₦airaland Forum

Meet the owner/CEO of the newly launched ROK studio/TV in UK.

Mary Remmy Njoku is the CEO of ROK studio/TV. ROK Studios is a Lagos-based film studio, that just  launched a fresh out of the box television channel on Sky TV in the UK.

Facts To Know About Her:She is a Nigerian actress born on the 20th of March, 1985. She grew up in Mile 2 Estate, Amuwo Odofin,

Mary Remmy is an actress, known for Critical Truth (2008), Hand of Fate (2012) and Sins of the Past (2012). She got married to Jason Njoku since August 18, 2012.

Spouse: Founder of Iroko TV – Jason Njoku is married to Nollywood actress, Mary Remmy. The star-studded ceremony took place at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Lagos and was anchored by Nollywood’s Charles Inojie.

The ceremony was attended by several movie and music industry players such as Mercy Aigbe, Emem Isong, Oge Okoye, Mercy Johnson, 2Shotz amongst others. 

She gave birth to her 1st child at age 28, a son Jason Obinna Njoku on July 30, 2013. Child’s father is her husband, Jason Njoku.

Trezzy Helm says big congrats to her.It is not easy to see a lady that has foresight like her.


Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2016/10/meet-actress-mary-remmy-njokuthe-owner.html?m=1

Read more. http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2016/10/tanita-omotayo-anita-okoye-attend-elite.html

Tania Omotayo and Anita Okoye attended the Elite Model Look 2016.Both looked adorable at the event.See photos above

cc; Lalasticlala,ijebabe

Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2016/10/tanita-omotayo-anita-okoye-attend-elite.html

The young shall grow.Check out this throwback photo of former Presidents, Abdulsalami Abubakar and Ibrahim Babangida as juveniles.

Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2016/10/throwback-photo-of-abdulsalami-abubakar.html

Read more. http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2016/09/see-what-liberian-man-post-on-facebook.html

As shared by a Liberian man Mike Jabateh...

'I don't have to travel  America to live better life.

Some guy feel that when you are in Africa your life is miserable or you are in hell.

Thank God for my connection with president Buhari daughter'.


Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2016/09/see-what-liberian-man-post-on-facebook.html

broseme:
More

more

Read more. http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2016/09/photos-of-buharidangotedr-kayode.html

President Muhammadu Buhari today attended the 44th Annual Gen. Meeting of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria.

Also in attendance were president/CEO, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote,Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi,President, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Dr. Frank  Jacobs and others.

cc; Lalasticlala,mynd44

Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2016/09/photos-of-buharidangotedr-kayode.html

Pictured above is president/CEO, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, showcasing Dangote products to the President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari; Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi; President, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Dr. Frank Jacobs, at the 44th Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), sponsored by Dangote Group in Abuja

Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2016/09/dangote-showcases-dangote-products-to.html

Read http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2016/09/abuja-ap-plaza-under-investigation-by.html

Where are the cynics? This is an EFCC marked AP PLAZA of Abuja under criminal investigation! Have a look at it?The owner of the plaza is yet to be ascertained.

Details later

Image credit: Sallau



Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2016/09/abuja-ap-plaza-under-investigation-by.html

According to a social media user who shared the photo,a gallant soldier who died while fighting Boko Haram was buried by his colleagues.However,he did not mention the name of the soldier.He wrote...

'Funeral of gallant Nigeria soldiers who died fighting Boko Haram.... They died defending us, they died to keep us safe, and they died so that we may live... May their souls rest in peace'.

Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2016/09/gallant-soldier-who-died-while-fighting.html?m=1

As shared by Muktar Garba Maigamo......


'Alhamdillah, Promise Fulfilled!

This child, Abubakar Elrufai is the son of His Excellency Nasir Elrufai.
The boy has just been enrolled into one of the public schools in Kaduna.

The name of the school cannot be revealed for security reasons.

Thank You Elrufai'

Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2016/09/gov-el-rufai-registers-his-son-in.html

Can you spot the poo?The lady no fit control am so tey poo begin dey cumot for party.If you were the lady's boyfriend what will you do?

Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2016/09/if-you-were-this-ladys-boyfriend-what.html

More

broseme:
More

more

Read more. http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2016/09/efcc-seize-additional.html

As shared by Rabir Nasir who is a former staff SSS,EFCC member,member 6th NASS, anti-corruption crusader and now adviser to Gov. Maigari

'Additional houses, plaza, mansions and very large farm with two Containers and farm house and utility buildings in it, all in Abuja and Kaduna including the famous AP PLAZA (in Abuja) suspected to belong to the former Governor of Katsina State as part of proceeds of ill gotten rapacious  weath. We are still counting! US, UK and Dubai awaiting our meticulous  searchlight'



Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2016/09/efcc-seize-additional.html

ROTATION OF TROOPS ON OPERATION SAFE HAVEN

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has since Monday commenced rotation of troops deployed on OPERATION SAFE HAVEN in Plateau State. The aim is to boost the morale of the troops by withdrawing those who have spent in excess of 6 months from the theatre of operation to reunite them with their families. The injection of fresh troops also add to the efficiency and effectiveness of the internal security operation.

Troops are being airlifted by C-130H aircraft from Jos, and vice versa, to their various units located in different parts of the country. Locations covered by the ongoing airlift operation include Benin, Calabar Uyo, Port Harcourt and Enugu. Others are Kaduna, Kano, Sokoto, Kainji, Minna and Makurdi. The rest are Ilorin, Ibadan and Lagos.


Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2016/09/rotation-of-troops-on-operation-safe.html

Read more. http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2016/09/ipob-sit-at-home-protestsee-state-of.html

IPOB Sit-At-Home Protest

This is Ariaria international market Aba today. People are playing football in all busy A line.

Image credit: Kelvin Chidi

Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2016/09/ipob-sit-at-home-protestsee-state-of.html

Read more. http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2016/09/saraki-empowers-his-constituency.html

N250m job tools for artisans, groups in Kwara

Senate President Bukola Saraki has spent N250 million on job tools distributed to artisans, women associations, taxi drivers, Hausa groups, Igbo groups, Zuru and Fulani groups in the state. Other beneficiaries, according to him, were members of Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Nigeria Association of Local Government Employees (NULGE), and Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU).
Eighty tricycles, 1,777 grinding machines and 664 sewing machines, among other items, were distributed to the beneficiaries.

The empowerment scheme, according to the senate president was designed to alleviate poverty and equip the less privilege to be economically self-reliant.
Saraki was represented at the distribution of the items which took place at his mandate constituency office by the state chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Alhaji Ishola Balogun-Fulani.

Senator Saraki said that the gesture was to give back to reciprocate the honour done to him to represent them at the upper house which gave him the opportunity to become the president of the Senate. He promised the beneficiaries more of such assistance.

The senate president advised the beneficiaries to use the items judiciously so that it can uplift them economically.

The Director-General, Mandate Constituency Office, Hon. Abdulwahab Issa, said beneficiaries of the scheme were selected across the 16 local government areas of the state.

Alhaji Issa said that “we painstakingly spread it round all the Local Government and wards in Kwara Central as well as Kwara North and Kwara South Senatorial districts.

“I appeal to all beneficiaries to use the materials judiciously. On our part at mandate we shall endeavour to monitor how it is being utilised.”

The Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, represented by the Magaji Are of Ilorin Alhaji Aremu Zubair hailed the effort of the former Kwara State governor and urged other political office holders to emulate him.

Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2016/09/saraki-empowers-his-constituency.html

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE UNITED STATES – AFRICA BUSINESS FORUM, NEW YORK, USA, 21st SEPTEMBER, 2016

Protocol

I am delighted to be present here today at the 2nd edition of the United States–Africa Business Forum. I wish to thank the United States Department of Commerce and Bloomberg Philanthropies for organizing this event and for giving me this opportunity to address this august gathering of Political and Business Leaders from the United States of America (USA), Africa and other regions of the World. I believe all of us will take advantage of this Forum to establish and strengthen business relationships; share valuable experience; and collaborate for mutual benefits.
For the benefit of our prospective partners new to Nigeria let me briefly tell you about my country. It is a nation of about 180 million people. Which means an abundance of labour. We are blessed with arable land, forests water, oil and gas, solid minerals, livestock and great tourist potential. Many of these economic sectors have barely been exploited. There is therefore tremendous potential for the foreign investment and for the local economy.

The United States has historically been one of Nigeria’s main trading partners. For decades, the US was the biggest importer of Nigeria’s crude oil. In the last two years, however, the sharp decline in US imports of our crude, on account of rising domestic production of Shale, has altered the trade balance between our two countries. But it has also thrown up opportunities for Nigeria to increase its non-oil exports – especially in agricultural products – to the U.S.

But Nigeria enjoys a long and mutually beneficial trade and investment relations with USA. This relationship has culminated in massive inflow of Foreign Direct Investment into Nigeria. There are several US Companies doing business in Nigeria, including Exxon-Mobil, Chevron, General Electric, IBM, Microsoft, Procter and Gamble, Coca-Cola, Pepsi Company, British-American Tobacco Company, UPS Courier Company, BCG, Johnson Wax Nigeria Ltd, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, to name a few. Furthermore, Nigeria shares with America the democratic culture with respect to the rule of law in business and commercial intercourse.

These are no doubt challenging times for the Nigerian economy. But let me use this opportunity to boldly affirm our conviction that there is no crisis without an accompanying opportunity. In our case, we see Nigeria’s ongoing economic challenges – occasioned mainly by the fall in oil prices – as an opportunity to set the economy firmly on the path of true diversification, sustainable economic growth, and shared prosperity.

Since the inception of this Administration in 2015, major efforts have been aimed at ensuring that Nigerians enjoy rising standards of living. We campaigned for and came into office on the back of three fundamental issues: One, Securing Nigeria from terrorism and banditry, Two, Fighting corruption and ensuring that public funds work for the public good, and Three, Revamping an economy that was dangerously dependent on crude oil, and afflicted by rising inequality and jobless growth. We are pleased to note that our efforts are yielding fruit.

(On Security) – Hundreds of communities and thousands of people have been liberated from the clutches of the terrorists, under our watch, and are now getting a chance with support from the government and the international community, to rebuild their homes and their lives.

(On corruption) – Our quest is to ensure, through a combination of institution-building and judicial efforts, that public funds work for the public good, and that persons responsible for overseeing the use of these funds come to this task with the utmost sense of transparency and accountability. Earlier this year we signed up to the Open Government Partnership, a clear demonstration of our commitment to a radical departure from a past characterized by large-scale state-sponsored corruption. Let me also assure this audiences that we will continue to strengthen Government institutions established to address investors’ concerns.

(On the economy) – We are weaning ourselves from a historical dependence on crude oil, diversifying our economy, and putting it on the path of sustainable and inclusive growth. To this end, we have embarked on policies aimed at establishing an open, rules-based and market-oriented economy. We will continue to actively engage with the private sector at the highest levels to listen to your concerns and to assure you of our commitment to creating enabling policies in which your businesses can survive and thrive. Indeed, we have constituted a Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council headed by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, which is working on a wide range of business environment reforms, ranging from making our planned visa-on-arrival regime a reality, to ports reform, to improving the speed and efficiency of land titling and business registration. We aspire to make Nigeria one of the most attractive places to do business.

Let me now focus on the priority investment sectors for our administration: Infrastructure, Industry, Agriculture, Mining and the Digital Economy.

Infrastructure: For far too long Nigeria has under-invested in the critical infrastructure necessary for a modern economy. Now, that is set to change. We are working hard to bridge an electricity deficit of several thousand megawatts, which will require substantial private sector investment, especially in Transmission. Our railway system is being opened up after decades of government monopoly that has hindered the needed private sector investment. We are well on course with a concessioning deal that will see General Electric take over hundreds of kilometers of existing rail assets, and invest billions of dollars to upgrade assets and services.

On Industry, there is the Nigerian Industrial Plan that has come into force. The implementation is directed at interventions to improve productivity and output in five industry groups, namely: agri-business and agro-allied; solid minerals and metals; oil and gas; construction, and light manufacturing.

Currently, investments and partnerships are being directed to leather and leather products; sugar; palm oil processing; food processing, specifically tomato and fruit processing. Automobile assembly and manufacturing are important to the diversification of the Nigerian economy. Industrial zones and parks are being established. This is work in progress. American, indeed other foreign investors, are invited to come and avail themselves of the opportunities we are creating.

In Agriculture, through our Agricultural Promotion Policy (APP), we are prioritizing the improvement in domestic production of rice, wheat, maize, fish, dairy milk, soya beans, poultry, fruits and vegetables, and sugar, as well as the export of cowpeas, cocoa, cashew, cassava (starch, chips and ethanol), ginger, sesame, oil palm, fruits and vegetables, groundnuts and cotton. To achieve these goals, we are ready to partner with and support willing private investors, by creating an environment that is stable, safe, and competitive. I am pleased to note that Coca Cola has recently invested substantially in one of Nigeria’s best-known dairy and fruit juice companies, and is looking to increase its stake over the next few years.

In Mining, Nigeria is determined to build a world class minerals and mining ecosystem designed to serve a targeted domestic and export market. To accomplish this, we are prioritizing exploration, local processing of our mineral assets with provision of generous incentives including favorable tax regimes and royalties to investors interested in our market. We have as part of this identified mineral resources, which exist in commercially viable quantities, and designated them as strategic priorities for Nigeria’s domestic Industrialisation and Infrastructure requirements. At the same time we are not unmindful of environmental concerns and safety and welfare of miners.



Opportunities abound in the Digital Economy, which, like Infrastructure, has a multiplier effect that touches every part of the economy, opportunities abound. We have welcomed and continue to welcome investors willing to take a stake in one of the world’s largest and fastest growing telecoms markets – a market which has attracted more than $35 billion in FDI over the last decade and half. The Nigerian Communications Commission will shortly commence a licensing process for the deployment of broadband infrastructure across metropolitan areas in the country.

Young Nigerians are increasingly demonstrating that they have the talent and the passion to leverage the digital economy for solving our most pressing challenges. We are seeing a lot of activity in that space, and not just in Lagos, but even in cities further afield, from Uyo to Abuja. There are currently 150 million active mobile phone lines in the country – sixty percent of which are connected to the Internet. I can confidently say that Nigeria is in the early stages of a domestic technology revolution, and the government is paying serious attention and offering its full support.

Three weeks ago I hosted Mark Zuckerberg, the Founder and CEO of Facebook, which is now used regularly by 17 million Nigerians, more people than in any other country in Africa. A few months ago Mr. Zuckerberg invested $24 million in Andela, a technology company that has Iyin Aboyeji, a 25-year-old Nigerian as one of its co-founders, and maintains its main campus in the city of Lagos. On the same day that Mr. Zuckerberg visited I also welcomed and interacted with 30 of the most exciting technology startups in the country; among whom lie tomorrow’s billion-dollar corporations.

Nigeria is keen to more effectively leverage the African Growth and Opportunity Act opportunities to boost exports to the US Market. In collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa we have developed Response Strategy to boost exports under this Act. We are willing to collaborate with willing development partners to address some of the constraints to accessing the US Market. For example, our inability to comply with US requirements. With our U.S. counterparts, we are also working on a post-AGOA framework. Nigeria will continue to work closely with the U.S. to ensure that trade enhances our development.

I urge the American businesses present here to take advantage of the investment opportunity that Nigeria represents. Nigeria remains the number one investment destination in Africa, with total FDI inflow of about US$3.64 billion in 2015. Apart from our domestic market, the largest in Africa, we are also the main gateway to a combined West African consumer market that is about as large as ours. With a median age of 19, and with 70 percent of the population below the age of 35, Nigeria’s greatest potential lies in the talent and energy of her youth.

Your Excellencies, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, we recognize that the economic benefits of our trade and investment relations with the United States and other partners are unambiguous. In order to encourage private capital inflow, we have packaged some fiscal investment incentives which include the following: up to 5 years of tax holiday for activities classified as ‘pioneer’; Tax-free operations; no restrictions on expatriate quotas in Free Trade Zones; Capital Allowances (Agriculture, Manufacturing and Engineering); a low VAT regime of 5 percent; among others.

Let me use this occasion to announce the commencement of the latest in a series of bilateral engagements between the United States and Nigeria: the U.S. Nigeria Commercial and Investment Dialogue. This Dialogue, which will focus on Infrastructure, Agriculture, the Digital Economy, Investment and Regulatory Reform, will be jointly led by the Nigerian Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, and the US Commerce Secretary, and will include business executives from both countries.

By strengthening existing trade and investment ties between our two countries, as well as opening up new vistas, it will complement the work currently being done by the US-Nigeria Binational Commission, the US-Nigeria Trade and Investment Framework, and similar initiatives. We very much look forward to the mutual benefits that will accrue from this Dialogue.

On this note, I enjoin investors here today to take advantage of this Forum to establish links that would translate to increased trade and investment flows between Nigeria and United States of America. Nigeria welcomes you.

I wish you a fruitful deliberation. Thank You.


Pic caption(4th pic): President Buhari with US Secretary of Commerce Penny Sue Pritzer flanked by Minister of Industry, Trade & Investment Okechukwu Enelamah shortly before President Buhari addressed Heads of Government and CEOs at US Africa Business Forum in New York.


Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2016/09/president-buhari-addresses-heads-of.html

Honourable Minister of Transportation, Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi in a handshake with Ambassador Head of Delegation, European Union Delegation to the Federal Republic of Nigeria and to the Economic Community of West African State, Michel Arrion during their courtesy visit to the Ministry of Transportation in Abuja.

Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2016/09/amaechi-receives-head-of-eu-delegation_20.html

FG easy!Treat him well and let him reveal more info to u

Ahmad Salkida, the Nigerian journalist known to have access to top Boko Haram commanders has taken to social media to cry out.According to him,the Nigerian government has treated him so badly that he has to react.

I have been rendered homeless,deprived of my right,my life is ruined,said Salkida.See snapshots above

Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2016/09/nigerian-journalist-salkida-linked-to.html

Read more. http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2016/09/olamide-kayswtich-perform-at-bimbo.html

t was a joyous moment as Bimbo and Yemi tied the knot.Nigerian singers Olamide and Kayswitch were at the scene to light up the event.

Check out the couple digging it on stage with the singers

Image credit: Jide Odukoya

Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2016/09/olamide-kayswtich-perform-at-bimbo.html

In May-June 1945, the Trade Union Congress had primed workers for what was billed to be the first general strike in Nigerian History, agitating for a Cost of living allowance. At a meeting on June 2 1945, the TUC leadership developed cold feet, based on subtle threats/coercion from the Colonial Governor, Arthur Richards and sought to postpone the strike. Alade stood up, stared Bankole in the face, and unequivocally asked him to step down from the leadership of the congress, if he no longer had the moral courage to lead.

This was the catalyst for the just-released Michael Imoudu, to take over leadership of the strike 19 days later. At a meeting on 21 June 1945, T.A.Bankole and his executives were unequivocally asked to resign by the workers, led by Alade and Imoudu. The strike thus went ahead and lasted 40 days, bringing the oppressive Richards government virtually to its knees. Imoudu has always been the face of the 1945 General Strike, however without the powerful intervention of Alade, who rallied the workers into the defiant mood that gave the militant Imoudu a platform to take the lead, the outcome may have been different.

Source: http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2016/09/see-what-man-did-to-effect-first.html