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How corpse of missing Civil Defence officer dey discover for shallow grave
Di remains of one female officer of di Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) wey go missing 18 months ago don discover for a shallow grave for Obi Local Goment Area of Benue State.
Until she go missing, di deceased, Josephine Cynthia Inalegwu Onche, dey serve for NSCDC post for Otukpo area of di state.
Cynthia, wey be Idoma native of Otukpo origin, suddenly commot while her wedding plan dey underway
Some of her colleagues wey no want dia name on print, narrate say di family of di deceased don report her disappearance few days to her wedding for December 2019.
She tok say she don go market to buy some items in preparation for her wedding but she no make am back home
One of di deceased colleagues tok say plenti effort to locate her no yield results until commercial motorcyclist tell wia she dey buried
Di cyclist tok say dem don tell di family of di deceased say dia daughter dem kil and buried by her husband-to-be for ritual purposes
E (cyclist) don lead di family and security operatives to arrest di groom wey in turn lead di police go Ogun State wia dem arrest di native doctor wey allege say dem don perform di ritual for Obi LGA before hin relocation go south west state
While di suspected killer groom and di native doctor don dey allegedly hold by di police for Otukpo, di family of di late security personnel exhum her remains and organised burial on Tuesday, June 1st, 2021
Spokesperson of di Benue Police command, DSP Catherine Anene, no answer call or react to message wey dem send to her over di development
Di State Command Public Relations Officer of NSCDC, ASC Ejelikwu Michael, decline comment, promise say hin go speak on di issue for later date.
But one insider tok say di news of Cynthia's corpse wey dem find don throw di command into mourning again
Constitution review: Shariah dey south west before Christianity MURIC
Di Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) don ask di Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) make dem mind im business and stop opposing di Muslim right to operate Shariah.
MURIC Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, tok am for one statement on Sunday
Dis follow warning wey di PFN issue against di move by any group to introduce Sharia law to di South-West through di ongoing constitutional review wey di Senate dey do.
PFN and oda Christian groups dey fully aware say Shariah dey South West decades before di arrival of Christianity for 1842
Di Shariah dey practice for Ede under Oba Abibu Olagunju (Habeeb, Muslim name) and
Di Ede Shariah Court dey operation up till 1913 for Agbeni area of di town
E dey move go Agbongbon area for 1914
Na under Oba Momodu Lamuye (Muhammad Lamuye) wey die for 1906.
Even di seventh Akirun of Ikrun, Oba Aliyu Oyewole (died 1912), institut Shariah for Ikrun for 1910
Dis na just example of di existence and spread of Shariah for Yorubaland and di Christian leaders no dey oblivious of di fact say na di British Christian colonialists wey stop Shariah for Yorubaland and dem impose Christian common law, Akintola tok.
Hin add say di PFN and oda Christians dey equally aware of di rising tide of Islamic awareness for di same South West and say dem dey only afraid say di sleeping giant dey wake up to take back wetin belongs to am
Hin tok say, awa Christian neighbours know well say Shariah na di Allah give fundamental human right of Muslims
But dem decide say make dem deprive us of am using unorthodox methods.
Dem believe say dem dey war wit Muslims and to dem, evrithin dey fair for war
Dem dey use both fair and foul means to achieve dia objective
We call Nigerians make dem understand di siege mentality of awa Christian neighbours
Like all aggressors, dem believe say attack na di best form of defence
As di benefactors and inheritors of colonial rampage wey last more dan a century, dem dey decide to keep all di loot wey dia principal bequeath to dem
Dem dey decide to keep di Muslims for concentration camp wey di colonial masters dey drive dem
Di Constitution Review Panel ask Nigerians make dem forward dia view regarding wetin dem want for di constitution
Each group dey suppose submit im needs
But instead of tell di panel wetin di Christians want, PFN don go ahead to tok wetin Muslims no wan ask for
E be attempt to gag Muslims for South West and e no go work
E tok say di claim of religious tolerance for di South-West na sham and mantra wey dem design to keep Yoruba Muslims for perpetual slavery.
Muslims for di region dey waking up and dey ask for freedom
We demand halt to di forceful use of Christian school uniform, Christian education, Christian law.
We demand civil Shariah, no criminal Shariah wey dey involve di cutting of hand but civil Shariah to regulate Muslim marriages, inheritance, family affairs.
E no get anything to do wit Christians
He add say we go use evri peaceful and constitutional means wey dey available to attain dis objective
Stakeholders for Edo South affirm Obaseki as parti leader
For di internal crisis wey dey rock di Edo State chapter of di Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) wey dey kontrol di parti structure, members of di Edo South Senatorial district of di parti Sunday pass vote of confidence on di state Governor, Godwin Obaseki and hin Deputy, Philip Shaibu.
Edo South PDP for one communique wey dem issue for di end of im stakeholders meeting for Benin City, for di weekend, also affirm Governor Obaseki as di leader of di parti for di state.
Di communiqu wey im Secretary read, Wilson Evbuomwan, tok say di stakeholders support harmonisation and integration of new entrants into di executive committee of di parti for effective development of di state.
Police nab suspect kidnappers, recover gun for Abuja
Di FCT Police Command don arrest eight kidnappers wey dey along Shenegu-Tunga Maje, Gwagwalada, Kabusa village and Durumi axis of Abuja.
Spokesperson of di command, ASP Maryam Yusuf, wey tok am for one statement for Abuja, yesterday, give di name of di suspects as Yakubu Ahmadu, Ibrahim Mallam Musa, Bello Haruna.
She tok say di suspects be members of syndicate wey dey link to di kidnap attempt on di Vice President of di Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)
Gwagwalada branch, Barrister David Aigbefoh
She tok say dem arrest di suspects for coordinated intelligence operation by police operatives from di command anti-kidnapping squad for Shenegu mountain for di border of FCT and Niger State.
She tok say di suspect don provide useful information on top di activities of dia syndicate
Yusuf further tok say one Nwite Jideofor dem arrest for staging hin own kidnap along Durumi axis, say di suspect confess to conniving wit hin abductors to defraud hin sister of di sum of N5 million wey hin demand as ransom.
She tok say exhibit wey dem recover from all di suspects include three Dane gun, seven cutlasses, one black painted Honda Accord, four mobile phone and oda items, adding say effort dey on to arrest oda members of di syndicate now at large.
She tok say all di suspects go dey arraigned for court upon conclusion of investigation, while she urge residents of di FCT, particularly parents and guardians make dem prevail upon dia wards make dem no engage in any form of criminality.
Suarez strike as Atletico win La Liga title
Luis Suarez's goal don secure 2-1 victory for Atletico Madrid over Real Valladolid on Saturday wey clench hin team anoda remarkable La Liga title.
Suarez start di season crying afta dem force am out of Barcelona but end am wit hin 21st goal of di season earning Atletico first league triumph since 2014, dis one for di expense of Real Madrid
Atletico know say victory go guarantee dem di title regardless of wetin Real Madrid do for house to Villarreal
But e no dey comfortable, wit Valladolid taking shock early lead
Real Madrid dey behind too for most of di afternoon but Karim Benzema equalise for 87 minute and Luka Modric score late winner for 2-1 for Valdebebas, leaving Atletico hang on for di end, as dem dey suddenly one goal away from squandering am all.
Wen di final whistle blow, di players run onto di pitch, Suarez underneath a pile of red and white shirts, wit Europe's most nerve-wracking and unpredictable title race finally complete
Suarez Zone
Na just over a week ago
coach Diego Simeone tok say dis na Suarez Zone
And so e prove, di Uruguayan score di winner against Osasuna last week to keep di title for Atletico hand and again for di last day to put dia name on di trophy.
Dis na only di second time for 17 years wey a team wey no be Barcelona or Real Madrid don win di title, wit Atleti claiming di oda one under Simeone for 2014.
Atletico go into di game having been top since December and on top of beating Osasuna wit two goals for di last eight minute, victory wey dey so dramatic e feel like e go prove decisive
But Atletico don do nothing di easy way dis season, wit dia 10-point lead for February cut to two for May and dia position for di top of di table rely on numerous slip-ups from both Real Madrid and Barcelona.
So e dey apt dat face wit beating Real Valladolid, wey be 19th for table, dem still need scrape over di line
Several hundred Atletico fans gather for Valladolid's Plaza Mayor for di hours before kick-off to sing songs and a similar number make am outside di stadium, wia dem dey cordon off for cess-pit of nerves and anticipation.
Gulak's assassination don spark outrage
E dey outrage and mourning Sunday ova di assassination of Barr
Ahmed Gulak, wey be former political adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, by gunmen for Imo State
Gulak na hin shot dead by assailants wey trail am go Obiangwu village as hin make way to Sam Mbakwe Airport, for Owerri, di Imo State Capital, on hin way go Abuja
Funeral prayers for di Adamawa-born politician dey conduct yesterday evening for di National Mosque, Abuja, afta which hin remains dey interred for Gudu Cemetry for around 8pm.
Police for Imo last night tok say dem don track down suspected killers of di All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, and kill at least six of dem afta a fierce encounter.
A statement wey di Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bala Elkana sign, tok say on 30th May, 2021 afta di distress wey di Command receive on di gruesome murder of Ahmed Gulak, Police Special Forces wey dey make up of Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Police Mobile Force (PMF) and Tactical Units from di command dey deployed to di scene for Obiangwu Junction for Ngorokpala LGA of Imo state.
Di team don give clear instruction to identify and apprehend di perpetrators of di act wit a view of bringing dem to justice
Police don intercept vehicle wey dey belong to di suspected killers of Ahmed Gulak yesterday
Eyewitnesses account, especially di account wey di driver of di vehicle wey dey convey Ahmed Gulak to di Airport before di attack, give a vivid description of di assailants and di vehicle wey dem dey use carry out di attack.
Di assailants tok say dem don use Toyota Camry 2005 model wit silver color; Toyota Sienna 1998 model wit golden color;
Toyota Hilux wit white color; and Lexus RX 330 wit golden Color
(Registration number dey hide for security reasons)
Having establish di identity of di assailants and di description of di vehicle wey dem dey use carry out di attack, di team further get details of di direction di hoodlums don take
wit further leads, di team fit establish di location of suspects
Di suspect dem rounded up for Afor Enyiogugu junction for Aboh-Mbaise Local Goment Area
Di hoodlums wey dey sell onions to locals from a trailer wey dem confiscated
Di trailer dey load wit Onions from di Northern region of Nigeria
On sighting di Police, di hoodlums wey dey provide security coverage to those wey dey share di onions open fire on di Police team.
Di Gallant and battle ready
Police Officers swiftly return di fire
Di six hoodlums wey carried out di killing and four oda members of dia gang were fatally injured
Three out of di four vehicle wey dem use attack Gulak recover
Three AK 47 Rifles, one Pistol, five AK 47 magazines wit ninety two rounds of live ammunition and criminal charm dem recover
Di assailants wey dem identify as members of di proscribed IPOB and ESN
Di driver wey drive late Ahmed Gulak and a co- victim wey survive don identify di dead bodi of di IPOB/ESN members positively as dia attackers and also identify di three vehicle wey dem recover as those wey di attackers use
During di encounter, two of di police armored personnel carriers (APC) dey riddled wit bullet but survive di gun battle
A video clip for di aftermath of di attack show Gulak for pair of Jean trousers and blue T-shirt wey dey lying for a pool of hin own blood, besides di abandoned car
Gulak na di chairman of di controversial Imo All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election wey produce Hope Uzodinma as di parti flagbearer
E tok say e don remain close to di governor wey dey visit di state frequently
Why hin dey Owerri
Even say Gulak dey regular visitor to Owerri since di ascension of Uzodinma, hin last trip na to attend di public hearing of di constitution review committee wey dey di city.
Afta di conclusion of di committee's sitting, Gulak stay back while oda members of di committee depart di city on Friday.
One source close to Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, wey chair di public hearing for Owerri tok say dem offer di deceased to fly on Kalu private jet afta di public hearing, but hin decline.
Accordin to di source, Kalu's team kom Owerri on di day di public hearing end but Gulak stay behind say hin get things to do for di city
Di source tok say we kom Owerri on di day di public hearing end and we ask am make we join us on awa private jet and we get enough security wit us
But hin tok say hin get things to do for di city
Nigerians knock FG, political actors over killing
Nigerians on social media dey warn di federal goment and political actors for hin killing
A commentator for di Facebook link of di story wey Daily Trust publish, Ifeanyi Maduako, wen he tok say Gulak death as distasteful, link di incident wit politics
Dis killing dey very distasteful to me
E dey political and those wey dey behind e suppose unravel am
Di killing go expose those wey dey behind di current insecurity for Imo State
Who invit am and why e kill northerner for Imo State?
I dey very afraid wetin fate dey wait innocent Imo State pipo for di coming days for di hands of northern controlled security agencies.
One commentator for di thread, Oloruntobi Micheal Omo, tok say di police report prove say dis killing na political and hence e call for in-depth investigation.
Police I guess get some question to answer
On hin part, Comr Umar Hassan Ahmad write say di soul of awa innocent pipo dey important pass dis scam wey dem call Nigeria unity
Dis illiteracy no go acceptable to us, enough na enough we dey peacemaker
But di pipo dey push us to di wall say dis peacemaking no fit remain
I dey warn say awa retaliation go worst
Buhari you fail us woefully, I dey urge Imo police make dem confront di culprit
Nasiru Inuwa write, A wake up call to di northern elites, dem don start wit di innocent Fulani herders and now dey turn to northern goment officials and prominent politicians.
Di outlawed IPOB, for one statement by im secretary, Emma Powerful, fault report wey link am to di murder of Gulak, note say di assassination of politicians no be part of im agenda.
We, therefore, state without equivocations say IPOB know nothing about di assassination.
For di first place, wetin threat do di late Gulak constitute to awa cause to warrant hin elimination?
We get nothing for common wit am and we no fit kill am for any way
Pointing accusing fingers for IPOB for dis barbaric act na only to divert attention away from di real masterminds.
Dis na di same way terrorists for security uniform commit different atrocities for South East and turn around to blame IPOB for dia crimes just to tarnish awa global reputation.
Dis na smoke screen to justify dia long-awaited plan to declare anoda special military operation for di Eastern region to kill more innocent Biafrans
Instead of di security agencies to properly investigate di incident and possible factors, dem switch to accuse IPOB of crime wey we know nothing about
IPOB get di itinerary of di late Gulak to have waylaid am for airport?
Di group tok say security agency suppose first investigate Gulak's host, Hope Uzodinma, as well as hin political opponents to establish dia possible involvement
Those wey dey behind Gulak's murder no go unpunished
President Muhammadu Buhari don tok say those wey dey behind di murder of Gulak and oda incident wey dey across di kontri no go scot free
President Buhari, for one statement wey hin tok on Sunday by hin spokesman, Garba Shehu, express outrage and disgust ova di murder.
Di president, wey express sadness ova di incident, tok say I dey repulsed by such premeditated and gruesome murder of Gulak by pipo wey dey determined to undermine di peace, unity and territorial integrity of awa kontri.
Make me warn however say nobodi or group of pipo wey dey engage in dis despicable act suppose expect to go free
We go deploy all resources wey dey awa disposal to ensure say dis callous and criminal elements dey bring to justice
Gulak's kil unacceptable Akeredolu
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu described di news of di assassination as very shocking and disturbing
For one statement wey di governor sign, e tok say dis na one murder too many, describing di action as senseless and wicked
Di perpetrators of dis heinous act na enemies of dis kontri
Dis contrivance dey meant to mislead, confuse and destroy
E bear di unmistakable, despicable imprints of fifth columnists wey dey set di kontri on di path of conflagration.
Dis criminals suppose no succeed
We wan use dis medium to express awa solidarity wit awa brother, Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma
We encourage am and oda governors for di South Eastern States make dem brace up, and confront di current security challenge to put end to di bloodbath for di land.
Di enemies of di pipo dey always employ di weapon of fear to create disaffection for di polity
Dis cowardly act dey calculated to instigate Nigerians against each oda, particularly Northerners, against di Igbo wey dey outside di South East.
We must confront di enemies of di pipo wit view to neutralise dem
Dis no be di time for political correctness
Banditry no suppose subvert di legitimacy of di current goment for all level.
We call on all security agency make dem collaborate wit a view to unveil di criminal elements wey dey sponsor and undertake terrorist act.
Dem suppose punish dem, severely
Fintiri don mourn
Di Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri described as shocking di gruesome murder of Gulak wey be former Speaker of di Adamawa State House of Assembly.
Governor Fintiri tok say di death dey painful and reflection of di wickedness of di wicked
Governor Fintiri described di late Gulak as witty, determined and practical politician wey rise for life na as a result of sheer hard work.
E dey unfortunate say death don take from us
Hon Ahmed Gulak for such gruesome manner
E be lively politician wey love and work wit evriwia, and always hold di interest of di kontri for heart
For recalling hin interaction wit di late Gulak, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri tok say, He be brother and mentor, and fighter for human rights as lawyer
Madagali community don lose true son
For one statement wey di governor issue yesterday for Yola through hin Chief Press Secretary, Hunwashi Wanisoukou, di governor note say awa kontri don lose astute fighter for human right.
We all remember how passionate hin fight for di plight of those wey dey displace by insurgency and di downtrodden
ACF don condemn assassination
Di Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) don condem Gulak's assassination, say e be monumental loss to di nation
Di ACF for one statement wey dem issue by di National Publicity Secretary, Emmanuel Yawe, tok say e dey sad to receive news on top di assassination of Ahmed Gulak describing am as dynamic and progressive politician from di north.
You like or hat am dat be your business
May God bless am and give hin family and hin state, Adamawa di strength to bear dis monumental loss.
Assassination part of plan to replicate 1966 coup CNG
Di Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) don describe Sunday's assassination of Ahmed Gulak, one prominent northern leader and former Political Adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan as coordinated and as well as incessant attack on police formations for Nigeria's southeast as part of a wider plan to replicate di coup of 1966.
Di CNG for one statement wey dem sign, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman tok say na di reason why di northern part of di kontri no fit dey reasonably expected to live wit di south east as nation alleging say di violent rascality by di Indigenous pipo of Biafra (IPOB), di Eastern Security Network (ESN) and oda armed Igbo gangs dey fund, fully support and emboldened by evri component of di Igbo society for home and for di diaspora.
West Ham top-four hope don dey dented by loss to Everton
West Ham United blew dia chance to apply real pressure for di race for Premier League top-four finish as dem slump to 1-0 home defeat by Everton side wey maintain dia European qualification hopes for Sunday.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin 24th minute goal don prove decisive against West Ham side wey huffed and puffed but neva really hit dia stride on a crucial afternoon.
Di closest West Ham kom to equaliser na wen Vladimir Coufals shot hit di post and Jarrod Bowen no fit bundle for di rebound from point-blank range.
Supporters of di Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo don show support for am by portraying am as presidential candidate kom next election
Osinbajo no declare interest for presidential race, tok spokesman
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo don describe di speculations say hin go contest di 2023 presidential election as distraction
Dem don confirm reports say Osinbajo dey eye di highest office for di land
For one statement wey Laolu Akande, hin spokesman, issue on hin behalf on Monday, di vice-president tok say e no true say hin don declare interest for di race.
Di attention of di Office of di Vice President don dey draw to website
supportosinbajong wey dey call Nigerians make dem join volunteer group wey dey mobilize support for Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, ahead of di 2023 presidential election.
Details of dis website and di solicitation of di group dey currently trending on WhatsApp wit suggestion say Prof Osinbajo don quietlyclared interest for di 2023 election.
Di Office of di Vice President no dey connect to dis website or di group wey dey behind am and consider say dis enterprise be unnecessary distraction.
Prof. Osinbajo no declare any interest wey dey for 2023 election, but e dey focus on working for hin capacity as Vice President for di current administration to address all di compelling issues for di kontri and concerns of Nigerians, including finding effective and lasting solutions to di security challenges.
Therefore, we ask pipo make dem desist from such unhelpful permutations wen we dey deal wit di challenge wey dey confront us as Nigerians, and resolve dem for di benefit of awa pipo, peace and prosperity for di land, di statement read
Ndidi and Iheanacho don make Nigeria proud again as di players for Leichester City, di team wey win FA Cup dis season, showing off di kontri flag
NFF congratulate Ndidi, Iheanacho on FA Cup win wit Leicester City
President of di Nigeria Football Federation (NFF)
Mr Amaju Melvin Pinnick, don send message of congratulations to Super Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi and forward Kelechi Iheanacho on di duos triumph wit Leicester City over much-fancied Chelsea FC for Saturday
FA Cup final for England
Both players dey featured for di encounter for Wembley and for di end dey celebrate enthusiastically wit Nigeria flag as dem join list of only seven oda Nigerian players wey don lift England most glamorous diadem.
I dey very happy for both Ndidi and Iheanacho
Dem work hard for Leicester City throughout di campaign and dem dey deserve di honour
I believe say dis triumph go serve as major psychological boost for di two players ahead of awa friendly games dis summer and FIFA World Cup qualifiers wey start for September
I dey very happy to see di two players dey celebrate wit di Nigerian flag for di end of it all
Na e dey amazing
Ndidi and Iheanacho na only di second pair of Nigerians wey don celebrate di FA Cup win for England, afta Nwankwo Kanu and John Utaka triumph wit Portsmouth against Cardiff for 2008.
Before dat time, Daniel Amokachi don win wit Everton for 1995; Celestine Babayaro wit Chelsea for 2000; Kanu wit Arsenal for 2002 and 2003 and John Mikel Obi wit Chelsea for 2007.
Afta di Kanu/Utaka feat for 2008, John Mikel Obi won again wit Chelsea for 2009, 2010 and 2012; Alex Iwobi won wit Arsenal for 2017 and; Victor Moses won wit Chelsea for 2018
For di Federal goment College, Enugu, for di early 70s, my primary mode of transportation from Kaduna to Enugu na train
Djokovic warm up for Roland Garros wit Belgrade title
Novak Djokovic complete a successful warm-up for Roland Garros wen he beat Slovakian Alex Molcan 6-4,6-3, on Saturday for di final of di ATP clay tournament for Belgrade.
Dis na di second event for di city for just over a month but wia di Serbia Open for April dey play for empty stadium, fans dey allowed for dis tournament
Na a while since I last play here for front of crowd, Djokovic, wey be Belgrade native wey lose for di semifinal for di Serbia Open, one tournament wey hin last win for 2011.
Herder farmer crisis for Nigeria don be one ever dominating topic for all news platforms for Nigeria
Ending Nigeria herder farmer crisis di Livestock Reform Plan
Nigeria federal and state goment dey struggle to implement National Livestock Transformation Plan wey seek to curb di movement of cattle across di kontri and reduce deadly herder-farmer conflict.
As di Plan don earn di endorsement of plenti state goment, e dey face significant challenges.
Di lack of political leadership, popular misperceptions about im purpose, budgetary constraints wey COVID-19 pandemic cause, lack of personnel wey get di expertise to carry am out and widespread insecurity, dey all hinder progress.
If di Plan fail as previous initiative to modernise livestock management don do, herder-farmer violence fit escalate
Approved by di National Economic Council for January 2019, di Plan represent di most comprehensive effort to overhaul Nigeria inefficient and grossly underperforming livestock system.
For di core na strategy to curtail migratory or open grazing, and thus, lower di risk of conflict between herders and farmers.
E dey animated by di hope say ova 10 years, predominantly nomadic pastoralists go persuade dem to move dia cattle into ranches and public grazing reserves, wia breeding farms and oda mechanised livestock management practices go bolster di sector productivity.
By di end of 2028, authorities aim to get at least 119 ranches wey dey operation for all participating state, make dem create ova two million jobs for di livestock production, processing and marketing chains.
President Muhammadu Buhari administration kom up wit di Plan afta a wave of violence wey dey between herders and farmers, particularly a surge in related violence wey dey affect rural dwellers for 2018
Di federal goment, wey don committed to funding 80 per cent of di transformation proposals wey participate states, don take preliminary steps toward putting di Plan into practice, include providing technical support to help states prepare for implementation, such as help wit field surveys and site mapping.
Several state don reactivate earlier demarcated grazing reserves, open offices and set up steering committees to administer di Plan.
Authorities don also hold workshops and do oda work to explain di benefits of livestock reform to a larger audience.
But two years into di 10-year plan, di first new ranch no dey build, and di obstacles dey plenti
Opposition, partly among herders, predominantly from Fulani ethnic group but also among farmers wey dey resent di Plan benefits to pastoralists, hinder reform efforts.
Distrust dey widespread for Middle Belt, wey don be di scene of violent disputes ova land between herders and farmers, no be say peacemaking and military efforts wey since 2018 don reduce di bloodshed.
Federal and state budget dey pinched, partly bikos of di pandemic economic fallout, and di kontri no get sufficient technical expertise for managing ranches and grazing reserves.
For plenti state, especially for di North-West, di proliferation of criminal gangs and oda armed groups dey cut off access to grazing reserves and scaring away potential investors.
Unless dem address dis and oda problems, dem fit delay or even scuttle di Plan, leaving di kontri vulnerable to an escalation of herder-farmer conflict, wey fit degenerate into wider ethnic, regional and religious violence.
To tackle dis challenges require concerted effort by federal and state authorities, wit help from donors and investors.
First, Abuja and supportive state goment suppose provide stronger political leadership and improve public communication to dispell misgivings and misperceptions about di Plan.
Dis dey especially prevalent among pastoralists, wey go ask make dem change a centuries old nomadic lifestyle, and wey legitimately doubt di Plan promises about available pasture
But plenti farmers dey fear too, say dem fit lose land to livestock producers
Many pipo wey dey Middle Belt and southern state dey deeply suspicious of di Plan long-term goals, wey dem see as create privileges for herders, and more broadly, di Fulani
With Abuja and oda partners support, state goment must build expertise and technical capacity, especially for managing ranches and grazing reserves, dairy production and meat processing.
Federal and state goment suppose up budgetary commitments, getten di release of funds and provide financial transparency to ensure accountability, work wit donors and investors as necessary.
As e dey address rural insecurity, curbing impunity and rehabilitating communities wey dey affected by earlier violence for participating states dey vital
Plus, authorities go need consider climate change wey dey impact and reach decision about how di transhumant herders wey cross into Nigeria seasonally suppose or suppose no benefit from di Plan.
As some of dis step go take time, di Plan proponents suppose focus on delivering concrete, visible results on a relatively short-term basis.
less dan two years from now, di kontri go hold general election
If di Plan na to survive di change of goment wey go follow, politicians fit need to produce clear proof of im benefits (Having serve two terms, President Buhari and plenti state governors dey ineligible to compete, meaning say change dey certain)
Na ideally, by di time campaigning dey heat up for late 2022, di Plan backers suppose point to at least handful of newly constructed ranches or rehabilitated reserves, strong donor and investor commitments, and di first of a cadre of newly trained livestock management professionals.
No be easy, but di Plan dey worth di effort
As far from perfect, e offer important chance to reform Nigeria livestock system wit strategy wey address di needs of both herders and small scale farmers.
About 70 per cent of Nigeria workforce don earn income through agriculture
Modernising di livestock sector fit boost di kontri prosperity overall at di same time wey e take big step toward resolve one of Nigeria most dangerous conflicts.
With di clock ticking down to 2023 election, federal and state authorities go need move quickly to make a visible mark, lest di work wey dem don do to create dis moment of opportunity lose
Dis piece na executive summary of a report on di National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) and how to hasten im implementation, wey di International Crisis Group publish.
Di kind of problem I get wit di king
Make you agree?
Dem dey responsible for very high proportion of food and cash crop production
Subsistence farmers na smallholders wey consume di majority of dia farm output and wey dey hold back from participating more actively for commercially oriented agriculture by different constraints.
No energy for anyone wey no dey happy for me
Na my own/ mine
Dis bring me to di conclusion say evryone dey evil
Dis system don characterise as complex, diverse and risk-prone
Farms dey small, often dey hold under traditional or informal tenure, and dey in marginal or risk-prone environments.
Yields dey low and farmers no get di capacity to increase yields
we dey tok life and prosperity to dis day
Make you send your account number
Di emphasis now na on agricultural productivity, production enhancement and commercialising farming as enterprise
I know eveything
Akpos and hin friend dey discuss
Di yields di smallholder farmers dey get dey really profitable
Are you kom?
Dis emerging challenges lead many smallholder farmers to pursue livelihood strategies wey dey involve lower risk and lower-yield agricultural activities.
Are you witch?
I dey go sabo market to buy some food stuff
Make me call my father
As developing kontris population grow larger, richer, and more urban, di intensification of agricultural production go occur for rapidly change agri-food value chains.
How far wetin dey up, suppose i dey on my way?
Dis developments dey further shift di competitive advantage away from small farmers
E dey important say we find solution to di problem
Dis go require integrated approach of methodologies
Di loan sharks dey on hin neck
Dis kind of thing
I dey on errand from my place of work
Di water don flood di whole farm
Farmers plenti battles for 2020
For many farmers and oda stakeholders for di agro sector, di year 2020 go remain one of di worst years for di history of Nigeria bikos e introduced new dynamics wey millions of smallholder farmers need contend wit.
Di agricultural sector dey confront plenti challenges ranging from di climate change-related issues, conflicts and di complications wey di global COVID-19 pandemic cause, wey bring pain and heartbreak to farmers and agribusiness players.
First, di COVID-19 lockdown and restrictions don apun for di time dry season farmers dey about to harvest dia crops and wet season farmers dey about to begin cultivation.
Many farmers no fit access dia farms while for odas get labourers to harvest dia farms since mechanization na big challenge and harvest na manual, na di problem.
movement restriction wey dem introduce to curb di spread of di coronavirus locked-down market don disrupt di rural economy.
Many farmers no fit sell dia produce to enable dem buy seeds and fertilizer, pay labourers/tractor services
Even wen di lockdown dey lift for di agricultural sector, di price of fertilizer don dey high say plenti smallholder farmers no fit afford am
For some place, di price go high as N13,000 for 50kg bag of Indorama and Notori Urea
NPK 15-15-15 don rise reach N25,000 wen di federal goment NPK20-10-10 wey dey under di presidential fertilizer initiative, wey dem suppose sell for farmers for N5000 no dey available for plenti place and area wia di price don rise reach N7,000 and e high pass dis for some place
For farmers wey dey Zamfara, Katsina, southern Kaduna, some parts of Kebbi and Sokoto state, bandit activities no only deny dem access to dia farm but dey kill plenti pipo for dia farms
Many farmin community don raze down
Many pipo don kidnapped for ransom
Many pipo pay large sums of moni or surrender large portions of dia harvest to di bandits
Many villages for dat state don dey desolate
Di agric sector also witness one of di worst disaster wen floods wipe out ova 450,000 hectares of rice and maize fields wey dem estimate for N3.5 billion across Kebbi, Sokoto and Kano state.
Many of di farmers wey dem affect don no compensate as dia livelihood don destroy
Di flood na di worst since di 2012 disaster wey wreaked havoc across most of Nigeria's coastal cities and flood-prone areas wey kill pipo and washing away farmlands
Meanwhile, as di flood dey put pain for di heart of farmers up North, farmers down South dey confronted wit drought
For two months, farmers dey watch helplessly as dia investment for crops dey shrink away
Make you no disguise
One subsector wey dey badly hit dis year na poultry and feed
Di scarcity of maize from di beginnin cause price to increase
E also force di Poultry Association of Nigeria make dem send save awa Soul appeal to di federal goment for urgent attention.
Di federal goment respond to di appeal and release 5,000 metric tons of maize from di nation strategic reserve to di farmers in addition to grant some of di big players license to import about 222 metric tons of maize to augment di shortfall for di feed industry.
Howeva, dis na short-term solution as barely three months later, di scarcity of soyabean struck, make di farmers express fear say by January 2021, di industry go shut down completely.
Di scarcity result for serious feed crisis for di industry as prices don reach record high for its history rising from N2,600 for February to about N5,500 now.
Di poultry industry don lose N7 million jobs wit figure wey dem project to reach 10 million by January 2021 whereas di loss for investment dey estimate conservatively at about N1.5 trillion
As di poultry farmers still dey struggle to deal wit di challenges wey marred di subsector, di crop farmers despite di challenges wey marred di sector throughout di 2020 farmin year, get buyers wey dey kom right up to dia farms even before harvest to make bulk purchase arrangements.
Dis na di first time wey di price of grains dey refuse to kom down for harvest time, wey dey spark fear of hunger and di call for di borders to dey open, wey go allow influx of smuggled products through di kontri's porous borders.
Di name of di lord na strong tower
3,000 youths go benefit from NALDA farm estate for Ebonyi
Di National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) don tok say di agency go engage at least 3,000 youths for Ebonyi State for im proposed integrated farm estate for di State.
Di integrated farm estate go complete and commission by October dis year
Di Executive Secretary of di agency, Prince Paul Ikonne, wey announce dis Tuesday, tok say di proposed integrated farm estate go dey establish for 104 hectares of land wey di state goment don donate
Prince Ikonne, wey also dey Ebonyi State for Monday for courtesy visit to di governor, Engr David Umahi, tok say di integrated farm estate go complete by October 2021
Dis na di mandate of Mr President, say we suppose reactivate abandoned farm estates and develop new ones for food security.
Di Governor of Ebonyi State dey eager and dey hurry for us to achieve food security
E dey total support of achieving hin dream
So, Ebonyi State dey committed to work wit NALDA to engage di teeming youths into full agricultural productivity.
We don see say di Governor don key into Mr President agenda of achieving food security for di kontri
We dey establish integrated farm estate for Ebonyi like we dey do for oda States
Di scheme go engage young Nigerians and draw dia attention to agriculture
From Jude Owuamanam (Owerri), Lami Sadiq (Kaduna), Bola Ojuola (Akure), Abdullateef Salau, Muideen Olaniyi, Abbas Jimoh & Idowu Isamotu
Niger Republic's new president blast terrorists for war crimes
Niger Republic's newly-elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, hit out for terrorist groups wey dey barbarity don exceed evri limit afta he take di helm Friday of a kontri wey dey struggle wit two jihadist insurgencies.
Dis group dey carry out large-scale massacres of innocent civilians, and for doing so, dey commit real war crimes, Bazoum declare.
E tok say di leaders of dis group dey from oda kontri, e add say Niger dey attack without any cause.
No terrorist leader don ever formula any grievance against awa state, e tok.
Bazoum, 61 was elected for two round vote for December and February
E be previously right hand man to Mahamadou Issoufou, 68, wey don voluntarily step down afta two five year terms
Hin inauguration mark di first handover between elected leaders for Niger's 60-year post-independence history, but jihadist attack and an alleged attempted coup don overshadow ceremonies.
Niger dey hit by insurgents wey dey link to Al-Qaeda or di so-called Islamic State (IS), wey dey cross from Mali and Burkina Faso for di west, and by Boko Haram, wey dey cross from Nigeria for di southeast.
More dan 300 pipo don kill for three attack for di west since di start of di year
For di most recent of dis, 141 members of di Tuareg community dem massacred on March 21 for Tahoua, a vast desert region wey dey abduct Mali
Bazoum tok say Niger's diplomatic efforts under hin presidency go centre on Mali
E tok say di current situation for Mali get direct impact on domestic security for awa kontri.
Bazoum tok say IS-linked insurgents dey based for Menaka and Gao, for eastern and central Mali respectively.
E tok say Combating dem go dey difficult so long as di Malian state no dey exercise full sovereignty ova dis region.
For di early hours of Wednesday, afta gunfire break out near di presidency for di capital Niamey, di goment announce say an attempted coup don dey thwarte
E describe dis as cowardly and regressive act wey sought to threaten democracy and di state of law
Di West African nation don suffer four coups for its history, most recently one February 2010 putsch wey topple then-president Mamadou Tandja
Google don threaten to withdraw from Australia
Google don threaten to remove im search engine from Australia over di nation's attempt to make di tech giant share royalties wit news publishers
Australia don introduce world-first law to make Google, Facebook and potentially oda tech companies pay media outlets for dia news content
But di US firms don fight back, warning di law go make dem withdraw some of dia services
Australian PM Scott Morrison tok say lawmakers no go yield to threats
Though Australia dey far from Google's largest market, di proposed news code dey see as possible global test case for how goment fit seek to regulate big tech firms.
Australia code go tie Google and Facebook to mediated negotiations wit publishers ova di value of news content, if no agreement fit reach first
Google Australia managing director Mel Silva tell Senate hearing on Friday say di law no dey workable
If dis version of di code be law, e go give us no real choice but make we stop making Google Search available for Australia, she tok.
But lawmakers don challenge dis, accusing Google of blackmail and bullying Australia for raising di reform.
e go go worldwide
Are you go pull out of evri market, na you?
Na dis about stop di precedence? Senator Rex Patrick ask.
Silva tok say di code na untenable risk for awa Australian operations
Morrison tok say hin goment dey committed to progress di laws through parliament dis year.
Make me clear say Australia dey make awa rule for things wey you fit do for Australia
Dem don do am for awa parliament, e tell reporters on Friday
Howeva na Australia dey push dis law?
Google na di dominant search engine for Australia and dem don describe am as a near-essential utility wit little market competition
Di goment don argue say bikos di tech platform gain customers from pipo wey wan read di news, di tech giants suppose pay newsrooms fair amount for dia journalism
In addition, e don argue say di financial support dey need for im embattled news industry bikos strong media dey vital to democracy
Australian print media don see 75% decline for advertising revenue since 2005, according to di goverment.
Google's threat to remove im entire search product na im most severe yet
News account for just 12.5% of Google searches for Australia, according to lawmakers.
Poultry farmers beg for importation of animal grade maize, soya meals
Dr Olalekan Odunsi, di South-West general-secretary, Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), don call on goment make dem facilitate di importation of animal grade maize and soya meals.
Odunsi tok say di importation go save di poultry industry from collapsing
E tok say di urgent importation of animal feed grade of maize go sustain di over 50million layers, 100million broilers, 1million breeders and oda class of poultry until di next harvest season.
E also urge di goverment, for di interim, make dem enforce ban on export of soya, seed and processed soya bean meal
Hin enjoin governors for di region make dem put as much effort to di cultivation of maize as dem don do wit rice
Odunsi tok say di need for strong collaboration among maize farmers for Nigeria, soya bean farmers and odas
E tok say acute scarcity and astronomical price of soya beans and maize go threaten additional five million poultry jobs for di short term if di goverment no intervene.
Today, maize dey sell for N210, 000/MT for most state of South-West, soya meal N240, 000/MT
For di importance of dis two items, di price of poultry feed don dey increase from N2750 to N3000 for April N2020 to N4850 to N5300 now
For December, most farmers no fit sell dia broilers bikos di cost of production dey higher pass wetin average Nigerian fit afford
Presently, egg dey go out of di reach of average family wey get ideal price for N1, 300
So we need goment intervention to save di current 10million jobs for di poultry value chain of awa economy
hin tok say
Pro-Buhari rep suspend from APC
Di All Progressives Congress (APC) don suspend one member of di House of Representatives wey dey represent Kazaure Federal Constituency for Jigawa State, Muhammad Gudaji Danbaffa for six months
In addition, seven-member investigative panel don constitute to probe di allegation of insubordination against di lawmaker and make im recommendations within 10 days.
Di committee dey head by Hamza Dand wit Sanusi Kazaure as Secretary
For di letter wey dey suspend di lawmaker, di local goment chairman of di parti, Hassan Lawal, claim say di decision to suspend Gudaji na hin initiate by hin Kazaure Yamma ward and endorse by di local goment chapter of di parti.
Awa correspondent report say di lawmaker dey accuse di governor for allegedly subverting di pipo will for di choice of candidates for di chairmanship and councillorship for di recently conducted parti primaries for di state.
Serena dey sail past teenager Pigato for Parma WTA
Serena Williams brush aside di challenge of local teenager Lisa Pigato for di opening round of di WTA tournament for Parma on Monday.
Williams, wey rank eighth for di world, beat di 572nd-ranked Pigato, wey make her WTA debut, 6-3, 6-2 for di first meetin between di two players.
How North-Central goment fit optimize open grazing ban for South APC leader
As open grazing controversy trends for di public domain, wit Southern governors slamming ban on top am for dia meeting for Asaba, di president, Farmers Empowerment Association for Nigeria (FEAN), and Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) North-Central Forum for FCT, Honourable Obaje David, examine how di North-Central governors fit respond to di ban.
Recently, di Southern state governors meet for Asaba, Delta State, and dem ban open grazing to stem farmers-herders crisis and oda form of criminality.
Wetin be your take on di heated controversy wey dey generate by dis decision?
every human being get right to action and opinion
But di important thing na say wen you take your action, you suppose dey aware of di consequences
You suppose dey able to consider di advantages and disadvantages
I no be one of di pipo wey tok say e dey good or bad
As Nigerian, you get di right and liberty to live anywhere for di kontri in good faith and enjoy di freedom of association
On dis basis, I no go tok say e be good thing
But as leader for di North Central, I go tok say na good thing, especially for di North Central Zone, bikos of di potential economic benefit for us and di nation
Di ban na advantage for us
We need tap into am and see how we fit make am real venture and make moni from am
Luckily for us, we get landmass wey dey enough to accommodate di herders, no matter di number wey fit troop from South into North Central
Wetin be your position on open grazing?
I no be one of di propagators of open grazing
I believe more for ranching, wey I dey practice as individual
I believe say if we take to ranching, e go work out for us
Di North Central governors suppose accommodate di national programme on ranching
Dis move fit make di North Central a cattle hub wia pipo fit always get access to cattle and all di allied products
and then e dey be means of economic empowerment for di North Central pipo
We get di land, wey di southern state no get
Look for Kogi, Niger, Kwara and odas
We fit accommodate di herders and ranching policy to awa advantage
Di challenge wey Fulani herders pose no becos dem no wan adopt ranching
Di problem na say dem no dey educate dem on dia advantages
Dem get nomadic culture
As a result, dem suppose dey well educated to embrace ranching
We fit also adopt di Kenya method, wia nearly all di families get ranches and you no see open grazing despite di large number of di cattle wey dem get
But na wetin di southern governors dey make case for?
Di governors no dey categorical for dis regard
Dem no call dem for ranching and for di federal goment to kom in
Wetin dem dey tok na say di herders don become problem to us and make we go away
Dem tok say di herders suppose apply for land wit claim say herding na private business
But dem don tell dia indigenes say make dem apply for land like di herders?
As one of those wey dey involve for youth empowerment programme, especially for di agricultural sector and its value chains, why some goment policy fail to realise dia objectives and wetin dey di way out?
Firstly, no administration wey don fit touch di lives of individuals like President Muhammadu Buhari administration wia you fit conveniently sit for your house and apply for facilities and you get dem
Na di target credit facility wey dey known as COVID-19 loan
Many Nigerians don get di loan for hundreds of thousands of naira from di comfort of dia house without even go office
Also, wit SMEs wey dey expand like di Bank of Industry (BOI), Bank of Agriculture (BOA) and odas
Di challenge na say we get two sides of those wey go believe in you and those wey go criticise you
So, for pipo wey no believe for Buhari administration, nothing dey beneficial
But for us wey believe for Buhari, we dey benefit and we thank God for am
Kidnappers kill driver, abduct 13 for Nasarawa
Kidnappers don shot dead one driver, Adamu Usman, and dem abduct 13 passengers near Shafa-Abakpa -Umaisha road for Toto Local Goment Council of Nasarawa State.
Daily Trust learn say di deceased wey dem shot three times on hin abdomen die for about 9pm for di University of Abuja Teaching Hospital for Gwagwalada wia hin and one oda driver, Attahiru Abukwo, wey dem shot, dey receive treatment
One driver wey narrowly escaped di attack, Ibrahim Saidu, tok say di incident apun around 5pm on Tuesday wen di kidnappers wey dey large number, wey dey wield AK-47 rifles, emerge from di bush to lay ambush for four vehicle wey dey Ugya village.
Accordin to am, di kidnappers lay ambush and open fire on di vehicle wey dey convey passengers from Ugya to Abaji
E tok say di kidnappers immediately surround di vehicle afta di driver lose control and skidded to a halt for di bush
Dem carry 13 passengers wey include middle-aged woman inside di bush for gunpoint
In fact, I dey drive behind di four vehicles wey dey front of me, but God save me wen I stop for one of di villages to pick a passenger
As I dey kom, I hear gunshots and immediately make a U-turn
Di Ohimegye of Opanda-Umaisha, His Royal Majesty (HRM), Usman Abdullahi, tok say some remnants of bandit inside forest wey dey along di axis don dey responsible for kidnapping of travellers, residents and farmers for di area.
E tok say some remnants of dis bandits dey still terrorise awa pipo along dis axis, so I dey appeal to di state goment make dem collaborate wit di federal goment make dem see how di bandits fit flushed out completely.
Wen we contact, di spokesman of di Nasarawa State police command, ASP Ramhan Nansel, tok say e no go brief am on top di latest kidnap incident, e add say e go reach out to di Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Toto Local goment to get details about am and go back to awa reporter.
Man wey dem arrest for allegedly dey drive against traffic for Lagos
Di Lagos State Police Command don confirm di arrest of one Victor Ebhomenyen for allegedly driving against traffic for Four Point Hotel, Oniru for Lagos State.
Ebhomenyen don allege say e don assault and cause severe bodily injuries on ASP Erhator Sunday for Four Point Hotel, Oniru, Lagos.
Dis dey contain for one statement wey di Lagos Police Command sign, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi sign.
Hin tok say di command dey consider am necessary to react and set di record straight regarding
Di incident wey dem captured for one video wey dey viral for social media on Saturday April 17.
E tok say two men attack ASP Erhator Sunday, an officer wey dey duty, and create scene for di road for Oniru, Victoria Island, Lagos State.
Adejobi tok say di prime suspect, Victor, dey police custody for di State Criminal Investigation Department Panti, for investigation and prosecution as and wen dem due.
E add say di command dey make effort to arrest hin fleeing accomplice, Etinosa
Gbajabiamila welcome Ayade's defection as PDP urge members make dem stay united
Di Speaker of di House of Representatives, Repi Femi Gbajabiamila, don express joy ova di defection of di Governor of Cross River State, Prof Ben Ayade, to di All Progressives Congress (APC), say di parti dey open to all.
Gbajabiamila for one statement on Thursday by hin Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Lanre Lasisi, tok say Ayade's action don show again say APC na di party wey go beat for di kontri.
Di Speaker tok say di Cross River State governor don take di right decision and show good example for odas to follow.
E tok say di ruling parti dey open to all, dey call on well-meaning Nigerians make dem join di APC to move di kontri forward
Di Speaker note say APC go continue to dey just and fair to all im members
Meanwhile, di Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), wen dem react to Ayade's defection, urge im members for Cross River State stay united
For one statement by di spokesman of di parti, Kola Ologbondiyan tok say, awa parti call on all critical stakeholders and teeming members of awa parti for Cross River State make dem immediately pull together and make dem ensure say all structure of awa parti for di state remain intact.
Di PDP dey wish Governor Ayade well for hin new political sojourn as well as for hin future endeavours
Passin of forensic Bill by National Assembly e relevance to Buhari's fight against corruption
Di National Assembly of di Federal Republic of Nigeria on Wednesday 19th
May 2021 for di House of Representatives and Tuesday 2nd
March 2021 for di Senate make history by pass into law, di Chartered Institute of Forensic and Investigative Professionals of Nigeria Bill, 2021 (SB615 and HB).
791), afta e dey read for di Third Time for both Chambers (SENATE and House of RePRESENTATIVE).
Dis act na clear demonstration of di National Assembly's patriotism and direct response, targeted at strengthening and re-invigorating national frontiers for di fight against fraud, corruption and cybercrimes, wey don eat deep inside di fabric of awa nation.
With di passage of dis Bill, di 9th Assembly under di distinguished and able leadership of His Excellency, Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, PhD,CON and Rt Hon Femi Gbajabiala don show clearly, im ardent resolve to carry out im legislative functions in line wit di provision of di Constitution of di Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, as amended.
And dis also attest to di fact say di National Assembly dey alive to di performance of im complementary role(s) wit oda arms of goment for di fight against corruption.
E dey wit great delight and deep sense of gratitude wey I write dis, wey don put together as platform for us to let Nigerians and indeed di whole world know wetin di Chartered Institute of Forensic and Investigative Professionals of Nigeria dey all about and di unique concept wey we dey bring on board in order to complement national efforts for hin quest to ride di kontri of corruption, fraud and Cyber-Crimes and oda crimes wey dey related.
Afta di passage of dis Bill by di Senate, and in view of di fact say we dey operate bi-cameral Legislature, di ever-ready and resilient House of Representatives, under di able leadership of His Excellency, Rt.
Femi Gbajabiamila, di Hon
Speaker follow suit and pass di Bill on Wednesday 19th May 2021
As u fit well know, di Bill to establish di Chartered Institute of Forensic and Investigative Professionals of Nigeria (CIFIPN) don be one of di most viciously attacked and antagonised bill for di National Assembly for recent times.
Sadly di attack kom from pipo wey suppose be partners for progress for di fight against endemic corruption for Nigeria, but dey rather designate dem as enemies of di general good.
Good na good e get no substitute so e dey bad
No matter how long e take, good dey prevail over bad just as di superiority of light over darkness dey constant and unquestionable
E dey important for us to get glimpse of how e all apun for di National Assembly
Interestingly, di Chartered Institute of Forensic and Investigative Professionals of Nigeria (Est) Bill 2021 (CIFIPN) first pass into law by di 9th Senate on di 2nd day of March, 2021 having undergone di rigour of legislative process of 1st Reading, 2nd Reading and eventual for its 3rd Reading on di 2nd March, 2021 di bill unanimously pass into law by di Nigeria Senate having deeply consider di urgent need for dis noble legislation, of course dis no be without series of thunderbolts from detractors wey no go stop for any length to see say any legislation wey go help assist Buhari-led administration to fight corruption no see di light of di day but di senate stand firm and see am through.
E dey important for di public to know say (CIFIPN) no be just noble bodi but novel one for Nigeria wey dey target at bridging di gap wey don dey long for di forensic space.
Today, di journey to get standard bodi wey go regulate di practice of forensics for Nigeria dey peak and Nigerians must rise to challenge di few anti-goment bodies wey wan sabotage dis step.
Di passage of dis Bill by di National Assembly, no doubt, na clear demonstration of im patriotic zeal and di need to further strengthen all national efforts wey dey geared towards di fight against corruption, wey don hinder development for evri aspect of awa national lives.
Dis legislative bold step, wey di two Chambers of di National Assembly take, dey quite historic and symbolic, kom for time wey Nigeria dey in dire need of legislation(s)
Dat go give more bite to im anti-corruption drive in view of di raising spate of criminal and corrupt practices, across di globe.
As we all know, crime generally don assume new dimension, bikos of advancement for science and technology for di 21st century
Di passage of dis Bill dey apt and timely and e don show clearly say we get flexible and responsive Legislature wey dey in tune and in touch wit emerging global realities and ever-ready to enact legislations wey go meet di yearnings and aspirations of Nigerians.
E dey apposite to also tok say di journey, wey culminated into di passage of dis Bill, began for di 8th National Assembly wia, awa Bill dey sponsor by Distinguished Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, PhD,CON, di current President of Senate wen e be Senate Leader, bikos of im strategic importance to di anti-corruption drive of dis administration.
For di benefit of hindsight, wen awa Bill dey introduced for di two Chambers for di 8th National Assembly, all-inclusive public hearings dey conduct by di relevant Committees of di respective Chambers.
Thereafter and in spite of opposition from stakeholders wey dey minority, led by di Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), di National Assembly pass di Bill, in view of im significance and di part e go play for di fight against corruption.
Afta, di Bill dey forward to Mr President for Presidential Assent, wey dem no give before di Dissolution of di 8th National Assembly for June 2019, 2019.
E dey on di strength of dis, say di Bill dey reintroduce for dis 9th National Assembly and dis time around, e dey sponsor by Distinguished Senator Abdullahi A Yahaya, di current Leader of di Senate, in view of di importance wey dey attached to am
We dey constrained to make dis clarification in order to clear di air on top di cheap propaganda wey awa detractors dey propelle say awa Bill dey reject by di 8th National Assembly.
Also worthy to mention na di fact say awa Bill don dey mistaken for similar Bills, wey dem recently introduced for both di Senate and di House of Representative Chambers.
Dis Bills, upon awa close scrutiny, we discover say dem na merely duplications of di intent and purport of awa Bill
E must dey stressed say none of dis Bills dey introduced for di 8th National Assembly, oda dan awa Bill
As such, we be di first to kom up wit Bill of dis magnitude,(Forensic)
having see di urgent need to establish such great Institute
Di decision to establish di Institute na afta a painstaking study of how di Institutes dey operate for oda jurisdictions and how well dem don help in crime detection, investigation and prosecution.
E dey instructive to note say awa Institute don dey existence since 2009.
And over di years, we don train professionals for di field of forensic science and technology, targeted at inculcating di requisite skills and acumen for di pragmatic areas of forensic investigation and management, to wit.
Forensic analysis to eliminate material misstatement, wey dey caused by error or fraud; voice recognition analysis; fingerprint/signature analysis; digital forensic and cybersecurity; crime scene investigation; global anti-corruption compliance and enforcement; litigation support, forensic investigation capacities, preparation of forensic report, fraud risk management, corporate fraud analysis, fraud prevention, detection and investigation, etc.
You go agree wit me say for today's world, di conventional way of investigating crimes, wit view to fight am don become obsolete
As such, for us as nation to do something meaningful for dis regard, e dey paramount say we align awasef wit di global trend and emergin innovations, wey dey target at fight corruption.
E dey in line wit dis reasoning say di idea of establishing dis Institute dey conceived wit well-structure laudable objectives wey dey relevant to di anti-corruption drive of dis administration
Time no go allow me highlight all di objectives of di Bill here
Howeva, I wan crave your indulgence to highlight few of di objectives of di Bill, for di purpose of dis address, as follows
To establish Chartered Institute of Forensic and Investigative Professionals for Nigeria in order to develop and train Professionals for dis specialized field,through systemic and professional examination and certification wey go enhance di acquisition of di requisite skills for di use of science and technology for fraud detection, investigation and prevention;
To provide platform for training and re-training of intending professionals for di usage of Forensic Science and technological tools and techniques for di investigation of frauds for both public and private sectors of awa economy, in line wit international best practices;
To promote high professional standards, ethics and etiquette amongst practitioners for di field, in a bid to stem fraudulent and corruption practices, and as well develop a mechanism for fraud prevention, as proactive measure against corruption generally;
To fill di existing huge vacuum for awa archaic and conventional system of investigation wit di introduction of unique operation of forensic science to help di kontri from expending im scarce foreign exchange to hire foreign expatriates to do forensic investigations for Nigeria;
To develop a broad-based mechanism and training programme wey cut across all di strata of awa investigation architecture, wey include professionals like Lawyers, Criminologists, Security Experts, Judicial Officers, Court Registrars, and Economists.
Dis go enhance effective and efficient disposition of case in line wit global best practices; and
To enhance Nigeria anti-fraud mechanisms,through di provision of legal framework for di professional development and discipline of forensic and investigative professionals for Nigeria, among odas.
From di foregoing, e dey apparent say di role of dis Institute dey quite strategic and important
E dey pertinent to reiterate say forensic science na wide and all-encompassing field, wey require effective and efficient regulation for di attainment and sustainability of high level professionalism and ethical standards.
Di broad spectrum of di scope and focal point of di Institute, include but no limited to forensic toxicology; forensic investigation; forensic auditing; digital forensics and cybercrimes, forensic autopsy; forensic accounting; forensic nursing; forensic pathology; forensic psychology; forensic DNA analysis; forensic anthropology; forensic linguistics; forensic linguistics; forensic linguistics; forensic linguistics; forensic linguistics; forensic linguistics; forensic linguistics; forensic linguistics; forensic linguistics; forensic linguistics; forensic linguistics; forensic linguistics; forensic linguistics; forensic linguistics; forensic linguistics; forensic linguistics; forensic linguistics; forensic linguistics; forensic linguistics; forensic
Accordingly, you go agree wit me say awa Institute dey bring on board, unique concept of crime detection and investigation in conformity wit international best practices.
Dis concept dey far beyond di reasoning of those wey myopic view about di purports of awa Bill don cloud dia sense of reasoning, bikos of narrow-mindedness and inordinate desire to monopolise a system, wey dey outside dia jurisdiction and scope of operations.
On one lighter note, I wish to draw di attention of evriwia to di funny scenario wey dey play out now, and as a matter of fact, e suppose be source of concern for all well-meaning Nigerians.
Wen di Chartered Institute of Forensic and Investigative Professionals of Nigeria Bill wey dem introduced for di 8th National Assembly, di Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), kom out vehemently to oppose im passage bikos according to dem, na unnecessary duplication of function wey dem don undertake by dia Institute.
Howeva, upon di re-introduction of awa Bill for dis 9th National Assembly, and having see di overwhelming and accelerated legislative supports, awa Bill don receive from di two Chambers, ICAN don now realize say forensic science na unique field of practice, and as we dey tok, dem don introduced similar Bill wey dey currently before di House of Representatives, having fail woefully for dia attempt to stop di passage of awa Bill.
One fit ask, wetin don change between now and di past, wia ICAN hold di view say e suppose no be any Institute wey dem go use regulate di practice of forensic science?
Your answer dey good as mine
I wish to also inform you say di Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN), no dey out of dis funny diatrical episode
just like dia ICAN counterpart, dem don also introduce Bill for di House of Representatives wit di nomenclature di Chartered Institute of Forensic and Certified Fraud Examiners of Nigeria Bill, wey dem initiate and dey promote by ANAN.
I decide to bring out all dis facts so Nigerians and even di international community go understand di extent to which some pipo fit go in order to achieve dia aim.
Howeva, we no dey perturbed by dis developments bikos we believe in di credibility and ability of di National Assembly and indeed di Presidency make dem do wetin dey right and make dem no allow dem manipulate dem for any way, by dis unnecessary distractions, so as we no go make a mockery of di whole thing.
Di known practical and antagonist of dis Bill don remain ICAN for reason wey now dey obvious
Dem engage plenti bystanders to write frivolous petitions some even targeted for di leadership of di Senate wit tone of blackmail
Having failed woefully for senate, di antagonists shift dia attention to di House of Representatives wit di same bystanders wey dey write all manner of publication.
Yet again, dem fail
Ordinarily by legislative procedure, a bill wey dem don pass by di Senate go only require concurrence by di House safe for wia dem dey observe.
But for di case of di CIFIPN Bill, di antagonist fight di passage of di bill until truth prevail and on 19th May 2021 di Bill for di establishment of di Chartered Institute of Forensic and Investigative Professionals of Nigeria for Effective Regulation, Registration of Members and Determination of wetin Standard Knowledge and Skills to dey Attain by Persons wey dey seeking to become Registered Members and Qualify to Practice as Forensic and Investigative Professionals; and for Related Matters (HB 791) pass into law by di House of Representative.
ICAN don register im Bill for di House of Representatives titled (REPEALING AND RE-ENACTMENT of ICAN ACT).
Dis ICAN new Bill get plenti provision for practice of forensic, and also say dem go establish Forensic University for Nigeria and without which nobodi fit practice forensic for Nigeria, and violation of dis section go lead dis person to some years imprisonment.
Dis sound so strange for a kontri wey get plenti enlightened pipo
My joy be say Nigeria no be Banana Republic
no matter di level of corruption wey dey
We don dey challenge di passage of di bill by di House of Representatives
E suppose note say, awa challenge di bill no dey out of malice or ill will, but bikos we dey certain say di purpose of dis bill na to halt presidential assent under di guise of existence of similar legislation.
We no go allow awasef and Nigerians to deceive by dia antics
You go recall how ICAN vehemently oppose dis enactment of CIFIPN and for one of its sponsored publications by di Association of professional Bodies of Nigeria led by Engr(Chief)
Olumuyiwa Alade for di 24th May, 2019 make frantic effort to tok say ICAN under im enabling laws dey empowered to practice Forensics and therefore for CIFIPN Bill to dey pass e go amount to duplication of laws, today ICAN dey present im ACT to dey repealed and re-enact wit di inclusion of Forensics for di new law.
Di question na, wetin don change?
Di same law wey ICAN don always tell di public say e get forensics dey seeking for im re-enactment
As always, while we no dey oppose any group wey dey propose di inclusion of forensics for im law, we dey however concerned say a bodi suppose no try to perpetuate amself
ICAN and im cohort don realise dia inability to stop di passage of CIFIPN
So dem wan get bodi wey dey inside eself
Wetin dey scared of na checks and balances, dem no go want anoda professional bodi to investigate dia activities bikos dem know wetin dem dey do to di economy of dis nation
How dem fit be judge for dia own case?
Dis sound so strange
On dis note, we dey call on di National Assembly make dem beware of di antics of dis groups, dem no fit speak from both sides of dia mouth and make dem expect di National Assembly to dey cajoled
We wan again appreciate di doggedness of di 9th Assembly in ensuring say di Bill dey pass, di Nigeria pipo dey more dan ever before convinced of di readiness of dis administration to combat corruption through evri possible means and e go at all times encourage legislation wey dey aim at achieving dis goal.
We dey confident say hin Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari no go hesitate to assent to dis Bill as soon as e dey go hin desk
We dey call on all Nigerians make dem kom kom and be part of di Forensics Profession
Di profession dey open for all professionals wey dey different field of endeavours
Na trainin arm of di institute wey go studyously guide you and equip you
I wish to thank you all and to also reiterate awa resolve and commitment to upholding ethic standards in line wit global best practices, in rendering awa professional services and trainings wey go bring about innovative way of fight corruption and financial crimes, generally.
I wish to appeal to all stakeholders and well-meaning Nigerians make dem support dis noble course and make dem implore us all make frantic effort so dat collectively, we fit surmount di menace of corruption, di plethora of security challenges, across di kontri and oda crises.
Dr (Mrs) Enape Victoria Ayishetu, PhD, Pro-tem President, (CIFIPN)
Air Peace conduct test flights wit new E195-E2 Aircraft
Air Peace don start test flights for im two brand new Embraer 195-E2 aircraft for preparation for deployment into service
Daily Trust report say di two aircraft na di first set of di 13 brand new 195-E2 aircraft wey di airline acquire to deepen im route expansion.
One spokesperson for di airline, Stanley Olisa, tell newsmen on Friday say one of di aircraft dey empty from Lagos to Owerri, Abuja, and Port Harcourt for familiarisation on Thursday.
Olisa hint say test flights to oda destinations go continue, adding say for no time, di plane go start scheduled flights, offering superior travel experience to customers.
E tok say e don disclose am
Di third brand new E195-E2 aircraft go kom for very soon, tok say di airline fleet expansion dey driven by di commitment to satisfy di air travel needs of Nigerians.
Di operation of test flights by newly acquired aircraft na regulatory requirement wey must meet before di aircraft dey deploy for regular scheduled operations.
E go dey recall say Air Peace take delivery of di two brand new ultramodern 124 seat capacity Embraer 195-E2 aircraft for January and March dis year, wit 11 more wey dey slated for delivery.
Tela Maize harvest show potential for 8 ton per hectare
Last Tuesday, di Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, invited relevant stakeholders, including journalists, to witness third harvest of Tela Maize variety Confined Field Trials (CFT) under im Tela Maize Research Project wey di Africa Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) fund.
Di maize variety derived its name TELA from di Latin word TUTELA wey mean protection
Di maize variety dey bred wit protection against insect pests and draught
Di Principal Investigator, Professor Rabiu Adamu and oda scientists wey conduct journalists round di harvest, tok say di idea of di research work na to produce maize varieties wey dey resistance or wey dey highly protected against two major insect pests stalk (stem) borers and Fall Army Worm and additional protection against moderate draught.
Dis na all about producing crops wey dey high yielding under stressed conditions; di stresses na Fall Army Warm and stem borers, wey be major constraints to maize production.
If no kontrol, e fit cause up to 80 percent yield lost; and draught if you no manage moisture (rain) deficit very well, you fit no get any yield
We don do dis trial for di third time
We do di first trial under dry season for March, and for di rain season, we conduct anoda one from June to November
Dis na di third trial from November to April
So, for essence, dis na wetin we dey try showcase, di Principal researcher tok
wit di three CFT trials wey dey successful, researchers go need test and validate dem from di farmers field to show say wetin dem record from dia own research station equally perform well for di farmers fields on wide range of locations over wide ecological condition, beginnin from 2021 rainy season.
By di end of 2022, if all things work fine, Nigeria farmers go expect dis hybrids to dey wit dem
Dr Muhyideen Ayekunle, wey be maize breeder under di project, tok say from di last two trials wey dem conduct, di transgenic variety record yield advantage of 17 percent over non- BT despite heavy infestation.
Di varieties wey dey under trial dey infested three times unlike di previous ones to virtually look at di efficacy of di BT gene for di maize product.
With di outkom, researchers tok say di yield go dey increase above 17 per cent
So afta, we go analyze di data and make we prepare document wey go get approval for environmental release.
We go submit di dossiers to di National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) and dem go review am.
Once we get approval say dis product, we fit kom out of di confinement
and then we fit get national performing trial
Di Director General/CEO of di National Biotechnology Development Agency (NBDA), Professor Abdullahi Mustapha, for di event, call on di scientists make dem continue to search for abiotic and biotic solutions to di challenges wey farmers dey face for di kontri.
We don test technology wey dey capable to provide solution to problems wey farmers face, make we take advantage of am and move forward
Dr Rose Maxwell Gidado, di Country Coordinator OFAB Nigeria, tok say di impact go be plenti
Farmers go get yield increase of 17 percent and you know say farming na all about productivity and harvestable yield
Once you get yield, of cause you go get bumper harvest and profit
She tok say by di time dis maize varieties dey ready to get to di farmers, e go increase dia livelihood, moni and then di price of maize go kom down
Manchester United fight back for win for Aston Villa
Manchester United fight back to beat Aston Villa 3-1 away for di Premier League on Sunday as Bruno Fernandes, Mason Greenwood and Edinson Cavani score for di second half to put on hold di title celebrations of champion-elect Manchester City.
Di result leave United second on 70 points from 34 games, 10 behind City wey don play game more and dem miss chance to secure di title for Saturday afta dem suffer 2-1 home defeat by Chelsea.
Bertrand Traore fire Villa ahead for di 24th minute wit brilliant strike into di top corner from 15 metres afta some sloppy defending by di visitors, wey give di ball away several times deep for dia own half.
Fernandes equalise wit 52nd minute penalty, sending Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez di wrong way wit a coolly taken spot-kick afta one series of clumsy challenge by Douglas Luiz send Paul Pogba tumbling over.
Greenwood turn di match on its head four minutes later wit a neat shot on di turn from inside di penalty area afta hin shook off Villa centre back Tyrone Mings
Substitute Edinson Cavani seal United's victory wit a glancing 87th minute header
Afta Daily Trust story, NCC ban sale, use of mobile phone boosters
Di Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) don ban di sale and use of GSM network boosters (for mobile connectivity) especially by banks, residents, goment agencies, among odas to improve telecommunications services.
Di Commission give di 14-day Pre-Enforcement Notice on Tuesday, wey di Director Public affairs, Ikechukwu Adinde sign.
E tok say di warning dey effective from Tuesday and on top di deadline, NCC tok say e go begin enforcement actions against defaulters.
Dis dey kom less dan one month afta Daily Trust on April 24, 2021 report say business owners for Sabon Gari market for Kano and oda business areas tok say dem buy boosters to improve di reception of di poor telecommunication network for dia area.
Some of di traders tok say di reception dey poor as di telecommunications service providers no do much to improve services inspite of di gains wey dem make from such place
According to dem, more traders and dia customers dey engage for digital and online financial transaction (data-based cashless services) and oda telecommunication-based services while dey face poor call/data services.
NCC for di notice tok say, di sale, installation and usage of GSM boosters dey illegal
For di notice, NCC tok say e only dey exercising im mandate of ensuring di protection of consumers, ensuring good quality of service and maintenance of technical standards of communication equipment, and in accordance wit di provisions of Section 131 (1) of di Nigerian Communications Act (NCA) 2003.
Dis act fit lead to monetary sanction and/or imprisonment, or both (fine & imprisonment) as well as di confiscation of any equipment wey dey use for di illegal enhancement of network coverage.
LG polls: protests ova imposition of APC candidates
Some members of di All Progressives Congress (APC) for Ogun State don stage protest against di parti's adoption of consensus candidature for some local goment area ahead of di July 24, local goment election for di state.
Di top echelon of di parti don announce say di parti go adopt consensus candidates for some local goment area while direct or indirect primary polls go dey conduct for di emergence of candidates for some.
Di protesters wey storm di secretariat of di Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Ogun State, accuse some leaders of di APC for Abeokuta South LGA say make dem impose chairmanship candidate on dem
Dem dey carry placards wit different inscriptions like we say no to money bag
For Abeokuta South and
Make Party Members Pick Who dey want, and say dia preferred aspirant na Farouk Akintunde
One of di parti leaders wey lead di protest, Balogun Ololade, urge Gov Dapo Abiodun make dem intervene for di mata to save democracy from jeopardy.
Between DSS and regional separatists
Repeated warnings by di DSS to persons and groups wey dey utterances and activities persistently constitute provocative disruptions of di ethno-religious environment and threaten harmonious co-existence of di majority common folks of dis kontri, dey start to sound monotonous and unconvincing until guilty conscience force di prime suspects out of dia deceptive demeanour.
Lingering questions about who or which persons and groups di security agency dey refer to dey promptly vapourized for di heated rhetorical outbursts of di nation's prominent geo-ethnic agitators.
Afenifere, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Northern Elders Forum (NEF)and Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF).
E don dawn on all di persons and groups wey don continue to dey inciting, unguarded and divisive statements, and act to pit citizens against one anoda in order to apparently inflame di embers of tribal and religious discord, as di DSS tok for one of its warnings.
Interestingly, none of dis prime suspects for di exploitation of some fault lines to cause ethno-religious violence for some part of di kontri fit categorically distance amself from di treacherous and subversive activities wey di security agency dey detect.
Dem choruse common conviction say di DSS know those wey dey responsible, dey different only for di direction of dia accusing finger
As Afenifere tok say dis pipo know di pipo wey dey responsible for dis acts but dem no fit touch dem bikos of dia connection, PANDEV rehash im grouse about plenti pipo wey dey feel alienated and ACF feign ignorance, ask who be di pipo?
As di DSS know dem and dia satanic mission, dem suppose dey proactive in dealing wit dem
Di NEF sound unconvinced wit if pipo dey push di kontri into deeper crises and dem dey know; dem suppose treat dem according to di law.
You no need be spook to know wetin di DSS know about each and all of dis flag bearers of geo-ethnic politics for Nigeria or to understand why dem all know say DSS know dem yet dem insist on passing di buck outside dia cliques.
Di truth na say dis champions of ethnic politics know no beta solution to Nigeria's myriad problems than for dia sectional enclaves and chiefs to lord am over di rest of di kontri as rulers, not leaders.
So desperate and unscrupulous dey dem in pursuing dia inordinate ambitions wey dey absurdly and frequently agitate for break-up of Nigeria
Ambition-powered mind games intoxicate dia geographical consciousness to reduce all e take to excise di territorial contours of dia enclaves wit di frenzied ease of cutting dia portion of di remaining crumbs of di national cake.
Simply put, breaking up or out of Nigeria as ultimate political panacea or consolatory opportunity to achieve inordinate ambitions of persons or groups wey dey restlessly undermining aspirations of majority wa-zo-bia Nigerian commoners for enduring peaceful coexistence, na e dey easier to do.
Dis regional groups dey constitute major hindrances to di steady attainment of unity and peaceful coexistence wey Nigeria don dey labouring for since flag independence.
For as long as dem continue to dey parade di politikal terrain as ethnic champions, for so long go dem regard Nigeria as entitlement for dia ethnic stake for di population, to dey claim or seize and if all else fail, deconstructed and disowned as failed state.
Wenever dem meet, di agenda no dey for Nigeria progress and development, unless im leadership dey firmly in dia grasp, odawise e dey all about heckling and jostling around wit barely concealed determination to deploy di notorious Nigerian Phd, pull-him-down syndrome against di incumbent non-indigene President.
Whether e be ACF, Afenifere, Ohanaeze, PANDEV or Northern Elders Forum, dia existence and activities go always dey antithetical to Nigeria's quest for unity, peace and development.
One undeniable indictment of dis regional separatists na say dem dey all self-styled political pressure groups wey dey masquerading as representatives of different ethnic groups.
From dia membership, e dey plain to see say dem be ex-this
Ironically, dis political deficiency give dem impetus to kom together, desperate to remain relevant for democratic system wey dey run entirely by elected representatives through registered political parties wit legislative and executive institutions wey constitutionally establish to dispense good governance and dividends of democracy.
Di geo-ethnic groups only get nasty nuisance value for awa democratic setting as dem persist in act of mischief, sabotage, blackmail and subversion, all brazenly intended make Nigeria ungovernable as dem dey often threaten and attempt, so dat, perchance, dem fit regain political relevance if dem no control.
Na why dia frequent clandestine meetings trigger security alerts
wit such predator-politicians wey dey lurk around di perimeters of power wit dubious intent to undermine an elected goment just bikos dem no dey involved, e dey beyond reasonable doubt say e must be convergence of interest wey dey link dia overt activities and di covert criminalities of kidnappers, insurgents, armed robbers, bandits and allied terrorists, wey dey combined to make Nigeria ungovernable.
Double jeopardy aptly describe di predicament of Buhari administration wey dey contend wit such array of formidable foes wey dey unleashing incessant assaults on national security for a time of unprecedented economic adversity.
To dat extent, dem fit only get two groups of politicians wey dey positively participate for di democratic dispensation as partners for moving di nation forward against all odds and those wey dey negatively engaged in sowing seeds of discord and disorder to destabilize di kontri.
By dia utterances and activities, we all know dem
For di end of di day, di majority of Nigerians na ordinary citizens wey no dey depend on di geography of dia origin.
Di daily struggle to eke a living dey sustained by submission to di will of One God irrespective of differences of faith
Nigeria na dia destined fatherland to which dem dey remain loyal, law abiding and prayerful, knowing say dem no get oda kontri to call dias, collectively show how citizenship breed true patriotism
Dem too know say Afenifere, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Northern Elders Forum (NEF) and Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) dey resort to incitin, unguarded and divisive statements and activities to pit citizens against one anoda in order to inflame di embers of tribal and religious discord for di political ambition of dia leaders.
E be say di poor man's prayer dey remain
GOD dey,
Nigeria go better
Manzo Reuben na youth leader for Lokoja
10 killed as terrorists attempt to attack army formation
Troops of di Nigerian Army, on Saturday, neutralise not less dan 10 members of Boko Haram terrorists wey attempt to launch attack on troops of Operation Hadin Kai for Rann, di headquarters of Kala Balge Local Goment Area of Borno State.
Dis dey kom barely 24 hours afta di newly appointed Chief of Army Staff, Maj-Gen.
Farouk Yahaya, wey be leadership of di Nigerian Army, assumed leadership of di Nigerian Army
Di spokesman of di Nigerian Army, Brig.-Gen
Mohammed Yerima, for one statement wey dem make available, explain say di terrorists, wey kom for dia numbers, mount on gun truck and dey try infiltrate di main entrance to di town.
Yerima tok say, di highly spirited troops dey right on hand to counter di move and inflict a humiliating defeat on di terrorists wey abandon dia evil mission and take to dia heels.
Di troops chase di terrorist and ensure say e no get further threat to di town and its residents
Troops successfully destroy one of di gun truck and recover multiple weapons wey include one anti-aircraft gun, two machine gun and eight AK-47 rifles wey neutralise ten terrorists for di process.
Daily Trust report say di Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Lucky Irabor, don charge di new COAS to ensure e build on late Attahiru's legacy by defeating enemies wey dey terrorise di Northeast and oda regions of di kontri.
Second U.S congresswoman don test positive for COVID-19 afta Capitol unrest
Pramila Jayapal, wey be member of di U.S House of Representatives, tok say she contract di Coronavirus (COVID-19) afta she dey locked down for di same room wit a number of Republican lawmakers wey refused to wear masks for di unrest for di Capitol last week.
I just receive positive COVID-19 test result afta I dey locked down for secure room for di Capitol wia plenti Republicans no only cruelly refused to wear mask but recklessly mocked colleagues and staff wey offer am one
E later on Monday, U.S Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman tok say she also contract COVID-19 afta possible exposure for di lockdown for di Capitol on Jan 6.
Jayapal, wey be member of di Democratic parti, accuse di Republican lawmakers of causing COVID-19 superspreader event and call for punishment against dem.
Any member wey no wear mask suppose dey accountable for endangering awa lives bikos of dia selfish idiocy
She tok say e dey call for evri single member wey no wear mask for di Capitol make dem fine am and remove am from floor by di Sergeant for Arms.
E no dey clear if di two congresswomen dey di same room during di lockdown for di Capitol
Jayapal decry U.S President Donald Trump's failure to contain di COVID-19 pandemic for di U.S and promise to do evrithin for her power to remove am from office
Man, 30, arraigned over assault on woman for Edo
Di police don arraigne one Gabriel Fidelis, 30, before Ogbeson chief magistrates court for Benin for allegedly assaulting woman wey dem identify as Rebecca Izevbigie
Di accused dey arraigned on three count charge of conspiracy, unlawful assault and malicious damage wey dey punish under section, 516, 355, and 451 of di Criminal Code.
Di prosecutor, Sgt Kehinde Iyare, tell di court say di accused conspired wit odas at large to commit di offence on April 11, for Estate Quarters, along Benin-Agbor Road, Benin City.
She further tell di court say di accused, wit odas now at large, unlawfully assault one Rebecca Izevbigie by hitting and biting her
She add say di accused also use iron rod to break her leg
She further tell di court say on March 31, 2021 di defendant don intentionally and maliciously damage one of di complainants wash hand basins wey dem value for N8,000
Di accused, however, pleaded say hin no guilty to di charge wen hin counsel, Mrs E Idahosa, apply for hin bail, say hin no go jump bail
Thereafter, Chief Magistrate Mutairu Oare, grant di accused bail for di sum of N100,000 wit one surety
Hin tok say di surety must deposit two recent passport photographs of himself and dat of di defendant wit di court
E order say di Court registrar suppose verify di information wey dey supplied about di surety's residence and adjourn di case to May 10, for hearing.
How National Assembly no fit impeach Buhari Oyo Senator
Di Senator wey dey represent Oyo North Senatorial District, Fatai Buhari, don tok say di National Assembly no see reason to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari
Di senator wey tok am wen hin pay Sallah visit to former governor of Oyo State, Rashidi Ladoja, tok say process dey for impeaching a president
Senator Buhari's submission na day afta Senator Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf (APC Taraba) and chairman of senate committee on special duties tok say impeaching President Buhari no go end insecurity for di kontri
E don dey call for President Buhari resignation or impeachment afta di spate of insecurity for di kontri.
But Senator Buhari don tell pipo wey dey call for secession for di kontri say make dem no create problem wey no fit solve.
Imbeaching di president get process
Anybodi wey dey call for di impeachment of di president suppose give genuine reason wey warrant di impeachment
We no see reason to impeach di president
If need dey, then, we go table am, discuss am and di two house must kom together
Impeaching di president no be wetin someone go just wake up one day and call for
Na procedure dey for am
Why you wan cause problem and create confusion wey you no fit solve?
hin dey ask am
Speaking on di security challenges wey dey di kontri, di lawmaker tok say; We no get oda kontri pass Nigeria
Nigeria na awa kontri and awa home
We suppose try do internal security
We suppose play awa own part; we suppose no leave evritin to di goment alone
Dem suppose get local police wey go know di terrain
We know awasef no matter how e fit be
For di early 80s, we dey travel for night
But di level of insecurity for di kontri, something fundamental dey missing
E tok say di 9th National Assembly don discuss di security issue for over 50 times
We discuss di security issue over 30 times for di 8th Assembly, and dis present 9th Assembly don discuss am over 50 times
Make everybody dey vigilant, even if we change awa service chief many times, we no fit solve awa security challenges, di senator tok.
Ranchers back CBN forex restriction for dairy imports
Di Commercial Ranchers Association of Nigeria (CODARAN) don express support for di restriction wey dem place on access to foreign exchange for dairy products
Di Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) issue circular over a year ago on restricted companies wey dey seeking foreign exchange through di official window to import milk and dairy products.
But for one recent visit to di governor of di CBN, Godwin Emefiele, di Director-General of di World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, tok say di European Union (EU) don file complaint against Nigeria over di restriction.
For one statement by Dianabasi Akpainyang, di CODARAN note say Nigeria get di potential to harvest dairy products wey go provide jobs and create investment for local production of milk
Di CBN governor dey right
Nigeria get di potential to sustainably meet im dairy requirements
Akpainyang note say di milk wey dey available for collection and processing fit no be anywhere near di figure for di moment, but pointed out say since di likelihood dey, e dey necessary for evriwia to put dia feet on fire bikos of di urgency wey dem need to develop di local dairy sector.
As he dey cite report by di CBN say Nigeria spend about $1.5billion on importing dairy products annually, hin tok say di figure go increase as di demand for dairy products dey grow
E identify issues like poor productivity of local cattle breeds, cattle nutrition, animal disease management systems, lack of organised milk collection process, limited access to finance, insecurity, poor infrastructure, insufficient extension services, inadequate processing and storage facilities, low investment for research and development and minimal adoption of modern technology as di major problem wey dey di sector.
E tok say di problem dey tackled by di Advancing Local Dairy Development for Nigeria (ALDDN) programme, wey dey currently run for four state Adamawa, Kaduna, Kano and Plateau.
PDP kick as APC don register 2.5m for Lagos
E dey uproar afta di disclosure by di All Progressives Congress (APC) say e register 2.5 million members for Lagos for di nationwide registration and revalidation exercise.
Chairman of di APC Lagos Registration Supervisory Committee, Dr. Muhammad Bashiru, don tok for di closing and presentation of recommendation letter to di supervisors say about 2.5 million members dey register across di 20 local goment areas for di state.
But di Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) wey be di leading opposition parti, described di figure as false and fake
PDP tok say APC dey in di habit of concocting figures to give impression of acceptability
Di PDP spokesman, Taofik Gani, for chat wit Daily Trust tok say di APC be parti of liars, say e don become unpopular for di state.
Dis no be di first time wey dem go band figures around wey dey false
Even for di last election, di total number of votes by APC na around 600,000
E tok say di 2.5 million claim na fake and fake
Awa correspondent report say APC candidate Babajide Sanwo-Olu win di governorship election for 2019 wit 739,445 votes while President Muhammadu Buhari get 580,825 vote for di presidential election.
Di state chairman of National Conscience Party (NCP), Comrade Bayo Ogunleye, described di claim by di APC as di greatest lie of di century
But APC spokesman Seye Oladejo tell awa correspondent say di parti go prove im numerical strength for di forthcoming July 24 local goment election.
Geographical Indication go promote diversification of economy FG
Di Federal goment don stressed say Geographical Indications (GIs) go help in promoting diversification of di economy and also support participation for di African Continental Free Trade Area
Di Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, tok am for di capacity building workshop on GIs for public sector/policymakers for Nigeria for Abuja.
Nanono, wey dem represent by di Deputy Director of Irrigation and Crop development, Haija Sugra Mahmood, note say di initiative if properly harnessed, go also support di preservation of di kontri's biodiversity wey dey face existential threat from di effect of climate change and di attendant destruction of di environment.
Accordin to am, e fit assist in commercializing di products of food culture and oda aspect of culture thus enabling di value chain actors to benefit from di commercialization, especially women and youth for di rural space wey dey mainly involve for di production of dis products.
Di workshop dey crucial moment wen dis administration dey work tirelessly to diversify di kontri's economy away from Hydrocarbons, by promoting oda sectors like Agriculture, Manufacturing, Mining, Tourism etc.
Initiatives like dis wey dey promote di GIs go help fast track di process for di diversification of di economy and also support awa participation for di African Continental Free Trade Area as well as globally.
GIs fit dey catalytic for reviving di rural economy as we don see am for di case of some products wey dey properly branded like Ofada Rice, Kilishi, Dudu Osun, etc.
E go also enable di documentation of awa indigenous knowledge wey we don lose as time pass
Di current administration dey ready to partner wit all di relevant stakeholders both local and foreign for hin bid to preserve di natural and bio-cultural diversity endowment for di kontri and also exploit am to strengthen di resilience of di economy, so as to provide decent livelihood for all Nigerians.
E later, di Minister of State Industry, Trade and Investment, Haija Mariam Katagum, for her welcome address, tok say di workshop dey specifically designed to train Public Sector and Policy Makers for Nigeria, wit a view to examining di possibilities of adopting Geographical Indications (GIs) legislation and policy into Nigeria industrial property and agricultural landscape.
She tok say e dey important to highlight di coming into effect of di African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA), wey put responsibility on decision-makers, make dem begin di discourse of updating industrial property legislation.
Israeli president hold talks for search for new goment
Israel's President Reuven Rivlin dey preparing for talks wit top politicians on top how dem go form government afta caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fail to do so afta elections wey dey in March.
Accordin to Rivlins office, talks wit Naftali Bennett of di Yamina parti and di former opposition leader Yair Lapid of di Yesh Atid (Future) parti dey schedule for Wednesday morning.
Di head of state also invit representatives of di oda parties wey dey represent for parliament to present dia position on top di progress of di goment formation process.
One deadline for right-winger Netanyahu to form governing coalition expired overnight
Dis mean say di camp of Netanyahu's opponents dey face chance to end di 71 year old era as head of goment
Whether dem go succeed, however, dey still completely open
A new election no dey out of di question as Israel still dey in political crisis.
Natanyahu dey di head of interim goment for di time being
E don dey office kontinuously for 12 years and na di longest-serving head of goment for Israel history
A corruption trial dey underway against am, him, however, reject di accusations wey dem make for am
E dey expect say Rivlin fit appoint opposition leader Lapid to form di goment
Hin parti belongs to di political centre; for di end of March, e became di second-strongest force for di fourth parliamentary election for two years
Rivlin fit give di mandate to di Knesset
For dis case, each member of Parliament fit try find di support of 61 of di 120 members within 21 days.
Ganduje free 123 prison inmates for eid-el-Fitr
Gov Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano don grant freedom to 123 prison inmates wey dey across di state.
Ganduje, wey see di release of di inmates from Goron Dutse Prison on Thursday, tok say di gesture dey in di spirit of di Eid-El Fitr celebration.
E tok say di beneficiaries dey select based on di gravity of offences and sign of reformation wen dem dey in prison
Di governor tok say di decision to visit di prison na to show di inmates say di state goment dey aware of dia existence and say dem dey also regard dem as citizens of di state.
Ganduje tok say di gesture na to complement di Federal goment's efforts to further reduce congestion for di nation's prisons.
E advise di ex-inmates make dem change dia attitude to life and pray for peace and stability for Nigeria
Di governor also give each of di free inmates N5,000 as transport fare to dia different destination
Earlier, di Comptroller of Prisons for Kano, Suleiman Suleiman, thank di governor for freeing thousands of inmates since hin kom into office
Suleiman advise di freed inmates make dem stay off crime make dem no go back to prison.
Ganduje also visit remand homes and Kano children's house for di metropolis as part Sallah celebration.
Korda break through on Parma clay
On di eve of Roland Garros, 20-year-old American Sebastian Korda score career breakthrough wen hin beat Italian Marco Cecchinato, 6-2, 6-4, for Parma for a first title.
Korda, di son of former world
No 2 and Australian Open winner Petr Korda, don reach final for di ATP tour and before di Parma event, don neva win consecutive match for clay
Cecchinato, wey win all three of hin titles on clay, kom from Brescia, 90 kilometres from Parma
Di fans allow for di first time event wey dem support for di local boy
Today I play a really tough opponent and di crowd no dey easy. Korda tok
Dem dey cheer am on, but I dey really proud of myself
How I handle am
As hin father be Czech, Sebastian Korda, wey be born for Florida, choose to represent di US
Saturday's victory make am di first American player to win clay court tournament since Sam Querrey for Belgrade 11 years ago
Dis na something wey I don dream of, Korda tok, adding say hin don expect to win a title sooner, wey hin name event for Florida for January.
I really think say I go do am for Delray Beach, and I dey heartbroken
Wetin no to wear for public negating Nigeria's multiculturalism
By Bashir Ibrahim Hassan
As trouble dey brew for Kwara State recently, a solution to im kind dey considered for di lower House of di National Assembly for di capital territory Abuja?
Di trouble for Ilorin na ova di refusal of some Christian faith schools to allow dia Muslim students wear hijab to di school
Di solution to dis impasse na di debate on di Religious Discrimination (Prohibition, Prevention)
RDPP Bill, 2021, derisively tag Hijab Bill by a section of di Nigeria media.
Both events spark heated and often emotional debates wey, for di bottom of it all, threaten to negate Nigeria's multicultural identity and reality.
Di whole idea for Kwara of di proprietors of di school wey dey ban hijab-adorning Muslim students and dia sympathisers fit reduce to wetin dem no go wear for public
Dis na di major part of di concern of di RDPP Bill before di House of Representatives di humiliation and denial of opportunity
female Nigerians dey face wit bikos of wetin dem wear for public
Di former dey clearly in breach of di fundamental human right of di Muslim students to express dia faith witout discrimination; even though di school fit get dia defence to take such position.
Di latter dey try assert dis right no be only for Muslims but also Christians wey dey threatened wit discrimination based on dia professed faith.
Running through di argument of di proprietors of di Christian faith schools for Kwara, one fit easily understand di pragmatic appeal of di argument say Muslim children suppose go oda school elsewhere if dem no want to conform.
Di problem wey dey wit dis argument dey plenti
First, to say Muslim students suppose go elsewhere unless dem conform to di school rule on uniform no dey very little to promote inclusiviveness, wey be di bedrock of awa multicultural and multi-religious society.
Secondly, di position beg di moral question: na e justifiable to base school rule bikos of Christian majoritarian nature of di school?
Na, thirdly, di go elsewhere argument appear to ignore di difficulties wey dey change school for a pikin
Di inconvenience dey huge
Di act of change school for a child, educational psychologists go tell you, dey interfere negatively wit not only im emotional but academic development too
finally, di Christian faith schools by themselves risk wetin dem call ghettorization by concentrating student wit di same religious beliefs for particular schools.
Di social cost dis exacts on di society dey enormous
Di Commissioner for Education, Kemi Adeosun, tok, wen e dey tok to di press, say di goment dey convinced say e policy to allow willing Muslim schoolgirls to wear dia hijab for public schools go lead to sustainable peace and communal harmony wey dey anchored on mutual respect and understanding.
For a kontri wey guarantee freedom of religion, signed di declaration of International Human Rights, di basic question to ask na how e go justifiable to deny Nigerian child access to school of im choice on di basis of di manifestation of im religion?
E dey great concern bikos Nigeria be signatory to di Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR).
Di UDHR insist say all human beings dey free and equal, regardless of colour, creed or religion.
E get 30 article on rights and freedoms wey include, among odas, civil and political rights, like di right to life, free speech and privacy.
E also include economic, social and cultural rights, like di right to health and education
I find article 18 and 26 of UDHR very relevant to di issue under consideration and quote dem for full below
Article 18: Everyone get di freedom to think or believe wetin dem wan, including di right to religious belief.
We get di right to change awa beliefs or religion for any time, and di right to publicly or privately practise awa chosen religion, alone or wit odas
E get di right to education
Primary schooling suppose dey free
We suppose all dey able to continue awa studies as far as we wish
For school we suppose help develop awa talents, and dey teach understanding and respect for evriwia's human right.
We suppose teach us to get on wit odas wey dia ethnicity, religion, or kontri wey dem kom from
our parents get di right to choose wetin kind of school we go go.
Dis type of law na di instrument wey give Muslim ladies like Ilhan Omar di equality to sit for di House of Representatives for di US wearing her Hijab witout any form of molestation or discrimination.
Ilhan Abdullahi Omar na American politician wey dey serve as di U.S Representative for Minnesota's 5th congressional district since 2019.
E be bill wey di Deputy Chairman of di House of Representatives Committee on Finance and member wey dey represent Bida/Gbako/Katcha Federal constituency of Niger State, Hon.
Saidu Musa Abdullahi
Di bill dey seeking to address discriminatory conduct and prohibit religious discrimination concerning hiring or recruitment, terms and condition of employment.
E go prohibit qualifying/professional bodies, educational institutions, employment agencies, and oda sectors from discriminating against persons, students or personnel based on dia religious belief or im manifestation.
Wen dem pass, di law go bury issues like wetin we see for Kwara for good
E go also address di bigotry of some employers, or those executives wey take dia prejudice to public office and allow am to becloud dia sense of judgment
Di law suppose be welcome development
Afta all, na only to expand and expatiate di provisions of Nigeria constitution and di UDHR document wey dem explain above
E dey line wit similar law wey dem pass recently for di kontri seeking to tackle social menace and harmful cultural practice di Disability Law and di Violence Against Persons Prohibition (VAPP).
As disability dey seek to eradicate all forms of discrimination wey dey base on person disability, VAPP dey address domestic and oda gender-based violence for di kontri.
One for one time, awa representatives for di legislative chamber dey tackle di social menaces wey dey bedevil awa kontri through legal instrument
Dem dey address dis social ills no bikos dem no get prior generic laws wey cover dem but bikos dem need address dem more comprehensively to leave room for opacity.
As UDHR fit look like far, distant document wit no instrument of enforcement, di RDPP Law and odas like e dey provide to allocate punishments for offenders.
For di view of im critics, as far as di RDPP Bill dey concerned, nothing to show attempts to seeking di enthronement of state religion for any state wey fit domesticate di law eventually.
E no go against Section 10 of di Nigerian constitution wey tok say di goment of di Federation or of a State no go adopt any religion as State religion.
To peddle dis argument, bikos di bill call on di general public make dem respect di rights of Muslim women wey dey wear Hijab for public spaces smack of Islamophobia only.
For di final analysis, to deny Nigeria male or female hin or her religious freedom negate awa multicultural pretenses
E negate di concept of equality, and basic human right wey dey enshrined for Nigeria constitution and di Universal Declaration of Human Rights legal document.
A bill wey go criminalize such decimations based on religious grounds, like di RDPP bill, na welcome development.
Bashir write from Abuja
Niger President Issoufou win N1.905bn African leadership prize
Na Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou don announce di 2020 winner of di $5m (N1.905 billion)
Ibrahim prize for African leadership
Issoufou don serve two five year term as president from 2011 to 2020
E dey set to be succeeded by former interior minister, Mohamed Bazoum, wey win di presidential election last month
Di prize committee praised di Nigerien president's leadership afta inheriting one of di world poorest economies
E tok say hin foster economic growth, show unwavering commitment to regional stability and to di constitution, and champion African democracy
Mr Issoufou na di sixth recipient of di Ibrahim Prize
E don tweet say di prize honour all Nigerien pipo
I consider dis award encouragement to continue to think and act in such way wey promote democratic values and good governance, no only for Niger, but for Africa and around di world.
Recent winners of di prize include Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia (2017), President Hifikepunye Pohamba of Namibia (2014), President Pedro Pires of Cabo Verde (2011), President Festus Mogae of Botswana (2008) and President Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique (2007)
KEDCO get taskforce to enforce collection, check meter bypass
Di management of Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) don form taskforce to enforce payment of electricity bills
For one statement by Ibrahim Sani Shawai, di Head of Corporate Communications, KEDCO, di taskforce don empower to ensure say current and outstanding bills dey collect as dis go help KEDCO consolidate on di numerous reforms to improve power supply.
Di taskforce dey also check issues of meter bypass, illegal connection, energy dift and oda form of sabotage
For dis regard, anybodi wey dey engage in any form of sabotage go dey deal wit in accordance wit di law of di land, e tok.
We dey appeal to all customers make dem remain vigilant on all awa installations while dey ensuring say dia meters dey properly protected against vandals.
We also assure all awa customers say awa metering initiative wey dey aim to end estimated billing and give customers di opportunity to pay for wetin dem dey consume still dey ongoing, di statement tok.
IEDC warn traders wey dey under power line
Di Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) don warn against trading under high tension wire to avoid disasters.
Chief Operating Officer (COO), Engr John Ayodele, give di charge against di backdrop of di increasing trading activities under high tension wire
For Osogbo, di Osun State capital, mechanic shops, block industry, car wash shops, POS shops and petty trading dey common feature wey dem see under high tension wire along Power Line and Ring road.
Engr Ayodele, therefore, tell residents say make dem take safety precautions as very important and advise di pipo wey dey trade under high tension to move away to safe areas.
E also tell residents say make dem no engage quacks to fix power faults and e assure say IBEDC technical crew go dey available to rectify any fault wey fit arise.
E warn pipo wey dey harass IBEDC staff as dem dey go about dia lawful duties to desist, say IBEDC go explore all available legal options to seek redress should any of im staff become victim of harassment.
E tok say, e dey important say oda safety precautions like proper supervision of children dey ensure to prevent electrical accidents.
10 newborn babies die for Indian hospital fire
Na ten newborn babies die on Saturday for fire for one state-run hospital for western India, officials tok.
Na 17 infants dey di unit for sick newborn babies wen di fire break out for di early hours of Saturday for di Bhandara District General Hospital for Maharashtra state.
seven infants die bikos of smoke suffocation, and three from burn injuries, Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope tell reporters.
seven pipo dem rescue by di nurses and ward staff
All di infants dey aged between few days and three months, Bhandara district health official Prashant Uike tok.
Di goment don order probe into di incident and safety audit of all neo-natal care units for di state.
Initial report don indicate say di fire fit dey caused by short circuit for one of di incubators, tope tok.
Di staff tok say di ward quickly fill wit lots of black smoke, di minister add
Toge add say legal requirements for post-mortem don dey waived and di bodi of di pikin don hand to dia families.
Dem go give families of di victims compensation of 500,000 rupees (about 6,814 dollars) each
Police go afta newspaper vendors over report on IPOB
Newspaper vendors and readers for Aba, di commercial hub of Abia State, dey currently harassed by di police
Daily Trust gather since di weekend, policemen from Aba Area Command don dey carry out arrest of newspaper vendors and readers ova report on di Indigenous pipo of Biafra (IPOB).
Residents tok say tension dey for Ama-Ogbonna Junction for di commercial city wen police raid di place on Sunday
One eyewitness tok say residents scampered for safety, as police officer shot sporadically, wen dem dey try arrest newspaper vendor and readers
Di vendors accuse di vendors of distributing newspapers wey get stories on top di sit-at-home order by di Indigenous pipo of Biafra (IPOB).
Dr Elendu Ukoh, one of di eyewitness, appeal to di state goment and Igbo leaders make dem call di police authorities rein in on dia men so dem no go create crisis for di city.
Di kind pipo wey we put into police dis days make me wonder if we really wan anything good out of dis kontri wey dey call Nigeria
How someone fit dey chase newspaper vendors around for Aba, for dis modern world?
If you stop pipo from reading hard copies of newspapers, go you also stop dem from reading di same stories on Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Telegram, among odas?
Wetin manner of primitive policing na dis?
Dem caus panic on Sunday by dia shootin and noisemaking
Di whole neighborhood think say dem dey chase kidnappers
Na later we discover say police kom arrest vendor and readers, wey dey gather for hin newspaper stand
How police fit fight newspaper vendors?
Wetin manner of problem fit paper cause say Social Media no fit cause 20 times over
Hin tok say dis pipo no dey normal
Michael Anorue wey be anoda resident, tok say almost all di vendor stand wey hin visit for Aba
For Tuesday dem dey empty
He tok say, we learn say dem dey tok on Saturday and Sunday say di newspapers get stories on di sit-at-home order for honour of Biafran heroes and my question na wetin dey wrong wit am?
Di early political leaders for South East, remind dis reckless police officers say Biafra dey big pass IPOB di beta for dem
Di proscription of IPOB mean say Biafra don dey proscribed too?
We be Biafrans
On di 30th of May, di World Igbo Congress (WIC) hold a zoom conversation, tok about Biafran fallen heroes
Why police no go to YouTube, Zoom and oda social media wey air am?
All dey do na to kom to streets and start look for unnecessary trouble
I wish di leaders for Igboland go warn those reckless police officers say make dem no allow wetin dey apun for Imo State to enter Aba, bikos e go be worst for evriwia
SP Geoffrey Ogbonna, Abia State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), deny say di police arrest newspaper vendors and readers for Aba
NA kicks as air traffic controllers lament poor tool
Air Traffic Controllers (ATC) for Nigeria on Sunday cried out ova dilapidated navigational equipment for most airports for di kontri.
Di ATCs wey dey under di aegis of di National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA), tok say di situation pose threat to air safety
Dem also claim say di Kaduna International Airport no get control tower wey go aid safe aircraft navigation
Di President of NATCA, Yomi Agoro, for one chat wit newsmen for di weekend, tok say wetin dey for Kaduna airport na watch room wey oda aviation personnel use and no be control tower wey dey exclusive for air traffic controllers.
E also tok say oda airports for di kontri no get di necessary equipment for seamless navigation
E explain say some airport no get functioning equipment
Even Kaduna no get control tower
Wetin dem dey use na watch room (for firefighters), wey no dey build for dat purpose, and we don call on di goment make dem do something
We go Sokoto, once e rain today, controllers go look for umbrellas wey go sit for di control tower, and wetin be dat, some of di control towers wey dey attached to di terminal buildings dey ceded to FAAN, while those wey dey stand alone dey wit NAMA, but we don approach di two organisations.
We still dey battle wit terrestrial radio frequency, communication here and there
Calabar dey there; no airport you go go today say you go say things dey work 80 per cent
Na NAMA don recently employ and train 40 new controllers, but NATCA tok say di number dey too low to meet di shortfall.
Howeva, di Managing Director of di Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Capt Fola Akinkuotu, tell Daily Trust say di claim no dey true
E tok say di federal goment don invest hugely in improving navigational aids and aiding safe flight operations.
E tok say e be mere politics
Di goment don spend plenti for di recent past to improve aviation infrastructure
I dey tok dis no becos I be MD of NAMA
If you wan hear di truth, my suggestion don dey, ask di pipo for di street, ask di pipo for NAMA, dem go tell you, dem no get am so good under dis administration
E dey painful say pipo go dey tok dis way
We no get category three (CAT3), dis goment put two for place, two odas dey kom
Government don spend N1.7bn on top mobile control tower
E dey ongoing revitalisation of di safe tower
We dey revamping di TRACON (Total Radar Coverage of Nigeria) system.
Some sectors suppose dey jealous of us
E-commerce for Nigeria legal framework, challenge and prospect
E-commerce refer to di use of communications technology particularly di internet to buy, sell and market goods and services to customers
Di internet don bring about fundamental shift for national economies wey dey isolated from each oda by barriers to cross-border trade and investment, isolated by distance, time zone and languages and isolated by di national differences for goment regulations.
E-commerce equally fosters direct access to distant market and promote globalisation and commercial activities and blur plenti of di current distinctions between domestic and foreign companies to extent say e dey practically impossible to determine di origin of di products.
E-commerce no dey limit to di purchase of product, e include e-mail, and oda communications platforms, all information or services wey a company fit offer to customers over di net, from pre-purchase information to aftersale service and support.
Di major significance of E-commerce na di fact say e encourage single world trading system, wey dey facilitate by access through electronic means to goods and services from different parts of di world.
Most of di statues wey dey exist for Nigeria dey behind towards di development and growth of e-commerce in particular and ICT as a whole
So many legal research and studies on e-commerce for Nigeria don dey conduct
Most of dis studies dey of di opinion say di Nigerian legal system lags behind ICT-based legislation and say di existing statutory laws dey quite inadequate to address some of di legal issues wey dey affect e-commerce.
Dis issues include electronic evidence cybercrimes, security and data production, e-payment system and inevitably trans-border issues, and plenti more
Na, therefore, di need to map out appropriate legal and regulatory measures, to govern di emerging regime.
E don state strongly say for Nigeria, significant effort for di regulation of e-commerce-related activities dey still dey stage of draft bill before di National Assembly.
E dey important to note say even wia dis bills dey pass law, Nigeria fit still face new legal issues for dis area wey go call for legislative intervention.
For di speed wey di internet dey permeate commercial transactions for Nigeria, especially for di banking and telecommunications sectors of di economy, di best wey fit suggest na say di legal issues and problems wey dey presently confront e-commerce for di kontri suppose address directly and expeditiously, in di interest of di teeming population of Nigeria consumers.
To achieve dis, di National Assembly suppose pressuriSed into passing bills wey dey concerning electronic commerce, a top priority so dat dem fit enact dem into law as quickly as possible.
For di interim, awa courts suppose take giant stride by interpreting di existing traditional laws liberally so dem go fit bridge di gaps therein so dem go fit make such laws amenable to electronic transactions, particularly for di emerging trend of di present-day information age.
Indeed, e dey argued say legislation no be di only means wey electronic transaction and attendant documentation fit facilitate legally
Di courts fit also adapt to recognise electronic transactions for di absence of legislation or private contract
As di Justice Bingham tok am, di common law get for di hand of judges di same facility [as di law merchant] for adapting eself to di changing needs of di general public; principles no change, but old rule of applying di change, and new rule spring into existence.
E dey hope say dis judicial activism go adopt by oda Nigerian judges, Supreme Court justices inclusive, especially for di area wey awa existing legislation dey grossly inadequate, comprehensive or elaborate enough to address legal challenges of di emerging technology advancement.
Dis go certainly set good precedence to ensure di protection of e-commerce consumers, entice investor and above all bring about economic development and sustainability for di kontri.
Di German issues wey dey relate to contracts for E-commerce na documentation and signature
Di provision of section 4 of di Statute of Fraud, 1677 or Lagos State Law Reform (Contract) Law and awa various statutes on real property and landed instrument, all of which require certain contracts to dey write and dey duly executed.
why electronic mark or sign constitute valid sign-off of a contract by email and be binding?
Many of dis issues still no dey settle even for di UK although some decisions dey incline favourably towards interpreting electronic signature
So mark for emails as dey satisfy di traditional requirement of writing and due execution
E-commerce transaction na paperless transaction wey dem make through magnetic materials like tape or disk
Dem dey contradistinction to di paper-based transaction wey dem dey embodied for permanent form and dem dey express in words and figures wey dey usually authenticated by signatures.
Dis transaction no fit change without an alteration on di face of di document.
With respect to signatures, by di provision of section 93(2)(3), evidence act 2011, electronic signature for relation to data message conveniently satisfy any requirement for handwritten signature in so far as e sufficiently identify electronic record to di individual
Di provision of article 7 of di United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) model law on e-commerce 1996 dey equally trite on dis issue.
Thus, for di purpose of establishing proof of electronic signatures
Di use of password, identification, user name etc fit suffice
E mean say electronic signatures for di purpose of execution dey admissible for evidence provided e dey certified and incorporated for electronic communication for di course of e-transaction.
Also, oda legal challenges wey dey affect e-commerce include di formation of contracts
Di element for valid formation of contract include offer, acceptance, consideration, intention to enter into legal relation
Di question na at wetin point dem fit make offer wit regards to electronic business transaction or how to differentiate between invitation to treat and offer electronic transaction, at wetin point dem fit tok say an intention to enter legal relation dey make?
E-commerce require confidence and trust say di satisfaction wey dey transmit order or invoices no dey change and emanate from whoever dey appear to be from
Na need for guaranteed level of privacy /confidentiality wit respect to information
Lastly, di alarming rate of cybercrimes for Nigeria, high level of illiteracy
Electronic commerce no dey doubt aspect of commercial transaction for Nigeria and e don kom stay for dis time
Di goment suppose go beyond create laws, to activate utilisation of di electronic delivery platforms for im commercial interactions and for delivery of government services.
Abanikanda happiness Wuraola fit reach twitter
Chad pass new charter wey dey name Deby's son president
Chad don pass charter declaring Mahamat Idriss Deby president, even as rumours of hin death dey trending on social media
Mahamat take over for place of hin father, Idriss Deby, wey dem kill dis week
Di charter tok say di 37-year-old son of di late war veteran, wey on Tuesday dey swiftly named transitional leader as head of military council following hin father's death, go occupy di functions of di president of di republic and also serve as head of di armed forces.
Di charter repeals di preceding constitution and go implement am as di basic law of di republic, according to im terms.
E tok say di younger Deby don also be supreme head of di armed forces, e tok.
Deby's son don overseen hin father's security as head of di elite presidential guard and dey often appear alongside am
Mahamat Deby na top commander of di Chadian forces wey dey assist United Nations peacekeeping mission for di restive north of Mali.
E sign a decree Tuesday setting out military council wit 15 generals, including himself and 14 odas wey be part of di late president's circle of loyalists.
Di council dey tasked wit 18-month transition toward free and democratic election
Mahamat Idriss Deby also chair di military transition council, di council of ministers, di council and superior committees of national defence, according to di charter.
Di new head of state go promulgate legislation wey di 69 members of di national transition council adopt, wey dem name directly by Mahamat
Di Transition Charter, wey get 95 article, also guarantee freedom of opinion, conscience and worship
Di new president don set up transition goment, wey dem name by di new president
Di members of di army wey dem call to di transition goment dey discharge from all military duties, di charter tok.
Chadian law
Di slain leader, wey rule wit iron fist for nearly 30 years, survive to wound wey dem suffer for one visit to di battlefield for di kontri north wia Chadian soldiers fight against rebel group, di military announce on Tuesday.
Calling for calm, di army also announce 6pm curfew and shut di kontri borders, as dem suspend di constitution and dissolve di National Assembly.
Howeva, opposition politicians for Chad don reject di army's appointment of President Idriss Dby's son to take over for di wake of hin death
Experts tok say under Chadian law, di speaker of parliament suppose take power afta Deby death and not hin son
Wetin di constitution tok na say in di absence of di president or in case he die, di speaker of di parliament take charge of di kontri for 40 days and so transition dey put in place until election dey hold, Al Jazeera's Hiba Morgan, wey dey report from di capital, Ndjamena, tok earlier on Tuesday.
But di military announce say di legislative assembly don dissolved and di constitution also don dissolved, so wetin dem dey do na say dem replace di constitution wit dia own set of rules.
Chelsea face possible points deduction afta brawl wit Leicester
Chelsea dey face possible points deduction by hin FA for di team's failure to control dia players, Mirror report.
For seven years, di team don find pants down for seven hot-tempered row wit opponents
Di recent brawl wey dey during one clash on Tuesday night wit Leicester mark di seventh encounter Chelsea get wit Premier League team
Last week match between Chelsea and Leicester dey marred by skirmishes between di players of both team
E dey cite similar offenses for di past, di FA decide to punish Chelsea
Leicester don charge for dia role for di brawl wey dey involve players and coach staff afta Ricardo Pereira challenge on Ben Chilwell
For 2016, Chelsea dey charge for indiscipline wey dem suppose warn, afta dem appeal against 375,000 dollar levy for dia part for a mass bust-up during a match against Tottenham.
If affected, di points deduction go affect dia season as dem go head into final campaign for top four spot
US Africom for Nigeria? Heck no
Overpaid, oversexed and over here
Na di resentful and contemptuous opinion many British pipo kom get of di thousands of American GIs wey dey station for several military bases for Britain during di Second World War.
Di gum-chewing, brash, hard-drinking and womanising American soldiers dey frequently get into pub brawls and dangerous knife fights wey build up feeling of disdain for di yanks among di locals.
And dis don be di pattern of behaviour among American soldiers everywhere for di hundreds of American military bases overseas from Okinawa for Japan, Stuttgart for Germany, Incirlik and Diyarbakir for Turkey and Pampanga for di Philippines.
Na why I dey perturb, like many Nigerians, say for virtual meeting last week wit di Secretary of State of di United States of America, Antony Blinken, President Buhari don yarn say di United States consider relocating di African Command (Africom) of im military wey dey presently based for di southern German city of Stuttgart to Africa.
E dey presumed say wit dis call, President Buhari dey make pitch for Nigeria to host Africom
For di first place, e be breach of protocol for President Buhari to hold dat meeting wit di American Secretary of State
Di meeting suppose be wit Blinken's Nigerian opposite number, Geoffrey Onyeama, wey go transmit di details aftawards to di president
Yes, America be superpower and all dat, but protocol na protocol and e suppose follow strictly for all circumstances.
Understandably, Nigeria dey face plenti internal insecurity issues wey seem to defy di best efforts of goment and di nation security establishment to tackle am.
Unrelenting terrorist insurgency for di North East, banditry, kidnapping for North West, farmers/herders clashes all over di kontri and di targeted killing of security and law enforcement personnel and oda Nigerians coupled wit di destruction of institutional buildings for South East, constitute di cocktail of insecurity wey dey ravaging di kontri.
But even for dat, di call for di hosting of di Africom on Nigerian soil wen dem consider against di various issues and implications of dis move to Nigeria no dey justified.
Africom na one of nine commands by di American military establishment to exclusively serve American strategic interests around di world.
By dia doctrine and operational modus, dis commands, particularly those wey dey outside America like Africom, no dey set up primarily to concern themselves wit di security and law enforcement issues of dia area of coverage.
Dem no dey do am wen dis issues directly affect American interests for di area and for dis situation, dem no dey mandated to yield dia modus operandi and share intelligence wit di local security and law enforcement agencies.
If Africom dey set up for Nigeria for example, e go be island of im own restricting access to Nigerians of all category and establishing jurisdiction within di territorial area of di base wey go be virtually off limits to Nigeria security and law enforcement agencies.
As e dey always apun wit American military bases outside America, Africom go be forward operating base for disruptive intelligence operations and source of act of sabotage and destabilisation against di host kontri.
For di particular case of Africom, part of im original concept na to contain di growing strategic influence of Nigeria for West Africa and Africa follow awa successful peace enforcement efforts for Liberia and Sierra Leone and awa sterling record of peace keeping around di world.
Africom's precursor na di Africa Crisis Response Initiative (ACRI) wey di Clinton administration set up to counter Nigeria strategic interests for Africa
President Clinton's Secretary of State, di dour faced California attorney, Warren Christopher, make many secret and open visits to a number of African kontris to sell di idea
But bikos Nigeria be di target, hin pointedly leave am out from hin itinerary
Senegal, wey no dey far from Liberia and Sierra Leone, na to be di coordinating base of di ACRI and though e dey tout as initiative to facilitate American assistance to African humanitarian issues, im secret protocols dey unmistakably military and strategically targeted for Nigeria.
E dey mainly to undisguised hostility to di idea from France, wey dey averse to see di Americans trying to butt into area wey dey consider im exclusive sphere of influence, di ACRI concept dey review
For di review, wey draw di expertise of American military, intelligence, political and academic personalities and institutions wey dey midwifed by di American congress for secret session, di Americans consider and realise di need to set up African command to add to di oda command wey dey for place wey dey cover di different continents of di world.
Thus based on di recommendations of dis assemblage of experts wey dey from all facets of American political and security establishments, Africom dey set up by di Bush Junior administration wit a wider mandate no just to contain Nigeria but also to keep eye on di growing Chinese strategic penetration of Africa.
Africom go be Africa wetin US Central Command (USCENTCOM), based for Florida, na to Middle East and Asia, European Command (EUCOM), based for Stuttgart, Germany, na to Europe and Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), also based for Florida, na to Latin America and di Caribbean.
Nigeria don dey surrounded by French military presence for Niger, Cameroon, Chad, and Benin
Di Americans get drone base for Niger
Adding Africom to di mix for Nigeria go amount to complete capitulation of awa strategic interest to both France and America
Bearing in mind say awa strategic interest and profile for Africa no dey always cohere wit those of France and America, di hosting of Africom for Nigeria go be di equivalent of lettin in di wolf into di chicken coop
Na nothing for di present insecurity challenges wey dey face di kontri wey awa armed force no fit cope wit
Dis na afta all di military force wey eventually secure Liberia and Sierra Leone against well-entrenched and organised army of insurgents for dat kontri from long logistical supply line thousands of miles; di army of Joshua Dogonyaro, Victor Malu and Maxwell Khobe, to mention but few of di many gallant Nigerian soldiers wey distinguish dem for dat operation.
E dey regrettable say di military of Nigeria, wey fall from di high standards wey dem know, dey struggle now to cope wit di activities of non-state actors internally.
But intrinsically and essentially, di Nigerian military get di capacity and capability to defeat dis threats to awa national security given di right leadership, doctrine and motivation.
We need all di assistance and cooperation wey di Americans fit give us if dem dey so willing
But even say awa circumstances dey arm-twisted into hosting di Africom in view of im antecedents and implications to awa strategic interests, for awa soil.
Despite challenges, Plateau target 7m metric ton of Irish potato
Plateau State na Nigeria's number one grower of Irish potato wit di tuber wey dem currently produce for nine of di state 17 local goment area.
Di Potato Value Chain Support Project of di African Development Bank (AfDB) initiative peg Plateau as accounting for 90 per cent of di potato production for di kontri wit kontri like Chad, Ghana, Niger, Benin among odas wey dey receive large supply of potato from Nigeria.
Di large potato production from Plateau State, according to PotatoPROcom, wey be leading information source for di global potato industry, don make Nigeria di fourth biggest producer for sub-Saharan Africa.
Howeva, farmers tok say inadequate dams and road network, and high cost of fertilizer and oda farmin inputs continue to pose major setback for di production of sufficient potatoes for di nation and for export.
Some challenges wey dey contributing to low yields and harvest losses to di potato value chain include diseases like blight and bacterial wilt as well as poor seedlings
Accordin to di National Bureau of Statistics, Plateau State dey among di 10 poorest states for Nigeria wit over 70% poverty rate.
Di state get comparative advantage to boost economic activities by improving di competitiveness of di potato commodity value chain
Di Project Coordinator for di Potato Value Chain Support Project, Thomas Muopshin, tok say though di viability of di tuber crop dey evident for nine local goment areas of Plateau, Bokkos and Mangu LGAs na di state's potato hub.
Dem produce more potatoes pass any LGA wey dey di kontri
Muopshin tok say adaptability research indicate say di state's remaining eight LGAs dey equally viable to produce potato; make all of Plateau's 17 LGA potential to produce di tuber, especially for dry season.
Di Association of Potato Farmers (APF) for di state, however, tok say unless challenges wey dey affect di value chain dey address squarely, increased production and export for potato go continue to elude di nation.
Plateau State Chairman of APF, Lazarus Makut, for interview wit Daily Trust, tok say inadequate smaller dams, especially for remote areas wia potato farming dey viable as well as poor road and high cost of farm inputs, continue to affect potato outputs.
E tok say di cost of mechanised farming wey fit rapidly increase productivity don dey expensive wit di majority of farmers wey be small scale producers wey no fit afford mechanization
One farmer, Martha Mamgup, wey dey grow potatoes for Ampang town for Mangu LGA, tok say inadequate water for dry season affect potato farmers and lead to annual low yield
She tok say, di majority of farmers dey search for borehole locations to farm to access irrigation water for dia farms
Martha explain also say di high cost of fertiliser prevent many farmers to improve quantity and quality of yield, adding say insufficient fertiliser affect di crop output.
Di cost dey prevent many of us from expanding di business
So, getting fertiliser no dey easy for us
She tok say di construction of more dams and boreholes for irrigation go lead to mass production of potatoes
If di water no dey sufficient for di crop, e go dry and e go die and na why some farmers wey get di resources prefer to dig boreholes for Mangu purposely for irrigation bikos, without am, dry season farming dey difficult. She tok.
Irish potato for market for Jos
Production go reach 7million metric ton afta lab completion
With Plateau State's potato production increase from 1,656,650 metric tons for 2017 to 2,359,890 metric tons for 2020, di establishment of di Potato Value Chain Support Project and di construction of di tissue culture lab dey expected to cause di tripling of production to over seven million metric tons by di end of 2021.
Di Monitoring and Evaluating officer of di state's Potato Value Chain Support Project, Baleri Yakubu, tell Daily Trust say di state suppose start production of six million metric tons of potato annually afta di tissue culture lab dey complete for di end of 2021 but e express optimism say production fit exceed seven million metric tons annually.
Yakubu, however, tok say di state goment suppose tackle oda challenges wey farmers face especially those of fertiliser as well as more dams and road networks while farmers dey expect to properly apply potato farming regulations to achieve di expected target.
Awa correspondent gather say di tissue culture lab, wey dey intended to improve potato yields for di state by providing clean seed wey dey resistant to pests and oda potato-related diseases, go begin operation fully for few months.
Yakubu tok say di advent of di lab go certainly improve income for farmers and revenue for di state goment while also dey aid food security effort for di kontri.
Farmers for Plateau State, however, believe say di tissue lab, if fully equipped, go reduce di cost of treatment for di crop wen dem dey affect any disease.
Dem also hope say beta quality seed go dey available for affordable price
FG no go return £4.2m Ibori loot to Delta Accountant General
Di Office of di Accountant General of di Federation (OAGF) reveal Wednesday say di Federal goment no return di £4.2 million loot wey dem recover from former Governor James Ibori to Delta goment.
Di moni still dey awaited afta which di issues wey dey around am go resolve before further action dey take
For now, no money don return to Delta State, a statement from di Office, wey dem sign by di Director of Information, Press and Public Relations, Henshaw Ogubike, reveal
Di statement tok say di issue of di £4.2million Ibori loot no dey properly resolved
On di previous comment of di Accountant General to di National Assembly say di loot don return to Delta goment, Henshaw Ogubike tok say di AGF no dey make general comment about recoveries wey dey relating to State goment
Hardcore Super League trio defiant against UEFA coercion
Super League trio Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus insist on Wednesday say dem remain committed to modernising football despite UEFA's threats of disciplinary action.
UEFA on Tuesday open formal disciplinary proceedings against di three club wey still dey refuse to give up di aborted Super League project.
For one joint statement, Italian's Juventus and di two Spanish sides tok say dem remain committed to modernising football through open dialogue wit UEFA.
FC Barcelona, Juventus FC and Real Madrid CF wish to express dia absolute rejection of di insistent coercion wey UEFA don maintain towards three of di most relevant institutions for di history of football, di statement read
Dis alarming attitude constitute flagrant breach of di decision of di court of justice, wey don already make clear statement warning UEFA say make dem no take any action wey fit penalise di founding club of di Super League while di legal proceedings dey ongoing.
Therefore, di opening of disciplinary proceedings by UEFA dey incomprehensible and na direct attack against di rule of law wey we, di citizens of di European Union, don build up, while dey constitute lack of respect toward di authority of di courts of justice themselves.
China don administer nearly 140 million COVID-19 vaccines
China don administered 139.97 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of April 4, 2021, tok di kontri National Health Commission (NHC).
China dey work to ensure im vaccination efforts for major areas and key industries based on di overall plan of di kontri, inoculating di eligible population as widely as possible and progressing for stage.
Di kontri dey collect resources to ensure inoculation for large and medium-sized cities, port cities, and border areas wey get high risk of infection, and priorities dey give to key groups including public sector employees, students and faculty of colleges and universities, as well as service staff of large supermarkets, Wu tok.
At present, Beijing, Shanghai and oda place for China don administered COVID-19 vaccines to senior citizens above di age of 60 and patients wey get chronic disease wey dey willing to vaccinate and dey good physical condition.
He Qinghua, wey be official wit di NHC, tok say di commission go advance di vaccination campaign in order of priority, follow di principle of informed consent, voluntary participation and free inoculation.
Di kontri dey coordinating regular prevention and control wit im vaccination efforts, ensuring say di regulatory responsibility of local goment and di oversight responsibility dey fulfilled, and advancing im vaccination campaign in a more secured, orderly and forceful manner.
Besides, China dey take step to include more pipo for im vaccination campaign to ensure dia health, di official add.
So far, China don approve COVID-19 vaccines wey five enterprises produce for conditional marketing or emergency use.
Phase III clinical trial of three inactivated vaccines and one adenovirus vaccine show say dia efficacy meet di requirements of China National Medical Products Administration and di World Health Organization.
Phase II trial of di recombinant protein subunit vaccine wey dem approve for emergency use show say di vaccine dey safe and fit induce strong immune response
Li Bin, deputy head of di NHC tok say COVID-19 vaccines wey China adopt don go through clinical studies in accordance wit relevant standards, wey national drug regulatory organisation approve and put into use afta dem pass strict examination.
All vaccines suppose monitor and get dia temperature record for regular intervals to ensure say dem meet di requirements regarding temperature environment and transportation.
China's health regulators also enhance effort on top di training of health workers, require dem to strictly obey operating instructions, so dem go fit guarantee di efficacy and safety of di vaccines, Li add.
Wema Bank hold essay contest for kids
Wema Bank Plc dey hosting creative essay competition for children wey go test di creative writing ability of young school children wey get five to 12 years
Di 2021 Royal Kiddies Essay Competition wey dey tag Write & Win, aim to develop writing skills, promote creativity, imagination capabilities, reward creativity, and drive dem towards excellence for dia learning process.
Ten kids go emerge from transparent, credible, and thorough screening process
Di top three Essays go get Huawei tablets and Royal Kiddies branded T-shirts
Di seven oda finalists go get N20,000 prepaid gift card for school supplies in addition to branded T-shirt
Di essay competition dey open to children wey parents don open and fund Royal Kiddies Account for dia children or wards and dem go see entries close by May 24, 2021.
From Hushpuppi to Abidemi Rufai Sandy Tangâ
Twelve months ago, Ramoni Abbas (37 years) wey be popularly known as hushpuppi arrest for June 2020 for Dubai for alleged money laundering from business email compromise fraud and oda scam wey target firms and English premier league club.
E make total sum of $435 million afta e defraud 1,926,400 victims
A year afta, Abidemi Rufai (also known as Sandy Tangâ), wey be Senior Special Assistant on Special Duties to Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun don arrest by di Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for John F Kennedy Airport, New York ova criminal complaint wey defraud Washington State Employment Security Department of $350,000 (N144,375,000).
Di stolen fund na pandemic relief fund wey di Washington State design for pipo wey fit suffer job loss as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.
Di fraud incident apun for di lockdown and di investigation bureau start to track di alleged fraudster wey go dey for Nigeria's Federal House of Representative make law if e no lose di Ijebu North/Ijebu East/Ogun Waterside Federal Constituency election to Adekoya Adesegun of di Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Di fraud dey perpetrate by stealing di identities of more dan 100 Washington residents by filing falsified claim wit di Employment Security Department (ESD) for pandemic-related unemployment benefits.
For each identity wey dem steal, separate e-mail account dey create so dat di claim go dey associated wit different pipo and e fit escape automatic fraud detection systems.
Dem pay more dan $288,000 into hin American bank account between March and August 2020.
Cybercrime na global threat to individuals, organisations and kontris
Nigeria lose more dan $128 billion to cybercrimes annually
By di end of 2021, di world go lose a total of $6 trillion
To date, ova 40 Nigerians don dey investigate for dia complicity for fraudulent scams by di FBI.
Rufai's alleged unemployment benefit fraud fall under wetin I don call COVID-419 fraud for Nigeria
Dis na fraudulent scams wey dey leveraging on di loopholes wey COVID-19 pandemic create to scam pipo, goment and organisation.
During di COVID-19 lockdown for Nigeria, cybercriminals pattern dia fraud along di interventions from goment and private sectors and scam many and some of dis scheme still dey exist till date.
Na Domino pizza fraud, federal goment cash palliative fraud, N20, 000 Dangote relief fund fraud and promo sales fraud among odas
As dem dey engage for cyber-criminality for di Diaspora, some youngsters dey do am for inside Nigeria
Dem dey regularly arrest dem, tried and convicted by di Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Understanding di culture wey dey sustain cyber-criminality fit help serious goment in fight di crime
Di family na microcosm of di larger society
Na di place wey normal human being dey expect to dey nurture for di society
Apart from di fact say plenti Nigerian families dey inside di dungeon of poverty and dem no fit take care of dia pikin, some of dis children don become breadwinners, albeit, illegitimately
E dey challenge wit ethic behaviour training for plenti homes as parents dey arrest alongside dia pikin wey dey involve for cyber-criminality
E dey where, mothers of yahoo-boys dey form associations to celebrate dia son success and justify dia criminal behaviour
For di religion setting, depraved pastors, alfas and traditionalists create house and benefit from yahoo-boyism proceeds
Moral teaching don give way to materialistic Pentecostalism
Na viral video wey dem show some boys wey dey spray money while di captive members of di church, led by dia female youth wing record di shameful scene
A child wey born for 1999 wen Nigeria return to democracy don be 21 years old
Sadly, dem grew up to appreciate lying as way of life from di mouth of politicians (and for many case from home) wey deceive pipo to vote for dem and no fulfil or jettison di campaign promises.
Lying eself na di foundation of di sociology of hushpuppism
Youths dey daily dey socialise to corruption and fraud by pipo wey dey hold public offices
Dem see how dia systems dey provide soft landing for fraudulent pipo (public or private).
Do dem ask how many fraud and corruption allegations don fully investigate and discharge wit punishment wen di accused dey find guilty?
Di majority of di case end wit off-the-mic like di Nigeria Delta Development Commission (NDDC) case end as family affair
Di youth see flamboyant lifestyle wey dey celebrate amidst di squalor
Dem see how poor political aspirants transform into millionaires inside months of inauguration
Dem see how traditional institutions don become cash and carry for awarding chieftaincy titles
Tertiary educational institutions, wit few exceptions, award undeserving honours for exchange for moni
All di pipo wey mismanage funds dey provide soft landing
Added to dis list of cultures wey dey nurture cybercrimes na di lyrical glamorisation of cybercrimes by some popular Nigerian musicians wey present cyber-criminality as work and game wey evriwia dey involve in and no be crime.
If we elect fraudsters as legislators, go dem make law against di crime wey dem dey involve in?
Di process wey dey give party nomination to di highest bidders by parti leaders need review if we go stop importing problematic tokunbo products into awa already morally bankrupt political system.
E dey unfortunate say di critical reasoning of parti leaders dey lower wen money dey dangled for dia eyes
Dem provide platform for dubious character to cover up dia track and awa society dey worse off through dia action
greed also dey nurture cyber-criminality
Donald Voiret wey be FBI agent wey dey investigate Rufai tok say greed na powerful motivator
Unfortunately, di greed wey dis defendant allege affect all taxpayers
Moving forward, we no fit live for sin and expect grace to abound
Nigeria must sanitise her anti-corruption system and emplace accountability policy wey track lifestyle wit material accumulations
We must give di youth hope for Nigeria by create employment opportunities, reduce poverty and review reward systems.
Di EFCC need invest in technology and expose im detectives to modern cybercrime investigation procedures.
Di Commission need conclude investigation before dem arrest suspects as di FBI do before dem arrest Ramoni Abbas hushpuppi and Abidemi Rufai Sandy Tang
Unless di culture wey dey sustain cybercrimes for Nigeria dey tackle through social engineering, cyber-criminality go continue to fester
Dr Tade, wey be sociologist write dis piece via [email protected]
DrC president Tshisekedi take chair of African Union
President of di Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi take chair of di African Union on Saturday
Hin assumption of office na on di first day of di 34th Ordinary session of di Assembly of Heads of State and Governments for Addis Ababa.
E succeed South African president Cyril Ramaphosa, as di organization's rotating chairperson
Di AU go dey look to address di devastating impact of COVID-19 on di continent
Di Union's
official theme for 2021 na Arts, Culture, and Heritage Levers for Building di Africa wey we want
Despite kontri and continent-wide kontrol measures, di impact of COVID-19 don impose enormous human, financial and socio-economic costs on di African pipo, Tshisekedi tok.
Dis crisis, however, give us di chance to re-examine awa socio-economic priorities and work towards sustainable and inclusive economic growth wey allow African women and girls to contribute to awa societies to di fullest.
We suppose dey more self-reliant and find collective solution to awa problem
Di DRC for im term as head of di Union dey look to elevate African voice, Tshisekedi tok.
E go focus on sustainable development by and for Africa
We go work to ensure dia integral well-being, peace and security, health care and strong response against COVID-19, as well as food security
Di president add say agriculture transformation, education, gender equality, climate justice, di free movement of pipo and goods, and freedom of speech and religion, as well as di enhancement of awa common heritage languages, and memorial sites of di history of African pipo, go also dey di centre of awa agenda.
Fresh crisis for Lagos PDP over LG polls
A fresh crisis dey brew for di Lagos State chapter of di Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ova di release of guidelines for di conduct of di local goment election by di state Chairman, Engr Deji Doherty.
Engr Doherty wey don dey run battle wit most of hin colleagues for di State Working Committee (SWC), wey lead to hin suspension recently, release di guidelines on Friday.
E go dey recall say di State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) don release di timetable for di election wey dem plan to hold on Saturday, July 24, 2021.
As di internal struggle dey linger for di state PDP, di chairman release di guidelines wey, e learnt, no go down well wit most of di executive members wey tok say dem no dey carried along
One member of di state executive tok say di timetable dey unilaterally planned and release by di chairman witout di input of oda executive members.
E further learn say di oda factions of di parti wey dey oppose to Doherty fit counter di embattled chairman dis week over di release of di guidelines
Di executive member wey tok on condition of anonymity tok say di position of di aggrieved members go dey public for di week, insisting say key members of di executive dey sidelined
How e feel to give birth for di pandemic By Dil Afrose Jahan
Wen news of death dey evriwia, new life bring happiness and hope
On January 1, 2020, new morning, two red line change my life
I dey pregnant and happy
E be amazing start to new year
E be di most remarkable year of my life
All of a sudden, evrithin change
My daughter Roshomon Tara na hin born for di end of di first lockdown for Dhaka, Bangladesh; she na nine months old
She be di reason wey I become mother for di middle of global crisis
E no be only her wey be born, but e also be new me, mother of Tara, wey spend an entire pregnancy for lockdown for house and give birth for emergency condition inside di emergency.
Tara don see di world wit mask and isolation
Her grandmothers dey afraid to hold her or kom closer to her without wearing mask
If pandemic no dey, my journey into motherhood go dey completely different
Dis Mother's Day dey special as my daughter dey front of me, smiling and staring at me
Last Mother's Day, she dey grow inside me
Di only thing wey no change, meanwhile, na di pandemic
I be 16 weeks pregnant wen di pandemic struck, and di planet go into lockdown
I dey struggle to survive di pandemic wit my hormonal and physical change
Those 22 weeks no be war
My husband Sina Hasan na musician, and all hin concerts dey cancel for dat time
I be freelance journalist since January 1, 2020
So, we dey depend on wetin I don save ova di years, and spend all my savings
our parents and two journalist association kom forward to help for di time wey dey.
I dey afraid of evrithin
Most of di time, na death
Dem dey knock for di door
I dey adapt to new online life wia we click and get awa things home-delivered
I need wait for a week to get groceries delivered dis way
I dey afraid to send di only family member wey dey live wit me my husband go outside and buy food for storage
Thus, I dey eat less
Besides, I no fit go for my scheduled antenatal check-ups
And I no sabi if my baby dey grow healthy or all development dey take place timely
I dey sorry for my unborn pikin, say I dey bring her into a more different world than ever
Tele-medication help me pass some hard time for di last trimister
I forgot my gynaecologist face
I no fit remember how she look wit di PPE
I need information about risks, precautions, and how I fit get emergency medical help
plenti information dey floating around
For dis chaos of information, experienced mothers, my mother, and mother-in-law fit only help me by supporting me and no meet me for person wen I dey pregnant
Traditionally, experienced mothers and mostly older women for di family help new mothers wit dia experience and observation
I don get plenty panic attack bikos of lack of information and understanding
So, I dug for di experience of new mothers wey give birth for dis time
I find social media as lifeline
I read plenti exciting experiences on social media as I follow group of more dan 100,000 pregnant and lactating mothers wey support each oda to survive di pandemic.
Different media groups for dis platform don help more dan 100,000 pregnant and lactating mothers by sharing dia experience and information during di lockdown
One of dis groups help me find health care facility wey go do emergency ultrasound afta heavy bleeding during di lockdown
One group help me curb my anxiety for pregnancy and post-partum depression
I dey upset say I no fit meet my parents, relatives, or friends to share di joy of welcoming new member for di family
My daughter na August 25, 2020, for di same hospital, Azimpur Maternity, wey I born decades ago
And she meet anoda pikin for person wen she be four months old on December 31, 2020, wen Tara and her father go go di rooftop wit me to see di fireworks
One family wey get two pikin, apparently my next-door neighbour wey I meet di first time, kom go there say goodbye to 2020.
E dey gift, considering di recent statistics of increased Covid-19 cases.
Wen news of death dey evriwia, di new life bring happiness and let hope thrive
For mothers, e no less pass win war by give birth to a child for pandemic and take care of di infant all alone, confirming di highest safety for dia child
Socially, emotionally, and physically, dis time fit dey challengin
thank di light wey dey shining for di eyes of di pipo
thank my baby, my daughter, for whom I be mother and successful fighter wey survive dis pandemic
Di Afrose Jahan be recipient of di National Geographic Society's Emergency Fund for Journalists
Dis work dey support by di National Geographic Society
Di national question, insecurity and di Asaba declaration
Segun Tomori
Recently, Southern Nigeria Governors meet for Asaba and make some far-reaching resolutions on di state of di nation, wey dey now famously referred to as di Asaba Declaration.
Di meeting wey dey kom on di heels of worsening insecurity for di kontri, agitation by some ethnic jingoists and di unending menace of murderous herdsmen don generate nationwide attention.
Indeed, di bi-partisan nature of di meeting and di unanimity wey di 17 governors show show say dem meant serious business
Di restructuring wey dey within di context of true federalism and di ban on open grazing form di core of di declaration.
Major highlights include di clamour for state police, devolution of powers, review of revenue formula for favour of federating units and di need for national dialogue to discuss di national question.
As di foot-dragging of di governors on financial autonomy for state legislature and judiciary dey condemnable and dey contrary to di spirit of true federalism wey dem clamour, di bulk of dia resolutions dey actually cardinal tenet of di ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to which Gov. El-Rufai- led committee on True Federalism make far-reaching recommendations.
One go expect di leading lights of APC to take advantage of di bipartisan nature of di Asaba declaration, di overwhelming support of di major opposition parti to kick-start di process of addressing di issues.
Instead, we see attempts to play to di gallery and for some quarters, subtle censure of di governors
Di El-Rufai Committee don recommend devolution of powers, resource control, state police, local goment autonomy and review of revenue formula for favour of federating units among odas.
President Buhari don give support for local goment, state legislature and judiciary autonomy through backing amendment of di statutes and issuing Executive Order 010
For di state of di nation wey security and di economy don pose grave challenges, dis twin sectors suppose receive di utmost attention, concurrently.
Despite di rating of Nigeria as di kontri wey get di highest GDP for Africa, we no go make sufficient effort to translate dat to improve standard of living for di majority of awa citizens.
our annual budget of about $35 billion, for example, dey grossly inadequate to cater to di needs of 220 million Nigerians.
South Africa wit about 58 million pipo get National budget of almost $75bn for 2019 wit her Social Protection Programme wey reach 17m of im population
Di efforts of Buhari administration, though novel and commendable, still represent drop for an ocean and e no dey adequate to make di required impact.
Dis na wia devolution of power and resource control kom in
Solid minerals and natural resources no get business wey dey stay a day longer for di Exclusive list
Almost all state wey dey di kontri get commercially viable natural resources wey fit exploit to create wealth and generate di need foreign exchange for di kontri
Di present system wey state kom cap for hand to Abuja to collect federal allocations for di kontri dey breed indolence, runs contrary to di principle of true federalism.
As di El-Rufai committee tok, di revenue formula suppose revise in favour of state since more responsibilities go dey add to dem
For state police, di fear of abuse and envisaged excesses by governors dey understandable, but like Richie Norton tok say to escape fear, you need go through am, no go around am
For too long we don go around fear of abuse of state police, we don try turn blind eye to di overstretched and over-centralised Nigeria Police force wey no be only overly inefficient, but largely conundrum.
Like Vice-President Osinbajo tok some years ago, State Police na idea wey time don kom
We need address awa fears and overkom am
One of di way wey fit do na by enacting legal instrument for di establishment of di State Police Regulatory Commission (SPRC), alongside constitutional amendments wey go allow State Police.
E go dey similar for functions to di Federal Police Service Commission (PSC) but get wider power to exercise appointive and regulatory functions.
Di ban on open grazing though di governors dey rest no new and form di fulcrum of di National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) wey di National Executive Council (NEC) approve.
Di International Crisis Group (ICG) tok say NLTP be Nigeria's most comprehensive effort to date to overhaul di inefficient and grossly underperforming livestock system.
For di core na strategy to curtail migratory or open grazing and to lower di risk of conflict between herders and farmers.
Di federal and state goment suppose move swiftly to fully implement dis novel plan so dat we fit put di perennial farmers-herders clashes behind us.
Di convocation of National Dialogue, one major demand of di Asaba declaration no dey necessary since report of di 2014 National Conference and recommendations of di Gov. El-Rufai APC committee on True Federalism.
Both report make far-reaching recommendations say awa elected governors and dia legislators for di National Assembly fit reach consensus on, instead of waste scarce resources on anoda jamboree.
On di issue of separatist agitations, e suppose be modalities for convening referendum wey dem set out for di constitution.
E dey almost certain say plenti Nigerians wan live together, awa differences, notwithstanding
Doing dis go take di sail out of di wind of divisive elements, fanning embers of hate and discord
Di Southern Governors don affirm dia commitment to United Nigeria on di basis of justice, fairness and equity, so must evriwi patriotic Nigerian.
Though we get challenge like evri oda kontri, we must listen to awasef, like US President Joe Biden often tok
Tomori dey reside for Abuja
Two officers kill as IPOB militants set Anambra police station on fire
Baraly 24 hours afta di new commissioner of Police for Anambra, Christopher Adetokumbo Owolabi, resume duty, gunmen attack Obosi Police Station for Idemili North local goment area of di state and kill two officers
Di gunmen attack di police station late Wednesday, dey free all detainees before dem set di station on fire
One source wey dey inside di affected police station tok say di gunmen for large numbers storm and attack di station around 11pm
E simply identify di deceased officers as Inspector James and Awalu
Di source tok say dem kil di victim inside a non-functional fillin station close to di police station
Di source tok say wen oda police officers wey dey duty notice unusual movement of di unknown gunmen, dem take to dia heels while di attackers get field time burning down di police station.
Meanwhile, di police for Anambra don confirm di killing of two of dia personnel
DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, di command Public Relations Officer (PPRO), wey confirm di attack, tok say di state commissioner of Police don dispatch tactical team for di spot assessment of di incident
Di tactical team wey di Assistant Commissioner of Police lead don direct to have on top di spot assessment of di place
E tok say di team dey equally tell dem say make dem identify and apprehend di hoodlums wey perpetrate di attack.
Ikenga, wey add say di bodies of di two policemen don dey deposit for nearby morgue, tok say investigation into di matter don start.
NEPC, Commonwealth collaborate on production of professional service export data
Di Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC) and di Commonwealth Secretariat London dey collaborate to produce reliable data on export of professional services for Nigeria
Speaking for di inaugural meeting of di National Consultative Committee on di International Trade-in-Services (NCCITS) wey dem hold under di auspices of di Commonwealth Secretariat London, di Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of di NEPC, Mr Olusegun Awolowo, tok say Nigeria no get readily accessible and reliable data or statistics on trade-in-services.
Awolowo tok say previous attempts to create awareness on di Trade-in-Service sector of di economy, include di creation of di National Strategy for Export of Professional Services for 2010.
Di Commonwealth for 2016 assist Nigeria to develop road map for di service sector, e tok.
Di NEPC boss tok say di current focus of collaboration wit di Commonwealth Secretariat na on data/statistics collection and management.
Dis dey important to awa export effort as dis go fill di gaps for collecting or capturing data from relevant institutions in order to generate analyse and use statistical information on Trade-in-Services in line wit di global trend.
NITDA, firm wey go launch tech startup fund July
Di National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and United States-based firm Mass Challenge don sign agreement to financially support between 10 and 15 start-ups from July, to reach dia full potential within 12 months.
Director General of NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi tok am on Tuesday for virtual media stakeholder engagement wit officials of MassChallenge
Di initiative dey design to identify and accelerate top start-ups wey dey Nigeria and grow dia business to serve di Nigerian and global market, Abdullahi tok.
Di NITDA DG wey tok say di initiative go start for July add say e go improve tech innovation and entrepreneurship across di kontri
A vibrant start up ecosystem dey highly critical to di future of awa kontri and e dey vital to find solution to awa various challenges.
Innovation na prominent way wey dey create prosperity for all and e dey lift kontris out of poverty
Di CEO of MassChallenge, Siobhan Dullea, tok say di firm don support 2,900 start-ups for 54 kontri across di world and say dem don generate $3.6 billion revenue and create 86,000 jobs.
Kidnapper don abduct 2 women for Abuja council
Kidnappers don abduct two women, Christiana Isa Attah and Favor David, behind Anguwar Kpokpolobi community for Naharati, Abaji Area Council, FCT
Mother of di two victims, Mrs Ruth Attah, wey be retired school teacher, tell awa reporter for her residence yesterday, say di incident apun around midnight on Saturday.
She tok say she dey sleep and her daughter dey inside dia room wen di kidnapper enter di house afta dem climb through di low fence
She tok say dem break one of di window and go go room wia her two daughters dey sleep and bundle dem away for gunpoint
Wen di girls notice say di kidnapper break down di window, dem run go my room to hide, but di gunmen follow dem go my room and take us away, she tok.
Accordin to her, di kidnappers spare her some few metres away from di house afta dem note say she no fit trek for long bikos of her old age
E be afta we cross di river and I no fit longer trek dat di oda gang members wey dey behind me ask me make I go back home wen dem go away wit my two daughters
One resident of di area, wey prefer anonymity, tok say di kidnappers carried out di operation for over an hour as dem shoot inside di air to scare pipo from engaging dem
No security man kom here wen di kidnapper dey shoot inside di air for over one hour, e tok.
Daily Trust learn say until dat fateful day, di woman and her pikin don pass di night for neighbour house and return home for morning for fear of kidnappers as her house dey just few metres away from river.
E also gather say one of di woman's daughters, wey be class teacher for di area, dey preparing for her wedding next month
Di spokesperson of di FCT police command, ASP Maryam Yusuf, no pick call or reply to text message wey dem send to her phone to confirm di latest kidnap incident for di area.
Why I dey race for Anambra govship Anglican Priest
An Anglican Priest, Rev Godwin Okonkwo, don tok say e dey race for di November governorship election for Anambra State bikos e wan bring di fear of God and knowledge of prudent use of resources to bear on governance for di state.
Okonkwo wey tok wit Daily Trust on Wednesday shortly afta he address hin supporters for Awka, di Anambra State capital, tok say di state dey lagging behind in terms of good governance.
Di pipo wey dey there now no dey bring to bear for managing di resources of Anambra State for di good of Anambra pipo
I believe say we fit do better for managing di state resources
E dey high time we move from a lukewarm attitude of leadership to good leadership
E tok say I dey APC now to change di poor outing of di parti for di state over di years.
Barty beat Kvitova to set up last-four clash wit Badosa
Ashleigh Barty go take on Paula Badosa for di semifinals of di Madrid Open afta she beat Petra Kvitova 6-1, 3-6,6-3 on Wednesday.
World No 1 Barty dey fight her fourth singles title of di year afta her triumph for Stuttgart 10 days ago.
For di last four she face di woman wey knock her out for di quarterfinals for Charleston for early April.
On Wednesday, di Australian kom out on top against two-time Wimbledon champion and 2015 and 2018 Madrid winner Kvitova
Wildcard Badosa be di first Spanish woman for di tournament's 12-year history to make di semis wit her 6-4, 7-5 win over eighth seed Belinda Bencic.
22 Pharaoh mummies for parade for Egypt
Twenty-two pharaoh mummies dey walk di streets of Cairo on Saturday evening for a stunning royal procession from Egyptian Museum for Tahrir Square to di new National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) for Fustat.
Di event mark di official launch of NMEC
Against di backdrop of fireworks, di mummies“ 18 kings and four queens“ travel for order of age on purpose-built gold-colored pharaonic chariots, wey dem equip wit air ride suspension system to absorb vibrations, and bearing di name of dia occupants for Arabic, English, and hieroglyphics.
Seqenenre Tao II, wey reign over Upper Egypt around 1,600 BCE, led di parade, while Ramses IX, wey rule for di 12th century BCE, bring up di rear.
For line wit strict international standards for di transport of art, di royal remains dem place for state-of-the-art sterile display case to guarantee dia immaculate preservation.
Na 60 motorcycles, 150 horses, and pharaonic music ensemble wey renowned Egyptian maestro Nader Abbassi conduct
Di procession commence wit a 21-gun salute, circle di obelisk for di nearby Tahrir square, and kom follow NMEC, wia Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi personally welcome di mummies to dia new permanent home for Fustat, di National Museum of Egyptian Civilization.
Di 40-minute parade don draw participation of 12 Egyptian celebrities, wey dey broadcast by 200+ global TV channels.
Di priceless artifacts go spend di next two weeks for NMEC laboratory, wia dem go prepare dem for installation inside di Royal Mummies Hall, wey dem model for di Valley of di Kings.
Di Royal Mummies Hall go open to visitors on April 18, coinciding wit World Heritage Day
To promote im launch, NMEC offer 50 percent discount on entry ticket price to di Central Exhibition Hall for all visitor from April 4 to 17.
In addition, representatives of local and international media get di opportunity to photograph and film di artifacts inside di Central Exhibition Hall for free on April 4 and 5.
As e dey look Ain Al Sira for di heart of di history city of Fustat near di Babylon Fortress, NMEC na one of di largest and most important archeology museums for di world, and di first to span di entirety of di Egyptian civilization.
Uproar for Kano prison over illicit drugs
Na pandemonium dey for Kano central prison for Kurmawa on Thursday evening ova illicit drugs
Di uproar don start wen di prison warders detected and seize cannabis, allegedly bring to di inmates Thursday evening.
Wen dem contact, di Public Relations Officer of di Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) for Kano state, Musbahu Lawal Kofar Nasarawa, confirm di issue, adding say dem don set up committee to find out how di cannabis go inside di centre
E tok say, Someone bring cannabis to di prisoners and awa operatives confiscated am, so dem start uproar, ask for us to give dem
We don set up committee wey go find out how dis drug kom into di house; whether e dey put for some of di food wey dem bring to di prisoners or someone wey dey connived wit awa operatives
He add say di action no get anythin wit jailbreak, na just uproar we don already reinforce order back to di custodial centre.
E dey rumours however say di prisoners wan break di jail as dem dey resist di food wey dem dey serve to break dia fast, even as dem collect big donation from philanthropists.
Di NCoS spokesperson however debunked di rumours, describing dem as baseless
Daily Trust report say di over 100 years prison wey dey Kurmawa area, just behind Emir's Palace for di metropolis na di biggest custodial centre for di state.
FG seek global action against terrorism, drug trafficking
Di federal goment don urge world leaders make dem strengthen international cooperation as part of effort to successfully combat terrorism and drug trafficking as well as oda form of crimes.
Na even as Nigeria express concerns ova di incidence of illicit financial flows from developin to develop economies of di world.
Dis na part of di position wey Nigeria present for di ongoing conference by di United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, wey dey take place for Vienna, Austria.
Spokesman of di National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Femi Babafemi, quote di Chairman/Chief Executive of di agency, Brig-Gen.
Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), wey present Nigeria position on items 6C and 7 for di meeting tok say while nation deepen cooperation and strengthen di process of combating di financing of terrorism and prevention of terrorists from benefitting from ransom payments, e dey important for dem not to overlook di trafficking for illicit drugs.
E dey important to keep eye on and kontrol di proliferation of illicit traffic for narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and oda substances of abuse wey serve as conflict multipliers wey dey lead to escalation of both di scope and intensity of violent activities.
Marwa tok say Nigeria dey worried about di link wey dey between terrorism and oda form of crime like corruption, illicit financial flows, money laundering, illicit trafficking for drugs, cybercrime, trafficking for persons and smuggling of migrants.
Di Nigeria statement on item 6C on Wednesday, Marwa tok say as nation don renew dia desire to improve international cooperation to address all form of crimes, Nigeria urge all state, make sincere efforts, to address di root causes, wey include poverty, economic deprivation, inequality, drug abuse, and oda socio-economic factors.
As he dey present di kontri statement on item 7 on Thursday, Marwa tok say Nigeria note wit great concern di incidence of illicit financial flows, wey go through di financial system annually, particularly from developin to develop economies.
To disuade di perpetrators of dis anomaly, including financial institutions wey act as enablers, state parties suppose ensure say illicit financial flows, wen dem track, no dey remain for di custody of enabling financial institutions but make dem transfer dem into an Escrow account, preferably for development banks pending return to kontri of origin.
For dis regard, we call for di implementation of di recommendations of di FACTI panel in support of asset recovery and di agenda 2030 for sustainable development.
Timipre Sylva, Kurfi celebrate Chelsea's Champions League victory
Two Nigerians, di former Governor of Bayelsa State and present Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr Timipre Marlin Sylva and di Chairman of Katsina State Football Association, Alhaji Aminu Balele Kurfi dey in celebratory mood on Sunday minute afta Chelsea football club win dia second UEFA Champions League title.
For all English finals, former champion Chelsea stunne Manchester City 1-0 for di Estadio
Do Dragao for Porto to win dia second trophy
Kai Havertz, one of di expensive additions from last summer, score di decisive goal just before half-time to inflict third consecutive defeat on Pep Guardiola's City.
moments afta di match, di former governor tweet say I support Chelsea FC for UCL trophy, and e kom at no regrets
Kurfi wey watch proceedings for Abuja along wit Sylva tok say e create time to watch di match wit di former Bayelsa State governor to support and celebrate wit am afta di match.
I suppose go support am bikos e dey avid fan of Chelsea
I dey happy say for di end, hin get cause to celebrate
No plenti pipo dey aware say hin Excellency Timipre Sylva dey passionate about sports, especially football
On my part, as di Chairman of Katsina State Football Association, I be father to all supporters of different club wey dey my state
I dey wit Chelsea from wia I loan am to Katsina United
From United, I don loan me to Kurfi Tigers FC and for di moment, I dey for evri club.
Uganda election: President Museveni for early lead, rival allege fraud
President Yoweri Museveni take early lead for Uganda's presidential election, according to preliminary results wey di electoral commission release on Friday morning.
Dis na as hin main rival tok say hin get proof say di poll don marred by fraud
With 29.4 per cent of votes from Thursday's ballot count, Museveni don win 1,852,263 votes, or 63.9 per cent while main opposition candidate Bobi Wine get 821,874 or 28.4 per cent, di commission tok just afta 11.00 apm (0800 GMT).
Wine allege fraud
Wine, wey be singer-turned-lawmaker wey don galvanise young Ugandans wit call for political change, tell one news conference on Friday say hin don film proof of fraud for voting and say hin wan peaceful outkome to di vote.
E don tok for one tweet early for di day say e dey confident of victory despite widespread fraud and violence
Musveni, wey don lead di East African kontri wit population of nearly 46 million for 34 years, no make any statement by noon.
Internet blackout
On Wednesday, di goment order an internet blackout until further notice, a day afta dem ban all social media and messaging apps.
Wine and hin supporters use Facebook to relay live coverage of hin campaign and news conference afta hin tok say plenti media outlets don decline to host am
Di election campaign don marred by deadly crackdown by security forces on opposition candidates and dia supporters.
Uganda's normally bustling capital Kampala dey quiet for Friday, public holiday afta Thursday's poll, wit shop mostly close
For one suburb wey Reuters visit, soldiers dey patrolled on foot for rain for one suburb wey Reuters visit
Commission head, Simon Byabakama, assure di nation on live TV on Thursday evening afta polls close say results dey arrive for di national tally centre despite di nationwide internet blackout.
He tok say we no dey use local internet to transmit awa result, we dey use awa own system, we no dey give details of dat system
Make you no worry, results go kom, Byabakama add
New wave of pandemic don hit more of Japan's prefectures
Japan don set to expand di current state of emergency to three more prefectures, di goment tok on Friday
Dis na as di coronavirus infection continue to hit wider region of di kontri ahead of dis summer's Tokyo Olympics.
Di prefectures of Hokkaido, Okayama and Hiroshima dey likely to dey under di measure from Sunday to di end of May, Economic Revitalisation Minister, Yasutoshi Nishimura tell reporters.
A panel of experts don endorse di proposal, tok Nishimura, wey be in charge of di goment's coronavirus response.
Di northern island of Hokkaido report record 712 new infections on Thursday while di western prefecture of Hiroshima also see record 219 new cases on Wednesday
Surgical infections don prompt Hiroshima and Okayama make dem cancel next week's torch relay for dia public roads.
International Olympic Committee President, Thomas Bach, dey schedule to participate for torch relay event for Hiroshima on May 17.
Howeva, Bach's travel to Japan ahead of di Games don postpone, local organisers tok.
Di postponement dey kom as di goment extend di state of emergency for Tokyo and three oda prefectures until di end of May and add two more regions Aichi, Fukuoka to di measure.
Di goment declare di state of emergency for di four prefectures for late April, requesting bars and restaurants refrain from serving alcohol and offering karaoke service
Experts warn say di rapid spread of more contagious variants, especially as di roll-out of coronavirus vaccines don dey slow for Japan since e launch for mid-February.
Na only one per cent of Japan's
125 million population don dey vaccinated
Jigawa's mechanised farm to benefit local farmers
Di Malam Alu Agro Allied Company, wey dey sit on 100 hectare land for Faru village, along Maiduguri road, Birnin Kudu Local Goment Area of Jigawa State, dey change di perception of mechanised farming for Nigeria, Mansur Dau Aliyu, di company Group General Manager (GGM) tok.
Di establishment of di farm almost five years ago, na direct response to di call by di President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration for Nigerians to return to agriculture as di mainstay of di nation's economy, rather than relying solely on oil as di only source of revenue for di kontri.
Each cattle get number tag wey dey attached to im ear
Di company's founder, Farouk Adamu Aliyu, wey be former member of di House of Representatives key into dis, di GGM add.
We dey do greenhouse farming
We get 10,000 square-metre fully automatic soilless greenhouse, wia we dey produce tomatoes
We get two 250 square-metre greenhouses wey we dey produce oda greenhouse vegetables, and anoda 500 square-metre greenhouse wey dem dey use as nursery
Dis greenhouses dey all foreign-oriented, wey dem don install to produce variety of vegetables
We produce only tomatoes from 10,000 square automated soilless greenhouses; and we produce average of 10 to 11 tons of tomatoes evri week
We get anoda 10,000 square-metre locally fabricated greenhouse
He tok say we get livestock section, wia we get about 300 herds of cattle, some camels, goats and sheep
Daily Trust gather say di farm get fishery unit, wit about 50,000 fishes inside di pond
Similarly, a forty-ton per hour fertilizer blendin plant wey dem install earlier for di year, dem gather, now produce close to 300 loads of NPK fertilizer under di Presidential Fertilizer Initiative.
We don import equipment for di installation of 120,000 capacity poultry system
Mansur tok say we hope to dey produce between 3,000-4,000 crates of eggs daily.
Di farm, e tok say, also get diary production plant, wey dey for di production of about 2,000 litres of milk a day, adding say na about 150-200 hectares of land wey dey for open field farming for real cultivation of rice and oda crops.
Mansur tok say di major customer for di tomato na premium customers, notably big hotels for Abuja, Lagos, and oda locations
E confirm, however, say di main market for di products dey mainly for di eastern part of di kontri, like Enugu, Onitsha, Owerri
E tok, however, say apart from di few customers wey dey Kano, dia tomato products dey rarely see for di local market for some reason.
First na di fact say di tomato wey dem produce from di farm na special species and di second reason na di fact say Jigawa na major tomato-producin area
You know say tomato na common product wey dey around here, so awa price dey a little higher pass wetin we dey obtain normally for open market
So, essentially, pipo no dey look at us, dey feel apprehensive of wetin we get bikos dem believe say dem dey expensive
And wen you get product wey dey commonly available, pipo go surely go for di cheaper brand
A farm hand feed di fish
E tok say if you give di tomato all e require, I mean nutritional supplements wey you feed am wit while e dey grow, if you give am all di things, dis tomato fit last up to three weeks post-harvest.
But even without dat, e last for a minimum of a week, no under any refrigeration, but surely no under intense pressure and heat
You fit keep am for table wia you get good ventilation
E fit last 10 days, but wit all nutrients wey dem need, e fit last up to one month
Dis we don experiment, but then, you no get am as you dey want am
Di farm dey also source of employment for as many as 200 pipo for di village wey dem dey locate
E also tok say di company get some pipo wey go train di youth for di area on information technology skills
E further tok say most of di equipment wey dem dey use for di farm na from Turkey, except di fertilizer-blending machine wey dem import from China
Even di farmin method dey model afta di Turkish style of operation bikos we get Turkish partner wey dey help maintain di standards, but quickly add say di company dey conscious of di need to get Nigerians run di technical aspect of im operations.
Reflecting on di effect of COVID-19 on di operations of di company, Mansur tok say Malam Alu, just like oda corporate entity wey dey di kontri, suffer from di devastating effect of di virus.
For Mansur, youths for Nigeria no get excuse to remain unemployed wit di opportunity wey agriculture provide, note say those wey dey hope to secure white-collar job suppose adjust to di reality and go back to agriculture.
E believe say Nigeria don do wetin e suppose do long time ago, note say if di kontri don take dis step, di current economic crisis go don averted
2023 Lawmaker dey seek better deal for Southern Kaduna
Di member wey dey represent Jaba Constituency for Kaduna State House of Assembly, Samson Monday Dikko, don call on pipo wey get goodwill make dem kom together and map out strategies wey go salvage di Southern Kaduna Senatorial District and its pipo for 2023
Speaking afta one meeting wit stakeholders for Kagoro, Kaura Local goment Area of Kaduna State for di weekend, Dikko, wey dey aspire to be senator on di platform of di Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), tok say Southern Kaduna pipo don abandoned by those wey suppose take care of dem
Dis na di time for di entire Southern Kaduna pipo to get am right
We need transform awa region and improve security, education, health, agriculture, economy, employment and empowerment for di teeming youths in conjunction wit reputable non-governmental organization.
Di Director-General of di Dikko Campaign Organisation, Timothy Chindo Kwassam, tok say di destiny of di pipo of Kaduna South Senatorial District go be in dia own hand if Dikko represent dem for di Senate for 2023.
For evrithin wey dey under di sun, season dey
So, di coming of Dikko for dis critical period of time no be mere coincidence, but divine plan by God to liberate di region from all wey don hinder am from growin and competein wit oda regions, Kwassam tok.
3 Africans, no Nigerian as City, Chelsea contest UEFA Champions League finals
Without doubt, enthusiastic football fans for Nigeria dey eagerly wait tonights finals of di 2020/2021 UEFA Champions League finals wey dem go contest between two English club, Manchester City and Chelsea for di Estadio do Dragao, Porto for Portugal.
For view of di fact say di UEFA Champions League na one of di world's biggest football competitions only next to FIFA World Cup and di Olympics football event, increasing level of expectations as di giants of di English Premier League get set to tussle for di prestigious diadem.
Manchester City no go win Champions League title, Chelsea don win dia first and only title so far for 2012.
Even as football pundits don tipp City wey don win dia seventh Premiership title to win tonight, Chelsea go kom into di contest wit better credentials.
Dem be former champion
As Thomas Tuchel wey lead di Chelsea technical crew no get Champions League victory, hin opponent for Manchester City dugout, Pep Guardiola na two time winner
E win am for 2009 and 2010 wit Barcelona
Therefore, e dey plenti to expect from di actors wey go dey out for di field of Estadio
Do Dragao for Porto and di men wey dey charge di technical area
Interestingly, even as both contestants dey parade only three African players for Riyad Mahrez (Algeria, Manchester City), Hakim Ziyech (Morococo, Chelsea) and Edourad Menday (
Senegal, Chelsea) African interest for di final don drop
Here for Nigerian wia Chelsea and Manchester City enjoy large following from passionate football fans, expectations don reach feverish point, leading to interesting re-alignments
fans of di European club wey dem eliminate from Champions League for different stage don re-align themselves wit Chelsea or Manchester City based on divergent interests.
Consequently, di finals na one of di most discussed topics for sporting circles for Nigeria at di moment as fans of di Premiership club continue to predict wetin go be di final result.
As almost evriwia dey wait to savour di football artistry wey go dey on display, some pundits dey worried by di increasing decline for di number of African players for di finals of one of di biggest football competitions for earth.
Going by di history of di UEFA Champions League, only 24 African footballers don contest and win di trophy wit dia European club
Sadly African football legend like Liberia's George Weah wey dem vote World Footballer of di year for 1995
Nigeria Rashidi Yekini, Egypt's Mohamed Aboutrika, Roger Mila of Cameroon, Jay-Jay Okocha, Sunday Oliseh, Taribo West and Victor Ikpeba of Nigeria, Rigobert Song of Cameroon and Hassam Hassan of Egypt failed to win di Champions League even say dia football prowess.
As Mo Salah (Egypt), Sadio Mane (Senegal), Joel Matip (Cameroon) and Naby Keita (Guinea) dey on top di big stage wen Liverpool win dia 6th UEFA Champions League title for 2019, di first African wey don win di trophy na Bruce Grobbelaar of Zimbabwe.
E achieve di feat for 1984 wit Liverpool
E follow am by Algeria legend Rabah Madjer wey win am wit FC Porto for 1987 and Abedi Pele (Ghana) for 1993 wit Olympique Marseille before Nigeria's
Duo of George Findi and Nwankwo Kanu lift am wit Ajax Amsterdam for 1995
E dey record say Geremi Njitap of Cameroon na di first African to win di title twice for 2000 and 2002 wit Spanish giants Real Madrid before Samuel Eto'o of Cameroon win am thrice wit Barcelona 2006, 2009 and 2010 wit Inter Milan
Di oda African winners of di highly coveted trophy na Ibrahim Tanko (Ghana)
Borussia Dortmund 1997, Samuel Kuffour (Ghana) Bayern Munich 2001, Benni McCarthy (South Africa) FC Porto 2004, Djimi Traore (Mali) FC Porto 2004, Djimi Traore (Mali) FC Porto 2004, Djimi Traore (Mali) FC Porto 2004, Djimi Traore (Mali) FC Porto 2004, Djimi Traore (Mali) FC Porto 2004, Djimi Traore (Mali) FC Porto 2004, Djimi Traore (Mali) FC Porto 2004, Djimi Traore (Mali) FC Porto 2004, Djimi Traore (Mali) FC Porto 2004, Djimi Traore (Mali) FC Porto 2004, Djimi Traore (Mali) FC Porto 2004, Djimi Traore (Mali) FC Porto 2004, Djimi Traore (Mali) FC Porto 2004, Djimi Traore (Mali) FC Porto 2004, Djimi Traore (Mali) FC Porto 2004, Djimi Traore (Mali
Liverpool 2005, Yaya Toure (Cote d'Ivoire)
Barcelona 2009 & 2011, Seydou Keita (Mali) Barcelona 2009 & 2011, Sully Muntari (Ghana)
Inter Milan 2010 and McDonald Mariga (Kenya) 2010.
John Mikel Obi (Nigeria), Michael Essien (Ghana), Salomon Kalou (Cote d'Ivoire), Didier Drogba (Cote d'Ivoire), Didier Drogba (Cote d'Ivoire) wey win am wit Chelsea for 2012 and Achraf Hakimi (Morocco), wit Real Madrid 2018 complete di list of Africans wey don win di UEFA Champions League.
Coming closer home, di last time Nigerian win di trophy na for 2012 wen Mikel Obi dey among di quartet of Africans wey lift am wit Chelsea for di expense of Bayern Munich
Afta dat achievement by di former captain of di Super Eagles, Nigeria don see di rise of oda talented players like Ahmed Musa, Wilfred Ndidi, Kelechi Iheanacho, Alex Iwobi, William Troost-Ekong, Leon Balogun, Ola Aina, Isaac Success, Chigozie Awaziem, Tyrone Ebuehi, Moses Simon and lately Victor Osimhen
But none dey yet feature for di finals of Europe's biggest club competition
Di reason for dis no dey farfetched
Di competition dey dominated by di top five club for Europe, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Manchester United and Liverpool
Unfortunately, Nigerian players don over di years failed to get into dis highly rated European club
E be, therefore, di hope of Nigerian football stakeholders say for no distant future di new generation of players go break all barriers and begin to play for club wey get potential to win di UEFA Champions League.
If dis fail, football fans for Nigeria go continue to live wit di agony of watching finals of di UEFA Champions League kom and go witout di presence of any Nigerian player
As Nigerians wait for di next Super Eagles player wey go rise to di pinnacle of European club competition di way find George, Nwankwo Kanu do wit Ajax for 1995 and Chelsea's Mikel Obi for 2012, di 2021 all English club finals dey few hours away.
For di end, victory go dey for di Manchester club wey dey hunt for dem first title ot di Londeners wey dey prime for di second itle and di football league wey dem dem dey watch pass for di world, Premiership go be ultimate winner
Enyimba force FC IfeanyiUbah to 2-2 draw for Oriental derby
Enyimba FC kom from behind to secure a well deserved 2-2 draw for dia rescheduled week 14 fixture against Oriental brothers FC IfeanyiUbah for Aba International Stadium, Aba.
Di Oriental Derby saw Enyimba make three change to di team wey lost for Rivers United on Sunday
Sadiq Abubakar return afta weeks of layoff while Anthony Omaka and Victor Mbaoma dey restored to di start lineup
Di first 28 minute of di game saw both sides dey seeking to hit first but di visiting side drew di first blood for di 29th minute through Saidu Adamu wey poked home from close range afta Uche Onuoha don head Evans Ogbonda cross to hin path
wit di away side wey dey full control of di game, dia confidence grow more leaving di host dey struggle to get back into di game as di first half end 1-0 for favour of di visitors.
For di restart of di second half, IfeanyiUbah continue to press for di second goal and dem reward dem wen Saidu Adamu get hin brace afta dem get Awazie square pass over di line for 61 minute.
Stung to life by di second goal, Enyimba start to throw in evrithin for dia arsenal to get back into di game.
For di 78th minute, dia pressure pay off wen Reuben Bala reduce di deficit for Enyimba for a rather fortuitous fashion
Hin initial header dey kept out by Sharp Uzoigwe but di ball dey back to am and over di line.
Di goal give Enyimba hope as dem continue to press for numbers to at least secure point
and dis dem get for 90 minute through Imoh Obot
Following dis result, Enyimba don move up to 5th position wit 31 points from 17 games wit two more outstanding match
Meanwhile, FC IfeanyiUbah still dey root for di relegation zone wit 17 points from 19 games.
Farmers dey apprehensive as plantin season start wit erratic rains
As wet season start for most part of di kontri, farmers don start, plantin, albeit wit fear following erratic rains, wey fit threaten production.
Di rains don dey unstable for Benue, Nasarawa, Niger, Kaduna and parts of di Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and plenti farmers don plant dia crops
For di 2019/2020 wet season, erratic rains for North and mid season draught for South-West make farmers lose dia moni bikos of crop failure.
Musa Yohana and Halima Thomas, farmers for Doma and Lafia, Nasarawa State, tok say dem don plant maize, groundnut and oda tuber crop like cassava and yam, but fear say dem fit get anoda horrible experience like last season wen dem force dem plant maize and groundnut two times.
I lose most of my yam last year bikos of excessive heat as a result of inconsistent rainfall
Dis year, we dey for di second week of May but we no get stable rains
And I don plant 15 measures (about 20kg) of groundnut already
If e continue like dis for anoda week, I fit lose di seeds, Mr Yohana tok
Like dem, plenti farmers wey dey around FCT don plant, but di fear of crop failure dey heightened by dia experience of last year
For Benue State, awa correspondent report say farmers don start to cultivate dia land and plant crops amid complaints of scanty rainfall.
Some farmers wey don prepare dia farms earlier for di year tok say dem no fit start plantin crops until one week ago, while odas don just start to till dia land for di wake of rainfall (thrice) within di past two weeks.
A farmer for Otukpo, Ada Hyacinth, tok say di ground still dey strong to cultivate bikos di rains no dey frequent
One farmer, Felix Tor, for Makurdi, tok say hin just plant melon and maize for hin recently ploughed farm despite di inconsistency of di rains.
Tor, however, express fear say di nature of di rainfall fit affect di well-being of di crop
E pray say di yield go turn out good for di end
But Vitalis Tarnongu, wey dey currently plough hin 1,000 hectares of farmland for di Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi (FUAM), tok say di manner of rainfall dis year go require am to begin sowing maize towards di end of May.
Tarnongu tok say plant breeder for di university don advise am say make e wait until May 20 to begin planting hin maize bikos di nature of di rainfall since di season set in suggest say e fit be two-week drought.
Di state chairman of di All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Aondongu Saaku, tok say farming na business wey worth taking risk on top
Saaku tok say farmers wey see am as business don already take di risk to plant dia crops bikos without dat risk, dem no go reap for di end of di day.
Meanwhile, Dr Teryima Iorlamen wey be seed system specialist for di FUAM, tok say farmers fit go ahead to plant dia root and tuber crops in line wit di NIMET rainfall prediction for dis year.
Iorlamen tok say di period wey di farmers dey expect wait awhile before sowing don go, stressing say NIMET's prediction for rainfall pattern for Benue State, wey dem (experts) dey work wit, indicated say di rains go stabilise for di state between April 18 and 30, 2021.
We fit assure farmers now say di rains don stabilize, according to di NIMET prediction
Anything odawise now go be dry spell
I don advise farmers make dem check water logging capacity for dia fields so dem go plant dia crops accordingly
Rice love water, so e no dey time to plant am
But farmers fit go into roots and tubers now, like yam, cassava, maize and melon
We believe say di rain don stabilise
Senate mourn late Army chief, Ahmed Gulak
Di Senate, on Tuesday, hold minute silence in honour of di demise of one former presidential aide, Ahmed Gulak, wey dem gruesomely murder on Sunday for Owerri, Imo State capital.
Dis follow a motion by Deputy Senate President and Chairman of di Senate Constitution Review Committee, Ovie Omo-Agege, for di floor of di Red Chamber.
Omo-Agege draw di attention of hin colleagues to di assassination of Gulak, wey, di lawmaker tok say, dem hire am to assist im committee to work on di amendments wey Nigerians dey sought to di constitution.
Gulak dey serve as consultant to di committee and dey Owerri for di public hearing on di review of di 1999 constitution.
Though di programme end for Thursday, Gulak stay behind and leave for Sunday
Dem kill am for hin way to di airport for Owerri en route Abuja
Omo-Agege described Gulak as a detribalised Nigerian, wey give hin best to di service of di kontri
Also on Tuesday, di Senate urge di federal goment make dem immortalise di late Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Ibrahim Attahiru
Di red chamber observe one minute silence for honour of Lt Gen Attahiru, wey die for plane crash near Kaduna International Airport
Dis follow point of order wey di Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume raised.
NIN/profile code NANS don raise alarm ova disenfranchisement of students by JAMB
Di Kaduna State Chapter of di National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Tuesday tok say thousands of candidates no go take part for dis year's Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB)
examination bikos of hitches for dia NIN/Profile code
Di state NANS chairman, Axiz Huziafa Bello, for one statement wey dem issue yesterday for Kaduna, disagree wit di JAMB
Bello call for extension of di electronic registration instead of risking student lives to travel to JAMB headquarters for dia respective state for manual registration.
E note say di news bulletin wey dem release on Monday, May 31, 2021, titled Issues wey dey surround di 2021 UTME registration, show say di management no show empathy for di hardship and agony of di candidates.
E appeal to prominent Nigerians make dem prevail on di management of JAMB make dem desist from unleashing hardship on Nigerian students for dia noble quest for higher education and self-development.
Hin urge di examination bodi make dem extend di registration period and postpone di exam for di interest of justice and fairness.