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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J NAFDAC says it has drawn the attention of security operatives to the activities of scammers using the name of the agency to defraud Nigerians in the name of recruitment. The NAFDAC spokesperson, Dr. Abubakar Jimoh, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen in Abuja. Jimoh explained that the agency’s attention was drawn to the activities of some unscrupulous elements who opened a fake website to defraud innocent Nigerians. He said the agency was not recruiting at the moment, describing the website as fake and fraudulent. “I want to use this medium to alert Nigerians that NAFDAC is not recruiting and Nigerians should beware of such fake NAFDAC website. “We have dedicated website which everybody is familiar with, so if we are recruiting, we will advertise, this individual websites opened by these scammers are not our websites. “So Nigerians particularly the applicants should beware, any information coming from such websites should be disregarded.” Jimoh said ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J NAFDAC says it has drawn the attention of security operatives to the activities of scammers using the name of the agency to defraud Nigerians in the name of recruitment. The NAFDAC spokesperson, Dr. Abubakar Jimoh, disclosed this while speaking with newsmen in Abuja. Jimoh explained that the agency’s attention was drawn to the activities of some unscrupulous elements who opened a fake website to defraud innocent Nigerians. He said the agency was not recruiting at the moment, describing the website as fake and fraudulent. “I want to use this medium to alert Nigerians that NAFDAC is not recruiting and Nigerians should beware of such fake NAFDAC website. “We have dedicated website which everybody is familiar with, so if we are recruiting, we will advertise, this individual websites opened by these scammers are not our websites. “So Nigerians particularly the applicants should beware, any information coming from such websites should be disregarded.” Jimoh said ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J New Zealand has given United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson cold welcome on his whirlwind visit to the pacific country on Tuesday. The first official top level visitor from the Trump administration to New Zealand was greeted by torrential rain and frosty public mood. New York Times White House correspondent Gardiner Harris, who travelled with Tillerson, told local news platform Stuff.co.nz that even he was surprised by the negative reaction of the public. “I’ve been in motorcades for a couple of years now, I’ve never seen so many people flip the bird at an American motorcade as I saw today,’’ Harris told Stuff.co.nz. About 150 protesters braved the driving rain and demonstrated against the U.S. decision to withdraw from the Paris climate deal. In spite of their differences, the meeting between New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English and Tillerson, a former Exxon Mobil chief executive and chairman, appeared to have been cordial. In a joint news confe...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J New Zealand has given United States Secretary of State Rex Tillerson cold welcome on his whirlwind visit to the pacific country on Tuesday. The first official top level visitor from the Trump administration to New Zealand was greeted by torrential rain and frosty public mood. New York Times White House correspondent Gardiner Harris, who travelled with Tillerson, told local news platform Stuff.co.nz that even he was surprised by the negative reaction of the public. “I’ve been in motorcades for a couple of years now, I’ve never seen so many people flip the bird at an American motorcade as I saw today,’’ Harris told Stuff.co.nz. About 150 protesters braved the driving rain and demonstrated against the U.S. decision to withdraw from the Paris climate deal. In spite of their differences, the meeting between New Zealand Prime Minister Bill English and Tillerson, a former Exxon Mobil chief executive and chairman, appeared to have been cordial. In a joint news confe...

http://ift.tt/2qiz5oH Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan / AFP PHOTO / ADEM ALTAN Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed his disapproval to German Chancellor Angela Merkel over her country’s reportedly giving asylum to people accused of links to last year’s failed coup, he said in an interview published Saturday. “We brought to the agenda the putschist soldiers whose asylum applications have been accepted and gave a firm reaction,” Erdogan said, referring to his meeting with Merkel on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Brussels on Thursday. “We asked: ‘How can you do this?'” Erdogan said, quoted by the Hurriyet newspaper. Since the coup attempt, dozens of Turkish diplomats and high-ranking officials have sought asylum in Germany as Ankara continues its crackdown on those suspected of links to US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom it accuses of ordering the coup. German media reported this month that numerous Turkish military personnel and their fami...

http://ift.tt/2o24U0q Dortmund's Gabonese forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang celebrates with his teammates after the German First division Bundesliga football match between Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig, in Dortmund, western Germany, on February 4, 2017. Despite having a contract until 2020, German daily Bild claim Aubameyang, the Bundesliga's top-scorer this season with 31 goals, has already told Dortmund's bosses he wants to leave. SASCHA SCHUERMANN / AFP Hot-shot striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang bids to lift his first title with Borussia Dortmund on Saturday amidst growing speculation the German Cup final will be his last appearance for the club. Dortmund face Eintracht Frankfurt at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium at 2000 local time (1800 GMT) with Borussia bidding to end their run of three straight defeats in Germany’s showcase final. “Every time we have been to Berlin in the past three years, we have had to drive home empty handed,” Dortmund captain Marcel Schmelzer ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By  Oteghe Adams THE current situation over the 2016 Edo governorship election obligates those with privileged capacities to engender an atmosphere of nobility of thought and higher sense of service –such persons should earnestly endeavour to advance the collective aspiration of the society instead of the shenanigans of economic and political cabals. The continuous tragic drama of Edo PDP in crisscrossing between the tribunal and the appellate court in search of electoral miracles is a matter requiring such collective reflection. Unfortunately, the petitioners in this circumstance seem to be more inclined to the craftiness of political magic and less of providential miracle. While some political elite could endlessly squander time and resources in litigious misadventure, the mass of the people are now justifiably focused on accelerated developmental agenda for the Edo polity.  Perhaps, it is the remarkable difference between PDP fantasy and realistic p...

http://ift.tt/2qxPYvD The 2017 Appropriation Bill passed by the National Assembly will galvanise economic growth and pull the country out of recession, Dr Abubakar Amuda-Kannike, member House of Representatives, has said. Amuda-Kannike (APC-Oyo state), made the statement on Friday in Abuja in an interview in his reaction to the passage of the budget. On Thursday, the National Assembly passed the 2017 Appropriation Bill of N7.44 trillion. The amount is N143 billion more than the N7.30 trillion budget presented to the legislature by President Muhammadu Buhari on Dec 14, 2016. Amuda-Kannike said: “what is giving me the confidence that we are going to have a budget of recovery and development is the appropriation of the expected revenue. “A good look at the budget will tell you that there is a departure from a situation where there is huge disparity between recurrent and capital projects value in the budget. “This year, we are looking at a situation where 30 per cent of the budget ...