Kaduna Refinery Offers Skills Training To 100 Unemployed Youths

Posted on December 2, 2016 by Staff Reporter

The Kaduna Refinery and Petrochemical Company (KRPC) on Friday began the training of 100 unemployed youths in various skills’ under its Youth Empowerment and Skills’ Acquisition Programme.

The training, the eighth under the programme, was targeted at some of the unemployed youths from the company’s host communities.

Alhaji Abdullahi Idris, KRPC Executive Director, Services, said the more than 900 youths had benefited since the programme was introduced in 2008. According to him, the programme is part of the company’s corporate social responsibility and is designed to support government’s efforts in poverty eradication, containing youth restiveness and tackling unemployment.

Idris said the training covered more than 16 trades that include : Plaster of Paris (POP), welding and fabrication, plumbing, pipe-fitting, electrical installation, rewiring, carpentry, woodwork, and fashion design.

It also includes : poultry farming, auto-mechanic, auto- spray painting, handset repair, photography and visual imaging and panel beating, he said. “I want to reassure you that the general review of the programme will soon commence and all areas including consultancy fees will be given serious attention in the next edition of the programme,” he said.

Mr Aminu Daneji, Manager, Public Affairs Division of the company, said the 100 youths would be empowered with skills so that they could become engaged in useful ventures. Also, Mr A. B, Makama, who spoke on behalf of the host communities, commended the company for the initiative, stressing that the youths were the backbone of any country.

Makama said the involvement of youths in skills acquisition would make them become responsible citizens, who would contribute positively to national building. One of the participants, Tobias Aboki, pledged that the trainees would be punctual, disciplined, serve as good ambassadors of their communities during the training.

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Mexican Cement Company Offers To Help Trump Build His “Big, Beautiful, Powerful” Border Wall

Posted on November 24, 2016 by Staff Reporter

A Mexican cement maker is ready to lend its services to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump to build the wall he wants to erect on the southern border of the United States to curb immigration.

“We can’t be choosy,” Enrique Escalante, Chief Executive Officer of Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua (GCC) said in an interview. “We’re an important producer in that area and we have to respect our clients on both sides of the border.”

Based in Chihuahua, a large northern state bordering Texas and New Mexico, GCC is one of the biggest construction materials companies in Mexico. It generates around 70 percent of its sales in the United States, where it also has three plants.

Escalante said Trump’s plans to invest in energy and infrastructure in the United States augured well for the firm.

“For the business we’re in, Trump is a candidate that does favor the industry quite a bit,” Escalante said.

Luckily for Trump, and Grupo Cementos, the National Enquirer has already drawn up “construction plans & blueprints.”

Merkel Offers To Work Closely With Trump

Posted on November 9, 2016 by Staff Reporter

German Chancellor Angela Merkel congratulated Trump on his win. She added that the campaign had often been connected with confrontation that had been hard to tolerate.

Merkel said the person who ruled the United States carries a lot of responsibility, which was palpable almost everywhere in the world.

She stressed the Americans had decided Trump should be their President. Democracy, freedom and the respect of people’s dignity — regardless of race and religion — were pillars that connected Germany and the USA.

And, on the basis of those values. she offered to work closely with Trump.

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AfDB Offers $1Billion Lifeline To FG

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Staff Reporter

The African Development Bank (AfDB) will support Nigeria with a sum of $1 billion to address the country’s N2.2 trillion deficit in the 2016 budget.

The gesture comes amid re-assurance by President Muhammadu Buhari that Nigeria has the wherewithal to surmount its current economic setback.

AfDB President, Akinwunmi Adesina, who was at the State House in Abuja, yesterday, also unfolded other packages the financial institution has for the country.

They include $300 million to create jobs for 185,000 youths; $250 million for North East infrastructure development; $1 million grant, to deal with challenges of Internally Displaced Persons; $300 million for infrastructure development around Abuja; and $200 million for the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN).Receiving Adesina, Buhari said: “God has given us people and resources. It will take hard work on our part, but we will make it. We will get out of our problems.”

We are determined to produce what we eat, and stop importation. We will also chase those who stole, and get them to refund.”Adesina appreciated the country’s support when he contested the AfDB presidency, making him the first Nigerian to occupy the position since the bank was established in 1964.

The AfDB boss described recent economic policies in the country as “bold, tough, uncomfortable, but right,” adding that Nigeria would reap the dividends in due course.

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FG Offers 3-year Tax Holiday To Investors

Posted on September 9, 2016 by Staff Reporter

As part of measures to incentivise investments in the Nigerian mining sector, the Federal Government yesterday offered prospective investors a three-year tax holidays.
Speaking at the opening session of the ongoing Africa Down Under Conference in Perth, Australia recently, Minister of Solid Mineral Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, said the country was determined to return stronger to the global ore and mineral market to drive the growth and development of the sector through the private sector.
He said that the tax holiday would commence from the date the investor begins mining operations in the country.
The Minister listed other incentives approved by the Federal Government for investors in the mineral and mining sector to include exemption from Customs and import duties on mining equipment, in addition to the option of whole ownership of the firm by such investors.
Fayemi also identified security as another major area the government was investing in, in order to ensure security of investment as well as life and property.
“Our government has a renewed commitment to the improvement of security across mine sites, logistic related security and general terrorism,” he said.
The Minister who presented graphical details of incentives obtainable in several other major mining countries, including Australia, USA, South Africa and Chile, told his audience, comprising investors, operators and other allied professionals that Nigeria was offering more generous incentives, including favourable tax regime and royalties.
He said the country was determined to build a world-class minerals and mining ecosystem designed to serve a targeted domestic and export market for minerals and metals, adding that part of the vision of the Ministry is to contribute to job creation.
“We are focusing on rebuilding our minerals and mining sector in three phases: Phase 1, in the immediate term, we are achieving import substitution by winning over domestic users of industrial minerals.
“Phase 2, our focus is on further expanding our domestic ore and mineral asset processing capacity. Phase 3, we will return stronger to the global ore and minerals markets at a market competitive price point,” Fayemi added.

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Kidnapped Colonel: Army Offers N1 Million Reward For Information

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Staff Reporter

The Nigeria Army has promised a million naira reward for anyone with useful information that could lead to the rescue of its abducted officer, Samaila Inusa.

It also promised to give adequate protection to anyone who provide useful information, adding that such tip-off would be treated with utmost confidentiality.

Mr. Inusa, a colonel, was whisked away in his Mercedes-Benz car by gunmen around Kamazo, along Kaduna Refinery Road, in Chikun local government area of Kaduna State.

As part of efforts to successfully rescue the senior officer, a spokesperson for the First Division of the Nigerian Army, Usman Abdul, a colonel, announced the cash-for-information offer to journalists on Monday morning.

The Army had earlier promised a N500,000 cash reward for information, but on Monday raised the cash reward to N1million.

Mr. Abdul had said in a statement on Sunday that the senior officer was abducted on Saturday night.

According to the statement, “the abductors dropped off Colonel Inusa’s wife and left with him in his car. The car headed towards Abuja.”

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Rivers Re-run: INEC Offers Automatic Job To Injured Corps Member

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Staff Reporter

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has offered automatic employment for a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) who lost her sight during the 2011 general elections in Yobe State.

Similarly, the commission promised to fully participate in the burial programme of Okonta Samuel, a? corps member who lost his life in last Saturday’s re-run elections in Rivers State.

These were disclosed by the INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmoud Yakubu when he paid a condolence visit to the Director-General of the NYSC, Brig-General Johnson Olawumi on Tuesday.

Professor Yakubu, who regretted the circumstances, which led to the unfortunate death of the corps member, praised the services of youth corps members in the conduct of elections.

He said the commission appreciates their invaluable services to the nation, and restated that INEC would continue to guarantee the safety of corps members participating in the conduct of election.

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U.S. Embassy Offers To Equip National Assembly Library

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Staff Reporter

The United States embassy in Nigeria, on Wednesday, offered to equip the library of the Nigeria’s National Assembly.

This was disclosed by the political affairs officer, Robert Kerr, during a discussion with legislative aides at the U.S. Embassy in Abuja.

The session was organized by the US Embassy and Youth Initiative for Advocacy Growth and Advancement, YIAGA, as part of Young Legislators Accountability Project, YLAPNG.

It was organized for aides of young Nigerian legislators who are not more than 40 years of age.

Mr. Kerr pledged America’s readiness to equip the National Assembly library, following complaints by the legislative aide that the library is “moribund”, “not well equipped” and “not adequate for research”.

They expressed disappointment that they had to depend of external libraries to carry out their duties for their principals.

“The Embassy will be interested in equipping the library with devices and books,” Mr. Kerr noted.

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Porn Star Offers To Teach Sex In Italian Schools

Posted on December 23, 2015 by Staff Reporter

Porn star Rocco Siffredi, known as the “Italian stallion”, has launched a petition demanding sex education become mandatory in Italy’s schools and offered himself up as a teacher.

“I wanted to launch this appeal because sex is a magnificent thing,” he wrote on the website that began collecting signatures on Tuesday.

“I put forth my name and my experience, I make myself fully available to go into Italian schools and personally promote this initiative,” the 51-year-old added.

Despite efforts stretching back over a century and dozens of legislative proposals, sex education is not part of the curriculum in Italy’s schools.

The petition on change.org, addressed to Italian Education Minister Stefania Giannini, had gathered some 21,600 supporters by Wednesday.

“Pornography should be entertainment, but due to lacking alternatives, it has become a means to learn, especially for young people,” he said.

“I have been doing my work for 30 years and I have acquired enough experience to guarantee that what I do is not sex education,” he added.

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Instagram Now Offers Multiple Account Functionality, But…

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Staff Reporter

Finally, Instagram is getting with the program and making our social media-addled lives just a little bit easier. With the latest update, the app is introducing a new feature that allows users to toggle between multiple accounts without logging in and out.

That’s the good news. The bad news? The function is currently only rolling out for Android users, according to Android Police. So for the rest of us iPhone users… multi account struggles are (still) real. Fingers crossed the feature will be coming soon to an App Store update near you!

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UK Offers To Assist Nigeria Tackle Boko Haram

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Staff Reporter

The United Kingdom has offered to further assist Nigeria in its quest to end the violent activities of the Boko Haram sect by December.

The British Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Nicholas Houghton, disclosed this to State House correspondents on Thursday shortly after a closed-door meeting he had with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Houghton said he was sent by his government because the United Kingdom shares an interesting security situation with Nigeria.

He said he was in the country to see how the UK could give the necessary support to the government and the President to ensure that the country optimises whatever support it could give Nigeria.

He said, “My concern is in the security situation, in particular the war being waged by Boko Haram.

“I think that Nigerian armed forces have made some remarkable progress in the last few months in pushing Boko Haram back.

“But as it comes to the end of the rainy season, I know the President has got a very strong ambitions to what he can achieve by Christmas, it shows because the UK has a strong support for your troops training just to make sure we optimise our support and that is the best way we can.”

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Falae’s Family Offers Kidnappers N2m As OPC Launches Manhunt

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Staff Reporter

Abductors of the former Minister of Finance, Chief Olu Falae, and the family have begun negotiations on the ransom demanded for the release of the septuagenarian who was kidnapped on his farm on Monday.

While the kidnappers reduced the ransom from N100 million to N90 million, the family said it was able to raise N2 million for his release.

But the abductors were said to have rejected the amount offered by the family.

A family source said the abductors called the family late on Monday night and insisted that the family should raise N90 million if they could not afford the N100 million demanded.

“At the time they called us on Monday night, they said they would only reduce the ransom to N90 million but we cannot afford that, so we begged them to accept N2 million and they rejected it.

“They said they would call us back today (Tuesday) but as at this moment, they have not called,” the source stated.

Similarly, the founder of the Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Dr. Frederick Fasehun, has called for the immediate release of his birthday mate, Chief Falae.

Born on September 21 like Falae, a visibly agitated Fasehun, who became an octogenarian, said in Lagos yesterday that he had ordered OPC operatives to immediately launch a manhunt, combing all nooks and crannies of Ondo State and beyond for the kidnapped politician.

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Boko Haram Offers To Free Chibok Girls In Exchange For Detainees

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Staff Reporter

Deadly group, Boko Haram is offering to free more than 200 young women and girls kidnapped from a boarding school in the town of Chibok in exchange for the release of militant leaders held by the government.

According to an activist, who pleaded anonymity with an international news agency because he was not authorized to talk to reporters on the sensitive issue, it was revealed that Boko Haram’s current offer is limited to the girls from the school in northeastern Nigeria whose mass abduction in April 2014.

“The new initiative reopens an offer made last year to the government of former President Goodluck Jonathan to release the 219 students in exchange for 16 Boko Haram detainees, the activist said.

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Fayose Offers N2million For Information On Kidnapped Priest

Posted on June 11, 2015 by Staff Reporter

Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, has said that he has met with the Police authorities and the Department of State Security (DSS) to map out strategy for the rescue of kidnapped Catholic Priest, Fr. Emmanuel Akingbade.

Mr. Akingbade was kidnapped on Tuesday night in his home at Ado-Ekiti by armed men, who are demanding N20million for his release.

In a broadcast Tuesday, Mr. Fasoye said the kidnapping of the clergy man was a major challenge to the state. He promised to give N2 million to anyone with useful information that could lead to the arrest of the kidnappers.

He assured that efforts were underway to secure his freedom, and urged the people to desist from street protest while the search for the priest lasts. Mr. Fayose said, “We have plans to rid the state of kidnappers, I have spoken with the police and the SSS to be proactive in getting the kidnapped father released.”

He admitted that kidnapping posed a serious challenge to the state, noting that the strategy for dealing with kidnapping was different from other criminal activities. While stating that some suspected kidnappers were in police custody, the governor assured that the remaining criminals would also be apprehended as soon as possible.

“The issue of kidnap goes beyond political matters, everyone irrespective of party affiliations should team up with the government to deal with the kidnapping menace in the state,” he said.

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US Offers $18m Reward For ISIS Leaders

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Staff Reporter

The Obama administration is offering rewards of up to $18M for information leading to the whereabouts of four top leaders of ISIS.

Through its Rewards for Justice programme, the State Department announced Tuesday that it would pay up to $7m for information on Abd al-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli, up to $5m each for Abu Mohammed al-Adnani and Tarkhan Tayumurazovich Batirashvili and up to $3m for Tariq Bin-al-Tahar Bin al Falih al-‘Awni al-Harzi.

According to the department, Qaduli is a senior IS official who originally joined al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Iraq, Adnani is an official ISIS spokesperson, Batirashvili is a battlefield commander in northern Syria and Harzi is the group’s leader for the border region between Syria and Turkey.

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Lai Mohammed Offers Metuh Free 6Week Crash Course As Opposition Spokesman

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Staff Reporter

APC has denied having any hand in the crumbling of the PDP, as alleged by the party’s National Publicity Secretary Olisa Metuh, while offering him, (Metuh) a free, six-week crash course on his new role as the opposition spokesman.

Reacting to the allegation by Mr. Metuh that the APC has been working to destabilize the PDP, the party said in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, in Abuja on Friday, that during the training, Mr. Metuh will be given free lessons by his APC counterpart, in the spirit of cooperation and for the advancement of the nation’s democracy.

”Metuh will need the training to effectively carry out his new, tough task. It is now obvious that he needs to understand that for him to succeed in his new role, he must be credible, empirical, more sophisticated in language use and very passionate, in addition to being able to operate on a lean or zero budget,” it said.

APC said it is ludicrous, to say the least, for anyone to suggest that the APC is seeking to destabilize the PDP, when the erstwhile ruling party has done such a great job of crumbling under its own weight, having gorged on the commonwealth.

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