Treycyn's blog: November 2016

Monday, 21 November 2016

Maiduguri - The Military on Monday in Maiduguri unveiled the photographs of another 55 Boko Haram terrorists it had declared wanted, bringing the number of wanted terrorists so far to 257.

It had declared 202 insurgents wanted in two batches in 2015.

Unveiling the photographs at the headquarters of the Theater Command, the chief of Defense Staff, Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin, called on Nigerians to join in search for the terrorists.

Olonisakin said that counter insurgency was field operation which required adequate awareness by the stakeholders.

"With this launch of additional photographs of wanted Boko Haram terrorists, it is hoped that all members of the public and other peace loving citizen will provide useful information that will aid in riding the society of these terrorists and criminal elements," he said

Obama Threatens Trump's Presidency

U.S president Barack Obama has said he may speak out after leaving office if he feels his successor Donald Trump is threatening core American values.

By convention, former presidents tend to leave the political fray and avoid commenting on their successors.

Speaking at a news conference at the Apec summit in Lima, Peru, Mr Obama said he intended to assist Mr Trump and give him time to outline his vision.

But he said that, as a private citizen, he might speak out on certain issues.

"I want to be respectful of the office and give the president-elect an opportunity to put forward his platform and his arguments without somebody popping off," Mr Obama said.

But, he added, if an issue "goes to core questions about our values and our ideals, and if I think it's necessary or helpful for me to defend those ideals, then I'II examine it when it comes".

Chief Alexander Mwolwus, a PDP chieftain in Plateau on Monday appealed to the Federal Government to facilitate the immediate release of the abducted ex-foreign Affairs Minister, Mr Bagudu Hirse.
Hirse, who was on a condolence visit to the family of Malam Mamman Daura in Kaduna, was kidnapped by gunmen on Sunday morning.
The former minister's whereabouts has yet to be known by security operatives and family members, who confirmed his abduction, as no word was heard from him or his captors as at the time of filling this report.
Mwolwus, who spoke in an interview in Jos, described Hirse's abduction as "Very sad and unfortunate".
"I am appealing to the Federal Government to rise to the challenge and ensure that Hirse is released by his captors with immediate effect giving the fact that he is elderly man.

FG Says Economy Shrinks By 2.2% In Q3

Nigeria's economy contracted in the third quarter as businesses struggled to access foreign exchange and rebels continued to bomb oil pipelines in the restive south, official data showed Monday.

"The nation's gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by -2.24% year-on-year," the country's National Bureau of Statistics said.

Pirated Product As Poisonous As Adulterated Drug

The Minister of Information and Culture, Allhaji Lai Mohammed has said that "a pirated product is as poisonous as an adulterated drug" and urged stakeholders to take necessary steps to stem piracy.

The Ministers said this on Sunday night in Lagos at the command performance of one of Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka's iconic plays, "Death and the King's Horseman".

The play was staged by the National Troupe of Nigeria to celebrate Soyinka, one off Nigeria's literary gifts to the world.

Lai Mohammed explains 'Change begins with me campaing'

Lai Mohammed explains 'Change begins with me campaign

In news that will shock Barcelona supporters, reports in England suggest that Manchester City are preparing to submit an offer of 233 million euros to acquire the services of Lionel Messi.

Playing for pep Guardiola in an emerging City side along with the presence of sporting director Txiki Begiristain and executive director Ferran Soriano, is an undoubted incentive for the Argentinian who is yet to sign a new contract with the Catalans.

Rita Dominic Looks Ethereal In New Make-Up Photos

Nollywood actress, Rita Dominic shared sultry make-up photos of herself on Instagram. She looked ethereal. See Below:

Nigerian singer, Chidinma Ekile who deleted the the photos on her Instagram page yesterday shared eccentric photos of herself. See More:

Markets, Dollar Plunge As Trump Takes White House

Share markets plunged Wednesday and the dollar tumbled against the yen and the euro as Donald Trump was elected US president, in a stunning upset with major implications for the world economy.
The Mexican peso also fell to a record low as safe-haven assets soared, with gold rising more than five percent and German government bonds rallying. Fears about the impact on financial markets led Japanese and South Korean authorities to call crisis talks.
Initial confidence that market favorite Hillary Clinton would win vanished as result as results showed the firebrand tycoon picking up the major scalps needed to take the White House.
After he won a swathe of states, Clinton called Trump to concede, handing him the key to the White House.
Markets have been plunged into turmoil as Clinton was considered by many investors to be a safer bet than Trump, who is seen as a loose cannon with policies many fear could wreck the world's number-one economy.

Nigerians with American citizenship are overwhelmingly voting for the Democratic Candidate, Mrs. Hillary Clinton mostly on account of the disregard they have for the Republican candidate, Donald Trump.
Major cities Washington, Houston, Dallas and Los Angeles, Americans with Nigerian ancestry, are for the first time organizing programmes to bring out Nigerian to vote, Dr. SKC Ogbonnia, Secretary of the Nigerian Union Diaspora told Vanguard yesterday ahead of the election.
The group which is the umbrella group of Nigerians in the united States according to him is aiming to use the election to reverse the negative narrative and bias against Nigerians by the mainstream political class in the United States.
In Houston, Texas it is believed that there are at least 150,000 Americans of Nigerian descent city.

US Election Breakdown: States Trump Won Totaling 290 Electoral Votes, Clinton At 218

Republican Donald Trump has won the US presidency with at least 290 electoral votes, securing more than the 270 he needed to succeed Barack Obama.
His Democratic rival Hillary Clinton had 218 electoral votes, a crushing defeat for the former secretary of state.
The following is a list of the states won by each candidate and the corresponding number of electoral votes, based on projections made by US television networks.
The only states yet to be called are Michigan, Minnesota and New Hampshire.

Trump has won 278 electoral votes so far - he needed 270 out of 538 for victory.
Winning Florida, Ohio and North Carolina cleared the way for his Brexit-style upset.
Trump told America: "It is time for us to come together as one united people"
Clinton phoned Donald Trump to concede
Republicans have kept control of both the Senate and House
To watch or listen to our special election programmes, see links above

Sunday, 6 November 2016

APC Urges Buhari To Crack Down On Electoral Offenders

President Muhammadu Buhari presides over October 12 ,2016 Federal Executive Council meeting.

The All Progressive Congress in Osun State, yesterday, urged the president Muhammadu Buhari-led federal Government to address the worseninng problem of electoral fraud in the country before it defrays our fledgling democracy.
The Party said in a statement by its Director Of publicity. Barr Kunle Oyatomi in osogbo that, 'If this was not done, the nation's democracy which is already seriously at risk from massive corruption will collapse sooner than we imagine.

Police To Pay Family N200 Over Man's Disapppearance In Ikorodu

A Lagos Federal high Court presided over by Justice Mohammed Idris, has ordered the Nigerian Police Force to pay N200 million to the family of late Waheed Kabiru, who was allegedly killed by the men of Igbogbo Police Division in Ikorodu, Lagos, about a year ago.

The judge also gave order directing Police to publicly apologise in three Nigerian dalies for the unlawful killing of the deceased, and to release the deceased's corpse to his family for decent burial.

While givin the judgment, Friday, Justice Idris declared that the sudden disappearance, killing and extra-judicial murder of the deceased Waheed Kabiru by the men of igbogbo Police Division was illegal, unlawful, unconstitutional and gross violation of his contitutional rights as enshrined under Section 33 of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and the African Charter and Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The judge further declared that the arrest, torture, and detention of the deceased's brother, Ibrahim Kabiru, at Igbogbo Police Station, since November 20, 2015, was wrongful, illegal, unlawful, unconstitutional and gross violation of his constitutional rights as enshrined under Section 33, 34, 35 and 36 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Recession: FCTA Targets 10,000 Jobs

Minister of Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, said weekend his ministry has concluded arrangements to engage 10,000 unemployed youths in the territory.
The Minister also reiterated the commitment of FCTA to continue to improve the living standards of resident of the territory by creating jobs and providing the desired enabling environment.
Speaking at the closing ceremony of the Entrepreneurship and Skills Development Programme organized by the FCTA in conjunction with Sir Ahmadu Bello Memmorial Foundation, Bello said in view of the programme could not be overemphasized, noting that it would create the next generation of business leaders.
He said this could only be achieved by empowering the citizens with relevant vocational Skills to gain technical know how to operate their businesses and entrepreneurial skills.
He said: "This training programme focuses on providing the youths of the FCT with skills that would enable them succeed in whatever business venture they intend to start.
"As an administration our target is to create 10,000 jobs by 2020. In creating these jobs, we will support our people to generate wealth; thereby reducing the high rate of unemployment and minimizing the level of poverty in the territory."

Amala Deaths: Kogi LG Bans Sale Of Cassava Flour

Authorities of Adavi Local Government Area in Kogi have banned the sale and consumption of cassava flour brought into the area from neighboring communities and state between October 26 and November 1.
The information Officer of the local government, Mr Shaibu Obeito, told the news Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday that the move was to forestall more deaths associated with the consumption of the flour.
It would be recalled that eight persons, including two women and six children, died on October 26 in Ogaminana community in the local government area after a meal of the flour as amala.
Obeito said they have started buy back all cassava flours brought into the council with the period for seller from sellers and those possessed by residents.
According to him, the aim is to retrieve the poisonous cassava flour and destroy it before it gets to the public.
He, however, stated more death had not been reported in the area in connection with consumption of the flour

No Criminality In Clinton Emails FBI

The FBI says it has found no evidence of criminality in a new batch of Hillary Clinton emails, boosting her campaign two days before the election.
FBI Director James Comey told Congress his agency's review had found nothing to alter its original conclusion.
In July, he said Mrs Clinton had been careless but not criminal in handing sensitive material on her private email server while secretary of state.
The issue flared up again with the discovery of new "pertinent" emails.
They were reportedly found on the laptop of Anthony Weiner, the estranged husband of one of the Democratic presidential candidate's closest advisers.
Mr Comey's letter to Congress late last month, revealing the bureau's inquiry into Mrs Clinton's email had been revived, shook up the white House race and reinvigorated the campaign of Republican nominee Donald Trump.

Thursday, 3 November 2016

Unsolicited Text Messages: Airtel Fined

Justice Jude Okeke of an FCT high court Maitama on wednesday slammed a fine of N5 million on Airtel Nig. Ltd for violation of customer's right to privacy.
The plaintiff, Mr emmanuel Anene on Dec. 21 filed a suit against Airtel for continuous disturbance through unsolicited message to his line.
The judge held that the crucial issue that calls for determination here was whether or not that the plaintiff evidence made out a case to justify the claims in the reliefs he sought.
"One of the reliefs sought an order of the court seeks for the award of damages.
"A plaintiff who seeks for a violation of right is to succeed on the strength of his case and not on the weakness or absence of the defence.
"Though he can rely on the absence of the defence to support his case.

Clinton Spends More On Adverts

Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is outspending her rival Republican Donald Trump in television advertisement in the final week of campaign, from about 14 million dollars to 32 million dollars.
This came as both candidates hit battle grounds in a tightened race in Florida, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Arizona and Nevada, according to data from Kantar Media/CMAG, a company that tracks political advertising.
Clinton's 18 million-dollar last minute spending included about five million dollars in additional airtime in Florida, a tight state that Donald Trump must win to reach the White House.
She is also putting money on the airwaves in democrats strong states, seeking to deny Trump inroads into states seen as her wall of defense.
The democratic candidate's additional funds aimed to improve her reach in several key battlegrounds, such as Ohio, Pennsylvania and North Carolina.

*Demand Special Social Academic Intervention for Nigerian students
The National Association of Nigerian student (NANS) has called on the Federal Government to urgently look into the suffering and agony in the land especially as it concerns Nigerian Student, saying that "Since the inception of the present administration headed by President Muhammadu Buhari, if we would be sincere to ourselves, retrogression has been the other of the day."
In a statement on Thursday, entitled "The Agony Of Nigerian Students and the Mantra Of Change," NANS President, Comrade Chinonso Obasi, said that students and parent are struggling to pay their children's school fees, some have even deferred semesters or withdrawn from the school because things are not auguring well.

Recession: AFDB Approves $600m Financial Support For Nigeria

The African Development Bank (AFDB) has approved 600 million dollars loan as the first tranche of a one-billion-dollar budget support to help finance Nigeria's economic governance, diversification and competitiveness programme.
The spokesman for the bank in Nigeria, Fatima Abubakar, said in a statement that executive directors of the bank approved the facility on Wednesday.
The last tranche of 400 million dollars will be approved in 2017, Abubakar said.
The operation is part of a two-year (2016-2017) fiscal programme of support to enable Nigeria to implement reforms to achieve efficiency in government business, combat corruption and promote diversification.
It will help the government to create fiscal space to facilitate smooth implementation of its budget, support fiscal and structural reforms and improve social sector spending to protect the most vulnerable segment of the population.
The facility will also assist the country's effort to quickly build a buffer of foreign exchange reserves which will contribute to easing pressure on foreign exchange market and stabilising the naira, she said.
Nigeria's success in efforts to achieve macroeconomic stability and economic recovery will signal the end of the current recession.
An elongation of the recession has potential to severely affect the economies of neighbouring countries in West and Central Africa, she added.
Abubakar quoted AFDB President Akinwumi ADesina as saying: "We must think through innovatives solutions like this.
"We must provide them with the knowledge product they require to get back on track.
She added that given Nigeria's demonstrated commitment significantly scale up infrastructure investments (30 per cent of the 2016 Budget), the resources would contribute to creating the fiscal space for investments in power, housing and transport.

Anambra Gets UK Order For Scent Leaf Export

After successfully exporting Ugu vegetable to some European countries, which yielded about N5 million British pounds for the state, Anambra State government said, yesterday, that it had received another order from the United Kingdom for scent leaf, popularly called Nchuanwu.
To meet the demand for the export, 40 cooperative societies from the three senatorial zones of the state have been empowered to grow the vegetable to be able to meet the order in the next two months.
Representatives of the cooperative societies, who were tutored on the processes involved in the cultivation of the vegetable for two days in Awka, were given three water pumps each with suction and discharge facilities, special type of fertilizer and quantities of the scent leaves.
Senior Special Assistant to Governor Willie Obiano on UNDP and foreign Donors, Mrs. Nneka Onwudiwe, urged the farmers to work hard to meet the terms of the UK order.
She said: "Usually we do dry season farming, but because the state is exporting vegetables, we decided to grow Nchuanwu at this time, because we have ready up-takers, who will export the vegetables so that we can meet the demand of those who have placed orders."

Commence Repair Of S'East, S'South Federal Highways Now, Rights Group Tells FG

The Southern Nigeria People Mandate, SNPM, a human rights organization has drawn the attention of the Federal Government towards total infrastructural decay of Federal roads in the South-East and South-South regions of the country.
SNPM mentioned some of the roads as Nnewi/Amichi/Unubi/Uga/Akokwa/Arondizougu/Umulolo/Okiqwe federal highway; Enugu/Awka/Onitsha expressway; Enugu/Okigwe/Umuahia/Aba/Port Harcourt expressway; Aba/Ikot Epene highway; Umuahia/Ikot Ekpene highway; Ugep/Adim/Uyanga/Calabar federal highway; Asaba/Benin dual carriageway and Itu/Odukpani/Calabar federal highway.

S Korea Scandal: Former Aide To President Detained

Ahn Jong-beom, a former senior presidential secretary, is taken to a detention centre in southern Seoul, South Korea, 3 November 2016.

A former aide to South Korea's President Park Geun-hye has been detained by prosecutors, say officials.
Ahn Jong-beom is the second aide to be detained in a scandal which is threatening the President's position.

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at a North Carolina Democratic Party "Get Out the Early Vote" campaign event for Hillary Clinton at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S. November 2, 2016

President Barack Obama has urged Democrats of all ethnic backgrounds to get out and vote for Hillary Clinton, warning that the fate of the US republic - and the world is at stake.
He said her Republican opponent Donald Trump was a threat to hard-earned civil rights.
President Obama was speaking at a rally in North Carolina.
Mr Trump said Mr Obama should stop campaigning for Mrs Clinton and focus on running the country.
"The bottom line is, no-one wants four more years of Obama," he told supporters in Pensacola, Florida.

Adele Speaks About Her Postnatal Depression After The Birth Of Her Son Angelo

Adele has opened up about her battle with postnatal depression after the birth of her son, Angelo.
The singer told Vanity Fair magazine that she felt at the time, like she had made "the worst decision" of her life.
The 28-year old goes on to say that she "loves her son more than anything" but admits she really struggled adjusting to motherhood.
"I was obsessed with my child. I felt very inadequate," she says.

Yemi Alade looks incredibly sexy in these latest alluring photo.

Teenager To Spend 1 Month In Prison For Theft In Benin

An Oredo Magistrates' Court in Benin on Tuesday sentenced a teenager, Shegun Olamide, to one month imprisonment for stealing a Samsung telephone.

The Magistrate, Mrs P.E Foy-Yamah, convicted the accused after he pleaded guilty to a one-court charge of theft and begged for leniency.

The Prosecutor, Insp. ADa Johnbull, had told the court that the accused committed the offence on 21 Oct, at about 4:00 p.m., in benin.

Johnbull said that the accused stole a cellphone valued N5000 belonging to Amen Kingsley.

The offence contravened Section 390 of the criminal code.

Kogi Not Against Buhari's Administration - Bello

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has dismissed as untrue, allegations in some quarter that the people of Kogi State are against the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The governor said in contrary, the people of the state are in support of the anti-corruption crusade of the President and other initiatives of his administration.
The governor who was reacting to a statement credited to the Deputy Speaking of the State House of Assembly, Aliyu Akuh, on the state of the economy, said the statement was a "Personal observation" of the Deputy Speaker, and not the general view of the people of Kogi State.

NDLEA Seizes Over 2,000kg Of Cocaine, Cannabis In FCT

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), FCT Command, seized over 2,000kg of cannabis sativa, cocaine and other illicit drugs in October.

The NDLEA, FTC Commander, Mrs Chinyere Obijuru, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja at a media briefing.

She said that the seizure were made possible by the agency's intensified fight against drug trafficking in and around the FTC.

"The NDLEA under the leadership of Col. Mustapha Abdullah (rtd) remains committed to its mandate of eradicating drug - related crimes in the nation," she said.

Mr Peter Adeg the command's Public Relation Officer, who took journalists on an inspection of the seized drugs, said that most of the drugs were seized at Abaji, FCT.

He said that the agency seized 1,799kg of cannabis sativa concealed in a compartment of a truck on Oct. 27 at Abaji.

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