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Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC are said to have turned down request by counsels to two former service chiefs that they are willing to refund part of the alleged looted funds to the coffers of the Federal Government in exchange for their freedom.
A highly placed source at the EFCC, during the weekend told Nigerian Pilot that two different lawyers (names withheld) had last week written to the acting chairman of the commission, ACP Ibrahim Magu pledging to refund 60 percent of the alleged looted funds but the chairman reportedly turned down the request.
According to the source, ACP Magu insisted that they must appear before the operatives of the commission and clear their names over alleged involvement in the arms deals scandal.
The source further added that the visibly angry Magu insisted that due process and rule of law must be followed in the investigations of the service chiefs and that plea bargain is not known to the Nigerian law and constitution.

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MAY God help us

This is just the beginning of good things come.
UP BAhuariiiiiiii

Long Live Buhari
Long Live APC
Long Live Naija

The Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA)‎ has increased the price of Household Kerosene from N50 to N83. This is contained in its products pricing template, released on Sunday in Abuja. It stated that the N83 per litre price applied only to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) outlets. The template also showed that at N83, the Federal Government will be making a gain of N10.72 on every litre. It further puts the expected open market price, which is the landing cost plus total margins at N72.28 per litre. The expected open market price is the prevailing open market rate for the product in Nigeria, after taking certain costs into consideration. Giving a breakdown of the price, the PPPRA template put the landing cost of ‎the product at N57.98 per litre, while the total margin due‎ middlemen was put at N14.30. The retailers’ margin was put at N5 per litre; transporters at N3.05 per litre while dealers at N1.95 per litre. It further put the bridging fund at N5.85 per litre; marine transport average at N0.15


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Fayose show off his wife attending at London on his twitter page

https://twitter.com/GovAyoFayose/status/691245363093749760

:Inauguration in dilemma :No going back- Faleke

Ahead of the January 27 inauguration of Alhaji Yahaya Bello as the substantive Governor of Kogi State, indications emerged at the weekend that the presidency and leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, are in fresh crisis. Both sides are currently in dilemma over the pockets of challenges facing the inauguration and Hon. James Faleke’s insistence to shun the event. However, Hon. Faleke has insisted that there was no going back on his earlier stand that he was late Audu’s running mate, therefore, he should become governor-elect following his principal’s death. Faleke insists that he will not pair with Alhaji Bello and has since approached the court to declare him as the governorship candidate of APC. Nigerian Pilot Sunday gathered from very authoritative sources that officials of the presidency and the national leaders of the APC

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Dear followers, see the response I got for politely suggesting that Dasuki be tried openly!

https://mobile.twitter.com/benmurraybruce/status/690969029821882368

Apparently overwhelmed by inability of the present administration to stem the free fall of the Nigerian economy, the All Progressives Congress, APC, National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun has declared that the country’s present economic downturn could be an act of God. Odigie-Oyegun made the assertion while hosting a 15-member delegation of an APC support group, Change Agents Foundation, CAF, led by its Director-General, Felix Felix at the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja. He added that the country’s economic crisis is to remind Nigeria of the need to implement and embrace radical change, particularly in the country’s current economic model.‎ “I think God has a hand in the current economic predicament of the country. Imagine the sudden fall in the price of crude oil, the mainstay of the Nigerian economy, from its heights in 2014, averaging $112 per barrel down to the current price of $28 per barrel – lower than the $38 per barrel which the proposed 2016 budget is predicated on,” Oyegun said.

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26-year-old Justin Smith was walking home from his local bar in Tresckow, Pennsylvania last February when he blacked out and ended up lying unconscious in the snow.
His father, Don Smith, found him the next morning and called the emergency services. When paramedics arrived they believed Justin was dead.
He was taken to hospital where doctors thought he could still be revived. Using a procedure usually used to save patients whose lungs and heart are damaged by the flu or a heart attack, doctors were able to revive Justin.
Justin lost all his toes and his little fingers on both hands from frostbite but he has no lasting neurological damage.


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Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has declared that he does not have any house in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), challenging anyone with information of any property linked to him in Dubai to publish the details. The governor, who also said he was ready to waive his immunity to be prosecuted if any house is linked to him in Dubai, added that he was not a kind of person that will deny his assets. Speaking through his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose said it was painful that the people who seized power in Nigeria through falsehood and propaganda were still lying eight months after assuming office. He said; "I'm not among those lily livered Nigerians that will deny their assets anywhere. "They are in the federal government and they should have access to all information both in Nigeria and abroad. I therefore challenge them to check books on owners of all properties in Dubai. "If they trace any house to me in Dubai, the federal government should make public all the details including pictures, location and title documents. "The government should also confiscate such property and I am ready to waive my immunity to be prosecuted."

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Have you agreed to marry him ?

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said corrections had been made to the details of the budget as presented on Dec. 22, 2015 before the National Assembly.
This is contained in a letter to the House of Representatives as read by the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara in Abuja.
The President’s letter reads in part: “It will be recalled that on Tuesday,
22 December, 2015, I presented my 2016 budget proposals to the joint sitting of the National Assembly.
“I submitted a draft bill accompanied by a schedule of details.
“At the time of submission, we indicated that because the details had just been produced, we would have to check to ensure that there were no errors in the detailed breakdown contained in the schedule.
That has since been completed and I understand that the corrections have been submitted.
“The National Assembly would therefore have the details as submitted on the 22nd and a copy containing the corrections submitted last week. It appears that this has led to some confusion.
“In this regard, please find attached the corrected version.
“This is the version the National Assembly should work with as my 2016 budget estimates.
The draft bill remains the same and there are no changes in any of the figures.”
Shortly before the letter was read, Rep. Leo Ogor (Delta-PDP), the Minority Leader of the House, raised a constitutional point of order citing Sections 81 and 84 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended).
Ogor said that the provisions of the law did not give the president powers to amend budget, adding that such powers lie with the legislature.
He consequently called on the House to disregard Buhari’s letter.
However, Dogara rose in defence of the president submitting that there was nowhere in the letter that Buhari said the budget was amended,
He said that it is only the president that has powers to make corrections to the budget if he observes any error.
Dogara’s explanation, however, drew the ire of PDP lawmakers, who started chanting “no, no!” preventing the Speaker from making his point for some minutes.

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Working on a computer that takes forever to buffer can be very frustrating. It gets even more disturbing when there are so many things to do on your schedule. In addition, a slow page that takes forever to boot is not helpful to your business as most customers do not have the patience to wait for a snail speed site to load. In light of this, Jovago.com, Africa's No 1 hotel booking portal shares 5 ways you can boost the speed of your Web page.

1. Compress large files
Many websites devise creative ways to improve the ranking of their website through Search Engine Optimization practices which involves the use of videos, and shareable media-twitter, Facebook, and Instagram in order to have mileage but this additional content can reduce speed. The more the presence of these large files, the slower your system. So try to compress your larger pages to take up less space while attempting to boost your ranking on Google.

2. Use Browser cache
Cache stores data so that future data requests can be served faster. Turning on the browser cache will save the relevant data on a hard drive which results in faster load time when the visitor comes back. Many geeks fail to use this tool and this leads to slow booting periods. However, be careful when using caches as hackers can use to have unauthorised access to your email and other sensitive sites you visit.


3. Remove unnecessary plugins
If you are using WordPress, running more than one plug contributes substantially to a slow page speed. Therefore, only use plugins if you absolutely need one.

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A 20-year-old apprentice, Chidozie Okafor, was shot dead on St. Micheal's Road, Aba, Abia, on Monday as military men moved in to check a protest by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)

An eye-witness, who identified himself simply as Okechukwu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that Chidozie was returning to the shop where he was learning a trade after having his lunch at a food kiosk on St. Michael's road by York when tragedy struck.

According to him, the military men shot at IPOB members who made bonfires on the road, obstructing traffic and telling people to close their shops.

He said that Chidozie, a native of Omuohu in Eziagu Local Government Area of Enugu state, was the only son of his parents.

The eye-witness further said that the victim came to Aba in 2015 to learn trade in electronic appliances, empty discs and cassettes and was until his death, an apprentice at a shop on St. Michael's Road neighbourhood.


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The world's oldest man has died at the age of 112 in the Japanese city of Nagoya, local officials say.
Yasutaro Koide, who was born on 13 March 1903, was officially named the oldest man by Guinness World Records in August this year.
At the time he was quoted as saying his secret to long life was not smoking or drinking, not to overdo things and to "live with joy".
Officials said he died of heart failure and pneumonia early on Tuesday.
It is not yet clear who succeeds him as the oldest man.
The title of world's oldest person is held by American woman Susannah Mushatt Jones, who is 116 years old.
She took the title last year after the death of Misao Okawa in Japan at the age of 117.
The oldest person who has ever lived according to Guinness was Jeanne Calment of France, who lived 122 years and 164 days. She died in August 1997.

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Five million jobs in the world’s leading economies could disappear over the next five years because of advances in technology.
Developments in artificial intelligence, robotics, and biotechnology, would disrupt the business world in a similar way to previous industrial revolutions, the World Economic Forum said in a report published Monday.
Administrative and white collar office jobs are most at risk from a “fourth industrial revolution,” the forum said on the eve of its annual meeting in Davos this week.
The impact of the tech revolution is the central topic of this year’s gathering of the world’s leaders and major business figures in the Swiss mountain resort.
The forum surveyed senior executives from over 350 of the biggest companies in 15 of the world’s major emerging and developed economies. Together, those economies account for 65% of the global workforce.
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The Kaduna State Government has announced the composition of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the 12th-14th December 2015 clashes in Zaria between the Islamic Movement in Nigeria and the Nigerian Army. The judicial commission of inquiry is established under Section 2 of the Kaduna State Commission of Inquiry Law, 1991. “Malam Nasir El-Rufai, the Governor of Kaduna State, has signed the instrument establishing the commission of inquiry. The inquiry, which is expected to submit its final report six weeks after its first public sitting, has several terms of inquiry. These include to determine the immediate causes of the clashes, examine the historical circumstances and contributory factors of the clashes and to ascertain the number of persons killed, wounded or missing during the clashes. The commission of inquiry will also identify the actions of persons, institutions, federal and state actors, and determine whether such actions were necessary, appropriate and sufficient in the circumstances in which they occurred. “In a statewide broadcast last month, Governor El-Rufai had promised to establish a judicial commission of inquiry into the Zaria clashes, as a matter of utmost importance to the public interest. During the broadcast, the governor regretted the loss of lives and detailed what the Kaduna State Government had learnt about the immediate build-up to the clashes. The government also took steps to begin the prosecution of the people that were arrested during the clashes for crimes, including obstruction of public highways and possession of dangerous weapons. The women and juveniles among the detainees were swiftly processed and released. “Furthermore, the Kaduna State Government acted to ensure that the sites of the clashes did not constitute source

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Plz muka allow my presido enjoy d dividend of democrazy

President Buhari will on Sunday, January 17, embark on a three-day official visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In the course of the visit, the President will join the Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr. Ban Ki Moon,..Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan of Abu Dhabi.and other participants as a special guest of honour at this year’s edition of the World Future Energy Summit.
The Summit which is now in its ninth year of existence has developed into one of the world’s most influential events dedicated to advancing future energy, energy efficiency and clean technologies. In a move signalling Nigeria’s reengagement with the Middle-East region, President Buhari will also lead a team of his ministers to bilateral talks with the government of the UAE.After the talks, a number of agreements between both countries on economic, trade and bilateral relations are expected to be signed From the visit, NGR also expects to get more support from the UAE for its war against terrorism & the recovery of Nigeria’s stolen funds


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As controversy continues to trail the emergence of a new version of the 2016 budget, facts have emerged over how the original budget was withdrawn and taken to a highbrow hotel in Abuja, where the document was doctored by highly placed government officials and civil servants. On Thursday, during plenary, Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, openly accused the Senior Special Assistant to the President (Senate), Senator Ita Enang of doctoring and circulating fake copies of the budget proposals. Consequently, the Senate vowed not to work on the fake document until it receives an electronic copy of the original budget. It was gathered that the alterations of the budget document were done in the House of Representatives, but the House officials were quick to intercept the doctored version and insist on the circulation of the original proposals as submitted by the President. Issues surrounding the 2016 budget came to limelight on Tuesday when it emerged that the proposal as submitted by the President could not be traced. The discovery prompted the Senate into a closed-door session following which the Senate Committee on Ethics was mandated to investigate the issue. The issue also led the President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari same Tuesday afternoon. Based on the allegations, Nigerian Pilot Saturday went to town to unearth what happened.


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(CNN)The marvels of modern architecture abound around the world. There’s a building that looks like a banknote in Lithuania, a building called the “friendly alien” in Austria, and now, a church shaped like a high-heeled shoe in Taiwan.
The church, a tinted blue glass structure, is 55 feet tall at the top of the heel, and 36 feet wide. Based on that and guessing it’s roughly 75-80 feet from toe to heel, we’ll call it a size 880.
It’s taken two months to build at a cost of $686,000, according to the BBC.
The structure has been created by local government officials in Taiwan and will be used primarily for weddings and and photo shoots, but not regular services, the BBC reports.


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A Surulere Magistrates' Court in Lagos on Friday sentenced a 30-year-old driver, Olawale Isiaka, to a 150-hour community service for violating traffic laws.‎

The Chief Magistrate, Mrs O.N. Ojuromi, while sentencing Isiaka, said the 150 hours should be spread over three weeks with a minimum of eight hours per day.

Isiaka was arraigned on a four-count charge of driving dangerously, picking and dropping passengers, driving without a driver’s licence and failure to obey a traffic warden.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Isiaka, who lives at No. 3, Garuba St., Amukoko in Lagos, had pleaded guilty and appealed for leniency.‎

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Rene Angelil, the star's husband and manager, has died age 73
Celine Dion has paid tribute to her "courageous" husband, the singer's former mentor whom she met aged 12, after he died following a 20 year battle with cancer.
The pair met when Celine Dion's singing career was in its infancy and Angelil become her mentor, having predicted she would become a world star.
But the manager/singer relationship later blossomed into romance and the pair become husband and wife in 1994.
She famously called a halt to her musical career in 1999, at the height of her sucess, upon learning that her husband had cancer - but returned to the music industry in 2002.

A post on the singer's official Facebook page confirmed the news on Thursday, saying: "It is with deep sadness that we announce that Rene Angelil, aged 73, died this morning at his residence in Las Vegas after a long and courageous fight against cancer."

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The Federal High Court in Abuja has issued an order for the arrest of Mr Government ‘Tompolo” Ekpemupolo.

Tompolo is to be arrested in connection with a multi-billion naira fraud involving land contracts for the construction of a Nigerian Maritime University (NMU).

According to Sahara Reporters, the former Niger Delta militant, had bank accounts belonging to him frozen by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

According to reports at the time, two companies linked to Tompolo, Mieka Divers Ltd and Global West Vessel Specialists Nigeria Ltd, had their accounts frozen by the EFCC because of their use in fraudulent exchanges.

The EFCC said it wishes to question Tompolo about the illicit sale of N13 billion in land from him to the federal government. According to reports, the FG wanted to construct the Nigerian Maritime University (NMU) and had diverted public funds through the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to the militant.

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House Speaker tweet on missing Budget that It's in the custody of the Clerk to the House of Reps. I can confirm no one has broken into his office.


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The pioneer Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mr. Nuhu Ribadu, has denied ever receiving any money from the former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki.

Ribadu said in a statement on Tuesday denied insinuations in some quarters that he returned some money he received from the former NSA.

He explained that he had nothing to do with Dasuki while he was in office and could not even remember meeting him during the period.

The former EFCC boss said that it was shocking for somebody to insinuate that he collected money and return same from a man he never met.

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The Presidency on Tuesday again said President Muhammadu Buhari has not withdrawn the 2016 Budget from the National Assembly.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said this in his reaction to enquiries made on the whereabouts of the document.

There were reports earlier in the day that the document had been declared missing in the National Assembly.

But Shehu said the executive arm of government delivered copies of the budget in hundreds to the two chambers of the National Assembly.

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The Central Bank of Nigeria has finally lifted the ban stopping commercial banks from accepting cash deposits of foreign exchange from customers.

This announcement was made by the CBN governor, Godwin Emefiele, in Abuja on Monday, saying that the new directive takes immediate effect.

He added that the CBN discontinue its sales of foreign exchange to Bureau de Change (BDC) operators.

He stressed further that BDC operators will now have to source for their foreign exchange from autonomous sources.

Emefiele disclosed measure will be put in place so that no operator violate the country’s anti-money laundering laws, stating the CBN would deploy more resources to monitor closely the sources of foreign exchange by the BDCs.

He said: “These measures are not intended to be punitive on anyone or any group,” the CBN governor explained.

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thatz gud for him

An Islamic court has sentenced a Nigerian cleric to death by hanging for insulting the Prophet Muhammad in the northern city of Kano.
Abdul Nyass was convicted after a trial held in secret to avoid protests.
Five of his followers were also sentenced to death last year.
These are the first death sentences for blasphemy handed down by a Nigerian Sharia court - the sentence has been delivered for other offences such as adultery but none has been carried out.
Mr Nyass is a preacher at a local faction of the Tijaniya sect, founded in Senegal by Sheikh Ibrahim Niasse, who has a large following across West Africa.
He was reported to have said that "Niasse was bigger than Prophet Muhammad", leading to violent protests in the city.
Nigeria map
Kano has a predominately Muslim population and Islamic courts operate alongside secular courts.
Several states in northern Nigeria have introduced Sharia after the country returned to civilian rule in 1999.



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Na only God go save us wooo

Says no money to pay workers’ salaries

All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kwara, yesterday, said the state is broke and appealed to ‎the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT to suspend its plan to embark on industrial action over non-payment of salaries.
In a statement signed by the State Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Sulyman Buhari, the party said the contending issue is not really about non-payment of teachers’ salaries but non-availability of funds to pay salaries which required collective efforts to address rather than industrial action.
According to him, “As a party, we wish to state that we feel the concerns and share in the pains of primary school teachers in Kwara State. Quite unfortunately, this issue is chiefly caused by the dwindling allocation from the federation account.
“Therefore, in actual sense, it is not about non-payment of teachers’ salaries but non-availability of funds to pay salaries. It requires collective efforts to address rather than strike. If the resources are available today, the Governor AbdulFatah Ahmed-led Kwara State Government will pay all teachers like it has always done in the past 5 years.”
The statement further stressed that, “Given the cordial relationship between Kwara State Government and the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUTwith mention to the fact that the union, not too long ago, acknowledged the outstanding performance of Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed in the sector with its national merit award. We wish to say the record of the state government is clear and the will to pay teachers’ salaries by the Kwara State Government is undoubtful.

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