* 'RUGA old as history, no need to politicise it' | Nigerians react as FG proposes 5% online purchase tax | Buhari to swears in new ministers August 21st | Dead man resurrects in Akwa Ibom (Video)

AUGUST 7, 2019 RUGA old as history, no need to politicise it, says Borno Gov The Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara has disclosed that the R [Forward](  [Like](  [Tweet](  [Pin](  [+1](  [in](  [1st News.com](  [August 6]( AUGUST 7, 2019 [***] RUGA old as history, no need to politicise it, says Borno Gov [RUGA]( The Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Umara has disclosed that the Rural Grazing Area (RUGA) policy is ‘as old as history’, even as he lamented the politicization of the programme. He made this declaration while addressing journalists at the Agricultural Resource Team Farm in Konduga LGA on Tuesday. Umara is a professor of Soil and Water Engineering. “The RUGA scheme is as old as history, it’s not a new thing. I don’t know why some people are politicising it,” he said. [Read more]( [***] [VAT-POS]( VAT: Nigerians react as FG proposes 5% online purchase tax As part of plans to raise more revenue to fund a record budget, the Federal Government (FG) is considering a 5% Value Added Tax (VAT) specifically for online purchases. Babatunde Fowler says the government may appoint banks as agents to deduct 5% VAT on all local online purchases. The deductions will cover all purchases processed with a bank card. Fowler is the Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). [Read more]( [***] [Buhari-president]( Buhari to swear in new ministers August 21st President Muhammadu Buhari will swear in new ministers on Wednesday, August 21st. The inauguration of the new ministers will mark the culmination of a two-day retreat organized by the the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF). This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Affairs Office, Babatunde Lawal. The statement indicated that the two-day induction retreat for the new ministers will hold on August 19th and 20th. [Read more]( [***] [sowore]( #RevolutionNow: Court to rule on Sowore’s detention order on Thursday An Abuja Federal High Court will, on Thursday, August 8, rule in the application filed by the Department of State Service (DSS), seeking an order to detain Mr Omoyele Sowore, the African Action Congress (AAC)’s presidential candidate in the 2019 elections, for 90 days pending the conclusion of its investigation. In an ex parte order with number: FHC/ABJ/CS/915/19, Counsel to the DSS, G. O. Agbadua, told Justice Taiwo Taiwo that a video clip evidence was also attached to the application. [Read more]( [***] [Ambode]( Ambode: EFCC secures court order to freeze accounts linked to ex-gov A Lagos Division of the Federal High Court on Tuesday, August 6, ordered the freezing of three bank accounts allegedly linked to the Lagos State government and former governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, over an alleged N9.9 billion fraud. The verdict was delivered by Justice Chuka Obiazor who ordered the temporary freezing of the accounts, domiciled in Zenith Bank, Access Bank, and First City Monument Bank. [Read more]( [***] [CBN-Governor-Godwin-Emefiele]( CBN mandates banks to notify customers on transactions The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has demanded all commercial banks and financial institutions promptly notify customers on all transactions on their accounts as part of their contractual obligations. This mandate was part of the new guidelines on Disclosure and Transparency issued last Thursday, August 1 in Abuja. The CBN said financial institutions must notify their customers about the amount and date of the transaction as well as the account balance. [Read more]( [***] [FG-PTAD]( PTAD claims FG spends N5bn on monthly pension The Pension Transitional Directorate (PTAD) on Tuesday, August 6, said the Federal Government (FG) spent over N5 billion on payment of monthly pension to about 300,000 retirees of 270 parastatals and government privatised agencies. The directorate also dropped 24,000 ghost pensioners from the pension payroll at the end of its verification exercise conducted in 2017. [Read more]( [***] [Eid-Il-Kabir]( Eid-Il-Kabir: FG declares Monday, Tuesday public holidays The Federal Government has declared Aug. 12 and Aug. 13 as Public Holidays to mark the 2019 Eid-Il-Kabir celebrations. Mr Mohammed Manga, Director of Press and Public Relations, Ministry of Interior, in a statement on Tuesday, August 6, in Abuja, said the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Mrs Georgina Ehuriah, made the declarations. [Read more]( [***] [IMG 20190716 230126]( [***] [mosquitozika]( Philippines declares epidemic after more than 600 die from dengue fever The Philippines declared a national epidemic Tuesday after an outbreak of dengue fever killed more than 622 people this year. There have been more than 146,062 cases of dengue recorded between January and June 20, according to the country’s health department. The department said that the number of recorded cases is 98 percent higher than the same period in 2018. [Read more]( [***] [Technology]( [***] [basil]( Meet Basil Okpara Jr, 9-year-old Nigerian who built more than 30 mobile games Seated in a stylish living room of a home in a suburb of Nigeria's commercial center, Lagos, Basil Okpara Jr. is tapping away on his laptop keyboard. The 9-year-old is building a hide and seek game, using a free programming application called Scratch 2. Scratch 2 allows users to create games, animations, and stories online or offline. So far, Basil has used it to generate more than 30 mobile games. [Read more]( [***] [chrome-attacker]( Chrome protects high-profile hacking targets against risky downloads Google's Advanced Protection Program now protects high-risk hacking targets even while they're casually surfing the web. Users who turn on account syncing in Chrome now have elevated protection against risky downloads. The browser will provide extra warnings for some files, and even block some downloads altogether. An attacker will be that less likely to trick (or force) you to download malware that compromises your computer. [Read more]( [***] #FreeOmoyeleSowore Issokay!! [VIOLA]( So before I delve into #FreeOmoyeleSowore, I think I should do the Nigerian thing and post two obligatory caveats. Here goes: 1. Every protest is valid. It does not matter if you are protesting why the sun is standing on top of the Ministry of Finance by 12 noon instead of where your village gods have told you should be its proper place five millimeters away. If you are not happy about it, you have a right to protest it. Provided you are not going to be harming another human or damaging/defacing public property. Protest your protest. 1. Every protest is valid. It does not matter if you are protesting why the sun is standing on top of the Ministry of Finance by 12 noon instead of where your village gods have told you should be its proper place five millimeters away. If you are not happy about it, you have a right to protest it. Provided you are not going to be harming another human or damaging/defacing public property. Protest your protest. It is both your right, and your left. [Read more]( [***] [yakubu mohammed PROFILE]( [***] [Sport]( [***] [Rooney]( Rooney to join Derby in January 2020 as player-coach Former England captain Wayne Rooney will join Championship club Derby County as a player-coach in January 2020 from MLS side DC United. The 33-year-old forward, who is Manchester United and England's all-time record goalscorer, will join the Rams on an initial 18-month contract. He signed for Washington-based DC from Everton in July 2018 and has scored 23 goals in 41 league games. "I'm sure I can make a big contribution," said Rooney. [Read more]( [***] [Health]( [***] [rising-obesity]( Do rising obesity levels explain cardiovascular mortality trends? For decades, deaths caused by cardiovascular events, such as stroke, had been on the decline in high-income countries. Recently, however, this decline has come to a halt, and some countries are even experiencing rising rates of stroke and heart disease-related deaths. Why? “In high income countries, the very substantial decline in [cardiovascular] mortality over the past half-century has been a major, yet often unheralded, global public health achievement.” [Read more]( [***] [acid-drugs]( Could stomach acid drugs raise risk of allergies? New research has linked the use of prescription drugs for stomach acid to a higher likelihood of developing allergies afterward. Due to the study's design, the results do not prove that gastric acid reducers — such as proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) — actually cause allergies. In a Nature Communications paper about their work, however, the authors suggest that the findings "infer" an increased risk of allergy. 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