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Sunday, March 26, 2017
Hailstones Fall In Ado-Ekiti (See Photos)
Twitter user, Oreoluwa shared these photos of hailstones that fell in Ado-Ekiti.
See New Stunning Photos of Toke Makinwa as She Steps Out In White Outfit
She looks breathtaking!
$200 Million Loan Been Approved By World Bank For The Boost of Agriculture In Nigeria
The World Bank has approved $200 million loan to Nigeria to support the government’s effort to boost small and mid-scale farmers.
A statement issued by World bank on Friday said the funds will help tackle low yields, lack of seed capital to set up agro-factories, low-level adoption of technology and limited access to markets.
'Priority value chains will include products with potential for immediate improvement of food security, products with a potential for export and foreign currency earnings,' the bank said in the statement.
According to the Bank, about 60,000 individuals will benefit directly from the funding, of which 35 percent are women. About 300,000 farming households will be affected indirectly.
However, Nigeria is aiming to achieve self-sufficiency in rice by 2018 and in wheat by 2019 or 2020. By the latter date, it also hopes to be a net exporter of rice, cashew nuts, groundnuts, cassava, vegetable oil and many others with the World Bank loan.
Photos From The Visit of Fashola To Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, And His Deputy
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos and his deputy, Dr. (Mrs) Oluranti Adebule, received the Minister of Works, Power & Housing, Babatunde Fashola, who paid a courtesy visit to them at the Lagos House, Ikeja, on Saturday, March 25, 2017. Fashola was in-charge of Lagos, until he handed over to Ambode at the end of his tenure in 2015.
See other photos below..
Photos: 3 Containers Carrying "Action Bitters" and Other Goods From Nigeria Been Confiscated By South Africa
The Port Elizabeth Border Police and the Customs Control officials in South Africa have intercepted three containers from Nigeria.
The Customs officials noted irregularities on many items that were in the containers when they examined the goods.
According to a South African Police report, Liquor, food products, cosmetics and maize were among other things in the containers.
The cargo manifesto of the three containers didn’t declare the liquor and also no permit or legal paperwork could be produced for the import into this country. SAPS disclosed that the liquor was described as beverages.
Police also estimated the alcohol to be approximately R1 million(N26m) and have opened a case of import of marine products without a permit.
'A docket has been opened in terms of the Liquor Act – illegal importation of liquor without a permit. No arrests have been made and the investigation is continuing,' SAPS stated.
Meanwhile, it was also reported that the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) recently confiscated 328kg Nigerian stock fish and 319 kg of Nigerian Crayfish.
Source: Buzz SA
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The Customs officials noted irregularities on many items that were in the containers when they examined the goods.
According to a South African Police report, Liquor, food products, cosmetics and maize were among other things in the containers.
The cargo manifesto of the three containers didn’t declare the liquor and also no permit or legal paperwork could be produced for the import into this country. SAPS disclosed that the liquor was described as beverages.
Police also estimated the alcohol to be approximately R1 million(N26m) and have opened a case of import of marine products without a permit.
'A docket has been opened in terms of the Liquor Act – illegal importation of liquor without a permit. No arrests have been made and the investigation is continuing,' SAPS stated.
Meanwhile, it was also reported that the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) recently confiscated 328kg Nigerian stock fish and 319 kg of Nigerian Crayfish.
Source: Buzz SA
Saturday, March 25, 2017
Sad: Popular Nollywood Script Writer, Chike Bryan, Has Died (See Photos)
Nollywood script writer, director & producer, Chike Bryan, has died. According to reports, the father of five died after he received a call from home while on his way to work yesterday March 24th. He reportedly developed stroke after the shock he suffered from the call he got and died hours later at the Lagos State Teaching hospital. May his soul rest in peace, Amen.
Meanwhile his friends and colleagues have taken to social media to pay tributes to him. Continue to read the tributes below..
Man Allegedly Got Beating To Death By Soldiers In Ogun State (See Photos)
According to this twitter user, Kenny Abel Adesanya, men of the 174 battalion in Ogun state, beat the man pictured above, to death in the Ogijo area of the state yesterday March 24th. According to reports, the deceased was owing his landlady two months house rent. The landlady invited the soldiers to intervene and they ended up beating him so badly he was admitted to hospital.
He was on admission for some days but died yesterday. His Family members in anger, carried his corpse and dumped it in front of the Landlady's house. The said Landlady has since been arrested.
Apostle Suleman and His Wife, Lizzy, Spotted Playing Together In Their Garden (See Photos)
The Edo state based Apostle and his wife Lizzy, pictured playing in their garden as they celebrated his birthday yesterday March 24th. See more photos below..
Permanent Secretary Got Sacked By Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari For Defrauding Federal Government
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked a Permanent Secretary, who has been using his office to defraud the Federal Government by awarding contracts worth billions of Naira to himself through the award of phantom contracts.The yet to be identified secretary, who was appointed by Buhari in 2015, was dismissed on Tuesday, on the orders of the President.
He was driven out of the Federal Secretariat in Abuja by two police officers following his dismissal.
A Presidency source confirmed that the President ordered the immediate removal of the top civil servant, who presided over the affairs of one of the strategic ministries handling intervention programmes in the country following evidence that he awarded contracts to companies belonging to him.
It was learned that the illicit activities of permanent secretary were exposed by key officials of the ministry to security agencies for investigations.
One of the security agency officials, who spoke to Vanguard confirmed the Permanent secretary dismissal saying:
“We have been monitoring the man and the various companies being used by him to siphon huge sums of money from the ministry, which handles intervention programmes in the Niger Delta region but he has been very smart and suspicious of our movement, thereby making it impossible for us to arrest him despite the ambush we laid for him and his cronies.
He said:
'But Mr. President did not waste time in asking the Head of Service of the Federation to sack the man with immediate effect as soon as he got to know that the man had used over 500 companies to award fake contracts to himself and move huge sums of money from the ministry in question.”
'In fact, the discovery of the large-scale fraud in the ministry, which has suffered a lot of project failure and the subsequent sacking of the permanent secretary by Mr. President, followed a painstaking investigation by the anti-corruption agencies, which will soon charge the man to court,' the source added.
"Those Who Duped Me Introduced To Crime" - Paraded Fraudster Says
A fraudster paraded by Abia State Police Command has confessed that he was once a victim of fraud, adding that the people that defrauded him later introduced him to the crime.
The suspect identified as Nwokacha Lucky and his accomplice Rekiyat Sunday were arrested on Owerri by Kaduna Street in Umuahia, the state capital following a distress call put across to police operatives at the Central Police Station, Umuahia.
It was learnt that Lucky and Rekiyat were members of a 419 syndicate, who specialised in picking unsuspecting passengers to unknown destinations to defraud and rob them of their belongings.
The state's Commissioner of Police, Adeleye Oyebade, who paraded the suspects at the Command headquarters in Umuahia, told Southern City News that the hoodlums were intercepted by the mob while attempting to pick an unsuspecting victim in the state capital.
He said the suspects had confessed to the crime, while their victims had surfaced and identified them.
He added that one Volkswagen Vento saloon car with Registration No. PBT 422 DT was recovered from the suspects and added that investigation was still ongoing to fish out other members of the syndicate.
Responding to questions from our correspondent, Lucky said he became a fraudster over two years ago after he was duped by some members of the syndicate while embarking on a journey.
He said, “I was duped by some fraudsters while on a journey. Later, I saw one of them and identified him. When I wanted to report him to the police, he asked me to calm down and told me to join them in the business in order to recover my money. That was why I joined them. But I had not been lucky with this business before my arrest.”
On her part, Rekiyat said her duty was to sit in the car, adding that after an unsuspecting passenger entered the car, she would introduce a discussion about certain amount of money she allegedly took away from her master, which she would want all the passengers to share with her.
The widow, who claims the death of her husband led her into the nefarious act, said, “If the passenger we want to dupe develops interest in sharing the money with us, one of us will suggest that we should visit a pastor who will pray for the money before we share it.
“When we get to the pastor’s house, he will then tell us to bring money to pay him before he will pray for the money. At that point, we will tell our victim to bring his/her money, phones and other belongings for us to sell and raise the money to pay for the prayer.”
See Lovely Photos of Dino Melaye With His Mother
Senator Dino Melaye who is currently facing a degree certificate scandal shared the photo of his mother's hand on his chest while placing his hand around her shoulder. Captioning the photo, he wrote:
"Sweet mother I love you".
See What Muslim Lady Who Was Bashed Online Over "Walking Past Westminster Bridge Horror" Says
The Muslim woman who was photographed looking at her phone while walking past a victim being treated on the pavement at Westminster Bridge on the day a terrorist ploughed his car into passers-by, has clapped back at trolls for slamming her over the photo without understanding what really happened. Speaking about the incident to Tell Mama, an organisation which supports victims of anti-Muslim hate, the woman said she was devastated and had helped the victims before picking her phone to call her family. She said
'I'm shocked and totally dismayed at how a picture of me is being circulated on social media. I have been devastated by witnessing the aftermath of a shocking and numbing terror attack.'
'To those individuals who have interpreted and commented on what my thoughts were in that horrific and distressful moment, I would like to say not only have I been devastated by witnessing the aftermath of a shocking and numbing terror attack, I've also had to deal with the shock of finding my picture plastered all over social media by those who could not look beyond my attire, who draw conclusions based on hate and xenophobia.
'My thoughts at that moment were one of sadness, fear, and concern. What the image does not show is that I had talked to other witnesses to try and find out what was happening, to see if I could be of any help, even though enough people were at the scene tending to the victims.
'I then decided to call my family to say that I was fine and was making my way home from work, assisting a lady along the way by helping her get to Waterloo station.
'My thoughts go out to all the victims and their families. I would like to thank Jamie Lorriman, the photographer who took the picture, for speaking to the media in my defence.'
See How Omoni Oboli Was Stopped By Court From Showing Her New Movie
Processes leading to the premiere of Okafor’s law a movie by actress and filmmaker Omoni Oboli were underway when she got a court injunction that stopped the premiere.
Someone accused the popular actress of "stealing".
Okafor’s Law was supposed to be premiered at IMAX cinema, Lekki, on Friday night and scheduled to show at the cinemas on March 31.
While addressing guests at the premiere, Oboli said she chose to respect the court injunction as a law abiding citizen while describing the court process as bullying.
“I’m so honoured that you’re all here today, thank you so much. Thank you for honouring me, thank you for your support over the years, thank you for always being there when I call. It means so much to me, and I don’t take it for granted,” she said.
“I was really looking forward to showing you the movie tonight. The movie screened at Toronto International Film Festival, Stockholm International Film Festival and in America, but all that is nothing if Nigerian people don’t see it.
“Unfortunately, we can’t show the film. At 5pm, we got an injunction from the court not to show this film. I’m sure some of you heard some allegation sometime ago, but, my story, my script, my movie, was written 100% by me. You can take that to the bank.
“What anybody says, what anybody does, it’s all a lie. I don’t know why this is happening, I work hard.
“It’s a shame that anybody would want to stop this. I mean, it has been a long process, we shot this movie last year, we have gone everywhere, we have put in so much money, publicity and everything, and some people are trying to stop it.
“God is on the throne and it’s fine. It will all come out in the wash. This is not going to stop me, I’m going to keep pushing.
“I could have gone ahead to show this film today, but I’m a law abiding citizen and I have to follow the law, unfortunately.
“I believe that it is bullying, I believe that it is abuse of the law, and we are going to take this up.”
According to the injunction, the complaint was filed by Raconteur productions.
The injunction gave permission to the applicant to search a location where copies of the movie were stored.
It also directed the defendants to surrender all materials inscribed with ‘Okafor’s Law‘ to the applicant’s lawyers.
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