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How dem discover corpse of Civil Defence officer wey dey kpeme for shallow grave
Dem don discover di remains of one female officer of di Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) wey go missing 18 months ago for shallow grave for Obi Local Area, for Obi Local Area.
Until she go missing, di deceased, Josephine Cynthia Inalegwu Onche, dey serve for one NSCDC post for Otukpo area for di state.
Cynthia, wey be Idoma native for Otukpo origin, suddenly go miss while her wedding plans dey underway
Some of her colleagues wey no wan dia name for print, narrate say di family of di deceased don report her disappearance few days to her wedding for December 2, for December 2.
Dem tok say she don go di market go buy some items in preparation for her wedding but neva make am back house
One of di colleagues wey decease tok say plenti efforts to locate am no yield result until one commercial motorcyclist tok say dem bury am
Dem tok say dem don tell di family of di deceased say dem allegedly kill dia daughter and her husband bury am for ritual purpose
Afta, hin (cyclist) don lead di family and security operatives go arrest di groom wey in turn lead di police go Ogun State wia dem arrest di native doctor all di time.
While di police don suspect di kiler groom and di native doctor wey dem allege say dem hold di police for Otukpo, di family of di late security personnel exhume her remains
DSP Catherine Anene wey be tok pesin for Benue police command, DSP Catherine Anene, no answer call or react to messages wey dem send to her ova di development
Di State Command Public Relations Officer of NSCDC, ASC Ejelikwu Michael, no get comment, dey promise say e go tok on di issue for later date.
But one insider tok say di news of Cynthia's corpse wey dem find don throw di command into mourning again
Constitution review: Shariah dey south west before Christianity MURIC
Di Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) don tell di Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) tell di Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) say make dem mind dia business and stop opposing di Muslim right t
MURIC Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, tok am for one statement on Sunday
Dis follow a warning di PFN issue against di move by any group to introduce Sharia law to di South-West through di ongoing constitutional review wey dey ongoing by di ongoing constitutional review we
PFN and oda Christian group dey fully aware say Shariah dey di South West decades before di arrival of Christianity for 1842
Dem dey practice Shariah for Ede under Oba Abibu Olagunju (Habeeb, one Muslim name) and
Di Ede Shariah Court don operate till 1913 for Agbeni area for di town
Dem move am go Agbongbon area for 1914
Dem apply Shariah for Iwo under Oba Momodu Lamuye (Muhammad Lamuye) wey kpeme for 1906
Even di seventh Akirun of Ikirun, Oba Aliyu Oyewole (died 1912), institute Shariah for Ikirun for 1910
Dis na just examples of di existence and spread of Shariah for Yorubaland and di Christian leaders no dey oblivious of di fact say na di British Christian college wey dey for Yoruba and di Christian
Hin kom add say di PFN and oda Christians dey equally aware of di rising tide of Islamic awareness wey dey rise for di same South West and say dem only afraid say di sleeping process go dey rise for
Hin tok say awa Christian neighbours know well say Shariah na di fundamental human right of Muslims
But dem determine to deprive us of am using unorthodox methods
Dem believe say dem dey war wit Muslims and to dem, evrithin dey fair for war
Dem dey use both fair and foul means to achieve dia objective
We call on Nigerians make dem understand di siege mentality of awa Christian neighbours
Like all aggressors, dem believe say attack na di best form of defence
As di benefactors and inheritors of colonial rampage wey last more dan a century, dem determine say make dem kip all di loot wey dia principal bequeath to dem
Dem determine say dem go keep di Muslims for concentration camp wey di colonial masters drive dem
Di Constitution Review Panel tell Nigerians say make dem forward dia views regarding wetin dem want for di konstitution.
Each group suppose submit hin need.
But instead dem tell di panel wetin di Christians want, PFN don go ahead to say wetin dem no wan make Muslims ask for
Na attempt to gag Muslims for di South West and e no go work
E tok say di claim of religious tolerance for di South-West na sham and mantra wey dem design to keep Yoruba Muslims for perpetual slavery
Muslims for di region dey wake up and dey ask for freedom
We dey demand make we halt di forceful use of Christian school uniform, Christian education, Christian law
We demand civil Shariah, no be criminal Shariah wey involve di cutting of hand but civil Shariah wey go regulate Muslim marriage, inheritance, family affairs.
E no get anytin to do wit Christians
We go use evri peaceful and constitutional means wey dey available to attain dis objective
Stakeholders for Edo South don affirm Obaseki as parti leader
Afta di internal crisis wey dey rock di Edo State chapter of di Peoples Democratic Parti (PDP) ova who dey control di parti structure, members of di Edo South Senatorial Committee tok say members of
Edo South PDP for one communique issue for di end of im stakeholders meeting for Benin City, for di weekend, affirm Governor Obaseki as di leader of di parti for di state.
Di communique wey hin Secretary read, Wilson Evbuomwan, also tok say di stakeholders support harmonisation and integration of new entrants into di executive committee of di Ministry.
Police don catch di kidnappers wey dem suspect and recover guns for Abuja
Di FCT Police Command don arrest eight kidnappers wey dem suspect say dem dey kidnap along Shenegu-Tunga Maje, Gwagwalada, Kabusa village and Durumi axis of Abuja.
ASP Maryam Yusuf, wey be tok pesin for di command, ASP Maryam Yusuf, wey tok am for Abuja, yesterday, give di name of di suspects as Yakubu Ahmadu, Ibrahim Mallam Musa, Ibrahim Mallam Musa, Ibrahim M
She tok say di suspects na members of one syndicate wey also link to di kidnap attempt on di Vice President of di Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)
Gwagwalada branch, Barrister David Aigbefoh
She tok say dem arrest di suspects for one coordinated intelligence operation by police operatives from di command anti-kidnapping squad for Shenegu mountain on di border of Nigeria.
She tok say di suspects don provide useful information on di activity of dia syndicate
Yusuf tok say dem arrest one Nwite Jideofor say dem arrest one Nwite Jideofor say e dey stage hin own kidnap along Durumi axis, hin tok say di suspect confess say e dey connive wit hin abductors for
She tok say di exhibit wey dem recover from all di suspects include three Dane guns, seven cutlasses, one black painted Honda Accord, four mobile phones and oda items, she add say dem dey add say dem
She tok say dem go arraign all di suspects for court upon conclusion of investigation, while she tell di residents of di FCT, particularly parents and guardians make dem prevail say make dem prevail
Suarez strike as Atletico win LA Liga title
Luis Suarez's goal don secure 2-1 victory for Atletico Madrid ova Real Valladolid for Saturday wey clinch his team anoda remarkable LA Liga title.
Suarez start di season crying afta dem force am comot from Barcelona but end am wit hin 21st goal of di season wey make Atletico get first league triumph since 2014, dis goal wey dey first time for d
Atletico know say victory go guarantee dem di title regardless of wetin Real Madrid do for home to Villarreal
But e no dey comfortable, wit Valladolid dey take shock early lead.
Real Madrid dey behind too for most of di afternoon but Karim Benzema equalise for di 87th minute and Luka Modric even score a late winner for 2-1 for Valdebebas, leaving Valdebebas.
Wen di final whistle blow, di players run onto di pitch, Suarez wey dey underneath a pile of red and white shirts, wit Europe's most nerve-wracking and unpredictable title reach Europe.
Suarez Zone
just over a week ago
Coach Diego Simeone tok say dis na di Suarez Zone
And so e prove, di Uruguayan wey score di winner against Osasuna last week to keep di title for Atletico's hands and then again for di last day to put dia name on top di championship.
Dis na only di second time for 17 years wey team wey pass Barcelona or Real Madrid don win di title, wit Atletico claim di oda one under Simeone for 2014
Atletico go into di game as dem don dey top since December and for di back of beating Osasuna wit two goals for di last eight minutes, a victory wey dey so dramatic it dey happun for Atletico
But Atletico no do anything di easy way dis season, wit dia 10-point lead for February cut to two for May and dia position for di top of table relying on numerous players.
So e dey apt say face wit beating Real Valladolid, wey be 19th on table, dem still need scrape ova di line
Plenti hundred Atletico fans gather for Valladolid Plaza Mayor for di hours before kick-off to sing songs and one similar number make am outside di stadium, wia dem make am outside di stadium, wia de
Di assassination of Gulak don spark outrage
Outrage and mourning dey on Sunday ova di assassination of Barr
Ahmed Gulak, wey be former political adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan, by gunmen for Imo State
Dem shoot Gulak dead by assailants wey trail am go Obiangwu village as hin make way go Sam Mbakwe Airport, for Owerri, di Imo State Capital, on hin way go Abuja
Dem conduct funeral prayers for di Adamour-born politician yesterday evening for di National Mosque, Abuja, afta which dem inter hin remains for di Gudu Cemetry for Abuja.
Police for Imo last night tok say dem don track down pipo wey dem suspect killers of di of di All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, and kill at least six of dem, afta dem don fight at least six
A statement wey di Police Public Relations Officer sign, SP Bala Elkana sign, tok say on 30th May, 2021 following a distress wey di Command receive on top di gruesome murder wey dem get
Dem give di team clear instruction to identify and apprehend di perpetrators of di act wit a view to bring dem to justice
Police intercept di vehicle wey belong to di suspected killers of Ahmed Gulak yesterday
Eyewitness account, especially di account wey di Driver of di vehicle wey dey convey Ahmed Gulak go Airport before di attack, give vivid description of di attack.
Dem tok say dem don use Toyota Camry 2005 model wey get silver color; Toyota Sienna 1998 model wey get golden color
Toyota Hilux wey get white color; and Lexus RX 330 wey get golden color
Dem withdraw registration number for security reasons
Afta dem establish di identity of di assailants and di description of di vehicles wey dem use carry out di attack, di team further get details of di direction wey di assailants go use carry out di at
Wit further lead, di team fit establish di location of suspects
Dem round di suspects for Afor Enyiogugu junction for Aboh-Mbaise Local goment Area
Di hoodlums wey dey meet dey distribute onions to locals from one trailer wey dem confiscate
Dem load di trailer wit onions wey kom from di Northern region of Nigeria
As dem see di police, di hoodlums wey dey provide security coverage to pipo wey dey share di onions, di hoodlums wey dey provide security coverage to pipo wey dey share di onions open fire on di poli
Di Gallant and battle ready
Police Officers swiftly return di fire
Di six hoodlums wey carry out di kilin and four oda members of dia gang dey fatally injured
Dem recover three out of di four vehicle wey dem use attack Gulak
Three AK 47 Rifles, one Pistol, five AK 47 magazines wit ninety two rounds of live ammunition and criminal charms dem recover
Dem identify di assailants as members of di proscribed IPOB and ESN
Di driver wey drive late Ahmed Gulak and co-victim wey survive don identify di dead bodi of di IPOB/ESN members positively as dia attackers and also identify di dead bodi of di IPOB/ESN members posit
For di encounter, dem riddle two of di police armored personnel carriers (APC) wit bullets but dem survive di gun battle.
One video clip on di aftermath of di attack show Gulak wear pair of Jean trousers and blue T-shirt wey hin dey ly for pool of hin own blood, besides di car wey hin dem abandon
Gulak be di chairman of di controversial Imo All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election wey produce Hope Uzodinma as di parti's flagbearer
Dem also tok say hin don remain close to di governor wey dey visit di state frequently
Why hin dey Owerri
Even say dem tok say Gulak be regular visitor to Owerri since di ascension of Uzodinma, hin last trip na to attend di public hearing of di constitution review of di constitution.
Afta di committee sitting conclude, Gulak stay back while oda members of di committee depart di city for Friday.
One source wey dey close to Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, wey chair di public hearing for Owerri tok say dem offer di deceased say make dem fly for Kalu's private jet afta di public hearing, but dem no go
According to wetin di source tok, Kalu's team leave Owerri for di day wey di public hearing end but Gulak stay behind say hin get things to do for di city
Di source tok say: We leave Owerri for di day wey di public hearing end and we tell am say make am join us for awa private jet and we get enough security wit us
But hin tok say hin get things wey hin do for di city
Nigerians don knock FG, political actors ova kiling dem
Nigerians for social media don berate di federal goment and political actors for hin kilin
One commentator for di Facebook link of di story wey Daily Trust publish, as he dey describe Gulak death as distasteful, link di incident wit politics.
Dis kilin dey very distasteful to me
E dey appear political and those wey dey behind am suppose unravel
Di kilin go expose those wey dey behind di current insecurity for Imo State
Who invite am and why dem kill northerner for Imo State
I dey very afraid wetin fate go wait innocent Imo State pipo for di coming days for di hand of northern security agencies wey dey control, hin write.
Anoda commentator for di thread, Oloruntobi Micheal Omo, tok say: Di police report prove say dis kilin na political and dem call for in-depth investigation
Police I think say dem get some question wey dem go answer
For hin part, Comr Umar Hassan Ahmad write say, di soul of awa innocent pipo dey important pass dis scam wey dem call Nigeria unity
Dis illiteracy no go dey acceptable to us, enough is enough we be peacemakers
But dose dey push us to di wall say dis peacemaking no fit sustain
I dey warn say awa retaliation go dey worst
Buhari, you don fail us woefully, I dey urge Imo police make dem confront di culprits
Nasiru Inuwa write, A wake up call to di northern elites, dem don start wit di innocent Fulani herders & now turn to northern goment officials & prominent politicians.
Di IPOB wey dem outlaw, for one statement by im secretary, Emma Powerful, fault reports wey dey link am to di murder of Gulak, and she note say di assassination of politicians no dey don apun
We, derefore, state witout equivocation say IPOB no know anything about di assassination.
For di first place, wetin threat di late Gulak constitute to awa kos to warrant hin elimination
We no get anything wey dey common wit am and we no fit kill am
Pointing accusing fingers at IPOB for dis barbaric act na only suppose divert attention away from di real masterminds
Dis na di same way terrorists for security uniform commit various atrocities for South East and turn around to blame IPOB for dia crimes just to tarnish awa global republic.
Dis na smokescreen to justify dia long awaited plan to declare anoda special military operation for di Eastern region to kil more innocent Biafrans
Instead make di security agencies dey properly investigate di incident and possible factors, dem switch to accuse IPOB of crime wey we no sabi about
Shey IPOB get di itinerary of di late Gulak to don waylaid am for di airport
Di group tok say security agencies make dem first investigate Gulak's host, Hope Uzodinma, and hin political opponents make dem establish dia possible involvement
Those wey dey behind Gulak murder no go unpunished
President Muhammadu Buhari don tok say those wey dey behind di murder of Gulak and oda incident wey dey across di kontri no go scot free
President Buhari, for one statement wey hin tok pesin, Garba Shehu issue on Sunday, don express outrage and disgust ova di heinous murder.
Di president, wey express sadness ova di incident, tok say: I dey repulsed by dat kind premeditated and gruesome murder of Gulak by evil pipo wey dey determined to undermine di wahala of Nigeria
Make I warn howeva say anybodi or group of pipo wey dey engage for dat kind things suppose expect make dem go free
We go deploy all resources wey we dey disposal to ensure say dem go bring dat kind callous and criminal elements go justice.
Gulak dey kil unacceptable Akeredolu
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu describe di news of di assassination as very shocking and disturbing
For one statement wey di governor sign personally, e tok say dis na one murder too many, e describe di action as senseless and wicked.
Di perpetrators of dis heinous act na enemies of dis kontri
Dis contrivance suppose mislead, confuse and destroy.
E bear di unmistakable, despicable imprints of fifth columnists wey dey bent on setting di kontri on di path of conflagration.
Dem no go allow dis criminals succeed
We wan use dis medium to express awa solidarity wit awa brother, Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma
We admonish am and oda governors for di South Eastern States make dem brace up, and confront di current security challenge to put end to di bloodbath wey dey di land
Di enemies of di pipo dey always employ di weapon of fear to create disaffection for di polity
Dis cowardly act dey calculate to instigate Nigerians against each oda, particularly Northerners, against di Igbo wey dey outside di South East
We need confront di enemies of di pipo wit a view to neutralise dem
Dis no be di time for political correctness
Make dem no allow banditry to subvert di legitimacy of di current goment for all levels.
We call on all security agencies make dem collaborate wit a view to unveil di criminal elements wey dey sponsor and dey undertake terrorist acts.
Dem need punish dem severely
Fintiri dey mourn
Di governor of Adamawa state, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri describe as shocking di gruesome murder of Gulak wey be former Speaker of di Adamawa State House of Assembly
Governor Fintiri tok say di death dey painful and na reflection of di wickedness of di wicked
Governor Fintiri describe di late Gulak as witty, determined and practical politician wey rise for life na bikos of sheer hard work
E dey unfortunate say death don take from us
Hon Ahmed Gulak for dat kind gruesome manner
hin be lively politician wey love and work wit evribodi, and hin dey always hold di interest of di kontri for heart
As e dey recall hin interaction wit di late Gulak, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri tok say, hin be brother and mentor, and fighter for human rights as a lawyer
Madagali community don lose true son
Inside one statement wey hin tok yesterday for Yola through hin Chief Press Secretary, Hunwashi Wanisoukou, di governor note say awa kontri don lose one astute fighter for human rights for human righ
We all remember how passionate hin fight for di plight of pipo wey insurgency don displace and di downtrodden
ACF don condemn di assassination
Di Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) don condemn Gulak assassination, dem describe am as big loss to di nation.
Di ACF for one statement wey hin National Publicity Secretary, Emmanuel Yawe, tok say e dey hapi to receive news on di assassination of Ahmed Gulak wey dey describe am as a man wey dey describe am as
You like or hate am na your business
May God bless am and give hin family and hin state, Adamour di strength to bear dis monumental loss, e tok
Assassination na part of plan to replicate 1966 coup CNG
Di Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) don describe Sunday's assassination of Ahmed Gulak, wey be prominent northern leader and former Political Adviser to former President Gbagbo Buhari.
Di CNG for one statement wey hin tok pesin sign, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman sign tok say na di reason why di northern part of di kontri no fit expect say make dem live for di kontri.
West Ham top-four hopes dented by loss to Everton
West Ham United blow dia chance to apply real pressure for di race for a Premier League top-four finish as dem slump to a 1-0 home defeat by an Everton side wey maintain for home.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin 24th minute goal prove decisive against a West Ham side wey huffed and puffed but neva really hit dia stride on a crucial afternoon.
Di closest West Ham kom to an equaliser na wen Vladimir Coufals shot hit di post and Jarrod Bowen could not bundle in di rebound from point-blank range.
Supporters of di Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo don show support for am as dem portray am as presidential candidate for next election.
Osinbajo neva declare interest for presidential race
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo don describe di speculation say hin go contest for 2023 presidential election as distraction
Di report don dey unconfirm say Osinbajo dey eye di highest office for di land
For one statement wey Laolu Akande, hin tok pesin, tok on hin behalf on Monday, di vice-president tok say e no dey true say e don declare interest for di race
Dem don draw di attention of di Office of di Vice President to one website
supportosinbajo.ng wey dey call on Nigerians make dem join volunteer group wey dey mobilize support for Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, ahead of di 2023 presidential election.
Details of dis website and di solicitation of di group dey currently trend for WhatsApp wit suggestion say Prof. Osinbajo don quietly declare interest in di 2021 election.
Di Office of di Vice President no dey connected to dis website or di group wey dey behind am and dey consider dat kind enterprise as unnecessary distraction.
Prof. Osinbajo neva declare any interest for di 2023 election, but e dey focus on to dey work for hin capacity as Vice President for di current administration.
Therefore, we ask make pipo desist from dat kind unhelpful permutations while we all deal togeda wit di challenges wey dey confront us as Nigerians, and make we resolve dem for di challenges wey dey
Ndidi and Iheanacho don make Nigeria proud again as di players for Leichester City, di team wey win FA Cup dis season, showing off di kontri's flag
NFF congratulate Ndidi and Iheanacho on top di FA Cup wit Leicester City
President of di Nigeria Football Federation (NFF)
Mr Amaju Melvin Pinnick, don send message of congratulations to Super Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi and forward Kelechi Iheanacho on di duos triumph wit Leicester City.
FA Cup final for England
Both players feature for di encounter for Wembley and for di end celebrate enthusiastically wit Nigeria flag as dem join a list of only seven oda Nigerian players
I dey very hapi for both Ndidi and Iheanacho
Dem work very hard for Leicester City throughout di campaign and demselves and di Club deserve di honour
I believe say dis triumph go serve as major psychological boost for di two players ahead of awa friendly games dis summer and FIFA World Cup qualifiers wey go start for September
I dey very hapi to see di two players wey dey celebrate wit di Nigerian flag for di end of all
E dey awesome
Ndidi and Iheanacho bikom only di second pair of Nigerians wey don celebrate di FA Cup win for England, afta Nwankwo Kanu and John Utaka triumph wit Portsmouth against Sunday.
Before den, Daniel Amokachi don win wit Everton for 1995; Celestine Babayaro wit Chelsea for 2000; Kanu wit Arsenal for 2002 and 2003 and John Mikel Obi wit Chelsea for 2003.
Afta di Kanu/Utaka feat for 2008, John Mikel Obi win again wit Chelsea for 2009, 2010 and 2012; Alex Iwobi won wit Arsenal for 2017 and; Victor Moses won wit Chelsea for 2017
While I dey for di Federal Goment College, Enugu, for di early 70s, my primary mode of transportation from Kaduna to Enugu na di train
Djokovic don warm up for Roland Garros wit Belgrade title
Novak Djokovic complete a successful warm-up for Roland Garros wen hin beat Slovakian Alex Molcan 6-4, 6-3, for Saturday for di final of di ATP clay tournament for Belgrade.
Na dis be di second event for di city for ova a month but wia dem play Serbia Open for April for empty stadium, dem go allow fans for dis tournament
Dey been a while since I last play here for front of a crowd, Djokovic, one Belgrade native wey lost for di semifinal for di Serbia Open, a tournament wey hin last win for 2018
Herder-farmer crisis for Nigeria don bikom ever dominating topic for all news platforms for Nigeria.
To end Nigeria herder-farmer crisis: Di Livestock Reform Plan
Nigeria federal and state goment dey struggle to implement one National Livestock Transformation Plan wey go seek to curb di movement of cattle across di kontri and e go fit curb di movement of cattl
As di plan don get di endorsement of plenti state goment, e dey face significant challenges.
Deficient political leadership, popular misperception about hin purpose, budgetary constraints wey COVID-19 pandemic aggravate, lack of personnel wit di expertise
If di Plan fail as di previous initiative to modernise livestock management do, herder-farmer violence fit escalate
As di National Economic Council approve for January 2019, di Plan represent di most comprehensive effort to overhaul Nigeria inefficient and grossly underperforming economy
For di core na strategy to curtail migratory or open grazing, and thus, lower di risk of conflict between herders and farmers
E dey animate by di hope say over a period of 10 years, predominantly nomadic pastoralists go move dia cattle into ranches and public grazing reserves.
By di end of 2028, authorities go aim to get at least 119 ranches wey dey operate for all di states wey dey participate, creating ova two million jobs for di livestock production, processing producti
President Muhammadu Buhari administration kom up wit di Plan afta wave of violence wey dey afflict between herders and farmers, particularly a surge for related violence afflict between herders and f
Di federal goment, wey don commit to fund 80 per cent of di transformation proposals wey participating states submit, don take preliminary steps toward programming di programme.
Plenti states don reactivate early demarcated grazing reserves wey dem demarcate, open offices and set up steering committees wey go dey administer di Plan
Authorities don also hold workshops and don do oda work to explain di benefits of livestock reform to plenti pipo.
But two years inside di 10-year plan, dem neva build di first new ranch, and di obstacles dey plenti
Opposition, partly among herders, predominantly from di Fulani ethnic group but also among farmers wey resent di Plan benefit to pastoralists, hinder reform effort
Distrust dey widespread for di Middle Belt, wey don be di scene of violent disputes ova land between herders and farmers, notwitstanding peacemaking and military efforts.
Federal and state budget dey pinch, partly bikos of di pandemic economic fallout, and di kontri no get sufficient technical expertise for managing ranches and grazing
For many states, especially for di North-West, di proliferation of criminal gangs and oda armed groups dey cut off access to grazing reserves and dey scare away potential criminals.
Unless dem address, dis and oda problems fit delay or even scuttle di Plan, leaving di kontri vulnerable to an escalation of herder-farmer conflict, wey fit dey vulnerable to an escalation of herder-
To tackle dis challenges require concerted effort by federal and state authorities, wit help from donors and investors
First, Abuja and supportive state goment suppose provide stronger political leadership and improve public communication to dispel misgivings and misperceptions about Nigeria.
Dis dey especially prevalent among pastoralists, wey go ask dem make dem change one century old nomadic lifestyle, and wey legitimately doubt di Plan promise about available life.
But plenti farmers dey fear say dem fit lose land to livestock producers
Many pipo for di Middle Belt and southern states dey dey deeply suspicious of di Plan long-term goals, wey dem see as creating privileges for herders, and more broadly, dem dey see di plan long-term
Wit Abuja and oda partners support, state goment go need build expertise and technical capacity, especially for managing ranches and grazing reserves, dairy production, dairy production
Federal and state goment suppose also up budgetary commitments, hasten di release of funds and provide financial transparency to ensure accountability, working wit di accountability and working wit d
Addressing rural insecurity, curbing impunity and rehabilitating communities wey dey affected by earlier violence for participating states dey vital
Plus, authorities go need consider climate change wey dey impact and reach decision about how di transhumant herders wey cross inside Nigeria seasonally should or should or should or should or should
While some of dis steps go take time, di Plan proponent suppose focus on to deliver concrete, visible results on a relatively short-term basis.
Less dan two years from now, di kontri go hold general election.
If di plan na to survive di change of goment wey go follow, politicians fit need to produce clear proof of hin benefits (Having served two terms, President Buhari wey don serve for two terms, Preside
Ideally, by di time wey campaigning dey heat up for late 2022, di Plan backers suppose point to at least a handful of newly constructed ranches or rehabilitated researches
Nobodi of dis go dey easy, but di plan dey worth di effort
As e dey far from perfect, e offer important chance to reform Nigeria livestock system wit strategy wey go address di need of both herders and small-scale farmers
About 70 per cent of Nigeria workforce dey earn income through agriculture
Modernising di livestock sector fit boost di kontri prosperity ovaall at di same time wey e take big step toward resolving one of Nigeria most dangerous conditions wey dey dangerous
As di clock don tick down to 2023 election, federal and state authorities go need move quickly to make a visible mark, lest di work dem don do to create visible mark, lest di work dem don do to creat
Dis piece na executive summary of a report on di National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) and how to hasten im implementation, wey di International Committee of Agriculture (ICAA) publish
Di kind problem wey I get wit di king
Shey una no agree?
Dem dey responsible for very high proportion of food and cash crop production
Subsistence farmers na smallholders wey consume di majority of dia farm output and dem dey held back from participating more actively in commercially oriented agriculture sectors.
No energy for anyone wey no dey hapi for me
Na my own/ mine
Dis bring me to di conclusion say evrione na evil
Dem don characterise dis system as complex, diverse and risk-prone
Farms dey generally small, dem dey hold under traditional or informal tenure, and dem dey for marginal or risk-prone environment
Yield dey low and farmers no get capacity to increase yield
We tok life and prosperity to dis day
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Di emphasis now na on agricultural productivity, production enhancement and commercialising farming as an enterprise
I know evrithin
Akpos and hin friend dey discuss
Di yield wey smallholder farmers dey get dey profitable
Shey you go kom?
Dis challenges wey dey emerge don lead many smallholder farmers to pursue livelihood strategies wey involve lower-risk and lower-yielding agricultural activities
Shey una be witch?
I dey go sabo market go buy some food stuff
Make u call my papa
As developing kontri population dey grow larger, richer, and more urban, di intensification of agricultural production go apun for rapidly changing agri-food value changes for di world.
How far wetin dey up, make I dey on my way?
Dis development dey further shift di competitive advantage away from small farmers
E dey important make we find solution to di problem
Dis go require integrated approach of methodologies
di loan sharks dey on hin neck
dis kind thing
I dey errand from my place of work
Di water don flood di whole farm
Farmers dey plenti battle for 2020
For plenti farmers and oda stakeholders for di agro sector, di year 2020 go still remain one of di worst years for di history of Nigeria bikos e introduce new dynamics and economics for di agricultur
Di agricultural sector dey confronted wit plenti challenges ranging from di climate change-related issues, conflicts and di complications wey di global COVID-19 pandemic
First, di COVID-19 lockdown and restriction apun for di time wey dry season farmers dey about to harvest dia crops and wet season farmers dey about to start culting.
Plenti farmers no fit access dia farms while for odas wey dey get labourers to harvest dia farms since mechanization na big challenge and harvest na manual, na di reason wey dem get
Movement restrictions wey dem introduce to curb di spread of coronavirus for markets wey dem lock down don disrupt di rural economy
Plenti farmers no fit sell dia produce so dem go allow dem buy seeds and fertilizer, pay labourers/tractor service
Even wen dem lift di lockdown for di agricultural sector, di price of fertilizer dey high so many smallholder farmers no fit afford am
For some places, di price go high as N13,000 for a 50kg bag of Indorama and Notore Urea
NPK 15-15-15 go rise reach N25,000 wen di federal goment NPK20-10-10 wey dey under di presidential fertilizer initiative, wey dem suppose sell for farmers for N5000 no dey reach N25,000
For farmers wey dey Zamfara, Katsina, southern Kaduna, some parts of Kebbi and Sokoto state, bandits activity no just deny dem access to dia farm but dem leave plenti pipo killed
Dem raze plenti farming communities down.
Dem kidnap plenti pipo for ransom
Plenti pipo pay large sum of moni or dem surrender large portion of dia harvest to di bandits
Plenti villages for dose states don dey desolate
Di agric sector sef see one of di worst disaster wen flood wipe out ova 450,000 hectares of rice and maize farm wey dem estimate say na N3.5 billion across Kebbi.
Plenti of di farmers wey dey affected neva get compensation as dem destroy dia livelihood
Di flood na di worst since di 2012 disaster wey wreak havoc across most of Nigeria's coastal cities and flood-prone areas wey dey kil pipo and dey wash away farmlands.
Meanwhile, as di flood dey put pain for di heart of farmers down North, farmers down South dey confronted wit drought
For two months, farmers dey watch helplessly as dia investment for crops withered away
Make u no disguise
Anoda subsector wey dey badly hit dis year na poultry and feed
Di scarcity of maize from di beginnin kos price to increase
E also force di Poultry Association of Nigeria make dem send a save awa soul appeal to di federal goment for urgent attention
Di federal goment respond to di appeal and dem release 5,000 metric tons of maize from di nation strategic reserve to di farmers in addition to dey grant some of di moni wey dem dey grant some of di
Howeva, dis na short-term solution as barely three months later, di scarcity of soyabean struck, making di farmers express fear say by January 2021, di industry go reduce di production of soya produc
Di scarcity result for serious feed crisis for di industry as price don reach record high for di history wey dey rise from N2,600 for February to about N5,500 now
Di poultry industry lose an estimate of N7 million jobs wit figures wey dem project to reach 10 million by January 2021, even say dem estimate di loss for investment na conservation.
As di poultry farmers still dey struggle to deal wit di challenges wey marred di subsector, di crop farmers despite di daunting challenges wey confront di subsector, di crop farmers despite di daunti
Na dis be di first time wey di price of grain dey refuse to kom down for harvest time, e dey spark fear of hunger and di call for di border make dem reopen
Di name of di lord na strong tower
Na 3,000 youths go benefit from NALDA farm estate for Ebonyi
Di National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) don tok say di agency go engage at least 3,000 youths for Ebonyi State for im propose integrated farm engineering programme
Dem go complete and commission di integrated farm estate by October dis year
Di Executive Secretary of di agency, Prince Paul Ikonne, wey announce dis Tuesday, tok say dem go establish di integrated farm estate for 104 hectares of land wey dem propose
Prince Ikonne, wey dey Ebonyi State on Monday for one courtesy visit to di governor, Engr David Umahi, tok say dem go complete di integrated farm estate by Ogun State.
Dis na di mandate of Mr President, say make we reactivate farm estates wey dem don abandon and develop new ones for food security.
Di governor of Ebonyi State dey eager and dey in hurry for us to achieve food security
hin dey total support to achieve hin dream
So, Ebonyi State dey committed to work wit NALDA to engage di youths wey dey teem into full agricultural productivity
We don see say di Governor don key into Mr President agenda of achieving food security for di kontri
We dey establish integrated farm estate for Ebonyi like we dey do for oda states
Di scheme go engage young Nigerians and dem go draw dia attention to agriculture
From Jude Owuamanam (Owerri), Lami Sadiq (Kaduna), Bola Ojuola (Akure), Abdullateef Salau, Muideen Olaniyi, Abbas Jimoh & Idowu Isamotu
Niger Republic new president don blast terrorists for war crime
Niger Republic's newly-elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, hit out for terrorist groups wey barbarity don exceed evri limit afta dem take di helm on Friday of a kontri secretary.
Bazoum declare say dis group dey carry out large-scale massacre of innocent civilians, and in doing so, dem commit real war crimes.
Hin tok say di leaders of dis group na from oda kontris, hin add say dem dey attack Niger witout any kos.
Hin tok say no terrorist leader neva formulate any grievance against awa state.
Dem elect Bazoum, 61 for two-round vote for December and February.
Hin be right-hand man to Mahamadou Issoufou, 68, wey don voluntarily step down afta two five-year terms
Hin inauguration mark di first handover between elected leaders for Niger's 60-year post-independence history, but jihadist attacks and an alleged attempted coup have overcommot
Insurgents wey dey linked to Al-Qaeda or di so-called Islamic State (IS), wey dey cross from Mali and Burkina Faso for di west, and by Boko Haram, wey dey cross from Mali and Burkina Faso for di west
Dem don kil more dan 300 pipo for three attacks for di west since di start of di year
For di most recent of dis, dem massacre 141 members of di Tuareg community for March 21 for Tahoua, one vast desert region wey dey abut Mali.
Bazoum tok say Niger's diplomatic efforts under hin presidency go dey centred on Mali
Hin tok say di current situation for Mali get direct impact on domestic security for awa kontri
Bazoum tok say IS-linked insurgents dey base for Menaka and Gao, for eastern and central Mali respectively.
Combatting dem go dey very difficult so long as di Malian state no dey exercise full sovereignty over dis regions, hin tok.
For di early hours of Wednesday, afta gunfire break out near di presidency for di capital Niamey, di goment announce say dem don thwart any attempted coup.
E describe dis as cowardly and regressive act wey wan threaten democracy and di state of law
Di West African nation don suffer four coups for its history, pass recently a February 2010 putsch wey topple den president Mamadou Tandja.
Google don threaten make dem witdraw from Australia
Google don threaten make dem remove im search engine from Australia bikos of di nation's attempt to make di tech giant share royalty wit news publishers.
Australia dey introduce world-first law wey go make Google, Facebook and oda tech companies pay media outlets for dia news content
But di US firms don fought back, dey warn say di law go make dem witdraw some of dia service
Australian PM Scott Morrison tok say lawmakers no go yield to threats.
Even say Australia dey far from Google's largest market, di propose news code dey see as a possible global test case for how goment fit seek to regulate big tech firms
Australia's code go tie Google and Facebook go mediate negotiation wit publishers ova di value of news content, if no agreement first
Google Australia managing director Mel Silva tell di Senate hearing on Friday say di law no work
If dis version of di code go bikom law, e no go give us real choice but to stop making Google Search dey available for Australia, she tok.
But lawmakers challenge dis, accusing Google of blackmail and bullying Australia for raising di reform
E go go worldwide
Shey una go pull out of evri market, you?
Senator Rex Patrick tok say na to stop di precedence? Senator Rex Patrick ask.
Silva reply say di code na untenable risk for awa Australian operations
Morrison tok say hin goment remain committed to progress di laws through parliament dis year
Make me dey clear: Australia dey make awa rule for things wey you fit do for Australia
Hin tell tori-pesin tok say dem do dat for awa parliament, hin tell tori-pesin for Friday
Why Australia dey push dis law?
Google na di dominant search engine for Australia and dem don describe am as near-essential utility wit little market competition.
Di goment don argue say bikos di tech platforms dey gain customers from pipo wey wan read di news, di tech giants suppose pay newsrooms a fair amount for di moni.
In addition, e don argue say dem need financial support for di news industry wey dey embattle bikos strong media dey vital to democracy.
According to di goverment, Australian print media don see 75% decline for advertising revenue since 2005, according to di goverment
Google threat to remove di entire search product dey severe yet
According to wetin lawmakers tok, news account for just 12.5% of Google searches for Australia, according to wetin lawmakers tok
Poultry farmers don beg for importation of animal grade maize and soya meals
Dr Olalekan Odunsi, wey be di South-West general-secretary, Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), don call on goment make dem facilitate di importation of animal grade maize for Nigeria.
Odunsi tok say di importation go save di poultry industry no go collapse
Hin tok say di urgent importation of animal feed grade of maize go sustain di more dan 50million layers, 100million broilers, 1million breeders and oda classes of poultry for Nigeria
E advise di goment, for di interim, make dem enforce ban on export of soya, seed and processed soya bean meal
E enjoy governors for di region make dem put as much effort to di cultivation of maize as dem don do wit rice
Odunsi stress di need for strong collaboration among maize farmers for Nigeria, soya bean farmers and odas
Hin tok say acute scarcity and astronomical price of soya beans and maize go threaten additional five million poultry jobs for di short term if di goment no dey investigate di programme for di short
Today, dem dey sell maize for N210, 000/MT for most states of South-West, soya meal na N240, 000/MT
Bikos of di importance of dis two items, di price of poultry feed don continuously dey increase from N2750 to N3000 for April N2020 to N4850 to N5300 now
For December, most farmers no fit sell dia broilers bikos di cost of production dey high pass wetin average Nigerian fit afford
Presently, egg dey go out of di reach of average family wit ideal price for N1, 300
We really need goment's intervention to save di current 10million jobs for di poultry value chain of awa economy
hin tok say
Pro-Buhari rep don suspend from APC
Di All Progressives Congress (APC) don suspend one member of di House of Representatives wey dey represent Kazaure Federal Constituency for Jigawa State, Muhammad Gudaji Danba.
In addition, dem don constitute seven member investigative panel to probe di allegation of insubordination against di lawmaker and make hin recommendations witin 12 months.
Hamza Dand dey head di committee wit Sanusi Kazaure as Secretary
For di letter wey dem suspend di lawmaker, di local goment chairman of di parti, Hassan Lawal, claim say di decision to suspend Gudaji na im initiate by hin Kazaure for di party.
Awa correspondent report say dem accuse di lawmaker of criticising di governor for allegedly subverting di pipo will for di choice of candidates for di chairman.
Serena don sail past teenager Pigato for Parma WTA
Serena Williams brush aside di challenge of local teenager Lisa Pigato for di opening round of di WTA tournament for Parma on Monday.
Williams, wey dey rank eighth for di world, beat di 572nd-ranked Pigato, making her WTA debut, 6-3, 6-2 for di first meeting wey dey between di two players.
How North-Central goment fit optimize open grazing ban for South APC leader
As open grazing controversy dey trend for di public domain, wit Southern governors dey slam ban on am durin dia meeting for Asaba, di president, Farmers Empowerment Association (FEA), tok say dem go
Recently, di Southern state governors meet for Asaba, Delta State, and dem ban open grazing to stem farmers-herders crisis and oda form of criminality.
Wetin be your take on di controversy wey dey generate by dis decision?
Evri human being get right to do action and opinion
But di thing wey important pass be say once you take your action, you suppose dey aware of di consequences
You suppose consider di advantages and disadvantages
I no be one of dose wey tok say e dey good or bad
As a Nigerian, you get di right and liberty to live anywia for di kontri in good faith and enjoy di freedom of association
On dis basis, I no go tok say na good thing
But as a leader for North Central, I go tok say e be good thing, especially for di North Central Zone, bikos of di potential economic benefit for us and di nation.
Di ban na advantage for us
We need tap into am kom see how we fit make am real venture and make moni from am
Luckily for us, we get landmass wey enough to accommodate di herders, no matta di number wey fit troop from di South into di North Central
Na wetin be your position on open grazing?
I no be one of di propagators of open grazing
I believe more for ranching, wey I dey practice as an individual
I believe say if we take ranching, e go work out for us
Di North Central governors suppose accommodate di national programme for ranching
Dat kind move fit make di North Central a cattle hub wia pipo fit get access to cattle and all di allied products
And den e bikom means of economic empowerment for di North Central pipo
We get di land, wey di southern states fit no get
Look Kogi, Niger, Kwara and odas
We fit conveniently accommodate di herders and ranching policy to awa advantage
Di challenge wey di Fulani herders pose no be bikos dem no wan adopt ranching
Di problem be say dem no dey educate dem on top dia advantages
Dem get nomadic culture
As a result, dem need dey educated to embrace ranching
We fit adopt di Kenya method, wia nearly all di families get ranch and you no see open grazing despite di large number of di cattle wey dem get
But na wetin di southern governors dey make case for?
Di governors no dey categorical for dis regard
Dem no dey call for ranching and make di federal goment kom in
Wetin dem dey simply tok be say di herders don bikom problem to us and make we go away
Dem tok say make di herders apply for land wit claim say herding na private business
But dem don ask dia indigenes make dem apply for land like di herders?
As one of dose wey dey involve for youth empowerment programmes, especially for di agricultural sector and dia value chains, why some government policy dey fail to realise say dem no dey realise say
Firstly, no administration wey don touch di lives of pipo like President Muhammadu Buhari administration wia you fit conveniently sit
Di targeted credit facility wey dem target as COVID-19 loan
Plenti Nigerians don conveniently get di loan for hundreds of thousands of naira from di comfort of dia house witout even go office
Also, wit SMEs wey dey expand like di Bank of Industry (BOI), Bank of Agriculture (BOA) and odas
Di wahala be say we get two side of pipo wey go believe in you and pipo wey go criticise you
For dose wey no believe for Buhari's administration, nothing dey beneficial
But for us wey believe in Buhari, we dey benefit and we thank God for am
Kidnappers kill driver, and abduct 13 pipo for Nasarawa
Kidnappers don shot dead one driver, Adamu Usman, and abduct 13 passengers near Shafa-Abakpa-Umaisha road for Toto Local goment Council for Nasarawa State.
Daily Trust hear say di deceased wey dem shot three times for hin abdomen kpeme at about 9pm for di University of Abuja Teaching Hospital for Gwagwalada wia hin and one pipo don die for about 9pm for
One driver wey narrowly escape di attack, Ibrahim Saidu, tok say di incident apun around 5pm on Tuesday wen di kidnappers wey dey wield AK-47 rifles
According to wetin e tok, di kidnappers lay ambush and open fire on di vehicles wey dey convey passengers from Ugya to Abaji
Hin tok say di kidnappers immediately surround di vehicles afta di drivers lose control and skidded to a halt for di bush.
Dem whisk 13 passengers wey include one middle age woman inside bush for gunpoint
In fact, I dey drive behind di four vehicle wey dey front of me, but na God wey save me wen I stop for one of di village to pick passenger
As I dey kom, I hear gunshots and immediately make U-turn
Di Ohimegye of Opanda-Umaisha, His Royal Majesty (HRM), Usman Abdullahi, tok say some remnants of bandits wey dey inside forest wey dey along di axis don dey responsible for kidnapping some bandits w
Some remnants of dis bandits dey wey still dey terrorise awa pipo along dis axis, so I dey appeal to di state goment make dem join join-bodi wit di federal agency and make dem collaborate wit di fede
Wen dem contact am, di tok-tok pesin for di Nasarawa State police command, ASP Ramhan Nansel, tok say dem neva brief am on di last kidnap incident, hin add say hin go respond to di latest kidnap inci
Dem arrest one man say e dey drive against traffic for Lagos
Di Lagos State Police Command don confirm say dem arrest one Victor Ebhomenyen say e dey drive against traffic for Four Point Hotel, Oniru for Lagos State.
Dem allege Ebhomenyen sef assault and kos severe bodily injury for ASP Erhator on Sunday for Four Point Hotel, Oniru, Lagos.
Dis dey contain for one statement wey di Lagos Police Command sign, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi.
Hin tok say di command deem say e necessary to react and set di record straight regardin di mata.
Di incident wey dem capture for one video wey go viral for social media on Saturday April 17
E tok say two men assault ASP Erhator on Sunday, one officer wey dey do duty, kom create scene for road for Oniru, Victoria Island, Lagos State.
Adejobi tok say di prime suspect, Victor, dey for police custody for di State Criminal Investigation Department Panti, for investigation and prosecution as and wen dem dey do di case.
Hin add say di command dey make effort to arrest hin accomplice, Etinosa
Gbajabiamila welkom Ayade defection as PDP don urge members make dem stay united
Di Speaker of di House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, don express joy ova di defection of di Governor of Cross River State, Prof. Ben Ayade, to di Allies of Nigeria.
Gbajabiamila tok for one statement on Thursday by hin Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Lanre Lasisi, tok say Ayade's action don once again show say APC be di parti wey dey benefit
Di Speaker tok say di Cross River State governor don take di right decision and show good example for odas to follow
E tok say di ruling party dey open to all, e dey call on well-meaning Nigerians wey dey join di APC to move di kontri forward.
Di Speaker note say APC go continue to dey just and fair to all im members
Meanwhile, di Pipo Democratic Parti (PDP), while dem dey react to Ayade's defection, dey urge dia members for Cross River State make dem dey united
Inside one statement by di tok pesin of di parti, Kola Ologbondiyan tok say, awa parti dey call on all critical stakeholders and teeming members of awa parti for Cross Rivers State say, dem dey call
Di PDP dey wish Governor Ayade well for hin new political sojourn as well as for hin future endeavours
National Assembly pass forensic Bill by National Assembly: E get relevance to Buhari's fight against corruption
Di National Assembly of di Federal Republic of Nigeria on Wednesday 19th
May 2021 for di House of Representatives and Tuesday 2nd
March 2021 for di Senate make history as dem pass into law, di Chartered Institute of Forensic and Investigative Professionals of Nigeria Bill, 2021 (SB.615 and HB)
Afta dem read am for di Third Time for both Chambers (SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE)
Dis act na clear demonstration of di National Assembly's patriotism and direct response, wey dey target at strengthening and re-invigorating national frontiers in di fight of conflict.
As dem pass dis Bill, di 9th Assembly under di distinguished and able leadership of His Excellency, Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, PhD, CON and Rt Hon Femi Gbaja, wey be distinguished and able leadersh
And dis also attest to di fact say di National Assembly dey alive to di performance of im complementary role(s) wit oda arms of Government in di fight against corruption for di fight against corrupti
E dey wit great delight and deep sense of gratitude say I write dis, wey dem don put togeda as platform for us to let Nigerians and indeed di whole world know say make we dey know
Afta di passage of dis Bill by di Senate, and in view of di fact say we dey operate bi-cameral Legislature, di ever-ready and resilient House of Representatives, under di constitution of di legislatu
Femi Gbajabiamila, di hon
Speaker, follow di suit and pass di Bill for Wednesday 19th of May, 2021.
As you fit know, di Bill to establish di Chartered Institute of Forensic and Investigative Professionals of Nigeria (CIFIPN) don dey one of di most viciously vicious pipo for Nigeria
Sadly di attack kom from dose wey suppose be partners in progress in di fight against endemic corruption for Nigeria, but dem don designate demsef as enemies
Good no get substitute so e no get bad
No mata how long e take, good dey always prevail ova bad just as di superiority of light over darkness dey constant and unquestionable.
E dey important make we get glimpse of how e don apun for di National Assembly
Interestingly, di Chartered Institute of Forensic and Investigative Professionals of Nigeria (Est) Bill 2021 (CIFIPN) na hin first pass into law by di 9th Senate on top di forensic and Investigative
E dey very important make di public know say (CIFIPN) no be noble bodi but novel one for Nigeria wey dey target to bridge di gap wey don dey exist long time
Today, di journey to get standard bodi wey go regulate di practice of forensics for Nigeria don dey at its peak and Nigerians must rise to challenge di few anti-government activities wey dey do foren
Di passage of dis Bill by di National Assembly, no doubt, na clear demonstration of im patriotic zeal and di need to further strengthen all national efforts wey dem gear for Nigeria.
Dis legislative bold step, wey di two Chambers of di National Assembly take, dey quite historic and symbolic, koming for a time wey Nigeria dey in dire need of legislative bold
Dat go give more bite to im anti-corruption drive in view of di raising spate of criminal and corrupt practices, across di globe.
As all of us know, crime generally, don assume new dimension, bikos of advancement for science and technology for di 21st century.
Therefore, di passage of dis Bill dey apt and timely and e don show clearly say we get flexible and responsive Legislature wey dey in tune and in touch wit emerging economies
E dey apposite to also tok say di journey, wey culminate into di passage of dis Bill, began for di 8th National Assembly wia dem sponsor awa Bill
For di benefit of hindsight, wen dem introduce awa Bill for di two Chambers for di 8th National Assembly, all-inclusive public hearings by di relevants of di relevants of di National Assembly
Afta and afta and in spite of opposition from stakeholders wey dey di minority, led by di Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), di National Assembly present di statement of di Nigeria
Afterward, dem forward di Bill to Mr President for Presidential Assent, wey dem no give am before di Dissolution of di 8th National Assembly for June, 2019.
Na di strength of dis, say dem re-introduce di Bill for dis 9th National Assembly and dis time around, dem sponsor am by Distinguished Senator Abdullahi A. Kanu.
We dey constrained to make dis clarification in order to clear di air on di cheap propaganda wey awa detractors propel say dem reject awa Bill
Also worthy to mention be di fact say dem don mistake awa Bill for similar Bills, wey dem recently introduce for both di Senate and House of Representatives recently.
Dis Bills, upon awa close scrutiny, we discover say dem be duplications of di intent and purports of awa Bill.
Dem suppose stress am say none of dis Bills dem introduce for di 8th National Assembly, oda dan awa Bill.
As such, we be di first to eva kom up wit Bill of dis magnitude,(Forensic)
having seen di urgent need to establish dat kind great institute
Dem take di decision to establish di Institute afta one painstakin study of how di Institute dey operate for oda jurisdiction and how well dem don help for crime detention.
E dey instructive to note say awa Institute don dey since 2009
And over di years, we don train professionals for di field of forensic science and technology, wey dey targeted at inculcating di requisite skils and acumen in di pragmatic science.
Forensic analysis to eliminate material misstatement, weda na error or fraud; voice recognition analysis; fingerprint/signature analysis; digital forensic and communication technology
Una go agree wit me say for today's world, di conventional ways of investigating crimes, wit a view to fighting e don bikom obsolete
For us as a nation to do something wey meaningful for dis regard, e dey paramount say we align awasef wit di global trend and emerging innovations, wey dey targeted for di world.
E dey in line wit dis reasonin say dem conceive di idea to establish dis institute wit well-structure laudable objectives wey dey relevant to di anti-corruption programme wey dey relevant to di anti-
Time no go permit me to highlight all di objectives of di Bill here.
Howeva, I wan crave your indulgence to highlight a few of di objectives of di Bill, for di purpose of dis address, as follow:
To establish Chartered Institute of Forensic and Investigative Professionals for Nigeria so we go fit develop and train Professionals for dis specialized field, through studies wey dem dey specialize
To provide platform for training and re-training of intending professionals in di usage of Forensic Science and technological tools and techniques for di investigation.
To promote high professional standards, ethics and etiquettes amongst practitioners for di field, in a bid to stem fraudulent and corruption practices, and as well develop strong professional standar
To fill di big vacuum wey dey for awa archaic and conventional system of investigation wit di introduction of unique operation of forensic science wey go help di counterprofessional counterprofession
To develop broad-based mechanism and trainin programme wey go cut across all di strata of awa investigation architecture, wey go involve professionals like Lawyers, Criminal Association, Professional
Dis go enhance effective and efficient disposition of cases in line wit global best practices; and dis go enhance effective and efficient disposition of cases in line wit global best practices
To enhance Nigeria anti-fraud mechanisms, through di provision of legal framework for di professional development and discipline of forensic and investigative professionals.
From di foregoing, e dey apparent say di role of dis institute dey strategic and important
E dey pertinent to reiterate say forensic science na very wide and all-encompassing field, wey require effective and efficient regulation for di attainment and di attainment of information
Di broad spectrum of di scope and focal point of di Institute, include but no dey limited to forensic toxicology; forensic investigation; forensic auditing; digital forensic investigation; digital fo
Accordingly, you go agree wit me say awa Institute dey bring on board, one unique concept of crime detection and investigation wey dey conform wit international best practice for detection and invest
Dis concept dey far beyond di reasoning of those whose myopic view about di purports of awa Bill don becloud dia senses of reasoning, bikos of narrow-mindedness and di purport of awa Bill
On a different note, I wish to draw di attention of evrione to di funny scenario wey dey play out now, and as a mata of fact, e suppose be source of concern for all of us.
Wen dem introduce di Chartered Institute of Forensic and Investigative Professionals of Nigeria Bill for di 8th National Assembly, di Institute of Chartered Accountancy and Investigative Professional
Howeva, upon di re-introduction of awa Bill for dis 9th National Assembly, and having seen di overwhelming and accelerated legislative support, awa Bill don receive di overwhelming and accelerated le
One fit ask, wetin don change between now and past, wia ICAN dey hold di view say any institute wey dey oda than dias to regulate di practice of foreign medicine
your answer dey good pass mine
I wan also inform you say di Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN) no left out of dis funny theatrical episode
Just like dia ICAN counterpart, dem don also introduce Bill for di House of Representatives wit di nomenclature wey di Chartered Institute of Forensic and Certified Institute of Forensic and Certifie
I decide to bring out all dis facts so dat Nigerians and even di international community go understand di extent to which some pipo fit go in order to achieve dia goals.
Howeva, we no dey perturbed by dis developments bikos we believe in di credibility and ability of di National Assembly and indeed di Presidency to do wetin dey right
Di known practical and antagonist of dis Bill don remain ICAN bikos of reason wey dey obvious
Dem engage plenti bystanders to dey write frivolous petitions, some even target am for di leadership of di Senate wit a tone of blackmail
Afta dem fail woefully for di senate, di antagonists shift dia attention to di House of Representatives wit di same bystanders wey dey write all manner of publication
Again, dem fail
Ordinarily by legislative procedure, a bill wey dem don pass by di Senate go only require concurrence by di House safe for wia observation dey.
But for di case of di CIFIPN Bill, di antagonist fight di passage of di bill until truth prevail and for di 19th May, 2021 di Bill for di establishment of di Charter of National Association of Nigeri
ICAN don register hin Bill for di House of Representatives wey dem call (REPEALING AND RE-ENACTMENT OF ICAN ACT)
Dis ICAN new Bill get full of provision for practice of forensic, and also say dem go establish Forensic University for Nigeria and witout which nobodi fit practice
Dis sound so strange for a kontri wey dey full of pipo wey dey enlightened
My joy be say Nigeria no be Banana Republic
No mata di level of corruption derein
We don already challenge di passage of di bills by di House of Representatives
Make we note am say, awa wey dey challenge di bill no dey born out of malice or ill will, but bikos we dey certain say di purpose of dis bill na to halt presidential election.
We no go allow awasef and Nigerians make dem deceive dia antics
You go remember how ICAN vehemently oppose dis enactment of CIFIPN and for one of dia sponsored publication by di Association of professional Bodies of Nigeria led by di Association of professional B
Olumuyiwa Alade for di 24th of May, 2019 don make big effort to tok say ICAN under hin enablin law dey empowered to practice Forensics and derefore for CIFIPN Bill to be am.
Di question be, wetin don change?
Di same law wey ICAN don always tell di public say e get forensics dey now seek for im re-enactment
As always, while we no dey opposed to any group wey dey propose di inclusion of forensics for hin law, we dey howeva concerned say make a bodi no try to perpetuate imself
ICAN and im cohorts don realise dia inability to stop di passage of CIFIPN
so dem wan get bodi within itself
Wetin dem dey scare of na check and balance, dem no go want anoda professional bodi make dem investigate dia activities bikos dem know wetin dem dey do to di state.
How dem fit be judge for dia own case
Dis sound too strange
On dis note, we dey call on di National Assembly make dem beware of di antics of dis groups, dem no fit dey tok from both side of dia mouth and make dem expect di National Assembly
We wan yet again appreciate di doggedness of di 9th Assembly in ensuring say dem pass di Bill, di Nigerian pipo dey more dan ever before convinced of di reason wey dem don pass di Bill.
We dey confident say His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari no go hesitate to assent to dis Bill as soon as e go get to hin desk
We dey call all Nigerians make dem kom and be part of di Forensics profession
Di profession dey open for all professionals for various field of endeavours
Training arm of di institute dey wey go studiously guide you and equip you
I wish to thank you all and to also reiterate our resolve and commitment to uphold ethical standards in line wit global best practices, in rendering our professional professional professional service
I wish appeal to all stakeholders and well-meaning Nigerians make dem support dis noble course and make dem implore us all to make frantic efforts so dat collectively, we fit support dis noble course
Dr (Mrs) Enape Victoria Ayishetu, PhD, Pro-tem President, (CIFIPN) www.cifipn.org
Air Peace don conduct test flight wit new E195-E2 Aircraft
Air Peace don start test flight for dia two brand new Embraer 195-E2 aircraft in preparation for deployment into service
Daily Trust report say di two aircraft na di first set of di 13 brand new 195-E2 aircraft wey di airline get to deepen dia route expansion.
One tok-tok pesin for di airline, Stanley Olisa, tell newsmen on Friday say dem fly one of di aircraft empty from Lagos to Owerri, Abuja, and Port Harcourt say dem fly one of di aircraft empty from L
Olisa hint say test flights to oda destinations go continue, e add say in no time, di planes go start dey schedule flights, and e go offer superior travel experience
Hin disclose dat
Di third brand new E195-E2 aircraft go kom very soon, e tok say di airline fleet expansion dey driven by di commitment to satisfy di air travel needs
Di operation of test flights by newly acquired aircraft na regulatory requirement wey must meet before dem deploy di aircraft for regular schedule operations
Dem go remember say Air Peace take delivery of di two brand new ultramodern 124 seat capacity Embraer 195-E2 aircraft for January and March dis year, wit 11 more pipo wey dey deliver
Tela Maize harvest show potential for 8 tons per hectare
Last Tuesday, di Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, don invite relevant stakeholders, including journalists, to witness di third harvest of di third harvest of
Di maize variety derive im name TELA from di Latin word TUTELA wey mean say protection
Dem dey bred di maize wit protection against insect pest and draught
Di Principal Investigator, Professor Rabiu Adamu and oda scientists wey dey conduct journalists round di harvest, tok say di idea of di research work na to produce maize for maize
Dis na to produce crops wey dey high yielding under stressed conditions; di stress na Fall Army Warm and stem borers, wey be di major constraint to maize production.
If dem no control, e fit kos 80 percent yield lost; and draught, if you no manage moisture (rain) deficit very well, you fit no get any yield
We don do dis trial for di third time
We do di first trial under di dry season for March, and for di rainy season, we conduct anoda one from June to November
Na dis be di third trial from November to April
So, in essence, na wetin we dey try showcase, di Principal researcher tok.
As di three CFT trial don successful, researchers go need test and validate dem from di farmers field to show say wetin dem record from dia own research statistics don show say wetin dem record from
By di end of 2022, if all things work fine, Nigerian farmers go expect make dis hybrids dey wit dem
Dr. Muhyideen Ayekunle, wey be maize breeder wey dey under di project, tok say from di last two trial wey dem do, di transgenic variety record yield advantage of 17 percent ova non-transgenic
Dem infest di variety wey dey under trial three times unlike di previous one to virtually look di efficacy of di BT gene for di maize product
Wit di outkom, researchers tok say di yield go increase above 17 per cent.
So afta, we go analyze di data and den prepare document wey go get approval for environmental release
We go submit di dossier to di National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) and dem go review am
Once we get approval say dis products, we fit kom out of di confinement
And den we go get national performing trial
Professor Abdullahi Mustapha wey be di Director General/CEO of di National Biotechnology Development Agency (NBDA), Professor Abdullahi Mustapha for di event, call on di scientists make dem kontinue
We don test technology wey dey capable to provide solution to problems wey farmers dey face, make we take advantage of am and move forward.
Dr Rose Maxwell Gidado, wey be di Kontri Coordinator OFAB Nigeria, tok say di impact dey much
Farmers go get yield increase of 17 percent and you know say farming dey all about productivity and harvestable yield
Once you get yield, becos you go get bumper harvest and profit
She tok say by di time wey dis maize varieties dey ready to get to di farmers, e go increase dia livelihood, moni and den di price of maize go kom down
Manchester United don fight back for win for Aston Villa
Manchester United fought back to beat Aston Villa 3-1 away for di Premier League on Sunday as Bruno Fernandes, Mason Greenwood and Edinson Cavani score for di second half.
Di result leave United second on 70 points from 34 games, 10 behind City wey don play one game more and miss a chance to secure di title on Saturday afta dem suffer di loss of di first time.
Bertrand Traore fire Villa ahead for di 24th minute wit brilliant strike into di top corner from 15 metres afta some sloppy defending by di visitors, wey give di goal again
Fernandes equalise wit a 52nd-minute penalty, sending Villa goalkiper Emiliano Martinez di wrong way wit a coolly taken spot-kick afta series of clumsy challenges wey dem face
Greenwood turn di match on hin head four minutes later wit a neat shot on turn from inside di penalty area afta hin shook off Villa centre back Tyrone Mings.
Substitute Edinson Cavani wey dey substitute Edinson Cavani seal United victory wit a glancing 87th-minute header
Afta Daily Trust tori, NCC don ban sale of mobile phone boosters
Di Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) don ban di sale and use of GSM network boosters (for mobile connectivity) especially by banks, residents, government agencies and goment agencies.
Di Commission give di 14-day Pre-Enforcement Notice on Tuesday, wey di Director of public affairs, Ikechukwu Adinde sign.
E tok say di warning dey effective from Tuesday and once di deadline expire, NCC tok say dem go begin enforcement actions against defaulters.
Dis dey kom less dan one month afta Daily Trust on April 24, 2021 report say business owners wey dey di Sabon Gari market for Kano and oda business areas tok say dem don sell di moni
Some of di traders tok say di reception dey poor as di telecommunications service providers no do much to improve services in spite of di gain wey dem make from such places.
According to wetin dem tok, more traders and dia customers dey engage for digital and online financial transactions (data-based cashless services) and oda telecommunication-based services
NCC for di notice tok say, di sale, installation and usage of GSM boosters no dey legal
For di notice, NCC tok say na only dey exercise dia mandate to ensure di protection of consumers, ensure good quality of service and maintenance of technical standards.
Dis kind act fit lead to monetary sanction and/or imprisonment, or both (fine & imprisonment) as well as di confiscation of any equipment wey dem dey use for di illegal enhancement of forest
LG polls: Protests ova imposition of APC candidates
Some members of di All Progressives Congress (APC) for Ogun State don stage protest against di parti's adoption of consensus candidature for some local government wey dey Ogun State
Di top echelon of di parti don announce say di parti go adopt consensus candidates for some local goment areas while direct or indirect primary polls go dey hold.
Di protesters wey storm di secretariat of di Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Ogun State, accuse some leaders of di APC for Abeokuta South LGA say dem dey impose chairman for di election.
Dem carry placard wit different inscription like We Say No To Moni Bags
For Abeokuta South and North
Make parti members pick who dem want, and tok say dia aspirant wey dem prefer na Farouk Akintunde
One of di parti leader wey lead di protest, Balogun Ololade, tell Gov Dapo Abiodun say make hin intervene for di mata to save democracy from jeopardy.
Between DSS and regional separatists
Repeated warnings by di DSS to persons and groups wey dey utterances and activities persistently constitute provocative disruptions of di ethno-religious environment and di ethno-religious environmen
Di question wey dey linger about who or which person and group wey di security agency dey refer to dey promptly vapourized inside di heated rhetorical outbursts of di nation's securities.
Afenifere, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Northern Elders Forum (NEF)and Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF).
E dawn on all dat indeed na di persons and groups wey don continue to dey incite, unguarded and divisive statements, and acts to pit citizens
Interestingly, none of dis prime suspects for di exploitation of some fault lines wey kos ethno-religious violence for some parts of di kontri fit categorically disappoint
Dem chorus common conviction say di DSS know those wey dey responsible, different only for di respective direction of dia accusing fingers
While Afenifere retort say dis pipo know those wey dey responsible for dis acts but dem no fit touch dem bikos of dia connection, PANDEV rehash hin grouse about making dem dey tok about making dem
So tey di DSS know dem and dia satanic mission, make dem dey proactive in dealing wit dem
Di NEF sound dey unconvinced wit if pipo wey dey push di kontri into deeper crises and dem don know dem; make dem treat dem according to di law
Una no need be spook to know wetin di DSS know about each and all of dis flag bearers of geo-ethnic politics for Nigeria or to understand why dem all know say dem dey all know say dem dey all know sa
Di truth be say dis champions of ethnic politics know of no beta solution to Nigeria's myriad problems pass for dia sectional enclaves and chiefs wey go lord am over all di years.
So desperate and unscrupulous are dem in pursuing dia inordinate ambitions wey dem absurdly and frequently agitate for break-up of Nigeria
Ambition-powered mind games dey intoxicate dia geographical consciousness to reduce all wetin e take to excise di territorial contours of dia enclaves wit di frenzied earthquake.
Simply put, breaking up or out of Nigeria as ultimate political panacea or consolatory opportunity to achieve inordinate ambitions of persons or groups restlessly under di political restlessly under
Dis regional group dey actually constitute major hindrance to di steady attainment of unity and peaceful coexistence wey Nigeria don dey labour for since flag independence.
For as long as dem dey continue to parade di political terrain as ethnic champions, for so long dem go regard Nigeria as entitlement for dia ethnic stake in di popular economy
Weneva dem meet, di agenda no dey for Nigeria's progress and development, unless hin leadership dey firmly in dia grasp, odawise e dey all about heckling and jostling am.
Weda na ACF, Afenifere, Ohanaeze, PANDEV or Northern Elders Forum, dia existence and activities go always dey antithetical to Nigeria's quest for unity, peace and democracy.
Anoda indictment wey dis regional separatists get be say na self-styled political pressure groups wey dey masquerade as representatives of various ethnic groups wey dey represent different ethnic gro
From dia membership, e dey plain to see say dem consist of ex-dis one
Ironically, dis political deficiency give dem di impetus to kom togeda, desperate to remain relevant for democratic system wey dey run by elected representatives
Di geo-ethnic groups only get nasty nuisance value for awa democratic seting as dem persist for acts of mischief, sabotage, blackmail and subversion, all brazenly into awa democracy.
Na why dia frequent clandestine meeting dey trigger security alerts
Wit dat kind predator-politicians wey dey lurk around di perimeters of power wit dubious intent to undermine an elected government just bikos dem no dey involved, e dey bikom bikos dem no dey involve
Double jeopardy describe di predicament of di Buhari administration say dem need contend wit such array of formidable foes unleashing incessant assaults on national interest
To dat extent, only two group of politicians fit be: those wey dey positively participate for di democratic dispensation as partners in moving di nation forward
By dia utterance and activity, we all know dem
For di end of di day, di majority of Nigerians be ordinary citizens whose condition of survival no dey determined by and no dependent on di geography of dia origin
Dia daily struggle to eke living dey sustained by submission to di will of One God irrespective of difference of faith
Nigeria na dia destined fatherland to which dem remain loyal, law abiding and prayerful, knowing say dem no get oda kontri wey dem call dias, collectively show how civilisation dey dey for Nigeria
Dem too know say Afenifere, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Northern Elders Forum (NEF) and Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) dey resort to inciting, unguarded pipo wey dey Nigeria
Na so di poor man's prayer remains:
GOD DEY
NIGERIA Go BETA!
Manzo Reuben na youth leader for Lokoja
Dem kil 10 as terrorists dey attempt to attack army formation
Troops of di Nigerian Army, for Saturday, neutralise no less dan 10 members of Boko Haram terrorists wey attempt to launch attack on troops of Operation Hadin Kai
Dis dey kom barely 24 hours afta di newly appointed Chief of Army Staff, Maj.-Gen.
Farouk Yahaya don resume di leadership of di Nigerian Army
Di tok tok pesin for di Nigerian Army, Brig.-Gen.
Mohammed Yerima, for one statement wey dem make available, explain say di terrorists, wey kom from dia number, mount on gun trucks and attempt to infiltrate di main entrance of di area.
Yerima tok say, di highly spirited troops dey right on hand to counter di move and inflict a humiliating defeat on di terrorists wey abandon dia evil mission
Di troops chase di terrorist wey dey retreat and dem make sure say threat no dey further to di town and im residents
Troops successfully destroy one of di gun truck and dem recover multiple weapons wey include one anti-aircraft gun, two machine guns and eight AK-47 rifles wey dey neutralise di area.
Daily Trust report say di Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, don charge di new COAS make sure say e build on late Attahiru's legacy by defeating enemies.
Second U.S. congresswoman don test positive for COVID-19 afta Capitol unrest
Pramila Jayapal, wey be member of di U.S. House of Representatives, tok say she contract di Coronavirus (COVID-19) afta dem lock down for di same room wit number of Representatives.
I just receive positive COVID-19 test afta dem lock me down for one secure room for di Capitol wia plenti Republicans just refuse to wear mask, but plenti Republicans just refuse to wear mask
Earlier on Monday, U.S. Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman tok say she also contract COVID-19 following possible exposure durin di lockdown for di Capitol on Jan. 6.
Jayapal, wey be member of di Democratic Parti, accuse di Republican lawmakers say dem kos COVID-19 superspreader event and e call for punishment against dem
Make any member wey refuse to wear mask dey fully hold accountable for endangering awa lives bikos of dia selfish idiocy
she tok say e dey call for evri single member wey refuse to wear mask for Capitol make dem fine and remove am from di floor by di Sergeant at Arms.
E no dey clear if di two congresswomen dey di same room for di lockdown for Capitol
Jayapal decry U.S. President Donald Trump failure to contain di COVID-19 pandemic wey dey U.S. and she vow say she go do evrithin wey dey her power to remove am from office.
Dem arraign one man, 30 ova assault on woman for Edo
Di police don arraign one Gabriel Fidelis, 30, before one Ogbeson chief magistrate court for Benin say dem assault one woman wey dem name na Rebecca Izevbigie
Dem arraign di accused on three count charge of conspiracy, unlawful assault and malicious damage wey dey punishable under section 516, 355, and 451 of di Criminal Code.
Di prosecutor, Sgt. Kehinde  Iyare, tell di court say di accused conspire wit odas at large to commit di offence on April  11, for Estate Quarters, along Benin-Africa Road.
She further tell di court say di accused, wit odas now at large, unlawfully assault one Rebecca Izevbigie as e dey hit and bit am
She add say di accused also use iron rod to break her leg
She kom tell di court say on March 31, 2021 di defendant do intentionally and maliciously damage one of di complainant wash hand basin wey be N8,000
Di accused, howeva, plead say hin no guilty to di charge while hin counsel, Mrs  E. E Idahosa, apply for hin bail, say hin no go jump bail
Afta, Chief Magistrate Mutairu Oare, grant di accused bail for di sum of N100,000 wit one surety
E tok say di surety must deposit two recent passport photographs of himself and dat of di defendant wit di court
E order say make di Court registrar verify di information wey dem supply about di surety's residence and adjourn di case to May 10, for hearing.
Why National Assembly no fit impeach Buhari Oyo Senator
Di Senator wey dey represent Oyo North Senatorial District, Fatai Buhari, don tok say di National Assembly neva see why dem go impeach President Muhammadu Buhari.
Di senator wey tok dis wen hin pay Sallah visit to former governor of Oyo state, Rashidi Ladoja, tok say process dey to impeach president
Senator Buhari's submission dey kom a day afta Senator Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf (APC Taraba) and chairman of senate committee on special duties tok say impeaching President Buhari for Nigeria
Dem don call for President Buhari resignation or impeachment afta di spate of insecurity wey dey di kontri
But Senator Buhari don tell pipo wey dey call for separation for di kontri say make dem no create problem wey no go fit solve easily
To dey impeach di president get process
Anybodi wey dey call for di impeachment of di president suppose give genuine reason wey warrant di impeachment
We neva see why we wan impeach di president
If need dey, den, we go table am, discuss am and di two houses must kom togeda.
Impeaching di president no be wetin someone go just wake up one day kom call for
Procedure dey for am
Why una wan kos problem and create confusion wey you no fit solve?
hin query
Di lawmaker tok on di security challenges wey dey face di kontri, di lawmaker tok say; We no get oda kontri pass Nigeria.
Nigeria na awa kontri and awa home.
Make we try do internal security
Make we play awa own part; make we no leave evrithin to di goment alone
Make local police dey wey go know di terrain
We know awasef no matta how e fit be
For di early 80s, we dey travel for night
But di level of insecurity for di kontri, something wey dey important dey miss
E tok say di 9th National Assembly don discuss di security issue for ova 50 times
We discuss di security issue ova 30 times for di 8th Assembly, and dis present 9th Assembly don also discuss am ova 50 times
Make evribodi dey vigilant, even if we change awa service chiefs plenti times, na we no fit solve awa security challenge, di senator tok.
Ranchers don back CBN forex restriction for dairy import
Di Commercial Ranchers Association of Nigeria (CODARAN) don express support for di restriction wey dem put on access to foreign exchange for dairy products.
Remember say di Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) issue circular ova one year ago on restricted companies wey dey seek foreign exchange through di official window to import milk from Nigeria
But during one recent visit to di governor of di CBN, Godwin Emefiele, di Director-General of di World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, tok say di Europe don dey contribute to di tra
For one statement wey Dianabasi Akpainyang tok, di CODARAN note say Nigeria get di potential to harvest dairy products wey go provide jobs and create investment for local economy.
Di CBN governor dey correct
Nigeria truly get di potential to sustainably meet im dairy requirements
Akpainyang note say di milk wey dem dey available for collection and processin fit no dey anywia near di figure for di moment, but e point out say since di likelihood na di milk wey dey available for
While e dey cite one report by di CBN say Nigeria dey spend about $1.5billion on to dey import dairy products annually, e tok say di figure go increase as di demand for dairy products dey increase
E identify issues like poor productivity of local cattle breeds, cattle nutrition, animal disease management systems, lack of organised milk collection processes, limiting of milk collection processe
Hin tok say di problem na di Advancing Local Dairy Development for Nigeria (ALDDN) programme, wey dey run for four states like Adamour, Kaduna, Kaduna, Ogun, Nigeria, Borno, Osun, Abuja, Kano, Kano,
PDP kick as APC don claim say dem don register 2.5m for Lagos
Uproar dey following di disclosure by di All Progressives Congress (APC) disclosure by di All Progressives Congress (APC) say e register 2.5 million members for Lagos for di nationwide registration a
Chairman of di APC Lagos Registration Supervisory Committee, Dr. Muhammad Bashiru, don tok for di closing and presentation of recommendation letters to di supervisory committee say di supervisory com
But di Pipo Democratic Party (PDP) wey be di leading opposition party, describe di figure as false and fake
PDP tok say APC dey di habit to dey concoct figures to give impression of acceptability
Di PDP tok pesin, Taofik Gani, for one chat wit Daily Trust describe di APC as parti of liars, say e don bikom unpopular for di state
Dis no be di first time dem go dey bandy figures around wey dey false
Even for di last election, di total number of votes by APC dey around 600,000
Hin tok say di 2.5 million claim na false and fake
Awa correspondent report say APC candidate Babajide Sanwo-Olu win di governorship election for 2019 wit 739,445 votes while President Muhammadu Buhari get 580,825 votes for di state.
Di state chairman of National Conscience Parti (NCP), Comrade Bayo Ogunleye, describe di claim by di APC as di greatest lie of di century.
But APC tok-tok pesin Seye Oladejo tell awa correspondent say di parti go prove im numerical strength for di forthcoming July 24 local goment election.
Geographical indication go promote diversification of economy - FG
Di Federal goment don stress say Geographical Indications (GIs) go help to promote diversification of di economy and support participation for di Africa economy.
Di Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, make dis known for di capacity building workshop on GIs for public sector/policymakers for Nigeria for Abuja
Nanono, wey di Deputy Director of Irrigation and Crop development, Haija Sugra Mahmood represent, tok say if dem harness di initiative properly, dem go also support di agricultural production
According to wetin e tok, e fit assist for commercializing di products of food culture and oda aspects of culture thus enabling di value chain actors to benefit from di commercializing di products of
Derefore, dis workshop kom for one crucial moment wen dis administation dey work tirelessly to diversify di kontri's economy away from Hydrocarbons, by promoting economic investment
Initiatives like dis wey promote di GIs go help to fast track di processes for di diversification of di economy and also support awa participation for di Africa
GIs fit dey catalytic for reviving di rural economy as we don see am for di case of some products wey dem don brand properly like Ofada Rice, Kilishi, Dudu etc.
E go also enable di documentation of awa indigenous knowledge wey sadly we dey lose as time pass
Di current administration stand ready to partner wit all di relevant stakeholders both local and foreign in its bid to preserve di natural and bio-cultural diversity of Nigeria.
Before, di Minister of State Industry, Trade and Investment, Haija Mariam Katagum, for her welkom address, tok say di workshop dey specifically designed to train Public Leaders and Public Leaders wey
She tok say e dey imperative to also highlight di koming into effect of di African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA), wey put responsibility on decision and make dem decide make dem deci
Israeli president don hold tok for search for new goment
Israel's President Reuven Rivlin wey be Israel's President Reuven Rivlin dey prepare for talks wit top politicians on top forming government afta caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fail to d
According to Rivlin office, dem go talk wit Naftali Bennett of di Yamina parti and di former opposition leader Yair Lapid of di Yesh Atid (Future) parti for Wednesday.
Di head of state also invite representatives of di oda parties wey dey represent for parliament to present dia position on di progress of di government formation process.
Deadline for right-winger Netanyahu to form governing coalition expire ovanight
Dis mean say di camp of Netanyahu's opponents dey face chance to end di 71-year-old era as head of goment
Weda dem go succeed, howeva, dem still dey completely open
New election still no dey out of di question as Israel dey political crisis.
Netanyahu don remain di head of interim goment for di time being
Hin don dey in office continuously for 12 years and hin be di longest-serving head of government for Israel history
Corruption trial dey underway against am, hin reject di accusation wey dem make for am
Dem expect say Rivlin fit appoint opposition leader Lapid to form di government
Hin party belong to di political centre; for di end of March, e bikom di second-strongest force for di fourth parliamentary election for two years
Rivlin fit give di mandate to di Knesset
For dis case, each member of parliament fit try to find di support of 61 of di 120 members within 21 days
Ganduje don free 123 prisoners for eid-el-Fitr
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano don grant freedom to 123 prison inmates wey dey across di state
Ganduje, wey witness di release of di inmates from Goron Dutse Prison on Thursday, tok say di gesture dey in di spirit of di Eid-El Fitr celebration.
E tok say dem select di beneficiaries based on di gravity of offences and signs of reformation wen dem dey prison
Di governor tok say di decision wey dem go visit di prison na to show di inmates say di state goment know say dem dey aware of dia existence and dem also regard dem as prisoners
Ganduje tok say di gesture na to complement di Federal goment's effort to further reduce congestion for di nation's prisons.
E advise di ex-inmates say make dem change dia attitude to life and make dem pray for peace and stability for Nigeria.
Di governor also give each of di inmates N5,000 as transport fare to dia various destination
Before, di Comptroller of Prisons for Kano, Suleiman Suleiman, thank di governor say dem free thousands of inmates since e kom into office
Suleiman advise di inmates wey dem free make dem stay off crime to avoid go back to prison
Ganduje also visit remand house and Kano children's house for di metropolis as part of Sallah celebration
Korda don break through for Parma clay
On di eve of Roland Garros, 20-year-old American Sebastian Korda score career breakthrough wen hin beat Italian Marco Cecchinato, 6-2, 6-4, for Parma for hin first title
Korda be di son of former world
No 2 and Australian Open winner Petr Korda, neva reach final for ATP tour and before di Parma event, he neva win consecutive match on clay
Cecchinato, wey win all three of hin title for clay, kom from Brescia, wey dey 90 kilometres from Parma.
Di fans wey dem allow into di first-time event support for di local boy
Today I play one really tough opponent and di crowd no dey easy, Korda tok
Dem don dey cheer am on, but I dey really proud of myself
How I dey handle am
Even say hin papa na Czech, Sebastian Korda, wey dem born for Florida, chose to represent di US
Saturday's victory make am di first American player to win clay court tournament since Sam Querrey for Belgrade 11 years ago.
Korda tok say na something wey I don dream of, Korda tok, adding say hin don expect to win title sooner, naming one event for Florida for January.
I really think say I go do am for Delray Beach, and I dey heartbroken
Wetin to no wear for public: to negate Nigeria's multiculturalism
By Bashir Ibrahim Hassan
Be e pure coincidence say, as trouble dey brew for Kwara State recently, dem dey consider a solution to its kind for di lower House of di National Assembly in the state of Nigeria.
Di trouble for Ilorin na ova di refusal of some Christian faith schools to allow dia Muslim students wear hijab go school
Di solution to dis impasse na di debate on di Religious Discrimination (Prohibition, Prevention)
RDPP Bill, 2021, derisively tag Hijab Bill by section of di Nigerian media.
Both events don spark heated and often emotional debates wey dey threaten to negate Nigeria's multicultural identity and reality.
Di whole idea for Kwara of di proprietors of di schools wey dey ban hijab-adorning Muslim students and dia sympathisers dem fit reduce to wetin to wear for public
Dis na di major part of di concern of di RDPP Bill before di House of Representatives di humiliation and denial of opportunities
Dem dey face female Nigerians bikos of wetin dem wear for public
Di former dey clearly in breach of di fundamental human rights of di Muslim students make dem express dia faith witout discrimination; even though di school fit get dia different different statement
Di latter dey try assert dis right no be only for Muslims but also Christians wiaeva or weneva dem dey threaten dem wit discrimination based on dia professed faith.
As dem dey run through di argument of di proprietors of di Christian faith schools for Kwara, person fit understand di pragmatic appeal of di argument say Muslim children no get problem
Di problem wey dey dis argument dey plenti
First, to tok say Muslim students suppose go elsewia unless dem conform to di school's rule on uniform do very little to promote inclusiveness, wey be di bedrock of our society.
Secondly, di position beg di moral question: is e justifiable to base school rule bikos of Christian majoritarian nature of di school?
Den, thirdly, di go elsewia argument dey ignore di difficulties wey dey change school for pikin
Di inconvenience dey huge
Di act to dey change school for pikin, educational psychologist go tell you, dey interfer negatively wit no be only em emotional but academic development too
Finally, di Christian faith schools demsef dey risk wetin dem call ghettorization as dem dey concentrate students wit di same religious belief for particular schools
Di social cost wey dis exact on di society dey plenti
Di Commissioner for Education, Kemi Adeosun, argue, wen e dey tok to di press, say di goverment dey convinced say dia policy to allow willing Muslim schoolgirls to dey graduate for school wey dem go
For a kontri wey guarantee freedom of religion, don sign di declaration of International Human Rights, di basic question wey we dey ask na: how e dey justifiable to deny Nigeria make dem deny Nigeria
E dey great concern bikos Nigeria be signatory to di Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR).
Di UDHR insist say all human beings dey free and equal, regardless of colour, creed or religion.
E contain 30 articles on rights and freedoms wey include, among odas, civil and political rights, like di right to life, free speech and privacy.
E also include economic, social and cultural rights, like di right to health and education
I find article 18 and 26 of UDHR wey dey relevant to di issue wey dey under consideration and I quote dem in full below:
Article 18: Evribodi get di freedom to think or believe wetin dem want, plus di right to religious belief.
We get di right to change awa belief or religion for any time, and di right to publicly or privately practise awa chosen religion, alone or wit odas
Evrione get di right to education
Make primary schooling dey free
Make all of us continue awa studies as we wish
For school dem suppose help us develop awa talent, make dem teach understanding and respect for evribodi's human rights.
Dem suppose teach us to get on wit odas whateva dia ethnicity, religion, or kontri wey dem kom from
Awa parents get di right to choose wetin kind of school wey we dey go to
Dis type of law na di instrument wey give Muslim ladies like Ilhan Omar di equality to sit for di House of Representatives for di US wear her Hijab witout any hand.
Ilhan Abdullahi Omar na American politician wey dey serve as di U.S. Representative for Minnesota's 5th congressional district since 2019
Na bill wey di Deputy Chairman of di House of Representatives Committee on Finance and member wey dey represent Bida/Gbako/Katcha Federal constituency of Nigeria
Saidu Musa Abdullahi
Di bill dey wan address discriminatory conducts and prohibit religious discrimination wey dey concern hiring or recruitment, terms and conditions of employment
E go prohibit qualifying/professional bodies, educational institutions, employment agencies, and oda sectors make dem discriminate against persons, students or personnel wey dey professional
Wen dem pass, di law go bury issues like wetin we see for Kwara for good
E go also address di bigotry of some employers, or dose executives wey take dia prejudice to public office and allow am to becloud dia sense of judgment
Make di law be welkome development
Afta all, na only to expand and expatiate di provisions of Nigeria's constitution and di UDHR document wey dem explain above
E dey in line wit similar law wey dem pass recently for di kontri wey dey wan tackle social menace and harmful cultural practice di Disability Law and di Violence Against Pipo Law and di Violence Aga
As disability wan eradicate all form of discrimination wey dey based on person disability, VAPP dey address domestic and oda gender-based violence for di kontri
One at a time, awa representatives for di legislative chambers dey tackle di social menaces wey dey bedevil awa kontri through legal instruments
Dem dey address dis social ills no be bikos say prior generic law no dey cover dem but bikos say dem need address dem more comprehensively to leave no security for di society.
While UDHR fit seem like far, distant document wey no get instrument of enforcement, di RDPP Law and odas like am dey provide to allocate punishment for offenders.
Contrary to wetin hin critics dey concern, as far as di RDPP Bill dey concerned, nothing wey go show attempt to seek di enthronement of state religion on any state pipo.
E no go against Section 10 of di Nigerian Constitution wey tok say di government of di Federation or of a State shall no adopt any religion as State Religion
To peddle dis argument, bikos di bill dey call on di general public to respect di rights of Muslim women wey wear Hijab for public space smacks of Islamophobia only
For di final analysis, to deny a Nigerian  male or female  hin or her religious freedom negate awa multicultural pretenses
E negate di concept of equality, and basic human right wey dey for Nigeria constitution and di Universal Declaration of Human Rights legal document
A bill wey go criminalize dat kind decimation based on religious ground, like di RDPP bill, na welkome development
Bashir write from Abuja
Niger's President Issoufou win N1.905bn African leadership prize
Dem don announce Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou as di 2020 winner of di $5m (N1.905 billion)
Ibrahim prize dey for Africa leadership.
Issoufou don serve two five years as president from 2011 to 2020
Former interior minister, Mohamed Bazoum, wey win di presidential election last month.
Di prize committee praise di Nigerian president's leadership afta hin inherit one of di world poorest economies
E tok say e foster economic growth, show unwavering commitment to regional stability and to di konstitution, and champion African democracy.
Mr Issoufou na di sixth recipient of di Ibrahim Prize
E don tweet say di prize dey honour all Nigerian pipo.
I consider dis award be encouragement to kontinue to think and act for dat kind way wey dey promote democratic values and good governance, no be only for Niger, but for Africa and di world.
Previous winners of di prize include Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia (2017), President Hifikepunye Pohamba of Namibia (2014), President Pedro Pires of Cabo Verde (2011)
KEDCO get taskforce to enforce collection, check meter bypass
Di management of Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) don form taskforce wey go enforce payment of electricity bills
Inside one statement wey Ibrahim Sani Shawai tok, di Head of Corporate Communications, KEDCO, dem don empower di taskforce to ensure say current and outstanding bills dey collected togeda.
Di taskforce dey also check issue of meter bypass, illegal connection, energy theft and oda form of sabotage
For dis regard, anyone wey dey engage for any form of sabotage go deal wit in accordance wit di law of di land.
We dey appeal to all customers make dem remain vigilant on all awa installations while dem dey ensure say dem dey protect dia meters properly against vandals
We also assure awa customers say awa metering initiative wey dey aim at ending estimated billing and give customers di opportunity to pay for wetin dem consume
IBEDC don warn traders wey dey under power line
Di Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) don warn against dem trade under high-tension wire to avoid disasters
Chief Operating Officer (COO), Engr John Ayodele, give di charge against di backdrop of di trading activities wey dey increase under high tension wires
For Osogbo, di Osun state capital, mechanic shops, block industries, car wash shops, POS shops and petty tradin na common features wey dem see under high tension wires along di state.
Engr Ayodele, derefore, plead wit residents say make dem take safety precautions as important and e advise those wey dey trade under high tension wires make dem move go areas wey dey safe
E also plead wit residents make dem no engage quacks to fix power faults and assure dem say IBEDC technical crew go dey available to rectify any fault wey fit apun.
E caution those wey dey di habit of harassing IBEDC staff wen dem dey do dia lawful duties to desist, dey tok say IBEDC go explore all di legal options wey dey available to seek responsibility for di
Hin tok say, e dey important make oda safety precautions like proper supervision of children make dem ensure say make dem prevent electrical accidents.
Na 10 newborn babies die for Indian hospital fire
Officials tok say ten newborn babies die on Saturday for fire for a state-run hospital for western India, officials tok.
Na 17 infants dey for di unit for sick newborn babies wey dey sick wen di fire break out for early hours of Saturday for di Bhandara District General Hospital for Maharashtra
Maharashtra health minister Rajesh Tope tell reporters say seven infants die bikos of smoke suffocation, and three bikos of burn injury.
Nurses and ward staff rescue seven babies
Bhandara district health official Prashant Uike tok say dem dey age between few days and three months.
Di goment don order make dem probe into di incident and make dem do safety audit of all neo-natal care units for di state.
Di initial report don indicate say short circuit for one of di incubators don kos, Tope tok.
Di staff tok say di ward quickly fill wit lots of black smoke, di minister add
Dem waive legal requirement for post-mortem and dem hand di bodi of di pikin to dia families.
Dem go give families of di victims compensation of 500,000 rupees (about 6,814 dollars) each
Police don go afta newspaper vendors ova reports on IPOB
Newspaper vendors and readers for Aba, wey be di commercial hub for Abia state, dey harass di police
Daily Trust wey dem gather since di weekend, policemen from di Aba Area Command don dey carry out arrest of newspaper vendors and readers ova reports on di Indigenous pipo wey dey arrest
Residents tok say tension dey for Ama-Ogbonna Junction for di commercial city wen police raid di place on Sunday
One eyewitness tok say residents dey scamper for safety, as police officers shot sporadically, while dem dey try arrest newspaper vendor and readers
Dem accuse di vendors say dem dey distribute newspapers wey get tori on di sit-at-home order by di Indigenous pipo of Biafra (IPOB).
Dr. Elendu Ukoh, wey be one of di eyewitness, appeal to di state goment and Igbo leaders make dem call di police authorities rein in on dia men so as no to create crisis for di area.
Di kind pipo wey we put into police dis days make me wonder if we really want anything good out of dis kontri wey dem call Nigeria.
How persin fit dey chase newspaper vendors around for Aba, for dis modern world
If una stop pipo from reading hard copies of newspapers, una go stop dem from reading di same tori for Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Telegram, and odas?
Wetin manner of primitive policing be dis?
Dem kos panic for Sunday bikos of dia shooting and noisemaking
Di whole neighborhood think say dem dey chase kidnappers
Na later we discover say police kom arrest one vendor and readers, wey gather am for hin newspaper stand
How police fit dey fight newspaper vendors?
Wetin manner of problem wey paper fit kos say social media no fit kos 20 times ova
Hin tok say dis pipo no dey normal
Michael Anorue, wey be anoda resident, tok say almost all di vendor stand wey e visit for Abaja
For Tuesday dem dey empty
Hin tok say, we hear say dem dey tok for Saturday and Sunday say di newspapers dey tok on top di sit-at-home order in honour of Biafran heroes and my question be say wetin dem dey honour for Biafra
Di early political leaders for South East, remind dis reckless police officers say Biafra dey big pass IPOB na di beta for dem
Shey proscription of IPOB mean say dem don proscribe Biafra too?
Na all of us be Biafrans
On di 30th of May, di World Igbo Congress (WIC) hold zoom conversation, dem dey tok about Biafra heroes wey dey fall
Why police no fit go YouTube, Zoom and oda social media wey dey air am?
Wetin dem dey do na to kom street kom start find unnecessary trouble
I wish di leaders for Igboland go warn di leaders wey dey reckless police officers make dem no allow wetin dey apun for Imo state make dem enter Aba, bikos e go be worst for evribodi
SP Geoffrey Ogbonna, wey be Abia State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), deny say di police arrest newspaper vendors and readers for Aba.
NAMA don kick as air traffic controllers dey lament poor tools
Air Traffic Controllers (ATC) for Nigeria on Sunday don cry out ova dilapidated navigational equipment wey dey dilapidated for most airports for di kontri.
Di ATCs wey dey under di aegis of di National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA), tok say di situation pose threat to air safety.
Dem also claim say di Kaduna International Airport no get control tower wey go aid safe aircraft navigation.
Di President of NATCA, Yomi Agoro, for one chat wit newsmen for di weekend, tok say wetin dey exist for di Kaduna airport na watch room wey oda aviation personnel dey use and no dey no dey use oda av
Hin also tok say oda airport for di kontri lack di equipment wey dem need for navigation seamless.
E explain say some airports no get equipment wey dey function
Even Kaduna no get control tower
Wetin dem dey use der na watch room (for firefighters), wey dem no build am for dat purpose, and we don dey call on di goment make dem do something
We go Sokoto, once e rain today, controllers go go look for umbrellas wey go sit for di control tower, and wetin be say, some of di control towers wey dey attached to di territory wey dey attached to
We still dey battle wit terrestrial radio frequency, communication here and there
Calabar dey; no airport wey you go go today dat you go say things dey work 80 per cent
NAMA don employ and train 40 new controllers, but NATCA tok say di number too low to meet di shortfall
Howeva, di Managing Director of di Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), Capt Fola Akinkuotu, tell Daily Trust say di claim no dey true
Hin tok say di federal goment don invest hugely in improving navigational aids and aiding safe flight operations
Hin tok say na mere politics
Di goment don spend too much for di recent past to dey improve aviation infrastructure
I no dey tok am bikos I be di MD of NAMA
If una wan hear di truth, my suggestion don always be, ask di pipo wey dey street, ask di pipo wey dey NAMA, dem go tell you, dem neva get am so good untop di area
E dey painful say pipo go dey tok dis way
We neva get Category Three (CAT3), dis goment put two for place, two odas dey kom
Goment just spend N1.7bn for mobile control tower
Also revitalisation dey ongoing for di safe tower
We dey revamp di TRACON (Total Radar Coverage of Nigeria) system.
Oda sector suppose dey jealous of us
E-commerce for Nigeria: Legal framework, challenges and prospect
E-commerce dey refer to di use of communication technology particularly di internet to buy, sell and market goods and services to customers
Di internet don bring about fundamental shift for national economies wey dey isolated from each oda by barriers to cross-border trade and investment, isolated by di different barriers to cross-border
E-commerce also foster direct access to distant markets and dey promote globalisation and commercial activities and dey blur plenti of di current distinction between domestic and agricultural economy
E-commerce no dey limited to di purchase of product, e include e-mail, and oda communication platform, all information or service wey company fit offer to customers, all information or service wey co
Di major significance of E-commerce thus lies in di fact say e dey encourage single world trading system, wey dey facilitated by access through electronic means to go go fit go fit go
Most of di statues wey dey exist for Nigeria dey lag behind towards di development and growth of e-commerce in particular and ICT as a whole
Plenti legal research and study on e-commerce for Nigeria don do
Most of dis studies dey of di opinion say di Nigerian legal system lags behind ICT-based legislation and say di existing statutory laws dey quite inadequate to address infrastructure
Dis issues include electronic evidence cybercrimes, security and data production, e-payment system and inevitably trans-border issues and many more
Derefore, di need to map out appropriate legal and regulatory measures, to govern di emerging regime
Dem don tok am plenti times say for Nigeria, significant effort for di regulation of e-commerce-related activities still dey di stage of Draft Bills before di National Commission go pass di National
E dey important to note say, even wia dem pass dis bills into law, Nigeria fit still face new legal issues for dis area wey go call for legislative intervention.
Given di speed wit which di internet dey permeat commercial transactions for Nigeria, especially for di banking and telecommunications sectors of di economy, di best option for di best option for di
To achieve dis, di National Assembly suppose pressurise di National Assembly into pass bills wey dey about electronic commerce, di top priority na so dem fit enact dem into law as quickly.
For di interim, awa courts suppose take giant stride as dem dey interpret di existing traditional laws liberally so as to bridge di gaps derein in order to make dat kind laws better.
Indeed, dem argue am say legislation no be di only means wey dem fit facilitate electronic transaction and attendant documentation legally
Di court fit adapt to recognise electronic transactions in di absence of legislation or private contract.
As di then Justice Bingham once put am thus: di common law get for di hand of judges di same facility [as di law merchant] to dey adapt esef to di changin needs of di changing needs
Dem dey hope say oda Nigerian judges, Supreme Court justices inclusive, especially for di areas wia awa existing legislation don exist
Dis go set good precedence to ensure di protection of e-commerce consumers, entice investors and above all bring about economic development and sustainability for Nigeria.
Di germane issue wey dey regard to contract for E-commerce na documentation and signature
Di provision of section 4 of di Statute of Fraud, 1677 or Lagos State Law Reform (Contract) Law and awa various statutes on real property and landed instruments, all of us dey for di state.
Question den be say electronic mark or sign constitute valid sign-off of contract by email and be binding
Plenti of dis issues still dey settle even for UK although some decisions dey incline favourably towards interpreting electronic signature
So mark for email as e dey satisfy di traditional requirement of writing and due execution.
E-commerce transaction na paperless transaction wey dem dey make through magnetic material like tape or disk
Dis na in contradistinction to di paper-based transactions wey dey embodied for permanent form and dey typically express in words and figures wey dem usually authenticate by di authenticator
Dem no fit alter dat kind transaction witout an alteration on di face of di document
Wit respect to signatures, by di provision of section 93(2)(3), evidence act 2011, an electronic signature wey dey relate to data message dey conveniently satisfy any requirement wey dem dey require
Di provision of article 7 of di United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) model law on e-commerce 1996 dey equally trite on dis issue
Thus, for di purpose of establish proof of electronic signatures
Di use of password, identification, user name fit suffice
Hence one fit safely posit say electronic signatures for di purpose of execution dey admissible in evidence provided dem don certify and incorporate am for electronic computer.
Oda legal challenge wey dey affect e-commerce include di formation of contracts
Di element for valid formation of contract include offer, acceptance, consideration, intention to enter into legal relation
Di question na for what point dem fit make offer wit regards to electronic business transaction or how to differentiate between invitation to treat and offer electronic business transaction
E-commerce dey require confidence and trust di satisfaction say dem order or invoice wey dem transmit neva alter and emanate from whoeva dem appear to be from
Need to guarantee guaranteed level of privacy /confidentiality wit respect to information.
Lastly, di alarming rate of cybercrimes for Nigeria, high level of illiteracy
Electronic commerce no doubt one aspect of commercial transaction for Nigeria and e don kom stay for dis time
Di goment suppose go beyond dey create law, make dem activate utilisation of di electronic delivery platforms for dia commercial interaction and for delivery of government services.
Abanikanda Happiness Wuraola fit reach for twitter
Chad don pass new charter wey dey name Deby's son president
Chad don pass charter to declare Mahamat Idriss Deby president, even as rumours of hin death dey trend on social media.
Mahamat dey take over for place of hin papa, Idriss Deby, wey dem kill dis week
Di charter tok say di 37-year-old son of di late war veteran, wey on Tuesday dey named transitional leader as head of military council following hin father's death
Di charter repeal di preceding constitution and dem go implement am as di basic law of di republic.
Dem don name di young Deby as supreme head of di armed forces, e tok.
Deby's son don oversee hin father's security as head of di elite presidential guard and e don often appear alongside am
Mahamat Deby dey best known as top commander of di Chadian forces wey dey assist di United Nation peacekeepin mission for di restive north of neighbourin Mali.
E sign decree on Tuesday to set out military council wit 15 generals, including himself and 14 odas wey dem know say dem don dey part of di late president's circle of loyalty
Di council dey task wit 18-month transition toward free and democratic election
Mahamat Idriss Deby also chair di military transition council, di council of ministers, di councils and superior committees of national defence, according to di charter.
Di new head of state go promulgate legislation wey di 69 members of di national transition council adopt, wey Mahamat name directly
Di Transition Charter, wey contain 95 articles, guarantee freedom of opinion, conscience and worship
Dem don set up transition goment, wey di new president name di new president.
Dem discharge di members of di army wey dem call to transition goment from all military duties, di charter tok.
Chadian law
Di slain leader, wey rule wit iron fist for nearly 30 years, don succumb to wounds wey hin suffer wen hin dey visit to di battlefield for di kontri's north wia Chadian soldiers dey follow Chadian sol
As dem dey call for calm, di army also announce 6pm curfew and shut di kontri's borders as dem dey suspend di konstitution and dissolve di National Assembly.
Howeva, opposition politicians for Chad don reject di army's appointment of President Idriss Dby's son to take over in di wake of hin death
Experts tok say under Chadian law, di speaker of parliament suppose take power afta Deby death and no be hin son
Wetin di constitution tok be say in di absence of di president or in case hin die, den di speaker of di parliament go take charge of di kontri for 40 days and so am.
But di military announce say dem don dissolve di legislative assembly and di constitution also, so wetin dem dey do na make dem replace di constitution.
Chelsea don face possible point deduction afta dem brawl wit Leicester
Chelsea dey face possible point deduction by hin FA for di team's failure to control dia players, Mirror report
For seven years, dem don find di team pants down for seven hot tempered rows wit opponents
Di recent brawl during a clash on Tuesday night wit Leicester mark di seventh encounter Chelsea had wit Premier League teams
Last week match wey dey between Chelsea and Leicester na skirmishes wey dey between di players of both teams.
As dem cite similar offenses for di past, di FA decide to punish Chelsea
Dem don also charge Leicester for dia role for di brawl wey involve players and coaching staff afta Ricardo Pereira challenge on Ben Chilwell.
For 2016, dem also charge Chelsea for indiscipline say dem need warn dem, afta dem appeal against 375,000 dollar levy for dia part for one mass bust-up durin one match wey dem don dey match.
If dem affect, di point deduction go significantly affect dia season as dem head into a final campaign for top four spot.
US Africom dey Nigeria? Heck No!
Overpaid, oversexed and over here
Na di resentful and contemptuous opinion wey plenti British pipo kom get on top di thousands of American GIs wey dey station for different military bases for Britain during di war war
Di gum-chewin, brash, hard-drinkin and womanisin American soldiers dey frequently go into pub brawls and dangerous knife fights wey build up a feeling of disdain for di Americans.
And dis don be di pattern of behaviour among American soldiers evriwia for di hundreds of American military bases wey dey overseas from Okinawa for Japan, Stuttgart for Germany, Stuttgart for Germany
Na why I dey perturbed, like plenti Nigerians, dat for one virtual meeting last week wit di Secretary of State of di United States of America, Antony Blinken, President Buhari wey dey di United State
Dem presume say wit dis call, President Buhari dey make pitch for Nigeria to host Africom
For di first place, na breach of protocol for President Buhari to hold dat meeting wit di American Secretary of State
Di meeting suppose don dey wit Blinken's Nigerian opposite number, Geoffrey Onyeama, wey go transmit di details aftawards to di president
Yes, America be superpower and all dat, but protocol na protocol and dem suppose follow am strictly for all circumstances.
Understandably, Nigeria dey face wit gargantuan internal insecurity issues wey seem to defy di best efforts of government and di nation's security establishment programme.
Unrelenting terrorist insurgency for di North East, banditry, kidnapping for di North West, farmers/herders clashes all ova di kontri and di targeted kilin of security pipo.
But even for dat, di call for di hosting of di Africom on Nigerian soil wen dem consider against di various issues and implications of dis move to Nigeria dey hardly join.
Africom na one of nine command by di American military establishment to exclusively serve American strategic interest around di world.
By dia doctrine and operational modus, dis commands, particularly those outside America like Africom, no dey set up primarily to concern demsef wit di security issues.
Dem only do so wen dat kind issue dey affect American interest for di area and for dat kind situation, dem no get mandate to yield dia modus operandi and share interest for di area.
If Africom dey set up for Nigeria for instance, e go be island of im own wey go restrict access to Nigerians of all categories and establish jurisdiction witin di area.
As e dey always apun wit American military bases outside America, Africom go be forward operating base for disruptive intelligence operations and source of acts of security.
For di particular case of Africom, part of hin original concept na to contain di growing strategic influence of Nigeria for West Africa and Africa following awa investigation.
Africom precursor na di Africa Crisis Response Initiative (ACRI) wey Clinton administration set up to counter Nigeria's strategic interest for Africa.
President Clinton's Secretary of State, di dour-faced California attorney, Warren Christopher, make plenti secret and open visit to number of African kontries to sell moni.
But bikos Nigeria be di target, hin pointedly leave am out from hin itinerary
Senegal, wey no dey far from Liberia and Sierra Leone, na di coordinating base of di ACRI and though dem tout am as initiative to facilitate American assistance
Bikos of undisguised hostility to di idea from France, wey dey averse to seeing di Americans try butt into area wey e consider hin exclusive sphere of information
Inside di review, wey drive di expertise of American military, intelligence, political and academic personalities and institutions wey di American congress midwife for sectors of di sectors of di
Based on top di recommendation of dis assemblage of experts wey dem draw from all facets of American political and security establishments, na Africom na hin dey set up by di Bush Junior.
Africom go be to Africa wetin US Central Command (USCENTCOM), wey dey Florida, dey to di Middle East and Asia, European Command (EUCOM), wey dey base for Stuttgart, Germany, dey to di Middle East and
Nigeria don already surround French military presence for Niger, Cameroon, Chad, and Benin
Di Americans get drone base for Niger
To add Africom to di mix for Nigeria go amount to a complete capitulation of awa strategic interest to both France and America
Bearing in mind say awa strategic interest and profile for Africa no dey always cohere wit those of France and America, di hosting of Africom for Nigeria go be di equal opportunity.
Nothing dey for di present insecurity challenges wey dey face di kontri wey awa armed force no fit cope wit
Dis na afta all di military force wey eventually secure Liberia and Sierra Leone against a well-entrenched and organised army of insurgents wey dey dose kontris from all di Nigeria.
E dey regrettable say di military of Nigeria, afta dem fall from di high standards wey dem know am, dey struggle now to cope wit di activities of non-state actors internationally and internationally
But intrinsically and essentially, di Nigerian military retain di capacity and capability to defeat dis threats to awa national security given di right leadership, di right leadership, di right leade
We need all di assistance and cooperation wey di Americans fit give us if dem dey willing
But despite awa circumstance dey arm-twisted into hosting di Africom in view of hin antecedents and implications to awa strategic interests, on awa soil.
Although di challenges, Plateau don target 7m metric tons of Irish potato
Plateau State na Nigeria's number one grower of Irish potato wit di tuber wey dem dey produce for nine of di state's 17 local goment areas
Di Potato Value Chain Support Project of di African Development Bank (AfDB) initiative dey peg Plateau as e dey account for 90 per cent of di potato production for di kontri
Di large potato production from Plateau State, according to PotatoPRO.com, wey be leading information source for di global potato industry, don make Nigeria di fourth biggest potato economy for di wo
Howeva, farmers tok say inadequate dams and road networks, and high cost of fertilizer and oda farming inputs continue to pose a major setback for di production of sufficient agriculture.
Oda challenge wey dey contribute to low yield and harvest loss to di potato value chain include diseases like blight and bacterial wilt as well as poor seedlings.
According to di National Bureau of Statistics, Plateau State dey among di 10 poorest states for Nigeria wit ova 70% poverty rate
Di state get comparative advantage to boost economic activities as dem dey improve di competitiveness of di potato commodity value chain
Di Project Coordinator for di Potato Value Chain Support Project, Thomas Muopshin, tok say though di viability of di tuber crop dey evident for nine local goment areas
Dem dey produce potatoes pass any LGA for di kontri
Muopshin tok say adaptability research don show say di eight LGAs wey remain dey equally viable to produce potato; making all of Plateau's 17 LGAs potentially produce potato
Di Association of Potato Farmers (APF) for di state, howeva, tok say unless dem address challenges wey dey affect di value chain squarely, dem go increase production and export for di kontri.
Lazarus Makut wey be Plateau State Chairman of APF, Lazarus Makut, for one interview wit Daily Trust, tok say inadequate smaller dams, especially for remote areas wia potato farming no dey viable as
Hin tok say di cost of mechanised farming wey fit increase productivity don bikom expensive wit di majority of farmers wey be small scale producers unable to produce agriculture
Anoda farmer, Martha Mamgup, wey dey grow potatoes for Ampang town for Mangu LGA, tok say inadequate water durin di dry season dey affect potato farmers and e dey lead to annual low prices for potato
Bikos of dis, she tok say, majority of farmers dey search for borehole locations to farm to access irrigation water for dia farms
Martha explain also say di cost of fertiliser wey dey high dey prevent many farmers to dey improve quantity and quality of yield, she add say insufficient fertiliser dey affect di productivity of di
Di cost also prevent many of us no dey expand di business
So, to dey get fertiliser no dey easy for us
She tok say di construction of more dams and boreholes for irrigation go lead to mass production of potatoes
If di water no dey sufficient for di crop, e go dry and eventually die and na why some farmers wey get di resources prefer to dig boreholes for Mangu purposely
Irish potato for market for Jos
Production go reach 7million metric ton afta lab complete
As Plateau State's potato production don increase from 1,656,650 metric tons for 2017 go 2,359,890 metric tons for 2020, di establishment of di Potato Value Chain Support Programme (PVCP) wey dem go
Di Monioring and Evaluating officer of di state's Potato Value Chain Support Project, Baleri Yakubu, tell Daily Trust say di state suppose start production of potato.
Yakubu, howeva, tok say di state goment suppose tackle oda challenges wey farmers face especially those of fertiliser as well as more dams and road networks while farmers dey face different challenge
Awa tori-pesin hear say di tissue culture lab, wey dem wan improve potato yield for di state as dem provide clean seed wey dey resistant to pests and other diseases.
Yakubu tok say di advent of di lab go improve income for farmers and revenue for di state goment while e dey also aid food security effort for di kontri
Farmers for Plateau State, howeva, believe say di tissue lab, if dem fully equip, go reduce di cost of treatment for di crops wen dem affect any disease.
Dem also hope say beta quality seed go dey available for affordable price
FG neva return £4.2m Ibori loot to Delta Accountant General
Di Office of di Accountant General of di Federation (OAGF) tok for Wednesday say di Federal goment neva return di £4.2 million loot wey dem recover from former state goment
Dem still dey wait di moni afta which dem go resolve di issue wey dey around am before dem take further action
For now, no moni don return to Delta state, a statement from di Office, wey di Director of Information, Press and Public Relations, Henshaw Ogubike sign, don reveal say di moni wey di Director of Inf
Di statement tok say dem neva resolve di issue of di £4.2million Ibori loot well.
On top di previous comment of di Accountant General to di National Assembly say dem don return di loot to di Delta goment, Henshaw Ogubike tok say: Na only di AGF na only one of di pipo wey dey carry
Hardcore Super League trio defiant against UEFA coercion
Super League trio Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus insist on Wednesday say dem still dey committed to modernise football even as UEFA threats of disciplinary action
UEFA on Tuesday open formal disciplinary proceedings against di three clubs wey still dey refuse to give up di aborted Super League project.
For one joint statement, Italian Juventus and di two Spanish sides tok say dem remain committed to modernise football through open dialogue wit UEFA
FC Barcelona, Juventus FC and Real Madrid CF wish to express dia absolute rejection of di insistent coercion wey UEFA don dey maintain towards three of di most relevant players of Europe
Dis alarming attitude constitutes a flagrant breach of di decision of di courts of justice, wey don already make clear statement warning UEFA make dem refrain from taking di match.
Therefore, di opening of disciplinary proceedings by UEFA dey incomprehensible and na direct attack against di rule of law wey we, di citizens of di European Union, na di rule of law wey we, di citiz
China don administer nearly 140 million COVID-19 vaccine
China don administer 139.97 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines as of April 4, 2021, na di National Health Commission (NHC) tok.
China dey work to ensure say di vaccination effort for major areas and key industries based on di overall plan of di kontri, dey inoculate di eligible population as wide
Di kontri dey gather resources to ensure inoculation for large- and medium-sized cities, port cities, and border areas wey get high risk of infection, and priorities dey to dey prevent di virus.
At present, Beijing, Shanghai and some oda place for China don administer COVID-19 vaccine to senior citizens wey dey above di age of 60 and patients wey get chronic diseases.
He Qinghua, wey be official wit di NHC, note say di commission go advance di vaccination campaign in an order of priority, following di principle of informed consent
Di kontri dey coordinate regular prevention and control wit dia vaccination efforts, to ensure say di regulatory responsibility of local goments and di oversight of di prevention and di oversight of
Besides, China dey take steps to include more pipo for dia vaccination campaign to ensure dia health, di official add.
So far, China don approve COVID-19 vaccine wey five enterprise produce for conditional marketing or emergency use
Phase III clinical trial of three vaccines wey dem no dey activate and one adenovirus vaccine show say dia efficacy meet di requirement of China's National Medical Products Administration Agency (NMP
Phase II trial of di recombinant protein subunit vaccine wey dem approve for emergency use show say di vaccine dey safe and e fit induce strong immune response
COVID-19 vaccines wey China adopt don go through clinical studies in accordance wit relevant standards, wey dem approve by national drug regulatory organisations and public committees.
Dem need monitor all di vaccines and make dem get dia temperature for regular intervals to ensure say dem meet di requirements regarding temperature environment and temperature wey dey apun
China's health regulators also enhance effort on di training of health workers, dem require dem make dem strictly obey operating instructions, so as to guarantee di efficacy of di work.
Wema Bank don hold essay contest for kids
Wema Bank Plc dey host creative essay competition for pikin wey go test di creative writing ability of young school pikin wey dey age five to 12 years.
Di 2021 Royal Kiddies Essay Competition wey dey tagged Write & Win, aim to develop writing skils, promote creativity, imagination capabilities, reward creativity and drive di education
Ten kids go emerge from transparent, credible, and thorough screening process
Di top three Essays go each get Huawei tablet and Royal Kiddies T-shirt
Di seven oda finalists go each get N20,000 prepaid gift card for school supplies in addition to a branded T-shirt
Di essay competition dey open to pikin wey dia parent don open and fund Royal Kiddies Account for dia children or wards and dem go see entries close by May 24, 2020.
From Hushpuppi to Abidemi Rufai Sandy Tanga
Twelve months ago, dem arrest Ramoni Abbas (37 years) wey dem popularly know as hushpuppi for June 2020 for Dubai for alleged moni laundering from business email wey dem dey compromise from business
E make total sum of $435 million afta e defraud 1,926,400 victims.
One year afta, Abidemi Rufai (also known as Sandy Tangâ), wey be Senior Special Assistant on Special Duties to Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun also
Di moni wey dem steal na pandemic relief fund wey Washington State design for pipo wey fit suffer job loss as a result of di COVID-19 pandemic
Di fraud incident apun for di lockdown and di investigation bureau begin track di alleged fraudster wey go don be for Nigeria's Federal House of Representatives for di Federal House of Representative
Dem perpetrate di fraud as dem dey steal di identity of more dan 100 Washington residents as dem dey fill falsified claims wit di Employment Security Department (ESD) for payment wey dem dey fill fal
For each identity wey dem steal, dem create separate e-mail account so dem go associate di claims wit different pipo and e fit escape automatic fraud detection for di system.
Afta, dem pay more dan $288,000 into hin American bank account between March and August 2020
Cybercrime na global threat to pipo, organisation and kontris.
Nigeria dey lose more dan $128 billion to cybercrimes annually
By di end of 2021, di world go lose a total of $6 trillion
Till date, more dan 40 Nigerians don be or dem dey investigate for dia complicity for fraudulent scams by di FBI
Rufai allege unemployment benefits fraud fall under wetin I don call COVID-419 fraud for Nigeria
Dis na fraudulent scams wey dey leverage on di loopholes wey COVID-19 pandemic create to scam pipo, goment and organisations.
For di COVID-19 lockdown for Nigeria, cybercriminals don pattern dia fraud along di intervention from government and private sectors and dem scam many and some of di products wey dem get
Domino pizza fraud, federal goment cash palliative fraud, N20, 000 Dangote relief fund fraud and promo sales fraud among odas
As pipo dey engage for cyber-criminality for di Diaspora, some youngsters dey do am for inside Nigeria.
Dem dey regularly arrest dem, tried and convicted by di Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Understanding di culture wey dey sustain cyber-criminality fit help serious goment for fighting di crime.
Di family na di microcosm of di larger society
Na di place wia dem suppose nurture normal human being for di society
Apart from di fact say many Nigerian families dey di dungeon of poverty and dem fit hardly take care of dia pikin, some of dis children don bikom breadwinners
Challenge dey wit ethical behaviour training for many houses as dem dey arrest parents alongside dia children wey dey involve for cyber-criminality.
Anoda place, mothers of yahoo-boys dey form association to celebrate dia son success and justify dia criminal behaviours
For di religious setting, depraved pastors, alfas and traditionalists create house and benefit from yahoo-boyism proceeds
Moral teachings don give way to materialistic Pentecostalism
Dem dey viral video wey dem show some boys dey spray moni while dose wey appear say dem be shepherds for one white garment church enjoy di moment while di pipo wey dey suppose be white garment church
One pikin wey dem born for 1999 wen Nigeria return to democracy now dey 21 years old
Sadly, dem grow up to appreciate lying as a way of life from di mouth of politicians (and for plenti cases from house) wey deceive pipo to vote for dem and dey no fulfil dia respect.
Lying eself na di foundation of di sociology of hushpuppism
Dem dey socialise youths daily to corruption and fraud by dose wey dey hold public office
Dem see how dia system dey provide soft landing for fraudulent persons (public or private)
Dem ask how many fraud and corruption allegations dem don investigate and dem discharge am wit punishment wen dem find di accused guilty
Di majority of di cases end wit off-di-mic like di Nigeria Delta Development Commission (NDDC) case end as family affair
Di youths see flamboyant lifestyle wey dem dey celebrate amidst di squalor
Dem see how once poor political aspirants dey transform into millionaires within months of inauguration
Dem see how traditional institution don bikom cash and carry in awarding chieftaincy titles
Tertiary educational institutions, wit few exceptions, dey give undeserving honours for exchange for moni
Dem go provide all dose wey mismanage moni wit soft landing
As we add for dis list of cultures wey dey nurture cybercrimes na di lyrical glamorisation of cybercrimes by some popular Nigerian musicians wey present cybercrimes as work
If we elect fraudsters as legislators, dem go make law against di crime wey dem dey involve in?
Di process to dey give parti nomination to di highest bidders by parti leaders need dey review if we wan stop to dey import problematic tokunbo products into awa already recently recently recently
E dey unfortunate say dem lower di critical reasoning of parti leaders wen dem dangle moni for dia eyes
Dem provide platform for dubious characters to cover up dia tracks and awa society dey worse off throughdia actions
Greed also dey nurture cyber-criminality
FBI agent wey dey investigate Rufai, Donald Voiret tok say greed na powerful motivator
Unfortunately, di greed wey dis defendant affect all taxpayers
Moving forward, we no fit live for sin and expect grace to abound.
Nigeria must sanitise her anti-corruption system and emplace accountability policy wey go track lifestyle wit material accumulations.
We need give di youth hope for Nigeria as we dey create employment opportunities, reduce poverty and review reward systems
Di EFCC need invest in technology and expose im detectives to modern cybercrime investigation procedures.
Di Commission need conclude investigation before dem arrest suspects as di FBI don do before dem arrest Ramoni Abbass hushpuppi and Abidemi Rufai Sandy Tang
Unless di culture wey dey sustain cybercrime for Nigeria dey tackle through social engineerin, cyber-criminality go continue to fester
Dr Tade, wey be sociologist write dis piece for dotad2003@yahoo.com
DRC president Tshisekedi don assume chair of African Union
President of di Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi don assume as chair of di African Union for Saturday.
Hin assumption of office na on di first day of di 34th Ordinary Session of di Assembly of Heads of State and Government for Addis Ababa.
E succeed South African president Cyril Ramaphosa, as di organization rotating chairperson.
Di AU go dey look to address di devastating impact of COVID-19 on di kontinent
Di Union statement
Official theme for 2021 na Arts, Culture, and Heritage: Levers for Building di Africa We Want
Despite di kontri and continent-wide kontrol measures, di impact of COVID-19 don impose enormous human, financial and socio-economic costs on di African pipo, Tshiseke tok
Dis crisis also give us di chance to re-examine awa socio-economic priorities and work towards sustainable and inclusive economic growth wey go allow Africa to dey grow
We need dey more self-reliant and find collective solution to awa problems
Tshisekedi tok say di DRC for hin term as head of di Union dey look to elevate African voices.
E go also focus on sustainable development by and for Africa
We go work to ensure say dia integral well-being, peace and security, health care and strong response against COVID-19, as well as food security.
Agricultural transformation, education, gender equality, climate justice, di free movement of pipo and goods, and di free movement of pipo and goods, and di freedom of speech and religion, as well as
Fresh crisis for Lagos PDP ova LG polls
Fresh crisis dey brew for Lagos State chapter of di pipo Democratic parti (PDP) ova di release of guidelines for di conduct of di local government wey go kom forth.
Engr Doherty wey don dey running battle wit most of hin colleagues for di State Working Committee (SWC), wey dey lead to hin suspension recently, release di guideline wey dey for hin suspension
Dem go remember say di State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) don release di timetable for di election wey dem schedule to hold for Saturday, July 24, 2021
Amid di internal strife wey dey linger for di state PDP, di chairman release di guidelines wey, wey dem learn, no go down well wit most of di executive members who dey di state.
One member of di state executive tok say di timetable dey unilaterally planned and released by di chairman witout di input of oda executive members
Dem further hear am say oda factions of di parti wey dey oppose to Doherty fit counter di embattled chairman dis week ova di release of di guidelines
Di executive member wey tok on condition of anonymity tok say dem go make public di position of di aggrieved members public during di week, e dey insist say key members of di group wey dey aggrieve
How e dey feel to give birth durin di pandemic By Dil Afrose Jahan
Wen news of death dey evriwia, new life dey bring happiness and hope
On January 1, 2020, new morning, two red lines change my life
I dey pregnant and hapi
E be amazing start for new year
Na di year wey I remark pass for my life
All of a sudden, evrithin change
Dem born my daughter Roshomon Tara for di end of di first lockdown for Dhaka, Bangladesh; she don dey nine months old
she be di reason why I bikom my mother for di middle of global crisis
No be only her wey dem born, but na one new me, mother of Tara, wey spend her entire pregnancy for lockdown for house kom give birth for emergency condition wit her health.
Tara don see di world wit mask and isolation
Her grandmothers dey also afraid to hold am or to kom closer to am witout wearing mask
If pandemic no dey, my journey to my motherhood go dey completely different
Dis Mother's Day dey very special as my daughter don dey front of me, smiling and staring at me
Last Mother's Day, she dey grow inside me
Di only thing wey no change, meanwhile, na di pandemic
I dey 16 weeks pregnant wen di pandemic struck, and di planet go lockdown.
I dey struggle to survive di pandemic wit my hormonal and physical changes
Dis 22 weeks no dey less dan war
My husband Sina Hasan na musician, and dem cancel all hin concert for dat time
I be freelance journalist since January 1, 2020
We dey depend on wetin I don save ova di years, and I don spend all my savings
Awa parents and two journalists association kom forward to help for di time being
I dey afraid of evrithin
most of di time, e be like death
Dem dey knock di door
I dey adapt to one new online life wia we click and get awa things home-delivered
I need wait for one week to get groceries delivery dis way
I dey even afraid to send di only family member wey dey live wit me and my husband make hin go outside kom buy food for storage
So, I dey chop less
Besides, I no fit go for my antenatal check-up wey I schedule
And I no dey sure if my pikin dey grow healthy or all development dey take place timely
I dey sorry for my pikin wey no born, say I dey bring am into a more different world pass evribodi
Tele-medication don help me pass some hard time durin di last trimister
I forget my gynaecologist face
I no fit remember how she look witout di PPE
I need information about risks, precautions, and how I fit get emergency medical help
Plenti information dey around
Inside dis chaos of information, experienced mothers, my mother and mother-in-law fit only help me as dem dey support me and dem no dey meet me for person wen I dey pregnant
Traditionally, experienced mothers and mostly older women for di family dey help new mothers wit dia experience and observation
I don get plenti panic attack bikos of lack of information and understanding.
So, I dug for di experience of new mothers wey give birth durin dis time
I find social media as lifeline
I read plenti experience for social media as I dey follow one group of more dan 100,000 pregnant and lactatin mothers wey support each oda to survive di pandemic case.
Different media groups for dis platform don help more dan 100,000 pregnant and lactatin mothers as dem dey share dia experience and information durin di lockdown
One of dis group help me find health care facility wey go do emergency ultrasound afta heavy bleeding durin di lockdown
Anoda group don help me curb my anxiety durin pregnancy and post-partum depression
I dey upset say I no fit meet my parents, relatives, or friends to share di joy of welkoming new member for di family
Dem born my daughter for August 25, 2020, for di same hospital, Azimpur Maternity, wia I born decades ago
And she meet anoda pikin in person wen she dey four months old for December 31, 2020, wen Tara and her papa go di rooftop wit me go see di firework
Anoda family wey get two pikin, apparently my next-door neighbour wey I meet di first time, kom say goodbye to 2020
Evri day be, and e be gift, considering di recent statistics of increased Covid-19 cases wey don increase
Wen news of death dey evriwia, di new life bring happiness and make hope thrive
For mothers, e no less dan winning a war by giving birth to child during pandemic and taking care of di infant all alone, confirming di highest safety for dia pikin
Socially, emotionally, and physically, dis time fit dey challenge
Thanks to di light wey dey shine for di eyes of di babies
Thanks to my baby, my daughter, for whom I be mother and successful fighter wey survive dis pandemic
Dil Afrose Jahan be di recipient of di National Geographic Society's Emergency Fund for Journalists
National Geographic Society support dis work
Di national question, insecurity and di Asaba declaration
By Segun Tomori
Recently, Southern Nigeria Governors meet for Asaba and make some far-reaching resolutions on di state of di nation, wey dem don call am Asaba Declaration.
Di meeting don kom on di heels of worsening insecurity wey dey worse for di kontri, agitation by some ethnic jingoists and di unending menace of murderous herdsmen generated nationwide
Indeed, di bi-partisan nature of di meeting and di unanimity wey di 17 governors display show say dem mean serious business.
Restructuring witin di context of true federalism and di ban on open grazing na di core of di declaration.
Major highlights include di clamour for state police, devolution of powers, review of revenue formula in favour of federatin units and di need for national dialogue on top di state.
While di foot-dragging of di governors on financial autonomy for state legislature and judiciary dey condemnable and e dey contrary to di spirit of true federalism to which di government wey dey dey
One go don expect di leading lights of APC make dem take advantage of di bipartisan nature of di Asaba declaration, di overwhelming support of di major opposition partisans dem
Instead, we see attempt to play to di gallery and for some quarters, subtle censure of di governors
Di El-Rufai Committee don recommend devolution of powers, resource kontrol, state police, local goment autonomy and review of revenue formula in favour of federational goment.
President Buhari don since give support for local goment, state legislature and judiciary autonomy through backing amendment of di statutes and issuing Executive Order for di Ministry
Given di state of di nation wey security and di economy don pose grave challenges, dis twin sectors suppose receive di utmost attention, concurrently
Despite di rating of Nigeria as di kontri wey get di highest GDP for Africa, we neva make sufficient effort to translate dat to improve standards of living for di pipo wey dey live
Awa annual budget of about $35 billion, for example, dey grossly inadequate to cater to di needs of an estimated 220 million Nigerians.
South Africa wit about 58 million pipo get national budget of almost $75bn for 2019 wit her Social Protection Programme wey dey reach 17m of im population.
Di efforts of Buhari administration, though dem novel and commendable, still represent a drop for ocean and dem no dey adequate to make di impact wey we need.
Na wia devolution of power and resource kontrol kom in
Solid minerals and natural resources no get business to stay for di Exclusive list
Almost all states for di kontri get commercially viable natural resources wey dem fit exploit to create wealth and generate di need foreign exchange for di kontri
Di present system wia states kom cap for hand go Abuja go collect federal allocations for di kontri breed indolence, run contrary to di principle of true federalism
just as di El-Rufai committee propose, make dem review di revenue formula in favour of states since dem go add more responsibilities to dem
On state police, di fear of abuse and envisaged excesses by governors dey understandable, but as Richie Norton tok say to escape fear, you need go through am, no dey around towards.
For too long we don go around fear of abuse of state police, we don try turn blind eye to di obviously overstretched and over-centralised Nigeria Police force
As Vice-President Osinbajo tok some years ago, State Police na idea whose time don kom
We need address awa fears and overkom am
One of di way wey dem fit do na to dey enact legal instrument for di establishment of di State Police Regulatory Commission (SPRC), alongside constitutional amendment wey dey apun for di constitution
E go dey similar in functions to di Federal Police Service Commission (PSC) but e get wider power to exercise appointive and regulatory functions.
Di ban on open grazing though di governors restate no be new and dey form di fulcrum of di National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) wey dem approve by di National Export Agency (NEAC) wey dem ap
Di International Crisis Group (ICG) tout di NLTP as Nigeria's most comprehensive effort to date to overhaul di inefficient and grossly underperforming livestock system wey dey inefficient and grossly
For di core na strategy to curtail migratory or open grazing and make dem lower di risk of conflict between herders and farmers. E, derefore, beggars belief say some myocards no get risk of conflict
Di federal and state goment suppose move swiftly to fully implement dis novel plan so we fit put di perennial farmers-herders clashes behind us
Di convocation of National Dialogue, a major demand of di Asaba declaration no fit dey necessary since di report of di 2014 National Conference and recommendation of di National Conference and recomm
Both report don make far-reaching recommendations say awa elected governors and dia legislators for di National Assembly fit reach consensus on, instead dem waste scarcity for di state.
On top di issue of separatist agitation, modalities go dey for convening referendum wey dey spelt out for di konstitution.
E dey almost certain say vast majority of Nigerians wan live togeda, awa differences, notwitstanding.
Doing dis go take di sail out of di wind of divisive elements, fanning embers of hate and discord.
Di Southern Governors don affirm dia commitment to a United Nigeria on di basis of justice, fairness and equity, so must evri patriotic Nigerian
Even say we get challenges like evri oda kontri, we need listen to awasef, like US President Joe Biden often tok
Tomori dey reside for Abuja
Dem kil two officers as IPOB militants set Anambra police station on fire
Barely 24 hours afta di newly appointed Commissioner of Police for Anambra, Christopher Adetokumbo Owolabi, resume duty, gunmen attack Obosi Police Station for Idemili
Di gunmen attack di police station late Wednesday, dem free all detainees before dem set di station on fire
One source wey dey inside di police station wey dey affect tok say di gunmen don storm and attack di station around 11pm.
E simply identify di officers wey die na Inspectors James and Awalu
Di source tok say dem kill di victims inside one non-functional filling station wey dey close to di police station
Di source also tok say wen oda police officers wey dey duty notice unusual movement of di unknown gunmen, dem take dia heels while di attackers dey do field time burn
Meanwhile, di police for Anambra don confirm say dem kil two of dia personnel
DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, wey be di command's Public Relations Officer (PPRO), wey confirm di attack, tok say di state Commissioner of Police don send tactical team for on Friday.
Dem direct di tactical team wey di Assistant Commissioner of Police say make dem get on di spot assessment of di place
Dem tell di team say make dem identify and apprehend di hoodlums wey perpetrate di attack
Ikenga, wey add say dem don deposit di bodi of di two policemen wey dem kill for nearby morgue, tok say investigation don start.
NEPC and Commonwealth don join bodi on top production of professional service export data
Di Nigeria Export Promotion Council (NEPC) and di Commonwealth Secretariat London dey collaborate to produce reliable data on export of professional services for Nigeria
As he dey tok for di inaugural meeting of di National Consultative Committee on di International Trade-in-Services (NCCITS) wey dem hold under di auspice of di Commonwealth Secretary-Government (CSG)
Awolowo tok say previous attempt don dey to create awareness on di Trade-in-Service sector of di economy, including di creation of di National Strategy for Exporting and Investment
He tok say di Commonwealth for 2016 assist Nigeria to develop road-map for di service sector.
Di NEPC boss tok say di current focus of collaboration wit di Commonwealth Secretariat na on data/statistics collection and management.
Dis dey critical to awa export effort as dis go fill di gap for collecting or capturing data from relevant institutions in order to generate analyse and use statistics to dey use statistics
NITDA, firm wey go launch tech startup for July
Di National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and one United States-based firm Mass Challenge don sign an agreement to financially support between 10 and 15 years
Director General of NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi tok am on Tuesday for one virtual media stakeholder engagement wit officials of MassChallenge.
Di initiative dey design to identify and accelerate top start-ups wey dey Nigeria and grow dia business to serve di Nigeria and global market, Abdullahi tok.
Di NITDA DG wey tok say dem go launch di initiative for July add say e go improve tech innovation and entrepreneurship across di kontri.
A vibrant start up ecosystem dey highly critical to di future of awa kontri and e dey vital to find solutions to awa various challenges.
Innovation na prominent way to dey create prosperity for all and to dey lift kontris out of poverty.
Di CEO of MassChallenge, Siobhan Dullea, tok say di firm don support more dan 2,900 start-ups for 54 kontris across di world and say dis firms don generate $3.6 billion for di year.
Dem kidnappers don abduct 2 women for Abuja council
Kidnappers don abduct two women, Christiana Isa Attah and Favor David, for back of Anguwar Kpokpolobi community for Naharati, Abaji Area Council, FCT.
Mrs. Ruth Attah, wey be retired school teacher, tell awa tori-pesin for her house yesterday, say di incident apun around midnight on Saturday.
She tok say she dey sleep and her daughters dey dia room wen di kidnappers enta di house afta dem scale through di low fence
She tok say dem break one of di window kom go di room wia her two daughters dey sleep kom bundle dem away for gunpoint
Wen di girls notice say di kidnappers dey break down di window, dem run go my room go hide, but di gunmen follow dem go my room kom carry us carry us
According to wetin she tok, di kidnappers spare am some few metres away from di house afta dem notice say she no fit trek for long bikos of her old age
Na afta we cross di river and I no fit trek dat di oda gang members wey dey behind me ask me make dem go back house while dem go go wit my two daughters
One pesin wey dey live for di area, wey prefer to dey anonymous, tok say di kidnappers carry out di operation for ova an hour while dem dey shoot inside air to scare pipo make dem no engage am
Hin tok say no security man kom here wen di kidnappers dey shoot into di air for ova one hour
Daily Trust hear say until dat fateful day, di woman and her pikin don always pass di night for neighbour house kom return home for morning for fear of kidnapping
Dem also hear say one of di woman's daughter, wey be class teacher for di area, dey prepare for her wedding next month
ASP Maryam Yusuf wey be di tok pesin for di FCT police command, ASP Maryam Yusuf, no pick call or reply to text message wey dem send to her phone to confirm di last kidnap incident wey happun for di
Why I dey race for Anambra  govship Anglican Priest
One Anglican Priest, Rev Godwin Okonkwo, don tok say hin dey di race for di November governorship election for Anambra State bikos hin wan bring di fear of God and kontrol of di pipo wey dey kontrol
Okonkwo wey tok wit Daily Trust on Wednesday shortly afta hin address hin supporters for Awka, wey be di Anambra state capital, tok say di state dey lag behind in terms of economy.
Di pipo wey dey der now neva bring to bear in managing di resources of Anambra State for di good of Anambra pipo.
I believe say we fit do beta in managing di state resources
Na high time we move from lukewarm attitude of leadership to good leadership
I dey APC now to change di poor outing of di parti for di state ova di years
Barty beat Kvitova to set up last-four clash wit Badosa
Ashleigh Barty go take on Paula Badosa for di semifinals of di Madrid Open afta she beat Petra Kvitova 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 for Wednesday.
World No 1 Barty dey chase her fourth singles title of di year afta she triumph for Stuttgart 10 days ago.
For di last four she go face di woman wey knock am out for quarterfinals for Charleston for early April.
For Wednesday, di Australian kom out on top against two-time Wimbledon champion and 2015 and 2018 Madrid winner Kvitova
Wildcard Badosa bikom di first Spanish woman for di tournament's 12-year history to make di semis wit her 6-4, 7-5 win ova eighth seed Belinda Bencic.
22 Pharaoh mummies dey do parade for Egypt
Twenty-two pharaoh mummies walk di streets of Cairo on Saturday evening for one stunning royal procession from di Egyptian Museum on Tahrir Square to di new National Museum for Abuja.
Di event mark di official launch of NMEC
Against di backdrop of fireworks, di mummies 18 kings and four queens dey travel in order of age on purpose-built gold-colored pharaonic chariots, wey dem dey equipped wit an equipment for di purpose
Seqenenre Tao II, wey reign over Upper Egypt around 1,600 BCE, lead di parade, while Ramses IX, wey rule for di 12th century BCE, bring up di rear
In line wit di strict international standards for di transport of artifacts, dem place di royal remains for state-of-di-art sterile display cases to guarantee dia immediate productivity
Accompanying di mummies na 60 motorcycles, 150 horses, and pharaonic music ensemble wey renowned Egyptian maestro Nader Abbassi conduct.
Di procession start wit 21-gun salute, circled di obelisk for di nearby Tahrir Square, and den proceeded along di Nile to NMEC, wia Egyptian President Abdel Hamid AbdulRazaq wey be Egyptian President
Di 40-minute parade drive participation of 12 Egyptian celebrities, wey dem broadcast by 200+ global TV channels.
Di priceless artifacts go spend di next two weeks for NMEC laboratory, wia dem go prepare dem for installation for inside di Royal Mummies Hall, wey dem go model on di Valley Programme
Di Royal Mummies Hall go open for visitors on April 18, e go coincide wit World Heritage Day
To promote hin launch, NMEC don offer 50 percent discount on entry ticket price to di Central Exhibition Hall for all visitors from April 4 to 17.
In addition, representatives of local and international media go get di opportunity to photograph and film di artifacts inside di Central Exhibition Hall for free on April
Overlooking Ain Al Sira for di heart of di historical city of Fustat near di Babylon Fortress, NMEC be one of di largest and most important archeology museum for di world.
Dem don get uproar for Kano prison ova illegal drugs
Pandemonium dey for Kano central prison for Kurmawa on Thursday evenin ova illegal drugs.
Dem tok say di uproar don start wen di prison warders detect and seize cannabis, wey dem allegedly bring am go di inmates Thursday evenin.
Wen dem contact dem, di Public Relations Officer of di Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) for Kano state, Musbahu Lawal Kofar Nasarawa, confirm di issue, adding say di police don dey investigate di
Hin tok say someone bring cannabis to di prisoners and awa operatives confiscate am, so dem start dey uproar, ask make dem give dem
We don already set up committee to find out how dis kind illegal drug get inside di house; weda dem put am for some of di food wey dem bring to di prisoners or someone dey confront di prisoners
Di action no get anything wit jailbreak, na just uproar wey don already reinforce order back to di custodial centre.
Di rumour dey howeva say di prisoners wan break di jail for dia attempt to escape while dem dey resist di food wey dem dey serve to break dia food
Di NCoS spokesperson don debunk di rumours, describing dem as baseless.
Daily Trust report say di ova 100 years prison wey dey situated for Kurmawa area, just behind Emir's Palace for di metropolis na di biggest custodial centre for di state
FG dey seek global action against terrorism and drug trafficking
Di federal goment don urge world leaders make dem strengthen international cooperation as part of efforts to successfully combat terrorism and drug trafficking as well as efforts to successfully comb
Dis dey even as Nigeria don express concern ova di incidence of illicit financial flows from developing to developed economies of di world
Dis na part of di position wey Nigeria present for di ongoing conference by di United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice wey dey ongoing for Nigeria, wey dey take place for N
Femi Babafemi wey be tok pesin for di National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Femi Babafemi, tok say di Chairman/Chief Executive of di agency, Brig-Gen
Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), wey present Nigeria's position on top item 6C and 7 for di meeting as he tok say while nations deepen cooperation and strengthen di process of international development for
E dey important to keep eye on and kontrol di proliferation of illicit traffic for narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and oda substances of abuse wey dey serve pipo wey dey abuse for Nigeria
Nigeria sef dey worried about di existing and growing links wey dey between terrorism and oda forms of crime like corruption, illicit financial flows, moni laundering, illegal trafficking and illegal
As Nigeria deliver Nigeria statement on item 6C on Wednesday, Marwa tok say as nations renew dia desire to improve international cooperation to address all form of crimes, nations dey renew dia desir
While e dey present di kontri's statement on item 7 on Thursday, Marwa tok say, Nigeria dey note wit great concern di incidence of illicit financial flows, wey go through di economy of di kontri
To dissuade di perpetrators of dis anomaly, including financial institutions wey dey act as enablers, state parties suppose ensure say illegal financial flows, wen dem dey track di state parties for
For dis one, we call for di implementation of di recommendations of di FACTI panel in support of asset recovery and di agenda 2030 for sustainable development.
Timipre Sylva and Kurfi celebrate Chelsea Champions League victory
Two prominent Nigerians, di former Governor of Bayelsa State and present Minister of State for Petroleum, Mr. Timipre Marlin Sylva and di Chairman of Katsina State Football Association
For all English finals, former champions Chelsea stunned Manchester City 1-0 for di Estadio of Manchester City.
Do Dragao for Porto to win dia second trophy
Kai Havertz, one of di expensive addition from last Summer, score di decisive goal just before half-time to inflict a third consecutive defeat on Pep Guardiola's City
Moments afta di match, di former governor tweet say I support Chelsea FC for UCL trophy, and e kom for no regret
Kurfi wey watch di proceedings for Abuja along wit Sylva tok say hin create time to watch di match wit di former Bayelsa State governor to support and celebrate wit am for first time
I need go go support am bikos hin be avid fan of Chelsea
I dey hapi say for di end, hin don kos make hin celebrate
Plenti pipo no know say His Excellency Timipre Sylva dey passionate about sports, especially football
For my part, as di Chairman of Katsina State Football Association, I be papa to all di supporters wey dey different clubs for my state.
I dey wit Chelsea from wia dem loan me go Katsina United
From United, dem loan me go Kurfi Tigers FC and for di moment, I be for evri club, Kurfi tok on lighter mood
Uganda election: President Museveni don lead early, rival allege fraud
President Yoweri Museveni take early lead for Uganda presidential election, according to di preliminary result wey di electoral commission release on Friday morning
Na as hin main rival tok say hin main rival tok say hin get proof say fraud don marry di poll
Wit 29.4 per cent of votes wey dem count for Thursday, Museveni don win 1,852,263 votes, or 63.9 per cent while main opposition candidate Bobi Wine don win 1,852,263 votes, or 63.9 per cent while mai
Wine dey allege fraud
Wine, wey be singer-turned lawmaker wey don galvanise young Ugandans wit calls for political change, tell one news conference on Friday say e don film proof of fraud durin voting wey dey vote
Hin don tweet for one tweet early for di day say hin dey confident to get victory even as fraud and violence dey.
Museveni, wey don lead di East African kontri wit population of nearly 46 million for 34 years, neva make any statement by noon
Internet blackout
On Wednesday, di goment order internet blackout until further notice, one day afta dem ban all social media and messaging apps.
Wine and hin supporters use Facebook to relay live coverage of hin campaign and news conference afta hin tok say many media outlets don decline to host am
Di election campaign na deadly crackdowns by security forces on opposition candidates and dia supporters
Uganda's normally bustling capital Kampala dey quiet for Friday, a public holiday afta Thursday's poll, wit shops plenti dey close
Soldiers wey dey patrol on foot for rain for one suburb wey Reuters visit
Commission head, Simon Byabakama, assure di nation for live TV on Thursday evening afta polls close say di result don arrive for di national tally centre despite di election wey dey start.
We no dey use local internet to transmit awa results, we no dey use awa own system, we no give details of dat system
Byabakama add say no go worry, result go kom
New wave of pandemic don hit more of Japan prefectures
Di goment tok say Japan go expand di current state of emergency to three more prefectures, di goment tok on Friday.
Dis na as di coronavirus infection don kontinue to hit wider regions of di kontri ahead of dis summer's Tokyo Olympics
Di prefectures of Hokkaido, Okayama and Hiroshima dey likely to dey under di measure from Sunday to di end of May, Economic Revitalisation Minister, Yasutoshi Nishimura, tok say
One panel of experts endorse di proposal, Nishimura, wey dey in charge of di coronavirus response.
Di northern island of Hokkaido report a record 712 new infections for Thursday while di western prefecture of Hiroshima also see record 219 new cases for Wednesday.
Di infection wey dey surge don prompt Hiroshima and Okayama say make dem cancel next week torch relay for dia public roads.
International Olympic Committee President, Thomas Bach, dem schedule to participate for one torch relay event for Hiroshima on May 17.
Howeva, dem postpone Bach travel go Japan ahead of di Games, local organisers tok
Di postponement dey kom as di goment extend di state of emergency for Tokyo and three oda prefectures until di end of May and dem add two more regions like Aichi, Fukuoka and Kansai.
Di goment declare di state of emergency for di four prefectures for late April, dey request bars and restaurants make dem no dey serve alcohol and dey offer karaoke
Experts don warn of di rapid spread of more contagious variants, especially as di roll-out of coronavirus vaccines don dey extremely slow for Japan since di launch of coronavirus vaccines for inside
Na only one per cent of Japan population
Na 125 million population don dey fully vaccinated
Jigawa farm wey dem mechanise go benefit local farmers
Di Malam Alu Agro Allied Company, one farm wey dey sit on 100-hectare land for Faru village, along Maiduguri road, for Birnin Kudu Local goment Area for Jigawa State, don change
Dem gather di establishment of di farm almost five years ago, we hear, na direct response to di call by di President Muhammadu Buhari administration for Nigerians to dey carry productive productivity
Each cattle get number tag wey dey attached to im ear
Di company's founder, Farouk Adamu Aliyu, wey be former member of di House of Representatives key into dis, di GGM add.
We dey do greenhouse farming
We get 10,000 square metre fully automated soilless greenhouse, wia we dey produce tomatoes
We get two 250 square-metre greenhouse wey we dey produce oda greenhouse vegetables, and anoda 500 square-metre greenhouse wey dem dey use as nursery
Dis greenhouse na foreign-oriented, wey dem don install dem to produce variety of vegetables
We dey produce only tomatoes from di 10,000 square automated soilless greenhouses; and we dey produce an average of 10 to 11 tons of tomatoes evri week.
We get anoda 10,000 square-metre greenhouse wey dem dey fabricate locally
Hin tok say; We get livestock section, wia we get about 300 herds of cattle, some camels, goats and sheep, hin tok
Daily Trust gather say di farm get fishery unit, wit about 50,000 fish dey inside di pond
Also, one forty-ton per hour fertilizer blending plant wey dem install before for di year, dem hear say dem don produce close to 300 loads of NPK fertilizer under di Pressure Agriculture Agriculture
We don import equipment for di installation of 120,000 capacity poultry system
Mansur tok say we dey hope say we go dey produce between 3,000-4,000 crates of eggs daily.
Hin tok say di farm get diary production plant, wey dey for di production of about 2,000 litres of milk per day, e add say na about 150-200 hectares of land dey for di farm
Mansur tok say di major clientele for di tomato na premium customers, notably big hotels for Abuja, Lagos and some oda locations
E confirm, howeva, say di main market for di products na di eastern part of di kontri, like Enugu, Onitsha, Owerri
E admit, howeva, say besides di few customers wey dem get for Kano, dem rarely see dia tomato products for local markets bikos of some reason
First na di fact say di tomato wey dem produce from di farm na special species and di second reason na di fact say Jigawa be di major tomato-producing area.
You know say tomato na common product around here, so awa price dey high pass wetin dem dey get normally for open market
So, essentially, pipo no look at us, dem feel apprehensive of wetin we get, dem feel apprehensive of wetin we get, bikos dem believe say dem dey expensive
And wen you get product wey dey commonly available, pipo go surely go find di cheaper brand
Farmer hand dey feed di fishes
As dem ask di average lifespan of dia tomato products, hin tok say, if you give di tomato all wetin e require, I mean nutritional supplements wey you feed am wit while e dey grow
But even witout dat, e last for minimum of one week, e no dey under refrigeration, but surely no dey under intense pressure and heat
You fit keep am for table wia you get good ventilation
E fit last an average of 10 days, but wit evrithin wey dem dey provide (all nutrients) e fit last up to one month
We don experiment dis, but den, you no get am as you always want am
Di farm na source of employment for as many as 200 pipo for di village wia dem dey locate
Hin tok say di company get some pipo wey go train di youth wey dey di area on information technology skils
Hin kom tok say most of di equipment wey dem dey use for di farm dey import from Turkey, except di fertilizer-blending machine, wey dem import from China
Even di farming method dey model afta di Turkish style of operation bikos we get Turkish partner wey dey help maintain di standards, hin tok say, but quick quick.
As e dey reflect on di effect of COVID-19 on di operation of di company, Mansur tok say, Malam Alu, just like oda corporate entities for di kontri, don suffer from di devastation of di devastation of
For Mansur, youths for Nigeria no get excuse to remain unemployed wit di opportunity wey agriculture provide di opportunity wey agriculture provide, e note say pipo wey dey hope to secure white-colla
Hin believe say Nigeria don dey do wetin e suppose do for long time ago, e dey note say if di kontri don take dis step, di current economic crisis go don dey available.
2023: Lawmaker dey seek beta deal for Southern Kaduna
Di member wey dey represent Jaba Constituency for di Kaduna State House of Assembly, Samson Monday Dikko, don call on pipo wey dey goodwill make dem kom togeda kom map out strategies wey dey importan
Dikko, wey dey tok afta meeting wit stakeholders for Kagoro, Kaura Local goment Area for Kaduna State for di weekend, Dikko, wey dey aspire to be senator for di platform of democracy for Kaduna State
Na dis be di time for di entire Southern Kaduna pipo to get am correctly
We need transform awa region and improve security, education, health, agriculture, economy, employment and empowerment for di youths wey dey teem in conjunction wit reputation
Di Director-General of di Dikko Campaign Organisation, Timothy Chindo Kwassam, tok say di destiny of di pipo of Kaduna South Senatorial District go be for dia own lives.
For evrithing wey dey under di sun, season dey
So, di koming of Dikko for dis critical period of time no be coincidence, but a divine plan by God to liberate di region from all wetin don hinder am to grow
Na 3 Africans, no be Nigerian as City, Chelsea don contest UEFA Champions League finals
Witout doubt, enthusiastic football fans for Nigeria dey eagerly await for tonight finals of di 2020/2021 UEFA Champions League finals wey go dey contest between two English states
In view of di fact say di UEFA Champions League be one of di world's biggest football competition only next to di FIFA World Cup and di Olympics football event, di UEFA Champions League be one of di
As Manchester City neva win Champions League title, Chelsea win dia first and only title so far for 2012
Even as football pundits don tip Manchester City wey just win dia seventh Premiership title to win tonight, Chelsea go kom inside di contest wit beta play.
Na former champions
Howeva, while Thomas Tuchel wey lead the Chelsea technical crew neva taste Champions League victory, hin opponent for Manchester City dugout, Pep Guardiola dey always win Champions League
E win am for 2009 and 2010 wit Barcelona
Therefore, plenti to expect from di actors wey go dey out there for di field of Estadio
Do Dragao for Porto and di men wey dey in charge of di technical areas
Interestingly, even as both contestants parade only three African players in Riyad Mahrez (Algeria, Manchester City), Hakim Ziyech (Morococo, Chelsea) and Edourad Menday (Morococo, Chelsea).
Senegal, Chelsea (Senegal, Chelsea) African interest for di finals don drop
Here for Nigerian wia Chelsea and Manchester City dey enjoy a large following from passionate football fans, expectations don reach feverish point, leading to interesting matches
Fans of dose European clubs wey dem eliminate from the Champions League for different stages don re-align demsef wit Chelsea or Manchester City based on wetin dem dey choose
Consequently, di finals na one of di topic wey dey discuss for sporting circles for Nigeria at di moment as fans of di Premiership clubs dey continue to predict wetin go happun for 2021.
Howeva, while almost evrione dey wait to savour di football artistry wey fit dey display, some pundits dey worried by di increasing decline in di football artistry wey go dey increase
For di history of di UEFA Champions League, only 24 African footballers don contest and win di trophy wit dia European clubs
Sadly African football legends like Liberia's George Weah wey dem vote World Footballer of di year for 1995
Nigeria's Rashidi Yekini, Egypt's Mohamed Aboutrika, Roger Mila of Cameroon, Jay-Jay Okocha, Sunday Oliseh, Taribo West and Victor Ikpeba of Nigeria, Rigobert Song of Cameroon
Even say Mo Salah (Egypt), Sadio Mane (Senegal), Joel Matip (Cameroon) and Naby Keita (Guinea) dey for di big stage wen Liverpool win dia 6th UEFA Champions League title wen dem win dia 6th UEFA Cham
E achieve di feat for 1984 wit Liverpool
Na Algerian legend Rabah Madjer wey win am wit FC Porto for 1987 and Abedi Pele (Ghana) for 1993 wit Olympique Marseille before Nigeria win Olympique Marseille
Duo of George Findi and Nwankwo Kanu lift am wit Ajax Amsterdam for 1995
E dey record say Geremi Njitap of Cameroon be di first African wey win di title twice for 2000 and 2002 wit Spanish giants Real Madrid before Samuel Eto'o of Cameroon win di title for 2000 and 2002 w
Oda African winners of di highly coveted trophy na Ibrahim Tanko (Ghana).
Borussia Dortmund 1997, Samuel Kuffour (Ghana) Bayern Munich 2001, Benni McCarthy (South Africa) FC Porto 2004, Djimi Traore (Mali)
Liverpool 2005, Yaya Toure (Cote d'Ivoire)
Barcelona 2009 & 2011, Seydou Keita (Mali) Barcelona 2009 & 2011, Sully Muntari (Ghana)
Inter Milan 2010 and McDonald Mariga (Kenya) 2010
John Mikel Obi (Nigeria), Michael Essien (Ghana), Salomon Kalou (Cote d'Ivoire), Didier Drogba (Cote d'Ivoire) wey win am wit Chelsea for 2012 and Achraf Hakimi (Morocco).
Coming closer house, di last time wey Nigerian win the trophy na for 2012 wen Mikel Obi dey among di quartet of Africans wey lift am wit Chelsea at di expense of Bayern Obasanjo.
Afta dat achievement by di former captain of di Super Eagles, Nigeria don see di rise of oda immensely talented players like Ahmed Musa, Wilfred Ndidi, Kelechi Ihara and Kelechi Ihara
But nobodi neva feature for di finals of Europe's biggest club competition.
Di reason why dis no dey farfetched
Di competition dey dominated by di top five clubs for Europe, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Barcelona, Manchester United and Liverpool.
Unfortunately, Nigerian players don fail to get into dis highly rated European clubs
E be, derefore, di hope of Nigerian football stakeholders say for no distant future di new generation of players go break all barriers and begin to play for clubs wey dey different kontri
If dis fail, den football fans for Nigeria go continue to live wit di agony of watching finals of di UEFA Champions League kom and go witout di presence of any player
As Nigerians dey wait for di next Super Eagles player wey go rise to di pinnacle of European club competition di way Find George, Nwankwo Kanu do wit Ajax for 1995 and hin win for European club compe
For di end, victory go dey for Manchester club wey dey hunt for dem first title ot di Londeners wey dey prime for di second itle and di football league wey dem dey watch.
Enyimba force FC IfeanyiUbah to 2-2 draw for Oriental derby
Enyimba FC kom from behind to secure a well deserved 2-2 draw for dia rescheduled Week 14 fixture against Oriental brothers FC IfeanyiUbah for di Aba International Stadium
Di Oriental Derby see Enyimba make three changes to di team wey lose for Rivers United on Sunday.
Sadiq Abubakar return afta weeks of layoff while dem restore Anthony Omaka and Victor Mbaoma to di starting lineup
Di first 28 minutes of di game see both sides seek to hit first but di visiting side drew di first blood for di 29th minute through Saidu Adamu wey tok home from Nigeria.
As di away side dey full control of di game, dia confidence grew more leaving di hosts scrambling to get back into di game as di first half end 1-0 in favour of Nigeria.
For di start of di second half, Ifeanyi Ubah continue to press for di second goal and dem duly reward wen Saidu Adamu get hin brace afta hin get Awazie square
Enyimba stung to life by di second goal, Enyimba began to throw in evrithin for dia arsenal to get back into di game
For di 78th minute, dia pressure pay off wen Reuben Bala reduce di deficit for Enyimba in a rada fortuitous fashion
Sharp Uzoigwe keep hin initial header out but di ball ricocheted back to am and over di line
Di goal give Enyimba some hope as dem continue to press in numbers to at least secure point
And dis na dem get for di 90th minute through Imoh Obot
Afta dis result, Enyimba don move up to 5th position wit 31 points from 17 games wit two more outstanding matches
Meanwhile, FC IfeanyiUbah still dey rooted for di relegation zone wit 17 points from 19 games
Farmers dey apprehensive as planting season begin wit erratic rains
As wet season begin for most part of di kontri, farmers don start to dey plant, albeit wit fear following erratic rains, wey fit threaten production.
Di rain don dey unstable for Benue, Nasarawa, Niger, Kaduna and parts of di Federal Capital Territory (FCT), and plenti farmers don plant dia crop
For di 2019/2020 wet season, erratic rains for North and mid-season draught for South-West make farmers lose dia moni bikos of crop failure.
Musa Yohana and Halima Thomas, wey be farmers for Doma and Lafia, for Nasarawa State, tok say dem don plant maize, groundnut and oda tuber crop like cassava and yam, but dem fear say dem go dey plant
I lose plenti of my yams last year bikos of excessive heat as a result of inconsistent rainfall
Dis year, we dey di second week of May but we neva get stable rain
And I don plant 15 measures (about 20kg) of groundnut already
Mr Yohana tok say if e dey continue like dis for anoda week, I fit loose di seeds.
Like dem, many farmers around di FCT don plant, but di fear of crop failure dey heightened by dia experience of last year
For Benue State, awa correspondent report say farmers don begin to cultivate dia land and plant crops amid complaints of scanty rainfall
Some farmers wey don prepare dia farms before for di year tok say dem no fit start planting crops until one week ago, while odas don just begin to till dia land
One farmer for Otukpo, Ada Hyacinth, tok say di ground still too strong to cultivate bikos di rain no dey frequent
Anoda farmer, Felix Tor, for Makurdi, tok say hin just plant melon and maize for hin farm recently, even say di rain no dey consistent
Tor don express hin fear say di nature of di rainfall fit affect di well-being of di crop
Hin pray say di yield go turn out good for di end
But Vitalis Tarnongu, wey dey currently plough hin 1,000 hectares of farmland for di Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi (FUAM), posite say di manner of rainface wey dey reduce di way wey rain
Tarnongu tok say one plant breeder wey dey di university don advise am say make e wait until May 20 to begin plant hin maize bikos di nature of di rainfall since di season set for di season don start
Di state chairman of di All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Aondongu Saaku, describe farming as business wey worth taking risk on.
Saaku tok say farmers wey see am as business don already take di risk to plant dia crops bikos witout dat kind risk, dem no go reap for di end of di day
Meanwhile, Dr Teryima Iorlamen, wey be seed systems specialist for di FUAM, tok say farmers fit go ahead to plant dia root and tuber crops in line wit di NIMET rainfall programme.
Iorlamen tok say di period wey dem expect make di farmers wait awhile before dem dey do planting don go, e stress say NIMET prediction for rainfall pattern for Benue State don dey well.
We fit assure farmers now say di rains don stabilize, according to di NIMET predictions.
Anything odawise now go be dry spell
I don advise farmers say make dem check water logging capacity for dia farm so dem go plant dia crops accordingly
Rice love plenti water, so e no dey yet time to plant am
But farmers fit go into roots and tubers now, like yam, cassava, maize and melon
We believe say di rain don stabilise
Senate don mourn late Army chief, Ahmed Gulak
Di Senate, on Tuesday, hold minute silence in honour of di demise of a former presidential aide, Ahmed Gulak, wey dem gruesomely murder on Sunday for Owerri, Imo State.
Dis follow a motion by Deputy Senate President and Chairman of di Senate Constitution Review Committee, Ovie Omo-Agege, on di floor of di Red Chamber
Omo-Agege drive di attention of hin colleagues to di assassination of Gulak, who, di lawmaker tok say, dem hire hin go assist hin committee to work on di amendments wey dey solved.
Gulak don serve as consultant to di committee and e dey Owerri for di public hearing on di review of di 1999 constitution.
Even say di programme end for Thursday, Gulak stay behind and leave for Sunday
Dem kill am on hin way go di airport for Owerri wey dey route Abuja
Omo-Agege describe Gulak as detribalised Nigerian, wey give hin best to di service of di kontri
On Tuesday, di Senate tell di federal goment say make dem immortalise di late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru.
Di red chamber also observe one minute silence in honour of Lt. Gen. Attahiru, wey kpeme for plane crash near Kaduna International Airport
Dis afta di Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume raise point of order wey di Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume.
NIN/profile code: NANS don raise alarm ova disenfranchisement of students by JAMB
Di Kaduna State Chapter of di National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Tuesday tok say thousands of candidates no go take part for dis year's Joint Admission
Examination bikos of hitches for dia NIN/Profile code
Di state NANS chairman, Axiz Huziafa Bello, for one statement wey dem issue yesterday for Kaduna, hin no agree wit di JAMB
Bello call for extension of di electronic registration instead dey risk students lives to travel go JAMB headquarters for dia respective states for manual registration.
E note say di news bulletin wey dem release for Monday, May 31, 2021, wey dem title Issues wey dey surround di 2021 UTME registration: Option dey available for genuine candidates wey make a statement
E appeal to prominent Nigerians make dem prevail on di management of JAMB to desist from unleashing hardship on Nigerian students for dia noble quest for higher education
E tell di examination bodi say make dem extend di registration period and make dem postpone di exam for di interest of justice and fairness.