2023: NIGERIANS WILL COLLAPSE APC, SAME WAY PARTY COLLAPSED COUNTRY -ATIKU
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OF THE PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY PDP, ATIKU ABUBAKAR HAS SAID HE IS OPTIMISTIC NIGERIANS WILL OUST THE ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS THROUGH THEIR VOTES AT THE POLLS AT THE 2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS.
ATIKU SAID THIS IN A SERIES OF TWEETS WHILE REACTING TO THE COLLAPSE OF NATIONAL ELECTRICITY GRID WHICH HAS LEFT A SECTION OF THE COUNTRY IN BLACKOUT SAYING THE COLLAPSE OF THE NATIONAL GRID IS A METAPHOR FOR THE COLLAPSING STATE OF THE NATION, POINTING TO A COLLAPSING UNITY, COLLAPSING SECURITY, COLLAPSING ECONOMY, COLLAPSING EDUCATION, AMONG OTHERS.
REPORTS EMERGED THE NATIONAL ELECTRICITY GRID BROKEN DOWN AGAIN ON SUNDAY EVENING MAKING IT THE FIFTH TIME THE COUNTRY WOULD EXPERIENCE A TOTAL BLACKOUT IN 2022.
STATES AFFECTED INCLUDED KADUNA, LAGOS, ABUJA AND THE ENTIRE SOUTHEAST REGION STATES OF IMO, ANAMBRA, ENUGU, EBONYI AND ABIA.
GUNMEN KILL SS3 STUDENT IN BENUE
A FEMALE SS3 STUDENT OF ST. MONICA GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL IN OTUKPO HAS BEEN REPORTEDLY KILLED BY YET TO BE IDENTIFIED GUNMEN IN OTUKPO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BENUE STATE.
THE LOCALS SAY THE DECEASED WHO WAS IDENTIFIED AS CHARITY EZE WAS SHOT DEAD ABOUT 10:30PM ON FRIDAY AT HER FATHER’S RESIDENCE ON NO. 38 IDIKWU ROAD IN OTUKPO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BENUE STATE WHEN SHE WENT OUTSIDE TO REMOVE CLOTHES EARLIER DRY CLEANED IN THE COMPOUND WHEN TWO GUNMEN WHO CLIMBED THE FENCE SHOT HER ON THE FOREHEAD.
LOCALS ALSO SAY THE DECEASED YOUNGER SISTER WHO WITNESSED THE INCIDENT NARRATED THAT THE GUNMEN ON SIGHTING THEM WHERE THEY WERE REMOVING THE CLOTHES IMMEDIATELY SHOT AT CHARITY AND THEN SAID, THEY CAME FOR THEIR FATHER AND THIS IS THEIR MESSAGE TO HIM.
THE DECEASED HAD BEEN WRITING THE ONGOING WEST AFRICAN SCHOOL CERTIFICATE (WASC) EXAMINATION AND WAS SUPPOSED TO ROUND OFF THIS TUESDAY, 14TH JUNE, 2022, BEFORE HER UNFORTUNATE DEATH.
OVERHAUL SECURITY ARCHITECTURE NOW, INTERFAITH TELLS FG
INTERFAITH DIALOGUE FORUM (IDFP) HAS ASKED PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI TO OVERHAUL THE NATION’S SECURITY ARCHITECTURE AND ENTRENCH STATE POLICING BECAUSE OF THE MASSIVE KIDNAPPINGS AND KILLINGS OVER THE YEARS WHICH SHOWS NIGERIA IS FAST BECOMING A FAILED STATE.
IDFP WHICH SAID GOVERNMENT’S INABILITY TO SECURE CITIZENS FROM THESE CATASTROPHES IS AN INDICATION THAT NIGERIA IS FAST BECOMING A FAILED STATE SAYS IT IS WORRIED AND APPREHENSIVE THAT NO ONE SEEMS SAFE ON THE ROAD, RAILWAY TRACKS AND EVEN IN THEIR HOMES IN A SOVEREIGN COUNTRY WITH VAST AND SOPHISTICATED SECURITY ARCHITECTURE.
INTERFAITH ALSO SAYS IT IS TROUBLED GOVERNMENT, SECURITY AGENCIES WHICH ARE TRAINED AND COMMISSIONED TO SECURE THE LIVES AND PROPERTY OF ORDINARY CITIZENS SEEM IMPOTENT TO DEAL WITH THE HUGE SECURITY CHALLENGES.
THE GROUP SAYS IT REGRETS THE NATION’S COMMONWEALTH IS USED FOR THE WELL-BEING OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, POLITICIANS, SECURITY AGENCIES AND WORKERS WITH NO POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE SECURITY OF LIVES AND PROPERTY OF THE CITIZENRY.
IDFP SAID THIS AT A PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE STATE OF THE NATION WHICH WAS ADDRESS BY THE CO-CHAIRMEN OF THE IDFP, BISHOP SUNDAY ONUOHA AND KUNLE SANI WHERE THE GROUP ADVISED NIGERIANS NOT TO BE DETERRED BY TERRORISTS ACTIVITIES AND ENCOURAGED TOLERANCE, PEACE, PATIENCE AND INTERFAITH HARMONY AND RELATIONS IN NIGERIA TO MAKE NIGERIANS LIVE IN PEACE FOR SUSTAINABLE GROWTH.
AVOID MALPRACTICES THAT COULD INTRODUCE COUNTERFEITS, PHARMACISTS TOLD
NIGERIAN LADY PHARMACISTS HAVE BEEN CHARGED TO ENSURE ZERO-TOLERANCE FOR MALPRACTICES THAT COULD INTRODUCE COUNTERFEITS IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL SYSTEM AS ANY FUNCTIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM REQUIRES AN EFFICIENT VALUE CHAIN THAT CAN ENSURE A CONSISTENT FLOW OF AFFORDABLE AND HIGH-QUALITY MEDICINES FOR USERS.
THIS CHARGE WAS MADE AT THE 2022 BIENNIAL NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE ASSOCIATION OF LADY PHARMACISTS, ALPS, WITH THE THEME: “PHARMACEUTICAL VALUE CHAIN FOR OPTIMAL UTILISATION: WHERE ARE WE?” IN LAGOS, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF JNC INTERNATIONAL LTD AND CHAIRMAN, VACCIPHARM LIMITED, CLARE OMATSEYE RECALLED THAT ABOUT 100,000 PEOPLE DIE ANNUALLY IN AFRICA FROM FAKE DRUGS, HENCE, THE NEED FOR ALPS TO JOINTLY ADVOCATE WITH THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF NIGERIA, PSN, THAT ALL HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS COME TOGETHER AND HAVE A CLEAR AND COMMON GOAL OF MEETING PATIENTS’ REQUIREMENTS FOR BETTER AND MORE ACCESSIBLE SERVICES, IN TURN OPTIMISING THE PHARMACEUTICAL VALUE CHAIN.
OMATSYE SAYS IN ADOPTING A SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGY, PLAYERS IN THE CHAIN NEED TO BE MORE CUSTOMER-CENTRIC BY PUTTING THE NEEDS OF PATIENTS FIRST.
SHE ALSO SAYS WOMEN ARE GREAT ADVOCATES AND MUST THEREFORE ADVOCATE GOVERNMENT ON THE CRITICAL NEED TO CREATE AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT TO FURTHER INCENTIVIZE INVESTORS TO PLACE THEIR FUNDS IN THE PHARMA VALUE CHAIN, AND STOP BEING OVERLY DEPENDENT ON FOREIGN AID, OR AN FDI TAKES OVER AS PARTNERSHIP WITH REGULATORS IS CRITICAL TO ENSURE PHARMACISTS TRANSIT FROM A MANUAL, UNFRIENDLY BUREAUCRACY TO ONLINE APPROVALS.
AFCON Qualifier: Nigeria thrash Sao Tome 10-Nil, records biggest win ever
The Super Eagles of Nigeria have gained another three points as the conquered the Falcons and True Parrots of São Tomé and Príncipe, 10 nil, at the Adrar Stadium.
Russia vs Ukraine: Zelensky laments high human cost of War
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has said the intense battle for Sievierodonetsk is taking a “terrifying” toll on Ukraine.
He lamented that the human cost of the battle is very high and the battle for the Donbas will be remembered in military history as one of the most violent battles in Europe.
The governor of the Luhansk region, Serhiy Haidai says all three bridges to the embattled eastern city of Sievierodonetsk have been destroyed, however saying that Russia had not “completely captured” the city and “a part of the city” was under Ukrainian control.
Nigerians’ll vote out APC in 2023 for destroying nation – Atiku
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has said that with virtually all sectors of the Nigerian economy collapsing under the All Progressives Congress, he is expecting Nigerians to also repay the ruling party in kind by voting APC out in 2023.
Owo massacre victims to get mass burial on June 17th
The Catholic Diocese of Ondo has fixed Friday, June 17, 2022 for the mass burial of those who lost their lives in the terrorists attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo , Ondo State last week Sunday.
Grid Collapse: Power has been restored in the South East – EEDC
The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC), has announced the restoration of electricity supply within all the states in the South-East.
2023 AFCONQ: SUPER EAGLES MUST BE CAUTIOUS AGAINST SAO TOME
A FORMER NIGERIAN GOALKEEPER, ANDREW AIKHOUMOGBE HAS WARNED THE SUPER EAGLES TO BE CAUTIOUS AGAINST SAO TOME IN TODAY’S 2023 AFRICA CUP OF NATIONS QUALIFIERS.
RECALL THE THREE-TIME AFCON CHAMPIONS STARTED ITS CAMPAIGN WITH A 2-1 WIN OVER SIERRA LEONE LAST THURSDAY WHILE SAO TOME LOST 5-1 TO GUINEA BISSAU.
WITH THE TEAM SET TO FACE SAO TOME TODAY, AIKHOUMOGBE WARNS THE SUPER EAGLES MUST APPROACH THE GAME WITH A SENSE OF SERIOUSNESS SAYING ON PAPER, THE SUPER EAGLES SHOULD BE ABLE TO PICK THE MAXIMUM POINTS GOING BY THEIR RICH PEDIGREE, EXPERIENCE AND ARRAY OF PLAYERS.