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Monday 26 December 2016

2016 Is My Best Year As A Governor – Shettima Says

Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno on Sunday described the fall of Sambisa Forest which served as the headquarters of ‘Boko Haram’ insurgents as a “Christmas and New Year gift” to the people of the State from President Muhammadu Buhari.
Shettima stated this at the official re-opening of Major roads leading to Northern part of the state in Maiduguri. The roads include Maiduguri to Gubio to Kareto to Damasak road and Maiduguri to Monguno to Baga.
“I would want to start by declaring that since I became the Governor of Borno State in over five years, this is the best Christmas season I have witnessed.
“This is the best December I have witnessed and the year, 2016, is my best year so far, as Governor of Borno State.
“The year 2016 is for me, Nigeria’s year of victory and Borno’s year of Hope and Resurrection,” he said.
Enumerating the historic events of the year in the fight against insurgents, Shettima said 2016 “is the year that we began to have access to major towns like Gwoza, Bama, Dikwa, Monguno and Damasak following their liberation by our gallant armed forces”.
“It is in the year 2016 that major highways began to be re-opened; it is in the year 2016 that we accelerated our major reconstruction of liberated communities; it is in the year 2016 that IDPS began to return to communities.
“It is in the year 2016 that we recovered some of our daughters abducted at Government Secondary School, Chibok in 2014; and fellow Nigerians, it is in the year 2016, that the Federal Republic of Nigeria established it’s supremacy over the Sambisa headquarters of the Boko Haram,” he added.
The Governor also said that two of the roads re-opened were of significant economic benefits to the people of his State as it was through them that trailers conveyed agricultural produce from farming communities.
He paid glowing tributes to President Muhammadu Buhari, Service Chiefs as well as officers and men of the Nigerian Armed Forces for their different roles in the fight against insurgency.
“Many persons made sacrifices, including giving up their lives for us to have peace and for these roads we are about re-opening, to be freed from the control of insurgents,” he said.
Speaking at the occasion, The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. – Gen.Tukur Buratai, warned against extortion of ‎motorists who would ply the road.
Burutai also warned against inducement of soldiers, maintaining that troops were well taken care of by the Army command.
NAN recall that the the two roads were closed by the military in 2014 following the activities of insurgents.
The insurgents had taken over major towns of most local government areas along the two major roads, including Damasak, Malam-fatori, Baga, Mobbar, Marte and other communities, all of which have now been liberated by the military.
The last town to be liberated is Malam-fatori, where Lt-Col Muhammad Abu Ali lost his life in a surprise attack by the insurgents.(NAN)

Tuesday 13 December 2016

Check Out This Cute Photo Of Cristiano Ronald And Son As They Pose With His 2016 Ballon D’or Award Trophy

Real Madrid and Portugal star, Cristiano Ronaldo, won the 2016 Ballon D’or award on Monday, for the fourth time in his career.
He’s pictured with his son and the trophy, in a new photo shared via his Instagram page.

EFCC Mocks Nigerians Participating On MMM Via Twitter

Hope that succour would come from the Nigerian government over the freezing of the accounts of all participants in the Ponzi scheme from Russia MMM have been dashed by the The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The EFCC reacted to the freeze on Tuesday, December 13 just hours after reports began to emerge that the freeze could mean the beginning of the end of the scheme in Nigeria.
The anti-corruption agency said on its official Twitter handle that there was nothing it could do if indeed the scheme had failed entirely.
It noted that Nigerians had been warned about the scheme in advance and so there was nothing that it could do. Besides, it noted, there were more important corruption matters for it to face than MMM freeze.

Wednesday 30 November 2016

Garri goes from N200 to N100: Ekiti market woman leader forces down prices of foodstuffs in the state

A taskforce led by the President of the Market Women Association, Chief Omowaye Oso, yesterday stormed two major markets in Ekiti state, to force the reduction in the prices of food stuff in the state.

Oso and her team stormed the market after the market women increased the prices of their commodities by 100% blaming it on high dollar rate. Speaking to newsmen after the forceful reduction, Oso said;

“Both the Ewi of Ado Ekiti and the state government are concerned about the exorbitant prices of goods and services in the town. The cost of goods, especially foodstuff, is too high in Ado Ekiti, whereas, as the state capital, prices of goods and services should be the cheapest here. The market men and women should have mercy on the poor because things are too expensive here, unlike other towns and villages in Ekiti State. It is very unfortunate that market women in other communities don’t want to sell at their places anymore; they now bring their wares to Ado, believing they will sell at twice the price of what they sell in their communities. As the Iyaloja, one of my responsibilities is to ensure price control of goods and today’s exercise shall be a continuous one and shall be repeated in all markets in Ado. It is unfortunate that 20 liters of palm oil which sells at N14,000 in Ikole is being sold at N22,000 in Ado, but we have sold it at N15,000. Ado is now developing a bad reputation for high prices of goods and services, but we will not allow this to continue. The Kabiyesi has said he does not want hardship for the people of Ado. We will continue to carry out our raids until our market women comply and anyone who cannot comply, must look elsewhere to sell her wares. If you can’t sell your palm oil at lower prices, don’t bring it down to Ado again,” she said. A measure of garri which used to sell for N200 was reduced to N100. A 20-liter container of palm oil which sold at N22,000 was reduced to N15,000, while a measure of local rice, which initially sold at N500 was reduced to N400.

‘This Is Where I Love To Put My House’ – Sound Sultan Speaks On Why He Didn’t Move To The Island

Sound Sultan has moved into his very own home in Lagos. It’s not on the Island, but Mainland.
So what made him move from Festac Town to Amuwo Odofin?
Congrats are in order for Sound Sultan! This is because the singer and his family have moved into their very own house. It’s not on the Island, but on the Mainland.
So what made him move from Festac Town to Amuwo-Odofin? Besides, both zones are located along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway.

‘I believe everybody has a choice of whatever they want to do with their lives, it’s not for me to question, refer or compare, this is where I LOVE to put my house,’ Sound Sultan told Thenetng on why he didn’t move to the Island where most of his colleagues reside.

The grateful singer celebrated his 40th birthday on Sunday, November 27 with family and celebrity friends, including musician Daddy Showkey, actress Grace Amah, comedian Princess and music producer, Tee-Y Mix.
Sound Sultan’s seventh studio album, Out of the Box was released on November 11, and he now plans to push it further with the music videos.

Sick female corps member allegedly dies after being forced to partake in military drills at Kano camp

Queen Nwokoye has had more than a steady run in the movie industry since she joined in 2004. She might not have been as prominent as expected in the beginning, however, Queen has continued to reign over the Nigerian home video and has remained relevant ahead of her peers by sustaining her relevance with hard work and a talent that can’t be overlooked.

Fayose hints he might dump PDP come 2018

Ekiti state governor, Ayo Fayose, today hinted he might choose his successor from another political party besides his party, PDP. Fayose gave the hint when he spoke with members of the Suppliers’ Association of Nigeria in the state today November 30th. According to him, the division within PDP led to the party losing Ondo state to APC in last Saturday's governorship election

“I don’t know the platform I will use for the 2018 election yet and at the appropriate time, I will tell you. We are still studying the situation . We have to play the game left, right and centre and whoever we are going to use and the platform, you will all be part of the process because party politics is about the people”he said