State haven't had a good night rest owing to the onslaught of armed robbers since the beginning of the year.
It all started like a joke, whilst other students made fun of the robbery experience of their colleagues not knowing the fate that awaits them.

Panama Paper: Wordpress Plugin, Possible Cause Of Hack - Wordfence

Mossack Fonseca (MF), the Panamanian law firm at the center of the so called Panama Papers Breach may have been breached via a vulnerable version of Revolution Slider. The data breach has so far brought down the Prime Minister of Iceland and surrounded Russian President Putin and British Prime Minister David Cameron with controversy, among other famous public figures. It is the largest data breach to journalists in history, weighing in at 2.6 terabytes and 11.5 million documents.

Forbes have reported that MF was giving their customers access to data via a web portal running a vulnerable version of Drupal. We performed an analysis on the MF website and have noted the following:

Fulani Herdsmen Clash With Youths In Okada, Edo

Reports reaching us suggest that Fulani herdsmen and locals have been locked in a bloody clash since the wee hours of Friday, in Okada, Edo state.

Okada is home to Igbinedion University and due to the fracas, students have been advised to stay indoors while lectures have been canceled for the day.

YNaija understands that Okada youths set up a roadblock restricting movement around the village as commercial motorcycles, vehicles continue to get torched.

I Didn’t Sign Budget Without Details – Obasanjo

ABUJA – Former president Olusegun Obasanjo Thursday displayed surprise over comments credited to the National Assembly that during his time, he signed budgets into law without seeing the details.
Obasanjo said that the purveyors of the news at the National Assembly needed to be contacted the second time to prove the authenticity of the information.

Kwara Government Worsens Saraki’s Case

Kwara state government confirmation that it was paying Senator Bukola Saraki’s pension, instead of salary as stated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has not helped the embattled senator.

Instead it has only worsened the case against the Senator, as no public officer is entitled to draw money from two government sources at the same time, people with inside knowledge of government said.

Saraki governed Kwara state between 2003 and 2011.

Sinners And Saints: Who Destroyed Nigeria? - Enemi George

We have been inundated with this narrative of how the Peoples Democratic Party destroyed Nigeria, and the media has been awash with same for quite a while now. The story is that all PDP did in Nigeria within the 16 years of its leadership is to destroy all that was built by our founding fathers. This was one of All Progressives Congress’ strong arguments during their campaigns, which preceded the 2015 general elections, and which saw General Muhammadu Buhari (GMB), now President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) emerge as winner and consequently President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Anambra State University Exam Questions For Final Year Students

See The Final Year Exam Questions Set For Students Of Anambra State University So these are the set of questions set for students from the Department of Political Science in Anambra State University, now known as Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University. How sure are we it is not Honourable Patrick Obahiagbon that did not set this for them? See grammar abeg...

NASS To Scrap NNPC, DPR And PPPRA

Shock As NASS Moves To Scrap NNPC, DPR, PPPRA
By Midat Joseph, BY TORDUE SALEM

The current move by the National Assembly to scrap the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), the Petroleum Products Pricing and Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) and the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) through its new version of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) has sent shock waves across the oil industry.

National Assembly’s version of the controversial PIB clearly recommends the dissolution of the NNPC, DPR and PPPRA.