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Mandatory Use Of Identity Numbers To Begin January

Sep 19, 2018 topnews

The Federal Government says it is enforcing the mandatory use of the National Identification Number (NIN) beginning from January 1, 2019. The Director-General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Engr. Aliyu Abubakar Aziz, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. He said the mandatory usage of the identification number was sequel to Federal Executive Council (FEC’s) approval last week of the immediate commencement of the implementation of a strategic roadmap for a new Digital Identity Ecosystem. FEC at its meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari last week approved the…

How Nigeria Will Mark 58th Independence Anniversary – SGF

Sep 18, 2018 topnews

The office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) said that part of activities for the country`s 58th Independence Anniversary will include displays by the Nigerian Air Force jets and helicopters. This was announced in a statement by Mr Gabriel Aduda, Chairman, 2018 Independence Day Organising Committee, on Monday in Abuja. Aduda said that movement of military hardware would also be part of the activities. He said the flight displays by fast Air-Force jets and helicopters would be within the airspace of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).…

Fish oil during pregnancy aids children’s growth -study

Sep 17, 2018 topnews

Taking fish oil during pregnancy boosts children’s growth in their first six years of life, a recent study has shown. Fish oil contains long-chain fatty acids that have been linked to a number of heath benefits, with previous studies showing these nutritious fats are crucial to an infant’s brain development. According to a new report, women who take fish oil supplements during pregnancy, have children with higher birth weights more quickly for the first six years of their lives. Although, the long-term effects for these infants are not well understood,…

EFCC denies freezing Davido, Adeleke’s accounts

Sep 17, 2018 topnews

Reports on Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, and his relation, a popular musician, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido’s accounts being frozen by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has been denied by the commission. The commission said at no time did it place a freeze order on any account belonging to members of the Adeleke family, noting that the reports of frozen account were “another example of fake news.” The EFCC’s spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, in a release on Sunday, said the agency would not…

Osun Majority leaders’s nude video goes viral

Sep 17, 2018 topnews

A 13-second video showing the Majority Leader of the Osun State House of Assembly, Mr Timothy Owoeye, stark naked has gone viral. The clip, which is making the rounds on the social media, showed Owoeye, who is representing Ilesa East, the constituency of Governor Rauf Aregbesola, being queried by some persons over what he was looking for in the dead of the night. The lawmaker was seen trying to cover his private parts with his left hand, as he pleaded with the men, whose faces were not covered in the…

Ambode, Sanwo-Olu battles for Lagos APC guber ticket

Sep 17, 2018 topnews

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, is currently battling for a second term ticket in the All Progressives Congress, APC, against his subordinate, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. Sanwo-Olu gathered the Lagos political establishment yesterday to hear his political manifesto. Sanwo-Olu is currently an appointee of Governor Ambode, having been appointed by the embattled governor as Managing Director of Lagos State Property Development Corporation, LSDPC. Sanwo-Olu’s declaration was witnessed by an intimidating cross-section of the Lagos political establishment, including Senator Gbenga Ashafa, who remarkably, had earlier endorsed Ambode alongside two other Lagos senators. Ashafa,…

I Will Never Step Down As Senate President – Bukola Saraki

Sep 17, 2018 topnews

Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has boasted that he can never be impeached as the Senate President hinging his stand on the fact that the All Progressives Congress, (APC) championing the cause are minorities at upper chambers and therefore don’t have the powers to carry out the impeachment threat. The Senate President, who made these clarifications while in Minna, Niger state on Sunday as part of his presidential campaign said, “The APC members know that we are in the majority and whatever they want to do they know that they…

Sunderland Sack Djilobodji

Sep 17, 2018 topnews

Sunderland have terminated Papy Djilobodji’s contract after the League One Club said the Senegal centre-half waited until this month before reporting back for “pre-season” training and then failed a fitness test. By sacking the 29-year-old former Chelsea defender, who cost £8m two years ago, Sunderland will be unable to recoup a transfer fee but Stewart Donald, the chairman, has said he is taking legal advice about the possibility of the club potentially suing Djilobodji and Didier Ndong on the alleged grounds of “deliberately devaluing themselves”. It is understood the decision…

Pleasant Uzoma Defends Mr Ibu On One-night Stand Sex Claim

Sep 16, 2018 topnews

Nollywood actress, Pleasant Uzoma has called out the lady who claims to have had a one night stand experience with veteran actor, John Okafor a.k.a Mr. Ibu. Read her post below; This is disheartening and Stupid at the same time.. I doubt this girl posted that trash facebook, but if she did,then her village people have used her common sense for dinner a long time ago… I was there the whole time, We went to an orphanage home with the Bellinda Balima Foundation to see the kids there… This girl…

PSC Bans Promotion Without Training And Examinations

Sep 16, 2018 topnews

The Police Service Commission says henceforth, police officers will no longer be promoted to the next rank without the appropriate training programmes and examinations. This was disclosed by the Commission’s Chairman, Mr Musiliu Smith in Abuja. “Henceforth, one of the conditions for promotion must be attendance and passing the senior Command Course for senior officers and other prescribed courses for others,” he said. Smith said that the force before now had promoted officers severally without attending the requisite training programmes attached to the ranks. “Henceforth, result of performance of officers from…