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IgbereTV reports that a Twitter user known as @sugabelly was criticised by some twitter users, especially Nigerians for saying that Pete Edochie is a bad actor.

@sugabelly wrote on Twitter:

Pete Edochie is a really bad actor.

He's been playing the same role his entire life.

Acting isn't quoting proverbs.

But Nigerians live and die by seniority so the older he gets, the less anybody is able to point this glaring elephant in the room out.

The tweet has been criticised by many Nigerian Twitter users after it was posted see post below

https://twitter.com/sugabelly/status/1191964340016074753?s=19



http://igberetvnews.com/1115137/nigerians-criticise-twitter-user-saying-pete-edochie-bad-actor/

Naija wahala

Former Aviation minister, Femi Fani Kayode has told Vice President Yemi Osinbanjo that he is no longer relevant in President Buhari's government.

Recall that Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari, on Monday took a bill to President Muhammadu Buhari, who is in London on a private visit, for signing. The bill amended the Deep Offshore (and Inland Basin Production Sharing Contract) Act

Femi Kayode reacted to the development on Twitter. He wrote:

How do you describe a VP that insists on remaining in office after his boss refuses to hand over power to him when he goes on leave and instead gets his Chief of Staff to fly over to London to sign legislative bills into law? If your boss can't trust you why are you still there?

https://twitter.com/realFFK/status/1191602895084494849?s=19


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IgbereTV reports that the Nigeria's 2020 Oscar entry 'LionHeart' was disqualified on Monday November 4, for having too much English dialogue.

The movie which is Nigeria's first-ever submission to the Academy Awards, was submitted for the international feature film Oscar category. The Academy's description of an international feature film "is a feature-length motion picture (defined as over 40 minutes) produced outside the United States of America with a predominantly non-English dialogue track."

LionHeart which is not excluded from entering other Oscar categories including consideration for best picture, has just under 12 minutes of dialogue that is in the Igbo language native to Southeastern Nigeria, while the remaining 94-minutes is in English. With the disqualification, the number of films in contention for the award has dropped from 93 to 92.

However reacting to the disqualification on Twitter, Genevieve Nnaji wrote;

"This movie represents the way we speak as Nigerians. This includes English which acts as a bridge between the 500+ languages spoken in our country; thereby making us #OneNigeria." She added, "It’s no different to how French connects communities in former French colonies. We did not choose who colonized us. As ever, this film and many like it, is proudly Nigerian."

American filmmaker who directed the Netflix drama miniseries When They See Us, Ava DuVernay also reacted to the disqualification. She tweeted;

"To @TheAcademy, You disqualified Nigeria’s first-ever submission for Best International Feature because its in English. But English is the official language of Nigeria. Are you barring this country from ever competing for an Oscar in its official language?"

https://twitter.com/GenevieveNnaji1/status/1191502043388817411?s=19


http://igberetvnews.com/1112944/genevieve-reacts-lion-heart-movie-disqualification-oscar-consideration/

Popular Nigeria female Disc Jockey, Dj Cuppy celebrated her dad, Femi Otedola on his birthday yesterday.

IgbereTV captured her post on Instagram


See post below

https://www.instagram.com/p/B4c5iXCJZHl/?igshid=1943teknyrvuh&r=wa1


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IgbereTV reports that on Monday during the Nigeria-Canada Investment Summit, the Vice President of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbanjo said that Nigeria was one of the 10 reforming economy in the world, adding that the summit focuses on the six major sectors of the country’s economy. The theme of the summit is:'Reaching Greater Heights.

He said “The six sectors listed in the summit namely: Education, Healthcare, Mining, Power, Infrastructure and Agriculture, are the crucial sectors and are very important for Nigerian’s economy.

“We encourage all our partners to maximise all the platforms provided and prospects available for businesses to prosper. Our trade and investment sector in Nigeria has remained a major trading partner to Canada in Africa.

“Canada import includes minerals, fuel, cocoa, rubber and many more while it exports vehicles equipment, manufacturing equipment and software.

“We have also increased double taxation agreement in 1999; we expect our foreign investment and promotion to be concluded by both countries as early as possible in 2020.

“However, the next few years promises to be exciting for businesses in Nigeria,’’ Osinbajo said.

He urged all visitors and friends of Nigeria to take time to visit the city of Abuja, test “Our Suya and most importantly, our Nigerian Jollof rice”.

The Director-General, West and Central African Global Affairs Canada, Mr Tarik Khan, said Nigeria remains the largest trade and investment partners to Canada in the Sub-Sahara Africa.

He said his priority was to promote trade and investment in the continent especially in the Sub-Sahara Africa, adding that Nigeria is the largest investors into Canada from the region.

“As far as our investment is concerned in 2018, Canadian direct investment in Nigeria reported 500 million Canadian dollars, Nigerian represent an attractive market in business services as the third largest export market in Africa.

“The potential for growth as the Excellency mentioned is significant, in areas of technology, ICTs, Agriculture, Creative Industries, Aviation, Education and Technical Vocational Training in our communities’ projects.

“I am convinced that Nigeria is also an important future market that holds untapped opportunities for Canadian companies, and its young dynamic entrepreneurial population has a natural capabilities towards innovation.

“Nigerian recent decision to join the African continental free trade area and to see greater economic integration with its neighbours, we only expect more opportunities to emerge.

“Innovation is the key to our common future as we know in this industrial revolution and building human capacity in the growth sector of the future is what we need to aim."

He said that Canada has introduced a number of policies that favour greater trade and investment in emerging markets like Nigeria in recent years. With the shifting wind of international trade our government has recognised the need that our export and investment links are more diversified.

“For this reason we have launched our trade diversification strategy. Canada is committed to invest 1.1 billion dollars to help Canadian businesses access new markets with the objectives of increasing international exports by 50 per cent by the year 2025."


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May he rest in peace. Ronaldo should be careful. Who knows the target?

exactly

IgbereTV reports that the Ijaw Peoples Development Initiative, IPDI, a rights group, said that it is not right to have Northern representatives on the board of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, saying since North is not part of Niger Delta region, they should immediately be removed from the board.

Mr. Austin Ozobo, the National President of the group, who questioned the composition of NDDC board, said in a statement, “It is also appalling that NDDC under President Muhmmadu Buhari is being politicized. One wonders what Northern representatives are doing in NDDC, If I may ask is North now part of Niger Delta? Are Southerners or Niger Deltans represented in the Northeast Development Commission? If the answer is no, then all names of Northern representatives should be expunged from the current NDDC board, as the new board is faulty."

IPDI also complained about the marginalisation of Ijaws in Delta state in the current board of NDDC. He said: “Ijaws in Delta State produce the highest quantum of oil in the midst of tribes that are now Buhari’s favorites in Delta State. They sidelined them in the previous Buhari NDDC board and now the same injustice is playing out. “

“It is not only disgusting, but hatred of Ijaws been displayed. We want the injustice and every illegality against Ijaws addressed. It is our demand that the Senate should suspend action on the new board pending when the government will deem it fit to address our plight, as it is capable of threatening the peace of the nation."

IPDI also condemned the recent happenings in the NDDC. It said, “It is shocking, as we are beginning to wonder the source Senator Godswill Akpabio, Minister of Niger Delta’s unconstitutional powers , as there is no basis for another interim NDDC board, especially when names of substantive board is undergoing screening at the Red Chambers.”

“We fault Akpabio hasty NDDC interim management board or committee as it is illegal, baseless and unconstitutional. It is meant to serve personal interests and it is appalling that President Buhari’s government is turning NDDC to a trade union and a conduit pipe, leaving its primary objectives camouflaged with a fake audits.

“We reject Akpabio emergency interim board as it is a perceived attempt to loot and siphon public funds to personal treasury of few corrupt politicians."


http://igberetvnews.com/1110131/ipdi-wrong-northerners-nddc-board/

RIP what a wicked world

Wow

I just hope all these travels will yield something good

Safe journey Mr President

In this edition, Dele Momodu writes on the Supreme Court's Judgement on the petition filled by the presidential candidate of the APC in the February 2019 General Elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar.

Read below:

Fellow Nigerians, the cookie finally crumbled for Alhaji Atiku Abubakar two days ago as the highest court in Nigeria, the Supreme Court of Nigeria, threw his case out of the window, in a jiffy. He had approached the Supreme Court for a reprieve from what he claimed was the hellish decision of the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal dismissing his Petition on all grounds. He sought a declaration that he had won the last Presidential election against the incumbent President, Muhammadu Buhari, and that INEC, Nigeria’s electoral body had manipulated his rightful votes and dashed what belonged to him to his opponent. He said that he had the INEC server to prove the dastardly machinations of the electoral body and that his Petition should not have been dismissed, but upheld. He also made other allegations about the qualifications of the incumbent, President Muhammadu Buhari to contest the elections. His initial foray of laying his grouses before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal had met a brick wall and his case was brushed off in a manner that stunned many observers as the Tribunal had simply pooh poohed all his frantic declarations and arguments, dismissed them out of hand as lacking any merit. The story was virtually the same at the Court of Appeal. Two days ago, the Supreme Court put the final nail into the coffin of the case. It did so in spectacular manner, not even adjourning for Judgment but instead delivering a short judgment with full reasons to be given later.

I never expected the case to go otherwise.

As a matter of fact, based on my deep knowledge of Nigeria, and a little bit of the law gleaned from some neutral friends skilled in such matters, I knew the case would eventually run into a cul-de-sac. In series of tweets, I had pleaded with the Wazirin Adamawa to concede defeat immediately after the election and leave the fight to God to fight on his behalf. Personally, I did not see the recent Presidential election as a credible one and I said so publicly. The elections were over-militarised and many voters were disenfranchised. The results declared in some areas clearly left much to be desired, recording nearly 100 percent turnout in particular instances. Prior to the elections, it was obvious that the ruling government was not going to be as generous and charitable as former President Goodluck Jonathan. There were clear indications that the government was willing and ready to compromise and control the INEC, the Judiciary, the Police, the Military and any of the other appurtenances of coercion and power.

The results that were declared dripped of abracadabra. It was like telling Nigerians to go to hell. The government understood the weakness and inherent nature of Nigerians, which is timidity. We do not have the courage or resilience of the people of Tunisia, Algeria, Egypt, Hong Kong and others. The few who take the risks often discover that they are on their own even before the chips are down. They are often dumped and discarded and deserted at the earliest sight of any resistance by the government. They are made to carry their own cross and the hero soon becomes the villain. This should not be the case, but that is a matter for another time.

This show of timorousness didn’t start in 2019, but began long ago. Most of those who died for Nigeria did so in vain, sorry for my brutal frankness but that is the sad truth. As soon as Buhari was declared by INEC as winner, I knew the game was over and no Jupiter was going to reverse that verdict. Naturally, it was a sad day for Atiku and his supporters, of which I am proud to say that I was an avowed member on this occasion. It was certainly a sad day for democracy in our land. We would not have minded if Atiku had lost a patently free and fair election. Nevertheless, and notwithstanding my strong misgivings, as a true and consummate Democrat, I was ready to accept the will of God. For me, as much as vox populi, vox Dei, so also vox Dei, vox populi – as much as it is said that the will of the people is the will of God which is the basis of democracy, more so is the will of God, the will of the people. Who are we to question the almighty?

In line with my view that man proposes and God disposes, I suggested to Atiku to accept defeat and congratulate Buhari. However, I stated further that this should not debar his party from going to court to seek redress. All hell broke loose, as usual, once this suggestion hit the airwaves. The so-called social media experts descended on me like a ton of bricks. For them, what I suggested was sheer humbug and pure heresy. If abuses alone could change a hopeless government for the better, Nigeria would have become the best country on planet earth. The intolerance and rudeness of some of our friends is incredible. They know it all and will not stomach any other views. But I saw beyond what they were seeing.

My explanation that Atiku needed to gain something out of nothing fell on deaf ears. And what did I wish for him? It was nothing other than statesmanship. But statesmanship comes at a huge price and sacrifice. It would not be easy, just remember the 27 years The Madiba, Nelson Mandela spent in prison before becoming the world’s greatest statesman. Those who would never contribute anything meaningful became the all-knowing advisers. They told Atiku he must fight all the way and to the death. This is akin to the kind of impractical pledge made by the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, to deliver Brexit on 31 October 2019 or die in the ditch. As it is that day has come and gone and Mr Johnson simply ditched his pledge. He did not as much as move near even a drain not to mention a ditch! This was my reason for giving my timely admonition to Atiku. One must never burn all their bridges especially where the high stakes of politics is involved. I preferred his party to fight on instead. That’s their responsibility. Atiku should have detached himself at that stage, as simple as that. He and his Vice Presidential candidate, Peter Obi, my dear friend, who enjoys my highest regards, should have stayed in the background and watched from the side-lines.

I knew how much the elections had taken its toll on them. They and their key supporters were harassed and blocked, here and there. They were hounded and arrested. It was like tying the hands and legs of a boxer in the ring while his opponent was free to throw heavy punches. Lord have mercy! Atiku and Obi suffered. They were oppressed and pummelled. But I knew going to court was going to compound their trauma. It was like throwing away the possibility of an honourable and distinguished points or majority decision for the humiliation of a technical knockout or straight knockout. There are times you must leave vengeance to God. In God’s time, everything will fall in place. After such a gallant fight, they should have retreated and hand over their battle to the greater one who giveth and taketh.


The pain of watching them go from court to court was unbearable for me. The temporary owners of the land had ensured a monumental blockade. The road led nowhere. It was virtually impossible for any court to reverse a Presidential election, in our unusual clime and circumstances. Even the law does not seem to be on the side of the loser in a Presidential election. The odds are truly stacked against such a person. This was the meat of the lecture delivered by the distinguished legal luminary, Chief Wole Olanipekun, at the University of Oxford, shortly after the elections.

Again, I didn’t need any power or gift of clairvoyance to know how the Supreme Court case would go, another dead end, a terminal one, and that was it. I expected our man to simply accept the final verdict, devoid of the stylish vituperation, and the veiled anger at the failure of the Supreme Court to declare him victorious. As for me and my house, once you decide to go to court, it is like a game of football. The moment the referee blows the final whistle, the game is over, even if you feel cheated and robbed by all the officials including the Video Assistant Referee (VAR).

Even now, at the end of the titanic battle fought through the Courts by the protagonist, Alhaji Abubakar Atiku, I believe that he has failed to seize the initiative and the opportunity presented by the Supreme Court decision. His tirade and invective after the decision is not what I would expect of someone who aspires to be one of the world’s leading Statesmen.

His denigrating and disparaging remarks about the judiciary and the apex court in Nigeria was ill-advised. The judiciary is the last bastion of the people. Even though there may be faults here and there, it is clear that they have been doing their best in a particularly difficult terrain. They have virtually become the whipping boys and girls of the Executive and veritable lambs of God who must carry away the sins of the world. Like journalists, everyone expects the sacrifice their everything while we sit comfortably in our homes.

I am aware that many PDP candidates have either had their elections confirmed or their appeals against electoral losses upheld. It cannot be the case that when court decisions favour you, then you trumpet the great admiration and respect you have for the judiciary, but when you lose, you harshly criticise the same institution. This was a chance for Atiku to call for the reform of those institutions he found wanting without heaping blames and subliminal insults on those presently occupying those institutions.

I would have expected Atiku to borrow a leaf from the distinguished and well-respected world statesman, Albert Arnold Gore Jr, former Vice President of the United States, who fought a similar battle all the way to the US Supreme Court. On 12 December 2000, the US Supreme Court, by a split decision, 5-4, decided that recounting the Florida votes beyond 12 December 2000 was unconstitutional. This meant that Gore had lost Florida by a meagre 537 votes and would eventually lead him to losing to George W Bush Jr in the Electoral College by only 6 votes. Gore conceded the election to Bush the following day even though he strongly disapproved of the US Supreme Court decision. As he stated, “for the sake of our unity as a people and the strength of our democracy, I offer my concession.”. I know that Atiku is a democrat and patriot which he mentioned in his release but he should have spared the rod on the Justices. He must understand that ultimately, this is not about him and his ambition. It is a test of Nigeria’s fledgling democracy and the unity of its people for which he must stand up and be counted. God’s will is always done eventually and Nigeria shall rise again.

Having said all this, I must sign off by extending my sincere congratulations to Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Mr Peter Obi on a good fight. The forces they battled were heavy and monumental. Atiku is a man and half, in my view. He is a case study in courage and confidence. May they and their families be blessed…

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/11/02/alhaji-atiku-abubakar-and-the-verdict-of-man/amp/

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IgbereTV reports that the 2019 Big Brother Nigeria Housemate, Chukwuemeka Okoye, popularly known in the Big Brother House as Frodd is supporting FYB Craft (an entertainment company in Nigeria) in their programme of feeding 500 Kids on the Street.

The aim of the programme is to give out food, drinks, clothes and gift items to kids on the street. The programme is scheduled to hold today, 2nd November, 2019

Frodd announced the commencement of the programme on Twitter. He said:

It delights me to announce that today is here . When I was in the big brother house , I always had an interest in committing my time to participating in benevolence and philanthropy . I would love for all of us to find ways to do same. I will always stay through to my intuitions.

https://twitter.com/callme_frodd2/status/1190541864077795328?s=19


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IgbereTV reports that sixteen local councils chairmen are currently under interrogation by the anti-graft agency for alleged misappropriation of part of the N4b loan and ten percent of the state internally generated revenue.


The local councils chairmen are in Kwara State Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission facing interrogation and may likely spend the weekend there.

The local government chairmen included: Risikat Opakunle, Saidu Yaru Musa, Umar Belle, Ayeni Dallas, Fatai Adeniyi Garba, Lah Abdulmimeen, Raliat Funmi Salau, Aminat Omodara, Muyiwa Oladipo.

Others are, Oladipo Omole, Abdullahi Abubakar Bata, Saka Eleyele, Lateef Gbadamosi, Oni Adebayo Joseph,Omokanye Joshua Olatunji and Jibril Salihu.

IgbereTV gathered that the councils chiefs after securing the controversial loans, allegedly held a meeting and decided that one hundred million naira be shared among themselves.

On February 7, 2018, the chairmen wrote a four billion naira loan request to the Ilorin Sterling bank manager in order to pay the salary arrears of the state Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, teachers, local government staff and the local government pensioners while the provisions for one hundred million naira was not appropriated in the loan request.

The chairmen were accused of diverting monthly ten percent of the internally generated revenue for their personal use which was paid directly into their personal accounts against the financial regulations. All the suspects while undergoing interrogation by the operatives of the commission, admitted that the one hundred million naira was shared from the loan and also received ten percent of the internally generated revenue.

The chairmen pleaded with the commission to give them time to pay back what they benefitted from government’s money.
https://twitter.com/officialEFCC/status/1190320468659785737?s=19



http://igberetvnews.com/1105434/efcc-detains-16-kwara-lg-council-chairmen-misappropriation-public-funds/

That will still not make him to be persucuted, if they want to.

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has bared his mind on the judgement of the Supreme Court upholding the election of President Muhammadu Buhari.

IgbereTV captured the tweets of the PDP presidential candidate.

He wrote:

Whether justice was done, is left to the Nigerian people to decide. As a democrat, I fought a good fight for the
Nigerian people. I will keep on fighting for Nigeria and for democracy, and also for justice.

Click on the link to view post
https://twitter.com/atiku/status/1189570244874031104?s=19


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IgbereTV reports that popular American singer, Janet Jackson on Monday presented the 2019 Pride Of Britain Life Time Achievement Award to Nigerian Dame Elizabeth Anionwu.

Elizabeth Anionwu who was born on July 2, 1947 by a British woman to a Nigerian man was the UK’s first sickle cell/thalassaemia nurse specialist in 1979. She helped to establish the Brent Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia Counselling centre in the UK.

In 1988, now a Professor of Nursing, she created the Mary Seacole Centre For Nursing Practice at the University of West London. She holds a PhD. She retired in 2007. She published her memoirs Mixed Blessings from a Cambridge Union.

She was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to nursing.

After the award, she expressed her feelings on Twitter. She wrote:

"Still in shock! Just presented with #prideofbritain Lifetime Achievement Award by @JanetJackson! Thank you Janet + to whoever chose me, @PrideOfBritain, @DailyMirror & @ITV. Last but not least, to my wonderful daughter @AzukaOforka & gorgeous granddaughter for all their love."

Elizabeth Anionwu had a stormy beginning in life, but with persistence and hardwork, she attained prominence.

The Pride of Britain award is organised by The Mirror in collaboration with TSB. Since its inception in 1999, the award has been given to royalties, prime ministers and many who have contributed greatly in the fields of sports, entertainment, arts, and politics. The award is screened annually in November and is known to attract millions of viewers around the world on a primetime show on ITV, making it the really sought-after award on British television. Winners are randomly nominated by the public and a shortlist is drawn by a panel who are made of national figures. The winners of the award are announced at Pride of Britain Awards ceremony at the Grosvenor House in London.

https://twitter.com/EAnionwu/status/1188983907385053184?s=19


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IgbereTV reports that the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Farouq, says the N-Power Programme is a gift from President Muhammadu Buhari to Nigerian youths to empower them to earn a decent living.

The minister made this known on Tuesday, during a visit to N-Power beneficiaries at the Public Service Institute Abuja.

Represented by Mrs Hanatu Aliyu, Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Farouq said: “This N-Power training programme is President Muhammadu Buhari’s gift to you as Nigerian youths: this programme is also to make you a global player as far as businesses, entrepreneurship and money making is concern. You are not taught to go and do internet crime. The software development training is for you to improve yourselves and capitalise on unlimited opportunities in the modern ICT world."

“As you are being trained to become software engineers, you can develop software on other spheres like health, economic, agriculture and others to become a global players.

“This is a gift to you from President Buhari, because he says he want to lift 100 million Nigerians from poverty. This is the beginning and I urge you to also train others in your remote areas.

“I learnt you are about 2,000; if each one of you pick and train one person, we will have 4,000 persons and it continues; we can achieve it.

She said, "Let us have the passion that the President has to take Nigeria to the next level and beyond; it is never too late.“Let us make it a collective responsibility to take Nigeria out of poverty.You can do your business here without crossing the boarders or sea."

http://igberetvnews.com/1099550/n-power-buharis-gift-nigerian-youths-better-life-sadiya-farouq/

IgbereTV reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it plans to engage sign language interpreters to help sensitise deaf and dumb voters on polling unit procedure in Kogi State.

The commission’s Head of civil society organisations division, Mrs Dorothy Bello disclosed this on Tuesday in Lokoja at the opening of a one-day sensitisation workshop organised by the INEC for signs Language interpreters.

She said that the interpreters who will work as volunteers were being engaged to help the hearing-impaired people to understand what is being said in a variety of situations on election day. She said they must understand the subject matter of discourse so that they can accurately translate what is being spoken into sign language, hence, the need for the sensitisation.

The Director said that it was the intention of the commission to conduct a free, fair and credible governorship election on Nov. 16, saying that the effort was to make sure that the election was inclusive.

She said, “ There is need for people living with disabilities to make informed choices in voting which is basically a function of knowledge of the process and procedure."

http://igberetvnews.com/1099374/inec-engage-sign-language-interpreter-kogi-election/

Governor Ihedioha in his quest to make Imo State one of the best in Nigeria has made him to continue seeking foreign assistance. And he has successfully gotten the attention of Africa Export Import Bank (Afreximbank).

IgbereTV reports that the Africa Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) has identified Imo State for the development of an internationally accredited quality assurance facility under the brand name of Africa Quality Assurance Centre ( AQAC). This was conveyed in a letter from Prof. Benedict O. Oramah, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Afreximbank.

The proposed Firty Million dollars ($50,000,000.00) investment will provide testing certification and inspection services to key sectors such as food, agriculture, pharmaceutical and light manufacturing to incresse export of goods to other African and International markets. The centre will also provide capacity building and training in relation to conformity assessments.

The Afreximbank has requested for fifteen (15) hectares of land for the development of the facility in Imo State. Meanwhile, His Excellency Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha has accepted the request for land provision and has directed the Imo State Commissioner for Land, to do the needful.

http://igberetvnews.com/1096865/ihedioha-attracts-50m-dollars-afrieximbank-facility-imo-state/

Following the recent trend of oil spillage from Tankers in the country and the fire outbreaks caused by it, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has recommended that petrol tankers should be fitted with valves to prevent spillage in event of a rollover, IgbereTV reports.

Acting Director, Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Mr Rufai Shakur, said these at the 13th edition of the Oil Trading and Logistics (OTL Africa Downstream) Conference held in Lagos. The theme of the conference was: “Growth, Innovation and Technology.’

Shakur, who was represented by Mr Oluwole Akinyosoye, DPR Zonal Operations Controller, Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Kwara and Osun States, said the recommendation were the fallout from the Agency’s recently concluded Annual General Meeting with its stakeholders.

DPR also said that Nigeria should revert to the use of 33,000 litres maximum capacity for tankers instead of the 45,000 litres currently being conveyed by majority of the trucks.

He said the DPR was concerned about the frequency of tanker accidents across Nigeria, stressing that this could be as a result of the high volume of fuel being conveyed by the trucks. He said that apart from endangering lives and properties, over-laden tankers also endanger the lifespan of Nigerian roads. “It was also recommended that all petrol tankers should be fitted with valves that would prevent spillage in event of a rollover.

He said, “Think of it, if we had that, the recent inferno at Onitsha, arising from spillage from a petroleum taker would not have happened. “The 2018 incident on Otedola Bridge and many other fire incidents consequent on truck rollover might also have been averted’’, Shakur said. He said it was safer and more efficient to use rail and pipelines for transporting of petroleum products. He noted that this was however being hampered by activities of vandals which needed to be tackled using modern technology.

Also Shakur, while commending the organisers of the conference, said the DPR would continue to support initiatives that would improve operations in the downstream sector. Earlier, Mr Alex Egbona, Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Petroleum (Downstream Sector), said the sector was very crucial to ordinary Nigerians due to its impact on their daily lives. Egbona said the committee had charged the Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr Timipre Sylva, during his recent budget defence, to ensure that all refineries were working optimally within the next four years. He said the lawmakers were also planning to hold town hall meetings with critical stakeholders in the Niger Delta to put an end the vandalism of oil pipeline and oil theft.

http://igberetvnews.com/1096876/dpr-recommends-valve-fitted-tankers-prevent-spillage-oil-tanker-fire/

Video of the arrival of President Muhammadu Buhari at the King Khalid International Airport, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was captured by IgbereTV

Mr. President is in Riyadh to attend the Future Investment Initiative (FII).

The arrival of President @MBuhari at the King Khalid International Airport, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Mr. President is in Riyadh to attend the Future Investment Initiative (FII). #PMBinKSA pic.twitter.com/Dcc3plaKcK

— Bashir Ahmad, OON (@BashirAhmaad) October 28, 2019

Video Credit: Bashir Ahmaad

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IgbereTV reports that former Barcelona head coach Pep Guardiola said that, as soon as he saw Lionel Messi play for the first time, he knew the club would ‘win everything’. Guardiola who is currently the Manchester City boss oversaw 247 games at Barcelona, winning La Liga three times, the Copa del Rey twice and two Champions Leagues, among other silverware.

It was Guardiola’s that made Messi a false-nine and the player soon started to perform excellently.

He said, “I had already been told by someone from the squad that there was a very good player in the squad. They told me that he was very young but scored many goals and he was very good."

On his first contact with Messi, Guardiola told Catalunya Radio, “I did not know him and one day I saw him and his father at a Nike store. I saw him, he looked small and shy and I thought: ‘Is this one as good as they say?’ “We started pre-season in Scotland, we won 6-1, 5-0 and he would score three goals a game for you. I thought that, with him, we would win everything.”

http://igberetvnews.com/1096854/guardiola-moment-saw-messi-knew-barca-win-everything/

IgbereTV reports that President Muhammadu Buhari today departed Abuja For Economic Forum Of future Initiative in Saudi Arabia

http://igberetvnews.com/1096840/president-buhari-finally-departs-abuja-fi-forum-saudi-arabia-photos/

IgbereTV reports that a gathering of IPOB members were attacked by security operatives in Ebonyi State.

The leader of IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu made this known through Twitter.

He wrote:

A combined team of security operatives invaded the venue of IPOB gathering in Ebonyi and opened fire on innocent citizens. Early reports indicate many are seriously injured with some in critical condition.
@AmnestyNigeria
@CFR_org
@marcorubio
@chriscoons https:///0nbyJXV3h1


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A combined team of security operatives invaded the venue of IPOB gathering in Ebonyi and opened fire on innocent citizens. Early reports indicate many are seriously injured with some in critical condition. @AmnestyNigeria @CFR_org @marcorubio @chriscoons pic.twitter.com/0nbyJXV3h1

— Mazi Nnamdi Kanu (@MaziNnamdiKanu) October 27, 2019

http://igberetvnews.com/1094345/breaking-ipob-attacked-ebonyi-state-video/

Good one

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