GUIDELINE FOR TRAVELLERS ARRIVING IN NIGERIA FROM OVERSEES

The Federal Government of Nigeria has  released some guidelines for people that will be travelling into the country durning ths COVID-19 pandemic.

Inline with the resumption plans, some of the guidelines includes paying for a secondary COVID-19 test from a website before boarding from the country of departure and having a valid positive COVID-19 test which is not more than 7 days from the country of departure.

According to the FG, the rules are quite strict as air carriers will be fined at least $3500 for any passenger that breaks any of the rules.

Read all the guidelines below;

 

AIRPORTS REOPENING: INTERNATIONAL PASSENGERS NEED TO BE AT AIRPORT 5 HOURS BEFORE TAKE-OFF

The Minister of Aviation Hadi Sirika, during an inspection of the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja and Murtala Mohammed Airport in Lagos on Saturday June 27, said they are putting the necessary equipment in place to help passengers adapt efficiently to the new normal and ensure that time is not wasted. He has stated that passengers on international flights may have to be at the airport five hours before their flight’s takeoff.

 
Sirika said;

 

    “We will announce all the protocols again before opening. But you need to be at the airport three hours ahead of your flight.

    “The experience is quite nice but it takes a bit of time which is why you will need to be at the airport three hours before your local flight. For an international flight, we may do five hours.”

 

On profitability of the aviation business upon the resumption, the Minister said;

 

    “Those new norms are coming and we will implement them in such a way that flights are profitable. The World Health Organisation and the International Civil Aviation Organisation have developed protocols of the sitting."

"BEFORE WE'RE MISLED ON THE MILITARY DECLARATION"~~ GEN.DANLADI ZAKARI (RTD)

Before many people are misled on the Military Declaration, let's get some facts correct on decisions process without jeopardizing the secrecy of National Security!

Three facts are not made available to anybody but are in public domain to make an informed comments DHQ's Declaration!

First, the military is part of the national security architecture!

Secondly, the highest decision body to decide such classification is the National Security Council which is chaired by the president. Reports are made to that body on security issues and needed actions are marshaled out.

Thirdly, the C in C Directives is issued with necessary rules of engagement which must emphasize the Geneva Conventions and all other protocols.

Do I think this procedure was followed? I am very pretty sure that these processes were followed including inputs from the local authorities (I.e, the governors of the effected areas).

Who makes the announcement? Usually, the president/C inC will appoint an authority to implement his directives. In this case, the Chief of Army Staff since it is a land operations. Even, the US follows these procedures for crisis area. I am stating these facts because I was once the Director of Defense Operations who prepared some of these documents for deployment of troops. A lot of misinformed scenarios are floating around as to the power of the president to deploy troops. The current exercise, ' Python Dance' is classified as training which could be changed to operations. You have US and South Korea having military exercise near the waters of North Korea. The congress doesn't need to approve that military training. You and I know why the exercise is taking place.

No military can unitary take laws into its hands And do what he wants. Go and read what happened between Gen MacArthur and President Truman! Or Gen POWELL and President Bush on the Iraqi operations. It is important that we try to understand how security related actions are taken before misleading the public.

And let me state this for a fact! No military command would want to deploy his troops for operations because he wouldn't want to loose a soldier. As a commander, you are bound to take and implement all lawful orders because you will be held accountable after the mission.

Besides, do you think it a mere coincidence that the South East Governors today proscribed IPOB! Just think deep and rationalize the reality.
~~Brigadier Danladi Zakari(Rtd)

ARABA YEMI ELEBUIBON: YORUBA CULTURAL AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY

Chief Ifayemi Elebuibon, an author,paywright, is a popular Ifa priest from South-western part of Nigeria. The 11th Araba of Oshogbo,  was born in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria. He cames from a family acclaimed to be one of the authorites on Yoruba Traditional Institutions, A direct descendant of Olutimehin, one of Co-founder of the City of Osogbo. He began his priesthood training at age four.

He received his formal education through correspondence courses. His parents insisted on his through grounding in the traditional institution and culture through his apprenticeship with renowned priests of the day. Araba Ifayemi is a poet, performing artist, play write, herbalist and practising babalawo (ifa priest). He has published several books, and scholarly papers on various aspects of Yoruba traditional religion and culture.

Araba Ifayemi is also a recording artist with several credits on Yoruba poetic genre known as Ewi. His mostly social commentaries and parallax snaps cultural philosophy.

His traditional morality drama, Ifa Olokun Asorodayo called from Odu Ifa, was presented on Nigeria National Television Network popular series.

Yemi is an international scholar in-residence at San Francisco State University in California, USA, where he lectures on African Traditional religion and philosophy.

He is the founder of Ancient Philosophy International, Osogbo, Nigeria a Centre dedicated to teach African traditional religion and preforming arts.

He has trained a lot of students and initiated many into the tradition.

Yemi numerous awards and recognitions include lifetime achievement chieftancy as the Araba of Osogbo a title that elevated him to a venerated position in the priesthood hierarchy.
He has also been honored with a doctorate degree of the Brandice University USA. He is an associate staff at Institute of Cultural. he was appointed a vice chairman of Board of Traditional Medicine, Osun State. He is also the current president of International Congress of Orisa tradition and culture, Nigeria Chapter.

He maintain a botanica and mini-museum at his House of Culture that has become a must stop for visitors to Osogbo for teh city annual Osun Festival.
Yemi has travelled to many parts of the world at the invitation of organizations, institutions, colleges, and universities and local governments.
Membership and Awards include;Member of Rotary Club Osogbo; Member of Yoruba Centre of Excellence; Trophy Second Prize Bauch Nafest 89; Merit Award; Justice of Peace, Government of Osun State; Merit Award Osogbo Progressive Union; Silver Trophy Government of Oyo State by Sasa Eniyan Ore Sanya;An honourary decorated degree of traditional religion upon the Recomendation (USA 27-7-1993); etc.

DR OLU ONAGORUWA (SAN,OFR) DIES @ 80

Dr.Olu Onagoruwa, (SAN,OFR), a former Justice Minister and Attorney-General of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and a well known human rights activist passed on in the early hours of today at the age of 80....

Born in,Odogbolu, Ogun State, Nigeria and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 1971. Dr Onagoruwa graduated from University College London in 1964, obtained his LLM and completed his Ph.D. in constitutional Law from the same University in 1968. A member of the Inner Temple of the English bar.

He was also the author of the Nigerian Civil War; Fundamental Human Rights and International law 1969, The Amakiri Case; Press Freedom in crisis 1978 and Law and Contemporary Nigeria Reflections 2004 amongst others.

Dr. Olu Onagoruwa, who attended the Academy of American and International Law Center USA on a full bright and hays scholarship, has served as a law lecturer in various Nigerian Institutions. He was appointed the Attorney General and Minister of Justice of the federal Republic of Nigeria in 1993 and was further appointed as the African representative to the body that drafted Ethiopia’s constitution in that same year. Dr Onagoruwa was also the Group Legal Adviser/ Company Secretary of Daily Times Nigeria for several years.

"NIGERIANS RESPOND ONLY TO MONEY...THEY DONT CARE HOW U GOT IT"~~DJ Xclusive

In what seem to be his response to Dammy Krane’s arrest over credit card fraud in Miami, United States, Nigerian superstar DJ Xclusive, has slammed disclosing that Nigerians only respond to money not caring to know how you got it.

He further advised Nigerians to act their wage, and never to allow social media determine how one lives his/her life.

Here’s his Snapchat posts;

BISOLA ABAYOMI-OJO: WICKED PHYSIOTHERAPIST CAUGHT ON CCTV ABUSING LITTLE GIRL WITH CEREBRAL PALSY !

Over 5,000 people have signed the petition to rescind the Mandela award and U.S visa given to the physiotherapist who was caught on CCTV abusing a little girl with cerebral palsy. We shared the video here. More information have been released online and the lady has been identified as Antonia Bisola Abayomi-ojo.

In the video that was captured on CCTV and shared by a Nigeria based NGO, Diary of a Special needs Mom Initiative,in June 2016,shows the caregiver slapping, hitting and twisting the hand of the child several times.

At a point, she even used her cellphone to slap the child, tied her hands at her back and consistently pushed the little girl. The little girl fell down from her seat more than five times in the video and every time the physiotherapist picked her up, she hit the girl. She was more concerned with pressing her phone than giving the little girl any attention.

She was arrested by the police in Nigeria and sanctioned by the board of physical therapists. However, she left the country in November 2016 after receiving the Mandela award to further her studies in Physiotherapy and enable her work with children in the U.S.

A lot of people have called for her to be brought back to Nigeria and made to face the full wrath of the law.

Anonymous said...
This is height of wickedness one can show towards a child especially a special need child like this. This child is helpless and already in pain. Why would you do her more harm? This is not about professionalism, it is pure lack of love/affection.

Yes the process can be frustrating but will be tolerated if coming from a lame man/woman not from a professional like her. She was trained for the job and part of the training is care and tolerance.

I read she didn't get punishment. She even ask for permission to go to the US for some treatment cos she claim it was due to depression and ill health. But instead went for her Masters Degree in the US.

NB: THE VIDEO HAS DISAPPEARED ON YOUTUBE

NIGERIANS & OTHER NATIONALS TO PAY £5.48 FOR UK VISA E-MAIL

With effect from today, Nigerians and other nationals outside the United Kingdom are to pay a new fee of £5.48 before they can make any form of British visa enquiry through electronic mail.

Similarly, all visa enquiries outside the United Kingdom will be handled by a new contractor, Sitel UK.

These new developments are contained in a terse statement by the Media and Public Affairs Officer of the British High Commission in Abuja, Mr. Joe Abuku. The statement said:

“From 1 June, all customer enquiries will be handled by a new commercial partner Sitel UK. The new contract will see a number of changes for customers.

TWO NIGERIAN MEN & A CAMBODIAN WOMAN ON TRAIL FOR MONEY PRINTING SCAM

Two Nigerian men and a Cambodian woman yesterday went on trial in Phnom Penh Municipal Court for cheating a man out of $8,000 through a fake joint venture to print counterfeit money.
Judge Chuon Soreasey said the three face between six months and three years in prison if convicted on fraud charges.

The suspects are Onye Caefuna, 30, Pascal Awaski, 39, and Mr Awaski’s girlfriend, Cambodian Chhaen Davy, 35.

The victim Sok Socheath met the two Nigerian suspects on Facebook in June 2016. They won his trust and he eventually agreed to fund a venture to forge US currency.

He was promised a 50 percent cut of the profits from the money-printing business. The suspects allegedly showed him the machine they would use to print the forged bills in a bid to convince him of the plan.

Mr Socheath was first asked to pay $8,000 to be a shareholder in the business. He transferred the money to the suspects in July, but heard nothing from them afterwards.

In October, the Nigerian men resumed chatting with Mr Socheath on Facebook and told the victim he would need to send them another $10,000 before the printing could get underway.

The victim then reported the case to police and the Interior Ministry, who set up a sting operation to arrest the suspects.

The three were caught when they went to meet Mr Socheath at a Wing money transfer shop on the outskirts of Phnom Penh.

Mr Caefuna and Mr Awaski admitted their guilt in court. They said they committed the crime because they needed money to pay for their rent and living costs in Cambodia, requesting leniency from the court.

Ms Davy denied the allegations, saying she was only the girlfriend of Mr Awaski and knew nothing about the fraud.
“I am a victim of accusations,” she told the court, asking the judge to drop charges against her and release her from prison. The verdict is due on June 2.

FINALLY SENATE PASSES BUHARI'S ANTI-CORRUPTION BILL

The Nigerian Senate has approved and passed the Bill on mutual assistance in criminal matters between Nigeria and other foreign states.

The executive bill presented to the senate by President Muhammadu Buhari, provides for the repeat of the money laundering offences, provide protection for employees of various institutions, provide appropriate penalties and other purposes.

After passing the Bill, Senate President, Bukola Saraki, said “this Anti-Money Laundering Legislation is a key component of President Muhammadu Buhari’s war on corruption agenda. This act will facilitate the needed cooperation with other states to prevent individuals from escaping prosecution by fleeing to another country.

Under the passed Bill, the Nigerian government may request that any country where a money launderer is hiding out to aid in the prosecution of such person, or such person may even be prosecuted in accord with the law of the host country. Nigeria would also be able to supply the country with unending support to aid a conviction.

This is the kind of innovation and cooperative anti-corruption scheme that will truly discourage money laundering”

PHOTOS OF THE DAY: A NIGERIAN LAWYER WHO IS ALSO A NUN

The nun, Sister Lucy turned a year older today and her family members took to social media to celebrate her..

UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN SHUT DOWN

Authorities of the University of Ibadan (UI) have closed down the school, following students’ protest.

The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Idowu Olayinka, said the closure was as a result of protest by students and to prevent a breakdown of law and order.

Undergraduates were ordered to vacate campus latest by 6pm yesterday.

The institution had fixed the first semester examination for June, but it will now begin on July 17.The vice chancellor said postgraduate students can continue with their lectures.

The protesters blocked the Mokola-UI-Ojoo Highway, causing a gridlock.

This followed students’ resolutions at a congress last weekend that the management be given two days to constitute a students’ welfare board and set up a fact-finding committee to look into the issue of hot-plates in halls of residence.

The students said there would be no examinations if the university failed to issue them ID cards, which were paid for last session and this session at the rate of N650 and N1,300.

The university management said in a statement that efforts are on to ensure identity cards are produced and distributed, starting from the middle of next month.

It issued a circular, informing deans of faculties that students’ registration forms and other valid university instruments would be considered as sufficient for admission into examination halls in the coming examination.

The Nation

US JAILS 3 NIGERIAN SCAMMERS 235 YEARS IN PRISON

Three Nigerian scammers,Oladimeji Seun Ayelotan, 30, Rasaq Aderoju Raheem, 31 and Femi Alexander Mewase,45,   have been given jail sentences for defrauding victims they met on dating sites of tens of millions of dollars.

Oladimeji Seun Ayelotan, 30, was sentenced to 95 years in prison; Rasaq Aderoju Raheem, 31, was sentenced to 115 years and Femi Alexander Mewase, 45, got 25 years in prison, according to a report by Infosecurity Magazine. That brings it to a total of 235 years in prison.

They were tried and found guilty by a court in the Southern District of Mississippi. Their crimes include; identity theft, mail, credit card, and wire fraud; and theft of government property.

Ayelotan and Raheem were also found guilty of conspiracies to commit bank fraud and money laundering.

The scammers have reportedly been carrying out their operations as far back as 2001. They were part of a string of scams against Americans, facilitated by internet communications. They got involved in what is popularly called 419, where their victims are promised a massive amount in return for making some payments into the criminals' accounts.  The criminals did not stop there but went even further.

They reportedly befriend women on dating sites, start a romantic relationship and then either get them to send money or have them participate in fraud schemes, usually without the victim’s knowledge. Sometimes the unsuspecting women were made to cash counterfeit checks or use stolen credit cards to buy things. They were used to launder money via Western Union and the likes.

They were also accused of running romance stings to steal from lonely people, shipping fraud, running fake work-from-home businesses, check fraud, and hijacking other people’s bank accounts and credit cards to divert funds.

21 defendants have already been charged in the case, which is still ongoing. 12 of whom have pleaded guilty to charges involving conspiracy and 11 of whom have been sentenced. 

UPDATE: TWO NIGERIAN MEN ARRESTED IN CAMBODIA WITH DRUGS IN THEIR STOMACHS SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT (PHOTOS)

The two Nigerian men arrested in Cambodia with 1.27 kilograms of cocaine were sentenced on Wednesday, May 24th, to life imprisonment and an approximately $10,000 fine.

Y Rin, a spokesman for the municipal court, said that the sentence for the two men – Okafor Ifeanyi Anthony, 42, and Adibe Paschal, 33 – was based on Article 40 of the Anti-Drug Law.

"Based on the law, the court allows them to appeal the conviction," he said.

Okafor and Adibe were arrested in May 2016 for allegedly smuggling 1.27 kilograms in their stomachs from Nigeria to Vietnam via Dubai and then to Cambodia, where they were arrested.
Authorities suspected that they were bound for Pattaya in Thailand.

Paschal denied knowledge of the drugs and had claimed that he had only gotten to know Anthony at the airport, which the latter corroborated.

Source: PhnomPenPost

UK DEPORTS 35 NIGERIAN

The Government of the United Kingdom on Wednesday deported 35 Nigerians for committing immigration-related offences in the country.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the deportees arrived at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMlA) Lagos at about 5.50 a.m.

The deportees, comprising 30 males and five females, were brought back aboard a chartered Titanic Airways aircraft with registration Number: G-POWO.
The spokesman of the Lagos Airport Police Command, Joseph Alabi, confirmed the development to NAN.

The deportees were received by officers of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and the Police.
Also on ground to receive them were officials of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN).

NAN gathered that the deportees were profiled by the immigration authorities and were each given a stipend to facilitate their transportation to their respective states.
The British authorities had on March 31 deported 23 Nigerians for similar reasons.

PHOTOS: 10 NIGERIANS DEPORTED FROM CAMBODIA OVER ILLEGAL STAY

The Department of Investigation and Procedures in cooperation with the Department Gate 1 and Gate Post Phnom Penh International Airport expelled 10 Nigerian nationals living and working illegally in Cambodia  and one Korean. Police confirmed names of the deportees as follows:

1. SALAKO OLORUNJUEDALO AYODEJI Nigerian male, born on May 7, 1994, passport number XXXXXX0558 stealing illegal stay visa (over limit) expelled from the country for 3 years.

2. CHUKWUOKOH Daniel EBUKA Nigerian male born September 5, 1990 A passport number XXXXXX6288 has been found stealing staying illegally (without a passport)

3  CHIFE ONYEKACHUKWU Simon Nigerian male, born on May 22, 1985, passport number A XXXXX00094 stealing passports illegally staying (not sealed) from the Kingdom of Cambodia Gate Phnom Penh International Airport flight PG 934 at 15 and 45 minutes from Phnom Penh to the country of origin.

4. Godwin VICTOR IKENNA Nigerian male, born on 22 October 1993, passport number A XXXXXX17452 conceals criminal conspiracy offense.

5. UTITI CHIMARAOKE NWABUGO Nigerian male, born on 6 June 1986, the passport number XXXXX1917 conceals criminal conspiracy offense.

6. MacDonald 6. Dike CHIDUBEM Nigerian male, born Sept. 18, 1994, passport number XXXXXX02619 stealing illegal stay visa (over limit).

7. AMADI Augustine CHINEDU Nigerian male, born on 13 October 1993, passport number XXXXXX5118 has been found stealing illegal residency (passport).

8. ALUKA IFECHUKWU Nigerian Emmanuel male

9. OKOYE cornerback SUNDAY Nigerian male, born March 2, 1991, passport number A XXXXXX98031 stealing passports illegally staying (not sealed).

10. CHUKWUZOR CHINEDU Kennedy Nigerian male, born June 16, 1992, passport number XXXXXX51358 stealing passports illegally staying (not sealed) from the Kingdom of Cambodia Gate Phnom Penh International Airport Flight QR 971 at 17 and 30 minutes from Phnom Penh to the country of origin.

11. KWEON KIWOOK Korean male born on 23 November 1947 letter to travel XXXXXX170042 stealing staying illegally (without a passport) from the Kingdom of Cambodia Gate Phnom Penh International Airport flight OZ 740 at 23 and 55 minutes from Phnom Penh to the country.

ACTING PRESIDENT SIGNS THREE EXECUTIVE ORDERS

 Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday signed three executive orders.

The orders he signed were “the promotion of transparency and efficiency in the business environment, designed to facilitate ease of doing business in Nigeria; support for local content in public procurement by the government, and timely submission of annual budgetary estimates by all statutory and non-statutory agencies”.

This action is coming amid rumours that acting president is being undermined by some persons in government.

In an interview on Channels TV on Wednesday, Ita Enang, legislative aide of president Muhammadu Buhari, said that Buhari, who is in the UK for medical treatment, would sign the 2017 budget.

But a few hours later, Laolu Akande, media aide of Osinbajo, said the acting president would assent to the budget when he is satisfied with all components in it.

This has sparked a wild controversy over the authority of Osinbajo as acting president.

Regardless, the acting president is pursuing the goals of the Buhari administration by emphasising the government’s preference for indigenous goods and services as well as the removal of bureaucracies that stalls doing business in the country.

Ministry of trade and investment alongside the Presidential Ease of Doing Business Council (PEBEC) are expected to monitor the compliance of the stipulated orders.

The Acting President at an interactive session held at the State House Conference Centre in Abuja, said the government will work out incentives for performance even as it builds reward system that punishes malfeasance.

Osinbajo highlighted the importance of cooperation amongst agencies of government stating that it was key in achieving an improved business clime that will be at par with global standards.

According to him in the first 60 days target set up by the government to ensure 70 percent effectiveness was achieved and the 30 percent can be achieved through continuous transparency and cooperation of government agencies.

“I agree that a system of rewarding performance, and punishing malfeasance is key. we must work out incentive schemes even as we tighten up sanctions regimes.

“We hit 70 percent quickly on the 60 days of doing business target because of the cooperation of all the agencies like ministry of interior, immigrations, customs etc and that is why the remaining 30percent we will also achieve and deliver. I will hold myself accountable to it and I will also hold you accountable.

“Usually we blame the system . But the system is men and women not machines. So we can and must reform it. These proposed executive orders present a unique opportunity to perform.

“Ladies and gentlemen let us perform. The President has laid out a cornerstone policy of this administration…we must grow what we eat and make what we use. The President again enunciated this principle in the Economic Recovery and Growth Plan…Buy Nigerian, Use Nigerian.

“So we must now insist that at State banquets we eat and drink Nigerian.”

--cable.ng

PHOTO: HOW BAD ROAD LEADING TO 'OTUOKE' EX-PRESIDENT JONATHAN COUNTRY HOME !

Emmanuel Okechukwu is an indigene of Enugu state. He was seen sitting helplessly along the road leading to Otuoke, home of former President Goodluck Jonathan. When asked what he does there daily, he said , “I saw the road that it is actually bad, I decided to take care of it on my own. I’m just putting my effort so that our people can move through it. This road got bad since 2012 when the flood entered the area and spoilt the road. And since then, it has been like that.

“Any driver that passes by gives me some money and I use it for myself. I don’t have any work that I am doing,” 42 year old Okechukwu told our reporter who visited Otuoke for a firsthand information on development in the former president’s village.

Although Dr. Goodluck Jonathan made significant impact in the country in his 8 years at the federal seat of power, the road leading to Otuoke, his country home in Ogbia local government area of Bayelsa state, leaves much to be desired.

Residents have described the road as being in deplorable condition. Ologi Damiete said the condition of the road had become worse since the last rainy season as vehicles now found it difficult to pass through.

A staff of the Federal University, Otuoke, Damiete appealed to the state government to come to the aid of the residents and fix the road for them.

“The condition of this road has become worse since the flood that submerged the whole community and there has not been any preventive measure to forestall future occurrence.

“I am calling on all the relevant authorities to look into the matter because it has become unbearable. Our vehicles have been damaged because of the road,” he told NAIJ.com.


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PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI IS ALIVE ! ~~FEMI ADESINA

KILLER MACHINE: GIRL ALLEGEDLY STABS EX-BOYFRIEND TO DEATH FOR PROPOSING TO ANOTHER LADY IN RIVERS STATE ! (GRAPHIC PICS)

A chorister, Boma Mac-pepple has been accused of stabbing her ex-boyfriend, Nathan Okojaja, who is an usher, for reportedly proposing to another woman in Opobo, Rivers State.

The incident reportedly happened on the night of Monday, 8th May at about 10:30pm. the accused, Boma that same night at about that time, posted this....