Life And Death Of Nigeria’s Most Notorious Armed Robber, Lawrence Anini (Photos)

Life And Death Of Nigeria’s Most Notorious Armed Robber, Lawrence Anini (Photos)

Read the story of Nigeria’s most notorious armed robber in the 80s who was dreaded by the police as he killed and robbed massively at will thereby becoming a national threat. *Lawrence Nomanyagbon Anini on his hospital bed after arrest* Lawrence Nomanyagbon Anini, was one of Nigeria’s most notorious armed robbers who held sway in the old Bendel State (Now Edo and Delta States). His reign in the 80s was so bloody that he was even discussed at the State Security Council meeting. Anini was born in 1960, and was executed on March 29, 1987, following his conviction by a Benin High Cour... more »

Nigerians Can’t Wait Any Longer For Steady Power Supply – Fashola

Nigerians Can’t Wait Any Longer For Steady Power Supply – Fashola

New minister of power, works and housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola, has told staff of the Ministry of Power that Nigerians had waited long enough to get power, hence, the federal government had no choice than to deliver. Speaking when he assumed office yesterday, he said Nigerians were anxiously waiting for results. He said his thoughts were on how to bring together processes and activities of all the ministries under his supervision for effective service delivery. Fashola assured the Ministry’s leadership of his willingness to learn from them, describing them as “career people” who had ... more »

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Do you want to study in Sweden? There are a considerable number of scholarships that are being offered by the Swedish Government and Swedish Universities to attract international students like you. The next application round for most of the scholarship programs open from mid October to early December 2015. Read more »

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PDP apologizes to Nigerians for its mistakes

Abuja – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday apologised for mistakes it may have made during its 16 years rule in the country.
The Chairman of the PDP Reconciliation Committee, Mr Raymond Dokpesi, offered the apology at a news conference in Abuja ahead of the party’s National Conference slated for Thursday.

Chief Raymond Dokpesi

Dokpesi admitted that the party might not have met all the expectations of Nigerians while it was in power and said: ‘’on behalf of PDP, I tender our apologies’’.
He disclosed that the Deputy President of the Senate, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu’s report on the outcome of the general elections showed that factors that affected the party included abandonment of its laws and internal wrangling.
“We tender unreserved apology to Nigerians for the mistakes and to party members for abandoning the zoning principle of the party.
“We apologise to people whose toes were stepped upon.
“So far, whatever the PDP has done against anyone, we hereby tender an unreserved apology,” Dokpesi pleaded.
The committee chairman admitted that the party deviated from the dream of its founding fathers, adding that members operated without recourse to the rule of law.
He, however, gave an assurance that the party would do all it could to woo its founding fathers back to its fold.
“We are going to have Adamu Ciroma, Alex Ekwueme and some of the founding fathers who were hitherto alienated from the party at the conference to chart the way forward for the party.
“The party in 2010 and 2011 made the first fundamental mistake for not allowing the North to complete its term, but special recommendation were made to allow former President Goodluck Jonathan to complete it.
“The party came again, because they were not courageous enough to allow zoning and they supported the former president, and the party suffered defeat,” he said.
Dokpesi said that the era of allowing a clique to control the party was over, maintaining that the party would decide its future by allowing the people to own it, irrespective of status.
He said that the committee’s mandate was to restructure the PDP by allowing the youth to take ownership of the party in driving national growth.
He explained that sequel to the 2015 general elections, the party deemed it fit to have a conference that could help correct the error it made in the past in order to aid its return to power.
Dokpesi emphasised that for the party’s national conference to be meaningful, it must have youth representation comprising a male and a female from each local government area across the country.
According to him, youths whose age must not be more than 30 years, with a minimum of a degree or its equivalent, will take ownership of the party.
He said that the current ‘’change’’ as being championed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) was not enough to generate tension as being witnessed in the country, adding that what the ruling party needed was to chart a course for the country’s future.
According to him, what the country currently has under President Muhammadu Buhari does not have youth representation.

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FG Targets One Million Jobs Through Growth Employment Project

The Federal Government targets between 600,000 and one million jobs within the next three years through the Growth and Employment Project. Mr Sani Labaran, Director-in-charge of GEM in the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, disclosed in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Tuesday. Labaran, who is also the Coordinator of GEM, said the project would create both direct and indirect jobs in five sectors of the economy from 2015 to 2018. He said the five sectors were identified based on their growth and employment potential. The coordinator gave the sector... more »

Medical Graduates Now Enlisting For NYSC Without License, Says MDCN

Posted by: innocent November 10, 2015

A lot of medical graduates are going for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme without proper registration to practice as doctors, the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) has disclosed.

The MDCN registrar, Abdulmumini Ibrahim, said the council had received complaints about medical graduates who were drafted into the NYSC on the “strength of receipt of payment of application fee for full registration”.
Addressing a brief pressing in Abuja on Monday, Ibrahim said the council had communicated the NYSC to warn the practice should be discontinued.
“The practice had become a means for quacks to gain advantage into the profession”, he said.
“It is important to note that the registration is a process and is much more than the payment of the registration fees, and receipt is only an acknowledgement”.
The registrar explained that a full registration requires on average four weeks to process and graduates of medicine and dentistry can only apply for it after completing a housemanship to obtain a “certificate of experience” which will allow them to practice in the rural areas where they are posted during national youth service.
“The council is concerned students are resorting to using receipt of payment because of time pressure”, he added.
Ibrahim said NYSC has resolved to allow graduates who have begun their registration process but missed the October 28 camp into the November 25 stream while registration is being processed for those eligible before orientation camp closes.
“Those not eligible will wait for the next batch. The problem is people are in a hurry”, said Ibrahim.