@kullnaija: July 2018

Friday, 13 July 2018

FG threatens to revoke licences of oil companies over unfair staff treatment

Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, says the federal government will revoke the operational licences of companies who do not treat their staff well.
Speaking on Wednesday at an interactive session with the newly appointed executives of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), Ngige said the ministry is working on a reform for the process of granting and renewing recruiters licence to labour contractors.
“I thank you for taking interest in job creation in the oil and gas sector and for observing some lapses on the part of labour contractors licensed by the ministry,” he said.

Civil servants’ salaries at risk as FAAC suspends meetings indefinitely

The salaries of civil servants in states across the federation might be affected as members of the federation accounts allocation committee (FAAC) have agreed to suspend meetings indefinitely.
Mahmood Yunusa, the chairman, commissioners of finance forum, said the meetings will not hold until an effective revenue collection process is implemented.
He said that the committee is tired of battling with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) over oil revenue collections.

Bakare, Adeosun currently meeting Buhari

Tunde Bakare, senior pastor of the Latter Rain Assembly, Lagos, and Kemi Adeosun, minister of finance, are currently meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa in Abuja.
Bakare and Adeosun, who are from Ogun state, walked into the president’s office around 2:30pm.
The reason for the meeting is not known.

The federal government will soon make public, list of 200 persons who allegedly looted Nigeria’s treasury.
According to Daily Trust, Okoi Obono-Obla, special assistant to the president on prosecution, disclosed this at the inauguration of a new software application for tracking illicit properties in the country.

Shehu Sani, Hunkunyi factions pull out of APC

The factions of Shehu Sani, senator representing Kaduna central senatorial district zone and Suleiman Hunkuyi, his counterpart in Kaduna north senatorial district, have left the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Tom Maiyashi, chairman of the Akida faction and Ja’afaru Abas Ibrahim, legal adviser of the Restoration Group, announced the decision of the two groups to leave the APC at a joint press conference on Friday in Kaduna.

The Croatian Lawmakers decided to rock their country's team jersey to work in support of the Croatian team who just qualified to the 2018 World Cup Final for the very first time in history.

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The National Assemble has been enjoined to as a matter of urgency empower the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) to go after recalcitrant obligors.

Sen. Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, made the plea on Thursday in Lagos.

Ibrahim, who delivered a keynote address at the opening of a two-day retreat on the importance of AMCON Act Amendment Bill, said the corporation had been up and doing.

The New York Fashion Week which took place few days ago, came with a historical achievement and it was made by a 19-year-old Nigerian boy, Taofeek Abijako.

Taofeek Abijako became the the youngest designer to present a collection at New York Fashion Week: Men’s this year.

Premium Times releases Finance Minister's fake NYSC Certificate & Credentials (Photos)

As the world awaits the explanation of Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, over a PREMIUM TIMES exclusive reportthat she skipped Nigeria’s one-year mandatory national youth service scheme and then forged an exemption certificate, this newspaper has decided to release her entire credentials to the public.

Four nigerian artiste in person of Wizkid, D,banj, Femi kuti and Tiwa Savage have been booked booked to perform alongside Top American acts like Beyonce, Jay Z, Usher, Ed Sheeran, Pharrel Williams and more at the 2018 Mandela Global Citizen Festival.

Hundreds of persons from Dutse constituency beat and held hostage Bala Yargaba, the council chairman of Dutse Local Government Area in Jigawa State. They accused the council chief of non-payment of polling unit development fund meant for disbursement.

The Peoples Democratic Party through their official twitter handle has caled on the Grand commander of Armed forces, president Muhammadu Buhari to reaveal the naes and photographs of his party members behind the stealing of the repariated $322 million Abacha.

Their tweet goes thus;

While speaking with state house correspondents, Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said that going by the numbers, the Buhari administration has exceeded its campaign promises to Nigerians.

The Presidency says it has evidence that some politicians are involved in the killing of innocent citizens who died as a result of the crisis between herdsmen and farmers in the country.

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
“As President (Muhammadu) Buhari indicated lately, there is evidence of involvement of some politicians using criminals to perpetuate the killings,” the statement said.

Oni udele Gold is a YABATECH student studying art and design.

Just lately, he drew France's president Emmanuel Macron and Lagos state governor Akinwunmi Ambode in just 15 minutes during Macron's visit to Fela's shrine.

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Some states’ inability to meet vital financial obligations without allocation from the Federal Government is becoming clearer by the day following the deadlock in the Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting. As at today, not less than 14 states currently owe workers’ salaries for June, following delay in disbursement of funds from the centre.

Half brother of P'Square music dou Paul okoye celebrated his twin babies, Nathan and Nadia first year birthday yesterday on 8th June 2018.

Celebrities who attended the occasion are the likes of; Jim Iyke, Timaya, Phyno, Skales, BBNaija winner, Miracle and 2nd runner-up, Tobi Bakre amongst others.

Windstorm causes havoc in Sokoto State; kills three and injures 28 others

Windstorm kills three, injures 28 others in Sokoto State

Three People lost their lives and about 28 persons injured with no fewer than 158 others including women and children were displaced aftermath of the recent devastating windstorm disaster in seven communities of Goronyo and Gada Local Government Areas in Sokoto state.

Killings: CAN declares three days fasting and prayers

The leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has declared July 9 to July 11 as National Day of prayers and fasting programme against the killings across the country.

The association also called on all Nigerians, both within and outside the country to take part in the programme.

Abuse of Office: Former Education Sec. in Delta State sentenced to five years imprisonment for employing his daughter

A Delta State High Court, sitting in Ozoro, has sentenced a former Education Secretary of BomadiLocal Government Education Authority, Mr. Abayomi Tom Kelekumor, to five years imprisonment for employing his daughter, Miss Preye Tom, into the service of the Local Government Education Authority.

A 10-year-old girl, Udeme Usen Etukudoh, may have been scarred for life after her mother burnt her face with electric iron for allegedly stealing N200.

The incident happened yesterday in Ikot Ekang Itam, Uruan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. Read report by an NGO, Child's Right and Rehabilitation Network (CRARN).

The violence in Ekiti seems to be growing ahead of the July 14 governorship election in the state. Some party supporters were yesterday attacked and wounded by some political thugs after they were allegedly ambushed. According to reports, the attackers descended on their victims with various dangerous weapons and beat them up mercilessly.

The factional national chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, otherwise known as Reformed All Progressives Congress, rAPC, Buba Galadima on Friday said their group has majority in the National Assembly.

Mr Galadima told journalists that as chairman of the group, he could give directive to the majority members of the National Assembly to begin process for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari.

A man was attacked and beaten by a group of people who mistook him for a popular journalist in Delta state. It was gathered that the journalist Sapele Oghenek, has become a nightmare to some people over stories he publishes online and those involved decided to take action in stopping him.

The Presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, otherwise known as Winners Chapel, David Oyedepo, has spoken again on the state of the nation.

Oyedepo, when reacting to a statement recently credited to the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina that “You can only have ancestral attachment when you are alive. If you are talking about ancestral attachment, if you are dead, how does the attachment matter?,” declared that Nigeria is gradually turning to Animal Farm.

This sounds funny but on another thought needs to be taken serious. A twitter user made a tweet about how a family was called 10days after baby was delivered to tell them they took the wrong child home and demanding for a swap. A lot of question running through, what kind of mistake? How could they be so careless?

Tweet below:

Olufemi took to Facebook to share the sad story of a man who killed himself in Ogun state and wrote...

A man believed to be in his early 20s Wednesday afternoon, set himself ablaze in the Omole Phase 1 area of Ojodu, Lagos.

The man, whose identity has not be confirmed, was said to had armed himself with a gallon of petrol and lighter and started narrating how Nigerians were going through hardship.

A witness, Ben Chinedu, told Daily Sun that: “I was Gate when I saw a crowd and I stopped to make enquiries. I saw a young man in his 20s; he was armed with a gallon of fuel.

A collapsed building at Yemetu area in Ibadan, Oyo state capital, left two persons with serious injuries after the unfortunate incident. According to Abiodun Adewole, the weakened and dilapidated 3-storey building collapsed not before the occupants had escaped but two were not so lucky to have been caught in the tragedy.

Here's Ibukun Emmanuel and his work. He made a life tree carving of the Oba of Benin, the first ever in the history of Nigerian Institution. He's a student of the department of sculpture in school of art and industrial design, Auchi polytechnic, Auchi.

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The renewed cult clash has sparked fear and unrest among residents in Rivers state. According to reports, two men were killed and beheaded by cult group in Ubima community in Ikwerre local government area of the state ( the country home of Minister of Transport, Rt. Hon Rotimi Amaechi).

The shocking incident reportedly happened on Sunday night and till now, no one has been arrested in connection with the gruesome killings.

The Supreme Court on Friday set free the Senate President, Bukola Saraki of charges in the case of false assets declaration at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT.
The apex court upheld Saraki’s appeal and discharged him of the remaining three charges against him.
The court upheld the appeal in a lead judgment delivered by Justice Centus Nweze.

Umar Danladi-led CCT had in June 2017, terminated the trial and dismissed the entire 18 counts charges preferred against Saraki.

Governor Kashim Shettima has just received the President, Muhammad Buhari at the Maiduguri International Airport.
President Buhari is in Borno State to mark this year’s Nigerian Army Day Celebration (NADCEL) at Monguno"Local government area

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The Senate Committee on Police Affairs has summoned the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Ibrahim Idris, over the Monday killing of seven police officers in Abuja.
Abu Ibrahim, the Chairman of the Committee made the disclosure on the floor of the Senate today after the Senate President Bukola Saraki, asked that the matter be investigated. Saraki lamented over the death of the security officers while contributing to a point of order earlier raised by Mao Ohabunwa on the armed police and army roadblocks along South-Eastern roads.

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has disclosed that he will not welcome President Muhammadu Buhari and his entourage to Ekiti on June 10, as requested in a letter to him.

He explained that the Federal Government under Buhari did not deem it fit to construct even a 100-meter road in the state since they came into office.

Nigeria singer kechi okwuchi is set to release her album titled “Don’t you Dare”. Okwuchi is one of the two survivors in the sosoliso Airlines flight 1145 crash on Dec 10, 2005 that claimed 107 lives,60 of which were her schoolmates from loyola Jesuit college.

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Nigeria’s widespread corruption, which has been eating the eco-system like termites, met on audacious response from President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday afternoon with the signing of a new Executive Order No.6 on preservation of assets connected with corruption. President Buhari holds the view that after three years in office it was another good time to further review the achievements of the administration and set goals in a key policy area, the anti-corruption war.

The rift between members of the ruling party is getting wider by the day. This time, the senator representing kogi west, Dino Melaye has taken to his instagram page to express his frustration with the ruling All progressive Congress , APC. According to him , "APC scatter scatter, everything jaga jaga, put broom in the air"... The statement did not go down well with his followers, and they reacted.

President Muhammadu Buhari says the killings in Nigeria are unacceptable and cannot be justified by any religion or culture.
The President, consequently, called on all Nigerians to rise and condemn the bloodshed in the country and the attacks that have left hundreds dead.
He spoke about the killings on Thursday in the Presidential Villa, Abuja, when leaders of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) from the 19 northern states visited him.

Richard Mofe-Damijo (popularly known as RMD, born 6 July 1961) is a Nigerian actor and former Commissioner for Culture and Tourism in Delta State. In 2005 he won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

President Muhammadu Buhari has once again hit back at his critics who accuse him of bias in tackling the herdsmen-farmers crisis that has claimed many lives in the country.
The President who received the leaders of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) from the 19 northern states on Thursday said his administration was doing its best to address the issue.
“To suggest that our Administration is doing nothing is terribly unfair,” he told his guests at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the nation’s capital.

BREAKING: House of Reps Members fights dirty with each other during plenary today (Video)

Members of the House of Representative were today seen fighting and boxing each other During Plenary.. According to reports the fight started following an argument between APC and the new reformed one rAPC.

Watch the video below!

Twitter user Harrison Jnr who is known for bragging about how good he is on everything, Has exposed a suppose Lagos big boy and musician who pledged to give him N2million cash if he can give him a Head..

An angry lady has taken to her twitter handle @Nikiwinks to curse a one minute guy who had one round of sex with her and left her unsatisfied.

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Sammy Walsh, the sister to Dbanj's wife Lineo Didi Kilgrow, has spoken for the first time since her nephew drowned at home in Ikoyi.
The post is quite emotional and gives a glimpse into the depth of pain the family must be going through following the death of Daniel the Third.
She wrote:

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Happening live!! Ekiti PDP Governorship Rally...

Governor Kashim Shettima received the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo at the Maiduguri International Airport, today.
The Vice President is in Borno State to mark this year’s Nigerian Army Day Celebration (NADCEL) at Monguno.

Members of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the north have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to bring an end to the killings across the country.
The association made the call when its leaders in 19 Northern states and Abuja met with the president at the State House on Thursday.

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