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http://ift.tt/2r8fKlX The UN agency said it had a commitment with the Nigerian and Cameroonian governments to seek ways for voluntary, dignified, sustainable and safe return of the refugees and assured that steps were being taken to ensure that they return to safety and dignity./ AFP PHOTO / REINNIER KAZE • Dangote Foundation largest donor to resettlement efforts, says Shettima The United Nation High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has warned against the increasing return of refugees from Cameroon, insisting that the northeast was not yet safe. The UN agency said it had a commitment with the Nigerian and Cameroonian governments to seek ways for voluntary, dignified, sustainable and safe return of the refugees and assured that steps were being taken to ensure that they return to safety and dignity. The warning followed the sudden return of no fewer than 10,000 Nigerian refugees in less than two weeks after the signing of a tripartite agreement with the Nigerian and Cameroonian go...

http://ift.tt/2r8fKlX The UN agency said it had a commitment with the Nigerian and Cameroonian governments to seek ways for voluntary, dignified, sustainable and safe return of the refugees and assured that steps were being taken to ensure that they return to safety and dignity./ AFP PHOTO / REINNIER KAZE • Dangote Foundation largest donor to resettlement efforts, says Shettima The United Nation High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has warned against the increasing return of refugees from Cameroon, insisting that the northeast was not yet safe. The UN agency said it had a commitment with the Nigerian and Cameroonian governments to seek ways for voluntary, dignified, sustainable and safe return of the refugees and assured that steps were being taken to ensure that they return to safety and dignity. The warning followed the sudden return of no fewer than 10,000 Nigerian refugees in less than two weeks after the signing of a tripartite agreement with the Nigerian and Cameroonian go...

http://ift.tt/2rDlNCS Na’Allah, who spoke during a press briefing heralding the fifth convocation of the university yesterday in Ilorin, said the proposition would nationally erase the sad memories of the “unfortunate” civil war said to have claimed the lives of about one million Nigerians.<br /> Vice Chancellor of Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, Prof. Abdulrasheed Na’Allah, has canvassed a national celebration of ‘Biafra Day’, rather than making it the exclusive remembrance for the people of South-East geo-political zone. Na’Allah, who spoke during a press briefing heralding the fifth convocation of the university yesterday in Ilorin, said the proposition would nationally erase the sad memories of the “unfortunate” civil war said to have claimed the lives of about one million Nigerians. Besides, he said the ultimatum issued to people of South-East extractions to vacate the existing 19 northern states was uncalled for. The vice chancellor, who urged the Federal Gove...

http://ift.tt/2olJnlN The committee canvassed the need for a deliberate policy aimed at repositioning the agricultural sector to ensure food sufficiency in the country. Chairman of the Committee, Linus Okorie blamed underfunding for the many challenges of the agricultural sector. The House of Representatives yesterday decried the country’s over-dependence on importation of food items, which has been estimated to cost over $10 billion annually. Its House Committee on Agricultural Colleges and Institutions raised the concern at a public hearing on three bills.They are: a bill are for an Act to amend the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria Act, a bill for an Act to establish the Universities of Veterinary Teaching Hospital and a bill for an Act to establish Nigerian Agricultural Associations. The committee canvassed the need for a deliberate policy aimed at repositioning the agricultural sector to ensure food sufficiency in the country. Chairman of the Committee, Linus Okorie b...

http://ift.tt/2r8fKlX The UN agency said it had a commitment with the Nigerian and Cameroonian governments to seek ways for voluntary, dignified, sustainable and safe return of the refugees and assured that steps were being taken to ensure that they return to safety and dignity./ AFP PHOTO / REINNIER KAZE • Dangote Foundation largest donor to resettlement efforts, says Shettima The United Nation High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has warned against the increasing return of refugees from Cameroon, insisting that the northeast was not yet safe. The UN agency said it had a commitment with the Nigerian and Cameroonian governments to seek ways for voluntary, dignified, sustainable and safe return of the refugees and assured that steps were being taken to ensure that they return to safety and dignity. The warning followed the sudden return of no fewer than 10,000 Nigerian refugees in less than two weeks after the signing of a tripartite agreement with the Nigerian and Cameroonian go...

http://ift.tt/2ryUieK Nigeria vs South Africa in the 2015 AFCON Qualifier Match, played in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State in 2014 Police deploys 500 men for AFCON qualifier The South African contingent were expected to arrive in Lagos yesterday and depart for Uyo today ahead of their Cameroun 2019 African Nations Cup qualifier against the Super Eagles. The Stuart Baxter-led team, which believe they can get a good result in Nigeria to make their qualification for the 2019 AFCON seamless, were expected to arrive aboard a South African Airways flight by 8.00 p.m. yesterday. Looking forward to fruitful outing in Uyo, Baxter told the South African press that they could win the game if the Bafana Bafana managed to shut up the Uyo crowd in the first 20 minutes. “If we let the crowd get excited‚ and Nigeria enjoy the game‚ then I think that’s going to be a big plus for them.“I think if we can turn that around and frustrate them a bit‚ and be better than they think‚ and have more to say than...

http://ift.tt/2oe4RxH <br />The funds had been stashed in iron cabinets and juite bags in the apartment before they were discovered and recovered by the anti-graft agency, following intelligence information. A Federal High Court, Lagos yesterday ordered the permanent forfeiture of the sums of monies recovered from Osborne Towers, Lagos to the coffers of the government. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had uncovered $43, 449, 947, £27, 800 and N23, 218, 000 at No. 16, Osborne Road, Flat 7B Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos on April 11. The funds had been stashed in iron cabinets and juite bags in the apartment before they were discovered and recovered by the anti-graft agency, following intelligence information. As a result, the EFCC had filed and obtained an interim court order temporarily forfeiting the funds to the Federal Government on April 13, 2017. Justice Muslim Hassan, who granted the interim order, had given 14 days for anyone interested in the funds...

http://ift.tt/2s2Gzgs Acting President Yemi Osinbajo (right); Bayelsa State Governor Seriake Dickson; Amayanabo of Brassland, King Alfred Diette Spiff and Director, Brass Fertilizer and Petrochemical Company Ltd, Chief Olufemi Adesanya during a meeting at the State House in Abuja…yesterday.  PHOTO: PHILIP OJISUA FG promoting new vision to secure Niger Delta Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, has declared that Nigeria is one of the most profitable places in the ECOWAS sub-region for business and investment. Osinbajo spoke yesterday when he received the Foreign Minister of Indonesia, Mrs. Retno Marsudi at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. He said with her large population and size, “Nigeria has a prerequisite market for profitable returns on any investment and business.” Citing the success of Indomie, one of the products by an Indonesian company in the Nigerian market, Osinbajo, according to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mr. Laolu...

http://ift.tt/2sC2Kac Ali Ndume, yesterday told the Federal High Court, Abuja, that he had no case to answer in the alleged sponsorship of terrorism charge levelled against him by the Federal Government. Court discharges insurgency suspect as FG amends charge The immediate past Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, yesterday told the Federal High Court, Abuja, that he had no case to answer in the alleged sponsorship of terrorism charge levelled against him by the Federal Government. Ndume told Justice Gabriel Kolawole that the government had not in anyway established a prima facie case against him or linked him with any crime. In a no-case submission argued by his counsel, Rickey Tarfa (SAN), Ndume insisted that the charges brought against him by the government has not been proved beyond reasonable doubt as required by law at the end of the prosecution case. The senator admitted that he had contact with the dreaded Boko Haram sect and that the contact came into being when he was appointed i...

http://ift.tt/2oe4RxH <br />The funds had been stashed in iron cabinets and juite bags in the apartment before they were discovered and recovered by the anti-graft agency, following intelligence information. A Federal High Court, Lagos yesterday ordered the permanent forfeiture of the sums of monies recovered from Osborne Towers, Lagos to the coffers of the government. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had uncovered $43, 449, 947, £27, 800 and N23, 218, 000 at No. 16, Osborne Road, Flat 7B Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos on April 11. The funds had been stashed in iron cabinets and juite bags in the apartment before they were discovered and recovered by the anti-graft agency, following intelligence information. As a result, the EFCC had filed and obtained an interim court order temporarily forfeiting the funds to the Federal Government on April 13, 2017. Justice Muslim Hassan, who granted the interim order, had given 14 days for anyone interested in the funds...