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http://sunnewsonline.com/new/?p=122881

Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode and the President of Dan­gote Group of Companies, Al­haji Aliko Dangote, have tipped Lagos State as one of the most lucrative investor havens on the African continent.

The duo who spoke yester­day at the Lagos House, Ikeja, affirmed that when the various projects being done in Lagos are completed, the emerging Afri­can model mega city will be an attractive business hub that will command investors’ respect and attention across the globe.
Ambode, while responding to Dangote’s address during his courtesy visit in his office, said his administration was ready to support the Dangote Group where necessary towards en­suring that investors have a comfortable life.

He said, “I will just call on other investors that wherever it is that we can assist, we will be willing and ready to make sure that investors have comfortable life and comfortable business profile in Lagos State.”
The Governor, who de­scribed the visit as very signifi­cant, promised that his adminis­tration would open up the state for greater business just as it is also interested in attracting for­eign investors through its cre­ation of an Office of Overseas Affairs and Investment.

“This visit is highly signifi­cant. We said it that we are going to open up Lagos State for great­er business and we also said we are interested in bringing in for­eign investors and creating an Office of Overseas Affairs and Investment,” he said.

“This visit is symbolic in the sense that the bottom line is creating jobs for our youths and he has shown full commit­ment as a great Nigerian that he is interested in investing in any part of this country but most significantly in Lagos State, and we are ready to support him and all his businesses because he is adding value. “I will just call on other investors that wherever it is that we can assist, we will be willing and ready to make sure that investors have comfortable life and comfortable business profile in Lagos State and once again, I want to thank you for being here,” he added.

Ambode also thanked the Dangote Group President for donating N400 million through the Dangote Foundation to 2,000 women in each of the 20 local governments in the state towards assisting them improve their businesses.

Fielding questions from jour­nalists shortly after the meeting, Dangote said he and his team were at the Lagos House to con­gratulate Governor Ambode on his victory at the poll as well as his swearing in as the 14th Chief Executive Officer of the state.

Dangote said the visit also afforded him the opportunity to assure the Governor of his com­mitment to finish ongoing proj­ects currently being embarked upon by his company as well as his continued support to initia­tives geared towards securing lives and properties.

new2020:
Bukola Saraki is not Yoruba; not only is he not Yoruba he doesn't look like a typical yoruba aesthetically. He is mixed with Fulani and Jamaican. Sahara Reporters did a research on this few yrs ago. Does his puffy, big head and skin tone look Yoruba to you? His late father had Malian Fulani ancestry and his Jamaican mother has SE/SS ancestry from slave trade to Jamaica. Aesthetically, he looks more like a SE/SE to me...no where near yoruba. Yoruba men are known to have very small, skinny head and dark hue that mirrors those of their brothers in Benin Republic and Togo where Yorubas are said to have emigrated from.

"Based on the discovery, Saharareporters’ investigators have determined that Governor Bukola Saraki does not share the same mother with Gbemisola Saraki as commonly believed. Our investigations reveal that the governor was born to a Jamaican mother who met the elder Olusola Saraki in London where she was a nurse and he practiced medicine. Saharareporters is still working to find the real name of Gov. Saraki’s mother. But one of our sources disclosed that the governor “has reunited with and resettled his mother in a lavish home in a Caribbean nation”

https://www.nairaland.com/344193/kwara-state-gov-bukola-sarakis

[size=14pt]saraki mother is from owo town in ondo state nigeria according to his cv that was read by senator Ahmed yerima yesterday and i google it to confirm. I thought is mother was a fulani woman b4 [/size]

http://www.punchng.com/news/boko-haram-raises-operations-wants-to-subdue-nigeria-atiku/

Former Vice -President Atiku Abubakar has called on Nigerians to stand up and counter the menace of Boko Haram by being more security conscious.
He said the populace should offer information of any strange movement in their localities to the security agencies.
The former Vice-President, who spoke on Friday, was reacting to the Thursday’s bomb blast that rocked the Yola Modern Market, resulting in the death of over 40 persons.


He said the insurgents had raised their modes of operations, and appeared to habour an intention to subdue the country.
Atiku visited the Federal Medical Centre, Yola, on Friday in company with the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase; Adamawa State Governor, Senator Jubrilla Bindow; and Director-General of the National Emergency Management Agency, Mohamad Sani Sidi, who were in the state to visit the victims of the blast and sympathise with them.


He explained that the insurgents had begun the “second phase” of its onslaught with the intention to subdue the country and win the fight against Nigerians.

Sani Sidi distributed drugs to the victims of Thursday’s bomb attack that took place near Jimeta Market.

The NEMA boss, who led the Federal Government’s delegation, including the IGP, called on the people to give security agencies the needed cooperation to stem the tide of attacks on innocent Nigerians.
He appealed to well meaning individuals and corporate bodies to assist the victims with blood as doing so might save some lives.

The entourage was at Government House, where they sympathised with the state governor before proceeding to the House of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Federal Medical Center Yola and the scene of the explosion.

In his remarks, Arase called on Nigerians, especially the people of Adamawa State to have confidence in the Nigeria Police and other security outfits, adding that the security operatives were doing their best to address the current security challenges in the country.

Now that Buhari is in power, u people will not face hardship that will make u sell ur child or open baby factory anymore Insha Allah. Most people just committing crime and blame it on hardship.

http://lindaikeji..it/2015/06/actor-sells-his-2-year-old-son-for-450k.html

Kanayo Awurum, 29, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly selling his son for N450,000 in the Egbe, Ikotun area of the state.
He allegedly sold the two-year-old boy, identified as Samuel, to a middle-aged women.

Kanayo, who worked as a painter, reportedly lied to his wife, Kelechi, that one of the women was his relative in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, and the boy was going to live with her.

It was learnt that the police had apprehended the three women he sold his son to namely Nkechi Obi, Cecilia Nwatu and Gladys Nwobodo for allegedly buying the child.

Kanayo told his friend Emmanuel, who is still at large, that he had some financial difficulties, and wanted to sell his son for N450,000 so the women, who were working with Kanayo’s friend, identified only as Emmanuel, visited the man and his wife to purchase the boy.

He added that his plan was to stabilise his family with the money as his wife was pregnant with another child.
He said,

“I met Kelechi in our secondary school days in 2005. It was in 2010 that we started living together. In December 2012, she gave birth to Samuel. We were then living in Owerri, Imo State. I was working as a painter and also acted in movies. I was an upcoming actor so I was not well paid.

“From 2014, I started to have financial difficulties, and I wanted to come to Lagos to hustle. The idea to sell my child came in March 2015 when I finally decided to travel to Lagos. It was a friend, Emmanuel, who linked me to the women. I asked him to lend some money to me and he said I should use what I had to get what I wanted.

“I did not tell my wife that I wanted to sell our child. I lied to her that one of the women who came was my elder sister in Port Harcourt and our son was going to stay with her. My wife did not like the idea, but I convinced her that it was for our good.

“So, when we came to Lagos, we rented an apartment on Oluwaseyi Street in the Egbe area of Lagos. I was paid N450,000 for the boy. That was what I used to pay for the rent.”

Kelechi, 28, said it was when she pestered Kanayo to bring her child home for a visit and the boy was not brought by the ‘relative’ that she suspected a foul play.
She said:

Samuel was two years and two months old when Kanayo said he was taking him to stay with his sister in Port Harcourt. In April, he went to Owerri for a painting work and promised that his sister would bring Samuel on a visit.

On the day he promised, no one showed up.
He also failed to come back to Lagos when he promised. I then told our landlord and one of his friends in Lagos, called Coach. Then, they agreed to trick my husband to come back home. When he arrived, they began to ask him questions and he later confessed that the boy was not actually with his relative. They went to report the matter at the Ikotun Police Division. That was how he was arrested."

Kanayo led the police to the home of one of the women he got arrested.She said, she paid Kanayo 650k not 450k and she only did itbecause she had a deformed10year old son that her Husband didn't know about and wanted a male child desperately to bear the family name.
'My boy has the Down syndrome. He could not talk.” She said.

The 2 year old Samuel has since been reunited with his Mom.
Police is still investigating the matter.
Punch.

[size=15pt]uba shld b ready to face d law over is shoddy deal wit amcon, there is no hiding place for him, dis not jonathan govt where criminal like him talk [/size]

nelson4:
Peter obi is not an ordinary politician , he's a core professional, don't be surprise if GMB love him.Both has same lifestyle, he doesn't believe in luxury

NSE is an important institution which control nigerian business economic, buhari don't need a pdp card-carrying member to run it, on behalf of apc. Peter obi shld go and concentrate on his bank b4 it fold up in d next couple of month. Dangote shld come back as the chairman.

coolebux:
Good for him

Buhari will show him and others exit door by next week

[size=14pt]peter obi or chris ngegi will end up marrying d girl after ffk is tru with her, just like bianca and ojukwu.

Ffk shd av been a musician [/size]

There's more to this issue

http://thenationonlineng.net/new/two-children-die-of-hunger-in-ibadan/

Many people were shocked yesterday that two children starved to death on Tuesday in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
The discovery followed an unscheduled visit by the state police command to Celestial Street in Agbowo.
The street is densely populated with sparse lines of demarcation, typical of similar densely populated city neighbourhoods. The area is close to the nation’s premier university, the University of Ibadan (UI).
Despite the area’s proximity to affluent neighbourhoods, the children could not get help, according to their host.
When the police convoy arrived in the area, surprise was written on the faces of residents and passersby. Many followed their vehicles to find out if a heavy crime had been committed in the area.
But they soon discovered that Amarachi Ukoha, 16, and Munachi Madagu, three, died because the breadwinner of the family, Mr Kunle Ayoola, could not feed them.
He also failed to provide the medical treatment for them because he had no money to take to the hospital.

Ayoola, 20, said he could not help the children because of his poor income, adding that those who could help were also unavailable.
He is married to Chinonye, also 20. They have an 18-month old baby. Chinonye had Munachi for her first husband and brought him to her new home. Her younger sister, Amarachi, 16, came to live with them.
She was said to have died of hunger, which was compounded by diarrhoea when the family was preparing to bury Munachi.
Both died in an eight-room bungalow. They were thought to have been struck by a strange illness that caused their death. But Ayoola confessed that death visited them because he could not feed them. Munachi’s photo showed that he was malnourished.

Ayoola said: “I think they died as a result of poor medical care. I tried my best to save them but there was no money. The only people that could help were not at home when I visited them.”
The family man gathers metals from dustbins and dump sites and sells them at Ogunpa Market in Ibadan. But the income, according to him, is so small that he could not afford to feed his family well.
He said he earned about N500 whenever business was good. But that was a far cry from meeting the basic needs of his six-member family, which includes his maternal grandmother.

Ayoola said: “I sell scraps at Ogunpa Market. I make between N500 and N1,000 daily when business is good. I did not learn any work before starting the scrap business. I dropped out of school in Primary Six because there was no money.”
The scraps seller said he was making efforts to bury Munachi when he approached the priest of a church opposite the house for advice. But the man advised him not to bury the boy because he was not his father. He took him to the police station to report the death.

But before the police arrived the house, Amarachi had also passed on, complicating the case for Ayoola. The deaths were reported to Police Commissioner Muhammed Katsina later in the day.
The priest, Most Superior Evangelist Tosin Otakoya, said: “On Tuesday, one boy called Kunle Ayoola, who is living in front of my church, came to me and said one of his babies had died. I asked if the baby truly belonged to him and he said no. I told him he had no right to bury the baby unless his dad authorised him to do so. When we tried to get the baby’s father on phone and the number was not going, I told him to go to police station and report himself because he could not keep the body in his house.

“I said it was not ideal for him to bury a boy that he did not father. On getting to the station, I met with the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) and explained the situation to her. She volunteered to go to the house with me. When we got to the house, we met another 16-year-old lady, who was already dead, on the floor. It was strange to us.
“So, she contacted the Area Commander and the police commissioner to come to our rescue. The Area Commander came and evacuated the two bodies to the mortuary. I noticed these people died of poverty. They had nothing to eat or money to take care of themselves. The lady and that baby were sick and there was no care before they died.”

highmood:
in your story abt Ngozi and Stephen, except if the man is mad and probably was assumed to have died somewhere unknown to them. In an Ibo land, a single person cannot bury a body whether it is sane or insane, they have kindred that would come and support in whatever means. Again, except if Ngozi is not ok too. Because I recently saw a family where about 4 people are not ok(mother, sister, and two brothers who smokes weed and act mad), then she could keep such body and keep watching a skeleton. Am not saying some people are not bad. But the news in question said alleged even without evidence and enough information about the place and people involved.

[size=15pt]are u sayin an insane woman will keep a decomposed body in his house and she is a food vendor with large customers buying her food. Yet they don't know whether she is normal or insane? [/size]

ECOTERRORS:
A mod will soon move this to fp because PAN that has not manufactured any car in Nigeria since 20 years ago is visiting GMB.

Seun, lalasticalala pls front page. Nairaland has really tried for innoson vehicle interms of advert on nairaland, it is time for PAN.
When innoson vehicle donate cars for jonathan campaign we celebrate it on fp.
https://www.nairaland.com/1836012/innoson-motors-start-exporting-cars/3#25103035

AwesomelyMade:
STOP DEPENDING ON THE GOVERNMENT. CREATE YOUR OWN LIFE!!!!!!!!

I doubt it if u even have power in ur house nw. How will u create job when we av high interest rate and our infrastructure is in shambles

omenka:
I felt really pained when I read that story, like, how on earth do these men sleep at night?? This has gotta be the biggest lie ever told in the history of our democracy. I wonder how foolish they imagine Nigerians to be.

It is very painful, that os how finance minister okonjo iweala has been deceiving jona, that our economic is d best. Now that Jonathan has lost, she want 2 deceive nigerian with her word bank lie b4 she go. Shame on them

juche:
Why can't this Oba for once close his mouth. The man's mouth leaks more than a basket.

Is like sm of u hate 2 here d truth, dos ibo who try 2 molest the oba are now going back 2 beg him. Let d oba speak ibo stupidity out, u eat in his palace and go back 2 blackmail him.

Shame on u people, he shld stop recognising those useless eze

aguiyi:
for free right ?

The ibo don't have 2 insult the oba, because if he decide 2 evict ibos frm his properties where will they go? They need 2 respect d oba for even giving them shelter

"If you go to the Dosunmu and Nnamdi Azikiwe areas of Lagos Island, you will see my many valuable commercial properties. In fact, 99 per cent of them are occupied by Igbo people. All the medicine sellers in Isale Eko, nobody dare molest them in those areas because they know me and know that I will protect the Igbo traders."

ALLAHUAKBAR! The obaof lagos is a nice man for accommodating the ibos and other non-indigenes in his properties for them to do business, may god bless him.

[size=14pt]innoson can take his wayo car 2 ghana 2 sell, Apc is now on board [/size]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has promised   to cut tariff and duty on imported vehicles, if it wins the March 28 presidential election.

Its vice-presidential candidate, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, at a town hall meeting with political stakeholders in Ondo, Ondo State, said: “We do not agree that there should be high tariff on imported cars whether new or old because Nigeria is not producing cars for now.


“What we will do first is to fix power and encourage local production of cars. But before then, we will reduce the high tariff that Nigerians are paying to import vehicles into the country.”

Osinbajo said Nigerians should not find it difficult to buy cars, promising that the APC government would ensure that tariff were reduced to make cars affordable.

The Goodluck Jonathan administration  began implementation of the new tariff on imported vehicles last year.
The policy pegs the age limit for private vehicles at 10 years and commercial, 15.
Under the new regime, importers, who hitherto paid 20 per cent duty on used vehicles, now pay 35 per cent duty and additional 35 per cent levy on new vehicles. The tariff is an offshoot of the automotive policy.

Under the policy, Customs will collect additional 35 per cent levy, totalling 70 per cent tariff from April.
Vehicle dealers and importers in Lagos are lamenting that the policy is hurting their businesses and have hiked prices by about 300 per cent.
The policy, they argued, could propel jobs’ cut. Chief Osita Chukwu, National Coordinator of Save Nigeria Freight Forwarders Importers and Exporters Coalition (SNIFFIEC), said the policy is anti-masses and should be resisted.
“We cannot accept the 70 per cent tariff hike. It’s going to kill the masses. How many people will be able to buy used vehicles? How many people can afford new ones as well? We reject this. We are going to shut the ports if the government doesn’t rescind its decision on this matter. By the time over three million importers, exporters and other stakeholders withdraw their services from the ports, you can imagine the implication.”

cobsol:
O! Tunubu when will die? so Nigeria can progress

Ur brother jona is the problem. Recently he sell conoco 2 tinubu family think that tinubu will tell his yoro brothers 2 vote fo him. So don't blame buhari when u tinubu been rate as the richest by forbes

Nigeria-focused oil and gas explorer Oando Energy Resources (OER) on Wednesday announced that it had completed the acquisition of the Nigerian upstream oil and gas business of New York-listed ConocoPhillips for a total cash consideration of $1.5-billion as well as a deferred cash consideration of $33-million.
OER believed that the transaction represented a significant opportunity for the company to create scale and significant value for its shareholders, pointing out that the total reserves and resources associated with the transaction amounted to proved and probable reserves of 211.6-million barrels oil equivalent, with best estimate contingent resources of 498.6-million barrels oil equivalent and unrisked best prospective resources of 656.9-million barrels oil equivalent.
“This transaction represents a transformational leap forward for our company and is in line with our overall strategy to grow our portfolio of Nigeria-based assets by focusing on those opportunities that deliver high-quality growth in reserves and production,” OER CEOPade Durotoyesaid.
He added that OER’s management team was familiar with the assets and possessed the managerial experience and technical expertise necessary to unlock their value.
Also commenting, OER chairpersonWale Tinubustated that the company believed in the significant potential that the Nigerian oil and gas industry held.

seunmsg:
PWC was contracted by the Auditor General and not the minister of finance. If you look at the terms of engagement as stated in their report, you will see that they were contracted solely to investigate and report on the alleged unremitted $20 billion by NNPC. They did that assignment very well and the disclaimer in their report is to the extent of third parties that may want to rely on the report. The report is solely for the Auditor General and nobody else. That, is the standard practice when conducting an investigative audit of this kind of nature. Bring in KPMG or Delloitte, they will issue the same disclaimer.

As regards NPDC that refused to open their books, PWC can't pull out of the assignment because of them. NNPC is the major organisation under investig they are supose to open their account for investigation, if they don't av anything 2 hide.ation here and not NPDC which is just a subsidiary. The best they can do is to report on their refusal to cooperate and they did that clearly in their report.

You must also note that it is only in statutory audit that the auditor is expected to give his opinion on the accounts. In an investigative audit, the auditor only reports on his findings based on the terms of engagement.

You lied NPDC is the major culprit, NPDC is a subsidiary under NNPC,who failed to remit found 2 NNPC, NPDC is in-charge of subsidy payment and not nnpc. They are the once sanusi accused of not remitting found to cbn.

babyfaceafrica:
other parties like APGA right?..the only serious opposition naw is PDP

The word PDP or it slogan is like an ebola to the masses, after 16yeas in power, u think they will comeback again?

Lol pdp want 2 sack Mu'azu the real game changer
PDP die long time ago, when the party adopt Jonathan as their sole candidate

[size=14pt]the writer is a confused man, after supporting and campaign 4 jona which they lost. He is now looking for attention, is write-up is full of pained [/size]