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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J El Rufai orders arrest of Northern youths Governor Nasir El Rufai has directed the Nigeria Police Force to immediately arrest all signatories to the so called Kaduna declaration, giving a three month ultimatum to leave the northern part of the country. Similarly, the governor has equally directed his Attorney General and commissioner for Justice to prepare charges of incitement against leaders of the group. Addressing a press conference in Kaduna Wednesday, the governor said Kaduna state has no room for anybody that will try to incite one section of the country against the other . Details shortly. The post Breaking: El Rufai orders arrest of Northern youths appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News http://ift.tt/2sSwMpI

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Nigeria Youth Advocacy for Peace (NYAP), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has called on Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello and Sen. Dino Melaye, to end their face-off and work to develop the state. Founder of the organisation, Dr Ugbede Paul, who made the call in Abuja on Wednesday, told the Newsmen that both leaders should also find ways to provide employment for youths in the state. Ugbede said that the current “war’’ between the two politicians was uncalled for because there were more important things to be done in Kogi. He said the rift between the men could be resolved without much noise and drawing attention to themselves, adding that constructive words could have been used to encourage youths’ development. “Dino is a senator representing Kogi West, while Yahaya Bello is the governor of the state; one would think that the two ought to come together to form an alliance that will benefit the people. “However, the reverse is the case because for days now Di...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Justice Ibrahim Bako of the Katsina State High Court on Tuesday fixed Nov. 14 to hear a suit against former Gov. Ibrahim Shema for allegedly misappropriating N10 billion state funds. The  state government and EFCC had sued Shema for the alleged offence while he, in turn, had approached the Court of Appeal, Kaduna, challenging the jurisdiction of the High Court to try him. Tuesday’s sitting was for the parties to report to the court on the progress at the Appeal Court. Bako, in his ruling, said that the court, having listened to both counsels, had no other option than to adjourn the sitting. “I hereby adjourn the sitting to Nov. 14, 2017, for the parties to report to the court on the verdict of the upper court.’’ The EFCC lead counsel, Ahmed El-marzuk, who is also the state’s Attorney-General, had earlier told the court that the Appeal Court would hear Shema’s motion on Nov 9. El-marzuk also informed the court that EFCC had written a letter to the Appeal ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Mr Segun Awolowo, the Chief Executive Officer, (CEO) Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), says government must invest more in the fashion/ textile industry to solve the rate of  unemployment in the country. Awolowo said that the industry was a viable sector to invest in because the country is blessed with a vast land to cultivate cotton; the major raw material required by the fashion industry. He said these as the grand finale of the Africa Fashion Week Nigeria (AFWN)2017 held at the National Theatre in Iganmu, Lagos. According to him, the country’s goal is to position the manufacturing industry as a viable sector for boosting the non-oil export sector so as to increase its economic growth. The NEPC boss said the government would be achieving this by investing in the textile industry that would serve as the spring board for the resuscitation of the fashion industry. Awolowo commended Ronke Ademiluyi, the founder of AFWN for initiating the fashion sho...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The U.S. threatened to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council unless reforms are ushered in including the removal of what it sees as an “anti-Israel bias”, diplomats and activists said. U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, who holds cabinet rank in President Donald Trump’s administration, said on Friday that Washington would decide on whether to withdraw from the Council after its three-week session in Geneva ends this month. Under Trump, Washington has broken with decades of U.S. foreign policy by turning away from multilateralism. His decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement last week drew criticism from governments around the world. The Council’s critical stance of Israel has been a major sticking point for its ally the U.S. Washington boycotted the body for three years under President George W. Bush before rejoining under Barack Obama in 2009. Haley, writing in the Washington Post at the weekend, called for the Council to “end its pract...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Ochereome Nnanna MAY 30th 2017 has gone down as a date that the Igbo people showed, with total accord, that they are dead serious about their quest for freedom. The sit-at-home call by the pro-Biafra groups, the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, was observed by Ndi Igbo all over the country, with the South East totally locked down. Streets and highways were empty of commercial or vehicular activities, except for the vehicles of law-enforcement agencies which patrolled to maintain law and order. The skies over major cities such as Aba, Enugu, Onitsha, Owerri and Umuahia were patrolled by military jets and helicopters. Unlike other times when the pro-Biafra groups called for mass actions through peaceful street protests which led to loss of lives as a result of shootings by the army and police, no one was in sight to be shot. Already, the initial mockery that greeted the Biafra i...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J R AUFNOMICS , a somewhat new but disturbing concept which encapsulates the economic philosophies and strides of the current governor of Osun state, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, is seeking to find room in our political economy. We however must refuse to allow such mediocre concept, lacking of clear outcome objectives, to ever take root in our dear nation. To think that the originator and campaigner in chief of such a wobbled theory is one who has presided over a state for the better part of his administration without a cabinet and is incapable of meeting a basic, yet fundamental obligation as the regular payment of salaries of civil servants who have dutifully fulfilled their own end of the bargain. What then are we supposed to learn from “Raufnomics”? Grandiose plans and white elephant projects? Incoherent macroeconomic policies almost leading to insolvency? Or populists projects that rarely translates to meaningful socio-economic benefits. When the Osun state governm...

http://ift.tt/2r15obI Rebel soldiers stand near the entrance of Ivory Coast's army headquarters in Abidjan on May 12, 2017 as they fired shots in the air just hours after a spokesman for the protesters publicly apologised for an earlier mutiny.<br />The gunfire erupted after disgruntled troops sealed off the area in the Plateau district of the Abidjan, the country's economic capital, an AFP correspondent said. The shots came just hours after national television broadcast a ceremony in which a soldier presented as a spokesman for 8,400 former rebels, many of them based in Bouake, said they wished to apologise to President Alassane Ouattara for the mutiny. / AFP PHOTO / ISSOUF SANOGO Rebel soldiers surrounded Ivory Coast’s army headquarters in Abidjan on Friday, firing shots in the air just hours after a spokesman for the protesters publicly apologised for an earlier mutiny. The gunfire erupted after disgruntled troops sealed off the area in the Plateau district of the...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Spanish La Liga result on Saturday: Sporting Gijon 1 (Carmona 66) Las Palmas 0 Playing later (all times GMT) Atletico Madrid v Eibar (1415), Barcelona v Villarreal (1630), Granada v Atletico Madrid (1845) Sunday Alaves v Athletic Bilbao (1000), Valencia v Osasuna (1415), Deportivo la Coruna v Espanyol (1630), Malaga v Celta Vigo (1845) Monday Leganes v Real Betis (1845) Played Friday Sevilla 1 (Sarabia 41) Real Sociedad 1 (Vela 61) The post Spanish La Liga results appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News http://ift.tt/2pRCtnz

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Spanish La Liga table after Saturday’s early match (played, won, drawn, lost, goals for, goals against, points): Barcelona 35 25 6 4 104 33 81 Real Madrid 34 25 6 3 92 39 81 Atletico Madrid 35 21 8 6 65 25 71 ——————————————– Sevilla 36 20 9 7 63 45 69 ——————————————– Villarreal 35 18 9 8 52 28 63 Athletic Bilbao 35 19 5 11 51 38 62 ——————————————— Real Sociedad 36 19 5 12 55 49 62 Eibar 35 15 9 11 54 45 54 Espanyol 35 13 11 11 45 47 50 Alaves 35 12 12 11 36 41 48 Celta Vigo 34 13 5 16 49 57 44 Malaga 35 11 9 15 44 51 42 Valencia 35 11 7 17 50 61 40 Las Palmas 36 10 9 17 52 67 39 Real Betis 35 10 7 18 38 57 37 Deportivo La Coruna 35 7 11 17 39 59 32 Leganes 35 7 9 19 30 53 30 ——————————————– Sporting Gijon 36 6 9 21 39 70 27 Granada 35 4 8 23 28 74 20 – relegated Osasuna 35 3 10 22 37 84 19 – relegated Note: 1st-3rd: Automatic Champions League qualification 4th: Champions League play-off round 5th & 6th: Europa League qualification ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J An explosion in the Philippine capital on Saturday killed two people, police said, the second blast in the area in a week. The blast occurred in Quiapo, one of the older parts of Manila where there are big slums, claiming two lives and injuring four, the capital’s police chief, Oscar Albayalde told DZMM radio. Another blast in Quiapo on April 29, which occurred as Southeast Asian leaders were meeting for a summit, injured 14 people. Police said that a pipe bomb caused that blast, and insisted it was not a terrorism incident related to the gathering of political leaders. Police did not immediately give any explanation for Saturday’s explosion. The post Blast in Philippine capital kills two appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News http://ift.tt/2pgybEg

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Levinus Nwabughiogu ABUJA-President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday prayed at the Aso presidential Villa, Mosque. This is coming weeks after he had not been sighted in public. He was dressed in white flowing gown. His appearance at the mosque is expected to douse tense about his whereabouts as he has not been seen in public for some time now. The President was seen waving and exchanging pleasantries with other worshipers. Details The post Breaking Buhari prays at Aso Villa Mosque appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News http://ift.tt/2qLB6WC