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Thursday, 10 September 2015
El-Rufai Alive And Ready For Land Grabbers
Posted on 14:10 by Steve Igbokwe
After over two weeks away from public glare, Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai appeared yesterday at a peaceful rally of labor unions in the state and declared that he was alive and healthy, promising to continue the demolition of structures erected illegally on public lands.
Following his absence from public appearances, rumors had been rife that Gov El-Rufai suddenly took ill as a result of his demolition of properties belonging to spiritually powerful people and was flown abroad for treatment.
After listening to the labor unions who came to register their support for him and President Buhari, El-Rufai reaffirmed his commitment to ridding the state of illegal structures.
‘’I have listened to your demands and I am going to take your message to President Buhari. I am happy to be your messenger because I am just your mere servant and President Buhari is the number one civil servant in Nigeria. He is working for all of us.
“As for me, and my team, we are serious about making Kaduna a better place for all and very uncomfortable for a minority who grab school lands.
“They said I have died, some said that I have collapsed. They said all kinds of things but look at me here today. No one shall distract us from our goal of making Kaduna great again. We must make sure they lose these lands, no matter what it takes.”
Body Urges Buhari To Create National Fitness Day
Posted on 12:03 by Steve Igbokwe
President Muhammadu Buhari has been urged to dedicate a day in the month of May as Nigeria's National Fitness Day.
In an open letter to the President, the Amateur Body Building and Fitness Federation of Nigeria, ABBFFN lamented that despite unprecedented advancement in modern healthcare, there is a corresponding increase in deaths from preventable and noncommunicable diseases.
“The health situation in Nigeria is frightening as there is a sharp rise in preventable deaths caused by diseases such as heart diseases, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases."
The President of the federation, Soye Elekina highlighted the need for a policy drive to change the attitude of Nigerians towards healthy living. He therefore appealed to the President Buhari to
“Proclaim/adopt a National fitness day in the month of May every year which observance is already customary in countries such as the United States of America, United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa, among others.”
Buhari Fires FCT Board Chairmen
Posted on 10:14 by Steve Igbokwe
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday approved the immediate sacking of the Chairmen of the Federal Capital Territory Internal Revenue Service, Secondary Education Board and Universal Basic Education Board.
The decision was conveyed through a memo referenced19/S.81/T1/97 and sent to the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr John Chukwu on Wednesday by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Engr Babachir David Lawal.
The sacked Chairmen were directed to comply with Federal Government directive on the dissolution of the governing boards of government-owned institutions.
According to a statement by the Director of Press, FCT, Mohammed Sule,
“The Federal Government’s directive as contained in Circular Ref. No. SGF.19/S.81/XIX/964 on the dissolution of the Governing Boards of the Federal Government Parastatals, Agencies, Institutions and Government-owned companies remains extant.
“In view of this directive, the FCT Permanent Secretary has directed the former Chairman of the FCT IRS to hand over all duties and responsibilities of his office as well as government belongings in his possession to the Director of Treasury, FCT, while the Chairmen of the Secondary Education Board and Universal Basic Education Board should hand over all duties and responsibilities of their offices as well as government belongings in their possession to the Directors/Secretaries of SEB and UBEB respectively,”
Fighting Terrorism, Oil Theft Is A Tough Task - Buhari
Posted on 09:25 by Steve Igbokwe
Ridding the country of terrorists and oil thieves has not been an easy fix for the Buhari government.
President Buhari said so in Abuja on Thursday while receiving President Faure Gnassingbe of Togo at the Presidential Villa.
Buhari said that his administration is saddled with the difficult tasks of fighting insurgents in the North East, oil thieves in the South South and providing infrastructure for the citizens.
Noting that development is impossible without security, Buhari called for cooperation among African countries to fight insurgency and other security challenges facing the continent.
President Gnassingbe said he was in Nigeria to invite President Buhari to a summit holding in Togo in November this year. The summit will be addressing the issues of piracy, oil theft, environmental pollution, immigration, as well as human and drug trafficking.
Buhari Is Clearing PDP Mess
Posted on 05:30 by Steve Igbokwe
Following claims by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP governors that President Buhari is turning Nigeria into a dictatorship, APC chieftain, Bola Ahmed Tinubu has risen to the defense of the President.
Tinubu was in Aso Rock Villa, Abuja on Wednesday in the company of Senator Shehu Sani and Chief Bisi Akande to confer with President Buhari.
According to him, "He (Buhari) was elected on a platform of democracy; he has adhered to the rule of law so far. What is dictatorship about what he has done? He has helped to stimulate the economy in the various states and that is where the people are. So what is dictatorship?
“An institutional paralysis had occurred in the country. It is very important for a steady man like the President to really help the nation recover from the paralysis and that is what he is doing; so I don’t see what is dictatorial about that.”
Chief Akande told correspondents that they were at the Villa to encourage the president in his fight against the rot he inherited from the past administrations.
“I understand that President Buhari inherited piles of rot in the Villa and I said, let me see him, talk to him and report to my party with a view to knowing how to encourage him to change the rot to good, " he said.
Suspected Kidnappers Kill Israeli National In Abuja
Posted on 04:58 by Steve Igbokwe
An Israeli construction worker was killed on Wednesday at Apo Mechanic Village, Abuja during a kidnap attempt.
According to an eyewitness account, the late staff of Gilmore Construction Company was one his way to a construction site when he was intercepted by a gang of four men in a Toyota saloon car.
They dragged him out of his car and attempted to force him into their own, but in the scuffle that ensued as he resisted abduction, they fatally shot him.
The gunshot sound was said to have attracted the police who engaged the hoodlums in a gun battle. Two of the Kidnappers died in the encounter while two others reportedly escaped.
Operatives from the Apo Police Division are already on the trail of the fleeing criminals.
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