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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Wife of Katsina State Governor, Hajiya Zakiya  Masari, has presented foodstuff worth N12 million to less privileged women in Daura Senatorial Zone. Presenting the items at a ceremony in Daura on Monday, Mrs Masari said that the items were donated by her and wives of political office holders from the zone. She said the items included 120 bags of rice, 120 bags of sugar, 120 bags of millet, and clothing materials. The governor’s wife explained that 10 bags of each of the items would be distributed to each of the 12 local governments in the area. According to her, the target is to support up to 3,000 indigent women in the area with food. The  local councils in the zone comprise of Daura, Sandamu, Baure, Mai’adua, Kusada, Kankiya, Ingawa, Mashi, Mani, Dutsi, Zango and Bindawa. In her remarks, the state APC Women Leader, Safiya Daura, who was mandated to supervise the distribution, pledged to ensure fairness in carrying out the exercise. Earlier, th...

http://ift.tt/2qbgtr2  Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte  / AFP PHOTO / Ted ALJIBE Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Wednesday he may impose martial law throughout the nation, after declaring military rule in the southern third of the country to combat Islamist militants. Duterte on Tuesday announced the imposition of martial law in the region of Mindanao, home to about 20 million people, after militants who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group rampaged through a city there. Duterte said he was considering also imposing martial law through the central third of the Philippines known as the Visayas, because this region is very close to Mindanao. He then also raised the prospect of the northern third of the Philippines, known as Luzon and home to the capital of Manila, falling under martial law. “If I think that the ISIS has already taken foothold also in Luzon, and terrorism is not really far behind, I might declare martial law throughout the c...

http://ift.tt/2q8YBZM Mailafia A former Deputy Governor of Central Bank Of Nigeria (CBN), Dr Obadiah Mailafia, has called on the Federal Government to take measures that will make Naira convertible international trading currency. Mailafia made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Monday. He recalled that about 40 years ago, Naira was accepted abroad for trading and other purposes. “In the 70s, Nigerians were spending Naira in London. It was accepted. “In fact, our Muslim brothers used to go to Mecca and Medina that time and they could spend and buy goods with Naira. “ The situation has changed that even in Benin Republic, they don’t accept Naira. “We need to restore the purchasing power, the honour and dignity of the Naira as our proud currency and the symbol of National honour,’’ he said. Mailafia, therefore, urged the government to begin the efforts that would shore up the value of the currency so that it could be acceptable inter...