Governor Yahaya Bello says he does not want to be distracted by calls for him to contest in the forthcoming 2023 presidential election but he is focused on delivering his mandate of rebuilding Kogi State. The governor said his administration’s ability to curb insecurity in Kogi State and massive youth empowerment has been attracting support leading to the calls for him to join the 2023 presidential race, a call he does not want to be distracted with. Bello said this on Monday through his Chief Press Secretary, Nnogwu Sani Mohammed at the ongoing security and economic summit of the Northcentral…
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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar on Sunday urged the federal government to immediately restrict flights, temporarily, from the United Kingdom. Atiku’s call comes on the heels of news of a new strain of COVID-19 circulating in the UK. The new strain is said to be more infectious than the original COVID-19 virus. Several countries, including France and other EU states, have already suspended flights from the UK. “The reason Nigeria took a harder than necessary hit during the first wave of the #COVID19 virus is that the Federal Government failed to heed the warnings of well-meaning Nigerians, like myself and…
Large crowds gathered at the Alausa office of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) in Lagos on Monday as the country continues to battle with a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The federal government, through the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, this month issued a two-week ultimatum to all telecommunications operators in the country to block all Subscriber Identification Modules (SIMs) without National Identification Number (NIN). The Monday rush is not unconnected to the ultimatum as Nigerians attempt to register for the NIN and beat the federal government’s deadline for SIM deactivation. The House of Representatives has asked…
Countries worldwide banned arrivals from the UK on Sunday over a new highly infectious coronavirus strain Britain said was “out of control”, as the WHO called for stronger containment measures. But there was positive news across the Atlantic where US lawmakers reached a deal for a nearly $900 billion Covid-19 financial package to help struggling Americans. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson was to chair the COBR emergencies committee on Monday, his office said, after a slew of nations from Turkey to Canada blocked arrivals from Britain by air. Crucial transit country France moved to block people and goods crossing the…
The Senate has passed a N13.588 trillion 2021 budget. This is an increase of a N505 billion proposed by the executive. President Muhammadu Buhari had submitted a N13.082 budget to a joint session of the National Assembly on October 8th, 2020. The 2021 budget is christened the budget of economic recovery and resilience aimed at accelerating the pace of Nigerian economic recovery, promote diversification, enhance competitiveness, and ensure social inclusion. More to follow…
The Bishop Theologian of the Church of Nigeria, Rt. Rev. Dapo Asaju has said the absence of purposeful leadership is the major problem facing Nigeria. Asaju, who is the immediate past Vice-Chancellor of Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, said this at the Post Presentation Thanksgiving Service homily and reception of the new Archbishop of Owerri Ecclesiastical Province (Anglican Communion), the Most Rev David Okechukwu Chikezie Onuoha at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul Ezeoke Nsu, Ehime Mbano, Imo State. The don recalled the period the value of dollar was far below the Naira, saying at that period, goods and services were…
Advent ushers us into the prophecies and expectations that surround Christmas. The carols evoke many memories, fragrant and romantic. Isaiah, the Prince of messianic prophecies writes: “Therefore, the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” (Isaiah 7:14) – meaning “God with us” (Matt. 1:23). The hymn writer, Phillip Brooks (1868), captures the dawn and the tension of the Incarnation, when he writes about Bethlehem, “in thy dark streets shineth/ The everlasting Light/ The hopes and fears of all the years/ Are met in thee tonight.”…
The Christmas story for 2020 will be written in many shades and painted in many colours. Like in many parts of the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has had its impact on Nigeria. God in His infinite grace and mercies has spared the country the severity of the infection, and the death rate has been relatively low, with less than 1,500 deaths and an infection rate of just about 15,000. The deadlier scourge in the country has been the killings, in predominantly Christian regions of Central and Northwestern Nigeria by Islamist herders. Over 1000 people have been killed, while hundreds of…
Princewill Ireoba We highlighted last week that a simple definition of prayer is communion or communication with God in which we talk to God and He, in turn, talks to us. If our prayer is to be meaningful and ultimately lead us to God’s Will and the serenity to abide in Him with unflinching trust in Divine purpose and goodwill, it will be necessary to start it by listening to God. In our milieu, characterised by chaotic prayers, noisy preaching, and disordered activities, beginning prayer with silence or quietness, in meditation, with the aim of hearing from God, will be…
A medical student revealed how his former teacher and a neurosurgeon consultant Dr Matthias Nnadi died yesterday. He said ” Last night I received a text that Dr. Matthias Nnadi, my med school teacher & a consultant neurosurgeon at UCTH, died of acute exacerbation of asthma. Instantly, tears welled up my eyes. But it’s the details of his death that were more shocking… His wife sent an ambulance to pick him up in the thick dusty traffic where he was stuck. It took more than 3 hrs to arrive due to extremely bad roads & traffic around Odukpani area in Cross…