Buhari didn’t receive rescued Chibok girl, Amina Ali with her Boko Haram husband – Presidency

The Presidency has refuted reports that President Muhammadu Buhari received at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the rescued Chibok girl, Amina Ali alongside the suspected Boko Haram member claiming to be her husband.




This message was posted on the official Facebook page of the Presidency, Aso Rock Villa, on Friday.
According to the message, the man who accompanied Amina to meet Buhari was her brother and not her supposed husband, who is an alleged Boko Haram commander.


The message reads, “Our attention has been drawn to rumours and insinuations that the young man who accompanied Amina Ali to the State House to meet President Buhari is her alleged terrorist abductor.


“This is false; there is absolutely no truth to it. The young man who was in the State House alongside Amina and her baby and mother is her older brother.




“He is different from the man who appeared with her in photos released by the Nigerian military, in the immediate aftermath of Amina’s rescue.




“All insinuations alleging otherwise are false, mischievous, and should be wholly disregarded.

“Under no circumstances will a presidential welcome be extended to terrorists or abductors.”

Tinubu Appeals to NLC to Shelve Strike

All Progressive Congress (APC)’s National Leader,
Bola Tinubu , has urged the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to shelve the ongoing nationwide strike over increase in fuel pump price in the country.
Tinubu said this when he led a delegation on a visit to the leadership of the NLC on Friday in Abuja.
He said that it was important for the NLC to call off the ongoing strike and return to the negotiating table.
“I cannot say I was not a part of what is happening today on your side and I cannot say I was not a part of the decision that created this. I can only say I noticed the communication gap; I cannot say that you are enemies of progress or the president of this country.
What I want to say is for you to get back a little bit, even though we are aware of the division; it is just politics and there is always a conflict resolution system. Today, we are here to appeal to you, so that we can bring this country to a progressive path,” Tinubu said


According to him, the ideology of the present administration is about progressive governance that includes the welfare of the people and progress of a nation.
He noted that the progress being made by present administration depended upon the acceptance of the people.
He said the visit was to assure the NLC that they are not the enemy and would never be the enemy of the present government that is progressive.


“Why should we continue with this same problem? Why must we continue to do the same thing over and over again? this is an expired ideology and will not inspire new thing,” he said. “So, I am here to appeal to you to understand that whatever you are doing no, whatever this government is doing, whatever the President is doing, which involves myself and yourself, is for the good of all.”
He noted that it was through the effort and support of the NLC that the present administration won the election, adding that the present administration wanted to express its success through the change mantra.
“If change is our slogan, we want to keep collaborating and cooperating with making those progressive changes for the benefit of the people. We are trying to educate our children not to suffer the same problem that we suffered; we want to correct their future; we want to guarantee their future. I want to assure you that we will work for the betterment of this country; I also want to bet with you that this government will work and President Buhari will listen,” Tinubu said.
Responding, the NLC President, Ayubu Wabba, said the visit showed that the APC leadership was concerned about the welfare of the citizenry.


Wabba said NLC was open for negotiations on issues that affect the masses.


“The protest is not about fighting government policies but about policy engagement and the approach to it. This message will be communicated to our people and we will get back to you after the NLC National Executive Council meeting,” Wabba said.
Also speaking, Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun said that government was concerned about the welfare of the people.


“I want to appeal to you that we are not fighting for a different goal but the same goal which is for the good of the people. Though the techniques might be different, the purpose is the same; please shelve the strike and let us talk,” Aregbesola said.
In a remark, Sen. Suleiman Hunkuyi, representing Kaduna North, said the president meant well for all the citizens.
“Mr President is worried about this action and has requested and appealed that you should call off this strike for the good of the Nigerian people,” he added.

We Can’t Access Forex to Pay Our Debts – Oil Marketers tell FG

Oil marketers on Friday in Abuja called on the Federal Government to assist them in making foreign exchange available for the importation of petroleum products.

The marketers, under the umbrella of the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DPPMAN), made the plea during a meeting with the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun held at the headquarters of the ministry.


The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the meeting, chaired by the minister, was attended by Chief Executive Officers of 46 major oil companies in the country.
It was held to discuss salient issues affecting the downstream sector of the petroleum industry.
The Chairman of DAPPMAN, Dapo Abiodun , told the minister that members of the association were currently having a tough time converting some of the Naira payments made by the government to dollars.
He said their inability to convert these payments from the Federal Government from Naira to dollar was making it difficult for them to meet their obligations to their foreign partners.
He said while the oil marketers would continue to do their best in importing petroleum products into the country, the unavailability of foreign exchange might make it challenging to achieve such objective.
NAN recalls that Federal Government had paid the oil marketers N48.2 billion minus Value Added Tax as the arrears of outstanding 2015 subsidy claims.
The amount, according to the Federal Ministry of Finance, is to enable them to import petroleum products and meet up their other financial needs.
Abiodun said except the Central Bank of Nigeria provided foreign exchange to oil marketers, the payment made by the government for fuel imports would continue to sit in their Naira accounts.
“We want to thank you for the recent payment of about N42 billion but we want to emphasise the fact that this Naira payment will continue to sit in our banks. We look forward to dialoguing with you as to how you can help us expedite the sourcing of foreign exchange to liquidate our exposures to our foreign bankers that we have line of credit with.


“We are very worried about going into a new dynamics in which marketers are now going to be sourcing forex at the rate that they can find, which we have approximated to around N285 to a dollar. We believe that it is a quick fix solution to all the epileptic supply of petroleum products in the county.
However, we still have this Naira sitting in our account from previous transactions and we are worried that if anything happens to the rate of exchange officially, we are going to be caught in between. We do not want to come back to you to ask for foreign exchange differentials which issue we still have pending from previous transactions,” he said.


Adeosun said the payment recently released by the government to the oil marketers was one of the liabilities inherited by the current administration.
She said the government would continue to do what it could to ensure availability of petroleum products in the county.
She expressed optimism that the reforms currently being implemented in the oil sector would restore confidence in the market.

President Buhari Condoles President Al-Sisi and Egyptians On Crash Of Flight MS 804

President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday evening, called President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi of Egypt on the telephone to commiserate with him and the people of Egypt on yesterday’s EgyptAir crash which claimed about 66 lives.
This was disclosed in a statement signed by the President’s media aide, Garba Shehu.

Condoling the Egyptian leader on the loss of 66 lives in the crash, President Buhari assured President Al-Sisi and the people of Egypt of the sympathy of all Nigerians as they mourn the passengers and crew of EgyptAir MS804.


The statement read in part:



President Buhari told President Al-Sisi that the thoughts and prayers of Nigerians are with the families and friends of bereaved Egyptians and other nationals who are in sorrow as a result of the tragic air crash.
The President prayed that God Almighty will comfort all those who lost relatives and friends in the crash and grant eternal rest to the souls of those who died.
President Al-Sisi thanked President Buhari for his condolence and sympathy.

White House on Lockdown; Alleged Shooter in Custody

The White House is currently on lockdown following a shooting around 3pm local time, so no-one can go in or out. A shooter opened fire at the
White House complex this afternoon in Washington, D.C., USA. The treasury building is also on lockdown.



Officers engaged the suspect and shot him in the abdomen after he brandished a weapon at them. He has been taken to the hospital. Security level was raised to code red but has now been downgraded.
The U.S. Park Police reported the incident via their Twitter page. Reports state the operations are focused near the White House, around 30 meters from it.
President Obama is not in the White House.





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Johns Hopkins University Awards Chimamanda Adichie Honorary Degree

Chimamanda Adichie was awarded an honorary degree by Johns Hopkins University on the 18 of May 2014 during the University wide Commencement at Royal Farms Arena.
The award-winning author had some advice for the graduating seniors.


She said, “Eat real food as often as you can. And embrace ignorance. Say those words ‘I don’t know’, Because by embracing ignorance you open up the possibility of knowledge”

Opera Launches Free Unlimited VPN For iOS

Over the last few weeks, Opera has upped its game and delivered several new features to its existing products. The developer version of its desktop browser now includes a free VPN and an inbuilt ad-blocker. Just over a week ago too, Opera Mini received an update that lets you block ads from showing on the mobile browser.




Opera has taken it even further by launching a free VPN app for iOS. This doesn’t only encrypt your connection and change your IP address, it also has features that let you block ads from showing in all browsers and prevent websites from tracking you.
I installed the app and it does exactly what is says. For now, you can switch between 5 different countries while using the virtual private network.
Unfortunately, the ad-blocker has no whitelist. All ads are blocked and there’s no way to support sites you like. We lamented about this when this same feature was added to Opera Mini.
Opera VPN has no hidden charges, it is completely free. These recent moves from Opera on all platforms are to generate more awareness for its desktop browser. If you’re wondering what else Opera gains from this, Chris Houston, president of Surf Easy explains:



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“ [Opera makes money] by collecting anonymous data about how people use their mobile device. This information is made available to third parties who are interested in better understanding the mobile ecosystem and how it’s evolving.**




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China tops list of countries most welcoming to refugees

People in China , Germany and Britain were ranked as the world ’s most welcoming to refugees in findings published by human rights organisation Amnesty International . On Wednesday , the rights group said that residents of Russia, Indonesia and Thailand were considered the least welcoming out of 27 countries in the Refugees Welcome Index , which measured public levels of acceptance of refugees .
The index ranked nations on a sliding scale of how willing citizens said they were to welcome refugees into their homes , neighbourhoods, cities , towns or villages and countries . Around the world , it found that one person in 10 would be prepared to take refugees into their homes . “ These figures speak for themselves , ” said Shalil Shetty .


“ People are ready to welcome refugees , ” he said, but governments ’ inhumane response to the refugee crisis is “ badly out of touch with the views of their own citizens ” . The five - year long conflict in Syria , which has claimed around 270, 000 lives , has sparked a major refugee crisis in the Middle East and Europe as people flee the fighting . Millions more people are displaced around the world each year by conflict and disaster .


In China, which was ranked as the most welcoming country , 46 percent of people said they would take refugees into their own home. Those in Britain were the second most willing to do so at 29 percent . While one in 10 Germans said they would accept refugees into their homes , 56 percent said they were welcome and 96 percent in their country . In Russia, where people were ranked as the least welcoming, 61 percent said they would refuse refugees access to their country.

Strike: “We are open to dialogue” – NLC President

President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC),
Ayuba Wabba in Abuja on Thursday, said it was ready to negotiate with the Federal Government.
Wabba said this while briefing newsmen after a closed-door meeting between the leadership of the union and the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki.
He, however, said the strike would continue as the government had yet to reach out to the union for negotiation.


He said he did not walk out of any meeting with the federal government.
He added that the union had not received any formal invitation for meeting with the government since they commenced the strike.
“The Senate leadership called us to brief them about what transpired and where we are now, which we have already done.”
In essence, what we did was to try to give a preview of the process we have followed to arrive at the stalemate.


“This is also to confirm because there has been media reports that we had been invited and we refused to attend meetings. We said no, we have not received any formal invitation for any meeting. The strike is still on but we are open to dialogue,” he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that the Wabba-led faction had embarked on industrial action since Wednesday due to the hike in fuel price from N86.50 to N145 per litre.
However, the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and the
Joe Ajaero -led NLC faction withdrew from the industrial action.
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, said NLC had shown commitment for dialogue, adding that the National Assembly will play its role in resolving the crisis.
NAN recalls that Senate on Wednesday directed its committee on Labour to mediate between the government and labour unions to resolve the differences.

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Over 5 Million People Die Annually From Tobacco – WHO

In commemorating the Family Doctors’ Day, today, the World Health Organisation (WHO) report has revealed that annually, over five million people die worldwide as a result of tobacco intake as they were affected by lung cancer, heart diseases including heart attacks, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, erectile dysfunction and birth defects.
Also, it was estimated that over one billion people globally practice tobacco smoking with reasons given to as recreational and fulfilment of some religious rituals, among several others.
President of the Association of General and Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria (AGPMPN), Dr. Frank Omo-Ehijele Odafen, who gave the 2016 theme as “Smoking Cessation,” disclosed yesterday in Abuja, that many passive smokers such as children were affected by the behaviour of others.
To stem the tide which he said has killed approximately half of long- term smokers when compared to age mortality rates faced by non-smokers, the association urged federal government to put some wholesome laws in place which is expected to protect non- smokers.
He encouraged the government to legislate that every family should have a family doctor as according to him, a family doctor .


“All government at all levels should ban smoking in public places/transport systems.Government should institute high taxation on tobacco products, National Broadcasting Corporation(NBC), should run advertorial on TV/ radio to discourage smoking, government should disallow all commercials advertising or promoting smoking in the media- print and electronic and government should provide social rehabilitation centres for those willing to give up smoking. Cultural practices that discourage children and youths from embracing smoking should be given more impetus and government should legislate that every family should have a family doctor,” he advised.