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06/06/2023

Uzodimma confused, inexperience — PDP’s Anyanwu

The Imo state Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, on Tuesday, described the Imo state Governor, Hope Uzodimma, as confused and inexperienced.

Anyanwu spoke to newsmen in Owerri, while replying to Uzodimma’s statement calling Anyanwu an infantile mindset, regarding his speech at the 11th Synod of the Anglican church in Owutu, Parish, Ezinihitte Mbaise council area in Imo.

According to Anyanwu, “The attention of the PDP Governorship candidate in Imo state, Senator Samuel Nnaemeka Anyanwu has been drawn to Hope Uzodinma’s response to his speech at the 11th Synod of the Anglican church in Owutu, Parish, Ezinihitte Mbaise LGA. While speaking, Senator Anyanwu appealed to Bishops of churches to speak against thuggery, election violence, and unwarranted killings in Imo state. The intention of that statement was neither to harm anyone nor impugn reputation.

“One would have expected a focused government or even Hope Uzodinma to sit up after the harmless advice and ensure that such reckless mistake of his administration and avoidable murder in the state is curbed.”

“Regrettably, instead of taking precautions and rescuing the state from the grip of insecurity, Imo supposed Governor chose to be petty and childish in his reaction, by describing the PDP standard bearer as suffering from an infantile mindset. This is evidence that Uzodinma’s government has failed woefully. This response is most unwholesome, embarrassing, petty, and childish to have come from a supposed Governor of a state, who should be sober and apologetic to the people for failing to protect their lives and property as the Chief Security Officer of the state.

“It is noteworthy that some of the programs and policies of Uzodinma’s administration confirm the speculation that his government is confused, inexperienced, callous, and mischievous. Such a person that has brought poverty, restiveness, penury, and insecurity to a state that was known for peace should simply be in purgatory by now, rather than in the Imo state Government House,” he said.

(Vanguard)

06/06/2023

Portable welcomes son with lover

Popular singer, Habib Okikiola known as Portable, has welcomes a son with his lover, Akinyanju Omobolarinde.

Announcing the birth of her son, she said: "Another Tuesday king to Badmus family, king producing kings AKOI KING NATION".

06/06/2023

I don't go to the gym, got six-pack from hard labour - Rema

Nigerian singer, Divine Ikubor a.k.a. Rema, has unveiled that he does not go to they gym, but got his six-pack abs through hard labour.

He shared this during an interview with Spotify while recounting his past experiences.

He said: "I don't go to the gym. I always had my body patterns, way back since Benin, fetching water, carrying buckets of water, you know, wheelbarrows. When I was in Ghana when I was hustling, doing hard labour. I was already getting ripped out from whatever I was doing. You know, days that I starved, my packs just came out."

06/06/2023

Chukwueze Named LaLiga’s African Player Of The Season

Samuel Chukwueze has been named Best African Player in LaLiga for the 2022/23 season.

Chukwueze registered 13 goals and provided 11 assists across all competitions for the Yellow Submarine during the campaign.

After struggling to play regularly for Villarreal earlier in the campaign, the arrival of Quique Setién saw him become a key member of the team.

The 2022/23 season was the 24-year-old’s most productive since his arrival at the Estadio de la Ceramica.

Chukwueze linked up with the Yellow Submarine in 2019.

He could leave the club this summer with the likes of Real Madrid, Aston Villa and Real Madrid interested in his services.

(Complete Sports)

06/06/2023

UK commits £2m to strengthen Nigeria’ s health workforce

The United Kingdom’s Department of Health and Social Care is committing £2 million to support the Nigerian government in strengthening her health workforce in its vision to achieve Universal Health Coverage, UHC.

Welcoming the new funding commitment in a press statement, the World Health Organisation, WHO, who mended the move said the grant will cover two years’ period to support the government of Nigeria to optimize the performance, quality, and impact of the health workforce through evidence-informed policies and strategies.

The UK provided a multi-million-pound boost to support healthcare staff recruitment and retention in three African countries – Kenya, Nigeria, and Ghana – supporting resilience against global health challenges.

Nigerian health system like many countries in the global south has been beset with challenges in having a resilient health system that is able to provide quality health services, promote health and prevent diseases. The challenges have been further exacerbated by the recent COVID-19 pandemic which directly impacts the availability of health workers to provide quality services across the country.

The 2-year HRH project aims to support the government at national and sub-national levels and support regulatory bodies, professional associations, and other key stakeholders to develop transformative strategies for scaling up the quantity and quality of health workers, including competency-based curricula development and reviews.

It will help to align investment in HRH with the current and future needs of the population and health systems; strengthen the capacity of institutions including regulatory bodies for effective public policy stewardship, leadership and governance, optimise health workers’ retention, equitable distribution, and performance and strengthen the management of Health workforce data for monitoring and accountability. The project will implement interventions in Nigeria.

The project will draw on the technical capacity of WHO to strengthen health systems including experience of implementing similar projects with appreciable results in the past. Implementation

06/06/2023

LAWMA demolishes shanties, clears street traders along Lekki-Epe Expressway

The Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) has demolished shanties and other illegal structures used by street traders and traffic vendors, along the first and second Toll Gates, of the Lekki-Epe Expressway.
Mr Ibrahim Odumboni, Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer (CEO), LAWMA, said in a statement that the demolition was carried out in a comprehensive enforcement exercise that lasted for hours.

Odumboni said that the corridor had lately become notorious for sustained traffic congestion and other environmental nuisance, largely aided by the illegal activities of those vendors.

He condemned in clear terms, the activities of those traders, warning that anyone caught trying to re-assemble the structures would be instantly arrested and prosecuted.

(The nation)

06/06/2023

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06/06/2023

Pastor to die by hanging for killing choir mistress, others

A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has sentenced a pastor, Chidiebere Okoroafor, to death by hanging for murder.

Okoroafor, who is the General Overseer of the Altar of Solution and Healing Assembly based in Oyigbo, Rivers State was tried for killing his choir mistress, Orlunma Nwagba, who he allegedly impregnated.

He also faced murder charges for the killing of Nwagba’s friend, Chigozie Ezenwa, and her eleven-month-old daughter, Cresabel, on December 11, 2017, in the Oyigbo Local Government Area of the state.

The trial judge, S.O. Benson, said the evidence and confessional statements from the pastor showed that he committed the crimes.

(Punch)

06/06/2023

UNILAG undergraduate shot dead over stolen phone

An undergraduate of the University of Lagos, identified simply as Adekunle, was on Saturday shot dead by armed robbers at Harvey Road, Moore Road Junction, in the Yaba area of the state.

PUNCH Metro gathered that Adekunle and his school mate identified simply as Opeyemi boarded a shuttle bus from Yaba to UNILAG and while in the vehicle, a man, who was hanging at the back of the bus, dispossessed Opeyemi of her iPhone 7 plus.

Pained by the development, Opeyemi raised the alarm and Adekunle, in a desperate attempt to retrieve the phone from the robber who jumped down from the bus and fled, pursued him.

Realising that Adekunle was closing in on the suspect, it was learnt that one of the hoodlums suspected to be working with the fleeing suspect appeared from nowhere and shot the 23-year-old.

(Punch)

06/06/2023

FG records N930bn two-month fiscal deficits – CBN

The Federal Government recorded N930.8bn fiscal deficit in January and February 2023 according to the Central Bank of Nigeria.

The CBN stated in its monthly economic report for February 2023 that, “The estimated overall fiscal deficit of the FGN expanded in February, due to a drop in the retained revenue.

“At N513.05bn, the provisional fiscal deficit of the FGN rose by 22.8 per cent relative to the preceding month. However, it was 16.2 per cent below the budget benchmark.”

According to the report, the fiscal deficit was N417.75bn in January.

The report said accretion into the federation account decreased by 32.3 per cent in February relative to the preceding month, on account of the 60.2 per cent fall in oil revenue.

It added that the development led to the expansion of the overall fiscal deficit (provisional) by 22.8 per cent due to a 16.4 per cent surge in provisional FGN capital expenditure, and a 7.7 per cent fall in FGN retained revenue.

(Punch)

06/06/2023

Davido's Baby Mama, Sophia Momodu, Hints At Changing Daughter's Surname

Sophia Momodu, the first baby mama of Afrobeat star, Davido, on Monday, hinted at changing the surname of their daughter, Imade Adeleke, to Momudu.

She made this known on her Snapchat on Monday.

06/06/2023

Hoodlums attack PDP members at Ogun election tribunal

Petition Tribunal had its inaugural sitting on Monday with hoodlums, suspected to be political thugs targetting and beating members of the Peoples Democratic Party on the court premises at Isabo, Abeokuta.

At the tribunal, the governorship candidate of the PDP, Ladi Adebutu, is challenging the emergence of Governor Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress as the winner of the March 18 governorship election in the state.

While the sitting commenced within the court, the political thugs stormed the tribunal premises with canes, otherwise known as pankere, in their hands and freely used them on the opposition members.

The thugs, who were not near the members of the tribunal, were seen attacking their political enemies with canes while policemen and security agents looked away.

The victims were beaten by these thugs and chased away.

Among those beaten was a former PDP governorship aspirant in the state, Segun Sowunmi.

The thugs descended on Showunmi while trying to gain access to the court premises and beat him.

(Punch)

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