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American philanthropist and Microsoft Co -
founder, Bill Gates , says Nigeria does not
need to spend too much on acquiring
COVID -19 vaccines but should rather focus
more on revitalising the weak and
underfunded health sector especially the
primary health care centres .

Gates said this while responding to a
question posed by The PUNCH during an
interview with select African journalists on
Tuesday .

The Minister of Health, Dr . Osagie Ehanire ,
had in December informed the Senate that
Nigeria would require over N 400 bn to
vaccinate 70 per cent of Nigeria ’ s
population at $8 per vaccine.

When asked if it was appropriate for
Nigeria to spend such a huge sum of money
on vaccine acquisition in the midst of other
issues plaguing the health sector, Gates
said , “ There is no doubt that the impact of
putting money into the health system
particularly the primary healthcare system
will be very high in terms of saving
children’ s lives and you are absolutely
right .

“Nigeria should not divert the very limited
money that it has for health into trying to
pay a high price for COVID vaccines .”

Gates said Nigeria could also rely largely on
groups like GAVI the Vaccine Alliance for
COVID -19 vaccines .

He argued that investing in the primary
health system would improve coverage and
build Nigeria ’ s response in tackling other
diseases .

The philanthropist added , “The key thing
would be , Nigeria is still GAVI eligible and
so for a lot of those vaccines , they will come
through this GAVI facility that we raise
money for and health in Nigeria is
generally underfunded.

“If you look at the primary health centres
in the North , in particular if you look at the
vaccine coverage rates , there are literally
millions of lives that can be saved if the
primary health system operates at a level
that some other countries at the same
wealth of Nigeria if the system was this
good .

“So , I am an advocate for the government to
have more resources and prioritise health .
Obviously , I am not a voter in Nigeria so
Nigeria can decide that independently. My
advice is ( that ) the primary health care
system is what is super important .”

https://punchng.com/fixing-health-sector-important-than-buying-covid-19-vaccines-bill-gates-tells-fg/

ishadfurnitures:
How come the 1976 own has a recent toyota corolla ... The picture is not taken in that year so therefore not right.

where did you see the recent Toyota ?

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You need glasses.

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A Nigerian man took to Twitter to share photos of a street in Ibadan in 1976 and 2020.

While the 1976 photo is on the left, the 2020
photo is on the right. @morris_monye also asked
if Nigeria is retrogressing.

He tweeted;

Ibadan 1976 vs 2020.

Any difference?
Improvement?
Regression?

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https://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2021/1/see-photos-of-a-street-in-ibadan-in-1976-and-2020.html

A 20-second video captured the moment
some personnel of the Nigerian Navy in their
barracks believed to be in the Federal
Capital Territory, Abuja, screamed and
danced over the development.

There was jubilation in some military barracks
across the country, when the news of the sacking
of the former service chiefs filtered in on
Tuesday and the announcement of their
replacements.

A 20-second video captured the moment some
personnel of the Nigerian Navy in their barracks
believed to be in the Federal Capital Territory,
Abuja, screamed and danced over the
development.

Sources told SaharaReporters that there was also
jubilation in some army barracks across the
country over the announcement.

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday
appointed new service chiefs and finally fired the
Chief of Defence Chief, General Abayomi
Olonisakin, Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur
Buratai, Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-
Ete Ibas, and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal
Sadique Abubakar, after the four had spent five
years and five months in office.

Although Buhari said on Tuesday that he accepted
their resignation letters, the Defence
Headquarters, Abuja, already clarified in the past
that the military chiefs could not resign and had
to be laid off by the Commander-In-Chief.
Buhari had on July 13, 2015, appointed Olonisakin,
Buratai, Ibas, and Abubakar.

In a State House press release on Tuesday,
Buhari’s Special Adviser, Femi Adesina, said the
new service chiefs were Major-General Leo Irabor
as the CDS, Major-General Ibrahim Attahiru as
the army chief, Rear Admiral A. Z. Gambo as the
naval chief and Air-Vice Marshal I. O. Amao as
the new air chief.

“People dey happy say they don change CNS o,”
one of the navy personnel said in the video.

“Who will not be happy that they were replaced?
It was long overdue, they had become principalities
and they had stagnated the career progression. I
don’t think they resigned. They were fired. The
three service chiefs were supposed to visit the
Ministry of Defence headquarters, Ship House, on
Tuesday afternoon but the meeting was cancelled
in the last minute when the announcement
filtered into the country,” a Ministry of Defence
top official told SaharaReporters.

Olonisakin is the longest serving CDS since 1999.
The closest to him was Admiral Ibrahim Ogohi
(retd.), who served for four years and 29 days
between May 29, 1999 and June 27, 2003.

Also, Buratai is the longest serving COAS since
1999. The closest to him was Lt.-Gen. Azubuike
Ihejirika (retd.), who spent three years and four
months in office; between September 2010 and
January 2014.

Ibas is also the longest serving CNS since 1999,
while the closest person to him was Vice Admiral S.
O. Afolayan, who served for four years, between
2001 and 2005.
SaharaReporters had exclusively reported last
week that the outgoing military chiefs had
awarded four Sport Utility Vehicles, four Peugeot
vehicles, among other juicy retirement benefits to
themselves, according to the 2017 Harmonised
Terms and Conditions of Service for Officers,
which their administration revised.

SaharaReporters had obtained the new HTACOS
2017 which revealed that the military chiefs will
get security staff of over 40 soldiers as well as
domestic and foreign medical cover.

http://saharareporters.com/2021/01/27/jubilation-dancing-military-barracks-over-sacking-buratai-others

Some university students took to social media to share photos of the damage done to their properties by rats.


Student Shares Photos Of His Pots Which Were Eaten By Rats
A Twitter user has shared photos of his pots which were eaten by rats during the long ASUU strike.

The pots were reportedly left in the kitchen during the eights months ASUU strike as many student travelled home.

How rat go chop pot fgs
Metal pot oh pic.twitter.com/tgjbLS8lgV
@khay_szn) January 25, 2021

Another Twitter user @Chibuokem shared video of another pots which was eaten by rats.

so i finally got to meet/see the pots that were devoured by rats omo the hunger and suffering too reach their side oo pic.twitter.com/pqHdMg9oya

— callme_jiGGy (@_chibuokem) January 26, 2021
Some university students have also shared the state of their room after they came back to school.

The photos and video has since gone viral as many wonders wether it’s possible for a rat to eat a pot.

https://www.tori.ng/news/162109/shocking-student-shares-photos-of-his-pots-which-w.html

lalasticlala

Hon. Salihu Dovo, the Council Chairman of Ardo-
kola local government area of Taraba, has been
killed by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers.
The council boss' nephew, Timothy Aminu, who
attempted to obstruct his abduction was also killed
in the attack on Sunday.

Police Public Relations Officer of Taraba
Command, DSP David Misal, confirmed the
incident to The Nation at Jalingo Federal Medical
Centre Mortuary.

He said the gunmen invaded the deceased’s
residence located at the Sabon-Gari area of
Jalingo at about 1am on Sunday, shooting
sporadically for over 30 minutes before abducting
the council boss.

He said Dovo was dragged by the gunmen, who
headed towards the River Lamurde, the border
between Jalingo and Ardo-Kola local government
areas.

According to the PPRO, local vigilantes and police
trailed the gunmen, who shot the victim on
noticing they could not escape with him.

He said the gunmen dumped his corpse in Nahuta
village across the river Lamurde boundary
between Ardo-Kola and Jalingo council areas.

The PPRO further confirmed Aminu, who
attempted to block the roads to prevent
abduction of the council boss, was also killed.
The police spokesman said arrests have been made
over the incident.

“We have made some arrests and I can assure you
that the killers of the council boss and his nephew
would be brought to book,” he assured.

The remains of the council boss and his nephew
have been deposited at Federal Medical Centre
Mortuary Jalingo.

https://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2021/1/gunmen-kidnap-and-kill-taraba-local-government-chairman.html

We should at all times try to control our anger.
This story is sad.

The Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore herdsmen
group has called on the Federal Government
to heed the call for the restructuring of the
country to allow the Fulani go their way .

The National Secretary of the group, Saleh
Alhassan, said in an interview with our
correspondent on Saturday that herdsmen
were being marginalised in the country and
that it was best if they were on their own
where they would be protected .

There have been calls for the restructuring
of the country , with many southern groups
insisting that it was the only way the
country could move forward , while
northern groups have largely been divided
on the issue .

Resource control, fairness and the
allegations of killings , invasion of farmlands
and people ’ s properties , kidnapping and
other criminal activities against some
herdsmen had fuelled the calls for
restructuring of the country . The herders /
farmers clashes had also increased the
distrust among the ethnic groups , with
some individuals from the different zones
issuing quit notice to some others .

Alhassan however told Sunday PUNCH that
it was wrong to punish a group of people
for the sins of some .

He said , “ We don’ t support crime . So, I ’ m
not saying there are no Fulani that are
criminals , there are , like other tribes , but
don’ t destroy their profession. It’ s not good
for the country . If everything busts , it ’ s to
the advantage of the herders because we
are not even enjoying the federation.

“We are even bidding for restructuring of
the country ; let every part go , so we can
say this is where we are . As it is now , there
is no form of marginalisation we are not
seeing in this country . Everywhere we are
being marginalised . You think we will
accept Nigeria where we don ’ t have access
to land to feed our animals and you think
there will be peace ?”

When asked if he thinks restructuring
would solve the herders /farmers crisis, he
said , “ Quite fundamentally. If we leave
today now and if there is no oil revenue ,
won’ t they pay attention to animal rearing ?
If we restructure the country and the
South -West region says they won ’ t accept
cattle unless they are brought to the market
or supermarket , it’ s okay by us.

“The mistake people make is that they
think when they put pressure on herders
they are getting at President ( Muhammadu )
Buhari . Buhari has no relationship with the
herders . That is the truth. When people say
he is our grandpatron , was Jonathan from
the South -South not our grandpatron ?

“If the President is a Fulani , it doesn’ t in
any way affect the life of a herder. In fact,
they are worse off under Buhari . What are
they benefitting ? They don ’ t access any
government facility or social amenity, yet
they are responsible for the bulk of animal
protein we produce in this country . I think
it’ s deliberate for people to think otherwise .

“Buhari has not done anything for us other
than creating enemies for us. Herders are
being chased around . Let us look at the
larger picture and not allow enemies
penetrate us. If Buhari loves the herders ,
he would have created the grazing reserves
for them .”

https://punchng.com/restructure-let-fulani-go-their-way-miyetti-allah-tells-fg/

As the seven-day ultimatum Governor Rotimi
Akeredolu, SAN, issued herdsmen occupying Ondo
state forests expires tomorrow January 24, the
National President of Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore,
Bello Abdullahi Bodejo has declared that nobody
has the power to remove Fulani herdsmen from
the state’s forests.

In an interview with The Sun, Bodejo claimed the
Fulani's own all the land in Nigeria. He said the
Fulanis have settled in the Ondo Forest reserves
for over 250 years and will not obey anybody to
leave the place.


Read excerpts from the interview below

Following allegations of kidnapping and robbery
carried out by Fulani herdsmen, Ondo State
government has given them seven-day
ultimatum to leave the forests in the state,
what is your reaction?

The Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu
doesn’t have any right to give such ultimatum to
our people. People, including Fulani voted for him
to be the governor; so he should be the governor
of everybody in the state.

Fulani have been in the forests he is talking
about even before he was born; they have been
there for over 250 years. No matter how
dangerous a forest maybe, Fulani would go and
settle there. After staying there for a long
time and their cow dung turns the place fertile,
people would begin to come there to farm and to
settle and from then, they begin to make claims
that our cattle were destroying their farms.

We are suing the governor and seeking injunction
restraining him and others from carrying out his
threat. But even at that, nobody, no power can
send the herdsmen out of Ondo State.


When are you going to court as the ultimatum
will soon expire?

We are making consultations with our legal team.
But before then, the governor and his people
should stop embarrassing our people in the
forests and all their businesses.

No any herdsman will obey the governor; the
herdsmen will not step an inch out of Ondo
forests; they are going nowhere. We won’t obey
the governor; it is only the constitution of
Nigeria that we obey. We have been in that area
before he was born, how can he just grow up and
ask us to leave; no Fulani will leave that place.
What are his reasons for the quit notice?
He alleged that it is the herdsmen that are
kidnapping and robbing people and they operate
from the forests

We are not in support of any form of
criminality- armed robbery, kidnapping, gun
running etc. These crimes are the reasons we
have the Nigeria Police Force, Nigeria Army,
DSS, even Civil Defence to nab perpetrators and
there are courts everywhere to try them and if
found guilty, appropriate punishment meted out
to them. The governor is the chief security
officer of the state, there is no reason he
should single out one ethnic group for the
crimes committed in the state. He is supposed
to accommodate more Fulani in the state and
not to drive them out. Driving them out is not
the solution.

I have just concluded a meeting with my fellow
Fulani and we have found out that some people
will adorn Fulani attire to carry out various
crimes. How can Fulani man living in the forest
kidnap and ask people to pay ransom ranging
from N5 million to N10 million. What would he be
doing with that kind of money inside forest; if
you pay herdsmen N20 million, N10 million, N5
million in the forest, where would he carry the
money to and what will he be doing with such
money? Check the leaders of those criminals; let
the governors identify who the criminals are.
They are not Fulani. He just wants to use that
as an excuse to drive our people away from his
state. It is just giving a dog a bad name to hang
it; the herdsmen are not the kidnappers, let him
carry out proper investigations. Let him know
this, no any person in this country can push us
out of the forests.


If it becomes so hot and your people decide to
go, where would you be headed?

The first thing is that nothing will make us take
such decision. If you apply force and out of a
hundred Fulani, you kill 95 of them. The
remaining five will go back there and continue
with their grazing. They have been there for up
to 250 years. They have been there before the
state was even created.

All the lands in this country belong to the
Fulani, but we don’t have any business to do with
land if it doesn’t have areas for grazing; if the
land doesn’t have cow food, we won’t have any
business with it. We don’t sell land, we don’t
farm. What we consider is the areas that have
cow food. If the place is good for grazing, we
don’t need anybody’s permission to go there.
Nigerians should know that our association,
Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore is not backing anybody
who is a kidnapper, armed robber, and we are
calling for law enforcement agents to go after
all these criminals and deal decisively with them.

The criminality all over the country is the more
reason we want to fully implement our vigilante
system; we want to enter all the forests in this
country to check these bandits in the forests
that are causing these problems and denting the
good image of Fulani ethnic group. We can’t wait
any longer; we are sending our vigilantes into
the forests to fish out these criminals – those
intimidating the herdsmen and stealing their
cows and secondly, these bandits causing
problems in this country. It is only the Fulani
that can enter any forest and chase out these
bandits.


Why can’t your people live with the people in the
community instead going to live inside forests?

We don’t need cities or towns. If you dash us
FCT Abuja or the city of Lagos, we won’t have
anything to do with it. We want a place where we
continue to practice our age long culture of
cattle rearing. We inherited it from our
forefathers and it will continue till the end of
the world. People are using propaganda to spoil
Fulani name, and desperate politicians are in the
forefront. Any governor that is drumming up on
the Fulani herdsmen issue, watch well, he has
issue or problem whether political or otherwise in
his state. It is possible that Akeredolu is
fighting a political battle, it may be 2023
election and that is why he is playing up this
Fulani herdsmen issue. It is the same with Benue
State governor, Ortom, when he was not
performing; he started to play up Fulani
herdsmen and farmers issue to draw support
from his people. For almost six years, he hasn’t
done any work in his state; he is talking about
herdsmen and his people.

Fulani can settle in any bush or forest they want
the moment they have cows. We agreed that our
children will pursue education and other
activities other people are doing in town, but
even me, I’m not comfortable staying in the
city, up till now my house is inside village.


Why is it that you would not take permission
from the owners of the forests before you
settle there?

Which forest, who has the forest? Any person
who thinks he owns any forest should be taken
to psychiatric hospital. Nobody owns any forest;
forests are for Nigerians. Fulani herdsmen have
the right to move into any forest and settle
there for their business. Why do farmers go and
cultivate thousands of hectare of land and fence
it, who gave them that land? Nobody is born
with a land in this country; people were just
moving from one place to another for
settlement. Fulani are settling in every
community, but we are not claiming land, we are
only interested on how our cows will have food to
eat.

Fulani can’t value 100 people’s lives like he can
value his one cow because since he was born, he
doesn’t have any business except that cow. The
cow is like his own brothers and sisters. If
anything happens to his cow, do you think he can
leave you? You have two or three storey
buildings and you park your cars , do you fold
your hands and watch somebody come to that
house carry your cars, your clothes, your wife,
destroy the buildings? You must fight. The
Fulani man values his cow just as you value your
brother and sister and you go all out to protect
them.

They love their cows beyond description, you
can’t separate them from their cows to go and
stay inside town or city. The cows have names.

The way you give your children names when they
were born is the same way they name their cows.

Even a person who has one thousand cows, those
cows have individual names and he knows them
by name; the cows have fathers, grandfathers
and grandchildren. What you have in human
beings – the ways names are given to people,
the same way Fulani give names to their cows.

We are cow lovers , that is why sometimes if you
kill their cows somewhere they go there to look
for justice, because they see like somebody has
killed their brothers; they must go to see who
did that and they won’t leave that person.


You said that only the Fulani will drive out the
bandits in the forests, why is it that they have
not done so in the forests of Zamfara, Katsina,
Sokoto and Niger?

Those bandits are not Fulani, but they are
damaging the name of Fulani and that is why
this our vigilantes will go into all the forests in
this country to chase out all the bandits.

Whatever atrocity that the bandits commit is
hanged on Fulani neck. These bandits are equally
killing herdsmen in their numbers in various
forests, but many people don’t understand this,
and the moment they see herdsmen in the bush,
they will tag them bandits or see them as
kidnappers. This is disturbing us as it is eroding
on our credibility; more so, useless people,
desperate politicians and social media warriors
have latched on this to poison everybody’s mind
against Fulani ethnic group.


Why not your vigilante clear Sambisa Forest,
which is so vast so that your people will settle
and halt these conflicts in many states?

Borno State governor Zulum said he will give
Fulani people Sambisa forest, we are waiting for
him and when the approval is given I will be the
first person to go and live there. We are also
waiting for the federal government to put
infrastructures there, and then we move in.

Herdsmen in this country are suffering too
much; as they move their cattle from one place
to the other, some people who want to steal
their cows will organise and even kill them,
especially these people they are giving uniform
in the name of vigilantes. These people are
causing confusion, you just pack some people,
give them uniforms to go and drive out Fulani
people in the forests.

Yes, the Amotekun; I’m calling on the federal
government to ban it. Since the federal
government has left Amotekun, that is the
reason we want to implement our own vigilante,
whose operation will be all over the country, not
only one state; we will operate everywhere you
find Fulani people in this country, we can go
there, enter the forests and chase the bandits
away. We can help the Nigeria Army, the Nigeria
Police Force, the federal government and
relevant security agencies to end this banditry
in the country. The Ondo State governor has a
secret agenda for asking our people to leave his
state, not the reasons he stated.

https://www.sunnewsonline.com/no-power-can-remove-us-from-ondo-forests-bodejo-miyetti-allah-leader/

foolish talk

hmmm

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode has expressed his excitement with the new crop
leaders he said are coming out of the South-
West region of the country.

FFK who named some of these leaders as Sunday Igboho and Olayomi Koiki, stated that they are strong, fearless, radical and young. He
added that they believe in Oduduwa republic and
no one can stand against them.
He wrote;

New leaders are rising up in the SW. They are strong, fearless, radical & young. Names like Sunday Igboho, Olayomi Koiki and others come to mind. The SW has finally got a new set of champions & heroes.They believe in Oduduwa Republic. None can stand against them. I commend them.

https://mobile.twitter.com/realFFK/status/1352639745160081412

Sunday Igboho addressing crowd in Ibarapa, Oyo state today. Calling on the Fulani herdsmen to leave.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zXKStaBEtA
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Sunday Igboho addressing crowd in Ibarapa, Oyo state today. Calling on the Fulani herdsmen to leave. pic.twitter.com/ws29Ed5zEO

— Femi Fani-Kayode (@realFFK) January 22, 2021

He told SaharaReporters that despite assurance
by the police and the people of the state, his
house was burnt in the presence of security
agents.

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Photo credit: SaharaReporters

According to SaharaReporters, the settlement of
the Seriki Fulani of Oyo State, Alhaji Saliu
Abdulkadir, has been set ablaze.

The place was allegedly set on fire by aggrieved
youths on Friday night.

Abdulkadir told SaharaReporters in Ibadan that
he, his wives and children were sent out of the
settlement, adding that 11 vehicles and houses
were burnt in the process.

He told SaharaReporters that despite assurance
by the police and the people of the state, his
house was burnt in the presence of security
agents.

He said, "As we speak, we are in the bush. Our
cars, numbering about 11, have been burnt. Some
of my children sustained injuries and we are
looking for a way to get them to hospital. My
children have left their houses for the bush. We
need the government to help us. Police, Operation
Burst and other security agencies were there
when they set my house ablaze."

Chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders
Association in the state, Alhaji Ibrahim Jiji, also
confirmed the incident to our correspondent on
the phone.

He said, "As we usually say, not all Fulani people
are evil. Good people are among us. What can we
call this now? The man is a gentleman and see how
he was chased out of his house. We need the
government to act now," he said.

https://www.tori.ng/userfiles/image/2021/jan/23/seriki1.jpg

Sunday Adeyemo, an agitator for Oodua Republic,
better known as Sunday Igboho, on Friday visited
some Oyo communities to confirm compliance of
Fulani people with the seven-day ultimatum he
had given them last Thursday to leave Ibarapa and
Igangan areas of Oyo State.

Fulani herdsmen have largely been blamed for the
growing cases of killing and kidnapping in
southwestern Nigerian.

Speaking with SaharaReporters early Friday
morning, he affirmed his decision to visit the
communities despite the threats by the Governor
of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, to arrest him.

In a video shared online, Igboho was well received
during his visit to the Igangan community as
scores of people converged for his reception.
The people were seen jubilating; dancing and
singing.

https://www.tori.ng/userfiles/image/2021/jan/23/seriki2.jpg

Addressing the people, Igboho said, "The Fulani
have gone, we have sent them out of our land and
they cannot come back again. Kidnappers cannot
rule over us, they can't take over our land from
us. It belongs to us; they should stop threatening.

"Those who live with us peacefully; we are not
fighting them but how will a visitor claim one's
house from him. If you live with us in peace, we
have no problem with you but if you decide to
kidnap and kill us, we don't want you here. I
assure Yoruba people, particularly those in Oyo
State, that there is no danger.

"This one we have started here in Oyo State will
not end here. We are going to other parts of the
South-West. Tell Fulani herdsmen in Ekiti State,
Ondo State and Osun States; in fact, in all South-
West states that they should get ready for us
because we are coming."

In an interview with SaharaReporters, Igboho also
alleged that the administration of President
Muhammadu Buhari had not brought anything good
to the people of the South-West except social
vices.

Igboho, therefore, called on the president to take
the Fulani out of Yorubaland.

"Buhari should come and evacuate his people from
our land, we don't want them again. They are just
punishing the youths; they have turned us to
nothing, why? The educated youth don't have jobs,
nothing, the gain now is to kill and kidnap us. We
are still on the unemployment issue, we have
accepted our fate, should we not be in peace and
enjoy security again? It's enough,” he said.

Earlier in the week, Igboho also alleged that when
he visited Seriki Fulani of Oyo State, Alhaji Saliu
Abdulkadir, at his home to urge him to do
something about the killings and kidnappings being
carried out by suspected Fulani herdsmen in the
state, some Fulani people there threatened him
with guns and also shot at him.

He alleged that one Fulani man also brought out
an axe to threaten him.

http://saharareporters.com/2021/01/22/yoruba-youths-have-driven-me-my-wife-children-out-our-home-burnt-our-house-11-cars-—oyo

Mohammed, son of Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, leader
of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), says his
mother, Zeenat, has tested positive for COVID-19
at the Kaduna correctional centre.

El-Zakzaky and his wife have been in detention
since 2015 after some of his followers clashed
with soldiers in Zaria, Kaduna.

The IMN leader is standing trial over allegations
of culpable homicide, unlawful assembly, disruption
of public peace, among other charges.

In a statement on Thursday, Mohammed said
Zeenat has not been evacuated to an isolation
centre for treatment despite informing
authorities at the correctional centre of her
status.

“Six days ago, after a routine visit to the Kaduna
State prison by my parents’ doctors, my mother
complained of fatigue, fever and a complete loss
of the ability to smell,” Mohammed said.

“The doctors decided to carry out a number of
standard tests in order to understand what the
problem was. Among the tests that were carried
out was a test for the novel coronavirus.

“This was a routine procedure and it is important
to state that she has been denied treatment for
acute medical conditions, including severe arthritis
of the knee for years now.

“Meanwhile, the COVID-19 test came back
positive. I imagined that due to the diligent way
in which the prison management had been
conducting and managing the facility, a
COVID-19 outbreak would be extremely unlikely.

“But once I heard of the test result, my first
action was to ensure that it was tried, tested and
confirmed. I expected that following our risky
entrance into the predictable petri dish of
Kaduna State prison for what it is, the person in
charge of Kaduna State prison would officially do
his job and inform the State Governor, Nasir El-
Rufai, and the chain of command that the
current campaign of torture, extortion, corruption
and murder has come to this and my mother,
Zeenah Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, needs to be
immediately hospitalised.

“My mother is still in Kaduna prison at the
moment, yet to be hospitalised and to receive
proper health care.”

Mohammed further alleged that his mother’s
COVID-19 positive status is being used as an
“assassination tool”.

https://www.thecable.ng/el-zakzakys-son-my-mother-contracted-covid-19-in-kaduna-prison

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A woman has shared an adorable video of dogs
"praying" together before eating and it
immediately went viral.

The Twitter user shared the video with the
caption: "This is what my dad sends me Lmaoo
it's cute though."

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In the video, the dogs are seen bowing their
heads as their owner says the grace before
meal. Immediately he ended with "Amen", they
rushed towards their bowl of food.

Twitter users said it was cute and others also
shared photos of their dogs praying too.

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A Nigerian man, Sam Ineni who is a military
officer has reportedly attacked a photographer,
MostHigh in Ogun state.

It was gathered that the man had planned to
marry his fiancee and contracted the
photographer for prewedding shoot.

However, the man later broke up with the woman
and went to the photographer to demand for
refund.

According to multiple sources, Sam had paid for
pre-wedding photoshoot only to return yesterday,
to allegedly demand a refund stating that his
introduction to his girlfriend had been cancelled.

“The pictures we took for him had already gone
into circulation as his girlfriend had posted it on
social media. We were shocked when he came to
our store to demand a refund because he called
off the wedding.

We refused and he caused chaos hence destroying
our equipment. He also assaulted our staff,
collected his money and demanded that we pay for
his t-fare. It’s disheartening that an officer of
the law could do this to a small business owner,” a
source said.

Meanwhile, Nigerians on social media are presently
thanking God that the fiancee is no longer
engaged to the military man.

One Seun wrote “Thank God the marriage didn’t
work , she would have seen hell in the marriage,
domestic violence”

One Elsie wrote “Its the girl that broke up with
him not the other way round. This must be an
abusive relationship, guess thats why she ran”
One Ella wrote “Demanded for Tfare ? Supposed
father in law should watch his back o …that guy
go come ask of refund of anything he gave him or
d family”

https://www.tori.ng/news/161627/military-officer-breaks-up-with-fiance-after-shoot.html

Why not show the other parts of the house ?

This lady should be happy with what she's got.
wetin u wan use big breast do?

A Nollywood actress has died of the dreaded
coronavirus disease.

Actress, Sotonye Green died at the Yaba Isolation
Centre while battling the virus.

According to Vanguard, her sad passing was
announced by her friend, Debby King who claimed
to have taken her to the the isolation centre.
In fact, Debby King blamed the Yaba Isolation
Centre for killing the budding actress for their
ineptitude.

On her Instagram page where she announced the
death with accusing fingers pointed at the
Isolation Centre, Debby writes: “Please and
Please. Help spread the word. Yaba isolation
center is a dead trap where only the rich and
famous are treated after their doctors have been
bribed. I never thought I would be saying goodbye
so soon. Rest in peace my bestie. May God forgive
all your sins and accept your soul into paradise in
Jesus name….Amen.

Little is known or written about late Sotonye
Green but she’s a budding actress known by many
notable names in the industry.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/01/covid-19-kills-budding-nollywood-actress/

A selfie a man took after he reportedly caught
his wife sleeping with his friend in their home,
has gone viral after being shared online.

Twitter user, @oluwatayorhoda who shared the
photos alleged that the man took the selfie for
his in-laws after he caught his wife in the act.
She tweeted;

Lol so this guy found his wife sleeping
with another man in his place and took a
selfie for the in-laws, I stan

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BBOG co-convener and activist, Aisha Yesufu has
taken to Twitter this morning to lambast blast
youths from Northern Nigeria popularly known as
Arewa Youths after they attacked her for
supporting same-sex marriage.

Mrs Yesufu revealed on Monday that homosexuality
was not a new discovery in Nigeria, as she reveals
she witnessed it 37 years ago.

The activist also stated on Twitter that the
LGBTQ community is not tolerant and are bullies.

The youths in the northern region of Nigeria
attacked her over her support for gay rights in
Nigeria. They argued that she should never be in
support of such things as it is against the tenets
of Islam which she practices.

Ms. Yesufu did not take their attacks lying low
and has hit back at them, describing them as
”Oxygen Wasting Vessels”.

She wrote in multiple tweets;

"Youth in Nigeria will pick up an issue and focus on
it until the government is forced to do something
about it but the ones in arewa twitter with their
#BambiAlaMentality jump from handle to handle
to transfer the aggression they cannot transfer
to the parents that abandoned them

Buhari looked at Arewa twitter youth and their
#BambiAlaMentality and decided to use the brush
on them to brush every other youth across the
country and call them lazy youth.

Naaah it is the ones on Arewa twitter that are
beyond lazy

You are here shouting haram. Biko who are you
fooling with that sanctimonious attitude?

Isn’t a father sleeping with his daughter haram?

Isn’t a mother sleeping with her step son haram?

Isnt an old man putting a little girl inside
babbanriga haram and molesting
They will be talking Islam and they will be shouting
as if they have the patent of Islam.

If it is to talk morality they are number one but
let it be about practice they are nowhere to be
found.

Small thing “stop practicing our islam” which Islam
do you own? The one that many do not know how
to perform ablution or that there is ghusl bath?
Or the one where you commit murder in the name
of riot?

Go get knowledge & practice Islam & leave your
“our Islam”"

https://www.tori.ng/news/161080/aisha-yesufu-lambasts-arewa-youths-calls-them-oxyg.html

Three suspected thieves were burnt to death by
angry mob in Calabar South Local Government
Area of Cross River State.

It was gathered that the suspects were lynched
with car tyres at different locations in the city
on Sunday night, January 10.

According to eyewinesses, one of the suspects
was burnt to death at Atu by Palm Street, the
second one at Mayne Avenue by Inyang, while
the third suspect was set ablaze at EfioAnwan
Street at Anantigha, in Calabar South.

"He went to steal at a different location, so he
was caught and brought to Atu by Palm Street
where he lived and burnt to death. He uses a
master key to break into people’s houses and
shops to steal. You can see the keys beside his
burnt body.” a witness said.

A tricycle operator who spoke under anonymity
told Paradise News Calabar that the suspect
that was burnt to death at Maynes Avenue by
Inyang used to be a commercial tricyclist.

"He used to drive Keke Napep, suddenly he
stopped. I don’t know that he has gone into
stealing." he added.

Residents said the suspect lynched at EfioAnwan
lived around the area and was notorious for
stealing.

It was learnt that he had been arrested several
times by the police. Each time he was released,
he would boast and continue with his stealing.

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Pope Francis has changed Catholic Church law so
that women can act as readers and altar servers
in liturgical celebrations, while reaffirming they
cannot be priests.

In an unexpected apostolic letter published Jan.
11, the pontiff says he is making the change to
recognize a "doctrinal development" that has
occurred in recent years.

That change, the pope says, "shines a light on
how some ministries instituted by the church
have as their foundation that common condition
of baptism and the royal priesthood received in
the Sacrament of Baptism."

Francis' new letter, titled Spiritus Domini and
issued 'motu proprio,' changes the Code of
Canon Law to explicitly allow women to be
installed in the Catholic Church as lectors and
acolytes.

Lectors are ministers who proclaim readings at
Mass and other liturgical celebrations, while
Acolytes or Altar servers are ministers who
typically assist priests in preparing the altar
during the Mass or in distributing communion.

Before now, women in some Catholic churches
already serve as readers and altar servers, the
church's canon law had technically only allowed
for their service on a temporary basis.

The pope's change, which replaces "lay men" as
the category of those who can formally serve in
the ministries with "lay persons," would appear
to require all global Catholic bishops to accept
women into those roles.

The Jan. 11 letter was published alongside a
letter from the pope to Cardinal Luis Ladaria,
the prefect of the Vatican's Congregation for
the Doctrine of the Faith.

In that letter, Francis again mentions John Paul
II's ban against ordaining women to the
priesthood but adds that "for non-ordained
ministries it is possible, and today appears
opportune, to go beyond that reservation."

Francis tells Ladaria that offering both men and
women the opportunity to serve as lectors and
acolytes "will increase the recognition … of the
precious contribution that many lay people,
including women, offer to the life and mission of
the church."

"The choice to confer these offices to women …
will make more real in the church everyone's
participation in the work of evangelization," the
pope continues.

Francis tells Ladaria that it will be the role of
national bishops' conferences to consider possible
criteria for who in their communities could serve
as lectors and acolytes, and says he is also
directing the Vatican's worship congregation to
update its norms about the two ministries to
reflect the change to canon law.

https://apnews.com/article/europe-pope-francis-3bdcad94325be16ee2993f61eb17c5a0

Desmond Yunana, a reverend of Anglican Church
Nigeria based in Borno state, says Abubakar
Sheaku, Boko Haram leader, is critically ill and
wants prayer from Nigerians.

Delivering a sermon in church on Sunday, Yuana
said last night, he had a “revelation” that the
Boko Haram leader’s health condition is very bad.

He said Shekau, who needs prayers from both
Christian and Muslims residents of Maiduguri, is
ready to ask for forgiveness.

Yuana’s “prophecy” is coming one month after
Mohammed Adam, a captured teenage fighter,
said Shekau can no longer walk effectively.

Adam, who is currently in custody of the Nigerian
army, said Shekau got injured during an air
bombardment on an insurgents’ camp in Tumbuktu,
Sambisa forest, a Boko Haram stronghold in Borno
state.

Shekau, known for taunting the military in videos,
has not been seen on his feet lately as he has
released video where he is seen sitting or in some
cases, using audio to pass across his message.

https://www.thecable.ng/extra-shekau-critically-ill-want-prayers-from-nigerians-says-borno-pastor

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described
events that trailed the presidential election of
the United States as “condemnable”.

In a statement, John Akpanudoedehe, secretary
of its caretaker and extra-ordinary convention
planning committee, said strong institutions are
fundamental to the sustenance of democracy.

Akpanudoedehe said the series of events that
occurred after the election “strongly underscores
the fact that the integrity of the country’s
leader essentially complements the workings of
these institutions”.

While comparing President Muhammadu Buhari with
his US counterpart, he said despite losing a
number of elections, Buhari showed strong
statesmanship and followed due process in
contesting the elections.

“The events of the past 72 hours in the U.S. are,
to say the least, condemnable. Over time,
elections in the U.S. had been used as a
touchstone for elections in other democracies,” he
said.
“President Muhammadu Buhari contested and lost
elections a couple of times and followed the
process through to the Supreme Court on all
accounts. This is an outstanding credential of a
true democrat.”

In 2003, Buhari called for mass action when he
lost to former President Olusegun Obasanjo of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

He also contested the outcome of the 2007
election which was won by the late President
Umaru Musa Yar’Adua.

But contrary to this, Buhari, ahead of the April
2011 presidential election, had called for a
revolution through voting.

Buhari, who had contested the election under the
platform of the Congress for Progressive Change
(CPC) against ex-President Goodluck Jonathan,
had asked Nigerians to make exceptional sacrifices
to assert their collective will in the country


.
Following the declaration of Jonathan as winner of
the April 2011 election, Buhari’s supporters went
on rampage, alleging electoral malpractice.

The violence began with widespread protest in the
northern region and degenerated into violent riots
that led to the killing of more than 800 people.

https://www.thecable.ng/apc-unlike-trump-buhari-showed-true-statesmanship-when-he-lost-elections

Photos and a video which have gone viral on social media, have captured moment a Nigerian man traditionally married twin sisters.

It was gathered that the twins married same
man because 'they can’t live without each other'
and it also looked like one is already pregnant.

Twitter user, @ph_obidon who shared the photos
wrote;

They are twin, he got married to them because one cannot live without the other.
Yeh or nah?

https://twitter.com/Ph_Obidon/status/1348025807709609984?s=19

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Men of the Oyo State Security Network Agency popularly known as Operation Amotekun and some Fulani have reportedly engaged in a clash at Aiyete in the Ibarapa North Local Government Area of the state.

The clash was said to have started at Okebi village on Saturday morning but the cause of the clash could not be immediately ascertained as of the time of filing this report.

A man, Saliu, who claimed to be a resident of the area told our correspondent that seven persons had been killed.

He added that about seven houses were also razed.

Saliu said, “Alhaji Usman Okebi and his two sons were killed. We don’t know what caused the fight. Some persons were shot and injured.

“The number of people killed has increased to seven. Those who were shot and ran away later died in the bush.”

Another source said the clash was between the Amotekun corps and Bororo people. He said some persons were killed but could not say which suffered heavier casualties.

The Commandant of Amotekun in Oyo State, Col. Olayinka Olayanju (retd), when contacted said he was on his way to the place to ascertain what happened.

He said, “I heard the same thing and I am on my way there now.”

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr Olugbenga Fadeyi, when contacted by our correspondent said the DPO at Aiyete Police Division had moved to the community to assess the situation.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/breaking-seven-feared-dead-as-amotekun-herdsmen-clash-in-oyo/%3famp=1

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You cannot celebrate banning of President Trump on Facebook and Twitter and at the same time say you are against Buhari's govt Social Media Bill - FFK

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode
has reacted to the banning of President Donald
Trump on Facebook and Twitter.

The Nigerian politician who is a known supporter
of the US President, stated that Nigerians
can't celebrate the banning of President Trump
on Facebook and Twitter and at the same time
say they are against Buhari's govt Social Media
Bill.

He stated that it is either one is for freedom
of speech or not, as they can't have it both
ways.

See the tweet;

You cannot celebrate banning @realDonaldTrump on Facebook and Twitter and at the same time say you are against the Social Media Bill that the Buhari Govt. wants to introduce. You are either for freedom of speech or you are not. You cannot have it both ways. Censorship is evil.

https://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2021/1/you-cannot-celebrate-banning-of-president-trump-on-facebook-and-twitter-and-at-the-same-time-say-you-are-against-buharis-govt-social-media-bill-ffk.html