GRAPHITTI NEWS : 2016-07-17

Saturday, July 23, 2016

FOR THE RECORD: Rivers Rerun: INEC Office Bombed In Ogoni

Bombed out INEC office in Bori, Gokana, Rivers State

Barely a week to the July 30 inconclusive rerun in Rivers State, the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was bombed yesterday in Bori-Ogoni, the traditional headquarters of Ogoniland and the seat of Khana Local Government Area of the state.

David Moyes

Sunderland have appointed former Manchester United manager David Moyes to replace Sam Allardyce as boss at the Stadium of Light, the perennial Premier League strugglers said on Saturday.

President Muhammadu Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday identified the downturn in the nation’s economy and insecurity in some states as some of the challenges facing the nation’s desire to completely eradicate wild polio virus.

The 54C record-breaker was recorded in Kuwait on Thursday

*The record-beating temperature was recorded in Mitribah on Thursday *It was nearly as hot in Iraq, yesterday, as temperatures reached 53.9C

Temperatures in Kuwait reached 54C this week, making Thursday the hottest day EVER recorded.

In this photo taken on Thursday, June 16, 2016, a women rock-crusher hits rocks with a hammer in a quarry in Maroua, Cameroon. In a northern Cameroon town menaced by food insecurity and suicide bombers, women as old as 85 are spending long, grueling days crushing rocks into gravel to earn a living. The dangerous, sometimes fatal work often pays no more than US$2 per day. (AP Photo/Joel Kouam)

In a northern Cameroon town menaced by food insecurity and suicide bombers, women as old as 85 are spending long, grueling days crushing rocks into gravel to earn a living.

'Several Dead And Wounded' After Munich Shopping Centre Attack

The shopping centre is next to the Munich Olympic Stadium, where the Palestinian militant group Black September took 11 Israeli athletes hostage and eventually killed them during the 1972 Olympic Games

There are "several dead and wounded" following an attack at a shopping centre in Munich and gunmen are on the run, police said.

American soccer club Minnesota United has found an interesting explanation for its goalkeeper Sammy Ndjock’s embarrassing own goal in the friendly match with England’s A.F.C. Bournemouth.

Screen grab of OpenForis

New Google-powered software will help the world tackle problems related to climate change, deforestation and food production, a United Nations agency said on Friday, as it presented its revamped online platform.

Dogara and Jibrin

The recently sacked Chairman of Appropriations Committee in the House of Representatives, Abdulmumuni Jibrin, has said that his refusal to support immunity for presiding officers as well refusal to approve the ₦40 billion for principal officers out of ₦100 billion approved for members of the House for constituency projects led to his removal.

Prof. Elujoba polled 201 votes as against 10 votes by his compatriot, Prof. Lamikanra

A sixty-eight –year-old professor in the Faculty of Pharmacy at the Obafemi Awolowo University Ife, Anthony Elujoba, yesterday is the university’s acting vice chancellor.

From left: Minister of Power, Works & Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, Minister of State in the Ministry, Hon. Mustapha Baba Shehuri and Ag.Managing Director/CEO Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET), Mr. Waziri Bintube during the signing ceremony of the front-runner Solar Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) organized by NBET at the Transmission Company of Nigeria, (TCN), Maitama, FCT, Abuja yesterday

The acting Managing Director of the Nigeria Bulk Electricity Trading Plc (NBET), Mr Waziri Bintube, has said that 14 investors are working to generate 1,125 megawatts (MW) electricity from solar technology.

Executive Director of NEPC, Mr. Olusegun Awolowo (left) in a meeting with Dr Akinwunmi, President of the African Development Bank (right)

Nigerian Export Promotion Council, NEPC, yesterday, noted that poor packaging and labelling of goods produced in Nigeria was the reason some countries banned their importation.

President Muhammadu Buhari presents a gift to the outgoing German Ambassador to Nigeria, Michael Zenner, during a farewell audience at the State House in Abuja yesterday.

President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday disclosed that his administration is talking with Niger Delta militants through oil companies and law-enforcement agencies in order to restore peace in the region.

Obafemi Martins and Sun Xiang visiting Ba in hospital

Demba Ba's surgeon arrived in Shanghai and declared he was confident the former Chelsea striker would return to competitive football.

FG, Oil Majors Agree On Recall Of Sacked Workers

Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, meet with the leadership of PENGASSAN and NUPENG in Abuja yesterday

The Federal Government yesterday reached an agreement with some major oil marketers to recall sacked workers as requested by the sector’s labour unions.

Russia's Yevgeniya Subbotina © Anton Denisov / Sputnik

Secretary-General of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) Matthieu Reeb has announced that the CAS has declined the appeal by Russian athletes against an International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) ban from the Rio Olympics competition.

A ceremony in 2012 at the emir of Kano's palace was put on to marry off divorcees and widows

More than 10,000 Muslim women have registered their desire to be married at a mass ceremony in Nigeria's northern city of Kano, religious official Abba Sufi told reporters.

Obong Nsima Ekere

A former Deputy Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Obong Nsima Ekere, has had his name put forward for confirmation by President Muhammadu Buhari as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).

The Geregu II Power Plant is an open cycle gas turbine power plant built to accommodate future conversion to combined cycle gas turbine configuration. Image source: www.nipptransactions.com

Eight power plants have been shut down as at yesterday due to the inability to transport gas to them, a situation often blamed on the activities of militants who repeatedly bomb pipelines.

Israeli Renews Guinea Ties After 49-Year Break

Israel signed a "joint declaration" that resulted in the country restoring diplomatic relations with Guinea, Israeli foreign ministry director Dore Gold said in a statement from Paris ©Jack Guez (AFP)

Israel said Wednesday it has renewed diplomatic relations with Guinea, 49 years after the mostly-Muslim West African state severed ties following the 1967 Six-Day War.

In this photo dated Thursday, June 30th, 2016, the Cooperation Services of the French Embassy in Nigeria signed an educational partnership agreement with the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) and CampusFrance. The agreement was signed by Mr. Ahmed Galadima Aminu, Executive Secretary, PTDF in the presence of Mrs Rabiah Umar Adamu Waziri- Head of "Education and Training" and Mr. Tanimu Ahmed, Head of PTDF Legal Department

The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) has disclosed that sending graduates for over training was unsustainable and that efforts were on to build capacity to train them locally.

Mrs. Eunice Elisha

About two weeks after her assassination by alleged Islamic fundamentalists in Kubwa area of the Federal Capital Territory, the family of the late Eunice Olawale Elisha on Tuesday announced that the deceased would be buried on July 23, 2016.

The process of selecting the UN secretary-general and past leaders of the world body

After months of public campaigning, debates and open hearings, Security Council ambassadors huddle behind closed doors on Thursday to begin secret voting for a new secretary-general to lead the world body.

Former IGP, Solomon Arase (rtd)

Barely 24 hours after the Acting Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, accused his predecessor, IGP, Solomon Arase (rtd), of moving away 24 Police vehicles including the official IGP Staff Car, which is armoured plated and bullet proof, and the spare staff car, both of which are BMW’s have been found.

Traffic gridlock on the Outer-Northern Expressway on the Kagini interchange across the railway near Kubwa in Abuja yesterday

The Nigerian Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO), the umbrella organization of all commercial vehicle owners and petrol tanker drivers in Nigeria, has threatened to withdraw its services in seven days if outstanding claims owed to its members by government and oil marketers are not paid.

Central Bank of Nigeria, Abuja, FCT

The naira fell against the dollar at the interbank and parallel markets on Tuesday as inadequate foreign exchange liquidity at the interbank market continued to mount pressure on the naira.

Last month was declared the hottest June ever recorded in modern history, with global temperatures in the past 14 months breaking all records since 1880, scientists reported.

IMF Predicts Nigeria's Economy Will Contract By 1.8% In 2016

Nigeria's Central Bank

Nigeria's economy, the biggest in Africa, is likely to contract by 1.8 percent this year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday, as the country grapples with the impact of low oil prices.

Paul Le Guen

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) says Frenchman, Paul Le Guen, did not agree to the terms offered him to become the next technical adviser/head coach of the Super Eagles.

President Buhari at the National Assembly

The House of Representatives is picking up the Petroleum Industry Bill for a speedy consideration, its speaker, Yakubu Dogara, said Monday.

Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu

Education Minister, Malam Adamu Adamu, yesterday announced the cancellation of the second test, otherwise known as national common entrance screening test, conducted by the National Examination Council (NECO) for admission into Federal Government Colleges.

26 passengers killed after a bus carrying tourists catches fire near the airport in #Taoyuan, #Taiwan

Twenty-six people are believed killed after a bus carrying tourists caught fire and burst into flames after an accident on a highway in Taiwan, China.

The driver allegedly lost control and slammed into the railings thus preventing emergency doors from opening for passengers to escape as the doors wedged against the barrier

Kelechi Iheanacho (left) with Pep Guardiola during one of their training sessions ahead tomorrow’s friendly against Bayern Munich. Photo: Goal.com

Manchester City are adapting to “a different way of training” under Pep Guardiola, according to teenage striker Kelechi Iheanacho, reports goal.com.

To sellers, food vendors, housewives, the tomato crisis is troubling many people across the country

In the past six months, the prices of essential food items have risen significantly in consonance with the rising level of inflation in the country, which hit an 11-year high of 16.5% last month.

AU Summit Opens With Launch Of African E-Passport

AU summit opens with launch of African e-passport

African leaders on Sunday gathered at Rwanda's capital Kigali for their biannual meet with the launch of the continent's first-ever African e-passport.

AU summit opens with launch of African e-passport

Electric power transmission lines NAIJAGRAPHITTI MONTAGE

The Transmission Company of Nigeria, Lagos Region, has announced that many parts of the state will experience blackout between 10:00 am and 1:00 pm today (Monday).

Solomon Arase - former Police IG

The acting Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, says his predecessor, Solomon Arase, went away with 24 police vehicles while the seven Deputy Inspectors-General of Police, who retired alongside him, also carted away between seven and eight cars each.

SIM Swap Fraud: ‘How I Was Duped Of ₦400,000 After Etisalat SIM Swap’

Wale Ibironke

An information technology expert, Wale Ibironke, who lost ₦400,000 to a SIM swap fraud accused Etisalat of complicity in the act.

Tomato plant showing Tuta absoluta

The Vice-Chancellor, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Prof. Ibrahim Garba, says researchers in the institution have successfully developed a remedy for Tuta absoluta, popularly called "Tomato Ebola".

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