FAAN aviation security personnel slumps, dies at Lagos airport (Nation)
A Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) security personnel, Usman Mohammed slumped and died on Friday while on duty at the General Aviation Terminal (GAT) of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos. Olayinka Abioye, immediate past general secretary, National Union of Air Transport Employees (NUATE) said yesterday that the deceased was a former executive member of NUATE, FAAN branch. “We learnt he was on duty yesterday when he suddenly collapsed and died before receiving medical attention,” Abidoye said. He said the… Read more
Re: Bayo Osinowo’s audacity of arrogance (Nation)
By Comrade Bisi Alebiosu Reading through a piece with the above caption in This day newspaper at the weekend, one is not left with any doubt that those who are afraid of the widespread acceptance of Hon. Bayo Osinowo, candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in the Lagos East senatorial election, will not stop at anything to pitch him against the good people of the district and the party. For lack of anything cogent to say about the… Read more
FG urges states to enact laws to ban open defecation (Nation)
The Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu on Sunday called on states to enact bye-laws to ban open defecation in the country. Adamu, who made the call at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja, said the call became necessary following continuous practice of open defecation in parts of the country. He said that it was a matter for regret that Nigeria is the second largest country after India with over 66 million of its population defecating… Read more
Insecurity: Ekiti begs military to restore checkpoints (Nation)
The Ekiti state Government has appealed to the military authorities to restore the highway checkpoints recently dismantled in the state. Deputy Governor, Chief Bisi Egbeyemi made the appeal while on a familiarisation visit to officials and members of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the state chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, (NUJ) in Ado Ekiti. Egbeyemi said the checkpoints are necessary with the upsurge of crimes, such as kidnapping and robbery on the highways. He said the government was concerned… Read more
Bankers Warehouse to EFCC: Release our detained employees (Nation)
The management of Bankers Warehouse has called on the Financial and Economic Crimes Commission (EFCC) to release cash and its employees arrested at Enugu Airport on Thursday, Dec. 20. Bankers Warehouse is a company registered by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to carry out cash movement as well as currency processing. The company said in Lagos on Sunday that cash were seized while its employees were arrested while carrying out legitimate business of cash movement for one of its… Read more
LEAH SHARIBU: ‘We wake up every day expecting to hear good news’ (Nation)
An emotional Nathan Sharibu, father of Leah, the Christian schoolgirl abducted from Dapchi, Yobe State and who remains in Boko Haram custody, spoke with Joel Duku in Yola, Adamawa State. hat is the latest on your daughter? There is nothing I have heard so far. I don’t have any news concerning my daughter. I only hear through the media that Federal Government is doing their best to bring my daughter back. It is that you have not had any contact… Read more
Amidst hope and despair, Dapchi awaits the return of Leah (Nation)
Almost one year after it crashed into national and global consciousness following the school girls’ abduction saga, the mood in Dapchi, a sleepy town in Yobe State, northeastern Nigeria, swings between despair and hope, as the community awaits the return of Leah Sharibu. Joel Duku reports. DAPCHI in Yobe State has clearly recovered from its darkest day – February 19, 2018, when Boko Haram insurgents invaded the town and carted away over one hundred school girls at the Government Science… Read more
FIRST RUNNER-UP: Imam Abdullahi Abubakar: He lives for humanity (Nation)
He lives for humanity Who is a man of God? Are titles conferred by a religious body- Reverend, Pastor, General Overseer, Imam, Sheikh, Uztaz – enough to make one a man of God? The agreed qualities of God, the Most High, are enough to point to his expectations from his servants. God, all religions agree, is loving, kind, patient, merciful, faithful and forgiving. Those who claim to have been called to serve him must therefore follow his lead. If he… Read more
SECOND RUNNER-UP: #EndSARS (Nation)
SOCIAL revolutions are made of this. It often starts with a germ of an idea or a grievance. It often gets started by one person or a handful; then it begins to spread and multiply – not unlike germs –until it infects nigh everyone for good or ill. It then takes a life of its own and grabs the entire society by the scruff, setting it off on a rollercoaster. Again, for good or for ill. This surmises the activities… Read more
LEAH SHARIBU: ‘Leah wanted to be a medical doctor’ (Nation)
Donald Sharibu, Leah’s younger brother to Leah, told Joel Duku about her dreams before her abduction and how the incident has affected the family’s faith. an you remember the last moment you shared with your sister? My last moment with her was the time that she was going back to school and she asked me to go and get her Keke NAPEP. My mother visited her in school and called and so we spoke on phone. This was just two… Read more
Anti-party activities: APC weighs sanctions against Amosun, Okorocha, others (Nation)
How would the All Progressives Congress (APC) sanction two of its state governors for allegedly working against the interest of the party in next year’s elections? That is the dilemma currently facing the ruling party as it weighs the decisions of Governors Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State and Rochas Okorocha of Imo State to work against the aspirations of the party’s candidates in their states in the 2019 elections. Both governors, after failing to procure the APC governorship and other… Read more
Pogba thanks Mourinho for improving him as a person (Supersport)
Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has thanked Jose Mourinho for helping him “improve as a person” despite the breakdown of their relationship in the last few months leading up to the former manager’s sacking on Tuesday. Mourinho, who replaced Dutchman Louis van Gaal in 2016, won the Europa League and League Cup in his first campaign but his third season was dominated by media reports of a rift with Pogba while United laboured on the pitch playing dull soccer. Read more
Rooney helps Solskjaer breathe new life into Man Utd (Supersport)
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer admitted some words from another former Manchester United hero helped breathe new life into a stagnating club on Saturday as the caretaker manager celebrated their throwback 5-1 triumph at Cardiff City. The 45-year-old Norwegian could not stop beaming as he explained how, following his temporary appointment following Jose Mourinho’s midweek sacking, a few words of encouragement from Wayne Rooney had also helped inspire him. Read more
Solskjaer smile boosting Man Utd already – Young (Supersport)
Manchester United captain Ashley Young admitted the mood around Old Trafford has been instantly lifted by caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s smile, but denied there were any celebrations in the dressing room at news of Jose Mourinho’s sacking. Solskjaer was put in charge until the end of the season after Mourinho was dismissed on Tuesday with United 19 points off the top of the table. Read more
Baddyoosha stages challenge for new music talents (Nation)
Music maker Badmus Akeem O, aka Baddy Oosha, is partnering Nigerian top music site, Naijaloaded to search for new musical talents in a challenge tagged ‘Who Dey’. The quest is to give upcoming artistes alternative means of launching their career. ‘Who Dey’ has been made open to all classes of artistes since December 11, 2018 and will close on December 24, 2018. Aspiring artistes are to go through four steps and pronto, the winner gets a video shoot of any… Read more
NFVCB impasse: Nollywood groups stand with Adedayo Thomas (Nation)
… Call for Minister’s intervention Notable stakeholders in the Nigerian motion picture industry, Friday, took a unanimous position in support of embattled Executive Director of the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), Alhaji Adedayo Thomas who, last week, appeared at an Abuja Magistrate Court over petition by some staff members of the agency. Liking the battle against Adedayo Thomas to ‘calling a dog a bad name in order to hang it’, the concerned stakeholders averred that , not only… Read more
Afrima’s week of glory in Accra (Nation)
The 5th edition All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, that lasted four days from Wednesday, November 21 to Saturday 24, 2018 was packed with invigorating activities which had invited guests and artistes from across the continent, Europe, North America and Middle East fully engaged through their stay in the gold coast city of Accra, Ghana. The Republic of Ghana through the Ministry of Tourism, Arts, and Culture, Ghana played host to the 2018 edition. The event kick-started on Wednesday 21st, with… Read more