Some students of Baptist High School, Adeeke,
Iwo caused a stir among their colleagues as they
appeared in the school in choir robes and other
church garments.
Our correspondent, who visited the school
observed that the students came late to the
school around 8:35 on Tuesday and headed to
their various classes as their colleagues hailed
them for their courage.
Many female Muslim students of the school wore
hijab on their uniforms and some members of the
Christian Association of Nigeria are in the school
to monitor the reaction of the teachers to the
mode of dressing of their children.
No student was chased out of the classes for
appearing in different clothes and all the students
irrespective of their chosen uniforms are being
taught by their teachers.
Earlier, Justice Jide Falola of the Osun State High
Court had on June 3 given a verdict that Muslim
students should be allowed to wear hijab in all
public schools in the state because it was part of
their fundamental rights.
The CAN had held an emergency meeting
following the judgment and threatened that it
would direct Christian pupils to start wearing
choir robes and other religious garments to
schools should the state government implement
the judgment.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is set to arraign a former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Finance, Senator Nenadi Usman, a firm, Joint Trust Dimensions Limited, and one Jimoh Yusuf over issue bordering on N1.5bn alleged fraud. The EFCC will also on Wednesday arraign a former Senior Special Assistant on Domestic Affairs to ex- President Goodluck Jonathan, Mr. Waripamowei Dudafa, for an alleged N1.6bn fraud. Punch quoted a source as saying that Fani- Kayode, Usman and Yusuf would be charged with 17 counts bordering on money laundering and fraud. The source added, “We have filed charges against Fani-Kayode, Usman, Yusuf and a company, Joint Trust Dimensions Limited. Yusuf was the signatory to the account of Joint Trust Dimensions Limited. They will be arraigned before a Federal High Court in Lagos this week.” Recall that that the anti-graft agency had arrested Fani-Kayode and Usman for their role in the sharing of a N4bn campaign fund during the build-up to the 2015 presidential election. The money was said to have emanated from the account of the Office of the National Security Adviser domiciled in the Central Bank of Nigeria. The money was allegedly transferred to the account of JTDL and then distributed to some chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party. Usman, who was the Director of Finance of the Goodluck Jonathan Campaign Organisation, was alleged to have transferred N840m into the bank account of Fani-Kayode. Fani-Kayode allegedly received the funds in three tranches. The first tranche of the payment, involving N350m, hit the account on February 19, 2015. Another N250m was also paid into the account on February 19, 2015, while N240m was credited to the account a month later; precisely on March 19, 2015. Apart from Fani-Kayode, others, who also received the funds, were the Chairman of the Social Democratic Party, Chief Olu Falae (N100m); a former Governor of Imo State, Achike Udenwa; while a former Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Viola Onwuliri, also got N350m in two tranches while Nenadi Usman took N36.9m. A coalition of pro-Jonathan groups, headed by a former Special Adviser to the President on Political matters, Prof. Rufai Alkali, also received N320m. The accounts of those accused of receiving the funds had since been frozen by the EFCC. Usman has returned about N23m to the EFCC while two of her properties in Abuja have been seized by the anti-graft agency.

As OPEC welcomes timing of nation’s oil outages
Chineme Okafor in Abuja

The Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) has failed to earn up to N60 billion oil sales revenue in three months due to delay in the repair of the vandalised Forcados crude oil export line, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said.

The NDPC is the exploration and production subsidiary of the NNPC. The corporation disclosed this in the April 2016 edition of its monthly operations and financial report which was released last week.

It maintained that up till now, the export line, which was vandalised in February with 300,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil production deferred, was still down, three months after.

The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) had on February 21 2016, declared a force majeure on oil liftings from Forcados following the February 14, 2016 disruption in terminal’s subsea crude export pipeline.

But following from NNPC’s disclosure in its latest publication that NPDC was still unable to earn N20 billion monthly oil income because of the development, in addition to the last two publications for February and March which THISDAY reviewed, it was discovered that NPDC may have cumulatively lost N60 billion within the three months.

In February, NNPC said in the report: “The huge deficit in the month of February 2016 was due to production shut-in occasioned by vandalism of Forcados export line. This situation denied NPDC the opportunity to earn revenue from crude oil sales of about ₦20 billion.”

In March, it stated: “Following the recent declaration of force majeure by SPDC due to vandalisation of 48 inch Forcados export line resulted in production shut-in of about 300,000bpd. This adversely impacted on nation’s February 2016 production leading to a loss of about N20 billion of NPDC oil revenue.”
And in April, it explained: “NPDC’s crude sale for the month is still hampered by Forcados pipeline vandalism which continued to deny NPDC of monthly crude oil revenue of about ₦20 billion.”

The embattled national chairman of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, Ali Modu Sheriff has finally gained access to the national secretariat of the party.Mr. Sheriff had stormed the secretariat in the early hours ofMondaywith several of his supporters, but was denied entry by officers of the Nigeria Police Force.Mr. Sheriff told reporters at the secretariat that he was resuming duties based on a court order.He however left the secretariat and reportedly went to see the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase.He returned to the secretariat at aroundnoon, but police officers insisted they would only allow him to enter the secretariat if his supporters dispersed fromthe area.The former Borno governor, thereafter left the secretariat at about12:25 pmand returned shortly after the supporters had dispersed.He is presently in the office of the national chairman in Wadata Plaza and would speak to the press soon.Follow us for updates

bejeiodus:
The power play in the PDP is difficult to understand. No one could ever think that Sheriff would be treated treacherously by the same people who installed him in office. The whole thing is now a classic case of the more you look the less you see. The best we can do is just to keep our fingers crossed and watch how the whole thing plays out.

bejeiodus:
Eeyah! The once beautiful bride has become an outcast. Ali Modu Sheriff needs to face the fact that he has been outwitted by men who saw through his actions.

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IHEJIRIKAisBOKO:
Point of correction
It was not the ''Arewa Soldiers'' that created this system of governance that we now practise. It was an ibo Soldier - Aguyi Ironsi, the first military Head of state of Nigeria who abolished the regional system of government we had in the 1st republic. Ironsi concentrated power to the center under the Unification Decree 34 of 1966, the ''Arewa Soldiers'' came much later and they further cemented what Ironsi initally created

HungerBAD:
This is sad.

Nigerians are today celebrating hardship,and one of the Architects of that hardship, one who ordinarily should be in Jail is out there celebrating her birthday.

Whenever you step foot into Nigeria,you will answer for your sins against your motherland.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai
Mohammed has stated that the Federal
Government, and not the states, will fund the A-
Meal-A-Day programme launched last week.
Mohammed also said when fully operational, 5.5
million school children will benefit from the
programme.
He made the clarification in Lagos, yesterday, at
the eighth Alhaji Kafaru Tinubu Memorial
Ramadan Lecture, with the theme: “Supreme
sacrifice and the essence of followership in
governance.”
According to him, the Federal Government was
working carefully towards making life more
meaningful for Nigerians through carefully
designed projects, noting that a N500 billion
Social Intervention Programme had been put in
place to help alleviate poverty.
“This government is making a lot of sacrifices and
it is also expecting a lot of sacrifices from the
people. The N500 billion Social Intervention
Programme which is broken into five parts covers
employment of 500, 000 unemployed graduates
who will be trained as teachers. It also covers the
employment of 100, 000 artisans as well as the
One-Meal-A-Day programme for pupils in primary
schools.
“The Enterprise Scheme which is targeted at one
million market men and women, 460, 000
artisans, 200, 000 agriculture workers is also
covered in the programme. It also covers the
N5,000 monthly conditional cash transfer to the
poor and vulnerable,’’ he said.

The Federal Government has said that the Niger Delta Avengers are bombing the petroleum facilities in the oil-rich region due to the President Muhammadu Buhari’s stance on anticorruption crusade. It expressed optimism that the challenges posed by the destruction of the pipelines would soon be overcome. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made the disclosure yesterday at a Ramadan Lecture held in honour of late Kafaru Tinubu at the Eko FM, Agidingbi, saying that in spite of the challenges confronting the nation,the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led administration is making so much sacrifice to better the lots of Nigerians, especially the less privileged and other vulnerable. “The main reason they are against this government is because they are opposed to our anticorruption war. They want us to go back to the old ways of corruption where the nation’s wealth will be shared by the few in government. President Buhari believes that public’s wealth shouldn’t be squandered, but we are very sure that the truth will prevail. Despite the challenges, the current government is not resting on its oars. I want to assure you that this government is pro- people,” the minister said. Speaking on the theme of the lecture, “Supreme Sacrifice and the Essence of Followership in Governance,” Mohammed said N500 billion set aside for the poor and the less privilege would be judiciously used to better the lots of the Nigerian masses, adding that 500,000 unemployed graduates will be employed and trained. The minister blamed the current economic challenges on the activities of the militants in the Niger Delta, saying that activities of the Avengers had further compounded the problems in the power sector as the nation is finding it difficult to generate 2,000 megawatts. According to him, “This government is making a lot of sacrifice to ensure Nigerians feel its impact. The power won’t be stable because gas is used in powering the plants. But the destructive individuals called Avengers; they have destroyed almost all the pipelines such that out 5,000 megawatts that we are capable of generating, the continued destruction of the pipeline has made it difficult to generate 2,000 megawatts. “It is not only the power that was affected by this; the economy is also affected because today, one million barrel of oil cannot be produced because of the activities of the Avengers, but we are optimistic that we will overcome them.”

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frank4t:
tell me. which of the laws did I break?

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Sunday said the Federal Government was working diligently toward making life more meaningful for Nigerians through carefully designed projects. Mohammed made the assertion in Lagos at the 8th Alhaji Kafaru Tinubu Memorial Ramadan Lecture with the theme: “Supreme Sacrifice and the Essence of Followership in Governance’’. He said that the government was aware of the plight of many citizens due to the challenges in the economy. According to him, a N500 billion Social Intervention Programme has been put in place to help alleviate poverty. The minister said the huge money earmarked for the intervention programme in the 2016 budget was one of the sacrifices the government had to make in the face of falling revenue. “This government is making a lot of sacrifices and it is also expecting a lot of sacrifices from the people. “The N500 billion Social Intervention Programme which is broken into five parts covers employment of 500, 000 unemployed graduates who will be trained as teachers. “It also covers the employment of 100, 000 artisans as well as the One-Meal-A-Day programme for pupils in primary schools. “The Enterprise Scheme which is targeted at one million market men and women, 460, 000 artisans, 200, 000 agriculture workers is also covered in the programme. “It also covers the N5,000 monthly conditional cash transfer to the poor and vulnerable,’’ he said. Mohammed dismissed some media reports that some states claimed they were not ready for the A-Meal-A-Day programme due to funding challenges. He emphasised that the federal government was solely responsible for the funding of the programme. According to him, the pilot scheme of the programme has started and it will cover 5.5 million pupils when fully on stream. The minister also advised Muslims to uphold the lessons of Ramadan by shunning vices and making sacrifices for others and the nation. In his lecture, Prof. Ahmid Sanni, Chief Imam, Lagos State University, said that the virtue of sacrifice was beyond prayers and fasting. According to him, it also requires the show of love and care to the less privileged in the society. In his remarks, Gov. Ambode of Lagos State extolled the virtues of the late Alhaji Kafaru Tinubu, the Patriarch of the Tinubu Family in Central Lagos.

frank4t:
those who have been playing this game with out the rules of the game have already anticipated this day. immediately the present government took power, they signed an islamic military pact led by Saudi Arabia. the present government carried out this agreement on the grounds that Nigeria is a casualty of Islamic terrorism.

have the Saudi lead islamic coalition sent any military force to combat boko haram?

is it not the Nigerian army that has been fighting boko haram? I guess you know the answer.

Secondly the niger delta militants will not launch any missile because they can not afford to be called terrorist by the commitee of nationas, I think these guys are in possession of what they claim they possess and the need a moral ground to be able to unleash chaos against the Nigerian state. a moral ground buhari has refuse to give them yet. something is coming, I dont know what it is but I tell I can feel it coming.

baby124:

Why don't you stay in your home town and let Lagos Indegenes enjoy their allocation. Afterall Lagos contributes enough to the national purse to even get more allocation. With the burden of you and your family that it has to carry. Nonsense

According to a report released by the Economic
Confidential, an intelligence economic magazine,
the 36 states and 774 local government councils
in Nigeria shared a total of N2.8 trillion from the
Federation Account in the first year of President
Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.
The report disclosed that the total figure was the
payment made to the two tiers of government
between June 2015 and May 2016 at the
monthly meeting of the Federation Account
Allocation Committee (FAAC).
It further revealed that Lagos State is ranked first
as the highest recipient of gross allocation with a
total of N178 billion during the 12-month period.
"It is followed by Akwa State (N173 billion), Delta
State (N144 billion) and Kano State (N117 billion)
.
"The five states cornered a quarter (25 percent)
of the total allocation for the states and local
government councils in Nigeria within the one-
year period.
"Among the 10 highest recipients from the
Federation Account are Bayelsa State (N95 billion)
followed by Katsina State (N88 billion), Oyo State
(N84 billion), Kaduna State (N83 billion) and
Borno State (N78 billion).
"The lowest recipients are Gombe and Ebonyi
states that got N49 billion each followed by Ekiti
and Nasarawa states (N50 billion each) and Kwara
(N52 billion)."
The report added that Edo and Ondo states with
oil-producing status got N66 billion and N71
billion respectively, while Cross River State merely
received N59 billion.
The Economic Confidential gathered that factors
that influence allocation to states and local
government councils from the Federation
Account included population, derivation, land
mass, terrain, revenue effort, school enrollments,
health facilities, water supply and equality of the
beneficiaries.
Meanwhile, the Economic Confidential, which has
been publishing the monthly Federation Account
Allocation figures in the print edition of the
magazine since January 2007, has commenced
the publication of the monthly allocation in its
online version.
The magazine is a sister publication of PRNigeria,
a news release syndication platform.