The Federal Government on Friday dismissed as untrue claims that President Muhammadu Buhari donated $500m to Hillary Clinton campaign in the just-concluded US election, describing the accusation as being 'Crazy'.

A video, purportedly circulated by a US non-governmental group, the American Black Group for Democracy, had last week alleged that Nigeria donated $500m (about N150bn) to Clinton’s failed bid for the White House.

It claimed that the money was “pledged to the US Secretary of State, Sen John Kerry, and US Ambassador in Abuja”; adding that “the donation may create a huge misunderstanding between Nigeria and the incoming Trump’s US government.”

But in a reaction on Friday, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the President, Mr. Garba Shehu, described the accusations as crazy, insisting that “Nigeria doesn’t have this kind of money to throw around, according to Punch Newspaper reports.”

“What is the craziest accusation made against President Buhari?” Shehu posted on his Twitter handle, @GarShehu.

“That he donated $500m to Hillary’s campaign and that Donald Trump is angry. This has gone viral, sadly Nigerians are believing it!

“President Buhari’s Nigeria doesn’t have this kind of money to throw around. Even if the money is there, this President is the least likely person to give it as donation, and for what?”

SOURCE: http://skytrendnews.com/2016/11/18/buhari-never-donated-500m-clinton-campaign/

SOURCE: http://skytrendnews.com/2016/11/18/singapore-govt-hangs-nigerian-malaysian-trafficking-drugs/

Singapore on Friday executed two foreigners convicted of drug trafficking, authorities said, a day after the city-state’s highest court rejected final bids for both men to escape the gallows.

The Nigerian and Malaysian were hanged after their last minute appeals were thrown out.

“A 38-year-old male Nigerian national, Chijioke Stephen Obioha, had his death sentence carried out on 18 November 2016 at Changi Prison Complex,” the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said in a statement.

Obioha, who came to Singapore hoping to be a footballer, was convicted of trafficking 2.6 kilograms of cannabis in 2008. Under Singapore law, anyone caught with more than 500 grams of cannabis can be sentenced to death.
A change in the law in 2013 meant that Obioha could apply to be re-sentenced, opening up the possibility of a life sentence, but he turned it down, the CNB said.

Just before he was to be hanged in 2015, Obioha’s lawyer filed for a stay in execution, which was allowed by Singapore’s highest court, marking the start of a legal rollercoaster which saw Obioha applying and withdrawing several legal options.

On Thursday, his lawyers launched a final bid to have his sentence commuted to life in prison but were turned down by a three-judge court.

Separately, the CNB also confirmed the execution of 31-year-old Malaysian Devendran Supramaniam, who was convicted of trafficking heroin.

He was arrested in May 2011 at Singapore’s border checkpoint with Malaysia carrying 2.7 kilograms of a powdery substance that contained 83.36 grams of pure heroin.

Like Obioha, Devendran launched an eleventh-hour appeal on Thursday to stay his execution, but was turned down.

Singapore takes a strong stand against crime and imposes the death penalty on offences such as murder and drug trafficking.

http://skytrendnews.com/2016/11/18/singapore-govt-hangs-nigerian-malaysian-trafficking-drugs/

Realist2:
When i bend to look,, i only saw the battle for 2019, the two crooks trying to superimposed themself in readiness for 2019.

You can say that again, political posturing... thieve vs thieve

Tyche:
way d sauce?

SOURCE: http://skytrendnews.com/2016/11/16/atikus-demons-corruption-soul-hes-culpable-halliburton-scam-el-rufai/

Barely 24 hours after former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar absolved himself of complicity in the Halliburton scandal, Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, has said that Atiku is being haunted by the demons of corruption.

El-Rufai said Atiku was culpable in the Halliburton scandal that consumed American congressman, William Jefferson, who bagged a jail term in the United States of America.

In a statement he personally signed, el-Rufai, who dared Atiku to visit the United States of America if he was not culpable in the wiring of $40m to the US, implied that the former vice-president could not visit the US as a result of the scandal.

The statement entitled, “Atiku haunted by his corrupt demons,” urged Atiku to come clean with the findings of the report of the United States’ Senate Permanent Sub-Committee on Investigations which detailed the wire transfers involving the $40m from offshore companies.

El-Rufai alleged that the offshore companies wired funds into accounts controlled by Atiku and one of his wives.

Accusing the former vice-president of being obsessed with the ambition of becoming the President of Nigeria, the governor said the chieftain of the Atiku was fond of spewing out lies in an attempt to “rejuvenate his image”.

He said Atiku’s vaunting ambition made him (Atiku) support a particular group during the leadership struggle within the National Assembly, stressing that the action was disrespect for the wish of President Muhammadu Buhari.

SOURCE: SOURCE: http://skytrendnews.com/2016/11/16/atikus-demons-corruption-soul-hes-culpable-halliburton-scam-el-rufai/

Nigerian award-winning photojournalist and Editor at NAIJ, Adeyinka Adeparusi, earlier reported missing, has been confirmed dead in an accident.

It was confirmed that he was involved in a motorcycle accident in Abuja and died on the spot. Yinka was last seen alive when he stepped out of his apartment at about 1.00 pm in Kugbo area of Abuja on Sunday, November 13, with a brief ‘I’ll be back’.

Friends and colleagues got worried after several calls made to his mobile phone lines did not go through and also he did not make any contact with those close to him or his colleagues in the office.

The Senate has rejected the 46 non-career ambassadorial nominees sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari for legislative approval.

The lawmakers said the list will be sent back to President Muhammadu Buhari “for resubmission and re-jigging.”

Some notable nominees are retired Justices of the Supreme Court, Justice George Oguntade; former Deputy Governor of Plateau State, Mrs. Paulen Tallen; former member of the House of Representatives, Usman Bugaje; and former Deputy Governor of Niger State, Ahmed Ibeto.

The nominees are Dr. Uzoma Ememke (Abia State), Dr. Clifford Zirra (Adamawa), Maj.-Gen. Godwin Umo (retd.) (Akwa Ibom), Christopher Okeke (Anambra), Yusuf Tugar (Bauchi), Baba Madugu (Bauchi), Brig.-Gen. Stanley Diriyai (Bayelsa), Dr. Enyantu Ifenne (Benue), Mohammed Hayatuddeen (Borno) and Dr. Etubom Asuquo (Cross River).

Also on the list are Francis Efeduma (Delta), Jonah Odo (Ebonyi), Uyagwe Igbe (Edo), Ayodele Ayodeji (Ekiti), Maj.-Gen. Chris Eze (retd.)(Enugu), Suleiman Hassan (Gombe), Amin Muhammad Dalhatu (Jigawa), Muhammad Yaro (Kaduna), Deborah Iliya (Kaduna), Prof. D. Abdulkadir (Kano), Haruna Ungogo (Kano), Justice lsa Dodo (Katsina), Dr. Usman Bugaje (Katsina), Prof. Tijjani Bande (Kebbi), Prof Y. O. Aliu (Kogi) and Nuruddeen Mohamed (Kwara).

Others are Prof. Mohamed Yisa (Kwara), Justice George Adesola Oguntade (retd.)(Lagos), Senator Olorunimbe Mamora (Lagos), Modupe Irele (Lagos), Musa Ilu Muhammad (Nasarawa), Mohammad Ibeto (Niger), Ade Asekun (Ogun), Sola Iji (Ondo), Adegboyega Ogunwusi (Osun), Maj.-Gen. Ashimiyu Olaniyi (retd.) (Oyo), Pauline Tallen (Plateau) and Dr. Haruna Bawa Abdullahi (Plateau).

Orji Ngofa (Rivers), Justice Sylvanus Adiewere Nsofor (Rivers), Jamila Ahmadu-Suka (Sokoto), Kabiru Umar (Sokoto), Mustapha Jaji (Taraba), Goni Modu Zanna Bura (Yobe), Garba Gajam (Zamfara) and Cpt. Abdullahi Uba Garbasi (Zamfara) were also nominated.

State governors had protested against their non-involvement in the selection of the non-career ambassadorial nominees by Buhari.

Tallen and Bugaje had rejected their nominations, citing failure to duly consult them.

Imo State and the Federal Capital Territory, which had representatives among the 47 career ambassadorial nominees, did not get any nominees in the non-career batch.

SOURCE: http://skytrendnews.com/2016/11/15/breaking-nigerian-senate-turns-down-buharis-46-ambassadorial-nominees/

Barack Obama says he has concerns about a Donald Trump presidency, and that the President-elect will have to change parts of his temperament.

http://skytrendnews.com/2016/11/14/ive-concerns-trumps-presidency-president-obama

ORACLE1975:
what?

EXACTLY WHAT YOU SAW SIR??

At least 15 people were killed and several injured Monday when police opened fire during clashes with pro-Iranian Shiites outside the northern Nigerian city of Kano, witnesses and police said.

Violence broke out when police tried to disperse thousands of members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) who were marching from Kano to Kaduna for the Ashura religious festival.

“The police arrived and started firing teargas canisters on the procession of Shiites to disperse them,” grocer Ilyasu Ammani told AFP.

“I saw 15 bodies sprawled on the ground before the police evacuated them,” said Ammani of the violence in Kwanar Dawaki, an area on the outskirts of Kano.

http://skytrendnews.com/2016/11/14/police-open-fire-kill-15-shiites-muslims/

I agree with this move, Buhari cant be fighting all the institutions at the same time and expect to make any meaningful progress

A new page may have been opened in senate-executive relations after months of poor engagements following the circumstances surrounding the emergence of the Senate leadership.

For the third time in one week, President Muhammadu Buhari met with the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, a clear departure from what obtained in the past 18 months when he reportedly declined at several times to personally engage the Senate President or the senate leadership on issues of governance, reports Thisday Newspaper.

Saraki had emerged Senate President after defeating his party, All Progressives Congress’ preferred candidate, Sen. Ahmed Lawan. His party was further irked by the emergence of Senator Ike Ekweremadu, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senator, as his deputy.

Since their emergence on June 9, 2015, there had been limited engagements between President Buhari and Saraki and the senate leadership – a development that has had significant impacts on senate’s approval of presidential requests.

In the immediate past administration, the presidency was well aware that the National Assembly, particularly the Senate, needed to be properly engaged because a number of government activities such as confirmation of appointments must secure the nod of senators. But President Buhari, because of the intra-party dispute that trailed the election of the Senate leadership and partly because of the fact that he had all of his early requests granted by the Senate, took such engagement with a pinch of salt,.

Analysts believe that the erroneous assumption that the executive and the senate could carry on with their constitutional duties without serious engagement may have been fueled by Senate’s decision to clear the list of all the ministerial nominees sent to it by the president in October last year without any serious engagement with the senators.

Even in spite of the opposition from the PDP senators to the confirmation of former Governor of Rivers State, Hon. Rotimi Amaechi, the APC senators still maximised the opportunity of their slim majority to outwit their PDP counterparts and ensured that Ameachi was confirmed.

Besides, Saraki also used his power of the gavel to overturn senators’ voice vote against the confirmation of Alhaji Lai Mohammed at the time as it was obvious that majority of the senators voted against his confirmation as minister. This, analysts believed might have given the president the impression that he could always have his way on any request sent to the Senate.

http://skytrendnews.com/2016/11/13/revealed-buhari-closes-gap-saraki-senate-leadership/

sorry o

4. Helps in Digestion and Constipation

Water also improves the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract. This helps in digestion and prevents constipation. Inadequate water in the body often results in constipation as the colon pulls water from the stools to maintain hydration, thereby making them harder and difficult to pass.

Drinking sufficient water boosts your metabolism and helps the body properly break down food. This helps your digestive system work well and promotes regular bowel movements. Warm water, in particular, is good for digestive health.

5. Aids Weight Loss

In a clinical trial, scientists found that drinking two eight-ounce glasses of water prior to meals can help suppress appetite and hence support your weight loss efforts. When you drink water, it fills your stomach and reduces the tendency to eat more.

Plus, it helps increase the rate at which the body burns fat, and promotes the breakdown and elimination of fat cells.

Calorie-free water is also a great replacement for high-calorie drinks like alcohol, sugary fizzy drinks and sodas that often contribute to weight gain.

An unusual bug on Facebook briefly labelled many people as dead. The error caused the social network to show a memorial banner on user profiles for people who were still alive.

Users posted status updates to reassure friends and family they were not dead, in spite Facebook’s message. “This was a terrible error that we have now fixed,” a Facebook spokesperson said.

Mark Zuckerberg “We are very sorry that this happened.” The message, intended for “memorialised profiles”, erroneously appeared on the profile pages of a large number of users including the network’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

“We hope people who love Mark will find comfort in the things others share to remember and celebrate his life,” the banner on his page read. Both technology reporters and users of the platform, however, saw a humorous side to the story.

“Why Is Facebook Saying I’m Dead?” asked the New York Times’ Katie Rogers.

“At first, I was indignant. I was definitely not dead. (Was I? It had been a long week.)” “Facebook is capping one of the longest weeks in American history by telling everyone that they are dead,” quipped The Verge, a technology website, in reference to the presidential election.

MORE: http://skytrendnews.com/2016/11/12/drama-as-facebook-declares-mark-zuckerberg-others-dead/

Water is the main component of the human body. In fact, the body is composed of between 55 and 78 percent water, depending on body size. Adequate and regular water consumption has numerous health benefits. As an added plus, it has no calories, fat, carbohydrates or sugar.

The amount of water you consume everyday plays an important role in maintaining a healthy body. Experts recommend drinking eight to 10 glasses of water each day to maintain good health.

Furthermore, the Institute of Medicine has determined the adequate intake of total beverage per day (AI) to be about three liters or 13 cups for men and 2.2 liters or nine cups for women.

Water helps keep the body well hydrated, which is essential because almost every cell in the body needs water to function properly.

health benefits of drinking water

Here are the top 10 health benefits of drinking water.

1. Relieves Fatigue

If you often feel tired, there is a high chance that it could be due to inadequate consumption of water which makes the body function less efficiently. In fact, fatigue is one of the first signs of dehydration.

When there is less water in the body, there is a drop of blood volume which causes the heart to work harder to pump oxygenated blood out in the bloodstream, and other major organs also work less efficiently. Thus, drinking adequate water can help your body function better and reduce fatigue.

2. Improves Mood

Research indicates that mild dehydration (even one or two percent lower hydration level of hydration than optimal) can negatively affect your mood and ability to think.

A small study conducted on 25 women and published in the Journal of Nutrition found that being dehydrated can take a toll on your mood and cognitiive function. The color of your urine is a good indicator of your level of hydration. The lighter the color the better the level of hydration and vice versa.

3. Treats Headaches and Migraines

If you have a headache or migraine, the first thing that you can do to get some relief is drink plenty of water. Headaches and migraines are often caused by dehydration.

In a study published in the European Journal of Neurology, researchers found that increasing water intake helped reduce the total number of hours and intensity of headaches in the study participants.

MORE: http://completegoodnews.com/2016/11/12/health-10-benefits-drinking-water/

Chips, Bits and Bytes Limited has unveiled a robust e-learning technology and power solution, called Eureka Designmate 3d Educational Animated Content, that will revolutionize education practice and learning in schools in Nigeria

Chips, Bits and Bytes Limited has unveiled a robust e-learning technology and power solution, called Eureka Designmate 3d Educational Animated Content, that will revolutionize education practice and learning in schools in Nigeria and internationally.

Managing Director and CEO of the company, Mr Tunji Ola, made the statement in a press conference in Lagos on Wednesday. He said “In today’s world, technology has a profound effect on every aspect of one’s life and so schools are investing wisely in the acquisition of technology to drive the teaching and learning process thereby making learning more stimulating, enjoyable, productive and relevant for today’s digital learners”.

This according to him is what informed the innovation and invention of the new educational software, which he added that if implemented in schools, failure in examinations by pupils and students across Nigeria will be eradicated because of the robust content based interactive solution which the software brings.

Mr Ola said Chips, Bits And Bytes Ltd, which is arguably one of the leaders in education technology deployment in Nigeria, “is committed to providing the right tools and training for innovative educational environments and no school child should ever fail any examination in Nigeria again if the 21st century teaching methods are used.

The organization believes 21st century learning should be about audio-visual content dissemination and with the 3D Eureka solution, text and video come together to help students understand better.

The 3D Educational Animated Content Solution automates the entire teaching and learning process which transforms schools from the regular white boards marker and notebooks into electronic interactive boards and student-teacher computer experience.

During the 40-minute mock teaching experience, which was facilitated by one of the organisation’s top executive, Mr which SKYTREND NEWS correspondent participated in, the learning solution proved its prospects for been highly engaging, interactive and the e-contents promises to be impactful for all ages.

The Designmate animated solution provides digital contents that add immense value to a school’s curriculum, by allowing students to apply their learning in real-world situations, while catering for different learning styles.

Chips, Bits and Bytes is registered in Nigeria and located at the heart of Ikeja has been in existence for over 30 years.

The company which says its desire is to see Nigerian schools fully equipped to meet global standards, has served over 500 schools across the nation including Trinity College, Ofada, Ogun State; Hopespring Foundation School, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State; Caleb International School, Lagos, Lifespring Montessori School, CMD Road, Lagos; Ikeja High School, Ikeja, Lagos; Chrisland School, Opebi, Lagos; Apostolic Faith Secondary School, Anthony, Lagos; and many others.

http://skytrendnews.com/2016/11/12/chips-bits-bytes-revolutionize-education-nigeria/

Robbers invaded the rustic town of Otun-Ekiti in Moba Local Government Area of Ekiti State on Thursday and killed four persons in simultaneous attacks that included two banks.

It was learnt that policemen at the scene fled from the firepower of the armed robbers who laid siege to the entire town for about an hour.

The victims of the attacks were the manager and cashier of a commercial bank, a security man at another commercial bank and the night guard to the town’s monarch, Oba Adedapo Popoola.

http://skytrendnews.com/2016/11/11/robbers-kill-bank-manager-security-man-2-others-in-ekiti/

US president-elect Donald Trump hailed Israel as a “beacon of hope to countless people” on Friday in his first public message to the country since his upset victory.

“Israel and America share so many of the same values, such as freedom of speech, freedom of worship and the importance of creating opportunities for all citizens to pursue their dreams,” Trump said in the message published by the Israel Hayom newspaper.

“Israel is the one true democracy and defender of human rights in the Middle East and a beacon of hope to countless people."

http://skytrendnews.com/2016/11/11/israel-is-beacon-of-hope-to-countless-people-donald-trump/

This man still has the gut to vomit words from his mouth, after all the money he stole as SSA to Jonathan.. Kontinu.... no shame in that country

Former Senior Special Adviser To Ex President Goodluck Jonathan, Dr Reuben Abati has said described the recently concluded US elections that gave Republican Candidate, Mr Donald Trump victory against Hilary Clinton as “shocking, unbelievable and unthinkable”.

“The outcome of the 2016 Presidential election is so shocking, unthinkable and unbelievable…the triumph of Trumpism, a byword for incorrect conduct, misogyny, hate, racism, nativism, isolationism, anger, and defiance is sad news for the world. It is an assault on the ideals of American democracy”, he added.

In a 2-page article he wrote titled “ The Sad News Of Trump’s Triumph, By Reuben Abati “, the former Presidential spokesman what happened on Tuesday was unthinkable, adding that Donald Trump, the Americans’ just elected 45th President, was a complete outsider who stumbled on politics and turned it into a celebrity show.

Abati said the American general election should inspire a deeper interrogation into the nature of democracy and its many pitfalls, adding that the people of the United States had a plain choice between good and bad alternatives.

http://skytrendnews.com/2016/11/11/trump-victory-shocking-unbelievable-abati/

Afonjas:
Yoruba morron stop mentioning Igbo, Igbo people don't care whether Trump won, they just love him because he promised USA that he won't take shit from muslims

Where are you from? Hiding under computer screen and spewing bitterness? See his mouth!!!!

Leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and Director Radio Biafra, Mr. Nnamdi Kanu, has written the United States of America’s President-elect, Mr. Donald Trump,over his victory, urging him to bring positive changes in the affairs of humanity.

Also, the leader of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Mr. Uchenna Madu, wrote Mr. Trump, promising that his group will work with him for total breakthrough in the political, economical, cultural and religious emancipation of the people of Africa.

Mr. Kanu, in a letter he personally signed, entitled Nnamdi Kanu writes from Prison to congratulate Trump, made available through IPOB’s Media and Publicity Secretary, Mr. Emma Powerful, said: “Trump’s victory was well deserved and shows that hard work and determination against all odds pay.

“Dear Mr. President-elect, it is with great joy that I, Nnamdi Kanu, received the news of your victory as the 45th President of the United States of America. On behalf of the Indigenous People of Biafra, acce

http://skytrendnews.com/2016/11/11/nnamdi-kanu-writes-donald-trump-promises-work-africa-progress/

http://skytrendnews.com/2016/11/11/nnamdi-kanu-writes-donald-trump-promises-work-africa-progress/

Some 30,000 residents of the Nigerian megacity Lagos have become homeless because of state-ordered demolitions and fighting between rival communities, residents and a rights group said on Thursday.

The violence highlights the challenges of a rapidly rising population unable to provide enough jobs and housing for its 180 million people. Many end up trying to migrate to Europe by boat from lawless Libya.

Africa’s largest economy is in recession as oil revenues have fallen and hard currency reserves dwindled, forcing the closure of plants unable to import raw materials. Every day, thousands head to Lagos, the commercial capital, seeking work in a city of 23 million.

A spokeswoman for Lagos police said officers had arrested several people for setting fire to makeshift houses in the affluent Lekki island district. She denied claims by a Lagos-based rights group, the Justice and Empowerment Initiatives (JEI), that the police had destroyed buildings.

http://skytrendnews.com/2016/11/11/state-ordered-demolitions-leave-30000-people-homeless-nigerian-megacity/

Women In Agricultural Advancement And Sustainability Africa (WAASA), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), with headquarters in Nigeria holds its monthly agric empowerment seminar in Lagos on November 30th.

This month training which is focused on pig production has been slated to hold at Airport Hotel, Ikeja, Lagos.

According to Chioma Tolani Roberts-Agbaje, WASSA Executive Director, one of the objectives of the training is to empower participants in current pig production practices, challenges, opportunities, and regulations which are shaping the industry.

Chi Tola added that, “Participants will have a general knowledge of the day to day activities occurring in the various phases of the pork production chain, including but not limited to boar studs, breeding farms, nurseries, finishers, and wean-to-finish farms.”

WAASA was set up to empower Nigerians with passion in subsistence and commercial agricultural activities with the aim of turning their passion into self sustaining Agribusiness.

WAASA which tagged its initiative “From Farms to Brands” held its inaugural training in October with focus on Mushroom and Snail Farming and was well attended with industry stakeholders in attendance.

This month’s workshop according to the organisers will assist in the development and advancement of knowledge of individuals without extensive experience in modern, dynamic large scale commercial pig production process.

Dr Ayo Oniku, a renowned expert in piggery and boar inseminations will be facilitating the workshop. He is the Managing Director and CEO of Continental Genetics Limited with offices in UK and Nigeria.

SOURCE: http://skytrendnews.com/2016/11/10/wassas-pig-production-workshop-holds-november-30-lagos/