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Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Boko Haram is holding Nigeria captive -Maitama Sule Chairman of the Northern Elders Forum, Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule, has said that Boko is holding Nigeria captive and drawing the country many years back in the comity of nations. He said Nigeria cannot move forward unless the problem of insurgency and the activities of other ethnic militia are curtailed. Sule spoke in Jos on Wednesday after presenting a paper titled “Approach to Nation Building” at a centenary lecture organised by the Law Students’ Society of Nigeria, University of Jos, Plateau State. He said massive corruption in the system and such criminal vices, have drawn the country many years back thus hampering development. Sule, who was Nigeria’s former permanent representative at the United Nations also chided the youths for shirking their responsibilities as vanguards for development and giving up their positions as leaders of tomorrow while going about celebrating irrespons...

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Chibok Women Protest In Abuja, Urge Action To Rescue Kidnapped Girls Chibok Women Protest In Abuja, Urge Action To Rescue Kidnapped Girls NAN — April 29, 2014 Some women of Chibok, Borno, on Tuesday marched to National Assembly, urging the Federal Government to intensify efforts to rescue the remaining 230 female students abducted two weeks ago. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that 273 girls were abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno, by suspected Boko Haram insurgents on April 14. NAN learnt that of the number, 43 girls had so far escaped from the captors unharmed. However, the women, led by Mrs Naomi Mutah, said since the incident, no government official had reached the community to explain the efforts being made to rescue the girls. “Our daughters were carried away by the insurgents like cows into...

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV The Girls of Chibok By Aniedobe Within 24 hours after Nyanya Motor Park became a theatre of body parts strewn many feet away from the epicenter of a bomb-loaded bus, Nigeria treated the world to yet another gruesome theatre of violence. This time, on April 15, 2014, over 200 girls were abducted from their all girls’ school in Chibok, Bornu State, and driven by lorry into the jungles of Sambisa forest,presumably by Boko Haram a dreaded terror group, which has declared a war against Western Education, before the eyes of a stupefied world.   This is a story that has to end well that won’t end well and however it ends, will become a symbol for a Nigeria in a post modern age that is stuck in the middle ages. It is a story that captures everything bad about Nigeria and paints a graphic of a helpless Nation, serially served by terror, by a terror group that has abandoned any human conscience until the country became numb to violence. This...

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV APC Opposes Extension Of Emergency Rule In North-east States APC Opposes Extension Of Emergency Rule In North-east States By Abdullahi Olesin , Ilorin — April 27, 2014 The All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed subtle opposition to any further extension of emergency rule in the troubled three north-east states. The APC opined that the consequences of any plan to extend emergency rule in the three states may not be in the interest of people that are meant to be protected or that of the country. The major opposition party warned those trying to stampede President Goodluck Jonathan on extension of the emergency rule or sacking of governors to have a rethink. Speaking with journalists after the conduct of Kwara state APC congress in Ilorin at the weekend, the interim national publicity secretary of the party, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,...

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Guardiola ‘sad forever’ over Vilanova death (AFP) – Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola on Saturday expressed his grief over the death of Tito Vilanova, his former assistant at Barcelona, saying his sadness will remain for the rest of his life. “We were friends. My heart is with his parents, his wife and his children. The sadness will stay with me forever,” said Guardiola after Vilanova died on Friday following a long battle with cancer aged 45. There was a minute’s silence before Bayern’s 5-2 win over Werder Bremen on Saturday at Munich’s Allianz Arena while the home players wore black armbands. Vilanova was Guardiola’s right-hand man in one of the most successful periods in Barcelona’s history when the Catalans won 14 trophies in four years under their former captain, including two Champions Leagues, between 2008 and 2012. When Guardiola stepped down at the end of the 2011/12 season to take a year’s sabbatical in New York before joining...

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV World Bank to support Nigeria’s projects with $8bn The World Bank said it had earmarked $8bn (about N1.3 trillion) to support Nigeria’s job creation, social service delivery and governance projects in the next four years. This is contained in a statement by the bank on Friday in Abuja. It said that the bank would grant the support through a Country Partnership Strategy where it was expected to increase its development assistance to the country. The statement said that $2bn (about N322bn) would be spent annually during the period through the International Development Association and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development financing. The bank explained that the CPS, which would run from 2014 to 2017, had introduced a change in Nigeria’s borrowing status. It said Nigeria was declared credit worthy for IBRD financing last year and was officially entering blend status from July 1. “This CPS has been prepared in the context of ...

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Plateau State : Gunmen Kill 260 Persons In Six Months, Rustle 2,501 Cows – Special Task Force By SaharaReporters, New York The Special Task Force (STF) on the crisis in Plateau State says that 260 persons have been killed in 160 communal clashes in the State in the past six months, with 2,501 cows snatched. The Commander of the STF, David Enetie, made the disclosure at the 6th Plateau Architecture dialogue in Jos.  Enetie was represented by Ali Bello, an STF officer. The event was organized through the European Union (EU) sponsored Search For Common Ground, in collaboration with the Office of the Special Adviser on Peace Building and Conflict in Plateau State. The STF commander further disclosed that over 88 arms were recovered, along with 2,734 ammunitions.  “The attacks were masterminded by activities of cow rustlers which was the major security challenges confronting the task fo...

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Guinea’s President seeks Morocco’s return to AU Guinea’s President Alpha Conde has called for the quick return of Morocco to the African Union. The Guinean President made the call on his arrival at Fez to attend the ninth international agriculture exhibition of Morocco. Conde, who described as abnormal Morocco’s absence at the AU, said “We hope that Morocco regains its place as soon as possible within the AU, of which it is a founding member.” The Guinean Head of State also assured that his country would continue to support the autonomy proposal presented by Morocco for the settlement of the Western Sahara issue. PANA reports that Morocco formally withdrew from the OAU in 1984 following the admission of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic as a full member of the organisation. SADR is claiming sovereignty over the whole Western Sahara territory, which Morocco claims as its own. Original link Read More more info...

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Umar to Nyako: Don’t incite Northerners against Jonathan Former military Governor of Kaduna State, Colonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar (rtd), on Tuesday accused Adamawa State governor, Murtala Nyako, of trying to incite the people of the north against President Goodluck Jonathan with his genocide allegation. Umar said such pronouncement coming from a former high ranking military officer and a governor was inciting and an indirect way of asking northerners to rise against the government. He said that as a retired senior military officer, Nyako should be aware of the weighty nature of his statement that the action of President Jonathan and his administration was responsible for the genocide in the north. He said, “The statement of Governor Murtala Nyako; coming from a retired military officer is shocking and worrisome and I hope people like him should not put the nation on fire and should desist from making wild allegation. “What i...

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV TCN Begins Construction Of Destroyed Kotangora Transmission Line TCN Begins Construction Of Destroyed Kotangora Transmission Line NAN — April 21, 2014 The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says it has commenced the construction of a transmission bye-pass to temporarily replace the destroyed 132kV transmission line from Tegina to Kotangora, Niger State. Mr Dave Ifabiyi, TCN Assistant General Manager (Public Affairs), disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Monday. The statement said the company had mobilised to the site to construct the transmission line which was destroyed by rain on April 18. It said that four transmission towers were destroyed as a result of the incident at Corner Mariga after Tegina, Niger state, causing power outage in the area. It said that sequel to the loss of the four transmission towers; the company...

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Senator Omisore: Let Us Emulate Jesus Christ Senator Iyiola Omisore Yinka Kolawole  The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the August 9 governorship election ,Senator Iyiola Omisore,  has called on Nigerians to emulate the values and perseverance of Jesus Christ by supporting peace and unity for national development. In an Easter message personally signed by him, the governorship candidate reflected on the life of Christ and appealed to Nigerians to eschew bitterness ,embrace mutual love and  respect constituted authorities in our match to national transformation. Details to follow Original link Read More more info...

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Jonathan: Nigeria Will Overcome Retrogressive, Divisive Forces  President Goodluck Jonathan ....Commends conference delegates By Jaiyeola Andrews Again President Goodluck Jonathan Saturday re-assured Nigerians that the country will overcome all obstacles, challenges and threats to national progress and well-being, including terrorism and other criminal attacks on innocent people in some parts of the country. This was contained in his message as Christians celebrates Easter and commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ today. Jonathan noted that his belief in Nigeria's ability to overcome all retrogressive and divisive forces "in our midst and build a strong, united and prosperous nation by turning our unique diversity into a source of strength remains unshaken and we will continue to work with all interest groups and stakeholders in the country to achieve the peaceful, secure and politically stable conditions essential f...

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Easter: Ajimobi Tasks Christians On Security Easter: Ajimobi Tasks Christians On Security Adebayo Waheed , Ibadan — April 18, 2014 Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi on Friday charged Christians in Nigeria to use the occasion of this year’s Easter celebration to pray fervently for the country so that it can overcome the security challenges it is currently facing. The governor’s Special Adviser on Media, Dr Festus Adedayo in a statement in Ibadan also tasked Christians to pray for peace and tranquillity to reign supreme in the country. He said that it was in an atmosphere of love, togetherness and renewed commitment to Nigeria’s unity that Nigeria could attain the much-desired greatness and be counted among the comity of successful nations. Ajimobi condemned what he called senseless killings, maiming and bombings currently being perpetr...

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV List Of Bombing Victims Hospitalized From Monday’s Explosions Released By SaharaReporters, New York As police and other government security personnel continue to sift through the rubble following Monday’s terrorist attacks in Abuja, names of some of the victims were formally released by area hospitals. SaharaReporters obtained a list of many of the victims, whose ages, gender, and professions vary. In the release, conditions of their wounds, treatment, and overall medical status remain a closely guarded secret, shared largely with closely related family members, or much of the information about each individual’s condition is unknown, and not issued publicly. Nine area hospitals have taken-in the wounded from Monday’s car bomb blast. The hospitals and clinics, SaharaReporters has learned, include: Asokora District Hospital, Nyanyan General, National Hospital, the Abuja Clinic in Kar...

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV One dies, several injured in Lagos cult clash over girlfriend BY ESTHER  ONYEGBULA LAGOS — A 33-year-old man has been killed during a feud between two cult groups around Iba new site. Trouble, as gathered, started on Monday, April 14, at about 8pm, between two cult groups from Aratomi and Chemist, after a cult member  from Aratomi reportedly snatched a female lover from a member of the other group. This unfortunately led to a battle that lasted several hours resulting in the death of a man simply identified as Hamburger, while several others were injured. Vanguard gathered at the scene of the incident that for the timely intervention of policemen from the Ojo Police division it would have degenerated. One of the victims, who was attacked with machete and an axe on his head and body, was rushed to the Igando General Hospital where he died yesterday from loss of blood. According to a police source, who preferred annonimity, “already, 11 ...

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV EFCC Press Release: EFCC Arraigns School Proprietor For N40m Dud Cheque The Economic and Financial Crime Commission, EFCC, today April 15, 2014, arraigned one Dr. George Odabi along with his company, Deo Gratias International School Limited, Abuja before Justice Peter Kekemeke of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Abuja on a 3- count charge bordering on issuance of dud cheque and breach of trust. The accused, who is the managing director of Deo Gratias International School Limited Abuja, is said to have sometime in September, 2013 received a forty million, one hundred thousand naira (N40, 100,000.00) loan from one Mrs. Egbunola Ogungbesan for the renovation of his school but reneged on his promise to pay back. The accused is alleged to have issued seven postdated Zenith Bank cheques amounting to twenty seven million naira as part payment of the loan which were dishonoured...

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV UK-based NGO Trains 541 Volunteers In Nigeria UK-based NGO Trains 541 Volunteers In Nigeria By Chika Mefor — April 14, 2014 The Country Director of a Uk based NGO, Voluntary Service Organisation (VSO), Mr Sriramappa Gonchikara yesterday revealed that the organisation had trained more than 541 volunteers in Nigeria between 2008 and to date. Gonchikara who revealed this during a visit to the Director-General, NYSC, and Brig.-Gen. Johnson Olawumi in Abuja said that the current areas of the VSO’s work in Nigeria include HIV/AIDS, education and national volunteering which the volunteers are trained on. The country director who stated that when young people are provided with the skills they require, they do a lot in the progress and development of the country, attributed the success of the organisation’s exercise to its partnership between ...

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Insurgency paralysed economic activities in Borno – Emir The Emir of Gwoza in Borno, Alhaji Idrissa Timta, on Sunday decried the renewed insurgency in the area, saying it had crippled the socio-economic activities in his domain. This is contained in a statement issued by the Emir in Maiduguri. According to the statement, it is unfortunate that our people have witnessed increased attacks with mass killings by the insurgents in the last four months. “The attacks have crippled both social and economic lives in the entire area,” the statement quoted the emir as saying. Timta said, “It is sad to say that my people have been blocked from going to the market by the insurgents, who kill at will. “Even the food crops cultivated by them in the last farming season have ended up with the Boko Haram as the harvest were seized by the insurgents making life unbearable. “There is an urgent need for the security agents to intensify and change their tac...

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Aregbesola wins APC ticket in Osun The Villa plays host to different people daily. They come with different missions. While some meet personally with President Goodluck… Original link Read More more info...

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV British Council Trains Nigerian Teachers British Council Trains Nigerian Teachers NAN — April 11, 2014 The British Council in Nigeria says it has commenced a 10-day training programme tagged ‘Connecting Classrooms Project’ for teachers in the country. This is contained in a statement signed by the council’s Communications Manager, Mr Desmond Emovie and made available to newsmen in Lagos. According to the statement, the project offers a range of professional development learning opportunities for teachers through free face-to-face workshops nationwide. It said that the project would expose the teachers to courses on introduction to the principles of education as well as benefits and practicalities of international learning. The statement said that teachers would also be given exposure on how global citizenship and international collabo...

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Monarch advocates one year military training for youths The Amayanabo of Twon-Brass in Bayelsa State, Alfred Spiff, has advocated a one year military service for youths in Nigeria. He spoke at the plenary session of the National Conference 2014 in Abuja on Thursday. He said, “We should reach out to all youths as soon as they are 18, they should do one year compulsory military service. “The youth, who have been privileged to go to through university and are ready to be deployed, you now give then another one year jamboree going round the country that you are doing unity. Instead, we should reach out to other youths. That is the problem. The monarch said the military should not be singled out for blame because civilians joined them in running the government during the military rule. Besides, he argued that civilians wrote the military constitution that they operated with. Spiff, who became a Military Administrator of Rivers State at the ...

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Saakashvili Urges Private sector To Open Market For Investment The former president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, has urged the private sector in Nigeria not to limit the sector but to open business for more investors to come and invest in the sector. He advocated the legalisation of power tariffs  and urged the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to ensure that tariffs provided by private power companies were not speculated, pointing out, however, that margins should be left for private companies to be profitable. Speaking at the ongoing 7th Lagos Economic Summit, Ehingbeti2014, President Saakashvilli said electricity could come from two supplies, gas power station and hydro power, insisting that monopoly should not be given on supply. “Its very important not to give anybody monopoly on your supply,” he cautioned. Giving his experience as the former president of Georgia,  he condemned corruption and stressed the need...

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Security Beefed As PDP Governors Meet In Jigawa Security Beefed As PDP Governors Meet In Jigawa NAN — April 8, 2014 Security has been beefed up in Dutse as PDP governors gather for a meeting in the Jigawa capital, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Our correspondent, who went round some parts of the city, observed that many policemen and personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have been deployed to many areas. Mr Abdu Jinjiri, the Police Public Relations Officer of the Jigawa Police Command, who spoke to NAN on the development, said the measure was to ensure adequate protection for the guests. “We have provided adequate security for the visit of the governors; it is nothing new because we do so for all visitors of that calibre,’’ he said. Jinjiri advised residents of the state not to be panic over the ...

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Court to Determine Service of Processes on Defecting Governors Govs Rotimi Amaechi   By Tobi Soniyi  A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja Monday fixed May 23 for ruling on whether the five governors who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party PDP to the All Progressive Congress APC have been duly served with the originating summons filed by the PDP seeking to remove them from office. PDP had through its counsel, Dr. Alex Izinyon, SAN dragged the governors: Abdulfatah Ahmed (Kwara) , Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers), Rabiu  Kwankwaso  (Kano), Aliyu  Wamakko (Sokoto)  and Murtala Nyako (Adamawa) before the court seeking to remove them from office having left the party that brought them to office. The governors had through their different counsels told the court that they were not duly served with the court papers,   hence they could not move ahead with the matter. The PDP had in turn accused  the governors of using delay tactic in order to f...

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Iyayi’s chest was stabbed by vehicle parts -FRSC The Federal Road Safety Corps has stated that the holes found on the chest of the late former President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof. Festus Iyayi, were caused by body parts of the vehicle in which he died after an accident. The report, dated March 21, 2014, also indicted the driver of a vehicle in the convoy of Kogi State Governor Idris Wada as a cause of the accident which occurred on Lokoja-Abuja road. The accident occurred on November 12, 2013. The FRSC investigating team, which dismissed weather or vehicle conditions as probable causes of the accident, stated that the convoy vehicle, a Toyota Hilux pick-up van, was conveying six police details. The team stated that Iyayi was the only one who died in the accident while others in both vehicles sustained various degrees of injuries. The nature of the injuries noticed on Iyayi’s heart area had fueled speculations th...

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV 10 Nigerians hospitalized following gang attack in South Africa—President 10 Nigerians are now hospitalized while 25 shops owned by Nigerians have been looted following attacks by organized gangs in South Africa. The President of the Nigerian Union in South Africa, Mr Ikechukwu Anyene, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on phone from Pretoria on Friday that the attack began last week in Johannesburg and later spread to Pretoria this week. He said commercial taxi drivers, led the attack against Nigerians in Pretoria while unknown gangs attacked Nigerians in Johannesburg. Anyene said one Nigerian in hospital was still in coma when officials of the Union and the Nigerian high commission in South Africa visited the injured in hospitals. ‘’ Officials of Nigerian mission in South Africa and Union officers went round today to assess the extent of damage done to business centres and shops owned by Nigerians. ‘’ In Pretoria, 25 shops belongi...

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Police begin probe of Edo hunter’s killing The Area Commander, Edo-North Police Command at Auchi, Edo State, Mr Jinwan Dazong, said on Friday that the Police had commenced investigation into the mystery surrounding the killing of a hunter, one Mohammed Siaka. Dazong disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Auchi. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the incident took place at Igarra in the Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of the state. The commander said the police wanted to determine whether the deceased was murdered by Fulani herdsmen or his friend, Mr Danjuma Isiaka, who accompanied him on a hunting expedition, following some contradictory statements made to the police. “The Criminal Investigative Department is fully in charge of the case. The key suspect in the murder, Mr Danjuma Isiaka, who accompanied the late Siaka on a hunting expedition, is now in the custody of the state CID. “We assure the Igarra community that the polic...

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Soldiers destroy militants’ camps in Benue -Military Troops of the Nigerian Army have carried out raids in three local government areas of Benue State where militias have carried out series of attacks in recent times, leading to the death of hundreds in several villages. The Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen Chris Olukolade, said in a statement on Thursday that the troops had restored normalcy in Guma, Gwer West and Agatu Local Government Areas of the state where some of the clashes between Fulani herdsmen and Benue communities were recorded. Olukolade said the troops cleared all the militants’ camps in the three local government areas. He said the ongoing operation, tagged ‘Operation Restore Peace’, was designed to address the worsening security situation in parts of the North Central. The Defence spokesman said the military also made some arrests and recoveries though the statement was silent on the details. He said militant ...

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV Heart Diseases: Experts Warn Against Too Much Salt Consumption Heart Diseases: Experts Warn Against Too Much Salt Consumption By Winifred Ogbebo — April 2, 2014 Experts have linked too much salt consumption to one of the main risk factors of cardiovascular disease and hypertension or raised blood pressure, adding that there’s too much salt intake by large population of the world. According to them, out of 17.3 million cardiovascular related deaths each year, over half of them – 9.4 million – are linked to hypertension. Though the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends that adults should have no more than 5g of salt a day – less than one full teaspoon , in most countries, the average person consumes between 9 and 12 g a day. The World Congress of Cardiology will convene leading experts across the world in Melbourne, Australia f...

Latest blog entries - Eloti tV STOAN Says Over 150 Shiploads Of Rice Diverted In Three Months STOAN Says Over 150 Shiploads Of Rice Diverted In Three Months NAN — April 1, 2014 Some importers in Lagos were on Tuesday accused of diverting over 150 shiploads of rice to ports in Benin Republic, Cameroon, Accra and Togo. Princess Vicky Haastrup, Chairman, Seaport Terminal Operators Association of Nigeria (STOAN), made this known to newsmen in Lagos. According to her, Nigeria lost about 600,000 metric tonnes of rice between January and March 2014 to neighbouring ports due to government’s 110 per cent duty on rice. “This is becoming rather unfortunate. Our economy is bleeding because of this policy. The loss to other countries as a result of the high tariff on rice was over N300 billion in 2013. “In the first quarter of this year alone, both government and private operat...