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Lets start the year with the positive masseges from Mr. President M Buhary and hold on to it with positive mind even as economically it seem rough I believe positivity is key to success.. HAPPY 2017.. Muhammadu Buhari MY NEW YEAR MESSAGE TO NIGERIANS, JANUARY 1, 2017 My dear Compatriots, I am happy to welcome you to the beginning of a New Year in our beloved country Nigeria. I felicitate with you today at a time when our nation is witnessing a new and impressive turnaround in our security and socio-economic situation. I know you will join me to, once again, congratulate the heroic and gallant efforts of our military and other security agencies on their remarkable successes to rid the nation of terrorism. Following the successful capture of Sambisa Forest, spearheaded by troops of Operation Lafiya Dole, we have entered a new phase in our battle against our common enemy, Boko Haram. When we see our beloved 21 Chibok girls reuniting with their families and community for Christmas, it gi...

HURRAY...I WISH YOU ALL A MOST FULFILLED AND HIGHLY FAVOURED YEAR.

Actress ChaCha eke who delivered on Christmas day posted the picture on her instagram. Congrat to chacha may she grow with Grace and be great. God has really given you a wonderful Christmas gift.

Mr.Tunji Balogun aka Teebillz is yet to get over his marriage saga as he took his instagram and posted “I hope the fucking in (sic) Tiwa savage brand brings you peace. I used my money, soul and everything I had for you and everyone knows how I hustled hard with passion for you to get to where you at (sic) today. You will never find peace in your career.” He further alleged that Tiwa Savage had sexual relations with fellow MAVIN record label mates, Don Jazzy and Dr. Sid and popular music star Tuface Idibia.

Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has condemned Saturday and Sunday attacks on Goska, Kaninkon chiefdom in Jema’a Local Government Area of the state, describing it as “inhumane and handiwork of forces of darkness.” In a statement by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Samuel Aruwan in Kaduna on Sunday, El-Rufai empathised and condoled with families that lost their loved ones. He urged security agencies to redouble their efforts, saying the attackers would know no peace as they would be chased to their hideouts and brought to justice. The governor said “while government and security agencies work to block all windows to ensure that citizens in the three local government areas and the entire state are protected, these forces of darkness will know no peace.” “ “These forces of darkness that represent evil and inhumanity stroke again, killing innocent citizens, burnt their houses and injured some and terrified many. Government and security agencies will not be deterred; we...

Naijacruz: COAS WISHES THE NIGERIAN ARMY MERRY CHRISTMAS

Lt General TY Buratai sends Season Greetings to officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army through the official handle of COAS .this came after the congratulatory message from the president over their just concluded victory of dreadful sect boko haram in sambisa forest by the Army. read the full text from the General below. FROM LIEUTENANT GENERAL TY BURATAI CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF TO OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS OF THENIGERIAN ARMY It is with utmost humility and gratitude to the Almighty that I send this goodwill message to officers, soldiers and indeed the Nigerian Army family on the Christmas and New Year Celebrations. Let me use this opportunity to commend the efforts and sacrifices of our gallant officers and men currently engaged in the counter insurgency operations in the North East and other operations across the country and abroad. I congratulate you for your bravery, doggedness and loyalty in these endeavours. I want to urge you all to maintain the momentum and remain steadfast as...

Mr.Isaac F Adewole the minister of health has disagreed with custom on the reported claims of seized controversial PLASTIC RICE in Lagos on Wednesday this he made through his twitter handle in his words he stated I have just been briefed by DG @NafdacAgency on Plastic Rice reports. Preliminary test results reveal there is no evidence backing claims. These may suggests that custom has no right to make such report public before NAFDAC proper test on said product see more reactions from other users

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has rejected an online report which claimed that he spoke about 2019 elections in a meeting with his kinsmen in his hometown, Otuoke, Bayelsa state. A statement issued by Jonathan’s media aide, Mr.Ikechukwu Eze, dismissed the claim as lies, in his word he made clear that the former President was neither in his home state on the stated date nor met with his “kinsmen who paid him an end of year visit”, as claimed in the false report. The statement said further: “Our attention has just been drawn to a fabricated online publication alleging that the former President Goodluck Jonathan made comments on the 2019 elections, while hosting his kinsmen in Otuoke last Tuesday Mr.Ikechukwu further described the report as a 'cheap lie' and advised the public to disregard it In conclusion the former President also sent out his seasons greetings through the massage to Nigerian

Nigerians have been advised to be vigilant of the activities of smugglers at this yuletide season as all kinds of consumable are being smuggled into the country. Controller incharge of Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘A’ Ikeja Lagos, Haruna Mammud, gave this advice during a press briefing on the seizure of suspected Plastic Rice by Officers of the Unit. He said, “Today am happy to tell you that after our last week press briefing, we intensified our operations in search of the alleged “plastic rice” and with the support of some patriotic Nigerians most especially a member of the forth estate of the realm, we were able to locate where this rice were stored for distribution to the public as yuletide gift”. “As I speak with you, we have successfully evacuated 102 bags of 25 kg branded Best Tomato Rice has no NAFDAC Batch Number and manufacture/expiring dates. Preliminary analysis on the rice after boiling shows that the rice is sticky and plastic in nature. We are still investigating to asc...

Naijacruz: LAKE RICE OUT FOR SALE

The executive governor Of Lagos state, Akinwumi Ambode while presenting the Lake rice to the public, confirmed that sales will begin tomorrow across the state in 15 centers. In His words: Our aim is to deliver rice at reduced prices to Lagosians. Sales of Lake Rice will commence tomorrow in 15 centres across the State. To ensure food security, Today we officially unveiled the first product of this collaboration – the Lake Rice. The focus of our govt has been to make life easier for our people. With this in mind, we entered into a collaboration with Kebbi State. below are the approved centres; *LAGOS EAST* IKORODU:- Odogunyan farm service centre Epe:- Temu farm service centre Eredo:- Noforija town hall Ibeju:- Magbon Alade high school Maryland:- Subeb premises *LAGOS WEST* Agege:- LSADA Complex/ farm service centre Ojo:- LAISA Agric b/ stop Mowo:- Coconut House Badagry Town Farm service centre, Marina OSHODI:- Ikeja grammar school, Bolade *LAGOS CENTRAL* Ajah:- Minist...

Under-fire Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung has promised Nigerians that the incoming 2017 will be a great year for Nigerian sports while admitting he has learnt from his mistakes. sports ministry will learn from its mistakes to make 2017 a trophy-laden year for Nigeria. Speaking at the town hall meeting with the youths at the state house banquet hall Abuja, Dalung promised that the sports ministry will learn from its mistakes in 2016. Dalung was answering a question from a member of the audience who asked the minister to comment on poor year for sports in Nigeria. Nigeria performed badly at the Rio Olympics and had only a bronze medal to show from the men’s football tournament. The athletes were not properly catered for with funds going missing. The Super Eagles and Super Falcons at various times protested unpaid allowances. The Eagles failed to qualify for AFCON 2017 while the Falcons managed to win a record 8th African Women Nations Cup. Despite the overall poor year, Dalung has p...

Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) governor Godwin Emefiele. / AFP PHOTO / PHILIP OJISUA The Central Bank of Nigeria will move to eliminate the foreign exchange black market in Africa’s biggest economy, the country’s finance minister said on Tuesday. The naira trades, sometimes 40% below the official rates, against the dollar. Adeosun said the CBN has been mandated to scrap the damaging market. The central bank (CBN) “has been directed to do this and CBN has promised to do something by putting a system in place to eliminate the black market because it’s damaging the economy”, Adeosun told a conference. A CBN spokesman, Isaac Okorafor, said the central bank was working towards “ensuring that the forex market operates as effectively as we would envisage”. He said the aim was to “ensure there is no black market” but did not give details of how this would be achieved. Nigeria had pegged the naira to the dollar at 197-199 since March 2015 but the CBN scrapped the 16-month-old peg in June in ...

Sixteen members of the European parliament have asked the European Union High Commission to challenge President Muhammadu Buhari on the detention of Nnamdi Kanu - The MEPs called for independent investigation into the alleged killing, torture and illegal arrest of members of the Indigenous People of Biafra by security operatives members of European parliament have asked EU high Comission to challenge President Buhari, DSS over Nnamdi Kanu's detention Some members of the European parliament (MEP) have risen in support of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu. The MEPs – 16 in number – in a joint letter have asked the European Union High Commission to take action on human rights abuses against members of the IPOB. The letter addressed to the High Representative and vice president of the EU high commission Federica Mogherini said the unlawful detention of Kanu and the violence against IPOB members by Nigerian government must be looked into. The letter wh...

The Indonesian Ambassador to Nigeria, Harry Purwanto, on Tuesday announced his government’s new policy for issuing visas to Nigerians and other foreigners wanting to visit Indonesia for any purpose. Purwanto told the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos that under the new policy, his Embassy would no longer be involved in visa processing, but only in the collection of visa applications. The Ambassador, who did not give any reason for his government’s new visa policy, said that the processing of visas to Indonesia would henceforth take a much longer time. “Nigerians seeking visas to Indonesia should know that the Indonesian government has introduced a new visa application and issuance policy. “Under the new policy, we as an Embassy in Nigeria have been withdrawn from processing visas. “All we are now required to do is to collect visa applications and send them to Indonesia for processing. We now have to be taking authority from Jakarta. “We, therefore, want to tell Nigerians seeking visas...

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to de- freeze all properties belonging to Ekiti State Governor, Ayo Fayose, that were early confiscated based on the order of the court made on July 20 and August 2. Justice Nnamdi Dimgba gave the order while ruling on application filed by Governor Fayose through his counsel, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN).The Governor had made the application shortly after EFCC had seized his properties. Ruling on the application which was argued yesterday, Justice Dimgba noted that the interim orders which were made on July 20 and reaffirmed on August , were made to last for 45 days to enable the anti-graft agency carry out its investigations. Justice Dimgba added that the orders ought to have elapsed since on September 3. “But from the court’s record “no application was filed by the EFCC to extend the order. I hold that in the absence of an application to renew it, the interim attachment ...

Photo Credit:Daily Post Nigeria SOURCE: THE NATION No fewer than 20 Tiv farmers were yesterday killed in Dan-Anacha, Gassol Local Government area of Taraba State by suspected Fulani militias. The killings took place as the state was busy at a “Peace Concert” in a stadium in Jalingo –the state capital – organised by Governor Darius Ishaku. Dozens of other farmers were severely injured in the attack. Some sources said Fulani marauders on Saturday afternoon invaded the Tiv community in Dan- Anacha, whose name was recently changed to Kwararafa, where they hacked down people. The hostilities lasted until yesterday morning. Hundreds of Tiv residents have reportedly fled Dan- Anacha, although soldiers and policemen were deployed in the area to keep the peace. Taraba State President of Tiv Cultural and Social Association (TCSA), Goodman Dahida, who met with security agencies and traditional rulers, said the bodies of 17 Tiv and two Fulani were recovered. The toll is likely to rise t...

Another sad moment in Gbagada Lagos @ Charlie Boy Bus Stop as one dies and many injured in an accident. government angencies already at scenes.

Lets Celebrate With Him As He Turns 54 Today Senator (Dr.) Abubakar Bukola Saraki,who is currently serving as Senate President of the federal republic Nigeria he was also Senator of Kwara Central,has experienced great success in both the private sector and public service of Nigeria. Born on 19 December 1962, Senator Saraki was educated in both Nigeria and the UK, qualified and practiced as a medical doctor at Rush Green Hospital in London. A young Dr. Saraki decided to return to Nigeria in 1989 where he worked in the financial sector for nearly a decade until he rose to the position of Executive Director where he oversaw corporate development and expansion programmes within the financial industry. In recognition of his experience and professionalism, the Federal Government of Nigeria appointed him as Special Assistant to the President on Budget in 2000 where he was responsible for preparing the 2000/2001 National Budget. Dr. Saraki equally initiated the Fiscal Responsibility Bill an...

A new national labour movement called United Labour Congress of Nigeria has been formed by 25 industrial unions from the Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress of Nigeria on Saturday. The ULC elected 13 executives to drive its mandate in which the General Secretary of the National Union of Electricity Employees, Joseph Ajaero, emerged as its National President. In addition, Igwe Achese of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, became its Deputy President; K. Kadiri became its National Vice President while Onyeka Chris emerged as its acting General Secretary. In a communiqué issued at the end of its inaugural delegates’ conference, the congress said there was an urgent need for a rebirth of the organised labour in order to recreate a movement capable of fulfilling its potential to Nigerian workers, masses and Nigeria. Members of the union pledged to restore hope to Nigerian workers who were being victimised, and neglected, adding that it would defend the r...

By Emman Ovuakporie and Johnbosco Agbakwuru ABUJA – THE House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on investigation of the activities of federally owned Development Finance Institutions, DFIs, has issued 11-day ultimatum to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and Bank of Industry, BoI, to submit their audited accounts since 1999 to date. Meanwhile, the Chukwuemeka Anohu-led Ad-hoc Committee will from tomorrow (Tuesday) commence the probe of the DFIs such as BOI, Bank of Agriculture, BOA, the Nigerian Export-Import Bank, NEXIM, and the Nigerian Export Promotion Council, NEPC. Others to appear before the committee at the investigative hearing are the Small and Medium Scale Enterprises Development Agency, SMEDAN, the National Economic Reconstruction Fund, NERFUND, and the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, FMBN, amongst others. The Committee also summoned all former ministers of finance, agriculture, industry, trade and investment to appear at the public hearing. A statement signed by the ...

A fresh probe has been ordered into the cases of top officials within the present administration - It is alleged that President Muhammadu Buhari has asked for the probe of SGF, Babachir Lawal, and Acting EFCC boss, Ibrahim Magu - The probe comes on the heels of Magu's rejection by members of the Nigerian Senate An alleged directive by President Buhari to probe some of the officials working within the APC-led government, has been indicated in a statement by the presidents special aide, Garba Shehu. Shehu said in a statement on Sunday, December 18, that “the attention of the presidency has been drawn to a number of reports in the media, in which various accusations of corruption have been levelled against some top officials in the administration” . “In that regard, President Buhari has instructed the Attorney General of the Federation to investigate the involvement of any top government officials accused of any wrong-doing. If any of them are liable they will not escape prosecutio...

U.S. oil giant, ExxonMobil Corporation, will pay up to N350 million each to some of the sacked Nigerian employees as severance payments, driven by years of service and additional redundancy gratuities. It was also learnt that of about six per cent of the workforce affected by the right sizing carried out by the firm, the average payment per person hovers around N140 million, including redundancy pay of about 36 months basic salary. This is coming as the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu has invited the protesting oil workers under the aegis of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association (PENGASSAN) for a meeting tomorrow to resolve the labour crisis. The aggrieved oil workers of the company on Thursday shut down the company’s corporate head office in Lagos indefinitely in protest over the attempt by the company to sack over 150 workers. The protesting workers had accused the company of flagrant violation of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry ...

Should i say that the heat is finally out or just began. but whatever it may be, i just hope that it ends well. for those that have been on high tension here is some little relief from the founder mr Sergey Mavrodi. 18.12.2016 Appeal to Journalists from Sergey Mavrodi Dear journalists, “analysts” and all kinds of “experts”! Please stop using MMM to gain cheap popularity. Leave us alone and let us work without interference. I’m just astonished by your irresponsibility and cynical attitude. Interests of millions of people, your fellow citizens are at stake. Don’t you have any sympathy for them? Why are you fueling hysteria around MMM and provoking a panic? Why are you doing this so diligently and persistently, what is your purpose? In fact, absolutely all your provocative and worthless articles and “analyses” (I said “worthless” because you do not have any real information about what happens in the System, and might have never had; you simply invent everything, fabricate it) ar...

The Federal Government has said that the enforcement of the ban on the importation of dirty fuel with high sulphur content from Europe to Nigeria will begin from July 1, 2017, The Punch reports. The Minister of Environment, Mrs. Amina Mohammed, stated this at an event organised by the ministry in Abuja on Friday to mark her one year in office. On December 1, 2016, Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire agreed to introduce strict standards to ensure cleaner, low sulphur diesel fuels and vehicle emission standards, effectively cutting off Europe’s West African market to export its dirty fuels. She said, “From July 1, 2017, we will commence the enforcement of the 50ppm sulphur in fuel. And the July deadline is on all fuels, your diesel, petrol and kerosene. Everybody knows that this is going to take some efforts, which is why we gave the six months’ notice. What is more important is that we are working with the refineries on a long-term approach.

The search for oil in the north east has yielded result - The Ministry of Oil Resources confirmed the discovery in Borno - The country is targeting zero militancy in 2017 The search for oil in the north east has yielded result as the federal government confirmed the discovery of crude oil in Borno which is north east Nigeria. This was disclosed by Dr. Jamila Shua’ra who is the permanent secretary of the Ministry Petroleum Resources at the presentation of the 2016 petroleum sector scorecard held at the auditorium of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PDF) in Abuja on Thursday, December 15. She noted that the discovery was one of the successes of the ministry in 2016. “Our doggedness culminated in the discovery of oil in new frontiers – Lagos and Borno.” She said: “Today, as a team, we have recorded commendable achievements in our sector: the introduction of the PMS Price Modulation Matrix; the availability of PMS in all outlets; eradication of payment on fuel subsidies; located ...

- A ban has been placed on the movement of petroleum tankers in Nigeria - The Federal Road Safety (FRSC) has ordered that no tanker moves at night - The ban is to take effect from Monday, December 19 The FRSC on Sunday, December 18, reiterated its total ban of petroleum tanker drivers from embarking on night journeys across the country. Christmas safety: FRSC gives strict warning According to the FRSC Corps Marshal, Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, the ban is to commence from Monday, December 19. Mr Boboye told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that efforts had been put in place to impound any truck found contravening the order. According to him, the ban is to promote safe petroleum haulage in the country. “No tanker should be seen on the road at night, we need to find solutions to incessant crashes of tankers on the road. “Beneficial as petroleum sector is to the nation, safe haulage remains FRSC concern. “There is a problem and we have solutions to them, no more night journeys for petroleu...

In my earlier post about reports online that soldiers of the 21 Brigade of the Nigerian Army in Borno state, were on rampage over allegations of mistreatment and insincerity on the part of some of their senior officers. Yesterday evening, the Acting Director Army Public Relations, Brig. General. SK Usman, released these photos of the soldiers and their commanding officer. in his words " Contrary to the lies being propagated by some media houses about soldiers of 21 Brigade below are photographs of the soldiers with their officers and the Acting General Officer Commanding 7 Division together yesterday check out his facebook Page for more pictures: We awaits more drama till the truth is finally unmasked... i will keep you all posted

Victor Ezugwu, the General Officer Commanding of the Nigerian Army 7 Division in Maimalari, escaped being lynched by rampaging Nigerian soldiers on Friday morning, PREMIUM TIMES can report. Details of the attempted assault on Mr. Ezegwu, a major general, by troops attached to ‘Operation Rescue Finale’ in Sambisa Forest, came a day after he denied our report about a mutiny on the battlefront. The troops were enraged over poor welfare arrangement and alleged deceit by their commanders, our sources recounted. Specifically, they accused the commander of leaving them to fight for two days without food. The incident occurred in Sambisa Forest on Friday morning, as this newspaper reported. Most of the soldiers involved in the mutiny were deployed to Sambisa from 21 Brigade in Bama, Borno State. PREMIUM TIMES obtained new details of the incident on Saturday, that show that the soldiers went from 9:00 a.m. on December 14 till 6:00 p.m. on December 15 — more than 24 hours — without food. When Mr...

The Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) has paid players and officials of the Super Falcons their outstanding allowances after receiving the money from the Federal Government on Friday. This is according to a statement by NFF’s spokesman, Ademola Olajire in Abuja. The statement quoted NFF’s Head of Women’s Football, Ruth David as saying, “the bank accounts of the players and officials are being credited as we speak. They will all receive credit alerts of the monies due to them, as released by the government, before the end of the day.” The payments were for the Super Falcons’ participation at the 10th Women Africa Cup of Nations finals, which the team won after defeating hosts Cameroon 1-0 in the final in Yaounde on 3rd December. Olajire said the money released by the Federal Government included allowances due to players and officials of the Super Eagles for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying match against Algeria, played in Uyo in November. “A breakdown of the Super Falcons’ monies sh...