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…
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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…
Akin Abayomi, Lagos State Commissioner for Health, has revealed that there is an ongoing sale of fake coronavirus result certificates to international travellers in the state. Abayomi made this known at a briefing in the state on Monday, stating that such peddlers of fake COVID-19 result certificates would be prosecuted when arrested. “Positivity for inbound travellers is on the rise as Nigerians in the Diaspora return to spend Christmas in Lagos. It has come to our attention that a number of people are patronising individuals that sell fake COVID-19 results,” said the Commissioner. “We are currently putting in processes to…
Mike Ejiofor, a former Department of State Service (DSS) Director, has joined voices with Nigerians calling for the removal of service chiefs over growing insecurity in the country. Ejiofor, during an interview with Channels Television on Monday, said President Muhammadu Buhari should surprise Nigerians and respond to the calls by those seeking removal of the service chiefs. “I expect that Mr President should take Nigerians by surprise, change the service chiefs. The attitude of Nigerians to security agencies should also change. “We are expecting some equipment coming into the country. I think with these – change of tactics, change of…
Angola Abdullahi, the Convener of Northern Elders Forum (NEF), says the North is now ready for the restructuring of the country to make it more viable. Abdullahi told Vanguard in an interview the current Presidential system of government is useless, must be dismantled and replaced with a Parliamentary system. The former vice chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, explained that the parliamentary system, with the nation made up of regions, was working and the regions were viable until the military struck in 1966. According to him, the military’s decision to impose a unitary system of government and subsequent creation…
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has revealed how he survived the February 1976 military coup d’etat, involving Lieutenant Colonel Buka Dimka. According to The Punch, Obasanjo who spoke at the celebration of the 80th birthday of General Bajowa, said it was General Olu Bajowa (retd.) that indirectly saved him from being killed in the coup. The celebration was held in Igbotako, Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State on Sunday. “I want to say something about Olu – either he knew it or he didn’t know. When Dimka coup came, if Olu had not been what he is, I would have…
Farmers under the aegis of Association of Farm Settlers in Oke Ogun area of Oyo State has alerted Nigerians to expect scarcity of maize in 2021 which is days away. The farmers explained that failed flood forecast and lack of government input in agriculture would lead to scarcity of maize in the new year. The association gave the warning at its emergency meeting held in the Iseyin area of the state. The meeting was convened to address the plight of maize farmers in the state. According to a communique signed and issued by Alabi Kazeem, the association’s Chairman, in Ibadan…