Opposition, Palestinians Frown At West Bank SME $18m Development Funding!

Following months of Palestinian attacks on civilians and soldiers, the Israeli government on Sunday, 19th June, 2016, approved $18 million in extra funding for Jewish West Bank settlements.

The move was not welcomed by Israeli opposition lawmakers and Palestinians, both parties believed that instead of boosting Israel's struggling periphery the government was pouring money into an enterprise that undermined Israel's security and international standing.

Netanyahu's office released a statements which stated that the funding was geared towards assisting small businesses, encourage tourism and strengthen security. 

Buhari Returns!

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari returns to the country at about 5:30pm local time, on Sunday, June 19th, 2016, after taking some days off to attend to his health in London, United Kingdom.

Photo Speaks - Drainage Systems Campaign!

See what lack of proper drainage system is turning most settlements into after every heavy rain....

As seen on Sunday morning, 19th June, 2016, at Ikota housing estate, Ikota, Lekki area of Lagos state, Nigeria.

Remembering OJB Jezreel!

Nigerian music producer and artiste Babatunde Okungbowa, popularly known as OJB Jezreel passed on in the early hours of Tuesday, June 14, 2016.

Information revealed that as a result of kidney failure since the previous week, OJB was placed on daily dialysis.

In 2013, OJB had a successful kidney transplant India, after he got a donor in his first wife, Mabel Okungbowa .

His body has been deposited at the Isolo General Hospital morgue in Lagos - Nigeria.

He was aged 49.

Victims Of Orlando Florida Club Attack Identified!

Some victims of Sunday, June 12th Orlando Florida Pulse night club attack has been identified.

Some of the names below: 

1. Brenda McCool, 49.
2. Eddie Jamoldroy Justice, 30.
3.  Juan Guerrero, 22.
4. Edward Sotomayor Jr., 34.
5. Christopher Andrew Leinonen, 32.
6. Luis S. Vielma, 22.
7. Amanda Alvear, 25.
8. Deonka Deidra Drayton, 32.
9. Stanley Manolo Almodovar III, 23.
10. Luis Omar Ocasio-Capo, 20.
11. Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz, 22.
12. Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera, 36.
13. Gilberto Ra.mon Silva Menendez, 25.
14. Kimberly Morris, 37.
15. Flores, 26.
16. Simon Adrian Carrillo Fernandez, 31.
17. Oscar Aracena-Montero, 26.
18. Franky Jimmy Dejesus Velazquez, 50.
19. Jean Carlos Mendez Perez, 35.
20. Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon, 37.
21. Anthony Luis Laureanodisla, 25.
22. Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado, 35.
23. Juan P. Rivera Velazquez, 37.
24. Luis Conde, 39.
25. Luis Daniel Conde, 39.
26. Martin Benitez Torres, 33.
27. Shane Evan Tomlinson, 33.
28. Tevin Eugene Crosby.

Photos From Around Nigeria!

Work resumes at the Lagos-Sagamu Interchange section of the expressway, south-western Nigeria, by Julius Berger construction company.

We Are Ready To Negotiate If... - Niger Delta Avengers!

The Niger Delta Avengers NDA, in a statement on its website on Monday, June 13th, 2016, and signed by Mudoch Agbinibo,  its spokesman,  stated that they are ready for negotiations with the Nigerian Government, if there are good grounds for such deliberation.

The group stated conditions that it expects the Government to meet before it would engage in any form of dialogue.

Among the conditions requested was that:

• The home countries of international oil companies operating in the Niger Delta must be involved in the peace process.
• The sincerity of the Nigerian government is paramount and would be a major factor that would determine if its call for dialogue would be successful or not.
• Oil companies and their services firms not to carry out any repairs works and suspend the buying of crude oil from the Niger Delta region pending the creation of what the group termed “the right atmosphere that will engender genuine dialogue”.

In addition, the group stated that "The high command of the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) is using this medium to restate that there are no new items to put on the table for dialogue, we only want a genuine attitude and conducive atmosphere that will make us commit to any proposed dialogue and last peace talk.

“We want the federal government to commit members states of the multinational Oil Corporations to commit independent mediators to this proposed dialogue; we believed that it is only such environment that will engender genuine dialogue that will be aimed at setting up a framework for achieving the short, medium and long term demands of the Niger Delta to de-escalating this conflict and bring about a lasting peace.

“We are warning this government of President Muhammadu Buhari not to turn the essence of genuine peace talk and dialogue to political jamboree that is prevailing now where all manner of social media agitators and criminals have being sponsored by the job seeking corrupt political class to save faces before the government of the day.”

“We want a peace with honour not a peace of our time.” the statement read.

This gesture signals a sling on the group's “Operation Red Economy”, which almost brought Nigeria's economic activities to a stand still since early 2016, through bombing of oil and gas installations in the Niger Delta region.