NUC Declares NTI Degrees Illegal -channels Television.

Updated July 19, 2016

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has warned prospective students not to enroll in the degree and postgraduate diploma in education programmes by the Kaduna-based National Teachers Institute (NTI) as the programmes are illegal.

Nigeria Suffering From Stagflation And Inflation: CBN

GOVERNOR, Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, on Tuesday, in a meeting with the Senators presented a lucid and comprehensive account of the performance of the Nigerian economy in the last one year he also told them about the situation of the economy and measures that were being taken by the Federal Government to remedy the situation.

Remi Tinubu Refuses Close Door Meeting With Dino Melaye

Remi Tinubu Refuses Close Door Meeting With Melaye,Says no parley with peoples enemy.

Senator Oluremi Tinubu has refused to sit in a meeting with Senator Dino Melaye saying it is absurd to sit with an enemy.  However, Senate President, Bukola Saraki has subsequently urged Senator Melaye to stay outside while he address Senator Tinubu...Also in the meeting are Senate Leader,Ali Ndume, Senator Rafiu Ibrahim.

Adeniyi Oyebade Indicted Of Shi'ite Killing By Kaduna Judicial Panel Of Inquiry

The General Officer Commanding the Nigerian Army’s 1st Division, Adeniyi Oyebade, a major general, authorized last December’s military operation that massacred at least 347 members of the Shi’a Muslim group in Zaria, and should be prosecuted, a judicial commission of inquiry into the killings, has said in its final report.
The commission of inquiry, set up by the Kaduna State government, indicted Mr. Oyebade and other senior army officers for the attack, PREMIUM TIMES can authoritatively report.
The panel’s report was submitted to Gov. Nasir el-Rufai on Friday, but its details are yet to be made public.

Buhari Under Fire Over Arms Panel’s Exemption Of Dambazau In Latest Probe Report

President Buhari has come under attack over reports suggesting his government may have deliberately doctored the latest report of the presidential arms audit panel.

The reports have cast doubt on the integrity of an administration that repeatedly defined honour and transparency in public service as part of its cardinal objectives, critics said.

FG Appoints Iyuke Principal Of PTI

The federal government has appointed a renowned South African based professor of Chemical and Process Engineering, Mr Sunny Iyuke, as new principal and Chief Executive Officer of Petroleum Training Institution, Effurun.

Until his appointment, he was the Head of School of Chemical & Metallurgical Engineering of the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. He has produced several patents in nanotechnology locally and internationally including World Intellectual Property Organization of International Bureau.

Don’t Accuse My Ministers Of Corruption Without Evidence – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to “discerning” Nigerians to ignore orchestrated attempts to sully the integrity of ministers and other senior government officials, who are being tarred with the brush of corruption without any concrete evidence, a statement by presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, said Tuesday.

FG Set To Generate Electricity From Uranium

The Federal Government has commenced moves to generate electricity from nuclear materials, particularly through the exploration, exploitation and utilisation of uranium.

To achieve this, the government invited experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency to conduct a week training for nuclear practitioners and security officers in the country on the extraction, exploitation and utilisation of the substance.

Kerry Hit By Downing Street Door, Terrified During Presser With Johnson

In a metaphor that could presage the likely relationship between US Secretary of State John Kerry and his new British counterpart, Boris Johnson, the former had an awkward moment at 10 Downing Street on Monday.

Well-Known Journalist Killed in a Car Explosion in Kiev

A renowned Russian journalist Pavel Sheremet has died in downtown Kiev when the car he was driving blew up minutes after the engine started.

According to the reports, the car belonged to his employer, the head of Ukrainskaya Pravda newspaper.

Justice Department Lashes Out at CNN on Twitter Over Melania Trump

Those closely observing the Republican National Convention this week were quick to pounce on the fact that Melania Trump appears to have appropriated part of a speech by Michelle Obama, and the US Justice Department became an inadvertent mouthpiece for indignation.

Police inspector rapes 15-year-old girl in Akwa Ibom

A police inspector attached to Mkpat Enin Police Division in Akwa Ibom State has allegedly raped a 15-year-old senior secondary pupil of Community Secondary School, at gunpoint, while she was returning from church on Thursday, last week, Punchng reports.

The victim explained that the inspector pointed his gun at her, saying if she tried to stop him from touching her he would shoot her. She said the officer then led her away from other members of the team to a dark portion of the road, forcefully caressed her breasts, saying “small you possess these type of breasts.”

Emigre Super Bloc – Clinton’s Jihadis | Will the Super Delegates Vote YES to More Terrorism?

by GH Eliason

By the end of this section, you will understand Islamic terrorism better than most analysts. Where it came from, where it’s going,who’s driving it there will be to a large degree answered. The background detail makes this poignantly clear.

Can we trust American politicians that already know these things, like the idea of them, and throughout the primary cast their superdelegate vote to make sure terrorism becomes a fixture in our world? How about in our own country?

Hell Hath No Fury Like a Teflon Sultan (Pepe Escobar on Turkey coup)

by Pepe Escobar for Sputnik News

When Turkish President/aspiring Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan landed at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport early Saturday morning, he declared the attempted coup against his government a failure, and a “gift from God.”

God apparently uses Face Time. It was via that iconic iPhone footage from an undisclosed location shown live on CNN Turk by a bewildered female anchor that Erdogan managed to call his legion of followers to hit the streets, unleash People Power and defeat the military faction that had taken over state TV and proclaimed to be in charge.So God does work in mysterious mobile ways. 

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant: A genocidal campaign – part 2:

by Aram Mirzaei

In the previous article, we examined the history of the concept of Takfir, Muslims who engage in excommunication of other Muslims. We also examined the history of the first great split within Islam. In this part we will examine the second surge of Takfir, one that originated in the Arabian Peninsula during the 18th century. Before we examine this surge closer, a short introduction to Islamic jurisprudence, also known as Fiqh is needed.

Military Coup in Turkey SITREP Updated, by Scot

Pro-NATO military coup failed after a few hours. The rebels immediately closed the straits of Dardanelles for all ships to stop Russian ships traveling to and from Syria. The coup organizers wanted closer relations with NATO and Washington. Turks want closer relations with Russia, and no Washington. Turks want to survive and eat, and to stay warm in coming winter. They need Russia’s market and Russia’s gas for these. Everyone knows by now that any pro- Washington coup means war, foreign occupation, collapse of economy, misery and civilian deaths. Everyone talks about Ukraine as an example.

Troops intercept a suspected suicide bomber

Troops intercept Yusuf Tasiu, a suspected suicide bomber, carrying a primed IEDs concealed in a stabilizer casing, at Sabon Gari Jidari.

Ghanaian Boy Born With His Organs Outside His Stomach (exomphalos)

Last year an English doctor David Williams was in Ghana visiting his daughter who was teaching English and working on a radio show when he met Ethan’s father Charles, who also worked at the radio station.

Dr Williams was asked to examine Ethan and within a year he and his wife Jacquie helped to raise around £51,000 to fly the toddler to the UK for surgery.  Ethan is set to have what Dr Williams has described as “life-saving and life-transforming” surgery on Wednesday.

Tip of the melting iceberg

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On Collapses:
The USSR collapsed after 50 years of containment, fierce competition, drunken leadership, an ideology that was like embalming fluid to a living body, and hundreds of billions of dollars spent by its adversaries used to weaken and destabilize its economy, after it was skewed by a disastrous war on its border.

Buhari Condemns Coup In Turkey, Congratulates President Erdogan For Surviving

President Muhammadu Buhari has joined President Obama and other world leaders in vehemently condemning the abortive coup attempt in Turkey by a group of rebel army officers and men, which resulted in the reported death of more than 100 people.

Reacting to the tragic events in Ankara, Istanbul and other centres, President Buhari said he was “deeply saddened by reports of a violent attempt to dismantle constitutional authority and disrupt the democratically elected government of Tayyip Erdogan in Turkey.”

SERAP Sues FG For Not Releasing Names Of Looters

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sued the Federal Government for not releasing the names of those who stole money from the country’s coffers.

SERAP wants the court to determine 'Whether by virtue of the provision of section 4(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2011, the Defendants are under an obligation to provide the Plaintiff with the information requested for.'

Justices sacked for stopping EFCC from investigating Odua and calling for Gov. Aregbe's impeachment

 The National Judicial Council, NJC, has sacked Justices Mohammed Yunusa of the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court and Olamide Oloyede of the Osun State High Court. Yunusa was dismissed for engaging in judicial misconduct and reckless abuse of judicial powers.

Two suspected homosexuals escape jungle justice in Enugu State

Odinaka Orji, 32, a driver and Nonso Ejimene, 22, an accountancy student from Ezeagu, were almost lynched by irate mob yesterday, at Coal Camp over homosexual activities. Both men were taken into custody and are helping the operatives in their investigations.

Police Purge Underway in Baton Rouge: Three Officers Shot Dead Amid Protest

At least three officers have been shot in Baton Rouge only a week after the deadly attacks in Dallas that left five officers dead and a dozen others wounded as protests have soured into violence over the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile at the hands of cops.

Kerry comes for Turkey for Insinuating that Washington Plotted Coup of Erdogan

The United States expressed concern that their longtime NATO ally and critical regional partner believed that Washington would try to overthrow their government calling the claims "harmful to bilateral relations."

US Secretary of State John Kerry told Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavosoglu on Saturday that public claims suggesting that American officials masterminded the failed coup attempt in Turkey were categorically false and were harmful to relations between the two longtime NATO allies.