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Christmas: Enugu Indigenes Get Free Transport From Governor Ugwuanyi By Mod - [ Update ] Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has announced free transportation for indigenes of the state living in other parts of the country, who intend to return home to celebrate the festive season with their loved ones. Announcing the welfare package, the Managing Director, Enugu State Transport Company (ENTRACO), Mr. Bob Itanyi, stated that the gesture was “in the spirit of Christmas” and “in keeping with the tradition of this administration to cater for the needs of the people and give them a sense of belonging as the true heroes of democracy”. Mr. Itanyi added that the decision was also borne out of Gov. Ugwuany’s magnanimity and his passion for the wellbeing of the masses, especially the lowly and less privileged. The Managing Director explained that the free transportation exercise will commence on December 20, and will be carried out in cities/states of the federatio...

Woman Displays The Burden Of Living With HIV With Her Family. Photos By Mod -[ Update ] A social media influencer has taken to Facebook to show the burden of living with HIV. The 32-year-old Ugandan woman, Barbara Kemigisa who isn’t shy of talking about her HIV status, shared pictures of her family with the drugs they take daily to contain the virus. She wrote; My babies and I displaying our burden of living with HIV. Kourtney 9years 11 tablets, Trevor 17 years 20 tablets, Dauglas 22 years 3 tablets, Barbara 32 years 3 tablets daily. If you still have a chance and choice to stay safe, please do because it isn’t fun swallowing these pills everyday especially for the kids born with the virus. Molested by her uncles at a tender age, Kemigisa developed a promiscuous life by the time she was a teenager.  “My parents separated when I was four years old, so, I stayed with my grandmother in Fort Portal. At six, I was molested by my uncles. They g...

Huge debts forces airlines to suspend flights to Warri, Gombe, MMA2 airports By Mod - [ Update ] Local airlines are to suspend flight operations into the Osubi Airport, Warri; the Gombe Airport; Birnin Kebbi Airport; and the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two (MMA2), Lagos following the withdrawal of services by the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to the facilities over debts estimated at about N716million. According to a report by Daily Sun, the four airports are operated by private firms under concession agreements for state governments (the Gombe and Birnin Kebbi Airports), the MMA2 owned by the Federal Government is operated by Bi-courtney Aviation Services Limited, while the Osubi Airport in Warri is operated by Shoreline Oil Services for Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria.   Spokeswoman for FAAN, Henritta Yakubu, in a statement said the withdrawal comes “following a final notice of payment issued to the above ai...

Subsidy debt: Depot owners suspend strike, give 5-day grace By Mod -[ Update Vanguard ] The Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association (DAPPMA) has suspended its planned shutdown of depots across the country from loading petroleum products effective from 12-midnight on Sunday, Dec. 9. Depot owners soft-pedal on N800bn FG oil subsidy debt The suspension directive was conveyed in a statement issued by DAPPMA Executive Secretary, Mr Olufemi Adewole, at about 1:20 a.m. on Monday in Lagos and made available to newsmen. EFCC lacks locus standi to meddle into client-lawyer relationship – NBA Adewole said: “Recalls the association had issued a shut down directive to our members following the continuing indebtedness of the Federal Government to the petroleum marketers. “However, following the intervention of well meaning Nigerians including the National Assembly as represented by the Senate Committee of Petroleum Downstream and constructive engagement...

French Finance Minister Describes ‘Yellow Vest’ Protests As Catastrophe To Economy By Mod - [ Update Channels tv] man with a sign reading “Macron resign” waves a French flag as “yellow vests” (Gilets jaunes) protestors gather to protest against rising oil prices and living costs at the highway’s toll of La Barque, on December 9, 2018, near Marseille, southern France.  SYLVAIN THOMAS / AFP The Bank of France on Monday slashed its fourth-quarter growth forecast in half, to 0.2 percent from 0.4 percent, citing the impact of the “yellow vest” protests which have rocked the country. “Services activity has slowed under the impact of the movement. Transport, the restaurant and auto repair sectors have gone backward,” the French central bank said in its latest company survey. Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire had warned Sunday that the protests sweeping France were a “catastrophe.” “It’s a catastrophe for commerce, it’s a catastrophe for our economy,” Le M...

Muslim Woman Donates Wrappers To Christian Widows For Christmas Celebration By Mod - [ Update ] Muslim woman donates wrapper to Christian widows A Muslim woman, Hajiya Ramatu Tijjani,on Sunday donated wrappers and other food items to Christian widows for Christmas celebration in Kaduna as part of efforts to boost peaceful coexistence. Tijjani made the donations at the Church of Christ Evangelical and Life Intervention Ministry, Sabon Tasha, Kaduna State. According to her, more wrappers and foodstuff will also be shared to other churches in Kaduna and other neighbouring states. She said the gesture was her contributions to strengthen peaceful co-existence among different faith organisations in the country. ”This is to boost religious tolerance, forgiveness, love and better understanding among Muslims and Christians. ”So as to shun all forms of ethno-religious, political crisis bedeviling peace and stability in the northern part of Nigeria,” sh...

Jesus Baptism Site Soon To Be Uncovered By Mod - [ Update ] Everything you need to live well Efforts to clear thousands of landmines and other ordnance around the site where many believe Jesus was baptised have reached a milestone and officials allowed a rare glimpse Sunday of abandoned churches there. The church grounds around the site in the occupied West Bank have sat empty and decaying for around 50 years, though pilgrims have been able to visit a nearby restricted area at the traditional baptismal spot on the banks of the River Jordan. Work at the site just north of the Dead Sea is being overseen by Israel’s defence ministry, de-mining charity Halo Trust and Israeli firm 4CI. According to the ministry, the project covers around one square kilometre (250 acres) as well as some 3,000 mines and other explosive remnants. It is expected to cost 20 million shekels ($5.3 million, 4.7 million euros). The work began in March and would require another eight m...

Learning to swim without getting wet By Mod -[ Update Vanguard ] By Owei Lakemfa THE National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas  Workers, NUPENG, one of the most militant unions in African labour history, last week marked its fortieth anniversary. Back in 1994 when the military held Nigeria in vile grip, NUPENG sent out a call for the unions to rescue the country. The regime of General Sani Abacha was particularly brutish, nasty and bloody. It was a dictatorship that had no rules, respected none and included the bombing of buses especially those conveying soldiers, as part of governance. Not surprisingly, other unions including the central labour organisation, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, chickened out. NUPENG, backed by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN, took on the military in weeks of strikes and protests. Even when the strikes were crushed and its leaders herded into years of solitary confinement, NUPENG  held its...

Anti-Party Activities: APC Govs Back Amosun, Okorocha, Yari Against Oshiomhole By Mod - [ Update ] Anti-Party Activities: APC Govs Back Amosun, Okorocha, Yari Against Oshiomhole, NWC Temidayo Akinsuyi and Tor Vande-Acka Lagos / Makurdi – In a show of solidarity, governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have moved against attempt by the national leadership of the party to sanction some aggrieved governors who are embittered over the outcome of the party primaries. Daily Independent had exclusively reported last week that some governors who may come under the party’s big stick are Governor Abdulaziz Yari of Zamfara, Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun, Rochas Okorocha of Imo and Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo. The party has resolved to take the actions after exhausting all means to placate the aggrieved stakeholders who have rebuffed all entreaties including setting up a reconciliation committee in all the six geo-political zones. It was also gathered...

Untold Story Of PMB’s Refusal To Sign Electoral Amendment Bill - Leadership.ng By Mod - [ Update ] Indications emerged yesterday as to why President Muhammadu Buhari refused to append his signature on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill last Friday. LEADERSHIP investigations revealed that the president took the decision not to sign the bill when it was discovered that some unscrupulous Nigerians had perfected plans to tamper with results of the 2019 general elections with the help of a new technology they had acquired which they would have used to distort the functioning of the electronic voter machine. These individuals, it was also learnt, had taken their plan a notch higher by engaging the services of a Russian firm to hack into the electoral system in order to manipulate the results in favour of their clients. Our usually impeccable source further disclosed that President Buhari declined assent because under the new electoral bill, electronic voting and transmission of...

Ralph Breaks The Internet Tops Box Office By MOD- [ Update ] Everything you need to live well Disney’s “Ralph Breaks the Internet” has again topped North American box offices, taking in an estimated $16.1 million (N5.8 billion)for the weekend to narrowly edge out another family-oriented animation, Universal’s “The Grinch,” industry tracker Exhibitor Relations said Sunday. On a last quiet weekend before the coming crush of holiday films, the order of the top five films on this three-day weekend was, remarkably, exactly the same as last weekend. “Ralph,” a family-friendly sequel to 2012’s “Wreck It Ralph” with the title character voiced by John C. Reilly, came in just ahead of “Grinch,” which sold $15.7 million (N5.7 billion) in tickets. Benedict Cumberbatch voices the grouchy Seuss-inspired title character in that film. In third spot again was MGM’s boxing drama “Creed II,” at $10.3 million (N3.7 billion). This latest in the long-running “Rocky” series stars Michael...

"CPC, Save Us From Multichoice/GOTV" By Mod - [ Update ] give kudos to The PUNCH newspaper for the opportunity given to the masses through this medium to air their views and grievances on issues of national importance . It is disheartening that organisations like Multichoice Nigeria take delight in exploiting the fact that the Consumer Protection Council which is supposed to act like a check to their excesses is not working in this country . Multichoice is always in the habit of ripping off its subscribers in Nigeria either through poor service delivery or deceptive marketing strategies . GOtv , a product on the stables of Multichoice Nigeria , is the worst in terms of service delivery and the company does not seem to be bothered, yet they keep disturbing us with one deceptive marketing jingles or the other . I am a GOtv subscriber with IUC Number 4613148216. Each month I renew my subscription , I don ’t get to enjoy the package for up to a week and then for the re...

5 Reasons Some Smart People Never Make It In Life (READ AND LEARN) By Mod -[ Must Read ] Toheeb is one of the smartest guys in the class back then in school. Since we graduated 2 years ago, he has been doing quite well in his career, but when he checks Instagram, he sees guys he outperformed in school who are making more money and achieving greater things than him. Likewise, there some of his colleagues at his work place who are doing better than him. All these makes him wonder with no choice than to ask himself, “What Am I Doing Wrong”? You can relate right? You might relate to Toheeb yourself, or have a colleague or friend who struggles with the same feelings. The truth is, raw intelligence is undoubtedly a huge asset, but it is not everything. And sometimes, when intellectually gifted people don’t achieve as much as they would like to, it’s because they are indirectly under-rating themselves. If you’re in this situation, the good news is that when you unders...

Photos: Beyonce arrives Udaipur to perform at the wedding of daughter of India's richest man, Mukesh Ambani U.S. singer Beyonce arrived Udaipur on Sunday to perform at the wedding of the daughter of India’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani, along with Bollywood stars. Isha Ambani, 27, daughter of Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, will marry Mr Anand Piramal, 33, in the financial capital of Mumbai this Wednesday (Dec 12), but the celebrations began last weekend in the desert city of Udaipur, with feasts, singing and dancing, and other pre-wedding rituals. Yesterday, American politician Hillary Clinton arrived at Udaipur to be a part of this big Indian wedding. While Beyoncé has arrived yesterday, her team of 60 dancers who arrived Saturday, are already in Udaipur. The singer is all ready to set the stage on fire and entertain the guests. Dozens of chartered planes carrying top industrialists, politicians, sports and Bollywood stars flew int...

2019: I Am Not Neutral, I Want Buhari Out - Obasanjo Clarifies By Mod - [ Update ] Ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo A former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has denied media reports  that he has decided not to support any candidate for next year’s presidential election in Nigeria. Making the clarification in a statement on Sunday by his media aide, Kehinde Akinyemi. ‘While Chief Olusegun Obasanjo is in Cairo to attend the maiden edition of the Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF), of which he is Chairman of the Advisory Council, his attention has been drawn to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) with the headline “Atiku: Obasanjo Shifts Political Gear to Neutral.” “It is disingenuous, if not malicious, for anyone to suggest that Chief Obasanjo was being neutral when he chose not to use the Owu Convention as a platform for political campaign but instead adopt a communal and familial approach in talking to members of his Owu family,” Mr Akin...