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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J A traditional chief, Malam Kabiru Zubairu has called on Nigerian youths to cultivate the habit of respecting each other’s faith, so as ensure sustainable peace and development in the country. Zubairu made the call in an interview with the Newsmen  in Kaduna at a sideline of a thanksgiving service organised by Living Faith Foundation Church Barnawa. He said Muslims and Christians should embrace each other, live together and break all barriers of suspicion, in order to ensure harmony in the society. According to him, it is only when there is peace that there can be development, adding that the youths must focus their energy on nation building rather than its disintegration. He congratulated the Church for organising the thanksgiving service, which was meant to celebrate Christians and Muslims living in the area. Dr Peter Jiya, the pastor of the Church said the event was to appreciate God for His boundless blessings to individuals and the comm...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Deputy Inspector General of Police [DIG] in charge of Training and Development, Mr Emmanuel Inyang, on Wednesday said arrangements have been made to enable police personnel own residential houses before retirement. Inyang was quoted in a statement to have said that the scheme, which had since taken off, was a collaboration between the Nigeria Police Force Cooperative Society, Federal Mortgage Bank and private developers. The DIG made the remark in Sokoto at the opening of a one week workshop on human rights organised for officers of Sokoto State Police Command. In the statement signed by Abdulkadir Ibrahim, Media Focal Person of the Human Rights Training Programme, Inyang added that the houses would be provided on owner-occupier basis. He reiterated that the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has placed emphasis on the welfare of police personnel in order to enhance their productivity. The DIG stressed that the police high command had facilitated...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The Youth Initiative Against Violence and Human Rights (YIAVHA), an NGO, on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to set up a special court for corrupt persons. Executive Director of the organisation, Mr Pwakim Jacob, made the call in an interview with the Newsmen in Jos. According to Jacob, the on-going anti-graft war in the country can only be won if there is a court specially established to handle corruption cases. He, however, charged anti-graft agencies in the country to shift from being “tools” in the hands of those in power to settle scores with perceived political enemies. “For me, the APC-led administration is not really tackling corruption from its root cause; all we have so far celebrated is media trial of suspected corrupt officials with little or no conviction. “We need to see people behind bars for their crimes, so that it will serve as deterrent to others. “There should be special courts that prosecute corrupt individuals; that will reduce th...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Business activities in some parts of Port Harcourt have been hugely on a low ebb as many traders closed shops following the holiday declared by pro-Biafra agitators. The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Movement for Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) had declared a May 30 a public holiday for their supporters to commemorate 50 years of the declaration of the secessionist state of Biafra. They also said they wanted to remember those who died in the Nigerian civil war fought between Nigerian troops and rebel Biafra forces. A check around the city showed that major business areas, especially those dominated by Igbo traders, were shut down. Some traders who were seen around their business premises said they came to monitor the situation and not to open for business. Some normally very busy roads, such as the Port Harcourt/Aba expressway, Ikwerre Road and the East/West Roads witnessed light traffic. Meanwhile, some traders at the Building M...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Business activities in some parts of Port Harcourt have been hugely on a low ebb as many traders closed shops following the holiday declared by pro-Biafra agitators. The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Movement for Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) had declared a May 30 a public holiday for their supporters to commemorate 50 years of the declaration of the secessionist state of Biafra. They also said they wanted to remember those who died in the Nigerian civil war fought between Nigerian troops and rebel Biafra forces. Major business areas, especially those dominated by Igbo traders, were shut down. Some traders who were seen around their business premises said they came to monitor the situation and not to open for business. Some normally very busy roads, such as the Port Harcourt/Aba expressway, Ikwerre Road and the East/West Roads witnessed light traffic. Meanwhile, some traders at the Building Material Market and the Nkpolu Oro-wo...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The wife of the President, Mrs Aisha Buhari, on Tuesday departed Nigeria for the United Kingdom to join her husband, President Muhammadu Buhari, who was in London for medical follow-up. Mrs Buhari departed through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Tuesday morning. Before her departure, the wife of the President thanked Nigerians for their support and prayers for the quick recovery of Buhari. The President left Nigeria for London on May 7, for medical follow-up on the advice of his doctors   The post Mrs Buhari departs for London appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News http://ift.tt/2r6Toob

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) says it is adopting a comprehensive approach to curtail the menace of violence against children in Nigeria. Dr Olasunbo Odebode, UNICEF Child Protection Specialist, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja to mark this year’s Children’s Day. The 2017 theme is: “Child protection and SDGs: Issues and opportunities’’. Violence against children, according to her, is any form of abuse; it may be physical, emotional or anything that constitute an attack on the children. She identified some violence against children to include sexual and all forms of abuses, exploitation, child labour, trafficking, neglect and slavery, among others. Odebode noted that UNICEF is after children protection system strengthening approach which is all encompassing rather than taking them in silo or addressing them one after the other. The expert, who described violence as multifaceted, however, sai...

http://ift.tt/2rvFTje Police officers face disgruntled former rebels demanding government compensation payments as they block a road on May 22, 2017 into Ivory Coast's second biggest city, Bouake. In Bouake, the former fighters blocked the main road south to the Ivorian economic capital, Abidjan, as well as the northern highway to neighbouring Burkina Faso./ AFP PHOTO / STR Three people were killed when police clashed Tuesday with former rebels who had blocked the road into Bouake, Ivory Coast’s second biggest city, to demand government compensation payments, an AFP reporter said. Three bloodied bodies were brought into the main Bouake hospital, the reporter said, shortly after police in the morning stepped in to clear the protesters who had blocked off the southern road into Bouake on Monday. The trouble in the world’s top cocoa producer comes days after a crippling four-day army mutiny staged by other former rebels who joined the army in 2011, when peace returned after a de...

http://ift.tt/2rK34Tp Manchester United's Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho watches his players warm up for the English Premier League football match between Manchester United and Cyrstal Palace at Old Trafford in Manchester, north west England, on May 21, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Oli SCARFF / Though he denies it, Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has gambled the club’s season on the outcome of Wednesday’s Europa League final against Ajax in Stockholm. Having missed out on Champions League qualification via the Premier League, United must beat Ajax at the Friends Arena to secure a return to Europe’s elite competition. Mourinho has made his priorities clear in recent weeks by resting players for league fixtures, but he claims United’s injury problems left him with no choice. “It was not a gamble. It was a simple decision,” said Mourinho, who picked a team with an average age of 22 years and 284 days for Sunday’s season-ending 2-0 home win over Crystal Palace. “When we l...

http://ift.tt/2rEH1hq The company’s Managing Director, Mr Graham Hefer, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin that the company had adopted whistle blowing policy for over 10 years now. The management of Okomu Oil Palm Company in Edo, said on Sunday, that it had spent N20 million on whistle blowers who saved the company from incurring losses. The company’s Managing Director, Mr Graham Hefer, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin that the company had adopted whistle blowing policy for over 10 years now. Hefer said that the company adopted the policy to prevent theft of its produce such as palm fruits and rubber as well as prevent its staff from illicit operations within and outside the company. He said that the policy had been very rewarding to the company and commended the Federal Government for adopting the policy to prevent corruption in government offices. He said that of the company’s 33,000 hectares of farmland, 18,000 had been used for palm tree cult...