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Thursday, 1 November 2018

Buhari Assures Women Of Increased Appointment

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday pledged to continue to be fair and just to women in terms of appointments and realisation of the 35 per cent affirmative action.

The president made the pledge during an audience with the leadership of the National Council for Women Societies (NCWS) at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

He said that his administration would look into possible appointment of women ministers to replace those that left the cabinet recently.

He also said that soft loans would be made available to women for agricultural activities.

The president promised to address the deficit in women appointments by appointing more women into the cabinet following the demand by the NCWS for more women representation in the Federal cabinet.

“I have appreciated the subtle and timely threat you have made; I said timely because you waited until campaigns are about to start, you mobilised yourselves to come and threaten.

“I hope you are being very fair to me; I will leave you to the public to judge. You said I haven’t replaced the casualties from my council about the ladies.

I’m sure you are following up (Finance and Women Affairs).

“One applied to leave because I think she wants to be the governor of the state and one failed to meet the government requirement of declaring NYSC certificate.

“I replaced them with other ladies; so, I don’t know where I went wrong there?

“This deficit in women appointments I will look at it and the road is clear; election is coming perhaps I will get a few more advisers, ministers from the women.

“I thank you most sincerely for coming to see me.’’

On the rate of sexual violence and abuse in society, particularly at the Internally Displaced Persons’ camps (IDPs), the president said he had already directed the security agencies to immediately address the problem.

He said the security agencies had been directed to bring to book all those implicated in the dastardly acts.

“I have taken note of the observations you made on the abuse of women in the IDPs camps.

“I’m encouraging the police to be much more efficient and I think something is being done about it.’’

The president also pledged to ensure that women farmers benefit from Federal Government’s agricultural loans and other programmes to boost food production in the country.

He, therefore, advised the women to form themselves into cooperative societies to enable them benefit from such loans.

In her remarks, the President of the NCWS, Mrs Gloria Laraba, commended the Buhari-led administration for implementing laudable programmes that aim to uplift the quality of life of the citizens.

According to her, the Trader Moni programme is a worthwhile intervention to keep the spirit of entrepreneurship alive in local communities and help petty traders grow their micro businesses.

“We are pleased that these initiatives are beneficial to many of our women one way or another.

“This is because we are in the front-end of the concerned activities and will be impacted the most,’’ she said.

Laraba called on the president to encourage the Nigeria police to strengthen its investigation and prosecution of sexual violence through the creation of a new department to arrest the menace across the country.

She also urged the president to appoint more women as members of the Federal Cabinet to replace those that left recently.

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Kaduna Crisis :97 suspects charged to court, says CP


The Commissioner of Police in Kaduna State Command, Malam Ahmad Abdurrahaman, on Thursday said the command has charged 97 people to court suspected of involvement in the recent crisis in Kasuwan Magani area of the state.

Abdulrrahaman, who made the disclosure at a press briefing in Kaduna, explained that 45 of the suspects where arraigned at the Chief Magistrate Court, Ibrahim Taiwo Road Kaduna on Oct 24,

“Also 52 suspects were equally arraigned in the same court on Oct. 31 accordingly.� he added.

The CP said that normalcy has been restored in all troubled areas of the state and residents have resumed normal businesses.

“The command is currently committed to post violence management efforts and I am appealing to the general public to support the command to ensure success by giving us prompt and relevant information that can facilitate peaceful coexistence in the state as well as expose criminally minded people and rumour peddlers in our midst.�

Abdulrrahaman also disclosed that within the last two weeks, another set of 26 suspects were arrested in various crime not related to Kasuwan Magani crisis. which includes

“The crimes include criminal conspiracy, armed robbery, rape, illegal and possession of firearms, kidnapping, culpable homicide, drug peddling among others.�

He also disclosed that the police recovered one Locally made Pistol, one Short Dane Gun, single barrel Gun, four live Cartridges, a Toyota Siena registered DKA 830 AU, two Fabricated Wooden Pistols, seven Machetes, two Knives, one torch light and 20 bags of substance suspected to be Indian Hemp.

The CP said the 26 suspects would be charged to court as soon as investigations were concluded.

“I wish to thank the good people of Kaduna state for their support to the Police and other security agencies during this trying period and to appeal for strict compliance during the remaining curfew period,� the CP said.

He reassured of the command commitment to reduce crime to its barest minimum in the state with the full support of residents.

Abdurrahman said members of the public should continue to provide the police with useful information regarding activities of persons likely to constitute danger to the society, so as to prevent them from carrying out their heinous acts.

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Finance: Here comes Shake Shack… (SHAK)

A Shake Shack burger.

Shake Shack is set to report third-quarter earnings of $0.13 a share on revenue of $116.8 million, according to analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.

Shake Shack is set to report its third-quarter results after Wednesday's closing bell. Here are the key numbers that Wall Street analysts surveyed by Bloomberg are expecting:

  • Earnings per share: $0.13
  • Revenue: $116.8 million

Last quarter, Shake Shack said delays in new store openings would slow its revenue growth. The burger chain reaffirmed its full-year revenue guidance of between $446 million and $450 million, disappointing the Street. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected the company to raise its 2018 revenue forecast to $452.3 million.

Ahead of the results, Wall Street had an average price target of $54.63 a share — little changed from where shares were trading on Thursday.

Shake Shack was up 27% this year.

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Everton's Gomes credits Neville for Toffees switch following positive start

The Portugal international praised the former Blues defender alongside teammate Lucas Digne for convincing him to move to Merseyside from Barcelona

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2019: Group raises alarm over fresh plot to rig polls

2019: Group raises alarm over fresh plot to rig polls

ABUJA – A civil society group known as Concerned Nigerians has raised the alarm over an alleged plot by some persons within the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to electronically rig the 2019 general elections in favour of a major political party.

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Ndidi, Iheanacho To Attend Leicester City Owner’s Funeral In Thailand

Super Eagles stars, Wilfred Ndidi and Kelechi Iheanacho and their Leicester City teammates will be given permission to go to the funeral in Thailand of the club’s late chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha.     The 60-year-old Leicester owner died on Saturday, along with four others, when his helicopter crashed after taking off from the King Power […]

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NHIS Crisis: I Sued Health Minister, AG, Not Buhari, Says Yusuf

Alliance Law Firm, Lawyers representing the suspended Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof. Usman Yusuf, on Thursday described as false, news that its client sued the President.

The Managing Partner of Alliance, Dr Uche Val-Obi (SAN), in a statement in Lagos, said that his client pledged his continued loyalty to the President and would fully cooperate with the incoming Director, Mr Ben Omogo.

“Our attention has been drawn to the false news making rounds that our client, Prof. Usman Yusuf, the Executive Secretary (ES) of NHIS, has taken the Presidency to Court over his purported suspension by the Governing Board.

“As Counsel to Prof. Yusuf, we wish to place on record that there is no iota of truth in this story, and that he has not taken the President or the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) to Court as alleged.

“Instead, our Client had, through our firm, approached the Federal High Court vide an originating summons filed on 29th October 2018 in Suit No. FHC/ABJ/CS/1220/2018, with him as Plaintiff while NHIS, Hon. Minister of Health, and Attorney General were named as defendants.

“By this action, he was essentially seeking the judicial interpretation and determination of certain questions pertaining the propriety or otherwise of the Governing Council’s action in suspending him from office without Presidential approval or due process.�

He said that having received a letter from the SGF conveying a presidential directive that he proceeds on administrative leave, his client welcomed the presidential intervention and remained obligated to fully and strictly comply with the directives.

According to Val-Obi, Yusuf will accordingly be proceeding on the Administrative Leave with effect from Monday, Nov. 5, to give room to the Independent Fact-Finding Panel, set up to carry out its important task of investigation.

“In view of this development, to ensure that there is no interference with the work and finding of the panel and as instructed by our client, we shall be taking prompt steps to suspend the pending legal proceedings aforesaid,� he said.

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Local Content: Senate queries 30% indigenous shareholding in Halliburton

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Chairman of the committee, Sen. Solomon Adeola, raised the concern during a tour to Halliburton Nigeria in Port Harcourt, as part of its two-day oversight visit to Bayelsa and Rivers.

The Senate Committee on Local Content on Thursday queried lopsided shareholding structure in favour of foreign component in Halliburton Nigeria.

Chairman of the committee, Sen. Solomon Adeola, raised the concern during a tour to Halliburton Nigeria in Port Harcourt, as part of its two-day oversight visit to Bayelsa and Rivers.

Adeola queried reports that shareholding in Halliburton was 30 per cent for the Nigerian component and 70 per cent for Halliburton global.

He also deplored the fact that Halliburton Nigeria was not listed on the Nigeria Stock Exchange.

He requested the company to submit its payroll to ascertain disparity in remuneration for foreign and Nigerian workers.

Adeola also directed the company to “submit tax certificate, financial statement and other documents, to ascertain level of compliance with local content regulation.�

He asked that company to furnish the committee with its recruitment process as well as level of involvement of local communities in the company’s activities.

Responding, Deputy Managing Director of the company, Mr Okey Okoli, assured that all the documents requested would be made available to the committee.

He said the company was 97 per cent Nigerian, with 606 indigenous staff “and only three per cent foreign�, accounting for 22 expatriate workers.

Okoli added that the company was in strict compliance with tax remittance and the one per cent remittance to the Nigerian Content Development Management Board.

He disclosed that there was no disparity in the salaries and allowances paid to indigenous workers and foreigners, adding that Nigerians who worked in foreign offices were paid “hardship allowance� like foreigners were paid in Nigeria.

“We do not have shortfall in terms of compliance with one per cent remittance to NCDMB.

“Our shareholding structure is 70 per cent global and 30 per cent local.

“In terms of capacity-building, we noticed a challenge for local companies to train Nigerians abroad, so we opened a training centre in Akwa Ibom state,� he said.

Okoli,who is also Country Business Development Manager Nigeria, West Central and East Africa Area of the company, however, noted that the training was mainly in oil and gas

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Simone Biles wins fourth all-around World Gymnastics Championships title

Simone Biles makes history by becoming the first woman to win four all-around titles at the World Championships.
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Hoodlums invade Ekiti PDP secretariat, party kicks

Hoodlums invade Ekiti PDP secretariat, party kicks

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the invasion of its Ekiti State chapter secretariat by hoodlums.

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When is the Caf Champions League first leg final between Al Ahly and ES Tunis and how can I watch?

Esperance Sportive de Tunis player Franck Kom (R) and Al Ahly SC player Walid Said Ebeid, August 2018

All you need to know about the Caf Champions League final between Al Ahly and ES Tunis

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Yusuf Maitama Sule University Kano Admission List for 2018/2019 Academic Session

NWU admission list – The list of candidates offered provisional admission into the Yusuf Maitama Sule University Kano (formerly Northwest …

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APC crisis: Okorocha reports Oshiomhole to Buhari over refusal to recognize son in-law as guber candidate

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo has reacted to reports of his plans to defect from the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the fallout of the party’s governorship primaries in the state. Okorocha spoke with State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The governor […]

APC crisis: Okorocha reports Oshiomhole to Buhari over refusal to recognize son in-law as guber candidate

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The Late 5: Kano Assembly steps up investigation, invites Ganduje; Okorocha faults Tinubu on Oshiomhole’s handling of APC | More stories

These are the stories that drove the conversation today:

The Kano State House of Assembly has summoned showing Governor Abdullahi Ganduje to appear on Friday, before its investigative committee probing series of video clips published online newspaper, Daily Nigerian, showing him receiving bribe.

Secretary of the seven-man ad-hoc Committee, Mujtafah Adamu, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Kano, said the committee had invited the governor via a letter of Oct. 31.

“The letter which was signed by the Chairman of the Committee, Alhaji Baffa Danagundi and issued to the governor, is requesting his appearance and to hear the matter from his own perspective,� he said.


Imo Governor, Rochas Okorocha has faulted the statement of the National Leader of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu who said the National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole was running the affairs of the party rightly.

Okorocha who is believed to be shuttling to ensure that the name of his son-in-law is submitted to the electoral body on Friday as the party’s governorship candidate in Imo, reacted to the statement by the former Lagos Governor after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Thursday.

“Maybe he is ill-informed; if he is properly informed, he will not be saying Oshiomhole is doing the right thing in the party,� Okorocha said.


Immediate past deputy governor of Kano, Hafiz Abubakar, on Thursday dumped the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the People’s Redemption Party (PRP), two months after joining the opposition party.

Abubakar, who has now indicated to run for the governorship of the state under the PRP, accused the PDP of injustice against his supporters noting that the party failed to grant his ‘only request’ of one slot in the Kano State House of Assembly to be given to one of his loyalists.

Similarly, the immediate past Governor of Bauchi, Isa Yuguda, has defected from the Green Party of Nigeria (GPN) to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), a move he said was to enable him continue in offering contributions to the development of the state.


President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, said his administration will continue to implement policies that will make Nigeria’s economy, adding that the country welcomes further strengthening of relations with other countries, especially in the areas of agriculture and trade.

As contained in a statement by Presidential Media adviser,Femi Adesina, the president stated this while receiving the new Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark to Nigeria, Jesper Kamp,  who was at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, to present his Letter of Credence.

 “The Nigerian economy is looking good and we look forward to making it better,� Buhari said.


The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency (NGSA), have reassured residents of Panama Street in Maitama District of Abuja not to panic over the earth tremor experienced on Thursday.

In a statement, co-signed by the agencies, said, “The Nigerian Geological Survey Agency (NGSA) received a call at about 12.45pm 01/11/2018 on a report Earth Tremor from a location in Maitama District, adding that further inspections revealed no structural damage, assuring that there was no cause for panic.

 “Our preliminary findings indicated that the tremor occurred around 12.26pm around the vicinity of Panama Street in Maitama District. After field evaluations, the NGSA determined that the intensity was about 3.0 on the Mercalli Intensity Scale, which means it was felt indoors and lasted less than 1 minute,� part of the statement read.

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Women Protest In Ekiti Over Rape, Killing Of 8yr-Old Girl

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the women who wore black attires were chantting songs and carrying placards with various inscriptions.

Some of the inscriptions read: “say no to rape’, ‘stop gender violation, ‘No rape till death’ , ‘speak out not until death’,  and ‘ stop discrimination against women’,  among others.

Addressing the women, the wife of the state governor, Mrs Bisi Fayemi, said the present Govenor has zero tolerance on violence against women.

Mrs Fayemi, who described Ogbaje’s like one out of many cases in the country promised the readiness of Dr kayode Fayemi to implement violence against women law in the state.

She advised parents to be observant and listen to their children whenever they report any case to them.

Two women out of protesters, the Executive Director, Gender Relevant Initiatives Programme, Mrs Rita Elebere and NAWOJ Chairperson, Mrs Fatimoh Bello, said the aim of the protest was to mourn the ogbajes death and to kick against such acts.

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I founded APC, I am not leaving it—Okorocha

I founded APC, I am not leaving it—Okorocha

 Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo has dismissed rumours that he is mulling defecting from the All Progressives Congress(APC) over the fallout of the party’s governorship primaries in the state.

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Toke Makinwa says dating beyond 3 years is a waste of time

Toke Makinwa talks on time of dating before marriage.

Anything after two and a half or three years, tops, is way too much, she adds.

How long should you be in a relationship for before getting tired of your partner's indecision concerning walking down the aisle?

For some, the decision to tie the knot is not as important as the strong relationship and connection being created while the relationship/courtship is ongoing. For this set of people, it does not necessarily matter that the relationship has been ongoing for a long time, being together, living their best life and staying true to each is enough. Wedding and a marriage will come somewhere down the line. No qualms.

Vlogger, Toke Makinwa does not subscribe to this opinion and that is what she talks about in the most recent video posted on her Yotube channel.

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Toke says any relationship that should transform into a marriage should not last beyond two and a half years, and at most, three years.

Citing P Diddy and Cassie who broke up after dating for 11 years as example, Toke explains the inappropriateness of dating for too long without walking down the aisle at some point. She says three years is enough time to know all there is to know about someone, and with that knowledge, people should already know whether they want to be with that partner forever or not.

Refusing to make up your mind after this is simply "taking the piss"  she says.

Check the clip above to hear Toke address the issue.

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Watch: The moment Hearts' Zdenek Zlamal claims he was 'punched'

Footage from Wednesday’s Edinburgh derby appears to show Hearts goalkeeper Zdenek Zlamal being struck by a fan in the Hibernian end.
Watch: The moment Hearts' Zdenek Zlamal claims he was 'punched'



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