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Thursday, 27 October 2016

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Saraki Loses Again As Appeal Court Dismisses Suit Against His Corruption Trial At The Code Of Conduct Tribunal

Vice President @ProfOsinbajo will today deliver a Lecture at @Harvard's 'Nigeria in the World' seminar

Governors endorse FG’s plan to increase revenue through Solid Minerals

State governors yesterday endorsed the plan of the Federal Government to increase the contribution of Solid Minerals sector to the nation’s treasury through the engagement of Independent Professional Revenue Consultant to increase the sector’s contribution to the revenue of the federation.
The National Economic Council, NEC, meeting made this approval sequel to a memo presented to the Council by the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, on the need to engage the consultants in order to support government’s diversification drive for the country’s economy and revenue base.
The approval of the engagement of Independent Professional Revenue Consultants, however, came with the condition that the Ministry should negotiate a threshold with the consultants on their professional consultation fees.
During AOB, Council noted that today is Edo State Governor’s last attendance and therefore commended him for his service as a member in the last 8 years. He received a standing ovation from members. The Outgoing Governor commended the leadership of the President, and also the Vice President as Chairman of the Council, especially for his commitment to the states.
Culled from Daily Post

Naira weakens to N470 on fresh dollar shortage

Mata fires Manchested United to league quarter final

Jose worn the heart of Manchester United fans yesterday as Mata's only goal of the game push them to quarter final against West Ham in the league cup

Training for Security Personnel for the forth coming Ondo Elections begins today

The Opening Ceremony of the Training forSecurity Personnel for Ondo Elections is in progress(26th-28th Oct, 2016)

Appeal court to pass judgment on Saraki’s CCT trial today

Idlib school attack could be deadliest since Syrian war began, says UN

Top UN official describes attack on school in rebel-held northern Syria that killed at least 35 people as an outrage and possible war crime

Airstrikes in rebel-held Idlib province on Wednesday were possibly the deadliest attack on a school since the Syria
war began, a top UN official has said, describing the incident as an “outrage” and a possible war crime.
The strikes by Syrian or Russian warplanes killed at least 35 people, most of them schoolchildren, rescue workers and a monitoring group have said.
“This is a tragedy. It is an outrage. And if deliberate, it is a war crime,” said Unicef’s executive director, Anthony Lake.

Major, captain in Nigerian army and others working Boko Haram

After a severe attack on the military which resulted to so many casualties, the Nigerian army decided to intensify investigation efforts to know the reason behind such attack. Investigation reveal that a Major and Captain in Nigerian army were leaking information to Boko Haram after their Phones were screened.

A military source disclosed on Tuesday that 26 civilians, two military officers, two soldiers and two policemen are in custody in respect to the alleged sabotage to the efforts Nigerian Army

Nice to bring Chelsea and Nigeria together - John Mikel Obi

Nice to bring Chelsea and Nigeria together yesterday...@NGSuperEagles Gernot Rohr met with @ChelseaFC Michael Emenalo

Wednesday, 26 October 2016

Pregnancy by bluetooth

I promise you will laugh out your sorrow

US and allies prepare to take Raqqa from Isis as battle for Mosul continues

Before Iraqi forces and their US backers have set foot in Mosul, the US and its allies have begun preparations to imminently wrest the Syrian city of Raqqa from the Islamic State, a momentous decision aimed at destroying what is left of Isis’s self-declared caliphate.
The US defense chief, Ashton Carter, meeting in Paris with his counterparts in the anti-Isis coalition, vowed that Iraqi forces, Syrian Arab and Kurdish allies and US special operations troops and airpower could take away Isis’s Iraqi and Syrian capitals practically simultaneously.
“We’ve planned for that, and we have the resources for both,” Carter told NBC News early Wednesday, saying an attack on Raqqa would commence "in the next few weeks"

Job Opportunity: Federal Civil Service Updates Recruitment Portal, Lists 90 Jobs including DPR

For those interested in the Nigerian Federal Civil Service Jobs, the only means of application is through the Federal Civil Service Recruitment Portal.
Below is the breakdown of affected ministries that require applicants.
– Bureau of Public Procurement.
– Federal Ministry of Education.
– Federal Ministry of Labour & Productivity.
– Federal Ministry of Finance – Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
– Federal Ministry of Information and Culture.
– Federal Ministry of Power, Works and Housing.
– Federal Ministry of Science and Technology.
– Federal Ministry of Transport.
– Office of the Auditor-General for the Federation.
– Office of the Surveyor-General of the Federation.
– Presidency

Suitably qualified candidates with character and integrity who are interested in making a career in the Federal Civil Service are invited to complete and submit the application on-line on FCSC Website – https://www.vacancy.fedcivilservice.gov.ng for any of the posts indicated in each of the MDAs.

At least 600 taken to hospital after 70 killed in Cameroon train derailment

Rescue workers are searching for more injured or dead after accident on line between capital Yaoundé and economic hub of Douala

Authorities in Cameroon rushed more than 600 injured people to hospitals in the country’s two main cities on Saturday a day after an overcrowded train derailed, killing more than 70 people.
Bodies remained strewn along the tracks at Eseka, which is about 75 miles west of Yaoundé, as rescue workers searched for more injured or dead. The injured were being taken to hospitals in the capital, Yaoundé, and the port city where the train was heading, Douala, officials said, as the president declared Monday to be a national day of mourning.
“My sincere condolences to the families of the victims of the derailment of the Camrail train,” President Paul Biya said on his official Facebook page. About 70 people died and 600 were wounded, he said, and the cause of the crash was being investigated.

The local hospital, with only about 60 beds, had been overwhelmed, said transport minister Edgard Alain Mebe Ngo’o. “I am calling on everyone to double efforts to save the lives of the injured,” he said.

Gambia is latest African nation to quit international criminal court

Gambia has announced its withdrawal from the international criminal court, accusing the tribunal of the “persecution and humiliation of people of colour, especially Africans”.
The announcement late on Tuesday came after similar decisions this month by South Africa and Burundi to abandon the troubled institution, set up to handle the world’s worst crimes.
Sheriff Bojang, the information minister, said in an announcement on state television that the court had been used “for the persecution of Africans and especially their leaders” while ignoring crimes committed by the west.
He singled out the case of the former British prime minister Tony Blair, whom the ICC decided not to indict over the Iraq war
“There are many western countries, at least 30, that have committed heinous war crimes against independent sovereign states and their citizens since the creation of the ICC and not a single western war criminal has been indicted,” he said.

Mother who has 'miracle girl' after suffering 16 miscarriages is heartbroken after meningitis kills her 15-month-old in just 14 hours

Fleur-Rose Allen (left and inset), from Bridgnorth, Shropshire, died in April this year, just days after she started walking for the first time. The 15-month-old, who was born two-and-a-half months premature following a difficult pregnancy - woke crying with a slight temperature. Her mother, Lizzie Allen (pictured right together), 32, who overcame 16 miscarriages before giving birth, thought she had a bug and gave her water and Calpol. But just hours later, after suffering four cardiac arrests, doctors declared her dead.