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ABUJA - In what appears to be a major U-turn from what his campaign promises before the 2015 presidential election, president Mohammadu Buhari has said he would not pay the N5000 stipend he promised to unemployed youth in the country. The president made the remarks at the weekend while on the visit in Middle East. He said it was wise to use a collation of the funds to put up infrastructures and empower them through agriculture for than to give out monies. He said: "This largesse N5,000 for the unemployed, I have got a slightly different priority. I would rather do the infrastructure, the school and correct them and empower agriculture, mining so that every able bodied person can go and get work instead of giving 5,000, N5,000 to those who don't work." It will be recalled that All Progressives Congress, APC had during its campaign supported the promise of paying N5,000 as monthly stipend to the most vulnerable in the country.

Former Super Eagles skipper Austin Jay Jay Okocha believes that Nigerian football has reached its limits and is 'now dead'. Okocha who captained Nigeria from 2002 to 2006 gave his damning verdict after watching the Super Eagles succumb to a humiliating defeat to Sudan in their 2015 African Cup of Nations qualifiers. Nigeria's hopes of making the tournament in Morocco was left hanging in the balance after losing 1-0 in Khartoum on Saturday,which has left them bottom of their group. However,Okocha has refused to blame Nigeria's precarious position on Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi,or the players. The former Bolton Wanderers midfielder harped on Nigeria's inability to evolve with the changing trends in the world. "Anyone that blames Keshi or the boys is short sighted. Our football is long dead and gone. This is just the confirmation" Okocha wrote on his official twitter page. Unless a miracle happens,Nigeria might likely not qualify for the 2015 Natio...

An evangelical pastor arrested for raping his faithful, after convincing them that his penis contained "sacred milk" Sobrino Valdeci Picanto, an evangelical pastor from Brazil, persuaded his followers that he practiced ora.l se.x because it was the way he preached the word, saying that his 'milk' was sacred. And this pastor said his pen'is was blessed and that "the Lord had consecrated with divine milk of the Holy Spirit" and of course, had to go around evangelizing. "He convinced us that only God could come into our lives through the mouth", a follower said, "Often, after worship, Pastor Valdeci asked us to do or.al se.x on him until the Holy Spirit came through ejaculation and delivered funds to the church." Sobrino Valdeci Picanto, 59, was arrested in Apore, Goiás, Brazil, for ra.ping several women attending his church. He gave as an excuse that his pen'is had been consecrated with "divine semen of the Holy Spirit...

Last Friday's confirmation of the death sentenced passed on General overseer of the Christian Praying Assembly (CPA) Chukwuemeka Ezeugo (aka Rev. King), has been attributed to the handiwork of witches and wizards by his church members. The members also reaffirmed their belief that Rev. King will be spared the hangman's noose and "return to join us." The self-styled cleric was sentenced to death in 2007 for the burning to death of a member of his church in 2006. He appealed the judgment and lost before the apex court sealed his fate last Friday. But yesterday during the first church service after the Supreme Court decision at the Lagos headquarters at Ajao Estate, off the Murtala Muhammad Airport Road, Pastor Ifeanyi King, who preached said: "Our G.O. (General Overseer) the most holiness, Rev King, is coming back. He said he would come back and we believe the words of his mouth. We believe his report that he is coming back. Everything happening now we know is t...

Daniel Dada Ayodele, will be the star to watch out for during the 2014/2015 Convocation of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) next week. He made a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 5.00, which the Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof Rahamon Bello described as a perfect score record during a pre-convocation briefing Wednesday. Bello said the Psychology student is one of the 178 First Class students that would graduate during the three-day convocation programme. This year, a record has been set. A graduating student in the Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Mr Ayodele Daniel Dada is graduating with a CGPA of 5.00. "A perfect score. This means he scored As in all courses he took in the programme. I congratulate the graduate with a First Class." The first time in the history in what seems to be the first of its kind in the history of Nigeria's education system, the University of Lagos, UNILAG, Akoka, will this year graduate a student who has b...

REGARDING THE CONSTANT DEPRECIATION OF NAIRA, A REPORT WAS PUBLISHED ON NIGERIAN CAMERA , BEARING AN INTERESTING STATEMENT BY MR. GODWIN EMEFIELE, THE GOVERNOR OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA, [ CBN] AND HIS PREDICTION OF A CONTINUOUS FALL IN NAIRA. Mr Godwin, who has served as Chief Executive officer and Group Managing Director of Zenith Bank Plc and also Deputy Managing Director of same company, gave a lengthy breakdown of why he thinks Naira may fall to N1000 per dollar in the nearest future. Mr. Godwin Emefiele's Report: " IT IS EITHER I DO NOT UNDERSTAND ECONOMICS AND HOW EXCHANGE RATES WORK OR A VAST MAJORITY OF US NIGERIANS STILL DON'T GET HOW WE HAVE WRECKED OUR COUNTRY WITH OUR OWN CURIOUS CHOICES. JUST THIS MORNING, I WAS LISTENING TO THE RADIO AND THE LADY ON AIR WENT ON AND ON ABOUT HOW SHE THOUGHT CBN GOVERNO GODWIN EMEFIELE WAS INCOMPETENT AND SHOULD BE SACKED BECAUSE THE NAIRA WAS NOW EXCHANGING AT 309 OR SO TO THE USD. "THAT VIEW PRETTY MUCH ECHOES...

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Ali Modu Sheriff, on Monday begged chieftains and groups within the party who were unhappy with his emergence as chairman to forgive him. Sheriff, who spoke at the PDP secretariat shortly after he officially took over the party leadership, however stated emphatically that he would not relinquish the position as being demanded by his critics. "I won't resigned because the leadership of the party, in their wisdom, chose me to lead the PDP for the purpose of rebuilding and repositioning the party at this critical period," Sheriff said. The chairman said he would promptly embark on consultations with opposing groups and stakeholders in the party, with a view to seeking reconciliation and acceptance from all. "I will leave no stone unturned. I will go to everybody for support. I will bring everybody on board. Let those who were not consulted before I was appointed forgive all of us for whatever wrongs...

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Monday welcomed the decision of Barcelona Football Club of Spain to establish its first Football Academy in Africa i Lagos, just as he pledged the maximum support of the governmen in ensuring the successful take off o the project. Governor Ambode, who spoke at the Lagos House in Ikeja while receiving senior management staff of the football club, said he was delighted with the development, as it was in sync with his administration's philosophy for sports development. The Governor, who described the development as an historic moment for the state, said i was indeed a thing of joy coming at a time when the state was still basking in the euphoria of the successful hosting of the International Marathon. He said the Lagos Marathon was a major pointer to how Lagos could actualize its dream of improving the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of th state using sports as a major instrument. According to Governor Ambode, "this visit by FC Barcelo...

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Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, yesterday distanced himself from the decision of the Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF) to cut staff strength of the public service as a way out of the current economic challenges facing the nation. Governor Fayose said that the decision could not have represented the collective will of the NGF, alleging that: "It could at best be described as an agenda of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and its central government, which appears to be clueless about revamping the Nigerian economy." Fayose, who stated categorically that Ekiti State should be counted out of such arrangement, insisted; "I like to restate that workers remain critical stakeholders in governance in Nigeria and as such, their rights and privileges must be protected and guaranteed at all times in the spirit and letters of the Nigerian Constitution, particularly the fundamental objectives and directive principles of state policy. "It's painful that a Government...

Mahama is a disgrace to Ghana and Africa – Robert Mugabe.. The AU chairman made these comments in relation to the hasty decision Ghana's President took in sympathizing with the French over the recent rebel attacks which led to a massacre. "Mahama did little or nothing as an Ecowas chairman in helping curb the rebellion situation in Nigeria and the rest of African countries suffering in the hands of rebels on this continent. And the next thing I hear is Mahama is up condemning French attacks while he has not started or finished the attacks on his own personality for the mess he has done to his country and people. I want that man to first address his own problems before extending hands. Or is it one of his usual means of deceiving the ignorant whites for loans which he never uses to build anything for his people but spend on himself and sympathizers. In fact that man is a disgrace to his people and Africa".

ABUJA— Apparently worried by the continuous decline in the nation's economy, Nobel laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, yesterday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to convene an emergency economic conference for experts to brainstorm on the way forward and future of the economy. The Nobel laureate made the call when he paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in Abuja. According to Soyinka, the conference became necessary to enable experts diagnose the problems currently facing the country and make necessary recommendations for government to get the economy out of the woods. He said: "I agree with those who say the economy is bad. It is obvious and it is so bad. I think the Presidency should call an emergency economic conference where experts will be enlightened. "We really need an emergency economic conference, bringing experts together to march the nation forward. I think the economy is not encouraging. Quite frankly, I thin...

Abuja— President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, said his government cannot afford to fail the huge expectations of Nigerians, who expect it to lead the country to greater heights. In a keynote address at the public presentation of a book, 'Nigerian Century' written by Dare Babarinsa at Shehu Musa Yar'Adua Centre, Abuja, President Buhari said with the proper harnessing of abundant human and natural resources in the country, it would attain its greatness. The President, who was represented by former governor of Ekiti State and deputy chairman of All Progressives Congress in the South, Segun Oni, noted that only a Nigeria could have given meaning to the indomitable spirit, boundless energy, collective creativity, cultural diversity and unique sense of enterprise of Nigerians. He said: "Yes, our land is blessed by providence with riches in oil and gas, iron ore, gold, limestone and almost all the minerals of this earth. "Our soil can grow almost any crop and our veg...

1. Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe (1st Oct. 1960 – 1st Oct. 1966). Benjamin Nnamdi Azikiwe, the first president of Nigeria (1963–66), was born on November 16, 1904 to an Igbo parents; Obed-Edom Chukwuemeka Azikiwe (1879–1958), a clerk in the British Administration of Nigeria and Rachel Ogbenyeanu. Nnamdi Azikiwe's early education was at Onitsha, Anambra State. He later moved to Hope Waddell Training Institute, Calabar, and Methodist Boys' High School Lagos. Between the years 1925 and 1934, Nnamdi Azikiwe was studying in the United States of America at Howard University in Washington, D.C, and Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, where he acquired a degree in Religion and a Masters Degree in Anthropology. In the year 1934 he founded a newspaper in Ghana. In the year 1937, he returned to Nigeria and became a politician; consequently, in the year 1944, he founded a political party called the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons (NCNC). With the support of the NCNC, Nnamdi Azikiwe ...

My fellow Youngs: When I think about the difficulties young Nigerians face in their everyday lives, I just imagine how much they cope with everyday pressure of surviving in a nation punished by corruption, where work is scarce and many that work do so with low pay. It must be an unbearable pressure. When you compare the rate of job offers today to decades ago, there is a clear difference. Then, they were practically pursued around for jobs. Today, it is no more the same. Time has changed. The world has moved on led by goal getters. We must catch up with the rest of the world immediately. It certainly will take many years of hard work, coordinated efforts to be able to fix the problems we face today as a people. A nation with a good number of intelligent youth scattered across the country cannot be lacking in government circles. We have been taken over by silliness, laziness, lack of thinking, pettiness, ripping ourselves apart on Social media that we have forgotten entirely that we...

The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, has said cocoa and other agricultural produce can take Nigeria out of the woods. He spoke with State House correspondents after meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The Ooni said: "I am working with the minister of Agriculture. We have assembled over 200,000 youths within 30 days. We are encouraging them to go back to the farm. "Something happened in Nigeria that we did not notice. Last October, crude oil price started going down astronomically but cocoa price went up over 100 per cent and nobody noticed it. "Nigeria, in the early 1930s and 1940s, was the largest exporter of cocoa in the world and the farmlands are still there. ''So what we have done now is another positive indicator for the nation's economy. "We have assembled youths and we are giving them five acres per youth so that they will go back to the farm. "The Federal Government is supporting us...

Former Oil minister, Diezani Madueke who is currently undergoing successful treatment for cancer in the United Kingdom has stated that Nigeria has a wellrecorded history of vilifying its oil ministers. President Muhammad Buhari as an oil minister (1976-1978) under then head of state, General Olusegun Obasanjo was accused of N2.8 billion fraud when same amount disappeared from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corpration's (NNPC) Midlands Bank account in the UK.She added, "Till this day no one has been able to prove that the then Major General stole a kobo."She also named other former ministers who have been vilified to include Prof. Tam David West. Madueke declared that the allegations of corruption against her are false, insisting that as a technocrat with sufficient experience at Shell, she was used to keeping proper accounts.

Former Oil minister, Diezani Madueke who is currently undergoing successful treatment for cancer in the United Kingdom has stated that Nigeria has a wellrecorded history of vilifying its oil ministers. President Muhammad Buhari as an oil minister (1976-1978) under then head of state, General Olusegun Obasanjo was accused of N2.8 billion fraud when same amount disappeared from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corpration's (NNPC) Midlands Bank account in the UK.She added, "Till this day no one has been able to prove that the then Major General stole a kobo."She also named other former ministers who have been vilified to include Prof. Tam David West. Madueke declared that the allegations of corruption against her are false, insisting that as a technocrat with sufficient experience at Shell, she was used to keeping proper accounts.

The faculty of law, Lagos State University (LASU), excelled in India, outwitting the host of the 8th edition of the Gujarat National Law University International Moot Court Competition on international trade law (GIMC) 2016. The LASU team comprising Michael Babalola, Taiwo Okuneye, Mabawonku Olanrewaju, who are all graduating students of the university, and Rufus Olaoluwa, head of the department jurisprudence and international law, defeated the host at the second round of the competition. Speaking to TheCable, Babalola said it was a great feeling of success to have defeated a law-focused university, revered by its neighbours. "It was a great feeling of success because neighbouring universities had talked about the expertise of the school, bearing in mind the specialization of the college in law, which is evident in their laurels arcade situated at the schools administrative building," he said. GIMC is India's only moot court competition based on international trade l...

The playmaker, who once lined up alongside the Barcelona star at Camp Nou, admits Bayern Munich have not discussed the possibility of repeating the Argentine's spot-kick trick Bayern Munich's stars have lauded the creativity of Lionel Messi's recent penalty assist, though Thiago says they will need to practice a lot if they want to pull it off themselves. The Barcelona star rolled the ball to Luis Suarez from the penalty spot against Celta Vigo on Sunday, rather than shooting himself, with the trick dividing fans and pundits over whether it was genius or disrespectful. But former team-mate Thiago is in no doubt about the skill involved, and fears he and his Bayern team-mates would repeat Thierry Henry and Robert Pires' fumbled effort back in 2005 if they were to attempt it. "That is part of football," Thiago told reporters. "You can do tricks or you can do hard tackles. But with tackles nobody is complaining. If some people have a problem with that, t...

Lionel Messi has became famed for scoring seemingly impossible goals on the football field, but it seems his gift isn't limited to the pitch. Barcelona's Twitter feed shared a short video of the Argentine star scoring an improbable goal during a kick-about in a training session with his team-mates. The clip is filmed at Barcelona's training ground where the players are enjoying a light-hearted kick-around with visiting Italian musician, Eros Ramazzotti. After some playful keepy ups, the singer challenges Messi to put the ball into the back of the net from their position 25 yards behind the goal. The playmaker duly obliges by stroking the ball on a near perfect arch, bouncing just before the near post before spinning sideways into the back of the net.

ABA- In a bid to contain the increasing protest by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and the Movement for the Actualization of Sovereign States of Biafra, MASSOB, and ensure adequate protection of lives and property in Aba, Abia State, the 14 Brigade, Ohafia, has concluded plans to relocate its command headquarters to the city. Speaking to newsmen, Commanding Officer, 14 Brigade Ohafia, Brigadier General Lawrence Fejokwu, who stated this at 144 Battalion, Asa, Ukwa West council area, noted that Aba had become a hot spot because of the activities of the IPOB and MASSOB agitating for the actualization of a sovereign state of Biafra, as well as the resurgence of kidnapping and sundry crimes, stressing that all hands should be on deck to tackle the trend. He appealed to the pro Biafra protesters to halt their protest, rescind their decision to bear weapons and channel their grievances to the appropriate authorities. According to him, "I have gone around to familiarize myself w...

Ghana has prohibited some items from entry into its domain, following Nigeria's foot steps that restricted 41 items from access to foreign exchange. Ghana however has placed a ban on some goods from being imported into the country. Ghanaian Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr. Ekwow Spio-Garbrah stated yesterday that Ghana and Nigeria are said to account for some 68 per cent of the ECOWAS region's Gross Domestic Product. Nigeria accounts for almost 10 per cent of Ghana's foreign trade volume, whereas Ghana is listed as the 9th largest trade partner to Nigeria. Favourite investment hub In spite of the difficulties, Ghana remains Nigeria's largest trade partner and favourite investment hub in the West Africa sub-region, as Ghana imports the largest share of all Nigerian oil exports in the West African sub-region. While 'bagged cement' is on Nigeria's prohibition list, Dangote Cement brings in and bags some 750,000 tonnes of cement a year for the Ghanaian m...

By OCHEREOME NNANNA IN 1996 when the first phase of the Liberian civil war was ending, one of the warlords, Brigadier General Yormie Johnson (who personally killed former dictator, the late President Samuel Doe) wrote a pamphlet where he recorded his random musings about the war and his philosophical attitudes to some issues connected thereto. He titled the book: The Gun That Liberates Should Not Rule. His argument is that a liberator's role is to remove the problem and then, give way to those who have the capacity to correct it. If the gun that liberates mounts the throne, it will turn the liberator into a dictator. While most of the warlords who drove away Doe from power (such as Charles Taylor) jostled for leadership, Johnson simply came to Lagos to cool his heels, perhaps, his own way of walking his talk. His postulations were later proved right, because Charles Taylor went on to become an even deadlier dictator than Doe and today answers for his crimes at the Hague. Howeve...

Two years after they were rumoured to have broken up, Nigerian pop duo, P'square are back in the news again as one-half of the singing duo, Peter Okoye yesterday moved against their management company owned by their elder brother, Jude Okoye. In a series of tweets, Peter who has been on a business trip in the United Kingdom lamented the poor management style of their brother, warning everyone to desist from doing any business on behalf of P'square with Jude. "Please whosoever makes any transaction with Northside Entertainment or Jude Okoye on Psquare's behalf does so at their own risk," Peter warned. Peter's responses came after Jude had taken to his twitter page to urge their fans to pray for Peter, noting that, "He's been going through a lot lately." In the same vein, Peter fired back at Jude, as he wrote, "You said I need Prayers! Bro you need GOD!" He then went on to say "Some ask why on social media. Do I have a choice! I...

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has raised the alarm over the imminent collapse of the county's economy, saying the President Muhammadu Buhari led All Progressives Congress (APC) government was yet to show any sign that it has any solution to the dwindling economy. The governor, who called on Nigerians to prevail on President Buhari to stay at home and govern the country, said it was the height of insensitivity to the plight of Nigerians that the President, who just returned from trips to France and United Kingdom will again be traveling to Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Qatar from February 20 to 27, spending seven days out of Nigeria in what they called "three-nation tour." Speaking through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, the governor lamented the lack of a clear cut economic direction from the Federal Government, saying, "It is worrisome that President Buhari does not have any economic team and there is no policy direc...

Story highlights Argentine referee shot three times after sending player off Shooter has not yet been apprehended Another player wounded during on-field shooting (CNN)— A referee in Argentina was shot and killed by a player who he had just dismissed, according to local reports. Cesar Flores was officiating an amateur match in Cordoba, around 700 kilometers northwest of Buenos Aires, when he showed an unnamed player a red card. The incensed player took a gun from his bag and returned to the pitch, shooting the 48-year-old referee three times, in the neck, head and chest. "It all happened during the match," a police source told the EFE news agency. "We don't know what happened with the referee, but the player was angry and went to get his gun and killed him."