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President Buhari today in Abuja, assured Nigerians that he will put in all efforts to ensure the best for the country and the citizens when he begins a second term in office on May 29, 2019, while appreciating all those that voted him during the elections. Receiving the Board of Trustees and Advisory Council of Gidauniyar Jihar Katsina (Katsina State Development Fund) led by Justice Mamman Nasir at the State House, President Buhari said his campaign to all states of the federation was an eye opener. “Thank you for supporting me. I assure you that I will do my best during the second term. We will work for Nigeria and her people,’’ he said. The President said the crowd that welcomed his campaign train in each state was more than anyone can possibly “induce’’, attributing the turn outs to people’s appreciation of the efforts of his administration. President Buhari noted that he was the chairman of the Katsina State Development Fund for 17 years, during which period a lot was don...

Justice Sybil Nwaka of an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Monday acquitted a  sales engineer, Happiness Essien, charged with defiling his 8-year-old child daughter (name withheld). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 31-year-old Essien, who has been remanded in prison since May 25, 2016, was acquitted of a one-count charge of defilement mainly due to the absence of the alleged victim to testify during the trial. Setting Essien free, Justice Nwaka said: “I find the defendant not guilty of the offence of defilement or sexual assault, I set him free, he is thereby discharged and acquitted. “It is the resolve of the state to ensure victory not only for the victim but also the defendant.” Reacting to Essien’s acquittal,  Mr Babajide Boye, the lead state prosecutor, emphasized the importance of the testimonies of complainants in sexual and domestic violence in securing a conviction. He said: “I will like to seize this opportunity to appea...

Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer says Paul Pogba has a “big, big part” to play at Old Trafford despite speculation linking the French World Cup winner with a move to Real Madrid. Real boss Zinedine Zidane is expected to be busy in the summer transfer market as he tries to reinvigorate a side that crashed out of the Champions League in the last 16 and are lagging 12 points behind leaders Barcelona in La Liga. United midfielder Pogba last week described Madrid as a “dream club for every player” while on international duty with France and Zidane on Saturday hailed him as “a player who knows how to do everything”. But Solskjaer is determined that Pogba, one of the world’s most marketable players, will not be a part of Zidane’s rebuilding plans and believes the midfielder simply gave a straight answer to a question. “I don”t like to talk about other teams’ players,” the Norwegian said ahead of his side’s Premier League match against Wolves on Tuesday. “That is one o...

Brunei to punish gay sex and adultery with death by stoningStarting from April 3, 2019, new law which will punish homosexual sex and adultery with death will come into place in Brunei. Any individuals found guilty of the offenses will be stoned to death, according to a new penal code. The punishment will be “witnessed by a group of Muslims.” The country’s strict new laws were announced in 2014, and have been rolled out gradually. The latest phase of implementation, including the brutal new provisions, was quietly announced on the Brunei attorney general’s website on December 29, 2018. source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/04/brunei-to-punish-gay-sex-and-adultery.html

The Trade Director, Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Nigeria, Mr. Bagus Wicaksena, has disclosed in an exclusive interview with Vangaurd that the Republic of Indonesia maybe a viable option for Nigeria’s rapid economic recovery, saying that, Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country’s trade relations with Indonesia, stand to reach a lofty, enviable economic growth. Trade Director, Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Nigeria, Mr. Bagus Wicaksena, He also said that his country is willing to partner Nigeria to grow its economy by way of investing in several key sectors of the Nigerian economy, including the desire to establish processing mills in the country and other win-win trade cooperation. Excerpt; How do you intend to enhance trade between Indonesia and Nigeria? It is team work here at the Embassy of Indonesia Trade Promotion Center (ITPC) and we are basically working at different capacities to ensure better and prosperous business ground between Nigeria and Indo...

THE proposed listing of MTN, privatisation of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC and the remaining power sector privatisation will attract more participation of investors in the capital market and thus enhance financial inclusion in the country, former Minister of National Planning , Dr Shamshudeen Usman has said. He further expressed dismay that only 3.3 million people participate in the market out of 180 million people, while  urging the federal government to privatise the NNPC and the remaining power sector entities by way of public offer and list them on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, NSE for more participation of investors in the market. NNPC Headquarters, Abuja. Speaking at the  2019 Capital Market  Summit and Award night organised by the Association of Stockbroking Houses of Nigeria, ASHON , Usman, who was the key note speaker at the occasion with the theme”  Financial Inclusion – The Capital Market Perspective” said ” We do not know how the pr...

Lagos – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will not condone lateness by candidates to its 2019 Mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), scheduled for Monday, April 1. JAMB The board’s Head, Media and Information, Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. A total of 157,631 candidates have been scheduled to sit for the optional examination in some accredited Computer Based Centres (CBT) across the country. According to Benjamin, all is now set for the conduct of the examination by the board. “Just like the main UTME, candidates are expected to adhere strictly to all the rules guiding the test. “I want to say that we are fully set to conduct the mock examination, which is scheduled to hold tomorrow, Monday across some centres nationwide. “We will also like to appeal to candidates to ensure that they get to their various centres early enough for the necessary accreditatio...