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Romance › Re: At What Age Do You Wanna Marry? by Mecka: 7:00am On Jun 11, 2021
Hushmoni:
29 looking for from 40 and above grin
you dey look sugamummy
Romance › Re: At What Age Do You Wanna Marry? by Mecka: 6:56am On Jun 11, 2021
Ursulaa:
25 Really don’t know if it’s still possible
why?
Romance › Re: At What Age Do You Wanna Marry? by Mecka: 6:53am On Jun 11, 2021
Sukkyy2010:
Don't mind him, when I was @20 mum still got pregnant at 49 the last child of the family was born. Of recent I heard a rumor from my lil sister that she mistakenly got another pregnant and I'm already 26 ooo... So what are you saying wrong with 30+ ladies to have difficulty in getting pregnant I found that as myths though.

My mum still dey fire dey go if not that we her children warn her to stop embarrassing us with that.
this your mama engine na made in germany
Romance › Re: At What Age Do You Wanna Marry? by Mecka: 6:48am On Jun 11, 2021
brutustech:
Most people with this idea are feminists that have past their prime but still think they are in the market grin
i know alot of younger guys who go for this type of women. What do u have to say about that
Romance › Re: At What Age Do You Wanna Marry? by Mecka: 6:32am On Jun 11, 2021
PrimadonnaO:
Lol.
talk jor. You don't know whether i can make your dream come true. Which kind shakara be dis sef
Romance › Re: At What Age Do You Wanna Marry? by Mecka: 1:07am On Jun 11, 2021
brainmax2000:
honestly bro I wonder how married couples do it..I love my peace of mind than som1 watching my every move and how I live my life and I cherish my metime... but instead u wake up to d same shape,voice,figure who didnt grow with u frm childhood(a complete strangr),attached with her own family strangrs that will burden u wit dia wahala..its mindboggling.
we have no choice
Romance › Re: At What Age Do You Wanna Marry? by Mecka: 1:02am On Jun 11, 2021
PrimadonnaO:
Twenny!
how old are you now
Romance › Re: At What Age Do You Wanna Marry? by Mecka: 12:42am On Jun 11, 2021
KunleSteel:
Not getting married. My choice. I'll live with the pros and cons.
people will talk
Celebrities › Re: Nkechi Blessing Shades Seyi Shay Over Fight With Tiwa Savage by Mecka: 12:28am On Jun 11, 2021
PrinceOfLagos:
Dis one wey her money na 15k a night too wan talk
which brothel. I don dey find how i go nack this chick
Sports › Re: How I Came About My Goal Celebration At 1994 World Cup -finidi by Mecka(op): 1:38pm On Jun 10, 2021
Interesting. Lalasticlala
Sports › How I Came About My Goal Celebration At 1994 World Cup -finidi by Mecka(op): 9:48am On Jun 10, 2021
Former Super Eagles midfielder, Finidi George has
revealed what prompted his goal celebration style
at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.
Recall that Finidi netted Nigeria’s opening goal in
the second group match against Greece and
trotted towards the corner flag to celebrate the
now-infamous urinating dog goal celebration.
Finidi in an interview with TribalFootball stated
that he could hardly explain what prompted the
goal celebration.
“My celebration at the World Cup was not
planned.
https://i1.wp.com/www.completesports.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/finidi.jpg
“I did not even know that I was going to score at
the world cup, but after scoring the goal, I wanted
to celebrate and I just did that spontaneously, and
till date people still talk about the celebration.
“I just got carried away after the scoring a goal at
the World Cup.”
Nigeria, however, was knocked out in the Round
of 16 by Italy after losing 2-1.
https://www.completesports.com/how-i-came-about-my-goal-celebration-at-1994-world-cup-finidi/
Sports › Re: Connor Mcgregor Racked Up $180M In 2021, More Than Messi, Ronaldo, Or Lebron by Mecka(op): 8:28pm On Jun 08, 2021
Too much money lalasticlala
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Fc Barcelona Fan Thread: "més Que Un Club" by Mecka: 11:54am On Jun 08, 2021
Sports › Connor Mcgregor Racked Up $180M In 2021, More Than Messi, Ronaldo, Or Lebron by Mecka(op): 11:43am On Jun 08, 2021
The world’s best athletes have plenty of opportunities to bank on their popularity. Besides lucrative sports contracts, most of them earn even more significant profits from heavy endorsement deals.

According to data presented by SafeBettingSites.com, Connor McGregor, as the highest-paid athlete in the world, racked up on and off-field earnings of around $180 million this year, more than Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo or LeBron James.

McGregor Earned $158M in Endorsements, Three Times More than Cristiano Ronaldo

McGregor’s performance earnings came from his appearance at UFC 257 in January 2021, in which he was knocked out by Dustin Poirier in the second round. Despite the disappointing showing, the MMA fighter could still boost his income through various endorsements and sponsorship deals, including those with Reebok and Beats by Dre. His primary source of off-field income came through the sale of his whiskey brand Proper No. Twelve to Proximo Spirits.

The Forbes data revealed that Conor McGregor earned $158 million in endorsements this year, three times more than Cristiano Ronaldo and double of LeBron James, as the athlete with the second-largest endorsement earnings globally.

As well as winning an incredible number of trophies, Lionel Messi tops the list of the highest-paid footballers. With $130 million in this year’s earnings, Argentinian footballer ranked as the second highest-paid athlete globally. Statistics show Messi has one of the two highest salary earnings, bringing him $97 million in 2021. Endorsement deals, including a lifetime sponsorship deal with Adidas, and deals with Pepsi, Lay’s, and Budweiser, brought him another $33 million this year.

The Portuguese superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo, is the third highest-paid athlete globally. His on-field earnings hit $70 million this year, $27 million less than Messi.

However, the famous footballer, who boasts five Champions League titles to his name, had off-field earnings of $50 million thanks to a lifetime deal with Nike and endorsements with DAZN, Electronic Arts, and Tag Heuer.

Three out of Ten Highest-Paid Athletes are Soccer Players

An American football player, Dak Prescot ranked fourth on the Forbs list of the highest-paid athletes globally. The Dallas Cowboys` quarterback earned $107.5 million in 2021, $73 million less than the first-ranked Collin McGregor. However, statistics show Prescot has the highest on-field earnings, bringing him $97 million this year.

Basketball superstar, LeBron James, rounds the top five list with $96.5 million in this year’s earnings. His endorsement deals make two-thirds of that value.

The Forbes data also revealed that three out of ten highest-paid athletes globally are soccer players. Football players took two spots on this list, the same as basketball players. MMA, auto racing, and tennis all have one athlete in the top ten list.
https://www.completesports.com/connor-mcgregor-racked-up-180m-in-2021-more-than-messi-cristiano-ronaldo-or-lebron-james/

Sports › Onuachu Wins Ebony Shoe Award For Best African Player In Belgium by Mecka(op): 7:31pm On Jun 07, 2021
Paul Onuachu has won the Ebony Shoe award for the Best African player In Belgium for the 2020/21 season, reports Completesports.com.

The Nigeria international succeeded Antwerp and Congo Democratic Republic forward Dieurmaci Mbokani as the winner of this year’s award.

The 27-year-old was top scorer in the Belgian Pro-League with 29 goals in 33 appearances. He scored four times in five games in the Jupiler Pro League PlayOff and once in the Beker van Belgie to bring his total tally to 35 in 41 games.

The striker is the fifth Nigerian to win the award after Daniel Amiokachi (1992,1994), Victor Ikpeba (1993), Godwin Okapara (1995) and Celestine Babayaro (1996).

Onuachu beats his Genk teammate Théo Bongonda who scored 18 goals and bagged six appearances in 39 games in all competitions; RSC Anderlecht’s duo of Albert Sambi Lokonga who scored just thrice in 37 games in all competitions, Lukas Nmecha who scored 21 times in 41 games and Club Brugge’s Angola defender, Clinton Mata who scored once in 49 appearances.

The Ebony Shoe award is a football award in Belgium given annually to the best African or African origin player in the Belgian Pro League.
https://www.completesports.com/onuachu-wins-ebony-shoe-award-for-best-african-player-in-belgium/

Politics › How Drylands Contribute To Economic Development – Experts by Mecka(op): 11:04am On Jun 06, 2021
Environmental and development experts
have provided insights on how drylands
can contribute to the growth of
agriculture and the larger economy in
Africa.

The experts spoke at the first-ever digital
Global Landscape Forum (GLF)
conference held between June 2nd and
3rd. The major theme of the conference
focused around Africa’s drylands and
integrative restoration practices.
While delivering a keynote speech on
Africa’s perspective on ecosystem
restoration at the conference, the
Executive Secretary of the United
Nations Convention to Combat
Desertification(UNCCD), Ibrahim Thiaw,
explained that drylands are significant to
economic growth in countries across
Africa,
Mr Thiaw also debunked
misconceptions he claimed were
undermining the potentials and
uniqueness of Africa’s dryland amidst
ongoing restoration campaigns across
the world

According to him, claims that drylands
do not contribute much to the economy
are untrue because in most drylands,
people have lands as their only assets.
He argued that in Africa, up to 70 per
cent of the population depends on the
primary sector, including drylands that
represent up to 45 per cent.

Agriculture, livestock, inland fisheries,
and tourism revenues are seamlessly
possible in drylands, he explained.
Mr Thiaw stated that there’s a need to
debunk myths being concocted and
circulated about dryland regions across
the world.

Drylands
According to Aridity Index (AI), the
United Nations’ Environment
Programme ( UNEP ) explained drylands
as the ratio between average annual
precipitation and potential
evapotranspiration, noting that drylands
are lands with an AI of less than 0.65.

Mr Thiaw said the myth that drylands
are not productive are untrue, adding
that they provide the inhabitants with
unique products and produce such as
cereals, animal feed and non timber
products.

He noted that almost 3 billion people live
on the drylands globally. This people, he
said, include 100 million pastoralists,
adding that half of the world’s range
land is found in dryland.

“The cotton industries would not survive
without cotton coming from dryland,” he
said.

“The world is just about to discover the
nutritional and health values of shea
butter, baobab and other cosmetic
products that are uniquely produced in
drylands.”

Speaking further, the UNCCD official
also said the claim that drylands are not
rich in biodiversity, and that they have
little to offer in the climate crisis, is not
true.

“The largest terrestrial behaviour found
in the magnificent savannahs of African
to the tiniest microorganism found in the
large diversity of dryland habitats
(Savannahs, ponds, rivers, wetland etc)
are in the drylands,” he said.

Mr Thiaw noted that the large open
spaces in dryland are major carbon
sinks, adding that their management
and mitigation provides a range of
opportunities for organisms.

Similarly, the environmentalist said it is
not true ‘drylands are wasteland, and
they are not worth investing in’, adding
that dryland harbors major extractive
industries from oil production in the
Middle-east to mineral extractions in dry
Africa and Australia.

“The world is amazed by the clean
energy potentials found in drylands,” Mr
Thiaw said, adding that drylands are
sources of healthy products and tourist
attraction because of their unique
landscape, wildlife and great diversity of
people.

He noted that people living in dryland
areas use little biomass and they are
generally water efficient.

“People living in drylands either scarcely
use the environment or they are forced
to migrate because there would be no
resources to sustain them.

“Change is homemade; it’s time to
change our narratives on drylands in
Africa. It’s time to reset, rethink Africa’s
development and it is time to turn
challenges into opportunities,” he said.

Insights
Providing additional insights in her
remarks, Inger Anderson, Under-
Secretary-General, United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP),
explained that in order to reverse the
damages that humanity has caused to
the natural world, “there is an urgent
need to mobilise and make a social
movement”.

The official called for “a mass
movement, a youth movement, a
finance movement and a science
movement to speed up Africa’s dryland
restoration efforts”.

“It is a great opportunity to start
delivering on sustainable development
goals so that we can create that world
of prosperity, equality and of peace,”
she said.

Meanwhile, Salima Mohamoudou, a
research associate at World Resource
Institute(WRI), explained that ‘copy and
paste solutions’ have proven not to be
the best option to explore in drylands
restoration efforts across the continent.

“There is no one-size-fits-all option.
What has worked elsewhere like in the
UK and U.S. may not work well for
Africa,” she said.

https://i2.wp.com/media.premiumtimesng.com/wp-content/files/2021/06/2018-04-09_rivers-scaled.jpg
Dryland [PHOTO CREDIT: International
Institute for Environment and
Development]

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/more-news/465848-how-drylands-contribute-to-economic-development-experts.html
Politics › Re: Soyinka Tackles Buhari Over Civil War Comment, Other Matters by Mecka(op): 11:04pm On Jun 04, 2021
Shame on buhari
Politics › Soyinka Tackles Buhari Over Civil War Comment, Other Matters by Mecka(op): 8:15pm On Jun 04, 2021
President Muhammadu Buhari’s controversial statement that his government will deal with violent secessionists in the South-east “in the language they understand” has been condemned by Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka.

Mr Soyinka, in a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES Friday, said Mr Buhari’s “recent deployment of this language is thus wrongly targeted, and tragically untimely.”

“Those of us in the fields for 30 months, who went through the war, will treat them in the language they understand,” Mr Buhari had said in reaction to attacks on state institutions and personnel in the South-east and South-south regions of Nigeria.

The president’s statement has stirred controversy across Nigeria and beyond with critics describing it as insensitive and suggesting genocide against the Igbos. The president’s supporters, however, say the statement was simply a stern warning to violent insurrectionists in the South-east.

On Thursday, Twitter deleted the president’s post with the Nigerian government later saying the social media giant has a hidden agenda in Nigeria.

On Friday, Nigeria announced an indefinite suspension of Twitter.
In his Friday statement, Mr Soyinka compared President Buhari’s statement to the statements and actions of former U.S. President Donald Trump while the latter was in office.

Read Mr Soyinka’s full statement below.
To SHOCK And AWE!

We heard it last during the heydays of Donald Rumsfeld under George Bush – and judge in what condition it has left that part of the world, and beyond. Rumsfeld’s namesake – a sobering coincidence – also spat the same gung-ho rhetoric. That Donald once ordered his uniformed forces to “go out there” and “dominate the environment”, following civilian protests at extra-judicial killings of blacks by state police. Soon enough, leaving nothing to chance, that Donald II seized on the first opportunity to personally mobilize a mob to “dominate” Capitol Hill, his own seat of government that was clearly slipping from his control.

Optimists are free to underplay that threat to the much-acclaimed democratic beacon. Study that scenario carefully however, and you find It is not a question of: it could never have succeeded. Such surmises are wrong, It COULD HAVE SUCCEEDED, albeit with unpredictable consequences for America and the world. And so, when the elected head of a democratic state like Nigeria, not perched precariously on the knife edge of power but with a couple more years in the kitty, threatens to “shock” dissidents, we should indeed be shocked out of any complacency.

Even if History has been deliberately eliminated from the school’s curriculum, Memory suffices to jerk us into a watchful, precautionary alert.

I hold no brief for those who resort to burning down police stations, slaughter their occupants simply for the crime of earning a measly monthly pittance, torch electoral offices, assassinate politicians in calculated effort to set sections of the country against others in the promotion of their own political goals. These are largely nihilists, psychopaths and/or criminal lords, soul mates of Boko Haram, ISWAP, Da’esh and company, not to be confused with genuine liberators. All over the world, throughout history, elections are denounced, boycotted, and generally delegitimized without recourse to wanton butchery.

When, however, a Head of State threatens to “shock” civilian dissidents, to “deal with them in the language they understand”, and in a context that conveniently brackets opposition to governance with any bloodthirsting enemies of state, we have to call attention to the precedent language of such a national leader under even more provocative, nation disintegrative circumstances. What a pity, and what a tragic setting, to discover that this language was accessible all the time to President Buhari, where and when it truly mattered, when it would have been not only appropriate, but deserved and mandatory!

When Benue was first massively brought under siege, with the massacre of innocent citizens, the destruction of farms, mass displacement followed by alien occupation, Buhari’s language – both as utterance and as what is known as “body language” – was of a totally different temper. It was diffident, conciliatory, even apologetic. After much internal pressure, he eventually visited the scene of slaughter. His language? Learn to live peacefully with your neighbours. The expected language, rationally and legitimately applied to the aggressors, was exactly what we now hear – “I shall shock you. I shall deal with you in the language you understand”.

That language was missing at the moment that mattered most. It remained “missing in action” for years until a belated “Shoot at sight” outburst. Too late, and of course, inappropriately phrased. The precedent had been set, the genie let out of the bottle, consolidating a culture of impunity that predictably spread its bloody stain all over the nation.

Buhari’s recent deployment of this language is thus wrongly targeted, and tragically untimely. Even while he was threatening dissidents, an agenda of both secessionism and alien occupation was taking place not too distant from Aso Rock. ISWAP was taking over the already excised territories of Shekau’s Boko Haram, appointing new warlords of the occupational forces, sectioning Nigeria into vassal states and unfurling their replacement flags of domination. Soon, logically, ISWAP’s letters of diplomatic accreditation will be presented in Aso Rock?

We must however backtrack a little – that is the function of memory. It would be false to suggest that these eggs of impunity are newly laid. They have been incubating in loathsome hatcheries of power and domination for years, even decades, and now the raptors have been hatched and taken wings. The political culture of the devil’s bargain, of denial, evasion, avoidance of constitutional mandates, the culture of “appeasement of the unappeasable” – to quote myself – in order to gratify the vested interests of a narrow, power obsessed elite has blossomed. Finally, the chickens have come home to roost.

The evocation of the Civil War, where millions of civilians perished, is an unworthy emotive ploy that has run its course. In any case – and this has been voiced all too often, and loudly – the nation is already at war, and of a far more potentially devastating dimension than it has ever known. Every single occupant of this nation space called Nigeria has been declared potential casualty, children being pushed to the very battlefront, without a semblance of protective cover. We have betrayed the future. We need no breast beating about past wars. The world has moved on, so have nations. Some, however, prefer to move backwards. The continent is full of these atavists. In Nigeria, powerful cliques of this persuasion still roam the corridors of power We are indeed at war. It does not take the formal declaration of hostilities, with or without lethal bombardments, for a nation to find itself shell-shocked. The populace of this nation is already in that shell-shocked condition. So, what is there left to shock?

It is time to think “outside the box”. That many, in so doing, find no landing place except dissolution, is not a crime. It is not peculiar to any peoples, and is embedded in the ongoing history of many, and not only on this continent. It is their natural right as free citizens, not slaves of habit and indoctrination. Where disillusion rides high, sentiment tumbles earthwards, and the only question becomes: what can be salvaged? It thus remains the responsibility of leadership to persuade them, through both discourse and remedial action, that there are other options. Attempted bullying is not a language of discourse, nor the facile ploy of tarring all birds with the same feather.

I shall end on a personal note. It was not intended but, in view of breast thumping rhetoric by one president after the other over military sacrifice – undeniable, certainly – such recalls should be considered salutary.

The heroic exploits of our military in confronting some of the deadliest internal forces of dehumanization deserve their place of honour, not only in history, but in contemporary consciousness. However, let not the military fail to take its place centrally in the nation’s ongoing, unavoidable soul searching. And so to an instructive intervention by this “bloody civilian”, in what should be an exclusionary portfolio of the keepers of a nation’s mandate for secure existence.

It took months for me to effect a meeting, agreed in principle, with a former National Security Adviser. It took that long only because I refused to meet him within the country, since it had become clear that the +security forces, in addition to high levels of governance, had become infiltrated by the very vicious elements that have fully established and sustained a lethal dimension.

I was not about to let myself be “sold out” to unseen forces in my eagerness to sound an oppressive warning. We eventually met in London. The records, I am certain, will be found in the National Security files and, in any case, I went accompanied. My mission was straightforward – to let him know that the nation was under siege, that the nomadic herdsmen that then threaded the forests were of a different breed from those whom we normally encountered in that environment that was also close to second home to some of us. We met. That National Security Adviser assured me that the military was aware of this, and that his mission to the United States was to negotiate the purchase of spotter planes to patrol the forest routes. I retreated, satisfied, to my normal preoccupations. No, not entirely true – I did take other supplementary steps internally, including meetings with high level state officials in the West.

Now comes the rub! imagine the chagrin, this past week or two, as revelations emerged, ten years after that meeting, of humungous amounts from oil resources being found in the US off-shore accounts of that pivotal figure of any nation’s security architecture! Is that an exceptional tale? Not in the least! He is not the first multi-starred general to be thus exposed, some even brought to trial. While Boko Haram was consolidating, a Nation’s Security Czar was also consolidating his nest egg with funds meant for elimination of a national scourge.

Shock? No. Civil Society already has a superabundance of the military shock treatment!
Wole SOYINKA.
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https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/465636-soyinka-tackles-buhari-over-civil-war-comment-other-matters.html
Politics › PMB Transmits Bill Extending Retirement Age, Service Yrs For Teachers To Senate by Mecka(op): 5:09pm On Jun 02, 2021
President Muhammadu Buhari has
transmitted to the Senate, a bill to
increase the retirement age for
teachers in the country from 60 to
65 years.

The bill also seeks to extend the
years of service for teachers from
35 to 40 years.

The bill was conveyed in a letter to
the Senate President, Ahmad
Lawan, who read it out at the
start of plenary on Wednesday.

In the letter, the president
explained that the piece of
legislation would provide for a
harmonised retirement age for
teachers in Nigeria.

The decision to increase the
retirement age and service years
of teachers, he said, was pursuant
to Section 58(2) of the 1999
Constitution as amended.

“Transmission of the Harmonised
Retirement Age for Teachers in
Nigeria Bill 2021 to the National
Assembly for consideration.

“Pursuant to Section 58 subsection
2 of the 1999 Constitution of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria (as
amended), I forward herewith the
harmonised retirement age for
teachers in Nigeria Bill, 2021 for
consideration by the Senate.

“The harmonised retirement age
for teachers in Nigeria bill 2021
seeks to increase the retirement
age for teachers from 60 to 65
years, and also increase the
possible years of service from 35
to 40 years,” part of the letter
read.

Further details of the legislation
will be discussed on another
legislative day when the
lawmakers begin the process of its
passage.

Mr Buhari’s letter comes about
five months after the Federal
Executive Council approved the
extension of teachers’ retirement
age as well as service years.

Meanwhile, Mr Lawan, during
plenary, also referred the
president’s request for the
confirmation of Farouk Yahaya as
Chief of Army Staff of the Armed
Forces of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria to the Committees on
Defence and Army.

The Defence Committee, which is
chaired by Aliyu Wamakko (APC
Sokoto), was mandated to be the
lead Committee to screen the
newly appointed army chief.
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/465245-buhari-transmits-bill-extending-retirement-age-service-years-for-teachers-to-senate.html
Politics › Re: Yahaya Bello Proposes 20 Per Cent Derivation On Solid Minerals by Mecka(op): 8:48pm On Jun 01, 2021
middlebelter:
Oga Bello, for many years your people from the North opposed an increase in the derivation of crude oil mined from the Niger delta, now that it is your turn, you want 20%, therefore, I will suggest 30% derivation for states where crude oil are mined.

For the record, I am from Kogi State.
what is good for the goose is good for the gander
Politics › Re: Scrapping NYSC Scheme Not In Interest Of Nigeria’s Unity – Sultan by Mecka(op): 7:04pm On Jun 01, 2021
is there a way they can the revamp the scheme
Politics › Scrapping NYSC Scheme Not In Interest Of Nigeria’s Unity – Sultan by Mecka(op): 6:02pm On Jun 01, 2021
The Sultan of Sokoto, Sa’ad Abubakar,
says agitation for the scrapping of the
National Youth Service (NYSC) scheme
is not in the interest of Nigeria’s unity.

Mr Abubakar spoke when he hosted
some selected members of NYSC Batch
A stream 2 Corps members posted to
Sokoto state in his palace on Monday in
Sokoto.

The Sultan said that those agitating for
the scrapping of the scheme did not
mean well for the country.

The emir explained that the NYSC
scheme was established to foster the
nation’s unity and strengthen ties
among Nigerians.

“I heard there are efforts for the
scrapping of the NYSC scheme, I assure
you that those behind that struggle do
not mean well for this country,” Mr
Abubakar said.

According to him, the NYSC scheme is
the most needed programme in view of
the present situation when Nigeria is
almost divided along ethnic and
religious lines.

He welcomed youth corps members
posted to the state, saying that the state
was the most peaceful state in Nigeria.
Mr Abubakar urged the youth corps
members to consider the state as their
second home and explore the
opportunities therein.

The paramount ruler, who advised them
to respect the customs and traditions of
their host communities, urged them to
be security conscious as there are
security challenges in parts of the state.

“I urge you to be security conscious
while staying in Sokoto, you know there
are security challenges now all over the
world, we have our own share also.

”You should not keep late nights and if
you have any challenges contact your
district head because they are like your
father and guardian ” he said.

He gave assurance that there would not
be any reprisal “because a northerner
had been killed in Owerri, Enugu or Aba”,
saying that another person could not be
punished because of what someone did
elsewhere.

He said that the two major religions in
Nigeria, Christianity and Islam are
against the killing of innocent people,
saying life is sacred and no one has the
right to kill anybody at will.

He implored leaders to speak up when
things were going wrong, saying
injustice must also be addressed to
calm tension and agitations.

Earlier, Philip Enaberue, the Sokoto State
NYSC Coordinator, thanked the Sultan
for his unflinching support to the
scheme in the state.

Mr Enaberue said as it was a tradition
and that they were in the palace to pay
homage to the Sultan and seek his
fatherly advice.

He said that 1,414 youth corps members
were undergoing orientation in the state,
out of which 714 were males while 700
were females from the 36 states of the
federation and the FCT.

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https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/464954-scrapping-nysc-scheme-not-in-interest-of-nigerias-unity-sultan.html
Politics › Yahaya Bello Proposes 20 Per Cent Derivation On Solid Minerals by Mecka(op): 4:50pm On Jun 01, 2021
The Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has
recommended that 20 per cent of the revenue be given to states where solid minerals are mined, up from the current 13 per cent.

The federal government had, in 2016, approved the
implementation of the constitutionally guaranteed 13
per cent derivation from mineral revenues to
deserving states.

But Mr Bello, at the North Central Zonal public
hearing for constitution review exercise being held in
Lokoja, Kogi State, said 13 per cent is not
commensurate to the effects of mining activities in
the state.

“13 per cent derivatives is not commensurate to
degradation and other effects of mining in host
communities. I recommend 20 per cent equity share
for states on solid mineral mining,” he said.

Welcoming other states in the North Central zones to
the event, Mr Bello said Nigeria is at a crossroads,
critical to its development.

According to him, the present security situation is
both a threat and an opportunity.

“Of course, it depends on our responses as citizens
to these threats. The ongoing constitution review is
one of the tools to address issues in the national
polity, so I support the National Assembly.”

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North Central Zonal public hearing for constitution
review exercise

The two-day event, organised by the House of
Representatives Special Committee on Constitutional
Review, started on Tuesday and is billed to end on
Wednesday.

Recall that the Senate version of the event was held
last week.

This is part of the effort to meet the demands of
Nigerians on the need for restructuring, which many
believe to be long overdue.

Members of labour unions, traditional rulers,
political office holders and other groups are present
at the Kogi State Government House in Lokoja,
where the North Central section of the event is
holding.

Also speaking at the event, the Speaker of the Kogi
State House of Assembly, Matthew Kolawole,
clamoured for the creation of six additional states.
He also called for harmonisation of the 1999 and
1963 constitutions for the betterment of the citizens.

“Most people (are) agitating for Nigeria to revert
back to 1963 constitution. There is (a) need to
harmonise both the 1963 constitution and 1999
constitution for the betterment of Nigerians,” he
said.

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Politics › Re: One Dead, 50 Houses Razed In Gombe Communal Conflict by Mecka(op): 4:31pm On Jun 01, 2021
Even Gombe
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Mecka: 2:51pm On Jun 01, 2021
hensben:
I didn't say he flopped i said he was a squad player that was reliable, just like chicharito.
Need i remind you, Chicharito benched berbatov to be top striker
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Mecka:
hensben:
Which Halaand? When last a striker from Norway become anything in football. May i remind you Ole was a squad player for man u.
John Carew: Played for lyon and aston villa. Notable for his sublime goal against real in 05. Flo: Played for chelsea and norway at the world cup
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Mecka:
Kilishihunter:
I taya oooh Lukaku came for £74m, played in the europa league final last year, was a key part of their league winning, won the league's MVP asides his continuous goal banging for both country and club, That's the Niccur that's gonna leave for 60m just because he's playing in Italy grin

But wait fess in other matters, Lukaku was serie A's league MVP and ronaldo was awarded the forward of the season, is Lukaku not a forward? They won't see this one now but will gyrate when messi was just nominated for the uefa team of the year undecided
Its a compensation. Ronaldo brought attention to serie a
European Football (EPL, UEFA, La Liga) › Re: Official Chelsea Fan Thread: Club World Cup Champions 2025-2029 by Mecka: 2:07pm On Jun 01, 2021
Ibime:
Which players?



Every chance we conceded on Saturday was due to this weakness. Even the one Fernandinho burst through.

It's not his fault, if he can't do it, he can't do it. Let him go find another team that can accommodate that weakness.

Expecting to continue to play low-block defensive set-up and 3 defenders in order to mitigate Jorginhos weakness is what's crazy. No big team plays low block except Athletico which is a borderline big team.




Correction. That's how you came in supporting Bakayoko to replace Matic. I was one of those who said Bakayoko can never replace Matic
Arsenal under arteta plays low block. Watch closely
Politics › One Dead, 50 Houses Razed In Gombe Communal Conflict by Mecka(op): 12:28pm On Jun 01, 2021
Gombe State government on Monday said a
communal clash between Shongom and
Filiya districts over farmland had
resulted in the death of one person and
the burning of over 50 houses.

The state’s Commissioner of
Information and Culture, Julius Ishaya
stated this at a briefing after a Security
Council meeting in Gombe.

He stated that the clash, which took
place on Saturday, May 29, left one
woman dead and no fewer than 50
houses, food and other essential items
burnt.

Mr Ishaya said the state government
condemned the attack and called on
members of the affected communities
to embrace peace, while directing the
immediate engagement of all residents,
led by the Mai Kaltungo, Saleh
Mohammed, to find solutions and
restore lasting peace in the affected
areas.

“The council reiterated that the
banning of militias or hunters’ groups
still stands and all security agencies
have been alerted in that regard,’’ he
said.

He said that the government had also
asked leaders of the affected
communities to meet with their youths
as part of measures to prevent further
escalation of the clash.

Peace returns
Also speaking, Adamu Dishi, the state’s
Commissioner of Internal Security and
Ethical Orientation, said the affected
areas were now calm as peace had been
restored.

Mr Dishi said security operatives in the
state had been directed to fish out those
responsible for the clashes, “as crises
do not erupt on their own, so that the
perpetrators would be dealt with
according to the laws of the land”.

Saleh Mohammed, the Mai Kaltungo,
appealed for calm, stating that peace
was needed for the emirate to make
meaningful development and progress.

Conflict
The Commissioner of Police in Gombe,
Ishola Babaita, confirmed to the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that there was
a clash between Shongom and Filiya
Districts.

Mr Babaita said that the police on
receiving the report on Sunday, May 30,
deployed its personnel to prevent
further breakdown of law and order.

He added that peace had been restored
to the affected areas and his men were
still patrolling the areas to ensure the
maintenance of law and order.

He confirmed that one death was
recorded and no fewer than 50 houses
razed, saying that those involved in the
crisis would be brought to book as soon
as investigations were concluded.
(NAN)

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Security Operatives used to illustrate
story
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Politics › 7 Soldiers Killed, 5 Injured As Boko Haram Terrorists Ambush Nigerian Troops by Mecka(op): 9:05am On Jun 01, 2021
EXCLUSIVE: Seven soldiers killed, five injured as terrorists ambush Nigerian troops

At least seven soldiers of the Nigerian Army have been killed by an improvised explosive device planted by Boko Haram terrorists, in Borno state, Nort-east Nigeria, PREMIUM TIMES can exclusively report.

The latest attack came less than a week after the appointment of a new Chief of Army Staff, Farouk Yahaya.

Mr Yahaya, a major general, was appointed last Thursday following the death of the former army chief, Ibrahim Attahiru, in a plane crash recently.

According to sources familiar with the situation, a senior military officer and four other soldiers were severely injured by the explosive.

The incident , which occurred at about 10:15am on Monday, is one amongst the many traps the terrorists have used against the military, security sources said.

The officer, a colonel, whose name was not given, was said to have been on his way from Marti, a town in Borno State to the state capital, Maiduguri, together with his 11 soldiers in a gun truck.


The wounded personnel were later moved to a military hospital in Maiduguri.

Serial Attacks

Troops of the Nigerian Armed forces have suffered many attacks from the Boko Haram terrorists.

Groups like Boko Haram and the Islamic State’s West Africa Province have terrorised Nigeria’s North-east geopolitical zone for more than a decade.

This has led to the death of thousands of soldiers and civilians and has displaced thousands of residents.

Despite repeated attacks on troops and vulnerable citizens, the government has continued to claim that the terrorists have been defeated.
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Politics › Re: Nigerian Govt. Declares Kano Speaker Wanted For Violating COVID-19 Protocol by Mecka(op): 10:02pm On May 31, 2021
kinzation:
We all know such speaker that broke the COVID protocol won’t be apprehended

No be from North again
Na their papa they rule
welcome to northocracy

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