258 Nigerians Return From Libya

Two hundred and fifty-eight Nigerians have made their way back from the war-torn North African country of Libya.
They arrived in Lagos on Thursday night aboard a chartered airbus a330-200 operated by Libya Airlines.
Among those who were at the Murtala Muhammed Airport to receive them were Deputy Director Search and Rescue, National Emergency Management Agency and the Director Southwest Zone, National Commission for Refugees, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons.
They both encouraged citizens to believe in their country instead of going out for so-called greener pasture.
Meanwhile, the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has handed over 21 of the returnees to the Edo Government who has offered them scholarships, as well as training.
Acting Zonal Coordinator of NAPTIP in the state, Mr Nduka Nwawene said while another 500 persons are expected back soon, over 5,000 are however still stranded.

DMWs MAYORKUN TO EMBARK ON CAMPUS TOUR FROM MAY 2017

DMW‘s next rated act Mayorkun has released new pictures to announce his first ever school tour scheduled to run from May 2017 up till October. Speaking exclusively to BN Music, Mayorkun said:

I have been in the game for at least 1 year now, and I have come to notice that at this stage of my career.. I have a large number of fans in schools (not just universities), I really wanna take the music back to them.. I wanna perform for them and show gratitude to them for so much success we have achieved in just 1 year.. I’m engaging a few of my friends who share the same vision with me, they ll come on as supporting acts on the tour. We ll do this one school at a time until October. The aim is to reach at least 1 million students with my music

When asked if he’ll also be performing on Davido‘s Nigerian tour as well, the “Eleko“ crooner said:

Yes, Definitely. I’m supporting Davido on his tour as well.. its the first of its kind happening in Nigeria. it’s gonna be very busy calendar for me but that’s the aim, never to have an idle moment; to continue spreading the music as far as we can

The tour which kicks off May 12th in University Of Nigeria, Nsukka & continues May 25th in Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife has 8 school lined up and more schools to be announced.

Mayorkun’s latest single, “Sade“ is currently making the rounds, and has almost reached the 1 million views mark on YouTube, which will make it his third consecutive video to achieve the feat.

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FG Restates Commitment To Reopen Abuja Airport On April 19

 Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, has expressed satisfaction with the ongoing rehabilitation of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, saying the exercise is going according to schedule.
Addressing journalists in Abuja, shortly after inspecting the runway of the airport, Professor Osinbajo again affirmed that the airport would be reopened on April 19, 2017

                 Runway under construction
The Vice President was accompanied on the tour, by officials of the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).
The Managing Director of FAAN, Mr Saleh Dunoma, while explaining the design of the rehabilitation to the Vice President, noted that the work done so far, was already 80% complete.
The Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport shut down its operations on March 18, 2017 for rehabilitation of its runway and the Kaduna International Airport has been serving as the alternative

House Committee To Assess Safety At Kaduna Airport

The house of Representatives has directed its Committee on Aviation to ascertain the operational safety at the Kaduna International Airport.
The House gave the order in spite of the pass mark given by the Minister of Information on the operations at the airport.
The decision by the Lower Chamber was however, opposed by some lawmakers who argued that the Abuja Airport would be ready and operational soon.
The House Committee on Aviation has been mandated to ascertain if industry standards were complied with at the airport.
The Committee was also directed to assess the extent of work done so far at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport and report to the House in one week

FG Re-arraigns Justice Ngwuta, Commences Trial

The Federal Government has re-arraigned Justice Sylvester Ngwuta on 11 out of the 16-count charge of alleged money laundering and breach of professional ethics earlier levelled against him.
No reason was given by the prosecution counsel, Mrs Olufemi Fatunde, for the reduction in the number of charges brought before Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court in Abuja.
The prosecution witness, who is the Chief Registrar of the Supreme Court, Mr Gambo Saleh, told the court how much Justice Ngwuta received as monthly salary and allowance.
He said the judge received 751,087 Naira as monthly salary; 710,000 Naira as monthly allowance and got $1,300 dollars per night for 18 days in annual medical check-up abroad.
According to Mr Saleh, this was from 2001 when Justice Ngwuta became a Supreme Court judge to 2016.
He told the court that the judge also received some welfare packages during festive periods.
The witness said Justice Ngwuta’s total remuneration for the five times he travelled abroad between 2011 and 2016 was 50,000 pound sterling at 10,000 pound sterling per trip.
According to him, the judge also received a little above eight million Naira during the period for medical care and over 192,000 dollars for foreign travels.
The trial has been adjourned till Friday, March 17 for continuation

Rakitic Extends Barcelona Contract Till 2021

Barcelona midfielder, Ivan Rakitic, celebrated the Catalans’ extraordinary Champions League comeback against Paris Saint-Germain by extending his contract at the Camp Nou.

The Spanish champions announced they have reached an agreement with the Croatian international for the renewal of his contract until June 30, 2021.

Barcelona also confirmed that his release clause will be set at 132.5 million dollars.
The 28-year-old has won eight trophies since joining Barcelona from Seville in 2014

Four Killed In Ondo Bloody Cultist Clashin

 Four persons have been reportedly killed in Ondo town, the headquarters of Ondo West Local Government Area of the state, in a bloody clash that broke out between two cult group members in the town on Friday.
The Public Relations Officer of the Ondo State Police Command, Femi Joseph, confirmed the incident to Channels Television.

He also said the police have made some arrests in connection with the clash, while investigations are still ongoing to unravel the root cause as well as bring all the perpetrators to book.
Joseph however stated that officers from the Divisional Police Station in the town have since intervened and peace has been restored to the area.
Furthermore, he disclosed that the police have not been able to establish whether the clash had any political undertone or involved any politicians in the town as was being rumoured by some individuals.
The violence was said to have coincided with the home coming of the immediate past Governor of the state, Olusegun Mimiko, who is an indigene of the town.
The state Commissioner of Police, Hilda Ibifuro-Harrison, had previously assured the residents of adequate security of their lives and property, sending warnings to criminals to desist from the acts or leave the state

North Korean Murder: Third Suspect Arrested In Malaysia

Malaysian police made a third arrest on Thursday in their hunt for the people involved in the murder of the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

The third person, whose nationality was not disclosed, was the friend of an Indonesian woman who was detained earlier in the day in connection with the killing of Kim Jong Nam at the airport in the Malaysian capital on Monday, police said.
“He was detained to facilitate investigations as he is the boyfriend of the second suspect,” said Abu Samah Mat, the police chief in Selangor state, told Reuters.

The Indonesian woman was remanded in custody for seven days along with another woman, who held a Vietnamese travel document, who was caught trying to leave the country through the budget airline terminal of Kuala Lumpur airport on Wednesday, the Bernama state news agency reported.
Kim Jong Nam, 46, was assaulted at the same airport on Monday with what was believed to be a fast-acting poison as he was about to leave on a flight to Macau.
He sought help, collapsed and died on his way to hospital.
Lawmakers in South Korea earlier cited their spy agency as saying it suspected two female North Korean agents had murdered Kim. U.S. government sources also said they believed North Korean assassins were responsible.
Kim Jong Nam had spoken out publicly against his family’s dynastic control of the isolated, nuclear-armed state, and he had also expressed fears for this safety.
South Korea’s intelligence agency told lawmakers in Seoul that the young, unpredictable North Korean leader had issued a “standing order” for his elder half-brother’s assassination, and that there had been a failed attempt in 2012.
North Korean agents have killed rivals abroad before

FIRE OUTBREAK IN UNN

The Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology building, Faculty of the Pharmaceutical Sciences, university of nigeria nsukka got burnt.

The fire was said to have started in the early hours of Saturday being 21st of January 2017.

Efforts at putting out the fire by well meaning students proved abortive.
The degree of damages is yet to be ascertained at the time of this report but the building contacins everything the Department is made up of which includes files and documents of both students and staff, laboratory equipments and administrative equipments, etc.
While we sympathize with the department as well as the faculty, we wish to call on the university community as a whole to be security conscious, especially as regards the use of the facilities available to us

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Abia Warriors Vs Katsina United FC

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ABS FC 3-1 Akwa United

Rivers United 2-1 Elkanemi Warriors

Enyimba FC 1-0 Sunshine Stars

Remo Stars 1-2 Plateau United

Wikki Tourists 0-0 Nasarawa United

Katsina United 2-1 Gombe United

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Latest news: APGA factional Chairman, Ozo Nwabueze Okafor dead

.All progressive grand alliance factional chairman, Ozo Nwabueze Okafor died yesterday morning by 8am after a brief illness at Niger foundation hospital Enugu.

Okafor's ally and political associate, the Assistant National Financial Secretary of APGA, Okecheckwu Nkolagu, confirmed his death, saying that Okafor died at about 8am yesterday being Sunday.

Okafor who is popularly known as "Okpochengene" was a former National President of Association of Local Government of Nigeria, (ALGON), and former Chairman of Enugu South local government council.

However, Okafor became the party's leader following the suspension of the embattled National chairman, Chief Ike Oye. But as the party was caught up in deepening crisis, Okafor was equally suspended with his EXCO members by Oye led group which further indicates that the party was headed for a major crisis ahead of the Anambra state guber election.

In 2015, Okafor contested for Senate in Enugu East senatorial district under the platform of APGA but lost to his Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, counterpart, Senator Gil Nnaji.

Shortly after the election, Okafor was nominated as the APGA National Vice Chairman (south East) before he assumed the acting national chairman of the party when Ike Oye was suspended by the national executive committee of the party.

Though his family could not be reached for comments, but another political ally of the deceased said Okafor that okafor complained of weakness and was rushed to Niger foundation where he lost his life.

Pastor Adeboye Steps Down As General Overseer Of RCCG Nigeria

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church Of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has stepped down as the leader of the church in Nigeria.

It was gathered that Pastor Adeboye would maintain oversight of the church across the world, which now has presence in over 190 countries.

The 75-year-old revered cleric was said to have announced his retirement from the leadership of the Nigerian church on Saturday during the Annual Minister’s Thanksgiving at Shimawa area of Ogun State.

The announcement was said to have been made in the presence of Nigeria’s Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, alongside other senior pastors of the church.

Pastor Adeboye took over the leadership of the RCCG from late Pa Josiah Akindayomi, who founded the church in 1952.

He has named Pastor Joshua Obayemi as his replacement, and asked members of the church to pray for the new leadership.

A Facebook post by Stealth Scouts NG, which was shared on Pastor Adeboye’s wall, read “It was with great shock that the congregation of all RCCG pastors and ministers received the announcement of the General Overseer of Pastor E.A. Adeboye that he will no longer be general overseer.

“He immediately announced the new Overseer as Pastor J.O Obayemi, Pastor J.F Odesola as Secretary and Pastor J.A. Adeyokunnu as the new Treasurer.

“The announcement was made during the church’s annual thanksgiving held at the 3km by 3km new auditorium today, 7th January, 2017”.

FG to shut down Nnamdi Azikiwe intl airport for 6weeks

The Nigerian Government has restated its resolve to shut down the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja from March 8, so that its run way will be rehabilitated and also reassured international and local airline operators, as well as air travellers of adequate security at the Kaduna airport.

The Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, made the assertion on Thursday at a special stakeholders’ meeting on the temporary closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport.

He emphasised the importance of the closure, pointing out the security and safety measures put in place to ease air transportation to and from Kaduna airport.

The Minister, who addressed all the concerns raised by the stakeholders, said that the closing of the airport was a painful decision taken in the interest of all stakeholders.

He said that the Federal Government remained committed to the safety of air travellers, stressing that the airport runway would be rehabilitated within six weeks.

In their separate remarks, the chairmen of Airline Operators of Nigeria and international airline operators, Mr Noggie Maggison and Mr Osho Joseph, expressed objections over the closure of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport.

The British Deputy High Commissioner, Harriet Thompson, also raised concerns about the movement of passengers from Abuja to Kaduna.

The runway of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport was built in 1982 with a life span of 20 years.

Fourteen years after its lifespan expired, the airstrip has been adjudged unsafe for air travellers

Obasanjo Expresses Hope For A Better Nigeria In 2017

Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, has expressed hopes that the New Year 2017, will be better than the out gone year 2016.

He said this while addressing a congregation at first church service of the year at Chapel of Christ the Glorious king, Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital, where he joined others including his wife, Mrs Bola Obasanjo.

“My message is a message of encouragement, looking forward with hope of a better year than the one we just got out of and there is no reason why it should not be, in every sense of the word, socially, economically, politically and even spirituality, I am looking forward to a 2017 that will make everything new for Nigeria.”

Furthermore, he called on governments to go to the basics of fundamental of economic recovery, to ensure the growth and development of the economy and the country at large.

“Well, I think we have to go to the fundamentals of economic recovery and growth and I believe if we do that, we will get there” he stated