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President Buhari has initiated moves for the
production of weapons in Nigeria. According to a
statement signed and released by Senior Special
Adviser to the president on media and publicity
Garba Shehu today August 7th, President Buhari
charged the Federal Ministry of Defence to produce a plan for the establishment of a modest Military
Industrial Complex for the local production of
weapons to meet some of the requirements of the
country's armed forces.

President Muhammadu Buhari Friday in Abuja
directed the Federal Ministry of Defence to
produce a plan for the establishment of a
modest Military Industrial Complex for the local
production of weapons to meet some of the
requirements of the country's armed forces.
Speaking at the graduation ceremony of the
National Defence College, President Buhari
described as unacceptable, Nigeria's current
over-dependence on other countries for critical
military equipment and logistics. "We must
evolve viable mechanisms for near-self-
sufficiency in military equipment and logistics
production complemented only by very advanced
foreign technologies. "The Ministry of Defence is
being tasked to draw up clear and measurable
outlines for development of a modest Military
Industrial Complex for Nigeria. "In this regard, it
is to liaise with other strategic MDAs and
industries to re-engineer the Defence Industries
Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) to meet national
military hardware and logistics requirements,"
the President said. President Buhari told the
gathering that his administration had, since its
assumption of office, reviewed the nature and
character of Nigeria's security threats and
challenges. "We recognized first and foremost,
the external dimensions of these threats and the
need for international cooperation and common
security mechanisms to tackle them," the
President said.

President Buhari added that in the light of this
realization, his Administration was "convinced
that the best approach was to work within the
framework of the Lake Chad Basin Commission
(LCBC) to mobilize a collective regional effort in
the fight against terrorism and insurgency.
The President urged the graduates and officers
and men of the Armed Forces to work harder to
win the war against Boko Haram, terrorism and
insurgency.

"We must apply a comprehensive strategy and
coordinate all elements of national power
against terrorism and insurgency; we must show
result oriented leadership at all levels of military
Command; we must set up an optimal
organization to manage and sustain operational
performance; and we must show confidence and
winning mentality," President Buhari told them.

The President assured that the Federal
Government under his leadership will strive to
meet the operational, logistic, training and
welfare requirements of the Armed Forces of
Nigeria.

He also reaffirmed his commitment to
ameliorating the hardships of people living in
areas most affected by insurgency and terrorism.

"We have the will, resolve and conviction to apply
a comprehensive strategy and coordinate all
elements of national power against terrorism
and insurgency," the President reassured
Nigerians and the international community.
President Buhari said that the National Defence
College had fulfilled the vision of its founding
fathers, by becoming a strategic human capacity-
building institution, making credible
contributions to Nigeria and other friendly
countries.

The President urged graduates of the College's
Course 23 to resolve to make "a marked
difference in your future deployments and
contribute your quota to the evolution and
implementation of national security, defence and
military strategies."

"You should be the source that lights up the
environment wherever you find yourselves," he
told them.

Garba Shehu
SSA to the President
(Media and Publicity)
August 7, 2015

Super Eagles’ Head Coach, Sunday Oliseh has invited 23 home –based professionals who will kick –start preparations for next month’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier away to Tanzania.

At the head of the pack is Warri Wolves’ forward Gbolahan Salami, who scored one of the goals when the Eagles opened the race with a 2-0 win over Chad in Kaduna in June. There are also regular faces like Solomon Kwambe and Nelson Ogbonnaya.

Oliseh has also called a handful of players of the U-23 squad that survived a stern test in Brazzaville on Sunday to qualify for the African U-23 Championship finals,alongside former junior international goalkeepers Olufemi Thomas and Ikechukwu Ezenwa, as well as a number of new faces, led by top scorer in the Glo NPFL race,Tunde Adeniji of Sunshine Stars.

The players are expected to report to the Bolton White Apartments,Abuja on Monday, 17 August. Nigeria play Tanzania in Dar es Salaam on September 5 in one of the Matchday 2 games of the qualification series for Gabon 2017. It will be Oliseh's first match in charge of the Super Eagles.

GOALKEEPERS: Olufemi Thomas
(Enyimba FC); David Obiazor
(Heartland FC); Ikechukwu Ezenwa
(Sunshine Stars)

DEFENDERS: Orji Kalu (Enugu
Rangers); Solomon Kwambe (Warri
Wolves); Idris Aloma (Enyimba FC);
Chima Akas (Sharks FC); Nelson
Ogbonnaya (Heartland FC);
Samson Gbadebo (Lobi Stars);
Jamiu Alimi (Shooting Stars);
Stephen Eze (Sunshine Stars)

MIDFIELDERS: Ifeanyi Mathew
(Nasarawa United FC ); Usman
Mohammed (FC Taraba); Azubuike
Okechukwu (Bayelsa United);
Lordson Ichull (Warri Wolves);
Kingsley Sokari (Enyimba FC);
Etebo Oghenekaro (Warri Wolves)

FORWARDS: Ezekiel Bassey
(Enyimba FC); Gbolahan Salami
(Warri Wolves); Bright Ejike
(Heartland FC); Tunde Adeniji
(Sunshine Stars); Bright
Onyedikachi (FC IfeanyiUbah);
Prince Aggrey (Sunshine Stars)

www.thenff.com/2015/08/oliseh-calls-23-home-boys-for-tanzania/

Rapper/singer Mocheddah covers Ghoste Magazine's 2nd issue as she portrays a burlesque dancer in the 60s inspired editorial.






Photographed by Paul Ukonu
Makeup by Mocheddah
Styled by Ijeoma Ukonu
Hair by Tony

89 year old Elizabeth Govern, called Nana Betty by
her family, was asked by her granddaughter Christine to be one of her four bridesmaids - and Nana Betty stole the show.

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed that a Lake Chad report submitted in 1920 be reviewed to salvage the lake from drying up, the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Fatimah Mede, said Tuesday.

Lake Chad is largest lake in the Chad Basin, and is located mainly in the far west of Chad which shares a border with north-eastern Nigeria.

It is economically important, providing water to over 68 million people living in four countries surrounding it, namely,Chad, Cameroon, Niger, and Nigeria.

Ms. Mede told journalists that the president gave the directive following his concern that Lake Chad has receded from 33,000 square kilometres about two decades ago to just 300 square kilometres.

The president, Ms. Mede said, complained that the receding lake is adversely affecting the livelihood of those whose economic activities are directly linked to it.

“So he has directed that we should go and look at the report that was submitted in 1920 about how to prevent Lake Chad from drying up, so that the communities around, even border communities, including the countries benefitting from activities of fishermen and livelihood based on Lake Chad, are not affected.

The president also called for the promotion of Liquefied Petroleum Gas to curb the continuous felling of trees used as firewood for cooking.

“He has directed that we should bring up that report
immediately and see how we can promote the use of LPG to reduce the rate at which trees are being cut down,” Ms. Mede said.

She said over 43 per cent of Nigerians are currently affected by desertification and this has continued to breed conflict between the herdsmen and farmers because of migration and having to move away from the dessert to the South West where they can get grass to feed the animals.

“For instance if everybody in Abuja is using LPG gas to cook,the rate at which people cut down wood to sell will be reduced,” she said.

On the clean cook stove initiative, the Permanent Secretary said the contractor had taken the government to court seeking an injunction to prevent the government from terminating the contract.

The clean stove initiative was launched by Vice President Namadi Sambo, in the Banquet Hall of the State House,Abuja.

He had said the stoves will reduce carbon emission in the country and also boost job creation and reduce smoke-related diseases.

However, the Federal Ministry of Environment terminated the controversial project, initiated by the former Goodluck Jonathan administration.

The ministry had said the German contractor who was given three months to supply 750,000 units of the stove and 18,000 wonder bags under the project had failed on his part to deliver the items.

Ms. Mede also noted that N5 billion had been released to the Ministry by the government and N1.3billion had been paid to the contractor, and the balance of N3.7billion had also been kept untouched.

“We will go there and argue our case, the government will go.

We have briefed the attorney general’s office. We will present our case and the court will decide,” she told journalists at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday.

www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/187832-buhari-orders-review-of-1920-report-on-lake-chad.html

Madonna University has built what they claim is the longest and possibly the largest exams hall in Nigeria. The hall is called 'Edeh's Ark', named after the school chancellor's name.
The idea is that several exams will hold at the same time. If you are to write an exam in this hall, OYO is your case as students from different levels are made to sit side-by-side

Some dealers at the popular Ladipo Auto Spare Parts Market in Lagos have taken the authorities of the Mushin Local Government Area before a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja over an alleged threat to demolish their shops and eject them from the market.

The marketers, who said they were apprehensive that the defendant might soon make good its threat, are seeking an order of interim injunction barring the council from embarking on what they described as unlawful demolition of their shops.

The plaintiffs, in an ex parte application filed through their counsel, Mr. Richard Nwankwo, urged the court to direct parties to maintain the status quo pending the determination of their lawsuit.

The 10 plaintiffs who sued are Nnamdi Chukwuka,
Franco Offai, Vitus Okoyeagu, Felix Okafor, Peter
Benson and Richard Olisakwe.
Others are Godwin Onyeka, Emeka Ikeh, Romanus
Ezimora and Darlington Ugochukwu.

In the affidavit filed in support of their application,
they alleged that without a prior notice, agents of the Mushin Local Government Area had invaded the
market, and with the help of “hoodlums and rented
armed policemen” commenced demolition of their
shops.

They claimed that the respondent, after the invasion, had continued to threaten them with ejection and demolition, despite the intervention of the state Commissioner of Police, who reportedly met with the parties on July 21 and appealed to everyone to be law-abiding. Chukwuka, who deposed to the affidavit, said the demolition and ejection threat by the Executive Secretary of Mushin LGA, Mr. Jide Bello, was coming while the plaintiffs had subsisting rents.

The deponent, who accused Bello of hiding under
“the guise of redeveloping the market”, said, “The
respondent also deployed some equipment in the
market and removed roofs.

“The hoodlums went on a looting spree, carting away some of our expensive goods, cash and other
valuables.”

No date has been fixed for the hearing.

www.punchng.com/news/ladipo-traders-head-for-court-over-demolition/

Without going back to the home page,answer this 3 questions in 60 seconds
.


1.How many members are on Nairaland presently.


2.How many group do we have on Nairaland forum (e.g politics,education).


3.How many Nairalander is having his/her birthday today.





If u are true with it the question kindly answer this for me
Which country starts with letter W

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
Mr Osita Okechukwu, on Thursday assured that
President Muhammadu Buhari would not neglect
the Igbos in appointments.

Okechukwu, who is the spokesman of the party in
the South-East, gave the assurance in an interaction
with journalists in Abuja.

He said that the president still had more than 500
appointments to make and that the Igbos would be
carried along fully.

He said the appointments made so far were based
solely on professional competence, but expressed
confidence that Igbos won’t miss out in Buhari’s
government.

”My message for my people is that in the next one
or two years, they will have nothing to complain
about because the Federal Government of Nigeria
is a big elephant.

”He has more than 500 appointments to be made
and the juicy ones are also there, and even the
sensitive ones are also there; we cannot miss out,”
he said.

The spokesman urged the people to be patient as
the government had just spent one month out of its
48-month mandate.

”My people from the South-East are complaining over the appointments made so far; yes, that’s a valid argument but the arguments could be accessed on two grounds.

”One, the president has 48 months mandate; he
has just completed one or two which falls below
five per cent of the mandate he was given.

”On the other hand, he has over five hundred
appointments to be made no matter the delay, to
be made between now and December or by this
time next year.

”I personally feel it is very much on the side of
impatience to assess the president with less than
30 appointments, because there are other crucial
appointments still waiting,” he said.

He explained that the appointment of service chiefs
should not be politicised, considering the current
level of insecurity in the country.

He expressed confidence in the president’s
disposition to fairness.

“I do not see President Muhammadu Buhari whom
I have worked with for over 12 years neglecting or
trying to breach that area of the Constitution that
says appointments must reflect federal character,”
he said.

www.today.ng/politics/buhari-would-not-neglect-igbos-in-appointments-apc-chieftain/

This is serious......



**sipping my kunu**

This is serious......



**sipping my kunu**

Alhaji Sani Shehu, the President, Miners
Association of Nigeria, on Thursday said the
association would establish the first Gold Refinery
in Nigeria in 2016.

Shehu disclosed this in an interview in Abuja.
Her said the association had concluded
arrangement with a Dubai Gold Refinery Company,
United Arab Emirate, to establish the refinery in
Zamfara.

He said the refinery, which would be fully funded
by its counterpart in Dubai, would create job
opportunities for Nigerian youths and generate
foreign exchange earnings for the country.

“The Dubai refinery company sources for gold from
parts of the world; establishing a refinery in Nigeria
is like an expansion of the company.

“There will be no need for miners to take their raw
gold outside the country for sale or refining when
the refinery is established,’’ he stressed.

He also said that Nigeria had no database on the
quantity of gold being extracted on a daily basis,
adding that a good quantity of the mineral was
being mined every month and taken to Dubai for
refining.

According to him, the global business environment is being financed by financial institutions,but in Nigeria,financial institutions find it difficult to invest in the sector.

“Our financial institutions find it difficult to invest in
the mining sector because they believed that
mining is a risky business.

“We are advocating that government should
conduct seminars for the institutions to educate
them on the need to invest in the sector.”

He said Nigeria could generate more money from
solid minerals than oil if developed.

“If solid minerals are developed just like oil sector,
the country will generate more income from the
sector.

“The price of oil is dropping everyday and the
international politics on oil prices is worrisome; we
cannot experience such in solid minerals because
their prices are fairly stable.”

The Sokoto Education Development Trust Fund
(SEDTF) said it executed projects worth more than
N56 million across the state.

Chairman of the fund and second republic
president, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, disclosed this in
Sokoto on Saturday at the fund’s 13th Annual
General Meeting.

“The fund as at June 30, 2015, had a total sum of
N85 million in its various bank accounts,” Shagari
stated.

He said the executed projects were purchase of various sets of Islamic books which were distributed to mosquesin the 23 local governments in the state and Information Communication Technology training for youths.

Other projects, according to him, included training
of women on vocational trades, skills acquisition
training and disbursement of bursaries to indigent
youths.

The former president commended the Sultanate
council, Sokoto State Government and other
donors to the fund for their sustained moral and
financial support to it.

In his speech, the state governor, Aminu
Tambuwal, promised to support the fund as it
accorded priority to education. Tambuwal extolled the sterling contributions of the Sultan of Sokoto and fund, to the education development of the state.

“Leadership cannot succeed without listening to the yearnings and aspirations of the governed and we shall endeavour to always do this.

“We will do everything humanly possible to move
the state forward in all ramifications as well as
ensure sustained peace and unity of Nigeria.

“If you say education is expensive and you neglect
it, then try ignorance, and be ready to bear the
myriad negative consequences on the nation,” the
governor stated.

In his remarks, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad
Abubakar, solicited support to the fund to enable it
to succeed in its laudable activities.

Abubakar promised to continue to assist the fund
with morally and financially, saying that it was
greatly complementing the efforts of the
government in providing education to the people.
He commended Tambuwal and his predecessor,
Sen. Aliyu Wamakko, for according education
priority attention.

The monarch further commended Shagari for
providing credible leadership to the fund in spite of
his age.

www.today.ng/news/sokoto-education-development-trust-fund-executes-n56m-projects/

Best Live Acts - Diamond Platnumz.
Best Group - Psquare
Best Pop & Alternative - Jimmy Nevis
Best Lusophone - Ary
Best Francophone - DJ Arafat
Best New act - Patoranking
Personality of the Year - Trevor Noah
Evolution Award - Dbanj
Best Hip Hop - Casper Nyovest
Best Female - Yemi Alade
Best Video - Nafukwa,riky rick
Best Male - Davido
Best Collaboration - Aka,burna boy,da les
Song of the Year - Mavin,Dorobucci
Artiste of the Decade - Psquare

FIRST MUSEUM: This dictinction goes to Esie
museum, Kwara State. It was established in 1945
during colonial rule. It houses thousands of
soapstones and tombstones. Though the ages of the
soapstone have not been scientifically determined,
some locals believe that they are as old as creation. A festival is usually held every April at the museum.

FIRST ASYLUM was established in the city of Calabar
in 1904. It was essentially to house the mentally
challenged as there were no qualified psychiatrists.
Shortly afterwards, in 1907, Yaba Asylum came into
existence. These two are now full-fledged psychiatric hospitals.

FIRST PSYCHIATIC HOSPITAL was Aro Mental Hospital in Abeokuta. It was established by the colonial government in 1954. It is now called Aro
Neuropsychiatric Hospital.

FIRST MEDICAL HOSPITAL: Sacred Heart Hospital,
Lantoro, Abeokuta was established in 1895 by
Catholic Missionaries. Till date, the Catholic Church
still owns it.

FIRST PLANE CRASH happened in Ikogosi (famed for
its cold and warm spring) in 1942. It was a World War II plane carrying arms and ammunitions. It crashed into one of the surrounding hills of the town. It relics still lies there till date and there are talks of turning the place to a tourist site.

FIRST REFINERY was established in 1965 in Eleme,
near Port-Harcourt. It began with a capacity of 38,
000 barrels per day, which was increased to 60,000
after the Civil War. Now, it is comatose just like the
other 3 refineries in Nigeria.

FISRT INSURANCE COMPANY: The history of
Insurance began with the establishment of Royal
Exchange Assurance Agency in 1921. It was a foreign- owned company. In 1958 the first indigenous insurance company, African Insurance Company Ltd commenced operations.

FISRT BANK: The eponymous bank, First Bank Nigeria Plc began operations in Nigeria in 1894 as Bank of British West Africa. After several changes in name, it adopted its present name in 1979.

FIRST PLANE LANDING: No, it was not in Lagos! It
happened in Kano on a horse race course in 1925.
The plane was from Khartoum. During an intense
confrontation between residents and colonial
government personnel, the commanding officer of
the base in Khartoum was told to fly in and report onthe situation.

FIRST SATELLITE (NigeriaSat-1) was launched into
space on September 2003 by a Kosmos-3M rocket
from Russian Plesetsk spaceport. It was built by
Surrey Space Technology Limited (a UK firm) and cost Nigeria $30 million.

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Adenugay:
no source?

There is

Nigerian musician and producer Gabriel Oche Amanyi, popularly known by his stage name Terry
G is currently a very happy man.
This is because the ‘Ginjah Master’ just landed a
deal with a new management, Black Wallstreet.

The mouth-watering deal came with a new mansion
in Lekki and 2 cars, one of which is a Ferrari.
Terry G also confirmed the news.

“It is true that I have moved to Lekki. I just landed a deal with a new management, Black Wallstreet, and we are in a partnership together. I just began moving into the new mansion.

“The deal came with a mansion in Lekki and also a
Ferrari car. They also promised to buy me another
car. The house I used to live in at Iju would be
turned into a bakery. I have a three-year contract
with them. I cannot disclose the value of the
house,” he told Saturday Beats.

www.today.ng/entertainment/terry-g-signs-lands-new-management-deal-acquires-ferrari-mansion-in-lekki/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

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See wah

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Nashoji:
another way to scam lagosians again.

Never he is a good guy,he will never do that

Thank God it will even ease the pressure on the road

Yaga

Dope

God bless this man gan oo

Good,let boko now you are in town



Eating my oat dis morning

Leave jayz alone nay

Pray he does well in the coming season

Hmmmm.........Can't wait for the MaMa's