EL-RUFAI NOMINATES NAMES OF COMMISSIONER

The governor of Kaduna State, mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has nominated 13 persons as members of the state executive council.

In a letter to Aminu Shagali, Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly, Mr. El-Rufai requested the legislators to consider and approve his nominees.

The nominees are:

1 Professor Jonathan Andrew Nok: Health and Human Services

2 Hajiya Rabi M.G. Abdulsalam: Women Affairs and Social Development

3 Engr. Suleiman Aliyu Lere: Water Resources

4 Muhammed Sani Abdullahi: Budget and Planning

5 Dr. Manzo Daniel Maigari: Agriculture and Forestry

6 Muhammad Bashir Saidu: Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs

7 Hon. Suleiman Abdu Kwari: Finance

8 Dr. Shehu Usman Adamu: Education, Science and Technology

9 Dr. Ya’u Usman Idris: Environment and Natural Resources
10 Hon. Daniel Auta: Youth, Sport and Culture

11 Shehu Balarabe: Commerce, Industry and Tourism

12 Amina Ruth Dyeris-Sijuwade: Justice

13 Usman Mahmud Hassan: Works, Housing and Transport

prophet, Destiny Onwudinjo commits suicide in Kirikiri

Prophet, Destiny Onwudinjo, of Heaven Divine Ministry, in Shasha, a suburb of Lagos, western Nigeria, has committed suicide inside Kirikiri Prison, after he was sentenced to seven years imprisonment without an option of fine for absconding from court to evade trial.

We gathered that he was so dejected about his conviction and jail term that he decided to terminate his life inside the prison.

He reportedly hit his head several times on the prison wall and his head broke. He later fell down and  bled profusely.

The other inmates with him inside the cell raised the alarm and contacted prison officials who took him to their hospital where he eventually died because of the injuries he sustained.

Presiding Magistrate P.E. Nwaka of Ejigbo Court had jailed Onwudinjo after he pleaded guilty to his attempt to escape from court during trial.

Onwudinjo caused a stir at the court when he suddenly jumped from the dock and ran out of the court where he was facing criminal charge of fraud and assault.

The prosecutor, Mr Femi Adeleye, and some of the court officials ran after him and re-arrested him along the street of Lagos.

His attempt to escape disrupted the court’s proceedings as the litigants rushed out of the court due to the rowdiness that ensued.

Onwudinjo was brought to the court by the police at Shasha division for brutalizing an okada rider, Chika Izuogu for refusing to pay him N120,000 for deliverance prayer.

Onwudinjo and Izuogu clashed at Olukosi Street, Shasha, Lagos where both of them reside.

According to Izuogu, Onwudinjo told him that he had a revelation from God that he needed to embark on seven days deliverance prayer so that his condition would improve for the better.       

He said the Enugu State-born Onwudinjo explained to him that the money he asked him to pay covered the fasting and other spiritual materials he would use for the deliverance.

To convince Izuogu that the prayer will work after seven days, he told him that he will receive a divine blessing from God as an unknown person will give him N3 million he would use to start a new life and become rich.

Abia State-born Izuogu who seemed to be convinced told Onwudinjo that he would do the fasting by himself because he had no N120,000 to give him for the deliverance.

He was remanded and later took his own life in prison.

PRESIDENT BUHARI(NIGERIA) MEETS WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA (USA) AND THIS IS WHAT THEY SAID

Earlier today President Buhari of the Federal Republic of Nigeria met with the President of the United States "President OBama" at the Oval office in the White House in Washington D.C.

Below is what both Presidents had to say in Public;

Below is what President Obama said to President Buhari and his entourage... 

Well, it’s a great pleasure to welcome President Buhari and his delegation here to the Oval Office for his first visit since the historic election that took place. Nigeria is obviously one of the important countries in the world and one of the most important countries in the African continent. Recently, we saw an election in which a peaceful transition to a new government took place. 
And it was an affirmation of Nigeria’s commitment to democracy, a recognition that although Nigeria is a big country and a diverse country with many different parts, nevertheless the people of Nigeria understand that only through a peaceful political process can change take place.

President Buhari comes into office with a reputation for integrity and a very clear agenda, and that is to make sure that he is bringing safety and security and peace to his country.

He’s very concerned about the spread of Boko Haram and the violence that’s taken place there, and the atrocities that they’ve carried out, and has a very clear agenda in defeating Boko Haram and extremists of all sorts inside of his country. And he has a very clear agenda with respect to rooting out the corruption that too often has held back the economic growth and prosperity of his country.

On both these issues, we’re looking forward to hearing more about his plans and how the United States can partner with Nigeria so that Nigeria ends up being an anchor not only of prosperity and stability in the eastern part of the continent, but can also be an outstanding role model for developing countries around the world.

And we very much look forward to talking about security issues, how we can cooperate on counterterrorism. We’re looking forward to discussing how we can be helpful in addressing some of the corruption issues that have held Nigeria back, and unleashing the incredible talent of the Nigerian people. We all recognize that some of the best businesspeople in the world are from Nigeria, and they thrive as they travel to other countries, but we want to make sure that they’re also helping folks thrive in Nigeria.

We’re also going to have an opportunity to talk about some of the other areas where Nigeria has taken leadership — in public health issues, fighting tragedies like Ebola. Nigeria has an outstanding track record working with us to eradicate polio, and that gives us a framework and a template to continue to work on public health issues throughout the western part of Africa, as well as throughout the subcontinent.

We’ll have a chance to talk about issues of climate change, electrification. As many of you know, Power Africa is one of our top priorities, making sure that we’re electrifying the continent so that it can grow faster and more people have access to the power that they need.

So we’ve got a busy agenda, but I want to emphasize how much I appreciate President Buhari’s work so far. I’m looking forward to seeing him put together his team so that we can do everything that we can to help him succeed and help the people of Nigeria succeed. Because if they’re successful and doing well, that will have a ripple effect not only in West Africa, but throughout the world.

So thank you very much.

What President Buhari said

Nigeria will remain ever grateful to President Obama and the United States for making Nigeria to consolidate its gains on a democratic system. The visit of the Secretary of State, when he visited Nigeria to see the President and the whole government of Nigeria, see the Chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission for Nigeria, and saw the operation was very clear and a positive trend that saw us through for this credible election we had.

And the maintenance of pressure by the United States, mainly, and Europe, to make sure that the elections were free, fair and credible led us to where we are now. It would have been almost impossible if the United States did not maintain the pressure on the former Nigerian government, but they would not accept anything less constitutional as far as the processes of the election are concerned. We will ever remain grateful to you because there are fundamental objectives that are identify all of Nigeria’s people’s Congress — security, economy, employment especially of youth, and then fighting corruption.

We are extremely happy that the United States had made it absolutely clear before the election that they are prepared to help Nigeria in this aspect. And this is why I am here, and I am very grateful for the invitation Mr. President extended to me.

Thank you very much, Mr. President.

WHAT MADE PDP GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDTE JIMI AGBAJE CRY ON LIVE TV?

Former Lagos State PDP governorship aspirant, Jimi Agbaje  today was on the "Lovely&Clair show" on AIT today around 1:30pm. He gave scholarship to 5 orphans through the show.
Jimi Agbaje started to cry when one of the beneficiaries, who is now in university came to share her experience on the show & thank him for having a positive impact on her lifecby his kind gesture.

While narrating her experiences and how her life has changed for the better, Mr Agbaje actually cried tears of joy.

EXPLOSIONS HITS CULTURAL CENTER IN TURKISH TOWN OF SUCUR

There has been a DEADLY Bomb blast at the Turkish Cultural Center in Suruc, a town near Syria border. the fatalities figures yet to be ascertained 

More updates on this report shortly 

PRESIDENT BUHARI ARRIVES AMERICA SAFELY

Nigeria's President Muhammed Buhari and his 33 man entourage left the shores of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on Sunday the 19th of July 2015 and reports reaching Peoples Digest He arrived safely and is currently staying at Blairs as the first ever Nigerian President to be hosted there.

President Buhari will have the opportunity to appeal for additional US aid in combating the terrorist group, among other issues such as recover some of Nigerias stolen funds domiciled in the US

Nigeria’s poverty level could lead to micronutrient deficiency, erosion of citizens’ well-being and development - Bishop David Oyedepo

Presiding Bishop of Living Faith Church Worldwide (Winners’ Chapel) David Oyedepo said yesterday that about 50 million Nigerian youths were jobless.

He said Nigeria’s poverty level could lead to micronutrient deficiency, erosion of citizens’ well-being and development, reduce productivity and immunity level as well as increase sickness and disease.

He urged Nigerians to “wake up to the reality of charting a path for strengthening the reins of our economy via productive and creative engagements in entrenching agro-enterprise”.

“Governments over the years had proffered policy solutions to agricultural development challenges and indeed implemented a number of them. Our dilemma is that the policies have not seemed to have addressed the food security challenge.

“A number of efforts of government or statutory responsibilities considered effective for attaining agricultural development have not really been effective.

“For example, the Nigerian Agriculture Development Bank is today moribund despite several years of operation and several billions of Naira of invested fund. The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) agricultural credit scheme with such lofty objective in which the nation had invested billions of its resources ended up as a way of getting fund to agriculture projects without significant contribution to its development,” he said.

He added that poverty level in the country was soaring with an estimated 70 per cent of the population, mostly rural dwellers, living on less than $1.25 per day.

Quoting from the Global Hunger Index report of 2014, Bishop Oyedepo said: “Nigeria is among the countries in the world faced with a high level of hunger threat despite its efforts at reducing hunger in the last 25 years.”

The cleric, who is the chancellor of Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Irepodun Local Government Area, Kwara State, spoke at the institution’s second convocation ceremony.

“Nigeria is blessed with abundant natural resources that it has not been able to successfully harness to the benefit of its teeming population.

“Agriculture is the mainstay of Nigeria’s economy, employing approximately two-thirds of the country’s total labour force and contributing 40 per cent to gross domestic product (GDP). Nigeria was ranked 40th out of 79 on the GHI and 156 out of 187 on the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 2011 human index development.

“According to the data from the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), 2012, poverty is widespread in the rural areas, where 80 per cent of the population live below poverty line,” Bishop Oyedepo said.