Curator

via Blogger http://ift.tt/2rPcEXD

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The House of Representatives says it will pass a more holistic Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) that will encompass interests of host communities and fiscal regulation of the oil industry. Chairman of the House Committee, Petroleum Upstream, Rep. Victor Nwokolo (Delta-PDP), stated this on Thursday, while speaking to journalists at the sideline of a workshop organised by the committee for House members on the bill. Nwokolo said that the lower chamber of the National Assembly would begin the consideration of the bill in a few days and that it would be given accelerated hearing. He explained that the bill recently passed by the Senate was only one-third of the entirety of the document before the national assembly. According to the lawmaker, the committee decided to organise the workshop to bring the lawmakers up-to-date on what the house has done in respect of the PIB in the past. He said, “The bill has gone through first reading and by next week, it will go throug...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J “O Igbo arise! O Igbo arise! O Igbo arise! Let the chains of subjugation be broken, let the yoke of slavery be shattered and let the shackles of servitude fall. For the voices of your ancestors and your dead are calling. The voices of your slaughtered children wail, scream and screech through the night and they shed whimpering and pitiful tears through the day. They call for justice and vengeance that their souls may be appeased and that they may find peace and eternal rest. For they were slaughtered in their millions and they were butchered like cattle in the sanctity and privacy of their churches and homes. They cry for Biafra. They cry for the land of the rising sun. They cry for the memory of the fallen and those that stood like men to defend their honor. They cry for the pitiful souls of the chidren yet unborn. Heed their cry and honor their sacrifice. Forget not the land of the rising sun. Forget not Biafra. Forget not the slaughtered millions and tho...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Some people on Tuesday took to the streets in Yenagoa to show their support to the EFCC for the arrest and prosecution of George Turner, a former top aide in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Turnah was a former Special Adviser to a former Managing Director of the NDDC. He is facing trial in Federal High Court, sitting in Port Harcourt on a 12-count charge, bordering on obtaining money by false pretence, money laundering and abuse of office. The rally took place simultaneously in Yenagoa and seven other Local Government Areas in Bayelsa. Turnah was arrested in Port Harcourt last March in connection with alleged possession of two billion naira, suspected to be siphoned from the NDDC while he served in the commission between 2012 and 2015. The Spokesman of the EFCC, Mr Wilson Uwajaren, had said that preliminary investigations indicated that Turnah made deposits in his personal and company bank accounts in excess of N2 billion. It was against this ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Dr Usman Shu’iab, Head of Department, Islamic Law, Bayero University, Kano, has charged Muslim faithful to always ensure fairness and justice in the practice of polygamy to avoid the wrath of Allah. Shu’iab made the call on Sunday in Abuja at the 2017 Al-Habibiyyah Islamic Society National unity Ramadan lecture with the theme “Polygamy: Shari’ah versus Culture.” He said that though Islam had clearly spelt out conditions for marriage and polygamy, some individuals hide under some fabricated hadith to circumvent the laid down guidelines for polygamy. “In Islam marriage occupies a central position in the development and survival of human kind. “Polygamy as practiced by true Muslims comes with a lot of guides on how it is to be conducted and the rights of the couples are clearly defined and the requirements that the husband must fulfill in order to be fair and just to all the wives,’’ he said. Shu’iab said that Islam forbids a man to marry another woman if he wil...

http://ift.tt/2qP0Pyw (FILES) This file photo taken on January 10, 2017 shows Lieutenant General Michael Flynn (ret.), National Security Advisor Designate speaks during a conference on the transition of the US Presidency from Barack Obama to Donald Trump at the US Institute Of Peace in Washington DC. President Donald Trump's former national security advisor Michael Flynn will not comply with a Senate subpoena for documents on his links to Russia and will invoke his constitutional protection against self-incrimination, a source close to Flynn said May 22, 2017.Flynn, a key target in the explosive probe into links between Trump's presidential campaign and Russia's alleged interference in the 2016 election, "will be asserting his rights under the Fifth Amendment," the source told AFP. / AFP PHOTO / CHRIS KLEPONIS President Donald Trump’s former national security advisor Michael Flynn will not comply with a Senate subpoena for documents on his links to Russia and ...

http://ift.tt/2pZfQRj Tottenham Hotspur's English striker Harry Kane (R) celebrates scoring his team's second goal with Tottenham Hotspur's English defender Kieran Trippier during the English Premier League football match between Hull City and Tottenham Hotspur at the KCOM Stadium in Kingston upon Hull, north east England on May 21, 2017. Lindsey PARNABY / AFP Harry Kane helped himself to a second hat-trick in four days as ruthless Tottenham Hotspur smashed relegated Hull City to end the Premier League season in style. England striker Kane finishes with 29 league goals, winning the Golden Boot ahead of Everton’s Romelu Lukaku and Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez. Dele Alli, Victor Wanyama, Ben Davies and Toby Alderweireld were also on target for the visitors, who were already guaranteed to finish second to champions Chelsea, while Sam Clucas’s second-half strike was a rare highlight for the home fans. Kane is only the fifth player to win the Premier League’s Golden Boot...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Facebook is planning to intensify its crackdown on so-called click bait websites, saying it will begin giving lower prominence to links that lead to pages full of deceptive or annoying advertisements. Andrew Bosworth, Facebook’s vice president of ads and business platform, told newsmen that the downgrade of the links was expected to take effect beginning on Wednesday on News Feed, the home page of Facebook where people go to see posts from friends and family. “Facebook wanted to downplay links that people post to websites that have a disproportionate volume of ads relative to content. “It also wanted to downplay links that have deceptive or sexually suggestive ads along the lines of “5 Tips to be Amazing in Bed” or “1 Crazy Tip to Lose Weight Overnight!” “Links to websites with pop-up ads or full-screen ads also would be downplayed.’’ According to him, people scrolling through its News Feed are often disappointed when they click on such links and do not find ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A Bill for an Act to repeal and re-enact the Oil and Gas Free Zone Authority Act passed second reading at the House of Representatives on Wednesday. The bill, which was sponsored by Rep. Emmanuel Orker-Jev and four other legislators, seeks to liberalise oil and gas free zone and make the authority more responsive to its mandate. Leading the debate, Orker-Jev said Onne/Ikpokiri in Rivers was currently the only Oil and Gas Free Zone by the provisions of the existing Act and the powers of the President. According to Orker-Jev, the bill seeks to liberalise the zones and provide for the establishment and designation of oil free zones and sub-zones in the country. He said, “the bill also seeks to expand the board of the authority and subject the appointment of Board chairman to Senate confirmation”. According to him, if the bill is passed, it would make business more transparent, result-oriented and less cumbersome. Also contributing, Rep. Uzoma Nkem-Abonta (Abia-...