'We've no link with Buhari's death rumour'- Daar Communications

Daar Communicaions released a press statement in regards to a fake AIT Facebook account which announced the supposed death of President Buhari who is currently on vacation in London. Read statement after the cut..

The attention of the Management of DAAR Communications Plc has been drawn to a FACEBOOK Account purportedly being operated by our Organization.
A report was published on the FACEBOOK that the incumbent President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President ;Muhammadu Buhari ;who is currently on vacation in London has passed on.
We wish to state the following facts:

• It is falsehood dressed up as truth that we opened such FACEBOOK Account

•We did not publish nor know anything about the report.

•None of our Correspondents in London filed such report.

The Editorial Policy of our Organization is that any of our Correspondents is mandated to file all their reports for vetting and approval before publication which can only originate from our headquarters No Correspondent could individually on his or her own decision publish or cause to be published any story.

• The FACEBOOK Account is the brain child of a faceless and mischievous group whose despicable activities must be investigated by security agencies because of the unpleasant consequences.

• We wish to state that AIT runs an official on-line site for News which is not available for use by outsiders.

• We dissociate ourselves completely from anything contained in the said report which is a figment of the imagination of the authors.

• We also disown the so-called FACEBOOK Account, and have officially reported to FACEBOOK Managers. 

Donald Trump threatens to send the Feds to Chicago if the killings don't reduce, takes a swipe at CNN

So far in Chicago, Illinois, there have been 228 shootings with 42 dead this year alone. US president Donald Trump who has always complained about the frequent shootings and deaths of people in the city took to his Twitter account to warn the city, targeting its Mayor, Rahm Emanuel who is  democrat, to do something about it or he will send the feds. Then he congratulated Fox News and mocked CNN. Read what he tweeted after the cut..

"In January, we're seeing a substantial increase from the prior year. I'm very concerned that that trend might continue. We're seeing a significant increase in our penetrating trauma, mostly GSWs," said Dr. Leslie Zun, system chair for Emergency Medicine, Sinai Health System.

That increase has yet to be calculated, since the month is not over yet. Dr. Zun hopes the violent trend to the new year will slow down.

"We need to do more. We need to look at other ways to reduce the violence in our community, the gun access," Dr. Zun said.

Note: Chicago is a gun free city.

"Corruption in the judiciary,others is treated with insecticide while corruption in the govt is treated with deodorant"-Shehu Sani

Senator Shehu Sani has described the content of President Buhari's letter on the Secretary to the Government (SGF) Babachir Lawal as a 'lie'. The letter from the presidency to the Senate, read by the Senate President Bukola Saraki, at plenary on Tuesday, states that the Senate Ad hoc Committee on Mounting Humanitarian Crisis in the North-East which indicted Babachir Lawal "lacked the principle of fair hearing" and therefore he can't remove Lawal.

"I am of the view that by other considerations that may arise as a result of subsequent investigation of Babachir by the interim Ad Hoc Committee, the current report does not meet the principles of fair hearing," the letter reads.

"You are invited to note that none application of principles of fair hearing by the Senate Ad Hoc Committee is a clear contravention of Section 36 Sub-section (1) of the 1999 Constitution. It is also against all principles of rule of law as enunciated in the Nigerian Legal System as well as the rules of the National Assembly Committees on handling of public petitions.

In the light of the foregoing, I am not able to approve the recommendation to remove and prosecute Babachir on the basis of the Senate Ad Hoc Committee Report dated 15th December 2016. I had also conducted further investigation based on Babachir’s response to the allegations and issues raised in the Senate’s resolution,"

In his submission, Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee, Shehu Sani, said that he stands by the report of that committee.

"As far as I am concerned, on behalf of myself and the committee, what we did was a thorough job, we invited all the companies concerned, we invited the SGF and he sent us the Secretary of the Presidential Initiative on the North East.

"The secretary testified under oath that he is competent enough, he came with tons and tons of documents which we went through and then we came out with our report.

"We must in every respect fight corruption within the kitchen as we do in the veranda; if we don’t do that then we are being hypocritical",

Non-fan corrects Donald Trump's typo

US President Donald Trump plans to build the Mexican border wall today. He makes a typo, a non-fan corrects him.

2017 UTME: JAMB, NECO, WAEC, NABTEB harmonise Time-table

Ahead of 2017 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has agreed on a harmonized timetable with other examination bodies in the country to have a hitch free examination.

The Board at a brainstorming meeting with National Examination Council (NECO), West African Examination Council (WAEC) and National Business and Technical Examination (NABTEB) held at the national headquarters of the Board in Abuja unanimously agreed to harmonize the examination timetable because of the candidates desire for qualitative tertiary education.

The harmonised examination timetable has put to rest problems arising from overlapping of examination dates, which would have disenfranchised a sizeable number of candidates.

At the end of the brainstorming session, the bodies resolved that WAEC would speak to all its authorities that from 2018, between March and April, for a window of two (2) weeks be created where all other examinations that have nothing to do with Nigeria will be held so as to allow a window for JAMB to conduct its examination.

The bodies agreed that for the purpose of the 2017 UTME, JAMB will shift its examinations to allow students face WAEC, NECO and NABTEB.

However,  a ten-day window for JAMB'S UTME has been created by all examination bodies for JAMB to conduct it's examination. In view of this, JAMB will  soon announce the commencement of sale of the 2017/2018 admission forms for UTME and Direct Entry (DE).

 JAMB emphasises the fact that whoever is presently collecting any money in the name of JAMB form should be reported to the Police or any other security agency as fraudster.

NECO and NABTEB have also adjusted their examination timetables to avoid overlap in subjects that are common to the two (2) examination bodies.

A Committee was set up to critically appraise the mandates of WAEC, NECO and NABTEB, the three (3) examination bodies to make sure that each body sticks to their original mandate and with the possibility of working together in a synergy that they  lead to collaborative examination for the purpose of students having results at one (1) sitting rather than separate sittings.

The essence of the meeting is to continually find solutions to challenges faced by candidates in the cause of their desire for tertiary education.

Again, the Board is using this opportunity to inform Nigerians that it has not commenced the sales of its application documents. The forms will be out as soon as all critical planning are concluded to ensure a smooth examination in 2017.

Fabian Benjamin, PhD
Head Information
JAMB

DSS arrests Apostle Johnson Suleiman, Gov. Fayose kicks

Operatives from the Department of State Security on Wednesday morning stormed Midas Hotel, Iworoko, Ado-Ekiti, to effect man of God, Apostle Johnson Suleman’s arrest. Suleman is hosting a two-day crusade in Ado Ekiti tagged ‘Help From Above’, his first in Ekiti State. Sources said that they came in a Hilux truck, with armed policemen.

The development we learned is not unconnected with Suleman’s instruction on Sunday 15th January 2017 to his private security guards that if any Fulani intruder is noticed around him, such should be killed. But the state governor, Ayodele Fayose, who also attended the opening of the two days crusade, we learnt, got wind of the DSS presence at the hotel where Suleman was lodged, raced there and prevented him from being taken away.

Speaking after the scenario, Apostle Suleman insisted that it was the handwork of the federal government and he would not be cowed.

“I’m not a partisan person, I’m not a politician. I’m sent by my Father to deliver messages and I’ll not be intimidated.” Suleman added that, “for attempting to arrest me for speaking the truth in one day, the damage they had done to themselves would take one year to repair.”  

” It should be noted that the Apostle gave the order based on security reports he reportedly received that some Fulani herdsmen were plotting to attack him over his stance on their activities, particularly because he is considered being ‘too vocal’ on the killings of Christians by suspected Muslim terrors across the country. 

 

Apostle Suleman therefore wants the world, Nigerians and the Christian world to know that it is the Nigeria’s presidency that is after his life for his stand against a system that oppresses the Christianity,” reads a statement from the church.
Meanwhile, members of the Omega Fire Ministries in 51 nations of the world have reacted to the harassment of their president and founder, threatening to stage protests at the countries’ embassies to register their displeasure, calling the development ‘war against Christianity.