Zaron Cosmetics releases beautiful Ad campaign images

Nigerian International brand Zaron Cosmetics officially introduces you to her 2015/2016 AD Campaign. This year’s campaign features the ever so stylish & glamourous award winning actress & producer Rita Dominic with the winners of this year’s online competition as ambassadors of the brand.

The campaign theme is driven by the need to make women feel comfortable about their inner beauty regardless of age & skin tone. With the use of vibrant colours, new additions to the range and a general upbeat feel, the Zaron brand promises you a wide range of beauty products targeted specifically for the woman of colour. High quality products at affordable prices that will keep you looking and feeling beautiful.

I Never Received Money From Dasuki – Bafarawa

Former Governor of Sokoto State, Attahiru Bafarawa has denied collecting any money from former National Security Adviser, NSA, Col. Sambo Dasuki as investigation into an alleged $2.1 billion arms deal continues.


The ex-governor’s name has featured prominently as collecting about N4.6 billion for “spiritual purposes” in revelations following investigations.
An aide of the former governor who served under him as a Special Adviser on Youth and Students Matters, Alhaji Akibu Dalhatu, however, told Vanguard yesterday that his boss has no such financial dealing with the former NSA nor did he collect any money from him for any purpose.
“The former governor of Sokoto state, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa did not receive any money from Col. Sambo Dasuki for any arms deal or for any purpose” Dalhatu said.
Dalhatu who said he had visited the former governor at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) headquarters, added that his boss was never arrested at home or anywhere else as has been alleged in some quarters.
“The truth is that Governor Bafarawa went to the EFCC to honour an invitation made to him by the agency while he was abroad. He had informed them through a letter by his lawyers that he was abroad and would honour their invitation on return. Governor Bafarawa went to the office of EFCC with his lawyer and an aide” he said‎.
He lamented what he described as orchestrated media campaign aimed at tarnishing the image of the former governor.
It “appears that the media is being used to play out a script that has been written long before now.
“We have seen deliberate falsehoods published in the newspapers and social media platforms, designed deliberately to tarnish the image and person of Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa. Some of the writers and media outfits have access to Governor Bafarawa and his media advisers. It would appear that the media is being used to play out a script that has been written long before now” he added.

Dasuki denies implicating anyone in the $2.1bn arms deal

Press statement from PR Nigeria
Former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd), has denied ever making statement implicating anyone or group in the allegation of $2billion arms purchase deal brought against him by the federal government. Dasuki, who spoke through his lawyer, Mr. Ahmed Raji, a senior advocate said he never made such statement or name anyone to EFCC and wondered ‎where the authors got their information from.
“I was with Dasuki yesterday and wish to make categorical statement that my client never made any statement of such nature or naming anybody or group in any statement. “Quote me anywhere, Dasuki has not done anything like that. It is absolutely untrue. It is the figment of the imagination of the authors aimed at creating falsehood for reasons best known to them and Nigerians shou‎ld disregard them. “They are just out to scandalise the man, bring his image and character into disrepute so that his friends and well wishers can run away from him.

They want him deserted and that will fail”, Raji said. Meanwhile, PRNigeria has gathered that not all funds in Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) are related to arm procurement as being alleged. The ONSA manages several funds for national security and other special interventions which are not related to Boko Haram or arm procurement. They include recurrent expenditures and miscellaneous expenses under Special Service Office (SSO) to fund special projects and programmes including capacity building, refreshment, travelling, office maintenance, crisis communication and supports to special causes and Non-Governmental Organisations. “Most of the figures being bandied were taken from the special funds meant for the purposes that they were spent and not on the so-called arm-deal.”

“All over the world, there are lots of expenditures of national security and sensitive matters that are not ridiculed in the Press.” During today’s proceedings in court, the federal government appointed a private legal practitioner, Mr. Oladipupo Okpeseyitan, SAN, to prosecute Dasuki. Okpeseyitan after announcing his appearance told the trial judge, Justice Adeniyi Ademola that he had filed a motion for stay of execution of the ruling of the court which granted Dasuki permission to seek medical treatment. He applied to the court to put the ruling on hold pending the outcome of the appeal in the matter. Raji in his reply told the court that he had just been served with the motion in court, adding that he needed time to respond to the motion. The case has been fixed for December 8, 2015 for hearing.

Any Governor That Cannot Pay Salary Should Resign, Says Ex-NLC Vice President

A former Vice President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Issa Aremu, has declared that any of the 36 States Governors who cannot pay the minimum wage of N18, 000 to workers, have no business remaining in office.
Aremu, who is the General Secretary, National Union of Textile Garment Workers of Nigeria (NUTGWN), said such governors have no reason to be in the business of governance, hence, they should resign.


The former NLC vice president stated this on Thursday as the Guest Speaker at the 18th Joint Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2015 edition of Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN).
The topic of the paper presentation was, “Government Patronage of Made-in-Nigeria Products, A Panacea for Industrial Growth and Development”.
Mr. Aremu pointed out that one of the ways to judge the performance of the sitting president and all the States governors is their ability to resuscitate the collapsed industries in the country.
“Any State government that cannot pay salary has no reason to be in business of governance, and therefore, any governor that cannot pay the salary should resign”, Aremu said.
He maintained that Nigeria is sitting on a keg of gun powder, if its alarming rate of unemployment is not nipped in the bud.
He said, “Nigeria is playing with fire because 24 percent of its population is officially unemployed, and 50 percent unofficially unemployed. Some countries have a total of only 12 percent unemployment crisis, the people are on rampage. Nigeria must begin to prevent this by reopening all closed factories to engage the teeming unemployed youths.
“Labour strongly supports the urgent need to rebuild Nigeria through targeted efficient massive productive spending. President Buhari must be weary of the emergency advisers who claim falsely that government has no business in business.
“Government not only has business in business, the art of governance itself is a business that must be done.
“Let me recommend Governor Mallam El Rufai to other states governors in this respect. I learnt that the moribund Kaduna furniture factory is almost back to produce thousands of school desks for public schools in Kaduna.
“The Governor has also promised textile mills to produce school uniforms. And another organisation, Crittal Hope, is also back to life producing windows and needed metals to fix the class rooms.
“We must re-energize “Buy Naija” Campaign to target large private sector corporates and the general consumer public on the need to patronize locally made goods for industrial development.
“I urge President Buhari and the new Ministers of Industry, Trade and Investment, to implement the recommendations of 2014 Nigeria Industrial Revolution Plan and the Committee on the Economy, Trade and Investment of the 2014 National Conference.
“The two reports emphasis government patronage as a critical success factor in industrial growth and development”, he said.

NUPENG Urges President Buhari End Fuel Shortages

Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has urged the Federal Executive Council (FEC), headed by President Muhammadu Buhari, to immediately hit the ground running by arresting the worsening fuel scarcity across the country.


NUPENG in a statement, yesterday, by its President, Igwe Achese, contended that since President Buhari was in charge of the Petroleum Ministry, he and his team must put up short and long term measures to end the sufferings of the masses and get products available to Nigerians.
“The expectations are high and FEC should put up concrete policies to hit the ground running by arresting the incessant fuel shortages being experienced at present all over the country. Since Mr. President is personally in charge of the Petroleum Ministry, he and his team must put up short and long term measures to end the sufferings of the masses to get petroleum products without wasting man-hours at the filling stations.
“Mr. President must address the issues of non-payment of cash-calls on joint ventures and also represent the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, after a stakeholders’ meeting to iron out the grey areas.
“The new FEC must address the divestment in the oil and gas industry and tackle head-on the turn around maintenance of the nation’s four refineries in Port Harcourt, Kaduna and Warri. The union will resist any further retrenchment and down-sizing in the oil and gas sector and therefore call for the right enabling environment that will create a level-playing field for investors to operate,” Achese said.
NUPENG also called on the “federal government to quickly address the nagging issue of actualization and outsourcing of workers to labour contractors, which is modern-day slavery. The union wants the problems of power and bad roads to be addressed with diversification to put the economy back on the right footing, as Nigerians resilience and patience should not be taken for granted. Nigerians are tired of lamentations but need action.”

N1.4trn Fine: President Buhari To Decide MTN’s Fate – Minister

The Minister of Communications, Mr. Adebayo Shittu, has said that the issue of N1.4 trillion fine imposed on MTN Nigeria by the Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) is now before President Muhammadu Buhari, who will take the necessary decision at the appropriate time in the best interest of the country.


Speaking, yesterday, at the Alliance 4 Affordable Internet Nigeria Coalition conference in Lagos, Shittu said that the government’s decision to impose fine on MTN was not borne out of hatred but “in the interest of the public.” He pointed out that MTN admitted to the said offence and apologised.
“I don’t think there is any conflicting position on where government stands on the MTN issue. Recall that there were violations which were established against MTN.
“The violations were to the tune of five million subscribers. There are many countries where subscribers, in the entire country, are not up to half of the five million. In the case of Nigeria, we had more than five million violations.
“However, both the government and MTN are on the same page that rules have been broken in this instance.
“The issue is now before Mr President. He will take the necessary decision at the appropriate time. And the President would do what is best for the public interest,“ the Minister said.
“The good thing is that MTN did not contest the fact that they had violated the regulations and guidelines. They never contested it. They admitted they were at fault. They apologized for their role in the saga and they made a commitment that what happened will never happen again. And of course, they made a plea for review of the payment terms,” he said.

Efforts To Recover Stolen Assets Frustrated By Corrupt Judges, Lawyers – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, slammed the judiciary over allegations of judicial corruption, which he noted “have become more strident and frequent”.


Flagging-off the 2015 All Nigeria Judges’ Conference in Abuja, yesterday, Buhari, who was represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, accused corrupt lawyers and judges of sabotaging his efforts to recover stolen assets.
“Further on point of negative perception, there is both local and international dissatisfaction with the long delays in the trial process. In the past few years, this has become especially so for high-profile cases of corruption, especially where they involve serving or former political office holders.
“As my lords are undoubtedly aware, corruption transfers from public coffers to private pockets, resources required to deliver social and economic justice.
“Government’s attempts to recover such assets in accordance with the law are often faced with dilatory tactics by lawyers sometimes with the apparent collusion of judges.
“These tactics are often not directed at reaching any conclusion or affirming innocence or guilt, but at stalling trials indefinitely, thus denying the state and the accused person the opportunity of a judicial verdict. I wish to echo the sentiments of the vast majority of Nigerians in saying that we cannot afford to continue on this path.”
President Buhari, therefore, called for a total reform of the Justice sector. He maintained that the judiciary must play its role in ensuring that its internal processes are promptly improved and made ready to expedite trials.
“Delay in judicial processes has cost our economy dearly in terms of much needed investment, as investors prefer other jurisdictions where the progress of court cases is such more predictable and in accordance with the rule of law. Being able to reverse this trend is largely dependent on the efficiency and effectiveness of a justice system.
“Unfortunately, our justice system currently has a reputation for delays, usually occasioned by a combination of endless adjournments, incessant interlocutory applications and overwhelming caseloads. This situation is a huge disincentive for businesses.
“It is not surprising, therefore, that Nigeria ranks near bottom on the ease of doing business index. We are currently ranked 143 out of 189 countries by the World Bank Group’s Enforcing Contracts Indicator.
“Delays in the trial process have damaged the international reputation of the Nigerian Judiciary, even amongst its international peers.
“In pursuing its internal reforms, and without prejudice to the recognition that should be given to the disposal of high profile cases, the Judiciary must always remember that one of its key roles is the promotion of equity and social justice, all persons are equal under the law.
“Judicial reforms must take into consideration the need to clean up the systems and processes in our magistrate and district courts and all other lower courts across the country which handle matters involving th e poor and the less-privileged.
“Together with the Police stations, these courts constitute the only interface between the less-privileged and the Justice system. Our justice sector reforms must, therefore, seek to position and portray these court as humane and efficient.
“I have to admit that reforming the current system must extend beyond the judiciary and necessarily include reviewing laws, institutions, processes and procedures that inhibit speedy justice delivery. We must also re-orientate and improve the attitude of legal practitioners and the legal profession in general.
“Judges must not be weak or appear to be weak in sanctioning lawyers and litigants who deliberately stall and frustrate the judicial process.
“I have consistently declared that this administration is committed to the rule of law and that no one will be related above the law of the land. As the rich and powerful claim legal rights before the courts, we must remember that the poor also deserve social and economic justice.
“This is why our government is determined to fulfil key planks of our campaign promises, as they relate to the provision of social welfare programs in aid of the poor.”
The president pledged to improve the welfare of judges, but stressed that the current economic reality requires modest use of resources to achieve great changes.