NIPOST to create 250,000 jobs through ICT

The Nigeria Postal Services is to create additional 250,000 jobs by 2020, an official said on Monday in Lagos.
The NIPOST Director of Information and Communication Technology, Mr Thomas Gaga, made the disclosure at the official launch of the Nigeria ICT Roadmap 2017-2020.
The occasion featured a sensitisation workshop on the roadmap.
The workshop had the theme: “The Role of the Private Sector in the Implementation of Nigeria ICT Roadmap”.
Gaga said that the jobs would be created through the implementation of the roadmap.
According to him, the implementation of the roadmap would enable NIPOST to create e-stamps, engage in e- commerce and generate more revenue.

Buhari’s alleged assassination attempt: Stop living in the past, followers tell media assistant

Nigerians on Twitter reacted angrily to being reminded of the fourth anniversary of the day President Muhammadu Buhari survived an alleged assassination attempt on him.
Buhari’s Personal Assistant, Bashir Ahmad had tweeted a photo of the bullet-ridden vehicle as well as a statement issued by the president after his convoy was attacked four years ago, whilst he was still a presidential aspirant.

Declare me Osun gov primary winner, Ogunbiyi tells PDP

An Aspirant in the just-concluded Peoples Democratic Party governorship primary election in Osun State, Dr. Akin Ogunbiyi, has urged the party’s leadership to declare him winner of the Saturday exercise.
Ogunbiyi told newsmen on Monday in Abuja that he was at the party’s National Secretariat to petition the leadership over the primary that produced Senator Ademola Adeleke as the flag-bearer for the September 22 poll.
Ogunbiyi narrowly lost to Adeleke, polling 1,562 votes as against 1,569 votes by the latter.
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Offa Robberies: Police invite Saraki again

The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has again invited the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki to report to the Force Intelligence Response Team office at Guzape, Abuja, for interrogation over alleged links to the masterminds of the Offa bank robberies.

The IG in a letter dated July 23 addressed to Saraki, asked him to report to the police on Tuesday (Today) at 8am to provide further clarification on his relationship with the five leaders of the robbery gang.
The robbers had attacked some commercial banks in Offa, Kwara State on April 5 during which nine policemen and 33 persons were killed.
Following the attack, the police arrested 27 suspects including five leaders of the gang and also recovered some AK47 rifles.

Northern CAN, RCCG donate relief materials to Plateau IDPs

THE Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN in 19 Northern states and three Provinces of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG,  in Plateau State have visited the areas of killings of local farmers by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Plateau State to assess the extent of havoc. The groups used the separate occasions to commiserate with the victims and donated relief matrials worth millions of naira to limit the suffering of the Internally Displaced Persons,

Vote-buying biggest threat to Nigeria’s democracy, says Group

 The Integrity Group (TIG) on Monday said that vote-buying was not only a criminal offence but the biggest threat to Nigeria’s democracy. The founder of the group, Livingstone Wechie, told  Newsmen in Abuja that such act contravened sections 124 and 130 of the Electoral Act. He called for immediate enforcement of the punitive prescription of the law to deter recurrence. “We are calling for the immediate enforcement of the law against perpetrators of such act. “This is the time to save our democracy for posterity sake,” Wechie said. The group’s leader, who called on the Inter-Party

Fraud in NSITF: Why we can’t inaugurate board, Ngige tells Oshiomhole

MINISTER of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has told National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, that the delay in the inauguration of the board of the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Funds, NSITF, was as a result of the alleged uncovered fraud of over N40 billion by the previous board. Oshiomhole and Ngige It was gathered that the minister has faced immense pressure to inaugurate the NSITF Governing Board, despite the allegation of fraud allegedly perpetuated by the past board of the Funds. Recall that last week, the

Story of juicy offers, money or oil block not true, says Saraki

Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has said that the speculations about juicy offers being made to him and his associates as part of the on-going discussions with the Presidency and leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is untrue. Saraki He said what is at stake is the future of the country and its democracy and that it will be myopic for anybody to be talking about whether certain offers have been made to an individual or if such offers would be accepted or not. In a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, Saraki stated that he saw some reports talking about promise of money or oil block and nomination tickets but added that those viewing the on-going development in that context are simply reducing a major national issue

NEMA issues flood alert on Anambra – Identifies Zik, Ekwueme, Obiano’s LGs as high risk areas

The Nigerian Hydrological Services Agency has said 14 local governments in Anambra State were at high risk of heavy flooding this year.
They include Onitsha North, where the home of the pioneer President of Nigeria, the late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe is located; Orumba North, home of a former vice president, the late Dr. Alex Ekwueme; Anambra East, home of Governor, Chief Willie Obiano; Anaocha, home of former governor Peter Obi and Aguata, home of former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo.
Others among the 14 local governments are Idemili North, Ogbaru, Anambra West, Njikoka, Ayamelum, Dunukofia and Onitsha South.

New Media Bill draconian, unconstitutional, anti-people, anti-free speech

NEWSPAPER publishers in the country, Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria, BON; Editors and Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, have described the New Media Bill currently before the National Assembly as draconian, unconstitutional, anti-people, anti-business and anti-free speech. New Media Consequently, Nigerian Press Organisation, NPO, and other media stakeholders have asked the National Assembly to drop the bill. They also asked the Senate to borrow from best practices in other jurisdictions that had expressly provided for and guaranteed press freedom without any form of government interference. The NPO and others equally implored the Senate and, indeed, the National Assembly, to enable the media in the exercise of its constitutional obligations, as spelt out in section 22, by passing laws that will promote transparency, accountability and open government such as mandatory delivery of the State of the Nation address by the President and State of the State Address by governors on specified days of the year. According to them, this can also ensure by law,