Mayor Of London To Lead Business Delegation To Nigeria

The Lord Mayor of the City of London, Alderman Yarrow will be leading a business delegation to Abuja on Tuesday and Lagos on Wednesday and Thursday as part of efforts to keep London and the United Kingdom the regional partners of choice in financial and professional services. 

In his capacity as the ambassador for UK's financial and professional services, the Lord Mayor will be meeting with
senior members of the government, Central Bank officials, investment authorities, regulators and business leaders.

In a statement he issued on Monday, Joe Abuku, spokesman for the UK High Commission
said Yarrow would also host a round-table with Nigerian regulators on closer collaboration between the UK and Nigeria on capital markets.

According to the statement, Yarrow will witness the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment and the Chartered Institute of Bankers at an ‘Integrity at Work’ seminar.
He will also visit the Lagos light rail project.

Looking forward to the trip, Yarrow is quoted to have said, “There is a truly a burgeoning bilateral trade relationship between the UK and Nigeria. The more that we work closer with Nigeria, the richer this relationship will become.

“Investment by British companies in crucial Nigerian assets such as infrastructure, legal services, schools, renewables and project management will not only provide UK firms with challenging and interesting work but will also help foster next generation of Nigerian entrepreneurs.

“I am hoping that my visit will help cement the strong commercial and economic ties between our two countries.”

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Maggots In In-flight meal? OMG!

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N64b Anniversary Spending: El-Rufai Lied - Jonathan

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has debunked claims by Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai that his administration spent 64 billion naira to organize independence anniversary celebrations.

El-Rufai had alleged that
Jonathan spent N13 billion in 2011, N15 billion in 2012 and N14 billion in 2013 and N22 billion in 2011, bringing the total to N64 billion.

However, Jonathan has described El-Rufai's claim as false. He said that only N332.6 million was spent during  his administration and chided el-Rufai for deliberately lying to confuse the public and give his administration a bad name.

He described the billions quoted by El-Rufai as the figments of his own imagination.

Speaking through his former Minister for National Planning, Dr Abubakar Suleiman, Jonathan said ;

“For the record, a breakdown of our anniversary spending between 2012 to 2014 amounted to N332.6 million.

“We challenge the Office of the Government of the Federation to publish these details for the consumption of the public.

“A breakdown of our spending for this event between 2012 and 2104 goes thus: 2012, N107.6 million; 2013, N45 million and 2014, 180 million. So, the question here is where did the billions, as claimed by el-Rufai, emanate from?”

He cautioned government functionaries against trading lies to get cheap popularity or curry favor from certain quarters.

“It is high time government functionaries desisted from abusing their immunity by destroying history and trading on lies just to gain cheap popularity or curry one favour or the other from certain quarters.

“Perhaps former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, was right in his assessment of el-Rufai when he said in his latest memoirs,My Watch, that his vivid recollection of el-Rufai is his penchant for lying,unfair embellishment of stories and inability to sustain loyalty for long.

“That exactly is what el-Rufai has done with his ungodly fabrication of lies against Jonathan’s government.

“One hopes that President Buhari would be on guard against being misled by the likes of el-Rufai, who are hell bent on misinforming Nigerians.”

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FG Signs $2.3b Assistance Agreement With USAID

The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Mr Laolu Akande on Sunday said that the Federal Government has signed a $2.3b assistance agreement to end extreme poverty with the United States Agency for International Development, USAID.

Akande said the agreement would help government to fight extreme poverty among Nigerians over the next five years.

He said that while Vice President Yemi Osinbajo signed the agreement on behalf of the Federal Government, USAID Head of Mission in Nigeria, Mr Michael Harvey signed for the United States government. The agreement was signed at the Presidential Villa, Abuja last week.

Akande quoted Osinbajo as saying that since Buhari's visit to President Obama at the White House in July, the two countries have seen better cooperation.

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Buhari Visits Abuja Bomb Victims

President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday visited the victims of Kuje and Nyanya Friday night's bombings at the National Hospital, Abuja

The President was in the company of Gov Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State and other top government officials. He was taken round the wards by Chief Medical Director, Dr Jafaru Momoh

Buhari wished the victims of the blasts full and speedy recovery.
He also assured that the Federal Government would take full responsibility for their medical bills.

The President also visited patients at the intensive care unit, pediatric ward and general ward of the hospital.

At the pediatric ward, President Buhari settled the 268,790 naira medical bills of a young girl who was shot by bandits during a robbery attack on her home.

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PDP Condemns Kuje, Nyanya Bombings

The People's Democratic Party, PDP has condemned Friday's bomb attacks on Kuje and Nyanya suburbs of the Federal Capital Territory.

In a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, the PDP described the attacks as cowardly. It noted that the senseless and gruesome attacks which took innocent lives occurred just 24 hours after the country had celebrated her independence anniversary.

“It is time when the citizens and their leaders should renew their faith in the oneness and progress of the nation.

“The PDP deeply grieves for the continued acts of terrorism, especially in the northern parts of the country, where insurgents are still slaughtering innocent Nigerians almost every day.

“Indeed, this is not the way to go. We can no longer afford to continue to have our people cut down and slaughtered.

“We all, as Nigerians, must therefore close ranks and present a common front in support of our government and security forces in the fight against terrorism in our country,’’ it said.

The party reaffirmed its support for the policies of the Federal Government aimed at defeating insurgency.

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Police Arrest 69 Cattle Rustlers In Kano

The police in Kano said that it has apprehended a total of 69 cattle rustlers in the past one month.

The Kano State Police Command spokesman, Mr. Muhammad Katsina, made this known during a visit to Gidan-Kare village in Sumaila Local Government Area.

News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Police Commissioner was in the village which has been deserted because of incessant attacks by armed bandits to assess the security situation and design the appropriate strategies to tackle the the menace.

According to the police spokesman , the command  recovered 20 goats and sheep, 31 rifles and pistols, 240 cartridges of ammunition and 68 cattle, out of which 30 have been returned to their owners.

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