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Nigeria: A Broken Nation In Need Of Mending By Matthews Otalike in Sokoto  17th April, 2022 Nigeria has been terribly battered and buffeted by men and women from the dark womb of time that Nigerians can no longer recognize their country and it is no long necessary to ask how Nigerians got to where they are. This was part of the Easter Message of the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto, Most Reverend Matthew Hassan delivered in a homily at the Easter Vigil Eucharistic celebration at the Holy Family Catholic Cathedral, Sokoto. He said: “The real challenge is how to find the slippery rungs on the ladder of ascent so we can climb out. Yet, we ask, ascend to where? For us as Christians, ascent is to the loving embrace of the resurrected Christ who is Lord of history.  “One would be tempted to ask, what is there to say about our tragic situation today that has not been said? Who is there to speak that has not spoken? Like the friends of Job, we stare at an imponderable tragedy as the nation u...

I Have Consulted God, Angel And Arch-Angels On My Presidential Ambition - Ngige The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, on Saturday, said he would unveil his journey to the presidency on Tuesday. Ngige said that he had consulted with both mortal and immortal people and would disclose his position on the 2023 presidency after the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Ngige gave the hint at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu while responding to a request from a pressure group under the aegis of the South East Progressive Forum who stormed the airport and asked the minister to contest the presidency in 2023. “This is an ambush. It’s an Easter ambush and anything done in Easter is spiritual. So I thank you people for meeting us here and saying what is in your mind. Make no mistake about it. It is us in the southern part of Nigeria that the presidency is due for. It’s also true, a truism that of all the zone in the Southern Nigeria that is only the South East zone that...

WOMAN KILLS SELF OVER HUSBAND'S PLAN TO TAKE ANOTHER WIFE A businesswoman in Kaduna, Mary Ochugbede has killed herself after finding out the plan of her husband to marry a second wife. A family source that spoke with Dailypost on the incident said Mary started dating her husband when he graduated from secondary school in 2000.   The source disclosed that Mary who graduated from the university in 1998, met her husband who was just a secondary school graduate and vowed to train him at the university level. He said, “She loves her husband whom she met in 2000 when her husband was in secondary school. As I am talking with you, the husband is now a Masters’s degree holder. She sponsored everything. The source added that the wife started noticing changes in the husband’s character when he began to make secret calls. He said, “Her friend leaked the secret of her husband’s plan to marry another woman, she told her, the date and time of engagement. She waited till the date and followed all ...

NEWBORN BABY DUMPED IN WASTE BIN IN MAKURDI 17th April,2022. The baby was discovered naked in a waste bin on No 1 Vandiekya street,  High-level, Makurdi by some residents this afternoon dead. More details...  

I do not see the moral justification for Governor Wike’s criticism of the decision of the government to pardon Governors Dariye and Nyame at a meeting to which he was duly invited but did not attend.  The Rivers State Deputy Governor, Dr. Ipalibo Banigo who joined the Council of State meeting virtually switched off her camera so it was difficult to determine whether she sat behind the dark screen or just walked away after first joining.  If the Governor felt so strongly about the pardons, the right was for him or his representative to sit through the meeting and assert views. This did not do. A press release after the meeting is bolekaja politics.  

A message from HRH The Prince of Wales on Easter Sunday 2022: This year I had the enormous privilege of representing Her Majesty The Queen at the Service for Maundy Thursday, when Christians remember that humility and sacrifice are at the heart of our faith. At that service, which he attended with my mother so many times over the years, my father, The Duke of Edinburgh, always used to read the Gospel which tells how on the night of the Last Supper, Jesus knelt before his disciples and washed their travel-weary feet. Our Lord told them that he was doing this to give them an example of how to look after and to serve one another. It is a message they never forgot, and it is as challenging today as it was then. Today, millions of people find themselves displaced, wearied by their journey from troubled places, wounded by the past, fearful of the future – and in need of a welcome, of rest, and of kindness. Over the past years, I have found myself heartbroken at the sufferings of the innocent...

LADY WHO CALLED OFF WEDDING REPLIES THE SUPPOSED GROOM'S ALLEGATIONS. DEBUNKS ABORTION CLAIMS  Read Below: ************ DAVID OKIKE I AM NOT YOUR ENEMY. SORRY I CAN'T MARRY YOU. Ma'am Osinachi Nwachukwu 😭 You didn't d!e in vain, G0d used you and saved me, I will always remain grateful. I wasn't strong enough to Call Off the wedding at first, my intentions was, I am already in this mess, if eventually we got married and everything keep being Bad if G0d wishes we will go our separate ways. That was why at some point I started fighting for "Court marriage" which with both the help of our church pastor and my supposed husband's immediate elder sister he accepted to do the court marriage with me. But the unfortunate coincidence happened!!! That same day Minister Osinachi Nwachukwu death surfaced the internet, it was the same day My supposed husband beat me again mercilessly and it was his immediate elder sister that even pushed me into their own room and l...

Easter: Seminarian dies while acting drama in Imo Tragedy struck at Claratian University of Nigeria, Nekede, in Owerri, Imo State, on Friday, as a seminarian, Suel Ambrose, slumped and died while acting in a drama on campus. Correspondent who visited the campus on Saturday morning was told by students that the deceased who hailed from Benue State was dramatising the role of the biblical Peter in the Passion of Christ when the incident occurred. The drama is a representation of the activities about how Jesus Christ was crucified.  

Four men arrested for gang r#ping a monitor lizard  Four men have been arrested for allegedly r#ping a Bengal monitor lizard at the Sahydari Tiger Reserve in Maharashthra, India.  According to reports, the four men who are hunters are identified as, Sandeep Tukram, Pawar Mangesh, Janardhan Kamteka, and Akshay Sunil. Their arrest comes after one the accused’s phones was discovered to contain a video of them gang-r#ping the lizard. �Yahoo news reports that CCTV footage from the Maharashtra Forest Department showed the four men lurking around the forest and trespassing into the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve, which was created by the Indian government in 2008 to conserve Bengal tigers.  �Forest guards initially only caught one of the accused, while the others fled. The remaining three were later found in Hativ village in the Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra. The forest guards noted that they will take up the matter with the Indian Penal Court to discuss the charges against the susp...

Peter Obi Gives Out Daughter’s Hand In Marriage  Pictures Of The Traditional Wedding Between Miss Gabriella Nwamaka Frances Obi, Daughter Of Mr Peter Obi, Former Governor Of Anambra State, And Mr Chukwuma Okeke-Ojiudu, A Native Of Alor, Anambra State.  The Marriage Took Place At Agulu On Sunday, 17th April, 2022. More photos below. 

Fishery: Zulum offers five vehicles, stimulus to Monguno dealers … Warns against pro-Boko Haram trades Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum in Monguno, directed the release of five vehicles and a business grant as stimulus to fish marketers.  Zulum’s offer, issued during an interactive meeting with fish dealers in Monguno town during his visit that ended Saturday, aimed to enhance the trading of dried fish previously suspended as a result of the activities of Boko Haram insurgents. The Governor was in Monguno to supervise the distribution of N275m alongside bags of food items and textiles to over 90,000 IDPs and vulnerable members of the host communities, which he did from Thursday to Saturday.  Economic activities in Borno were disrupted due to Boko Haram’s attacks on security forces and communities, which led to the displacement of millions of people. Before the insurgency, which disrupted business activities in most communities in Borno, dry fish was commerc...

GOV. AUF APPROVES 1.3 PENSION PAYMENT Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri Monday received the Fali and Mayo Bani communities of Mubi North local government area of Adamawa State on a solidarity to the Yola Government House. During the visit, the Governor annoinced the release of the sum of 1.3 billion to settle Pension and gratuities of retired civil servants.  He added that the Approval of feeder road construction from Mararraban Baza to Betso in Mubi North has also been approved to be executed through the Rural Access and Mobility Projects (RAMP). He said his government will live no stone unturned towards protecting the lives and property of the citizenry reassuring the people of his administration's commitment to take Adamawa to greater heights.  Earlier, in their separate contributions the Chairman Fali/Mayobani elders forum, Yarima Pius Shigri and Mr Gobi Waba thanked Governor Fintiri for the projects executed in Mubi local government area and for appointing Sons and daughters ...

GOVERNOR BUNI ASSENTED 3 BILLS INTO LAW   . .  His Excellency the Executive Governor of Yobe State Hon. Mai Mala Buni has assented to the following Bills for the speady administration of justice, address the problem of violence against persons and the protection of children. The assented laws are:.    1. A bill for a law to establish the Yobe State Justice Reform Team to coordinate the various Justice Institutions and other matters thereto.       2. A bill for a law to prohibit all forms of violence against persons in private and public life and to provide maximum protection and effective Remedies for victims and punishment of offenders and other related matters.      3. A bill for a law to provide for the protection of children in Yobe State and other related matters thereto. Shuaibu Abdullahi,  Press Secretary to SSG.  

NDLEA intercepts Cocaine consignments at Port Harcourt, Abuja, Lagos airports, arrests 7 traffickers Desperate attempts by Brazil based drug cartels to smuggle large consignments of Cocaine into Nigeria through three major international airports in Port Harcourt, Abuja and Lagos have been foiled by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, who arrested seven traffickers. At the Port Harcourt International Airport, five suspects were arrested on Saturday 9th April. Three of them were arrested during the inward screening of passengers on board Qatar Airline flight QR1433 from Doha to Port Harcourt. The three suspects departed Sao Paulo, Brazil on board same Qatar flight, en-route Doha to Abuja and Port Harcourt with a total of 24.96 kilograms of cocaine.  The first is 51-year-old Udogwu James Johnson who hails from Orlu LGA, Imo state. He was arrested with 5.48kg of cocaine concealed in lotion plastic bottles sealed with candle wax. He claimed he agreed to traffi...

SOLUDO FELICITATES WITH NDI-ANAMBRA AT EASTER, REASSURES ON A PEACEFUL AND GREATER ANAMBRA By Christian Aburime  Prof Chukwuma Charles Soludo, Anambra State Governor has felicitated with Ndi Anambra on the occasion of the Easter celebrations.  Governor Soludo in a message made available to the media by Joe Anatune, Head of Soludo Media Office, said the solemn occasion of Easter calls for a self introspection and deep sober reflection. He remarked that the occasion is symbolic because it marks the suffering, crucifixion and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. He also noted it marks exactly a month he assumed office as Governor of Anambra State  "It is therefore of utmost importance for us to inculcate and emulate the noble virtues of our Lord Jesus Christ and the symbolism of His Crucifixion in the redemption of mankind  ." He stressed  The statement further read: "Therefore, on this special Easter celebration, I call on everyone of us to imbibe the spirit of ...

2021 RECRUITMENT OF TEN THAUSAND (10,000) POLICE CONSTABLES: CBT EXAMINATIONS HOLDS FROM 20TH - 21ST APRIL 2022 AT NNAMDI AZIKWE UNIVERSITY DIGITAL LIBRARY* The Anambra State Police Command wishes to inform general public that applicants who applied for recruitment into the Nigeria Police Force as constables, the list of the successful screened candidates for Computer Based Test (CBT) is out.  The applicants are hereby urged to log into the recruitment portal on: www.policerecruitment.gov.ng., check their recruitment status and print out their Computer Based Test (CBT) examination Slip.  Shortlisted candidates are to report at  Nnamdi Azikwe Digital Library center II, Awka, Anambra State on Wednesday, 20th - Thursday, 21st April, 2022 by 08:30am daily, in their clean white t-shirts and shorts with the following mandatory requirements: * National identity Card/slip * Printout of Computer Based Test (CBT) examination slip Applicants are advised to channel their complaints r...

TACTICAL OPERATIONS: IGP PROCURES ADDITIONAL ASSETS FOR STRATEGIC DEPLOYMENT, AGGRESSIVE PATROLS *As IGP Steps Up Police ICT Platforms In a bid to restrategise for better security networking in Nigeria, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba psc(+), NPM, fdc, has acquired 55 additional Lorries, 5 water tankers, 2 coaster buses and 15 Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) to aid strategic deployment of tactical squads to tackle Insecurity across the length and breadth of the country, especially in the crisis affected areas.  The IGP, who has reiterated his commitment to continually provide necessary welfare and safer environment for police operatives at the forefront in crisis areas, immediately directed that the logistics and assets be made available for the ongoing serial operations being executed by the police at strategic locations in the county.  In the same vein, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has released adequate funds to upgrade the police ICT platforms to the...