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http://ift.tt/2sucsLM Head of Brand, PUMA, Aderemi Adefolami (left), representative of Senate President and Chairman, ABS FC, Ilorin, Seni Saraki, Kwara State Commissioner for Sports, Ayo Nuhu and Captain of the Club, Samuel Oyedeji at the unveiling of the PUMA-ABS FC jersey in Ilorin… on Thursday. • NFF gets N500m Federation Cup deal World renowned sports kits giant, Puma at the weekend in Ilorin unveiled newly designed jerseys, boots and other sports wears that would be used by the Abubakar Bukola Saraki Football Club (ABS) for the rest of the session. The Puma kitting deal, which according to management of the Ilorin-based outfit, would last for five years, provides another avenue for the club to be recognized globally based on the popularity of the sports wear brand. Speaking at the unveiling of the new kits in Ilorin, General Manager of the club, Alloy Chukwuemeka said that Puma decided to partner with ABS because of the club’s performance in the Nigeria Premi...

http://ift.tt/2oZN55Y Ibikunle Amosun, Governor of Ogun State. Comrade Arabambi Abayomi Oluwafemi is the Chairman of Labour Party (LP) in Ogun State. He spoke to GBENGA AKINFENWA on the rising debt profile of the state, Amosun’s request for road construction refund on roads and the party’s magic to wrest power from the ruling party in 2019. Your party appears to have grievances with the Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun and his administration, what are they? We have no grievances; neither do we have any grouse against the governor. Let me start with a quote from Martins Luther King Jnr, who said ‘the ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in the moment of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at a time of challenge and controversy’. Our party’s position on the administration of Governor Ibikunle Amosun’s led All Progressives Congress (APC) government is not about hatred, but because we in Labour Party are staunch advocate of good governance, that is w...

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http://ift.tt/2p5Dyt0 Akwa United players against Shooting Stars in a recent league match Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) Head Coach, Fatai Amoo, has warned his lads that any further poor result in the top-flight would lead the club to relegation. The Oluyole Warriors are hosts of South West neighbours, Sunshine Stars in today’s Match Day 22 clash, at the Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba, Ibadan. Amoo said intense tension is brewing in the Ibadan warlords’ camp and only a good result against the Owena Waves would help douse the uncomfortable situation. “The tension is high for obvious reasons and we have been doing a lot of psychological work primarily aimed at psyching the players to believe in themselves,” Amoo, a former coach of Sunshine Stars told supersport.com. “Of course, at the point we are at the moment, anything short of outright win against Sunshine Stars is simply a calamity and a confirmation of relegation,” the gaffer stated. “We forbid any of such untoward ...

http://ift.tt/2rpbgJh Lagos State Commissioner for Science and Technology, Olufemi Odubiyi, The new phase of development spreading across Lagos State has been hinged on various investments in Information and Communication Technology (ICT). This was disclosed on Monday, by the State’s Commissioner for Science and Technology, Olufemi Odubiyi, while giving account of ICT related activities of the state to mark the second year of the Governor Akinwunmi Ambode led administration. Odubiyi, who said ICT remains a vital instrument that is used by governments to enhance service delivery strategy and bring about innovations for the development of the economy, also noted that any country that wants to be at par with the developed society must invest hugely in ICT. As such, the Commissioner said Lagos State has been in the vanguard of IT development with the introduction of various portals and applications. He added that prompt and efficient service delivery has been the hallmark of th...

http://ift.tt/2qPyk6P Prior to this time, the mortgage option under the Lagos Home Ownership Mortgage Scheme (Lagos HOMS) was the cheapest means of becoming a Lagos State housing unit owner. Sir: Globally, housing deficit is huge with a wide gap in demand and supply in the sector leading to homelessness, rise in slums and squatter settlements which usually result in low level of health due to poor living condition and lack of basic services. Nigeria’s housing deficit was estimated at 17 million as at August 2012 by the National Bureau of Statistic (NBS).  In Lagos State, adequate housing has always been a challenge in view of rapid urbanisation which has led to tremendous increase in population. Home to over 23 million inhabitants with an estimated 86 people relocating to the state every hour, housing deficit in Lagos is a real issue with affordability worsening because more people are chasing a limited supply of real estate. It is, however, cheering that a government with a to...

http://ift.tt/2roTR3o Akinwunmi Ambode, said, Lagos State is at the threshold of witnessing a boost in economic growth and employment generation given the evolving developments in its investment climate particularly the oil and gas sector. The Lagos State Government has said that the discovery of hydrocarbon resources has positioned the State as a suitable destination for oil and gas investment. Speaking at the official commissioning of Ibile Oil and Gas office in Lagos on Monday, the state Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, said, Lagos State is at the threshold of witnessing a boost in economic growth and employment generation given the evolving developments in its investment climate particularly the oil and gas sector. Ambode who made this declaration , noted that the exploration of crude oil in Lagos would effectively complement oil exploration activities in other parts of the country. The governor who was represented by the Commissioner, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resource...

http://ift.tt/2qgHpCA US President Donald Trump exits Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 13, 2017 . Olivier Douliery / AFP The election of Donald Trump, the most unqualified president in terms of experience and temperament is playing out as I envisaged to the detriment of Republicans, the U.S. and the world. He is trying very hard to be the strongman he promised with disastrous results. The latest case is the firing of the FBI Director, James Comey who had recently stepped up his investigation of the alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Trump the wannabe strongman took a similar posture prior to and during the election with Obama, his Republican opponents and Hilary Clinton. As President he has continued his tirade against the Obama administration, Democrats in congress, judges and the media. He is always on the attack for spurious or no reasons other than to let the whole world know that he is top dog. Analysts are increas...

http://ift.tt/2qLhYfs Prof Youdeowei IPPAD award Continued from yesterday The Professor is a prolific writer. He wrote 13 books, chapters, articles in 10 books and monographs, four integrated production and pest management farmers’ field schools manuals; he authored and co-authored over 40 science and agricultural books for children, three tertiary books, one inaugural lecture at University of Greenwich, United Kingdom, four plant protection extension manuals, 13 books on junior secondary agriculture, five agriculture wall charts, two on nursery and primary mathematics, seven primary science and technology monographs, 12 teachers handbooks, nine books on learning basic agriculture for Nigeria primary schools, etc. Tony is a happy man who relishes in the blessings of God Who gave him the opportunity to serve humanity. His children love him to no end. Their pride at the accomplishments of their patriarch and matriarch is unmistakable. Each of his children is a success story in hims...

http://ift.tt/2qxArvn Lazarus Angbazo, told journalists in Lagos recently, that the company is still waiting for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on the areas in which its intervention is required in the revitalisation of the country’s ailing refineries. General Electric (GE) has said that it would be assisting the Federal Government in the revitalisation of the country’s ailing refineries. The President and Chief Executive Officer of GE’s Grid Solutions/Energy Connections, Africa, Dr. Lazarus Angbazo, told journalists in Lagos recently, that the company is still waiting for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on the areas in which its intervention is required in the revitalisation of the country’s ailing refineries. Angbazo said that the resuscitation of the refineries would enable Nigeria become self-sufficient in petroleum production, adding that the company would not hesitate in helping the country to meet the 2019 target to halt importation p...

http://ift.tt/2r7Tb26 Raymond Omatseye The Court of Appeal in Lagos yesterday overturned the five-year jail term slammed on the former Director General of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Raymond Temisan Omatseye. Omatseye was convicted by a Federal High Court over alleged award of contract above the N2.5 million limit approved by law.Justice Yargata Nimpar of the appellate court discharged and acquitted Omatseye of all the 24 counts for which he was convicted at the lower court. Other members of the three-man panel were Justice Adejumo Obaseki and Abraham Georgewill, who concurred with the lead judgment.Though they were not physically present, Justice Nimpar announced their judgments. The appellate court also set aside the judgment delivered on May 20, 2016 at the Federal High Court, Lagos, which convicted Omatseye of bid rigging and contract splitting. Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia found Omatseye guilty of N1.5 billion contract scam.She held t...

http://ift.tt/2r7ZAuf Challenging the Online Medium to publish any proof of transactions between Citadel Oracle Concepts Ltd. and Zinox or proof of any criminal charge against Ekeh, Zinox or any officials of the company in relation to the said stories, Ayogu further disclosed that there is no evidence of an indictment by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The Management of Zinox Technologies Ltd. has given a seven-day deadline to a local online publication to retract a series of defamatory publications against the company and its officials or face a legal action. Briefing the media in Lagos on the continued fabrication of lies against Zinox with questionable intent, Head of Corporate Communications, Gideon Ayogu, disclosed that the Zinox Chairman, Leo Stan Ekeh has never met with the Managing Director of Citadel Oracle Concepts, Benjamin Joseph, and that neither Ekeh or any other official of Zinox has had any form of business transaction with the said company. Accordin...

http://ift.tt/2qyqdLU Jalingo airport The Governor of Taraba State, Darius Dickson Ishaku has said plans have been concluded for the commencement of daily flights from the Jalingo Airport. The flights, which would commence before the end of this month would enormously assist in the airlifting more than one ton of Taraba vegetables and cucumber to other parts of the country for sale. Ishaku made this known yesterday in Jalingo while addressing worshipers at the Christian Reformed Church – Nigeria (CRC-N) saying the decision to commence the daily flight resulted from the increasing activities in the state since his assumption of office as governor. He reiterated his administration’s commitment towards repositioning the state, stressing that the opening up of the air space to the daily flights at the Jalingo Airport was yielding huge results as Federal Government officials and prospective investors now move in and out of Jalingo without much difficulty. He pointed out that he was ...

http://ift.tt/2r8fLYw Sambo Dasuki Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Abuja, will on June 15, rule whether or not, to allow prosecution witnesses in the trial of former National Security Adviser (NSA), Colonel Sambo Dasuki, be shielded from public view. At the resumed hearing yesterday, prosecution counsel, Ladipo Okeseyi, moved the application for screening of witnesses.Dasuki was re-arraigned before Justice Ahmed Mohammed on a seven-count amended charge. Dasuki’s matter was before Justice Adeniyi Ademola and he was about to rule on the screening of witnesses when the case was transferred to Justice Mohammed. Arguing the application for screening of witnesses, Okeseyi stated that the application was pursuant to Section 232 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA). Okeseyi added that the application was for leave of order to screen witnesses. Okeseyi also moved another application, seeking the defendant to be tried in camera. However, defence co...

http://ift.tt/2qyjC3V Ndoma-Egba<br /> The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) might adopt a new regional master plan for an integrated development of the region.The commission revealed that the first master plan, which was launched in 2007 was abandoned by previous boards of the NDDC. Chairman of NDDC Governing Board, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba stated this when members of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Niger Delta Task Force, led by Albert Akpomudje visited the Commission’s headquarters in Port Harcourt yesterday. He explained that since it would be difficult to develop the Niger Delta without an integrated plan, the board mooted the idea of either revalidating, upgrading or coming up with a new master plan because the indices used in the previous plan were no longer valid. While regretting that the carefully crafted master plan was abandoned almost as soon as it was launched, he however, pointed out that the Niger Delta Regional Development Master Plan, whi...

http://ift.tt/2p1q5ki The Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has reassured pilots using the airspace of optimal landing aids performance at airports nationwide. The Nigeria Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has reassured pilots using the airspace of optimal landing aids performance at airports nationwide.NAMA said contrary to a report (not The Guardian), safety of the equipment is not in doubt and adherence to international standard has not been compromised. General Manager, Public Affairs NAMA, Olajumoke Adetona said the nation’s air navigation service provider has always adhered to the rules and regulations of the International Civil Aviation Authority (ICAO), which Nigeria is a party to its charter. Adetona said before the closure of Abuja airport for repairs of the runway recently, the ILS/DME and VOR/DME in Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Sokoto, Lagos, Enugu, Port Harcourt and Bauchi airports were calibrated by South African Flight Calibration Company (FSCL) and all the facil...

http://ift.tt/2pcdWw7 INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu An assessment of the preparedness of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to improve its ratings in conducting credible elections in Nigeria has been on the spotlight since April 27 when the umpire commenced the Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) across the country to update the national voters’ database which currently has about 70 million registered voters. The on-going process, which according to the electoral body, will be on until a few months before the 2019 general elections, is meant to capture Nigerians that are just attaining the voting age of 18 years and those who had not registered before or whose names could not be found in the register. It is also an opportunity for those registered voters who have damaged or lost their Permanent Voters Cards (PVC) and those who have not collected it before to do so while those who changed polling units because of movements can have the data updated in thei...