Obasanjo attacks Buhari, knocks N’Assembly members

Obasanjo visits Buhari

Gbenga Adeniji 

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Wednesday came hard on President Muhammadu Buhari, urging him to fix the country’s economy as he promised during electioneering rather than expressing frustration at the gloomy economic situation.

Obasanjo spoke during a lecture he delivered at the First Akintola Williams Annual Lecture in Lagos titled, “Nigeria yesterday, today and tomorrow: Governance and accountability.’’

Jegede is now PDP candidate, says INEC

Eyitayo Jegede

John Alechenu, Olusola Fabiyi,Femi Atoyebi, Ade Adesomoju, Olalekan Adetayo, Femi Makinde, Toluwani Eniola and Peter Dada

In a judgment lasting three tension-soaked hours, the Appeal Court, Abuja, resolved the controversy surrounding the governorship ticket of the Ondo Peoples Democratic Party in favour of Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, sending the PDP supporters in the 40-year-old state into wild jubilation.

The judgment delivered on Wednesday by the Justice Ibrahim Saulawa-led three-member panel lifted the pall of uncertainty hanging over the governorship ticket that had pitted business mogul, Jimoh Ibrahim, against a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Eyitayo Jegede.

Postponing Ondo election best option, says Fayose

Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State has reiterated the call by the Peoples’ Democratic Party for the postponement of the Ondo governorship election.
Reacting to the victory of the party’s candidate, Mr. Eyitayo Jegede, at the Court of Appeal on Wednesday, Fayose told newsmen in Ado Ekiti that the electoral body should postpone the election as it did recently in Edo.

Buhari lauds Okoro as new World Bank VP

Solaade Ayo-Aderele

President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated Ms Sandie Okoro for her recent appointment as World Bank Group Senior Vice-President and General Counsel.

Earlier this month, the World Bank had announced the appointment of Sandie Okoro as World Bank Group Senior Vice President and General Counsel.

‘My wife is stubborn, arrogant, not submissive, lazy and wayward’

A commercial driver, Taiwo Oladepo, on Wednesday prayed an Agege Customary Court in Lagos to dissolve his 11-year-old marriage over alleged lack of care and submission by the woman.
Thirty-five-year-old Taiwo, father of four, resides at No. 29, Anthony Nwosu, Ileke Estate., Meiran, Lagos.
He claimed that his 36-year-old wife, Biola, was troublesome, disobedient, not submissive and not caring.

Early symptoms of prostate cancer (1)

Prof. Oladapo Ashiru

Oladapo Ashiru

Did you know that every hour one man dies from prostate cancer – that is more than 10,000 every year. Over 40,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year. It means that more than 100 men are diagnosed every day.

It is estimated that by 2030, prostate cancer will be the most common cancer in the world. One in eight men will be afflicted with prostate cancer.

It was reported  in 2014 that in the United Kingdom about one in eight men will develop it at some point in their lives, with older men and those with a family history of prostate cancer most at risk.

ASUU ends strike

Friday Olokor, Abuja

The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Tuesday confirmed that it had ended its one week nationwide warning strike over the non-implementation of its 2009 agreement with the Federal Government.

The President of ASUU, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, who said this in Abuja, urged lecturers to return back to their classrooms.

Trump urged to denounce white nationalists supporters

Donald Trump

Donald Trump faced growing calls Tuesday to denounce a fringe white nationalist group that celebrated his election win with rousing Nazi salutes.

The so-called National Policy Institute held a conference Saturday around the corner from the White House. It had been scheduled before the results of the November 8 election were known.

The group describes itself as an organization dedicated to “the heritage, identity, and future of people of European descent in the United States, and around the world.” It is part of the far-right movement known as the alt-right.

Accused presents forged documents as collateral

Ovie Okpare, Warri

An accused person standing trial for forgery before the Warri Chief Magistrates Court in Delta State, Mr. John Ugboruhioba, has presented forged documents of a Mercedes Benz saloon car as collateral.

Ugboruhioba, said to be a money lender, has been sentenced to six months’ imprisonment, with an option of N40,000, for forgery.

ASUU ends warning strike, orders lecturers back to class

ASUU President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi

Friday Olokor, Abuja

The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Tuesday confirmed that it had ended its one week nationwide warning strike over the non-implementation of a 2009 agreement with the Federal Government.

The President of ASUU, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, who said this in Abuja, urged lecturers to return to work.

10 ways to make your children love reading

Tunde Ajaja     

The need for children to imbibe the art of reading at that tender age readily brings to mind the famous quote by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, the wife of the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy.

She had said, “There are many little ways to enlarge your child’s world. Love of books is the best of all.”

And beyond enlarging their views, reading has also been found to increase their intelligence quotient.

70-year-old arrested for raping girl, 8

Gabriel Akindele

Samuel Awoyinfa, Abeokuta

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 70-year-old man, Gabriel Akindele, for allegedly raping an eight-year-old girl, who is deaf and dumb.

The incident was said to have happened on Tuesday on Michael Ayegusi Street, Owode Ijako, in the Ado-Odo/ Ota Local Government Area of the state.

I will do everything to help you succeed, Obama tells Trump

Barack Obama and his successor Donald Trump held a 90-minute transition meeting in the Oval Office Thursday, with the outgoing president vowing his support after an “excellent conversation.”

How Transformed Ebola Virus Infects Humans – STUDY

The last may have not been  heard about the dreaded Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, which claimed thousands of lives in West Africa including Nigeria as researchers have identified mutations in Ebola virus that increased  ability of the virus to infect human cells during the 2013-2016 Ebola virus epidemics. The findings have been reported by two independent teams of researchers as reported in Cell. 

Experts Advocate Better Welfare For Asthma Patients

The Federal government  has been called upon to put in place measures that would ensure the proper diagnosis and management of  asthma  in the country so as to reduce the burden of the disease and rate of death within the populace. 

Making the call in Lagos last week, the Chief Medical Director, Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, Professor Wale Oke, said there was need more emphasis on the control of asthma, in addition to the relief of symptoms of the disorder.  

Trump: Those who imposed APC on Nigerians have lost out – Fayose

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump flanked by members of his family speaks to supporters during election night at the New York Hilton Midtown in New York on November 9, 2016. Trump won the US presidency. / AFP PHOTO / Timothy A. CLARY

Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has described the victory of the Republican billionaire Donald Trump, as the President-elect of the United States as “the beginning of real change in Nigeria.

He said by Trump’s victory, those who imposed the present All Progressives Congress government on Nigerians had just lost out.

Reps ask security agencies to arrest ‘MMM’promoters

Members of the House of Representatives at plenary

John Ameh, Abuja

The House of Representatives on Wednesday asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Central Bank of Nigeria to immediately go after the promoters Mavrodi Mondial Moneybox, otherwise known as ‘MMM’ in Nigeria.
Lawmakers strongly opposed the investment scheme, which lately gained popularity among Nigerians in the wake of the current economic recession in the country.

Bolaji Akinyemi, Gambari, Fafowora react to Trump’s victory

Bolaji Akinyemi

International relations experts have described the victory of U.S. President-elect, Donald Trump, as a surprise that will bring uncertainty to international politics.

The experts told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Wednesday that Trump did not have the experience and expertise in international affairs.
Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi, a professor of political science, described Trump’s victory as a worrisome development.

BREAKING: Trump elected US president

Supporters of Donald Trump

Donald Trump stunned America and the world Wednesday, riding a wave of populist resentment to defeat Hillary Clinton in the race to become the 45th president of the United States.

The Republican mogul defeated his Democratic rival, plunging global markets into turmoil and casting the long-standing global political order, which hinges on Washington’s leadership, into doubt.
Hillary Clinton has conceded the hard-fought presidential contest to Trump when she called the 70-year-old maverick Republican tycoon to congratulate him.

Details later.

Judge in fresh trouble for receiving N5m from SAN

Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja

Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia of the Federal High Court is in fresh trouble for allegedly receiving N5m from a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, The PUNCH learnt on Monday.

Sources within the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission told our correspondent that the SAN had been invited to explain what the money was meant for.

World watches as US elects new president today

Clinton and Trump

Chux Ohai 

Today, the people of the United States of America will go to the polls to vote in the 45th and next President of the country. To many watchers within and outside the country, fondly described by its citizens as ‘God’s-own-country’, the people will not only be performing their civic responsibility; they will be putting the country’s over 200-year-old democracy to test once again.

30 Doctors Target 6,000 for Surgical Operation

Following a decision of the Kebbi State Government to reach out to a large number of citizens with medical problems that they lack the financial resources to solve, a team of doctors, nurses, pharmacists and laboratory scientists that arrived Kebbi State from the United States of America last week have gone far at discharging their services to about 6,000 people with different ailments within two weeks of their stay in the state.

Loan request: Don’t mortgage our future, Falana tells Buhari

Femi Falana

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, said if President Muhammadu Buhari was serious about fighting corruption, he [Buhari] would not mortgage the future of the country by seeking a $29.9bn loan.

Ever since the economy fell into recession primarily as a result of a significant drop in oil prices, the Federal Government has been looking for ways to get the economy back on track, including its recent application for a $29.9bn loan from external sources.

I contemplated suicide when Saro-Wiwa and others were executed -Ledum Mitee

Mitee

Twenty-one years ago, precisely November 10, 1995, playwright, environmentalist and President, Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, Ken Saro-Wiwa, was executed after he had been declared guilty of incitement and murder. On May 21, 1994, four Ogoni chiefs who were in disagreement with the Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People were brutally murdered at a pro-government meeting. Saro-Wiwa, who had been denied entry into Ogoni land on the day of the murder was however arrested and accused of incitement against them.

11 ways to know if your child is being sexually abused

Tunde Ajaja

The issue of child sexual abuse readily brings to mind the case of a 40-year-old teacher, Shaaibu Danladi, in Potiskum area of Yobe State, who allegedly raped a six-month-old baby until the baby’s intestines were damaged.

   Medical reports indicated that the baby sustained tear in her vagina down to her anus. The baby’s near coma experience can best be imagined.

Fraud: Court sentences ex-bank manager to 195 years imprisonment

Tunde Ajaja

A high court in Kano State on Friday sentenced a micro-finance bank manager, Aliyu Suleiman, to 195 years in prison for stealing N21m.

In her judgment, the presiding judge, Dije Abdu Aboki also ordered Suleiman to refund N14,815,000 to the owners of the bank, Albasu community, or spend five more years in prison.

Factory-Bred Mosquitoes To Wipe Out Zika, Dengue, Yellow Fever

Scientists in Brazil are preparing to release millions of factory-bred mosquitoes in an attempt to wipe out tropical diseases.

British firm Oxitec says its genetically modified mosquitoes will swarm in among ordinary species such as Aedes aegypti, the insect that carries feared diseases such as Zika, dengue and yellow fever.

West African Leaders to Combat Emerging Health Threats

Not less than 200 policymakers, development partners, public health experts and advocates from West Africa and around the world will gather on the 8th to 11th November to highlight the importance of addressing emerging health threats using a ‘One Health’ approach – one that takes into account the inextricable link between the health of humans, animals and their environments.

According to One Health organisers, an estimated 75 per cent of infectious diseases that have emerged over the past decade have been caused by pathogens that spread to people from animals or animal products, with trends like globalisation, urbanisation and climate change making it easy for ‘zoonotic’ diseases to transfer to humans and spread quickly around the world.

Northern CAN meets Buhari over child marriage, herdsmen attacks

Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja

Representatives of the Christian Association of Nigeria from 19 northern states and Abuja on Thursday met with President Muhammadu Buhari and pleaded with him to wade into some of the challenges facing them.

The chairman of the organisation, Rev. Yakubu Pam, told State House correspondents that some of the issues they raised with the President included the difficulties they were facing in practising their faith, the herdsmen and farmers’ incessant clashes as well as children abduction and forced marriages.

Six must-have apps for Android devices

Source: androidcentral.com

The Android market is growing. You can’t ignore the fact that Android smartphones are here to stay. Over 80 per cent of smartphones are powered by the Android Operating System. And the reality becomes how can there be better user experience for users.