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Dino Melaye speaks from police custody over booing of Buhari The Senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District, Dino Melaye, has denied being part of the lawmakers that booed President Muhammadu Buhari, during the 2019 budget presentation before a joint session of the National Assembly on December 19, 2018. Melaye claims he was absent at the House of Representatives chamber, venue of the budget presentation on that day. Since the incident, there have been reports in the social media that the booing was led by the Kogi Senator. But Melaye, in his first reaction to the social media reports, said in a statement by his media aide, Gideon Ayodele, on Saturday evening that those that kept calling his name on the incident lied against him. ‎ “The attention of Senator Dino Melaye has been drawn to a malicious reference to his person on the social media as one of the lawmakers who booed President Muhammadu Buhari during his 2019 Budget presentation before a joint session

Photo of a child shoe shiner in Gombe State A Nigerian Facebook user, George Onmonya is concerned about the growing number of child labourers in Gombe State. He shared a photo of one of the children supplied by a certain 'Doctor Bile Nuhu' from Gombe, adding that the children are mostly from neighbouring states.  Read his post below.. "Sometime last year I went to Gombe with Remi Adebayo and Joshua Matthew to track down Governor Dankwanbo for an interview. The one thing I noticed in Gombe was the influx of children shoe shiners like this one. I called several of them to ask them where they were from and they said they were from Katsina, Sokoto, Kebbi, some from as far as Niger Republic and many just knew their village names and don’t know the states they are from. I am sure they are still everywhere all over Gombe town, children, like this photo supplied by Doctor Bile Nuhu , carrying shoe shining box, roaming around the streets. Is this not child

No word from Presidency on IGP Ibrahim Idris’ retirement of – PSC By Kingsley Omonobi & Evelyn Usman •Idris’s time is up, he must go – NOPRIN ABUJA—There is uncertainty in the Police Service Commission, PSC, following the silence of the Presidency over the expected retirement of the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, who completed 35 years in service last Thursday, December 3, 2018. Consequently, a source in the commission told Vanguard that PSC was now waiting to see if any decision by the federal government would be communicated when IGP Ibrahim Idris turns 60 years of age on January 15, 2019. I-G IBRAHIM, IDRIS According to civil service statutes, the occupant of the office of the Inspector General of Police is to resign after spending the mandatory 35 years in service or attaining 60 years of age, whichever came first. A source at the commission, however, said there was nothing the PSC could do on its own, adding that they were still ope

Actor Kenneth Okonkwo Has Been Appointed As Member Of APC Presidential Campaign Team Actor cum politician, Kenneth Okonkwo is so elated as he gets appointed as part of the member of the APC presidential campaign team. The overjoyed actor and politician shared the news on his page yesterday. ‘To God be the glory for my appointment as a member of APC Presidential Campaign Team. By the grace of God every appointment you are expecting this year will come to pass IJN. Happy new year once more and God bless’ He wrote. Source: https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/01/actor-kenneth-okonkwo-has-been.html

Public procurement in depressed economy: Emerging issues and challenge By Akintola Benson-Oke PUBLIC procurement is the use of public funds by the government through its ministries, departments and agencies, on behalf of its citizens, for the acquisition of goods, services and works with the best quality, and/or right quantity, at the best possible price, from the right place or source (contractors, suppliers and service providers), and for the right purpose using the best method(s) and in line with laid down rules and regulations, following due proces. The essence of public procurement is to achieve value for money, which manifests in enhanced human welfare and improved economic growth. According to Nkinga, strong procurement management in the public sector is a tool for achieving political, economic and social goals. Thus, productive or sustainable public procurement is one that is growth-promoting and welfare-enhancing. According to Aigheyisi and Edore (2001

NAF Helicopter Gunship Destroys Terrorist Gun Trucks In Damasak, Borno State The Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has destroyed some Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) gun trucks in air strikes conducted near Damasak in Northern Borno State. According to a statement by the Nigeria Air Force, NAF, the attacks were executed yesterday, 5 January 2019, whilst providing close air support for ground troops at Damasak who were in pursuit of the terrorists who had attempted to breach their location. The NAF Mi-35M Helicopter Gunship engaged the group of terrorists’ gun trucks in successive waves of attacks as they retreated, destroying and immobilizing 3 of them while causing significant damage to others and neutralizing several terrorists. Similarly, a building used as a meeting venue for Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP, has been destroyed by the Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE. The building being used by

2019: Amaechi under fire over ‘leaked audio’, told to resign as Buhari’s Campaign DG Mixed reactions have trailed the release of a full audio recording of the Minister of Transport, Rotimi Amaechi, allegedly referring to President Muhammadu Buhari as an ignoramus, who neither takes advice nor reads to acquire information. Reno Omokri, an ex-presidential aide on New Media, made the full audio release available on Sunday in a post on his Twitter page, amid the controversies that trailed an earlier snippet he made public. Recall that in the snippet, Amaechi was reportedly heard saying, “The President does not listen to anybody. Does he even read?” But the Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Digital, New Media, Tolu Ogunlesi, has claimed that the audio recording was from 2014 at the height of Amaechi’s fight with Omokri’s former principal, President Goodluck Jonathan. In what appears as a counterattack against Ogunlesi’s defence, Omokri released the full