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KOLKATA, INDIA - MARCH 31: (EDITORS NOTE: Image was created with a smartphone) A part of flyover collapsed on March 30, 2016 in Kolkata, India. At least two people were killed in Kolkata on Thursday and hundreds were feared trapped when an under-construction flyover collapsed onto traffic moving along the street below, police said. Fire-fighters and residents were trying to rescue those trapped under the wreckage of the metal-and-cement structure that came down near Girish Park in a teeming commercial district. (Photo by Hindustan Times)

KOLKATA, INDIA – MARCH 31: A part of flyover collapsed on March 30, 2016 in Kolkata, India. At least two people were killed in Kolkata on Thursday and hundreds were feared trapped when an under-construction flyover collapsed onto traffic moving along the street below, police said. Fire-fighters and residents were trying to rescue those trapped under the wreckage of the metal-and-cement structure that came down near Girish Park in a teeming commercial district. (Photo by Hindustan Times)
A flyover bridge has collapsed in Kolkata, India, killing at least 18 people and leaving 70 others injured.

According to BBC News, the flyover was under construction when it collapsed onto a crowded street on Thursday, in an area near Girish Park, one of Kolkata’s most densely populated neighbourhoods, crushing pedestrians and vehicles under concrete slabs and metals.
While many are still feared trapped under the concrete and steel bridge, it has been confirmed that at least 18 people have died and 70 others are injured from the accident.

Indian rescue workers and volunteers try to free people trapped under the wreckage of a collapsed fly-over bridge in Kolkata on March 31, 2016. At least 14 people were killed and dozens more injured when a flyover collapsed in a busy Indian city on March 31, an official said, as emergency workers battled to rescue people trapped under the rubble. / AFP / Dibyangshu SARKAR (Photo credit should read DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images)

Indian rescue workers and volunteers try to free people trapped under the wreckage of a collapsed fly-over bridge in Kolkata on March 31, 2016.
At least 14 people were killed and dozens more injured when a flyover collapsed in a busy Indian city on March 31, an official said, as emergency workers battled to rescue people trapped under the rubble.
/ AFP / Dibyangshu SARKAR (Photo credit should read DIBYANGSHU SARKAR/AFP/Getty Images)
When attempts by the police and pedestrians to move the fallen girders and steel rods failed, soldiers moved in even as specialist rescue teams armed with concrete cutters, drilling machines, sensors to detect life and sniffer dogs were on their way.
The 2km-long (1.2 mile) flyover has been under construction since 2009 and missed several deadlines for completion.

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Nigeria Football Federation President Amaju Pinnick believed he has done well in his term in office after critics called on him to resign following Super Eagles failure to qualify for AFCON 2017.

Amaju highlighted his achievements with other national football teams during his tenure as enough proof his stewardship has been a success and categorically stated he won't resign as he had a four year tenure to complete.


"I was elected by the Congress of the Nigeria Football Federation for a four-year team and I don't see why I should be asked to resign with over two years to serve," said Pinnick. With all due respect, I don't think we have done badly in these past one and half years that we have been in office and I have a four-year mandate which I intend to see through. When we came in we had a case running for nine months and this affected us. "In between we won Fifa Under 17 World Cup, we won the Africa Women's Championship and we also qualified for the women' s Under17 and U20 World Cups coming up this year. “I think we have achieved. Again we have very young Super Eagles players that should be the future of the game in the country. On the choice of Kaduna as venue of the Afcon match against Egypt, we picked Kaduna because of the passion the people have for the game and the fact that the venue boasts of the best pitch in the country presently and they stood behind the team all through. Aside from that, the Super Eagles have never lost a match there so it was all these that we considered on picking the Ahmadu Bello Stadium to host Egypt,” he said.
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Kaduna state governor, Nasir El Rufai, says those criticizing the Kaduna Religious Regulation Bill are Ignorant. Speaking to newsmen in Kaduna on Tuesday March 29th,
 
 El Rufai said many of those crying foul about the bill have not read through it. He denied claims of having any ulterior motive by the introduction of the law.
‎"If you read that Bill, it is very short, it is 16 sections. Read it; tell me what you don’t like. Don’t say you don’t like the entire law because we know we have a problem and I am the governor and I need a solution. So don’t say the solution is not to have the law. Tell me what you don’t like about the Bill and we can discuss it. Tell me what is against your religion, we can discuss it.‎ Honestly, we do not have any ulterior motive other than to put a framework that will ensure Kaduna state citizens live in peace with every one practising his religion, but disallowing every Tom, Dick and Harry to come and say he can preach.”he said
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Following the news of student harassment by a Uniabuja lecturer that broke out yesterday, TheNews.NG decided to reach out to parties involved and spoke on phone with both Mr Samuel Olorunfemi Adam and Miss Kemi Obaditan.
Mr Samuel Olorunfemi Adams side of the story:
TheNews.Ng got a phone call phone Mr Samuel Olorunfemi Adams asking them to take the story they published down as it was affecting his image, He also stated that many of his colleagues have been trying to reach him on the issue which is very embarrassing.

Here's an excerpt of the conversation between Mr Adams and TheNews.NG's correspondent Olawale Adeniyi

Mr Adams: Hello, good afternoon my name is Mr Samuel Olorunfemi Adams there's a story on your news platform stating that I harrassed a student of Uniabuja. The story is all lie, please i need you to take it down I am innocent.


TheNews.NG: Sir, we can't take the story down just like that, its against the ethics of balanced reporting, we need to speak to the two parties involved to ascertain that you are truly innocent. would you be willing to tell us your side of the story?

Mr Adams: Yes

TheNews.NG: please tell us exactly what happened?

Mr Adams: On the day the incident happened, I instructed students to move the next hall to write their exam every other student moved but she refused. she stated that i was a wicked lecturer and that she's heard a lot about me and that she was not going to move in the course of that her phone fell and broke.

TheNews.NG: She said you broke the phone?

Mr Adams: Here's what happened, she asked me to give her the phone and i insisted that she fill the exam malpractice booklet, she refused, she insulted my family, she said my family couldn't afford a Blackberry phone,this got me angry, so I smashed it on the ground.

TheNews.NG: Did you flog her with your belt?

Mr Adams: No I did not, I only tried to scare her with the belt and the belt mistakenly touch her. Then she jacked my collar.

TheNews.NG: Why did you insist that she fill an examination malpractices form since the offence she committed was not related to exam malpractice?

Mr Adams: You see in exam there are rules and regulations, she was given the form because she disobeyed a lecturer and it is against the school rule. I instructed her to leave the hall and go to the next hall but she refused, secondly she held my collar and it was her fellow students who rescued me from her.

TheNews.NG: But that is still not exam malpractice, why insist on an exam malpractice form?

Mr Adams: keeps mute

TheNews.NG: Peradventure you both meet in the court of law over this matter do you have any witness in your favour?

Mr Adams: I don't have witnesses i don't know any of the students, please I just visited your website the story is still there, when are you going to take it down?

TheNews.NG: We wont take it down until investigations into the case are concluded.

Here's an excerpt of the conversation between Kemi Obaditan and TheNews.NG's correspondent

TheNews.NG:  Can you tell us exactly what happened?

Kemi: On the 11th of December 2011 i came into school that morning to write a Chemistry examination scheduled to hold that day at 9am. The exam started at the time stated and while I sat in the hall assigned by my department for her students, Mr. Samuel Olorunfemi Adams came in to speak with the invigilator on duty while the answer booklet was being shared. He requested that half of the students should follow him upstairs to the main library where his own students who, at that time, were going to write a statistics course so he can shuffle us between them. Unfortunately, I was among those who had to move up with them. When I got upstairs I had a chair and did not have a table in the exam hall, hence I decided to go get a table. By the time I returned with the table, Mr. Samuel Olorunfemi Adams refused my entry into the exam hall.
I told him I was among the students he took from the hall downstairs to join his students.
My pleas fell on deaf ears until one of my colleague was able to help me pass my exam booklet and exam card to me.

TheNews.NG: Mr claim that he did not flog you that he only scared you with his belt that you were the one who locked him by the collar?

Kemi: thats's a lie, while I was begging him he lost his cool and pulled out his belt from his pants and began to flog me mercilessly. how could I have fought a man bigger than me?

TheNews.NG:  He claims he broke your phone because you insulted him?

Kemi: Thats not true, because I refused to fill the exam malpractices booklet Mr. Adams told me to take a last look at my phone and he smashed it on the ground to pieces. My colleagues who witnessed the incident gasped and he made sure he gave all of them -10 marks on their script. I have witnesses.

TheNews.NG:  Did you reach out to the school authority on the matter?

Kemi: Yes, after the incident my father wrote the school up copying the Vice Chancellor, Deputy Vice Chancellor and the Dean of Student Affairs that he would like them to look into my matter. I came into school on a Monday
morning and I was told to report to the Deans office for an emergency meeting. In the meeting, there was the Dean, Head of department, Head of examinations and a few other lecturers. I was still not granted a fair hearing. Instead, I was told and I quote “We know you know people, and your Dad is well connected, but if you want to graduate in this school you cannot fight your lecturer and win. You have to drop this case. I walked out with tears in my eyes and my heart was heavy with much pain. I felt the school failed me, the women in the meeting failed me even with the obvious bruises I had on my body. Afterwards, I did agree to drop the case because I wanted to graduate. I was frustrated throughout my four years in the university.

 TheNews.NG: What do you want now?

I want justice to prevail for the sake of innocent students like myself who are constant victim of abuse by wicked lecturers.

After speaking to both parties involved, there are so many questions begging for answers.
1) Mr Adam claim that he broke her phone because she insulted him, a claim she denied. Even if she did, was he supposed to smash her phone?
2) Mr Adam denied flogging her, in his word " i only tried to scare her away with my belt then it touched her" How true is this statement
3) Why did Mr Adams and the authority insist that she fill an exam malpractice booklet when the alleged offence had nothing to do with exam malpractice

This and more questions are begging for answers. The world is watching, justice must prevail.


 
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Earlier this year I brought you a news about a company claiming Marijuana can relief menstrual cramp. Interestingly Whoopi Goldberg Launches Medical-Marijuana Products Targeted at Menstrual Cramps

Whoopi Goldberg has had it with cramps and had it with stoner jokes, and now she’s doing something about both.

Goldberg announced Wednesday that she’s launching a medical-marijuana company with Maya Elisabeth, one of the leading “canna-businesswomen” in the field, with a line of products designed to provide relief from menstrual cramps.

The company, Maya & Whoopi, will offer cannabis edibles, tinctures, topical rubs, and a THC-infused bath soak that it describes as “profoundly relaxing.” Frankly that last one, even though your humble reporter is a man, sounds incredible.

In an interview with Vanity Fair, The View co-host said she wanted to create a product for women that was discreet, provided relief, and wouldn’t leave you glued to your couch.

“For me, I feel like if you don’t want to get high high, this is a product specifically just to get rid of discomfort,” she says. “Smoking a joint is fine, but most people can’t smoke a joint and go to work.”

“This, you can put it in your purse,” Goldberg continues. “You can put the rub on your lower stomach and lower back at work, and then when you get home you can get in the tub for a soak or make tea, and it allows you to continue to work throughout the day.”
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323 Entertainment boss Tee Billz got no chill for fans who disrespect his wife, Tiwa Savage, under the guise of “positive criticism”.

He replied a Tiwa Savage fan on Instagram after the fan “advised” Tiwa Savage to shoot a video for her hit song “Love Me Hard” featuring 2Baba.

Tee Billz shared a photo of the exchange and captioned “Positive vibes only”.

See their exchange below.

     

Tee Billz later apologized to the fan, admitting that he was “in his feelings”.

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To express his love for the fan he followed him 
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Court To Hear N800m Suit Against Pastor Adefarasin, and his church, House on the Rock over land encroachment   by a businessman, Gerald Chukwueke, which has been fixed by a Lagos High Court, Igbosere.

Justice Adebisi Akinlade has fixed April 7 to hear the substantive suit.
Chukwueke and four others through their counsel, are seeking the sum as damages against Adefarasin and his church for allegedly trespassing on their land located in Lekki area of the state.

The businessman and other claimants: Chinelo Chukwueke, Mrs. Martha Chukwueke, Germaine Logistics Limited and Germaine Auto Centre Limited, are also seeking from the defendants the sum of N180 million as solicitor fees.
Meanwhile, Justice Akinlade had granted an interim injunction restraining the defendants, including the Incorporated Trustees of the Rock Foundation, the Registrar of Titles, Lagos State Land Registry and the Attorney General of Lagos State from further trespassing on the land.

Specifically, Justice Akinlade restrained the defendants, their servants, agents or privies from demolishing or removing any structure whatsoever – be they temporary or permanent on the claimants premises located at Plots 15, 16, 17 and 18, located at 188 Ikate, Lekki, Lagos.

The court also barred the defendants from commencing any development, construction, building or erecting any structure whether temporary or permanent in any manner whatsoever on the land.
The judge also restrained the defendants from selling, mortgaging the disputed land or pledging it as security in any manner or form.

While directing the claimant’s lawyer to put the defendants on notice by serving all processes filed, so far, in the case, also held that the interim injunction shall abate after seven days from March 17, 2016, when the order was made.
In the motion on notice, the claimants alleged that Pastor Adefarasin and his church, sometime in January 2016, repeatedly trespassed on their premises.

They also averred that when their lawyer wrote to them over the illegal action, the first and second defendant claimed that they acquired ownership and possession of the property by virtue of a Deed of Assignment registered as No. 98, in volume 2513, executed in their favour by Diamond Bank Plc.
The claimants also alleged that investigation revealed that the purported acquisition of the property was fraudulent.

According to them a forged Deed of third Party Legal Mortgage between Diamond Bank Plc and the 4th and 5th claimants was purportedly executed on March 5, 2012, mortgaging the property in favour of the bank.
The claimants also alleged that the deed was not executed by the directors or any authorised signatory of the 4th and 5th claimants.

They are, therefore, seeking a declaration that the Deed of Assignment between Diamond Bank and the Incorporated Trustees of the Rock Foundation be declared null, void and of no effect whatsoever.
The claimants are praying the court for an order directing the Lagos State Government and the Registrar of Titles, Lagos State Land Registry to revoke the Deed of third Party Legal Mortgage between Diamond bank and the Incorporated Trustees of the Rock Foundation.

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(Screenshot from www.idealconceal.com)  

A double-barreled handgun that folds up to look like a smartphone is worrying police officers.

Developed by Minnesota startup Ideal Conceal, the pistol folds into a palm-sized square. “Smartphones are everywhere, so your new pistol will easily blend in with today’s environment,” explains Ideal Conceal, on its website. “In its locked position it will be virtually undetectable because it hides in plain sight.”
The gun can be safely carried in a purse or clipped to a person’s side, the company added.
However, the gun’s resemblance to a smartphone is making police officers nervous, CNN Money reports.

“In general, the concept of any kind of weapon that’s disguised, so that it’s not apparent that it’s a weapon, would be cause for concern,” said Bill Johnson, executive director and general counsel for the National Association of Police Organizations.
The Ideal Conceal pistol has a list price of  $395 and will be available for purchase in mid-2016, according to the company’s website. Developer Kirk Kjellberg told CNN Money he’s already received 2,500 emails from people who want to buy the handgun.
Kjellberg said the Ideal Conceal cannot be fired while in its closed position.

The gun, which has two bullets loaded into two barrels, is a .380-caliber derringer that uses a hammerless firing system.

CNN Money reports that, even if it's in plain sight, the gun might actually require a concealed carry permit, depending on state and local laws, which vary widely.

The Ideal Conceal website urges users to always check state and local concealment laws.

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Press statement from the Nigerian Army:
“The Nigerian Army wishes to regrettably inform the public that Colonel Samaila Inusa who was kidnapped on Sunday 27th March 2016, was found dead today at about 6.00pm. Preliminary investigation revealed that most likely the late senior officer was killed same day he was kidnapped by his abductors. This is because the body was found already decomposing around Ajyaita village off Eastern Bypass Kaduna, Kaduna State. Arrangements are in progress to move the body to 44 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital, Kaduna. May His soul rest in peace, Amen. We wish to state in unmistakeable terms that whoever is behind his abduction and murder would be fished out to face the full wrath of the law.”
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The Super Eagles are now doomed in their aspirations to qualify for next year's AFCON tournament in Gabon after losing 0-1 to Egypt in Alexandria tonight. The task before the Eagles became tougher after Friday’s 1-1 draw with Egypt in Kaduna and the withdrawal of Chad from the AFCON race.

Nigeria missed out on the 2015 edition in Equatorial Guinea and were desperate for a return. The first half ended goalless with the Super Eagles keeping to coach Samson Siasia's tactical master plan to keep proceedings neat and tidy and then attack the Egyptians on the counter.

But with the Egyptians resolute they soon found a way past the Nigerians in the second half.

19 year old Ramadan Sobhy scored in the 65th minute after a deflection off his shot ensured the Super Eagles left the field with hands in their mouth. Upon scoring Nigeria, the Egyptians introduced a striker with the hope that they could pull the Nigerian defence across the lines knowing fully well the Nigerians will attack, attack and attack as they needed a goal badly.

Ighalo, ineffective throughout the match, drifted towards the left side as new entrant Alex Iwobi and Ahmed Musa tried to play centrally. Time and time again, Nigeria were thwarted by the Egyptian defence causing the Nigerian backline to play high up and expose themselves in 3 vs 4 or 3 vs 5 situations.

And then the moment of hope came! Victor Moses, hardworking through out the night blazed a rocketing shot from almost 30 yards which hit the bar and spiraled towards the other corner. Victor Moses and the Super Eagles bench were distraught, how wasn't that a goal? Even with four minutes of extra time, the Super Eagles looked more likely conceding a goal than scoring one.

Nigeria with 2 points from three games, with just one game against Tanzania remaining, is effectively out of qualification for next year's AFCON tournament.
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Yesterday was Asiwaju Tinubu"s 64 years birthday 
 
''President Muhammadu Buhari warmly felicitates with the national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as he clocks 64 years on March 29, 2016. 

The President believes the rising political profile of Asiwaju Tinubu since he was elected a Senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in 1992 is a testimony to his forthrightness, diligence and doggedness, the same qualities that had endeared him to the electorate and given him all-round success as a private sector worker, a businessman and two-term Governor of Lagos State. 

As one of the pillars of the APC, President Buhari commends the visionary leadership style of the Asiwaju of Lagos, who is also the Jagaban of the Borgu Kingdom in Niger State, for creating a formidable opposition party in Nigeria that worked vigorously within a short period to oust a party that had been in power for 16 years.

The President assures the national leader that his patriotism and commitment to democracy and good governance, and his generous spirit will always be remembered and appreciated by generations of Nigerians. He prays that the Almighty God will grant the Asiwaju long life, good health, wisdom and prosperity as he steadfastly supports efforts to promote the development of Nigeria''.




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Rihanna is  dropping a new video tomorrow "kiss it Better  hiking her chart-topping ANTi success.
She made the announcement on Twitter and her Instagram handle that she’ll be dropping the video for “Kiss It Better” this Thursday on Vevo.

She also shared some BTS photos with 28-year-old star covered with only a sheer sheet in the photos.

See them below.

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Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Foreign Relations and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri shared a photo on her twitter page of a Nigerian who is a police officer in the United States, applauding her reception.

Then, she got this reply from a Nigerian twitter user:

Replying him, the three-time House of Representatives member said:

The conversation continued:

And then this reply that got people angry

Here are some of the tweets from angry Nigerian twitter users
Finally the President’s aide cleared the air, explaining her statements.
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Former governor of Lagos state Bola Ahmed Tinubu was born on  29 March 1952 and he is a year older today. celebrating its 64 birthday in Abuja at the International Conference Center  with a lot of  Dignitaries including the Oni of Ife who arrived for the celebration in a grand style   


   

  
 
 
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The U.S. Justice Department announced Monday it has successfully accessed data stored on the iPhone that belonged to the San Bernardino gunman without Apple's help, ending the court case against the tech company.

The surprise development effectively ends a pitched court battle between Apple and the Obama administration.

The government asked a federal judge to vacate a disputed order forcing Apple to help the FBI break into the iPhone, saying it was no longer necessary.

The court filing in U.S. District Court for the Central District of California provided no details about how the FBI did it or who showed it how.

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FSN's Kevin Ozebek goes 'On the Record' to piece together investigators' ties between the Paris and Brussels attacks, how the suicide bomb plot came together and info revealed by a will left by one of the suspects 

European Union officials reportedly ordered the Belgian government to rectify several gaps in the country's border security three weeks before three suicide bombers killed 31 people and wounded 270 others in the Belgian capital. 
 
According to Britain's Daily Telegraph, Belgian guards failed to check the names of suspicous passengers from countries at a high risk for terrorism against the E.U.'s counterterror database. The paper also reported that at one Brussels airport, untrained border guards were being deployed to check passports and mandatory security briefings did not take place.

The report is the latest to spotlight a series of security holes that critics say has made Belgium a crossroads of terror, enabling jihadists to plot attacks all across Western Europe.

A list of recommendations sent by the European Council to the Brussels government February 29 called on Belgium to install a new air passenger database aimed at detecting foreign fighters, and ensure that "that only the officers who passed the basic border guard training are deployed to perform border checks."
Other potential security issues included blank visa stickers not being kept in a secure area and agents' computer monitors being placed in full view of passengers whose passports were to be scanned.

News of the report comes hours after Turkey's president revealed that one of the Brussels bombers, Ibrahim El Bakraoui was caught in June 2015 near Turkey's border with Syria and deported, at his own request, to the Netherlands, with Ankara warning Dutch and Belgian officials that he was a "foreign terrorist fighter."
A Turkish official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak publicly said the bomber was allowed to go free because Belgian authorities could not establish any ties to extremism.
Belgian Justice Minister Koen Geens said authorities would have no reason to have detained El Bakraoui last year as an ISIS suspect because he was "not known for terrorist acts but as a common law criminal who was on conditional release."

Ibrahim El Bakraoui, 29, received a nine-year prison sentence in 2010 for shooting at police following an attempted robbery of a currency exchange, while Khalid El Bakraoui, 27, served a brief sentence for attempted carjacking.

Investigators believe El Bakraoui was one of two men who blew themselves up in the departure hall at Brussels Zaventem Airport Tuesday morning, killing at least 11 people. His brother, Khalil, is believed to have carred out a suicide bombing at a central Brussels subway station, killing at least 20 people.

The second airport bomber has been identified as Najim Laachraoui, whom police had hunted as one of the suspected bombmakers in the Nov. 13 ISIS attacks on Paris that killed 130 people.

A third attacker seen walking side-by-side with Laachraoui and El Bakraoui while pushing a luggage cart has not been inentified and is believed to still be at large. Witnesses reported seeing him flee the aiport. Belgium's chief federal prosecutor has said investigators believe the man's suitcase bomb failed to detonate properly.

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Minister of​ State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu, today said the lingering fuel scarcity may persist for two more months as oil produced in the refineries would not be sold but kept in a “strategic reserve”. Kachikwu said this while speaking to newsmen after a meeting with President Buhari, members of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) and Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) at the state house Abuja.

“One of the training​s ​I did not receive is that of a magician, but I am working very hard to ensure some of these issues go away​. And let’s be honest, for the five or six months we have been here, NNPC has moved from a 50 per cent importer of products to basically a 100 per cent importer. And the 445​,000​ barrels that were allocated was to cover between 50 and 55 percent importation. So it ​is quite frankly sheer magic that we even have the amount of product at the stations. We are looking to see how to get foreign exchange input. The president and I discussed extensively on how to get more crude directed at importation. His Excellency will rather have less crude but have individuals in the society suffer less with inconveniences than have more crude and have them continue to suffer. So we are going to put a new model to enable us increase the pace and actually get (oil) majors as part of the crew of those to bring in more products so that the NNPC will sort of go back to the capacity of what it used to do and the majors will take over the balance of importation. So over the next two months, we should see quite frankly a complete elimination of this. Our strategy is that whatever is produced in the refineries will not go for sale, we are going to keep them in strategic reserve. Because the key problem here is that there is no reserve​.​ ​A​ny​ ​time there is a gap​ ​in​ supply​,​ it goes off. So we are going to dedicate the next couple of months to moving all the products that we produce to strategic reserve so that we can pile up reserves in the nation and that will push up the reserves in the nation. Believe me, this is giving me and my team sleepless nights and we are working on it and we are committed​ to making this go away, Nigerians should please bear with us"he said.
*According to our Yoruba people they will say "oro rirun" (smelling words). meaning high transport for Easter travelers 
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Ayodele Dada, the 29-year-old young man who graduated with a cumulative grade point average of 5.0 from the University of Lagos was on Wednesday honoured by the House of Representatives.

Dada received a standing ovation from the House during plenary in honour of his rare academic feat.

In an unprecedented gesture, the House suspended its rules to invite Mr Dada into its hallowed chamber to honour him and commend his remarkable achievement, a tradition usually reserved for visiting presidents and parliamentarians.

The lawmakers noted that the young man's success story in the face of the challenges in the education sector, is compelling and an inspiration to the Nigerian youth and the country in general.
 
 
*standing ovation alone? i don't think so,  No job provision or better package to enhance his life and career?
 
No this story never complete....
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Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has charged the people of the state to imbibe the spirit of sacrifice which is the hallmark of the Easter celebration, saying the season calls for sober reflection, sacrifice, tolerance and unity.

The Governor, through a press release by his Chief Press Secretary, Kingsley Fanwo called on the people of the state to key into the need for unity and togetherness, urging them to emulate the selfless spirit of Jesus Christ.

"In this season, I call on all Kogites to live a life of love, sacrifice and brotherliness. We are stronger in unity and perseverance as we must all be prepared to contribute our quota to the development of the state.

"We are at a critical juncture where heroes and heroines must emerge to lead our state forward. The season must glue us to our destiny as a people and focus our minds to the need to love one another, which was the impetus that led Jesus to die for the salvation of man".

Governor Bello urged Christians around the world to promote love and unity, saying the world must be united against every form of hate, strife and terrorism. He charged the church to emulate the sacrifice of Christ by contributing to the upliftment of the poor and the less privileged in the society.

"This is the time for sober reflection. This is the season we need to probe into the state of brotherly love. Now is the time for the Church to probe their existence in consonance with the demands of the religion and life of Christ which was all about living for others."

The Governor called on the people of the state to continue to have faith in the determination of the government to promote ethnic and religious harmony in order to remove the cog in the wheels of progress.

He said: "I have sworn to serve the people of the state irrespective of class, ethnic or religious status. God in His wisdom decided to create us and permit us to worship him in different ways. Our government shall be fair to all."

He called on the civil servants in the state to bear with the temporary hardship resulting from the ongoing staff verification exercise, assuring them that the exercise is in their best interest.

"We are monitoring the process of the screening committee. I share the pains of our civil servants and wish to assure them that the exercise will serve their best interest. I call on all civil servants to keep cooperating with our administration to rid our payrolls of ghost workers in order to have enough to pay legitimate workers."

On why Local Government Councils have not been able to pay their workers, the Governor said government is still awaiting the Allocations Performance Reports from some of the Councils, saying they will pay their salaries as soon as all the Councils comply with the directive which was aimed at ensuring transparency and accountability in the management of Local Government Councils' funds in the state.

Governor Bello promised to enthrone accountable Local Government administration in the state that will strengthen grassroots development.
He called on the citizens of the state to keep supporting his administration as he is poised to deliver on his promise of leading the state through a New Direction to a new destination of opportunities and prosperity.
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The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos yesterday, stripped Ibinabo Fiberesima off her position as the president of Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN.

Ibinabo is facing a 5 year prison term for accidentally killing Dr. Giwa Suraj in a car accident. In a statement issued by the National Secretary of AGN, Femi Durojaiye, the actress who is the current president will step down while Emeka Ike takes over as the new president.

The statement released:

“The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, this morning 23/3/2016 at the application and argument of Counsel to Actors Guild of Nigeria, Barr. Peter Andor Oboyi, struck out Ibinabo’s and BOT suit challenging the nullification of her election to the Presidency of AGN and also challenging the legitimacy of the Presidency of Emeka Ike and his Exco. The implication of this judgement is that Engr. Emeka Ike led Exco remain the only authentic and lawful leaders of Actors Guild of Nigeria,"
"The Honourable Court vehemently reiterated the position of the judicial authority that, Ibinabo, her purported exco members and the Board of Trustees vacate forthwith the office of AGN both at the National and State level and accordingly surrender all AGN assets at their unlawful possession to the incumbent Engr Emeka Ike’s Government.”
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  Alot of celebrites has taken to their Instagram page to call out an Enugu based hospital who according to them is hindering the treatment of conjoined twins born to Mr and Mrs Ayeni on November 2015.

"My little angels are 4 months old today ... Unfortunately I have to speak up on behalf of this kids and the parents. The hospital they are in right now are bent on operating on them when they don't have the equipment. Hospitals in Texas and Canada have asked for their MRI scan and CT scan to see if they can assist this children but the hospital in Enugu has refused to give it to them , when I personally called a certain prof obiayo she asked me what the hospital abroad needed it for. What a funny question. The hospital went as far as publishing in the newspaper that they would need 5m for the surgery without informing the parents . To them it's all about the money . The mother has been crying for fear of loosing her daughters.
The hospital has refused to communicate with the parents but are only concerned with making a name and money through this innocent babies. Giving out their personal bank Acc without the consent of the family . They said we should keep the kids in the hospital for 9 months before operation by my research those babies don't need to stay for that long if they ain't sharing any organs. This babies are handed over to student doctors and that scares me most. I have decided to voice out cause I have been the one consoling the parents since I got involved but right now I am extremely livid at the selfishness and non caring attitude of the doctors. The parents can speak for them selves . Hopeville foundation will continue to do its best . Unfortunately the hospital in Enugu is refusing to assist".
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Saraki shared the photo on his Facebook wall and wrote "I just affixed my signature on the Senate's approval of S.B. 212: The 2016 Appropriation Bill which passed today".
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Actress Omotola Jade-Ekeinde and her husband, Mathew, are celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary today March 23rd, which also happen to be capt's birthday

This love eeeee e sweet oo!, he even tattoo her name on his arm "omosexy" 

. She shared these photos on her Instagram page

 "And... #happyanniversary to us. It is a pleasure experiencing life with you. I might just be the luckiest girl in the World ! Our #20yearsmarriageanniversary #march23rd #thecaptainandI"
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Recently divorced gospel singer Israel Houghton was spotted with Rob Kadarshian ex-girl friend Adrienne Bailon this week, sparking rumors Adrienne may have caused his divorce. Israel says this is not true.
 
Read what he wrote .



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