Shan George who relocated to Calabar last year
was visited by armed robbers..She shared her
pain on facebook
"robbers entered my house in Calabar last
nite. Carted away electronics, money,
jewelry, shoes, watches. They broke my car
side window to open d car door and
practically tore d car apart. Friends who r
trying to console me since this morning say
i should not worry bcos its a blessing……
How is a thing like this a blessing?”
Abuja - The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called for the cancellation of the proposed idea to commercialise Federal Government-owned media houses and the privatisation of refineries in the country.
The congress gave the advice in a statement signed by its President, Abdulwaheed Omar in Abuja.
The statement said NLC was disturbed by the announcement that the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) had concluded plans to privatise the refineries.
It said the haste with which government seemed determined to sell off public properties under the guise of making them more efficient was alarming.
“We are disturbed by the statement from the Director-General of BPE, Benjamin Dikki, who was reported to have announced that plans have been concluded by the BPE to privatise refineries .’’
The statement said BPE had also announced the commercialisation of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), NAN and the Nigeria Films Corporation.
The Congress said there was the need for caution "because these properties belong to the Nigerian people as a collective wealth of Nigerians.’’
It said the Nigerian people have to be consulted and their interests should be put into consideration before the sales.
The statement said the NLC wished to remind government that it had always promised to use the gains from petroleum price increases to reactivate existing refineries and build additional ones.
It said there was no evidence that previous privatisation exercises have succeeded.
"The major privatisation exercise that was implemented recently is electricity and ever since that exercise, electricity supply has worsened.
“Consumers pay higher, even as the lights have gone off under excuses that question the competence of the new electricity companies.
“Government should not abdicate its social responsibilities by selling off everything that delivers services to the people.
“This is unwarranted, especially in a country where poverty and unemployment have become endemic, coupled with the collapse of industries.
“We, therefore, advise the BPE to stop the proposed sales, while we call on the National Assembly to probe all previous sales and retrieve public properties which may have been sold to private interests.’’
The NLC noted that private individuals could build their refineries, but government must reactivate, maintain and take full charge of existing public refineries and also build new ones.
- NAN
Abuja - The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called for the cancellation of the proposed idea to commercialise Federal Government-owned media houses and the privatisation of refineries in the country.
The congress gave the advice in a statement signed by its President, Abdulwaheed Omar in Abuja.
The statement said NLC was disturbed by the announcement that the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) had concluded plans to privatise the refineries.
It said the haste with which government seemed determined to sell off public properties under the guise of making them more efficient was alarming.
“We are disturbed by the statement from the Director-General of BPE, Benjamin Dikki, who was reported to have announced that plans have been concluded by the BPE to privatise refineries .’’
The statement said BPE had also announced the commercialisation of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), NAN and the Nigeria Films Corporation.
The Congress said there was the need for caution "because these properties belong to the Nigerian people as a collective wealth of Nigerians.’’
It said the Nigerian people have to be consulted and their interests should be put into consideration before the sales.
The statement said the NLC wished to remind government that it had always promised to use the gains from petroleum price increases to reactivate existing refineries and build additional ones.
It said there was no evidence that previous privatisation exercises have succeeded.
"The major privatisation exercise that was implemented recently is electricity and ever since that exercise, electricity supply has worsened.
“Consumers pay higher, even as the lights have gone off under excuses that question the competence of the new electricity companies.
“Government should not abdicate its social responsibilities by selling off everything that delivers services to the people.
“This is unwarranted, especially in a country where poverty and unemployment have become endemic, coupled with the collapse of industries.
“We, therefore, advise the BPE to stop the proposed sales, while we call on the National Assembly to probe all previous sales and retrieve public properties which may have been sold to private interests.’’
The NLC noted that private individuals could build their refineries, but government must reactivate, maintain and take full charge of existing public refineries and also build new ones.
- NAN
The soul singer shared this loving message and
affectionate pic on his instagram as he and his
wife, Busola, mark their second wedding
anniversary today. They got married in 2012 in
Ilorin.
"Thanks for everything Busola
Dakolo..thanks for always bringing me
steamed meat every time u are
cooking...thanks for saying the nicest sorry
every time arsenal looses..thanks saying
yes inspite of all my excesses. ..thanks for
running me mad and calming me
down..thanks for giving me the world most
awesomest (kids)...Thanks for turning this
Boy into a Man..Thanks for being my
Biggest Fan and critic..thanks For love so
uncommon...thanks for always laughing at
my jokes..Thanks for being my partner in
crime (lol)!..thanks for my employers (our
gang/children)..thanks for yelling in labour
room...I fear you sha..but e no easy...Happy
Anniversary to Us
When asked by the Nigerian Tribune why he got
his first tattoo for $4000..
He said
"Well, obviously; but the tattoo is not really
for fashion. What I have written on my body
is an inspirational message.The one I got on
my arm means ‘Work Hard Stay Humble’. I
have another one on my chest which means
‘We built America"
Last year, it was rumoured Dbanj wanted to sign
Olamide to his DB record label but the deal didn't
pull through..
He told encomium why
"There was nothing like that. Dbanj is a big
brother. He gives me advice when
necessary, and he also respects me for the
efforts I have put into the industry. And we
do low key business together too. He
advises me a lot about the industry. People
just hear things and they get it twisted
I would have accepted it, if it was years
back. But now, I think I am blessed and
good. All I need to do is to help myself,
others and the artistes with me."
DJ Jimmy Jatt and his lovely wife have been
together for 22 years now, married for 18. Happy
wedding anniversary to them.
Chocolate City hip hop artiste Panchak Zamani,
better known as Ice Prince, has signed a deal
with the biggest music corporation in the world,
Universal Music Group. The ‘Fire of Zamani’
rapper, who said the deal has been sealed and
signed but is yet to be announced officially,
didn’t give full details of the deal. Speaking with
the Pulse in a recent interview, the rapper said, ‘I
recently signed with Universal Music Group. the
official announcement hasn’t been made yet.
They will start first with my ‘I Swear’ track,
which will be licensed in the UK, after which
other tracks will follow.’ The deal will have Ice
Prince expanding his fan base and reaching his
audience globally through international channels.
Last November, the rapper signed an
endorsement deal with telecommunication
company, Etisalat, reportedly worth 20 million
naira. Universal Music Group is the largest music
corporation in the world. An American-based,
French-owned multinational music corporation, it
currently operates as a subsidiary of Paris-based
media conglomerate
Area Fada showed off his new bald look in these
photos he shared ..Who prefers the new look ....
No cause for alarm when Boko Haram gunmen
attack the Headquarters of the State Security
Service? These terrorists are getting bolder, so I
think there's cause for alarm...
Look what we have here, HipTV reveals that top
African/Nigerian rapper M.I is set to unleash a
new single which features Veteran rapper Nas
and Senegalese star Youssou N’Dour .
The report reads as follows…
HipTV can authoritatively claim
that Chocolate City rapper; M.I
Abaga has recorded a song with
American rap heavyweight Nas.
The song also features Senegalese
star Youssou N’Dour. The title of
the track and the release date
wasn’t revealed, but sources close
to the award winning rapper is
considering whether to release the
track as his next single.
The song is the first collaboration M.I will have
with an international Hip Hop act. His label mate
Ice Prince collaborated with US rappers Wale and
French Montana on his last album Fire of Zamani.
M.I’s last album M.I 2 was released in 2010.
All you Naija celebrity men know you can have sex (plenty of it sef) without getting any woman pregnant, right? Olamide has joined the growing list of celebs having kids outside marriage as his long-time girlfriend, Adebukunmi Aisha Suleiman, is said to be expecting a baby.
Bukunmi is the same girl he flaunts on his instagram page (though he recently deleted most of her pics from his page) and calls her the 'love of his life' and 'boo from day one'. Congrats to them.
British investigators have concluded that missing
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370's last position was in
the middle of the Indian Ocean west of Perth,
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak
Najib Razak told a press conference new analysis
by the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch and
tracking firm Inmarsat suggested the flight ended
in the southern Indian Ocean.
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 vanished from
civilian radar screens less than an hour after
take-off from Kuala Lumpur for Beijing with 239
people on board on March 8.No confirmed
sighting of the plane has been made since, but
much debris has been found in remote waters off
Australia which might be part of the missing
plane.
Both of the announcements were made as an
Australian navy ship was on its way today to
retrieve two new objects spotted by military
aircraft in the search for the missing Malaysia
Airlines jet.
Oh no!!!!!!
After crying helplessly for nearly 24 hours inside
a soak away pit, a day old-baby was over the
weekend rescued from a pit in Olomore area of
Abeokuta North local government of Ogun state.
An eyewitness said that residents of Surulere
community in Olomore area of Abeokuta North
woke up to a cry of a little baby coming from a
soak away toilet behind a church in the area.
Residents said they'd heard the baby crying in
the early hours of Saturday morning but could
not link the cries to a particular direction.
However, later in the day, around 6pm, the baby’s
crying became more pronounced and they traced
it to a soak-away pit. There, they found the baby,
a boy, who was alive with his placenta uncut.
The pit slab cover had collapsed some years ago
and had not been replaced. The damaged slab
concrete saved the baby from going deep into the
soak-away pit. (Source - Telegraphng.com )
And some people don't believe in God!
