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LG autonomy: Obasanjo blames states for deliberately incapacitating LGs

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OBASANJO Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has blamed state governments for the comatose situation of local government administration across the country. He also accused them of deliberately working against local government autonomy and noted states have incapacitated the councils financially. This, according to Obasanjo, has rendered several councils disabled to perform their statutory functions. Obasanjo spoke on Monday while addressing members of a group, Friends of Democracy, who paid him a courtesy visit at his Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), residence in Abeokuta. The group has visited the former president to enlist his support on the LG Autonomy Bill, which had been passed by National Assembly but still requires the nod of not less than 24 State Houses of Assembly. READ ALSO: Nigerian Scientists don’t understand their human rights – Onu But addressing the group further, Obasanjo recalled that the LG Reforms carried out in 1976 was meant to give

Buhari signs N372b FCT 2018 budget, four others bills into law

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President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the N371,532,518,887 Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Appropriation Bill, 2018 and four others passed and transmitted to him by the National Assembly. This was disclosed to State House Correspondents in Abuja on Monday by Presidential Liaison to the National Assembly- Senate, Senator Ita Enang. Enang said President Buhari also assented to the Nigerian Centre For Disease Control And Prevention (Establishment) Act, 2018; the Extradition (Amendment) Act 2018; the National Environmental Standard And Regulations Enforcement Agency (Establishment) (Amendment)Act, 2018 and the Nigerian Institute Of Mining And Geosciences, Jos (Establishment) Act, 2018. The Presidential aide explained that the Nigerian Centre For Disease Control And Prevention (Establishment) Act, 2018 is aimed at promoting, coordinating and facilitating the prevention, detection and Control of Communicable diseases and other public health emergencies in Nigeria. He a

NIGERIAN SCIENTIST DON'T UNDERSTAND THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS

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NIGERIAN SCIENTIST DON'T UNDERSTAND THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS -Onu Minister of Science and Technology, Ogbonnaya Onu, said the country has not progressed scientifically, because many Nigerian scientists don’t understand human rights as specific obligations including social and economic rights essential to human well-being. Onu, who stated this, on Monday, in Abuja, at the World Science Day Celebration, with the theme “Science, a Human Right”, said science ought to be used for the benefit of societies by both national and international communities. He said many scientists in the country have forgotten the rights to health, food, clean environment and the right to the benefits of scientific progress, scientific knowledge, scientific freedom and international cooperation. READ ALSO: Buhari signs N372b FCT 2018 budget, four others bills into law He added that the land mark to propel Nigeria to greatness, using science and technology, is the presidential executive order No. 5 for p

PRISON INMATES REGISTERED IN OGUN STATE FOR THE 2018 NECO

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Prison inmates numbering 35 have registered in Ogun State for the 2018 National Examination Council (NECO). The Nigerian Prisons Service, Ogun State Command, in a statement signed on Tuesday by its spokesperson, Victor Oyeleke, said the 35 inmates were drawn from three of the six prisons in the state. Oyeleke added that the registration of the inmates is the maiden one after the recent approval of Old Abeokuta Prison Ibara as the centre for the exam. READ ALSO:  Kebbi govt. to support NYSC on entrepreneurship “The approval is made possible through efforts of the welfare officer of the Old Abeokuta Prison Ibara, ASP Abdulhakeem Awesu who is also the education coordinator of the prison. ”It will be recalled that 21 inmates of the prison were on June 29, 2018, enrolled to study various tuition-free courses in the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN).  64 inmates were on June 2nd, 2018 awarded vocational certificates while 69 of them successfully completed NCE progr

President Buhari Addresses Ganduje Bribery Video In France

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HOME NEWS LATEST POLITICS ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS SPORTS CONNECT WITH US Naija Ne President Buhari Finally Speaks On Ganduje Bribery Video Published   on   13th November 2018 By   Busayo Okunloye Buhari Addresses Ganduje Bribery Video In France Events took a new development yesterday, when  President Muhammadu Buhari  broke silence on the bribe-taking videos of  Kano State  governor,  Abdullahi Ganduje . He said the security agencies were vetting the video and that action would be taken on the matter soon. The President’s response on the Ganduje videos followed a remark by a Kano student in France, who lauded the achievements of the governor, especially on scholarship, and advised the federal government to emulate the governor. But the president reportedly asked the student if he had watched the governor’s videos allegedly receiving bribe in dollars. “That aside, haven’t you watched the videos of the

OVERCOMING THE SPIRIT OF FEAR

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OVERCOMING THE SPIRIT OF FEAR   “It is not a bad thing to fear but it becomes bad when fear becomes a spirit and dwells in you” By: Ojo Matthew Oluwasegun . What is fear? Phobia also means fear. Oxford dictionary defines fear as unpleasant sensation caused by nearness of danger or pain (noun).             Fear can likely be related to spirit because it overwhelms one and make one to lose total control at that very moment. It can also be related to spirit in the sense that it is carried out swiftly and mysteriously.             It is not a bad thing to be phobia but it goes wrong when it becomes part and parcel of an individual. Types of fear Social phobias Social phobias are the most common type of fear. They are considered an anxiety disorder and include excessive self-consciousness in social situations. Some people can fear being judged so much they avoid specific situations, like eating in front of others. Agoraphobia: fear of open spaces