GOVERNOR SULE INSPECTS LAFIA CITY STADIUM AHEAD NNL SATURDAY'S KICK-OFF DATE

GOVERNOR SULE INSPECTS LAFIA CITY STADIUM AHEAD NNL SATURDAY'S KICK-OFF DATE

Nasarawa State Governor, Engr. Abdullahi A. Sule, on Monday, inspected the Lafia City Stadium ahead of the 2023/24 Nigeria National League's opener between Nasarawa United versus Zamfara United scheduled for Saturday, 11th November, 2023. 

The visit was to ensure the facility receives finishing touches and meets the required standard for the new football league season.

The Governor who was received by the Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Hon. Jafaru Ango, alongside the Ministry's Permanent Secretary, Chief Barr. Isaac Danladi disclosed that sections of the stadium that needed urgent repairs included the VIP and Popular Stands as well as laying of Tartan Tracks.

Sule explained that the NNL Organizers had written him on the choice of the Lafia City Stadium as venue to host the curtain raiser for the 2023/24 League campaign between hosts, Nasarawa United, versus Zamfara United this weekend, adding that part of his earnest desire is to ensure the immediate return of the Solid Miners to the top-flight football league in Nigeria by according them the necessary support.

The governor promised to host the historic league opener and provide visitors the rich hospitality and components of the State.

Shortly after the inspection tour, the Governor shared a moment with officials and players of Nasarawa United FC who were training at the time.

He thanked the Management headed by Dr. Othman Ibrahim Ahmed and Coaching Staff led by Usman Adams for ensuring the selection of the best players for the new season.

"I am happy with the development going on in the team. It means we are gingered towards an improved league season.

"At the end of the day, we should have the best for the team so that we can face the challenges ahead with the best.

"I thank you for showing interest in the State. This period, we want to ensure that we go back to where we belong, that's the Nigeria Premier Football League, and we are being encouraged now by the leadership of the NNL who have chosen the Lafia City Stadium to herald the 2023/24 League Season.

"So, I felt it won't be nice to do that leaving our stadium the way it's looking, which is why I have to come myself and discuss with the contractors and instruct them to do some facelifts to serve as encouragement and morale booster to the Club.

"As a Government, we are also interested in what you are doing, we are interested in the Club, and we are ensuring we give you the needed support wherever we can.

"As regards your request for a brand new Club's bus, Insha Allah, you will get it in due course", the Governor promised.

Captain of the Club, King Osanga(MON), appreciated the Governor for visiting the team, stating that it's a morale booster.

He thanked the Governor for appointing a new Management for the team, assuring that they would collaborate effectively to return the team to the elite domestic football league, the NPFL.

On the entourage of the Governor were the Secretary to the Government of Nasarawa State, Barr. Ubandoma Aliyu Mohammed; Accountant-General, Rt. Hon. Ahmed Musa Mohammed; Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Sports Affairs, Comr. Hamza Ibrahim Moyi; Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Youth and Students' Affairs, Rt. Hon. Shuaibu Sani, among others.

Credited:

Eche Amos (Fellow, CBS)

PRO,

Nasarawa State Ministry of Youth and Sports Development.

06/11/2023

Don't blame or curse me for what DNA test brought out - Tella Oluwatoyin Olanrewaju reveal

"Never you blame or curse me for what DNA test brought out. My husband can't perform at all, and I disclosed this secret by meeting other men outside for us to have children " - Tella Oluwatoyin Olarewaju reveals 

Oluwatoyin Olarewaju Tella aka Mummy G.O, whose DNA test revealed out that her husband was not the biological father of all her four children, has revealed the secret behind this. 

According to her, while addressing the group of Journalists at Ikire, in Osun State, she stated that she married her husband since 2007, and later discovered that he can't perform on the bed. 

She spoke further that, she doesn't want this secret to leak to their church members and the general public that's the reason why she stepped outside to meet other men for sexual intercourse. 

She also stated that the family should tell him to look for another woman and sleep with her to confirm what she said. "Let him or his family get him another woman and sleep with her, and confirm what I said", she said.

Tinubu’s Minister Lists Refineries That Will Start Working Next Month, Others

President Bola Tinubu’s Minister, Heineken Lokpobiri, who heads the ministry of State for Petroleum (oil), has stated that the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) should be held accountable if the deadline for rehabilitating Port Harcourt and Warri crude oil refineries is not met.

Speaking to journalists after the recent ministers’ retreat in Abuja, the Minister emphasized that NNPCL assured him that phase 1 of the refinery rehabilitation work would be completed, as part of the President’s directive. He explained that the rehabilitation of the refineries was initiated by the previous administration and that he had been briefed on the progress.

“Yes, the refinery’s rehabilitation, if you remember, was started by the previous administration and as part of the President’s directive. I have gone around all the refineries, and from what they have briefed me, Port Harcourt has three phases.”

“So Phase 1 will be ready by the end of this year. I am not the one who is directly in charge of rehabilitation; it is the NNPCL, and they have told me, and I am holding them accountable. “For the Warri refinery, they said Phase 1 will be ready by the end of the year. Phases 2 and 3 in Port Harcourt will be ready next year, and the whole Kaduna refinery will be ready by the end of next year.

“That is what they said, and I am holding them accountable for their words. I believe that those refineries, if we can achieve some level of rehabilitation by the end of this year, will also improve our domestic refining capacity. “That’s why I said unless we produce sufficient quantities, even if the refineries are rehabilitated, there will be no feedstock. So, my challenge is to ramp up production to see how we can feed not only the big refineries but also the modular ones. These are the real employers of labour, and they will do the magic,” he said.

DO I HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A COUNCILLOR?

DO I HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A COUNCILLOR?

By~ Akinkunmi Afeez Akinpelu (KURE)

Hon. Akinkunmi Afeez Akinpelu (Kure) People's Democratic Party Councilorship Candidate of Ward 2 Ibadan South East Local Government has analyze the duty of local legislator through his social media handle which read as follows

Councillors demonstrate their enthusiasm for their local community every day. They draw on many skills, attributes and diverse knowledge to help guide their decision-making and to connect with their community in positive ways.

Useful qualities for councillors to have include:

a commitment to behaving with integrity and in an ethical manner in adherence to the Code of Conduct

strategic thinking with an ability to engage with the community

effective communication and negotiation skills, including respecting other opinions, listening, mediation and conflict resolution skills

ability to analyse and problem solve to reach successful solutions

ability to work as part of a team

understanding of financial and budget processes and reports

time management and organisation skills

resilience

understanding, or be able to acquire an understanding of, local government legislation.

SAfER: Governor Seyi Makinde sets to pay #25000 to state civil servants, #15000 to state pensioners respectively for six months

 

This morning, His Excellency Engr Seyi Makinde FNSE (The Executive Governor of Oyo state) addressed Oyo State workers and labour union leaders at the State Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan. 

He informed them that his administration had approved the payment of N15,000 to each pensioner on the State’s payroll and N25,000 to each civil servant. 

The payment will commence from October 2023 for six months.

He said that they would work towards a more sustainable solution for Oyo state workers within the six months. 

He also promise them that his administration will continue to prioritize the welfare of workers while at the same time ensuring that  they will also prioritize the needs of the good people of Oyo State.

BREAKING: Naira Marley, Sam Larry Granted Bail Over Mohbad’s Death 

Marlian Music boss, Naira Marley and showbiz personnel, Sam Larry have been reportedly granted bail after weeks in detention over death of singer Aloba Promise, with stage name “Mohbad”.

They are both required to provide three sureties with a substantial sum of 20 million naira.

As part of their bail conditions, the court asked them to surrender their international passports and make weekly appearances at the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

The magistrate overseeing the case warned that any attempts to contact her directly would be recorded and potentially disclosed in open court proceedings.

The duo were arrested on their return to Nigeria after they were linked to the death of Mohbad.

Videos on social media had shown Larry physically assaulting the late Mobad, while other videos showed boys suspected to be under the orders of the Marley attacking the late rapper.

The Seyi Makinde administration is turning the moribund Fashola Farm Settlement into an agribusiness and industrial hub. - Edmund Obilo

 The Seyi Makinde administration is turning the moribund Fashola Farm Settlement into an agribusiness and industrial hub.

Welcome to Gate 2 of the hub.

The hub is in Oyo West Local Government Area of Oyo State. It’s an ongoing project.

The key areas of the hub are:

Cultivation area

Processing Zone

Cattle Ranching

Offices, apartments and associated facilities 

The pictures here are that of the Farm Estate consisting of apartments for farm owners, workers and business persons. This section has a golf course and a golf house. More houses and other facilities will spring up in this section as work expands.

Note:

This project is a social contract between Makinde and the people. Completing it is keeping to the terms of the contract. In the document “Roadmap to Sustainable Development 2023 - 2027,” Makinde says:

“Before we came into office, the same things were being done: buy fertilisers and other inputs and distribute them to “farmers”; procure agricultural equipment and lend to “farmers”; create schemes that would inadvertently end with giving “loans” to “farmers”. This led to about 90% of the total budget for agriculture going into the funding of “smallholder farmers” while reporting very little growth.”

Makinde says his plan is to leverage on agriculture to grow the economy by adopting three approaches:

1. Private sector-led government-supported projects

2.Developmentagency-ledgovernment- supported projects

3. Government-led private sector- supported projects

With these approaches, Makinde is focusing on rural infrastructural development, financial and technical resources mobilisation, and developing the agribusiness value chain and capacity development for young entrants into agribusiness. 

State Affairs team’s visit to the hub was to see the impact of the approaches.

Stay with us as we bring you more pictures and videos of the hub.

L.G. Poll: N.N.P.P Ekiti state released the name of the candidate

L.G. Poll: N.N.P.P Ekiti state released the name of the candidate

Vows to Mobilize for electoral victory in the forthcoming election

The Ekiti state party executive of New Nigeria People's Party N.N.P.P. ably led by Dr. Yinka Folahan (Caretaker chairman) has jointly released the name of party candidates for the forthcoming local government election which hold on the 2nd of December 2023 in Ekiti state.

Speaking with Tumite News. Dr Yinka Folahan stressed that the list contained the fielded names of the Chairmen, Vice Chairmen and their Councilorship Candidates respectively, he assured that everything has been put in place to win this forthcoming election victoriously in Ekiti State because we are united and thus projected peace with equity that will lead to progress which has lined up victory for us.

He also boasted that N.N.P.P Leader in Ekiti state, Hon. Motunde Fajuyi will stop at nothing to ensure we coast to victory in the forthcoming Local Government election. Hon Fajuyi is one of the strongest politician in Ekiti state and as a grassroot politician she emphasized on victory for N.N.P.P candidates presented.

The Southwest Vice Chairman of New Nigeria People's Party N.N.P.P Prince Ademola Ayoade has pledged to visit all the Local Governments in Ekiti State to Mobilize for electoral victory in the forthcoming election by sensitizing the people on the reason they must vote for our party's candidates at this crucial state of the Nation

Dr. Yinka Folahan applaud the leadership of New Nigeria People's Party in Nigeria for their love and mission to restore the lost glory of Nigeria and accolades all members of Ekiti state N.N.P.P Executive for their utmost support

Leadership and Followership Mystery in Nigeria's Political Setting. ,- Otunba Yomi Ojo (Fiwajoye 1).

Leadership and Followership Mystery in Nigeria's Political Setting. ,- Otunba Yomi Ojo (Fiwajoye 1).

Politics is a game of loyalty, dedication, and commitment that has some similarities to the military system in terms of being loyal to a particular person or your boss.

Loyalty is the quality of staying firm in your friendship or support for someone or something, which is all believed that it is should not less than 100%.

The Politics of the First Republic in Nigeria especially in the Yorubaland told many stories of politics and loyalty, especially about trust between the leaders and political followers and the trend has extended to the present day of politics in the country.

It is believed in some quarters that politics is one of the power-struggling games in which a leader will form an opinion on any of his followers based on what someone says without asking questions even if the story is right or not.

The majority of political followers have suffered like a pawn in a game of chess without being aware of their mistakes or wrong-doing, they just schemed out relevance in no time.

A political school of thought believes that the journey of politics is full of banana peels, and many have fallen without knowing what went wrong.

In politics, you must be a good political skimmer to stay on the fairway in a political setting anywhere in the world especially in Nigeria where hearsay or carrying bad news about others is one the tools to attract political or Elder's patronage. 

History has taught us different stories about how misinformation and misrepresentation destroyed many political friendships across different political parties, this has affected and even disrupted the political careers of many politicians in the country.  

I must not forget to put it on record that political leaders prefer to base their judgement on the sentiments of their praise signers than the real people who will say the truth whatever the situation and many of these real people are often political casualties. 

The majority of leaders have been misled or failed due to wrong information or misrepresentation of their praise signers thus affecting their relevance after leaving the office and they hardly have real people around them.

It is time to play politics of maturity and always balance the information so as not to be misled by political jobbers, ask questions and be wary of people who always have bad news about others even outside the political environment. 

Political leaders have a lot of work to do to reduce the menace of bad news carriers or back-bitters in the system by exposing them and always not relying on these sets of people for political information, Nigeria's political system needs to be sanitized against fake people. 

26.5 Million Nigerians May Face Acute Food Crisis – UN

26.5 Million Nigerians May Face Acute Food Crisis – UN

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations in partnership with the World Food Programme and other agencies, on Friday, declared that about 26.5 million Nigerians in 26 states and Abuja may face an acute food crisis.

All the partners made this known in the October 2023 Cadre Harmonise report which was released in Abuja and presented to the Federal Government.

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security received the report on behalf of the government.

The Cadre Harmonisé report is a unifying tool that helps to produce relevant, consensual, rigorous, and transparent analyses of current and projected food and nutrition situations.

The report stated that the key drivers of the projected food crisis included the removal of subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, the naira re-design policy, floods, conflict and insecurity.

In the Nigeria Cadre Harmonise Acute Food and Nutrition Insecurity Analysis, the UN and its partners, said, “About 26.5 million people, including Internally Displaced Persons (528,000 in Borno, Sokoto and Zamfara states) in 26 states and FCT of Nigeria, are expected to be in crisis or worse between June and August 2024.”

In his address during the presentation of the report, the UN FAO Representative in Nigeria and ECOWAS, Dominique Koffy, said the agency went to various states in Nigeria to identify populations at risk of food and nutrition insecurity.

Koffy, who was represented by the Assistant FAO Representative Programme, Abubakar Suleiman, provided some of the main results for zones affected by food and nutrition insecurity in the 26 states and the FCT.

On food consumption, he noted that going into the lean season (June to August 2024) households might experience slight to moderate deterioration in food consumption, which might plunge several states into the crisis phase.

“The unacceptable thresholds of food consumption may have resulted from significant spike in staple food prices following increases in fuel prices, inflation rate and high cost of food production,” he stated.

On the evolution of livelihoods, the report significant reduction in household stock was reported among more than 60 per cent of households, with more than 35 per cent having no stocks in 2023 when compared to 2022 and five-year average.

“The low levels of stocks resulted from the washed away of several hectares of matured ready-to-harvest cropped fields, particularly in states most affected by the 2023 flash floods (Kogi, Taraba, Plateau and Niger states).

“In crisis-affected states of Adamawa, Borno Niger, Zamfara, Kaduna Katsina, Sokoto and Yobe, including parts of Benue and Plateau states, limited production activities were reported. Although global markets stock supply appears to be stable, increases in prices have continued to limit food access across all analysed states,” the report stated.

It further stated that the malnutrition current situation for May to September 2023 covering Adama, Borno and Yobe (North-East), and Katsina, Sokoto and Zamfara (North-West) showed the prevalence of crisis to worse nutrition situation across the states.

PHOTOS: The Flying Vehicle That May Redefine Automobile In 2024

PHOTOS: The Flying Vehicle That May Redefine Automobile In 2024

TECHNOLOGY has arguably gone very far and a lot of mind blowing innovations have been made so far. A lot of rumours have been made for over a decade but finally this first-of- its-kind flying car will be available to limited buyers for sale in 2024.

The Liberty (pioneer edition) flying vehicle as it is called has been manufactured by Pal-V, a Dutch manufacturing company,and is the first of its kind.

This air-mobility company will start deliv- ering this car to just 90 people in Europe and North America and they will be paying $527,000 (€499,000) for this vehicle.

This pioneer edition is an upgrade to the company’s standard edition and contains full options to fly or drive. According to the manu- facturer, the car uses hybrid fuel based on e-fuels. They also claim that it is a two-seat 

fly-drive aircraft that can convert in just a few minutes and is designed for medium to long- distance travel boasting of 817-mile (1,315 km) range on the road and up to 310 miles (500 km) in the sky. With a single fuel stop, it can easily double its range. It can hit 100 mph (160 kph) and fly safely at 11,000 feet (3,350 meters).

The vehicle claims to be safe to manoeuver and is accessible to many people. It’s also not limited to private use but can be used for mul- tiple applications including policing, defence and first response.

Pal-V has also managed to secure approval for road driving and is expected to secure approval for flying early next year too, after which the delivery will roll out to buyers.

A first-of-its-kind flying car has been set up in Munich, Germany and is open to interested parties till the end of the month.

Credit: autoevolution

NPFL: Shooting Stars vs Niger Tornadoes: Wounded Warriors Set to Vent Spleen on Ikon Allah Boys

Shooting Stars vs Niger Tornadoes: Wounded Warriors Set to Vent Spleen on Ikon Allah Boys

Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC) of Ibadan are in no mood for anything short of a convincing win as they play host to Niger Tornadoes of Minna on Sunday.

The Oluyole Warriors return to their slaughter slab, the Lekan Salami Stadium for the matchday seven fixture against the IKon Allah boys, fresh from last Wednesday's disappointing loss to Remo Stars in Ikenne.

Going by the mood of the players, ahead of the match, Niger Tornadoes are surely in the capital city of the pacesetter state at a very wrong time.

"We were all disappointed by the defeat in Ikenne, it wasn't what we bargained for but in football, it happens like that sometimes 

"Now that we are back home, we have no option than to make up for the loss, so as to wipe out that painful memories and Sunday's game against Tornadoes presents the best chance for us to to do that. That's exactly what we are going for, not just winning, but winning convincingly", said skipper Malomo Taofeek.

Tornadoes' visit to Ibadan have always ended in defeats for the Minna based side, and going by the current form of the Oluyole Warriors on home soil this season, the tide will definitely remain the same, moreso that the Hamza Abara tutored lads have been struggling on the road this season.

The last time both sides met at the same venue was during the 2021/22 season, May 8, 2022 to be precised, with Moses Omoduemuke's seventh minute goal separating them.