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Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Confab a failure, waste of funds -Igbo group Members of the Igbo Leaders of Thought have declared the ongoing national conference, as presently constituted, “a failure and waste of tax payers fund.” They said on Monday, in Enugu, that the 75 per cent majority controversy and other ground rules that slowed full commencement of the conference wouldn’t have arisen if the organisers were diligent and had consulted properly. Members of the ILT spoke after an emergency meeting in Enugu. Leader of the group, Prof. Ben Nwabueze, also said that non-adherence to selection of delegates based on ethnic nationalities was another challenge that may derail the conference from achieving the set objective. The group, however, said that despite its belief that the conference may not achieve the expected objective, it still believed that something good could come out of it. “Ethnic nationalities are the best suited to solve Nigeria’s problem. You can’t a

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Over one million displaced by S’Sudan conflict -UN More than one million people have been forced from their homes by the ongoing conflict in South Sudan, the UN says. Of these, 803,200 have been displaced within the country, and another 254,000 have fled to neighbouring countries, according to the latest UN report. It warns that the situation is likely to get worse as the violence continues. Fighting erupted between the forces of President Salva Kiir and troops loyal to his former deputy, Riek Machar, in December. The two sides signed a ceasefire agreement in January, but sporadic fighting has continued. Food security In its report, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the conflict had caused “a serious deterioration in the food security situation” leaving around 3.7 million people at high risk. “Fighting between government and opposition forces has continued, especially in Jonglei, Unity and Upper Nil

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Niger State Women Journalist Union Elect New Executives A new executive of the National Association of Women Journalist (NAWOJ), Niger state chapter has been inaugurated. Speaking during the inauguration in Minna, the National President of the Association, Asabe Nayaya appealed to members of the association to be united and support the new leadership. Also speaking at the event, the newly sworn-in chairman of the association, Mary Jalingo, promised to take the union to greater heights during the three years tenure of her leadership In her acceptance speech, the newly elected Chairperson, Mrs. Mary Jalingo disclosed that Nawoj in Niger state does not have any faction adding that, “we are a happy big family, some members are not here right now because of the nature of our job.” Other members of the state EXCO include Habiba Dauda as Secretary, Felicia Ibrahim Financial Secretary. It should be recalled that on Wednesday a

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV JAMB to conduct UTME in seven countries -Ojerinde The Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, said on Friday that the 2014 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination would also be conducted in seven countries abroad. Ojerinde stated this on Friday while fielding questions from newsmen at the University of Ilorin. He said the examination, scheduled for April, would also take place in Accra (Ghana), Johannesburg (South Africa), Cameroun, Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), Ivory Coast, London (UK) and Cotonou (Benin Republic). He said JAMB was prepared to conduct a smooth and hitch-free examination in all accredited centres in the country. He said about 160 examination centres were accredited to conduct the electronic-based examination, pointing out that the number of centres was increased this year. “Last year, the board had only fifty-five centres,” he said. The Registrar said about 300 examination centres applied,

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV NEMA Distributes Relief Materials To Fire Victims In Kwara In order to relieve the sufferings of fire victims in Kwara state, the National Emergency Management Agency has distributed materials to over five hundred victims in the state with a charge on them to make judicious use of the materials and not sell them. The materials which include roofing sheets, mattresses, nails, foodstuffs and milk were given to them by the NEMA coordinator for Kogi and Kwara, Slaku Lugard in Ilorin. Some of these beneficiaries include market women, landlords whose houses were burnt in various fire incidents in the past two months. The special adviser to the state government on Emergency and Relief Services, Abdulazeez Ibrahim commended the federal government for the assistance and urged the beneficiaries to use the materials for its purpose. Mr. Lugard appealed to Nigerians to be safety conscious and warned against diverting the materials

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Court Declares FRSC’s New Plate Number Unconstitutional A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city, on Wednesday held that it is unconstitutional for the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), to impose new number plates on motorists. Justice James Tsoho gave the judgment in a suit filed by a lawyer, Emmanuel Ofoegbu, against the FRSC. The plaintiff in the suit is challenging the powers of the Commission, to impound vehicles of motorists who failed to acquire the new numbers. In the judgment, Justice Tsoho held that it was unlawful for the FRSC to impose the new number plates on motorists, without any legislation backing it. He also held that by impounding vehicles of motorists, the FRSC’s act amounts to an arbitrary use of power, and is therefore illegal and unconstitutional. In his statement of facts, the plaintiff claimed that the old plate numbers were issued under the provisions of the Nationa

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Journalists Filming Burning PDP Building Attacked Some journalists from the Broadcasting Service of Ekiti State have been beaten with their cameras destroyed by hoodlums suspected to be PDP thugs while trying to cover a fire outbreak at the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) secretariat in Ekiti State.  The party secretariat was set on fire on Tuesday morning by unknown persons. After the incident, the National Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalist, Mr Garba Mohammed, directed all journalists in the state to “stay away from all activities of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State until a letter of apology is tendered”. The directive was issued through the chairman of the union in the state, Mr Laolu Omosilade. The incident is a violation of the journalists’ right to information as enshrined in the Freedom of Information Act. Original link Read More more info...

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Terrorists in Nigeria are beasts, insane – Mark Senate President, David Mark, on Monday declared that terrorists in Nigeria had degenerated to the level of beasts and gradually becoming insane. Mark stated this in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr.  Paul Mumeh, in Abuja while reacting to the latest attacks in parts of Benue state which claimed hundreds of lives and properties. Mark wondered how some Nigerians had suddenly became so wicked and cruel to one another and lamented that Nigeria was being decimated by their violent acts. He said,  “I cannot understand why people have resorted to killing each other at will without the slightest provocation.  This is not part of us. This is highly inhuman and unacceptable”. He reminded Nigerians of the time-tested philosophy of Africans being their brothers’ keeper at all times. He added, “We are still one people created by the same God.  Neither religion nor politics or ethnicity sh

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Metuh terror-link allegation, wild, irresponsible -El-Rufai A former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Nasir El-Rufai on Sunday dismissed comments attributed to the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Olisa Metuh, as a futile attempt to divert attention from its governance deficits. El-Rufai said Metuh’s comments were consistent with the PDP’s habit of making wild statements and irresponsible conjuncture. He said this posture reflects the strong synergy between that party and its government whose record is a long litany of incompetence, insensitivity, impunity and needless deaths. This was contained in a statement signed by his Media Adviser, Mr. Muyiwa Adekeye. The ex-minister was reacting to claims by Metuh that his recent comment about the 2015 general election was sufficient evidence of his involvement with Boko Haram insurgents. He accused the PDP of offering excuses and blaming other

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Are the Ghanaian actors taking over Nollywood? By Juliet Ebirim Ghanaian actors like Jackie Appiah, Van Vicker, Majid Michel, Yvonne Nelson, John Dumelo, Nadia Buari, Yvonne Okoro amongst others have become household names in Nollywood, and Nigeria has become more like home to them. Is this a healthy development? Are the Ghanaians gradually taking over the Nigerian movie industry? Saturday Vanguard  spoke with some Nollywood stars on this issue and these are their opinions. Bob-Manuel Nigerians prefer foreign things!-  Actor – Bob Manuel It’s a sad reflection of Nigeria’s craze for something foreign, even if it’s from smaller countries around us. Those countries don’t reciprocate in kind, so in the end, we become fools! We really need to sit up both as a nation and as an industry (Nollywood). The Ghanaians are catching up fast – Bose Arowosegbe, Actress The Ghanians are really catching up with us fast. They learned from Nigerians with

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Confab: Delegates set up zonal secretariats BY CLIFFORD NDUJIHE AHEAD of Monday’s resumption of proceedings, some of the six geo-political zones have set up secretariats where their delegates congregate to compare notes, brainstorm and firm up demands to be canvassed at the National Conference. The secretariats will also help delegates reach out to other zones for horse-trading. With the endorsement of 369 delegates (75 per cent) needed for any issue to sail through), the various zones and stakeholders will need to do a lot of consultation, horse-trading and networking to get their various demands accepted. And for any issue to win the sympathy of three-quarters of the delegates, it must be seriously and cerebrally canvassed, which will necessitate unity of purpose on the part of the canvassers. One of the zones that have set up a secretariat in Abuja is the South-East geo-political zone.  An Igbo leader told Saturday Vanguard the Sout

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Army Asks Court To Dismiss Soldier’s N100m Claim Army Asks Court To Dismiss Soldier’s N100m Claim NAN — March 20, 2014 The Nigerian army on Thursday asked an Abuja Federal High Court to dismiss N100 million claim over illegal detention by Lance Cpl. Michael Emefik. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Emefik, a soldier with Nigerian Army School of Medical Sciences had on Jan. 9 sued the army over illegal detention. Emefik’s counsel, Adejoh Jibrin, in his submission said that his client had been in illegal detention at the Mogadishu Cantonment, Asokoro, Abuja, since Jan. 21, 2013. However, the army through its counsel, Mr L.N Ezionye, in a counter-affidavit on Thursday, asked the court to dismiss the applicant’s claims. Ezionye said that the applicant was not entitled to any of the reliefs he sought for. “Granting the applicant’s applicatio

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV U.S. To Provide $257,000 Grant For Nigeria Gas Project U.S. To Provide $257,000 Grant For Nigeria Gas Project NAN — March 19, 2014 The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) is to offer $257,000 (about N39.84m) grant for a feasibility study for a gas-based industrial complex project in Nigeria. The U.S. Consulate-General in Lagos in a statement on Wednesday said the grant was aimed at building business relationships between the U.S. and Nigeria’s emerging petrochemical industry. The statement said that a ceremony to sign the deal would take place on March 20 at the U.S. Consul-General’s residence at Ikoyi, Lagos. “Under the agreement to be signed, USTDA is providing $257,000 for the study. “The study will evaluate various types of facilities which could produce different chemical outputs, including methanol, fertiliser, chemicals and petrochemica

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Court Stops Nigerian Premier League A High Court in the Plateau State Judicial Division has restrained the League Management Company from further organising matches for Premier League clubs in Nigeria pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice. Justice Philomena Lot, upon consideration of the motion exparte and after hearing the prayer of Mustapha Abubakar, a soccer fan in Jos, Plateau State; ordered the League Management Company and its affiliate from continuing all premier football league matches in the country until the hearing and determination of the motion. The Judge thereafter adjourned hearing of the motion on notice to March 26, 2014. The league had been enmeshed in controversy since the LMC on Thursday, March 6, announced that only eighteen clubs had been certified eligible to participate in the 2013/14 Glo Premier League season, ruling out Nembe City and Giwa FC, who failed to meet the comp

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV 10 burnt to death in Lagos-Ibadan Express road Ten people were Monday evening burnt to death in a motor accident which occurred along Lagos-Ibadan expressway road. Confirming the incident, The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Oluyole Unit Commander, Sanya Adeoye noted that four people survived while the other victims burnt beyond recognition. He explained that the accident involved three vehicles, two trucks and one 18-seater Toyota Hiace commercial bus with registration number BDG 767 XB. According to him, the Lagos- Ibadan bound had stopped on the road to allow one of the trucks  with registration number SW 175 EPE coming out form NSCE Quarry  when unfortunately another truck also coming from Lagos ran into the commercial bus and smatched it to the stationed truck. He said the accident was as a result of over speed violation and dangerous driving. Instantly, Adeoye said the commercial went up in flames which later spread

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Probe The Killing Of Our Youths By Immigration Officials Now The news of the killing of at least 18 Nigerians, for that is what it is, who were jostling for appaarently available positions in the department of immigration is a lamentable and avoidable tragedy. The irony of the indefensible crime is that the applicant were being tested in logical reasoning. The exercise itself was bereft of any logic. The illogicality of assembling thousands of young men and women who could have been tested online could only have been lost on incompetent immigration officials. What has happened is murder occasioned by criminal negligence. Of course mass poverty and joblessness are a dirrect consequence of the irresponsibility of the ruling elite and the political class. We must not stop at mere condemnation of the act of the officials. We must deamand a thourough judicial probe of the unacceptable killing of these youg Nigerian. In the interim the h

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Immigration Recruitment Test: Matters Arising. By Abdullahi Yunusa Most Nigerians woke up this morning to be greeted with sordid stories and pictures of how millions of job-seeking Nigerians were crammed up in various open places to undergo the widely publicized Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) job test scheduled to hold in all states of the federation with the exception of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states. I have lost count of the number of candid pictures of various centres taken by the job seekers themselves. Trust Nigerians, we all know how to create fun out of every nasty or unpalatable situation. Our resilient spirit remains our hugest asset and strength. This largely accounts for why we remain hopeful in situations that others would ordinarily resolved to settle with. The nationwide test has brought to the fore lack of proper coordination, ingenuity and tact in carrying out government businesses. It is a direct pointer to th

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Pakistani Gang-Rape Victim Dies After Setting Herself Ablaze Pakistani Gang-Rape Victim Dies After Setting Herself Ablaze Agency Report — March 14, 2014 A teenage Pakistani gang-rape victim, Amina Bibi, died on Friday after setting herself ablaze to protest the release of one of her alleged rapists from police custody, officials said. Bibi, 18, was raped by five men on Jan. 5 as she walked home from her college in central Muzaffargarh district. Police arrested four men but released the main accused person on Thursday. A police officer who said he would not want to be identified said Bibi alleged that intentionally misleading work by the police resulted in the release of the major culprit. The police officer said “Amina Bibi set herself ablaze in front of the police station on Friday and was taken to a local hospital. “She was also taken to another m

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Kobape Housing Scheme: Ogun Pays N20m Crop Compensation To Farmers The Ogun State Government on Thursday made good its promise of paying compensations to farmers whose crops had to give way to some of its infrastructural developments. About 20million Naira was paid to 151 farmers in Itoku Elewe Irepodun Community in Kobape, Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of the State, whose farmlands were affected by a new housing scheme to be located in the area. Presenting the cheques to farmers in the first 50 hectare land acquired, Commissioner for Agriculture, Mrs. Ronke Sokefun reaffirmed that the Senator Ibikunle Amosun led administration was passionate about agricultural development and would have ordinarily not tampered with their crops. She, however, said that government had to take the painful decision of taking over the farmlands because it was extremely necessary, saying that at the end of the day, the housing scheme

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Students Want FG To `Dialogue’ With COEASU Over Demands Students Want FG To `Dialogue’ With COEASU Over Demands NAN — March 12, 2014 Worried by the three-month-old strike of lecturers of Colleges of Education nationwide, some students on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to dialogue with the lecturers. The students, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), called for an end to the strike. The lecturers under the aegis of Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) had on Dec. 18, 2013 embarked on an indefinite strike to press home their demands. The demands include non-implementation of the 2010 Federal Government-COEASU agreement, poor state of infrastructure and poor funding of the colleges. Mr Olayanju Abolaji, the Chairman, COEASU, Federal College of Education (Technical), Akoka Chapter, had said the partial implementation o

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Ugandan rights activists challenge anti-gay law Ugandan rights activists and politicians have filed a legal challenge to overturn a tough anti-gay law condemned by Western donors. The law violated the rights of gay people and subjected them to “cruel and inhuman punishment”, they said. Several cases of “violence and retaliation” have been reported since President Yoweri Museveni signed the law last month, the activists added. Uganda is a deeply conservative society where many people oppose gay rights. However, some people are beginning to question whether punishments proposed in the law are too harsh, reports BBC Uganda correspondent Catherine Byaruhanga. It allows life imprisonment as the penalty for acts of “aggravated homosexuality” and also criminalises the “promotion of homosexuality”. The Civil Society Coalition on Human Rights and Constitutional Law, which represents about 50 groups, filed the petition in the Constitutional Cour

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Blackout as truck fire destoys Delta power lines The Transmission Company of Nigeria on Monday said it lost one of its 330kV transmission lines from Sapele to Ughelli in Delta State and 12 towers along the line route as a result of a fire incident caused by a petrol tanker. According to the company, the tanker caught fire between towers 88 and 89 at about 9.42am on Sunday, adding that it incurred loses to the tune of N1bn due to the occurrence. It said the fire caused the melting and snapping of all of the line conductors between the two towers and led to a loss of balance along the transmission line as well as swinging of towers which resulted in their eventual collapse. “Tower 81 did not collapse but was bent by the incident,” TCN said in a statement by its General Manager, Public Affairs, Mrs. Seun Olagunju. “The loaded petrol tanker, which fell and caught fire at Ogborode Junction, near Warri in Delta State, destroyed the 330kV Sap

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Okotie and other viable options BY IJEME OMOLEGHO LET’S  think hypothetically for just a minute. What should we expect if Rev. Chris Okotie of the FRESH Party, becomes President and Commander-in-Chief of the Federal Republic of Nigeria? The same old display of inept and un-creative governance, or a departure from the status quo to world class ideologies that shape the times, and brings international discussants to ‘study’ the new and emerging Nigerian governance model? Other options that have been mentioned, who fit into this hypothesis include Governors Adams Oshiomhole and Raji Fashola, Mallam El-Rufai and Nuhu Ribadu, etc. This thought takes me back to the elections of 1979, when we had the luminous political quartet of Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe (NPP), Chief Obafemi Awolowo (UPN), Alhaji Waziri Ibrahim (GNPP) and Mallam Aminu Kano (PRP), all of blessed memory, as actors vying for the office of the President of Nigeria on our political stag

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Between Sanusi and the powers-that-be By Femi Fani-Kayode By Femi Fani-Kayode Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi is not my favourite person and I have differences with him on many issues. I must, however, commend his immense courage for speaking out and exposing the monumental corruption in the government that he once served as CBN Governor and that has now decided that they no longer require his services. Two weeks ago, he claimed that 20 billion US dollars had gone missing from the coffers of the NNPC. Today, he has been suspended and relieved of his duties for exposing the rot and speaking the truth. I have little doubt that the next thing that will happen is that he will be subjected to a formal probe and the EFCC will be called in to investigate his tenure of office. They will throw everything that they have got at him including the kitchen sink simply because he refused to play ball with them and cover up their penchant for monumental c

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Labour backs Kaduna health workers strike, cholera hits LGs The Kaduna State Council of the Nigeria Labour Congress on Friday threw its weight behind the industrial action embarked upon by health  workers in the state. The health workers strike, which commenced on March 1, 2014 has grounded activities in hospitals and other health facilities across the state, forcing families to evacuate their sick folks to private clinics in the state. Meanwhile, acute diarrhea and vomiting  had hit five  local governments areas in the state, leaving the victims without medical attention as a result of the health workers’ strike. The development has forced the NLC in the state to call on the state government to urgently address the demands of the striking health workers so that they could go back to work in the interest of the people. Chairman  of the NLC, Kaduna  State council,  Adamu Ango, who spoke to journalists on Friday in Kaduna, appealed to Go

Latest blog entries FG approves new e-passport fees Abuja – The Federal Government on Thursday in Abuja announced major reforms and costs in all the categories of the Nigerian e-passport. The reforms are contained in a statement signed by the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Immigration Service, Mr David Parradang. The statement stated that the approval was conveyed to the service in a letter dated Feb. 5, 2014, from the Ministry of Interior. According to the statement, with the approval of the new fees and categories of e-passport, a 64-page frequent travellers passport would be obtained at N20,000. It also said that passports for 18 to 60 year-olds would go for N15,000 while those for people below 18 years as well as 60 years and above would be procured at N8,750. Also approved, the statement said, was the charge for change of data/lost passport which would cost N20,000. Similarly, change of names due to marriage, divorce and death of spouse would be effected at N8,