Nigeria INEC:Jega hands over to Wali,on tuesday 30th June,2015

Professor Attahiru Jega has finally bowed out as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday after five years of meritorious service to the nation.
Jega, who received accolades from Nigerians home and abroad as well as the international

Greece is telling tourists to keep coming

REUTERS/Yannis BehrakisGiorgos, a 77-year-old pensioner from Athens, sits outside a branch of the National Bank of Greece as he waits along with dozens of other pensioners, hoping to get their pensions in Athens, Greece June 29, 2015.

Nigeria:15-yr-old SSS student commits suicide in Imo

OWERRI – A 15-year-old senior secondary school student, identified as Paschal Egbosimba, last weekend committed suicide at Uratta in Owerri North local council area of Imo State.

Vanguard gathered that the deceased, who hailed from Ntueke, Ideato South local government  area of the state, was living with his mother and siblings around Toronto Junction, Uratta, before the

Name Alleged Abductors - Pro-Lawan Senators Tell Saraki

Following the allegation the senate president, Bukola Saraki made about being a target for abduction on the day the National Assembly was inaugurated, the senators loyal to the candidacy of Senator Ahmad Lawan in the recent election for senate presidency, have challenged him to name the suspect.

Saraki being sworn in as senate president

Vanguard reported that senators, who are strong members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), insisted that Saraki must name those allegedly behind the abduction he claimed to show that he was

PHOTOS: 43 Dead In Military Plane Crash

Not less than 43 people have been killed after an Indonesian military transport plane crashed shortly after take-off into a city on Sumatra island, exploding in a ball of flames at a residential area.

Site of the crash

Indonesia sentences N. Zealand man to 15 years jail for drugs:the Guardian

An Indonesian court on Tuesday sentenced a New Zealand man to 15 years in jail for trafficking crystal methamphetamine into the resort island of Bali.
Antony de Malmanche was discovered with 1.7 kilograms (3.7 pounds) of the drug hidden inside his backpack upon landing in Bali in December.
His family claim the 53-year-old was the victim of an online dating scam and that he was travelling to Bali to see a woman he met on the Internet, who had made his travel arrangements.
But presiding judge Cening Budiana told the Denpasar district court “the defendant has been legally and convincingly proven guilty of illegally importing drugs”.

Find money to pay your workers:Buhari’s speech to governors

Read Buhari’s speech to govs: Find money to pay your workers

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI, AT THE OCCASION OF THE INAUGURATION OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL, HELD AT THE COUNCIL CHAMBER OF THE PRESIDENTIAL VILLA, ABUJA, ON MONDAY 29TH JUNE 2015.

Protocol

I am delighted to be here with you at this occasion on the inauguration of the National Economic Council (NEC) for this Administration. The National Economic Council was established by the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999), as amended, Third Schedule, Part I, Section 153: Sub section (18 & 19). The NEC, as one of the Federal Executive bodies, has the mandate to advise the President concerning the economic affairs of the Federation, and in particular on measures necessary for the co-ordination of the economic planning and programmes of the various Governments of the Federation.

2. Your Excellencies, the regular meetings of the National Economic Council have remained the official economic platform for dialogue among the thirty six (36) State Governors, the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria and other co-opted members, chaired by the Vice President, where issues and challenges facing the development of the country, at national and sub-national levels, are discussed with a view to develop and harmonize common strategies for addressing them.

FROM LEFT: PERMANENT SECRETARY, STATE HOUSE, MR NEBOLISA EMORDI;