How dem discover corpse of missing Civil Defence officer for shallow grave
Di remains of one female officer for di Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) wey go miss 18 months ago don dey discover for one shallow grave for Obi Local goment Area for Benue State.
Until she go missing, di deceased, Josephine Cynthia Inalegwu Onche, dey serve for NSCDC post for di Otukpo area for di state
Cynthia, wey be Idoma native of Otukpo origin, kom miss am as her wedding plan dey underway
Some of her colleagues wey no wan make dia name dey mention for print, narrate say di family of di deceased don enjoy her disappearance few days to her wedding for December 2019
Dem tok say she don go market go buy som tins for her wedding preparation but neva make am go house
One of di deceased colleagues tok say plenti effort to find her no yield result until commercial motorcyclist disclose wia dem bury am
Dem tok say di cyclist don tell di family of di deceased say dem kill and bury dia daughter by her husband-to-be for ritual purpose
afta, hin (cyclist) don lead di family and security operatives go arrest di groom wey kom lead di police go Ogun State where dem arrest di native doctor wey dem allege say dey do di ritual for Obi LGA before hin relocation go south-west state
As di police for Otukpo don hold di suspected killer groom and di native doctor, di family of di late security personnel exhum her remains and dey organise burial on Tuesday, June 1st, 2021.
DSP Catherine Anene wey be tok tok pesin for Benue Police command no answer calls or react to messages wey dem send to am ova di development
ASC Ejelikwu Michael wey be di State Command Public Relations Officer of NSCDC decline comment, dey promise say hin go tok on top di mata at later date
One insider tok say di news say Cynthia corpse wey dem see na hin throw di command go mourning again
Constitutuion review; Shariah dey for south west before Christianity MURIC
Di Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) don tell di Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) say make e mind im business and make e stop to dey oppose di Muslims right to dey operate Shariah.
MURIC Director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola, tok am for her inside statement on Sunday
Dis one happun afta dem warn di PFN issue against di move by any group make dem introduce Sharia law to di South-West through di ongoing constitution review wey di Senate dey do.
PFN and oda Christian group dey fully aware say shariah dey for di South West decades before di arrival of Christianity for 1842.
dem dey practice sharia for Ede under Oba Abibu Olagunju (Habeeb, wey be Muslim name) and
di Ede Shariah Court dey operate till 1913 for Agbeni area for di town
Dem move to Agbongbon area for 1914
Dem use sharia for Iwo under Oba Momodu Lamuye (Muhammad Lamuye) wey kpeme for 1906
Even di seven Akirun wey dey Ikirun, Oba Aliyu Oyewole (died 1912), institute sharia for Ikirun for 1910.
Dis na just example of di existence and spread of sharia for Yorubaland and di Christian leaders no dey oblivious of di fact say na di British Christian colonialists wey stop Shariah for Yorubaland and impose Christian common law, Akintola tok.
E add say di PFN and oda Christians dey aware of di rising tide of Islamic awareness for di same South West and say dem dey only fear say di sleepin giant dey wake up to take back wetin belong to am.
E tok say awa christian neighbours know well say shariah na di Allah-given fundamental human right of muslims.
But dem decide dem make dem deprive us of am using unorthodox methods.
Dem believe say dem dey war wit Muslims and dem believe say evritin dey fair for war
Dem dey use both fair and foul means to dia objective
We dey call on Nigerians make dem understand di siege mentality of awa Christian neighbours.
Like evri aggressor, dem believe say attack na di best form of defence.
As di benefactors and inheritors of colonial rampage wey last more dan one century, dem dey determined to keep all di loot wey dia principal bequeathed to dem
Dem don decide dem to keep di Muslims for concentration camp wey di colonial masters dey drive dem go.
Di constitution review panel don tell Nigerians say make dem forward dia view on wetin dem want for di constitution
Each group suppose submit im need.
But instead say dem dey tell di panel wetin di Christians want, PFN don go ahead to say wetin dem no want make Muslims ask for
Na attempt to gag Muslims for South West and e no go work
E tok say di claim of religious tolerance inside South-West na sham and mantra wey dem design to keep Yoruba Muslims in perpetual slavery.
Muslims for di region dey wake up dey ask for freedom.
we demand make dem stop di use of christian school uniform, christian education, christian law
We dey demand for civil Shariah, no be criminal Shariah wey involve di cutin of hand but civil Shariah make dem regulate Muslim marriages, inheritance, family affairs
E no get anything to do wit Christians
He tok say; we go use evri peaceful and constitutional means wey dey available to reach dis objective.
Stakeholders for Edo South affirm say Obaseki be parti leader
Afta di internal crisis wey dey apun for di Edo State chapter of di Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ova who dey control di parti structure, members of di Edo South Senatorial district of di parti on Sunday pass vote of confidence on di state Governor, Godwin Obaseki and im Deputy, Philip Shaibu.
Edo South PDP tok am for one statement wey dem issue for di end of dia stakeholders meeting for Benin City, for di weekend, say Governor Obaseki na di leader for di parti for di state.
Di statement wey hin Secretary read, Wilson Evbuomwan, tok sef say di stakeholders support di harmonisation and integration of new entry members to di executive committee of di parti for di effective development of di state.
Police don catch kidnappers wey dem suspect and dey recover gun for Abuja.
Di FCT Police Command don arrest eight kidnappers wey dem suspect along Shenegu-Tunga Maje, Gwagwalada, Kabusa village and Durumi area wey dey Abuja.
ASP Maryam Yusuf wey be tok tok pesin for di command, wey tok dis for inside a statement for Abuja, yesterday, give di name of di suspects Yakubu Ahmadu, Ibrahim Mallam Musa, and Bello Haruna
She tok say di suspects be members of a syndicate wey also dey link to di kidnappin 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 for di border of di FCT and Niger State.
She tok say di suspect don provide useful information about di activity of dia syndicate
Yusuf tok say dem arrest one Nwite Jideofor wey dey stage hin own kidnapping along Durumi axis, say di suspect don confess to conniving wit hin abductors to defraud hin sister of di sum of N5 million wey hin dey ask for ransom.
She tok say di exhibits wey dem recover from all di suspect include three Dane gun, seven cutlass, one black painted Honda Accord, four mobile phones and oda items, she add say effort dey on to arrest oda members of di syndicate now at large.
She tok say dem go carry all di suspect go court afta dem finish di investigation, as she tell residents of di FCT, parents and guardians say make dem prevail dia wards to desist make dem no engage in any form of criminality.
Suarez don strike as Atletico win La Liga.
Luis Suarez goal don secure a 2-1 victory for Atletico Madrid ova Real Valladolid for Saturday wey clinch im team anoda remarkable LA Liga title.
Suarez don start di season wey hin dey cry afta dey force am comot for Barcelona but e end am wit hin 21st goal for di season wey make Atletico be di first league triumph since 2014, dis one for di expense of Real Madrid
E know say make Atletico win go guarantee dem di title even if to say wetin Real Madrid do for Villarreal house
But e neva dey comfortable, wit Valladolid wey dey shock early lead
Real Madrid too dey back for most of di afternoon but Karim Benzema kon equalise for 87th minute and Luka Modric even score a late winner for 2-1 for Valdebebas, wey make Atletico hang on for di end, as dem be one goal away from squandering am all
Wen di final whistle blow, di players run onto di pitch, Suarez underneath pile of red and white shirts, wey Europe's most nerve-wracking and unpredictable title race finally complete
Suarez zone
Na like one week ago
, coach Diego Simeone tok say na di Suarez zone
and so e prove, di Uruguayan scoring di winner against Osasuna last week to keep di title for Atletico hand and den again for di last day to put dia name for di trophy
Na only di second time for 17 years wey team wey no be Barcelona or Real Madrid don win di title, as Atleti dey claim di oda one under Simeone for 2014
Atletico enter di game since December and on di back of beating Osasuna wit two goals for di last eight minutes, a victory wey dey so dramatic e feel like e go prove decisive
But Atletico neva do anytin the easy way dis season, wit dia 10-point lead in February cut to two in May and dia position for di top of di table relying on numerous slip-ups from both Real Madrid and Barcelona.
E dey apt wey face Real Valladolid wey beat, wey be 19th for table, dem still need scrape ova di line
Plenti Atletico fans don gather for Valladolid's Plaza Mayor in di hours before kick-off to sing songs and a similar number make am outside di stadium, wia dem cordon dem off in cess-pit of nerves and anticipation.
Gulak's assassination don sparks 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 wey dey Imo state.
As attackers take shot Gulak die, wey trail am go Obiangwu village as e go Sam Mbakwe Airport, for Owerri, di Imo State Capital, as e go Abuja.
Dem do funeral prayers for di politician wey dem born for Adamour yesterday evenin for di National Mosque, Abuja, afta dem inter im remains for di Gudu Cemetry around 8 pm.
Police for Imo last night tok say dem don track down kilers wey dem suspect say be chieftain of di All Progressives Congress (APC), and dem don kill at least six of dem, afta one fierce encounter.
One statement wey di Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bala Elkana sign, tok say for 30th of May, 2021 afta di Command receive distress on di gruesome murder of Ahmed Gulak, dem deploy Police Special Forces wey make up of Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Police Mobile Force (PMF) and Tactical Units from di command go di scene for Obiagwu Junction for Ngorokpala LGA of Imo state.
Dem give di team clear instruction to identify and apprehend di perpetrators of di act wit a view of how dem go bring dem go justice.
Police intercept vehicle wey belong to di suspected kilers of Ahmed Gulak for Imo yesterday
Eyewitness account, especially di account wey di Driver of di vehicle wey convey Ahmed Gulak go Airport befor di attack, give vivid description of di assailants and di vehicle wey dem use carry out di attack
Dem tok say di attackers don use Toyota Camry 2005 model wey get Silver color; Toyota Sienna 1998 model wey get golden color;
Toyota Hilux wit white colour and Lexus RX 330 wit golden colour
(Registration numbers dey withheld for security reasons).
Afta dem don establish di identity of di attackers and di description of di vehicle wey dem use to carry out di attack, di team also get details of di direction wey di hoodlums don take.
wit further lead, di team fit establish di location of suspects
Dem round up di suspects for Afor Enyiogugu junction for Aboh-Mbaise local goment Area
Di hoodlums wia dem meet distributin onions to locals from one trailer dem don confiscate
Dem load di trailer wit Onions from di Northern region of Nigeria
As dem dey see di police, di goodlums dey provide security coverage to those wey dey share di onions don open fire for di police teams
Di Gallant and battle dey ready
Police officer dem return di fire sharply
di six hoodlums wey carry out di kilins and four oda members for dia gang dey injure seriously
Dem recover three out of di four vehicle wey dem use attack Gulak
Dem recover three AK 47 Rifles, one Pistol, five AK 47 magazine wit ninety two round of live ammunition and criminal charm
Dem identify di attackers as member of di proscibed IPOB and ESN
Di driver wey drive late Ahmed Gulak and one co- victim wey survive don identify di bodi of di IPOB/ESN members positively as dia attackers and identify di three cars wey dem recover as those wey di attackers dey use.
During di encounter, two of di police armored personnel carriers (APC) dey riddle wit bullet but dey survive di gun battle
One video clip for di afta of di attack show say Gulak for pair of Jean trousers and blue T-shirt wey dey ly for pool of hin own blood, besides di car wey dem abandon
Gulak be di chairman of di controversial Imo All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election wey produce hope Uzodinma as di parti flagbearer.
Dem tok say e dey 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 committee wey dem dey do for di city
Afta di conclusion of di committee sitting, Gulak stay back as oda members of di committee comot for di city on Friday
One source wey dey close to Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, wey chaired di public hearing for Owerri tok say dem offer di deceased to fly on Kalu private jet afta di public hearing, but e decline.
As di source tok, Kalu's team leave Owerri for di day di public hearing end but Gulak stay for hin back dey tok say hin get things to do for di city
Di source say: we comot for Owerri on di day di public hearing end and we tell am say make hin join us for awa private jet and we get security wey reach
But hin say hin get things to do for di city
Nigerians don knock FG, political actor over kilin
Nigerians for social media don dey yarn about di federal and political pipo wey dey do am for di kilin.
One commentator wey dey for facebook link of di tori wey Daily Trust publish, Ifeanyi Maduako, wen e dey describe Gulak death as distasteful, link di incident wit politics
Dis kilin dey distasteful to me
E be political and make dem unravel di pipo wey dey behind am
Di kilin go expose those wey dey behind di current insecurity for Imo state
Nah who invite am and why dem kill northerner for Imo state.
I dey very afraid wetin fate dey await innocent Imo State pipo for di coming days in di hands of security agencies wey dey kontrol northern. E write.
Anoda commentator wey dey on top di thread, Oloruntobi Micheal Omo, tok say: Di police report prove say dis kilin na politikal and na why dem call for in-depth investigation.
Police I think say I get som question wey I fit answer
For e side, Comr Umar Hassan Ahmad write, Di soul of awa innocent pipo dey important pass dis scam wey dem dey call Nigeria unity
Dis illiteracy no go dey acceptable to us, enough na we be peacemakers
but those wey dey push us go di wall say dis peacemaking no fit sustain again
I dey warn say awa retaliation go worst.
Buhari una fail us woefully, am dey urge Imo police make dem confront di culprit
Nasiru Inuwa write, A wake up call to di northern elites, dem don start wit di innocent Fulani herders and now dem turn to northern goment officials & prominent politicians
Di IPOB wey dey outlawed, inside a statement by im secretary, Emma Powerful, fault reports wey link am to di murder of Gulak, as im note say di assassination of politicians no dey part of im agenda.
We,derfore, state witout equivocation say IPOB no know anything about di assassin wey dem tok
For di first place, wetin threat make 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 at all at all
To dey point finger for IPOB for dis barbaric act na only to divert attention away from di real masterminds
Na di same way terrorist dem for security uniform commit different atrocities for South East and dey turn around to blame IPOB for dia crimes just to tarnish awa global reputation
Dis na smokescreen wey go justify dia long-awaited plan to declare anoda special military operation for di Eastern region to kill more innocent Biafrans.
Instead make security agencies investigate di incident and possible factors, dem swit to accuse IPOB of crime wey we no sabi about
Shey IPOB get di itinerary of di late Gulak to get waylaid am for airport
Di group tok say security agencies suppose first investigate Gulak's host, Hope Uzodinma, and hin political opponents make dem establish dia possible involve
those wey dey behind Gulak murder no go go unpunish
President Muhammadu Buhari tok say those wey dey behind di murder of Gulak and oda incidents across di kontri no go go go scot free.
President Buhari, inside one tok wey hin tok pesin, Garba Shehu, tok on Sunday, show outrage and disgust ova di heinous murder
Di president, wey express e sadness ova di incident, tok say: I dey repulsed by such premeditated and gruesome murder of Gulak by evil pipo wey dem wan undermine di peace, unity and territorial integrity of awa kontri.
Make I warn say nobodi or group of pipo wey dey engage for dat kind despicable act make dem expect make dem go free
We go deploy all resources wey we get to ensure say dem bring dat kind callous and criminal elements go justice.
Akeredolu wey be unacceptable as Gulak kilin
Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu describe di news of di assassin as shocking and disturbing
For one statement wey di governor sign personally, e tok say na murder of plenti pipo, dey describe di action as senseless and wicked
Di perpetrators of dis heinous act na enemies of dis kontiri.
Dis contrivance suppose mislead, confuse and destroy
E bears di unmistakable, despicable imprints of fifth columnists bent on how dem dey put di kontri on di path of conflagration.
Dem no go fit allow dis criminals to succeed
We wan use dis medium to express awa solidarity wit awa brother, Governor of Imo state, Hope Uzodinma.
We advise am and oda governors dem for di South Eastern State make dem brace up, make dem confront di current security wahala to put an end to di bloodbath for di land.
Di enemies of di pipo dey always employ weapon of fear to use create disaffection for di polity
Dem calculate dis cowardly act say e go instigate Nigerians against each oda, especially Northerners, against di Igbo wey dey live outside South East.
We need confront di enemies of di pipo wit a view wey we go use neutralise dem
true true dis no be di time for political correctness
Banditry no go fit subvert di legitimacy of di current goment for all level
We dey call on all security agencies to join bodi wit a view to unveilin di criminal elements wey dey sponsor and undertaking terrorist acts.
Dem suppose punish dem, plenti time
Fintiri mourns
Di governor of Adamour state, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri describe as shocking di gruesome murder of Gulak wey be former Speaker of di Adamour state house of assembly.
Governor fintiri tok say di death dey painful and a reflection of di wickedness of di wicked.
Governor Fintiri describe di late Gulak as witty, determined and practical politician whose rise in life na as a result 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 e dey always hold di interest of di kontri for di heart
Recalling hin interaction wit di late Gulak, Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri tok say, hin be brother and mentor, and fighter for human rights as lawyer
Madagali community don lose one true son
For one statement wey hin Chief Press Secretary, Hunwashi Wanisoukou, tok yesterday for Yola, di governor note say awa kontri don lose astute fighter for human rights
All of us remember how passionate e fight for di plights of those wey insurgency and di downtrodden displace.
ACF don condemn assassination.
Di Hausa Consultative Forum (ACF) don condemn Gulak's assassination, dey describe am as a big loss to di nation.
Di ACF tokthroughdi National Publicity Secretary, Emmanuel Yawe, tok say e dey hapi to hear news on di assasination of Ahmed Gulak wey describe am as a dynamic and progressive politician from di north.
If you like or hate am na your business
We pray make God bless am and give hin family and hin state, Adamour di strength wey go dey bear dis big loss.
Assassination part of plan to replicate 1966 coup CNG
Di Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) don describe Sunday's assasination of Ahmed Gulak, wey be prominent northern leader and former Political Adviser to former President Goodluck Jonathan as coordinated and also incessant attack on police formations for inside Nigeria's southeast as part of wider plan to replicate di coup of 1966.
Di CNG tok-tok pesin, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, tok for di statement say na di reason why di northern part of di kontri no fit dey reasonable to live wit di south east as a nation wey dey tok say di violent rascality wey di Indigenous pipo of Biafra (IPOB), di Eastern Security Network (ESN) and oda armed Igbo gang dey fund, dey fully support and embolden by Evri component of di Igbo society for house and inside di diaspora.
West Ham top-four hope wey dem dented by loss to Everton
West Ham United blow dia chance to dey apply real pressure for di race for Premier League top-four finish as dey slump to 1-0 home defeat by Everton side wey maintain dia European qualification hopes for Sunday
Dominic Calvert-Lewin 24th-minute goal proved decisive against a West Ham side wey huff and puff but neva really hit dia stride on a crucial afternoon.
Di closest West Ham kom to an equaliser was wen Vladimir Coufals shot hit di post and Jarrod Bowen no fit bundle in di rebound from point-blank range.
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo supporters don show support for am as dem dey portray am as presidential candidate wey kom next election
Osinbajo neva declare interest for presidential race, tok tok tok pesin
Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo don describe di speculations say e go contest for di 2023 presidential election as distraction.
Pipo don hear say Osinbajo dey eye di highest office wey dey di land
Inside one tok wey Laolu Akande, nah im tok, tok on im behalf on Monday, di vice-president tok say e no dey true say e don declare interest for di race.
Dey don call di attention of di Office of di Vice President to one website:
supportosinbajo.ng wey dey call on Nigerians make dem join a volunteer group wey go dey mobilize support for Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, ahead of di 2023 presidential election.
Details of dis website and di request of di group dey currently dey trend on WhatsApp wit suggestion say Prof. Osinbajo don quietlydeclared interest for di 2023 election.
Di Office of Vice President no dey connected to dis website or di group wey dey behind am and e consider dat kind enterprise as unnecessary distraction
Prof. Osinbajo neva declare any interest anywia for di 2023 election, but e dey focus on to work for hin capacity as Vice President for di current administration to address all di compelling issues for di kontri and consign of Nigerians, plus to dey find effective and lasting solutions to di security challenges.
We ask pipo make dem stop dat kin unhelpful permutation wen we all deal togeda wit di challenges wey dey face us as Nigerians, and resolve dem for di benefit of awa pipo, peace and prosperity for di land. Di statement read.
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, Iheanacho on FA Cup wit Leicester City
President of di Nigeria Football Federation (NFF)
Mr Amaju Melvin Pinnick, don send message of congratulation to Super Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi and forward Kelechi Iheanacho on di duos triumph wit Leicester City ova much-fancied Chelsea FC for Saturday
FA Cup for England
Both players don face for di encounter for Wembley and for di end dem celebrate enthusiastically wit Nigeria flag as dem join list of only seven oda Nigerian players wey don lift England most glamorous diadem
I dey hapi for Ndidi and Iheanacho
Dem don work very hard for Leicester City truout di campaign and demsef and di club deserve di honour
I believe say dis triumph go serve as major psychological boost for di two players ahead of our friendly games dis summer and FIFA World qualifiers wey go start for September.
I dey hapi to dey see di two players wey dey celebrate wit di Nigerian flag for di end of it
E dey amazing
Ndidi and Iheanacho na only di second pair of Naija pipo wey don celebrate di FA Cup win for England, afta Nwankwo Kanu and John Utaka triumph wit Portsmouth against Cardiff for 2008
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 2007
Afta di Kanu/Utaka feat for 2008, John Mikel Obi win again wit Chelsea for 2009, 2010 and 2012; Alex Iwobi win wit Arsenal for 2017 and; Victor Moses win wit Chelsea for 2018
As I dey Federal Government College, Enugu, for 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 successful warm-up for Roland Garros wen e beat Slovakian Alex Molcan 6-4, 6-3, for Saturday for di final of ATP clay tournament for Belgrade
Na dis be di second event for di city for just a month but wia dem play di Serbia Open for April for empty stadium, dem allow dem fans for dis tournament
Djokovic, wey be Belgrade native wey lose for semifinal for di Serbia Open, tournament wey hin last win for 2011.
Herder-farmer crisis for Nigeria don bikom ever dominatin topic for all news platforms for Nigeria
Endin Nigeria herder-farmer crisis: di Livestock Reform Plan
Federal and state goment for Nigeria dey struggle to implement National Livestock Transformation Plan wey go find way to stop di movement of cattle across di kontri and reduce herder-farmer conflict wey dey deadly
While di plan don earn di endorsement of plenti state goment, e dey face significant challenges
Deficient political leadership, popular misperception about im purpose, budgetary constraints wey di COVID-19 pandemic aggravated, lack of personnel wit di expertise to carry am out and widespread insecurity, all dey hinder progress.
If di plan fail as previous initiative to modernise livestock management do, herder-farmer violence fit escalate
Approved by di National Economic Council for January 2019, di plan represent di comprehensive effort to overhaul Nigeria inefficient and grossly underperforming livestock system
Di core na strategy wey dem go use curtail migrratory or open grazing, and thus, reduce di risk of conflict wey dey between herders and farmers.
E dey animated by di hope say ova 10 years, predominantly nomadic pastoralists go dey persuaded to move dia cattle into ranches and public grazing reserves, wer breedingg farms and oda mechanized livestock management practices na to Bolster di sector productivity.
As 2028, authorities dey aim to get at least 119 ranches wey dey operate for all participatin states, wey go create ova two million jobs for livestock production, processin and marketing chain.
President Muhammadu Buhari administation kom up wit di plan afta wey follow di wave of violence between herders and farmers, a surge in related violence afflicting rural dwellers in 2018.
Di federal goment, wey don committed to funding 80 per cent of di transformation proposals wey participatin states submit, don take preliminary steps toward putin di plan into practice, including to dey provide technical support wey go help states prepare for implementation, like help wit field surveys and site maping
Plenty states don reactivate di grazing reserves wey dem don demarcate before, dey open office dem and dey set up steering committee wey go dey administer di plan
Authorities don also hold workshops and dem don do oda works to explain di benefits of livestock reform to larger audience
But two years into di 10-year plan, dem neva build di first new ranch, and di obstacles plenti
Di opposition, partly among herders, predominantly from di Fulani ethnic group but also among farmers wey resent di Plan benefit to pastoralists, hinders reform efforts
Distrust dey popular for di Middle Belt, wey don dey di scene of violent disputes ova land between herders and farmers, notwitstandin peacemaking and military effort wey since 2018 don reduce di bloodshed.
Federal and state budget dey pinched, partly bikos of di pandemic economic fallout, and di kontri lack sufficient technical expertise for managing ranches and grazing reserves
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 to dey fear away potential investors
Unless dem address dis and oda problems, dem fit delay or even scuttle di Plan, wey go make di kontri dey vulnerable to escalation of herder-farmer conflict, wey fit degenerate into wide ethnic, regional and religious violence.
To take tackle dis challenges require 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 di Plan.
Dis dey especially prevalent among pastoralists, wey dem go ask make dem change one centuries-old nomadic lifestyle, and wey legitimately dey doubt di plan promise about available pature.
But plenti farmers dey fearful too, say dem fit lose land to livestock producers
Plenti for Middle Belt and Southern states dey deeply suspicious of di Plans long-term goals, wey dem see as to dey create privileges for herders, and more broadly, di Fulani
wit Abuja and oda partners support, state goment must build expertise and technical capacity, especially for managing ranches and grazing reserves, dairy production and meat processin.
Federal and state goment suppose dey up budgetary commitment, make dem rush di release of funds and make dem provide financial transparency wey go ensure say accountability, make dem work wit donors and investors as e dey necessary
To dey address rural insecurity, curbing impunity and rehabilitating communities wey previous violence affect badly for participatin states dey important
Plus, authorities go need to consider climate change wey fit impact and kom reach decision about how di transhumant herders wey cross into Nigeria seasonally should or should not benefit from di Plan
While some of dis steps go take time, di plan proponents suppose focus on delivering concrete, visible results on a relatively short-term basis.
less dan two years now, di kontri go hold general election
If di plan na to survive di change of goment wey go follow, politicians fit need to dey able to produce clear proof of its benefits (Having served two terms, President Buhari and many state governors dey ineligible to compete, meaning say change dey sure.)
ideally, by di time wey dem dey campaign go up for late 2022, di plan backers suppose dey able to point to at least a handful of newly constructed ranches or rehabilitated reserves, strong donor and investor commitments, and di first of a cadre of newly trained livestock management professionals.
E no go dey easy, but di plan dey worthy di effort
As e dey far from perfect, e dey offer important chance to reform Nigeria livestock system wit strategy wey go address di need of herders and small-scale farmers
Na like 70 per cent of Nigeria workforce dey earn income through agriculture
Modernising di livestock sector fit boost di kontri prosperity ovaall di time wey e take big step toward resolving one of Naija's dangerous conflict
As di clock don tick down to di 2023 election, federal and state authorities go need move quick to make visible mark, make di work wey dem don do to create dis moment of opportunity lost.
Dis piece na executive summary of a report on di National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) and how dem go quick implement am, wey di International Crisis Group publish
Di kind problem wey I get wit di king
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Dem dey responsible for veri high proportion of food and cash crop production
Subsistence farmers na smallholders wey dey consume di majority of dia farm output and dem dey keep back from participating more actively for commercial oriented agriculture by variety of constraints.
Energy no dey for anyone wey no dey hapi for me
Na my own / my own
Na dis bring me to di conclusion say evryone na evil
Dem don characterise dis system as complex, diverse and risk-prone
Farms dey small, wey dem dey always hold under traditional or informal tenure, and dem dey inside marginal or risk-prone environments.
Yield dey low and farmers no get di capacity to increase dia yield.
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Di emphasis now dey on agricultural productivity, production enhancement and commercialising farmin as enterprise
I sabi eveything
Akpos and hin friend dey yarn
Di yields be say make smallholder farmers dey get profit
Shey una dey kom?
Dis emerging challenges dey lead many small-scale farmers to pursue livelihood strategies wey involve lower-risk and lower-yieldin agricultural activities.
Shey u be witch?
I dey my way to sabo market to buy food stuff
make I call my Papa
As developing kontri population grow larger, richer, and more urban, di intensification of agricultural production go apun for rapidly changing agri-food value chains.
How far wetin dey up, make I dey on my way?
Dis developments dey shift di competitive advantage away from small farmers
E dey important make we find solution to di problem
E go require integrated approach to methods
Di loan sharks dey on hin neck
Dis kain thing
I dey errand from my place wey I dey work
Di water don flood di whole farm
Plenti farmers don battle for 2020
For many farmers and oda stakeholders for di agro sector, di year 2020 go remain one of di worst years for di history of Nigeria bikos e introduce new dynamics wey million small-scale farmers must contend wit.
Di agricultural sector don face plenti challenges, rang from di climate change-related issues, conflicts and di complications wey di global COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated, wey bring pain and heartbreak to farmers and agricbusiness players.
First, di covid-19 lockdown and restriction apun for di time wey dry season farmers wan harvest dia crop and wet season farmers wan start cultivation.
Many farmers no fit access dia farm while for odas to get labourers to harvest dia farm since mechanization na big challenge and harvest na manual, na di problem
Movement restriction wey dem introduce to stop di spread of di coronavirus locked-down market don scatter di rural economy.
Plenti farmers no fit sell dia produce so e fit allow dem buy seeds and fertilizer, pay labourers/tractor services
Even wen dem lift di lockdown for di agricultural sector, di price of fertilizer bikom so high dat many smallholder farmers no fit afford am
For some places, di price go up to N13,000 for 50kg bag of Indorama and Notore Urea
NPK 15-15-15 don rise reach N25,000 wen di federal goment NPK20-10 wey dey dey dey dey under di presidential fertilizer initiative, wey dem suppose sell for farmers for N5,000 no dey available for plenti places and areas wia r dey di price no rise reach N7,000 and e high pass dis for some places
For farmers for Zamfara, Katsina, Southern Kaduna, some part of Kebbi and Sokoto states, bandit activity no only deny dem access to dia farm but kom kill many for dia farm
Plenti farming communities na hin dey raze down
Dem kidnap plenti pipo for ransom
Many pipo pay plenti sum of moni or surrender plenti portion of dia harvest to di bandits.
Plenti village for dose states don bikom desolate
Di agric sector see one of di worst disaster wen floods don whip out ova 450,000 hactares of rice and maize field wey dem estimate at ova N3.5billion across Kebbi, Sokoto and Kano states
Many of di farmers wey dey affect neva dey compensate as dia livelihood don destroy.
Di flood na di worst since di 2012 disaster wey wreak havoc across most of Naija coastal cities and areas wey dey flood-prone to dey kill pipo and to dey wash farmland
Meanwhile, as di flood dey put pain for di heart of farmers wey dey North, farmers wey dey down South dey face drought
For two months, farmers dey watch dia investment for crop wither away
no disguise
Anoda subsector wey dem badly hit dis year na poultry and feeds
Di scarcity of maize from di beginnin kos price make e increase
E also force di Poultry Association of Nigeria make dem send a save our Soul appeal to di federal goment for urgent attention.
Di federal goment respond to di appeal and release 5,000 metric ton of maize from di nation strategic reserve to di farmers in addition to dey grant some of di big players license to import about 222 metric ton of maize to increase di shortfall for di feed industry.
Howeva, dis na short-term solution as barely three months later, di scarcity of soyabean hit, wey make di farmers express fear say by January 2021, di industry go shut down completely
Di scarcity result for one serious feed crisis in di industry as price don reach record high for hin history as e dey rise from N2,600 for February to about N5,000 now
Di poultry industry don lose estimated N7 million jobs wit figures wey dem project reach 10 million by January 2021 but di loss for investment wey dem estimate conservatively at about N1.5 trillion.
While di poultry farmers still dey struggle to deal wit di challenges wey marry di subsector, di crop farmers even as di challenges wey dey face di sector for di 2020 farming year, don get buyers wey dey go dia farm even before dem harvest am to make bulk purchase arrangement.
Dis na di first time wey di price of grains dey refuse to kom down for harvest time, sparking fear of looming hunger and di call for di border to dey reopened, wey go allow influx of smuggled products through di kontri's porous borders.
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3,000 youths go benefit from NALDA's farm estate wey dey Ebonyi
Di National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) don tok say di agency go engage at least 3,000 youths for Ebonyi State for di integrated farm estate wey dem propose for di state.
Di integrated farm estate go dey complete and commissioned by October dis year
Di executive secretary of di agency, Prince Paul Ikonne, wey announce am dis Tuesday, tok say dem go establish di integrated farm estate wey dem propose for 104 hectare land wey di state goment donate
Prince Ikonne, wey also dey Ebonyi State on Monday for a courtesy visit to di governor, Engr David Umahi, tok say dem go complete di integrated farm estate by October 2021.
Na dis be di mandate of Mr. President, make we reactivate farm estates wey dem abandon and develop new ones for food security.
Di Governor of Ebonyi State dey eager and in hurry for us to food security
hin dey in total support for achieving hin dreams
Ebonyi State dey committed to work wit NALDA to engage di teeming youths to full agricultural productivity
We don see say di governor don key inside Mr President agenda to food security inside di kontri.
We dey establish integrated farm estate for Ebonyi as we dey do for oda states
Di agenda go engage young Nigerians and draw dia attention to agriculture
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Niger Republic new president don blast terrorist for war crimes
Niger Republic newly-elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, hit out terrorist groups whose barbarity don pass evri limit afta im don carry di helm Friday of a kontri struggle wit two jihadist insurgency.
Dis groups dey carry out large scale massacres of innocent civilians, and as dem dey do am, dey commit real war crimes, Bazoum tok.
Di leaders of dis group kom from oda kontri, e tok, e add dat dem dey attack Niger witout any kos.
No terrorist leader don eva formule any grievance against awa state, e tok.
Dem elect Bazoum, wey be 61 for two round vote for December and February
E be right-hand man to Mahamadou Issoufou, wey be 68 years, wey don step down afta two five years.
Hin inauguration celebrate di first handover wey dey between elected leaders for Niger 60-year post-independence history, but jihadist attack and alleged attempt coup don overshadow ceremonies
Insurgents wey dey link to Al-Qaeda or di Islamic State (IS) dey hit Niger, crossin from Mali and Burkina Faso for di west, and Boko Haram, crossin from Nigeria for di southeast.
More dan 300 pipo na hin dey kil for three attack for di west since wey di year start
For di most recent of dis, dem massacre 141 members of di Tuareg community on March 21 for Tahoua, a big desert region wey dey about Mali.
Bazoum tok say Niger diplomatic effort under him presidency go dey center on Mali
Di current situation for Mali get direct impact on domestic security for awa kontri, e tok.
Bazoum tok say dem base insurgents wey get link wit IS for Menaka and Gao, for eastern and central Mali respectively.
To dey fight dem go dey very difficult so tey di Malian state no dey exercise full sovereignty ova dis regions, e tok.
In di early hours of Wednesday, afta gunfire break out near di presidency for di capital of Niamey, di government announce say dem don thwart a attempted coup.
Dem 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 hin history, most recently one February 2010 putsch wey toppone before president Mamadou Tandja
Google don threaten Australia say e go witdraw
Google don threaten to remove im search engine from Australia ova di nation's attempt to make di tech giant share royalties wit news publishers.
Australia dey introduce one world first law wey go make Google, Facebook and potentially oda tech company dem dey pay media outlets for dia news content
But di US firms don fight back, warning di law go make dem witdraw some of dia service
Australian PM Scott Morrison tok say lawmaker no go surrender to threats.
Even say Australia far from Google's largest market, di news code wey dem propose na global test case for how governments fit seek to regulate big tech firms.
Australia's code go tie Google and Facebook to mediated negotiations wit publishers ova di value of news content, if no agreement fit reach first
Mel Silva wey be di Google Australia managing Director tok for one senate hearing on Friday say di law dey unworkable
She tok say if dis version of di code be say dem go turn law, e no go give us real choice but make we stop to dey make Google search available for Australia.
But lawmaker dem challenge am, dey accuse Google of blackmail and bullying Australia say e dey raise di reform
E go waka go worldwide
Shey you go pull out of evri market be you?
Senator Rex Patrick ask am say nah dis na about stop di precedence?
Silver respond say di code be untenable risk for awa Australian operations.
Morrison tok say hin goment still dey committed to progressin di law through parliament dis year
Make I dey clear: Australia dey make awa rule for thin wey you fit do for Australia
Na for awa parliament dem do dat one, e tell journalist dem on Friday
Why Australia dey push dis law?
Google na di dominant search engine for Australia and goment don describe am as a near-essential utility wit small market competition
Di goment don argue say bikos di tech platform dey gain customer from pipo wey wan read di news, di tech giants suppose pay news room a fair amount for dia journalism.
Also, e don argue say dem need di financial support for di news industry bikos say strong media dey important for democracy.
Accordin to di goment, Australian print media don see a 75% decline for public revenue since 2005.
Di threat wey Google threaten to remove im entire search product na e dey severe yet.
Accordin to lawmaker dem, news account na for just 12.5% of search wey Google dey for Australia
Poultry farmers dey 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 and soya meals
Odunsi tok say di importation go save di poultry industry make e no fall yakata.
Hin tok say di urgent importation of animal feed grade of maize go sustain di 50million layers, 100million broilers, 1million breeders and oda classes of poultry until di next harvest season.
Im also encourage di goverment, inside di interim, make dem enforce a ban on export of soya, seed and processed soya bean meal.
E encourage governors for di region to put plenty effort to di cultivation of maize as dem don do wit rice
Odunsi emphasize on top di need to make strong collaboration among maize farmers for Nigeria, soya bean farmers and odas.
E tok say acute scarcity and astronomical price for soya beans and maize go threaten additional five million poultry jobs for di short term if di goverment no intervene.
Today, dem dey sell maize for N210, 000/MT for most states of South-West, soya meal N240, 000/MT.
Sake of di importance of dis two items, di price of poultry feed don dey increase from N2750 go N3000 for April N2020 go N4850 go N5300 now.
For December, most farmers no fit sell dia broilers bikos say di cost of production dey high pass wetin an average Nigerian fit afford
Right now, egg dey go out of di reach of an average family wit ideal price at N1, 300.
We really need goment intervention to save di current 10million jobs wey dey poultry value chain of awa economy
hin tok say
Dem don suspend pro-Buhari rep from APC
Di All Progressives Congress (APC) don suspend one member of di House of Representatives wey dey represent Kazaure Federal Konstituency for Jigawa State, Muhammad Gudaji Danbaffa for six months.
Dem don find seven members investigative panel wey go probe di allegation of insubordination against di lawmaker and make hin recommendation within 10 days.
Na Hamza Dand head di committee wit Sanusi Kazaure as Secretary
For di letter wey suspend di lawmaker, di local goment chairman of di parti, Hassan Lawal, claim say di decision to suspend Gudaji na hin Kazaure Yamma ward initiate and endorsed by di local goment chapter of di parti
Awa tori pipo report say dem accuse di lawmaker say e dey criticise di governor say e subvert di pipo go in di choice of candidates for di chairmanship and councillorship in di recently conducted party primaries in di state.
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 be eighth for di world, beat di 572nd rank Pigato, wey make 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 trends for di public domain, wit Southern governors dem wey dey slamm ban on am for dia meeting for Asaba, di president, Farmers Empowerment Association for Nigeria (FEAN) and Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) North-Central Forum for FCT, Honourable Obaje David, dey examines how di North-Central governors dem fit respond to di ban.
Recently, di Southern state governors dem meet for Asaba, Delta State, and dem ban open grazing to stem farmers-herders crisis and oda form of criminalities
wetin dey una take on di heated controversy wey dis decision generate
Na everibodi get right to action and opinion.
But di thing wey important pass be say once you take your action, you suppose dey aware of di consequences
Make una dey able to consider di advantage and disadvantage
I no be one of dose wey tok say e good or bad
As Nigerian, you get di right and freedom to live anywia for di kontri in good faith and enjoy di freedom of association.
On dis basis, I no go tok say e good thin
But as a leader for di North Central, I go say e dey good, especially for di North Central Zone, bikos of di potential economic benefits wey dey for us and di nation
Di ban be advantage for us
We need tap into am and see how we fit make am a real venture and make moni from am
Luckily for us, we get landmass wey dey enough to accommodate di herders, no matter di number wey fit troop from di South to di North Central
wetin be una position for open grazing
I no be one of di propagator of open grazing
I believe more for ranching, wey I dey practice as a pesin.
I believe say if we take ranching, e go work out for us
Di North Central Governors suppose accommodate di national programme for ranching.
Dis kind move fit make di North Central cattle hub wia pipo fit always get access to cattle and all di allied products.
And den e go 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 herder dey pose no be bikos dem no wan adopt ranching
Di problem be say dem no dey educate on e advantage
Dem get nomadic culture
As a result, dem go need dey well educated to embrace ranching.
We fit adopt di Kenya method, wia all di family get ranches and una no see open grazing despite di large number of di cattle wey dem get
But na wetin di southern governors dey make case for be dat?
Di governors no dey categorical for hia.
Dem no dey call for ranching and for di federal goment make dem kom inside
Wetin dem dey tok simply be say di herder dem don turn problem to us and make dem go away
Dem tok say make di herder dem apply for land wey dem claim say herding na private business
But don dey tell dia indegenes say make dem apply for land like di herder dem
As one of dose wey dey involve in youth empowerment programmes, especially in di agricultural sector and e value chains, why some goment policy dey fail to realise dia objectives and wetin dey di way out?
Firstly, no administation wey don dey able to touch di lives of individuals like President Muhammadu Buhari administration whereby you fit conveniently sit for your house kom apply for facilities and you go get dem
Di target credit facility sef dey wey dem dey call Covid-19 loan
plenti Naija pipo don get di loan for hundreds of thousands of naira from di comfort of dia house witout even going to office
Also, wit SMEs wey dem dey expand like di Bank of Industry (BOI), Bank of Agriculture (BOA) and odas
Di challenge be say we get two sides of those wey go believe in you and those wey go criticise you.
So, for dos wey no believe in Buhari administration, nothing dey beneficial
But for us wey believe in Buhari, we dey benefit and we thank God for am.
kidnapper dem kil driver, and kidnap 13 for Nasarawa
kidnapper dem don shoot one driver, Adamu Usman, and dem don con 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 on hin abdomen kpeme at about 9pm for di University of Abuja Teaching Hospital wey dey Gwagwalada wia hin and one oda driver, Attahiru Abukwo, wey dem shot also, dey receive treatment
One driver wey escape di attack, Ibrahim Saidu, tok say di incident apun for around 5pm on Tuesday wen di kidnappers for dia large number, wey dey drive AK-47 rifles, emerge from di bush to lay ambush for four cars wey kom from Ugya village.
Accordin to am, di kidnapper dem lay ambush and dey open fire on top di vehicle wey dey convey passengers from Ugya to Abaji
Hin tok say di kidnapper dem immediately surround di vehicle afta di driver lose control and skidded to a halt for di bush
Dem carry 13 passengers and one middle-aged woman kom inside bush wit gunpoint.
in fact, I dey drive for di four vehicle wey dey front of me, but na God save me wen I stop for one of di village to pick a passenger
as I dey kom, I hear gunshots and I make U-turn immediately
Di Ohimegye of Opanda-Umaisha, His Royal Majesty (HRM), Usman Abdullahi, tok say som remnants of bandit wey dey inside forest along di axis don dey responsible for di kidnappin of travelers, residents and farmers wey dey di area.
Som remnants of dis bandits still dey terrorise awa pipo along dis axis, so I dey appeal to di state goment make dem collaborate wit di federal goment make dem see how dem fit flush di bandits completely, e tok.
As dem contact di tok tok pesin for di Nasarawa state police command, ASP Ramhan Nansel, tok say dem neva brief am for di latest kidnappin incident, e kom add say e go reach di Divisional Police Officer (DPO) for Toto Local goment make dem find detail about am and kom back to awa tori-pesin.
Dem arrest one man wey he tok say he dey drive against traffic for Lagos
Di Lagos State Police Command don confirm di arrest of one Victor Ebhomenyen wey dem tok say e dey drive against traffic for Four Point Hotel, wey dey Oniru for Lagos State
Dem allege Ebhomenyen say hin don also attack and kos severe bodily injury for ASP Erhator Sunday for Four Point Hotel, Oniru, Lagos
Dis dey contain inside a statement wey di Lagos Police Command tok-tok pesin, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi sign
Hin tok say di command consider say e dey necessary to react and set di record straight regarding
di incident wey dem capture for one video wey viral for social media on Saturday April 17
He tok say two men attack ASP Erhator on Sunday, one officer wey dey on duty, and he create scene on di road for Oniru, Victoria Island, Lagos State.
Adejobi tok say di prime suspect, Victor, dey custody for di state criminal investigation department Panti, for investigation and prosecution as and wen due
Hin add say di command dey make effort to arrest hin accomplice wey run, Etinosa
Gbajabiamila welkom Ayade's defection as PDP dey urge dia members make dem stay united
Di Speaker of di House of Assembly, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, don express joy ova di defection of di Governor of Cross River State, Prof. Ben Ayade, to di All Progressives Congress (APC), say di parti dey open to all.
Gbajabiamila tok for Thursday by im Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Lanre Lasisi, say Ayade's action don show say APC go be di party wey go beat for di kontri.
Di Speaker tok say di Cross River State governor don take di right decision and e show good example for odas to follow.
E tok say di ruling parti dey open to all, dey kom call on well-meaning Nigerians make dem join di APC to move di kontri forward
Di Speaker note say APC go continue to dey just and fair for all im members.
Meanwhile, di Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as dem react to Ayade defection, tell dia members for Cross River State say make dem stay united.
As di tok tok pesin for di parti, Kola Ologbondiyan tok, awa parti dey call on all important stakeholders and teeming members for awa parti for Cross Rivers State make dem immediately pull togeda and make dem ensure say all structure for awa parti for di state go remain intact
Di PDP wish Governor Ayade well for hin new political sojourn as well as for hin future endeavours
Passage of forensic bill by National Assembly: hin relevance to Buhari's fight against corruption
Di National Assembly of di Federal Republic of Nigeria on Wednesday 19th
May 2021 for House of Representatives and Tuesday 2nd
March 2021 for di Senate wey make history as dem pass to law, di Chartered Institute of Forensic and Investigative Professionals of Nigeria Bill, 2021 (SB.615 and HB).
791), 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 go target at strengthening and re-invigoratin national frontiers in di fight against fraud, corruption and cybercrimes, wey don eaten deep inside di fabric of awa nation.
wit di passage of dis Bill, di 9th Assembly wey dey under di distinguished and able leadership of His Excellency, Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, PhD, CON and Rt Hon Femi Gbajabiala don show clearly, hin ardent resolve to carry out hin legislative function in line wit di provision of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, as amended.
And dis sef attest to di fact say di National Assembly dey alive to di performance of im complementary role(s) wit oda arms of goment in di fight against corruption.
E dey wit great joy and deep sense of gratitude say I write dis, wey dem put togeda as platform wey go help us let Nigerians and indeed di whole world know wetin di Chartered Institute of Forensic and Investigative Professionals of Nigeria dey all about and di unique concept wey we dey bring on top board so we go fit complement national efforts for hin quest to ride di kontri of corruption, fraud and Cyber-Crimes and oda crimes wey dey related
Afta di senate don pass dis Bill, and bikos of di fact say we dey operate bi-cameral Legislature, di House of Assembly wey dey ready and resilient, as e dey under His Excellency, Rt.
Femi Gbajabiamila, di hon
Speaker follow suit and pass di Bill for Wednesday 19th of May, 2021.
As u fit know, di Bill wey wan establish di Chartered Institute of Forensic and Investigative Professionals of Nigeria (CIFIPN) don dey be one of di bill wey dem dey attack and attack pass for recent time for di National Assembly.
Na only di attack kom from pipo wey suppose be partner in progress for di fight against endemic corruption for Nigeria, but dem don rather designate demsef as enemies of di general good
Good na good e no get substitute so e dey bad
No mata how long e take, good dey always prevail ova bad just as di superiority of light ova darkness dey constant and unquestionable
E dey important make we get glimpse of how evritin apun for di National Assembly
Di Chartered Institute of Forensic and Investigative Professionals of Nigeria (Est) Bill 2021 (CIFIPN) na hin dey first pass to law by di 9th Senate on di 2nd day of March, 2021 afta dem don undergone di rigour of legislative processes of 1st Reading, 2nd Reading and eventually for 3rd Reading on di 2nd of March, 2021 di bill na hin dey unanimously pass to law by di Nigerian Senate afta im don consider wetin dey urgent for dis noble legislation, of course dis no dey without series of thunderbolts from detractors wey no go stop for any length to see say any legislation wey go dey helpful for assist Buhari administration to fight corruption no see di light of di day but di senate wey dey stand and wey dey see am through di firm.
E dey very important make di public know say (CIFIPN) no be just noble bodi but novel one for Nigeria wey dem dey target to dey bridge di gap wey don dey long dey exist for di forensics space
Today, di journey to get standard bodi wey go regulate di practice of forensics for Nigeria dey on top and Nigerians must rise to challenge di few anti-goment bodies wey go wan sabotage dis step.
Di passage of dis Bill by di National Assembly, no be lie, na clear demonstration of hin patriotic zeal and di nid to strengthen all national effort wey dey towards di fight against corruption, wey don hinder development for evri aspect of awa national lives
Dis legislative bold step, wey di two Chambers of di National Assembly take, dey quite historic and symbolic, e kom for time wey Nigeria dey in dire need of legislation(s)
wey 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 enter 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 global reality wey dey emerge and e dey ready to enact legislation wey go meet di yearnings and aspirations of Nigerians
E dey apposite to also state say di journey, wey culminate inside di passage of dis Bill, start for di 8th National Assembly whereby, awa Bill na hin dey sponsor by Distinguished Senator Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, Ph.D, CON, wey be di current President of Senate wen hin be Senate Leader, bikos of hin strategic importance to di anti-corruption drive of dis administration.
for di benefit of hindsight, wen dey introduce awa Bill for di two Chambers during di 8th National Assembly, all-inclusive public hearings dey conduct by di relevant Committees of di respective Chambers
Afta, wit di opposition from stakeholders wey dey di minority, wey di Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) lead, di National Assembly pass di Bill, bikos of how e dey significant, and di part wey e go play for di fight against corruption.
Afta, dem forward di Bill to Mr President for Presidential Assent, wey dem neva give before di Dissolution of di 8th National Assembly for June, 2019
E dey on top di strength of dis, say dem re-introduced di Bill for dis 9th National Assembly and dis time around, na hin dey sponsor by Distinguished Senator Abdullahi A. Yahaya wey be di current Leader of di Senate, bikos of di importance wey dey attached to am
We dey constrain to make dis clarification so we go fit clear di air on di cheap propaganda wey awa detractors dey propel say awa Bill na hin di 8th National Assembly reject
Worthy of mention be di fact say awa Bill don dey mistake for similar Bills, wey dem recently introduce for both di senate and di House of Representatives Chamber
Dis Bills, upon awa close scrutiny, we discover say dem merely duplication of di intent and purport of awa Bill
We suppose emphasize say no one of dis Bill dem wey we introduce for di 8th National Assembly, except awa Bill
For dat kind, we be di first wey eva kom up wit Bill of dis magnitude(Forensic)
afta we don see di urgent need to establish dat kind great institute
We take di decision to establish di Institute afta wey we don study how di Institute dey operate for oda jurisdiction and how dey don help for crime detection, investigation and prosecution.
E dey instructive to note say awa Institute don dey so tey 2009
And ova di years, we don train professional for di field of forensic science and technology, wey go dey target inculcatin di requisite skil and acumen for di pragmatic areas of forensic investigation and management, make dem wit:
forensic analysis to eliminate material misstatement, weda e kos by error or fraud; voice recognition analysis; fingerprint/signature analysis; digital forensic and cyber security; crime scene investigation; global anti-corruption compliance and enforcement; litigation support, forensic investigation capacities, forensic report preparation, fraud risk management, corporate fraud analysis, fraud prevention, detection and investigation, etc.
Una go agree wit me say for today's world, di conventional way wey dem dey use investigate crimes, wit a view wey dem go use fight am don turn obsolete
For us as a nation to do somethin meaningful for dis regard, e dey paramount say we align awasef wit di global trend and upcoming innovations, wey go dey target fight corruption
E dey in line wit dis reasoning say dem conceive di idea to establish dis Institute wit good structure laudable objective wey dey relevant to di anti-corruption drive of dis administration
Time no go allow me highlight all di objective of di Bill for here
Howeva, I wish to crave your indulgence to highlight some of di objective of di Bill, for di purpose of dis address, as followin:
To establish Chartered Institute of Forensic and Investigative Professional for Nigeria so e go fit develop and train Professional for dis specialized field, through systemic and professional examination and certification wey go enhance di acquisition of di requisite skills for di use of science and technology for fraud detection, investigation and prevention;
To provide platform for trainin and re-trainin of intending professionals in di use of Forensic Science and technological tools and techniques in di investigation of fraud for both public and private sectors of awa economy, in line wit international best practices;
To promote high professional standard, ethics and etiquettes amongst practitioners for di farm, in a bid to stem fraudulent and corruption practices, and also develop a mechanism for fraud prevention, as proactive measure against corruption generally;
To fill di huge vacuum wey dey exist for awa archaic and conventional system of investigation wit di introduction of a unique operation of forensic science wey go help di kontri no expire im scarce foreign exchange to hire foreign expatriates to do forensic investigations for Nigeria;
To develop broad-based mechanism and training programmes wey cut across all di strata of awa investigation architecture, wey involve professionals like Lawyer, Criminologist, Security Experts, Judicial Officers, Court Registrars, and Economist
E go enhance effective and efficient disposition of cases in line wit global best practices; and
To enhance Nigeria anti-fraud mechanism,throughdia provision of legal framework for di professional development and discipline of forensic and investigative professionals for Nigeria, among odas
from di foregoin, e dey apparent say di role of dis Institute dey quite strategic and important
E dey relevant to tok again say forensic science na very wide and all-encompassing field, wey require effective and efficient regulation for di attainment and sustainability of high level professionalism and ethical standard dem.
Di wide spectrum of di scope and focus point of di Institute, include but e no dey limited to forensic toxicology; forensic investigation; forensic auditing; digital forensics and cybercrimes, forensic autopsy; forensic law; forensic accounting; forensic nursin; forensic pathology; forensic engineering; forensic psychology; forensic DNA analysis; forensic anthropology; forensic linguistics; forensic deontology; forensic dentistry; forensic archeology; forensic graphology, forensic entomology, like dat like dat
Accordingly, you go agree wit me say awa Institute dey bring on board one unique concept of crime detection and investigation in conformity wit international best practices
Dis concept dey far pass to dey reason those wey dia myopic view about di purports of awa Bill don becloud dia senses of reasoning, due to narrow-mindedness and inordinate desire to monopolise a system, wey dey outside dia jurisdiction and scope of operations.
On a lighter 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 consign for all well-meaning Nigerians.
Wen dem introduce di Chartered Institute of Forensic and Investigative Professionals of Nigeria Bill for di 8th National Assembly, di Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) kom out strongly to oppose hin passage bikos as dem believe say na unnecessary duplication of function dem wey dia Institute already dey undertaken.
Howeva, as dem re-introduction of awa Bill for dis 9th National Assembly, and as dem don see di legislative support wey dey overwhelm and dey accelerate, awa Bill don receive from di two Chambers, ICAN don know say forensic science na one unique field of practice, and as we dey tok, dem don introduce one similar Bill wey dey currently before House of Assembly, as dem don fail woefully for dia attempts to stop di passage of awa Bill.
One pesin fit ask, wetin don change between now and di past, wia ICAN get di view say institute wey no suppose dey except dia own to regulate di practice of forensic science?
your answer dey good as me
I wish tell you say di Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN) no kom from dis funny theatrical episode
Like dia ICAN colleague, dem don also introduce Bill for di House of Representatives wit di nomenclature di Chartered Institute of Forensic and Certified Fraud Examiners of Nigeria Bill, wey ANAN initiate and dey promote
I decide to bring out all diz facts so Nigerians and even di international community go understand di extent wey some pipo fit go so dem go fit dia aims
Howeva, we no dey perturbe by dis developments bikos we believe in di credibility and ability of di National Assembly and indeed di Presidency to do wetin dey right and not to allow demsef manipulate in any way, by dis unnecessary distractions, so as not to make mockery of di entire thin.
Di practical and antagonist wey we know for dis Bill don remain ICAN for reason wey dey bikom evident
Dem engage several bystanders into writing frivolous petitions some even targeted at di leadership of di senate wit a tone of blackmail
Afta he don fail woefully for senate, di antagonists shift dia attention go House of Representatives wit di same bystanders wey dey write all manner of publication.
Still again, dem fail
Ordinary by legislative procedure, a bill wey di Senate pass go only require concurrence by di House safe for wia observation dey
But for di case of CIFIPN Bill, di antagonist fight di passage of di bill until truth prevail and for 19th of May, 2021 di Bill wey go establish di Chartered Institute of Forensic and Investigative Professionals of Nigeria for Effective Regulation, Registration of Members and Determination of wetin Standard Knowledge and Skills to be Attained by Persins wey wan becom Registered Members and Qualify to Practice as Forensic and Investigative Professionals; and for Related Matters (HB. 791) wey House of Representative passed into law.
ICAN don register im Bill for di House of Repesentative wey dem call (REPEALING AND RE-ENACTMENT OF ICANS 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 forensic for Nigeria, and violation of dis section go lead such a person to some year imprisonment.
Dis sound strange for a kontri wey full of enlightened pipo
My joy be say Nigeria no be Banana Republic
no mata di level of corruption wey dey der
House of Representatives don already challenge us di passage of di bill
We suppose note say, awa challenge di bill no dey borne out of malice or ill will, but bikos we dey sure say di purpose of dis bill na to halt presidential assent under di guise of existence of similar legislation.
We no go allow awaselves and Nigerians say dia antics dey deceive
You go remember how ICAN strongly oppose dis enactment of CIFIPN and for one of its sponsored publications by di Association of Professional Bodies of Nigeria wey Engr.(Chief)
Olumuyiwa Alade for 24th of May, 2019 don make frantic effort to say ICAN under im law wey dey enable dey empowered to dey practice Forensics and therefore for CIFIPN Bill to dey passed e go amount to duplication of laws, today ICAN dey present im ACT to dey repeal and re-enacted wit di inclusion of Forensics in di new law.
Di question na, wetin don change?
Di same law wey ICAN don always tell di public say e get forensics dey seek for hin re-enactment
As e dey always be, while we no dey oppose any group wey dey propose make dem include forensics for hin laws, we dey howeva concerned dat bodi no go try to perpetuate hinsef
ICAN and dia cohorts don realise dia inability to stop di passage of CIFIPN
So dem wan get bodi for inside demsef
Wetin dem dey fear na check and balance, dem no go want anoda professional bodi investigate dia activities bikos dem know wetin dem dey do to di economy of dis nation.
how dey wan be Judge for dia own case
E sound strange
On dis note, we dey call di National Assembly make dem dey aware of di antics of dis groups, dem no fit dey tok from both of dia mouth and dey expect make di National Assembly dey cajoled.
We wan appreciate di doggedness of di 9th Assembly yet again in ensuring say di Bill don pass, di Nigerian pipo are more dan ever before convinced of di readiness of dis administration to fight corruption through evri possible means and go at all time encourage legislation wey dey aim to dis goal.
We dey confident say His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari no go hesitate in assenting to dis Bill if e reach hin desk
We dey call on all Nigerians make dem kom and be part of di Forensics Profession.
Di profession dey open for all professional dem for different field of endeavours
One training arm for di institute go guide you and equip you badly
I wish thank you all and make you repeat awa resolve and commitment to uphold ethical standard in line wit global best practices, in rendering awa professional services and trainings wey go bring about innovative ways to fight corruption and financial crimes, generally
I wish say I go appeal to all stakeholders and well-meaning Nigerians say make dem support dis noble course and make dem implore make we all make we do frantic effort so dat collectively, we go fit surmount di threat of corruption, di plethora of security challenges, across di kontri and oda associated crises.
Dr (Mrs) Enape Victoria Ayishetu, PhD, Pro-tem President, (CIFIPN) www.cifipn.org
Air Peace don conduct test flights wit new E195-E2 aircraft
Air Peace don start test flights 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 acquire to deepen its route expansion
One tok tok pesin for di airline, Stanley Olisa, tell di newsmen for Friday say one of di aircraft na hin dey fly empty from Lagos to Owerri, Abuja, and Port Harcourt for familiarisation for Thursday
Olisa hint say test flights to oda destinations go continue, she add say in no time, di plane go start flights wey dem plan, and dem go offer a superior travel experience to customers.
hin tok say
di third brand new E195-E2 aircraft go kom in very soon, dey tok say airline fleet expansion dey drive by di commitment to satisfy di air travel need of Nigerians
Di operation of test flights by aircraft wey dem just acquis na regulatory requirement wey dem must meet before dem deploy di aircraft for regular operations wey dem plan.
We go rememba say Air Peace carry delivery of di two brand new Ultramodern 124 seat capacity Embraer 195-E2 aircraft for January and March dis year, wit 11 more slated for delivery
Tela Maize harvest don show potential for 8 tons per hectare
Last Tuesday, di Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR), Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, invite relevant stakeholders, including journalist dem, make dem witness third harvest of di Tela Maize variety Confined Field Trials (CFT) under im Tela Maize Research Project wey Africa Agricultural Technology Foundation funded.
Di maize variety kom from di name TELA from di Latin word TUTELA wey mean say dem dey protect
Di maize variety dey bred wit protection against insect pests and draught.
Di Principal Investigator, Professor Rabiu Adamu and oda scientists wey conduct journalist round di harvest, tok say di idea of di research work na to produce maize variety wey dey resistant or wey dey highly protected against two major insect pest: stalk (stem) borers and Fall Army Worm and additional protection against moderate draught.
All dis na about to dey produce crop wey get high yield under stressed condition; di stresses na Fall Army Warm and stem borers, wey be major constraints to maize production.
If we no control am, e fit kos say 80 percent yield don lose; and draught if you no manage moisture (rain) deficit 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 durin di rainy season, we conduct anoda one from June to November
Na di third trial wey dey apun for November to April be dis
Na wetin we dey try showcase be dis, di Principal researcher tok.
As di three CFT trial dey successful, researchers go need test and validate dem from di farmers field to show say wetin dem record from dia own research station dey perform well for di farmers fields for wide range of locations ova wide ecological condition, beginning from 2021 rainy season.
By di end of 2022, if all thins work fine, Nigerian farmers go dey expect say diz hybrid go dey wit dem
Dr Muhyideen Ayekunle, wey be maize breeder for under di project, tok say from di last two trials wey dem do, di transgenic variety record yield advantage of 17 percent ova non-BT even though e dey infestation wey plenti.
Di variety wey dey under trial na hin dey infest three times unlike di ones wey dey before make dem 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
Afta, we go analyse di data and prepare document wey go get approval for environmental release
We go submit di dossiers to di National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) and dem go review am.
Once wey we get approval say dis products, we fit kom out of di confinement
and den we fit get national performing trial
Di Director General/CEO of di National Biotechnology Development Agency (NBDA), Professor Abdullahi Mustapha, for di event, call on di scientists to continue to dey find abiotic and biotic solution to di challenges wey farmers dey face for di kontri.
He tok say; We don test technologies wey dey capable to provide solution to problems wey farmers face, make we take advantage of am and move forward.
Dr Rose Maxwell Gidado, di kontri Coordinator OFAB Nigeria, tok say di impact dey go to be plenti
Farmers go get yield increase of 17 percent and you know say farming dey all about productivity and harvestable yield
Once you don yield, of kos you go get bumper harvest and profit
She tok say by di time wey dis maize variety dey ready to get to di farmers, e go increase dia livelihood, moni and den di price of maize go kom down
Manchester United dey fight back for win for Aston Villa
Manchester United fight back to beat Aston Villa 3-1 away for Premier League on Sunday as Bruno Fernandes, Mason Greenwood and Edinson Cavani score for di second half to put on to hold di title celebrations of champions-elect Manchester City.
Di result kom leave United second on 70 points for 34 games, 10 for behind City wey don play game more and e miss chance to secure di title for Saturday afta dem suffer 2-1 home defeat by Chelsea
Bertrand Traore fire Villa ahead for di 24th minute wit a brilliant strike into di top corner from 15 meters afta some sloppy defending by di visitor, wey leave di ball away several times deep inside dia own half.
Fernandes equalise wit a 52nd-minute penalty, sending Villa goalkeeper Emiliano Martinez di wrong way wit a coolly wey dem take spot-kick afta a series of clumsy challenges by Douglas Luiz send Paul Pogba tumbling over.
Greenwood turn di match on its head four minutes later wit a neat shot on the turn from inside the penalty area after he shook off Villa centre back Tyrone Mings.
Substitute Edinson Cavani seal United victory wit a glancing 87th-minute header
Afta Daily Trust Tori, NCC ban sale, use of mobile phone boost
Di Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) don ban di sale and use of GSM network boosters (for mobile connectivity) especially by banks, residents, goment agencies, and odas to improve telecommunications services.
Di commission give 14-days pre-Enforcement Notice for Tuesday, wey di Director Public Affairs, Ikechukwu Adinde sign
E tok say di warning dey effective from Tuesday and on di deadline expire, NCC tok say e go start enforcement action against defaulters.
Dis dey kom less dan one month afta Daily Trust on April 24, 2021 report say business owners for di Sabon Gari market for Kano and oda business area say dem dey buy boost to improve di reception of di poor telecommunication network for dia area.
Some of di trader dem tok say di reception dey poor as di telecommunications service provider dem no dey do much to improve services in spite of di gain wey dem make from such places.
According to wetin dem tok, more trader dem and dia customer dey engage for digital and online financial transactions (data-based cashless services) and oda telecommunication-based services while dem dey face poor call/data services.
NCC tok for di notice say, di sale, installation and usage of GSM boost dey illegal.
For di notice, NCC tok say e dey only exercise im mandate to ensure di protection of consumers, to ensure good quality of service and maintenance of technical standards of communication equipment, and in accordance wit di provisions of Section 131 (1) of di Nigerian Communications Act (NCA) 2003.
Dis kind act fit lead to monetary sanction and/or imprisonment, or both (fine and imprisonment) as well as di confiscation of any equipment wey dem dey use for di illegal enhancement of network coverage.
LG polls: Protests ova di imposition of APC candidates
Some members of di All Progressives Congress (APC) for Ogun State don stage a protest against di parti's adoption of consensus candidature for some local goment area wey dey ahead of di July 24, local goment election for di state.
Di top echelon of di parti don announce say di parti go adopt consensus candidates for some local goment area while dem go conduct direct or indirect primary polls for di emergence of candidates for some.
Di protesters wey enta di secretariat of di Nigeria Union of Jornalists (NUJ), Ogun State, accuse some leaders of di APC for Abeokuta South LGA say dem dey impose chairmanship candidate on dem.
Dem carry placards wit various inscriptions like We say no to moni bag
for Abeokuta South and
Make parti members pick who dem want, kom 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 e intervene for di matter to save democracy from jeopardy.
Between DSS and regional separatist
DSS don repeat warning to pipo and groups wey dia utterance and activity persistently constitute provocative disruption of di ethno-religious environment and dey threaten harmious co-existence of di majority common folks of dis kontri, dem begin dey sound monotonous and unconvincing until guilty conscience force di prime suspects out of dia deceptive demeanour.
Lingerin question about who or which persins and groups di security agency wey dem dey refer dey vapourized promptly for di heated rhetorical outbursts of di nation's prominent geo-ethnic agitators
Afenifere, Hausa Consultative Forum (ACF), Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Northern Elders Forum (NEF) and Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF).
Den start wetin be say true dis na di persins and groups wey don continue to dey use incitin, unguard and divisive statements, and acts to pit citizens against each oda so dem go fit inflame di embers of tribal and religious discord, as di DSS charge for one of im warnings.
Interestingly, no one of dis prime suspect for di exploitation of some fault lines to kos ethno-religious violence for some part of di kontri fit categorically distance hinsef from di dangerous and subversive activities wey di security agency see.
Dem don chore common conviction say di DSS know those wey dey responsible, different only for di respective direction of dia accusing fingers
As Afenifere return dis pipo know di pipo wey dey responsible for dis acts but no fit touch dem bikos of dia connections, PANDEV rehashed im grouse about plenti pipo wey dey feel alienated and ACF no sabi, dey ask who dem be di pipo?
So tey di DSS know dem and dia satanic mission, dem suppose dey proactive to deal wit dem
Di NEF sound unconvinced wit if pipo dey push di kontri into deeper crises and dem know dem; dem suppose treat dem according to di law
Una no need to dey be spook to know wetin di DSS know about each and all dis flag bearers of geo-ethnic politics for Nigeria or to understand why dem all know say DSS know dem yet dem insist say dem dey pass di buck outside dia clique.
Di truth be say dis champions of ethnic politiks know no beta solution to Nigeria myriad problems dan for dia sectional enclaves and chiefs to lord am ova di rest of di kontri as rulers, no leaders!
Dem dey desperate and unscrupulous so dem dey pursue dia inordinate ambition say dem dey absurdly and frequently agitate for break-up of Nigeria.
Ambition-powered mind games intoxicate dia geographical consciousness to reduce evritin wey e take to excis di territorial contours of dia enclaves wit di frenzied ease to dey cut dia portion of di crumbs wey remain of di proverbial national cake.
Simply put, breaking up or out of Nigeria as ultimate political panacea or consolatory opportunity to inordinate ambitions of persins or groups restlessly undermining aspirations of majority wa-zo-bia Nigerian commoners for enduring peaceful coexistence, e dey easy to tok pass do.
Dis regional group dey major hindrance to di steady attainment of unity and peaceful coexistence wey Nigeria don dey work for since flag independence
So tey wen dey continue to parade di political terrain as ethnic champion, for longe dey go regard Nigeria as di right for dia ethnic stake for di population, make dem claim or seize am and, if all oda fail, deconstructed and disowned as failed state
Weneva wey dem meet, di agenda no dey for Nigeria progress and development, unless dia leadership dey firmly for dia grasp, odawise, e dey all about heckling and jostling around wit barely concealed determination to deploy di notorious Nigerian Ph.d, pull-him-down syndrome against di incumbent non-indigene President.
If to say na ACF, Afenifere, Ohanaeze, PANDEV or Northern Elders Forum, dia existence and activity go always dey different to Nigeria's quest for unity, peace and development.
Anoda undeniable indictment of dis regional separatist be say dem be all self-styled political pressure groups masqueradin as representatives of various ethnic groups
from dia membership, e dey plain to see say dem consists of ex-this
Ironically, dis political deficiency dey give dem di impetus to kom togeda, desperate to dey remain relevant for democratic system wey elect representatives entirely through political parties wey dey registered wit legislative and executive institutions wey dey constitutionally established to dispense good governance and dividends of democracy.
Di geo-ethnic groups only get nasty nuisance value for awa democratic setting as dey persist for acts of mischief, sabotage, blackmail and subversion, all brazenly intended to make Nigeria Ungovernable as dey threaten and attempt, so dat, perchance, dey fit regain political relevance if not control
Na why dia frequent clandestine meetin dey trigger security alerts
Wit dat kind predator-politicians wey dey lurk around di perimeters of power wit dubious intent to undermine di government wey dem elect just becos dem no dey involve, e dey beyond reasonable doubt say na convergence of interest wey go link dia overt activities and di covert criminalities of kidnapper dem, insurgents, armed robber dem, bandits and allied terrorists, wey dey combined to make Nigeria ungovernable.
double jeopardy aptly describe di predicament of di Buhari administration having to contend wit such array of formidable enemy unleashing incessant attack on national security in a time of economic adversity wey no get precedent
To extend, na only two groups of politicians go dey: those wey dey positively participating for di democratic dispensation as partners in moving di nation forward against all odds and those wey dey negatively engaged in planting seeds of discord and disorder wey go destabilize di kontri.
By dia utterance and activity, we all know dem
For di end of di day, di majority of Naija pipo be ordinary citizens wey no determine dia condition of survival by and e no depend on di geography of dia origin.
Dia daily struggle to eke a live dey sustained by submission to di will of One God irrespective of differences of faith.
Nigeria be dia destroy fatherland wey dem dey loyal, law abiding and prayerful, sabiing say dem no get oda kontri to call dia own, collectively showing how citizenship dey breeds true patriotism
Dey also know say Afenifere, Hausa Consultative Forum (ACF), Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Northern Elders Forum (NEF) and Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF dey use incit, unguard and divisive statements and activities to pit citizen dem against each oda so dem go fit inflame di embers of tribal and religious discord for di political ambition of dia leaders.
So di poor man's prayer go remain:
God DEY,
NIGERIA GO BETTER
Manzo Reuben na youth leader for Lokoja
Dem don kil 10 pipo as terrorist dey try attack army formation
Troops of di Nigerian Army, for Saturday, neutralise no less 10 members of Boko Haram terrorist wey try launch attack on troops of Operation Hadin Kai for Rann, wey be di headquarters of Kala Balge Local goment Area of Borno State.
Dis dey kom barely 24 hours afta di new appointed Chief of Army Staff, Maj.-Gen.
Farouk Yahaya don dey lead di Nigerian Army.
Di tok tok pesin for di Nigerian Army, Brig.-Gen.
Mohammed Yerima, as e dey yarn, explain say di terrorist, wey kom for dia number, mount on top gun truck dem and e attempt to infiltrate di main entrance to di town.
Yerima tok say, di highly spirit troop dey right on hand to counter di move and inflict a humiliatin defeat on di terrorist wey abandon dia evil mission and take go dia heels.
Di troop chase di terrorist wey dey kom back kom make sure say threat no dey for di town and residents
Troops successfully destroy one of di gun truck dem and dey recover plenti weapon wey include one anti-aircraft gun, two machine gun and eight AK-47 rifles wey dey neutralise ten terrorist for di process.
Daily Trust don report say di Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, on Friday don charg di new COAS to ensure say e build for late Attahiru's legacy by defeating enemies wey dey terrorise di Northeast and oda regions of di kontri.
Second U.S. congresswoman don test positive for COVID-19 afta wey Capitol unrest
Pramila Jayapal, wey be member of di U.S. House of Representatives, tok say she give di Coronavirus (COVID-19) afta dem lock am down for di same room wit plenty Republican lawmaker dem wey no wear mask for di unrest of di Capitol last week.
I just received a positive COVID-19 test result afta dem lock am down for one secure room for di Capitol where plenti Republicans no only cruelly refuse to wear mask but dem recklessly mock colleagues and staff wey offer dem one, Jayapal tok for one post for her official Twitter account.
For early on Monday, U.S. Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman tok say she also contract COVID-19 afta dem fit expose am for di lockdown in di Capitol on Jan. 6.
Jayapal, wey be member of di Democratic parti, accuse di Republican lawmaker say e kos a COVID-19 superspreader event and e call for punishment against dem.
Any member wey refuse to dey wear mask suppose dey fully held accountable for endangering awa lives bikos of dia selfish idiocy
m dey call for evri single member wey refuse to dey wear mask for di Capitol make dem fined and removed from floor by di sergeant for Arms, she tok for one Twitter post
We no know if di two congresswomen dey di same room for di lockdown of di Capitol.
Jayapal decry U.S. President Donald Trump failure to contain di COVID-19 pandemic inside U.S. and e vow do Evrithin wey her power get to remove from office
Dem don arraign man,30 on top say he kil women for Edo.
Di police don arraign one Gabriel Fidelis, 30, before Ogbeson chief magistrates court for Benin say e attack one woman wey dem identify as Rebecca Izevbigie
Dem arraign di accused on a three-count charge of conspiracy, unlawful assault and malicious damage wey dem fit punish under sections, 516, 355, and 451 of di Criminal Code.
Di prosecutor, Sgt. Kehinde Iyare, tell di court say di accused conspire wit odas at di same to commit di offence on April 11, for Estate Quarters, along Benin-Agbor Road, Benin City.
She kom still tell di court say di accused, wit odas now for di group, assault one Rebecca Izevbigie by hitting and biting am
She add say di accused sef use iron rod break leg
She kom further tell di court say for March 31, 2021 di defendant do intentionally and maliciously damage one of di complainant wash hand basin wey be N8,000
Di accused no plead say hin no dey guilty for di charge wen hin counsel, Mrs E. E Idahosa, apply for hin bail, say hin no go jump bail
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 photos of hinsef and dat of di defendant wit di court.
Hin order say make di Court registrar verify di information wey dem supplied about di surety's residence and adjourned di case to May 10, for hearing.
Why National Assembly no fit impeach Buhari Oyo Senator
Di Senator wey dey represent Oyo North Senatorial Districts, Fatai Buhari, don tok say di National Assembly neva see reason wey go make dem impeach President Muhammadu Buhari
Di senator wey tok am wen e pay Sallah visit to former governor of Oyo state, Rashidi Ladoja, im tok say process dey for impeaching president.
Senator Buhari's submission dey kom after Senator Yusuf Abubakar Yusuf (APC Taraba) and chairman of senate committee on special duties tok say impeach President Buhari no go end insecurity for di kontri.
Dem don call for President Buhari's resignation or impeachment afta di spate of insecurity inside di kontiri.
But Senator Buhari don tell those wey dey call for separation for di kontri say make e no create a problem wey dem no go fit easily solve.
Impeachin di president get process.
Anybodi wey dey call for di impeachment of di president suppose give genuine reason wey dey warrant di impeachment
We neva see reason wey we go use impeach di president.
If need dey, den, we go table am, discuss am and di two house must kom togeda.
Impeachin di president no be wetin someone go wake for one day and call for.
Procedure dey for am
Why una wan cause problem kom create confusion say una no fit solve?
hin ask
As he dey tok on di security wahala wey dey torment di kontri, di lawmaker tok say; We no get kontri wey 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 government alone
Local police go dey wey go fit know di ground
We know awasef no mata how e fit be
For di early 80s, we dey travel at night
But di level wey insecurity dey for di kontri, something dey important dey missing
E tok say di 9th National Assembly don tok di security issue for ova 50 time
We tok di security issue ova 30 times for di 8th Assembly, and dis present 9th Assembly don also tok am ova 50 times.
Make evrione dey vigilant, even if we change awa service chiefs plenti time, we no fit solve awa security wahala, di senator tok.
Rancher kom back CBN's forex restriction for dairy import
Di Commercial Ranchers Association of Nigeria (CODARAN) don express support for di restriction wey dey put on access to foreign exchange for dairy products.
Remember say di Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) don share circular over a year ago on top restricted companies wey dey seek foreign exchange through di official window to import milk and dairy products.
But durin a 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 European Union (EU) don file complaint against Nigeria ova di restriction.
For one statement by Dianabasi Akpainyang, di CODARAN note say Nigeria get potential to harvest dairy products wey go provide job and create investment for local production of milk
Di CBN governor don right.
Nigeria get potential to sustainably meet em dairy requirement
Akpainyang tok say di milk wey dey available for collection and processing fit no dey anywia wey dey near di figure for di moment, but point out say since di likelihood dey there, e dey necessary make evribodi put dia feet on fire bikos of di urgency wey dem need to develop di local dairy sector.
As CBN don cite report say Nigeria dey spend about $1.5billion on importing dairy products evri year, im tok say di figure go increase as di demand for dairy products don increase.
E identify issues like poor productivity of local cattle breeds, cattle nutrition, animal disease management system, lack of organised milk collection process, limited access to finance, insecurity, poor infrastructure, insufficient extension services, inadequate processin and storage facilities, low investment for research and development and minimal adoption of modern technology as di major problem wey dey torment di sector.
He tok say na di Advancin Local Dairy Development for Nigeria (ALDDN) programme dey tackle di problem, wey dey currently dey work for four states like Adamawa, Kaduna, Kano and Plateau.
PDP kil as APC claim say dem register 2.5m for Lagos
Uproar dey follow di disclosure by di All Progressives Congress (APC) say e register 2.5 million members for Lagos durin di nationwide registration and revalidation exercise.
Chairman of di APC Lagos Registration Supervisory Committee, Dr. Muhammad Bashiru, don tok for di closin and presentation of recommendation letters to di supervisors say about 2.5 million members na hin dey registered across di 20 local goment area wey dey di state.
But di Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) wey be di leadin opposition party, describe di figure as false and fake
PDP tok say APC dey di habit of concocting figure 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 wey dem go dey band figure wey dey false
Even for di last election, di total number of votes wey APC get na around 600,000
Di 2.5 million claim na false and fake, e tok.
Awa tori-pesin report tok say di 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 presidential election.
Di state chairman for National Conscience Party (NCP), Comrade Bayo Ogunleye, tok say di claim wey APC tok be di greatest lie for di century
But APC tok pesin Seye Oladejo tell awa tori pipo say di parti go prove im numerous strength for di July 24 local goment election.
Geographical Indication go promote diversification of economy FG
Di Federal goment don emphasize say Geographical Indications (GIs) go help in promoting diversification of di economy and also support participation in di Afrikan Continental Free Trade Area.
Di Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono,make dis one known for di capacity building workshop on GIs for public sector/policymakers for Nigeria for Abuja.
Nanono, wey dem represent by di Deputy Director for Irrigation and Crop development, Haija Sugra Mahmood, note say if dem harness di initiative well, e go also support di preservation of di kontri's biodiversity wey dey face existential threat from di effect of climate change and di attendant destruction of di environment.
Accordin to am, e fit assist to dey commercialise di products of food culture and oda aspects of culture dat wan allow di value chain actor dem benefit from di commercialization, especially women and youth dem wey dey di rural space wey dey mainly involve in di production of dis products.
Dis workshop kom from a crucial moment wen dis administration dey work tirelessly to diversify di kontri's economy away from Hydrocarbons, by promoting oda sectors like Agriculture, Manufacturin, Mining, Tourism etc.
Initiatives like dis wey promote di GIs go help to fast track di processes in di diversification of di economy and also support awa participation for di Afrikan Continental Free Trade Area as well as globally
GIs fit dey catalytic to dey revive di rural economy as we don see say e apun for di case of some products wey dem don brand well like Ofada Rice, Kilishi, Dudu Osun
E go also enable di documentation of awa indigenous knowledge wey sadly we dey lose as time pass
He tok say; Di current administation dey ready to join hand wit all di relevant stakeholders both local and foreign in im bid to preserve di natural and bio-cultural diversity endowment in di kontri and also exploit am to strengthen di resilience of di economy, so e go fit provide decent livelihood for all Nigerians.
Di Minister of State Industry, Trade and Investment, Haija Mariam Katagum, for her welcome address, tok say di workshop na hin dem design to train Public Sector and Policy Makers for Nigeria, wit a view to examin di possibilities of adopting Geographical Indications (GIs) legislation and policy into Nigeria's industrial property and agricultural landscape.
She tok say e dey very important to highlight di coming into effect of di Afrikan Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA), wey dey put responsibility on decision makers, to begin di discourse of updating industrial property legislation.
Israeli president don dey tok to find new goment
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin dey prepare for talks wit top politicians on how dem go form goment afta wey caretaker Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fail to do so following inconclusive elections for March
Accordin to Rivlina office, di tok wit Naftali Bennett of di Yamina parti and di former opposition leader Yair Lapid of di Yesh Atid parti na im dem plan to do on Wednesday morning.
Di head of state also invite representatives of di oda parties wey dey represent for parliament make dem present dia position on di progress of di goment formation process.
A deadline for Netanyahu wey go form a governing coalition don expire ovanight.
E mean say di camp of Netanyahu's opponents dey face chance to end di 71-year-old era as head of goment.
Whether dem go suceed, still dey completely open
New election still no dey out of di question as Israel go dey in political crisis.
Netanyahu still dey di head of interim goment for di time being
Hin don dey office continuously for 12 years and hin be di longest-serving head of goment for Israel's history
Di corruption trial dey underway against am, him, howeva, reject di accusations wey dey make in it
Dem expect make Rivlin appoint di opposition leader Lapid make e form di government
Hin parti belong to di political centre; for di end of March, hin don 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 find di support of 61 of di 120 members within 21 days.
Ganduje don free 123 prisoner dem for eid-el-Fitr
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano don give freedom to 123 prisoner dem wey dey prison across di state.
Ganduje, wey witness di release of di inmates from Goron Dutse Prison for Thursday, tok say di gesture dey 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 to visit di prison na to show di inmates say di state goment no know dia existence and say dem regard dem as citizen of di state
Ganduje tok say di gesture na to complement di Federal goment effort to further reduce congestion inside di nation's prisons.
E advise di former inmates say make dem change dia attitude to life and pray for peace and stability inside Nigeria.
Di governor also give each of di freed inmates N5,000 as transport fare to dia various destination.
Di Comptroller of Prisons for Kano, Suleiman Suleiman, don thank di governor for freeing thousands of inmates since e kom inside office.
Suleiman advise di prisoners say make dem stay off crime so dem no go back prison.
Ganduje also visit remand homes and Kano children's home for di metropolis as part of Sallah celebration.
Korda don break through on top Parma clay
On di eve of Roland Garros, 20-year-old American Sebastian Korda score a career breakthrough wen e beat Italian Marco Cecchinato, 6-2, 6-4, for Parma for di first title.
Korda, na hin 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, neva win consecutive match for clay
Cecchinato, wey win all three title on clay, kom from Brescia, e dey 90 kilometres from Parma
Di fans allow enta di first-time event wey dem support for di local boy
Today I play a tough opponent and di crowd no dey easy, Korda tok.
dem continue to dey cheat am, but I dey proud of myself
and how I handle am
Although hin Papa na Czech, Sebastian Korda, wey dem born for Florida, chose to represent di US
Saturday's victory make am be di first American player wey go win clay court tournament since Sam Querrey wey dey Belgrade 11 years ago
Dis na something wey I been dey dream of, Korda tok, addin say hin dey expect make hin win title before, as hin name am for event for Florida for January
I really think say I go do am for Delray Beach, and I dey a little heartbroken
Wetin no to wear for public: To negate Naija's multiculturalism
By Bashir Ibrahim Hassan
Shey na pure coincidence say, as trouble dey brewing for Kwara State recently, solution to hin kind na hin dey consider for di lower House of di National Assembly wey dey di capital territory of Abuja
Di trouble wey dey Ilorin dey on top di refusal of some Christian faith school to allow dia Muslim student wear hijab go school.
Di solution to dis impasse na di debate on top di Religious Discrimination (Prohibition, Prevention)
RDPP Bill, 2021, derisively tagged Hijab Bill by section of di Nigerian media
Di two events don show heated and often emotional debate wey dey threaten to negate Nigeria multicultural identity and reality.
Di whole idea for Kwara of di proprietors of di schools wey dey ban hijab-adorning Muslim students and dia sympathimer fit dey reduced to wetin no 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 dey wear for public
Di former dey clearly in breach of di fundamental human rights of di Muslim student to express dia faith without discrimination; even though di school fit get dia defence for taking such a position.
Di latter dey try assert dis right no be only for Muslims but also for Christians wia and weneva dem dey threaten dem wit discrimination based on dia professed faith
Running through di argument of di proprietors of di christian faith schools wey dey Kwara, persin fit easily understand di pragmatic appeal of di argument say make Muslim children go oda schools for anoda place if dem no wan conform.
Di problem wey get dis argument plenti.
First, to say Muslim student dem suppose go anoda place unless dey conform to di school rule on uniform no too dey to promote inclusiveness, wey be di bedrock of awa multicultural and multi-religious society.
secondly, di position dey beg di moral question: she dey justifiable to base school rule bikos of Christian majority of di school?
Den, thirdly, di go elsewia argument appear say to ignore di difficulty to change school for pikin
Di inconvenience dey huge
Di act to dey change school for di pikin, educational psychologist go tell you, interferes negatively wit no be only hin emotional but academic development sef
Finally, di Christian faith schools by demsef risk wetin dem dey call ghettorization as dem dey concentrate students wit di same religious beliefs for particular schools.
Di social cost dis exacts on di society dey enormous
Di Commissioner for Education, Kemi Adeosun, argues, wen e dey tok to di press, say di goverment dey convinced say e policy to allow willing Muslim schoolgirls wear dia hijab for public schools go lead to sustainable peace and communal harmony wey dey anchored on mutual respect and understanding
For a kontri wey guarantee freedom of religion, wey dem sign di declaration of International Human Rights, di basic question to ask na: how justifiable e be to deny Nigerian pikin access to school wey im choose on di basis of di manifestation of im religion?
E get big concern bikos Nigeria dey signatory to di Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR).
Di UDHR insist say all human being dey free and equal, regardless of colour, creed or religion.
E get 30 article on top rights and freedom wey include, among odas, civil and political right, like di right to life, free tok and privacy
E also include economic, social and cultural right, like di right to health and education
I find article 18 and 26 of UDHR wey dey relevant to di issue under consideration and I quote am for full below:
Article 18: Everybodi get di freedom to dey think or believe wetin dey want, plus di right to religious belief.
We get di right to change awa beliefs or religion for any time, and di right to publicly or privately practise awa religion wey we choose, alone or wit odas
Na everybodi get di right to education.
Make primary schooling dey free
Make all of us dey able to kontinue awa studies as we wish
For school, make dem help us develop awa talent, and make dem teach us understanding and respect for evribodi's human rights
Dem suppose teach us to dey wit odas whateva dia ethnicity, religion, or kontri dem kom from
awa parents get di right to choose di kind school wey we go do
Dis kain law na di instrument wey give Muslim ladies like Ilhan Omar di equality to dey sit for House of Representatives for di US wey dey wear her Hijab witout any form of molestation or discrimination.
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 konstituency of Niger State, Hon sponsor
Saidu Musa Abdullahi
Di bill dey seek to address discriminatory conduct and prohibit religious discrimination concerning hiring or recruitment, terms and conditions of employment.
E go prohibit qualifying/professional bodies, educational institutions, employment agencies and oda sectors from discriminating against persins, students or personnel based on dia religious belief or hin manifestation.
Wen dey pass, di law go bury issues like wetin we see for Kwara for good
E go also address di bigotry wey some employers, or those executives wey take dia prejudice to public office and allow am becloud dia sense of judgment
Di law suppose be welcome development
afta all, na only to expand and expatiate di provisions of Nigeria's constitution and di UDHR document as we explain am above.
E dey in line wit similar laws wey dem pass recently for di kontri seeking to tackle social threat and harmful cultural practice di Disability Law and di Violence Against Persins Prohibition (VAPP).
As disability dey find way to eliminate all form of discrimination wey dey base on persin disability, VAPP dey address domestic and oda gender-based violence for di kontri.
One for a time, awa representative for di legislative chambers dey tackle di social threat wey dey torment awa kontri through legal instrument
Dem dey address dis social ills no be sake of say prior generic law no dey wey go cover dem but bikos dem need address dem more comprehensively to leave room for opacity
While UDHR fit seem like far, distant document wey no get any instrument of enforcement, di RDPP law and odas like am dey provide to allocate punishments for offenders.
Contrary to wetin criticise, so far as di RDPP Bill dey concerned, nothing dey show attempts to seek di enthronement of state religion for any state wey fi domestice di law eventually
E no go against Section 10 for di Nigerian Constitution wey tok say di goment of di Federation or of a State no go adopt any religion as State Religion.
Make we peddle dis argument, bikos di bill dey call on di general public make dem respect di rights of Muslim women wey dey wear Hijab for public space smake of Islamophobia only
For di final analysis, to deny Nigeria male or female hin or her religious freedom dey negate awa multicultural pretenses
E dey negate di concept of equality, and basic human right as e dey for Nigeria's constitution and di Universal Declaration of Human Rights legal document
A bill wey go criminalize dat kind decimation based on religious grounds, like di RDPP bill, na welcome development
Bahir write from Abuja
Niger president Issoufou don win N1.905bn African leadership prize
Dem don announce Nigers President Mahamadou Issoufou di 2020 winner of di $5m (N1.905billion)
Ibrahim prize for Africa leadership
Issoufou don serve two five years term as president from 2011 to 2020
Befor-befor interior minister, Mohamed Bazoum, wey win presidential election last month wan succeed am.
Di prize committee praise di Nigerien president's leadership afta hin don inherit one of di economy wey poor pass for di world
E tok say e foster economic growth, show unwavering commitment to regional stability and to di constitution, and championed Africa democracy.
Mr Issoufou na di sixth recipient for di Ibrahim Prize.
E don tweet say di prize dey honour to all Nigerien pipo.
I consider dis ourrd say e be encouragement to kontinue dey think and act in a way wey go promote democratic values and good governance, no be only for Niger, but for Africa and around di world, e add join.
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), President Festus Mogae of Botswana(2008) and President Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique(2007).
KEDCO get taskforce make dem enforce collection, check meter bypass
Di management of Kano Electricity Distribution Company (KEDCO) don form taskforce wey go enforce payment of electricity bills
For one statement by Ibrahim Sani Shawai, di Head of Corporate Communications, KEDCO, dem don empower di taskforce make dem ensure say dem collect current and outstanding bills, and dis go help KEDCO consolidate on di plenti reforms to improve power supply.
Di taskforce dey also check issues of meter bypass, illegal connections, energy tift and oda form of sabotage
Untop dis one, anyone wey dem find engaging in any form of sabotage go get deal wit in accordance wit di law of di land, e tok.
We dey appeal to all customer to dey vigilant on all awa installation and to dey ensure say dem dey properly protect dia meters against vandal.
Di statement tok say; We assure all awa customer say awa metering initiative wey go aim at ending estimated billing and giving customer di opportunity to pay for wetin dey consume, still dey go on.
IBEDC don warn trader wey dey under power lines
Di Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) don warn make dem no do trading under high-tension wire to avoid disaster.
Chief Operatin Officer (COO), Engr John Ayodele, give di charge against di backdrop of di increasing trading activities under high tension wires
For Osogbo, di Osun State capital, mechanic shops, block industries, car wash shops, POS shops and petty trading na common feature wey dem see under high tension wires along Power Line and Ring roads.
Engr Ayodele,derfore, plead make residents take safety precautions as e dey important and advise those wey dey trading under high tension way to commot go safe areas.
E also plead make residents no engage quacks to fix power faults and assure say IBEDC technical crew go dey available to rectify any fault wey fit arise
E warn those wey dey in di habit to dey harass IBEDC staff wen dem dey go about dia lawful duties to desist, say IBEDC go explore all legal option wey dey available to find solution if any of im staff becom victim of harassment.
E tok say e dey important make oda safety precautions like proper supervision of children dey ensured to prevent electric accident
10 newborn babies don die for Indian hospital fire
Pipo tok say ten newborn Babies die on Saturday for one fire for one state-run hospital for western India.
Na 17 pikin dey di unit for sick newborn babies wen di fire start for early hours of Saturday for di Bhandara districts General Hospital for Maharashtra state.
seven infants die bikos of smoke suffocation, and three bikos of burn injury, Maharashtra health minista, Rajesh Tope tell journalist dem
Nurses and ward staff save seven babies
Prashant Uike wey be di health official for Bhandara district tok say dem don age all di infants between few days and three months.
Di goment don order a probe into di incident and a safety audit of all neo-natal care units inside di state.
Initiaal reports show say na short circuit cause di fire for one of di incubators, Tope tok.
Di staff tok say di ward quick filled wit plenti black smoke, di minister add
Di legal requirement for post-mortem don dey comot and di bodi of di children dey hand to dia families, Tope add join.
Dem go give family of di victim compensation of 500,000 rupees (about 6,814 dollars) each.
Police dey go afta newspaper vendors ova reports wey dey IPOB
Police dey harass newspaper vendors and readers for Aba, di commercial hub for Abia state
Daily Trust don gather so tey di weekend, policemen for di Aba Area Command don dey carry out arrest of newspaper vendors dem and readers ova reports on di Indigenous pipo of Biafra
Residents tok say tension dey for Ama-Ogbonna Junction for di commercial city wen police raid di place for Sunday
One eyewitness tok say residents dey scamp for safety, as police officers dey shot sporadically, as dem dey try arrest a newspaper vendor and readers.
Dem accuse di vendors say dem dey distribute newspapers wey get Tori for di sit at home order by di Indigenous pipo of Biafra
Dr Elendu Ukoh, wey be one of di eyewitness, beg state goment and Igbo leaders make dem call di police authorities rein on dia men so e no go be crisis for di city.
Di kind pipo wey we dey put inside police dis days dey make me dey wonder if we really want anythin good out of dis kontri wey dem dey call Nigeria.
How persin fit dey chase newspaper vendors around for Aba, for dis modern world
If you stop pipo wey dey read hard copy of newspapers, you go also stop dem make dem no read di same tori for facebook, twitter, WhatsApp, Telegram, and odas?
wetin manner of primitive policing na dis?
Dem kos panic for Sunday by dia shooting and noisemaking
Di whole neighborhood think say dem dey chase kidnappers
E kom later wey we discover say di police kom arrest a vendor and readers, wey gather for hin newspaper stand
How police fit dey fight newspaper vendors?
Wetin manner of problem paper fit kos say Social Media no fit kos 20 times ova
Dis pipo no dey normal, e tok.
Michael Anorue wey be anoda resident tok say na almost all di vendor stands him visit for Aba
Dem dey empty on Tuesday
He tok say; We hear say dem dey tok on Saturday and Sunday say di newspaper get tori on di sit at home order in honour of Biafra heroes and my question na wetin dey wrong wit am?
Di early political leaders for South East, dey remind dis reckless police officers say Biafra big pass IPOB di beta for dem
Shey IPOB proscribe mean say Biafra don dey proscribe sef
Na Biafrans all of us be
On di 30th of May, di World Igbo Congress (WIC) do one zoom conversation, dem dey tok about Biafra fallin heroes.
Why police no fit go YouTube, Zoom and oda social media wey release am?
wetin dem do na to kom street kom start dey find unnecessary trouble
I wish say di leaders for Igboland go warn those reckless police officers make dem no allow wetin dey apun for Imo State enter Aba, bikos e go be di worst for Evribodi
SP Geoffrey Ogbonna wey be Abia State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) don deny say di police arrest newspaper vendors and readers for Aba.
NAMA kil as air traffic controlers dey lament poor tool
Air Traffic Controllers (ATC) for Nigeria on Sunday don cried out on top dilapidated navigational equipment wey dey most airports for di kontri.
Di ATCs wey dey under di sponsorship of di National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA), tok say di situation be threat to air safety.
Dey also claim say di Kaduna International Airport no get control tower wey go aid safe aircraft navigation
Di president of NATCA, Yomi Agoro, for di chat wit tori-pipo for di weekend, tok say wetin dey Kaduna airport na watch room wey oda aviation personnel dey use and no be control tower exclusive for air traffic controlers.
Hin kom tok say oda airports for di kontri lack di necessary equipment for seam navigation
E explain say some airports no even get equipment wey dey work
Even Kaduna no get control tower.
Wetin dem dey use na watch room (for firefighters), wey dem no build for dat purpose, and we dey call on di government to do somethin.
We go Sokoto, once e rain today, controlers go go find umbrellas wey go dey di control tower, and wetin be dat, some of di control towers wey dey attached to di terminal buildings na hin dem ced di FAAN, while di one wey dey stand alone dey wit NAMA, but we don approach di two organisation
We still dey battle wit radio frequency wey dey terrestrial, communication for here and for there.
Calabar dey there; airport no dey you go meet today say you go say thins dey work for 80 per cent
NAMA recently employ and train 40 new controller, but NATCA tok say di number dey too low to meet di shortfall.
Capt Fola Akinkuotu wey be di Managin Director for di Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) tell Daily Trust say di claim no dey true
Hin tok say di federal goment don invest hugely for improving navigational aids and aiding safe flight operations
He tok say na mere politics
Di goment don spend plenti for di past to dey improve aviation infrastucture
I dey tok am no be bikos I be di MD of NAMA
If una wan hear di truth, my suggestion dey always be, ask di pipo wey dey street, ask di pipo wey dey NAMA, dem go tell you, dem neva get am so good under dis administration.
E dey painful say pipo go dey tok like dis
We neva get Category Three (CAT3), dis government put two for place, two oda dey kom
goment just spend N1.7bn on top a mobile control tower
Also, di revitalisation of di safe tower dey go on
We dey revive di TRACON (Total Radar Coverage of Nigeria) system.
Oda sectors suppose dey jealous of us
E-commerce for Nigeria: Legal framework, challenge and prospect
E-commerce dey reflect on di use of communications technology di internet to buy, sell and market goods and services to customers
Di internet don bring about a fundamental shift in national economies wey dem dey isolated from each oda by barriers to cross-border trade and investment, isolated by distance, time zone and languages and isolated by di national differences in goment regulations.
E-commerce dey also promote direct access to distant market and e dey promote globalisation and commercial activities and e dey blur many of di current distinction wey dey between domestic and foreign companies to extent say e dey impossible to determine di origin of di products.
E-commerce no dey limited to di purchase of product, e include e-mail, and oda communications platform, all information or service wey a company fit offer to customers ova di net, from pre-purchase information to aftersale service and support
Di major significance of E-commerce na di fact say e dey encourage single world trading system, wey dem dey facilitate by access through electronic means to goods and services from different parts of di world
Most of di statues wey dey for Nigeria dey back dey towards di development and growth of e-commerce for particular and ICT as a whole
We don do plenti legal research and study on e-commerce for Naija
plenti of dis studies be of opinion say di Nigerian legal system dey for back of ICT-based legislation and say di statutory laws wey dey exist dey quite inadequate to address some of di legal issues wey dey affect e-commerce
Dis issues include electronic evidence cybercrimes, security and data production, e-payment system and inevitably trans-border issues, and plenti more
there be,derfore, di need to map out appropriate legal and regulatory measures, to govern di emerging regime
Dey don tok am plenti time say for Nigeria, significant effort for di regulation of e-commerce-related activities still dey di stage of draft bill before di National Assembly
E dey important to note say even for wia dem pass dis bill to law, Nigeria fit still face new legal issue for dis area wey go call for legislative intervention
If to say di speed wey Internet dey use permeate commercial transactions for Nigeria, especially for banking and telecommunications sectors of di economy, di best tin wey dem fit suggest na say di legal issues and problems wey dey face e-commerce for di kontri suppose dey addressed directly and quickly, for di interest of di teeming population of Nigerian consumers.
To dis, make di National Assembly dey pressureSed into passing bill concerning electronic commerce, a top priority so dem go fit enact dem into law as quick as possible
In di interim, awa court suppose take giant stride by interpreting the traditional laws wey dey exist liberally so as to bridge di gap therein in order to make such laws amenable to electronic transactions, especially in di emerging tendency of di present-day information age.
For true dem don argue am say legislation no be di only means wey dem fit use electronic transaction and attendant documentation dey legally
Di court fit also recognise electronic transactions in di absence of legislation or private contract.
As di before Justice Bingham don put am so: di common law get di same facility wey dey for di hands of dem Judges as di law merchant wey dey take dey adapt demsef to di changein need of di general public; principles no dey alter, but old rules wey dey apply di change, and new rules spring into existence.
Dem dey hope say oda Nigerian Judges, Supreme Court justices inclusive go adopt dis judicial activism, especially for areas wia awa current legislature dey grossly inadequate, comprehensive or elaborate enough to address legal challenges of di technological advancements wey dey emerge.
Na dis go set beta precedence to ensure di protection of e-commerce consumers, entice investors and above all bring about economic development and sustainability for di kontri
Di germane issue wey regards to contracts for E-commerce na documentation and signature
Di provision of section 4 wey dey di Statute of Fraud, 1677 or Lagos State Law Reform (Contract) Law and awa various statutes wey dey on top real property and landed instruments, all of dem wey require say some contract dey in writing and dey duly executed
question den na electronic mark or sign constitute valid sign-off of a contract by e-mail and e dey binding
Plenti of dis issue neva dey quite settle even for UK even though some decision dey incline favourably towards interpreting electronic signature
Na so e mark for e-mail as e dey satisfy di traditional requirement of writing and due execution
E-commerce transactions na paperless transactions wey dem make through magnetic materials like tapes or disks.
Diz dey in contradistinction to di paper-based transactions wey dem dey embodi in permanent form and typically expressed in words and figures usually authenticated by signatures.
Dem no fit change dat kind transaction witout any altaration for di face of di document.
wit respect to signature, by di provision of section 93(2)(3)), evidence act 2011, electronic signature for relation to data message conveniently satisfy any requirement for a handwritten signature in so far say e sufficiently identify electronic record to di pesin
Di provision of article 7 for di United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) model law on e-commerce 1996 dey equally trite on top dis issue
Thus, for di purpose of establish proof of electronic signature
Di use of password, identification, user name etc fit suffice
Derefor, persin fit position am safely say electronic signature for di purpose of execution dey admissible for evidence if dem certify am and put am inside electronic communication wen e-transaction dey apun.
Also, oda legal wahala 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 relationship
Di question na for what point dem fit make offer wit regards to electronic business transaction or how dem go differentiate between invitation to treat and offer electronic transaction, for what point dem fit tok say dem don make intention to enter legal relationship
E-commerce require confidence and trust di satisfaction wey dem neva altered order or invoices wey dem send and emanate from whoeva dem appear to be from
Need dey for a guarantee level of privacy /confidentiality wit respect to information.
last last, di alarming rate of cybercrimes for Nigeria, high level of illiteracy
Electronic commerce no be doubt say e be aspect of commercial transaction for Nigeria and e don kom to stay for dis time
Di goment suppose pass to dey create laws, make dem activate utilisation of di electronic delivery platforms for im commercial interactions and for delivery of goment services.
Abanikanda Happiness Wuraola fit reach for twitter
Chad don pass new charter wey dem dey call Deby son president
Chad don pass charter wey dey declare Mahamat Idriss Deby president, even afta rumours of hin death wey dey trend for social media
Mahamat take over in 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 dem tok am swiftly as transitional leader as head of military council afta hin Papa's death, go occupy di function of di president of di republic and e go serve as head of di armed forces.
Di charter dey repeal di constitution wey dey precedent and dey go implement am as di basic law of di republic, according to wetin dey tok
Dem don name di younger Deby supreme head of di army forces, e tok
Deby son don overse hin Papa sekuriti as di head of di elite presidential guard and dey always dey for hin side
Mahamat Deby na hin dey best know as di top commander for di Chadian force as he assist one United Nations peacekeepin mission for di restive north of neighbouring Mali
E sign decree on Tuesday wey dem go establish military council wit 15 generals, plus hinsef and 14 odas wey we know say dey part of di late president circle of loyalists
Di council don dey work wit 18-month transition toward free and democratic elections.
Mahamat Idriss Deby dey chairman di military transition council, di council of ministas, di council and superior committees of national defence, accordin to di charter
Di new head of state go promulgate legislation wey di 69 members of di national transition council adopt, wey dem name directly by Mahamat
Di Transition Charter, wey get 95 articles, also guarantee freedom of opinion, conscience and worship
Dem don set up transition government, and na di new president take name im members.
Di members of di army wey dem dey call to di transition goment dey free from all military duties, di charter tok.
Chadian law
Di slain leader, wey dey rule wit iron fist for almost 30 years, die for wound wey he suffer for one visit to di battlefield for di kontri's north where Chadian soldier dem fight against a rebel group, na wetin di military announce on Tuesday
As dem dey call for calm, di army also announce 6pm curfew and shut di kontri's borders, as dem dey suspend di constitution and dey scatta di National Assembly.
Howeva, opposition politicians for Chad don reject di appointment of president Idriss Dby's son make dem take over for di wake of hin death
experts tok say under Chadian law, di speaker of parliament suppose don take power afta Deby;s death and no be hin son
Wetin di constitution tok be say in di absence of di president or in case hin kpeme, den di speaker of di parliament take charge of di kontri for 40 days and so dem go start a transition until dem hold election, Al Jazeera Hiba Morgan, wey dey report from di capital, Ndjamena, tok am on Tuesday.
Di military don announce say dem don dissolve di legislative assembly and say dem don dissolve di constitution too, so wetin dem dey do na say dem replace di constitution wit dia own set of rules.
Chelsea dey face possible point deduction afta dem brawl wit Leichester
Chelsea dey face possible points deduction by FA for di team fail to control dia players, Mirror report
For seven years, dem don find di team say dem dey pants down for seven hot-tempered rows wit dem opponent
Di recent brawl wen dem dey clash for Tuesday night wit Leicester mark di seventh encounter wey Chealsea get wit Premier League team
Last week, di match wey dey between Chelsea and Leicester na hin skirmishes between di players of di two teams
As he dey mention di same offenses in 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 wey follow Ricardo Pereira's challenge for Ben Chilwell
For 2016, dem also charge Chelsea for indiscipline say dem gats warn dem, afta dem appeal against 375,000 dollar levy for dia part for mass bust-up durin one match wey dem get wit Tottenham
If e affect, di point deduction go significantly affect dia season as dem dey go final campaign for top four spot
US Africom for Nigeria? Heck No
Overpaid, oversexed and over here
na di resentful and contemptuous opinion many British pipo wey kom to get of di thousands of America GIs stationed for different military base for Britain during di Second World War.
Di gum-chewing, brash, hard drinking and womanising American soldier dem dey often get inside pub brawls and dangerous knife fights wey build up a feeling of disdain for di yanks among di local ones.
And dis don be di pattern of behaviour among American soldier dem evriwia for di hundred of American military base abroad from Okinawa for Japan, Stuttgart for Germany, Incirlik and Diyarbakir for Turkey and Pampanga for di Philippines.
Na di reason why I dey perturbe, like many Nigerians, say for one virtual meetin last week wit di Secretary of State of di United States of America, Antony Blinken, President Buhari na hin dey report say dey don ask say di United States dey consider to relocate di African Command (Africom) of im military presently for di southern German city of Stuttgart to Africa.
Dem presume am 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 make e hold dat meetin wit di American Secretary of State
Di meetin suppose be wit Blinken Nigeria oppose number, Geoffrey Onyeama, wey go then transmit di details later to di president
Yes, America be superpower and wetin be dat, but di protocol na protocol and we suppose follow am strictly for all circumstances.
Understandably, currently Nigeria dey face gargantuan internal insecurity issues wey seem to defy di best efforts of goverment and di nation security establishment to tackle am.
Unrelatin terrorist insurgency for di North East, banditry, kidnappin for di North West, farmers/herders dem dey clash all ova di kontri and di target killin of security and law enforcement personnel and oda Nigerians togeda wit di destruction of institutional buildings for di South East, constitute di cocktail of insecurity wey dey destroy di kontri now.
But even for dat one, di request make dem host Africom for Nigeria soil wen dem consider against di various issues and implications of dis move to Nigeria dey hardly justified
Africom be one of di nine command wey di American military establishment give American strategic interest wey dey around di world.
by dia doctrine and operational modus, dis command, especially those outside America like Africom, no dey set up primarily to concern demsef wit di security and law enforcement issues for dia area of coverage
Dem only do am wen dat kind issue directly affect America interest for di area and in dat kind situation, dem no get di power to yield dia modus operandi and share intelligence wit di local security and law enforcement agencies dem.
If Africom do set up for Nigeria, e go be Island of im own restricting access to Nigerians wey get all category, and e go establish jurisdiction wey go dey di Territorial area of di base wey go dey virtually off limits to Nigerian security and law enforcement agencies dem.
As e dey always apun to American military base outside America, Africom go be forward operatin base for disruptive intelligence operations and source of acts wey dey sabotage and destabilisation against di host kontri
For Africom particular case, part of im original concept nah to contain di growing strategic influence of Nigeria for West Africa and Africa afta awa successful peace enforcement efforts for Liberia and Sierra Leone and awa sterling record of peace wey dey kip around di world.
Africom precursor na di Africa Crisis Response Initiave (ACRI) wey Clinton administration set up to counter Nigeria strategic interest for Africa.
President Clinton Secretary of State, di dour-faced California attorney, Warren Christopher, make plenti secret and open visit to some African kontri make dem sell di idea
But bikos Nigeria be di target, e pointedly leave am out from hin itinerary
Senegal, wey no far from Liberia and Sierra Leone, na di coordinatin base of di ACRI and even say dem tout am as initiative wey go facilitate American assistance to African humanitarian issues, hin secret protocol dey unmistakably military and strategically targeted for Nigeria
due to undisguise hostility to di idea from France, wey dey averse to see di Americans trying to but into area wey e consider its exclusive sphere of influence, dem review di ACRI concept
For di review, wey draw di expertise of American military, intelligence, political and academic personalities and institutions midwifed by di American congress for secret session, di Americans consider and realize di need to set up African command to add to di oda command already in place wey cover di various continents of di world.
So, based on di recommendation of dis assemblage of experts wey dem draw from all facets of America political and security establishments, na hin dey set up by di Bush junior administration wit a wide mandate wey no just go contain Nigeria but also to keep eye on di growing Chinese strategic penetration of Africa.
Africom go be for Africa wetin US Central Command (USCENTCOM), wey dey base for Florida, is to di Middle East and Asia, European Command (EUCOM), wey dey base for Stuttgart, Germany, is to Europe and Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), wey dey also base for Florida, is to Latin America and di Caribbean.
Nigeria don dey surrounded by French military presence for Niger, Cameroon, Chad and Benin
Di Americans get drone base for Niger
To add Africom for di mix for Nigeria go amount to 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 equivalent to letting in di Wolf into di chicken coop.
Notin dey inside di insecurity challenges wey dey face di kontri wey awa armed force no fit cope wit.
Dis na afta all di military force wey eventually secured Liberia and Sierra Leone against a well-entrenched and organised army of insurgents for dose kontri from a long logistical supply line thousands of miles; di army of Joshua Dogonyaro, Victor Malu and Maxwell Khobe, to mention but few of di many gallant Nigerian soldier dem wey distinguish demsef for dose operations.
E dey regrettable say di military of Nigeria, having fall from di high standard wey dem know of am, dey struggle now to cope wit di activity of non-state actors internally
But intrinsically and essentially, di Nigerian military retain di capacity and capacity to defeat dis threats to awa national security given di right leadership, doctrine and motivation.
We need all di assistance and cooperation wey di Americans fit give us if dem so willing
But even say awa circumstances dey arm-twisted to host di Africom in view of im antecedent and implication to awa strategic interests, on awa soil.
Even as e dey challenge, Plateau dey target 7m metric ton of irish potato
Plateau State na Nigeria number one grower of Irish potato wit di tuber wey dem dey produce for nine of di state's 17 local goment area
Di Potato Value Chain Support Project of di Afrikan Development Bank (AfDB) initiative pegs Plateau as accounting for 90% of di potato production for di kontri wit kontris like Chad, Ghana, Niger, Benin and odas wey dey receive plenti supply of potato from Nigeria
Di large potato production for Plateau State, accordin to PotatoPRO.com, wey be one of di leading information source for di global potato industry, don make Nigeria di fourth biggest producer for sub-Saharan Africa.
Howeva, farmers say inadequate dams and road networks, and high cost of fertilizer and oda farmin inputs continue to dey pose major setback for di production of sufficient potatoes for di nation and for export
Oda problem wey dey contribute to low yield and harvest losses to di potato value chain include diseases like blight and bacterial wilt as well as seedlings wey poor
Accordin to di National Bureau of Statistics, Plateau State dey among di 10 states wey poor pass for Nigeria wit poverty rate wey pass 70%.
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 di viability of di tuber crop dey evident for nine local goment area wey dey Plateau, Bokkos and Mangu LGAs na di state's potato hub.
Dem dey produce more potatoes dan any LGA wey dey di kontri
Muopshin tok say adaptability research show say di eight LGA wey remain for di state dey viable to produce potato, e dey make all of Plateau 17 LGA wey get potential to produce di tuber especially durin dry season.
Di association of Potato farmer for di state, howeva, tok say unless dem address squarely challenges wey dey affect di value chain, increase production and export for potato go continue to dey elude di nation.
Lazarus Makut wey be Plateau State Chairman of APF for interview wit Daily Trust tok say inadequate smaller dams, especially for remote areas wia potato farming dey viable as well as poor road and high cost of farm inputs, continue to dey affect potato outputs.
Hin tok say di cost of mechanised farmin wey fit rapidly increase productivity don dey expensive wit di majority of farmers wey be small scale producers unable to afford mechanization.
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 yield.
bikos of dis, she tok say, di majority of farmers dey find place wey dem go use farm use irrigation water for dia farm
Martha kom explain say di high cost of fertiliser dey prevent many farmers say make dem no improve di quantity and quality of yield, she add say insufficient fertiliser dey affect di crops output
Di cost dey also prevent many of us make we no expand di business
To 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 e fit die na di reason why some farmers wey get di resource prefer to dig boreholes for Mangu purposely for irrigation bikos, witout am, dry season farming go dey difficult, she tok.
Irish potato for market for Jos
Production go reach 7million metric ton afta lab completion
As Plateau State's potato production don jump from 1,656,650 metric tons for 2017 to 2,359,890 metric tons for 2020, di establishment of di Potato Value Chain Support Project and di construction of di tissue culture lab dey expected to kos di tripling of production to ova seven million metric tons by di end of 2021
Di monitoring and Evaluating officer for di state's Potato's Value Chain Support Project, Baleri Yakubu, tell Daily Trust say dem dey expect make di state start di production of six million metric ton of potato evri year afta dem complete di tissue culture lab for end of 2021 but dem express optimism say di production fit pass seven million metric ton evri year.
Yakubu, howeva, tok say make di state goment tackle oda challenges wey farmers face especially those of fertiliser as well as more dams and road network while dem expect make farmers dey properly apply potato farming regulations to di target wey dem dey expect.
Awa tori-pesin hear say di tissue culture lab, wey get am for mind to improve potato yield for di state, by providing clean seed wey dey resistant to pests and oda diseases wey relate to potato, go start operation fully within few months.
Yakubu tok say di arrival of di lab go improve income for farmers and revenue for di state goment while e go also aiding food security effort for di kontri.
Farmers for Plateau State believe say di tissue lab, if dey fully equipped, go largely reduce cost of treatment for di crop wen dem affected by disease
Dem dey 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 on Wednesday say di Federal goment neva return di £4.2 million loot wey dem recover from former Governor James Ibori to Delta goment.
Di moni still dey wait afta wey go solve di issues wey dey around before dem take further action
For now, dem no return any moni to Delta State, a statement from di office, wey di Director of Information, Press and Public Relations, Henshaw Ogubike, tok
Di statement tok say dem neva resolve di issue of di £4.2million Ibori loot well.
On di previous comment wey di Accountant General give di National Assembly say dem don return di loot to di Delta goment, Henshaw Ogubike tok say: Di AGF dey only make general comment about recoveries wey relate to State goment
Hardcore Super League trio defiant against UEFA coercion
Super League trio Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus tok on Wednesday say dem dey commit to modernise football even afta UEFA threat of disciplinary action.
UEFA on Tuesday open formal disciplinary proceedings against di three clubs who still dey refuse to give up di aborted Super League project.
For one joint statement, Juventus and di two Spanish side tok say dem still dey committed to modernising football through open dialogue wit UEFA.
Di statement tok say FC Barcelona, Juventus FC and Real Madrid FC wish express dia absolute rejection of di insistent coercion dat UEFA don dey maintain towards three of di institutions wey dey relevant pass for di history of football.
Dis alarming attitude constitutes a flagrant breach of di decision of di court of justice, wey don already make a clear statement warning UEFA make dem refree to take any action wey fit penalise di foundin clubs of di Super League while di legal proceedings dey ongoin.
therefore, di opening of disciplinary proceedings by UEFA dey incomprehensible and nah direct attack against di rule of law wey we, di citizen dem for European Union, don build up democratically, as we dey constituting lack of respect toward di authority of di court of justice demsef.
China don administre 140 million covid-19 vaccine
National Health Commission (NHC) tok say China don administer 139.97 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine as of April 4, 2021.
China dey work to ensure say di vaccination efforts for major areas and key industries based on di general plan of di kontri, inoculating di eligible population as widely as possible and progressing for stage, tok Wu Liangyou, deputy director for di NHC Disease Prevention and Control Bureau.
Di kontri dey gather resources to ensure inoculation for large and medium-sized cities, porto cities, and border areas wey get high risk of infection, and priorities dey give to key groups dem wey include public sector employees, students and faculty of colleges and universities, as well as service staff of large supermarkets, Wu tok, addin say vaccination for oda groups dey also in progress
Currently, Beijing, Shanghai and some oda places for China don administer COVID-19 vaccine to senior citizens wey dey above 60 and patients wey get chronic diseases wey dem wan vaccinate and dem dey in good physical condition.
He Qinghua, wey be official wit di NHC, note say di commission go advance di vaccination campaign for order of priority, followin di principle of informed consent, voluntary participation and free inoculation.
Di kontri dey coordinate regular prevention and kontrol wit im vaccination efforts, dey ensure say di regulatory responsibility of local goment and di oversight responsibility dey fulfilled, and dey advance im vaccination campaign in a more secure, orderly and forceful manner, im tok.
Besides, China dey take steps to include more pipo for hin 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 inactivated vaccine and one adenovirus vaccine show say dia efficacy meet di requirement of China's National Medical Products Administration and di World Health Organization.
Phase II trial of di recombinant protein subunit vaccine wey dem approve for emergency use show say di vaccine dey safe and fit induce strong immun response
COVID-19 vaccine wey China adopt don go through clinical studies in accordin to di relevant standards, wey di national drug regulatory organisation approve and wey dem put am into use afta dem don pass strict examination, tok Li Bin, deputy head of di NHC.
Dem go need monitor all di vaccine and get dia temperature record for regular intervals to make sure say dem meet di requirement regarding temperature and transportation.
Di health regulators for China don also enhance efforts on di trainin of health workers, wey dey require dem make dem strictly obey operatin instruction, so e go guarantee di efficacy and safety of di vaccine.
Wema Bank don hold essay contest for pikin
Wema Bank Plc dey host a creative Essay competition for children wey go test di creative writing ability of young school children wey be 5 to 12 years old.
Di 2021 Royal Kiddies Essay Competition wey tagged Write & Win, na hin dey aim to develop writein skil, promote creativity, imagination capabilities, reward creativity, and drive dem towards excellence for dia learnin process
Ten pikin go kom from a transparent, credible, and thorough screening process
Di top three Essays go get Huawei tablets and Royal Kiddies branded T-shirt
Di seven oda finalists go each get N20,000 prepaged gift card for school supply in adition to one T-shirt wey dem brand
Di essay competition dey open to children wey dia parents don open and fund Royal Kiddies Account for dia children or wards and go see entry close by May 24, 2021.
from Hushpuppi to Abidemi Rufai Sandy Tangâ
Twelve month ago, Ramoni Abbas (37 years) wey dem popularly know as hushpuppi na hin dem arrest for June 2020 for Dubai for alledge money laundering from business e-mail compromise fraud and oda scams wey dey target firms and English premier league club
E make a total sum of $435 million afta im defraud 1,926,400 victims.
Afta 1 year, Abidemi Rufai ( wey dem also know as Sandy Tangâ), wey be Senior Special Assistant on Special Duties to Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun na im dem arrest by di Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for John F Kennedy Airport, New York bikos say a criminal complaint wey dey defraud Washington State Employment Security Department of $350,000 (N144,375,000).
Di money wey dem steal na pandemic relief fund wey di Washington State design for pipo wey fi don suffer job losses as a result of COVID-19 pandemic
Di fraud incident apun for lockdown and di investigation bureau began dey track di alleged fraudster wey for don be for Nigeria Federal House of Representative making laws if e neva lose Ijebu North/Ijebu East/Ogun Waterside Federal Constituency election to Adekoya Adesegun of di pipos Democratic parti PDP
Di fraud wey dey apun as dem steal di identity of more dan 100 Washington residents as dem dey file falsified claim to di Employment Security Department (ESD) for pandemic-related unemployment benefits.
For each identity wey dem steal, dem create a separate e-mail account so dat di claim go dey associated wit different persins and e go fit escape automatic fraud detection systems.
Na more dan $288,000 dem pay to hin American bank account between March and August 2020
Cybercrime na global threat to pipo, organisations and kontri dem
Nigeria dey lose more dan $128 billion to cybercrimes evri year
As 2021 dey end, di world go don lose a total of $6 trillion.
till today, over 40 Nigerians don dey investigate for dia complicity for fraudulent scams by di FBI
Rufai tok say unemployment benefit fraud fall under wetin I call COVID-419 fraud for Nigeria
Diz na fraudulent scams wey dey leverage on top di loopholes wey di COVID-19 pandemic create to dey scam pipo, goment and organisation
For di COVID-19 lockdown for Nigeria, cybercriminals dey pattern dia fraud for di intervention of goment and private sector and dey scam many and some of dis schemes still dey till date
Domino pizza fraud, federal goment cash palliative fraud, N20, 000 Dangote relief fund fraud and promote sales fraud among odas
While doz wey dey engage for cyber-criminality for di Diaspora, some youngster dem dey do am for inside Nigeria.
E dey regularly arrest, trial and convict dem by di Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
Understandin di culture wey dey sustain cyber-criminality fit help serious goment fight di crime
Di family na di microcosm of di large society
Na di place wey normal human being suppose dey nurtured for di society
Apart from di fact say plenti Naija family dey dungeon of poverty and dem no fit take care of dia pikin, some of dis pikin don bikom breadwinners, albeit, illegal
Di challenge wit ethical behaviour training dey for plenti house as parents dem wey dem dey arrest wit dia children wey dey involve for cyber-criminality
For anoda place, mothers of yahoo-boys dey form association to celebrate dia son success and justify dia criminal behaviours
For di religious setting, pastors wey dem deprive, alfas and traditionalists dey create house wey dem dey benefit from Yahoo-boyism proceed
Moral teaching don give way to materialistic Pentecostalism
Viral video dey wey boys dey show say dem dey spray moni while doz wey appear say dem be shepherd for white garment church enjoy di moment wen di captive members of di church, wey dia female youth wing lead, record di shameful scene.
Pikin wey dem born for 1999 wen Nigeria return to democracy don dey 21 years old
Sadly, dem don grew up to appreciate lying as way of life from di mouth of politicians (and for many cases from home) wey deceive pipo to vote dem and dem no dey fulfil or jettison di campaign promises.
Lyin itself na di foundation of di sociology of hushpuppism
Dem dey socialise youths to corruption and fraud by pipo wey dey hold public office
Dem see how dia systems dey provide soft landin for fraudulent persins ( public or private).
Shey dem dey ask how many fraud and corruption allegations don dey fully investigated and discharged wit punishment wen dem find di accused guilty?
Di majority of di case end wit off-di-mic like di Nigeria Delta Development Commission (NDDC) case end as family affair
Di youths see flamboyant lifestyle dem wey dem dey celebrate inside di squalor
Dem see how once poor political aspirant don turn to millionaire witin months of inauguration
Dem see how traditional institution don bikom cash and dem carry in awarding chieftaincy titles
Tertiary educational institutions, wit few exceptions, give honours wey dey undeserving in exchange for moni
All those wey mismanage di moni dey get soft landin
We add to di list of culture wey dey nurturin cybercrimes na di lyrical glamorisation of cybercrimes by some popular Nigerian musician wey present cyber-criminality as work and game dat evribodi dey involve in and no be crime
If we elect fraudsters as legislors, dem go make laws against di crime wey dem dey involve
Di process to dey give parti nomination to di highest bidders by parti leaders need to dey review if we wan stop to dey import problematic tokunbo products into awa already morally bankrupt political system
E dey unfortunate say di critical reasoning of parti leaders dey lower wen moni don dangle for dia eyes
Dem dey provide platform for dubious character to cover up dia track and awa society is worse off through dia actions
Greed dey also nurture cyber-criminality
Donald Voiret wey be FBI agent wey dey investigate Rufai tok say greed na powerful motivator
Unfortunately, di greed wey dem allege to dis defendant dey affect all taxpayers
As we dey move forward, we no fit live in sin and dey expect make grace abound.
Nigeria go need sanitise im anti-corruption system and emplace accountability policy wey dey track lifestyle wit material accumulation.
We need give youth hope for Nigeria as we dey create employment opportunity, 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 di investigation before dem go arrest suspects as di FBI don do before dem go arrest Ramini Abbass hushpuppi and Abidemi Rufai Sandy Tang.
Unless di culture wey dey sustain cybercrimes for Nigeria na hin dem dey tackle through social engineering, cyber-criminality go continue to dey fester
Dr Tade wey be one sociologist write dis piece via dotad2003@yahoo.com
DRC president Tshisekedi don assume chair of African Union
President of di Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi assume chair of di African Union on Saturday.
Hin assumption of office na for di first day of di 34th Ordinary Session of di Assembly of Head of state and goment for Addis Ababa
E go succeed South African president Cyril Ramaphosa, as di organization rotatin chairperson.
Di AU go dey look at how Covid-19 fit affect di continent.
Di union's
Di official theme of 2021 na Arts, Culture, and Heritage: Levers wey we go use build Africa wey we want
Despite kontri and continent-wide control measures, di impact of COVID-19 don impose enormous human, financial and socio-economic costs on di African pipo, Tshisekedi tok
Dis crisis, however, dey also give us chance to re-examine awa socio-economic priorities and work towards a sustainable and inclusive economic growth wey go allow African women and girls contribute to awa societies to di fullest.
We suppose dey more self-reliant and find collective solution to awa problems
Tshisekedi tok say di DRC for dia term as head of di Union dey look at how dem go lift Africa voice.
E go also focus on top sustainable development by and for Africa
We go work to ensure dia integral well being, peace and security, health care and a strong response against COVID-19, as well as food security
Di president tok say; Agricultural transformation, education, gender equality, climate justice, di free movement of pipo and goods, and freedom of tok and religion, as well as di enhancement of awa common heritage: languages, and memorial sites of di history of African pipo, go dey di centre of awa agenda.
Fresh crises for Lagos PDP ova di LG polls
Fresh crises dey brewing inside di Lagos state chapter of di Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ova di release of guidelines for di conduct of di forthcoming local goment elections by di state Chairman, Engr Deji Doherty.
Engr Doherty wey don dey runin battle wit plenti of hin colleagues for state working Committee (SWC), wey dey lead to hin suspension recently, release di guidelines for Friday
We go rememba say di state independent electoral commission (LASIEC) don release di timetable for di election wey dem plan to hold for Saturday, July 24,2021.
Inside di lingerin internal strife for di state PDP, di chairman release di guidelines wey, dem learn am, no go well wit most of di executive members wey tok say dem no carry dem go
One member for di state executive tok say dem unilaterally plan and release di timetable by di chairman witout di input of oda executive members
We hear say di oda factions of di parti wey dey opposed 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 publish di position of di aggrieved members durin di week, dey insist say di key members of di executive dey sideline
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, one new morning, two red lines change my life
I dey pregnant and I dey hapi
E be amazing start to new year
Na di year wey dey remark pass for my life
All of a sudden, evrithin change
My daughter Roshomon Tara na hin dem born for di end of di first lockdown for Dhaka, Bangladesh; she don dey nine month old
She be di reason why I bikom mother for di middle of a global crisis.
No be only her wey dem born, but na new me, mother of Tara, wey spend an entire pregnancy for lockdown for house and giving birth for emergency condition within di emergency.
Tara don see di world wit mask and isolation.
her grandmothers sef dey afraid to hold am or kom closer to her witout wear mask
If pandemic no dey, my journey to motherhood go dey completely different
Dis Mother's Day dey special as my daughter don dey front of me, she dey smile and star for me
Last Mother's Day, she dey grow inside me
Di only tin wey no change na di pandemic
I dey 16 weeks pregnant wen di pandemic start, and di planeta go lockdown.
I dey struggle to survive di pandemic wit my hormonal and physical changes
those 22 weeks no less dan war
my husband Sina Hasan na musician, and dem cancel all hin concerts for dat time
na freelance journalist since January 1, 2020
We dey depend on wetin I don save ova di years, so we go spend all my savings
awa parents and two journalist association dey forward to help for di time being
I dey fear evrithin
most of di time, e be like death
dem dey knock for door
I dey adapt to a new online life wia we click and get awa thin home-delivered
I gats wait for one week make I get groceries delivered dis way
I even dey afraid to send di only family member wey dey live wit me my husband go out go buy food for storage
so I dey chop less
Besides, I no fit go for my scheduled antenatal check-ups
I no dey sure if my pikin dey grow healthy or all development dey take place on time
I dey sorry for my unborn pikin, say I dey bring am into a different world pass ever
Tele-medication help me spend some hard time during di last trimister
I don forget my gynaecologist face
I no fit remember how she look witout di PPE
I need information about risk, precautions and how I fit get emergency medical help
plenti information dey float around
Inside dis wahala of information, experienced mothers, my mother, and mother-in-law fit only help me if dem support me and dem no meet me for person wen I dey pregnant
Traditionally, experienced mothers and most older women for di family dey help new mothers wit dia experience and observation
I don get plenti panic attack bikos say I no get information and understanding
So, I dey dug for di experience of new mothers wey born dis time
Na so I find social media as lifeline
I read plenti exciting experience for social media as I follow a group of more dan 100,000 pregnant and lactating mothers wey support each oda to survive di pandemic
Different media group for dis platform don help more dan 100,000 pregnant and lactating mothers by sharing dia experience and information durin di lockdown.
One of dis group help me find one health care facility wey I go do emergency ultrasound afta wey I get heavy bleedin durin di lockdown.
Anoda group help me curb my anxiety during pregnancy and post-partum depression.
I dey vex say I no fit meet my parents, relatives, or friends to share di joy to welkom new member for di family
My daughter dem born on August 25, 2020, for di same hospital, Azimpur Maternity, wia I born decades ago
and she meet anoda pikin for person wen she be four months old on December 31, 2020, wen Tara and her Papa waka go rooftop wit me go see di fireworks
Anoda family wey get two pikin, my next-door neighbour wey I meet first time, sef go der say goodbye to 2020
Everi day na, and na, gift, considering di recent statistics of increased Covid-19 cases.
Wen news of death dey evriwia, di new life bring happiness kom let hope thrive
For mothers, e no less dan to win a war by giving birth to a pikin during a pandemic and to dey take care of di pikin all alone, to confirm di highest safety for dia pikin
So tey, emotionally and physically dis time fit dey challengin
thanks to di light for di shining eyes of di baba
thanks to my pikin, my daughter, for whom I be mother and successful fighter wey survive dis pandemic
Dil Afrose Jahan wey be recipient for di National Geographic Society Emergency Fund for Journalists
Na National Geographic Society support dis work
Di national question, insecurity and di Asaba declaration
E kom from Segun Tomori
Recently, Southern Nigeria Governors meet for Asaba and take som far-reaching resolutions on di state of di nation, wey dem dey call as Asaba Declaration
Di meetin wey kom on di heels of worsenin insecurity for di kontri, agitation by some ethnic jingoist and di unending threat of murderous herdsmen generate nationwide attention
for true di bi-partisan nature of di meeting and di unanimity wey di 17 governors show say dem mean serious business
Restructuring for di context of true federalism and di ban for open grazing form di core of di declaration.
major highlights include di clamour for state police, devoluton of power, review of revenue formula in favour of federatin units and di need for national dialogue to discuss di national question
While di leg-draging of di governors on top financial autonomy for state legislature and judiciary dey condemnable and run contrary to di spirit of true federalism wey dem dey clamour to, di bulk of dia resolutions dey actually a cardinal tenet of di ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to which Gov. El-Rufai-led committee on top True Federalism don make far-reaching recommendations.
One go don dey expect make di leading light of APC take advantage of di bipartisan nature of di Asaba declaration, di overwhelmin support of di major opposition parti to kick-start di process to dey address di issues.
Instead, we see attempts to play to di gallery and for some quarters, subtle censure of di governors
Di El-Rufai Committee don recommend devoluton of power, resource kontrol, state police, local goment autonomy and review of revenue formule in favor to dey federate units among odas
President Buhari don give support for local goment, state legislature and judiciary autonomy through backing amendment of di statutes and issuing Executive Order 010.
If to say di state of di kontri wey security and economy don pose serious challenges, dis twin sectors suppose receive di utmost attention, concrently.
Despite di rating of Nigeria as di kontri wey get di highest GDP for Africa, we neva make sufficient effort to translate dat to improved standard of living for di majority of awa citizen
awa annual budget wey dey about $35 billion, for example, dey grossly inadequate to cater to di need 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 Programmes wey dey reach 17m for di population
Di efforts wey Buhari administation get, though novel and commendable, still represent drop for ocean and dem no dey adequate to make di required impact
Na wia devoluton of power and resource kontrol kom in
Solid minerals and natural resources no get business wey dey stay a day longer for di Exclusive list
Na almost all di states for di kontri get commercial viable natural resources wey dem fit use use use create wealth and generate di necessary foreign exchange for di kontri
Di present system wey states enta cap in hand to Abuja to collect federal allocations for di kontri breeds indolence, run contrary to di principle of true federalism
As di El-Rufai committee don propose, make dem review di revenue formule for favour of di states since dem go add more responsibilities
For state police, di fear of abuse and envisaged excess by governors dey understandable, but as Richie Norton tok say To escape fear, you need go through am, no around am
for too long we don waka around fear of abuse of state police, we don try turn blind eyes to di obviously overstretched and over-centralised Nigeria police force wey don bikom no not only overly inefficient, but largely conundrum
As Vice-President Osinbajo tok some years ago, State Police na idea wey hin time don kom
We need address awa fears and overkom am.
One of di way wey dem fit do na to use legal instrument for di establishment of di State Police Regulatory Commission (SPRC), wit di constitution amendment wey go allow State Police.
E go dey similar to di Federal Police Service Commission (PSC) but dem get wider powers to exercise appointive and regulatory funtions.
Di ban to dey open grazing though di governors dem restate no be new and e form di fulcrum of di National Livestock Transformation Plan (NLTP) wey di National Executive Council approve
Di international Crisis Group (ICG) tout di NLTP as Nigeria's comprehensive effort to overhaul di inefficient and grossly underperforming livestock system.
Di core na strategy to curtail migrratory or open grazing and thus reduce di risk of conflict between herders and farmers E,derfore, beggars belief say some myopic, self-acclaimed ethnic champions choose to lampoon di ban on pre-historic, nomadic open grazing.
Make di federal and state goment move quick to fully implement dis new plan so we fit put di perennial farmers-herders clashes for awa back
Di convocation of National Dialogue, a major demand of di Asaba declaration fit no dey necessary since di report of di 2014 National Conference and recommendation of di Gov. El-Rufai APC committee on top True Federalism dey.
Both report don make far-reaching recommendation say awa governors wey dem elect and dia legislors for di National Assembly fit reach consensus on, instead of to dey waste scarce resources for anoda jamboree.
On top di issue of separatist agitation, modalities for convening referendum wey go dey spelt out for di constitution suppose dey
E dey almost sure say plenti Nigerians wan live togeda, awa differences, notwitstandin
Doing dis go take di sail out of di wind of divisive elements, fanning embers of hate and discord.
Di Southern Governors dem 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 wahala like evri oda kontri, we need hear awasef, as di US President Joe Biden dey tok am.
Tomori dey live for Abuja
Dem kill two officers as IPOB militants set Anambra police station for fire
24 hours afta di commissioner of police for Anambra wey dem just appoint, Christopher Adetokumbo Owolabi, don resume duty, gunmen attack Obosi police station for Idemili North local goment area for di state and kil two officers.
Di gunmen attack di police station late Wednesday, dey free all detail before dem put di station on fire
One source for inside di affected police station tok say di gunmen enta and attack di station around 11pm.
E identify di deceased officers as Inspector James and Awalu
Di source tok say dem kill di victims for inside one non-functional filling station wey dey close to police station
Di source also tok say wen oda police officers on duty notice unusual movement of di gunmen wey dem no sabi, dem take to dia heels while di attackers don get field time wey dey burn down di police station.
Meanwhile, di police for Anambra don confirm di kilin of two of dia personnel
DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, wey be di command Public Relations Officer (PPRO), wey confirm di attack, tok say di state Commissioner of Police don ship tactical team for di spot assessment of di incident.
Dem direct di tactical team wey dem lead by di Assistant Commissioner of Police to get for spot assessment of di place
Dem tell di team say make dem identify and catch di hoodlums wey dey perpetrat di attack
Ikenga, wey add say dem don deposit di bodi of di two policemen wey dem kill for nearby morgue, say investigation for di mata don start.
NEPC and Commonwealth don collaborate 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 service 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 supervision of di Commonwealth Secretariat London, di Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of di NEPC, Mr. Olusegun Awolowo, tok say Nigeria no get readily accessible and reliable data or statistics on top trade-in-services.
Awolowo tok say prior attempts to create awareness on di Trade-in-Service sector of di economy, plus di creation of di National Strategy for Export of Professional Services for 2010.
Di Commonwealth for 2016 assist Nigeria to develop road-map for di service sector, e tok
Di NEPC oga tok say di current focus of collaboration wit di Commonwealth Secretariat na on top data/statistics collection and management.
He tok say e dey critical for awa export effort as e go fill di gap in collecting or capturing data from relevant institutions so e go fit generate analysis and use statistical information on Trade-in-Services in line wit di global trend.
NITDA, don firm to launch tech startup fund for July
Di National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and one United State-based firm Mass Challenge don sign agreement wey go finance support between 10 and 15 start-ups wey go start from July, so dem go fit reach dia full potential within 12 months
Di Director General of NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi tok am on Tuesday wen virtual media stakeholder engagement wit officials of MassChallenge
Di initiative na im dem design to identify and accelerate top start-ups wey dey base for Nigeria and grow dia business to serve di Nigerian and global market, Abdullahi tok.
Di NITDA DG don 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 critical to di future of awa kontri and e dey important to find solution to awa various challenges.
Innovation na prominent way wey we fit use create prosperity for all and lift kontris out of poverty
Siobhan Dullea wey be di CEO of MassChallenge tok say di firm don support ova 2,900 start-ups for 54 kontries across di world and say diz firms don generate $3.6 billion revenue and don create 86,000 job
kidnapper dem abduct two women for Abuja council
kidnapper dem don kidnap two women, Christiana Isa Attah and Favor David, wey dey behind Anguwar Kpokpolobi community for Naharati, Abaji Area Council, FCT
Mrs Ruth Attah wey be retired school teacher, tell awa reporter for her residence yesterday say di incident apun for around midnight on Saturday
she say she dey asleep and her daughters dey dia room wen di kidnapper enta di house afta dey scale through di low fence
she tok say dem break one of di windows and dem go di room wia her two daughters dey asleep and dem bundle dem away for gunpoint
she tok say wen di girls notice say di kidnapper dem dey break down di window, dem run go my room to hide, but di gunmen follow dem go my room kom carry us go
as she take tok, di kidnapper dem spare am some few meters away from di house afta dem notice say she no fit trek for long bikos of her old age
Na afta we cross river and I no fit track again dat di oda gang members wey dey behind me say make I go back house as dem waka go wit my two daughters, she add join.
One pesin wey dey live for di area, wey prefer to dey anonymity, tok say di kidnappers carry out di operation for over one hour as dem dey shoot inside air to dey fear pipo make dem no engage dem.
Security man no kom here wen di kidnapper dem dey shoot inside di air for over one hour, e tok.
Daily Trust hear say till dat day wey dey fateful, di woman and her pikin don dey always spend di night for neighbours house kom back house for morning for fear of kidnapper dem as her house just dey few meters from river
We also hear say one of di woman daughter, wey be class teacher for di area, dey prepare for her wedding next month.
Di tok tok pesin wey dey FCT police command, ASP Maryam Yusuf, no pick call or reply to di text message wey dem send to confirm di latest kidnap incident for di area.
why I dey race for Anambra gomenthip for Anglican Priest
An Anglican Priest, Rev Godwin Okonkwo, don tok say him dey di race for di November governorship election for Anambra State bikos him wan bring di fear of God and knowledge of prudent use of resources to bear on governance for di state
Okonkwo wey tok to Daily Trust for Wednesday shortly afta hin address hin supporters for Awka, di Anambra state capital, say di state dey lag for back in terms of good governance
Di pipo wey dey dere neva bring bear in managing di resources of Anambra State for di good of Anambra pipo
I believe say we fit do beta tin to dey manage di state resources
E don reach time wey we commot from a 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, e tok.
Barty beat Kvitova make e set up last-four clash wit Badosa
Ashleigh Barty go take on Paula Badosa for di semifinals of di Madrid Open afta he beat Petra Kvitova 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 on Wednesday.
World no 1 Barty dey chase her fourth singles title for di year afta her triumph for Stuttgart 10 days ago
For di last four she go face di woman wey knock am out for di quarterfinals for Charleston for early April.
For Wednesday, di Australian kom out on top against two-time Wimblendon champion and 2015 and 2018 Madrid winner Kvitova
Wildcard Badosa don bikom di first Spanish woman for di tournament's 12-year history to make di semis wit her 6-4, 7-5 over win eighth seed Belinda Bencic.
22 pharaoh mummy dey parade for Egypt
Twenty-two pharaoh mummy waka di streets of Cairo for Saturday evenin in a stunnin royal procession from di Egyptian Museum for Tahrir Square to di new National Museum of Egyptian Civilization (NMEC) for Fustat.
Na di event mark di official launch of NMEC
As dem dey fight di backdrop of fireworks, di mummies “ 18 king and four queens” travel in order to age on purpose-built gold-colored pharaonic chariots, equipped wit air ride suspension system to absorb vibrations, and bearing di name of dia occupants for Arabic, English, and hieroglyphics.
Seqenenre Tao II, wey reign ova Upper Egypt around 1,600 BCE, lead di parade, while Ramses IX, wey rule for di 12th century BCE, kom up di rear
In line wit strict international standard for di transport of artifacts, dem put di royal remains for state-of-the-art sterile display cases to guarantee dia immaculate preservation.
wit di mummy na 60 motorcycles, 150 horses, and a pharaonic music ensemble wey di renowned Egyptian maestro Nader Abbassi conduct
Di procession start wit 21-gun salute, circle di obelisk for di nearby Tahrir Square, and den continue along di Nile to NMEC, wia Egypttian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi personally welkom di mummies to dia new permanent home for Fustat, di National Museum of Egyptian Civilization.
Di 40-minute parade wey make 12 Egypt celebrities participate, wey 200+ global TV channels dey broadcast
Di priceless artifacts go spend di next two weeks for NMEC laboratory, wia dem go prepare dem for installation inside di Royal Mummy Hall, wey dem model on di Valley of di Kings.
Di Royal Mummy Hall go dey open to visitor dem on April 18, coinciding wit World Heritage Day
To promote di launch, NMEC offer 50% discount for entry ticket price to di Central Exhibition Hall for all visitor from April 4 to 17.
Also, representatives of local and international media get opportunity to photograph and film di artifacts wey dey inside di Central Exhibition Hall for free on April 4 and 5.
Inside Ain Al Sira for di heart of di historical city of Fustat near di Babylon Fortress, NMEC dey one of di largest and most important archeology museums for di world, and di first to span di entirety of di Egyptian civilization.
Uproar for Kano prison for drugs wey no dey legal
Pandemonium dey for Kano central prison for Kurmawa on Thursday evenin bikos of illegal drugs.
Dem tok say di uproar don start wen di warders wey dey di prison see and collect hard drugs wey dem dey bring inside d prisoners on Thursday evenin.
Wen we contact dem, di Public Relation Officer of di Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) for Kano state, Musbahu Lawal Kofar Nasarawa, confirm di issue, e kom add say dem don already set up committee wey go find out how di hard drugs take enter di centre.
Him tok say, someone wey dey bring weed for di prisoner dem and awa operatives don confiscate am, so dem start a uproar, dem ask make we give dem
We don already set up committee wey go find out how dat kind illegal drug get inside di house; weda na for some of di food wey dem bring to di prisoner dem or someone wey dey connived wit awa operatives
Im add say, di action no get jailbreak, e just dey uproar we don reinforce order back to di custodial centre.
Howeva, rumour dey say di prisoner dem wan break di jail in dia attempt to escape while dem dey resist di food dem dey tok say dem dey serve dem to break dia fast, even say dem dey collect huge donations from Philanthropists.
Di NCoS tok persin don debunk di rumours, dey describe dem as baseless
Daily Trust don report say di over 100 years prison wey dey Kurmawa area, just behind Emir's Palace for di metropolis na di biggest custodial centre for di state.
FG don dey find global action against drug trafficking and terrorism.
Di federal goment don urge world leaders make dem strengthen international cooperation as part of effort to successfully fight terrorism and drug trafficking as well as oda form of crime
Dis dey even as Nigeria don express concern ova di incidence of illicit financial flow from developing to developing economies of di world
Dis na part of di position wey Nigeria present for di conference wey dey go on di United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, wey take place for Vienna, Austria
Di tok tok pesin for di National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Femi Babafemi, tok say di Chairman/Chief Executive for di agency, Brig-Gen.
Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), wey present Naija's position on top items 6C and 7 for di meeting as im tok say as nations dey deepen cooperation and dey strengthen di processes of fightin di financin of terrorism and how dem go prevent terrorists from benefit from ransom payments, e dey important make dem no overlook di trafficking in illegal drugs.
E dey imperative to keep eye on and kontrol di proliferation of illegal traffic for narcotic drugs, psychotropic substances and oda substances of abuse wey serve as conflict multipliers wey dey lead to escalation of both di scope and intensity of violent activities.
Marwa tok say Nigeria sef dey worry about di link wey dey between terrorism and oda form of crime like corruption, illict financial flow, money laundering, illict trafficking for drugs, cybercrime, trafficking in persins and smuggling of migrants.
Deliverin Nigeria statement on item 6C on Wednesday, Marwa tok say as nations dey renew dia desire to improve international cooperation to address all forms of crimes, Nigeria dey urge all states, again, make dem do sincere efforts, to address di root causes, wey include poverty, economic deprivation, inequality, drug abuse, and oda socio-economic factors.
As dem dey present di kontri statement on item 7 on Thursday, Marwa tok say, Nigeria note wit great concern di incidence of illicit financial flow, wey dey go through di financial system evri year, from developing to developing economies.
To dissuade di perpetrators of dis anomaly, including financial institutions wey dey act as enablers, state parties suppose ensure say illicit financial flow, wen dem track am, no go remain for di custody of enabling financial institutions but make dem transfer am to escrow account, preferably for development banks pending return to kontri dem wey get origin
Untop dis one, we want make dem implement di recommendation of FACTI panel for 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, Alhaji Aminu Balele Kurfi dey in celebratory mood for Sunday minute afta Chelsea football club win dia second UEFA Champions League title.
For all English final, former champion Chelsea shock Manchester City 1- 0 for di Estadio
Na Dragao for Porto go win dia second trophy
Kai Havertz, wey be one of di expensive addition for last summer, score di decisive goal before half-time to inflict third consecutive defeat on Pep Guardiola's City.
Moments afta di match, di former governor tweet I support Chelsea FC for UCL trophy, and e kom at no regrets
Kurfi wey watch proceedings for Abuja along wit Sylva tok say e create time to watch di match wit di former Bayelsa state governor to support and celebrate wit am afta di match
I gats go support am bikos say hin be avid fan of Chelsea
I dey hapi say for di end, hin get kos to celebrate
Plenti pipo no know say His Excellency Timipre Sylva dey passionate about sports, especially football.
for my part, as di Chairman for Katsina State Football Association, I be father for all supporters for di different clubs wey dey my state
I dey wit Chelsea from wia dem loan me to Katsina United
From United, dem loan me to Kurfi Tigers FC and for dat moment, I dey for Evri club, Kurfi tok say e get lighter mood
Uganda election: President Museveni for early lead, rival alleges fraud
President Yoweri Museveni don take early lead for Uganda's presidential election, according to preliminary results wey di electoral commission release for Friday morning
dis na as hin main rival tok say hin get proof say dem don marry di poll for fraud
wit 29.4 per cent of votes from Thursday ballot count, Museveni don win 1,852,263 votes, or 63.9 per cent while main opposition candidate Bobi Wine don get 821,874 or 28.4 per cent, di commission tok am afta 11.00 a.m. (0800 GMT)
Wine don allies for fraud
Wine, wey be singer-turned-lawmaker wey don galvanise young Ugandans wit dem call for political change, tell am for news conference on Friday him don film proof of fraud durin voting and say hin want a peaceful outkom to di vote
E don tok for tweet early for di day say e dey confident say e go win despite widespread fraud and violence
Museveni, wey don lead di East African kontri wit population of 46 million for 34 years, neva make statement by noon
Internet blackout
On Wednesday, di government order internet blackout until we notice am more, a day afta we ban all social media and messaging app.
Wine and im supporters don use Facebook to relay live coverage of im campaign and news conference afta im tok say many media outlets don decline to host am.
Security forces don fight for di election campaign on top di opposition candidate and dia supporters.
Uganda's normally bustling capital Kampala dey quiet on Friday, a public holiday afta Thursday's poll, and shops mostly close.
Dem soldier dem patrol on foot inside di rain inside a suburb wey Reuters visit.
Commission head, Simon Byabakama, assure di nation on live TV for Thursday evenin afta polls don close say results dey arrive for national tally centre despite di nationwide internet blackout
We no dey use local internet to transmit awa result, we dey use awa own system, e tok, witout giving details of dat system
Make u no worry, result go kom, Byabakama add
New wave of pandemic don hit more of Japan's prefectures
Japan don dey set to expand di current state of emergency to three more prefectures, di government tok on Friday,
dis dey as di coronavirus infection continue to hit wider regions of di kontri ahead of dis summer's Tokyo Olympics
Di prefectures of Hokkaido, Okayama and Hiroshima suppose dey under di measure from Sunday to di end of May, Economic Revitalisation Minista, Yasutoshi Nishimura, tell journalist dem
A panel of experts endorse di proposal, Nishimura tok, wey dey in charge of di goment's coronavirus response.
Di northern Island of Hokkaido don record 712 new infection for Thursday while di western prefecture of Hiroshima also see record 219 new case for Wednesday.
Surgin infections don prompt Hiroshima and Okayama make dem cancel next week's torch relay for dia public roads.
International Olympic Committee President, Thomas Bach, na hin dey plan to participate for one torch relay event for Hiroshima on May 17.
Howeva, dem don postpone Bach journey go Japan befor di Game, na wetin local organisers tok
Di postponeement 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 Aichi, Fukuoka to di measure
Di goment declare di state of emergency for di four prefectures for late April, dey request bar and restaurants make dem refrain from to dey serve alcohol and to dey offer karaoke service
Experts don warn say di quick spread of more contagious variants, especially as di roll-out of coronavirus vaccine don dey extremely slow for Japan since e launch for mid-February.
Na only one per cent of Japan
Dem don fully vaccinate 125 million populations
Jigawa's mechanised farm go benefit local farmers
Di Malam Alu Agro Allied Company, one farm wey dey sit on a 100-hectare land for Faru village, along Maiduguri road, Birnin Kudu Local goment Area for Jigawa State, dey change di perception of mechanised farmin for Nigeria, Mansur Dau Aliyu, di company's Group General Manager (GGM) tok.
Di establishment of di farm almost five years ago, dem gather am, na direct response to di call by di President Muhammadu Buhari administration for Naija pipo to return to agriculture as di mainstay of di nation's economy, instead make dem rely solely on oil as di only source of revenue for di kontri
Na evri cattle get number tag wey dey attached to e ear
Di GGM add am join say, di founder of di company, Farouk Adamu Aliyu, wey be former member of di House of Representatives key into dis.
We dey do greenhouse farmin
We get 10,000 square-metre fully automated soilless greenhouse, wia we dey produce tomato
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
All dis greenhouse dey foreign-oriented, and dem don install am to produce variety of vegetables
We dey produce only tomatoes from di 10,000 square automated soilless greenhouse; 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 locally make
hin tok say; We get livestock section, we get about 300 herds of cattle, some camel, goat and sheep
Daily Trust gather say di farm get fishery unit, wey get about 50,000 fishes inside di pond
Also, na forty-ton per hour fertilizer blending plant wey dem install before for di year, dem gather am, now e dey produce close to 300 loads of NPK fertilizer under di Presidential Fertilizer Initiative
We don also import equipment for di installation of 120,000 capacity poultry system
We dey hope say we go dey produce between 3,000-4,000 crates of egg evriday, Mansur tok.
hin tok say di farm get diary production plant, wey dey for di production of about 2,000 litres of milk a day, hin add say na about 150-200 hectares of land wey dey for open field farmin for real cultivation of rice and oda crop
Mansur tok say di major clientele for di tomato na premium customers, big hotels for Abuja, Lagos and some oda locations
E confirm say di main market for di products dey mainly for di eastern part of di kontri, like Enugu, Onitsha, Owerri
E admit say besides di few customers wey dem get for Kano, dem rare to see dia tomato products for di local market for som reason.
Di 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 na major tomato-producing area
You know say tomato na common product for here, so awa price dey high pass wetin dem dey obtain normally for open market
So, essentially, pipo no dey look us, dem dey feel apprehensive of wetin we get bikos dem believe say dem dey expensive
And wen u get product wey dey available, pipo go surely go for di cheaper brand
One farm dey feed di fish
Wen dem ask di average lifespan of dia tomato products, him tok say, if you give di tomato all wey e require, I mean nutritional supplements you feed am wit as e dey grow, if you give am all diz things, dis tomato fit last up three weeks post-harvest
But even if dem no am, e last for minimum of one week, no under any refrigeration, but surely e no dey under intense pressure and heat
You fit kip am for table wia you get beta ventilation.
E fit last average of 10 days, but wit evritin wey dey provide as e dey require (all nutrient), e fit last up to one month
Na dis wey we don experince, but den, you no go get am as you dey always want am
Di farm na also a source of employment for like 200 pipo for di village wia dem dey find am
He kom tok say di company get som pipo wey go train di youth for di area on top information technology skil
He kom still tok say plenti of di equipment wey dey use for di farm na hin dem dey import from Turkey, except di fertilizer-blending machine wey dem dey import from China
hin tok say, dem dey model di farmin method afta dem use Turkish style of operation bikos we get Turkish partner wey dey help to maintain di standard, but hin quick add say di company no dey aware of di reason why Nigerians need to dey run di technical aspect of hin operations
reflecting on di effect of COVID-19 on di operations of di company, Mansur tok say, Malam Alu, just like oda corporate entities for di kontri, don suffer from di devastating effects of di virus
For Mansur, youths for Nigeria no get excuse to dey unempoloyed wit di opportunity wey agriculture provide, as dem note say those wey wan secure white-collar job make dem adjust to di reality and kom back to agriculture.
E believe say Nigeria don dey do wetin im suppose do long time ago, dey tok say if di kontri don take dis step, di current economic crisis for don be prevented.
2023: Lawmaker dey find beta deal for Southern Kaduna
Di member wey dey represent Jaba Constituency for di Kaduna State House of Assembly, Samson Monday Dikko, don call pipo wey get goodwill to kom togeda kom map out strategies wey go salvage di Southern Kaduna Senatorial Districts and im pipo for 2023.
Speaking afta meetin wit stakeholders for Kagoro, Kaura Local goment Area of Kaduna State for di weekend, Dikko, wey dey aspirate to be senator for di platform of di pipos Democratic parti (PDP), tok say Southern Kaduna pipo don dey abandoned by those wey suppose take care of dem.
Na dis be di time for di entire Southern Kaduna pipo to get am right.
He tok say; We need to transform awa region and improve security, education, health, agriculture, economy, employment and empowerment for di teeming youths in conjunction wit reputable non-gomental organisations.
Di Director-General of Dikko Campaign Organisation, Timothy Chindo Kwassam, tok say di destiny of di pipo of Kaduna South Senatorial districts go dey dia own hand if Dikko represent dem for di Senate for 2023.
For evritin wey dey under di sun, season dey
Kwassam tok say di arrival of Dikko for dis critical period of time no be di mere coincidence, but na divine plan by God to free di region from evritin wey don hind am to dey grow and compete wit oda regions.
3 Africans, no Nigerian as City, Chelsea dey contest for UEFA Champions League final
No be lie say, enthusiastic football fans for Nigeria dey eagerly wait tonights finals of di 2020/2021 UEFA Champions League finals to be contested between two English clubs, Manchester City and Chelsea for di Estadio do Dragao, Porto for Portugal.
Sake of di fact say di UEFA Champions League na one of di world big football competition, only afta di FIFA World Cup and di Olympics football event, level of expectation don dey increase as di giants of di English Premier League dey set to tussle for di prestigious diadem.
While Manchester City neva win Champions League title, Chelsea win dia first and only title so far for 2012
Therefore, even as football pundits don tip City wey just win dia seventh Premiership title to win tonight, Chelsea go kom inside di contest wit beta credential
Na former Champion dem be.
Howeva, while Thomas Tuchel wey lead di Chelsea technical crew neva taste Champions League victory, im opponent for di Manchester City dugout, Pep Guardiola na two time winner.
E win am for 2009 and 2010 wit Barcelona
therefore, plenti tins dey to expect from di actors wey go dey out for there for di field of Estadio
do Dragao for Porto and di men wey dey in charge of di technical areas
Wetin dey interesting be say, even if di two contestants dey parade na only three African players for Riyad Mahrez (Algeria, Manchester City), Hakim Ziyech (Morococo, Chelsea) and Edourad Menday (
Senegal, Chelsea) Africa interest for di final don drop.
For Nigeria wia Chealsea and Manchester City dey enjoy plenty followin from passionate football fans, expectation don reach feverish point, e dey lead to interesting re-alignment
Fans of di European clubs wey dem eliminate from the Champions League for different stage don re-align demsef wit either Chelsea or Manchester City based on divergent interest
Bikos of wetin dey apun, di finals be one of di topic wey dem dey discuss pass for sporting circles for Nigeria wen fans of di Premiership clubs continue to dey predict wetin go be di final result
Howeva, while almost evribodi dey wait to swour di football artistry wey fi go dey display, some pundits dey worried by di increasein decline for di number of African players for di finals of one of di biggest football competition wey dey earth
To go by di history of di UEFA Champions League, na only 24 African footballers don contest and dem don win di trophy wit dia European clubs.
Sadly, African football legend like George Weah wey dem vote as World Footballer of di year for 1995,
Rashidi Yekini wey dey Nigeria, Egypt's Mohamed Aboutrika, Roger Mila wey dey Cameroon, Jay-Jay Okocha, Sunday Oliseh, Taribo West and Victor Ikpeba wey dey Nigeria, Rigobert Song wey dey Cameroon and Hassam Hassan wey dey Egypt no win di Champions League even as dia football prowess dey.
Even say Mo Salah (Egypt), Sadio Mane (Senegal), Joel Matip (Cameroon) and Naby Keita (Guinea) dey big stage wen Liverpool win dia 6th UEFA Champions League title for 2019, di first African wey win di trophy na Bruce Grobbelaar of Zimbabwe.
E di feat for 1984 wit Liverpool
Dem follow am by di Algerian legend Rabah Madjer wey win am wit FC Porto for 1987 and Abedi Pele (Ghana) for 1993 wit Olympique Marseille before Nigeria
two of George Findi and Nwankwo Kanu lift am wit Ajax Amsterdam for 1995
Dem don 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 am thrice wit Barcelona 2006, 2009 and 2010 wit Inter Milan
Oda African winner of di trophy wey dem dey highly coveted 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), wit Real Madrid 2018 complete di list of Africans wey don win di UEFA Champions League.
To dey closer home, di last time wey Nigerian win di trophy na for 2012 wen Mikel Obi dey among di quartet of Africans wey lift am wit Chelsea for di expense of Bayern Munich.
Afta di former captain of di Super Eagles don dat thing, Nigeria don see di rise of oda immensely talented players like Ahmed Musa, Wilfred Ndidi, Kelechi Iheanacho, Alex Iwobi, William Troost-Ekong, Leon Balogun, Ola Aina, Isaac Success, Chigozie Awaziem, Tyrone Ebuehi, Moses Simon and lately Victor Osimhen
but nobodi neva feature for di finals of Europe big club competition
Di reason wey make dem do am no dey farfetched
Di competition na hin dey dominate 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 ova di years
Na,derfore, di hope for Nigeria football stakeholders say for no distant future di new generation of players go break all barriers and begin dey play for clubs wey get potential to win di UEFA Champions League.
If dis fail, den football fans for Nigeria go continue to dey live wit di agony to dey watch final of di UEFA Champions League kom and go without di presence of any Nigerian 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 Chelsea Mikel Obi for 2012, di 2021 all English club finals na few hours away.
For di end, victory go dey for di Manchester club wey dey dey hunt for dem first title ot di Londoners wey dey dey prime for di second itle and for football league wey dey wey dey watch pass for di world, Premiership go be ultimate winner
Enyimba force FC Ifeanyi Ubah to 2-2 draw for Oriental derby
Enyimba FC kom from back to secure a well deserved 2-2 draw for dia rescheduled week 14 fixure against Oriental brodas FC IfeanyiUbah for di Aba International Stadium, Aba,
Di Oriental Derby see say Enyimba don make three changes to di team wey lose for Rivers United for Sunday
Sadiq Abubakar kom back afta weeks of layoff while Anthony Omaka and Victor Mbaoma were restored to di starting line up.
Di first 28 minute of di game na both sides wey wan hit first but di visitin side draw di first blood for di 29th minute through Saidu Adamu wey poked house from close range afta Uche Onuoha don direct Evans Ogbonda cross to hin path.
As di away side dey full kontrol of di game, dia confidence grew more as dem leave di host scrambling to get back into di game as di first half end 1-0 for favour of di visitor
For di restart of di second half, Ifeanyi Ubah continue to dey press for di second goal and dey duly rewarded wen Saidu Adamu got hin brace afta hin get Awazie square pass ova di line for di 61st minute.
Stung to life by di second goal, Enyimba begin throw in evritin for dia arsenal to get back into di game
For di 78th minute, dia pressure off wen Reuben Bala reduce di deficit for Enyimba for a rather fortuitous fashion.
hin initial header na hin Sharp Uzoigwe kip out but di ball ricochet back to hin and ova di line
Di goal give Enyimba hope as dem continue to dey press for numbers to at least secure a point
Na wetin dem get for di 90th minute through Imoh Obot
Afta dis result, Enyimba don move up to 5th position wit 31 point from 17 games wit two more outstanding matches.
Meanwhile, FC Ifeanyi Ubah still dey rooted for di relegation zone wit 17 points for 19 games
Farmers dey apprehensive as planting season dey start wit erratic rain
As wet season don start for most part of di kontri, farmers don start, plantin, albeit wit fear afta erratic rain 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 rain for di North and mid-season draught for di South-West make farmers lose dia moni bikos of crop failure
Musa Yohana and Halima Thomas, farmers for Doma and Lafia, Nasarawa State, tok say dem don plant maize, groundnut and oda tuber crop like cassava and yam, but dem fear say dem fit get anoda horrible experience like last season wen dem force dem make dem plant maize and groundnut two times.
I lose most of my yams last year bikos of too much heat bikos 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 continue like dis for anoda week, I fit lose di seeds.
Like dem, plenti farmers around di FCT don plant am, but di fear of crop failure don dey hightened by dia experience for last year
For Benue State, awa correspondent report say farmers don begun to dey cultivate dia lands and plant crop dem wey dey complain of scanty rainfall
Some farmers wey don prepare dia farm early for di year tok say dem no fit start planting crop until one week ago, while odas just begin to till dia land for di wake of rainfall (thrice) within di past two weeks.
One farmer for Otukpo, Ada Hyacinth tok say di ground still dey too strong to cultivate bikos di rain neva dey frequent
Anoda farmer, Felix Tor for Makurdi tok say hin just plant melon and maize for hin farm wey hin just plouged despite di inconsistency of di rain
Howeva, Tor express fear say di nature of di rainfall fit affect di well being of di crop.
hin pray make di yield go turn out good for di end
But Vitalis Tarnongu, wey dey plough im 1,000 hectares of farmland for di Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi (FUAM), posit say di manner of rainfall dis year go require make im begin dey plant maize towards di end of May.
Tarnongu tok say a plant breeder for di university don advise am make hin wait till May 20 to begin dey plant hin maize bikos of di nature of di rainfall since di season set in suggest say two-week drought fit dey.
Aondongu Saaku wey be di state chairman of di All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) 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 if dem no see 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 crop in line wit di NIMET rainfall prediction for dis year.
Iorlamen tok say di period wey farmers suppose wait awhile before planting don go, tok say di prediction of NIMET for rainfall pattern for Benue State, wey dem (experts) work wit, indicate say di rain go stabilise for di state between April 18 and 30, 2021.
We fit assure farmers say di rain don stabilise, according to di NIMET prediction
Anythin otherwise now go dry spell
I don advise farmers say make dem check water logging capacity for dia farm so dem go plant dia crop accordingly.
Rice dey love plenti water, so na time to plant am
But farmers fit enta root 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 to di demise of a former presidential aide, Ahmed Gulak, wey dem murder gruesomely on Sunday for Owerri, Imo state capital.
Dis one follow di motion by di Deputy Senate President and Chairman of di Senate Constitution Review Committee, Ovie Omo-Agege, wey dey di floor of di Red Chamber.
Omo-Agege draw di attention of hin colleagues to di assassination of Gulak, wey, di lawmaker tok, dey hired to assist hin committee to work on di amendment wey Nigerians dey find to di constitution
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 for back and e leave for Sunday.
Dem murder am for hin way go airport for Owerri en route Abuja
Omo-Agege describe Gulak as a detribalised Nigerian, wey give hin best to di service of di kontri
Also on Tuesday, di Senate tell di federal government say make dem immortalise di late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru.
Di red chamber observe one minute silence in honour of Lt. Gen. Attahiru, wey kpeme for plane crash near Kaduna International Airport.
Dis one happun afta one point of order wey di Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume raise
NIN/profile code: NANS don raise alarm ova disenfranchisement of students by JAMB
Di Kaduna State Chapter of di National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) on Tuesday tok say thousands of candidates no go take part for dis year Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB)
examination due to hitches for dia NIN/Profile code
Di state NANS chairman, Axiz Huziafa Bello, disagreed wit di JAMB inside a statement wey dem issue yesterday for Kaduna.
Bello call for extension of di electronic registration instead of to dey risk student live to travel to JAMB headquarters for dia respective state for manual registration
E note say di news bulletin wey dem release on Monday, May 31, 2021, wey dem call Issues wey dey surround di 2021 UTME registration: Option wey dey available for genuine candidates wey try but no fit register, show say di management no show empathy for di hardship and agony of di candidates.
E appeal make Nigerians wey dey prominent prevail on di management of JAMB make dem stop hardship on Nigerian students in dia noble quest for high education and self-development
E advise di examination bodi make dem extend di registration period and make dem postpone di exam for di interest of justice and fairness.