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Sunday, 22 March 2015
Nigeria Secures $1bln For Small And Medium Wholesale Bank
The bank will be launched within the next two weeks.
Announcing the plan at a meeting with business owners in Abuja on Wednesday, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Olusegun Aganga, said the initiative would serve as a catalyst to the growth of Small and Medium Enterprises sector.
According to Dr. Aganga, the government had supported the sector with over 115 billion Naira to boost job creation and poverty reduction in the past four years.
Nigeria's Foreign Investment Commitments in Nigeria risen to almost N5 Trillion
The Federal Government has stated that, 'Foreign investment
commitments in Nigeria have, in recent years, risen to almost Five Trillion
Naira.'
'Agriculture is finally on the way to taking its rightful place as a major source of economic growth and revenue'. 'Manufacturing, Industrial and infrastructural development are also seeing tremendous progress.'
The Vice President, Arc. Mohammed Namadi Sambo stated this while representing President Goodluck Jonathan at the Grand Finale of the Press Play Empowerment Seminar at the Banquet Hall, State House, Abuja.
Vice President Sambo said that, 'these facts indicate that the government is on the irreversible lane of progress and gaining traction in the task of moving Nigeria forward.' He called on the youths to key in and 'take their place in the joint task of nation building', saying, 'the task of building a nation is a responsibility for all citizens.'
'Agriculture is finally on the way to taking its rightful place as a major source of economic growth and revenue'. 'Manufacturing, Industrial and infrastructural development are also seeing tremendous progress.'
The Vice President, Arc. Mohammed Namadi Sambo stated this while representing President Goodluck Jonathan at the Grand Finale of the Press Play Empowerment Seminar at the Banquet Hall, State House, Abuja.
Vice President Sambo said that, 'these facts indicate that the government is on the irreversible lane of progress and gaining traction in the task of moving Nigeria forward.' He called on the youths to key in and 'take their place in the joint task of nation building', saying, 'the task of building a nation is a responsibility for all citizens.'
Fresh Boko Haram horror in Nigeria as 100 bodies - many missing their heads - are discovered in mass grave
More than 100 bodies have
been found in a mass grave in northeast Nigeria after a town was reclaimed from
Boko Haram terrorists.
The bodies - many with
their throats slit and heads cut off - were found underneath a bridge in the
town of Damasak, after it was retaken earlier this month by troops from Chad
and Niger.
It is believed the victims
may have been killed more than two months ago, due to the fact the bodies were
severely decomposed.
Miss Bum Bum contestant reveals damages caused after bum implants
Andressa Urach who butt was runner up at the Brazil’s Miss BumBum beauty
contest has reveal shocking picture of the damages done to her body
relating to a bum plastic surgery she did. After an intensive care in
the hospital for a month, she feared she would lose her leg after
fillers ‘rotted’ her muscles and had to be removed which triggered a
life threatening infection.
Quote Of The Day
Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact, its an opinion, impossible is not a declaration its a dare. impossible is potential. impossible is temporary . impossible is nothing
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The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Organisation has
threatened to sue the spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party
Presidential Campaign Organisation, Femi Fani-Kayode, for claiming that
General Muhammadu Buhari is getting funding for his election campaign
from terrorist groups such as the outlawed Boko Haram, Al-Qaeda and
ISIS.
In a statement released in Abuja on Saturday, the APCPCO accused Fani-Kayode of perpetuating the religious politics that his principal, President Goodluck Jonathan, was well known for.
The APC gave him one week to retract his defamatory comments or face the law.
“Never before in Nigeria’s history has the issue of religion been applied
In a statement released in Abuja on Saturday, the APCPCO accused Fani-Kayode of perpetuating the religious politics that his principal, President Goodluck Jonathan, was well known for.
The APC gave him one week to retract his defamatory comments or face the law.
“Never before in Nigeria’s history has the issue of religion been applied
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Sierra Leone vice president challenges his sacking
Man Kills Friend Over N100 Debt In Enugu
There was tragedy on Thursday at Orba, Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State, when a middle-aged man, who works as a vulcaniser, Stephen Eze, allegedly hacked his friend and business neighbour, Mr. Ikenna Anayo Omeje, to death over N100 debt.
A source told Saturday Sun that the suspect, Mr. Eze who hails from Edem Ani in Nsukka Local Government Area and the deceased, Mr
Parents Climbing School Walls In India To Help Their Children Cheat In Exams
Parents in India’s Bihar state were caught on camera while scaling
through school walls so as to help 10th grade students cheat on their
exams.
Officials said more than 600 students — possibly up to 1,600 — were expelled in
Bihar after being caught cheating on examsWednesday and Thursday as 1.4 million 10th grade students sat for the tests.
Education officials said many students smuggled in textbooks and notes, while pictures
California Man Painted Himself Black to Evade Cops — It Didn't Work
A California man remained in jail
Wednesday on charges of auto theft and violating probation, according to
court records — which show in vivid booking photos that he'd
spray-painted himself black to avoid the cops.
"The camouflage was ineffective," police said.
Jose Espinoza, 23, was
held on $35,000 bond after his arrest Saturday in Madera, northeast of
Fresno, according to the Madera County Corrections Department.
Jail booking photos confirm what Madera police said in a deadpan Facebook post:
"Last night Jose
Espinoza fled from a stolen car. Officers arrested Jose later in the
evening after he fled a second time. This time Jose spray painted his
face black in an effort to camouflage himself. The camouflage was
ineffective."
Judge orders release of photos of U.S. military detainee abuse
U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein's ruling Friday gives the government, which has fought the case for over a decade, two months to decide whether to appeal before the photos could be released. The American Civil Liberties Union has been seeking to make them public in the name of holding government accountable.
WHO urges mass vaccination against measles, other diseases in Ebola areas
Seven children die in Brooklyn fire
Seven siblings from an Orthodox Jewish family were killed early Saturday when a fire tore through their Brooklyn home after they had gone to bed, a tragedy that authorities believe was caused by a malfunctioning hot plate left on for the Sabbath.
The blaze took the lives of three girls and four boys -- ages 5 to 16 -- and left their mother and another child in critical condition. Fire officials said the flames would have prevented the mother, who escaped out a window, from trying to rescue her children.
"This is an unbelievable tragedy," Mayor Bill de Blasio said after touring the charred residence. "Every New Yorker is feeling this pain right now."
The blaze took the lives of three girls and four boys -- ages 5 to 16 -- and left their mother and another child in critical condition. Fire officials said the flames would have prevented the mother, who escaped out a window, from trying to rescue her children.
"This is an unbelievable tragedy," Mayor Bill de Blasio said after touring the charred residence. "Every New Yorker is feeling this pain right now."
Saturday, 21 March 2015
Lil Wayne claims Drake 'slept with his girlfriend'
Lil Wayne claims Drake visited him in prison and told him he was sleeping with his then-girlfriend.
According to TMZ, the 'Lollipop' hitmaker has confessed in a book proposal, a portion of which has been obtained by the gossip website, that the 28-year-old rapper paid him a visit while he was in Rikers Island jail in New York City for gun possession and made the confession.
Wayne - who served eight months of a one-year sentence in the prison from March to November 2010 - wrote: ''This is the type of s**t that a man never wants to find out when he's locked up.
According to TMZ, the 'Lollipop' hitmaker has confessed in a book proposal, a portion of which has been obtained by the gossip website, that the 28-year-old rapper paid him a visit while he was in Rikers Island jail in New York City for gun possession and made the confession.
Wayne - who served eight months of a one-year sentence in the prison from March to November 2010 - wrote: ''This is the type of s**t that a man never wants to find out when he's locked up.
World’s Water Day
Today is the World’s Water Day, with a theme, “Water and Sustainable Development”. RITA OKONOBOH looks at the trajectory of water provision in Nigeria and why its lack or dearth has caused arrested development in the country.
Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s “Water e no get enemy” became a popular hit in the 1970s, not only because of its rich ensemble of African percussions, the sonority of guitars and saxophone, but also because of its rich message. The late afrobeat legend rocked the airwaves with the hit, and few would probably claim ignorance of the song as well as the syncopating rhythm that accompanied it.
Even up till now, the evergreen song has refused to grow old, and its message resonates each time it is played on the airwaves.
Forget terminal leave: Jega can be suspended
This piece will examine the legal angles of a sudden end of tenure for Attahiru Jega, Chairman of INEC. Constitutional removal from office for misconduct will be excluded because, since Jonathan has ruled that out, any further discussion of it will be academic. Resignation will
PVC Collection Closes Today
Collection of Permanent Voter Card from the Independent National Electoral Commission closes today.
INEC had on March 8, 2015, extended the deadline for collection of the card across the country by additional two weeks - from March 8 to March 22.
INEC had on March 8, 2015, extended the deadline for collection of the card across the country by additional two weeks - from March 8 to March 22.
Polls: Jonathan, Buhari in last minute battle for votes
The two leading candidates in Saturday's presidential race, President Goodluck Jonathan and General Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday commenced the last lap of their campaigns, reaching out to the electorate in different parts of the country to canvass for votes.
General Buhari spent time with groups of the physically challenged in Lafia, Nasarawa State to give them words of encouragement while President Jonathan inagurated a N2.5 billion fly-over in Kano and named it after the late Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero.
He later visited Daura, Katsina State, Buhari's hometown for a whistle stop.
The various security agencies, meanwhile, are busy perfecting their arrangements for the elections.
Reports from across the country said Nigerians have been stocking their homes with food items
General Buhari spent time with groups of the physically challenged in Lafia, Nasarawa State to give them words of encouragement while President Jonathan inagurated a N2.5 billion fly-over in Kano and named it after the late Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero.
He later visited Daura, Katsina State, Buhari's hometown for a whistle stop.
The various security agencies, meanwhile, are busy perfecting their arrangements for the elections.
Reports from across the country said Nigerians have been stocking their homes with food items
Soldiers foil Boko Haram's attempt to recapture Bama
The Director, Defence Information, Maj. Gen. Chris Olukolade, on Saturday said that troops of the Nigerian Army repelled an attack by some insurgents in parts of Bama town on Saturday morning. Olukolade said the troops killed scores of the insurgents and injured many of them in a statement on Saturday. He added that a Nigerian Air Force Patrol Team in pursuit of the fleeing terrorists also killed many of them. He stated that the troops, in hot chase of the terrorists, had restored calm in the town.
'An attack by a band of terrorists on parts of Bama was this morning quelled by the Nigerian troops, who dealt with them decisively. 'Over a score of them died while others fled with wounds. Many more of the attacking terrorists also died as the Air Force patrol went after the fleeing ones. 'Pursuit is still ongoing while calm has been restored and troops maintain firm control of Bama town,” he stated. The Defence spokesman explained that the troops recovered some equipment, weapons and a Hilux jeep from the insurgents. He added that a soldier died and seven others were injured in the attack, saying injured soldiers were receiving medical attention.
Sierra Leone replaces sacked vice president
File photo of Sierra Leone's President Koroma and Vice President Sam-Sumana arriving at National Electoral Commission in Freetown.
Sierra Leone leader Ernest Bai Koroma has appointed a new vice-president, the presidency said Thursday, a day after the sacked deputy vowed to appeal to the Supreme Court.
The State House said in a statement Victor Bockarie Foh, a veteran powerbroker in the ruling party and most recently the nation's ambassador to China, would take up the post immediately.
Sierra Leone leader Ernest Bai Koroma has appointed a new vice-president, the presidency said Thursday, a day after the sacked deputy vowed to appeal to the Supreme Court.
The State House said in a statement Victor Bockarie Foh, a veteran powerbroker in the ruling party and most recently the nation's ambassador to China, would take up the post immediately.
Namibia inaugurates new president
China's Premier Li Keqiang (front L) talks to Hage Geingob, Namibia's third president.
Namibia's 25 years of independence on Saturday was marked with a colourful military parade in a sports stadium and the swearing-in of the country's third president Hage Geingob.
"Today 25 years ago a new
Namibia's 25 years of independence on Saturday was marked with a colourful military parade in a sports stadium and the swearing-in of the country's third president Hage Geingob.
"Today 25 years ago a new
New case destroys Liberia's hopes of being Ebola free
Children come forward to get their feet disinfected.
A person in Liberia tested positive for Ebola, destroying hopes that the West African nation might soon be declared free of the virus.
Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) confirmed the new Ebola patient late on Friday, after Liberia had not reported a new cases for 20 days.
A person in Liberia tested positive for Ebola, destroying hopes that the West African nation might soon be declared free of the virus.
Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) confirmed the new Ebola patient late on Friday, after Liberia had not reported a new cases for 20 days.
Police, others block, comb Zamfara for abducted emir
The Police Public Relations Officer in Zamfara, DSP Sanusi Aminu, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Gusau on Saturday.
Suspected Boko Haram members abduct emir in Northern Nigeria
A Nigerien soldier covers his face while taking a picture of a mass grave in the recently retaken town of Damasak, Nigeria, March 20, 2015.
Suspected members of the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram have abducted a traditional Muslim ruler in north-western Nigeria, a week before the country's general elections, a government official said.
Suspected members of the Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram have abducted a traditional Muslim ruler in north-western Nigeria, a week before the country's general elections, a government official said.
Al Qaeda Driven Out Of Yemen City After Killing 20 Soldiers
Al Qaeda fighters captured the capital of a province in southern Yemen, killing about 20 soldiers, before they were driven out by the army late on Friday, local officials and residents said.
The fighting came hours after suicide bombers killed 137 people in the national capital Sanaa, in coordinated attacks claimed by Islamic State, an offshoot of al Qaeda that controls swathes of Syria and Iraq.
Jonathan inaugurates Kano bridge, names it after late emir
President Goodluck Jonathan on Saturday inaugurated a multi-million naira bridge in Kano and named it after the late Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the bridge was constructed by the Federal Government at Kundila Roundabout on the ever busy Zaria Road to ensure smooth traffic flow.
Speaking at the ceremony, Jonathan said that the project was in line with the road resuscitation programme of his administration's transformation agenda.
Kerry Says Progress Made In Nuclear Talks, Time To Make Tough Decisions
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani was quoted by state news agency IRNA as saying there was “nothing that cannot be resolved” between the parties, who seek a deal by the end of June.
“In this round of talks, shared points of view emerged in some of the areas where there had been a difference of opinion, which can be a foundation for a final agreement,” Rouhani said.
THE LARGEST ONLINE JOB FAIR
Mimsme is happy to bring you this exciting news. Workistry.com is hosting it's first annual inaugural event this year. The concept is to invite many job-seekers, millennial and students from all over the world and all walks of life, to converge on one massive on-line database where employers can find you. All it takes is an on line registration and you can tap into what would be the future world's biggest on-line job-seeker and job-giver networking platform. We will encourage both Job-seekers and students to register by submitting their CV/resumes on-line at workistry.com, and they will invite employers from different companies to connect with you. The best part is it's an absolutely free event.
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This woman had 10 organs surgically removed, here’s why
Meet
32-year-old Jenny Ramage from Bristol.
Jenny
recently underwent an incredible nine-hour operation to have chunks
of 10 internal organs removed.
She had
her entire upper body cut open and her right colon, spleen, appendix,
gall bladder, umbilicus, ovaries and fallopian tubes were removed entirely. see the sad pic after the cut..
Nigeria’s rating lowered by S&P as oil, politics hit economy
Nigeria’s
credit rating was downgraded by Standard & Poor’s on Friday because of
falling oil prices and rising political risks before delayed elections due next
week in the West African country.
The foreign
and local currency long-term rating was cut one level to B+, four levels below
investment grade. The outlook was changed to stable
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