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CNG: Take Us Back To The Insecurity You Met Onboard

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Wadzani Apagu

CNG’s Director of Strategic Communications, Ismail Musa said President Muhammadu Buhari should return Nigeria back to the era of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, when the country experienced minimal level of insecurity.

Musa made the call while featuring on a launch time discourse on Vanguard live on Wednesday.

The Coalition of the Northern Groups, CNG, has lamented the alarming rate of killings, kidnapping, and general insecurity across the country.

He berated the President over his handling of insecurity in the country.

According to Musa: “What we are begging them for now is, you know human life is very important in fact it’s very key.

“If you can do something, in fact if you can take us back to the insecurity you met onboard that will be tolerable to a large extent to say well he has taken us back to Jonathan’s standard we are crying about, I mean the killings at that time the statistics are there to speak for themselves.

“So really as far as I am concerned it’s unfortunate we have these kinds of people ruling us by this time.”

Insecurity has been on a steady rise under the Buhari government with kidnapping, killings, banditry becoming a norm.

Some States in the Northern part of the country have witnessed more activities of banditry.

Cityzens opens up huge eight-point gap in title race

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By: Ibrahim Mshelia

Manchester city makes it ten straight wins in the EPL as they beat Brentford to stay eight points clear at the top of the table.

Phil Foden’s first-half goal of the game sees City took full advantage of slip-ups by Liverpool and Chelsea to take a hug advantage into the New Year as they seek to defend their title.

Liverpool had been beaten 1-0 by Leicester on Tuesday and in Wednesday night’s earlier kick-off at London, Chelsea were held to a 1-1 draw by Brighton. With the two set to meet on Sunday, City could yet open up more ground before the week is out.

Chelsea drop more points in the title race

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By: Ibrahim Mshelia

The Blues welcome Brighton to Stamford bridge after getting a huge away win at The Villa park on Sunday, beating Aston Villa 3 to 1 goal. Romelu Lukaku was once again on the scoresheet, Which see his first goal in a start since October in the premier league.

The Belgian striker powers in a header home from a corner in the 29th Minute to give Chelsea the lead. But Tuchel’s side were denied a win with just Minutes to the end of the match, a brilliant header from Danny Welbeck canceled out Lukaku’s goal as the spoils are shared at Stamford bridge.

Welbeck’s equalizer was Brighton’s first ever goal at Stamford Bridge, The draw takes Chelsea into second place, a point above Liverpool, while Brighton are now 10th and Potter has guided his teams to draws at both Liverpool and now Chelsea. In fact, they’ve still lost just once away in the league this season.

Jose has been appointed as Super Eagles Head Coach

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Portuguese tactician, Jose Peseiro, has been appointed as Super Eagles Head Coach.

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) made this known in a bulletin on Wednesday after its National Executive Council meeting.

“After careful consideration of a memo presented by Chairman of the Technical and Development Sub-Committee, the Executive Committee endorsed a proposal for the appointment of Mr Jose Peseiro as the new Head Coach of the Super Eagles, following the end to the relationship with Mr Gernot Rohr,” the NFF bulletin read in part.

José Vítor dos Santos Peseiro is a football manager and former player who played as a forward.

He has coached several clubs in his country, including Porto and Sporting CP, which he took to the 2005 UEFA Cup Final.

Poor leadership affecting Yobe health sector: personnel absenteeism hitting the poor hard.

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The nonchalant attitudes of our Health Personnel’s toward patients, usually the poor voter (the elites are not attending public health systems anyway!) is worrying. No one seems to be prepared to stand for the poor man whose votes put those leaders in power.
This is a case of a delicate health facility that was left insecure, unattended unstaffed, the something else in Yobe, one of the Laboratories at the General Hospital Damaturu (one of the pictures shows the name of the department). Blood bank left vulnerable and susceptible to contamination and infection, blood sample and specimen left so unattended and uncared for. How could one trust the outcome of whatever test being carried out? The life of the poor is becoming non-valuable to those they entrusted with leadership. This is so shameful.
Only poor leadership can leave situations to deteriorate to this extent. This may be the case across the entire state. There is no reason why the health personnel’s’ salaries have been paid from our collective wealth but no one to supervise if they are working to justify what they earn? Or at least to behalf professionally? What is the meaning of being taken at the Induction ceremonies of the medical and para-medical staff? Could that be taken seriously? Damning display of lack of professionalism supported by poor leadership!
I do not know who is directly responsible, but I knew there shall be a Commissioner for the Ministry of Health, The Head of the Hospitals Management Board, the Principal Medical Officer (PMO), and maybe an officer in charge of a shift. In terms of delegation of authority or devolution of same, these may be the representative of the Governor. They have failed and if no one will be there to sanction them, the Governor will fail and the poor man’s life will continue to be at risk.
As an aspiring journalist and one who loves Yobe and its people, I have a moral obligation to bring to the notice of the authorities whose doors are closed to the poor man, except this door (social media) which they will never be able to close.
The poor man expects the government of Yobe as a matter of conspicuous urgency investigate this matter thoroughly and attempt to fix the lapses. maybe with this, the poor man’s will be spared.
See some pictures to support this. A good Samaritan volunteered and sought anonymity.
Long live Yobe Sate

Policeman abducted by gunmen in Adamawa

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Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted a mobile police officer attached to Operation Farauta, a special task force working to tackle kidnapping in Adamawa State.

Daily Post reports that sources said the policeman who is a resident of Mubi, a principal town in the northern part of Adamawa, was deployed to Mayo-Belwa local government to be part of efforts to tackle kidnapping which has become rampant around Mayo-Belwa.

Operation Farauta is a joint team comprising police, soldiers and local hunters formed in Adamawa State to check rising incidents of kidnapping and armed robbery perpetrated mostly by a youth gang called Shilla Boys in local parlance.

It was gathered that gunmen who stormed Mayo-Belwa around 7pm on Sunday in a convoy of motorcycles were on the trail of a rich man in the area called Idi Bage, when they mistook the officer for their target.

A source said; The man whom the gunmen were looking for owned a mansion beside the Mayo-Belwa to Jalingo highway and who is known to always dress immaculately.

“Luckily for him on that fateful day, he did not dress elegantly but had changed into a casual local dress.

“Unfortunately, the MOPOL who wore an expensive-looking flowing gown in celebration of Christmas was mistaken for the rich man.”

The state Police Public Relations Officer in Adamawa State, DSP Suleiman Nguroje, confirmed the abduction to Daily Post.

Nguroje said; “Yes, it is true. The officer was swooped on and taken away while he was in a relaxed atmosphere with his friends.”

He said the state Police Commissioner, CP Adamu Barde has ordered a search and rescue for the abducted officer and apprehend the abductors.

Wizkid bagged five awards at 2021 AEA USA

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Nigerian Afrobeat’s superstar, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun popularly known as Wizkid is exiting the year 2021 with a big bang.

The singer won five awards at the recently held 2021 African Entertainment Awards USA.

His smash hit song of the summer, Essence feat Tems won four out of the five categories while his latest Album; Made In Lagos clinched the Album of The Year.

Song Of The Year: Wizkid ft Tems – Essence

Album Of The Year: Wizkid “MADE IN LAGOS”

Best Music Video: Wizkid – Essence Ft. Tems

BEST COLLABORATIONS: Wizkid – Essence ft. Tems

BEST MALE ARTIST WINNER: Wizkid

Similarly, Wizkid bagged three awards at AFRIMA 2021, thereby making history as the first African artiste to achieve such feat.

ABSU Sacks Randy Lecturer, Another Staff For Admission Racketeering

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The Abia State University Uturu, has sacked a senior lecturer in the Department of Mass Communication, Dr Michael I. Ukaegbu, for alleged involvement in sex-for-grade in the university. Ukaegbu was a former Acting Head, Department of Mass Communication.

The university also sacked Mr Leonard Chukwuma for alleged fraud and admission racketeering. Their sack was ratified by the University’s Council at its 148th regular and resumed meetings held on Thursday, 16th and Monday, 20th December 2021, at the University Council Chamber, chaired by its Chairman and Pro-Chancellor, Senator Adolphus N. Wabara.

The council in a communiqué, signed by the Registrar/Secretary to Council, Dr Acho Elendu, said “Council-in-Session ratified the dismissal of Dr Michael I. Ukaegbu, former Ag. Head, Department of Mass Communication for involvement in sex-for-grade and Mr. Leonard Chukwuma for fraud and admission racketeering. ”The university also ratified the appointment of Distinguished Professor Ogbonna Onuoha, a Professor of Linguistics/Igbo as substantive Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration); and also approved the regularization and confirmation of some staff which have been outstanding for several years.

The council resolved that henceforth the University would sanction staff who fail to return to the University and fulfil other obligations of their contractual agreement on completion of their TETFund sponsored academic development programmes. It further resolved to revive some of its hitherto comatose statutory committees for efficient oversight functions in line with its mandate and reiterated its determination to continue to improve staff welfare and Infrastructural development of the university in line with the aspirations of the founding fathers.

Customs intercepts N1.4bn tramadol hidden in diapers

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According Blueprint The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme command, says it has intercepted some items suspected to be tramadol capsules concealed with packaged jumbo size adult diapers in a container.

The items have a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N1.4 billion.

The Customs Public Relations Officer, Hussain Abdulahi, in a statement in Seme, said the container number is MRKU 9090415.

Abdullahi quoted the Customs Area Controller, Bello Jibo, as saying the container was handed over to the Command on November 15 by the Republic of Benin Authorities under transit to Nigeria. Comptroller Bello Jibo displaying the tramadol concealed inside diapers in Seme.

Mr Jibo said that the container came under the watch of officers of the Command as no importer or his representative have come forward to continue the process of clearance procedure.

“On the Dec. 20, Seme Customs Service invited other security agencies and stakeholders to witness the examination of the said container.

“The items discovered during 100 per cent examination are 200 packages of adult diapers, 100 cartoons of Gabadol 120mg suspected to be tramadol equivalent to 360kg.

“The diapers were smartly arranged at the front of the container while the drugs were was the back.

“I directed that samples be taken out officially and handed over to National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) to ascertain and confirm the drugs,” he said.

The controller said that the command had initiated a full-scale investigation with a view to fishing out those involved in the illicit importation.

He warned the perpetrators of unlawful activities to avoid the command or meet their Waterloo.

According to Mr Jibo, officers and men of the Command are not losing guards at ensuring that smuggling under any guise is brought to the barest minimum.

The controller said facilitation of legitimate trade remains the cardinal objectives of the command.

Bala emerges 2020 highest Christian pilgrimage sponsor

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Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammed, has bagged 2020 excellence award from the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission as the highest sponsor of Christian pilgrimage in the North-east.

Receiving the award at the council chambers, Government House Bauchi over the weekend, the governor expressed gratitude to the Commission for the award and pledged to reciprocate the gesture.

He said to justify the confidence reposed in him by the people of the state, his administration is committed to developing critical sectors of education, health, infrastructure which will be for the benefit of the entire citizens of the state.

Governor Bala used the medium to once again appreciate the people of the state for their support and cooperation to his administration and promised to consolidate on the execution of developmental projects to improve their living conditions.

“I thank you for this honor done to me and I will not take it for granted. I must work for the people of Bauchi State who elected me to be their Governor.”

Earlier the, the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission, Reverend Yakubu Pam congratulated the Bauchi governor for emerging the highest sponsor of Christian pilgrimage in the North East and for committing resources towards the sustenance of the pilgrimage in the country.

Rev Pam commended the governor for doing justice to all the citizens of the state without consideration to religious or tribal differences and enjoined him to sustain the sponsorship to enable the beneficiaries to pray for the state while in Jerusalem.

“We are here to celebrate with His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Bauchi State, Senator Bala Mohammed because of his long-term relationship with Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission. Our Commission will never forget his impact to its development.”

 

On his part, the Bauchi state Secretary of Christians Pilgrims Welfare Board, Mr Samuel Haruna, attributed the successes recorded by the board in the just concluded Christian pilgrimage to the outstanding support of the governor.