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  Professor Yemi Osinbajo as Nigeria's Acting President has gained some good popularity among the Nigerian people. Many feel, the state of the nation is so bad, Osinbajo doing a little seems like a lot to Nigerians. Others have even said they prefer him as president to President Buhari who has been away since Thursday, January 19, 2017. Here are some things the Acting President has done: 1. Food Programme On January 27, 2017 the acting president held a meeting with the executive director of the World Food Programme (WFP), Ms Ertharin Cousin. And on Friday, January 24, he promised that the Federal Government was planning urgent relief to poultry farmers in the country to save the industry from collapse. He also presided over the FEC meeting on February 1, during which the Presidential Task Force on Food Security was mandated to reduce prices of food items in the country 2. Chief Justice Onnoghen The acting president, on February 7, sent the name of the acting Chie

    Nigerians will soon have reasons to smile following a recent success recorded by the nation's oil sector. According to a report by oilprice.com, the unit technical cost for producing oil has dropped from $70/barrel to $27/barrel in about two years. Makanti Baru, the group managing director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), made this revelation on Thursday, February 23, stating that this development is monitored from 2014-2016. He was quoted to have said: “With reduced cost of production, govt’s share of economic revenue will improve which means reduced budget deficit," adding that Nigeria will no longer import petroleum by 2019. The report also revealed that the rig rates for NNPC's deep offshore operations have dropped drastically from US$580,000 to US$164,000 per day, the official said. Nigeria reportedly had the world’s third highest average cash at US$28.99 in 2016, to produce a barrel of oil or gas equivalent in 2016 only behind the UK

  Acting President Yemi Osibanjo has released nine Niger Delta agitators who were arrested in the renewed militancy in the volatile region Spokesman of Ijwa Youth Council, Eric Omare, applauded the Acting President for such move Omare said despite the release of the nine, there are still others yet to be released Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday February 23, 2017 made a great move as he was alleged to have released nine Niger Delta agitators who were arrested and detained in connection with renewed agitation in the Niger Delta. In a statement signed and made available to journalists in Delta, spokesman of the Ijaw Youth Council, Eric Omare, said the released agitators were handed over to the Delta state police command by the Joint Military Task Force before being let go on Thursday. Omare said the released agitators include ex-militant leader, Mr. Goddey Smith Bounanawei (alias King of the Forest) and nine others including Peremor Ekpesegba, Akpos Livinus, Monday Ebime

   The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, has disclosed that Nigeria is set to become one of the yam exporting countries by July 2017, Vanguard reports. Ogbeh made this disclosure on Thursday, February 23, in Abuja as technical working committee was inaugurated to fast track the exportation of yam. Audu Ogbeh says Nigeria is set to begin yam exportation to China, others by July Get the Latest Nigerian News Anywhere 24/7. Spend less on the Internet According to the minister, the Chinese government has demanded dry yam from Nigeria to meet industrial and domestic needs. Ogbeh said Nigeria has remained one of the world’s largest producers of yam, which accounts for 61.7 per cent of the global production of the root crop, while there are over 60 varieties of yam, but sadly, Nigeria not among yam exporting countries. He assured that local production and consumption of the commodity would not be affected by the move to export yam soon, rather government

   A protest by angry youths and rice sellers in Ogun is reportedly turning violent at the Sango-Ota area of the state with the participants blocking the two ends of the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway. The protesters are angry over alleged invasion of their markets by officers of the Nigerian Customs Service The protesters, according to reports, are provoked by the constant invasion and attacks on rice sellers and other business people by officers of the Nigerian Customs Service. Sango-Ota is a few kilometres from Benin Republic and there have been usual clashes between custom officers and alleged smugglers. But some of the rice sellers allege that the customs officers often storm their shops and stalls at the Sango-Ota market to confiscate their goods even when they were not found to have smuggled such. The Punch also reports that the fresh protest engulfed the entire area allegedly after officers of the Nigerian Customs Service stormed some stalls in the morning of Wednesday, Febru

  While, President Buhari away, Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has assented to seven bills passed by the National Assembly. Below is the list of bills: 1. Oath (Amendment) Act 2017 2. Defence Space Administration Act 3. Veterinary Surgeons(Amendment) Act 4. National Film and Video Censors Boad 5. Pension Rights of Judges 6. Nigerian Institute of Social Science Establishment Act 7. Mortgage Institutions Amendment Act. Senator Ita Enang, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly matters confirmed that Osinbajo had indeed endorsed the bills. Also Enang explained that the Acts, other than the Defence Space Administration Act and Institute of Soil science were mainly Amendments to the Principal Act and they are intended to bring the Acts in conformity with current realities. Recall that Osinbajo has been acting for President Muhammadu Buhari since January 19, 2017. Meanwhile, the National Executive Council (NEC), met on Thursday, February 1

    The white House has released the full text of the telephone call between President Trump of America and Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria The news is coming after some Nigerians refused to believe the call actually took place. According to reports from the Presidency, President Buhari spoke with President Trump on Monday February 13. This however generated a lot of controversies. But according to a release on the official website of the White House titled 'readout of the President’s Call with President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria,' Trump discussed diverse issues with his Nigeria counterpart. The press release read in full: “President Donald J. Trump spoke this week with President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria to discuss the strong cooperation between the United States and Nigeria, including on shared security, economic, and governance priorities. “President Trump underscored the importance the United States places on its relationship with Nigeria, and he expressed interest i

The white House has released the full text of the telephone call between President Trump of America and Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria The news is coming after some Nigerians refused to believe the call actually took place. According to reports from the Presidency, President Buhari spoke with President Trump on Monday February 13. This however generated a lot of controversies. But according to a release on the official website of the White House titled 'readout of the President’s Call with President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria,' Trump discussed diverse issues with his Nigeria counterpart. The press release read in full: “President Donald J. Trump spoke this week with President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria to discuss the strong cooperation between the United States and Nigeria, including on shared security, economic, and governance priorities. “President Trump underscored the importance the United States places on its relationship with Nigeria, and he expressed interest

The federal government has released fresh information concerning the disbursement of N5000 to poor people in the country. The federal government had announced the payment of the promised stipends to poor people in the country although Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti described it as mere propaganda. The Ekiti governor claimed the fund was provided by the World Bank and that the federal government was only contributing a little. The government however explained that the World Bank has not provided funds yet as it was part of the proposed plan to borrow yet to be approved by the National Assembly. Read the statement below: The CCT Sum is N500 per household per month, paid directly to the house hold caregiver to improve consumption in the family The World Bank has approved $500m for conditional cash transfers and livelihood support for Nigeria but it is part of the borrowing plan that is yet to be approved by the National Assembly so the funds are yet to be released. The funds cu

Governor Fayose has described the payment of N5000 to poor people as a propaganda  The Ekiti governor claimed his people have not received any payment from the federal government  He said he pays N10000 to poor people in his state Governor Ayodele Fayose has challenged President Muhammadu Buhari to publish the names of those who have received the N5000 stipend the federal government claimed it has paid. The federal government announced that it has started disbursing the N5000 stipend which was promised to poor Nigerians by President Buhari. One million most vulnerable Nigerians will be rewarded with a N5,000 monthly stipend through the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) of its Social Investment Programmes (SIP) The Tribune reports that, the presidency announced that the government has begun the payment. Laolu Akande, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and publicity to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo disclosed that the implementation of the programme was part of the Muhammadu Buh

The Nigerian Army has confirmed the arrest of two council officials in Borno state, with alleged links to Boko Haram insurgents. Maj.- Gen. Lucky Irabor, The Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, made the confirmation during a news conference at the headquarters of the 7 Division, Nigerian Army, The council officials are Alhaji Shettima Lawan, chairman of Mafa Local Government Area, and the Vice chairman of Kaga local government also in the state. The Nigerian Army on Thursday confirmed the arrest of the two men for alleged links with the Boko Haram terrorists. “All I can say is that the Chairman is a big supporter of Boko Haram. The Chairman was in the habit of accommodating people that had fled from the bush. “At some point he was valuable to us being with the Civilian JTF to fight Boko Haram. But that does not mean we cannot investigate him for a crime especially one like this. “We have also arrested the Vice Chairman of Kaga Local Government and he is undergoing in

Following the capture of Camp Zero which is the strong-hold of Boko Haram terrorists in Sambisa Forest, Abubakar Shekau has been reportedly sighted at Kala-Balge area. Shekau who is the factional leader of the terrorist group was not captured in the mop-up raid in the forest which took place on Friday, December 23. Although the Boko Haram leader was spotted in a recent video claiming the dreaded group is still strong, the Nigerian Army has dismissed it as mere propaganda. The Punch reports that a top military source who spoke on the condition of anonymity said the terrorist group was “tremendously weakened and are trying to avoid confrontation … by hiding in some obscure locations.” A member of the vigilante group involved in the fight against Boko Haram said: “They were sighted in large numbers in … the Kala-Balge area” which is closer to Cameron. Abubakar Gamandi who is the head of the fishermen union in Borno state said some terrorists were regrouping around Lake Chad which

Nigerian troops on Operation Lafiya Dole engaged Boko Haram terrorists in an early-morning gun fire which lead to the death of about 15 terrorists. According to Premium Times, the gun fire started around 6 am on Friday, December 30 in Borno state and ended by 9 am. It was reported that the terrorists launched a surprise attack against troops Rann, in northern Borno where soldiers from 3 Battalion and 112 Task Force Battalion are stationed. The soldiers responded promptly ant attacked the terrorists who were firing sporadically. At the end of the gun fire, about 15 terrorists were killed while some were injured. Another source in the military said the number of terrorists that died was more than 15 as some of them escaped with gunshot wounds. It was however confirmed that four Nigerian soldiers were wounded in action while the nearby 22 Brigade has been contacted to send air ambulance to evacuate a soldier who was seriously injured. Weapons recovered include “two AK47 rifle

    Donjazzy,early this morning on his instagtram page announced his signing of former project fame winner,Iyanya to his Mavin records. Iyanya quited the Ubi Franklin led MMMG after his 3rd studio album failed to make desired impact in the Nigerian music scene. Also signed to the record(mavins record) are Tiwa Savage, D'Prince, Dr Sid, Korede Bello, Rekado Banks and Dija. Iyanya and Donjazzy had worked before on a song titled “Gift”.

   President Muhammadu Buhari denied the accusation against him saying he is behind the recent arrest of two Supreme Court justice. Buhari asked the media and Nigerians to stop the habit of accusing him over the case of judges who were arrested by the DSS (Department of State Service) operative for the allegation corruption and mistreatment of office. Two of Buhari Ministers were accused by some of the arrested justice, declaring that the ministers try to influence them to mention President Buhari name in the decision in favourable the recent government. Buhari said this in a statement issued yesterday by his spokesman, Garba Shehu saying he would be the last person to sanction anyone to induce a judge to distort the classes of justice.