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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers said on Sunday that the state was becoming safer for investors on a daily basis due to the state government’s investment on security. The governor stated this in Port Harcourt at a dinner to mark the 20th Anniversary of Air France’s first flight to Port Harcourt International Airport. He said that the state government would do all in its power to build on the confidence of investors to conduct business in the State. Wike said that wooing investors remained critical to the development of the state, because it would generate employment. “It is a priority for us to attract investors for our people to be employed; that is why we make security a priority,” he added. The governor claimed that Rivers was safer than Lagos, Kogi, Kaduna, Benue and Kano states “where kidnappers and murderers terrorized residents as reported daily”. “Investors are coming to Rivers regularly and they are talking about insecurity. Look at what is happening in L...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Sen. Dino Melaye (APC-Kogi) has said that the ongoing move by the electorate in his constituency to recall him from the Senate will fail. Melaye, who is representing the Kogi West Senatorial District in the Senate, made the statement in Kabba, Kogi, on Sunday when he addressed his supporters. He said his achievements in the Senate were enormous and as such the people of the constituency were solidly behind him. Melaye, who later led his supporters on a peaceful march round Kabba town, alleged that the state Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, was behind the move to recall him, The electorate in the seven local government areas that make up Kogi West Senatorial District on Saturday besieged polling units in the area to endorse the request for the recall of the senator. They affixed the photocopy of their permanent voter cards to the recall form. Melaye alleged that 30 supporters of his who refused to be part of the move were arrested on the order of the governor. ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Formal talks on Britain’s exit from the European Union may not begin on June 19 as that is the same date the government is due to set out its policy programme for the new parliament, Brexit minister David Davis said on Monday. Davis, whose Conservative Party is due to put its policy programme or Queen’s Speech to parliament on June 19 after failing to win a majority during Thursday’s election, said the Brexit talks would begin at some point next week. “It’s in the week of next week, basically, is the first discussions,” Davis told Sky News when asked about the practicalities of the negotiations. “My permanent secretary is actually in Brussels today talking to them about the details. “It may not be on the Monday because we’ve also got the Queen’s Speech that week and I will have to speak in that and so on.” With 643 out of 650 seats declared, the Conservatives had won 315 seats. Though the biggest single winner, they failed to reach the 326-mark they would ne...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers said on Sunday that the state was becoming safer for investors on a daily basis due to the state government’s investment on security. The governor stated this in Port Harcourt at a dinner to mark the 20th Anniversary of Air France’s first flight to Port Harcourt International Airport. He said that the state government would do all in its power to build on the confidence of investors to conduct business in the State. Wike said that wooing investors remained critical to the development of the state, because it would generate employment. “It is a priority for us to attract investors for our people to be employed; that is why we make security a priority,” he added. The governor claimed that Rivers was safer than Lagos, Kogi, Kaduna, Benue and Kano states “where kidnappers and murderers terrorized residents as reported daily”. “Investors are coming to Rivers regularly and they are talking about insecurity. Look at what is happening in L...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Sen. Dino Melaye (APC-Kogi) has said that the ongoing move by the electorate in his constituency to recall him from the Senate will fail. Melaye, who is representing the Kogi West Senatorial District in the Senate, made the statement in Kabba, Kogi, on Sunday when he addressed his supporters. He said his achievements in the Senate were enormous and as such the people of the constituency were solidly behind him. Melaye, who later led his supporters on a peaceful march round Kabba town, alleged that the state Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, was behind the move to recall him, The electorate in the seven local government areas that make up Kogi West Senatorial District on Saturday besieged polling units in the area to endorse the request for the recall of the senator. They affixed the photocopy of their permanent voter cards to the recall form. Melaye alleged that 30 supporters of his who refused to be part of the move were arrested on the order of the governor. ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Formal talks on Britain’s exit from the European Union may not begin on June 19 as that is the same date the government is due to set out its policy programme for the new parliament, Brexit minister David Davis said on Monday. Davis, whose Conservative Party is due to put its policy programme or Queen’s Speech to parliament on June 19 after failing to win a majority during Thursday’s election, said the Brexit talks would begin at some point next week. “It’s in the week of next week, basically, is the first discussions,” Davis told Sky News when asked about the practicalities of the negotiations. “My permanent secretary is actually in Brussels today talking to them about the details. “It may not be on the Monday because we’ve also got the Queen’s Speech that week and I will have to speak in that and so on.” With 643 out of 650 seats declared, the Conservatives had won 315 seats. Though the biggest single winner, they failed to reach the 326-mark they would ne...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo on Tuesday sacked the state executive council and 27 local government transition committees with immediate effect. A statement by the Principal Secretary to the governor, Mr Pascal Obi, in Owerri directed all former members of the executive to hand over to permanent secretaries or the most senior director in their ministries. Obi quoted the governor as appreciating the invaluable contributions of the affected appointees to the success recorded by his rescue mission administration and wishes them well in their future endeavours. According to him, the secretary to the government, the chief of staff, chairmen and members of statutory commissions such as ISEC, Civil Service Commission, local government service commission are not affected. “Also not affected in the cabinet shake off are the state universal basic education board, the judicial service commission, and the House of Assembly Service Commission. “The governor also dissolv...

http://ift.tt/2rvZboD (FILES) This file photo taken on July 22, 2014 shows former President of football club Barcelona Sandro Rosell arriving at Madrid's National Court.Sandro Rosell was arrested on May 23, 2017 in a money laundering operation related to image rights in the Brazilian national football team, a police spokesman told AFP. / AFP PHOTO / PIERRE-PHILIPPE MARCOU Former Barcelona president Sandro Rosell was arrested on Tuesday in a money laundering operation related to image rights in the Brazilian national football team, a police spokesman told AFP. The operation was mainly carried out in the north-eastern region of Catalonia and for the moment “there are four or five detainees, including the former president of Barça, Sandro Rosell, and his wife,” the police spokesman said. The investigation focuses on “money laundering in companies linked to the image rights of the Brazilian football team,” police added. Businessman Rosell, 53, was manager of sporting goods ...