Explosion Rocks Maiduguri Market

Explosion has rocked Gamboru market by
Customs bridge in the heart of Maiduguri
claiming many lives.
Eye witness told our reporter that the
explosion went off Friday morning (31/07/15) near the
parking area of tricycle operators know as
Keke NAPEP in the market.
The scene is said to be strewn with bodies of
victims of the blast.
Source: http://dailytrust.com.ng

Buratai Effects Massive Shake-up in the Army, Redeploys 334 Officers

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj-Gen.
Tukur Yusufu Buratai, has approved massive
changes with the postings and appointments
of 334 officers of the Nigerian Army with
various effective dates.
Buratai, in one of the first major strategic
decisions since assumption of office as the
20th army chief, took the urgent decision
following the retirement of several generals.
These changes which were contained in a
statement signed on Wednesday by the
Director of Army Public Relations (DAPR), Col.
Sani Usman, included some Principal Staff
Officers at Defence and Army Headquarters,
Corps Commanders and General Officers
Commanding (GOCs) as well as other
commanders.
Those affected in the redeployment included
37 Major Generals, 57 Brigadier Generals, 128
Colonels, several Lieutenants Colonels and
others.
Some of those affected were the General
Officers Commanding 1, 2, 3, 81 and 82
Divisions, Operations Pulo Shield and Safe
Haven of Niger Delta and Plateau States.
They are: Major General MA Koleoso who is
now Commander TRADOC, Major General SN
Muazu who moved from 2 Division to the
Headquarters Infantry Corps and appointed
Commander, Major General MT Ibrahim, from
Department of Army Standard and Evaluation
to Nigerian Defence Academy and appointed
Commandant.
Others included Major General LKJ Ogunewe
who is now the Chief of Policy and Plans,
Major General FO Alli, is now Chief of Training
and Operations and Major General AA Salihu,
Chief of Logistics.
Also on the list are Major General AG Okunola,
who now Commander of Operation Pulo Shield
(JTF) and Major General TC Ude, Commander,
Operation Safe Haven (STF Jos).Others are
Major General LW Wiwa now Deputy
Commandant of Nigerian Armed Forces
Resettlement Centre.
Also affected in the shake up are Major
General A Oyebade, who is now the General
Officer Commanding, 1 Division, Major General
LC Ilo, General Officer Commanding 2
Division, Major General H Umaru, General
Officer Commanding 3 Division, Major General
IH Edet, General Officer Commanding 81
Division and Brigadier General I Attahiru who
is now the Acting General Officer Commanding
82 Division.
While Brigadier General AT Hamman is now
the Acting Provost Marshal, Brigadier General
LF Abdullahi, Acting Commander, Nigerian
Army Education Corps and Colonel R
Abubakar, Acting Director Defence Information,
among others.

Nigeria, Cameroon vow to step up cooperation against Boko Haram

The leaders of Nigeria
and Cameroon pledged on Thursday to
improve the exchange of intelligence and
security cooperation along their border in a
bid to tackle Nigerian Islamist militant group
Boko Haram.
In their first visit to Cameroon,
President Muhammadu Buhari, with five State Governor among them is Dr. Samuel Ortom,  since they were
elected in March, Buhari  and his Cameroonian
counterpart Paul Biya both expressed support
for a planned regional taskforce to fight Boko
Haram, according to a joint statement.
Source: http/mobile.reuters.com

Nigerians in diaspora to pay £30 for BVN registration –NIBSS

Following the extension of the deadline for Bank Verification Number (BVN) registration, customers of Nigerian banks living abroad, who are yet to get their BVN, will have to cough out £30 for the exercise between now and October. This  was made known by the Managing Director and Chief Executive of the Nigeria Inter Bank Settlement System (NIBSS), Mr. Ade Shonubi, during an interactive session with journalists at the weekend. Shonubi stated that the amount, which translates to N11,000, would be the cost of service being paid to OSI services, a consulting company to the Nigerian ministry of External Affairs that is collating data for BVN on behalf of NIBSS and Nigerian banks. He explained that due to the laws in some countries such as the United Kingdom, which bars taking of data of its citizens outside the country, it had engaged OSI, which currently takes data for the Nige­rian government for the purpose of passport renewal. Although the deadline for the BVN registration had been moved to October 31, 2015 to allow Nigerians in diaspora register, Shonubi said NIBSS contract with OSI Services extends till the end of the year. He, however, noted that Nigerian banks’ customers who wish to register will have to book an appointment with OSI. He noted that this had become necessary after the London Metropolitan Police had intervened after long queues at the OSI office disrupted traffic. He also revealed that two banks, Diamond and Ecobank have been given the go-ahead to set up desks at their affiliate banks outside the country to gather data. Shonubi noted that Ecobank will be gathering data in the West African region while Diamond Bank will collate data from itsaffiliates.
Source: http://sunnewsonline.com

NYSC Mobilization Time Table For 2015 Batch B

1
2015 Batch B pre-mobilization workshop.
21st - 24th July 2015
2
Briefing/Sensitization of final year students/
prospective corps members.
4th - 14th August 2015
3
Display of list of all approved programmes for
institutions on NYSC portal for cross
checking
4th - 14th August 2015
4
Collation of Prospective Corps Members' Data
by Corps Producing Institutions CPIs
31st July - 21st August 2015
5
Submission/Uploading of Senate/Academic
Board Approved Result for Full/Part-Time
Graduates and Revalidation Lists by CPIs
24th August - 2nd September 2015
6
Uploading of Corrected Lists by Corps
Producing Institutions
1st - 7th September 2015
7
On-line Registration by Foreign and locally
Trained Nigerian Graduates
8th September - 9th October 2015
8
Entertainment of complaints from Prospective
Corps Members by the state Deployment and
Relocation officers and NYSC Help Desks
9th - 16th October 2015
9
Forwarding of Complaints to Mobilisation
Dept by State Deployment and Relocation
officers
9th - 16th October 2015
10
On-line Delivery of Print-outs to Corps
Producing Institutions CPIs
9th - 16th October 2015
11
Deployment and Printing of Call-up Letters by
ICT Dept.
14th - 20th October 2015
12
Notification/on-line Printing of Call-up
Letters
21st - 26th October 2015
13
2015 Batch 'B' Orientation Course (stream I)
28th October - 16th November 2015
13
2015 Batch 'B' Orientation Course (stream II)
25th November - 14th December, 2015
Source: www.nysc.gov.ng

Iheanacho on target for City

Record-signing Raheem Sterling swooped on a defence-splitting pass from Kelechi Iheanacho to score his debut goal just over two minutes as Manchester City downed AS Roma on penalties in the International Champions Cup in Melbourne, Australia on Tuesday,AFPreports.The Italians equalised just five minutes after Sterling’s strike in spectacular fashion. Bosnian midfielder Miralem Pjanic let fly with a 20-metre thunderbolt into the top right corner.But Iheanacho put Manchester City ahead again on 51 minutes when he zeroed in on an awful back pass by former England international Ashley Cole to coolly beat De Sanctis from close range.But Serbian Adem Ljajic threw the Italians a lifeline when he beat Joe Hart with his free-kick over the wall inthe 87th minute to send the match into penalties.England goalkeeper Joe Hart made two late saves as Manchester City won 5-4 after the penalty shootout at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

72 Battalion lost 28 soldiers to Boko Haram, others

The Commanding Officer, 72 Special Forces
Battalion, Makurdi, Timothy Lagbaja, has said
that the battalion lost 28 soldiers to
insurgency in the North-East and in Benue.
Mr. Lagbaja, a colonel, told newsmen in
Makurdi on Wednesday that between 2012
and 2015, the battalion lost four officers and
eight soldiers to the Tiv/Fulani and Agatu
crises in Benue.
He said the remaining 16 were lost to
insurgency in the North-East, while many
others who sustained degrees of injuries were
either flown abroad or treated in the country.
The commander said the battalion alone had
deployed about 500 soldiers to serve in the
special security outfit `operation Zenda’ to
maintain internal security in the state.
According to him, the effort is paying off as
weapons hitherto in the hands of wrong
people have been recovered.
He said that the high criminality in the state
had been reduced to “few isolated cases of
killings’’.
(NAN)

Oliseh officially unveiled as Eagles coach

The former Super Eagles captain has been
presented to the public as its new coach in
Abuja, two weeks after another former captain
Stephen Keshi was sacked
Sunday Oliseh has been unveiled by the
Nigeria Football Federation, replacing sacked
Stephen Keshi, as coach of the Super Eagles.
The 40-year-old was the overwhelming
favourite to be handed the role after the ‘Big
Boss’ was shown the exit door by the NFF two
weeks ago.
And on Wednesday, Oliseh finally signed a
contract with the NFF which ties him to the
Super Eagles until 2020, becoming the fifth
player in the 1994 class to handle the senior
national team after Austin Eguavoen, Samson
Siasia, Daniel Amokachi and Keshi.
"It's a great honour to be coach of this great
nation,” said Oliseh at the unveiling ceremony
in Abuja.
"I'm not coming as a messiah. I'm coming as
a man who wants to serve his country and
give 150%.
"Gone are the days when we had individual
players who can win games on their own. But
we have potential," he said.
He also laid down the law to players of
Nigerian origin on his requirements before
they can feature for his team.
"No player outside of first division in Nigeria
or elsewhere will play for the Super Eagles. We
will work together with the technical
committee because if we fail, they fail,” he
concluded.
The ex-Nigeria international will now hope to
inspire an immediate improvement in the
Eagles’ fortunes, starting with a win against
Tanzania in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier
in September.
Source: goal.com

Saraki’s tweet on service chiefs stirs controversy

A controversial message posted on the Twitter
handle of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki,
on Monday night, sparked a serious
controversy which forced his media team to
make clarifications that further provoked
critical reactions from Nigerians, on Tuesday.
Saraki, in his tweet, said that President
Muhammadu Buhari did not require the
approval of the Senate to nominate the
country’s service chiefs.
He specifically said it was not the business of
the Senate to approve the appointment of
service chiefs.
Source: http://www.punchng.com

Man disappears over wife’s third set of twins

Where is Citizen Emeka Benjamin Uche, a
Lagos factory worker?
That was the big question yesterday as his
wife, Ruth, 34, from Abia State broke the news
of his disappearance since February.
Uche, 39, fled home when he learnt that his
expectant wife was carrying a set of twins –
the family’s third.
Mrs Uche was at the Lagos State Secretariat,
Alausa yesterday with her six children,
pleading for help.
Not many knew what she wanted as she stood
under a tree, close to the Press Centre,
carrying the babies. Her first two sets of twins,
much older, stood close to their mother, and
did not in any way seem intimidated by the
sea of cameras and faces focusing on them.
In 2009 when she first conceived, she was
delivered of two girls – Goodness and
Godnews. The second conception, two years
later, produced another two – a boy and a
girl, named John and Joyce.
But when her husband, Emeka, learnt that the
third pregnancy was another set of two he fled
their number 32, Awori Street, Agege home on
the outskirt of Lagos to an undisclosed
location in Ikorodu, Lagos.
Source:
http://thenationonlineng.net