Chairman Aquila Group - Shina Peller visits Benin Republic Govt (photos)

Shina Peller, the chairman of the Aquila Group visited Benin republic a few days ago on the invitation of the government of the country, to explore investment opportunities for his diversified group of companies.

Aquila Group consists of Aquila Building and projects Limited, Aquila Oil and Gas Limited, Aquila Global Resources Limited, Quilox Restaurant, Bar and Night club, Aquila Records & Zalalem BDC.

Mr Peller was welcomed at the Seme border by the commissioner of Police and escorted into Cotonou by the presidential guard. While in Benin Republic, Shina Peller held high level meetings with the Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Customs Chief, Members of Parliament, His Excellency the Mayor of Dangbo and the head of the office of formalizing business.

The Benin government gave Shina Peller assurance that they would provide an enabling environment for him to replicate his investments in Nigeria in Benin Republic. Shina Peller was also hosted by the ONG Jeunesse Dynamique a prominent NGO in France and Benin Republic which focuses on poverty eradication and education, Mr Peller is a grand patron of the organization to which he made an undisclosed donation during his visit.

Mr. Peller intends to honour the rare invitation extended to him by looking closely at the business opportunities therein, thereby further uniting the two countries Nigerian and the Benin Republic in the process.

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President Buhari has ordered the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase to reduce the number of police officers attached to Very Important Personalities in Nigeria.

According to a statement by the Special Assistant to the Presient on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, President Buhari gave the directive at a meeting with officials of the Ministry of Police Affairs and the Police Service Commission in the Presidential Villa today August 20th.

President Buhari at the meeting also warned that he will not tolerate any irregularities or extortion of money from unemployed Nigerians in the coming recruitment into the police. He said that applicants having to pay bribes before being accepted into the police in the past was totally unacceptable.

He told the officials that those in charge of recruitment and training in the Police must be above board and must not be involved in any form of extortion and underhand dealing.

"You must ensure that the recruitment process is transparent. Those who will conduct the recruitment must be above board. It should not be heard that they receive gratification or extort money from those who want to enlist in the police," he cautioned.

President Buhari recently approved the recruitment of 10,000 men and women into the police force.

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There are 1.5m IDPs in Nigeria -UN

Yesterday The United Nations Resident Coordinator in Nigeria Mr Daouda Toure pleaded for more resources to meet the needs of 1.5 million internally displaced people.
During the activities to mark this year’s World Humanitarian Day celebration with the theme: “Inspiring the World’s Humanity”in Abuja, Toure said:

“We appeal for more resources to respond particularly to the education and health needs of the displaced people.

“What is available is not commensurate with the situation on ground as the crisis in the North-East is not publicised enough.

“Nigeria is the major contributor to peace keeping in the world, so the international community need to contribute more resources, step up their support and restore the livelihood of these vulnerable people.

“We need to come and help them, help their brothers and sisters and help them get a better future for their children.’’

Toure added that the major challenges facing the humanitarian community today was the lack of access to security and limited resources.
He called on stakeholders to mobilise themselves and examine the reasons for the slow response and support needed to tackle the security challenges.
Earlier, Mr Muhammad Sani Sidi, the Director-General, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), stated that the capacity to handle the present IDPs was not enough.

Sidi added that though a lot of effort and resources had been channelled towards the displaced persons, it was not enough because of their increasing population.

He said that responses to the needs of the IDPs were dwindling due to lack of adequate capacity.
Sidi said there was the need for proper coordination to enable them to harness all available resources to improve the living standard of the IDPs.

He said that the day was set aside to celebrate the gallantry of humanitarian service providers.
He said the theme of the day was intended to steer actions of people around the world for a greater humanity and advocate for more peaceful world.

“We are celebrating people who have sacrificed their lives for peace in the world.

“These are people who have lost their lives or survived different threats to life while providing humanitarian services especially in violent conflict situations.

“This celebration is an opportunity to advocate for a peaceful world, bring hope to people affected by disaster and guarantee safety of humanitarian providers rendering service in the Northeast.’’

He stated that Nigeria had faced a lot of challenges in recent times with the Boko Haram insurgency.
Sidi commended and thanked the UN and all stakeholders for their support and cooperation during the period.

The UN Secretary-General  Ban Ki-moon, is scheduled to arrive in Nigeria on Sunday, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said yesterday.
A statement said the UN chief would meet President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday and subsequently engage in other field activities.

 

 

 

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Lucky Retailer Wins House in MTN Best 11 Retailers Promo!

Big congratulations to Mrs. Kafaya Shittu, a lucky MTN retailer who won a house worth a whopping 15 million naira in the MTN best 11 promo. The smile on her face is golden as she shares her excitement with her family, neighbours and friends.

When the MTN crew arrived at her shop in Iju Lagos and told her the good news, she was so ecstatic and cried tears of joy.

Kafaya is a mother of two lovely kids and N15 Million Naira will surely go a long way in taking her and her lovely family to the next level. She qualified for the promo by registering her special 11 family members and friends on her Tru Talk package and talked these people regularly.
 
When asked how she feels about being a lucky winner, she was full of praises for MTN and was very thankful for this wonderful prize. She also thanked MTN for keeping true to its word of rewarding loyal subscribers with awesome prizes.

See below some exciting photos from the visit and prize presentation.  

MTN Nigeria is committed to ensuring that subscribers can connect with people who matter to them on a regular basis and MTN Trutalk enables subscribers to register 11 numbers and make calls to those numbers at discounted rates.

Thanks again to MTN for putting smiles on the faces of Mrs. Kafaya and her family.

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