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Don't Run Abroad, Buhari Warns Nigerian Youths VERITY AWALA DECEMBER 15, 2019 President Buhari President Muhammadu Buhari has advised youths in the country to stay and salvage the cause of their motherland. The president, who was represented by Suleiman Raman-Yusuf, the deputy executive secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), said this  during the 44th convocation ceremony of the Obafemi Awolowo University  (OAU)  in Ile-Ife on Saturday. Read Also:  I Don’t Have Pillow Talk With My Husband: Aisha Buhari “It is high time that universities took more proactive roles in ensuring that graduands perform more meaningfully in the world of works,” he said. “It is in view of this that we wish to exhort our youths to start looking inwards, stay and advance the cause of their motherland. We have no other country than Nigeria. We should remain here to salvage the country together.” According to the president, Nigeria’s future greatly depends on the mode and quality of education

Pastor bathes in church, asks church members to drink his bath water [VIDEO] A viral video of a pastor bathing in church and serving his church members his bath water to drink has sparked up mixed reactions on social media. The Ghanaian pastor was spotted in his boxers taking a dip in a barrel filled with water in the church. However shortly after speaking to his church members, they were spotted lining up to drink from a cup filled with his bath water. Local news platforms reported that the Pastor told his members that God instructed him to pull off the act. According to him, anyone who drinks from his bath water will get more blessings. Though the time the incident occurred was not immediately available, the name of the church was however given as 'Endtime Church Of Nation'. Here is the video below; Read in App for better experience Offline reading without Internet. Download 1000+ news in just 10 seconds. Related News Court of Appeal judge collapses, dies in his house hivisas

Two families in Kisumu are mourning their two children who together committed suicide 4 days after their beautiful wedding. According to Sources, the newly married couples allegedly killed themselves because of the huge debt they incurred after their wedding. Mr. & Mrs. Odipo left a note that they were stressed & strained because the beautiful wedding they had, left them with a debt of Ksh 7.9 Million. In the letter, they also stated that they could not go to honeymoon as planned. They blamed those who attended their wedding of coming only to feast with no gifts. We are embarrassed & ashamed that we could not start our new life in happiness because you people did not make us happy as we expected, ” the letter reads. A family member who spoke to The Daily Statesman said the wedding was held in a five-star hotel which he declined to mention the hotel’s name. She also revealed that 90 % of those invited were special guests VVIPs & VIPs pointing out the two couples used to

Begins new minimum wage payment December As part of the activities to commemorate the Delta State Public Service Week, civil servants in the state participated in a ‘Walk for Health’ Paul Osuyi,  Asaba The Delta State Government on Monday disclosed that 273 ghost workers have been identified in the state civil service. The government said it had also recorded several cases of offenses amongst officers in the service, and that erring officers have been sanctioned. The state Head of Service, Reginald Bayoko, made this known in Asaba during 2019 Public Service Week with the theme ‘The Intersection of Youth Empowerment and Migration: Entrenching The Culture Of Good Governance, ICT and Innovation For Inclusive Service Delivery’. Bayoko announced to the delight of workers that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa had already ordered the implementation of the new minimum wage in their December salaries. According to him, “the Governor has given a marching order that new minimum wage should be implemented i

News Agency of Nigerian rights group, The Human Rights, Liberty Access and Peace Defenders Foundation, on Monday chided the Anambra State governor, Willie Obiano, for allegedly spending N1.35bn on beautification of major cities in the state for the Yuletide. In a statement, the leader of the group, Uzor Dede, accused governors of the South-East geopolitical zone of profligacy, calling on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to beam its searchlight on them. It lamented what it called “the abysmal performance” of the governors, stressing that their states were facing huge infrastructural decay. The nongovernmental HURIDE queried the rationale behind spending N1.35bn for Christmas decorations, whereas only N181m was allocated to the rehabilitation of bad roads in the 2019 budget. It said the action showed “the insensitivity and callousness of the government,” wondering what benefits the Christmas and New Year decorations are to the economy and welfare of the citizens. The Anambra