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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Dennis Udoma UYO – THE CHAIRMAN of Ukanafun Local Government Transition Committee in Akwa Ibom, Mr. Abasiono Udomfu is allegedly arrested by the police in connection with the gruesome murder of his late Secretary, Mr Ime Atakpa barely two months ago. The Chairman’s personal assistant, Mr. Akaninyene Ibuot and another whose identity was not immediately available at press time, Vanguard learned were also arrested for their involvement the dastardly act. A family source to the late council scribe, who craved anonymity told journalists in Uyo on Sunday that, the Local Government Transition Chairman during Governor Udom Emmanuel’s wife visit, Martha to the area to commission housing projects for widows, voluntarily raised up his hands to declare that, “God knows that my hands are clean concerning the murder of the late Local Government Secretary”. According to the source, after the Chairman had made the declaration, his personal assistant, Akaninyene Ibout also ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Perez Brisibe EKETE – GUNMEN suspected to be kidnappers have reportedly abducted Mrs. Theresa Sakpra who is the wife of the Delta State Commissioner for Special Duties Governor’s Office, Chief Henry Sakpra. Mrs. Sakpra was said to have been abducted last Thursday at about 6:15p.m around the Ekete Inland junction along the DSC Expressway in Udu Local Government Area of the state. Giving details of the incident, a police source hinted that the victim was whisked to an unknown destination by the hoodlums on her way home after dropping one of her sales girls along the Expressway. “The hoodlums went away with the victim in her car which was later recovered the following day along the Effurun/Ughelli section of the East-West road,” the source stated. Contacted, the State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Andrew Aniamaka said: “The facts are not known to me so I cannot speak on it as I have no information on it.” Meanwhile, youths under the aegis of Udu Youth...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J …says action makes nonsense of govt. policy Daud Olayunji ABEOKUTA- The Alake and Paramount Ruler of Egbaland, Oba Michael Gbadebo has protested against the plan by the Federal Government to stop the College of Management Sciences (COLMAS) at the Federal University of Agriculture , Abeokuta. The Alake’s protest letter ,dated May 15,2017 which was directed to President Muhammadu Buhari and his Vice President , Prof. Yemi Osinbajo was sent through a member of Abeokuta South Federal Constituency , Olusegun Williams, while the Senator representing Ogun central at the national assembly , Dr. Lanre Tejuoso was copied . A copy of the letter was made by the Alake’s media aide and the Aare Baaroyin of Egbaland, Olootu Layi Labode, yesterday in Abeokuta to our correspodent . The plan by the Federal government , according to the Alake was communicated through the announcement of a directive by the Minister of Education,Adamu Adamu to the effect that Specialized Universi...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J US pop star Ariana Grande will return to Manchester on Sunday to headline a star-studded concert in memory of the victims of the attack on her show, her publicist said Tuesday. Justin Bieber, Coldplay, Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Pharrell Williams, Usher and Take That will join the “One Love Manchester” concert at the Old Trafford cricket ground to raise money for those affected by last week’s bombing, which left 22 people dead. “We will not quit or operate in fear. We won’t let this divide us. We won’t let hate win,” Grande said in a statement. “Our response to this violence must be to come closer together, to help each other, to love more, to sing louder and to live more kindly and generously than we did before.” Fans who were at the concert by 23-year-old Grande that was hit by the attack will be given free tickets. The victims included seven children and parents who came to pick up their daughters. Net ticket proceeds will go to the “We Love Manchester...

http://ift.tt/2pt88xW NYSC members Brig-Gen. Suleiman Kazaure, the Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), said on Monday that the scheme would soon begin posting of corps members to farms. Kazaure said this in an interview with newsmen during his official visit to the NYSC Permanent Orientation Camp in Sagamu, Ogun. He said that the move to deploy corps members in farms was in line with the agricultural development programme of the NYSC. According to him, the NYSC has concluded preparations to begin the posting at the conclusion of the three-week orientation exercise. He said that Bauchi, Oyo, Kebbi and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, had been earmarked for the pilot phase. “It should interest you to know that the NYSC will soon begin its agricultural development scheme where corps members will be posted to farms for their primary assignments. “Already the NYSC has acquired active farmlands across the nation’s geopolitical zones with four alre...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Senate has fixed Wednesday to debate cases of violations of Fiscal Responsibility Act by some Federal Government revenue-generating agencies. The decision followed a Point of Order by the Deputy Leader of the Senate, Bala Na’Allah, at plenary on Tuesday. He said that revenue-generating agencies of government had refused to submit their 2017 fiscal proposals to the National Assembly, contrary to regulations. Presenting the order, Na’Allah said that it was his responsibility to collate the agencies’ budgets and submit to the chamber for consideration, but said that he was yet to receive the proposals. He said that the proposals ought to have been submitted to him by the agencies since September, 2016. “I am the one responsible for the collation of reports and we have not received one single report regarding the budget of parastatals, which were supposed to have been given by September, 2016. “I want to put it on record that we have not received any rep...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated ace broadcaster and renowned voice talent, Otunba Kunle Olasope, who turns 80 years on May 8. President Buhari, in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Mr Femi Adesina in Abuja on Sunday, felicitated with all the professional colleagues, friends and family of Olasope. The President noted the historical role of Olasope on Oct. 31, 1959, as the first African broadcaster to appear on the Western Nigeria Television Authority, which he said  completely changed the tone of journalism in Nigeria, and Africa. He commended Olasope’s courage and patriotism “as he continues to inspire younger broadcasters across the country in both the public and private sectors, encouraging a generation of highly skilled and specialized broadcasters that currently chair TV stations and ply their trade globally’’. According to the President, the veteran broadcaster’s legacies will always be remembered, and hopes...