ONE WORD

Geoffrey Onyeama. President Muhammadu Buhari in his capacity as the Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Authority of Heads of State and Government, has dispatched the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, as Special Envoy to Guinea Bissau. A statement by the President’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Friday, said the minister would embark on the mission in the company of ECOWAS Commission President, Jean-Claude Brou. The presidential aide stated that the President had in response to an urgent request for assistance by the Government of Guinea Bissau graciously approved support to the country’s election process. He said the assistance included 350 units of electoral kits, 10 motorcycles, five Hilux vans, two light trucks and 500,000 dollars. According to the presidential media aide, this vital assistance will ensure that legislative elections are held in Guinea Bissau, which should h

By Nwafor Sunday President Muhammadu Buhari has donated five hundred thousand US dollars, (US$500,000), to Guinea Bissau for the country’s election. President Muhammadu Buhari Buhari who travelled to London on Thursday, sent the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama for the mission. Disclosing this via the official tweeter handle of the Nigeria President, (@NGRPresident), Buhari doled out about One hundred and eighty two million, five hundred thousand naira, to assist the country. Read the tweet below: “In his capacity as Chairman, ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State, Pres Buhari, this morning, directed Minister of Foreign Affairs, @GeoffreyOnyeama to undertake an urgent mission as his Special Envoy to Guinea Bissau, in the company of ECOWAS Commission President, Jean-Claude Brou. “President @MBuhari had in response to an urgent request for assistance by the Government of Guinea Bissau graciously approved support to the country’s election process including 350 units of

The Kaduna state government has announced the imposition of a 24-hour curfew on Kajuru local government area of the state. The curfew comes on heels of a rumour that a fresh crisis is imminent in Kasuwan Magani community, one of the crisis-prone areas in the council. A short statement issued by the spokesman for the Kaduna state government, Samuel Aruwan quotes the state Deputy Governor,  Bala Bantex as directing vigorous enforcement of the curfew and also urging citizens to comply and support peace efforts in the community. Kajuru local government area has been in the news in the last two years for the wrong reasons, especially due to incessant conflicts that have claimed several lives and property worth millions of Naira. source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/04/kaduna-govt-imposes-24-hr-curfew-on.html

The management of the Taraba State University, Jalingo has shut down the institution following the lingering strike action by ASUU chapter of the university. This is contained in a memorandum issued by the school management instructing that all students activities have been suspended and also asking the students to vacate their hostels before 9:00AM on Friday 26th April 2019. A visit to the institution by Channels Television shows that students are complying with the instruction as they were seen carrying their luggages and vacating the hostels. Some of the students who spoke to Channels Television said the order is unfortunate, unfair and unexpected as it will affect their academic calendar badly. According to them, the nationwide strike action by ASUU was more than a nightmare, the current internal strike action by ASUU Taraba state university chapter is a drawback and now the order to vacate their hostels is demeaning and should be resolved with immediate effect to avoid

Ooni-of-Ife-Oba-Adeyeye-Ogunwusi By Dare Babarinsa Apart from the Palace of the Ooni, the most visited site in Ile-Ife is Opa Oranmiyan. The Oranmiyan Cenotaph is marked by a giant obelisk made of stone. It is one of the tallest stone carvings in the world and its mysterious embedded marks are believed to convey some hidden messages. It is a work of art as well as a mysterious and sacramental intrusion into the modern world. Who knows the brilliant artists who toiled to get this done and for what purpose? Today, it is also regarded as a religious object and the chief priest of the Oranmiyan shrine is one of the most powerful in Ile-Ife. The obelisk is said to commemorate the life and death of Oranmiyan, the most famous and the most prodigious of ancient Ife princes and princesses. He was said to be a grandson of Oduduwa, the founder of the Yoruba dynasty and after a life of restless adventures, was invited home to become the fourth Ooni of Ife. He was the founder of the Oyo

A Nigerian man has regained his freedom after serving 27 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit.  Clinton Kanu   Clinton Kanu, a 57-year-old Nigerian man who spent 27 years in prison for an offence he did not commit, has been released and is now calling for the reform of the judicial system in the country.   According to Rivers State Television, Kanu was arrested at the age of 30, convicted of murder in 1992 and remanded in Port Harcourt Maximum Prisons.   His appeal against the lower court judgement dragged on slowly, but eventually he got to the Supreme Court of Nigeria. There, he got acquitted of the murder charge on the 5th April, 2019.   Now freed, Kanu is seeking a reform of the nation’s justice system and the prisons. source:https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2019/04/innocent-man-who-spent-27years-in.html

Gov. Rochas Okorocha Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo has set up governing councils for the three newly established tertiary institutions in the state. The Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr Sam Onwuemeodo, in a statement disclosed that the members of the councils were urged to ensure the smooth take-off of the institutions. The members for the Imo State University of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences are Prof. Peter Akanwa as Vice-Chancellor and Fr. Wenceslaus Madu as Chairman. Other members are the Permanent Secretaries for the Ministries of Finance, Agriculture and Tertiary Education and Sylvester Obinna, Jerry Okoli, Eze Emmanuel Ibechi and Eze I Obiefule. For the Bishop Shanahan Polytechnic Orlu, the governor appointed Prof. Aloysius Onyeka as Rector and Dr Uche Ejiogu as Chairman. He also appointed the Permanent Secretaries for the Ministries of Finance, Agriculture and Tertiary Education as members of the councils. Onwuemeodo said the governor also app