Photographs: Emir Of Kano's Young Little Girl And His Second Wife Moves On From Quranic School

Maryam, Emir of Kano's little girl with his second spouse moved on from Quranic school Saturday, January seventh, 2017.

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Photographs: Gov. Fayose Helps With Putting Out Flame From A Smoldering Petrol Tanker In Ekiti

Ekiti state senator, Ayo Fayose, moved up his sleeves and helped individuals from the state Fire administration to put out flame from a smoldering petrol tanker at the Strive Energy Petrol Station, Ijigbo circuitous in Ado Ekiti, the state capital Sunday.

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Suspected Fulani Herders Execute Three Police Officer, Others In Adamawa state

Three police officers and numerous others were killed amid an assault completed by speculated Fulani herders in three groups in Adamawa state in the early hours of Sunday January eighth. As per inhabitants of Kwayine town, which is one of the towns assaulted, around 10 people were executed while one individual was snatched. Two police officers have been proclaimed missing after the assault. Security specialists have been drafted to the influenced groups to reestablish peace.

"If you like bug my phone" - Wike says his govt will stand with dismissed police officers

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has pronounced that the administration and individuals of the state will remain with the six policemen unlawfully rejected by the Police High Command for political reasons since they perpetrated no wrongdoing known to law.

The policemen connected to the security group of the Governor were expelled from the constrain over claim of creating turmoil amid the December 10 authoritative re-run decision in the state.

The senator noticed that the administration and individuals of Rivers State will seek after the matter through set down lawful procedures to its intelligent decision.

He talked on Saturday in Ahoada East Local Government Area amid the absconding of Former APC Chieftain and Former Ahoada East Local Government Chairman, Mr Cassidy Ikegbidi.

"They gave me policemen for my insurance, however before I knew it, they have rejected them. They think they are rebuffing them , yet Rivers State will remain with them until the end of time. When we complete, they will understand that they have favored the purported rejected policemen. In Rivers State, we don't desert individuals. No measure of terrorizing, will make me relinquish these pure policemen ".

Senator Wike included: " The Policemen conferred no offense. Essentially on the grounds that they took after their manager, they said they ought to be rejected. They need to dishearten policemen from securing me. For me, I am not stressed. I am a town man and a grassroots government official. Before you execute me, you would have murdered such a variety of individuals ".

He said that Rivers PDP is on ground in the state since it conveys ventures to the general population .

The representative noticed that Rivers individuals will keep on protecting their votes in spite of the malicious maneuvers of the APC.

"No one will threaten me to alter my opinion. In the event that you like bug my telephone. To the extent I will never arrange overthrow, I will never be perplexed. A man with the general population will never ask the individuals who are keen on scaring us.

"The circulatory strain of APC pioneers is amazingly high. I will keep on making their circulatory strain become higher. Starting now and into the foreseeable future, I have changed my name from high pressure to Mr Project. "

Previous Niger State Senator, Abdulkadir Kure, Kicks The Bucket In Germany

A previous Governor of Niger State, Engr. Abdulkadir Kure, has passed on. As indicated by family sources, the two-term senator passed on in a German healing center where he had gone for therapeutic consideration. He has been enduring an undisclosed infirmity. He is made due by a spouse and six youngsters. May his spirit rest in peace, Amen.

ECOWAS pursues peaceful mediation over military intervention in Gambia

The Economic Community of West African States has depended on understanding the emergency in Gambia utilizing tranquil intercession as against the prior proposed military mediation.
The administrator of the West African local alliance, Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, told the media in Ghana's capital, Accra on Saturday that ECOWAS is seeking after intervention until further notice and there will be no troop sending to The Gambia.

"We are focused on a serene intercession and a quiet move of force in The Gambia. We will keep on pursueing that for the time being," Sirleaf said after a meeting with provincial pioneers held after the initiation of Ghana's new president.

She likewise expressed that the territorial body is checking occasions as The Gambia's Supreme Court hears the case on January 10 recorded by Jammeh's gathering to wipe out the decision result and hold crisp races.

A year ago, the president of the ECOWAS Commission Marcel de Souion could be utilized if intervention endeavors which led by Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari and Ghana's previous President John Dramani Mahama, neglect to induce Jammeh to surrender control.

Jammeh then again portrayed ECOWAS' position as announcing war furthermore an affront to the Gambian constitution which has clear rules on the most proficient method to fathom its inward emergency.

Senegal has said that military mediation ought to be the final resort in the emergency trusting Jammeh will see reason and handover official power gently.

ECOWAS is relied upon to hold a meeting on Monday in Abuja to take a ultimate conclusion.

'Nigerian Armed Forces Will Never Allow Boko Haram Regroup' – Airforce Chief

The Nigerian Air Force has promised to guarantee that leftovers of Boko Haram psychological oppressors are not permitted to regroup again in any part of the nation to represent a danger to lives and properties.

Air Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar, the head of air staff, expressed this on Friday, January 6, 2017 while giving record on the exercises of the Air Force in 2016.

He said the Nigerian Air Force was extending its operations to checkmate security dangers in the North-east, South-south, South-west and different parts of the nation.

He clarified that the relentless instances of instability in the nation where furnished gatherings in the North-east and some part of the South have kept on holding the country prisoner will be checkmated with the development.

Abubakar said: "We are currently growing the structure since we see the requirement for it. In the wake of breaking down the dangers rising, we understood that the four orders we have are no longer sufficient, and we have set up the fifth summon with the support of the government.

"Aside from the field charge, we likewise have the restorative branch now. It used to be a directorate, now it's a branch since we are growing. We are enrolling more individuals, before the current year's over, in any event, we ought to have extra 5000 enlisted people.

"With the extension, you should reactivate. That is the reason we are reactivating planes; that is the reason we are getting more planes and helicopters.

"We have additionally obtained a standout amongst the most modern helicopter gunship on the planet today; that is the MI35-M which was brought into Nigeria a week ago. We are additionally improving coordination with different administrations, especially, the Nigerian Army and the Nigerian Navy.

"Where we feel there are dangers, we will bring in our contender planes to clear those dangers with the goal that we can have powerful operation. We have additionally improved our bases. It is not likely that anyone can undermine our bases now not at all like in 2013 when we didn't have the correct structure. As far as what we have done in preparing and IT, it will be self-destructive for anybody to endeavor any of our bases.

"In 2017, we will accomplish more. We will guarantee that we include esteem to what is ground. For the North-east, our concentration now by and large is to guarantee that Boko Haram does not regroup anyplace.

"Our men are traveling to guarantee that these folks don't regroup to constitute any risk to our troops or any group in the North-east."

He likewise talked in regard for human rights: "we have changed the educational programs for preparing; we have incorporated the part of regard for human rights and we have given them the essential comprehension of philanthropic law that was not there some time recently.

6 Police Officers Sacked For 'Escorting Governor Wike To Polling Units'

The Nigerian Police Force has sacked six of its men who disregarded clear directions amid the 10 December, 2016 authoritative rerun races in Rivers State. What's more, they will be arraigned for appointive offenses.

The policemen, all assistants of Governor Nyesom Wike, were said to have ruptured rules gave over by the High Command encouraging them to be of good lead and halt from escorting their principals, remarkably open office holders and legislators to surveying units all through the time of the decision.

Compel Public Relations officer and agent magistrate of police, Don Nwunah in an announcement on Friday, January 6, 2016 said the unmitigated break of the guidelines by the sacked officers was "unsuitable by all norms in the Force."

Rivers: Governor Nyesom Wike and the Deputy Governor Ipalibo Banigo marching at the collation centre for the legislative rerun elections on Monday, Dec 12 to confront men of the SARS from stealing electoral results.

"These demonstrations, if not checked can be antagonistic to train and appropriate organization of the Force. Their activities are equipped for conveying the whole Nigeria Police Force to notoriety and depict the Force in a terrible light as an uncivilized association not guided by the run of law", Nwunah said.

The rejected officers are Inspr. Eyong Victor, Sgt Peter Ekpo, Sgt Oguni Goodluck, Sgt. Orji Nwoke, Sgt. Okpe Ezekiel and Sgt. Tanko Akor.

Itemizing their offenses, Nwunah said: The "Police work force while in the escort of His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Rivers State Barr. Nyesom Wike on the date of race, tenth December, 2016 abused the guns in their ownership as opposed to the arrangements of Force Order 237.

"The Service staff got to be distinctly exuberant, took laws into their hands and started shooting, creating alarm in the group. They participated in raging the Port Harcourt City Council Secretariat and kept the development of decision aftereffects of Emouha surveying unit to the suitable resemblance focus assigned by INEC, in egregious dismissal and defiance to senior Police officers show at the scene.

"The six cops, after the finish of examination concerning this open wickedness, were subjected to inward disciplinary measures, discovered blameworthy and thusly expelled from the drive. They will be indicted under the Electoral Act to serve as a hindrance to others", he included. (NAN)

Army Later Confirms The Arrest Of APC Chieftains Linked To Boko Haram

The Nigerian Army on Thursday, January 5, 2017 confirmed the arrest of an All Progressives Congress, APC chieftain, the chairman of Mafa Local Government in Borno, Shettima Lawan, for alleged link with the Boko Haram terrorists.

Major General Lucky Irabor, the commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, made the confirmation during a news conference at the headquarters of the 7 Division, Nigerian Army in Maiduguri, the capital of the northeastern state.

“All I can say is that the chairman is a big supporter of Boko Haram,” Irabor told members of the press.

“We heard that he harboured Boko Haram members along with his father. That he kept the Boko Haram members because the father begged him to do so.

“The chairman was in the habit of accommodating people that had fled from the bush.

“At some point he was valuable to us being with the Civilian JTF to fight Boko Haram. But that does not mean we cannot investigate him for a crime especially one like this.

“We have also arrested the vice chairman of Kaga Local Government [also a chieftain of the APC in Borno] and he is undergoing interrogation,” Irabor said.

On Christmas Eve, President Muhammadu Buhari has saluted the gallant troops of the Nigerian Army for their historic final crushing of Boko Haram terrorists in Sambisa Forest.

In a goodwill message to troops on Saturday, December 24, 2016 of the Operation Lafiya Dole on the successful capture of the Boko Haram enclave in Sambisa Forest, Buhari said that he was proud of the troops

Thursday, troops rescued one of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls in a village near Sambisa forest. She was with her 6-month-old son. (NAN)

‘No Kerosine In Lagos’- NUPENG Confirms Shocking Revelation

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) on Saturday said there is no single drop of kerosene in any of the private depots and that of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in Lagos.

The National Chairman, Surface Tank Kerosene Peddlers (SUTAKEP) Branch of NUPENG, Mr. Rotimi Benjamin, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.

NAN reports that kerosene was last brought to the depots on December 27, 2016.
Benjamin, who is also the Vice-Chairman of NUPENG, Lagos Zonal Council, said that scarcity of Kerosene had made its price to go up, thus making it unaffordable for the masses.

He urged the Federal Government to come to the aid of the masses, who could not afford the price of cooking gas, by making kerosene available at the depots and filling stations.
He said, “It is very sad that things are going on this way, for the past two weeks, there is no supply of kerosene to any of the depots in Lagos.

“The two refineries in the country have not been pumping kerosene to the depots.

“This has forced the marketers that have the product in their stations to increase the price by over 60 per cent.

“This is not the right time for our refineries to stop kerosene production, as everybody cannot depend on gas.

“Common man cannot afford the price of cylinder and cooking gas. Our mothers in the village depend on kerosene, an essential household commodity, to cook.

“Government should address the issue and alleviate the sufferings of the masses by making the product available.”

RECRUITMENT: Nigerian Air Force Airmen & Airwomen 2017

Application for Nigerian Air Force Airmen and Airwomen Recruitment Exercise 2017 is all set:


GUIDELINES

1. Interested applicants are to apply free of charge online.
2. Applicants are to apply once, multiple online application will be disqualified.
3. Applicants are to print out the underlisted documents after completion of application online:
a. Local Government Indigeneship Form.
b. Attestation form to be signed by Military officer or Local Government Chairman.
c. Parent/Guardian Consent Form.
d. Acknowledgment Form.

 

QUALIFICATIONS

 

4. Applicants must be a Nigerian citizen by birth.
5. Applicants must not be less than 1.66m tall for male and not less than 1.63m tall for female.
6. Non Tradesmen/Women.
a. Applicants must be between the ages of 17 and 22 years by 31 December 2017.
b. Applicants must possess a minimum of 3 credits including Mathematics and English in 

SSCE/NECO/GCE/NABTEB.
7. Tradesmen/Women.
a. Applicants applying as tradesmen and women must be between 17 and 24 years of age except for those applying as drivers who must be between 18 and 28 years by 31 December 2017.
b. Applicants must possess a minimum of 2 passes with a credit in English in SSCE/NECO/GCE/NABTEB and must possess at least a lower credit in ND/NCE or any relevant trade certificates from reputable and approved government institutions/organisations.
c. Drivers must posses a minimum of 2 passess with a credit in English and trade test certificate.
d. Applicants applying as sportsmen/women are to present evidence of their professional experience which will include certificates and medals.

NOTE
 

8. Online Registration Starts on 14 January 2017 and closes on 17 February 2017.
9. Zonal Recruitment Exercise will hold from 23 February – 16 March 2017.
10. NAF online Registration and all other recruitment processes are free of charge and no payment should be made. 11. The Attestation form must be accompanied by the passport photograph and photocopy of the signees drivers licence or international passport. The signee is also to authenticate the passport photograph of the applicant behind.

Registration website: www.airforce.mil.ng.

12. For further information see the instruction page on the website as from 14 January 2017 or call the following support lines: 09064145533, 08043440802 and 08053440802 or Email: recruitment@airforce.mil.ng.

Nigerians Blast Freeze For Mocking Pastor Adeboye Over His Retirement

Controversial media personality, Freeze, took to his IG page to shade pastor Enoch Adeboye, following his retirement as the General Overseer of RCCG
He wrote;

Breaking: Redeemed group CEO resigns…. with a nice retirement package

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I don buy popcorn dey watch church drama unfold. Be like say my bible get problem I no fit find where Jesus retire, una fit help me find am? If not help me look for where Paul or Matthew or David retire abeg…. 

BREAKING!! Pastor Adeboye Retires As RCCG’s General Overseer

Pastor E.A Adeboye has retired as the General Overseer of RCCG.
Pastor J.O. Obayemi has been named as his successor.

Until his appointment, Obayemi, who was a deputy in charge of Finance and a member of governing council.

Patience Jonathan Is All Amiles As She Attends Event in Rivers State (See Photos)

Previous first woman, Dame Patience Ebele Jonathan looked brilliant today as she arrived the setting of Dokube Peri-ti celebration festivity in George Town, Okrika LGA, Rivers state.

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Mikel Obi's Girlfriend Congratulates Him On His New Move To Chinese Club

Olga Diyachenko, shared this delightful photograph of the football star and their twin girls and composed:

"So glad for you my love@mikel_john_obi thus energized for the new section of our #poohbook What a fantastic begin to 2017 ??#nihao".

Following quite a while of quiet, Buhari responds to Southern Kaduna killings, orders 'solid activities'

Following quite a while of quiet, President Muhammadu Buhari has given directions for unequivocal measures went for conveying a conclusion to the repeating demonstrations of viciousness and demolition in the Southern piece of Kaduna State. The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) had prior denounced the President's quiet "over the progressing genocide in Kaduna'.

The General Secretary of CAN, Dr. Musa Asaka, said Buhari's hush in the most recent couple of weeks "talks volume over saw official underwriting of the obnoxious and corrupt acts."

An announcement issued on Thursday, by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu said:

"On the order of President Buhari, the Inspector-General of Police was in the locale on Saturday and Sunday to evaluate the circumstance at direct. Notwithstanding the routine policemen sent in the range, a squadron of portable policemen has now been positioned there. The Nigerian armed force is additionally during the time spent setting up two brigades in Southern Kaduna while the military keeps on doing air reconnaissance crosswise over glimmer purposes of the territory.

President Buhari has similarly coordinated the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to complete a joint appraisal of the circumstance with the sister office in Kaduna, SEMA, to decide the level of reaction required for earnest guide to the casualties of the viciousness.

These measures ought to soon guarantee the arrival of regularity to the district, while the Kaduna State government proceeds with its tranquility building endeavors. The President lauded endeavors of the State government and the security offices in the means taken so far to abridge the viciousness.

President Buhari has, by and by, sent sympathies to the general population of Southern Kaduna, who have lost friends and family in the late brutality.

The president likewise took to twitter. He composed:

Nigerian drug dealer shot dead as Indonesian police bust Malaysian drug ring

Indonesian powers captured a Nigerian man, Tanzanian lady and shot dead another man from Nigeria who were apparently individuals from a Malaysian-based medication ring as they attempted to sneak weed and precious stone methamphetamine into Indonesia, an authority said on Friday, January 6.
Traditions authorities at Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International Airport had captured the Tanzanian lady, whose name has not been unannounced as she landed from Kuala Lumpur in the early hours of Wednesday, January fourth

The authorities appropriated 138 grams of gem meth covered up in 20 cases and three grams of maryjane tucked into her underpants, and 66 more containers of precious stone meth that she had gulped.

"We captured the lady in the wake of leading information screening," Customs and Excise chief general Heru Pambudi said, including that the Tanzanian lady had made a trip to Indonesia on her sweetheart's guidelines, an Uganda national in Malaysia.

Traditions authorities later collaborated with cops to capture two Nigerian men who would get the medications from the lady at an eatery in Central Jakarta. Both men were purportedly part of the Malaysia-based medication ring.

They opposed the police's endeavor to capture them and attempted to escape the scene, provoking officers to shoot. One of the men passed on at the scene. The Indonesian police have allegedly turned their thoughtfulness regarding the Malaysian medication ring of late. "Better information and data trade with the Customs Office has helped us tremendously in researching the Malaysian medication ring,"

National Police Chief Gen. Tito Karnavian said. The police and Customs authorities have thwarted 673 medication pirating endeavors into Indonesia in the vicinity of 2014 and 2017, and seized more than 2,000 kilograms of medications.

Major decision on Jammeh expected after inauguration of Ghana's new president

About a dozen African heads of state and government are expected to attend the inauguration of Ghana’s President-elect Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in Accra on Saturday.

On the sidelines of the event will be a meeting to decide the next action to take in resolving the crisis in Gambia after Yahya Jammeh’s refusal to heed to the directive of the West African bloc ECOWAS.

Garba Shehu, the spokesperson of the Chief Mediator in the Gambian crisis, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, disclosed this to the media in Abuja on Friday.

“Shortly after the inauguration, the leaders will be meeting on the crisis in The Gambia. A major decision on the impasse is expected to be taken at that all-important meeting,” Shehu was quoted by local Nigerian media Vanguard.

The co-mediator in the Gambian crisis is outgoing president of Ghana John Dramani Mahama.

Already in Ghana are Zambian President Edgar Lungu, Equatorial Guinea Vice President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Egyptian President Abdul Fattah el-Sisi, Sierra Leonean President Ernest Bai Koroma, Ethiopian President Mulatu Teshome and Chadian President Idriss Déby.

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to land in Ghana on Saturday morning for the inauguration. He congratulated the outgoing president and commended the people of Ghana for setting a great example. 

The President of Liberia and Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is also in Ghana and will take part in the meeting which follows last year’s ECOWAS Summit in Abuja that called on Yahya Jammeh to accept the results and not to take any action to compromise the transition process.

Jammeh on the other hand described ECOWAS’ position as declaring war and also an insult to the Gambian constitution which has clear guidelines on how to solve its internal crisis.

Senegal has said that military intervention should be the last resort in the crisis hoping Jammeh will see reason and handover executive power peacefully.

Gambia’s Supreme Court has set January 10 as the hearing date for a case brought by Jammeh’s party to cancel the election result and hold fresh elections.

Africa Eco Race: Agoshkov and Magnaldi win stage five

Russia’s Dmitry Agoshkov celebrated his first victory on this year’s Africa Eco Race.

The KTM rider won stage five – a 456 km test from Remz el Quebir to Dakhla in Morocco’s Western Sahara.

Overall race leader Gev Teddy Sella struggled on the day and could only manage a 17th place finish.

The South African KTM rider retained his position at the summit of the overall bikes standings but has had his lead reduced by almost 25 minutes to 40 minutes over Italian Honda rider Paolo Ceci who was fourth on the day.

Frenchman Thierry Magnaldi picked up his second straight win with victory in the car category.

The Ford driver crossed over the line just over five minutes clear of standings leader Vladimir Vasilyev.

Russia’s Vasilyev now holds only a 22 minute advantage over Magnaldi in the race for the title

Andrey Karginov continued his dominance of the Trucks category by winning his fourth stage from the opening five tests.

The Russian Kamaz driver is now almost two hours clear of his closest challenger Czech Tatra driver Jaroslav Valtr.