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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/2gduWxY By Sylvia Anikwe WHATSAPP helps teenagers communicate with their peers and express themselves better compared to classrooms they are part of, a new study claims. The findings of the study revealed that students in WhatsApp groups are able to develop closer and more open relationships with their classmates because of the freedom of expression they enjoy on the platform. As part of the study, the researchers observed two groups of eight youths aged 16 to17, and two groups of eight youths aged 14 to 15. The teenagers perceived WhatsApp chat groups as a space that breaks down the hierarchical division created at school.”The group chats are based on trust among the members of the group, and this enhances the possibility to be in contact.” In Nigeria, the benefits of WhatsApp are not lost on students. Across tertiary institutions, students give positive stories of group studies and bonds formed through WhatsApp groups. One of such students is Promise Ube who said t...

http://ift.tt/2sezvwO These decisions followed the adoption of a motion on “World Environment Day” sponsored by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment, Senator Oluremi Tinubu. PHOTO: GOOGLE The Senate yesterday mandated its committee on environment to investigate the implementation of the celebrated Ogoni cleanup exercise. The Federal Government launched the Ogoni cleanup project in June last year with an initial cost of $1 billion. The Senate equally directed the committee to assess the progress of the Great Green Wall programme initiated to control desertification. These decisions followed the adoption of a motion on “World Environment Day” sponsored by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment, Senator Oluremi Tinubu. She told her colleagues that it was worrisome that in spite of the launch of the Ogoni cleanup campaign, it does not appear that work has commenced in the area. Tinubu in her lead debate noted that June 5 is World Environment Day, set aside to create a...

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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Lazarus Muoka A cts 1:10-11 states: “And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; 11 Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.” The above context presents two grand and wonderful events that mankind will ever be acquainted with, and these are the ascension and return of the Lord Jesus which is rapture. While the ascension has taken place, the coming again to rapture the saints is at the door. The rapture will be a consolation for the believers who have been mocked, disgraced, persecuted and scorned at for the sake of Christ but on the other hand, it will be a source of ceaseless apprehension to the sinners. We all know that the miseries and persecution of believers hitherto are not hidden. The worlds have seen the harmless believers been cut do...

http://ift.tt/2p29U9p PHOTO:AFP The Canadian government has called for continued use of dialogue in the north east and other conflict zones across the country in other to achieve peace and security as well as protect the lives and human rights of all Nigerians. It noted that the successful release of 106 of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls is a powerful demonstration of the importance of dialogue in bringing about positive change during a horrible and violent conflict. Meanwhile, the federal government has called on members of the Boko Haram sect to drop their arms and embrace dialogue. Speaking at the handing over of kits by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) to the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development for the released Chibok girls yesterday, Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, His Excellency, Christopher Thornley said that Canada is to provide about $27.35million to UN agencies and NGO partners in the North East. According to him, this includ...

http://ift.tt/2rulMiY Patrick Ugbe Following the kidnapping of the Chief Executive Officer of Hit FM, Mr. Patrick Ugbe in Calabar, Cross River state on Thursday, the Nigerian Police has shut down all inlets and outlets into Calabar. Commissioner of Police in Cross River State, Mr. Hafiz Inuwa, disclosed this yesterday saying efforts are in top gear to ensure the safe release of Ugbe. No demand for ransom has been made; neither have the abductors gotten in touch with the family, but the Commissioner pleaded for calm as efforts are on to secure his release. Ironically, Ugbe was kidnapped in Ikot Ansa in Calabar were security was expected to be at red alert for the Acting Vice President, Mr. Yemi Osingajo who was tidying up his two day visit to Cross River state on Thursday night with a town hall meeting at the Calabar International Conference Centre. Details of the kidnapp is not clear, but some persons have associated his kidnap with the 2019 governorship race, as speculati...