RIZE FM RADIO BLOG: July 2017

Monday, 31 July 2017

Governor of Katsina State warn Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board against cheating

Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari has warned all officials of the state’s Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board not to cheat intending pilgrims entrusted in their care during the 2017 Hajj .

Minister Of Power, Works And Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has unveiled the highlights of the Federal Government's plans for the construction of 44 federal highways in the 2017 Budget.

Ifeanyi George scored a brace for champions Enugu Rangers as they toppled last season’s runners-up, Rivers United 2-1 in a fiercely-fought Nigeria Professional Football League, NPFL, contest in Enugu .

The Lagos State Police Command has warned residents in the state against living in isolated and unsafe areas where they might be vulnerable to attacks by hoodlums.

Irish navy vessel rescue 109 migrants off Libya's coast on Sunday

An Irish navy vessel rescued 109 migrants off Libya's coast on Sunday, following a request from the Italian Maritime Rescue Co-Ordination Centre.

According to reports, the Vessel took four hours to rescue the migrants off Tripoli, before providing food and medical treatment.

Federal Government’s Home Grown School Feeding Programme commenced 25th of July 2017 in Kaduna state

A director in Kaduna State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, John Gora, says, the Federal Government’s Home Grown School Feeding Programme commenced in the State on the 25^th of July 2017.

Following the epileptic power supply experienced in Akwa Ibom State, the governor, Udom Emmanuel has assured the state of improved adequate power supply.

Here are lovely photos of a Benue State couple blessed with eight children. The all posed for these beautiful family photoshoot which is currently going viral.

Popular music producer, Fliptyce, is the latest to tie the knot in an exclusive wedding held in the Benin City, Edo State Capital.

As part of its gesture to alleviate the medical challenges of displaced persons in the North East, the Nigerian Air Force NAF, has carried out massive surgical operations on 420 Internally Displaced Persons, in Borno State.

The Federal Government has unveiled plans to support talented youths in the arts sector with N300 million start-up loans.

The US says it will not call for a UN Security Council meeting over North Korea's missile tests because it would produce nothing of consequence.

Plateau United FC has defeated visiting Shooting Stars of Ibadan 2-0, in Jos to remain top of the Nigerian Professional Football League table, with six games to go.

Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria PENGASSAN, has given a 21-day ultimatum to some oil and gas employers over anti-labour practices.

The ultimatum was contained in a statement issued in Lagos by the Public Relations Officer of the Association, Fortune Obi.

Nigerians will get to know the Super Eagles players who will face Cameroon in 2018 World Cup qualifiers on September 1 and September 4 in Uyo and Yaounde respectively in two weeks’ time, the Chairman of the Nigeria Football Federation technical and development committee Chris Green has told newsmen.

The Nigerian Air Force, NAF, says it has deployed armed helicopter with force protection elements and other logistics support to Kafanchan, Kaduna State.

The United Nations, UN, the African Union, AU, and the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, has unequivocally condemned and deplored the Boko Haram terrorists ambush in Maiduguri on July 25 against a convoy of Personnel of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC, accompanied by geologists, under military escort.

Chairman of Northern Governors’ Forum, NGF, Kashim Shettima of Borno State, met with the Coalition of Northern Groups which gave the Igbo residing in the North October 1, 2017 deadline to leave the region.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that 755 staff must leave US diplomatic missions, in retaliation for new US sanctions against Moscow.

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, has in strong terms condemned the appalling ambush, attack and abduction of soldiers, and civilians who were carrying out their duties to the Nation in the Lake Chad Basin Frontier Exploration.

The Federal Government has adopted the $11billion Dangote refinery, under its new National Petroleum Policy in order to add value to crude oil, reduce high dependence on imported petroleum products and conserve foreign exchange for other developmental projects.

The people of Ogidi Community in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State have concluded arrangement to build a cultural centre in honour of their late illustrious son, Prof. Chinua Achebe.

Pope Francis calls for crusade against modern slavery

Pope Francis said on Sunday that the human trafficking is the present-day form of slavery and called for efforts to end this practice.

The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has threatened nationwide strike if some industrial issues especially anti-labour practices by some employers in the oil and gas industry were not addressed within 21 days.

I’m not stepping down – Mugabe

Zimbabwe’s President, Robert Mugabe, said on Saturday he was not stepping down nor dying. He said there was no one with his political stature who could immediately take over from him.

The Nigerian Army is to deploy 230 personnel, including 19 officers and 211 soldiers to Liberia, Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai has said.

The Niger State Government has said that the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members posted to the state would be adequately taken careof with the Paris Fund refund.

North Korea has hailed as a success its latest test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), describing it as a “stern warning” for the US.

Kogi Government has released N2 billion to the 21 local government councils in the state as their share of the N6.2 billion of the Paris Club refund the state received from the Federal Government. A statement issued in Lokoja on Saturday by the Commissioner of Finance, Mr Idris Ashiru, said the government’s share of the refund was N4.02 billion.

BREAKING: Makarfi Survives Auto Crash

Chairman of the caretaker committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ahmed Makarfi has survived an auto crash on the Abuja-Kaduna expressway.

German Government Donates 6 Sniffer Dogs To NDLEA (photos)

The German Government has donated six trained sniffer dogs and a Mercedes bus to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to boost the country’s capacity to detect concealed drugs.

German Deputy Consul General, Alexandra Herr made the presentation in Lagos to the director of Operations and General Investigation of the Agency Mr Olugbenga Mabo.

Herr in her remarks said that Germany is making the presentation because it is important to have the right tools to work. In her words,

Hillary Clinton to release tell-all Memoir in September

2016 U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has said that she will be “letting [her] guard down” in a memoir titled “What Happened” that’s due out in September.

The book will reveal her thoughts and opinions on her presidential campaign and loss to Donald Trump.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates has lost his position as the world’s richest man to Amazon chief executive officer Jeff Bezos. According to Forbes, Bezos’ net worth was estimated at $90.6 billion as at Thursday morning when he gained $1.4 billion in the stock market.

The Depot Nigerian Army on Friday alerted Nigerians of the activities of fraudsters claiming to be recruiting candidates on its behalf.

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, on Friday, assured members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), posted to Kogi of their safety and enabling environment during their service year.

The nation’s military chiefs are to move back to the Maiduguri command centre to consolidate the gains against Boko Haram insurgency.

Transgender soldiers have challenged President Donald Trump over his announcement on the ban he placed on transgenders serving in the military.

Israeli police barred Muslim men under the age of 50 for a second week in a row from entering Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque for Friday prayers. Two weeks of tension and violence at the site have left four Palestinians dead.

In a stinging blow to President Donald Trump, U.S. Senate Republicans failed on Friday to dismantle Obamacare, falling short on a major campaign promise and perhaps ending a seven-year quest by their party to gut the healthcare law.

Celebrity couple Beyonce and Jay Z have hired six nannies for their newborns Rumi and Sir Carter.

Photo of the day: Political rivals Wike, Amaechi meet face-to-face in Rivers

Political rivals, Governor Nyesom Wike and the former Governor and current Minister of Transport, Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi have placed their differences aside to meet face-to-face for a good purpose of witnessing the commissioning of a world-class fertilizer plant at Indorama, Eleme Petrochemicals Limited in Eleme LGA of the state by the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo.

The Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has intercepted contraband valued at N54.46 million.

France says it plans to set up hotspots in Libya to process asylum seekers, in a bid to stem the flow of migrants to Europe.

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State has ordered the Chairman of Warri North Local Government Area of the state, Francis Maku, to investigate the remote and immediate causes of the crisis rocking Egoro community.

A Bill for Act, to provide Framework relating to Petroleum Producing Host Community’s participation, cost and benefit sharing among Government, Petroleum Exploration Companies and Petroleum Host Communities, 2017 has passed second reading in Senate.

Google CEO Visits Lagos, Announces Training For 10 Million Africans

The Chief Executive Officer of Google Inc., Sundar Pichai says his team would be training 10 million Africans in the next five years.

Two hundred and twenty-two of the 300 directors from ministries, department and agencies of the federal government MDAs who sat for the examinations to fill the 20 vacant positions of federal permanent secretaries have failed, Daily Trust findings revealed.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the returnees arrived aboard a chartered Libyan Airlines aircraft with registration number 5A-LAR, which landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos at 10p.m.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has suspended its exploration for crude oil in the Lake Chad Basinocatwd in parts of Borno State, following attacks on its workforce and some military personnel by the terrorist group, Boko Haram.

Kelechi Iheanacho is edging closer towards a move from Manchester City to Leicester City.

FRSC in Osun State returns money recovered from an accident victim to relatives

The Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, in Osun State has returned money recovered from an accident victim to his relatives.

Inspector-General of Police, Idris Ibrahim, has said stiff punishment, including capital sentence, can curb kidnapping-for-ransom in the country.

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Monday, 31 July 2017

Minister Of Power, Works And Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has unveiled the highlights of the Federal Government's plans for the construction of 44 federal highways in the 2017 Budget.

Popular music producer, Fliptyce, is the latest to tie the knot in an exclusive wedding held in the Benin City, Edo State Capital.

Sunday, 30 July 2017

Saturday, 29 July 2017

Friday, 28 July 2017

Celebrity couple Beyonce and Jay Z have hired six nannies for their newborns Rumi and Sir Carter.

Thursday, 27 July 2017

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