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BREAKING: Facebook Founder Announces Change Of Company’s Name To Meta
Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg has announced a change in the parent company’s name to “Meta” to represent a future beyond just its troubled social network.The development comes as the social media giant tries to fend off one its worst crises yet and pivot to its ambitions for the “metaverse” virtual reality version of the internet that the tech giant sees as the future, AFP reports.
He, however, stated that Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp will keep their names under the rebranding.A statement from Zuckerberg reads: “We are at the beginning of the next chapter for the internet, and it’s the next chapter for our company too.“In recent decades, technology has given people the power to connect and express ourselves more naturally. When I started Facebook, we mostly typed text on websites. When we got phones with cameras, the internet became more visual and mobile. As connections got faster, video became a richer way to share experiences. We’ve gone from desktop to web to mobile; from text to photos to video. But this isn’t the end of the line.“The next platform will be even more immersive — an embodied internet where you’re in the experience, not just looking at it. We call this the metaverse, and it will touch every product we build.”The defining quality of the metaverse will be a feeling of presence — like you are right there with another person or in another place. Feeling truly present with another person is the ultimate dream of social technology. That is why we are focused on building this.“In the metaverse, you’ll be able to do almost anything you can imagine — get together with friends and family, work, learn, play, shop, create — as well as completely new experiences that don’t really fit how we think about computers or phones today. We made a film that explores how you might use the metaverse one day.“In this future, you will be able to teleport instantly as a hologram to be at the office without a commute, at a concert with friends, or in your parents’ living room to catch up. This will open up more opportunity no matter where you live. You’ll be able to spend more time on what matters to you, cut down time in traffic, and reduce your carbon footprint.“Think about how many physical things you have today that could just be holograms in the future. Your TV, your perfect work setup with multiple monitors, your board games and more — instead of physical things assembled in factories, they’ll be holograms designed by creators around the world.”You’ll move across these experiences on different devices — augmented reality glasses to stay present in the physical world, virtual reality to be fully immersed, and phones and computers to jump in from existing platforms. This isn’t about spending more time on screens; it’s about making the time we already spend better.“The metaverse will not be created by one company. It will be built by creators and developers making new experiences and digital items that are interoperable and unlock a massively larger creative economy than the one constrained by today’s platforms and their policies.“Our role in this journey is to accelerate the development of the fundamental technologies, social platforms and creative tools to bring the metaverse to life, and to weave these technologies through our social media apps. We believe the metaverse can enable better social experiences than anything that exists today, and we will dedicate our energy to helping achieve its potential.“As I wrote in our original founder’s letter: “we don’t build services to make money; we make money to build better services.”The social media giant has been battling crisis since former employee Frances Haugen leaked internal studies showing executives knew of their sites’ potential for harm, prompting a renewed US push for regulation.
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E2%80%99s-anti-graft-agency-icpc-recovers-301-houses-two-civil-servants-abuja Nigeria’s Anti-graft Agency, ICPC Recovers 301 Houses From Two Civil Servants In Abuja
The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), Prof Bolaji Owasanoye, has revealed that the anti-graft agency recovered 301 houses from two public servants in the nation’s capital, Abuja.ICPC boss made the disclosure at the inauguration of the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Investigation of the Operations of Real Estate Developers on Thursday.
He said that while 241 buildings were retrieved from one of the suspects at different locations within the FCT, the remaining 60 were recovered on a large expanse of land at another location.Prof Owasanoye, who did not mention the names of the affected civil servants, bemoaned the increasing rate at which corrupt public officers were using real estate investment as a vehicle for hiding ill-gotten wealth and money laundering in the country.He, however, accused the officials of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) as collaborators in the scam.He said, “Public officers acquire estates in pseudonyms to conceal the illegal origin of funds. This is made possible by the absence of proper documentation, the registration of titles to land and estates in the country and the non-enforcement of beneficial ownership standards.“A tour round Abuja, especially the metropolis and the Central Area, would show a lot of estates that are built up but empty. If they had been constructed with funds that were borrowed at market rates, I don’t think any investor would leave such proprieties empty.“One way or the other they would put them to use. So it is suspected that some of those estates have been used to launder ill-gotten public funds.”He revealed that the agency recovered a total of N53,968,158,974.64 after completing the task of the defunct Special Presidential Investigation Panel on recovery of public property to investigate some real estate developers who defaulted in remittance and payment of money due to the government.He added that the agency had received a number of petitions from stakeholders in the real estate and housing sector, off-takers, prospective buyers and the general public regarding the behaviour and antics of real estate developers within and outside Abuja.The ICPC chairman said, “They border on forgery, the closing of land documents, double or multiple land allocations, allocation of land without the minister’s approval, revocation of land title without due process, non-delivery of projects, embezzlement of sourced capital, land racketeering, the use of land syndicates and speculators, the marketing of fake layouts, fraudulent allocation of land, inordinate delay in the processing of land documents for those who subscribe to their projects, general abuse of office, bribery, dishonesty, fraud, payment scams, or the refusal of government itself to pay fair value for acquired land and the concomitant refusal of settlers and traditional owners to give access to legitimate land allottees and other related issues and challenges.”
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Ex-Ondo Governor, Mimiko Defects To Peoples Democratic Party
Former governor of Ondo State, Olusegun Mimiko, has defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, hours after he had a meeting with the chairman of the PDP governors’ forum and Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, and three others.This is the third time Mimiko will be defecting to the PDP after leaving the party in 2019 to form the Labour Party LP which later changed to Zenith Labour Party ZLP.
The three other PDP Governors that were at the meeting include: Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo, Nyesom Wike (Rivers) and Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia).The visit of the four governors is coming less than 24 hours to the National Convention of the PDP.A statement issued after over three hours meeting with the ZLP leaders and supporters at Mimiko’s Ondo country home, the party state chairman, Hon Joseph Akinlaja, said that “stakeholders of the party from across the 18 Local Government areas of Ondo State have resolved to join the Peoples Democratic Party PDP after a meeting held at the residence of the party’s national leader, Mimiko, in Ondo on Wednesday.”The meeting which has Mimiko, former deputy governor, Agboola Ajayi, his running mate, Gboye Adegbenro, former speaker, Jumoke Akindele, the state chairman of the party, Hon Joseph Akinlaja among other leaders in attendance resolved after deliberations to pitch their tent with the PDP to rescue the country from the misrule of the APC and set her on a path of peace and progress for the benefit of all.“The meeting followed an earlier visit by four PDP governors led by chairman of their forum, Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State. Okezie Ikpeazu, Nyesom Wike and Seyi Makinde had told the press after their meeting with Mimiko that they were in Ondo to invite Mimiko and his teeming supporters in the ZLP to the PDP.“The stakeholders’ meeting was called to discuss the meeting with the PDP governors and intimate members with the outcomes of series of interactions with PDP leaders on the invitation extended to him.“Mimiko told the stakeholders that the ZLP in being invited to join the PDP to rescue the country from the brink of insecurity.”
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E2%80%93-ruling-party-apc Bandits Should Be Declared Terrorists; Sheikh Gumi Is Irresponsible – Ruling Party, APC Governors’ Forum Tells Buhari
The director-general of the Progressives Governors Forum (PGF), Salihu Lukman, has taken a swipe at controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, over a comment the latter made recently.The PGF is the forum of governors elected on the platform of the ruling All Progressives Congress.SaharaReporters had on Monday reported that Gumi stated that if the Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari, declared bandits as terrorists, it would mark the end of Nigeria as a sovereign and united entity.
Gumi had claimed that once the bandits are designated as terrorists, the direct foreign Jihadist movements would come into force and give “criminality a spiritual cover and remove the stigma of discrediting them with such crimes since now they are fighting a ‘Jihad’ as they will claim.”Reacting in a statement on Thursday, Lukman described Gumi’s position as irresponsible stating that bandits had the same characteristics as terrorists.“Interestingly, apologists and self-appointed counsels to the bandits, such as Sheikh Ahmed Gumi are becoming more confident, and are irresponsibly mobilising opposition against declaring bandits terrorists,” the DG said.“All the studies about insecurity have confirmed that the bandits operating in the northwest and north-central have all the characteristics of terrorist groups.“For instance, a study by Dr. Murtala Ahmed Rufa’i, presented at the 15th Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto Seminar Series, on Thursday, September 9, 2021, titled, ‘I am a Bandit – A Decade of Research in Zamfara State Bandit’s Den’, reported that bandits are armed groups with ‘contacts across the Sahel, particularly Libya and Mali’, having ‘huge capital’, ‘in possession of more than 500 AK 47 guns’, and ‘own sophisticated weapons like RPGS and Anti-Aircraft.’ The report indicated that ‘there are over 60,000 weapons in circulation’ in the north-west alone.”Lukman further said the ruling party must be able to manage information in such a way that it would not worsen the challenges facing the country.“How APC can facilitate the reform of information management structures in the country to successfully mobilise Nigerians to support government initiatives will largely determine the electoral viability of the party,” Lukman said.“Once APC continues to allow speculative and false national debates such as the issue of unfounded agreement between Nigeria and US government on the use of the A-29 newly acquired Super Tucano jets, it is indicative of a weak communication management framework, which may only worsen the challenges facing the country.”He said the current security challenges facing the country was a consequence of the collapse of the country’s educational system.
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Buhari Government Approves N21billion Budget For 14-Bed Presidential Clinic
The Permanent Secretary, State House, Umar Tijjani, said on Thursday that President Muhammadu Buhari approved the construction and equipping of a 14-bed space Presidential Clinic at a cost of N21billion. According to PUNCH, Tijani stated this when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs, to present his 2022 budget proposal for consideration.
He explained that the construction firm, Messrs Julius Berger Nigeria, constructed the VIP clinic.He said the physical construction would start on November 1, 2021 and would be inaugurated on December 31, 2022.The Permanent Secretary explained that the Presidential Clinic would contain 14-bed facilities with a total area of 2,700 square metres.He added that there would be an underground, first floor, two operating theatres, two executive suites, two VIP wards, two Isolation wards and a six-bed isolation area in the building.He further explained that there would be laboratory, healing garden, pharmacy, and X-ray facility in the clinic.He said, “The project was conceived in 2012 by the previous administration and the brief was processed. It was estimated to cost about N21bn and the facility contains 14-bed space with a total area of 2,700 square meters, there will be underground and first floor. Most of the preliminary works had been concluded. Mr President has approved the project. We have gone to the Bureau of Public Procurement to get a Certificate of No Objection.”He told the committee that JBN was picked as the contractor because it built the State House and had been maintaining it since 1990.He said the clinic would also be open to other African countries for medical treatment.One of the members of the committee, Senator Nicolas Tofowomo, expressed dissatisfaction with the failure of the Permanent Secretary to show the committee any pictorial view of the hospital.
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E2%80%93-nigerian-drugs-agency How 172 Youths In Zamfara Went Mad In Six Years Over Substance Abuse – Nigerian Drugs Agency, NDLEA
No fewer than 172 youths have developed psychiatric problems following drugs abuse in the last six years in Zamfara State.The Deputy Commander of Narcotics and Assistant State Commander, Drug Demand Reduction of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Zamfara, Ladan Hashim, disclosed this on Thursday.
He said the agency had referred many patients to psychiatric hospitals for treatment.Ladan, who spoke during a programme, tagged: “War Against Drug Abuse with Students as Positive Agents of Change at the Zamfara State College of Health Science and Technology”He said from January to September, 221 arrests had been made with 211 of them males and 10 females, adding that 152 others were counselled.Ladan said in the year 2020, 14 psychiatric patients were recorded, adding that the society should see victims of drugs abuse as sick persons not criminals.He said, “Therefore, a victim of drug abuse needs our collective empathy, understanding and support to facilitate timely intervention and recovery through treatment, care and social integration.”Many of our youths are now in jails, some in treatments centres and a good number have developed one ailment or the other such as cancer of throat, liver or kidney damage.“In this case, the best or safest way is for everyone to use drugs based on medical prescription by professionals.”
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E2%80%93-christian-association-nigeria 2023: We Reject Presidential Candidates Of Same Religion – Christian Association Of Nigeria Warns Political Parties
CAN President, Samson Ayokunle.
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has warned political parties in the country against choosing presidential and governorship candidates and their running mates from the same religion.The country’s umbrella Christian body gave the warning on Thursday ahead of the 2023 general election, adding that it is against the arrangement and will not accept it either Christian/Christian or Muslim/Muslim.
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CAN said such decision would be disastrous and could trigger unnecessary suspicion, acrimony, denial, among Nigerian.The organisation, thereby, cautioned the leading political parties in the country against heating up the polity with such arrangement ahead of 2023 general election.A statement from the media aide to CAN President, Bayo Oladeji, indicated that the CAN President, Dr. Samson Ayokunle, dropped the position on Thursday, when he led CAN management team on a courtesy visit to the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, in his office at the National Assembly complex, Abuja.Ayokunle said, “We would admonish that, concerning 2023 general elections, politicians should not heat up the polity in any way, even as the campaign windows are about to be opened. They should rather guide the utterances and actions because there is already tension in the land because of insecurity.“Most Instructively, we want to urge you, the politicians, on the Presidency. We want a situation that a balance of religion will be considered. We neither want Christian/Christian ticket nor Muslim/Muslim ticket.”Speaking further, Dr. Ayokunle, expressed dissatisfaction and disappointment with the menace of the economic downturn and its consequences on the polity, and called for an enabling environment to cushion the effects on the people.The CAN President further told the lawmaker that the church is troubled about inflation in the land which, according to him, has sent many people out of business, thus, leading to unemployment being at unimaginable level.He added, “While we appreciate the efforts of the legislative assemblies in calling the attention of the executive to this, more robust and daring efforts are required to nip these things in the bud.“Enabling environment should be created for investments and incentives, or tax exceptions given to local manufacturers on some goods.”The CAN President, thus, applauded the Nigerian Government for the wisdom in managing the dreaded COVID-19 pandemic, and also warned against forcing the people to take the COVID-19 vaccine.He said, “We appreciate the Federal Government, especially the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 for the way this ‘stubborn’ virus has been managed. We want to urge the government to continue to encourage Nigerians to take the vaccine but never to force or coerce people into doing so.”
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Attrition Of Southern Nigeria Professionals And The Aftermath By Peter Omonua
It is no longer news that there is an unprecedented upsurge in the migration of southern Nigeria professionals over the last 5 years. The best brains in the Southern Nigeria are leaving in droves. Many of those that have not left are making all necessary arrangements; they are making enquiries about the process involved from those that have succeeded in leaving. Some people may argue this is not uniquely Nigerian, that universally, people have always migrated around the world.
A friend of mine once compared our experience to the Biblical era. He said even Moses led the children of Israel during their migration from Egypt to the promise land, which is incontrovertible. The difference, (which I did not bother to tell him due to his obstinacy) is that the children of Israel were migrating from a foreign land to the land which God has promised to them. In the present case, southerners are migrating from their God given land into a foreign land, at a scale which outstrips universally acceptable ‘natural rate of migration’. We are seeing a situation where gainfully employed professionals, who can boast of all the good things that life has to offer, pack up from their homeland, sell off every asset, take their families and just leave; to foreign lands, without a thought for what vagaries may come their ways in the new countries.
About 2 years ago, (October 13, 2019 precisely), I wrote an article for Thisday Newspaper, with the title “Vanquishing the South to Elevate the North”. At the time, I could not have imagined that the destruction of the southern economy and the lives of its people would come as soon as it has.
Even as we speak, some still do not realize that the decimation of their fortunes was a well orchestrated and executed project; which was concocted at the highest level of the northern oligarch. For the avoidance of doubt, let me restate, that the plan from the outset, was to “liquidate” the economy of Southern Nigeria and render its people dire straits, an outcome which though unfortunate, but has now been achieved. The conception, lifted directly from the Turkish’s Ottoman Caliphate playbook was programmed to use monetary and fiscal constraints to impoverish the Southern population, which would trigger a run for survival. The migration we are witnessing now is a direct result of the careful implementation of the “Turkish Model”. The ultimate aim: Islamization by conquest.
It is bewildering to see politicians from southern Nigeria feign ignorance and join the fray of 2023. Can they not see that the ancestral lands of their people are about to be expropriated forever? Can they not see all the maneuvering, with the intent to seize ancestral lands and hand them over to Fulani from all over Africa?
The trio of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, Chief Sunday Igboho and Dr. Obadiah Mailafia (of blessed memory) saw these coming. By calling it out, Dr. Mailafia, a fine gentleman, paid with his life. It was for the same reason Chief Sunday Igboho’s house was invaded and his associates murdered. Mazi Nnamdi Kanu shouted himself hoarse for years, warning against what is now at our doorsteps. He was maligned, demonised and labelled a war monger.
While the immediate solution for the Southern professionals may be an escape from the jihad which has now arrived, the question is: Do you hope to someday return to your ancestral land? Would you still have your ancestral land to return to? Assuming the answers are ‘Yes’, would you have prepped yourself to the new reality of a return to a country now totally transformed, in the fashion of Afghanistan, into a territory now in total control of Taliban – like elements? Perhaps, some of us may have thought the retired Navy Commodore (Kunle Olawunmi), who made that startling revelation was being flippant! That man told us they are planning to ‘Talibanize’ Nigeria; and he should know; he was in the military for 35 years, and part of the Intelligence team!! So, while the professionals in South Nigeria may presently exercise the option to “activate Plan B” (borrowing the phraseology of Pastor Paul Adefarasin), it is wise to give some thoughts to the duration of your odyssey. Fast forward through the generations, might your offspring have to rely on ancestry.com to trace their lineage?
While the above rhetorical questions may appear overstretched, South Nigeria must reconcile itself to the fact that, in the grim light of the fast-approaching Jihad, where the story of Nigeria may replicate Afghanistan, an Islamist controlled territory, these are real possibilities starring us in the face.
I can imagine most South-Nigerians reading this muttering: “GOD FORBID, IT IS NOT OUR PORTION”. They forget that the same God allowed us to experience Buhari; that he same God allowed the surreptitious and manipulative replacement of all service Chiefs by Fulani; that the same God allowed the slaughtering of all those Christian souls in Southern Kaduna; that the same God allowed the brutal killing of all those Benue and Plateau people; that the same God was unchangeable when 3 million Biafrans were killed. Southern Nigerians should be reminded that it is the same God, which they worship that the Christians and moderate Muslims in Afghanistan worship.
There is always a twisted irony to life; most of those now scampering abroad were at the forefront of the campaign for a Buhari presidency in 2015 and 2019. I personally know a few of these migrants, who at those times, against all entreaties and better-informed counsel, told me Buhari was the next best thing, after shawama, to happen to Nigeria. Majority of them were the most strident agents of One-Nigeria. Some were sold the dummy that a Buhari presidency was a win-win for them and their religious affiliation; that it would elevate their religion to enviable height compared to the other religions. One of such persons, with whom I had a heated debate against a Buhari presidency in 2019 is now at the forefront of the call for emergence of Oduduwa Nation.
Even now, despite having their backs to the wall, some are still naïve as to what the self determination movement represent. They cannot reconcile that Nigeria, as they have always known it, would be restructured into regions or that, even better, new nations can emerge from its ashes.
Ask a “One-Nigerian” proponent why he does not support the dissolution of the Nigerian Union; you are most likely to hear justifications like: “We are better together as a big populous country” or “Our Unity is our Diversity”
Ask them, what is the population of Iceland, Finland, Norway, Switzerland, Bulgaria, United Kingdom, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Australia? Ask them if they prefer to live in these countries with smaller population or to live-in populous Nigeria? Ask them what is the population and the land area of Dubai, which has become the choice vacation destination of our politicians, celebrities and the nouveau riche?
When middle belt of Plateau, Benue and Southern Kaduna was being massacred, Southern Nigeria pretended they were events happening in far-away lands; now the chicken has come closer home and everyone is activating Plan B. Maybe if we had heeded the Yoruba proverb: “iku to n’pa ojugba eni, oowe lo n’pa fun ni” (the death of one’s close associate is a proverb for all his/her friends that death is a debt we all will pay someday!); perhaps we could have averted this calamity. We all pretended it was their thing, even after Dr. Obadiah Mailafia warned us.
It is disheartening to observe that while the majority of the Southern Nigerian Diaspora population are at the forefront of the agitation for the dismemberment of the unworkable Nigerian union, an unbelievably large chunk of those in the homeland are either blindsided, unperturbed or are conscious of what is to come but have chosen to resign themselves to their fate.
Some even berate their diaspora friends and families for “trying to instigate trouble for them in Nigeria”. The most ludicrous that I have heard as yet, is the argument that those abroad are maybe frustrated with their lives in the foreign lands and that it is the frustration that is propelling them to agitate. How laughably absurd.
No matter how this agitation ends, it has become evident that this is a watershed – moment, a redefinition of the relationship between the Fulani and the rest of Nigeria (South, Middle Belt and even the Hausa, who they hitherto subdued).
I will round-off with this exchange that I had with a High School class-mate of mine very recently. She had posted a quotation, which I had previously seen circulating in various social media outlet. This is what it says:
“In 1963 Yoruba betrayed their own son Pa Chief Obafemi Awolowo, also in another 30 years later, 1993 they betrayed Chief MKO Abiola, 2023 is another 30 years, would you betray Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to lead Yoruba 2023 mandate” (sic).
The below was my response to her post, with a slight modification:
“Much more important than the betrayal these personalities may have suffered, is the reality that the Fulani, supported by the British would never allow a smart southerner, one who they perceive to be independent minded, to take over the rulership of Nigeria.
Britain is fleecing Nigeria and has been doing so from the very beginning. They have an understanding, an agreement with the Fulani; they will help the Fulani to retain control of Nigeria (just as they helped them to win the Biafran war).
In return, the Fulani will grant them unfettered access to the choicest portion of the resources of the land.
Any southern president, who genuinely intends to break the yoke of British/Fulani suzerainty over the Nigerian people will have his aspiration truncated. Such people friendly leadership will not serve the interest of the British nor the Fulani.
Obasanjo and Jonathan were puppets; they could never act against the interest of Britain nor of Fulani. I do not say this to diminish these ordinarily outstanding individuals, not by any stretch. They both parade excellent credentials, some of the best academic qualification of people that have led Nigeria. They would not be incompetent ordinarily, contrary to what media narrative would suggest and spin public opinion to believe. In terms of education, they both have PhD, (even though OBJ acquired his PHD after he had left office, which does not diminish or take away from his erudition). Despite these values, they could not help being lackeys for the Fulani and their British enablers.
Obasanjo’s first coming as a military Head of State was thrusted upon him, with a promise by T.Y. Danjuma, Shehu Musa Yar’adua, Joe Garba and other northerners, that they will protect him. He did not want it because he feared for his life. He was more or less cajoled. In his second coming, he was in prison and they made him an offer – “we will bring you out to seat on that chair but you must do all that we tell you, agree or you don’t agree?” He did not have much of a choice. He was supposed to be the reconciliatory candidate to assuage the Yoruba for the murder of MKO Abiola, plus he was someone they knew they could use.
Chief Obafemi Awolowo and Chief MKO Abiola were personalities who would not be cowered by British or Fulani bravado. They were independent minded, principled of sort, and to borrow Chief Dele Momodu’s phrase, “they had balls”.
You see, my dear sister, it is superficial, even simplistic to think it was just the southwest that worked against the presidential ambition of Chief MKO Abiola and Chief Awolowo. There were unseen hands behind the scene that manipulated the political process against them. Those same unseen hands have not withered…they are still waiting in the wings.
The dismemberment of the unworkable union is what we must hope for. It is our only escape route.
Some people will argue against these positions, but when it is all said and done, passage of time vindicates.”
Peter Omonua
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He can be reached at pomonua@yahoo.com
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Kano Corps Member Dies After Sustaining Spinal Cord Injury From Physiotherapy Equipment
A member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Adewole Oluwaseyi, who is also a trained Physiotherapist, has passed on.The corps member was said to have tripped while using one of the physiotherapy equipment at the Karaye Cam Clinic at the NYSC orientation camp in Kano State, which was reportedly his Primary Place of Assignment.
The fall, according to a source, resulted in Spinal Cord Injury C3 ASIA A which Oluwaseyi battled till his death on Monday 25th of October, 2021.However, the family had encountered difficulty in obtaining the corpse and burying him due to the unsettled hospital bill to the tune of N360,000.A colleague of his wrote: “I am sorry to announce the demise of one of us when we were in Karaye Camp clinic, his name was Adewole Oluwaseyi; he was a Physiotherapist.“He had a fall from one of the physiotherapy equipment which led to Spinal Cord Injury C3 ASIA A. We lost him on Monday, 25th October 2021“His parents sent their appreciation of every form of effort that was put out there with the intent to keep him with us but God knows best.”A bid to move on would be proper burial of his body which is currently being hindered by inability of the parents to settle the hospital bills, roughly #360,000 according to the recent update from his father.“Involvement of the FG is being looked into as he was a corp member but you know how long going by the book takes, a letter has just been sent to Abuja. So, I’m soliciting on behalf of the parents, at their request, for your financial support.”
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BREAKING: Tension In Edo State Prison As Police, Army Operatives Foil Attempted Jailbreak
Security operatives on Thursday averted another jailbreak at the Sapele Road Correctional Centre in Edo State.According to Tribune, there were gunshots at the facility at about 1.30pm at the Correctional Centre, popularly known as White House, as a combination of security operatives comprising the police, the Nigerian Army and vigilantes secured the facility.
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Moments later, the vigilante group was seen blocking half of the ever-busy Sapele Road, while motorists scampered for safety.A source said, “There was an attempted jailbreak today at the Benin prison, leading to serious shooting. Soldiers and policemen have been drafted to the area.”During the #EndSARS protests, the Sapele Road Correctional Centre as well as the Oko, Airport Road Centre was compromised, with thousands of inmates escaping.The attack in Sapele comes barely two days after an explosion occurred at Abolongo Correctional Centre in Oyo town, Oyo State.SaharaReporters had also reported that there was an explosion outside the Oyo town facility, although no casualty was recorded.Some residents in the area had suspected that the bomb was one of those planted by the gunmen who attacked the prison last Friday.The attackers had stormed the facility around 10pm.It had been reported that the attackers used explosives to gain access and set prisoners free.
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