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http://ift.tt/2qvCakk Former national security adviser (NSA), retired Col. Sambo Dasuki PHOTO: NAN<br /> Access to Justice (A2J) has decried the continuous detention of former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Dasuki Sambo (rtd) and Sheik Ibrahim El-Zakzaky. The group in a statement by its Deputy Director, Adenike Aiyedun said the Federal Government has no powers to subvert the judgments of competent courts. It said it was sad that the Nigerian authorities had continued to disobey the courts and deny Nigerians their fundamental rights.In response to comments by presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu that El-Zakzaky was being held in ‘protective custody’, while Dasuki was still being investigated ‘for other criminal offences’, the group insisted that the executive has no such powers as only the law courts could determine the fate of accused persons. “Where government arrogates to itself a general right to sit as a court of appeal over judgments and orders of constitutional...

http://ift.tt/2r5W5Vv The 6th Annual Women4Africa Awards held in glam and style last Saturday at the Prestigious Kensington Town Hall London. Over 600 guests and finalists turned up in their hundreds, arriving in from as far as Abuja, Nigeria, Johannesburg South Africa, Harare, Zimbabwe and Ontario, Canada. The guests were dressed to impress and light up the red carpet. The Entertainment kept the crowd roaring with laughter and dancing. To cap the awards night, money was also raised for a Downs Syndrome charity The Moyin Rainbow Foundation, http://ift.tt/2qlbcxo Comments from guests on the night included: “Women4Africa; you have outdone yourselves, this is on par with what we see with the best of European events here in London.” Founded by Sam and Tola Onigbanjo, sponsors for the 2017 Women4Africa Award are Brand South Africa, 805 Restaurants, AK Healthy, Great Business Platforms, World Remit, Alpha Nurseries, Syntec Wines, Obaseki Solicitors, Supply to my door, Purple Premium,...

http://ift.tt/2r7MsaN As Nigerians celebrate another democracy day on Monday, the Catholic Archbishop of Owerri Ecclesiastic Province, Dr. Anthony Obinna has described the journey since the enthronement of democracy in 1999, as a ‘wobbling democracy’’, saying that he has no passion for democracy in Nigeria. Obinna, accompanied by the Imo state Commissioner for Information, Tourism and Public Utilities, Obinna Nshirim, Director of Communication of the Archdiocese, Fr. George Nwachukwu, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Information, Dr. Azu Uwandu, stated this yesterday while addressing journalists on the World Communication day taking place tomorrow. He regretted that the style of leadership and followership appeared to be in question and there is “carry over of military tyranny” and large scale stealing of public funds by public officers. While urging journalists to work not minding poor remuneration and hazards, he urged that they shouldn’t allow the nation’s leaders dam...

http://ift.tt/2r7CaI0 Benjamin Obiefuna Nwabueze Secretary General of the Prof Ben Nwabueze-led Igbo Leaders of Thought (ILT), Prof Elochukwu Amucheazi said yesterday that Nigerians, and especially Ndigbo, couldn’t be forced to live together under the present government framework. He stated that living together under the current scheme of things that had continually put the southeastern into slavery was no longer acceptable, stressing that separation was inevitable, unless the country was restructured. Reacting to comments credited to Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, at a forum to mark the 50th anniversary of Biafra that “Nigerians are greater together,” Amucheazi stated that it was obvious that the structure foisted on the country can no longer work, stressing that actions of the present administration had further confirmed it. “I don’t think that what happened yesterday (Thursday) was a sincere attempt at addressing the Nigerian problem. First, you have to think about who...

http://ift.tt/2oJlHZk Governor Rochas Okorocha A member of the Imo State Development Council (SDC), Obinze Ward, Uche Onyeaguocha, has resigned his appointment, stating a nine point-grouse, including the inability of the state governor, Rochas Okorocha, to follow due process, slashing pensions of the retirees by 50 per cent, impoverishing his appointees while he eats fat, among others. In a letter to the governor and made available to The Guardian, the former Adviser to Okorocha said he was emboldened to tender his resignation also because the governor wanted to impose his son-in-law, who is the Chief of Staff, Uche Nwosu, as his successor in 2019, and the governor’s alleged refusal to conduct local council election, since he dissolved it in 2011, shortly after he assumed duties. The former member who represented Owerri Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives said, “A state that is incapable of paying her pensioners and other workers, her governor should not be ...

http://ift.tt/2pQeCqd Alhaji Kehinde Olasode, who died in May last year was an advertising guru before his demise. He mentored many young advertising practitioners to find their feet in the sector. Alhaji as he was fondly called by close friends and relations was born to Pa Salawudeen and Madam Rabiiyaat Ayinke Olasode of blessed memory. His parents are from Gbagura in Abeokuta North council area of Ogun State, but had a farm settlement in Erin Itori, close to Iyesi in Ota council area. It was from there that Olasode came to Ebute Metta area in Lagos to continue his education and professional practice in the outdoor advertisement industry. He started his outdoor advertising career as an outdoor office clerk at PAN (Publicity Associate of Nigeria) under the management of Chief A. S. Adebiyi in 1971. He later moved to Nigerian Advertising Services (NAS) as the outdoor supervisor and to Greenland Publicity Limited as the Outdoor Manager. As an innovative and visionary young profession...

http://ift.tt/2pL9T92 Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, JAMB Registrar. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has yesterday warned operators of the Computer Based Test (CBT) that any of them caught flouting the terms of their engagement would not be spared, but would be made to face the full wrath of the law. An estimated 1.7 million candidates are expected to sit for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) scheduled to take place between May 16 and 20 nationwide. JAMB Registrar, Prof Is’haq Oloyede, who gave this indication during his final meeting and briefing with CBT operators at the National Universities Commission (NUC), Abuja, also assured that cases of multiple registrations by candidates have been streamlined to curb cases of examination fraud. Oloyede’ warning to CBT operators is coming against the backdrop of the recent elopement by a CBT operator in Okeke, Kogi State, during the April 29 mock trial examination, where over 25...

http://ift.tt/2p2e417 Black Purist Media, Chidiadi Madumere What marketing strategies work for small businesses today? What are the best ways to get customers to know about your business, contact you, or make a purchase? Here are some marketing strategies that work for small businesses. 6. Claim your place on Google Places. Google places listings aren’t just for fast food establishments or retail stores. You can search for any type of service by location, and Google will show a list of companies that match the service you searched for in the location you specified. If you live in a big city, there’s no guarantee your places profile will show up on that first page listing. But having a profile gives you an edge. 7. Look for social media discussions groups that attract your target customers. Depending on what you sell, look for topic-specific groups and/or location-based discussion groups. Set aside a few minutes a day to read the conversations, and then join in when ...

http://ift.tt/2pFUIxF Govenor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun at the foundation laying ceremony of proposed mosque of NASFAT. The Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has commended the effort of Nasrul-Lahi-L-Fatih Society (NASFAT) over the proposed N2.5 billion mosque to be sited within the multipurpose Islamic Centre along Lagos Ibadan Expressway. Amosun, who was at the fund raising and foundation laying ceremony for the ultra-modern mosque recently enjoined Muslims to be a good ambassador of Islam to diminish the increasing and unreasonable fear and hatred directed against Islam and the Muslims. “Islam is a religion of peace, it is a big shame that people are ascribing violence with Islam,” he said. He urged Nigerians to live with one another in peace and harmony for the development of the country. “It is when there is peace in the country, the economy can grow as you can see what is happening in some part of the country but we are grateful in Ogun ...

http://ift.tt/2pFN6LA Oluwatobi Ajayi, Chief Executive Officer of Jetvan Automobiles Limited Oluwatobi Ajayi is the Chief Executive Officer of Jetvan Automobiles Limited, an organisation that officially sells Mercedes Benz Sprinter in Nigeria, and offers solutions to the sector. In this interview with KINGSLEY JEREMIAH, he discusses germane issues that will enable businesses to thrive in the face of unfavourable environment. Excerpts: What informed your interests in the automotive sector? I read Soil Sciences and Farm Mechanisation from the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State. After I left the university, I wanted to be a farmer to fulfil the need to make food affordable for the people. But after graduating from the university, I was posted by NYSC to Mercedes Benz Nigeria. When I got to Mercedes Benz, I recalled all that I learnt from my dad, who was a dealer with Squadron Motors, and I infused them into the business and that set me apart from my peers. I had a deeper unders...

http://ift.tt/2p3lXzu The initial set of services to be offered are deposits and withdrawals from bank accounts and mobile money wallets, utility bill payments, and airtime recharge for all telecom networks. In line with their shared goal to drive deeper financial inclusion in Nigeria, Paga and the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) recently announced a partnership aimed at making financial services available to all Nigerians by leveraging on all the NIPOST offices across the country as robust financial services points. This will be done on the back of the Shared Agent Network framework approved by the Central Bank of Nigeria. Through their partnership with NIPOST, Paga will continue to expand its mobile money agent network to include post offices in all the Local Government Areas of Nigeria while giving priority to areas where banking services are limited or otherwise difficult to access. The initial set of services to be offered are deposits and withdrawals from bank accounts and...

http://ift.tt/2pFLIJ5 By 2050, our continent will be home to nearly half a billion people who have either just entered or are about to enter the labour force. Their talent and enthusiasm can be the motor to accelerate Africa’s development. You don’t have to be long in any African city to feel the entrepreneurial energy on the streets. For those of us who grew up on the continent, it’s very much a fact of life. But for those visiting, perhaps for the first time, it can seem overwhelming. There is no single reason, of course, for this bustle and energy. But a big part of it comes from the fact that Africa has the youngest population of any continent. On every street corner and in shops and offices in every neighbourhood, there are young entrepreneurs determined to make a living and build a business. This demographic dividend could – and should – be a huge advantage for Africa. Six out of ten of our population are already under 24 and the proportion of young people is growing all th...

http://ift.tt/2pFCj4i A slowing pace could be an early warning of heart failure, dementia or cardiac disease. *Reduced pace might indicate heart failure, dementia, cardiac disease How quickly we walk offers significant clues about the state of our health, research suggests. A slowing pace could be an early warning of heart failure, dementia or cardiac disease. Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States (U.S.), believe walking speed is nearly as important as pulse rate or blood pressure. They have developed a sensor that hangs on the wall and transmits radio waves to detect a person’s gait and stride length as they move about their home. Experts think the WiGait device, which is roughly the size of a small flatscreen TV, can predict the onset of health problems through analysing the data it records. The technology has been tested in care homes in the US and was able to measure walking speed with an accuracy of 95 to 99 per cent in the rese...

http://ift.tt/2plWDsi Data revenue now contributes 20% to total revenue for the SA-headquartered telco, which saw voice traffic (billable minutes) increase by 2% and total data traffic by 145%. MTN’s first quarter revenue was bumped up 7.1% by a data revenue spike of 29.4% year-on-year. This is according to the telecoms operator’s quarterly update for the three months ended 31 March, released yesterday. Data revenue now contributes 20% to total revenue for the SA-headquartered telco, which saw voice traffic (billable minutes) increase by 2% and total data traffic by 145%. Group subscribers, however, dropped by 1.5% quarter-on-quarter, to almost 237 million “largely as a result of restatements to subscriber numbers in Ghana, Rwanda and Zambia”. Year-on-year total subscribers grew by 3% in MTN’s 22 operations across Africa and the Middle East. “While our reported subscriber numbers are lower than we had expected, this is largely the result of an ongoing review of subscriber d...

http://ift.tt/2pFZiw1 Muslim should endeavor to get informed and reformed our self to be a good model to our children because it is what u have that you can give out and the children will always imbibe what we are doing. The foremost Islamic Woman group Al-Muminat Organization, Mushin Council has urged Nigerians to remain steadfast and resist any action that would lure them to deviate from the path of righteousness. The Ameerah (Woman Leader) of Al-Muminat, Hajia Sherifat Odekunle who made this call at the opening ceremony of the camping programme for spiritual upliftment and interaction for Muslim women and children held in Mushin recently described the current situation across the world as ‘deviant’ She said:” The world has changed from normal to abnormal; the changes are affecting the home. Ideals are compromise because that is what the society want, people don’t want to be different and the fear of being call fanatic.” She said, if 90% of our life is base on the Quran a...

http://ift.tt/2pG1jIA Having a non-O blood group is associated with a higher risk of heart attack, according to research presented at Heart Failure 2017 and the 4th World Congress on Acute Heart Failure. Having a non-O blood group is associated with a higher risk of heart attack, according to research presented at Heart Failure 2017 and the 4th World Congress on Acute Heart Failure. Lead author Tessa Kole, a Master’s degree student at the University Medical Centre Groningen, the Netherlands, said: “It has been suggested that people with non-O blood groups (A, B, AB) are at higher risk for heart attacks and overall cardiovascular mortality, but this suggestion comes from case-control studies which have a low level of evidence. If this was confirmed it could have important implications for personalised medicine.” The current study was a meta-analysis of prospective studies reporting on O and non-O blood groups, and incident cardiovascular events including myocardial infarction (hea...

http://ift.tt/2oEDMY4 Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki Edo State government has read the riot act to the Benins and Ijaws of Gelegele and Ughoton communities who have been at loggerheads over the ownership of the area, which the government and the Benin monarch have proposed to be an Export Processing Zone giving room for the building of a seaport in the area. The Ijaw have been claiming ownership of the land but the Benins on the other hand insists that the area belongs to them and that the Ijaws are settlers. The state government declared this at a meeting with leaders of the communities. However, the meeting was charged as Ijaw community leaders walked out of the meeting insisting they would not accept the claim by the Benins that they own the Gelegele land and that invitation for subsequent meetings should be channelled through their own Amago Ama Okesuwei of Gelegele Community and not through the Odionwere of Gelegele Chief Amos Osakwe and others who are represent...