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The People’s Republic of China on Monday donated N60 million to support the Future Assured Initiative of President Muhammadu Buhari’s wife, Aisha Buhari. The official presentation of the cheque was performed by the Chinese Deputy Chief of Mission, Lin Jing, who represented the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Zhou Pinjian, at the State House in Abuja. Mr Pinjian said the gesture was part of the Chinese commitment to assist Mrs Buhari’s efforts in addressing the challenges faced by the victims of insurgency in the North East. He also said the Chinese government appreciated the effort of Future Assured programme in tackling malnutrition, maternal and child mortality as well as social problems facing vulnerable group in Nigeria. The Chinese Ambassador assured the wife of the president of their continued support toward improving health and well-being of women and children in Nigeria. Mr. Pinjian, who expressed Chinese’s appreciation to the long standing relationship between Nigeria and ...

The Minister of Power , Works and Housing , Babatunde Fashola, has called on the Federal Government to extend its ‘ whistleblowing’ policy to the power sector to curb energy theft . Fashola made the appeal in Enugu at the 16 Power sector monthly meeting , sponsored by the Niger Delta Power Holding Company. He said that available statistics revealed huge energy theft by Nigerians, adding that the problem had become a big challenge for not just the power distribution companies, but consumers as well. According to him , if nothing was done , those who pay for energy consumption would continue to bear the overall cost . The minister said that statistics revealed that only six million households consumed energy in the country , adding “ if this is correct , it means that some people steal energy in the country, while only a few pay . “ The statistics cannot be correct and it is , therefore , necessary to extend whistleblowing to the power sector in order to expose those stealing our en...

WHAT is your reaction to the assertions of the Arewa youths? I am not surprised at all, Nigeria is threatening everybody and groups. What do you mean by Nigeria, are we not Nigerians? Yes, when we lie to ourselves and we are reaping the fruits of lying. We say we are a federal republic, we are not republic. We say the state of Nigeria is secular, we are not secular .We use tax payers’ money to send people to Saudi Arabia and Israel every year, a country that is built on fraud will reap fraud and when the fraud is coming, we say people are shouting, why wouldn’t they shout? Hospitals are gone, schools are gone, the roads are not there, electricity does not exist, water is scarce and you think people will not cry. Akingba What is the way out? The way out is to go back to the drawing board, this constitution is not made by Nigerians, it is imposed. A federal constitution should be a truly federal constitution, you don’t centralise everything. The people at the centre in Abuja, they are...

The wing-back is close to making a move to west London with the Bianconeri keen to resolve their player's future as soon as possible Chelsea are growing ever more confident of signing Juventus' Alex Sandro for a club record fee of around £60 million, Goal understands. All the latest rumours Juventus are keen to get a final decision from Sandro and his representatives after offering him an improvement on his current £75,000-a-week deal in a contract until 2022. However, it is expected that he will formally request that the Turin giants come to a deal with Chelsea for his transfer to the Premier League champions. Antonio Conte and Chelsea count Sandro as their primary target at wing-back and are offering him more money than Juventus are willing to put on the table. Donnarumma denies Raiola split If the talks go in Chelsea's favour during the next few days, Sandro will become Chelsea's first major signing of the summer. Juventus are also expected to lose Dani Alv...

The embattled Senator representing Kogi West senatorial district of Kogi State, Senator Dino Melaye has alleged that the acclaimed figures of signatories collected for his recall were forged and fraudulent forwarded to the Independent National Electoral Commission. Addressing newsmen in Lokoja yesterday at the press centre of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, the Chairman Senate Committee on Federal Capital Territory noted that their investigation revealed that even the dead signed the recall across the seven local government councils of the senatorial district. Senator Melaye who spoke through one of his legislative aide, Mallam Abubakar Sadiq stress that the name of the former governorship aspirant of the All Progressive Congress , in the state late Chief Yakubu Rotimi Obadofin from Ijumu local government council precisely Iya- Gbede axis was included in the list. “Let me also sound authoritatively that here in Lokoja local government council several others whose names and signa...

The Emir of Kanam , Alh Muhammadu Babangida on Sunday said that only the propagation of love and unity among citizens would build a nation and not hate speeches . The traditional ruler said this in his Sallah message to Muslims in Kanam Local Government of Plateau. Babangida , who just returned from Pilgrimage in Mecca , described as “very sad’’ and “unfortunate’’ the tension rose in the nation by hate speeches that came from both Arewa Youths and the attendant responses from the south . “We can ’ t move forward in this country with the hate speeches , no matter how offended we may be by other peoples ’ acts or speeches . “The propagation of love is what builds a nation and not hate speeches ; no matter how bitter you feel about the action or speech of a neighbour, all you need to do is show a level of understanding and love instead . “Nigeria has come a long way for us to begin to stop building her into a developed and power nation that will be of benefit to smaller nations, ’’...

Sen . Sabo Nakudu ( APC - Jigawa Central ) has facilitated the release of 13 inmates from prison in the state . Mr Adam Muhammad , the spokesman of the state command of the Nigeria Prison Service ( NPS ) , confirmed this on Sunday. He said the inmates were released from three prisons in the state . The spokesman said seven of the inmates were released from Jahun satellite prison , while five secured freedom from Gwaram satellite prison . One inmate was also released from Kiyawa satellite prison . According to him, Nakudu also donated one sack of garri and one sack of groundnut cake to Ringim satellite prison . The spokesman did not, however, state the amount the senator paid to free the inmates . Muhammad further told NAN that a philanthropist, Alhaji Umar Bala donated drugs and other items to the Hadejia medium prison . “Alhaji Umar Bala D . O donated essential drugs , 100 eating plates and cups, bread as well as 100 bags of sachet water, ” Muhammad said . Reacting to the g...