Buhari, Trump To Attend Chief Emeka Offor's father Burial

Buhari, Donald Trump To Attend Chief Emeka Offor’s Father's Burial - POLITICS -

Nnewi – Anambra State born oil magnet, Chief Emeka Offor on Sunday warned pickpockets to steer clear of the funeral of his father, Chief Bennett Offor that will hold this week at Oraifite, Anambra State. He said security arrangements had been put in place to pick anybody who would misbehave on the occasion, warning that he will not spare anybody, including hoodlums who may like to embarrass his friend and well wishers that will attend the burial in any way. . Meanwhile President Muhammadu Buhari and American President-elect, Mr. Donald Trump and many other African leaders are expected to attend the funeral. This was disclosed by the Vice Chairman of the Pa Benneth Offor Burial Committee, Mr. Tony Obi, while unveiling the burial plans Pa Offor who died in Febuary this year, at Emeka Okafor Foundation Centre, Oraifite, Anambra State. According to Sir Offor, “my father served the Nigerian Police meritoriously and retired after 35 years of service, so nobody will be allowed to come here and mess up his funeral. Security arrangements have been put in place to deal with miscreants.” “Pickpockets would often sew uniform and infiltrate the funerals of rich persons in the State and steal people’s valuables, including telephone and money, but we are waiting for them in Oraifite, that day may be their last that will land them in prison, to be fore warned is to be fore armed.” Chief Offor said members of the National Assembly would be led to the funeral ceremony by the former Presidents of the Senate, Chief Ken Nnamani and Senstor Anyim Pius Anyim, while many people from all walks of life will have promised to come. “My father was a very nice man, he gave me so much encouragement and everything you see me doing was initiated by him.He is a passionate philanthropist who would always like to see smiles on the faces of everyone that came in contact with him and I must tell you that most of the guys you see me hang out with were introduced to me by him.

Aliko Dangote Pledges To Help Federal Government Turn Around Nigeria's Economy

Aliko Dangote Pledges To Help Federal Government Turn Around Nigeria’s Economy - BUSINESS -

Foremost industrialist and richest man in Africa, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has restated his commitment to assist the Federal Government in turning around and diversifying the country’s economy. He said this in Lagos on Friday where he was honoured as “Man of the Year 2015’’ by The Guardian Newspapers Limited. He said that he was working hard with his company to take Nigeria to the next level and that within the next two and half years, Nigeria was going to excel in some critical areas. “We want to do that by looking at critical areas where Nigeria is not doing well in terms of local production and tackle the problem areas. “Number one is refinery, Dangote Group is building a refinery which will produce 650,000 barrels of petrol per day; the current capacity that we have as a country now, both the ones that are working and the ones not working, is just 450,000 barrels per day. “Our petrochemical is ten times that of Eleme, we are at 1.3 million, Eleme is 120,000, so it will be the largest petrochemical industry in Africa. “In fertilizer production, we are not only trying to satisfy the market, but our size is three million tonnes which is ten times more than what is available in Nigeria today. “We are trying to make sure we satisfy the local needs and also export and we thought about how to address our power issues, the only way we can address power issues is to have enough gas and sort out distribution. “Distribution is important because unless you collect money from the consumers, you cannot grow. “There are two sub-sea gas pipelines coming from Bonny which will produce about three billion volume of gas which is exactly about the same size of LNG. “We are committed to turning around the economy of Nigeria and in the next two and a half years, Nigeria will be the highest oil petroleum products export country, will be the highest in terms of fertilizer export, will be the highest in petrochemicals export. “Nigeria will also be the highest in terms of cement export in Africa,’’ he said. Speaking on bailouts for the states, Dangote said: “I don’t believe the Federal Government should continue to be bailing out the states, the states have to sit down and plan to cut costs instead of looking for bailout and being lazy. “They can create jobs and give incentives to people to come and invest, they should assure people that they are not going to be slammed with various taxes which is what some of them do.’’ Dangote added that the current situation of the economy would push people to work harder, to work in terms of diversifying the economy. Earlier, the publisher of Guardian Newspapers Limited, Lady Maiden Ibru, had said that they were honouring Dangote because of his impact on the lives of Nigerians and Africa. She restated the role of the newspaper in the society as working for the enduring benefits of the people and being critical and identifying as well as publicizing heroes as a way of redirecting the values of the society. The first “Man of the Year’’ award was presented to former president Olusegun Obasanjo in 1987. Some of the guests at the event were former governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba, Bishop Alexander Gianniris of the Diocese of Greek Orthodox Church, and former Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Chris Ali. (NAN) /

Buhari Leaves For Morocco Tomorrow For Climate Change Conference

Buhari Leaves For Morocco Tomorrow For Climate Change Conference- POLITICS -

President Muhammadu Buhari will attend the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), also known as COP-22, in Marrakech, Morocco, from November 14-16, 2016. President Buhari will participate in the official opening plenary on November 15 where he will deliver his national statement during the High Level Segment of COP 22.

"My View Regarding The US Election" TB Joshua

"My View Regarding The US Election"- TB Joshua Replies - CRITICS -

Upon release of the US general election results, criticisms have littered the social media over the failed prophecy by TB Joshua, which stated that Hillary Clinton Would win the election. However, the cleric has taken to his facebook page to express his view concerning the matter, here's what he has to say; (Pictures Below) MY VIEW REGARDING THE ELECTION (US) We have seen the outcome of the election in America. Having read, you will notice that it is all about the popular vote, the vote of the majority of Americans. In this case, we need the Spirit of a Prophet to recognize or to know a Prophet. Our levels are different. We are not on the same level. We might have great cathedrals, huge bells, and all kinds of activities that are good by human standards but human point of view is limited. 1 Corinthians 1:25. The foolishness of God is wiser than that of men and the weakness of God is stronger than that of men. There is no shortcut to spiritual maturity unless earthly understanding gives way to spiritual enlightenment. I see many people trying to interpret prophets on the basis of their own minds and ideas. The prophecy seems to cause uproar, to many who gave it different meaning and interpretation. Finally, campaigns and elections in any democratic country in the world are never about one person, it is about the country we care and love. Whichever way it happens, we must accept the outcome and then look to the future (God), the Author and Finisher. Democracy is all about accommodation. All democrats must value the process of democracy more than the product. God bless the United States of America.

6 Most Inspirational Female Engineers In The World

The 6 Most Inspirational Female Engineers In The World - CAREER -

Technology is one field you won’t find many female engineers but it is a fascinating career option. As a female engineers it can be a little horrible working in the tech industry, due to high rate of sexism. But nevertheless, there are so many female Engineers who are currently successful in the tech industry and their stories can serve as an inspiration for young and innovative female students out there. There has been a huge push these days to encourage more girls to learn coding and to hire more women engineers once they graduate. Because, women are vastly outnumbered by men in technical jobs to about 3:1 and that is why sometimes it is necessary to give a shout-out to these female Engineers. Like it was mentioned, there are so many but in this list we present to you,   10 Inspirational Female Engineers In The World. 10) Erica Baker. Company: Slack. Title: Senior engineer. Erica Baker is an advocate for diversity and inclusion in tech and for expanding access to tech education. Erica started her career in tech doing domain registrations for University of Alaska Statewide System before joining Google in 2006. She joined Slack in 2015 and currently serves as a tech mentor for Black Girls Code. She was also included in WIRED Magazine’s 2016 Next List. Erica is currently based in Oakland, California. The inspiring part of Erica’s career is how she landed a top engineering job at Slack. Erica Baker made headlines when she wrote a post on Medium titled “The Other Side of Diversity” in November 2014. She talked about how difficult it was for a black woman to rise up in Silicon Valley. At that time Erica was an engineer at Google “I know this: I am not my job. I am not my industry or its stereotypes. I am a black woman who happens to work in the tech industry. I don’t need to change to fit within my industry. My industry needs to change to make everyone feel included and accepted,” Baker wrote. Reports from leading tech firms reveal that, on average, 71% of employees are men, 29% are women, 60% identify as white, 23% Asian, 8% Latino, and 7% black. After staying at Google a few more months, she landed a job at Slack as a build-and-release engineer in May 2015. Read her full story here.>>>http://finance.yahoo.com/news/slack-senior-engineer-erica-baker-stewart-butterfield-diversity-in-tech-silicon-valley-154010403.html 9) Avni Shah. Company: Google. Title: Director, Product management. Shah graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a B.Sc in Computer Science, she heads up heads up Chrome development at Google. She was one of the few women to have given a presentation at Google’s Developer conference I/O. Most especially because Google is really trying to close the gap between men and women in tech and it needed to show that by show casing some of its women engineers in top leadership position. Her LinkedIn profile.>>>https://www.linkedin.com/in/avni24 8) Emily White. Title: COO. Company: Snapchat. Emily graduated from Vanderbilt University, U.S. She has been a popular name in the tech industry for a while now due to her past work experience, Emily headed Business Operations at Instagram, then worked at Facebook on Mobile Business Development and Partnerships. Even before this she was Director, Sales and Operation at Google in 2009, and was promoted to head Emerging Businesses the following year. Emily is a current board member of Hyperloop Technologies. Her LinkedIn profile.>>>https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-white-5ab263 7) Merline Saintil. Title: Head of Operations for the office of the CTO at Intuit. Company: Intuit. Merline is currently the head of operations for the office of the CTO at Intuit and has distinguished herself as a leader in fast growing sectors of cloud computing, mobile, online payments and commerce. Her path has taken her from engineering, PMing, to executive roles at Yahoo!, PayPal, Adobe and Sun. Before her role at Intuit, she was the head of global engineering operations for mobile and emerging products at Yahoo, where she was part of their massive platform shift to mobile Prior to her time at Yahoo, Saintil was writing software and managing systems at Sun Microsystems, Adobe, PayPal, and Joeyent Inc. Saintil earned a B.S. in computer science from Florida A&M University, Summa Cum Laude, and also attended Stanford University. Her LinkedIn profile.>>>[img]https://www.linkedin.com/in/msaintil[/img] 6) Susan Wojcicki Susan at her garage that helped kickstart Google. Title: CEO. Company: YouTube. Susan is another top name in the tech industry due to her position as the CEO of Youtube. She graduated from Harvard University with an honours in Literature and History. One great thing that inspires us all about Susan is that, In September 1998, the very same month that Google was incorporated, its founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin set up office in Wojcicki’s garage in Menlo Park. Before working at Google which started as it’s first marketing manager in 1999, susan worked in the marketing department also with Intel then proceeded to work as a Management Consultant at Bain & Company, R.B. Webber & Company. She was the brain behind Adsense which is now Google’s second largest source of revenue. It was also reported that she was the one who asked the board to purchase Youtube, which was then a small-startup competing with Google. In February 2014 she became the CEO of YouTube. Her LinkedIn profile.>>>https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-wojcicki-b136a99 5) Marissa Mayer. Title: President & CEO. Company: Yahoo. Marissa is the current CEO of Yahoo, She started off as a pre-medical student at the prestigious Standford University, but after sometime she changed her major to Symbolic Systems. Marrissa also completed her M.S. in Computer Science with a specialization in Artificial Intelligence and was awarded an honoris causa doctorate degree by Illinois Institute of Technology in 2009, for her contribution in the field of Search. In her early days she worked at Google as employee number 20 and was the company’s first female engineer. She oversaw the layout of Google’s well-known, unadorned search homepage. When we talk about female engineers in the World you can do without mentioning Marissa. Her LinkedIn profile.>>>https://www.linkedin.com/in/marissamayer

Daimond Bank Staff In Prison Over $1m Fraud

Diamond Bank Staff In Court Over $1m Fraud - CRIME & CRISIS -

An employee of Diamond Bank Plc, Mr Babatunde Fato, has been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on allegation bordering on, false declaration of assets and fraud to the tune of $1 million. Mr Faro was brought before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja on a 4-count charge on Friday. He was arraigned alongside another suspect, Mr Sada Adamu. The EFCC accused Mr Adamu of making cash payment of the said sum being an amount exceeding the stipulated N5 million threshold payable cash by an individual according to law, to Faro. The offence, the anti-graft explained, was a breach of Section 1(a) of the Money Laundering Act, 2011 as amended and punishable under Section 15(2)(b) of the same Act. But the accused persons pleaded not guilty when the charges were read to them. In view of their plea, counsel to EFCC, S. A. Ugwuebulam, asked the court for a date to commence trial. However, W. Y. Maman and W. T. Iorshe representing Mr Adamu and Mr Faro respectively prayed the court to grant the accused persons bail pending trial. Opposing the motion, Ugwuebulam stated that, “the offences border on money laundering and other financial transactions without licenses. I urge the court to discountenance the motion for bail and order speedy trial of the case”. Justice Dimgba, thereafter, adjourned to November 14, 2016 for ruling on the bail application and ordered the accused persons to be remanded in Kuje prison.

2019: Adamawa Government Reveals Atiku's Presidential Ambition

2019: Adamawa Government Reveals Atiku's Presidential Ambition - POLITICS -

The Presidential ambition of former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has been exposed ahead of his 70th birthday celebration. This was made public by the Adamawa State government through Abba Jimeta, the Chief of staff to Governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar, during the flag-off of the construction of Girei-Wuro Bokki road by Governor Muhammad Jibrilla yesterday. He said all elected and appointed officials in the state would work for Atiku as soon as he declares his intention to contest. “The entire Adamawa state government is firmly behind the former vice president ; whereever he (Atiku) goes, the state is government is behind him. “From the Governor to the Deputy governor, the Secretary to the state government, Commissioners, the special advisers and special assistants and all other political appointees and members of the State House of Assembly are behind Atiku Abubakar”. Jimeta said this will be in appreciation of the huge contributionsof Atiku Abubakar to the economy of the state and the nation. “Such an important figure in Adamawa State, we as a government have nothing to pay him back, than to support all his political ambitions and to give him our support if he declares to run for any political office”, he added. Recall that Alhaji Atiku Abubakar who has refused to give up on his political ambition has ended up been considered as one of Nigeria's famous political prostitutes. Atiku, who vowed never to defect to any other party when joining the APC has over the times been accused of making secret moves aimed at perfecting his next political destiny. Political watchers have hinted that if President Buhari decides to contest in 2019, Atiku may end up leaving the party for the PDP who is seriously shopping for a prominent and wealthy northerner to field against the incumbent President or any other candidate of the ruling APC. And if Buhari refuses to recontest, it is believed that Atiku would catch into APC's plan to allow the north complete its eight year tenure to fulfill his presidential ambition. However, Atiku has repeatedly denied any plan to defect from the APC or contest for president. Such secret moves and interests are the major cause of the current problems rocking the ruling party including its inability to conduct its Board of Trustees election, which Atiku and Tinubu are billed to have serious interest in. Versatile Reporters recalls that Atiku contested the presidential primaries of the APC and came a distant third position.