Wednesday, 28 November 2012
News:Someone Attempting To Bomb Ekiti Govt House
A middle age man was Wednesday arrested in Ado Ekiti by the police
for an attempted bid to bomb Government House, the official residence of
the state governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi.
The incidence happened barely twenty four hours to the judgement of the Supreme Court of Nigeria which is expected to deliver judgement on the case instituted by the former governor of the state, Engr Segun Oni, challenging his removal from office and subsequent declaration of Governor Kayode Fayemi as the validly elected Governor in the 2007 and 2009 elections in the state.
The alleged bomber was said to have been conveyed to the spot by a man on motorbike who was said to have escaped arrest as soon as the suspected criminal alighted in-front of the main gate of the Government’s House.
The incidence happened barely twenty four hours to the judgement of the Supreme Court of Nigeria which is expected to deliver judgement on the case instituted by the former governor of the state, Engr Segun Oni, challenging his removal from office and subsequent declaration of Governor Kayode Fayemi as the validly elected Governor in the 2007 and 2009 elections in the state.
The alleged bomber was said to have been conveyed to the spot by a man on motorbike who was said to have escaped arrest as soon as the suspected criminal alighted in-front of the main gate of the Government’s House.
Job Vacancies: UNDP
The Agriculture Transformation Agenda (ATA), unveiled by the
Honourable Minister for Agriculture presented opportunities for the
provision of technical assistance and other support to the Federal
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) for the scale up
of positive inclusive markets experience in Nigeria. The ATA is aimed at
establishing a sustainable agriculture and agribusiness in Nigeria to
raise the income of rural farmers. UNDP through its project, Facility
for Inclusive Markets (FIM) has offered to support the Government of
Nigeria (GoN) in key demand areas that include developing and
implementing key value chains in agriculture and agro-industry and
enhancing inclusiveness. FIM will also work towards its goal of
catalysing the scale up of positive Inclusive Market experience in
Nigeria and as a platform for capturing knowledge in and out of
Nigeria.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) is providing, through UNDP, long term technical assistance to the Agricultural Transformation Implementation Group (ATIG) as the organ established by the FMARD to implement the Agricultural Transformation Agenda. This support will compliment the UNDP-FIM project and ensure the successful delivery of the goals of the ATA. This project will provide critical technical expertise to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to successfully implement the ATA. The UNDP-BMGF technical assistance to FMARD will support term technical assistance for capacity development and the expansion of value chains in agriculture and agro-industry, institutional policy support and direct intervention to farmers and other small holder value chain actors that are vital to ensuring inclusiveness and sustainable results in the creation of business opportunities and jobs at the grassroots.
The success of the agricultural transformation action plan requires the development of sound and evidence-based policies and institutional reforms. There is need for consultative processes to ensure understanding of stated government policies, shape those policies and ensure successful implementation. The agricultural transformation agenda will draw on the wealth of expertise within Nigerian economics and policy think tanks, with support from the International Food Policy Research Institute.
This post is a Development Project Funded (DPF) post.
The United Nations Development Programme (Nigeria) announces the following vacancy
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) is providing, through UNDP, long term technical assistance to the Agricultural Transformation Implementation Group (ATIG) as the organ established by the FMARD to implement the Agricultural Transformation Agenda. This support will compliment the UNDP-FIM project and ensure the successful delivery of the goals of the ATA. This project will provide critical technical expertise to strengthen the capacity of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to successfully implement the ATA. The UNDP-BMGF technical assistance to FMARD will support term technical assistance for capacity development and the expansion of value chains in agriculture and agro-industry, institutional policy support and direct intervention to farmers and other small holder value chain actors that are vital to ensuring inclusiveness and sustainable results in the creation of business opportunities and jobs at the grassroots.
The success of the agricultural transformation action plan requires the development of sound and evidence-based policies and institutional reforms. There is need for consultative processes to ensure understanding of stated government policies, shape those policies and ensure successful implementation. The agricultural transformation agenda will draw on the wealth of expertise within Nigerian economics and policy think tanks, with support from the International Food Policy Research Institute.
This post is a Development Project Funded (DPF) post.
The United Nations Development Programme (Nigeria) announces the following vacancy
National Advisor Food and Agricultural policy
- Job TypeContract
- Job LevelTop Management
- Min QualificationMBA/Msc
- Experience 7 years
- Job FieldAgriculture
News: Osun Speaker’s Wife
An Osogbo Magistrate court yesterday ordered six alleged kidnappers
to be remanded in prison custody for allegedly kidnapping Mrs. Muibat
Salaam, the wife of the Speaker, Osun State House of Assembly.
The six suspects; Chukwududi Okereke, Ogbole Ochijile Elijah, Okonkwo Lucky, Chukwuma Osifo, Kaikine Mahan and Uwadiunor Philip allegedly kidnapped Mrs. Salaam on of October 9, 2012 at Ejigbo,hometownof the Speaker.
The suspects were later arrested in Ogun State through the combined efforts of men of the Ogun State Police Command and the vigilante group in the town
The six suspects; Chukwududi Okereke, Ogbole Ochijile Elijah, Okonkwo Lucky, Chukwuma Osifo, Kaikine Mahan and Uwadiunor Philip allegedly kidnapped Mrs. Salaam on of October 9, 2012 at Ejigbo,hometownof the Speaker.
The suspects were later arrested in Ogun State through the combined efforts of men of the Ogun State Police Command and the vigilante group in the town
News: Oba Adeosun Escaped Assassination In His Palace
A popular maxim has it that the rich also cry. The reality of this
recently played itself out in Ogun State as a traditional ruler, the
Aga-Olowo in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State, Oba
Abdulrasheed Adeosun, narrowly escaped death when he was attacked by a
gang of suspected assassins which stormed his palace in the wee hours
penultimate Sunday.
Narrating his scary experience, the embattled Oba said he had to escape through the back door of his palace barefooted and without his royal paraphernelia. Thereafter, he trekked about 32 kilometres in the bush to safety. The Oba’s near-death experience can only but convince all and sundry that even traditional rulers in Ogun State are no longer immune to the problems of insecurity ravaging the gateway state.
Narrating his scary experience, the embattled Oba said he had to escape through the back door of his palace barefooted and without his royal paraphernelia. Thereafter, he trekked about 32 kilometres in the bush to safety. The Oba’s near-death experience can only but convince all and sundry that even traditional rulers in Ogun State are no longer immune to the problems of insecurity ravaging the gateway state.
*Embattled Oba Abdulrasheed Adeosun…narrowly escaped death when hoodlums invaded his palace
News: 400 Level Student, 23 Other Suspects In Ogun By Police
A-400 level Sociology Student of Olabisi Onabanjo University, OOU,
Ago-Iwoye, Azeez Salami, 27, was among the 24 suspects paraded by the
Ogun State Police Command yesterday for armed robbery, burglary, car
theft, murder and obtaining money under false pretence.
Addressing newsmen at Eleweran headqu- arters of the Command, the Commissioner of Police,Ikhemefuna Okoye said the suspects were those arrested in the state within this month alone.
He said that Salami had been on the wanted list of Police in a murder case which, according to him, was still under investigation, before he was arrested with one cut-to-size single barrel gun in his hide-out in Ago Iwoye.
Addressing newsmen at Eleweran headqu- arters of the Command, the Commissioner of Police,Ikhemefuna Okoye said the suspects were those arrested in the state within this month alone.
He said that Salami had been on the wanted list of Police in a murder case which, according to him, was still under investigation, before he was arrested with one cut-to-size single barrel gun in his hide-out in Ago Iwoye.
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
News: In Plateau Shooting Casualties Rise To 10
The death toll from Monday night’s shooting at a drinking spot at
Heipang in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State rose to
10, yesterday, as two of those hospitalised later died.
The increase in the number of deaths worsened the tension generated by the killings in the area as people from the village, yesterday, took over the Jos-Abuja highway to protest the attack.
This is even as the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has condemned the continued killing of innocent Northerners following ethnic and religious disputes and asked for a change of heart by those concerned.
National Publicity Secretary of ACF, Mr. Anthony Sani, who spoke for the association, lamented the recent upsurge in retaliatory killings in Barkin Ladi.
The increase in the number of deaths worsened the tension generated by the killings in the area as people from the village, yesterday, took over the Jos-Abuja highway to protest the attack.
This is even as the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has condemned the continued killing of innocent Northerners following ethnic and religious disputes and asked for a change of heart by those concerned.
National Publicity Secretary of ACF, Mr. Anthony Sani, who spoke for the association, lamented the recent upsurge in retaliatory killings in Barkin Ladi.
Job Vacancies: Asset Integrity Manager @ Oil And Gas in Lagos
Addax Petroleum is a subsidiary of the Sinopec Group, one of the largest oil and gas producers in China, the biggest oil refiner in Asia and the third largest worldwide.
Addax Petroleum was founded in 1994 upon leading petroleum industry expertise and a deep-rooted understanding and respect for African cultures. Over the years, Addax Petroleum has evolved from a young pioneer into an established international oil and gas, exploration and production company focused on Africa and the Middle East.
Addax Petroleum’s assets are located in Nigeria, the Joint Development Zone of São Tomé & PrÃncipe, Gabon, Cameroon and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, comprising an excellent combination of oil and gas reserves and exploration opportunities. The Company’s approximate average oil production for 2011 was 140,000 bbl/d.
Addax Petroleum has over 1100 employees worldwide with service offices in Geneva (Switzerland) and Houston (USA), and operating offices in Lagos (Nigeria), Port-Gentil (Gabon) and Douala (Cameroon).
Job Title: Asset Integrity Manager
Employment Type: Permanent
Job Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Addax Petroleum was founded in 1994 upon leading petroleum industry expertise and a deep-rooted understanding and respect for African cultures. Over the years, Addax Petroleum has evolved from a young pioneer into an established international oil and gas, exploration and production company focused on Africa and the Middle East.
Addax Petroleum’s assets are located in Nigeria, the Joint Development Zone of São Tomé & PrÃncipe, Gabon, Cameroon and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, comprising an excellent combination of oil and gas reserves and exploration opportunities. The Company’s approximate average oil production for 2011 was 140,000 bbl/d.
Addax Petroleum has over 1100 employees worldwide with service offices in Geneva (Switzerland) and Houston (USA), and operating offices in Lagos (Nigeria), Port-Gentil (Gabon) and Douala (Cameroon).
Job Title: Asset Integrity Manager
Employment Type: Permanent
Job Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job Vacancies: Registration Area Officer II & III @ Independent National Electoral commission (INEC)
For the essence of undertaking a comprehensive organizational structural review and improvement in its operational capacity, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is set to revalidate and update the list of applicants. In view of the above, interested candidates are hereby advised to apply; meanwhile those who applied earlier can update their applications accordingly. The vacant position identified include:
Job Title: Registration Area Officer 11(08) & 111(07)
The Job:
News: Atiku Knelt Down And Bowed His Head To Greet His Boss Obasanjo
The crowd at the venue of the 2012 Comptroller-General of Customs’
conference in Katsina, burst into cheers and applause when former Vice
President Atiku Abubakar knelt down to greet his former boss, President
Olusegun Obasanjo.
Atiku
and Obasanjo, who served as vice president and president of Nigeria
respectively, between 1999-2007, had an estranged relationship during
the last lap of their second term in office.
Atiku Abubarka
Entertainment: A Cold War Between Davido and Wizkid
The streets have been buzzing with suggestions of a cold war between
two music raves, Davido and Wizkid. Though both have denied such, those
close to them insist that there is a less than healthy rivalry between
the youngsters.
Wizkid and Davido
News: 2 Lebanese Kidnapped In Niger Delta
Gunmen have kidnapped two Lebanese workers from a construction site
in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta region, police said Tuesday.
The two “were taken from a construction site in the creeks of Delta State yesterday (Monday),” state police spokesman Charles Muka told AFP.
“Both of them were working on a bridge project being handled by Setraco Nigeria Limited,” he said, adding that investigations had been launched into the incident.
Muka could not disclose the nationalities of the victims, but local media said they were Lebanese and were seized by gunmen in a speedboat.
The two “were taken from a construction site in the creeks of Delta State yesterday (Monday),” state police spokesman Charles Muka told AFP.
“Both of them were working on a bridge project being handled by Setraco Nigeria Limited,” he said, adding that investigations had been launched into the incident.
Muka could not disclose the nationalities of the victims, but local media said they were Lebanese and were seized by gunmen in a speedboat.
Entertainment: I Never Said I Married My Wife Out Of Pity
Joseph Benjamin was allegedly said to have granted an interview to an
online radio presenter who asked why he married his wife; a woman who
is now separated from him and Joseph was quoted as saying, he married
her after she got pregnant, because he didn’t want to have children out
of wedlock.
Minutes after this purported interview was aired and shared by other eavesdropping online blogs, Joseph was “mis-interpreted” on social networks and entertainment blog that he married his wife out of pity.
Now the actor is furious and has stepped out on social networking site Twitter.
Here are his tweets
Minutes after this purported interview was aired and shared by other eavesdropping online blogs, Joseph was “mis-interpreted” on social networks and entertainment blog that he married his wife out of pity.
Now the actor is furious and has stepped out on social networking site Twitter.
Here are his tweets
News: Gunmen Dressed As Soldiers Opened Fire On A Jos pub
Gunmen said to be dressed as soldiers opened fire on a Jos pub,
killing 10 people in a region hit by waves of clashes between Christian
and Muslim ethnic groups, authorities said Tuesday.
The incident occurred in the Barkin Ladi area of Plateau state late Monday and saw gunmen storm the pub then open fire indiscriminately on customers, according to a military spokesman who denied soldiers were involved.
Barkin Ladi is a mainly Christian area of the region which lies on the fault line between the mainly Muslim north and predominantly Christian south of Africa’s most populous nation.
The incident occurred in the Barkin Ladi area of Plateau state late Monday and saw gunmen storm the pub then open fire indiscriminately on customers, according to a military spokesman who denied soldiers were involved.
Barkin Ladi is a mainly Christian area of the region which lies on the fault line between the mainly Muslim north and predominantly Christian south of Africa’s most populous nation.
News: State Coordinator Says NYSC Camp Not A Five Star Hotel
The State Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Lagos
State, Mrs Adenike Adeyemi, Tuesday dismissed the news making round that
the condition of hostels at the Ipaja NYSC camp is not conducive for
corps members.
Adeyemi who was taking up by journalists after the official closing ceremony of the 2012 batch ‘C’ orientation course yesterday, faulted the publication by Sunday Punch Newspapers on the issue, saying that the correspondent who wrote the story never visited the camp to see the situation of things for himself and neither did he hear from her to have a balance report. “If the writer was sure of his story, he would have put his byline,” she said.
Adeyemi who was taking up by journalists after the official closing ceremony of the 2012 batch ‘C’ orientation course yesterday, faulted the publication by Sunday Punch Newspapers on the issue, saying that the correspondent who wrote the story never visited the camp to see the situation of things for himself and neither did he hear from her to have a balance report. “If the writer was sure of his story, he would have put his byline,” she said.
Job Vancacies: Numerious Positions @ Obafemi Awolowo University [Non Academic]
Obafemi Awolowo University - Applications are hereby invited from suitably qualified candidates to fill the following Senior Non-Teaching Positions below:
Senior Non-Teaching Position
1.) Protocol and Hospitality Unit
Senior Non-Teaching Position
1.) Protocol and Hospitality Unit
- Higher Executive Officer – CONTISS 07 (N579,391.00 – N857,305.00)
Job Vancancy: Specialist Business Executive @ May & Baker Nigeria Plc
May & Baker Nigeria PLC - We
are committed to applying our resources and science to improve the
quality of life. We provide quality and affordable medicines, food and
beverages to those who need them.
May & Baker Nigeria Plc is recruiting to fill the below position:
Job Title: Specialist Business Executive
Job Ref.: MBSBE112012
Department: Pharma Sales & Marketing
Job Type: Permanent full-time
May & Baker Nigeria Plc is recruiting to fill the below position:
Job Title: Specialist Business Executive
Job Ref.: MBSBE112012
Department: Pharma Sales & Marketing
Job Type: Permanent full-time
Job Vancacies: Numerious Positions @ Obafemi Awolowo University [Academic]
Obafemi Awolowo University - Applications are hereby invited from suitably qualified candidates to fill the following academic positions below:
Faculty of Arts
1.) Department of Music
Faculty of Arts
1.) Department of Music
- Lecturer I/II – CONUASS 04/03
- Senior Lecturer – CONUASS 05
News: NUPENG Shuts Hown Shell Operations Nationwide
…Protests sack of 1,500 worker....
AGGRIEVED members of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, protesting alleged unfair labour practices, yesterday, shut down the operations of Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, nationwide.
This came as a nationwide strike by NUPENG looms following alleged assault on members by security operatives at Shell locations across the country, which prompted the Warri and Port Harcourt zones that serve the South-South states and eastern states to begin immediate strike.
Locations in Lagos, Abuja and other parts of the country, Vanguard gathered, had been directed to also down tools between today and tomorrow.
Barricade
AGGRIEVED members of Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, protesting alleged unfair labour practices, yesterday, shut down the operations of Shell Petroleum Development Company, SPDC, nationwide.
This came as a nationwide strike by NUPENG looms following alleged assault on members by security operatives at Shell locations across the country, which prompted the Warri and Port Harcourt zones that serve the South-South states and eastern states to begin immediate strike.
Locations in Lagos, Abuja and other parts of the country, Vanguard gathered, had been directed to also down tools between today and tomorrow.
Barricade
News: NERC Will Come With New Tariff Soon
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, NERC, has announced
impending review of the newly deployed Multi-Year Tariff Order, MYTO.
It said this was necessary following a series of complaints from electricity consumers, especially Small and Medium Enterprises, about high fixed fee they must pay every month irrespective of the power situation within any particular month.
Executive Commissioner, Government and Consumer Affairs at the NERC, Dr. Abba Ibrahim, confirmed this to newsmen on the sideline of Power Consumers Assembly in Dutse, Jigawa State by the commission.
Abba said having received the complaints, the commission had put a process in motion to resolve the complaints of the SMEs, adding that the new tariff regime provided for review mechanism in case of such complaints.
It said this was necessary following a series of complaints from electricity consumers, especially Small and Medium Enterprises, about high fixed fee they must pay every month irrespective of the power situation within any particular month.
Executive Commissioner, Government and Consumer Affairs at the NERC, Dr. Abba Ibrahim, confirmed this to newsmen on the sideline of Power Consumers Assembly in Dutse, Jigawa State by the commission.
Abba said having received the complaints, the commission had put a process in motion to resolve the complaints of the SMEs, adding that the new tariff regime provided for review mechanism in case of such complaints.
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