Abuja based journalist and media entrepreneur, Sunny Ibeh Jnr, has described the late Access Holdings CEO, Herbert Wigwe, as an ‘institution.’
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Former President Goodluck Jonathan says Nigeria cannot afford to fail in 2021, Channels Television reports. In his New Year message to Nigerians, Ex-President Jonathan said the new year is the beginning of a new journey, a new chapter, a fresh opportunity to start and recover from the losses of 2020. The former president stated that “as a nation, we cannot afford to fail this New Year; ignoring the existing gaps and contradictions that have continued to threaten our peace, unity, and progress”. He said “going forward, we should retool our disposition to imbibe new ways and embrace new traditions. Cultures that would correct…
President Muhammadu Buhari will make a New Year broadcast to the nation tomorrow Friday, January 1, 2021 at 7am. Garba Shehu, Presidential Spokesperson, made this known in a statement issued via his official Twitter handle on Thursday. “Television, radio and other electronic media outlets are enjoined to join the network services of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) respectively, for the broadcast,” the statement added.
Former Senator, Shehu Sani, has said the Nigerian government’s planned $400 billion allocation for COVID-19 vaccine may be a waste of resources due to exploitation, Sahara Reporters reports. Sani, who spoke on Wednesday at the launch of National Ear Care Centre (NECC) magazine in Kaduna, noted that Nigeria does not have the facilities required for the COVID-19 vaccine and might not achieve any success because of the conditions attached to the vaccine. He revealed that the $400 billion COVID-19 vaccine to be imported requires that it should be kept at – 70 degree census (-70°C), which is seemingly impossible to…
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has declared its support for Matthew Hassan Kukah, Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, who has come under fire from some Northern groups for his Christmas message critical of President Muhammadu Buhari administration. Recall that Kukah had accused President Buhari of being nepotistic. He had also alleged that there would have been coup if someone from another region did ‘half of the things that Buhari has done.’ But Felix Omobude, PFN President, who defended the Catholic Bishop in Benin, on Wednesday, said it is only in Nigeria that one cannot talk against the government and go…
The Lagos State Government has announced that violators of crossover service restriction in the state will be fined the sum of N500,000. Recall the state government imposed a 12am to 4am curfew to contain the spread of coronavirus amid the second wave of ths pandemic. Gbenga Omotoso, the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, in an interview with The Punch on Wednesday, stressed that all churches in the state must respect the curfew in place and avoid physical crossover services and large gatherings on December 31, 2020. “If you disregard any of these rules, you can be fined. You will…
Abiola Ogundokun, a community leader and High Chief of Iwo, has reacted to the comments by Itse Sagay on tackling growing insecurity in the country. MERIDIAN SPY reported earlier Sagay asked President Muhammadu Buhari to allow ordinary Nigerians bear arms to defend themselves against attacks by bandits and sundry criminals. But Ogundokun disagreed with the senior advocate position, arguing that Nigerians harbour too much hatred towards one another for any government to give individuals the approval to bear arms. The traditional ruler who spoke at the 41st memorial prayer of his father in Iwo, Osun State, said Nigerians lack the necessary…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo says Nigerians should blame themselves and not God for the current situation of the country. Obasanjo stated this in his 2021 message released on Tuesday, noting that with the enormous resources available in the country, Nigeria does not have to be poor and no Nigerian must go to bed hungry. “I like the motto of a school which says ‘work and pray.’ Some people say it should be ‘pray and work’, but it doesn’t matter to me what order I put it, but prayer must go with work and work must go with prayer,” he wrote.…
The Kaduna State Government has reportedly directed Nigerian Breweries in the state to reduce the production and sales of its products. This has led to acute shortage of beer products in the state. According to Sahara Reporters, a source said the decision of the state government to direct the factory to cut down on production might be connected to the second wave of COVID-19 in the state. It learnt that the decision is affecting marketers, who have had to resort to importation of the products from as far as Aba, Abia State and Imo State, to augment the supply gap.…
The Deeper Life Bible Church has said it will address the public on the alleged assault of one of its students in its school in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom capital. The Cable had reported how Deborah Okezie, the mother of the 11-year-old student, claimed her son was molested by his seniors after the principal moved him to their dormitory for urinating on his bed. She had also claimed that her son told her the senior students pushed their hands and legs into his anus while also threatening to kill him if he reported to his parents or the principal, who…
My favourite end-of-the-year quote, which I have shared with many others, is the following passage from Chapter 3 of the inimitable Chinua Achebe’s Things Falls Apart, a novel of monumental, evergreen relevance, translated into over 50 languages, a product of pure genius, a milestone in world literature. Achebe wrote: “…The year that Okonkwo took eight hundred seed yams from Nwakibie was the worst year in living memory. Nothing happened at its proper time; it was either too early or too late. It seemed as if the world had gone mad. The first rains were late and when they came, lasted only a brief moment…
The Israeli health ministry has said a 75-year-old man from Beit She’an died of a heart attack two hours after receiving vaccination against COVID-19 on Monday morning, Sahara Reporters reports. It was learnt that the man had preexisting conditions and had suffered from heart attacks in the past. Chezy Levy, the Director-General of the Health Ministry, has launched an investigation into the incident. “We share in the grief of the family,” he said in a statement. He was injected at around 8:30 am at a Clalit Health Services Clinic. He stayed at the facility, as is customary, for a short…