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Renowned journalist and columnist, Ray Ekpu, has announced the news of the death of his wife, Uyai Ekpu.

The grieving Ray Ekpu disclosed to PUNCH Online in a statement he signed on Wednesday.

Mrs. Ekpu, aged 73, died on April 21, following a brief illness.

The statement read, “Uyai was a distinguished staff member of the Centre for Management Development (CMD), where she served until her retirement in 2011 as an Acting Director in the Management Education and Training Department.

“Uyai was a scholar of remarkable achievements, holding a Bachelor of Arts degree in English, a Master’s degree in Library Science from the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Enugu State University of Technology, Enugu State.

“Additionally, she earned diplomas from the Maastricht School of Management and the Ghana Institute of Management and Personnel Administration, Ghana.

“Uyai epitomised the virtues of family, community service, and inclusivity. Her life was characterised by a deep-rooted compassion and devotion to God.”

“Uyai is survived by her husband, Ray Ekpu, and three children: Elu Ray Mbakwe, Mfoniso Ray Ekpu, and Edikan Ray Osho.

“She leaves behind six grandchildren, as well as her elder sister, Eneanwan Inyang, a retired educator, and a multitude of other relatives.”

Ekpu, who previously served as Editor-in-chief and Chief Executive Officer of Newswatch Magazine, said details regarding the funeral arrangements for his wife would be communicated in due course.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/renowned-journalist-ray-ekpu-loses-wife/%3famp

Sokoto State’s Governor Ahmad Aliyu has sacked 15 district heads for allegedly aiding insecurity and engaging in land racketeering.

Also, Aliyu accused the previous administration of Senator Aminu Tambuwal of not follow due process in the appointment of some of the district heads.

Making the pronouncement in a statement on Tuesday, April 23, Abubakar Bawa, Press Secretary to the Governor said Aliyu, meanwhile, approved the reinstatement of seven district heads and placed four others under investigation.

He said the reinstatement and dethronement happened on the strength of the recommendation of a committee set up to review the appointments of traditional rulers in the state.

The statement said: “His Excellency the executive Governor of Sokoto state, Ahmad Aliyu Sokoto, PhD, FCNA has approved the implementation of the recommendations made by the committee set up to review the appointments of traditional rulers, renaming of tertiary institutions and the dissolution of governing boards of state parastatals other than the Statutory bodies.

“The district heads of Tsaki and Asara are to retain their positions. The cases involving district heads of Isa, Kuchi, Kilgori and Gagi have been recommended for further investigations.

“Alh. Sama’ila Abdulkadir Mujeli is to return to his former post as Sarkin Rafin Gumbi.

“Nine (9) district heads namely; Unguwar Lalle, Yabo, Wamakko, Tulluwa, Illela, Dogon Daji, Kebbe, Alkammu, and Giyawa are hereby relieved of their appointments, for various offences bordering on insubordination, aiding insecurity, land racketeering, conversion of public properties for personal use, and in the overriding public interest.

“Similarly, six (6) district heads namely; Marafan Tangaza.Sarkin Gabas Kalambaina, Bunun Gongono, Sarkin Kudun Yar Tsakkuwa, Sarkin Tambuwal and Sarkin Yamman Torankawa are hereby dropped for the haphazard and unprocedural processes in their appointments by the immediate past administration as well as their total rejection by their subjects.”

[https://thenewsgiant.com/sokoto-gov-sacks-monarchs-appointed-by-predecessor-tambuwal/]

The seven district heads retained are: Aliyu Abubakar III, Ibrahim Dasuki Moh’d Maccido, Abubakar Buhari Salame, Aminu Aliyu Bello, Mahmud Shehu Yabo Mahe, Muntari Muhammad Tukur Ambarura Ambarura, and Malam Isah Aliyu Rarah.

Reject Pipeline Contracts In Itsekiri, Ilaje Lands For Tompolo

Leaders of civil society groups have held a rally in Lagos, calling for a stop to the pattern of awarding pipeline contracts to people and groups associated with violence.

They expressed full support for the reforms of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, asking Nigerians to be patient to reap the dividends.

The groups, under the Civil Society Coalition for Mandate Protection, (CSC-MAP), which held a rally at Ojota in Lagos on Wednesday, cautioned that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) may be unconsciously empowering armed groups through pipeline contracts in the Niger Delta.

The groups said pipeline protection should be given to professional and that pipelines in Itsekiri and Yoruba territories should not be given to former bandits who once led armed insurrection against the state.

Over 1,000 representatives of indigenous peoples from oil-producing communities in Lagos, Ondo and Delta states attended the rally.

The group said it may be compelled to hold rallies in Abuja to draw the attention of The Presidency, the National Assembly and the International Community.

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https://thenewsgiant.com/civil-society-groups-in-lagos-rally-back-tinubu-and-reject-pipeline-contracts-for-ex-bandits/

Some of the banners read: ‘Stop Pipeline Contracts to Bandits’, ‘No more pipeline contracts for former militants,’ ‘Don’t Give Pipelines Protection in Itsekiriland to Our Enemy’, ‘Probe illegal Arms in Niger-Delta’, Okuoma Killings: Who gave The |Guns.’

The group said: ‘The CSC-MAP has received complaints from many oil-producing communities who feel sidelined by the Federal Government and corporation institutions like oil-producing companies and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, NNPC in benefit sharing and job opportunities for the young in the companies involved in oil pipeline protection.’

The coalition said indigenous peoples vehemently oppose the idea of giving the protection of pipelines protection in Itsekiri and Ilaje lands to Mr Government Ekemuokpolo said to have led armed battles against the Itsekiri and Ilaje in the past.

‘We want President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to succeed.We do not want anything that can lead to another round of crisis in the oil-producing communities in the Niger-Delta.The NNPC must never give protection of pipelines in Itsekiri and Ilaje territories to Tompolo who was the ring leader in the ethnic conflict between Itsekiri and Ijaw and between Ijaw and Ilaje. Any attempt to do this is an invitation to chaos,’ the group said.

The coalition said oil-producing communities are concerned that while oil pipleline contracts are a means of providing jobs for local communities, the majority of people in oil-producing companies are sidelined by the fact that some of the companies involved in the pipelines protection are not indigenous to the communities and territories that are expected to protect.

‘The indigenous communities like Itsekiri and Ilaje are being sidelined. There is a looming dispute which can snowball into a major problem. It is inconceivable that oil pipeline protection in Itsekiri and Ilaje have been handed over to interests that fought these communities with arms and ammunition in the past.’

They said the danger is that leaders of armed groups in the name of pipeline protection are being fortified and funded to have dominion on Itsekiri and Ilaje territories, which is totally unacceptable.

‘Itsekiri and Ilaje Communities in Ondo, Delta, Lagos states call on the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to review the oil pipeline contracts to ensure that local and indigenous people that host oil and oil pipelines are direct beneficiaries,’ the CSC-MAP said.

Leaders who spoke at the rally were the CSC-MAP Deputy Coordinator, Michael Ajayi, Assistant Secretary, Ajayi Lateef, Abubakar Salami and Uzor Jideofor.

The group said millions of youths remain unemployed in Iteskiri communities even though they are from oil-producing communities.

That indigenous communities in Ondo, Itsekiri Delta, Ogun and Lagos States called on Tinubu to review the whole indigenous companies operating in these states to ensure that the real beneficiaries are people indigenous to these communities.’

CSC-MAP said the Federal Government should ensure pipeline protection does not lead to proliferation of arms in the oil-producing communities. It said the communities are worried following the killings of 17 soldiers in the Niger Delta which it shows clearly that certain elements in the Niger Delta are in possession of dangerous weapons.

It said: ‘The Federal Government should launch a new amnesty to ensure armed groups remaining in the Niger Delta hand over their arms to the Federal Government. That the Federal Government should set up a committee made up of security agencies and community leaders to investigate the source of arms used in the killing of the soldiers and to punish those responsible for the proliferation of arms.’

‘The CSC-MAP said the communities are worried and feel unsafe following the killings of 17 soldiers: ‘It shows clearly that illicit arms remain in large numbers in the Niger Delta. We call for immediate and thorough investigations to find out if there is a link between arms proliferation in the Niger Delta, oil pipeline contracts and the recent killing of the soldiers. That failure to address these burning issues may lead to outbreak of hostilities the Niger-Delta.

‘The community based organisation in the oil-producing communities are concerned about old and fresh environmental problems arising from busting of illegal refineries, social and cultural issues associated with oil production pipeline protection in Nigeria. CSC-MAP is also concerned with issues of pollution, security and other indigenous issues relating to oil production in Nigeria. The Civil Society Coalition for Mandate Protection, (CSC-MAP) is a coalition of 55 civil society, community-based organisations and faith based groups spread across Nigeria.’

The group was established in 2007 as a platform for the protection and defence of democracy, justice and the rule of law in Nigeria.

CSC-MAP has been involved in peace building and conflict prevention in the past 16 years through workshops, training advocacy and networking in urban and rural communities in Nigeria.

Who notice say di kidnapper come resemble Wike current photos?

6TH FEB 2024

PRESS RELEASE

OPC DESCRIBES KILLING OF 3 OBAS AS HIGHEST INSULT TO YORUBA RACE, WANTS MORE SOPHISTICATED ARMS FOR GOVERNORS, AMOTEKUN, OTHERS TO TACKLE TERRORISTS, KIDNAPPERS

The Oodua People's Congress (OPC) has described the killing of three Obas in Ekiti and Kwara states as the highest insult to the Yoruba race and an abomination that would only be cleansed with the blood of their murderers.

OPC President, Otunba Wasiu Afolabi, made the submission in a Press Release issued in Lagos on Monday, while revealing that the organisation was eagerly waiting to be invited and mobilised by the Yoruba governors to join the manhunt for the monarchs’ killers.


"Our Obas are next to God traditionally. To kill an Oba is unheard of, not to talk of killing three Obas within one week. It is the highest insult to us as Yoruba people, and these evildoers will not be allowed to go scot-free,"

Afolabi said. "The killers must face the full consequences of their evil, dead or alive.
"If criminals can get away with killing three royal fathers like chickens, then who is safe?"

Afolabi said the Ekiti and Kwara governors and the Federal Government should mobilise patriotic groups like OPC and Agbekoya to join the effort in making Yoruba land safe again.

"Today, we have a dangerous threat hanging over our heads and this is time for all hands to be on deck to make our land and people safe again," the OPC President emphasised.

Throwing its weight behind the call by Oyo State's Governor Seyi Makinde for the creation of state police, OPC said that the formal security agencies were clearly overwhelmed by the widespread and nationwide cases of killing, kidnapping and abduction perpetrated by non-state actors.

"The Federal Government and the National Assembly must allow states to run their own police formations. We operate a Federal Constitution and we need to allow the Governor and House of Assembly to take control of security by themselves, instead of running to Abuja for permission to confront the slightest security challenges.

"These criminals are exploiting the usually slow response time of an over-centralised, Abuja-controlled Federal police to cause havoc and escape justice. The time now calls for the evolving of a decentralised security system to meet our policing and security needs."
OPC demanded that South-West governors should purchase sophisticated arms purchased for Amotekun.

The organisation commiserated with the government and people of Ekiti State for the killing last week’s Monday of their two traditional rulers: Onimojo of Imojo Ekiti in Oye Local Government Area and Elesun of Esun Ekiti in Ajoni, Ikole Local Government Area.

Additionally, OPC sent condolences to the people and government of Kwara State over the killing of Oba Segun Aremu-Cole in his palace at Koro town in Ekiti Local Government Area on Thursday.

Afolabi added: "This is the time to emphasise our true Federalism. Nigeria's constituent parts must be able to fulfil their primary responsibility of protecting citizens. Any government that is unable to cater for the welfare and security of citizens, as well as maintain law and order, has lost its legitimacy, because the protection of life and property is a fundamental responsibility of government.
"At present, life in Nigeria is short and brutish. We cannot continue with this 'survival of the wicked' existence.

"OPC has said before under President Muhammadu Buhari that the governors cannot be expected to use stones, Dane guns and catapults to confront criminals armed with AK47 and anti-aircraft guns. Governors must be allowed to return fire for fire. And force must be met with extraordinary force."

OTUNBA WASIU AFOLABI

PRESIDENT OF OODUA PEOPLE'S CONGRESS, OPC

The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has congratulated Nigeria’s new President, Bola Tinubu and Vice-President, Kashim Shettima on their inauguration and swearing-in, while tasking them to hit the ground running.

The union charged the new leaders to fix the nation’s refineries amongst other challenges.

The union in the congratulatory message signed by its President and General Secretary, Williams Akporeha and Afolabi Olawole, urged Tinubu to make the nation’s public refineries functional and to address other daunting challenges in the Oil and Gas industry, including fuel subsidy, insecurity and oil theft and strict adherence to the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) among others.

The statement read: “Without any doubt, a major socio-economic policy on the front burner of national discourse and expectation is the recurrent debate for the removal of subsidy from the Petroleum Motor Spirit.

“As a responsible and responsive Trade Union in the industry, we are very desirous of policy change on the issue of subsidy, but we are deeply concerned of the failure of the successive administration to do the needful as severally advised and canvassed for by organized labor in order to avoid unintended consequences on the people and the body polity.”

The NUPENG leaders said that the union was delighted that the recently commissioned Dangote Refinery was addressing the concern of dependence on fuel importation, but advised that the new administration should not rush into taking any decision on the policy change until the products hit the market.

The union however noted, “In same vein the in-coming administration should make all three public refineries (Warri, Port Harcourt and Kaduna) functional and should not because of the anticipatory products availability from Dangote refinery allow the funds injected into the rehabilitation of these refineries waste.”

It stated that concrete efforts should be geared towards making them functional to operate in full capacities to generate returns on the investments.

“It has always been our firm belief that deregulation that is based on local production will not only increase the revenue earnings of the country, but it will also generate employment and make life more meaningful to ordinary Nigerians,” the statement expressed.

It further suggested that the new administration should have robust engagement and discussion with all key stakeholders especially the organized Labor on ways and means to mitigate these consequences on employment, inflation and living conditions of the working people.

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https://thenewsgiant.com/nupeng-urges-president-tinubu-fix-refineries-wait-for-dangote-fuel-before-removing-subsidy/

The tears promise to flow freely today Friday as the Ondo State Government and Owo folks commit to the earth the bodies of 40 worshippers of the Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church killed two Sundays ago by gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen.

Governor Rotimi Akeredolu as mourner-in-chief will lead sorrowing indigenes and sympathisers, expected to throng the mass graves dug in a purpose-built graveyard.

Built by the state, the new graveyard will remain an eternal monument of the coldblooded killing of the victims by murderers who are still on the run.

The Ondo Catholic Diocese’s Director of Social Communication, Rev. Fr. Augustine Ikwu, told reporters on Monday that the mass burial of the victims had been slated for the new cemetery provided on Emure Road in the ancient town in South-West Nigeria.

While 40 people died immediately and after the attack, several others continue to battle various degrees of injuries.

Most of those injured are still receiving treatment at the government-owned Federal Medical Centre, Owo, as well as a couple of private hospitals in the town.

The killings have received wide condemnation from world leaders, including the Pontiff of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis.

https://thenewsgiant.com/mass-burial-holds-today-in-owo-for-40-catholics-massacred-by-fulani-terrorists/

The All Progressives Congress in Ekiti State has debunked the news making the rounds that a court in Abuja had nullified the party’s governorship primary.
The state’s APC Publicity Secretary, Segun Dipe, urged Nigerians particularly Ekiti people and party members “to disregard the rumour and discountenance it as the forlorn wish of some desperate politicians in the state, which cannot come to pass”.
Dipe said in a statement titled, ‘Ekiti Guber: Biodun Oyebanji remains APC candidate, no court nullified Ekiti APC primary’ in Ado Ekiti that the party’s governorship candidate, Biodun Oyebanji, remained the leading candidate in Saturday’s election.
He said, “The warped rumour is a demarketing gimmick of some desperate opposition who are unmindful of the fact that they are causing further damage to their zero chances at the poll, instead of enhancing it.
Post-primary crisis deepens Ekiti APC internal strife, Bamidele, Adeyeye, others draw battle lines with Fayemi
“While we do not expect anyone to take such mindless and baseless rumour serious, we, however, owe the public the duty of care and assurance that they should disregard the rumour, which is farthest from the truth.
“Yes, there were some cases filed by some disgruntled elements regarding the governorship primaries we organized in January this year, which saw to the emergence of Biodun Abayomi Oyebanji as the candidate of our party, but none has gone beyond the preliminary stage and all of them have been transferred back to Ekiti for hearing.
“No High Court is sitting on any matter regarding our primary in Abuja as at today. Furthermore, every matter relating to the primary has been adjourned till September this year. To the best of our knowledge, none is up for hearing at the moment. The only one perhaps is in the wildest imagination of our detractors, which cannot see the light of day. Our party remains focused on the coming election and sure of untainted victory at the end.”
“APC, therefore, calls on all electorate in the state to remain calm and unshaken in their resolve to ensure that their adored candidate, Oyebanji, and adored party, APC coast home to victory come Saturday, 18 June 2022,” Dipe stated.

https://punchng.com/no-court-nullified-gov-primary-ekiti-apc/

Agwotulumbe:
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Tinubu urchins really prepared for today.
they created these mushroom blogs before hand in order to spam the media space

Sis, don't dismiss or profile the site like that. What you don't know, you don't know. And what you do not know is bigger than you. Be humble.

Latest signals from Aso Rock a few moments indicate that the President Muhammadu Buhari has given a firm nod for the presidential ticket to be the exclusive preserve of the South.

THENEWSGIANT sources reveal that this message had been passed down to Northern party chieftains in order to get delegates from the zone to yield their votes to solely Southern aspirants.

What is not clear, however, is whether the President would actually open up, pinpoint his particularly preferred candidate, and market this preference to party chieftains.

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Although the President reportedly got initially confused by the idea sold yesterday by the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Chairman and former Nasarawa Governor, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, that Senate President Ahmad Lawan be endorsed as the consensus candidate, the firm stand of the 12 northern governors from the party especially weighed heavily on him.

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However, the governors reportedly stood their ground and insisted on honouring the earlier understanding that the presidency should swing from the North to the South at the 2023 election.

https://thenewsgiant.com/initially-confused-buhari-finally-endorses-southern-apc-candidate-thenewsgiant-exclusive/

Former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, has been caught in a web, with his being announced today into the presidential campaign committee of Senate President Ahmad Lawan, despite the maverick politician being appointed in April as Deputy National Coordinator of the presidential campaign organisation of the Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello.

It is not clear how and if Fani-Kayode can serve two people with conflicting interest.

However, earlier today, the Ahmad Lawan Campaign Organisation rolled out its list of appointment, with former Governor of Abia state and current Chief Whip of the 9th Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, taking the post of Director-General, and Femi Fani Kayode as the Deputy Chairman for Media and Publicity.

It translates to Fani-Kayode serving two presidential aspirants, both of whom are vying for the ticket the All Progressives Congress (APC).

He was on April 1 announced as Deputy National Coordinator for Bello, serving under Hafsat Abiola-Costello, daughter of the late June 12 hero, Bashorun Moshood Abiola (Director-General), and Senator Jonathan Zwingina (National Coordinator).

Making the disclosure at a high-powered meeting in Abuja today Thursday was the Ahmad Lawan Central Campaign Organisation, which also announced the appointment of executives to eight committees.

They include:

FINANCE AND BUDGET

Auwal Lawan –Chairman

Senator Sani Musa–Co-Chairman

STRATEGY AND PLANNING

Senator Ikechukwu Obiora –Chairman

Senator Betty Apiafi –Deputy Chairman

CONTACT AND MOBILISATION

Senator Barau Jibrin –Chairman

Senator Peter Nwaoboshi—Deputy Chairman

MEDIA AND PUBLICITY

Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi –Chairman

Femi Fani Kayode–Deputy Chairman

.SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE

Mallam Lawal Daura–Chairman

Commodore Mohammed Barau(Rtrd) –Deputy Chairman

TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS

Senator Bello Mandiya–Chairman

Hon. Hillary Bisong—Deputy Chairman

YOUTH GROUPS

Prince Mustapha Audu —Chairman

WOMEN GROUPS

Hon. Aisha Ismail–Chairperson

https://thenewsgiant.com/confusion-as-fani-kayode-is-appointed-by-2-rival-apc-aspirants-with-ex-gov-kalu-heading-senate-presidents-campaign/

Senator Shehu Sani Under Nairalanders’ Fire For Gunmen, Deborah Tweet

Senator Shehu Sani has courted the ire of some internet users after he tweeted to label as hypocrites and cowards people he accused of protesting the killing of the Christian student in Sokoto but maintaining silence on the activities of “Unknown Gunmen,” operating in the South-East.

His sparse post, however, drew some fire as some condemned him.

He had tweeted: “You condemn ‘the murder’ in Sokoto but you don’t have the courage and the conscience to condemn the murderous activities of Gunmen and unknown Gunmen in your area (shokoto), including the slaughter of a legislator; that is hypocrisy and cowardice.”

On the interactive Nigerian platform, Nairaland, one male poster, “blazingblender,” responding wrote: “Okay. Have you condemn yours?? Or are we praising those who killed the legislator. Or have they been arrested and we are violently protesting for their release or the 10m bounty placed. Why was it not also placed on Deborah’s killers ?? So who is a coward here??”

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Senator Shehu Sani has courted the ire of some internet users after he tweeted to label as hypocrites and cowards people he accused of protesting the killing of the Christian student in Sokoto but maintaining silence on the activities of “Unknown Gunmen,” operating in the South-East.

His sparse post, however, drew some fire as some condemned him.

He had tweeted: “You condemn ‘the murder’ in Sokoto but you don’t have the courage and the conscience to condemn the murderous activities of Gunmen and unknown Gunmen in your area (shokoto), including the slaughter of a legislator; that is hypocrisy and cowardice.”

On the interactive Nigerian platform, Nairaland, one male poster, “blazingblender,” responding wrote: “Okay. Have you condemn yours?? Or are we praising those who killed the legislator. Or have they been arrested and we are violently protesting for their release or the 10m bounty placed. Why was it not also placed on Deborah’s killers ?? So who is a coward here??”

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https://thenewsgiant.com/senator-shehu-sani-under-fire-for-gunmen-deborah-tweet-thenewsgiant-exclusive-report/

Senator Shehu Sani Under Nairalanders’ Fire For Gunmen, Deborah Tweet

Senator Shehu Sani has courted the ire of some internet users after he tweeted to label as hypocrites and cowards people he accused of protesting the killing of the Christian student in Sokoto but maintaining silence on the activities of “Unknown Gunmen,” operating in the South-East.

His sparse post, however, drew some fire as some condemned him.

He had tweeted: “You condemn ‘the murder’ in Sokoto but you don’t have the courage and the conscience to condemn the murderous activities of Gunmen and unknown Gunmen in your area (shokoto), including the slaughter of a legislator; that is hypocrisy and cowardice.”

On the interactive Nigerian platform, Nairaland, one male poster, “blazingblender,” responding wrote: “Okay. Have you condemn yours?? Or are we praising those who killed the legislator. Or have they been arrested and we are violently protesting for their release or the 10m bounty placed. Why was it not also placed on Deborah’s killers ?? So who is a coward here??”

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https://thenewsgiant.com/senator-shehu-sani-under-fire-for-gunmen-deborah-tweet-thenewsgiant-exclusive-report/

Traffic and business in Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State came to a halt today, Thursday, as commercial motorcycle (Okada) mostly operators reportedly of Northern extraction defied attempts to stop them plying the roads in line with Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s Wednesday directive.

Reports from that axis said that the Okada operators faced gun-toting police who had come to enforce the ban.

Shots were fired around Alaba Rago as the defiant boys faced police officers, apparently beating a retreat on foot.

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https://thenewsgiant.com/lagos-burns-as-okada-riders-battle-police/

The Oodua People’s Congress (OPC) has called for northern leaders and the Federal Government to halt immediately the ongoing ethno-religious violence in Sokoto and other northern states, as well as guarantee the safety of the lives and businesses of Southerners in the North.

In a statement by OPC’s President, Otunba Wasiu Afolabi, the group also demanded the immediate arrest and prosecution by police and security authorities of the Islamic leaders who fuelled the crisis by directly mobilising rioters and through making inflammatory statements, following the killing of the female student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education.

“These people must know that nobody has a monopoly of violence. Nobody should provoke Yoruba people. Northerners cannot continue to take the laws into their hands. We hold President Muhammadu Buhari and all the governors responsible for this provocative resort to violence by rioters. Northern leaders must immediately put a stop to this madness because it is capable of provoking reprisals from other parts of the country,” OPC said, adding, “Enough is enough.”

Condemning the killing of Miss Deborah Samuel in the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto, the Yoruba socio-cultural group described her murder as unwarranted, barbaric and provocative.

Afolabi said: “We demand justice for Miss Deborah Samuel, whose life was so brazenly cut short in her prime. OPC demands that her killers must be hunted down, brought to justice and made to face the maximum punishment that the law dictates.”

Describing the spiralling riots as unjust and provocative, OPC warned that it would not fold it arms while Yoruba and Southerners were being killed and maltreated in the North by rampaging fundamentalists.

He added: “Equally, we note with much concern the provocative statements made by some religious and regional leaders, who flagrantly justified the killing of Miss Deborah Samuel. We demand that such disgruntled elements must be arrested and charged to court.”

According to Afolabi, it stood logic on its head and it was a proof of the collusion between authorities and religious fundamentalists the fact that the arrest of suspects in the Sokoto killing sparked riots in Sokoto and some northern cities.

OPC said: “This is what we have always said about the lopsided structure of President Buhari’s security architecture. The only thing that has emboldened these mobsters is the fact that all the security levers are under the total control of Northerners, who will treat their violence with kid’s gloves.”

Recalling that former President Olusegun Obasanjo once declared that security agencies should shoot-on-sight members of OPC and other self-determination groups for no justifiable reason, Afolabi wondered why President Muhammadu Buhari had failed to read the riot act to rampaging rioters in the North now maiming, killing and looting with reckless abandon.

OPC called for Buhari to borrow a leaf from General Sani Abacha’s handling of the Wahhabists involved in the 1995 beheading in Kano of Gideon Akaluka, a South-Easterner.

“These misguided miscreants must learn the hard way that the true God Almighty does not demand human sacrifice; and on no account should they ever take the life of anybody,” Afolabi said.

https://thenewsgiant.com/opc-spits-fire-on-sokoto-riots-killing-of-db/

This is a mischievous and evil headline. The man never said he would govern Nigeria like Buhari did

Truth is that if PDP had governed from 1999 in this lob-sided and parochial and jingoistic way APC has governed since 2015, this Fourth Republic would have been over tay-tay. Let Garba Shehu take that to the bank.

Easter is here!!!

Happy Easter to all Nairalanders.

May God grant us grace to see more in the land of the living in Jesus name.

Here is my favourite Easter line.

"An empty grave is there to prove my Saviour lives."

It is from the hymn, God sent His son, they called Him, Jesus.

What is yours?

Share!

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God sent His son, they called Him, Jesus
He came to love, heal and forgive
He lived and died to buy my pardon
An empty grave is there to prove my Savior lives.

Because He lives, I can face tomorrow
Because He lives, all fear is gone
Because I know He holds the future
And life is worth the living
Just because He lives.

How sweet to hold a newborn baby
And feel the pride and the joy he gives
But greater still the calm assurance
This child can face uncertain days because He Lives.

And then one day, I’ll cross that river
I’ll fight life’s final war with pain
And then, as death gives way to vict’ry
I’ll see the lights of glory and I’ll know He reigns.

Because He lives, I can face tomorrow
Because He lives, all fear is gone
Because I know He holds the future
And life is worth the living
Just because He lives

I am older than you by how many years?

Observe, nowadays, fewer and fewer Nigerians are using the face mask. This is unlike much of 2020 and 2021 when it was made a compulsory item for use outside the home. Not a few felt that with the relatively low rate of COVID-19 infections in Nigeria, people were reluctant to clamp that strange item on their faces as it happens in Europe and America. Public facilities in Nigeria like hospitals, banks and supermarkets and even eateries made it a must wear or else violators would be banned from gaining entrance.

However, the tide has turned and the trend has changed. Nowadays, many Nigerians have abandoned the wearing of face masks.

When last did you use a face mask personally?

Why and where did you use it?

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Point of correction: There is no institution called UNIVERSITY OF NSUKKA, but UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA

Many call him, "THE BEST GOVERNOR LAGOS NEVER HAD," Jimi Agbaje is 64 years today.

The foremost Lagos politician and pharmacist was born of a banker father while his mother was a teacher. His younger brother, Segun Agbaje, is CEO of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB).

A member of NADECO and Afenifere, he left the Alliance for Democracy (AD) for the Democratic People’s Alliance (DPA) to actualise his governorship ambition. He lost to Babatunde Fashola in the 2007 polls in Lagos State. He later joined the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and became its Governorship Candidate for Lagos State in 2015 and 2019. He lost both elections first against Akinwunmi Ambode and Babajide Sanwoolu of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Fondly called JK, Jimi Agbaje studied Pharmacy at the University of Ife after attending Saint Gregory’s College in Lagos. He established JAYKAY Pharmaceutical and Chemical Company Limited. As a businessman and philanthropist, he sits on the board of several organisations including: Oakwood Park Ltd, Atlantic Hall Secondary School Epe and Jimi Agbaje Outreach (an empowerment project for the less privileged).

He was a member of the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria (1999–2006); National Secretary of the Nigerian Association of General Practice Pharmacists (NAGPP) from 1987 to 1990; National Chairman NAGPP (1990–1993) and Chairman Pharmaceutical society of Nigeria Lagos State (1994–1997).

He is married to Abiola a lawyer and they have three children and several grandchildren.

MrLondonder:


bro i drive a range rover & i own 3 flat in Pekam (gooogle Pekam sir). we dont build hut here in London sir, we buy house/ flat or Mansion so please please please if people dopnt have moiney to buy house, stop building hut & callin hut house...thats iligal
YOU EITHER HAV MOINEY OR U DONT....I DO, THEY DONT!!!!!!! (No oofeinse)

Poor you. Fake all through. You don't even know how to spell the name of the place where you claim you live in.

Pekam, my foot!!!!!!!!!

Get real, man. Stop living a lie make depression no go kill you.

Many of you do not know that Dolapo Osinbajo, nee Soyode, was, has always been and will always be a lawyer.

She is a lawyer married to a lawyer.

Dolapo is the granddaughter of Chief Obafemi Awolowo. Awolowo's daughter.

Ayo, gave birth to her with her husband Chief Tayo Soyode, a famous Lagos politician.

A Presidential Aspirant in the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Ibrahim Bello Dauda, has commended President Muhammadu Buhari and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the fair and peaceful conduct of Saturday’s council elections in the Federal Capital Territory
Dauda, however, lamented the low voter turnout.
He, also, congratulated the winners in the elections, saying that they must regard their victory as a call to serve their constituents.
In a Wednesday statement by the Media Directorate of his El Dabi 2023 Presidential Campaign, Dauda said the results, in which the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) cleared three of the six seats of Council Chairman, showed that both INEC and Buhari were supremely committed to guaranteeing the sanctity of elections in the country.
According to the 49-year-old businessman-academics, the President demonstrated a resolve not to interfere with electoral outcomes as well as a robust commitment to allowing the will of Nigerians to prevail at the polls.
“The fact that the President’s party did not score a landslide victory in the Abuja elections is a very good signal for our democracy,” Dauda said. “Nigerians can go to sleep, knowing that, like the case of Edo State, future elections in this country will not be tampered with just to please the ruling party. Gradually President Muhammadu Buhari and this administration in INEC are showing a determination to let votes count and leave behind a legacy of free, fair and credible elections.”
However, Dauda said APC members must let the elections teach them about the need to close ranks and approach public polls as one house.
“If truth be told, we the ruling APC underperformed on Saturday,” he submitted. “It means that we must learn from the age-old maxim of: United We Stand, Divided We Fall. Simply put, APC at that local level failed to approach the elections with one heart and one house. And that is a lesson for the bigger house for future and bigger electoral stakes.”
Dauda, who recently threw his hat into the ring to compete for the presidency under APC, is an Accountant and Administrator, who holds a doctorate degree in Business Administration from the Cornerstone University in Israel.
From the Kanuri stock in Gora town, Shani Local Government Area of Borno State, Dauda was born in Jos North area of Plateau State on June 3, 1972.
He, however, bemoaned the fact that the FCT Area council polls in Abuja at the weekend recorded a voter turnout of about 10 percent.
Speaking on the sparse voter turnout, he said, “The 10 percent voters who turned out to vote are most likely the traders, farmers and artisans. The 90 percent who refused to vote represents the educated ones, only spending their time on social media identifying all the problems in Nigeria. However, when the election threw up the opportunity to be part of the solution, they were nowhere to be found. Is this how we want Nigeria to change?”
The former chieftain of Buhari’s now defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) holds no fewer than 27 professional and academic certifications, as well as about 13 honorary awards and decorations, from Nigeria, several African countries, America and other parts of the world.

https://www.thepointng.com/apc-presidential-aspirant-hails-buhari-inec-on-abuja-polls-bemoans-voter-apathy/?amp=1

Ptcheew... Wey di crowd? Dhis one na crowd?

If you know the North and the volume it can muster, this is actually a disgrace, a virtual vote-of -no confidence to this regime and its supposed stars.

TechSpecialist:
23 years now after your father's death and you've never still moved on.
Keep seeking for attention or should i say use your dad's death/fame to tactically seek for political appointment

Very dumb, insensitive and sadist response.... You should have your person murdered and then "move on" after 23 years.

Unilag's 55,000 students have been having a major headache trying to take online classes as directed by the school authorities.

Indications are that the school's central server crashed. One student said she had been trying to come online since midnight to no avail.

So can someone ask the University of Lagos what the razzmatazz was all about when the students cannot access the school server?

For weeks, the foremost institution of learning announced resumption date for today, January 25, 2021, after over nine months of a nationwide strike by university teachers, a strike influenced by both the corona virus and the ASUU dispute with the Federal Government.

However, anxious students were told classes would commence online today.

Chats across several platforms and groups show that Unilag's much vaunted online and internet classes ended up being a disappointing and anti-climatic no-show.

The school's records shows that it has about 55,000 students.

For many of these students, the strike continues.

"They are not ready for online classes. They should just let us return to campus and take our lectures as usual," one disappointed student grumbled.