Dangote Pledges To Assist Nigerian Government Turnaround Economy

Foremost industrialist and richest man in Africa, Aliko Dangote, has restated his commitment to assist the Federal Government in turning around and diversifying the country’s economy.

Aliko Dangote

He said this in Lagos on Friday where he was honoured as “Man of the Year 2015” by The Guardian Newspapers Limited.

He said he was working hard with his company to take Nigeria to the next level and that within the next two and half years, Nigeria was going to excel in some critical areas.

Reasons Why Tinubu Turned Against Me- Senate President Saraki

Senate President Saraki and Tinubu

The embattled President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, who is currently facing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal has traced the genesis of his travails to a political disagreement with a national leader of the governing All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu.

Mr. Saraki, who was replying an open letter to him last week by a magazine publisher, Dele Momodu, suggested that Mr. Tinubu was after him because he blocked his (Tinubu) attempt to be the running mate to President Muhammadu Buhari before the 2015 election.

Why Did God Create All Things For Man?

God created all things for man so that man could offer all creation back to God. God created everything for man, but man in turn was created to serve and love God and to offer all creation back to him:

What is it that is about to be created, that enjoys such honor? Is man that great and wonderful living creature, more precious in the eyes of God than all other creatures? Yes...  because for him the heavens and the earth, the sea and all the rest of creation exist. God attached so much importance to his salvation that he did not spare his own Son for the sake of man. Nor does he ever cease to work, trying every possible means, until he has raised man up to himself and made him sit at his right hand.

"I Feel Your Pains, I Will Not Disappoint You" – Buhari Begs Nigerians

President Muhammdu Buhari on Friday called for patience with his administration, stating that he feels the pains of Nigerians and that he was working towards turning the hardship around.

President Buhari

Buahari made the appeal in Lagos during the Vanguard Personality Award ceremony where he was jointly honoured with his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan as Personality of the Year, 2015.

Nigeria Army Kills 2 Suicide Bombers, Arrests Three

Soldiers of the Nigerian army on April 7 intercepted some suspected Boko Haram terrorists suicide bombers coming from Sambisa forest through Cashew Plantation. 

Deceased Suicide bomber

Troops of 101 Battalion of 7 Division received a tip off about impending attack in Maiduguri city and swiftly swung into action to avert the attack at about 4.00am .

One of the deceased suicide bombers

This was contained in a statement issued on April 7 by colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, the acting director army public relations, a copy obtained by Naij.com. 

“The ever vigilant troops responded decisively by intercepting and neutralizing of the suspected terrorists at Madiyari village, while the third suicide bomber was intercepted and neutralized at Jimini-Bolori village. 

“Unfortunately 3 of our soldiers sustained injuries in the process and they have been evacuated to the unit’s Regimental Aid Post (RAP), for treatment,” he said. It was gathered that the two unexploded Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) on the suicide bombers were safely detonated by a combined team of Nigeria Police and army Explosive ordinance device (EOD) experts.

 In a related development, the troops also arrested three suspected Boko Haram terrorists at Nwagafete village comprising two women and a 16-year-old boy who were connected to suspected terrorists’ food vendors earlier arrested.

Source: Naij.com

Ex President Obasanjo Denies Signing Budgets Without Details While In Power

Ex President Olusegun Obasanjo on Thursday debunked claims by the National Assembly that he signed budgets without details while he was president between 1999 and 2007.

President Buhari and Ex President Obasanjo

The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation, Abdulmimuni Jubril, had said that there were occasions when the former president signed budgets the federal legislature transmitted to him without seeing the details.

Court Discharged Former Ogun Governorship Candidate 7 Years After Death

The ‎Ogun State Government has withdrawn a criminal case of illegal possession of government documents against a former governorship candidate of the defunct Alliance for Democracy, Dipo Dina, seven years after Mr. Dina’s death.

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On Tuesday, a court discharged Mr. Dina alongside three other accused persons.

Mr. Dina was murdered in 2009. His killers have not been identified yet.