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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By now you must have heard that a group of Northern Nigerian youths have issued an ultimatum to Ndi’Igbo resident in the North of Nigeria to quit the region in three months or face dire consequences. The President of the Arewa Youth Consultative Forum, Alhaji Yerima Shettima, handed down the ultimatum in company of his cohorts at a well attended conference at the Arewa House, in Kaduna, on Tuesday June 6th, 2017. This same Alhaji Yerima Shettima is also one of the mischievous individuals who, in an interview with the Sun Newspapers on Saturday June 3rd, 2017, falsely accused the acting President of appointing mostly his Yoruba kith and kin as well as members of his Redeemed Christian Church of God Family. Said Yerima in that interview, “why should somebody, a professor of law, former commissioner, a pastor of a highly reputed church like the Redeemed Christian Church of God, will descend this low to appoint people from one side in a multi ethnic s...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Samuel Oyadongha YENAGOA – BAYELSA State Governor, Seriake Dickson has approved the appointment of Prof. Samuel Gowon Edoumiekumo as Acting Vice-Chancellor of the ‎state owned Niger Delta University (NDU). This follows the expiration of the tenure of the former Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Humprey Ogoni which took effect on Wednesday May 17‎, 2017. The governor’s approval of Prof. Edoumiekumo‎, as the new Acting Vice-chancellor, according to a statement, was in strict compliance to the traditions of the university system which makes the deputy Vice-Chancellor in charge of administration to act in stead until a substantive one is appointed. Prof. Edoumiekumo‎ was born on April 30, 1970 and obtained his First School Leaving Certificate from Akeindenowei primary school, Toru Angiama and West Africa school certificate from Ajeromi Ifelodun High School, Lagos in 1982 and 1988 respectively. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree, Master of Science Degree and two Doctor...

http://ift.tt/2rlsSsg Abuja – A 30-year-old man, Ali Sale, was on Friday arraigned in a Gudu Upper Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly injuring a policemen on the lip.‎ ‎ He was docked on charges bordering on ‎joint act and voluntarily causing hurt without provocation.‎ ‎ ‎The prosecutor‎, Fedelix Ogubwe, had told the court that one Sgt. Zakari Sale, of the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters, Abuja, reported the matter at the Garki Police Station on May 10. ‎ He said that the complainant went to Garki to buy food, and suddenly the defendant; one Genesis and two others at large‎, attacked him and beat him up.‎ He said in the process the complainant was seriously injured on the lip and was taken to the Police Hospital, where he spent N14, 700 for treatment. The prosecutor said the offences contravened Sections 76 and 246 of the Penal Code. The defendant, however, denied committing the offences. ‎The judge, Alhaji Umar Kagarko, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N50,000 and o...

http://ift.tt/2q3uXUQ Adebayo Shittu, Minister of Communication The Minister of Communications, Mr Adebayo Shittu has called on internet stakeholders to put measures in place to tackle all forms of cyber attacks in the country. Shittu told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday that everyone as well as organisations was vulnerable to cyber criminals.He stressed the need for Nigerians to be prepared against such attacks, so that when they occur, the damage to data would be minimal. He said JAMB site was attacked about two three weeks ago, adding “it is a thing of joy that the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), under this ministry rose to the occasion”. The minister said the attack on JAMB was an indication that the Nigeria government was at alert and equipped to forestall attacks like this. According to him, that does not mean government is the one with the sole responsibility to prepare for such attacks.“Attacks will come against banks...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on National Assembly Matters, Mr Ita Enang has said that President Buhari will assent to the 2017 budget while the Acting President Yemi Osinbajo will take it up from there. Mr. Enang made the statement in an interview on Channels Television’s political programme on Wednesday. According to him, “The President will assent to the budget, the acting President is in office and when the budget is transmitted, it will go through the processes and all those other questions will answer itself.” Recall that controversy over who would be saddled with the responsibility of assenting to the budget had arisen following dissenting voices from different quarters that the Acting President Osinbajo may not be the one to sign the budget. Recall that the House of Representatives on May 11, passed the 2017 Budget of 7.441 trillion Naira. Also, fielding questions from State House Correspondents earlier after the Federal E...