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http://ift.tt/2rAYYRs This handout photo released on May 30, 2017, by PGDBA & HND Mass Communication shows newly-rescued Chibok school girls waiting upon their arrival for rehabilitation at the Women Development Centre in Abuja. / AFP PHOTO/SUNDAY AGHAEZE The rescued Chibok girls will not be going back to their rural hometown to complete their schooling, Nigeria’s minister for women said on Tuesday. Speaking at a ceremony welcoming 82 newly rescued girls to a government rehabilitation facility in Abuja, Aisha Alhassan said all the girls will be heading back to class in September, without specifying where. There are a total of 106 rescued Chibok girls that were kidnapped by Boko Haram jihadists in 2014 who are receiving medical and psycho-social treatment at the Women Affairs Centre, located on the outskirts of the capital. “They are not going back to Chibok school but other schools within Nigeria,” Alhassan said about the rescued girls. “But if anyone wants to go back ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The University of Nigeria, Nsukka, says it is planning to prepare Nigerian workers both in the public and private sectors on how to end recession in the country. Prof. Emmanuel Osinem, Communications Officer of the University, in a statement on Friday, said the training was to be facilitated by the World Bank. He explained that the World Bank will organised the training in collaboration with the Centre for Technical Vocational Education, Training and Research (CETVETAR) in the university. According to him, the training will be one week training tagged: `’National Economic Recovery Programme (NERP),’ scheduled to hold from June 26 to June 30 2017 at the National Stadium, Abuja. “The National Economic Recovery Programme is designed to mobiilise and equip the nation on a final drive out of the current recession. “It is also geared toward contributing to the implementation of the recently launched Nigeria’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP), 2017 to 2020. ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Three Nigerian scammers who befriended many of their victims on dating sites have been slammed huge prison sentences by a Mississippi court after making tens of millions of dollars from their schemes. Oladimeji Seun Ayelotan, 30, was sentenced to 95 years in prison; Rasaq Aderoju Raheem, 31, was given 115 years and Femi Alexander Mewase, 45, got 25 years behind bars, according to a report by http://ift.tt/29CqwIG A court in the Southern District of Mississippi had in February found them all guilty of crimes including mail fraud, wire fraud, identity theft, credit card fraud and theft of government property. Ayelotan and Raheem were also found guilty of conspiracies to commit bank fraud and money laundering. Dating back to at least 2001, the scammers were involved in multiple internet fraud schemes, resulting in losses in the tens of millions, according to the Department of Justice. It claimed that they would befriend women on dating sites, establish a romantic...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Next time you’re at the airport, you can pick them out to pass time and keep yourself occupied while waiting to board the plane. Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares 5 types of people you meet at the airport. The First Time Flyers They typically get swept off in the enthusiasm of their first flight experience. They are sometimes clueless about certain aspects relating to the flight (which is fine, since it’s their first time and we’ve all been there) and they sometimes have a lot of questions to ask. Some also tend to get excited about random events relating to the flight. They may or may not get scared or hysterical at every turbulence and they’re the only people paying attention when there’s a safety briefing on the plane. The Late People They are those who are never on time for a flight, whose names are constantly being announced a few minutes before departure. Sometimes, they get left behind and sometimes they make the call, appearing sud...

http://ift.tt/2prCKwi Minister of State for Environment Ibrahim Jibril says Nigeria has become a dumping ground for inferior, substandard, expired and poisonous foods and feeds from countries across the globe. The minister said this on Monday in Abuja at a workshop organised by National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) and Program for Biosafety Systems (PBS) to stimulate the collaboration of regulatory agencies. He, however, noted that there might be some machinations by some affluent nations to keep Nigeria a food-dependent nation perpetually. “Nigeria has been marginalised and ostracised by many rich nations in the European Union which suspended some of our agricultural products, citing high volume of dichlorvos pesticide as its reason. “This is a reflection of our inability to adhere to global standards, which has come to hunt us at the international level. “And I made bold to say that we — the regulatory Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) — all contributed ou...

http://ift.tt/2qhNIst Several hundred ex-rebels block access to Bouake, their former stronghold in central Ivory Coast, on May 8, 2017 to press pay demands after a mutiny in January that led to a deal. / AFP PHOTO / STR Several hundred ex-rebels on Monday blocked access to Ivory Coast’s second city Bouake, their former stronghold, seeking thousands of euros in bonuses in line with a deal following a deadly January mutiny. Security forces were deployed to monitor the upheaval, which caused a tailback of about 100 vehicles outside the main southern entrance to the city, but the former rebels started letting cars in in the afternoon as they began negotiations with local authorities. Most shops in the city, a commercial and transport hub in the centre of the west African country, however remained closed. Unlike the mutineers who caused trouble in several towns, Monday’s protesters have not been integrated into the army and carried no weapons. They are known locally as “the demo...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Pope Francis on Sunday made a heartfelt appeal for “negotiated solutions” to end the violence in crisis-torn Venezuela for the sake of an “exhausted population”. “Dramatic news on the worsening of the situation in Venezuela keeps coming in with numerous deaths, injuries and prisoners,” the pontiff said before a 70,000 crowd attending weekly prayers in Saint Peter’s Square. “United in sorrow with the families of the victims… I issue a sincere appeal to the government and all sectors of Venezuelan society to avoid all forms of violence henceforward,” said the pontiff. The pope urged respect for human rights in a country riven by social conflict and “negotiated solutions to a grave humanitarian, social, political and economic crisis wearing down the populace”. Francis prayed for “peace, reconciliation and democracy” in what he termed a “beloved” nation. Returning overnight from a visit to Egypt, he had said the Holy See was willing to act as an intermediary...