Sorin Grecu held a hunger strike before the statue of Lenin that once stood on Bucharest’s Free Press Square The President of Romania bestowed the Order “as a sign of high appreciation and gratitude for the courage with which he defended religious freedom and the principles of democracy both before and after the events of December 1989 as well as for his significant contribution to the coagulation and support of the Romanian community in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland” Sorin reposed in the Lord on January 6 at the age of 61 which he himself founded despite persecution from the Securitate when he went on a hunger strike in front of the Lenin statue on Free Press Square demanding the removal of all communist symbols namely the statues of Lenin and Peter Groza the longest anti-communist protest in the history of Romania began on University Square in Bucharest brutally ending with the arrival of miners in Bucharest and the violence of June 14-15 Disappointed with the situation in the country the Wings statue stands on Free Press Square where Lenin once stood dedicated to the victims of communist repression where he once led his hunger strike for deliverance from communism and a memorial service was served the repose of his soul Sorin was buried near the church that he founded in Peretu on Thursday the Patriarchate of Jerusalem solemnly celebrated the Sunday of the Myrrh-Bearing Women... 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A former chairman of Sagbama Local Government Council of Bayelsa State Chief Peres Peretu has been installed as the  ‘Onuaboro’ of Tarakiri clan of the local government area attracted prominent traditional and political allies of the former council boss Niger Delta Trust gathered that the stool of ‘Onuaboro’ of Tarakiri clan became vacant following the death of its former occupant Presenting Chief Peretu to the Tarakiri Council of Chiefs recalled that  only Chief Peres Peretu declared his interest to occupy the seat He said during the election at the palace of Amananawei of Angalabiri clan on May 29 Chief Peretu polled 25 votes to clinch the position Chief Peretu was received by the Pere of Tarakiri clan according to the tradition of the kingdom before he was formally installed by the acting chairman of the council of chiefs who commended the diligence of the Angalabiri people in their choice the Pere of Tarakiri clan and entire people of Tarakiri clan for the honour done to him UPDATE NEWS: Nigerians can now earn US Dollars through domain flipping buy domain names for cheap and have it resold to earn up to $15,000 Join Daily Trust WhatsApp Community For Quick Access To News and Happenings Around You Niger Delta Youth Movement (NDYM) has sacked its national president Comrade Joe Jackson over alleged abuse of office including forgery Jackson has been ordered to immediately handover to his deputy who is to occupy the office in acting capacity pending further development The decision to remove the group’s national president was taken recently by concerned members of the National Executive Council (NEC) during a meeting in Owerri In a statement issued yesterday in Uyo and signed by the National Public Relations Officer of NDYM Jackson was accused of consistently abusing the constitution of the movement and desecrating his office as national president said Jackson authored and forged a letter to Total E&P and the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) without the authorisation of theNEC The statement reads in part: “Comrade Joe Jackson forged and authored a letter to Total E & P Nigeria Limited Rivers State purporting that it was the NEC that approved  the composition of Egi Ward/Clan Executive when he knew that it was/is the duty of the State and Local Government Executive to oversee the activities of a Ward/Clan “He also forged and authored a letter to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Rivers State Office purporting that it was the NEC that approved that Rivers State elections did not take place when he knew that the content of that letter was false thereby putting the entire movement into disrepute.” The statement further said Jackson was sacked “For refusal and neglect to call for a NEC meeting for more than one year in spite of appeals from national officers to do so “That Comrade Joe Jackson confiscated the Movement’s official vehicle and has refused to release same for official use of the Movement for more than two years,” he said Jackson dismissed his purported sack as the president of NDYM insisting that the allegations against him were baseless He said:”I am just hearing that some people went and had an illegal meeting The constitution provides that I am supposed to call for the meeting “I had told them many times that we had meeting that the association bus is accidented and it is at the mechanic But none of them has ever said demanded that I should the bus to them It is still at the mechanic at Deeper Life Road I can even send the picture of the vehicle to you but I have not seen that done.  They said I have not been calling for meetings I have called for meetings several times and they refused to attend “They should have attached the proofs of their allegations; I have not seen any and I am still the National President of the organisation until when all these allegations are proven the constitution says once there is allegation a committee must be set up to investigate it and if it is proven two-thirds of the members must have to sit and pass my removal I learnt they met in Owerri on Sunday and decided to come up with those allegations without attaching any proof THISDAY is published by THISDAY NEWSPAPERS LTD. Nigeria with offices in 36 states of Nigeria the Federal Capital Territory and around the world It is Nigeria’s most authoritative news media available on all platforms for the political professional and diplomatic elite and broader middle classes while serving as the meeting point of new ideas culture and technology for the aspirationals and millennials The newspaper is a public trust dedicated to the pursuit of truth and reason covering a range of issues from breaking news to politics sports and community to the crossroads of people and society You can email us at: hello@thisdaylive.com or visit our contact us page Anthea Peretu’s company produces Moin Moin Expresso This is beans processed and turned into powder which is packaged she said it was difficult to get the NAFDAC registration number “Getting NAFDAC registration number is cumbersome,” Peretu said.  They said to register my product; I needed to have a fortified house where I package the items They needed to see the packaging materials I had to borrow money to rent a place for N550 000 in Kuje.I had to sell my phone and laptop to start the business we had to use water sterilisers to ensure the water is good for consumption NAFDAC officials came and said what is recommended is a borehole and not a well I asked if I had to construct borehole in somebody’s house that I rented It took me over three years to get my product registered with NAFDAC but I am happy I did,” Peretu said gleefully Samuel DanAuta is the CEO of Jos Masterminds LTD His story is similar to that of  Peretu “NAFDAC said we should get an accredited food analyst to analyse our product 000 so to analyse protein content is N10,000 and so is carbohydrate and others There is only one Professor in University of Jos in this part of the country that has been accredited to do that for NAFDAC and it is quite expensive we are now at the documentation stage with NAFDAC the agency is waiting for us to take our product to an accredited food analyst,” Auta explains National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said the agency has made the process of getting the NAFDAC registration number easier for small business owners.    “About three years ago we created a Small Scale Business support desk The aim is to help people with little capital to register their products but they truly have to show that they are small scale,” Jimoh said He said when the registration form is taken; the person should follow the guideline and set up a small factory They will produce a few sample which  are taken to the lab and tested “If a small business owner does not have a lab they should liaise with some food companies where they have food scientist and analyst.  The approval the analyst gives is what they should attach to their registration forms,” Jimoh explains He said the agency is not putting road blocks on the way for small businesses but trying to ensure authenticity and quality “SMEs can come to our small business support desk and we will teach them how to go about it We are not just a scientific organisation but provide social responsibility to the society we have to encourage small business,”Jimoh said ABUJA – The Pan Nigeria Delta Forum (PANDEF) for rescinding the decision to wind down the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) according to a statement signed by Thomas Peretu Special Assistant on Media to the Interim Administrator gave the commendation when he led other executive members of the group on a courtesy call to PAP’s Interim Administrator Senator Ibok Essien pointed out that reports of the planned wind-down sparked anxiety and increased tension among the people and would have destroyed the existing peace in the region President Buhari displayed how sensitive he is to issues of the Niger Delta and his commitment to the peace and stability of the region While congratulating Ndiomu on his appointment the leader of the apex- Niger Delta socio-cultural body informed the PAP boss that their visit was part of the continuous engagement with stakeholders He also commended Ndiomu for his patriotism and courage in consulting with stakeholders and for listening and communicating the right feedback to the federal government since his assumption He said: “The visit is in furtherance of our resolve to continuously engage with critical stakeholders of the Niger Delta region which the amnesty is a very serious part of it “We congratulate you on your appointment and thank you for what you have been doing which includes making the right feedback available to the government since you assumed office which led to the stoppage of plans to terminate the amnesty programme” Ndiomu lauded PANDEF for the visit and for promoting the interest of the Niger Delta through sound advocacy and expressed his willingness to work with them to achieve his mandate for the PAP He noted that the visit was an opportunity for him to state in clear terms some falsehoods and misconceptions about the new policy direction of the PAP Ndiomu said: “I was excited when I received the message that the PANDEF executive is coming to visit us because for me it was an opportunity to correct some impressions to the people those who are responsible for directing the pace of affairs in the Niger Delta ‘’Let me begin by saying when I was appointed by the government I was given a clear directive to wind down the system and the reason was that the programme itself was not to run forever “The model that dictated the establishment of this programme was borrowed from the United Nations; it is a model that has been applied in all conflict zones across the world to achieve certain objectives within a period of time.” Ndiomu further said that the Presidential Amnesty Programme was originally to terminate by 2015 from the inception in 2009 but ‘’the President then in his wisdom decided that certain persons that were not captured should be captured that brought about the concept of impacted communities” it increased the number of the initial set of people disarmed and demobilized from about 20,000 to 30,000 What will interest you also is the fact that the figures even overshot the 30,000 number and there were a couple of challenges’’ The PAP boss also disclosed that on his assumption of duty he engaged with stakeholders across the region and was able to identify lapses in the programme ‘’My personal engagement with the ex-agitators and other stakeholders brought these challenges which the government was not aware of and so it was now my duty to take this back to them and say the programme has not quite achieved the objectives for which it was established ‘’Thank God we have a responsible and decent administration we must give them credit; they accepted and decided to suspend the idea of an abrupt end to the Amnesty Programme’’ TV Independent on YouTube and IndependentNgr (Facebook