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Pastor William Kumuyi, General Superintendent of Deeper Life Bible Church. President Buhari on Monday in Abuja said Nigerians must appreciate God for bringing everyone together. The President stated this when he received the General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church, Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi, at the Presidential Villa. He said: ”God did not make a mistake when he created over 250 different ethnic groups, and decided to put them in a place called Nigeria. “We must appreciate God for bringing us together. He knows what he was doing. He didn’t make a mistake.” While describing Nigeria as “a great country” endowed with human and natural resources, President said: “We have challenges in trying to get people to understand us. “With my experience as a governor, Minister of Petroleum, Head of State, Chairman of Petroleum Trust Fund, I thought I had seen it all, but Nigeria has a way of going at its own speed. “My morale is raised by your visit. I ver...

The Federal Government has announced the opening of the recruitment portal for the implementation of the Basic Registry and Information System in Nigeria (BRISIN) scheme in the country. Dr Anthony Uwa, the Head of BRISIN implementation in Nigeria, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja. BRISIN is an integrated system for the collection, storage and distribution of information to support the management of the economy. The Agency also reports that the Federal Government plans to recruit 5000 unemployed Nigerians in the FCT in the pilot phase to drive the implementation of the scheme. According to Uwa, “the registration into the 5,000 recruitment for BRISINS implementation is now open online. “Applicants can access the form and register only from www.brisin.gov.ng; applicants that go through other means are at their own risk.” According to Uwa, the BRISIN recruitment is not restricted as it cuts across all cadres, from school certificate t...

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Sunday announced that the Osun gubernatorial election which was earlier declared inconclusive would hold its  re-run on Thursday, 27 September. Breaking: INEC fixes sept 27 for Osun election re-run Disclosing this after due consultation with political parties’ agents at the INEC office in Osogbo, the INEC’s Chief Returning Officer in Osun State, Joseph Adeola Fuwape, according to DailyTrust, opined that  PDP secured a total vote of 254,698 with APC candidate seconding with 254,345 votes. Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/09/breaking-inec-fixes-sept-27-for-osun-election-re-run/

Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State. Ogbeni demystified as Senator Adeleke beats him in his backyard Governor Rauf Aregbesola failed to deliver his home base of Ijeshaland to the All Progressives Congress candidate, Gboyega Oyetola, as the opposition Peoples Democratic Party swept almost all the local councils. The PDP won Obokun LGA by a large margin 10,859 votes to 7,229 garnered by the APC. But APC won the Ilesa East with 9790 votes. PDP got 8244 votes. APC also lost Ilesha West LGA to PDP, getting 7251 votes to PDP’s 8286 votes. Hpwever, the APC won Atakumosa East by polling 7073 votes to PDP’s 5218 votes. PDP snatched Atakumosa West, polling 5401 votes to APC’s 5019 votes. The Saturday governorship election, as much as it is pivotal to the 2019 election, was also a referendum of sort on the almost eighth year reign of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola. That his party was hammered by the opposition in his home base indicated that he has some political mending to do ahead of ...

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State, Senator Ademola Adeleke, is leading the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola in the total number of votes scored in the results announced so far. Out of the results of the 15 local government areas announced so far, Adeleke polled 126,475 votes while Oyetola trails him with 110,775. votes. The results of the remaining local government are being read but supporters of the PDP candidate have claimed victory and are celebrating in front of INEC office in Osogbo where the results are being announced. The result of Osogbo and Olorunda Local Government Areas which have the highest number of votes are yet to be announced. The break down of the results are as follow: Atakumosa west LGA APC 5019 PDP 5401 SDP 1570 Boluwaduro LGA APC 3843 PDP 3779 SDP 1776 State collation of results about to begin Here are the results already announced at the council collation centres: Ede ...

L-R: Prof Robert Mudida (Kenya), Prof Joseph .O. Afolayan (VC, AUL), Mr Abimbola Olulesi (Ag Reg, AUL), Prof. Alberiko Gil-Alana (Spain), Dr Olawale Awe (AUL) and Dr Olarenwaju Shittu (UI) during the opening ceremony of the conference in AUL. Instructors and participants from Africa and beyond rose from a 3-day International Conference held at Anchor University, Lagos (AUL) with excitement and appreciation to the organisers. The conference held at Anchor University with the theme:  Basic and Advanced Times Series Analysis: Theory, Practice and Programming  on September 11 – 14, 2018 and was hosted by Anchor University, and the International Society for Business & Industrial Statistics (ISBIS). Speaking at the end of the training, Professor Luis Gil-Alana, an instructor with the International Society for Business and Industrial Statistics (ISBIS) and a Prof of Econometrics & Quantitative Methods at the University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, expressed his del...

Some CSOs campaigning against vote buying and selling in Osogbo,Osun State Ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Osun, some Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have called on the electorate to refrain from selling their votes. They made the call on Wednesday in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Osogbo. According to the CSOs, Osun people need to rise above immediate financial gains and vote according to their conscience in order to secure their future. Mr Ariyo-Dare Atoye, the Coordinator of Coalition in Defence of Nigerian Democracy and Constitution (CDNDC), said vote-buying and vote selling obstruct democratic processes and must be resisted. He argued that accepting money to vote would amount to selling the birthright of an individual and the destiny of a nation. “As part of our genuine concern for Nigerian’s democracy, we are here to urge Osun voters to shun vote-selling which is gradually eating deep into the political system of the ...

Hundreds of Pro-marijuana activists cheered in the public gallery and chanted "Weed are free now", when the Constitutional Court gave its landmark ruling. In a landmark ruling, South Africa's highest court on Tuesday legalised the use of cannabis by adults in private places. Hundreds of Pro-marijuana activists cheered in the public gallery and chanted "Weed are free now", when the Constitutional Court gave its landmark ruling. South Africa's government's had initially opposed its legalisation, arguing the drug was "harmful" to people's health. However, In a unanimous ruling, judges also legalised the growing of marijuana for private consumption. In a similar fashion, presidential aspirant on the platform of the African Action Congress  (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, had said last month that if elected, he would decriminalise marijuana use. He said people were making billions from the plant while Nigeria was lagging behind. “We have ...

Alhaji Isa Adamu, the Lamido of Zugobia in Guri Local Government Area of Jigawa has appealed to the state and Federal Government to collaborate in disarming nomadic herdsmen allegedly unleashing terror in the area. Adamu made the plea in Guri at a stakeholders’ meeting organised by the Jigawa Mediation Committee on Herdsmen and Farmers on Tuesday. According to him, the herdsmen, who hail from northern Bauchi, have been coming into the community, destroying farmlands and attacking innocent people. He dismissed the claim that encroachment on cattle routes and grazing reserves by farmers was responsible for the frequent clashes between farmers and herdsmen in the area, insisting that the herdsmen had a hidden agenda. “The crisis between farmers and herdsmen in Guri has nothing to do with encroachment on cattle routes and grazing reserves. “The truth is that herdsmen wielding guns, machetes, bows and arrows are coming to our area from northern Bauchi, attacking our people an...

President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday arrived in Osogbo, Osun State, to campaign for the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Gboyega Oyetola, ahead of Saturday’s election. Here are some of the photographs of the visit as shared by a presidential aide Bashir Ahmad on twitter. President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State President Buhari meets top APC chieftains in Osogbo President Buhari on arrival in Osogbo (R-L)President Buhari, Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State, Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State and others shortly after the president arrived Osogbo

OsunDebate: We Don’t Pay Half Salaries, We Pay Modulated Salaries – APC’s Oyetola The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Gboyega Oyetola, says the government does not pay half salaries but rather pays modulated salaries. He said this on Sunday, during the Osun State Governorship Debate, organised by Channels Television, when asked why several workers in the state don’t get paid. Oyetola said, “I think there is a misconception, we don’t pay half salaries. We pay Modulated Salaries. He further explained that the state is currently not oweing any workers, adding that for those who were not being paid in full, an agreement had been reached between them and the government on the system of payment when the country experienced an economic downturn. “Levels 1 to 7 have full salaries. We are not oweing anybody on levels 1 to 7. “Levels 8 to 10 now earn 75%. Its only 12 and above that earn 50% and like I said, when there was economic downturn, it was a ...

The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has scheduled its screening and physical fitness assessment on recruitment for Sept. 24 to 29. Mr Bisi Kazeem, the FRSC Public Education Officer, said in a statement on Friday that the screening would be conducted in all the state capitals. Kazeem advised applicants to check their email used for submission of the applications on Sept. 19 for information on the exercise. “The email information will contain the venue, date, time of screening and required items to be taken along for the exercise,” he said. According to him, shortlisted applicants are to come with the summary data page earlier received and email notification slip which shall admit them to the screening venue. The FRSC image maker said that any candidate without the printout of the summary data page and notification slip for the phase of the exercise would not be admitted into the venue. The FRSC recruitment started on May 28, with the uploading of the application forms ...

Minister of State Budget and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, will oversee the Ministry of Finance, henceforth. The temporary appointment was announced by President Muhammadu Buhari Friday, after accepting the resignation of the holder, Mrs Kemi Adeosun. The President thanked the Minister for her services to the nation and wished her well in her future pursuits. Ahmed was born in Kaduna State. She got her first degree in Accounting from Ahmadu Bello University in 1981, after-which she proceeded to Ogun State University for her MBA. Adeosun bowed out today after an allegation by the online newspaper, Premium Times, that she presented a fake NYSC exemption certificate as part of the requirements for clearance as a minister by the Senate. Until today, Adeosun kept quiet until she was faced with a report today that concurred with the publication and declared the certificate fake. “I have, today, become privy to the findings of the investigation into the allegation made in a...

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called for the investigation and persecution of former Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, following her resignation. Buhari on Friday  accepted Adeosun’s resignation letter  as Minister of Finance, replacing her with Zainab Ahmed. Adeosun had  in her letter  said she resigned following allegation of forged NYSC certificate against her Reacting, the national chairman of the PDP, Secondus, while speaking with newsmen in Abuja on Friday, asked Nigerians not to be deceived by the resignation. According to him, Adeosun’s resignation was even belated; asking why the President refused to fire the minister until she willingly resigned on her own volition after the media exposed her fake NYSC certificate. He said the resignation of the minister was due to pressure from Nigerians Secondus said, “The resignation is belated. Why did the President keep her all this while when the scandal broke out? “Why didn’t he, I mean the P...

Zinedine Zidane’s reported hopes of returning to management with Manchester United have caused alarm with Real Madrid president Florentio Perez. That’s according to Spanish newspaper  El Confidencial , who claim Perez is “disturbed” by reports that the Frenchman – who guided the club to three successive Champions League trophies – has set his sights on succeeding Jose Mourinho at Old Trafford. The United boss eased the pressure on himself with a 2-0 win at Burnley last time out, but his  antics continue to bemuse,  despite the  support of executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward . But according to reports,  Zidane is ‘preparing himself’ to take charge at Old Trafford  and is said to be ‘expecting the call’ from the club – news which has reportedly got Perez in a stupor. Zidane cited ‘exhaustion’ as his reason for leaving the Bernabeu, despite Perez’s wishes that he stay on. The European champions then appointed Julen Lopetegui as his successor. B...

New US Open champion Naomi Osaka says she does not feel sad about the way her win was overshadowed by Serena Williams' outbursts at the umpire.              Naomi Osaka Osaka, 20, beat Williams 6-2 6-4 in Saturday's final, but the crowd booed as she received the trophy. Williams got a code violation for coaching, a penalty point for racquet abuse and a game penalty for calling the umpire a "thief" in New York. "At the time I did think they were booing at me," said Japan's Osaka. Speaking on  The Ellen DeGeneres' Show  she said: "I couldn't tell what was going on, it was so loud and a little bit stressful." Osaka remained composed throughout Williams' repeated on-court protests at umpire Carlos Ramos, as she ended the 36-year-old's bid for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title. "When you are little, you are taught not lo look when the opponent gets angry, you are told to turnaround and try and focus,...

Over a decade at Camp Nou, the midfielder has usurped Yaya Toure and forced Javier Mascherano into a change of position as he has become a mainstay September 13, 2018 marks the tenth anniversary of Sergio Busquets’ Barcelona debut. When the midfielder first stepped out for the Camp Nou side against a newly promoted Racing Santander, Pep Guardiola still had hair on his head. His decision to promote the youngster from the ‘B’ ranks of the club proved one of his best in his early years in management, with Busquets the man who would ultimately overthrow Yaya Toure in the heart of the park and force Javier Mascherano into a new career as a centre-back. “If I were a player, I would like to look like Busquets,” erstwhile Spain coach Vicente del Bosque said prior to 2010 World Cup, in which the midfielder was a key part of La Roja’s success, just a couple of years after making his professional debut. On his debut against Racing, he wore the No.28 shirt and played the full 90 minutes a...

Brazil’s far-right presidential frontrunner Jair Bolsonaro underwent surgery for complications from a stab wound he suffered while campaigning, doctors said. Jair Bolsoñaro The operation Wednesday was necessary because of a blockage of the small intestine, Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo said, adding that the procedure was successful. With the much more popular former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in prison and out of the race, Bolsonaro is leading in the polls ahead of the October 7 vote for a new president. A leftwing assailant stabbed Bolsonaro, 63, last week as he did a campaign walkabout in the town of Juiz de Flora in southeastern Minas Gerais state. After the attack, he first underwent a colostomy. Bolsonaro’s son Flavio said the latest surgery went well. “My father is paying a very high price for wanting to save Brazil. He is literally giving his blood,” the son, a state lawmaker who is running for a seat in the federal senate, wrote on Twitter. ...

The Osun State government has warned Sen. Ademola Adeleke, the Osun Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate to stop spreading rumours over the use of the N16.6 billion Paris Club refund released to the state by the Federal Government. Adeleke, at a news conference on Wednesday in Osogbo, accused the government of diverting the fund, which he said was meant for the payment of workers’ salary arrears and pensions. The PDP candidate said that any attempt by the state government to divert the fund would be resisted by the party. But Mr Kunle Oyatomi, the Osun All Progressives Congress (APC) Publicity Secretary, said there was no plan by government to divert any fund. Oyatomi said that the Rauf Aregbesola-led administration is a responsible and worker-friendly administration, which had set aside substantial amount of money to pay some arrears of workers salaries. He said the PDP candidate should stop spreading falsehood. The PDP candidate further warned that any ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to members of the All Progressives Congress(APC) not to be complacent but to prepare, strategise and win 2019 elections, to prevent the Peoples Democratic Party from taking Nigeria backwards. He made the appeal at the APC national Secretariat Wednesday in Abuja while submitting his Expression of Interest and Nomination forms to contest the presidency in 2019. Although Buhari did not mention PDP in his short speech, the reference was unmistakable as he referred to those who ruled Nigeria between 1999 and 2015. The forms were purchased for the president by the Nigeria Consolidation Ambassadors’ Network on Sept. 6. at the cost of 45 million. Buhari had in April declared his intention to seek re-election at the APC National Executive Committee (NEC). President Buhari while submitting the forms, said; “I m here in person among friends and colleagues to put my name forward to my party, the APC, seeking nomination to contest the presidential...

Ademola Adeleke (Dancing Senator) is a Politician in Nigeria and also a senator who represents Osun-west district of osun state since the year 2017. He was born into a well respected family of Ede in Osun state. Senator Ademola Adeleke was born on the 13th of may 1960 in Enugu. He is a Nigerian by nationality, he belongs to a political party called PDP, his mother’s name is called Nnena Adeleke and his father who is dead is called Senator Raji Ayoola Adeleke. He is tagged and nicknamed Dancing senator by friends and family members as well as social media critics. Senator Ademola Adeleke has 3 children (2 sons) who are musicians by profession. They are called B-Red and Shina Rambo and a daughter, Nike Adeleke. He is also the uncle to one of Nigeria’s famous and popular musician and singer by name Davido. As at now, Ademola Adeleke is a current member of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). In addition, he recently won the primary election under the People’s Democratic Party t...

The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris has warned F-SARS, the reformed Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, to desist from checking citizens’ bank accounts details. The IG also warned the F-SARS operatives not to invade people’s phones and laptops unless they have a court order or an instruction from the commissioner of police in charge of a state police command. Anyone who violates the new rules would be dismissed from the force immediately, said the IGP during a workshop on the reformed F-SARS in Owerri, Imo state. Ibrahim, who was represented by the Deputy commissioner of police in charge of the IGP’s X-Squad, Amaechi Elumelu, said that any F-SARS operative who handles cases not related to armed robbery and kidnapping would equally be dismissed from the Nigeria police force. Under the new era in F-SARS, operatives must be professional and respect the rights and privileges of all citizens, he said. The IGP regretted that in the last two years, the Unit which use...

The Best Graduating Student of the Department of Mass Communication, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU), formerly Anambra State University, Best Somadina Nwabuwa has been celebrated for his exceptional feat. Nwabuwa was given award by an online news platform, massmediang to celebrate his achievement. He was given an undisclosed sum of money, a live chicken and yam tuber by the news platform, an organisaton known for celebrating excellence in communication education using agricultural products. The presentation was made today, at the Francis Oladele stand, at the Igbariam campus of the institution. In his reaction, Nwabuwa thanked massmediang for the honour, adding that it was not about the cash or agricultural products but the recognition which is an encouragement to younger students. Also speaking, one of the coordinators of the award, Chuks Obi, said the idea was to remind graduates that nomatter the course you studied, you should have an eye on agriculture becau...

A Public Health Physician, Dr Michael Oguntoye, has warned that mobile phones could transmit diseases and infections if it comes in contact with body fluids of an infected person. Oguntoye told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that phones are “fomites” which could serve as medium of transmitting viral organism, causing diseases and infections on people. He described fomites as any non-living object or substance capable of carrying infectious organisms, such as viruses or bacteria. “Taking a cell phone into the bathroom and then leaving with it, can carry diseases and germs, especially when you do not wash your hands and then coming out,” he said. According to him, phones can transfer diseases and virus from one individual to another. Oguntoye, an epidemiologist with Kwara Ministry of Health, advised people to keep phones away from the toilet and observe personal hygiene such as hand washing at all times. He also recommended cleaning of phones with disinfectant that would ...

Luka Modric revealed that he has a good relationship with  Cristiano Ronaldo  and that the Portuguese sent a message congratulating him for being UEFA's player of the season. The Croatian spoke after his country's clash with Portugal, which Ronaldo missed. "I have a  good relationship with him , he sent my a message congratulating me for winning it and that he hopes to see me soon," he said. "I get on well with Cristiano, we will continue to do so, nothing will change. The individual awards are important but the most important is the group. "I am happy to be (in the list for The Best). The players and coaches decide so we will see."

Barcelona may have tried to persuade  Antoine Griezmann  to move to  the Camp Nou  during the summer transfer market, but the Frenchman decided to stay at  Atletico Madrid  and he says he is happy that he did.           Griezmann, Lucas and Lemar The No.7 has stated that he feels at home at the Estadio Wanda Metropolitano  and that he wants to achieve success there. "When you are shown affection at your home then you don't go to the other side," he said in an interview with L'Equipe Magazine. "They did everything possible for me at the club to make me feel good, including the efforts to sign important players and to build a great squad. "I feel like the foundation or the most important piece of the puzzle. "That's what made me stay. "It's often said that you do not say no to  Barcelona , but I did the opposite. "It is difficult to say no to clubs like  Barcelona , but I'm really happy here. "It ...