US is ready to help Nigeria identify Boko Haram sponsors - US Ambassador says

 

The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Leonard, said her country is prepared to partner with Nigeria to identify the sponsors of Boko Haram and extremism in the country.

 

Speaking during a media briefing in Abuja on Monday, August 30, she said partnering Nigeria to identify sponsors of Boko Haram was something the U.S. was very eager to do.

 

She added that she had had at least three conversations in the last two months on this subject, but said she would not go into details.

 

She said: "That is something we are very eager to partner Nigeria on. I have had at least three conversations in the last two months on this subject. I won’t like to go into details.

 

"I hear people making the analogy with Afghanistan a lot, it does not match up. When you listen to what President Biden said on how troops went to Afghanistan in the first place, it was because they were in a horrible tragedy, over 3,000 Americans were killed.

 

"That is a different construct. The sovereign nations who have had strong bilateral relations. I don’t actually think the two match up."

 

She said that the U.S. had remained committed to support Nigeria fight insecurity.

 

Leonard added that the U.S. government was also committed to supporting democracy and economic programmes of the government through the embassy.

 

VERY BEAUTIFUL.....''I now have to buy a new gun''- Comedian Basketmouth jokingly says as he shares adorable photos of his baby girl

 

Comedian Basketmouth has shared adorable photos of his baby girl, Maya, who he and his wife, Elsie, welcomed in July this year.

 

He shared photo of his bundle of joy with the caption;

''Her name is Maya…Maya Okpocha.

P.S: Now I have to buy a new gun.''

 

The country is sinking. The NDA attack is just the elementary part, the secondary part of it is still coming - Mbaka

 

Spiritual director of Adoration Ministries, Enugu, Nigeria (AMEN), Ejike Mbaka has reacted to the attack at the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) which led to the death of two military officers and abduction of another. 

 

Mbaka who reiterated that the arrest of leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu will not solve challenges the country is facing, described the NDA attack as the elementary part, adding that the secondary part is still coming. 

 

He said; 

 

“Did you not hear that yesterday (Saturday), bandits entered into our most secured place in this country, Nigerian Defence Academy? The NDA, the impenetrable place in Nigeria and killed some Nigerian military officers.

“And people are still talking of Father Mbaka and Adoration. And some Catholics are still attacking the worship of Blessed Sacrament through adoration; what are they going there to do?  The country is sinking just as I told them last time. The arrest of Nnamdi Kanu; will it solve any problem? Will it stop any agitation? Now, the attack on the NDA; is it Nnamdi Kanu now?

“Is it not better he is released. Since he is still under their custody and NDA could be perforated, violated and mesmerised, what is the hope of this country if it can happen in Nigeria Defence Academy? Where else is safe?

“As I told you people last two months that what you are seeing is just the beginning of the trouble and that the main trouble is coming. This one that they did (NDA attack) is just the elementary part of it. The secondary part of it is still coming.

“I am only asking God to intervene because of what is happening in Afghanistan right now; if God is not ready to help us, Nigeria’s situation will be worse in the future. You are free to attack Father Mbaka and criticise me, that one is your problem.

“I am doing my prophetic work, and I don’t need apology or affirmation or support or approval from anybody apart from the Holy Spirit who sent me on this risky assignment. Even if I want to stop it, I can’t even stop it.”

BISHOP OYEDEPO SPITS FIRE AGAIN...

 Senior Pastor of the Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo, has said the error Nigeria made in 2015 will never be repeated.

 

Speaking in his church recently, the clergyman who did not mention any name, said the choice of the wicked to be on the throne of Nigeria will never be repeated. 

 

The clergyman who was clad in his synonymous all-white ensemble, said

 

''The error this nation mad in 2015 will never be repeated for ever. The choice of the wicked to seat on throne of Nigeria will not be repeated. This Nation will experience a new order of settlement. The God of vengeance is rising in defence of this nation today'' he declared as his members chorused a thunderous Amen

 

Speaking further, the clergyman who has never hidden his displeasure for the government of the day, said ''Fulani vagabonds'' now make life impossible for local people. 

''You can't tell how many destinies have been unsettled by the unsettlement of the nation. Fulani vagabons making life impossible for local people . And do they claim not to know? we had it exposed..but I knew it before. Fire from now!'' 

 

He said judgement against the wicked will start now.

''And the church became mute. And they cut the neck of a church leader. In this time and age? If nothng happens, then God has not sent me.

Judgement will be ravaging the land from now. Many will sleep and never wake up. Many will be struck with blindness in 24 hours. Many will be crippled in 3 days. My God is turning the table against the wicked.''he said

PASTOR ENENCHE ' S DAUGHTER IS TRENDING ON FACEBOOK NOW.

 Deborah Enenche, the first daughter of Pastor Paul Enenche, is currently trending on Facebook as users discuss her fashion sense.

 

Photos of the gospel singer are going viral on social media, with people pointing out her love for cowgirl boots.

 

 

 

Some criticized her for wearing multiple rings on her fingers, despite being a pastor's daughter.

 

 

Others praised her for staying true to herself and sticking with the style she's comfortable with.

 

 

See more photos of the singer/lawyer below.

 

2023: Amaechi opens up on ‘deal’ between Buhari, Tinubu

 

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has reacted to speculations that President Muhammadu Buhari and former Lagos Governor, Bola Tinubu had a pact on the 2023 presidency.

The circulation of the claim dates back to the months before the 2015 general elections.

A source hinted that after Tinubu was dropped as All Progressives Congress (APC) vice presidential candidate to douse opposition to a Muslim-Muslim ticket, a deal on 2023 was agreed with Buhari.

Nigeria’s Southern states and the incumbent People’s Democratic Party (PDP) then accused the APC of an Islamization agenda.

Power brokers rallied, calmed Tinubu and conceded the selection of Buhari’s running mate to him.

Former Lagos Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Yemi Osinbajo was picked ahead of Ekiti Governor, Kayode Fayemi.

Before the 2019 polls, the President was said to have re-assured the Jagaban of Borgu of the ticket.

Weeks later, Tinubu invited Bisi Akande, former Osun Governor and APC first National Chairman to join him on a visit to the Presidential Villa.

Tinubu, it was gathered, asked Buhari to restate his promise which the President allegedly affirmed. It is believed that the meeting took place in January 2018.

In an interview with Daily Trust, Amaechi stated that he was not privy to details of the alleged agreement.

The former Rivers Governor said he was not sure if Buhari and Tinubu held such a private meeting.

He added that as the Director-General of APC Campaign Organisation, he never witnessed such a decision.

“But if there was a private meeting between President Buhari and our leader, Tinubu, I wouldn’t know.

“If it was a public APC meeting and I was not there, then something must be wrong. I was not told that there was an agreement that power should be handed over to Tinubu”, Amaechi added.

NOR GO NORTH OOOO........RIP........Kebbi Senator's 36-year-old son, Captain Abdulkarim murdered in Kaduna

 

Kebbi Senator, Bala Na Allah’s eldest son, Captain Abdulkarim Bala Ibn Na'Allah, has been found dead at his Umar Gwandu Road residence in Malali, Kaduna.

 

It was gathered that the 36-year-old pilot was tied and strangled in his bedroom around 12pm on Sunday, August 29, by the assailants who escaped with his vehicle and personal belongings.

 

The Special Adviser to Senator Na Allah, Garba Mohammed, who confirmed the tragic incident to Daily Trust, said the assailants had gained entrance to the house through the roof behind the house and entered his section through the ceiling.

 

He said a neighbour’s security guard had noticed the gate of the deceased home opened and raised the alarm which led to the discovery of the remains of the pilot.

 

Senator Na Allah, Bala Na’Allah, representing Kebbi South at the Senate, has three sons who are all pilots.

 

Mohammed said the funeral prayers of the deceased will hold at Yahaya road while burial will take place at Unguwan Sarki cemetery.

 

 

#BBNaija: Maria evicted from Big Brother Naija

 

Big Brother Naija pulled a shocker tonight as Maria became the latest housemate to be evicted from the reality TV show.

 

Maria who many saw as a 'potential winner,' of the 2021 Edition of the BBN show, was put up for eviction alongside Cross, Pere and Queen, Sanmie and JMK. She got the third lowest votes this week, passing only Sammy and JMK who have also been evicted.

 

See how viewers voted below ..

 

 

Sammie, Maria and JMK are the latest housemates to be evicted from the Big Brother House. 

 

The housemates who were put up for eviction alongside Cross, Pere and Queen, got the lowest votes this week. 

 

While JMK was one of the four housemates that were later introduced on the show, Sammie and Maria were unveiled at the beginning of the reality show. 

Taliban murder Afghan singer, Fawad Andarabi after his town was recaptured by the insurgents

 

The Taliban have reportedly killed an Afghan singer, sparking concerns that the insurgents will return to their oppressive rule. 

Fawad Andarabi was shot and killed on Friday in the Andarabi Valley, for which he was named, his family said on Sunday. 

 

His area,  Baghlan province, some 100 kilometers (60 miles) north of Kabul, was recaptured by the Taliban on August 15. 

Andarabi's son Jawad told the Associated Press that the Taliban had previously come to his father's home and searched it, even drinking tea with the musician. But something changed on Friday. 

He was innocent, a singer who was only entertaining people,' Jawad said. 'They shot him in the head on the farm'.

 

Jawad said he wants justice and that a local Taliban council promised to punish his father's killer.

 

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told the AP that the insurgents would investigate the incident, but said he had no other details on the killing. 

 

Andarabi played the ghichak, a bowed lute, and sang traditional songs about his birthplace, his people, and Afghanistan as a whole. 

A video shared online showed him during one performance, sitting on a rug and surrounded by mountains as he sang.

'There is no country in the world like my homeland, a proud nation,' he sang. 'Our beautiful valley, our great-grandparents' homeland'.

Masoud Andarabi, former Afghan minister of the interior, wrote in a Twitter post alongside the video: 'Taliban's brutality continues in Andarab. Today they brutally killed folkloric singer, Fawad Andarabi who simply was bringing joy to this valley and its people.

'As he sang here 'our beautiful valley….land of our forefathers…' will not submit to Taliban's brutality.'

 

Andarabi's slaying also drew responses from the international community, with Karima Bennoune, the United Nations special rapporteur on cultural rights, writing on Twitter that she had 'grave concern' over the killing.

Agnes Callamard, the secretary-general of Amnesty International, also decried the killing.  

'There is mounting evidence that the Taliban of 2021 is the same as the intolerant, violent, repressive Taliban of 2001,' she wrote on Twitter. '20 years later. Nothing has changed on that front.'

VERY FAMILIAR........Drug kingpin excretes 87 pellets of cocaine at Abuja airport

 

A narcotrafficker, Ibeh Kenneth Ejike has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja for ingesting 87 wraps of cocaine.

Director, Media & Advocacy of NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, August 29, said the 41-year-old suspect was arrested on Wednesday, 25th August, 2021, upon his arrival on board an Ethiopian Airline flight 911 from Kigali via Addis Ababa. 

 

"He was taken in for secondary check during which he tested positive to ingestion of illicit substance. While under observation, he excreted 87 pellets of cocaine weighing 1.884 kilograms. Ibeh who imports cloths for sale hails from Owerrizikeala village in Orumba Local Government Area of Anambra state," the statement read.

 

Meanwhile, raids of drug joints continued across the states in the last week. In Cross River state, one Anietie Attauba was arrested at Idundu community with 9.9 grams of cocaine, while 23-year-old Joy Odey was picked at Nassarawa Bakoko Area of Calabar Municipality LGA on Friday 27th August with 500grams of skunk. On the same day, one Ugwuanyi Chukwujekwu Basil was arrested at AK Divine Park, Harbour Road, Calabar with 2.6kg of cannabis; 10.33grams of cocaine and 30ml of swinol.

 

In Abuja, operatives of the FCT Command of the Agency also intercepted a Hiace bus conveying bags of cannabis, and 30 parcels of skunk, cumulatively weighing 310kilograms along Abaji-Gwagwalada expressway, where another 32kg of Tramadol was equally seized same day.

 

In Anambra state, operatives also raided the Onitsha main market, Marine Line on Thursday 26th August with the support of soldiers. Recovered during the raid include: 50kg of cannabis; 150grams of meth and 27.6grams of cocaine. One of the dealers, Moses Obiahu was arrested.

 

While commending the resilience of the officers and men of the NAIA, MMIA, Anambra, Cross River and FCT Commands of the Agency as shown by their latest arrests and seizures, Chairman of the NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) charged them and their colleagues across the country to intensify the ongoing offensive action aimed at cutting off availability and accessibility to illicit drugs in all parts of Nigeria.

 

 

HAND DON MEET CELESTINE........Drug dealer arrested as NDLEA intercepts 4.15 kilograms of meth concealed in tins of tomato at Lagos airport

 

A Lagos-based drug dealer, Eze Celestine Okorie has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. 

 

Spokesperson of he NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, August 29, said Okorie was arrested following the interception of 4.15kilograms of methamphetamine consignment going to London, the United Kingdom at the NAHCO export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, on 13th August.

 

"The drug was concealed in tins of tomato and packaged for the driver of a freight forwarding company to deliver at the airport export shed for onward movement to the UK," Babfemi said. 

 

"Though the freight companys driver was initially arrested, follow up investigations and subsequent sting operation led to the arrest of the kingpin behind the consignment, Eze Celestine Okorie, at his Coker, Surulere, Lagos home on Wednesday 25th August, 2021. He hails from Isu village in Onicha LGA, Ebonyi state." the spokesman added. 

WICKEDNESS.........Newborn baby abandoned at dump site in Bayelsa cries to death (photos)

 

A newborn baby boy has died shortly after he was found abandoned at a dump site in Okaka community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa state. 

 

It was gathered that the baby wrapped in Ankara fabric was crying helplessly when it was discovered on Saturday morning, August 28, by some residents who came out to dump their refuse.

 

According to the residents, the first person that saw the child raised the alarm which attracted a crowd from the neighbourhood, but no help came as the child was already dying from the cold and the rain of the previous night.

 

They said the child was confirmed dead later, as he stopped crying. 

 

 

Spokesman of the State Police Command, SP Asinim Butswat, who confirmed the incident, said the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the area visited the scene and contacted the sanitation authority to evacuate the baby’s body. 

 

Men of the Bayelsa State Environmental Sanitation Authority (BESA), visited the scene of the incident and condemned such an act.

 

The Director of Waste Management, BESA, Comrade Ebitto Alazigha, who led the monitoring team, enjoined residents to always monitor their neighbours on what they take to dump sites.

 

He said that the authority would put measures in place to check such menace in the future.

 

 

On her part, chairperson of the Bayelsa State Gender Response Team (GRT) and founder, Do-Foundation, Barr. Dise Ogbise,  blamed the ugly development on poverty and promiscuity amongst young girls, urging young women who have difficulties in taking care of their babies to contact her office rather than taking innocent lives.

 

Describing the act as illegal, she warned that if the perpetrators are caught, they would be arrested for murder, prosecuted and jailed.

 

I don’t need to be APC chairman to be relevant - Adams Oshiomhole

 

Former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, says he does not need to be the national chairman to remain relevant and serve the party.

 

The former Edo state governor was removed as the helmsman of the party in March 2020.

 

While speaking during the fundraising and investiture for Victoria Unuoarumi as the 10th President of the Rotary Club of Maitama, Abuja on Saturday, August 28, Oshiomole said he did not join the party to become chairman.

 

“I joined in order to form an alternative platform capable of kicking PDP out of power and that objective was achieved. It doesn’t matter the way things have gone. The primary purpose was not for me to be APC chairman'' he said

 

He also noted that he has no regrets that he was removed as APC chairman and that he has accepted all that happened in good faith.

 

Speaking about the 2023 presidential election, Mr. Oshiomhole said he is optimistic that “God will not forsake a nation of 200million people”.

 

While agreeing that Nigeria’s democracy is not perfect, the former Labour leader said he is certain that the nation will press on.

“I believe that God in his infinite mercy will help Nigeria to sustain its democracy and guide us, as we move towards 2023 and the country will go forward.

I want all of you to realise that I always make this point because Nigeria is much bigger than the total sum of the problems bedevilling it. So I am an optimist” the APC stalwart said

Aba residents wade through waist-deep flood water after heavy rainfall (video)

 

Residents had to wade through waist-deep flood water after heavy rainfalls in Aba, Abia State. watch

https://www.instagram.com/p/CTKhMi2gZtX/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_video_watch_again

 

Videos taken in the popular Ariaria International Market in Aba, show customers placing their bags and goods on their head or upper body to prevent it from getting into the flood water as they trudged through. 

 

Traders also had to set up tables to place their goods above water.

In this government, if you steal there are consequences - Rotimi Amaechi

 

Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi has stated that under the Buhari-led administration, stealing is being done quietly as those caught would face the consequences.

The Minister said this, when asked about the legacy of the Buhari-led administration.. with 21 months left to rule, in an interview with Daily Trust.

 

Amaechi stressed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) government has handled the resources of the country better than others, unlike past administrations when people with no known source of income became billionaires and were not prosecuted.

 

He said; 

 

“I want Nigerians to be honest; can you openly take money in this government? I am not saying whether we are corrupt or not.

“Let us assume we are corrupt, can you openly take money in this government? In the past governments, what happened? You can take money in the streets. Corruption was so pervasive that nobody was talking about it. It was not hidden that people completely and openly displayed their wealth.

“Most of those who did that had nothing to do to show for it. They did not have a carpentry shop, but they were billionaires. They did not hide it; but here, if you are stealing, it is done quietly. I am not saying it is good, it is a sin punishable. In the previous government you could steal and you won’t be caught. If you were caught, there won’t be consequences. But in this government, if you steal there are consequences.”

HMMM.......Singer Teni shares interesting photo taken with her pants down on toilet seat

 

Teni took to Instagram to share a photo of herself taken while she was on the toilet seat.

 

In the photo, the singer is seen with her pants down.

 

See below.

 

My family problem is nobody’s business - Paul Okoye speaks

 

Nigerian singer, Paul Okoye, aka Rude Boy, has spoken after it emerged that his wife, Anita Okoye is divorcing him after 17 years together and 7 years of marriage.

 

Paul, one-half of the now-defunct PSquare music duo, addressed his family issues while chatting with OAP Do2tun. He also said that PSquare had to pay the price for their family issues.

 

Asked if he misses his twin brother since the split, the 'Audio Money' singer said he has moved on from the incident and called on the public to also do same.

 

He said people should learn to respect the decision of others when it comes to issues that affect them directly.

 

Rudeboy added that the public should also allow the "Okoye family enjoy the peace" they’re currently witnessing.

 

He said: "Let the Okoye family just have the peace that I think they are having now.

 

"I hate waking up anytime and just see people saying things you know. Whatever that happened is just a thing of choice and one thing you need to do is to try and respect people that wake up one day and say they don’t want to do anymore, okay.

 

"Like I always tell people, it is so unfortunate that family problem which I think is nobody’s business to know, but it’s so unfortunate that Psquare has to pay the price for it."

Afghan minister becomes bicycle courier in Germany after moving there for a better life

 

A former communications minister in the Afghan government is now a delivery man in the eastern city of Leipzig after moving to Germany for a better life.

 

Sayed Sadaat moved to Germany last December in the hope of a better future.

 

He said some people back home in Afghanistan criticised him for taking such a job after having served in the government for two years, leaving office in 2018, Reuters reports.

 

But the 49-year-old British-Afghan dual citizen said: "I have nothing to feel guilty about."

 

He had quit the Afghan government because of disagreements with members of the president’s circle, he said according to Reuters.

 

"I hope other politicians also follow the same path, working with the public rather than just hiding," he added.

 

Though Sadaat was mocked for leaving to take on a delivery job, those at home are now hoping to leave after the Taliban took over government in Afghanistan.

 

Sadaat's family and friends are hoping to join the thousands of others on evacuation flights or trying to find other routes out of Afghanistan.

 

Sadaat said he chose to move to Germany because he expected it to have a better economic future and a leading role in the telecom and IT sectors in the long term.

 

Yet, even with his background, Sadaat has struggled to find a job in Germany that matched his experience.

 

With degrees in IT and telecommunications, Sadaat had hoped to find work in a related field. But with no knowldge of the language, his chances were slim.

 

"The language is the most important part," said Sadaat.

 

Every day he does four hours of German at a language school before starting a six-hour evening shift delivering meals for Lieferando, where he started this summer.

HMMM.......What Buhari has done to bandits is worse than declaring them terrorists - Garba Shehu

 

Presidential aide, Garba Shehu has dismissed claims of preferential treatment in the handling of matters concerning bandits and other people posing threats to the nation’s stability in the Northern region of the country. 

 

Shehu who was asked in interview with BBC Pidgin on Saturday August 28, why the Federal Government had not declared bandits and criminal herdsmen, "terrorists" or outlawed them just as it proscribed IPOB, alleged that what the Buhari-led administration has done to bandits is worse than declaring them terrorists.

 

He said that while there is a subsisting order by the President to shoot any bandit on sight, there is no such order against the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

 

Shehu said; 

 

“What the Buhari administration has done to the arms-wielding bandits is worse than being declared as terrorists.

“Do you know that there is a subsisting order by the President that any arms-wielding, AK-47 bandits should be shot on sight?

“I am saying yes, IPOB has been proscribed by law of the land, there is no shoot-on-sight order on IPOB. There is nothing to suggest that these bandits are treated preferentially.”

 

The presidential aide also said that progress is being made in the fight against bandits. He added; 

 

“The Nigerian Air Force is busy bombing locations, the military is there on the ground, exchanging fire for fire, taking them out in hundreds, that is certainly not treating them (bandits) lightly.

“It is a matter of time, they will be substantially reduced and the Nigerian state will be safe all over again.

“For instance, Boko Haram are surrendering today in their thousands, this did not just happen….

“Before President Buhari [assumed office] many Nigerians could not worship on Fridays, mosques were being bombed, on Sundays churches were being bombed, motor parks and public gatherings it."

Two women drag police officer by his uniform after he allegedly assaulted them during a stop and search exercise

 

A video of two women rough handling a police officer after he allegedly assaulted them with his gun is making the rounds on social media. The women, one of them married, could be seen with injuries on their bodies. One of the women who wept profusely was bleeding from the mouth.  watch

https://www.instagram.com/p/CTJYul6A1Je/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_video_watch_again

 

A man filming the whole incident alleged that the women were assaulted by the police officer. He however did not state when the incident happened.

"No godly lady will wear high heel" Pastor warns women and men about the things they are doing that could 'lead them to hell'

 

A pastor took to Facebook to say that women who wear high heels are not godly.

 

Pastor Gideon Akande added that men who get a certain popular haircut are also not godly and could end up on hell.

 

He wrote: "A Christian woman who like wearing high heel shoes is married to the world; she may be in the church, but her soul is in the world. You will NEVER see a godly, chaste and modest Christian lady wearing high heel shoe."

 

 

In another post, he wrote: "I repeat, no genuine child of God will comfortably put this devilish haircut on his head. The gods of this world has blinded them until they wake up into eternity with  no room for repentance. NOTE: This warning is not for the world or the wayward Christians but for the remnant elects."

 

 

His posts got lots of comments, with some people agreeing with him.

 

To those opposing his post, he wrote: "When you experience genuine salvation that gives you inner peace and hope of eternal life, I don't need to speak in tongues to tell you some things are not proper for a child of God."

 

He added: "Children of God are the salt of the earth not the sugar of the earth. You know the difference? Salt Christian seasons and is modest and godly. But Sugar Christians, who are the majority, they sweeten, they are sexy and satanic."

 

"Buhari is too kind. If it's me, you'll serve Nigeria for at least 10 years before you can leave" Gov Obaseki's former assistant, Jack Obinyan, criticizes doctors leaving the country

 

Jack Obinyan, a former assistant to Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki, has criticized Nigerian doctors who are leaving the country for other countries.

He took to Facebook to say that Nigeria spent so much to train these doctors, only for them to run to other countries without serving Nigeria.

 

He wrote: "Nigeria will spend a fortune to train you to become a Doctor, something you will use a lifetime loan to acquire in Countries like the U.S, then the next thing you japa because there are certain conditions that aren't met. 

 

"Meanwhile a whole lot (if not all) of you are earning via private consultancy and on the parallel earning from Government, something that is virtually impossible in the abroad.

 

"Buhari is too kind, if na me, you will serve Nigeria for at least 10years before you can leave. A Country inundated with 'eating cakes and having it...' Mtcheeew!"

 

We shall vehemently resist any attempt to force Edo people to take COVID-19 vaccines - Human rights activist, Kola Edokpayi warns Governor Obaseki

 

Human rights activist, Kola Edokpayi, has said that any attempt to force Edo people to take COVID-19 vaccines shall be vehemently resisted.

 

"My body is my right. Governor Godwin Obaseki respect my right. We shall vehemently resist any attempt to force Edo people to take Covid 19 vaccines." he warned. 

 

The activist gave the warning in a Facebook post on Saturday, August 28, after Governor Godwin Obaseki said that residents without proof of COVID-19 vaccination would be barred from public facilities and large gatherings.

 

Obaseki, who made this known during the flag-off of the second phase of COVID-19 vaccination in Benin, said only those vaccinated would have access to public places and large gatherings.

 

He lamented the increasing cases of COVID-19 infections in the state, adding that the government’s efforts were geared towards mitigating the spike in the number of cases.

 

"With what we have seen so far, COVID-19 pandemic is here to stay. This is the third wave and there is nothing that points to the fact that other waves will not come. What we are likely to see is intermittent waves of this pandemic. We are not going to shut down Edo State but we will make sure we protect all Edo citizens," he stated. 

 

“Therefore, I have come out with the following regulations, beginning from the second week of September 2021. Large gatherings as well as high traffic public and private places will only be accessed by persons who have proof of taking at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Such people will not be allowed to worship in churches and mosques. There will be no access to banking halls and event centers without proof of vaccination at the gates,” Mr Obaseki said.

 

The Governor said that adequate arrangements had been made with security agencies to prevent anybody without a vaccination card from accessing any of the public places. 

 

He said the state was aiming at vaccinating 60 per cent of its population within the next one year.

 

According to the governor, Edo has so far collected 6,306 samples out of which 203 cases have been confirmed while four persons have died from the third wave.