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After the Bet 9ja Get Arena Games, the coast is not very clear any more for Mike and Ike anymore. Despite believing so much in themselves, their team eventually came last in the competition.

Big Brother earlier told the housemates that whoever had the lowest number of coins will be evicted during the live show on Sunday.

Unfortunately for Mike and Ike, their last oppourtunity to earn more to their very low coins has proved futile. Though these housemates put much efforts in the Bet9ja Arena Game, it turned out that the other house mates played a better game.

Could this be the end of the road for the hunky CEO & President of “THE BEARD GANGS” of  Big Brother 2019 Mike and The born and raised Americana Ike?





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One of the things that made Nigerians concerned when it was announced that Big Brother Nigeria 2019 show would be held in Nigeria instead of South Africa was about how they would cope with electricity as well as the house to be used. Interestingly, the BBNaija 2019 house was built from scratch for the show and the house popped with colours, bright lights, African-themed decors, pastel coloured couches and more so, there was a jacuzzi. Now, it has become the centre of jokes for lovers of the show after a weird thing happened in it.

On Day 5 of the show, after the Friday Night Games at the arena, the housemates were finally ready to let off some steam. They got comfortable, some putting on their bathing suits to enjoy some well deserved time in the jacuzzi. Unfortunately, it seemed it wasn’t functioning well as some of the housemates were spotted filling it up with hot water while the others sat in it.

Trust Nigerians! They came hard on the housemates and the shop organisers for not providing a working utility in the house for them. They mostly mocked them and called them all sorts of names, Here are some comments gathered from Twitter:



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Bayelsa State Governor, Hon. Henry Seriake Dickson, has accused the leadership of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), of channelling funds for the development of the region to sponsor elections of ruling political parties in the country.

Dickson noted that it called for concern among leaders of the zone.

Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, his Special Adviser on Media Relations, through a statement

said that the diversion of monies meant for projects had hampered the Commission’s capacity to actualize its mandate of bringing development to oil producing communities.

The statement further said Dickson made the comment while receiving the Acting Managing Director of the NDDC, Prof. Nelson Brambaifa, and his team from the commission at the Government House, Yenagoa, on Friday.
His words, “The NDDC is not a body that should be left on its own in doing all kinds of things at its whims and caprices as it pleases. It is a very serious body. It is a mechanism already designed in the legislation for the involvement of other stakeholders and the most important stakeholders are the governors of the oil producing states.

“We want to see the NDDC fulfilling its maximum potentials and it has not been able to do this as a result of the deliberate politicization of the NDDC.

“The Commission contrary to its founding principles, has become some political fund at the whims and caprices of those who control the federal government.

“The NDDC funds are channeled for elections, into all kinds of activities other the main reason for which it was set up. That is very unfortunate and that has limited the capacity of the body to impact maximally the challenges of the region which i find very appalling.

“But it is something that all stakeholders need to sit down to seriously address, so even as we join hands to ask that all funds owed the NDDC be paid, we should equally join hands to demand for accountability, demand that projects that are conceived are not ones designed for power brokers but projects that really have the capacity to impact on the communities in need of development and so i call for a new approach.”




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Lawyer and activist, Femi Falana, has advised the federal government to replace the suspended Ruga settlement scheme with ranching.

Falana stated this, while reacting to the suspension of Ruga settlement by the federal government.

“As far back as 2016 the Buhari administration had opted for ranching.

“To actualise the ranching policy 11 states had made available 55,000 hectares of land.

“Ranching has also been adopted by the National Livestock Policy of the Buhari administration.

“What is now left is for the immediate implementation of the ranching programme,” Falana said in a statement.

Falana believed Ruga was suddenly introduced from the blues, by some fifth columnists in the administration.

He added: “Ruga should not just be suspended but cancelled completely by the federal government. It should be replaced with ranching funded by state governments and individual stakeholders with the assistance of the federal government.

“However if the federal government is interested in establishing ranches in the states, it should apply for building approval from the state governments because the supreme court has held that physical planning is not in the exclusive legislative list.”



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The latest viral video where a member of the 9th National Assembly, Senator Elisha Abbo, was caught assaulting a lady in Abuja can best be described as appalling, monstrous, unpardonable, inexcusable and shameful for a lawmaker to beat up a lady.

Abbo, who represents Adamawa North Senatorial District, is seen in the video clip slapping the lady in the face three times while threatening to deal with the other who tried to stop him from further assaulting the victim.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Mx4Ugy_32s

But it is not the first time, two or more Nigerian lawmakers were caught on camera displaying public abuse of power. Some of them had publicly assaulted one another in the past.

They were caught assaulting each other on the floor of Red Chamber, similar cases of assault among lawmakers had been reported in Rivers, Jigawa, and Edo states.

In June 2015 after the inauguration of the 8th National Assembly, two Senators of the All Progressives Congress (APC) engaged in a physical fight over who should emerge as Senate Majority Leader, his deputy, Senate Whip and his deputy.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7mtoucTT3o


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Since a video of Senator Elisha Abbo assaulting a female in an sxx toy shop surfaced on the internet, the young Senator has seen himself engulfed with all the negative publicity that has come with it.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJC3L9xzbdc

The Senator had in a short interview with DAILY SUN affirmed that he was the one who was captured in the video, but he had also claimed that the video was not telling the full story as it had been doctored to leave out some vital happenings during the incident.
He also said that the incident had happened before he became a Senator.

The Senator’s explanations have however not been received well by many as he has come under fire from Nigerians for his actions.

While some have condemned the actions of the Senator, others had, on the other hand, decided to compare his case to that of Abdullahi Ganduje, the Governor of Kano State. The Kano State Governor was caught on tape purportedly collecting wads of Dollars as a kickback from awarded contracts. The video was released by DAILY NIGERIAN journalist Jafaar Jafaar.

They have argued that there seems to be some sort partiality with the manner in which both cases have been handled. Is that really the case? Let us examine both scenarios below.

Senator Elisha Abbo’s Assault Case
After the assault video of the Adamawa, Senator was released by PREMIUM TIMES, it quickly went viral with clips showing the Senator hitting the unidentified lady saturating the Nigerian web space. What followed next was a wave of backlash by many Nigerians who had condemned the act of the Senator and his police orderly.



Ganduje Bribe Scandal
In 2018, a video had surfaced from DAILY NIGERIAN showing the Kano State Governor stuffing foreign currencies in the pocket of his babarigan. The video elicited a lot of reactions, mostly negative as the Governor was put on blast for the corrupt practice.
Now after the video surfaced online, the treatment meted out to the Governor was completely different from what can be observed as going on with Senator Abbo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGCvXTISNns

First off, with all the complaints that the video generated, Ganduje was never invited by the Police nor was any sorts of an investigation carried out against him by the Force.

Another issue that raises eyebrows is the fact that the Senate has constituted a committee to probe Abbo. In the case of Ganduje, when the Kano State House of Assembly tried to carry out investigations with a view to possibly impeach the Governor if found guilty, he went to court to stop the proceedings. The court would go on to grant him his request thus scuttling any move by the House of Assembly to look into his case.



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President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to the Nigeria Police Trust Fund bill and eight others passed by the Eighth National Assembly, while rejecting about 17 of such bills.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, Senator Ita Enag released the list of the assented bills on Wednesday.

Other bills assented to by the President included the Nigeria Natural Medicine Establishment Act; FCT Management Board and Health Insurance; Suppression of Piracy and other Maritime Defence Bill; and the Institute of Transport Administration of Nigeria Bill.

Also assented to were the National Institute of Construction Technology and Management (Establishment) bill; National Agricultural Seed Council bill; Agriculture Credit Guarantee Scheme Fund (Amendment) bill; and the FCT Primary Healthcare Board bill.

The bills rejected by the President were the Adeyemi Federal university of Education (Establishment) Bill; Federal University of Education Kano, Bill; Alvan Ikoku Federal University of Education Bill; Federal University of Education Zaria, Bill; and National Security Agencies Protection of Officers Identity Bill.

Other rejected bills include the Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency Bill; Environmental Managers Registration Council of Nigeria Bill; Industrial Development Income Tax Act Amendment Bill; and Defence Research and Development Bureau Bill.

The President similarly rejected the Animal Diseases Control Bill; Good Samaritans Bill; Chattered Institute of Directors of Nigeria Bill; Naional Institute of Hospitality and Tourism Establishment Bill; and Federal University of Wukari (Establishment) Bill.

Also rejected were the Warehouse Receipt and Other Related Matters Bill; Federal Capital Territory Health Insurance Agency Bill; Nigeria Automative Industry Development Plant Fiscal Incentive and Guarantees Bill; and Nigerian Film Commission Bill and Proceeds of Crime Bill.

Enang however said that there were other bills passed by the Eighth Assembly that but which were still being considered by President Buhari, adding that the President’s decisions on those bills would be conveyed to the public in due course



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The  Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila on Monday urged the Presidency to ensure the early submission of the Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) to allow for early passage of budget 2020.

Gbajabiamila who spoke during a courtesy visit by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, Mr. Boss Mustapha and his team at the National Assembly, said its will help the country return to the January to December budget cycle.

He said: “Again, part of the reforms which we want to achieve is: I will want a situation where before we go on long break in the next week, maybe three weeks, I would want a situation where the MTEF will be submitted to this House so that we can pass it before going.

“And then, when we come back in September, may be by the end of September, the budget is before us. Because by finance laws, the budget is based in the MTEF. The MTEF needs to be submitted. At the end if the day, we don’t want the budget to be brought in December.
“So, this is the timetable that we have set.  One, the MTEF to be submitted. Two, we work on it and go on our long break and then come back. At the end of September,   present the budget to us. And what does that do? It leaves us with three months to pass the budget. It brings us back to that circle of January to December. And by January 1, we pass the budget as envisaged in the constitution.

“We want you to help us with this process. We want to streamline the budget process because the input of the members cannot be negotiated. So, if that input can come before the presentation of the budget, fine. So that when the budget comes, we just need little things here and there but not to rewrite a whole budget because we have not been carried along from onset. I think those are the issues. We want good collaboration.”

He demanded better working conditions in the National Assembly.

He said the parliament will be coming to the executive “with a shopping list which will make our work easier.

“The list will include things like library, world class, international standard library. we will be needing your intervention in that regard. We will need to make the House IT compliant.



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Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim (Pantami), the Director General and Chief Executive Officer (DG/CEO) of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and the Chief Information Officer of Nigeria, has been conferred with the ‘Most Valuable Public Personality of the Year Award’ by the International Centre for Comparative Leadership for Africans and Blacks in Diaspora in conjunction with Accolade Communications Limited.

The African Par Excellence Award had, over the years, recognised and appreciated Africans and Nigerians. Ibrahim’s award was in recognition of the DG’s boisterous efforts invested in making Nigeria in particular, and Africa as a whole, a better place.

The DG’s leadership in NITDA brought about a paradigm shift and an unprecedented achievement in the in the history of Nigeria’s IT sector.



Some of these laudable achievements that gave precedence to this award include:

1. Activation of NITDA’s IT Clearing House status that focused on, among others, to ensure efficient utilization of public resources, to prevent duplication or superfluous projects, development of local content and to ensure shared services are used where possible as well as prevention of failed IT projects while encouraging better project outcomes. The process captured over 750 IT-specific projects of Federal Government and resulted in a saving of over 16 Billion Naira in compliance with the process

2. Enforcement of NITDA’s Guidelines on Local Content Development as well as Presidential Executive Orders 003 and 005 that resulted in an an unprecedented increase in the patronage of locally assembled devices as well as IT Service Providers.

3. Creation of business-friendly regulations that facilitated the establishment of AfriOne as an Indigenous IT company and an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) in 2017. Few others are in the final stages of registration.

4. Enforcement of the Data Localisation Regulation that resulted in the repatriation of substantial data assets of the Federal Government previously hosted outside Nigeri.



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Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state on Monday, appointed, with immediate effect, 26, heads of state government agencies and departments. Among them are Executive Secretaries, Directors General and Managing Directors.Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state on Monday, appointed, with immediate effect, 26, heads of state government agencies and departments.

Among them are Executive Secretaries, Directors General and Managing Directors. Agencies like Kano Urban Planning and Development Authority (KNUPDA), Kano Agricultural and Supply Company (KASCO), Kano State Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (KNARDA), State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Rural Electrification Board (REB), Refuse Management and Sanitation Board (REMASAB) and Kano Investment (KANINVEST), among others.

While directing all the newly appointed Chief Executive Officers to be up and doing, governor Ganduje called on them to make good use of technology in making their assigned responsibilities effective and efficient. “We have to move with the new technology. All we want is IT-based discharge of our responsibilities,” he said. He wishes them well in the discharge of their responsibilities. Those appointed are Arc. Suleiman Ahmed Abdulwahab, Managing Director, KNUPDA, Comrade Bala Inuwa, Managing Director KASCOHon.

Ibrahim Suleiman Dan’isle Managing Director, KNARDA, Bashir Nasiru Aliko, Managing Director, Kano Line, Engr. Garba Ahmed Kofar Wambai, Managing Director, Water Board. Dr. Danlami Hayyo Ungogo, Executive Chairman, SUBEB. Hon. Abdullahi Mu’azu Gwarzo, Managing Director REMASAB.Dr. Bello Shehu, Executive Secretary KSSSMB. Yusuf Ibrahim Lajawa, Managing Director, Tourism. Others are Adamu Garba Mustapha Gwale Managing Director, Printing Press.Engr. Garba Uba Mohammed Danbayye, Managing Director REB. Pharm. Magaji Dahiru Zarewa, Director General State Drugs and Consumables Supply Agency (SDCSA).Mohammed Abba Danbatta Executive Secretary, Pilgrims Board. Ahmed Tijjani Abdullahi, Executive Secretary Science and Technical School Management Board (STSMB).

Agencies like Kano Urban Planning and Development Authority (KNUPDA), Kano Agricultural and Supply Company (KASCO), Kano State Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (KNARDA), State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Rural Electrification Board (REB), Refuse Management and Sanitation Board (REMASAB) and Kano Investment (KANINVEST), among others.

While directing all the newly appointed Chief Executive Officers to be up and doing, governor Ganduje called on them to make good use of technology in making their assigned responsibilities effective and efficient.

“We have to move with the new technology. All we want is IT-based discharge of our responsibilities,” he said.

He wishes them well in the discharge of their responsibilities.

Those appointed are Arc. Suleiman Ahmed Abdulwahab, Managing Director, KNUPDA, Comrade Bala Inuwa, Managing Director KASCOHon. Ibrahim Suleiman Dan’isle Managing Director, KNARDA, Bashir Nasiru Aliko, Managing Director, Kano Line, Engr. Garba Ahmed Kofar Wambai, Managing Director, Water Board. Dr. Danlami Hayyo Ungogo, Executive Chairman, SUBEB. Hon. Abdullahi Mu’azu Gwarzo, Managing Director
REMASAB.Dr. Bello Shehu, Executive Secretary
KSSSMB. Yusuf Ibrahim Lajawa, Managing Director, Tourism.

Others are Adamu Garba Mustapha Gwale Managing Director, Printing Press.Engr. Garba Uba Mohammed Danbayye, Managing Director REB. Pharm. Magaji Dahiru Zarewa, Director General State Drugs and Consumables Supply Agency (SDCSA).Mohammed Abba Danbatta Executive Secretary, Pilgrims Board. Ahmed Tijjani Abdullahi, Executive Secretary Science and Technical School Management Board (STSMB).
Appointed also are, Ado Bawa Galadimawa Kunchi, Director General, Youth Empowerment. Dr. Halima Mijinyawa, Executive Secretary State Contributory Healthcare Management Agency Dr. Sabitu Y. Shuaibu Shanono
Director General, State Agency for Control of Aids (SACA). Engr. Shuaibu Garba Kiru, Managing Director, Sustainable Kano Project.Alh. Saidu Gwadabe, Managing Director Kano Zoological Garden. Engr. Abdullahi Garba Ramat, Managing Director, Metropolitan Street Light.


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Gombe State Governor Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya has revealed that the state government has signed up for the establishment of the Federal Government’s controversial “Ruga Settlement” in the northeastern state.

Inuwa, who stated this Saturday in his keynote address at the flag off of the sales and distribution in Gombe, mentioned that the state was looking at a ways of providing the needed mechanism for the smooth take off of the project.

Related: Ruga: No deal with herdsmen – South East govs

The governor added that his administration will ensure increment in budgetary allocations to the agricultural and livestock sectors to increase their productivity.

Governor Yahaya said he had engaged the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development with the view to fully subscribe to the initiative.

“We had a meeting with the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry with the view of engaging them to make sure that, while the Federal Government is being driven away and chastised in other states for embracing or deciding to help our native Fulani people who are mostly cattle rearers, we will engage and make sure that we provide all that they need to facilitate the take off of the Ruga Program in Gombe state,” the governor said.

Stating that his administration will promote animal husbandry and livestock entrepreneurship, especially among women and youths, Governor Yahaya further enjoined groups and individuals interested in agricultural and livestock in the state to take advantage of the government’s huge spending in order to improve agricultural production in the state.




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The government said the scheme had already taken off in 12 of the 36 states.

It was learnt that each of the 12 states actually applied and indicated the quantum of land available.

But Ruga settlements will not be imposed on any state by the Federal Government.

According to the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, who spoke with our correspondent, the “Federal Executive Council (FEC) had approved the establishment of Ruga settlements in any state that is willing to have it”.

“The pilot scheme has already taken off in about 12 states; there is no imposition on any state.”

Neither the Presidency nor the Federal Ministry of Agriculture is willing to release the list of the states.

It was not clear whether Benue, for instance, is one of such states. There have been protests that despite its objection to such settlements, the Federal Government was already working on it in the states.

Another source said “ the list of the 12 states; was kept under wraps for security reasons and to stave off political pressure on the governors”.

“This scheme is not designed to favour any tribe or people. It is meant to resolve farmers-herders conflicts,” the source said, adding: “The Federal Government appreciates the fact that governors have control over land in their states. Land is vested on the states and governors have the trusteeship. Anybody thinking that the Federal Government will hijack a state’s land is being mischievous.

“It is just unfortunate that the states crying out over these settlements are those who did not subscribe to the scheme at all.

“They just find it politically expedient to create a problem for the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.

“What is wrong in creating settlements for herders to rear their cattle instead of the perennial clashes with farmers”.

“If these herders are in a settlement, security agencies will be able to monitor their activities and foster good relationship between them and farmers and other natives.”

There are indications that Ruga Settlement are a variant of the establishment of ranches agreed upon by governors.

A source in the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) revealed that the governors at the National Economic Council (NEC) in January agreed on a National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) which will lead to the establishment of ranches.

The source said the NLTP was designed to attract about N2 trillion revenue annually.

The source added: “The NLTP was developed by the governors under the auspices of NEC. They decided to have 13 pilot states.

“In fact, NEC raised a technical committee headed by Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State. The NLTP was approved by the NEC in January.

“I think the Federal Ministry of Agriculture came up with Ruga Settlement as a test for the workability of the larger concept of ranches.”

Upon the approval of NLTP by NEC in January, Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State, who spoke with State House correspondents, said the approval was as a result of a memo presented by former Minister of Agriculture Audu Ogbeh.

He said the NLTP will attract N2 trillion into the economy through the livestock sector.




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