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Why JTF Commander Apochi Suleiman should be removed immediately
Nigeria continues to lose billions of Naira daily as incessant crude oil theft continues unabated in the Niger Delta. This dastardly act has escalated in the past months and has reached alarming proportions, leading the communities where this resource is situated to cry out to the president to save them. According to reports coming from the communities facing the brunt of these heinous crimes, the Commander of Operation Delta Safe, Rear Admiral Apochi Suleiman and the troops under him are involved in this heinous activity. It is worrisome that the troops sent to secure the resource and people in the Niger Delta have been compromised and are now involved in the same activities they were sent to curb. It is now clear that Rear Admiral Suleiman Apochi cannot continue as the Commander of the Troops securing the area. He has to be removed now for peace to reign.
The people of Bille community in Rivers State have written an open letter to President Buhari requesting that Apochi Suleiman be removed as the Commander of Operation Delta Safe. This is due to his support for illegal oil bunkering activities along the Nembe Creek Trunk Line which is destroying the pipeline and devastating their land through attendant oil spill. They called on the Federal Government to send in fresh troops, as the current ones in the area are already compromised. They have also requested that the Head of Operation Delta Safe should be questioned immediately.
“Bille Youths have decided to support peace but the head of Operation Delta Safe, is putting our youths under pressure to join their stealing. We want the Federal Government to send fresh army to save us. The security officers in the area can no longer protect us, they are the ones stealing now. Oil thieves are destroying the pipeline and oil spill is destroying our land.”
According to the Bille Youth Vanguard, the crime has continued unabated, despite the presence of a security base within the area.
“Every single day, oil bunkering and pipeline damage is happening in Bille. Even though there are security officers in the area, this crime has increased more than ever before. Our community is normal in the day time but at night it will turn into a marketplace for crude oil, whereby oil is lifted openly like they are buying and selling in Aba market, yet we have a security base around there.”
“You will be shocked that armed men who are supposed to protect the pipeline have changed their job to protector of thieves. They are guiding the vessels of people destroying pipelines and loading crude oil. Sometimes, in broad day light, big vessels come in and out of BIlle freely surrounded by escorts. We have heard that security officials are making millions from protecting these criminals and participating in illegal bunkering. Some even fight for posting to Bille to make illegal money,” the letter reads.
The Nembe Creek Trunk Line (NCTL) is a 97 kilometre, 150,000 barrels of oil per day pipeline situated in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. It passes through several Niger Delta communities before terminating on the Atlantic Coast. It is one of the most important pipelines for evacuating oil off the Atlantic coast in the Eastern Niger delta
This not the first time this year that Bille and other communities within the pathway of the NCTL will cry out to the government to raise alarm over incessant oil bunkering activities along the pipeline. In a report published by Vanguard Newspaper on May 15, 2018, communities in the area expressed their concerns about the heinous activities been carried out by criminals in their area. A few days ago, Bony, Kula, Bille and Nembe communities wrote an open letter, published in the Newspaper. Representatives of the group, Mr Ebi George, and Preye Dumbraye complained that since the May 15 publication in the vanguard, illegal oil bunkering activities have increased tenfold.
Despite government efforts to stem the tides, illegal oil bunkering continues unabated in the Niger Delta. A November 21, 2013 report from the Stakeholder Democracy Network and published in the Premium Times says there is extensive evidence that some corrupt members of the Joint Task Force, JTF, which is now known as Operation Delta safe, actively participate and profit from oil theft and illegal oil refining.
Oil theft in the Niger Delta continues to cost the country a lot of money at a time where it is difficult to pay salaries and execute the budget. Due to leakages arising from oil theft, the NCTL has been shutdown 8 times in the past two years.

The people of Bille community in Rivers State have written an open letter to President Buhari requesting for his intervention in combating illegal oil bunkering along the Nembe Creek Trunk Line (NCTL), which poses serious threats to lives and properties in Bille. The letter to the president was written by ‘Bille Youth Vanguard’, a group representing the community.

According to the Bille Youth Vanguard, the crime has continued unabated, despite the presence of a security base within the area.

“Every single day, oil bunkering and pipeline damage is happening in Bille. Even though there are security officers in the area, this crime has increased more than ever before. Our community is normal in the day time but at night it will turn into a marketplace for crude oil, whereby oil is lifted openly like they are buying and selling in Aba market, yet we have a security base around there.”

The group also accused members of the security forces of being complicit in the ongoing incessant oil bunkering activities in the area.

“You will be shocked that armed men who are supposed to protect the pipeline have changed their job to protector of thieves. They are guiding the vessels of people destroying pipelines and loading crude oil. Sometimes, in broad day light, big vessels come in and out of BIlle freely surrounded by escorts. We have heard that security officials are making millions from protecting these criminals and participating in illegal bunkering. Some even fight for posting to Bille to make illegal money,” the letter reads.

The Bille Youth Vanguard then called on the president and the Chief of Army Staff to intervene, and stop the heinous activity, which is destroying the pipeline and devastating their land through attendant oil spill. They called on the Federal Government to send in fresh troops, as the current ones in the area are already compromised. They have also requested that the Head of Operation Delta Safe should be questioned immediately.

“Bille Youths have decided to support peace but the head of Operation Delta Safe, is putting our youths under pressure to join their stealing. We want the Federal Government to send fresh army to save us. The security officers in the area can no longer protect us, they are the ones stealing now. Oil thieves are destroying the pipeline and oil spill is destroying our land.”

The Nembe Creek Trunk Line (NCTL) is a 97 kilometre, 150,000 barrels of oil per day pipeline situated in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. It passes through several Niger Delta communities before terminating on the Atlantic Coast

This not the first time this year that Bille and other communities within the pathway of the NCTL will cry out to the government to raise alarm over incessant oil bunkering activities along the pipeline. In a report published by Vanguard Newspaper on May 15, 2018, communities in the area expressed their concerns about the heinous activities been carried out by criminals in their area. A few days ago, Bony, Kula, Bille and Nembe communities wrote an open letter, published in the Newspaper. Representatives of the group, Mr Ebi George, and Preye Dumbraye complained that since the May 15 publication in the vanguard, illegal oil bunkering activities has increased tenfold.

Despite government efforts to stem the tides, illegal oil bunkering continues unabated in the Niger Delta. A November 21, 2013 report from the Stakeholder Democracy Network and published in the Premium Times says there is extensive evidence that some corrupt members of the Joint Task Force, JTF, actively participate and profit from oil theft and illegal oil refining.

Oil theft in the Niger Delta continues to cost the country a lot of money at a time where it is difficult to pay salaries and execute the budget. Due to leakages arising from oil theft, the NCTL has been shutdown 8 times in the past two years.

American President, Donald Trump has taken a swipe at Hip-Hop star, Jay Z, saying his filthy language makes him the most ‘clean cut human being on earth”

Donald Trump was criticizing a Hillary Clinton rally in 2016, where Jay Z performed to a large crowd He said the only time Hillary got a large crowd was when Jay Z performed.

Trump said that Clinton sat and watched while Jay Z “used the F word”. He said the rally was the only time the Democratic party presidential candidate pulled a large crowd during her campaign.

He said: “The only way she filled up the arena was to get JAY-Z. And his language was so filthy that it made me, like, the most clean-cut human being on earth. It’s true.

“He’d stand up there before those crowds, and by the way, without any musical instruments, I had much bigger crowds than he was drawing.

“But he’d stand up before those crowds, and he’d use the F word and Hillary would sit back — ‘oh I’m in trouble, oy, please don’t have him use that kind of language anymore,’ and then he’d finish, and everybody would leave, and she’d be standing up making a speech to 400 people.”

Source: http://www.todaysecho.com/jay-zs-language-makes-me-the-most-clean-cut-human-being-on-earth-trump/

Kayode Fayemi, minister of mines and steel development, has reportedly resigned his appointment with the federal government.

According to online news outlet, he made the announcement on Wednesday at a valedictory press briefing in Abuja.

Fayemi is the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Ekiti state. He secured the most votes in the rescheduled primary election.

At the time, he said he had one more week to serve as a minister after which he would focus on winning the governorship election slated for July 14.

Fayemi was governor of Ekiti state between 2010 and 2014. He lost his reelection bid to Ayodele Fayose, the incumbent governor.

Read more: http://www.todaysecho.com/breaking-kayode-fayemi-resigns-position-as-minister/

It was a sunny day in December and the Crème of the Nigerian elite society were gathered at a sleepy town in Ogun State, a few miles away from the hustle and bustle of Lagos. The vice president, Yemi Osinbajo was present, as well as present and former governors, senators, and ministers. There were also top business executives and military officers in attendance.

The event was not a political meeting, neither was it a business conference. It was the commissioning of the Petrolex mega oil city and the announcement of the take-off of a 250,000-barrel refinery. In an era of inadequate supply of petroleum products to meet teeming demands, and concentration of storage facilities in areas with population concentration, the bold move by Petrolex has been touted as a game changer.
Sitting atop Petrolex oil and gas, is its chairman, Olusegun Adebutu, the astute businessman who has succeeded in pioneering a ground-breaking project in the Nigerian oil and gas industry. For many, Petrolex was not a name that rang a bell three years ago but the company has risen from obscurity to arguably take over the downstream and midstream sectors of the industry. Today, he is one of the 50 most influential Nigerians, according to the Businessday Newspaper.

Adebutu is a member of one of the most powerful families in South West Nigeria and an offspring of one of the wealthiest businessmen in the country; Kensington Adebutu. Segun must have had a lot of mentorship from his father, who made lottery games popular in Nigeria and his premier Loto still dominates the industry today. Premier Loto is so successful that Nigerians call the entire loto business ‘Baba Ijebu’, after Kensington’s alias. The Ijebu chief from Iperu Remo built an industry-defining business that has transcended generations and provided an enviable legacy.

Like his father, Segun Adebutu is building his own industry-defining empire. Petrolex’s legacy investment is the mega oil city. Adebutu and his team carved out 30,000 acres of pristine swamp forest and are gradually developing it into thriving petrochemical hub that is expected to supply a sizable part of the country’s petroleum products consumption and create a significant impact on the economy. The mega oil city is strategically located; accessible by inland waterways connected to the Lagos lagoon.

It is expected to create over 10,000 jobs. The first phase of the project has been completed and commissioned. It is the 300 million litres mega tank farm, consisting of 20 15 million litre storage tanks. The tank farm has 30 loading gantries with a scheduled truck loading and fuel management system, and a 4000-truck capacity trailer park for efficient loading. To supply the facility and ensure ease of distribution, a jetty has been constructed and vessels moored.

The Petrolex fleet consists barges, tug boats, and a mother vessel. The total investment into the facility is about $330million. With the completion of the tank farm, Adebutu has pioneered a milestone in the Nigerian oil and gas industry downstream; he has built the largest tank farm in sub-Saharan Africa. The facility has the capacity to turn out 7.2 billion litres of petroleum products annually. Presently, West Africa consumes about 22 billion litres of PMS and 11 billion litres of AGO annually, with imports accounting for 90% and 70% of these respectively. The Petrolex tank farm is expected to account for over 30% of consumption within the next few years.

The tank farm is but a fraction of what is being developed at the mega oil city. Over the next 5 years, Petrolex plans to invest up to $5billion into developing various monumental projects at the site. The biggest of these is a 250,000 barrels per day refinery, which will be sub-saharan Africa’s second largest when completed. This massive, laudable project will be a significant factor in determining the future of the Nigerian economy. According to a report on Bloomberg, “Nigeria, Africa’s biggest oil-producing nation, doesn’t have adequate refining capacity and imports at least 70 percent of its needs. A government pledge to end such purchases in the next two years by building local capacity has lured investors including Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, who is constructing a 650,000-barrel-a-day refinery.” Adebutu has joined Dangote as the only two Nigerians currently building refineries. Besides the refinery, Petrolex plans to build a fertilizer plant, lubricant facility, and a liquefied gas plant, all on the site.
Segun Adebutu’s adventure into the oil and gas industry has been a journey undertaken in steady, giant strides. Each step has been a monumental project with significant national-impact. Perhaps it will take time before we can adequately figure out the effect of his initiatives on the well being of the nation. Nevertheless, we can confidently say that his projects have made the future look less bleak and increased possibilities.

The Nigerian national team is gradually become a commercial hot cake for big brands. As Russia 2018 approaches, they scramble in line, trying to court the attention of the now celebrated team. Few years back, this wasn’t so. The team grappled with a lot of interconnected technical and financial problems. Coaches were owed salaries and players played under very demolarising conditions. However, things began to change around April 2017, when an indigenous oil company called Aiteo, decided to take a chance and inject a whopping N2.5 billion into the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF).

This fund was instrumental to the Eagles sudden turnaround and clinching the World Cup ticket. Since their qualification, they’ve become more attractive to large corporates seeking brand exposure and hoping to reach Nigeria’s football loving audience. NFF president, Amaju Pinnick stated as at March 2018 that NFF has “entered into various partnership deals that are worth over fifty million US Dollars in the past one year.” Below is a list of their top spenders as they make their way to Russia for the most watched football tourney in the world:

Aiteo: Official Optimum Partners
Top energy conglomerate, Aiteo has made the most significant investment in the Nigerian Football Federation in recent times. In April 2017, the indigenous oil giant signed a N2.5billion worth sponsorship agreement that resuscitated the national team and increased their chance of qualification for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Unlike other brands hoping to gain marketing advantage, Aiteo’s investment has been described as a corporate social responsibility initiative targeted at enhancing the growth of Nigerian football, supporting its youth and fostering national unity. Pinnick described Aiteo’s contribution as “a heartwarming landmark in the history of football sponsorship in Nigeria.”



Aiteo Group organised the maiden edition of Aiteo-NFF Awards in celebration of Nigerian footballers, past and present in February 2018. At the award ceremony, it was revealed that Aiteo paid the sum of $600,000 and N320 million to cover its contractual obligation of providing support to the technical crew of the Super Eagles for the whole of 2018, well beyond the World Cup.



The company also signed a N2.5billion partnership to support the country’s longest running federation’s cup, now renamed Aiteo Cup in June 2017. In January 2018, Aiteo sponsored the Confederation of African Football Awards which held in Ghana.



Coca Cola: Official Soft Drink Partners
Coca Cola threw its weight behind the Eagles in January as official soft drink partners for the World Cup, snatching the team from its arch-rival, Pepsi. The Coca‑Cola partnership with NFF and the sponsorship of all the Nigerian National Football teams will span for an uninterrupted period of 5 years after which there will be an opportunity for renewal.



Nigeria’s football federation signed the 1.4bn Naira five-year deal with the beverage company in January 2018. Coca-Cola (International) is also one of the official sponsors of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The company has consistently organised a World Cup trophy global tour since the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany. Although extremely supportive over the years, Coca Cola once abandoned the NFF just after signing a fresh new five-year contract in December 2010.

The rekindled relationship and interest has been linked to Amaju Pinnick’s great leadership skills and ability to get the buy-in of big brands.





Nigerian Breweries: Official Beer Sponsor
Nigerian Breweries Plc is the pioneer and largest brewing company in Nigeria, serving both Nigerian and West African markets with product including Star Lager and Amstel Malta.



The company’s partnership with NFF is valid for five years and worth N2.2 billion. Also, Star Lager has become the official beer sponsor of the Super Eagles to this year’s FIFA World Cup in Russia.



Cadbury: Official Candy of the Super Eagles
Cadbury Nigeria Plc, manufacturers of TomTom, partnered with the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) as the ‘Official Candy of the Super Eagles’ in February 2018. The agreement will last for three years in the initial period with an option of renewal. Although the actual figure is not in public knowledge, this deal is said to be worth millions of naira.



The contract is said to be a demonstration of Tom Tom’s commitment to a long-term relationship with the Super Eagles.



TGI: Official Food Partner
In October 2017, Tropical General Investments (TGI) Group, an international investment and holding company with investments in Nigeria, Ghana, Republic of Benin, Morocco, UAE, South Africa, India and several other emerging markets, made public a landmark agreement with the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) to support Nigeria’s senior National Football teams, in their quest to make the nation proud at the forthcoming World Cup.



TGI Group is the parent company of WACOT Limited, Chi Limited and other companies, producers of household brands such as Big Bull Rice, CHIVITA, Hollandia Yoghurt and Renew Starch. The company has earned its place as the Official Food Partner of NFF.



Payporte: Official Online Store
Payporte became the official Online Store Partner of the NFF late 2017, around the same time as TGI. Payporte’s contract with the NFF is also for three years and the NFF believes the company will also help them with youth football development in the country.



Payporte, one of the country’s largest e-commerce company is now the Official Online Store of the Super Eagles. The company is expected the be the official and exclusive outlet for the sale of authentic national team jerseys.

Osinbajo was with Kano governor Ganduje and BOI ED for GEEP Toyin adeniji

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VP osinbajo was in Kano today, he assessed the progress of the geep marketmoni loan scheme that has benefited over 12000 people in Kano. Over 3000 thronged to sani abcha stadium to see him

The first pic above is toyin adeniji, exec director of BOI for GEEP

Live updates from sanil abacha stadium kano.

The current amnesty programme run by the Muhammadu Buhari administration is not sustainable based on current economic situations, Dr. Emmanuel Kachikwu, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, has said.

Mr. Charles Achodo, Special Adviser on Niger Delta Affairs to the Minister, made this known at the 7th Sustainability in the Extractive (SITEI) conference organised by CSR-In-Action in Abuja on Monday.

He said: “The amnesty is very clear, and it cannot be a solution to the state of insecurity in the Niger Delta. Rather, you use the amnesty to create an asymmetrical environment. A fragile environment does not like asymmetry; it likes more of a symmetrical response.

“A situation where you are paying people N65,000 every month to keep quiet; that does not solve the problem. If you multiply N65,000 by the number of militants and by the number of years the programme has been running, you are looking at close to N50 billion. That is a huge amount of money. It is not sustainable and it is not guaranteeing you what you expect in the place.”

Achodo also said the $40 billion invested in 11,000 projects in the Niger Delta region over the last 10 years has been a waste. He pointed out that the money was spent without concrete evidence.

“The Niger Delta has become a cacophony of voices, but without a purpose,” he said.

“It has also become a region with a cacophony of all kinds of projects. If you look closely from the past 10 years, up to $40 billion has been made available for that region and you can never tour the Niger Delta and see a N1 billion or a N500 million investment, but I am telling you, collectively, for the past 10 years, that was what has gone into that region.

“That amount was basically what was invested through NDDC and the Ministry of Niger Delta. If you check them, for instance, the NDDC has close to 11,000 contracts. With these contracts, mostly owned and held by people from the region, then you can understand that we are the ones doing ourselves in, for not implementing those projects. Eleven thousand contracts and if you distribute them all along, you are looking at close to $40 billion in terms of investment. Go to the Ministry of Niger Delta, it is the same thing.

“When you look at the Niger Delta Development Compact, which we have, which covered the short term, medium term, from now till 2021, you are looking at a total investment of N1.7 trillion that is earmarked for the region and that covered what the oil companies are putting into the region, what government agencies are putting into the region and all kinds of investments that are required in that region.”

http://www.todaysecho.com/40-billion-invested-in-the-niger-delta-has-gone-to-waste-kachikwus-spokesperson/

As part of activities lined up for his official visit to Kano State, vice president, Prof Yemi Osinbajo will on Thursday, May 24, 2018, meet with a section of the over 11,000 beneficiaries of the Federal Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP) MarketMoni in Kano, to assess the impact of the scheme.

GEEP MarketMoni is a federal government Social Intervention Programme (SIP) that provides loans of up to N300,000 to segments of society with the greatest difficulty accessing credit. The scheme is executed by the Bank of Industry (BoI), and it directly impacts traders, market women, artisans, and farmers in all 36 states of the country, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

According to the executive director of BoI, Toyin Adeniji, the programme is aimed at reinvigorating the economy at the base of the pyramid, the hotbed of Nigeria’s financially vulnerable.

“GEEP MarketMoni is unprecedented in Nigeria’s history, granting interest-free credit facilities to existing micro enterprises of market women and traders, artisans, enterprising youth and agricultural workers. It is critical to the federal government’s objective of inclusive growth,” Adeniji said.

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Good news, the real ‘omo shepeteri’ has been unveiled, and he is not a ‘science student‘

An applicant’s CV recently reflected that he was an NYSC teacher, in a Community school, located in ‘Sepeteri’, Oyo State.

The term ‘Sepeteri’ was made popular by a song from Idowest, featuring Dammy Crane and Slimcase. It has since become a terminology synonymous with derelicts, degenerates, and naughty folks, especially the ones that are into drugs.

This discovery however, reveals that there are trully people from Sepeteri. It is not an ordinary slang, its a place in Oyo State.

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Nigerian billionaire, Aliko Dangote has been invited to be a part of the New Economic Forum, a rival conference to the World Economic Forum, held each year in Davos, Switzerland.

The World Economic Forum was founded by Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire philanthropist, former Mayor of New York, and founder of the eponymous financial data company. will focus almost entirely on the rise of China and its knock-on effects. The conference will focus especially on the challenge China ultimately poses to the US as the world’s hegemonic power.

Read more:

http://www.todaysecho.com/dangote-joins-the-new-economic-forum-rival-conference-to-davos/

A new radio show that highlights and espouses the values of a good citizen has premiered on popular radio outlet, Inspiration 92.3 FM. It will run on air every Friday evening, between 8 and 8:30 PM.

The Good Citizen show is sponsored by Nigeria’s foremost sustainability consulting and advocacy organization, CSR-in-Action and hosted by prominent radio On-Air-Personality, Tosyn (Tosin Bucknor) and the CEO of CSR-in-Action, Bekeme Masade. During the show, participants and hosts will discuss ways in which people can best promote the values of good citizenship in the Nigerian society.

According to the sponsors, the Good Citizen idea was birthed by CSR-in-Action Advocacy to undertake initiatives which encourage and advance individual contribution to national development through value reorientation. To do this, Inspiration FM and CSR-in-Action recently entered into a partnership to produce the Good Citizen Radio Show, a first of its kind radio show to inspire citizenship.

CSR-in-Action is also the organizer of the Sustainability In The Extractive Industries(SITEI) Conference, which is scheduled to hold on the 21st and 22nd of May, 2018 in Abuja and it will focus on managing conflicts.

The show kicked off last Friday May 11, 2018.

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A man (name withheld) spent his Tuesday morning lecturing some of his female colleagues about how nature puts women at a disadvantage in the workplace, and advising them to steer clear of top positions and demanding jobs. Instead, he encouraged women to focus on getting married, raising a family and doing less demanding jobs outside of the boardroom, like trading, fashion designing, nursing and teaching.

Read his statement below:

“A man is more suited for hard jobs, emotionally and physically stressful jobs. Check out some of the women in top positions, there are two things. First, it is either they have connections that make it easy for them or they’ve made some sacrifices in the homefront, which might not be palatable.

“The truth is this, a job like teaching is a good job for women. It is not gender discrimination, it is division of labour. Women are unfit to do certain jobs. Within industries, they work in Admin and Human Resource units but rarely in operations.

“Women should leave companies that are not flexible, why should companies be restructured because of women? A company that is growing and transitioning fast may not be a good fit for women. It is not anybody’s fault, it is the way the society is. Labour laws in general are unfriendly and need to be overhauled, not just for women, but for all workers. It is tougher on women. Women that want to survive in workplaces will have to postpone giving birth or marriage, but you can’t eat your cake and have it.

“There are women that resigned from banks, got married to wonderful men, started trading and buying clothes from Dubai. Did they die?

“I don’t believe women are oppressed, they are the ones who oppress men every day and yet they claim victims. They manipulate men every day.

“There is nothing like sexism, it is just normal, there can never be gender equality, it is unreal and fictitious. People like Chimamanda are trying to ruin things for women, making them feel they can be anything they want to be”. Remember that men cannot breastfeed, so the sole responsibility of taking care of children still lie on the women.

“In the workplace, a woman cannot compete with a man that has 24hours to hustle, if she tries, she will get pregnant along the way. It is just nature that puts her at a disadvantage, not the society. Simple! It is the woman that will go home, the woman will stay at work. It is about survival of the fittest, a man is best fit to be out there, a woman should stay at home and take care of her children.

“It is not about women’s intellectual capacity, they may be smarter but they cannot cope”.

“Men are meant to be heroes, women are meant to be innocent. Women are meant to be beautiful, men are meant to be powerful”, he concluded.
Source: http://www.todaysecho.com/top-positions-demanding-jobs-not-for-women-man-lectures-female-colleagues/

Emzor pharmaceuticals have reacted to the closure of production sites by the National Agency for Food and Administrative Control, NAFDAC.



“NAFDAC have only temporarily sealed one of Emzor’s production sites, the liquid line. The rest of Emzor is still operating as normal. On Wednesday the 2nd of May NAFDAC inspected one of our production sites where Emzor continues to make good quality affordable medicines for the Nigerian public and the products are still available to buy. We believe in Emzor Wellocracy, unlimited wellness available to all and affordable by all.

On Monday the 7th of May, NAFDAC sealed the inspected site without giving us a reason nor an explanation of what the violation of the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) Code was and it will be wrong for us to speculate as to the reason why.

On Wednesday the 2nd of May NAFDAC inspected one of our production sites where Emzolyn with Codeine was made. They were given full access and our complete cooperation, with no issues raised at the time.

Source: http://www.todaysecho.com/codeine-nafdac-closed-only-one-of-our-production-lines-emzor-reacts/

Zodwa Libram, a South African socialite and dancer shared videos and pictures of herself, half-clad kissing a cheering crowd of fans, male and female at a recent event.

Zodwa, who is a mother to an 11-year old son, used to work for a debt collection company but later resigned to indulge in the entertainment industry. In an interview with Times Live in October last year, Zodwa revealed that before her newfound fame, she used to sleep with men for money and live through favours from strangers.

“If you asked me out then I would sleep at your place and in the morning I would expect money. Some may say it’s prostitution but I was hustling. I just needed to survive.” She said

The mouth to mouth kiss to Zodwa is part of the way she is returning the favours to strangers. She wrote: “I don’t have friends, I love people I don’t know Owabantu�❤❤❤❤❤”

See more pics, video; http://www.todaysecho.com/semi-nude-south-african-artist-zodwa-libram-in-deep-kiss-with-male-female-fans/

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has shut down three pharmaceutical companies over the codeine syrup scandal.

The companies include Peace Standard Pharmaceutical Limited, Bioraj Pharmaceutical Limited and Emzor Pharmaceuticals Industry Limited.

Director-General of the Agency, Professor Mojisola Adeyeye in a statement on Monday said the companies will remain shut to allow for a full and comprehensive investigation.

Among the allegations levelled against the closed companies include refusal to abide by regulations on the distribution of certain medications.

“Due to insufficient evidence gathered and apparent resistance to provide needed documents during our inspection on May 2, 2018 at the respective companies in Ilorin and Lagos, respectively, it has become necessary to shut down all product lines of the three companies – Peace Standard Pharmaceutical Limited. Plots 3 & 8, Adewole Industrial Estate, Lubcon Avenue, Ilorin, Kwara State; Bioraj Pharmaceutical Limited. No 405 Kaima Road, Ilorin, Kwara State and Emzor Pharmaceuticals Ind. Ltd., Ajao Estate, Lagos. This is to allow for a full and comprehensive investigation. The three companies, therefore, remain closed,” the statement read in part.

The reopening of the manufacturing companies according to Adeyeye will depend on the level of cooperation that is shown during the comprehensive investigation.

The statement added further that Adeyeye had earlier called for an emergency meeting with the PMG-MAN Executive to discuss critical issues relating to Codeine-containing cough syrup together with other controlled substances.

Also, a Task Force to be made up of NAFDAC Directors- Registration and Regulatory Affairs; Narcotics and Controlled Substances; and Drug Evaluation and Research. Members of PMG-MAN in the Committee included the Executive Secretary of PMG-MAN, Fidson Healthcare; May & Baker PLC; and Emzor Pharmaceutical Industries was constituted by the DG.

“A team of nine NAFDAC officers (two from Drug and Evaluation Research – DER and seven from Investigation & Enforcement – I&E) and ten mobile police officers were sent to Ilorin, Kwara state on May 2, 2018 to carry out investigational inspection at the companies of the two different pharmaceutical companies that are licensed to manufacture codeine-containing syrup, and which were implicated in the BBC documentary,” the statement added.

A documentary by BBC recently exposed the addiction of some Nigerians, mostly youths, to codeine and reported the complicity of some pharmaceutical companies.

Source: http://www.todaysecho.com/codeine-epidemic-fg-shuts-down-emzor-two-other-pharmaceutical-companies/

According to Laolu Akande, "

"VP Osinbajo continues his visit to Ondo State today starting with a visit to Alagbaka Primary school to assess the Homegrown School Feeding programme. He is now with Pry 3B pupils joining their English class before their meal."

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Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo(SAN) is currently on a working visit to Ondo State.

During the two-day visit, which commenced yesterday, May 03, he will launch the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Clinics – an initiative of the Federal Government aimed at supporting the development of small businesses.

The Vice President arrived yesterday and was warmly received by the people of ondo State. The highpoint of the Vice President’s visit to the state is the inspection of product exhibition by local MSMEs in Ondo state.

The MSME clinic tweeted a message yesterday, which the VP retweeted:

"Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is in Ondo today for the 14th MSME Clinic. MSME Clinics provide on spot solutions to the challenges faced by the MSMEs. The Clinic partners with BOI, FIRS, NAFDAC, SON, ITF, NEPC, DBN, NEXIM, BOA, NITDA"

MSME clinic also tweeted a couple of pictures of market women in Ondostate with the following caption:

"We all know the Iya Olojas (Market Women) don't play. They slay and learn They showed up ready to learn about what they need to do next to move to the next level of their businesses. An Aside: Agency reps nterpreted in Yoruba for those who did not understand."

See more pictures, videos: http://www.todaysecho.com/osinbajo-visits-ondo-state-meets-market-womenphotos/

Operatives of the Special Anti Robbery Squad Tuesday morning arrested embattled lawmaker, Senator Dino Melaye representing Kogi West senatorial district.

The lawmaker, according to reliable sources, was arrested by the SARS and subsequently detained in a facility located opposite the old CBN junction along the Area 1 Expressway.

The SARS detention facility is known for imprisoning hardened criminals arrested for theft, murder, cultism and other criminal acts.
When the fiery lawmaker was contacted on phone by DAILY POST, he sounded rattled, as background conversation suggested a struggle between himself and some of the operatives, after which his mobile lines were switched off.

It would be recalled that initial attempts were made by the police to arrest Senator Melaye after immigration officials disembarked him from a flight to Morocco on Monday morning.

Following his release after three hours detention at the immigration office at the airport, the lawmaker’s house was besieged by over 80 armed policemen from yesterday until the early hours of Tuesday.

Earlier this week, news made the rounds that singer Wande Coal has a son with a woman whom he abandoned and refused access to her son.

The ”Turkey Nla” crooner has officially released a statement on the occurrence. Read it below…

Read the statement below:

I want to start by saying that the only truth that has been said so far, is that the child is my son. Everything else is a lie. I honestly do not want to say much because at the end of the day, this is family and Temitope is the mother of the child but I must clarify a few things that she has failed to mention to blogs and websites who have refused to fact-check this story. Things that she has used to attack my character and the reputation of my family.

Temitope has failed to mention to the public that she did not tell me she was pregnant with my son. I didn’t even know she was pregnant. She married another man and claimed that the child was his and she never told me. We (my family) only knew about the child after her husband and other people, including her aunty, found out the child looked like me. She was returned to her family with the child. The Child was taken to D’banj’s mother who then reached out to my mother and asked for a paternity test to be done. This is why the paternity test was done in 2010 and not 2008. The house the Mo’Hits Crew stayed in at the time was owned by Dbanj’s mother and as Mo’Hits grew, everyone moved to the Maryland house. I did not leave the neighbourhood. Everyone knew where we moved to.

After we confirmed that the child was mine, my mother visited Temitope and everyone agreed that the child needed a cleaner and better environment. My mother took the child, Temitope and her sister to our house for a week. After that week, Temitope left and has not returned since to check on the child. Not even on his birthdays. In 2011, my mother reached out to Temitope and told her that she was disappointed in her. Temitope promised to come visit the child. She never did.

Temitope was in a “fashion school” which she left for reasons best known to her. Not because of the baby as she was married to someone else. My mother paid for a full session in another fashion school to make sure she had something to support herself. Temitope stopped attending three months after she started. If my mother didn’t want to see her, or allow her near the child, why would she do that for her?

The claim that she was refused entry to the house is also a lie. My parents have not changed phone numbers, neither have they moved from the house since the child was given to us. Why hasn’t she taken her family to my parents’ house if she was refused entry? She has both my father and mother’s numbers.

I have read things that blogs have stated that my mother said and I can say confidently that my mother would never say such a thing. I must also clarify that when I knew Temitope, she was 20 years old and the name “Joseph” is not my son’s name. That was the name she and her husband named him.

My parents are respectable and God fearing people, and it is disrespectful for anyone to portray them as Temitope, or blogs and media platforms have portrayed them.

The only reason I will not press charges is because she is the mother of the child. Temitope, stop telling lies. You have a chance to correct this error. No one has stopped you from seeing the child. No one will. I am focused on my career and building a future for my family and if you truly care about the child as you claim, you and your family should reach out to my family.

I love my son and this is the kind of madness I work hard to protect him from. I have said enough as these issues are family matters and I want to keep the rest of it that way.

For the record, the woman in that picture is not my mother and I do not know who she is.

Thank you.

http://www.todaysecho.com/the-child-is-my-son-everything-else-is-a-lie-wande-coal-opens-can-of-worms-about-babymama/

A few days ago, there was serious commotion at Baale community, Alpha beach, Lagos as a crowd descended on a middle-aged man and threatened to beat him to a pulp if he doesn’t return what he had taken from a young man in the community.

According to eyewitnesses, the strange man had rubbed a white handkerchief on the young man’s shoulder and the handkerchief had disappeared. Thereafter, the young man, who is known as Oscar in the community(not real name), could not feel his man hood any longer.

After the youths in the area apprehended the strange man, Oscar reportedly went straight to his girlfriend to test his manhood

Read more: http://www.todaysecho.com/man-beaten-up-for-allegedly-stealing-a-young-mans-man-hood/

Ghanaian actress, Moesha Boduong, who went viral after her controversial interview with Christine Amanpour, has found a man who claims to be head over heels in love with her.

In her CNN interview, Moesha had claimed that Ghanaian women cannot survive their nation’s economic hardship without financial support by rich boyfriends.

After her interview became social media sensation, a Ghana-based Colombian rapper, Andres Rodriguez, popularly known as MC Dementor, took to his Facebook page to profess his undying love for Moesha.

MC Dementor said he was not interested in having sex with her, but he just wanted her to help him spend his money.

He wrote, “Someone tell Moesha that I been having my eyes on her for long. Now that I know she loves money. She should come to MoneyPaPa Mc Dementor.

“But I never want sex from her anyways. But I will buy her the world if she’s ready to do these with me: Go to the parks and watch the sun set, Go do yoga together, tell me some sweet things before I sleep. Make me my morning tea. Travel the world with me. Go see some good movies together. Would you still love me Moesha?? No Sex!! More money for you!! And I’m handsome too.”

The musician’s comments come on the heels of the recent interview the actress granted to CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, where she revealed that she slept with men to take care of herself.

After the interview which went viral, Moesha Babiinoti Boduong attracted heavy criticisms from social media users, especially for saying Ghana’s economy makes it impossible for women to make ends meet without trading their bodies for sex.

http://www.todaysecho.com/ill-give-you-the-world-rapper-tells-sex-for-upkeep-ghanaian-actress/

Nigerian athlete, Oluwatobilola Amusan has won the gold medal in the 100m hurdles at the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Australia.

See the video of the gold medallist dancing shaku shaku after winning: http://www.todaysecho.com/nigerian-athlete-dances-shaku-shaku-after-winning-100m-hurdles-at-the-commonwealth-gamesvideo/