Falana again questions CBN management under ex-governor

Mr Femi Falana, a Human Rights Activist on Thursday again questioned the management of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) under the leadership of Prof. Chukwuma Soludo.
It will be recalled that Falana had petitioned the Econoimic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on allegations of criminal diversion of public funds from the Federation Account and the nation’s Foreign Reserves.

Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, also accused Soludo’s CBN management of illegally transferring 7 billion dollars to 14 commercial banks in 2006, an allegation he had since denied and described as laughable.
In denying the allegation, Soludo said Falana’s outburst was based on ignorance of how the apex bank was run.

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Secret Backdoor Found On Facebook

Facebook is the biggest social networking site on earth and blogging is the fasted and easiest way to share information and get across to people. So, its not surprising that people are searching for how to blog on Facebook or how to start a blog on Facebook. Blogging of Facebook will enable you reach millions of user without breaking sweet and I want to show you step by step how to blog on Facebook and reach millions of Facebook users with your message.

This post is not about how to create a Facebook fan page for your blog as that has been covered already neither is it on how to post your blog post on Facebook as we intend covering that soon. This is as it is –  how to create a blog on Facebook or how to blog directly on Facebook.

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29 ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF AKWA IBOM IN GHANA

Akwa Ibom is often described as a uni-cultural State where norms, taboos, customs and traditions are the same.
The folkways may vary from one ethnic grouping to another, but the operational cultural norms are basically the same all over the State.  The cultural similarities  bind the people together especially in such areas as cuisines, dressing, dances, songs, rituals, folklores, beliefs and myths.  Almost all aspects of its culture have potentials to provide fascinating experiences for tourists and for investment opportunities. The cultural day celeberation in Ghana will showcase the following special dances on 23th of sept 2016 and it will also be spornored by LEGEND FIRM EMPIRE

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Nnamdi Kanu addressed as ‘His Excellency, President of Biafra’ in Kuje prison

EVEN in Kuje prison, people address the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, as ‘His Excellency, President of Biafra,’ Charles Okah, an inmate in the same prison, who was nominated recently by two Biafra splinter groups as their new leader revealed yesterday. Okah, in a statement, accepting his nomination by The Rebranded Indigenous People of Biafra (TRIPOB) and the Renegade Indigenous People of Biafra (RENIPOB), said “Humility comes before honour. Even in prison, not a few concerned persons, particularly Biafrans have argued that Nnamdi Kanu believes he is already the “President of Biafra” and goes about with an ‘entourage’ and is addressed as “His Excellency”.” “That is a fact I have witnessed myself. This narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) was enough to drive away so many of his admirers, who have since flocked in droves and thereby swelled the teeming number of TRIPOB members,” he asserted.

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Ex-NNPC GMDs are enemies of Nigeria', senator says

All former Group Managing Directors (GMDs) of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) who suggested a hike in the pump price of petrol to the government, should be regarded as "enemies of Nigeria", according to the Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi.
Arising from a meeting with the current GMD of the  NNPC, Maikanti Baru last week, the former bosses of the state run oil firm advised the government to upwardly review the pump price of petrol.
They stated that the N145 per liter for the product was no longer sustainable, citing forex shortage, exchange rate and competition in the downstream sector.

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FG commissions N350m S-East Virology Centre in Ebonyi

It also launched the state government’s policy of one man, one hectare; a programme designed to boost food production across the state, wherein government functionaries including both national and state assembly members are encouraged to go into agriculture. In line with the policy, Governor David Umahi declared every Friday, a-half-day work for civil servants to enable them go to their farms at the end of the day’s work.

The Federal Government also launched the State Health Insurance Scheme and inaugurated a-21 member committee on Health to Man, in the health sector in the state. Commissioning the Virology centre within the premises of the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, FETHA 2, the Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Folorunso Adewole who turned down

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Yusuf to sign N60m per year Eagles contract

“The NFF president has said he should be in Abuja this week to sign his contract,” an official announced. Yusuf will, apart from assisting Rohr, will also be in charge of the home-based Eagles. He was on two million Naira every month when he assisted late Stephen Keshi and Sunday Oliseh. Eagles head coach Gernot Rohr is on $47,000 a month, which is more than thrice what Yusuf will earn. Rohr has signed a two-year contract, which is being bankrolled by a mystery sponsor. He has handpicked three personal assistants to be part of the Eagles

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History of Akwa Ibom State

Akwa Ibom State was created on the 23rd of September 1987 by the then Military Administration of General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida.  The creation of the State brought to fruition years of prolonged struggle by the people that occupied the mainland part of the former Cross River State.
For many, the creation of the State was a mark of justice, having been left out in earlier state creation exercises despite leading in the struggle for state creation in Nigeria, through the Ibibio Union, - a foremost Socio-Cultural organization that served as a unifying platform for the people of this part of Nigeria.  In 1948, Ibibio Union, formed in 1928, transformed from a mere cultural association to a goal driven institution which promoted and championed the cause of state creation in Nigeria.
However, when in 1967 the 12 state structure was established following the creation of states by the General Yakubu Gowon administration, the Mainland part of Calabar Province in the then Eastern Nigeria was merely part of the then South Eastern State.  In 1976, South Eastern State was renamed Cross River State.  This change in name did not satisfy the people.  Rather, it encouraged them to carry on with the struggle for  a state of their own.

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