₦airaland Forum

Dangrace01:
You are not igbo then

I don't have time to share in you guys nonsense of you are igbo and you are not. I am not interested.

Inukwam you are not Igbo. In my state we have traditional institution even before the white men arrived.


If you are dealing with borrowed ones, others aren't . face your village and state and speak for them. Don't speak for others.

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Ojiofor:
Well, Imo,Abia and Rivers practices what you ignorantly called nonsense.
You called it nonsense yet we have Eze Ndi Igbo in every city around the world not Obi or Igwe.

That why I say we don't practice such nonsense that doesn't reflect the tradition of our people and what you call SE council by your screenshot are just Imo state, Abia state and even rivers state traditional rulers by their dressing it is clear. They have been holding such meetings so it is not Nothing new but not anyone from here joining in that nonsense.

Secondly they use Eze ndigbo because respect should be reserved for the main title of traditional rulers which are Igwe or Obi to help differentiate chaff from corn.


If someone in Kano is answering Eze ndigbo and some in Imo is answering Eze how do you differentiate an institution from that of Kano created just for meeting and unity.

So using Eze is a mark of respect as kingship title is exclusively for Obi/Igwe and nobody should use it aside the traditional rulers.

Dangrace01:
Igwe obi eze whatever you call it don't exist in igboland. It's borrowed

I don't know what you mean by it Igboland.

Face your state as I face mine. If there are no rulers in your state mine have rulers in my own state even before the whitemen arrived.

Pigmy:
more so from an autonomous community.

our obi of Onitsha is a no nonsense monarch.

Who knows one Eze Dick of newly created autonomous community is representing Imo state.

myobjective:
The Fulani are so domineering. Imagine the president inviting three Fulani kings to represent the north. A place with three regions and diverse huge diversity.
under normal circumstance, the following kings are supposed to be invited. Northwest ( Sultan) Northeast (Sheu of Borno), Northcentral (Atah of Igala), Southwest (Alafi of Oyo), South-south (Oba of Benin) and southeast (Obi of Onitsha)

What you wrote there is pure trash.

How can a Yoruba monarch Oba of benin represent South south. So Ooni and Alafin never do.

So Oba go represent Calabar interest or others at far end.

You must dreaming with that your oba of Bini or whatever.

Ojiofor:
So what,Is Obi of Onitsha Obi of Southeast?
Do you know wether the Imo monarch is the chairman of Southeast council of Ndi Eze?

There is nothing like South east traditional council of Ndi Eze. Anambra will never Involve in such madness with that term Eze and as at that no such Council as South council of Eze.

What is Obtainable in Anambra is Igwe or Obi Which is the same as in Delta.


What do you mean by Eze, who practices such nonsense.

seunmsg:
The headline should be: Buhari, monarchs meet in Ado Rock. Sultan is also a monarch, he does not deserve a special mention. There is no sense in separating him from the other monarchs. We in the south always complain of northern domination but we are the ones encouraging it by putting them ahead of us through our media outlets.

There is nothing like south. What we have is south, east, west and north.

Only yoruba names been mentioned.
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lgbt on the beat in Nigeria

HRM OBI SYLVESTER ENECHAZIEM JUGAI 1 (THE 35th OGBELANI OF ILLAH ANCIENT KINGDOM) PERFORMS THE END/FINAL QUARTER Of ILLAH 2020 New Yam Festival
..As He Prayed For Good Health, Increased Productivity, Peace, Love And Unity Among Ndi ILLAH.
Illah, Delta State
It was pump and pageantry yesterday in the Ancient Kingdom Of ILLAH in Oshimili North Local government area of Delta State as the good people of the community converged at the OGBELANI PALACE OF HRM Obi Sylvester Enechaziem Jugai 1 to mark the final stage/
conclusion of this year's new yam festival known as # Ukwukpe # Umuagwu /Ukpologwu in the Ancient Illah Kingdom. The event also attracted a large turn out of visitors from far and near including the IYAN President General Comrd
Onelum Anthony Obi.
Eye witnesses at the event described it as very colorful and grandiose filled with fun and lively among them. Many described it as the largest gathering of people on Illah soil for the ancient Festival. It will be recalled that HRM Obi Sylvester Enechaziem Jugai 1 came on the throne after the Late Obi Christopher Gbemudu 11 embarked on the journey to our ancestral land, and this marks the first time he is presiding over this important traditional ceremony known as # Emime which celebrates the new yam culture as well as the productive strength of the good people of ILLAH.
All village communities were represented as well as children, women and youth organizations. The great music drummers from # Ukpologwu were not left out.
The ceremony which kicked off with the breaking of kolanuts at the OGBELANI PALACE, flanked by a retinue of # Olinzeles of Illah Community. In his prayers during the breaking of kolanuts, # Obi
# Enechaziem , # OGBELANI # ILLAH # KINGDOM thanked God for his mercies on all son and daughter of Illah and asked for good health, increased productivity, peace, love and unity among his people and others.
The Youth President General # Comrd # Onelum delivered a welcome note of thanks at the occasion. In his addressed, he welcomed all the guests and promised them of the benefits of Illah's traditional hospitality. He noted that the Community has made alot of progress since the enthronement of # Obi #Enechaziem . He however noted that there are still some # pockets of
# resistance but assured that efforts are being made to restore peace back into the fold.
This was followed by the actual outing event where guest were treated with sumptuous meals and choice of drinks.
God Bless Illah Community
God Bless # ONLGA
God Bless Ndi Anioma
God Bless Delta State
God Bless Federal Republic Of Nigeria

As Nigerians took to the streets across the country, asking the government to end SARS because of the brutality they have subjected young Nigerians to, a gay rights activist used the opportunity to call attention to the fact that members of the LGBTQ community are also victims of police brutality.
Stories abound of Nigerian men who said they were assaulted by SARS officials because they look gay, or because they were wearing waist beads.
Back in 2018, a hairy stylist named Idowu Oluwatosin Olakunle cried out on social media after he was locked up for roughly 8 hours on allegations that he looked too "slim and gay" after he was picked up as he boarded a bus heading to a client’s home in Ogudu, Lagos.
Only months ago, 8 police officers were arrested after social media influencer, Olumide Bakare revealed he was harrassed and extorted after being accused of being gay (read here ).
As Nigerians are calling out the police for profiling them as fraudsters because of their looks (dreads, tattoos) and belongings (laptops, cars), members of the LGBTQ community have used to opportunity to make it clear on social media that they do not deserve to be harrassed because of their sexuality or how they look.

"Why do I get beaten up 4 being femme and perceived gay?" Gay rights activist, Matthew Blaise wrote on his placard during the protest.


Another placard he carried reads: "#QueerLivesMatter #EndSARSNow!"


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South says[b]#ENDSARS[/b], North says[b]#NOENDSARS[/b], Then to solve this imbroglio the best solution is
to Then END NIGERIA..

Please Nairalanders what is the name of this creature.

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Whether we like it or not Nigeria will break up one day –Bauchi State CAN chairm




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The vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2019 election and former Governor of Anambra State, Mr Peter Obi, speaks with OLUSOLA FABIYI and MUDIAGA AFFE on the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2023 elections and other issues

How would you assess the way the Federal Government has handled the COVID-19 pandemic?
The COVID-19 situation has brought to the fore the cumulative effects of bad leadership over the years in the area of poor health infrastructure, inequality and so many other ills in the country. We have poor health infrastructure that was not created overnight. It also showed where we are in terms of development and that we are performing below expectations.

Who is to blame for this?
I have said that it is (to be blamed on) the cumulative effects of leadership failures over the years. All of us that have been leaders over the years should share in that blame. You cannot pick who exactly to blame, but if you look at the measure of development that is universally accepted which is the Human Development Indices, among which is life expectancy that bothers on health; while globally it is 75 years, in Nigeria, it is 54 and this means that we are 21 years below. If you look at our infant mortality and health infrastructure, we are not there. The second is education and the third is per-capita (income). So, looking at all these indices, you cannot tie the blame to one person or the other.
How do we address these critical challenges?
We need to sit back and appraise the situation. Where are we today? If that is clearly stated, then we would define where we hope to get to and how we got there. So, everybody-the populace who are the passengers in this vehicle-must know that destination and know that the drivers, who are the leaders, are driving to that destination. If you look at the clearest measure of human development (HDI), we are number 157. It is categorised in three ways: high, medium, and low. The question we should ask ourselves is where are we in this categorisation? We are placed low, if not very low. So, if my target is to be at the medium level in the next few years, then we should start, for instance, to address the issues of poor budgeting in health and poor infrastructure. In the past 10 years, our total budget for health is about N2.7tn, and using the various exchange rates, it came to about $9bn. Last year alone, the second biggest economy in the continent, South Africa, had $17.1bn as budget for health. So, what we have spent in 10 years is just about 50 per cent of what the second biggest economy is spending in one year. That budget of $17.1bn, when divided with the population of South Africa came to about $308 per person. Let me again bring you home to the second biggest economy in West Africa, which is Ghana. Last year, the budget of Ghana for health was $1.2bn, which came to about $41 per person. Nigeria’s budget for health in 2019 was $1.2bn, which is $6 per head. So, in South Africa which is the second biggest economy, per head in the health sector is about $300, while in West Africa, the second biggest economy is about $40 per person. It is clear where our problem is coming from. It is left for us to decide which way to go.

Are we doing well in the area of education?
Again, the situation in this sector is unacceptable. Let me take you beyond Africa and compare us with other countries with the same population. In Indonesia, which is the highest Muslim-populated country in the world, the country’s education budget for 2019 was $48bn for a population of 250 million people. Nigeria has about 200 million people and our budget for education is about $2bn. So, you can see the crisis that we are facing. We can go on and on and you will see that there are gaps all over the place. Every other country that we are competing with has four per cent of their Gross Domestic Product as the education budget, while ours is not even up to one per cent.
But recall that we borrow to augment the funding of our budget. If we have huge budgets for all these sectors, how do we fund them?
I am not against borrowing, but I am against borrowing for consumption. Budgets are funded globally through borrowing. There is nothing wrong with that because nobody prints money on its own. If we borrow for investment, there is nothing wrong with that. It is morally irresponsible, the worst form of corruption, for you to borrow and consume and leave the payment for the future generation. This is because you have impoverished them. But if you are going to borrow to invest, it is allowed globally, because the more you invest from borrowing, the better your economy.

Which areas are the best for the investment of borrowed money?
It is proved that the biggest return on investment today is education. The more educated your people are, the better your development. The second one is health, because the more educated and healthy your people are, the stronger your economy. There is nothing wrong with borrowing. What we need to do is to put a law in place that if we must borrow, it must strictly be for investment in areas of growth. These areas are education, health, and support for businesses, especially micro, small, and medium enterprises. Countries that have done that have a robust economy. Examples are Ghana, Kenya, Vietnam, among others. In 2010, Nigeria’s overall debt was less than 10 per cent of our GDP. Our GDP then was $370bn, and our per-capita income, which is a critical aspect of HDI, was $2,325. In 2019, our borrowing has moved from below 10 per cent of our GDP to near 30 per cent of our GDP, which means that we had tripled the debts. Our GDP now is somewhere within the region of $390bn or $400bn, while the per-capita income is now below $2,000.
What does that show?
It shows that we borrowed for consumption. So, it did not impact the growth because they were not interested in that. In 2010, Ghana’s GDP was $32bn, while their per-capita income was $1,310, but today their GDP is $54bn while their per-capita income is in the region of $2,200. So, you can see the difference, they have almost doubled their per-capita income. There is nothing wrong in borrowing, it is where you throw the money that makes the difference. Singapore, which is another exceptional example, owes more than 100 per cent of their GDP, but there is a law in that country that says all borrowing must be for investment for the future. In borrowing, you must be transparent. Everybody must know what we are borrowing and what it is meant for. Our leaders spend government money as if they are doing the citizens a favour.
Would you say the present government is borrowing for the right reasons?
Well, I am just giving general examples. It is for you to judge.
We are borrowing for the railway and others…
The question is, do we need to borrow for them? We can try to raise money from the capital market here to do some of these projects which will make it even more effective because if we raise local capital, it means the debt and ownership will be local and they can question what is happening.
How do we address the problem of our dwindling revenue and dilapidated infrastructures?
There are so many countries today that will say crude oil has become a curse to Nigeria. It brought a curse to us to the extent that people stopped thinking, no innovation. Everybody just waits to get money to share. That is why we have said let us restructure the country. Let everybody go their way and become more efficient, competitive, and be able to manage their resources and we will have a country that is functional and competitive. The oil will not save Nigeria. All we need to do is to do the right thing. The countries that are doing very well globally are not making money from oil. Vietnam, for instance, makes money from other sources apart from oil. Our oil revenue in 2018 was about $18bn, it was not up to the total revenue of Facebook for that same year, which was $57bn; and it was that money ($18bn) that everybody was going to share. We have talents that will create such companies, so, we must take part and invest in them. The world is moving fast to a knowledge-driven economy.
In the $22.7bn loan that has been approved by the National Assembly, it was discovered that none of the listed projects is in the South-East. Does it not show lack of equitable distribution of projects across the zones?
For me, it does not matter which area is going to benefit or not because of our mentality of sharing. If we restructure the country, we need to get people to work. Nigeria is like a car with a faulty engine, we need to fix the engine first. If the car is working, I would not mind where they are borrowing to invest. When we had regions, nobody knew where the other region was borrowing from. Rather, all the regions were simply trying to do what was right.
So, are you advocating a return to regionalism?
Well, I am not just advocating, I am saying let us have true federalism where each area or state is a land of its own that can manage its resources and pay tax to the central government.
Can that be done with the present arrangement?
It is very simple. We must find a formula because what we have now is not working. So, we can sit down and discuss how to do it.
Are you saying we need another constitutional conference?
We need to find something that can work. What we have now is not working and we would need to check that out ourselves. Even the leadership style is not working, so, we need to do something to improve on that.
They say every country gets the leadership it deserves. Do we deserve the leadership we have in this country?
Yes, in a way because it is elected by us.
But you people have a way of rigging your way in?
Well, you can only rig if the citizens allow you to rig.
But do politicians not rig with guns?
Nobody wants to die but anyhow you must die. You could die while defending the votes or be killed by hunger.
The race for 2023 has begun, what are your expectations?
For me, that should not be our priority for now. There are all sorts of things. Considering what the world is going through with this COVID-19 pandemic, we need to focus on the future of our country. However, my position on the election is that we must change our leadership style.
Some analysts believe the South-East should produce the next President while some other zones are clamouring as well. What is your position on this matter?
My position is that the clamour for the South-East is that this enterprise belongs to all of us and it is only fair that we should be allowed to participate in it. Above that, I will still come back to the fact that the car has an engine problem, so, changing the driver might not be the most important thing, let us fix the engine. Yes, agreed, we need to make everybody feel that they are one family. You could see everywhere that they have abandoned us (South-East) in terms of even federal character and every other thing. We have every reason to feel unfairly treated.

What do you think will happen if the South-East does not get the Presidency in 2023?
I do not know. I wish I could. Nobody knows because we do not know what will happen.
Some believe Igbo people cannot be trusted…
I do not want to go into the issue of trust, but if there is one region or group that should be trusted in this country, it is the Igbo people because they are the only ones who mean well for Nigeria. We go to every part of this country, settle down and build houses.
But some other Nigerians have accused Igbo people of not selling land to non-indigenes. How true is this?
It is not true. We have trusted other people for a long time, so, let them trust us.
But there is a view that Igbo leaders are not united when it comes to taking a common decision. How true is this?
Let me tell you, there is no section of this country that is united. The North is not united, South-West is not united, and the South-South is not united. So, no place is united. We want to be supported first and we will deal with the rest on our own.
Are you interested in the Presidency in 2023?
That is not my worry for now. My worry is for us to start this journey in the right direction and come out from where we are. Look at the level of poverty that we have found ourselves in. We are now the poverty capital of the world. In the year 2000, Nigeria was a signatory to the Millennium Development Goals. By mainstreaming into that system, China was able to pull 439 million people out of poverty. India was able to reduce theirs from 276 million people to less than 76 million. The consequence for us is that in Nigeria we have more people living under poverty than in India and China. The two countries have a combined population of over 2.7 billion people, whereas we are just 200 million. So, what is it that they did that we cannot do? That should be more important than the issue of who is occupying the office of the President or governor.
But if we don’t look at who is occupying the seat, don’t you think we would keep doing the same thing?

Yes, I agree with you. That was why I said let us look at the leadership. Let us look at the records of people who were there yesterday. In China, for instance, they look at your records. If you are in a society that does not reward hard work, sacrifice, and merit, you cannot get there.
If politics is a game of number and there are only five states in the South-East. Now, don’t you think a region that has seven states will always have an advantage over others?
That is where they use other considerations other than merit. If you use merit, it does not matter. I lived in the United Kingdom for years and I had a viable business. They did not bother to know where I came from, all they looked at were my records and performance. So, if I go to the bank to request a loan, they look at my records and grant it. If we (Nigerians) still use only that method (number) to get our leaders, it simply shows that is why we are where we are.
What about lobbying?
All those things are there. It does not sacrifice competence, capacity, capability, or merit. We were just talking about states borrowing money; If only we listened to Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala who advocated that we saved money in the Sovereign Wealth Fund because the money was there in the Excess Crude Account. She said we should save $10bn from it.
But governors like you then fought her…
Yes, today, we that fought her are the ones celebrating her for that sacrifice. In every other country, people were saving.


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The governors claimed then they could save their money…
Where are the savings now and how many states saved? If we had saved in our SWF, we would not be going to everywhere to look for even $150m. If we had done it then, we would have had not less than $15bn in that account, and taking $5bn from it now would not have meant anything.
We have 13 million children that are out of school, what danger does the rising cases of Almajarai portend?
It is something to be worried about. The assets of countries today are the educated people and the more we educate the children, the better for us. The power of China today is the Chinese people that are educated. We have issues of agitation all over the place. The more you invest in education, the more the economies will open up and those agitations will stop. So, what we need to do is to invest in the uneducated people.
Some people do not believe that the government is saying the truth about the COVID-19 situation in Nigeria…(cuts in)
Yes, it is so because we have got to a level where people no longer trust each other, it’s not just about the Federal Government. Look at the states and local government areas, people have been deceived. In fairness, the political leaders have not been truthful to the people. So, why would they believe you?
What is your relationship with the governor of your state?
I do not want to comment on my state. My prayer points every day are focused on my family, Nigeria and my state. Just those three prayer points every day. It is important. I have always wished the state well because I was governor there for eight years and I sacrificed whatever I could to make it better in the areas of engineering, health, education and fighting poverty.
Would you say your successor is building on those successes you recorded during your tenure?
People should judge, I should not be the one assessing him. I can only tell you what I did. Leave it to those whose business it is to judge.
Does it mean you are no longer very passionate about your state?
I am, but not to the extent of comparing myself with my successor.
Is there hope that the PDP will win the next governorship election in your state?
Well, we would go there and campaign. It is the people that will decide.


With what you did for your state, why were there dissenting voices, especially in the South-East, when Abubakar Atiku picked you as his running mate?
It did not show in the election result. Forget about what happened when I was picked, look at what happened when the votes were counted. The PDP had the best result from Anambra State in the whole country. We got 95 per cent of the votes cast in the state.
Do you think we should have an age limit for whoever wants to be President of Nigeria?
Personally, no. Look at the US, those who want to be President in the next election are over 75 years

But they are in countries where things are working…(cuts in)
Let me tell you, we have had young people in government before, especially as governors, some of them lost it. Let us look at competence and capacity. Yes, age is a factor, but there are times where someone who is 75 is healthier than someone who is 50. Age should not be the primary issue.

What can be done to improve insecurity in the country?
This is in two ways. The greatest weapon to fight insecurity is economy. You cannot have 40 million unemployed people or living below poverty without having security challenges. The more you get people out of unemployment and living in poverty, the more the level of insecurity is addressed.

So, are you saying that without improving on the economy, security measures like the setting up of Amotekun and others will not have any effect?

They are all part of improving the economy. Regional policing is critical because it boosts the effective management of the people. There is nothing wrong with that, we need it. It is something that can be enhanced and supported. But above all, you must create an economy that is working.

How do we curb waste in governance?

One of the greatest challenges of the Nigerian government is waste in governance. There is too much waste in governance. From my experience as a governor, the office of the governor was costing the state about 20 per cent of the total expenditure. It includes all sorts of things including the office of the first lady- these are things that should not be. To address that, we started putting percentages in different sub-heads. For instance, road construction, 15 per cent; education, 12 per cent; health, 10 per cent and by the time we finished all these, the office of the governor was no longer costing us more than five per cent. The office of the governor became the poorest office and people no longer wanted to see me in office. I recall I once had a meeting with the then Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Primate Peter Akinola; and when he came to my office on a Monday I was alone, nobody was waiting to see me, he was surprised. Most times, I was alone in the office; people were no longer interested in seeing me.
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GOVERNOR WIKE MONITORS LOCKDOWN , COMMENDS RIVERS PEOPLE FOR COMPLIANCE
•blasts Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations) for attempting to sabotage the lockdown
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has commended Rivers people for complying with the lockdown declared by the State Government to check the spread of coronavirus.
In an interview after monitoring the level of compliance on Thursday, Governor Wike said that the level of compliance is up to 95percent.
He said: "I want to commend Rivers people for the level of support they have shown. The level of compliance is quite satisfactory. It is more than 95 percent within the two Local Government Areas ."
He regretted that the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Rivers State Police Command DCP, ADAMU ABUBAKAR moved to sabotage the lockdown by issuing illegal letters to companies.
"It is unfortunate to see the level of sabotage that we get from the police. Particularly, the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Operations, Rivers State Police Command.
"The Deputy Commissioner of Police will sign approvals for companies because he wants to collect money. I am the Governor of this state and there cannot be two governors," he said.
He said the approvals issued by the police or any other authorities, outside the office of the Rivers State Governor are illegal.
He said: "The Deputy Commissioner of Police has no powers to issue approvals when the State Government has locked down the state. After the State Security Council met and agreed on the lockdown, the Deputy Commissioner of Police went ahead to issue illegal letters to companies to operate. I have never seen that in my life. "
The Governor said that all those who were arrested violating the lockdown will be prosecuted by the State Government.
He said: "All these violators must be prosecuted at the mobile court set for this purpose. What we are doing is not for any particular individual, it is for the interest of the state."
Governor Wike assured Rivers people that the lockdown will be lifted as soon as the objective is achieved.
He said: "Our people are suffering, I agree. But this is something we must do. When we examine the level of compliance and it is reasonable, of course, we will unlock the two Local Government Areas.
"It is not in our own interest that people shouldn't come out or go to the markets. But we are talking about lives and how to protect our people.
"Look at what is happening in other parts of the country, the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Operations wants us to suffer. "
Governor Wike said that the State Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on the illegal activities of the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Operations.
He said: "I have called for an emergency security Council meeting by 3pm today. This is a complete sabotage by the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations), Rivers State Police Command. We will deal with that accordingly.
"I however, thank the Army, the Navy and others on what they are doing to enforce the lockdown.
"For the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations) to sabotage us, that will not be accepted. I arrested those people and he had the guts to tell them to release those I arrested on the road because he is collecting money from companies . That is unacceptable. "
Governor Wike insisted that the impounded vehicles would be auctioned.
"The defaulters will be tried by the Mobile Courts and I have told the Attorney General, all the impounded vehicles must be auctioned. By tomorrow, the Honourable Attorney General would have advertised those vehicles and we will auction them.
"Some people don't believe that Coronavirus is in existence. Until you make them understand that we are serious, they will not believe it. We will auction the impounded vehicles
"Those arrested will face the wrath of the law. Nobody is above the law. We will not allow anyone to sabotage our efforts to protect our people," he said.
In the course of monitoring the level of compliance, Governor Wike arrested several violators and impounded cars.
Governor Wike also arrested some very important persons (VIPS), who were not on essential duties, but were moving around with their police escorts.
But he allowed a pregnant woman who violated the lockdown order, on compassionate grounds.
At the Elekahia Isolation Centre, over 200 persons have been arrested and over 20 vehicles impounded by different teams enforcing the lockdown. They are to face the full weight of the law.
Simeon Nwakaudu,
Special Assistant to the Rivers State Governor, Electronic Media.
7th May, 2020.

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- As Kano continues to experience a surge in the number of coronavirus cases and " strange deaths", many Nigerians cannot help but worry

- One of those who have raised the alarm is a former NHIS executive secretary, Prof Usman Yusuf, who believes the state governor is downplaying things

- According to Yusuf, Nigeria’s end has started in Kano if urgent steps are not taken.


Former executive secretary of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Prof Usman Yusuf, has expressed worry over the rising cases of coronavirus in Kano and reports of hundreds of "strange deaths" recorded in the state.

In a recent interview with The Sun, Yusuf accused the state governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, of downplaying the situation in Kano.

"The governor is lying, that is what we are saying. People are dying, in just a space of two days, three professors have died and other eminent citizens of Kano," he said.



"We are in trouble in Nigeria because if Kano goes down, the whole of Nigeria goes with it, as well as Africa. Kano is already going down, hundreds are dying every day; hundreds are dying every day and there is no solution," the professor stated.


The ex-NHIS boss said Nigeria and Nigerians need to wake up to the reality that Kano will bring the whole of Africa down.

Yusuf said the northern state is in deep trouble as people are dying and cemeteries are filling up. He claimed that in every household there is somebody that is sick right now

The professor claims the deaths are related the ravaging COVID-19.

"Kano is in deep problem; you people should go and find out. Nigeria is in trouble; Kano is in trouble, if care is not taken, Kano will kill all of us. Nigeria and Nigerians need to wake up to the reality that Kano will bring the whole of Africa down," he added

Reacting to Yusuf's allegations, the Kano state commissioner for information, Mohammed Garba, accused him of playing politics with coronavirus.

He accused the former NHIS executive of trying to dent the image of the Kano governor and cause crisis in the state instead of offering a helping hand on how to solve the state's problem.
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TodayNAlways:
Corona has caused so many confusions

More than confusions but tensions.

Coronavirus: Rivers State Government sends vagrants back to their states of origin and Niger Republic
Rivers State Government through the Ministry of Social Welfare on Tuesday profiled and evacuated 150 vagrants to Ebonyi, Akwa Ibom State, States in the North, Niger Republic and some local government areas of the state.
Rivers State Commissioner for Social Welfare, Mrs Inime Aguma led other officials of the Ministry to profile all the vagrants before they were evacuated to their states and Local Government Areas of origin.
Mrs Inime Aguma said that the evacuation exercise is non-discriminatory programme aimed at protecting Rivers people.
She said that the exercise is not targeted at any ethnic group, but aimed at removing vagrants who may circulate coronavirus from the streets.
The Social Welfare Commissioner noted that the right arrangements have been put in place to ensure that the vagrants are transported to their respective locations in dignity.
On Monday during a state broadcast, Governor Wike directed the State Commissioner for Social Welfare to round up and deport all vagrants to their state of origin.
He said: "We have also directed the Commissioner of Social Welfare to round-up and deport all vagrants, including the almajiris, to their States of origin to protect our people from the threat they present to the transmission of this pandemic.

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Lalasticlala

Cyberterror:
Is it not Aba I know very well? Coronavirus cannot survive in that town. The overflowing filth will kill the virus immediately it enters Aba.

Far much better than O town.

Nza the little bird after a heavy meal (Amotekun) challenged his Chi to a wrestling match.

E685:
My wife and I have been together for 8 years now, married for 5. I am 33 and she is 30. We now have our first child, a son who is just turning 1. He is everything to both of us. Before our son, our relationship was strong, although to be honest I’ve always been frustrated with my wife’s way of handling issues. I’m the kind of person who is very hard to get angry, I hear people out, and I talk out my issues. I listen to all sides and I think logically before emotionally. I seek therapy when I’m stuck. My wife is the opposite. She reacts with emotions first. She is very quick to be offended by anything. She will shut down and refuse to communicate until she has had time to process. I do all of the work resolving issues we have. I sometimes wonder if I ever stop taking the high road and work through our issues, if anything would ever resolve itself. So that being said, conflict management aside, we are happy. We are passionate, have similar interests, and make each other laugh.

Then there’s my mother. Where to begin. My mother, while seen as incredibly loving and generous to many people, is also a person who has been shut out of so many relationships in her life that I really just feel bad. My father and her are divorced. She has a genuine phobia of being left out - of gatherings, of relationships, of family. She is extremely smart and knows how to manipulate people into doing what she wants. She also widely seen as a “difficult” person. She is difficult in that she finds great offense to issues many people would not notice or care about. If she feels wronged, she will overwhelm the person who wronged her with incessant questions trying to make them feel her side until they cave in. In her closest relationships, her absolute need for the show of love and inclusion and validation cause the very people she is trying to reel closer in to push her away, a self fulfilling prophecy. My Mom, while I love her, is her own worst enemy.

Needless to say, these two, my wife and my mother, clash. At first they liked each other. The very first issue involved our wedding planning. My wife had a very clear plan for the guest list, and my mom asked for a number of her friends to be included on the list. My wife did not want that, got immediately upset and the situation blew out of control. My mom called me nonstop asking why my wife could be so cold, unwilling to see her side, or give in even an inch. My wife felt my Mom was making the wedding all about her, and could not believe she was called cold. She was “done”. My mom wasn’t paying for a cent of the wedding either so this was another offense. In the end I brokered a compromise, much to the dismay of both women. Each held the grudge for a long time.

Occasionally my mother would do something that my wife disliked, and my wife would be pissed at me for not standing up for her. Admittedly I had never stood up to my mother, I always took the time to listen to her side and find reason behind her otherwise inflammatory ways. My wife and mother had a falling out right before the wedding, and forced me to choose sides. I struggled as I found both of them to be at fault. I chose my wife and my mother hated it. Ever since, basically anything that my mother says or does, whether good or not, offends my wife. Even the most genuine attempts by my mother to reach out to my wife are smacked down. My wife has never made any effort to release the past resentment. Over the years my mother has attempted to take the high road, only to be barely acknowledged by my wife. I have always pleaded with my wife to at least pretend to like my mother. She did a bad job of pretending because my mother would always call me and ask why my wife appears to never care or never let go of past feelings. So both saw through each other, my mother would continue to act happy and loving, while my wife never would.

Anyway now our son came into the picture. He is amazing and being the first grandchild on both sides, the grandparents want to be around him every chance they can get. My mother visit every weekend. I told my wife we have to let her do this. My wife dreaded this. I told my mother that one of the weekends, we wanted her to visit on a Sunday (staying over till Monday morning) instead of a Saturday because we had plans that Saturday. In actuality the day was a birthday celebration for my father in law, being held at her parents house. She just didn’t want my mother involved in everything so she put her foot down. My mother wouldn’t take no for an answer and pulled it out of me what we were doing that day. Well she took great offense to the fact that she was not automatically invited, and couldn’t believe how cold, unChristian, and I loving my wife and her family were.

This stuff affects me greatly so of course I share with my wife, and she exclaims she is done with my mother. No longer wants to be nice or pretend, she is tired of how much my mother always wants it all to be her way and then throws out insulting and hurtful words about my wife to get her way. I get messages from my moms friends telling me how I need to see things my moms way, they would never exclude their mother this way, and that my wife is causing all of this.

And so here we are. I saw my mother the next day, and my wife removed herself from the situation by staying out for the day. It was incredibly uncomfortable. I told my mother how mad I was at her for always being so difficult and never just letting it go. I told her my real feelings about how I wished she could stop needing such inclusion and love. Her response was that she is justified in wanting to be included in everything, and that my wife has never shown her any love or effort and it was obvious, so what could she possibly do? I told her my wife is willing to work on this, perhaps in professional therapy. But in reality my wife wants no part of that and has no desire to mend anything anymore. I think she resents me for trying to mend things.

So what do I do? I’m frustrated with my mom for being difficult, always needing more and never letting things go, and saying inflammatory things when she doesn’t get her way. But I see that all she’s ever wanted was peace and love, and my wife never gave her that. I’m frustrated with my wife for getting so easily offended at everything my mother says or does, and I wish she could make any effort to see the other side and let go of such a grudge. My mother is definitely strong willed and manipulative but I think there is love there if only we could work through it. My wife is extremely assertive and refuses to let anyone wrong her twice. Both think the other has always been dead wrong, the entirety of the blame, and will never change. My wife is ok never seeing my mother again, yet my mother says she wants to let bygones be bygones and attempt to work through it.

What should I do? Forever stuck in the middle. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

On your child's day.

Your own mother wasn't invited and she invited her own people to celebrate.

Well one day the woman will just let go off of you and leave the house in peace for you and your wife.


If your wife can't accommodate your own mother on her grandchild's day but will invite the whole battalion from her own side and you are there smiling.....this shows you even have no regard for your mum.


Who does that.

Even your wife will be in her position someday.

Lolzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz




I fully agree with Tinubu on this one.