President Buhari leaves for South Africa tomorrow

President Buhari will leave for South Africa tomorrow December 3rd to participate in the Forum on China/Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). A statement issued by the Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, says that during the forum Buhari will have a meeting with Chinese president, Xi Jinping, on how to re-commence stalled rail projects under new terms that would see China providing nearly all the financing required.



The statement in part reads

 "Of particular interest is the coastal railway project stretching for 1,402 kilometres linking Lagos in the west with Calabar in the South; a project that is expected to be financed with $12 billion Chinese loan and which will create about 200,000 jobs. Another rail project that will be up for renegotiation is the $8.3bn Lagos-Kano standard gauge modernisation project, of which only a segment, Kaduna-Abuja, had reached completion stage. President Buhari is also expected to discuss ways of removing all obstacles in the way of the 3,050 MW Mambila Power Station, considered a strategic project which was conceived in 1982 but has not taken off. The Chinese president had informed President Buhari of the willingness of his country to finance the whole project through a special loan agreement," the statement said.

Those to accompany him on the trip are Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema; Minister of Transportation, Chubuike Amaechi; and the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah. They are expected back to the country on Saturday December 5th.

Photo of the man who caused a scare at Lagos airport today

I've shared two eye-witness reports on this story, now I have a photo of the man after he was apprehended by airport security. The man appeared at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos this morning with a rock sack and approached a Medview plane that was taxiing. Fortunately, the captain of the plane noticed him and used high engine thrust to blow him away. See the burn marks on his body? He tried to escape but was caught by airport security who are now interrogating him. The airport was later shut down and vigorous search was conducted...

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Photos from a bike accident in Adekunle, Yaba this afternoon

A taxi knocked down an okada with two passengers in the Adekunle, Yaba area of Lagos. According to eye-witnesses, the Taxi was trying to link 3rd Mainland from Adekunle when he hit the bike. The okada rider is the one in red lying injured on the road..

Cobhams & Ojuola Asuquo celebrate 5th Wedding Anniversary

The Lovely couple tied the knot on the 2nd of December, 2010. Celebrating their love, Ojuola wrote, '5 years! To the many seasons of Love. To the many more to come! Cobhams Asuquo you are my forever gift #thankyouJesus #happyanniversarymylove' ... Happy Anniversary to them.

Cameroon special force kill 100 boko haram members, free 900 hostages

100 Boko Haram members were recently killed in a "special clean-up operation" by Cameroon's security force last week. A statement by the Cameroonian Defence Minister Joseph Beti Assomo released today, says the special clean up operation took place along Cameroonian towns that were on the border with Nigeria from 26 to 28 November.

The statement added that the troops during the operations, released almost 900 hostages, seize a large stock of arms and munitions as well as black-and-white Islamic State flags". The statement did not however reveal the identities of those freed.