PHOTO OF THE DAY: This Ghanaian hawks watermelon in suit

Friday, May 08, 2015

Daniel Nartey is a 25-year old Ghanaian teacher. Not satisfied with the salary he earns, Nartey takes to the streets shortly after school closes to hawk watermelon. 

However, what caught the attention of the BBC was that Daniel hawks in suit and office shoes.

Below is the reason Daniel gave for hawking in suit.

His reason:

My pastor always says dress well no matter the job you do, so I decided to wear a sui. 

“Some laugh at me, others encourage me and are willing to help me.”
  

“I make 100% profit. I think it is because of how I dress, people notice me easily and want to buy from me,” he said.

Marry a native of Nasarawa and get automatic employment – Governor tells corps members

Thursday, May 07, 2015

Governor Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State has promised to give automatic employment to any newly deployed corps member who marries an indigene of the state.

He made the pledge while addressing 2015 NYSC Batch ‘A’ corp members, during their swearing in- ceremony at Magaji Dan Yampa NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp in Keffi Local Government Area of the state, Vanguard reports.

He said that inter-marriage by corps members would not only foster unity, also promote peaceful co-existence among the people of the state and others states of the federation. He congratulated the corps members for the successful completion of their academic programmes at their various institutions of learning.

“I urge you to use the lessons and experience you gained during this orientation course to develop yourselves, your host communities, the state and the Nigeria at large."

“You should see yourselves as agent of positive change in the society. I want to advise you to discharge your duties without fear or favour and relate freely with your host communities."

“I promise automatic employment to any NYSC Batch ‘A’ corps member who marries an indigenes in order to promote peaceful co-existence among the people of the state and other states of the country,” Al-Makura said.

FG sacks Director of Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria

Friday, May 01, 2015

The Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mr Tochukwu Bede Uchendu has been sacked by the Federal Government of Nigeria.

Mr Uchendu was relieved of his duties due to a petition submitted by two leading aviation labour unions over irregularities associated with his appointment and unapproved waiver grants worth N1 billion.

Also, the Transport Services Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (ATSSSAN) and the National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) had last week, petitioned the head of service of the federation demanding for the dismissal of the two directors in FAAN which are the directors of finance and director commercial.

Ayiri Emami urges Buhari to end amnesty programme for ex-militants

Ex Niger Delta militant and new APC  billionaire stalwart Ayiri Emami, has called on President-elect Muhammadu Buhari to scrap the ongoing amnesty programme initiated by the late President Umaru Yar’Adua for ex-militants of the Niger Delta.

Emami, now a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State and a former Itsekiri warlord, said on Thursday that Buhari should also probe the operations of the Amnesty Programme.

“If the layman’s understanding of the word amnesty is anything to go by, then it presupposes an arrangement where militants who genuinely turn in all their arms and ammunition are rehabilitated, re-oriented and trained with a view to reintegrating them to everyday societal living. 

“In the ordinary sense of it, any person or group that picks up arms in the name of struggle or agitation ought to have been treated as terrorists, hence nobody or group should take the gesture of the federal government for granted. 

“Amnesty should not be continuous; partially giving out money to youths from a particular ethnic nationality is wrong, sending some of them abroad for training without any visible impact on the Niger Delta and the nation at large is counter-productive,” he said.

His declaration was obviously in reaction to a recent call by the Ijaw Youth Council, demanding the continuation of the Amnesty Programme for Niger Delta youths.

Nigeria top list of female entrepreneurs in the world

Thursday, April 30, 2015

A study by the Gates Foundation and the Clinton Foundation shows that Nigerian women are top of the pile of female entrepreneurs in the world.

Above is a graph drawn by researchers to show countries with highest number of female entrepreneurs in the world.

President Jonathan sacks MD, Nigerian Ports Authority

President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Ado Bayero as the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA). The new Managing Director is the eldest son of the late Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero.

A statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, in Abuja on Wednesday, said Alhaji Sanusi, a lawyer, from Kano State takes over from Mallam Habib Abdullahi who has been relieved of his appointment as Managing Director of the NPA.

The appointment of the new NPA Managing Director takes effect from Thursday, April 30 2015.

President Jonathan thanked the outgoing Managing Director for his services and wishes him well in his future endeavours.

President Jonathan sacks NHIS boss

Monday, April 27, 2015

President Goodluck Jonathan has relieved the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Dr. Femi Thomas of his appointment.

In a statement by Reuben Abati, Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity), Mr. Olufemi A. Akingbade has been appointed as Acting Executive Secretary/Chief Executive Officer of the Insurance scheme.

Mr. Akingbade who hails from Ekiti State and holds a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science as well as a Masters Degree in Business Administration was the General Manager, ICT in the NHIS until his new appointment.

Why President Jonathan fired IGP Suleiman Abba

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Suleiman Abba, yesterday, became the first major casualty of the just concluded general elections, which President Goodluck Jonathan and his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) lost to the opposition.

The police officer, who was elevated to the post only last year, incurred the wrath of the Presidency on the eve of the governorship and House of Assembly elections for allegedly arguing with the government officials over the directive to recall the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in Charge of Zone 6, Tunde Ogunshakin, from Rivers State.

Abba, Vanguard reports, had deployed Ogunshakin from his base in Calabar to Port Harcourt to oversee the governorship election in Rivers State following complaints by Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, that the police had collaborated with the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the PDP to intimidate APC members and rig the presidential and National Assembly elections in the state.

His refusal to take calls over Ogunshakin’s recall

Another source said the former police boss reportedly ignored presidency official’s objection to the deployment of Ogunshakin to Rivers State on the allegation that the police officer was sympathetic to Amaechi and his party and would, therefore, not allow the PDP win the state.

A Presidency source told Vanguard that on learning that the IG had defied its order by redeploying Ogunshakin to Rivers State to supervise the governorship elections. A presidency official called the former police boss to recall the AIG with immediate effect from Rivers State or face the consequences.

The source said the presidency felt slighted when it could not get through to Abba.

The former police boss reportedly told the Presidency that AIG Ogunshakin was a formidable Police officer whom he described as a ‘no-nonsense officer’ feared and respected in the Police Force hierarchy and capable of ensuring law and order in the place of new assignment.

Vanguard learnt that although the sacked IG reluctantly recalled Ogunshakin from Rivers State, forcing him to quit Port Harcourt by 5 am on the election day, Presidency did not forgive Abba for redeploying Ogunshakin reluctantly.

Presence at Buhari’s certificate of return presentation

Another sin of the former IG was his presence at the presentation of the Certificate of Return to Muhammadu Buhari at the International Conference Centre on April 1, 2015, which convinced the Presidency that the IG was actually working for the opposition and it moved quickly against him.
Arase replaces Abba.

The Senior Special Adviser to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, could not also be reached for comments on the development.

Abba’s sack was announced by the president’s spokesman, Reuben Abati, in a statement yesterday. No reason was given for the sack while a Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, was appointed to act in his stead.

President Goodluck Jonathan sacks IGP, Suleiman Abba

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

According to a tweet by Presidential spokesperson, Reuben Abati, President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked the Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba.

DIG Solomon Arase has been confirmed as Acting IGP with immediate police.

Meet the woman who makes over N2m a month by asking “boyfriends” for abortion money

Thursday, April 09, 2015

A 27-year-old woman was pulled over early morning due to a speeding violation. Natasha Brown, acted in a very suspicious manner and officers decided to search her vehicle only to discover $60,000 in cash.

According to US media reports, when officers asked her why she had such a large amount of money she replied “I’m getting an abortion”. She was taken into custody for further questioning.

She told Baton Rouge investigators that the money was rightfully hers. Investigators asked her for employment information and she told investigators she had no job but that she was a “self employed entrepreneur”. She then told investigators she had multiple boyfriends and that’s how she earned her money.

Natasha Brown said:

 “I have at least 54 current boyfriends and after 3 weeks of unprotected sex I tell them I’m pregnant and not ready for a baby I then ask them for abortion money”

She told investigators she picks the ones that just got paid and usually gets $400-$500 from each one boyfriend. She told investigators:

 “I been earning over $10,000 a month doing this I don’t get tired”

Investigators called two of her currently claimed boyfriends and they were very unsuspecting. 28-year-old Jamal Jones said he gave her the money because he “didn’t want no kid with her because she had a thotty reputation” but that he still loved her.

Train crushes architect while hurrying to work in Lagos

Tragedy struck on Wednesday at Cappa, Oshodi area of Lagos State after a train crushed to death a 32-year-old man identified as Smith. Smith was said to be hurrying to his workplace around 7AM and was crossing the railway tracks when he was hit.

Eyewitnesses, who spoke with PUNCH Metro, said the deceased, a devout Muslim, who was fondly called Alfa, could have been saved if help had come his way on time.

A mechanic in the area, Biodun Adebanjo, said Smith had only recently had a baby with his wife.

He said:

 “It was around 7am when he alighted from the bus he had boarded to Cappa. His workplace is just a few kilometres away. Immediately he alighted, he started racing towards the railway tracks, apparently he was in a hurry and was oblivious of the hooting of the train. 

As he approached the tracks, an area boy wanted to grab him and stop him from crossing, but he thought he wanted to rob him and forcefully pulled himself away. By the time he realised the danger he was in, it was too late. He tried to turn back, but the train hit his right leg and slammed against his body.”

Another witness, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told our correspondent that immediately the incident occurred, symphatisers rushed to the scene and dragged him to the side of the railway tracks. He said the victim was still breathing, but in dire need of medical help.

He added that efforts to get emergency workers to come to the scene were abortive as they reportedly did not show up until 10am, about three hours after the incident.

Another witness, Austin Edi, lamented that policemen, who passed the area, merely looked and moved on.

He said, “People kept calling the emergency lines, but they just said they were coming. Policemen around the area did not even make any effort to save the victim. It was around 10am that his remains were removed by an ambulance.”

It was learnt that the victim’s colleagues also came around and later informed his relatives about the incident.

Our correspondent visited Esther Oshiyemi Street where Smith worked in a construction firm as an architect. The office was locked.

Some people around told our correspondent that the management of the company took the decision to mourn him.

A resident, Bisiriyu Oladimeji, described late Smith as a religious man, who was noted for his gentleness.

He said the information making the rounds that the victim blocked his ears with earpiece and was listening to music when the incident happened, was not true.

“I know him very well. I have not even seen him use earpiece before. He was soft-spoken and easygoing. We call him Alfa. It’s just unfortunate and nobody knows what he was thinking that blocked his mind,” he said.

It was learnt that train accident had become recurrent in the Cappa area.

A man, who declined to give his name, said no fewer than three people had died in recent times.

He said, “Just in August last year, a man was crushed to death at the same spot. Shortly after this man (Alfa) was killed this morning, another lady was almost crushed to death at the same spot.

“We were the ones who shouted and stopped her from killing herself. There have been many more like that.”

He attributed the incidents to frustration, appealing to the government to build demarcation fences and station train officials at the spot.

National Immigration Service shortlist applicants for CBT

Friday, April 03, 2015

The National Immigration Service have released the shortlist of applicants for a computer-based aptitude test.

So if you registered for the NIS Federal Civil Service Commission recruitment online, click here to check your status.

Good luck! 

Jonathan Fires SURE-P boss, Martin Luther Agwai, for attending Obasanjo’s birthday event

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

 President Goodluck Jonathan has fired Martin-Luther Agwai as the head of his government’s intervention unit, SURE-P.

Mr. Agwai is a respected former Defence Chief, who led United Nation missions in Sudan, amidst other career runs. He was appointed by Mr. Jonathan to head SURE-P, a department created by the government to deploy saved fuel subsidy money for the provision of critical infrastructure and jobs.

In a statement released today Tuesday, presidential spokesperson, Reuben Abati, named Ishaya Dare Akau as the new head of SURE-P, Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme.


The new SURE-P Chairman hails from Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State and holds Bachelors’ Degrees in the Arts and Law.

Mr. Akau comes to the job with years of experience as a high-level administrator in the nation’s public service. His record of service includes tenures as Chairman of the Kaduna State Universal Education Board and Chairman of the National Assembly Service Commission.

The presidency did not give any reason for Mr. Agwai’s removal, beyond saying it was “in furtherance of his efforts to continuously re-energize and reposition agencies of the Federal Government for optimal service delivery”.

But PREMIUM TIMES understands reliably that Mr. Agwai was fired for flouting a presidential instruction that no government official or member of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, should attend the birthday event of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, last week.

Mr. Jonathan and the former president have been locked in a longstanding row which has seen Mr. Obasanjo repeatedly criticise the president publicly. The spat climaxed three weeks ago when Mr. Obasanjo quit the party and publicly tore his membership card.

Sources within the presidency told PREMIUM TIMES that all government functionaries were instructed by President Jonathan to boycott Mr. Obasanjo’s birthday event.

Their sources said when informed of the president’s warning, Mr. Agwai, who climbed to the pinnacle of his career under the Obasanjo administration, said he will go ahead and attend the function, more so, in view of the president’s directive.

For daring the president, it was clear Mr. Agwai would be fired.

One source said it appears Mr. Agwai was informed ahead of the announcement of his removal Tuesday, as the former defence chief arrived early at the SURE-P office to pack his belongings.

Mr. Agwai himself replaced Christopher Kolade, who was sacked after criticising the president.

FG agrees to conduct fresh immigration recruitment

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

The Federal Government has concluded arrangements to conduct fresh recruitment of applicant into the Nigerian Immigration Service, almost a year after the previous scam that led to the loss of  lives, with many others injured.

Public Relations Officer of the Nigerian Immigration, Chukwuemeka Obuah, confirmed this after advertorials were placed in major media outlets for that purpose.

Obuah noted: "The Presidential Committee To Assist In Immigration Recruitment on Monday  February 9, 2015 placed advertorial in some national dailies requesting applications from suitable Nigerians for enlistment into the Nigeria Immigration Service starting from  9th February 2015 to 22nd March, 2015. the application is free and must be done online".

The stampede that occurred during the poorly planned NIS aptitude test on Saturday, March 15,2014, had led  to the death of over 20 applicants with several others injured.

Reports also revealed that there were only 4, 000 vacancies that were to be filled in NIS, while the Ministry of Interior approved the sale of application scratch cards to over 520, 000 citizens, amounting to over $3, 000,000 in revenue to the ministry, and yet it failed to provide adequate provision for the conduct of standard recruitment aptitude test.

At the wake of the scam and subsequent Deaths, the presidency promised to sack Minister of Interior Abba Moro but failed to do so as the minister remains in charge.

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