Blame N’Delta militants for the recession – VP Osinbajo

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has attributed the current economic recession to the activities of militants in the Niger Delta.Osinbajo said there was no way Nigeria would not be affected, given the fact that the nation now loses over one million barrels of crude oil on a daily basis.

Liverpool’s official Twitter account mocks Man U official fanpage with one Tweet

 

Man U fans must have thought that Chelsea were EPL title threats at the beginning of this season so after Liverpool beat Chelsea on Friday, United's fan page tweeted

Funke Akindele Bello shares photo with her hubby, JJC Skillz

Funke shared this photo where she posed beside her husband, Abdulrasheed Bello aka JJC Skillz in London.

Presidency reacts to US-based Nigerian professor's claim that Buhari spent £6 million for ear treatment

Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Shehu Garba, has reacted to a post by US Associate Professor of Journalism, Farooq Kperogi, where he criticized President Buhari for allegedly spending £6 million to treat his ear at a UK hospital in June.

Basing his post on a report by Vanguard, Kperogi  said President Buhari spent 6 million pounds which is about N3 billion to treat an ear infection when according to him all Nigerian teaching hospitals combined were allocated less than 3 billion naira in the budget and when he budgeted up to 4 billion naira for Aso Rock Clinic that he doesn't even use and afterwards banned all government officials from traveling abroad for medical treatment.

Reacting to the report, Shehu Garba stated that the ear treatment of President Buhari did not take up to £50,000 which is about N20.5m. See what the Professor wrote and Shehu Garba's reaction after the cut.

Over 40 per cent of Japanese are virgins -poll

More than 40 percent of young Japanese single adults are virgins, a government survey has shown, and almost three-quarters of men are not in any kind of relationship.

The poll reveals the extent of sexlessness in a country where policymakers worry about low birthrates and the knock-on effect of an ageing society.

Ekiti court sentences herdsman to two years imprisonment for grazing

A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has sentenced one Ali Haruna to two years imprisonment for taking his cows for grazing in a farmland and destroying crops.

PHOTOS: Buhari at UN meeting on refugees, migrants

 

President Muhammadu Buhari attends the opening of plenary meeting on addressing movements of refugees and migrants at the United Nations Headquarters.See more photo after this cut........

Recession: Worst is over- CBN governor Godwin Emefiele says

Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, over the weekend gave cheery news on the state of the Nigerian economy. According to Emefiele, the worst days of Nigeria's current economic recession are over. The Nation reports that Emefiele in a chat with journalists this weekend, said based on these facts, the worst in Nigeria's economic recession is over.

Aisha Buhari in New York for a week long visit to the 71st United Nations General Assembly

Wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari will be meeting with Stop TB partnerships, a UN hosted organization that promotes the eradication of Tuberculosis world wide, later today in New York.

Mrs Buhari who is an ambassador of the Stop TB campaign has decried the position of Nigeria as having the highest rates of tuberculosis and the lowest detection rates.

This meeting is part of a series of meetings Mrs Buhari will be attending as part of her week long visit to the 71st United Nations General Assembly.

We need quick solutions to our economic challenges – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said the solutions to the various challenges facing Nigeria must be fast tracked by his administration in order to get the economy up and running again.
He spoke at the 2016 Annual National Management Conference organized by the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM) in Abuja with the theme: “Building a new Nigeria: Strategic Options and Policy Imperative.”

Ambode is workers friendly, says Lagos NUT

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in Lagos has commended Govern or Akinwunmi Ambode, for being considerate toward the plight of civil servants.

‘I’ll not step down for Mimiko’s candidate’

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) in Ondo state, Roland Arigbede Monday said he would pursue his aspiration to become Ondo state governor  to a logical conclusion .
He emphasised that he would not step down for a candidate allegedly being sponsored by Governor Olusegun Mimiko.

I dumped bulletproof cars to dare terrorists – Shettima

Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, said he abandoned the use of bulletproof cars as an act of sympathy with the suffering masses who had no means of self protection from terrorists.

Ogun farm manager killed while harvesting crop

A farm manager, Gbenga Kiki, has been strangled by unknown persons while harvesting crop on a farmland in Orisada-Eyo community in the Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State.

Buhari, VP, ministers, lawmakers, others earn N9.18bn yearly

Twelve months after the Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission pledged to give the nation reviewed salaries and allowances for political office holders, lawmakers and key government officials still cart home about N9.18bn annually in salaries and allowances.

Oyo battles heaps of refuse in Ibadan metropolis

OYO State has expressed worries about the growing heaps of refuse dumps in some strategic locations in Ibadan metropolis.