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Gov. Darius expresses mixed feelings in relationship with  NUJ Correspondent

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The Governor  of Taraba State, Darius Dickson Ishaku has expressed mixed feelings in his relationship with the members of the Correspondent’s Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists NUJ in Taraba State.

Dairus who bared his mind while hosting the members of the Chapel to a dinner at the Presidential Lodge Jalingo said he loves journalism and journalists but only when it is practiced the way it should be but does not want journalism that is for sale that is blackmail.

He also admired Aman Paul, who is CNN Correspondent.  When she interviews President, one would like to listen to her because of the aura, glamour depicting the importance of Journalism and when she covers wars you see her life flying trying to take cover showing the risks Journalists are taking and the dignity in the profession while doing the work according to the rules but if you blackmail and use Journalism for sale your live span will be very short.

Gov. Ishaku noted that Journalism is not always going against the government, today you scandalise the Governor, tomorrow Commissioner, next tomorrow file a fake report praising the same Governor the following day you come with another scandal it is not journalism but trading with the job and is what I cant not accept it’s  not needed.

“I don’t mind if you people criticise me as a matter of fact I enjoy criticisms if it is geneuly done  we are actually partners in progress but we will only work together when you work according to the rules of the game but when students carry tyres burnt new brand dual carriage way and destroyed the new tarred road as Journalists it is your duty to take their photos and possibly get their names and write that such people should be arrested by the police you see me and you using the road but rather you like the   glamour of the students demonstration while their lecturers have not taught for eight months but  insisting that they must be paid and Journalists didn’t cover it”.

“All these jobs we are doing for the public are collaborative if you criticise me genuily I use the information and fire myself, improve myself and my people that is a plus for me when my people get improved what I am saying we all need to be in the same train going to the same destination our people, the public the greater majority of the public Will be the beneficiaries”.

Gov. Ishaku however appreciated one of the report of a member of the Correspondent’s Chapel on delipidated boreholes in Gassol Local Government where women and children trek long distance to fetch water which helped him emmensely in investigating, reactivating tm and constructing new ones which made the people of the area happy and that’s Journalism but when you say that DDI took the highest loan and did not do anything with it  blablabla while Arise TV which serialized the loans that the various Governments took Taraba State was the least it is not Journalism.

He said it is likely this might be the last time he would be addressing the press as a Governor and  whoever that is coming as the next Governor the press should cooperate with  him because whoever that is in the saddle knows that the press is helping him in his work and promised to settle all outstanding advert payments due to some members of the Correspondent’s Chapel before the end of this month.

Earlier, the Chairman Nigeria Union of Journalists Taraba State Council David Nyah who is also the Acting General Manager of the Taraba State Broadcasting Service TSBS Jalingo appreciated the Governor for hosting the dinner which is a clear indication of his love to Journalists in the State  and for uplifting him to the position of an  Acting General Manager.

 

Gabiel Yough, Chairman of the  Correspondent’s Chapel of the NUJ in Taraba State also appreciated the Governor for the dinner and enumerated Myriads of challenges facing the members the Chapel which the Governor promised to look into them before leaving office.

Bayern Suspend Mane After Sane Dressing Room Quarrel

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Bayern Munich have suspended forward Sadio Mane for one game following an altercation with Leroy Sane after this week’s Champions League loss to Man City, the club announced Thursday.

Newspaper Bild reported former City winger Sane was hit in the face by the Senegal attacker, suffering a cut lip after Tuesday’s loss.

“Sadio Mane, 31, will not be in the FC Bayern squad for the home game against 1899 Hoffenheim next Saturday,” Bayern said.

“The reason is misconduct by Mane after FC Bayern’s Champions League game at Manchester City.

“In addition, Mane will receive a fine,” they added.

The one-match suspension means Mane will be available for manager Thomas Tuchel in Wednesday’s return leg against Manchester City in Munich.

Bild reported the clash started in the dying stages of Bayern’s loss in Manchester, with footage showing the two arguing on the pitch.

Mane has endured a frustrating time since joining the German champions from Liverpool in the summer of 2022.

Signed as a replacement for the departing Robert Lewandowski, the Champions League winner has scored 11 times in 32 matches for Bayern.

The two-time African Player of the Year scored six goals in his first seven matches in all competitions for Bayern, but has not scored since October.

Mane has also had six goals ruled out for offside so far this season for Bayern, a Bundesliga record.

Mane suffered a leg injury while playing for Bayern against Werder Bremen in November which kept him out of Senegal’s Qatar World Cup campaign and he missed nine club matches.

After Bayern’s German Cup exit at the hands of Freiburg in early April, a smiling Mane told reporters “soon, I promise you” after he was asked when he would return to the spectacular form he displayed with Liverpool.

Mane was given his first start under Tuchel, who replaced the sacked Julian Nagelsmann last month, in Saturday’s 1-0 league win at Freiburg, missing several chances to score.

Before the incident, Bayern chief executive Oliver Kahn acknowledged Mane’s struggles, putting it down to the former Southampton striker having “a lot of competition” for starting spots.

“He doesn’t know that (from Liverpool) and is perhaps not used to it.”

“He’s still looking for himself.”

Bayern declined media requests to comment on the altercation.

Mane and Sane were seen on the training pitch early on Thursday, hours before the suspension was announced.

The loss was Bayern’s biggest Champions League defeat since 2017 and one of the club’s most devastating defeats in Champions League history.

Despite Mane being available, the six-time European champions now have little hope of turning over the deficit in next Wednesday’s return leg in Munich to make it to the semi-finals.

‘Nigeria Needs Your Talents’ — Group Asks Atiku, Obi Not To Go Into Exile

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A group known as The Natives says Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, presidential candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Labour Party (LP), should not go into exile but stay back and contribute to the development of the country.

Last week, Obi said he was under pressure to leave the country following a leaked telephone conversation between him and David Oyedepo, founder of the Winners Chapel.

But Obi dismissed the recording as fake, and said: “These have come and continued to manifest in different ways, such as the malicious accusation of the Minister of Information, Mr Lai Mohammed, the circulation of a fake doctored audio call, and a pressure on me to leave the country.”

Addressing a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, Smart Edwards, leader of the group, said the talents of Abubakar and Obi are needed to develop the country.

“We are hearing rumours that some presidential candidates of various parties have started leaving the country, this is a trademark of any politician who is just an opportunist,” he said.

“We, however, call on our respected Labour Party candidate, His Excellency Peter Obi to please stay in the country because his talents, ability and his contributions are needed in this country as a patriot, he doesn’t need to go into exile.

“We are also hearing that the PDP candidate, His Excellency Atiku Abubakar will soon be on his way back to Dubai, whether he has gone or is about to leave, we appeal to him to stay back because his valuable contributions are needed in this country.

“We encourage all of them to stay back like President Muhammadu Buhari stayed back because that is the process of contributing to the development of our democracy and Nigeria.

“For Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, his party lost elections twice but this one he won through proper collaboration and we are asking all to work together for the growth of our beloved Nigeria and its democracy.”

Peter Obi ‘Detained’ In UK Airport Over Impersonation

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The Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi, was detained in London, United Kingdom, where he celebrated Easter, Head, Obi-Datti Media, Mr. Diran Onifade, has revealed.

Onifade in a statement on Wednesday also said Obi was harassed by London immigration officials and placed on detention.

According to him, the LP presidential candidate in the February 25 presidential poll arrived at the Heathrow Airport in London from Nigeria on Good Friday, April 7, 2023, and joined the queue for the necessary Airport protocols when he was accosted by immigration official who handed him a detention note and told him to step aside.

“He was questioned for a long time and it was very strange for a man who lived for over a decade in that country.

“The high implication of the offense is that the impersonator could be committing all kinds of weighty crimes and other dubious acts and it would be recorded in Obi’s name,” Onifade said.

He added that since the impersonator is still at large, the scenario is unimaginable as Obi could be implicated in a series of forbidden acts and even be framed in a manner that could be a huge embarrassment to him, his family, his party, the obidient movement, and Nigeria, where he currently and remains the conscience of the people.

Onifade also recalled that Obi has been under all kinds of attack, since the February 25th, 2023 presidential election in which he put up an outstanding showing coming third out of 18 contestants as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), though his supporters and many other election watchers including international observers believed very strongly that he won the election but was manipulated out.

“Since he was told to go to court if he feels strongly about the election which all international monitors chorused were flawed and full of imperfections and he accepted, there have been severe attacks on him from all corners.

“Even the Federal Government who directed him to go to court even despatched the Minister of Information Lai Mohammad to the United States to attempt at de-marketing him and accused him of treason.

“Obi’s telephone line was also bugged when they were possibly looking for information to portray him badly before a section of the country who had voted for him massively.

“As if they were not getting the desired results of denting his image, and possibly placing the traducers under a heavier conscience load, they tried to persuade him to leave the country and go take a rest.

“It is also not impossible that those urging him to leave the country may have planted the impersonators ostensibly to tar the Eagle’s immaculate appearance.

“The Obi-Datti Media office will like to therefore assure all persons of goodwill especially the Obidients that the Rock is not deterred as he is ready to suffer the pain and remain even more determined to pursue whichever path his creator destined for him in Nigeria,” Onifade said.

Bayern Munich to launch move for Osimhen this summer

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Bundesliga giants, Bayern Munich are interested in luring Victor Osimhen away from Napoli this summer.

According to Plettigoal, the Bavarian will offer around €100m for the Nigeria international.

The German champions according to the report have already opened talks with Napoli over a deal.

The Partenopei are expected to demand more than €100m for Osimhen, who they bought for €72m from Ligue 1 club, Lille in 2020.

Bayern Munich are yet to replace Poland international Robert Lewandowski, who left the club for Barcelona last summer.

Premier League clubs, Manchester United and Chelsea also have strong interest in Osimhen.

The 24-year-old has also been linked with a move to Ligue 1 champions, Paris Saint-Germain.

Bauchi Targets 2m Children For Malaria Treatment

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To reduce morbidity and mortality rates, the Bauchi State government has targeted two million children for treatment under its 2023 Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) campaign.

The state commissioner for health, Dr Sabi’u Abdu Gwalabe, disclosed this during the 2023 SMC state level kick-off meeting for stakeholders in Bauchi.

Gwalabe said the SMC intervention has reduced the burden of malaria infection in the state, pointing out that the intervention had reduced the morbidity and mortality rate of children due to malaria infection.

The commissioner commended the effort of the malaria consortium for implementing the seasonal malaria chemoprevention project, which he described as timely and in line with the state government’s priority aimed at improving health care services, especially for pregnant mothers and under five children.

Gwalabe reaffirmed the commitment of health authorities of the state to provide befitting healthcare services for the benefit of the common man and called on the stakeholders as well as ad-hoc personnel to be engaged to observe the laid down rules and regulations during the exercise in order to realise the set objectives.

The state project manager of the Malaria Consortium, Kabir Mohammed Algamawy, said BACATMA in collaboration with Malaria Consortium, planned to reach out to more over 2 million eligible children across the state for the administration of the drug while about 25,000 ad-hoc personnel at local government area (LGA) and community levels would be engaged during the exercise.

Algamawy said SMC drugs would be distributed in five cycles across the 323 wards in the state’s 20 LGAs from June to October 2023, adding that procurement of the drugs had reached an advanced stage.

MAIDAWAAREWA Friday gathered that the consortium would support the state with malaria test kits (RDT) and ACT drugs to support the 2023 SMC programme from June to October 2023.

Nigerian medical doctors draw battle line

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This imminent crisis has overwhelmed government authorities, with no plan to tackle it wholesomely.

According to the World Health Organisation, WHO, Nigeria suffers from insufficient doctors and has a doctor-patient ratio over five times lower than the organisation’s recommendation.

Multiple reports shows how Nigeria loses hundreds of doctors annually to brain drain, many of which are to the United Kingdom (UK).

Health officials say at least 5,600 Nigerian medical doctors have migrated to the United Kingdom (UK) alone in the last eight years.

In August 2022, the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) said a total collapse of the health sector is imminent if urgent steps are not taken to address the brain drain in the sector.

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The association called for an emergency solution, adding that with the trend of medical doctors leaving the country, there may be a need to hire doctors from foreign countries in the future.

Earlier this year, the National President of the Medical and Dental Consultants of Nigeria, MDCAN, Dr. Victor Makanjuola revealed that over 500 medical consultants have left the country within the last two years.

“This figure is as of March last year; so it is far more than that,” Makanjuola said during a National Executive Committee meeting of the Association in Enugu.

He added that, “we are not where we are supposed to be; we are faced with poor budgetary allocation, poor infrastructure, lack of incentives leading to brain-drain, challenge of power generation and distribution in most of our facilities.

“It has become difficult for administrators to run the facilities smoothly and provide efficient medical care for the citizens.”

Also, in October last year, the Kaduna State Chapter of the Nigeria Medical Association, NMA, raised an alarm that something urgently needed to be done to arrest the continued brain drain of medical personnel in Kaduna State.

The association observed that no fewer than 10,000 doctors left Nigeria for greener pastures in the last seven years, a situation it said had become disturbing.

Similarly, governors of the thirty-six states under the umbrella of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, had expressed concern over the prevalence of brain drain in the health sector late last year.

Sokoto State Governor and Chairman of the Forum, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, pointed out the forum’s fears when he visited Dr Osagie Ehanire, the Minister of Health, in Abuja.

“We are witnessing brain drain over the years. It is alarming, and I believe it has something to do with the welfare of medical personnel.

“I urge the federal government to do something about this urgently,” Tambuwal said.

In March this year, WHO identified 55 countries, including Nigeria, as having the most pressing workforce challenges related to Universal Health Coverage.

Following the development, the UK placed Nigeria and 53 other countries on the red list of countries that should not be actively targeted for recruitment by health and social care employers.

Though complex and multifaceted, some factors, including low salaries, poor working conditions, lack of career opportunities, inadequate resources and infrastructure, political instability, and insecurity, have been attributed as the underlying causes.

Worried by the imminent threat of brain drain in the nation’s health sector, the House of Representatives had proposed a bill to address the crisis.

The bill has passed the second reading stage of the law-making process and has continued to attract opposition from healthcare practitioners.

Sponsored by Ganiyu Johnson representing Oshodi-Isolo Federal Constituency 2 of Lagos State in the House of Representatives, it seeks to amend the Medical and Dental Practitioners Act to prevent Nigerian-trained medical or dental practitioners from being granted full licences until they have worked in the country for at least five years.

According to Johnson, “It was only fair for medical practitioners, who enjoyed taxpayer subsidies on their training, to give back to society”.

While opposing the bill, Uzoma Nkem-Abonta, who represents Abia State on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, said it would “tie down” doctors in Nigeria for five years before they can seek employment in a foreign country.

Also, Mark Gbillah, a lawmaker from Benue, opposed the bill, saying it proposed clauses that would overstep the fundamental human rights of Nigerian-trained doctors.

“A person in such a critical field as medicine — how would you give somebody a temporary licence? You would need a licence to be certified to practice.

“Do we try to restrict these people and infringe on their fundamental human rights or apportion more resources to the medical profession?” Gbillah said.

Meanwhile, the National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) opposed the bill.

NARD made its position known in a communique issued at the end of the association’s extended National Officers’ Committee (NOC) meeting.

“The extended NOC observed with shock and disappointment the infuriating attempts by Honourable Ganiyu Abiodun Johnson and the Federal House of Representatives to enslave Nigerian-Trained Medical Doctors for five years post-graduation before they can be issued full practising licences or allowed to travel abroad if they so wished,” it said.

However, a Consultant Psychiatrist at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki and a Public Relations Officer of the Association of Psychiatrists in Nigeria, Dr Okwudili Obayi, told DAILY POST in an interview that it was unfortunate that the National Assembly came up with such a bill.

Obayi argued that denying young health practitioners a licence unless they practise for at least five years infringes on people’s right to freedom.

The health expert added that the bill would not solve the problem of brain drain but instead worsen it.

He said, “It is a very unfortunate thing for anybody to think; very unfortunate in the sense that you are infringing on people’s human right to freedom.

“Even if the person was sponsored or trained free by the country, the country can not say don’t leave, unless there is a bond signed. Look at it; why select doctors? Every other person has the right to travel; why should it only be doctors that should not travel?

“Brain drain is in all aspects. In recent times, we have witnessed a wave of people leaving the health sector; doctors, nurses, pharmacists and all that; it is higher than what it used to be in the past. But then denying them a licence unless they practise for at least five years is not the answer to it.”

According to the psychiatrist, “We know the main causes of brain drain; and that they are large. Supposing one wants to look at what makes people leave the health sector, one may say services, salary, rewards, poor working conditions, general insecurity ( doctors have been kidnapped more than any other profession in the country), unemployment of young doctors even in the state of this mass exodus and many others are responsible.”

Obayi further advised the government to create an enabling environment and address the issue of insecurity head-on in order to curtail brain drain.

“Regarding the proposed bill, it is unfortunate that a normal human should think about it. It is an embarrassing bill, to say the least.

“If they would want to proffer a solution to brain drain in the health sector, they should look at the working condition, enabling environment, and take home an average worker. A doctor’s lifespan is known to be low compared to any other profession simply because of overworking.

“Burnout is high in the health profession, both among doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers. These are the major reasons people say, ‘we should leave to where our services are more appreciated and our reward better’.

“The impact is much when people leave; it is enormous. It is not good for any country that its young graduates are leaving en masse.

“The government should create an enabling environment and address the issue of insecurity head-on,” he said.

concerning the controversial bill, a health expert, Dr Robsam Ohayi, said, “There is no place where anybody has to wait for five years before he would be given a licence to practise medicine.”

Ohayi, a professor, who doubles as the Chief Consultant Pathologist at Enugu State University Teaching Hospital and the Dean of the Faculty of Basic Clinical Sciences at Enugu State University College of Medicine, Parklane, Enugu, described the proposed bill as “modern-day slavery”.

The Consultant Pathologist stated that the labour law stipulates that one cannot be forced to do a particular work or to work in a particular place or work under a particular circumstance.

“Well, I think in the first instance, the bill smarks ignorance on the person proposing the bill. I have tried to read the bill a bit, and it does not even look like somebody who understands the dynamics of the medical profession, training and practice.

“I give one example- in the entire world, there is no place where anybody has to wait for five years before he would be given a licence to practise medicine. It supposes that there would be a kind of five years of house-manship; it does not happen in any part of the world. The maximum anywhere anybody has done is a year.

“As a matter of fact, in some countries, when they have a crisis, even as recent as the Ebola crisis, people shorten such a period. In some places, medical students were not even examined; they were brought out to help in the workforce.

“What it means is that if you say somebody would stay five years before licensing the person, you are saying that the person cannot take responsibility for managing a patient. The brain he is trying to gain, he is not actually gaining it; he is losing it because you finish training the person for another five years – a post-training, yet he is not a doctor; he is a supervisee to be supervised.

“So he cannot take responsibility for a patient. So what kind of gain is it in a human being who is only existing in name and not in activity?

“The other aspect of it is that the labour law says you cannot force somebody to do a particular work or to work in a particular place or work under a particular circumstance. This is modern-day slavery. This is subjecting and forcing people to say, ‘You must work here’. This is actually usurping their rights as human beings to move.

“The mobility of labour is known all over the world; people can choose where they want to be.”

According to him, the proposed bill will compound brain drain more than it can solve the problem.

The health expert believed that the government should identify the causes before it could proffer a good solution to the crisis.

“What is even the status of these people vis-a-vis their salaries? They won’t have any status in Nigerian medical practice where we have levels of employment. What are you calling them? Even when someone is fully employed, promotion takes place every three years.

“So when are they going to be promoted? Are you going to promote them after three years or what? Because their careers don’t really start until they have a full licence. So these are the issues.

“Talking about the bursary, saying medical students are paid with taxpayers’ money; they get bursaries from the government. Is there anybody who attended a public university who got a different treatment vis-a-vis expenses from the rest?

“Engineers, lawyers, sociologists, teachers, all of us that went to Nigerian public universities, let’s assume there is a subsidy, everybody enjoyed that subsidy. How can you single out medical doctors to say, ‘Okay, you cannot move around; you cannot choose where to go because the government funded your education. Whose education was not funded by the government?

“This is the same National Assembly that has recently thrown away a bill trying to stop them from sending their children abroad for education. This is the same National Assembly that is refusing the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria to regulate the influx of foreign-trained doctors into this country. I mean Nigerians that trained abroad.

“Some people have gone to places where their medical education is sub-optimal. And the National Assembly refuses MDCN to re-examine these people before they can be licensed; they have refused it to happen. I cannot explain what they are thinking about healthcare delivery in our country. The reality of what they are proposing will compound brain drain more than it can solve it.

“The bill targets people who just graduated, but professors and consultants are leaving, and very senior medical doctors are leaving the country too.

“The bill did not even identify the causes of brain drain. Unless you identify the causes, you cannot proffer a good solution. And that is exactly what this bill has failed to do- to identify and properly diagnose the problem and proffer a very good solution,” he said.

Manchester City put three past Bayern Munich.

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It’s an easy night for Manchester City as they edge out Bayern Munich 3-0 in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals.

Cityzen extend their unbeaten UCL home run to 25 matches as they hand the Bundesliga giants their first defeat of the campaign to take advantage of the first leg.

Rodri, Bernardo Silva and Erling Haaland were all on the score sheet to give their side a deserved victory and one foot into the semi-finals of the campaign.

Meanwhile, Nicolo Barella and Romelu Lukaku give Inter Milan comfortable firts-leg lead over Benfica.

Kwara police arrest kidnap kingpin, 22 other suspected criminals

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Kwara state Police Command has arrested one of the suspects that kidnapped the wife of former Military Administrator of Bauchi and Osun states, Magistrate Jumoke Bamigboye along Eiyenkorin axis of Ilorin metropolis.

Parading the suspects at the police command headquarters in Ilorin on Thursday, the Commissioner of Police, Paul Odama disclosed that the command arrested twenty-two other suspects and recovered charms and arms.

He said Abubakar Shehu, aka Dogo, the leader of the suspected kidnappers of the Magistrate was arrested on 05/03/2023 at about 2100hours by a combined team of vigilante and police anti-kidnapping team along Eiyenkorin axis following an intelligence received on activities of the suspect in the area.

He identified other members of the five-man gang led by Dogo as Mohammed Aliyu, Yunusa Ahmadu, Malami Usman and Dauda Amosa.

The commissioner further disclosed that investigation into the case revealed that Abubakar Shehu, aka Dogo and his gang were the kidnappers who abducted one Alhaji Madaki Shaibu at Aiyegun Fulani camp in January 2023 and killed his son in the process.

Paul Odama said police operatives attached to Banni Division, also arrested another gang of five kidnappers in conjunction with local vigilantes in the Banni forest used as their abode.

He said during interrogation, the suspects confessed to be kidnappers, adding that two of their members Bayo Dudu and Aliyu Abubakar are residents of Niger State.

The commissioner noted that effort was ongoing to arrest the fleeing members of the kidnap gang.

Odama explained that the other suspects were arrested for alleged offences of being members of secret cults, attempt to commit culpable homicide and belonging to a gang of thieves.

They were arrested on 11/04/2023 based on intelligence that some suspected ritualists were seen gathered at an isolated hotel in Malete town, Moro Local Government Area of the state.

He said various incriminating items, including local pots with concoction, natural sponges and smart phones were recovered from the suspects who confessed to be internet fraudsters, “but the command is investigating them for ritual activities.”

Odama said all the suspects will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.

Prof. Gujbawu death, a huge loss to Communication discipline in Nigeria — Prof Pate

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The death of Prof Mohd Gujbawu is not only a personal and collective huge loss to his family and Unimaid but to the Communication discipline in Nigeria. I first knew him in 1979 or thereabout when he was admitted in Govt College Maiduguri. He joined us  in Galtimari House.

I was in Form Three/Four . Much later, he joined us again in Mass Communication Dept, Unimaid as a student and later was recruited as a graduate assistant where he became a worthy colleague. Few years after, we became neighbours in the SSTH quarters in Unimaid. When he registered for the PhD, I worked with him as the supervisor and he worked hard to defend his thesis on time with Prof Lai Oso as his external examiner. He did that successfully and commendably.

Thereafter in 2013, when he was promoted a Senior Lecturer, I handed over the Department to him as the Head upon the endorsement of positive minded colleagues.

In 2014, I left Unimaid for BUK. He did his best to improve on the fortunes of the Department despite stiff and difficult obstacles created to undermine his administration from within. He served his terms meritoriously.

Few years on, he was elevated to the rank of a Professor. From then on, he served in the Deanery in Unimaid and was later appointed a full Dean in BOSU. While I served as the Editor of the MAJASS Journal in Unimaid for many years, Gujbawu was my coordinating assistant editor who took charge of the publication process without failing. The journal did very well in Nig mainly due to the energy of Gujbawu.

Personally, he was highly sociable, extrovertive and humbly humorous. He never bragged about his background or social status. He blended in all situations and respected all that he met. His students respected him; his colleagues appreciated him. Gujbawu told the truth from his heart. He was truly gentle, genuine and kind. He has lived a fruitful life and achieved much within the short period he stayed. We shall continue to pray for Allah to grant him eternal rest and give his family the fortitude to bear the loss. Gujbawu and I were always available for each other in all circumstances from the Govt College days till the last day of his breaths. ‘Allah Ya jikanshi da rahama.’ He was truly a good fellow.
Umaru Pate, Vice Chancellor, FUK