President Buhari on Wednesday night hosted the G-19 Group of APC leaders at the Presidential Villa, Abuja
Thursday, 5 May 2016
The Ambassador of Ukraine to Nigeria, Mr Valeriy Aleksandruk has disclosed that his country has submitted a proposal to invest one billion US dollars into the revival of Ajaokuta Steel Rolling Mill.
The disclosure is contained ya statement issued by Mr Alex Okoh, Head, Public Communications, Bureau of Public Enterprises, BPE in Abuja on Thursday.
Mr Aleksandruk said during a courtesy call on the Acting Director General of the BPE, Mr Vincent Akpotaire that the steel company has a lot of potentials which Ukraine wanted to take advantage of and that meetings had been going on with relevant stakeholders in Nigeria for the realisation of the planned takeover of the steel mill.
Aleksandruk noted that Nigeria had a very good relationship with Ukraine especially in the areas of trade and investment.
He also noted that there was a huge Nigerian community in Ukraine.
Giwa FC of Jos goaltender, Timothy Chichi Okere on Wednesday, succumbed to a protracted spinal cord ailment.
The late goalkeeper who died in Jos, Plateau State reportedly sustained a back injury in training two years ago and was treated at Bima hospital in Jos. He was said to have been readmitted in the hospital following a relapse.
The Media Officer of Giwa FC, David King, while confirming the sad development yesterday said that the club was awaiting communication from the late player’s family on the burial arrangements.
The late Timothy Okere was with Mighty Jets of Jos before he signed up for Giwa FC.
Dream Team VI Head Coach, Samson Siasia has warned the five Enyimba and Kano Pillars Football Club players that participated in Wednesday's midweek match in Kano to return to camp or forget the 2016 Olympic games.
The players Chima Akas, Daniel and Joseph Osadiaye of Enyimba as well as Ifeanyi Mathew and goalkeeper Yussuf Mohammed of Kano Pillars played in yesterday's game at the Sani Abacha Stadium which Enyimba won by 2 goals to 1.
“It seems some people don’t really understand the huge task ahead of us. We are in a tough group and only good preparations will help us in achieving our ambition in Brazil.
“I have told the invited payers that I will not permit them to go for the mid-week Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL) games again maybe only the weekend games. So I am using this medium to plead with the clubs to bear with us because we have less than three months to prepare for the Olympics.
“As I speak with you now, we have five players from Enyimba Football Club and Kano Pillars that played in today’s mid-week match (yesterday) that are yet to join us. So this is what I am saying. We need to face the work at hand squarely and with all the necessary seriousness and commitment," Siasia told SportingLife.
The governor of Katsina State, Alhaji Aminu Bello Masari said on Thursday that the expected visit of President Buhari on May 9 is not politically motivated , "but to promote the state's economic potentials.''
The governor told a press conference in Katsina that the forthcoming Katsina State Economic and Investment Summit which President Buhari will be attending would help to focus the attention of the world on the state's vast investment potentials.
‘’The President will visit the state to actively participate in the Economic and Investment Summit that is geared to uplift the economic status of the citizenry of the state.
‘’The people of the state should accord high respect to the coming of the President as a citizen and indigene of the state.
‘’The President should not be insulted as the gathering was not a political programme but an investment and economic summit,’’ he said.
Masari warned against turning the investment summit to a political affair, even as he pleaded for the presence of all the political parties in the state at the event.
‘’I call on the political class not to turn the economic and investment summit into a political affair.
‘’The government through intelligence report has gathered that some disgruntled elements are planning to sponsor restive youths to stage demonstrations so as to disrupt the summit.
‘’The Katsina State government will not fold its arms and allow mischief makers to scuttle the programme that was designed to create an environment for investors,’’ he said.
He assured of the safety of investment as bandits and cattle rustlers have been dislodged from the state and 11,000 stolen cattle recovered and returned to the owners.
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Troops of 156 Task Force Battalion, 29 Task Force Brigade, working with Civilian JTF in the early hours of Wednesday, embarked on a patrol to clear Ngula and Kukuruk villages in Alagarno area of terrorists.
Here is what they found after a gunfight with the Boko Haram terrorists, according to Army spokesman Col Sani Usman.
"The terrorists escaped leaving trails of blood from gun shot injuries they sustained.
"The patrol team later made startling discovery in the area; they found out that it served as the Boko Haram terrorists’ administration and harbour area, Field Hospital and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) making factory.
"The troops recovered the following items at the base; 6 Motorcycles, 2 Bicycles, 4 Machine Gun Mounts, 1 Power Generating Set, 3 Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC) Tyres, 10 Bags of assorted foodstuff, 4 different Vehicles Radiators, a Wheel chair, 2 Clutches, 1 Stretcher and 11 different Car batteries. Other items include 3 Gas Cylinders, 2 Stabilizer 1 Welding Machine, 3 Motorcycle Batteries and 4 Gallons stuffed with grains.
"The troops also recovered 1 Toyota Buffalo Engine, 1 Toyota Hilux Engine, 1 Blanket, 1 Megaphone, 1 Ecolac Box, 4 Motorcycle Wheels, 1 Grinding Machine, 1 vehicle gear box, 1 damaged part of a Canter truck, military uniforms, an unserviceable laptop, 2 Wheel barrows and 3 Vehicle Jacks.
"Similarly, the patrol team recovered 3 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, 31 IEDs Primers, 2 Flash Drives containing vital information, Surgical Gloves and Urine bags. Other items recovered include Bandages, 2 tyre pumps, .50 inch Browning Machine Gun parts, as well as a 60mm Mortar Bomb, Sphygmomanometer, Anti-Tetanus Injection, Penicillin Injections and other medications and medical equipment. They also recovered a trailer truck, damaged vehicle, 2 Slates, Holy Qur’an, Handcuffs and Solar Panels among other items."
Troops of 7 Division acting on intelligence information, carried out a special operation at Chingurimi, Walasa and Masa villages on Wednesday, May 4.
The villages were believed to have a large concentration of abducted women and children held hostage by Boko Haram terrorists.
Army spokesman Col Sani Usman said in a statement that the "troops killed quite a number of Boko Haram terrorists and rescued 17 women, an old man and 24 children at the area.
" They also recovered 1 AK-47 rifle, 6 rounds of 7.62mm, 295 rounds of 7.62mm (NATO), 12 Dane Guns, 21 unserviceable mobile telephone handsets and one serviceable as well as150 different SIM cards.
"In all, over 400 persons held hostage by Boko Haram terrorists were freed by the troops," he said.
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