Saturday, 4 March 2017
Road construction: Uduaghan enjoins road users to make use of alternative routes
By Festus Ahon
DELTA State Commissioner for Transport, Mr Vincent Uduaghan, has enjoined motorists and other road users to be patient and make use of alternative routes, following the ongoing construction and rehabilitation works on some roads in the state.
Uduaghan who spoke with newsmen shortly after unscheduled inspection of the NPA bypass, Esisi and Swamp roads in Warri, said the Senator Ifeanyi Okowa- led government was determined to make life more meaningful for all Deltans.
The Commissioner who was accompanied by the site engineer, Mr Justin Nwoko, inspected the granites, rods, the quality and quantity of cement being used for the project. He also inspected works on the road.
While expressing satisfaction with the pace and quality of work, he told the contractor to ensure speedy completion of the road to ease traffic flow in the area.
At Esisi road where he inspected rehabilitation of failed portions and drainage work, he urged the contractor to step up the tempo of the work.
Querying the contractor handling the Swamp road for the poor drainage job, Uduaghan said the state government would not tolerate any shaddy job. The site Engineer, Mr Hyacinth Ajeh, however, assured that the project would be completed to specification.
Some leaders of the community hosting the project, commended the state governor for embarking on the projects and thanked the commissioner for his effort towards ensuring speedy completion of the works.
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Biafra: Soldiers assault newspapers sales reps, arrest 2 vendors in Aba
BY UGOCHUKWU ALARIBE & ERIC UGBOR
ABA-Soldiers of the Forward Operation Base, FOB, stationed at Ngwa road, Aba, Abia State, has assaulted the Aba sales representatives of Thisday, Punch and Authority Newspapers and arrested two newspaper vendors including a 64 year old woman, Jacima, over alleged sale of pro Biafra newspapers.
Trouble started for the victims when the soldiers in two hilux vans stormed a newspaper distribution centre at St. Michael’s road, Aba, in a commando-style and ordered vendors including those who came to buy newspapers and magazines to sit on the floor and identify themselves.
Vanguard gathered that when the Thisday sales rep, Mr. Simeon Obi identified himself, the soldiers demanded for his official identity card but his explanation that the card was in his office upstairs infuriated the soldiers who bundled him into one of the waiting hilux vans.
Also it was reported that soldiers allegedly assaulted the sales rep of the Authority newspapers, Mrs. Chinyere Ibe who was giving newspapers to vendors when the soldiers arrived and asked her to identify herself.
An eyewitness said, “Immediately the woman said “I’m with the Authority Newspapers”, one of the soldiers gave her severe slaps and said, “You say you be authority, who gave you that authority, who made you the authority of this town? If I hear you be authority again, I will deal with you.”
The Punch, Thisday and Authority sales reps including the two vendors were later taken to the army base at Ngwa High school.
The Army Captain in charge of the base was reported to have released the newspaper sales reps. As at the time of filing this report, the two vendors including the 64 year old woman, Jacima who was said to have been discharged from the hospital a day before her arrest, are still being held by the Army.
When contacted, Commanding Officer, 144 Battalion, Asa, Abia State, Lt. Col. Ksssim Umar Sidi, who denied that the suspects were assaulted added that they have been handed over to the Department of State Services, DSS.
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President Buhari: Beware the ides of March (1) by Fani-Kayode
In 44 BC the respected Roman seer and soothsayer Spurinna warned the great Consul and ruler of the Roman Empire Julius Caesar about the “ides of March”. He counselled him not to go out on that day because he had perceived that something terrible would happen. According to the Roman calendar the ides of March was the 15th of March.
Caesar treated the prophecy and the warning with ridicule and contempt, as is often the case with most men of power, and he chose to ignore it.
According to the Greek historian and essayist Plutarch, on the morning of March 15th, whilst on his way to the Theater at Pompei, Julius Caesar saw Spurinna again and disdainfully whispered into his ear that the ides of March had come, thereby mocking the old man and his prophecy.
The soothsayer smiled and responded by calmly saying,
“Ay Caesar, the ides of March has indeed come but it has not yet ended”.
Later on that same day on his return to Rome and as he entered the great hall and hallowed chambers of the Senate, the great Julius Caesar was stabbed to death by no less than 60 of his most trusted colleagues in the Senate, including Marcus Brutus, his young protegee who hailed from a noble and respected Roman family, who he had supported all his life and who he had virtually adopted as his own son.
History records that such was the courage, strength and fortitude of Caesar that even after dozens of vicious and deep fatal stabs were inflicted all over his ageing body and even as his blood flowed all over the floor of the Senate, he still stood up proud, refusing to bend his knee, refusing to plead for his life and refusing to fall. What a man he was!
It was only after the last of the conspirators, his very own Marcus Brutus, walked up to him slowly, looked him in the eye and plunged his long and sharp dagger deep into the old mans heart that Caesar gave up, yelled in pain and whispered the famous latin words, “Et tu Brute?” meaning “and you too Brutus?”? He ended it by saying “then Caesar falls” after which he fell down and gave up the ghost.
The truth is that he died more of a broken heart as a result of those the betrayal of those that he trusted and loved, like Marcus Brutus, than he did from the physical stab wounds that were inflicted on him by the other Senators and his political enemies.
When he saw, felt and suffered Brutus’ betrayal and treachery he gave up hope and lost his will to continue to live.
What a royal tragedy this was! What a waste of human life and greatness! What a gruesome and complicated mess!
What a way for the most powerful man on earth of his time to end his days.
What a way for a gallant and noble son of Rome, a man of valour and a great and irresistible warrior, clothed by the Living God in magnificence, splendour and glory to go down and leave the earthly plain.
This was a valiant and courageous man who had achieved greatness and who was bestowed with awesome power and unprecedented glory by the God of Heaven and the Lord of Hosts.
This was a man who went to the British Isles, who conquered their ruling spirit Brittania and who proudly proclaimed those famous latin words, “veni, vedi, vici”, meaning “I came, I saw, I conquered”.
This was a man who turned Egypt into a vassal state, who overwhelmed the Greeks, who conquered Europe, who mastered the Middle East, who ruled over the entire civilised world and who bedded and tamed the great African Queen Cleopatra.
Yet this was also a man that was deeply flawed, who died in a pool of his own blood and who was slaughtered not by his enemies but by his loved ones and his erstwhile friends.
This was an unforgiving man who could not reign in his immeasurable narcissicism and his obsession with power and domination or control his sense of pride, self-importance and vanity.
This was an arrogant man who listened to no-one, who took pleasure in being worshipped and revered, who persecuted his enemies relentlessly, who was cruel to his detractors, who scorned his three wives, who had contempt for his clerics, who mocked the sacred prophecies and who defied the Living God and the Ancient of Days.
Predictably and sadly it all eventually caught up with him and, in the end, this was a man who died in the most agonising and pitiful way, wallowing in a pool of his own blood, slaughtered, not by his traditional and known enemies, but rather by his own political associates, loved ones and erstwhile friends.
If Caesar had listened to his youngest wife, the beautiful Calpurnia, that ill-fated morning and not stepped out he would not have been murdered and Roman, nay, world history would have been very different.
If he had listened to Spurinna, the great seer and soothsayer, who the God of Heaven had used to speak to him and if he had shown humility and heeded the seer’s warning about the ides of March, Caesar would have lived to finish the work that he had started many years before and to fulfil his vision.
If he had not become the victim of his own vanity and obsessions and if he had not turned from being a great and much-loved war general and hero into a beastly and dictatorial bully and tyrant he would not have turned the hearts of the Senate against all that he stood for, he would not have provoked the wrath of God and he would not have kindled and stoked the bitterness, hatred and enmity of even his most trusted men like Marcus Brutus.
If he had not sought to destroy all his enemies with a bitter vengeance and if he had not killed, incarcerated, jailed and tortured the innocent and those that had done no wrong he would have attracted the mercies of God and the Lord would have protected him from his relentless and incensed enemies.
If he had not abused power, brought sorrow, hardship and pain to the people, played God and sought to impose his wicked will over the entire nation and indeed the Roman Empire he would have lived longer and he would have died peacefully in his bed many years later as a fulfilled and happy old man.
If he had not allowed himself to be transformed from being a great warrior and war hero who feared and honoured God, who believed in justice, equity, fairness and the rule of law, who upheld the sanctity and rules of the Roman Republic and who defended the constitution and the sacredness of the democratically-elected Senate into a mean-spirited, power-hungry, obsessive and brutal tyrant he would have lived for much longer.
If he had not attempted to transform himself from being a gentle and accommodating Consul and the humble leader of the Roman Empire into a life-long dictator and all-powerful emperor who would tolerate no criticism and brook no opposition and who would kill, brutalise and demonise his enemies, lock up and humiliate his critics and seek to destroy the destiny and very essence of his nation, he would have lived for much longer.
If he had not used his brutal army to murder young and defenceless activists and protestors or his secret police to torture innocent people and lock them up all over the country without any recourse to the law or respect for their rights or the courts, he would have lived much longer.
If he had not attacked and sought to blackmail, humiliate and intimidate the Judiciary and if he had not attempted to politicise, manipulate and corrupt the administration of justice in his nation he would have lived much longer.
If he had not treated the opposition with disdain and contempt and if he had not sought to decimate and destroy their ranks by foul means and the dishonourable despatch, planting and deployment of a bunch of merciless, crooked and treacherous blacklegs, traitors, moles, gangsters, saboteurs and murderers in their ranks he would have lived for much longer.
I could go on and on. When men play God all manner of tragedies stalk them and they never end well. That is the lesson of history and that is what we are seeing unfolding in Nigeria.
Persecution and the abuse of power always attracts a heavy price for those who indulge in it: this is especially so when they hate God’s children and His anointed and they persecute the Church and His clerics. (TO BE CONTINUED).
By Chief Femi Fani-Kayode
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For decades mum hid the fact she was a mistress!
By Bunmi Sofola
LOLA didn’t know the real truth about her mum’s marriage of over 30 years until her dad died a few years ago. “I’d had my suspicion about the relationship between my parents. Whilst a few relatives made snide remarks about the illegitimacy of their union, my mother assured us that though our father was once married, he got divorced before they tied the knot.
We somewhat believed her because our half-siblings from our dad’s first marriage visited regularly.” Lola told me, still bewildered at the events that unfolded just after her dad’s passing. “We had what you would call a week-end dad. He worked away in one of the states and only came home weekends. At least, that’s what we were made to understand. But he was a pleasant enough dad and picked up all our bills.
“I was an undergraduate when a new friend became curious and wanted to know if my father was the same one her family knew by the same name on their street. I said he was. Is your mum’s name Fadeke?”, she asked, puzzled. “No. She’s Maureen.” She looked a bit embarrassed and when next I got home, I asked mum if she knew anyone called Fadeke. ‘She’s your dad’s first wife but they’re divorced now’, she said. I was really curious.
‘So what type of wedding did you have?’ I wanted to know. She’d never shown us any photographs. It was a simple registry wedding’, she breezed. ‘We just had close friends as witnesses.’ So where were the photographs? `When the house was flooded years back, the few wedding photographs we had were among the ones destroyed,’ she said offhand, not quite meeting my eyes. By the time I finished at the university, our dad’s visit had dwindled and mum had to confess they’d separated.
Why didn’t she say anything until now? I vowed to have a word with him but he died suddenly of a heart attack a few months to his 60th birthday. I was heartbroken. I really loved that man. When I saw his obituary in the papers, I was gub-smacked. The name of his wife was given as Fadeke, and the three children of my mum were last on the list of seven children. I didn’t show it to mum. She must have seen it anyway. What sort of funeral would he have? I stepped with trepidation into the church at his funeral service.
At the wake the previous day, my mum was absent and we were lumped with his other children, all adorned in the same fabric. Fadeke, his supposed estranged first wife looked to me like the chief mourner. As we entered the church, with my two siblings, I hardly knew anyone – only the two half-siblings dad used to bring to our house. They sat with Fadeke, the first wife and they were fussed over and comforted by mourners. Where was our mother? Why was she sidelined in all the ceremonies?
“As the preacher went on about my dad being a loving husband to Fadeke and all his children, I looked around because I felt a movement. It was my mother at the end of the pews, acting as if she didn’t want to be seen. Why wasn’t she at the front too if she was really married to him? It was in that moment that the truth forcibly hit me. Our mum was never a wife to him – she was his mistress!
That explained her skulking into her ‘husband’s’ funeral in shame. Back home, I asked why she didn’t play a prominent role in dad’s funeral and she insisted Fadeke was divorced, that she was his real wife. She looked so sad and fidgety. I realized she’d been lying to herself all these years too. I felt as if I was standing on a layer of lies. All I had were questions. Why did my mother wear wedding rings all the time? Did the affair start during his first marriage?
“A few months after dad died. we, the children of her supposed marriage sat her down wanting to know the truth. Our dad’s will had been read and he acknowledged the three of us – not a word was said in the will about her being his wife. She confessed she was 20 and pregnant when dad told her that he was already a married man. According to her, “Being an unmarried mother wasn’t as easy in those days as it is now, so we just decided to tell people we were married the native way. He was the one who gave me the rings. Yet, in spite of his telling me he wasn’t in love with Fadeke, they went on to have one more child and he simply forgot about a divorce.
“‘I had told people we were married for so long that it just felt normal to keep doing it – especially when your dad backed me up. And let’s face it, it’s painful enough to admit that your so-called husband is having an affair, let alone that he’s fathering other children and that you weren’t really married. He left me with you lot to bring up virtually on my own while he flitted between us and his wife. As far as I’m concerned, I did what was right and best for my children. Any lies I told you were to protect you from the harsh reality of being born out of wedlock … ‘
“I felt really sorry for her but she was a bit of a prude. In this day and age, who gives a hoot whether or not your parents are married! Mum said she was from the era, when certain things just weren’t discussed and she didn’t enjoy having to justify her decision to give us life. That if anyone was the victim in all this love triangle, that person was her. She told us with a final ring to her voice that she’d rather get on with things and put all this behind her. Heavens only know how long it will take us children to do the same … “
Need Any Help? (Humour)
The young man walked his girlfriend to her front door and started to kiss her. “How about a quick blow job?”, he said “before I go”. “Oh no,” she replied, “not here, anyone could pass and see us”. “Oh come on”, he coaxed, “it won’t take long, just a tiny little blow job”. “No, it won’t be right”, she said adamantly.
For the next couple of minutes, the man tried unsuccessfully to change her mind, then suddenly the front door yanked open and a young girl stood there sleepy-eyed, obviously just having got out of bed. “Dad says hurry up and give him a blow job, or he’ll come down and do it, or I will, or someone will, just as long as you take your bloody hand off the intercom”.
Are You Sure? (Humour)
The judge looked over his glasses at the man standing before him. “You are filing for divorce on the grounds of your wife’s adultery. Is that so?” “Yes, your honour”. “And do you have proof of this adultery? Can you name the man involved? Have you seen him”?
“Well, erm, no, not exactly, Your Honour. But I can tell you when I first knew about it, he added confidently. “It was one weekend, three months ago. 1 had been away all week on a conference and didn’t arrive home until late on Friday night. In the morning, we made passionate love when suddenly the woman in the flat next to us started banging on the wall and shouting: “Don’t start all that again, for f .. k’s sake! Have you not had enough this week?”
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HORRORS OF AUTISM: My father threatens to kill my son — Citizen Nurudeen
By Chioma Obinna
When on October 23, 2010 Adebayo Nurudeen and Rashidat tied the nuptial knot after seven years of courtship, their joy knew no bounds. They were full of expectations. Their marriage was the envy of everyone. Like love destined from heaven, they were happy they became a couple at last. Unfortunately, Nurudeen and Rashidat’s world came- crashing when they had their first child, Mohammed-Ameer, on January 19, 2011.
The birth of of the baby was a turning point in their lives, an incident Nurudeen told Sunday Vanguard, left him in quandary.
Right from childhood, Nurudeen, from Oyo State, was loved by his parents being the first male child of a polygamous family until he decided to go against the wish of his father to pursue his own dreams instead of the profession the father chose for him.
However, the birth of Mohammed-Ameer, which seemed to have reconciled him with his father, soon snapped when it was discovered, a year after, that the child’s growth was retarded. Unable to explain the boy’s condition, the situation became disturbing to the family.
Nurudeen’s father was alleged to have threatened to strangle his grandson, claiming that his spiritual consultations revealed that Mohammed-Ameer is a curse to the family and evil.
The behaviour of Nurudeen’s father is not unconnected with the fact that many people in Nigeria depend on spiritualists to find answers to many mysteries of life. Consequently, many children with disability are taken as witches and evil. Such is the story of Nurudeen.
Narrating his ordeal to Sunday Vanguard, Nurudeen said that following the strange situation of his son, the boy was taken to a speech and language centre where he was diagnosed of autism. Mohammed-Ameer walked when he was almost two years.
“The disposition of my father had prompted my wife and children to seek asylum in Europe,” Nurudeen stated.
“We discovered that he (Mohammed-Ameer) did not always understand how he was feeling or how others were feeling about him. He never, ever felt at ease wherever we were. Because of this, he would go in search of some location where he could feel at ease.
“When we could not understand him anymore, we consulted medical experts, at Gloria Hospital where he was born, Ikorodu, Gbagada General Hospital and Lagos Island Maternity. They assured us that the problem was a mild situation of delayed growth.
“But in January 2013, when we couldn’t bear it any longer, we took him to a physiotherapist and a psychologist for help. After observing him, they told us to be calm and that, with time, he was going to outgrow the challenges.”
Meanwhile, Mohammed-Ameer always found it difficult putting his clothes on.
The father said: “He wouldn’t sleep at night, he would cry for everything. He was constantly drooling, flapping and screaming. He would bang his head against the kitchen floor and it won’t hurt him as much as it would hurt you or me.”
Efforts by Nurudeen and his wife to find care for him were not successful as every crèche they visited rejected him. That was the point the boy was taken to the speech and language centre where he was diagnosed as suffering from autism “This prompted our search for a safe haven, we wanted him to be useful to himself and, the society at large”.
urudeen father’s (Tiamiyu) disposition
Precisely, on January 2, 2015, Nurudeen’s father (Tiamiyu) paid the family a new year visit. The visit compounded Mohammed-Ameer’s case. Nurudeen told Sunday Vanguard that his father had threatened to kill the boy.
“My father (Tiamiyu) engaged me in a private discussion during which he claimed he had made his own spiritual consultations and it was revealed that the boy is evil, spiritually possessed and a curse to our lineage. That at age five if there is no appreciable improvement, he will strangle Mohammed – Ameer with his own hands,”Nurudeen said.
He further alleged that there had been serial assault committed against Mohammed-Ameer by his father which he kept away from his wife (Rashidat).
“On one occasion, during Sallah that we celebrated with my father at home, he locked Mohammed -Ameer up in a room for spiritual seclusion. He placed him on a spiritual stool. As Ameer was trying to find his way out of the room, he fell and broke a tooth.
“We decided to take Mohammed-Ameer out of his sight. We resolved to seek asylum in Europe since my father may not be able to reach our son there”.
In the process, Ameer’s mother was said to have given birth to another son, Mohammed-Ahmad Adebayo, because she left Nigeria with seven months pregnancy. She was delivered of the boy on October 31, 2015.
However, Nurudeen told Sunday Vanguard that the asylum granted the son in Europe may soon expire and may the boy subsequently be returned to Nigeria, saying this may threaten his life and bring back the stigmatisation”which he has outgrown”. ”The father added: “I see his pictures, and I found that he has found love amongst the people he is opportune to be with. Not only that, returning the boy to Nigeria will be risky to his improving state of health.”
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Saturday, 4 February 2017
Bayern’s Schalke draw opens door for Leipzig
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Bayern Munich left the door open for second-placed RB Leipzig to trim their lead in the Bundesliga to one point after being held to a 1-1 draw by Schalke on Saturday.
Robert Lewandowski’s deft chip gave Bayern an early lead in Munich before Schalke defender Naldo drilled home a free-kick on 13 minutes to level the scores.
Captain Philipp Lahm made his 500th appearance for Bayern, but the Bavarian giants were made to work for their point. “It was a tough game because Schalke played well,” said Bayern coach Carlo Ancelotti.
“We started well but were not so compact, also in midfield, and our two lines were too far apart from one another. “We could only increase the pressure slightly at the end, but it was not enough.”
Flu-hit Leipzig will look to cut into Bayern’s provisional four-point lead with a win at Borussia Dortmund in Saturday night’s key showdown in Germany’s top flight.
But Leipzig have a tough task with top-scorer Timo Werner, midfielder Diego Demme and striker Marcel Sabitzer all out with flu, while playmaker Emil Forsberg is suspended.
In Munich, Bayern took the lead with just nine minutes gone.
Arturo Vidal, back from injury, threaded a pass to Lewandowski and the Poland striker lifted his shot over Schalke goalkeeper Ralf Faehrmann for his 15th league goal this season.
But Schalke kept their composure and equalised four minutes later when Naldo hammered a free-kick past Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.
Both sides had clear first-half chances as Schalke striker Guido Burgstaller hit the crossbar, just like Lewandowski did at the other end. This was a tight, bruising encounter as Schalke fought hard for the point which left them 11th.
“Our plan would have worked out 100 percent if we’d won, but we can be very happy and can live with the point,” said a delighted Schalke coach, Markus Weinzierl.
– Hoffenheim bounce back –
Hoffenheim, the last team in a top European league to lose their unbeaten record last weekend, went third with a 4-0 hammering of Mainz at home.
Hoffenheim went ahead when midfield playmaker Sebastian Rudy’s long pass was chested down by striker Mark Uth, who drilled home his shot with five minutes gone.
Hoffenheim doubled the lead when midfielder Marco Terrazzino headed their second nine minutes from time then replacement striker Adam Szalai scored two goals off the bench against his old club.
Hertha moved up to fourth with a 1-0 win at home to strugglers Ingolstadt. After losing their first two games of 2017, coach Pal Dardai had demanded a reaction and Hertha delivered with an early goal.
Salomon Kalou took advantage of some weak defending, sprinted down the wing to cross for Japan midfielder Genki Haraguchi to give them the lead after just a minute at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium.
Cologne are fifth following their 1-0 win at Wolfsburg thanks to Anthony Modeste’s second-half penalty, having been fouled by Wolves goalkeeper Diego Benaglio in the area.
Borussia Moenchengladbach picked up their second straight win with a 3-0 victory at home to Freiburg courtesy of goals from captain Lars Stindl, striker Raffael and winger Patrick Herrmann to go tenth.
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Thursday, 2 February 2017
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AIG rates cultism, kidnapping high in Lagos state
By Evelyn Usman
Assistant Inspector-General of Police, AIG in- charge of Zone 2 Command, comprising Lagos and Ogun States, Kayode Aderanti, yesterday , rated cultism and kidnapping as the most common high profile crimes in Lagos state, calling on officers and men to step up on their games with a view to checkmating the trend.
Aderanti who gave the assertion while addressing men and officers at the command’s headquarters in Ikeja, during his maiden operational visit to the Command, said “ It is pertinent to note that there is an increase in cult related activities in the State. We cannot fold our arms and watch cultists destroy our communities. We must stand up to them, take up our responsibility and make sure their effrontery and bravado is reduced to the barest minimum.
It is no longer news that perhaps the commonest high profile crime today is kidnapping. We are happy that the IGP’s Intelligence Response Team (IRT) and Tactical Intelligence Unit (TIU) have not let us down in tracking down these kidnappers. We also must redouble our efforts in intelligence gathering and crime prevention. It is a joint war that must be won.
Calling on the need for the command to double its effort in intelligence gathering and crime prevention be ensuring that the fight against cultism and kidnapping was won, Aderanti however noted that members of the public played a vital role in intelligence gathering.
He therefore warned policemen to desist from molesting and harassing them( members of the public) as well as shun all manner of extorting money from them.
He said : “ We are not being paid to torment members of the public. We are paid to actually help them because Nigeria Police is about service.
The current Inspector- General of Police, Idris Ibrahim, has zero tolerance for corruption and official misconduct.
“ Whosoever requests money for bail or to register people’s complaints is on his own . I warn again, don’t demand gratification from members of the public.
Again, cases of policemen on illegal duty has reached an alarming proportion and this is highly unprofessional. It needs to be nipped in the bud.
Some of them operate in unmarked vehicles and harassing people by searching through their phones. All these undue harassment must stop as violators will be severely dealt with. We need to focus more, apart from our crime fighting prowess, on service delivery to the public.
I believe this is where we have issues. Lets render service to the law abiding members of the public because we need them to fight crime , we need them to help us in the area of kidnapping , cultism and all forms f criminality and without them we can not do anything”.
He further admonished policemen to take their health serious by going on routine check up. He added that policemen should imbibe the culture of observing their annual and casual leave
He said “ its been observed that most of you don’ t go on annual medical check- up. I urge you to endeavor to see your medical doctors once in six months. Issue of people slumping and dying in the offices, is enough. The Inspector-General of Police frowns at this idea of not going on leave or taking at least five days casual leave to rest He has directed that henceforth , all officers health condition must count”.
On the welfare of policemen, he informed that names were being compiled for the next batch of promotion, even as he disclosed that arrears of those promoted last year would be paid before the end of the first quarter of 2017.
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Trending: Watch Afro-beat singer Dede walks out on Adesina during radio programme
A trending video clip shows Afro-beat singer, Dede Mabiaku walk out on the Presidential Spokesman, Femi Adesina during radio programme. Both Adesina and Dede were guests at Lagos Talk 91.3 FM programme.
In the clip, Mr. Dede is seen fuming with anger and walking out on Adesina while on air after he claimed Buhari’s spokesman commanded him to “shut up” during the programme. Whats your take on this? Type your opinion below.
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Alleged theft of IDPs rice : Absence of LG chairman stalls trial
A Maiduguri High Court has adjourned till Feb.9, hearing in the case of Shettima Maina, Chairman of Mafa Local Government Area in Borno, along with two others, charged for allegedly diverting food items meant for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs).
Maina could not be produced in court on Tuesday as he had been arrested by the military over another alleged offence of links with Boko Haram insurgents.
When the case of alleged diversion came up for hearing, Mr Alquasim Ja’afar, EFCC Prosecuting Counsel, sought for adjournment of the case to enable him amend the charges.
In his ruling, Justice Fadamu Umar granted the request and adjourned the case to Feb-9 for further Hearing.
Maina, along with Bulama Ali Zangebe and Modu Bulama, had allegedly connived and misappropriated about 300 bags of rice worth N2 million, meant for IDPs in Mafa LGA.
According to the prosecution, the offence committed is punishable under Section 96 and 97 of the Panel Code Law Cap 345 laws of the Northern States of Nigeria.
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Government House not bank – Gov. Obaseki
Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Tuesday said the Government House was not a bank where people went to collect money but a place to render service.
Obaseki made this known while receiving executive members of Women’s wing of All Progressive Congress (APC) in the state in Benin.
He assured the women of 35 per cent appointment in his administration but insisted that ‘’government house is not where you come to make money, but where you come to serve.
According to him, I don’t have money to give anybody; the money I have is to work for the people.
“I can create money going by my experience as an investment banker; I can organise things and people must be ready to work,’’ the governor said.
He told the women that the days had gone when politics was about money sharing.
‘’The question is what do you do with the political power. It is our level of commitment that gets us where we want to be.
‘’People should be ready to work. We should prioritise and cut waste because our biggest problem is waste.
‘’God chose me for a purpose to change things at this time and politics of money and sharing is not possible,’’ Obaseki said.
He commended the party women for supporting him during the 2016 governorship poll in the state and urged them to be the vanguard of the new politics.
He called on the women to partner the government in the development of the state, especially in the area of ensuring quality basic and technical education for their children.
In her remarks, the APC women leader in the state, Dr Aisosa Amadasun, commended the governor on his victory at the polls and pledged their support to the success of his administration.
Amadasun said that the visit was to solicit the fulfilment of the United Nation’s mandate of 35 per cent appointment position for women in his administration.
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Friday, 27 January 2017
ENL/DOCKWORKERS FACE-OFF: Lagos Assembly wants “Out of Court” settlement
Following the industrial dispute between the management of ENL and the Dock workers which has led to the parties taking the matter to court, the Lagos State House of Assembly through its Chairman, Committee on Establishment, Mr. Dayo Famakinwa has pleaded with them to consider out of court settlement.
The House made the appeal when feuding parties as well as management of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA were invited to appear before the House over the allegation that the employers refused to pay workers for 10years.
According to the spokesman for the Dock workers, Mr. Gerald “over 688 workers have left the job since 2015 after they were seriously beaten while demanding for their long overdue salary”. He claimed that they were thereafter invited to a military zone and given a token of N350,000 for 10years of hard work.
Public relations officer of NIMASA, Mrs. Oluyemisi stated that part of the responsibilities of the agency is registration of maritime workers and seafarers and that in a bid to protect the interest of both parties several meeting have been held with the two parties.
Famakinwa emphasized that the House of Assembly wants to mediate between the dock workers and their employers and appealed to then to withdraw the case from the court of law and settle the issue amicably.
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