The Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr Joe Igbowe yesterday said that anyone who accuses President Muhammadu Buhari of non-performance is a ‘liar from the pit of hell’.

Disclosing this as a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Igbokwe urged Nigerians to support Buhari’s administration, blaming Nigeria’s poor economic status on the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

His words, “You have to support your leader, don’t be a distraction to your leader. Anybody who tells you that Buhari is not doing well is a liar from the pit of hell. That person is a pathetic liar from the pit of hell.

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KOKO- SOCIAL Democratic Party, SDP, chieftain and  House of Assembly candidate for Warri North Constituency, Delta State,  in the last general elections, Mr. Kessington Amiwero, has moved to  the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, with thousands of his supporters, alluding to  the performance and development inventiveness of the state Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa.

Speaking at the carnival-like ceremony, Amiwero, a British-trained engineer, said: “We joined politics to make a difference but the man on the stage is already fulfilling our aspirations for the state. It is only natural to encourage him to do better by joining hands to fast track his development plans for all of us.”

He said the governor “has already exceeded expectations of Deltans and there is urgent need to support and encourage a working and performing administration for the overall development of the state. Dr. Okowa came up with SMART Agenda and he has kept faith with his vow to the people of the state in building a stronger Delta state.”

The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has extended by three days the 50 per cent reduction in the registration fee for Business Names with effect from 13th August, 2019. A statement signed by the Commission’s Head of Public Affairs, Moses Adaguusu, revealed that the fee cut would now end on Friday, 16th August, 2019.

“The three day extension is to enable Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) that could not register their businesses during the promo because of the Sallah holidays to do so,” the statement stated.

CAC said registration of their businesses will enable them own corporate accounts with Banks, have access to loans, grants and other government interventions. “Members of the public are enjoined to take advantage of the three Day extension to register their Business Names at the reduced cost of N5,000. Registration can be done online or at any of the Commission’s Offices nationwide,” the statement added.

As the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, confirms outbreak of Yellow fever in Ebonyi state, Nigerians have been advised to prevent mosquito bites as well as get vaccinated against the disease.

As at last count, no fewer than 20 deaths have been recorded in Izzi LGA, Ebonyi State, according to the NCDC, indicating that the outbreak may have been going on for a few months undetected by local health authorities.

Yellow fever is a serious disease caused by the yellow fever virus. It is spread through the bite of an infected Aedes aegypti mosquito species.  Although, there is no human-to-human transmission of the virus, however, the disease is completely vaccine-preventable with a single shot providing immunity for a lifetime.  Sadly, many people are not vaccinated against the killer disease.

According to the Director-General of the NCDC, Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, there is need for Nigerians to keep their environments clean and free of stagnant water to discourage the breeding of mosquitoes.

He further counselled that the public should also make use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets, screens on windows and doors to prevent mosquito bites.

Continuing, he advised Nigerians to also get vaccinated at the Primary Healthcare Centres, PHCs, for free.

KALAEKULEAMA—SOLDIERS attached to Operation Delta Safe, ODS, chasing oil thieves, have shot dead a fisherman, Mr. Sunday Bassey, set ablaze residential apartments and the only learning institution, Community Primary School, Ke, at Kalaekuleama, Degema Local Government Area, Rivers State.

Distressed villagers, who narrated their horrible experiences to NDV, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order investigation into the incident and bring the culprits to book. We don’t lodge oil thieves—Community leader

A community leader, Chief Joel Asobari, who denied that the community was harbouring oil thieves, said: “We were in our house when JTF came with one gunboat and another speedboat.

The town were loaded with armed soldiers. “When they came, they said the residents should vacate the community, that they want to burn down the houses.

They went into action without listening to our pleas and they rendered us homeless. “We pleaded with them; the next thing we saw was that they started burning house and they molested me.

They shot one Mr. Sunday Aniete Bassey, a fisherman from Akwa Ibom State. “We are begging the government to come to our aid. We are now without clothes and homeless. When it rains, it beats us.

”The only school we built was burnt to ashes, now our children have no school again.

We want the government to intervene and help us out.” Asobari wondered why the military would sack the entire community for a crime the people did not commit. They attacked me, razed my home—Mrs. Gloria

In addition, a woman simply identified as Madam Gloria, expressed shock that soldiers burnt her house and wares, including crayfish, despite her pleas. Gloria said: “I have stayed here for about 15 years; we are into fishing. I also run a bar in this village.

On that day, as I was coming back from fishing, I saw a gunboat. I asked them what the problem was, they beat me up and asked me to pack my things and leave the community. “As I started packing my things, they entered and set everything ablaze. I am a fisherwoman. They burnt everything I use for fishing and they destroyed all my crayfish. I do not have house again.”

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However, spokesman of Operation Delta Safe, Major Eromosele Unuakhalu, said the operation was in line with anti-illegal oil bunkering operation in the area. he asserted that no house was burnt, but that only makeshift thatch houses used for storage of the illegal refined products were destroyed in the community.

Republic of Congo could produce nearly 1 million barrels of crude per day following a new oil discovery in the country, a company involved told Reuters on Monday. The find could possibly quadruple the nation’s output and propel it into the same league as Africa’s largest producers.

Production, which will be ramped up in phases, could begin in six months. If it reaches expected levels, Congo’s production would be close to Nigeria, which produces about 1.8 million barrels a day, and Angola, at around 1.4 million.

Congo’s cash-strapped energy industry has been boosted by major recent finds from Italy’s ENI and France’s Total, lifting an economy hobbled by debt, civil unrest and corruption, and raising output to about 350,000 barrels per day. Production from the new field, developed by SARPD-OIL in la Cuvette region, could dwarf that, said the company’s marketing director Mohamed Rahmani. A government spokesman did not immediately comment on the discovery, Reuters reported. SARPD estimates the field holds 1 billion cubic metres of hydrocarbons, including 359 million barrels of oil, with a potential for daily output of 983,000 barrels, Rahmani said. That, the company reckons, could bring in $10.5 billion a year into Congo, doubling the Central African country’s GDP.

A Nigerian resident in Guanzou, Guandong Province, China, Mr. Joseph Nwachueze, has died following injuries sustained in the hands of Chinese Police.

The incident was said to have happened yesterday when the deceased,  who had lived in China for 15 years was being chased by the Police.

The wife of the deceased, who hailed from Idemili Local Government Area of Anambra State was said to have fainted upon hearing the news.

According to an online website, Akelicious News, the deceased, who was said to be a pastor, had three children.

The police were said to have used an electronic device known as electronic torch to stop the man, who was running faster than them, the victim fell down in the process and died instantly. Unsuccessful efforts were said to have been made by the police to revive the victim.

Irked by the incident Nigerians in the city, especially those at Guangyuanxilu, Tongtong Plaza, an area with huge population of Nigerians, were said to have mobilised for a protest as at press time.

Kebbi State Governor Atiku Bagudu has declared the RUGA settlement programme remains the best option for settling nomads in a permanent abode and enhance livestock production in the country.

Bagudu made the statement while conducting journalists round some Fulani settlements in Jega Local Government Area on Tuesday.

‘’RUGA is just a Rural Grazing Area.

“It has been conceived long time ago to bring into one place nomads and their animals for permanent settlement with all the necessary provision of pasture and grazing to improve animal husbandry.

‘’It still remains the best option for settling nomads in a permanent abode and enhance livestock production in the country,’’ the governor said.

He gave assurance that his administration would continue to provide basic amenities to all Fulani settlements in the state.

As Muslims all over the world mark the Eid-el kabir, the National Orientation Agency, NOA, has urged Nigerians to imbibe the virtues of selflessness, scarification and tolerance for peace and development of the nation.

Director General of NOA, Dr. Garba Abari who made the appeal yesterday in Abuja said that Nigerians need to demonstrate attitudes that encourage good neighborliness among its diversity.

“I am confident that if our people respect and support the leadership in the country, obey rules and regulations, promote tolerance, respect for one another and imbibe attitudes that encourage peaceful co-existence, the country will make progress” Abari said.

Abari urged the Muslim faithful to extend their hands of fellowship to people of other faiths in a demonstration of our unity and oneness saying “Nigerians can make progress when we work together in spite of our diversities.”

The chairman of Bunu Hunters in Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State, Caleb Oshe and his son have been killed.

Oshe and his son, Sunday, were reportedly killed by gunmen in the early hours of Tuesday.

The state government has condemned the killing, saying those behind it will be apprehended and made to face the law.