Elders and political leaders have been called upon to intervene in the face-off between some traders and a Southeast state governor who was accused of “behaving like a woman’ in the way he handled the herdsmen/ farmers clashes in the state. The matter took a dangerous dimension when opponents of the governor produced a computer aided picture of a woman with the face of the governor. Posters of the caricature were also sighted at a popular market in the state capital, forcing the angry governor to shut it down. Today, the traders are begging the governor to have mercy on…
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For the First Lady of Kaduna State, Hajia Hadiza Isma El-Rufai, a long time hobby turned sour during the week when many of her 80,000 followers on Twitter, broke away from the usual banter and light discussions, to call her out for allegedly not using the platform to condemn last week’s killing in Kajuru Local Government Area of the state. Obviously taken aback by the unexpected turn of events on the platform which was normally used to appreciate her fans and supporters of her husband’s administration, Mrs. El-Rufai, with her responses, invited more trouble from her angry followers. More than…
AN 82-year-old widow who is also suffering from hypertension has recovered from the coronavirus disease after receiving nine-day treatment at the Isolation and Treatment Centre, Asubiaro, Osogbo, in Osun State. She was confirmed positive and admitted at the state isolation centre on the 13th of May, 2020. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Dr. Rafiu Isamotu, who disclosed this in a statement released in Osogbo yesterday, said the octogenarian’s recovery from the virus beats the odds as elderly people with chronic diseases are the highest risk group because most of the time, they are unable to recover from COVID-19. He noted…
These certainly are not the best of times for the nation and the world at large. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has seized the world by the jugular, crippling businesses and killing people in hundreds of thousands. In Nigeria, the virus has infected more than 6,000 people with death toll nearing 200. Of these, Katsina had recorded close to 300 cases at press time with about 13 deaths. But while most states of the federation have concentrated their efforts on curtailing the spread of COVID-19, Katsina is fighting the dual battles of COVID-19 and the menace of banditry. Like the spread…
STATE governors on Friday took their case on Executive Order 10 which guarantees financial autonomy for the judiciary and the legislature at the state level directly to President Muhammadu Buhari and the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN). Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Dr. Kayode Fayemi, met separately with the President and the minister to press home the objection of the state chief executives to the order, which was signed by Buhari penultimate Friday. To the governors, the order is not only unnecessary; it is also an over-kill of Section 121(3) of the…
EFFORTS by the Federal Government to speed up testing for COVID-19 may have suffered a set- back after four units of Rapid Test Kits (RTKs) submitted to determine their efficacy failed to meet minimum requirements. The implication is that Nigeria remains without an approved rapid test kit. Government warned that anyone found marketing any type of RTKs would be sanctioned accordingly. Nigeria’s confirmed cases shot up by 387 on Friday taking the total number of infections to 9302. A breakdown of the new cases as released by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) shows that Lagos State had 254…
Six Nigerian Air Force (NAF) personnel, who were aides to the former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Late Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, have been awarded various sentences by the General Court Martial (GCM) sitting at the NAF Base, Bill Clinton Drive, Abuja.The six NAF personnel, who were standing trial for various offences are: Squadron Leader Tom Gwani, Flight Sergeant Amu David, Flight Sergeant Philemon Degema, Flight Sergeant Sabo Simon, Sergeant Mukhtar Abdullahi and Sergeant Alfred Alexander. Details shortly…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Saturday morning, expressed shock over the death of its erstwhile Group Managing Director (GMD), Dr Maikanti Baru. In a statement released by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, Dr Kennie Obateru, the NNPC described the late Baru as exemplary. “The NNPC regrets to announce the demise of its former Group Managing Director (GMD), Dr. Maikanti Kachalla Baru, Friday night. ” Dr. Baru, a consummate mechanical engineer, died after a brief illness, NNPC Group General Manager” Obateru stated in the release. The statement said the NNPC Group Managing Director, Mallam Mele Kyari expressed…
As the Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu continues to roll out the drums in commemoration of his first year in office, the governor yesterday virtually inaugurated 18 projects at ceremony held at the Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja. The virtual inauguration, according to the governor is in line with the reality of situations the world over at this time of COVID-19 in which the state remains the epicentre in the country. This is coming as the governor yesterday dedicated his first year in office to frontline health workers in the battle against the Coronavirus pandemic at a ceremony where…
How does a writer capture the essence of Dele Momodu? Just how? When I got confused, it occurred to me I could use the allegory of the blind men and their encounter with the elephant. The story first originated from India. A group of blind men who had never seen an elephant were said to have argued fiercely as to what it looks like. Each of the blind men touched and felt a different part of the body. Just one part of the elephant is quite big. Each described what he felt with his hands. Each version of the experience…