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Road to 2023: Why Muslim-Muslim ticket won’t work in Nigeria now – Archbishop Akinfenwa

The Bishop of Ibadan Diocese of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Most Rev’d Joseph Akinfenwa, on Monday gave practical reasons that will not make the kite of Muslim-Muslim ticket being flown in some quarters to fly in Nigeria for the 2023 presidential election.

He made the observation when he fielded questions from journalists during a press conference held at Bodija, Ibadan to herald the 70th anniversary of the Ibadan Diocese of the church, with the theme: ‘God With Us, As With Our Fathers’, which will hold from January 24 to 30, 2022 in Ibadan.

The Senior Pastor of Trinity House Church, Lagos, Ituah Ighodalo; former Dean of the Church of Nigeria and ex-Bishop of Ondo Province, Prof George Latunji Lasebikan; and the Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Most Rev’d Henry Chukwudum Ndukuba; are expected to minister on Monday, Tuesday and Sunday respectively, during the weeklong activities.

According to Akinfenwa, who stated that the Ibadan Diocese within the past 70 years has grown and has given birth to 25 daughter dioceses, “The society we are in, this generation is a sensitive one. That’s why political parties must be careful. They don’t have to do anything that will cause more havoc for this nation. If it were to be other societies and time, it will be safe and easy. Nigeria has gone down than before. There was a time it was acceptable, but not now. Different groups and tribes have suffered so much that there is no trust again.

“Look at what has happened in terms of security and distribution of the wealth of this nation. It will be wise of any political party that wants to have the votes of the people, especially Christians not to consider a single-religion ticket for both presidential and vice-presidential candidates. Let the two go together pari-passu because this society is sensitive now as we suspect ourselves so much. Maybe one day will come, when we will be more mature, more educated and more understanding, not to consider religion factor in our choice.

“What the politicians are doing now does not make us trust them. We can’t trust a Muslim-Muslim ticket at the moment. What Nigeria needs now is healing. We have been battered and injured. To the glory of God, we have Christians and Muslims in a family without any problem, but when it gets to political terrain, honestly the more you look, the less you see and understand.”

Akinfenwa further noted that “before 2023, God has been showing us that He is in control. We are always disappointed seeing people running after what God has not destined them for. For instance, if people have been running around canvassing and campaigning for years they haven’t lived to, we can’t even count the number of people that have gone in the last 16 days we started this year on sudden death.

“I think the important thing is to seek for the direction of the Lord. It would be wise of those running around now to start doing something for us to see even before they get there. They should begin to take care of the poor and the downtrodden. Only God knows how many people will get to 2023 and that is very fundamental. Let’s trust God and work towards getting to that year.”

https://www.sunnewsonline.com/road-to-2023-why-muslim-muslim-ticket-wont-work-in-nigeria-now-archbishop-akinfenwa/

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The pandemic has made the world's wealthiest far richer but has led to more people living in poverty, according to the charity Oxfam.

Lower incomes for the world's poorest contributed to the death of 21,000 people each day, its report claims.

But the world's 10 richest men have more than doubled their collective fortunes since March 2020, Oxfam said.

Oxfam typically releases a report on global inequality at the start of the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos.

That event usually sees thousands of corporate and political leaders, celebrities, campaigners, economists and journalists gather in the Swiss ski resort for panel discussions, drinks parties and schmoozing.

However for the second year running, the meeting (scheduled for this week) will be online-only after the emergence of the Omicron variant derailed plans to return to an in-person event.

This week's discussions will include the likely future path of the pandemic, vaccine equity and the energy transition.

Danny Sriskandarajah, Oxfam GB's chief executive, said the charity timed the report each year to coincide with Davos to attract the attention of economic, business and political elites.

"This year, what's happening is off the scale," he said. "There's been a new billionaire created almost every day during this pandemic, meanwhile 99% of the world's population are worse off because of lockdowns, lower international trade, less international tourism, and as a result of that, 160 million more people have been pushed into poverty."

"Something is deeply flawed with our economic system," he added.

According to Forbes figures cited by the charity, the world's 10 richest men are: Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Bernard Arnault and family, Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Ballmer and Warren Buffet.

While collectively their wealth grew from $700bn to $1.5tn, there is significant variation between them, with Mr Musk's fortune growing by more than 1,000%, while Mr Gates' rose by a more modest 30%.

Oxfam's report is based on data from the Forbes Billionaires List and the annual Credit Suisse Global Wealth report, which gives the distribution of global wealth going back to 2000.

The Forbes survey uses the value of an individual's assets, mainly property and land, minus debts, to determine what he or she "owns". The data excludes wages or income.

The methodology has been criticised in the past as it means that a student with high debts, but with high future earning potential, for example, would be considered poor under the criteria used.

Oxfam also says that due to the fact prices have risen during the pandemic, it has adjusted for inflation using the US Consumer Price Index (CPI), which tracks how fast the cost of living has is increasing over time.

Oxfam's report, which was also based on data from the World Bank, said a lack of access to healthcare, hunger, gender-based violence and climate breakdown contributed to one death every four seconds.

It said 160 million more people were living on less than $5.50 (£4.02) a day than would have been without the impact of the Covid pandemic.

The World Bank uses $5.50 a day as a measure of poverty in upper-middle-income countries.

The report also says:

- The pandemic is forcing developing countries to slash social spending as national debts rise

- Gender equality has been set back, with 13 million fewer women in work now than in 2019 and over 20 million girls at risk of never returning to school

- Ethnic minority groups have been hardest hit by Covid, including UK Bangladeshis and the US's black population

"Even during a global crisis our unfair economic systems manage to deliver eye-watering windfalls for the wealthiest but fail to protect the poorest," Mr Sriskandarajah said.

He said political leaders now had an historic opportunity to back bolder economic strategies to "change the deadly course we are on".

Many girls are unlikely to return to school after the pandemic, according to Oxfam
That should include more progressive tax regimes, which impose higher levies on capital and wealth, with the revenue spent on "quality universal healthcare and social protection for all" Mr Sriskandarajah said.

Oxfam is also calling for the intellectual property rights on Covid-19 vaccines to be waived to enable wider production and faster distribution.

Earlier this month the president of the World Bank, David Malpass, voiced his concerns over widening global inequality, arguing the impact of inflation and measures to tackle it were likely to cause more damage to poorer countries.

"The outlook for the weaker countries is still to fall further and further behind," he said.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-60015294

The new variant will create widespread immunity for at least a year, he predicts.

The current wave of Omicron variant Covid-19 infections will be a challenge for health care systems to deal with. But once it's over, cases should drop and life may regain some semblance of normalcy, at least for the rest of 2022.

That prediction came from Bill Gates during a Twitter Q&A this week with Devi Sridhar, professor of global public health at the University of Edinburgh Medical School. Sridhar asked Gates the question that's on everyone's mind: "How and when will the pandemic be over?"

"As countries experience their Omicron wave, health systems will be challenged," he answered. "Most of the severe cases will be unvaccinated people. Once Omicron goes through a country, then the rest of the year should see far fewer cases, so Covid can be treated more like a seasonal flu." In other words, Covid could transition from its current pandemic state to an endemic state in which the disease is still around, and remains dangerous, especially to the most vulnerable, but enough people have enough immunity that it no longer disrupts our daily lives. Several past pandemics have made this transition to endemic status, including the 1918 influenza and the swine flu pandemic of 2009.

It should be emphasized that in the United States, we are still very much in the grip of the Omicron wave. The day before Gates's Q&A, the United States hit a new high of 1.35 million new cases in a single day. Infections are four times higher than they were at last winter's peak, with hospitalizations at an all-time high as well.

Once the current wave is over, though, we may get some respite from Covid for the balance of the year. "A more transmissive variant is not likely but we have been surprised a lot during this pandemic," Gates tweeted. "Omicron will create a lot of immunity at least for the next year." But, he added, "We may have to take yearly shots for Covid for some time."

Subject to misinformation

Sridhar also asked Gates about the challenges of fighting the pandemic when misinformation has spread so rapidly on social media. "Social media got behind on trying to get factual information out--there will be a lot of debate about how to do better on that," Gates said. "People like you and I and Tony Fauci have been subject to a lot of misinformation. I didn't expect that. Some of it, like me putting chips in arms, doesn't make sense to me--why would I want to do that?" ("I'd make a joke but would cause a storm," Sridhar responded with a laughing emoji.)

Sridhar also tackled what might be the most important question of all--how prepared are we for the next pandemic? This time around, Gates said, only a few countries acted swiftly to put social distancing measures in place and isolate the infected. Those that did were able to "limit the number of deaths dramatically," he added. "Once the numbers get large in a country, it is too late."

To deal more effectively with the next pandemic, world leaders will need to prepare ahead of time, Gates noted. And there are some signs that may happen. For example, Gates noted, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has already begun an important conversation about how to prepare for the next pandemic. He also praised Sridhar, saying he appreciated her work in this area. "We can do a lot better next time!!" he tweeted. Let's hope he's right.

https://www.inc.com/minda-zetlin/bill-gates-omicron-predictions-twitter-devi-sridhar.html

Something is not right....

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Naija....

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Abroad..............or just give him the cash if in Naija?

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Karma........

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...what goes around, comes around (theft)

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Cowology.....

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....ok it's very technical?

Not interested.....

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In the lead judgment, written by Justice Tijani Abubakar, but read on Friday by Justice Abdu Aboki, the court held that ......

It's official...................Sharia & Supreme court don merge!

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....to hell with Nijeria!

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I can't believe what i just read......

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....to hell with nijeria!

GTBank-Innoson dispute: Supreme Court reverses prior ruling, readmits bank’s appeal

The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Guaranty Trust Bank after it reversed its earlier decision which dismissed an appeal by GTB against a N2.4bn judgment given in favour of Innoson Motors Nigeria Limited by the Court of Appeal in Ibadan, Oyo State.

A senior official of GTB, who confirmed this to The PUNCH on Sunday, said, “Yes, the Supreme court ruled in favour of GTbank on Friday.”

A judgment delivered on Friday by a five-member panel, led by Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, held unanimously that the Supreme Court erred when, in a ruling on February 27, 2019, it erroneously dismissed the appeal marked: SC/694/2014 filed by GTB.

In the lead judgment, written by Justice Tijani Abubakar, but read on Friday by Justice Abdu Aboki, the court held that it was misled by its Registry, which failed to promptly bring to the notice of the panel that it sat on the case on February 27, 2019, and that GTB had already filed its appellant’s brief of argument.

The judgment was on an application by GTB seeking the re-listing of the appeal on the grounds that it was wrongly dismissed.

The Supreme Court said the panel that sat on the case on February 27, 2019, being notified of the existence of the appellant’s brief of argument, would not have given the ruling which dismissed GTB’s appeal on grounds of lack of diligent prosecution.

Relying on Order 8 Rules 16 of the Supreme Court’s Rules, Justice Abubakar, in the lead judgment, held that the apex court has the power to set aside its decision in certain circumstances, like any other court.

He added that such circumstances include where there is any reason to do so, such as where any of the parties obtained judgment by fraud, default or deceit; where such a decision is a nullity or where it is obvious that the court was misled into giving a decision.

Justice Tijani held that the circumstances of the GTB case fall into the category of the rare cases where the Supreme Court could amend or alter its own order on the grounds that the said order or judgment did not present what it intended to record.

“I am convinced that at the material time that the appellant’s appeal was inadvertently dismissed by this court, there was in place, a valid and subsisting brief of argument filed by the applicant.

“It will be unjust to visit the sin of the court’s Registry on an innocent, vigilant, proactive and diligent litigant.

“It is obvious from the material before us, that there were errors committed by the Registry of this court, having failed to bring to the notice of the panel of Justices that sat in chambers on the 27th February 2019 that the appellant had indeed filed its brief of argument.

“This is a case deserving of positive consideration by this court.

“Having gone through all the materials in this application, therefore, I am satisfied that the appellant/applicant’s brief of argument was filed before the order of this court made on the 27th of February 2019 dismissing the applicant’s appeal.

“The order dismissing the appeal was therefore made in error. It ought not to have been made if all materials were disclosed. The application is, therefore, meritorious and hereby succeeds,” Justice Abubakar said.

He proceeded to set aside the court’s ruling of February 27, 2019, dismissing GTB’s appeal and ordered that the appeal marked 694/2014 “be relisted to constitute an integral part of the business of the court until its hearing and determination on the merit.”

Other members of the panel – Justices Ariwoola, John Okoro, Helen Ogunwumiju, Aboki – agreed with the lead judgment.


https://punchng.com/gtbank-innoson-dispute-supreme-court-reverses-prior-ruling-readmits-banks-appeal/

Assembled on top of wooden scaffold!

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....remove 3 or 4 bags from the base and it is hollow inside!

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'Sinners Chapel'......

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A good time to deal with dem.....

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I will shout.......

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...and then freeze!

“The state governor’s love for drinking luxury crystal wine while the state is suffering from insecurity, endless verification of workers and pensioners, no motorable roads and unemployment is unfortunate,”

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Wike-dness at work....

7) He's just too corrupt!

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Rice.......no meat?

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It has different meanings for male and olosho's.............

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What of students and staffs?

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