Group Plans To Plant 100,000 Trees In Kano Schools

January 4, 2022

A group known as Panacea Foundation, a non-governmental organisation has planned to plant 100,000 trees in Kano schools and communities in 2022.

The founder of the organisation, Dahir Hashim, in a chat with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) today, January 4 in Kano, said that the project is aimed at curbing the menace of heat wave in Kano.

“We will place emphasis on planting in schools so that students will get the opportunity to acquaint themselves with tree planting and maintenance.”

According to Hashim, the aim of the tree planting is to influence the massive re-greening of Kano city.

“In 2021, we planted more than 10,000 trees across various schools and communities within Kano local government areas.

“During this period, we have organized sensitization campaigns to raise environmental awareness amongst school children, communities, and public offices.”

Hashim said that the foundation had also trained community-based organizations on how to take care of the trees, and how to source local manure for them.

He said the foundation had volunteers who served as focal persons in each of the local governments across the state.

“We are doing all these to ensure that the trees we planted are well taken care of and they will all grow to benefit the communities.”

Hashim said that the project is to improve the overall ecosystem in Kano, even as he appealed for public support in ensuring a greener Kano in order to safeguard the city against climate change.

Buhari Hands Shopping List To His New Chief Economic Adviser, Dr. Salami

Greenbarge Reporters

January 4, 2022

President Muhammadu Buhari has handed a shopping list on what his new Chief Economic Adviser, Dr. Doyin Salami should start doing right away.
Dr. Salami, who was appointed today, January 4 by the President, is expected to address all issues on the domestic economy and present views on them to him (the President).
He is also to closely monitor national and international developments, trends and develop appropriate policy responses.
President Buhari wants his new economic adviser to develop and recommend to him, national economic policies to foster macro-economic stability, promote growth, create jobs, and eradicate poverty, among others.
Dr. Doyin Salami, was up to today, Chairman of the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC) and, he is a 1989 doctorate degree graduate in Economics of Queen Mary College, University of London.
The 59 year Dr. Doyin Salami is Managing Director and Head, Markets Practice at KAINOS Edge Consulting Limited, as well as being a member of the Adjunct Faculty at the Lagos Business School (LBS), Pan-Atlantic University, where he recently attained the rank of Senior Fellow/Associate Professor.

To End Banditry, Bomb Forests In The North, Kaduna Gov Suggests

Editorial staff

January 4, 2022

Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai has suggested that forests in northern Nigeria should be carpet-bombed to end banditry in the region.

Even though carpet-bombing will damage wildlife and forests in targeted areas, bt the governor said the possible damages can be rectified.

“I have always believed that you know, we should carpet-bomb the forests; we can replant the trees after. Let’s carpet-bomb the forests and bomb all of them,” El-Rufai said in an interview with Arise TV.

“There will be collateral damage, but it’s better to wipe them out and get people back to our communities so that agriculture and rural economics can pick up.”

The Kaduna State governor, whose state and many others in the north have suffered banditry attacks – kidnapping, killing and displacement of residents – said that more investment in security personnel, technology and military equipment will see bandits wiped out “once and for all.”

El-Rufai attributed the prolonged inability of security operatives to curb banditry in the northwest region to a lack of unencouraging factors.

He said the military and other security agencies “are doing their best but they are overstretched” and advised a more strategic approach to the fight against them.

“These bandits operate in the periphery because their hiding place is in the forest. It’s a major problem.

“The reality is we don’t have enough boots on the ground to address the myriad of security challenges that we face, and these security challenges are asymmetric, widespread, and there’s no part of Nigeria that doesn’t have one security problem or the other.”

El-Rufai’s suggestion comes days after Nigeria’s information and culture minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said that the government was deploying new measures to tackle insecurity across the country.

Lai Mohammed said that about 427 bandits have been neutralised under Operation Hadarin Daji, the conduct of offensive clearance operations, raids, and air operations in the North West Zone.

The minister added that 257 bandits were arrested, 897 civilians were rescued and 3,087 livestock were also rescued in the zone.

178,459 Arms, Ammunition Declared Missing In Nigeria Police Armoury

Editorial staff

January 3, 2022

No fewer than 178,459 different types of arms and ammunition have been declared missing from the Nigeria Police armoury in 2019 without any trace or formal report on their whereabouts.

This is contained in page 383 to 391 of the audit report by the Office of the Auditor General for the Federation’s annual report on non- compliance/internal control weaknesses issues in Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government for the year ended December 31, 2019, and submitted to the National Assembly.

According to the report on the missing arms which could not be accounted for, 88,078 were AK-47 rifles and 3,907 assorted rifles and pistols from different formations nationwide.

The report referenced AuGF/AR.2019/02 and addressed to the Clerk to the National Assembly, was dated September 15, 2021, and signed by the Auditor General for the Federation, Adolphus Aghughu,

The report accused the headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) of lacking comprehensive details of unserviceable weapons, saying that such could fall into some unauthorized hands for illegal use.

“Audit observed from the review of Arms Movement Register, Monthly Returns of Arms and Ammunition and Ammunition Register at the Armoury section that a total number of lost firearms as reported as at December 2018 stood at 178,459 pieces.

“Out of this number, 88,078 were AK-47 rifles, 3,907 assorted rifles and pistols across different police formations, which could not be accounted for as at January 2020. Formal report on the loss of firearms through dully completed Treasury Form 146 (loss of stores) were not presented for examination.

“Records obtained from force armament at the Force Headquarters showed 21 Police Mobile Force (PMF) Squadron, Abuja, did not report a single case of missing firearm, whereas, schedule of missing arms obtained from the same PMF showed a total number of 46 missing arms between year 2000 and February 2019.

“The value of the lost firearms could not be ascertained because no document relating to their cost of acquisition was presented for examination.

“The above anomalies could be attributed to weaknesses in the internal control system at the Nigeria Police Force Armament. Several numbers of firearms from the review of arm issue register, monthly returns of arms and ammunition obtained from Force Armament, Force Headquarters for various States Commands, Formations, Zonal offices, Training Institutions, squadrons and physical inspection of firearms and ammunition at the Force Headquarters have become unserviceable and dysfunctional.

“Similarly, returns were not submitted by some Police Training Institutions and some Formations, and Physical verification of firearms and ammunition at the Force Armament, Force Headquarters showed large quantity of damaged and obsolete firearms which needed to be destroyed.

“The damaged and obsolete firearms and ammunition should be treated in line with Financial Regulations 2618 which requires the destruction to be carried out in such a manner as to render the firearms unusable for their original purpose.”

The report, which disclosed that no fewer than 10 contracts worth N1,136,715,200 were awarded to a single proprietor in the name of different companies with details of the three companies as the same, queried the police hierarchy for the award of contracts without evidence of project execution.

Brazilian President Lands In Hospital With Intestinal Blockage

Editorial staff

January 3, 2022

FILE PHOTO: Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro adjusts his protective face mask REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has landed in a hospital in São Paulo with a suspected intestinal blockage.

According to a statement today, January 3 from the government, the 66-year-old was admitted for treatment after complaining of “abdominal discomfort,” the statement said.

He was said to have been flown to the hospital from Santa Catarina, where he was holidaying on the southern coast of Brazil.

Bolsonaro is doing well, according to the government, which has promised further updates once the president’s medical examination is complete.

The right-wing populist politician was diagnosed with an intestinal blockage back in July, after which he spent several days in a São Paulo hospital.

This time around, Bolsonaro’s doctor Antônio Luiz Macedo interrupted his own holiday in the Bahamas to return to Brazil to treat the president, g1 reported.

Macedo operated on Bolsonaro after a knife attack during the 2018 election campaign left him in a critical condition.

At the campaign event in September 2018, a mentally ill man stabbed Bolsonaro, seriously damaging his abdomen.

The former army captain continued campaigning from hospital and won the presidential election a month later.

Bolsonaro has been forced to undergo several operations since he took office in early 2019, including surgery to repair his intestinal tract. Source: dpa/NAN.

2023: I Want To Be President Of Nigeria, 38 Year Old Woman Declares In Lagos

Editorial staff

January 3, 2022

A 38-year-old female media entrepreneur, Mrs. Khadija Okunnu-Lamidi, has declared her intention to seek a political party’s nomination to contest next year’s presidential election.

Okunnu-Lamidi, Founder, Slice Media Solutions, who made the declaration today, January 3 at news conference in Lagos, said that she had become the arrowhead for the intervention of her generation’s interests across the nation for politics and good governance.

“I seek to change the direction of our country, because time and chance will happen to all of us and the time for action is today.

“We need a better class and a better crop of leaders that are selfless, disciplined, and bound with integrity, and above all, who love the country and are invested in her future.

“I am here to activate all people, the old, the poor, the rich; to unite around a common ideal on the basis of a consensus about a superior national development agenda,” she said.

According to Okunnu-Lamidi, her interests include 70 per cent youths who are often disenfranchised and have not taken their rightful place in choosing the government of Nigeria.

She expressed disappointment that Nigeria had missed important milestones in building the nation.

She said it was more pertinent that Nigerians must begin to think differently in the way things are done and the way they interact with each other.

She said: “We are all guilty for surrendering to temporary powerlessness, we can and must start to think differently.

“We sing often about our heroes past. These are people who entered the governance of Nigeria by design or by chance at very young age to take over from the colonial power that ruled Nigeria.

“This again is a generational inflection point for the nation.

“A nation desperate for leadership needs the young, the strong, those who have vision, those who have ideas, those who have a united Nigerian identity and a belief in this country.

“The people of Nigeria believe in Nigeria, they should not be led by leaders who don’t.

“We have to keep fighting for what we believe in, and above all, never lose hope. If you were waiting for a sign, this is it,” said Okunnu-Lamidi, who was yet to join any party.

Okunnu-Lamidi holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management and Human Resources Management from the University of Bolton and a Master’s Degree in Strategic Project Management (MSc) from Heriot-Watt University.

Source: NAN.

Promotion Galore At University Of Abuja: 118 Smile Into New Year, 2022

Editorial staff

January 1, 2022

The Governing Council of University of Abuja has unleashed promotion on the institution, affecting 118 staff, comprising 43 lecturers and 75 non-teaching staff.

A statement from the Head of Information and University Relations, Dr. Habib Yakoob, gave a breakdown of the list as including four of the academic staff that were promoted to the rank of professor, 10 that were promoted to the rank of Associate professor and 19 that were promoted to the position of senior lecturer, even as four were elevated to lecturer 1 and six to lecturer 11.

Dr. Habib said that the approval of the promotion was given at the 91st Regular meeting of Council held on December 2 and 3, 2021.

“Those newly promoted to the rank of professor following the receipt of favourable external assessment report of their publications include Dr. Oluwafemi Rufus Adebisi (Animal Science); Dr. Isa Mohammed Abdullahi (Public Administration); Dr Jude Nduka Omeje (Veterinary Medicine) and Dr Sulaiman Alabi Yusuf (Linguistics).

“Similarly, out of the 75 non-teaching staff in the list, 9 were promoted from Senior Assistant Registrar to Principal Assistant Registrar; 6 were principal executive officers, 15 higher executive officers, and 20 secretarial officers. “There were also 15 technologists and 10 staff from the Accounting unit.

The Vice- Chancellor of the University, Professor Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, according to the statement, said that the promotion was a testimony to their continued dedication, hard work and discipline.

Professor Na’Allah said that the University Management, with the support and guidance of the Council, is determined to ensure that no staff who merits promotion is ever denied such a privilege.

“At the University of Abuja, hard work, integrity and dedication of staff to duty mean a lot to us. So we shall continue to provide enabling environment to all our staff to work harder, be more dutiful, and be able to carry out their responsibilities with utmost integrity so as to help us achieve our dreams of joining the league of world-class universities soon,” the Vice Chancellor said.

Bandit Leaders, Kachalla, Auta, Others Killed In Military Raids In Zamfara Forest

Editorial staff

January 1, 2022

Wanted bandit leaders, Alhaji Auta, and Kachalla Ruga, have been killed in a forest in Zamfara State.
Report reaching us said that the notorious bandit Commanders met their waterloo after a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aircraft, under Operation Hadarin Daji, acted on credible intelligence, and bombarded their enclaves, at Gusami Forest and Tsamre Village in Birnin Magaji Local Government Area of the State, last night.
It was learnt that multiple airstrikes by the NAF jet, which were carried out in the early hours of today, January 1,also eliminated Auta, and Ruga’s gang.
Sources confirmed that dozens of bandits who had converged at late Auta’s residence, for his burial were also struck by missiles of the military jet, with an unconfirmed number killed in the process.
A military intelligence officer said that follow-up airstrikes conducted by the NAF fighter aircraft on fleeing bandits and those who took cover under trees within the area, resulted in heavy casualties on the side of the criminals.
“For now, the whereabouts of other notorious bandits like Alhaji Nashama, Shingi and Halilu who may either be incapacitated or on the run remain unknown.”
Intelligent sources also said that aggressive bombardments by NAF aircrafts, have in recent times been very precise and effective in hitting bandits’ enclaves, eliminating their leaderships and followers, in the process.
“These operations have reassured citizens of the commitment and dedication of the military and other security agencies, towards bringing the threats posed by banditry under check, in no distant time.
“The citizens, especially around the affected communities, are enjoined to continually provide security agencies with credible information that will go a long way towards tackling the threats to their lives and livelihood.”
Source: PRNigeria.

First Lady, Aisha Buhari, Welcomes First Baby Of 2022

Greenbarge Reporters

January 1, 2022

The First Lady, Dr. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari, early hours of today, January 1, welcomed into the world, the First baby of the year, 2022.

The representative of the First Lady, who is the Senior Special Assistant to the President on African First Ladies Peace Mission, Dr. Mairo Tanko Almakura, presented some gifts to the Baby of the Year, named Baby Esther Bemi. The gifts were received by her parents, Madam Esther and Mr. Hosea Bemi.

The First Lady’s representative also presented gifts to the Bwari General Hospital, where the baby was delivered, and other babies at the hospital
The Chief Medical Director of the Bwari General Hospital, Dr. Abdulahi Anate, expressed gratitude to the First Lady for the effort she is making towards improving the lives of mothers and their children through the Future Assured Programme.

Speaking at the event, the First Lady, advised mothers across the country to take adequate care of their babies and ensure their healthy growth and development through immunization, exclusive breastfeeding, and provision of proper nutrition.
Dr. Aisha called for the use of proper weaning foods for healthy growth and brain development of babies.
“I wish to congratulate the hospital, the parents of the First Baby, and indeed all other babies born in Nigeria today.”
She also called on mothers to note the importance of ante-natal, hospital deliveries, and post-natal care to address the challenges of maternal and child mortality, as well as maintain basic sanitation and hygiene, space their births, register their children at birth and enroll their children to school at the appropriate age.
Earlier, the Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen, who was represented by Director, Gender Affairs of the Ministry, Mrs. F. K. Bulus said that the event was meant to create awareness on the importance of healthy living for mothers, and newborn babies.
She said that the Ministry has created a platform to meet with all First Babies each year as part of activities to mark the World Breastfeeding Week and called on the parents of the First Baby to embrace exclusive breastfeeding as the first vaccine against all forms of diseases.

Housemaid Disappears With 2-Year Old Baby From Church In Lagos

Greenbarge Reporters

January 1, 2022

A family in Lagos state is searching for their two-year-old son, Praise Otojareri, who was allegedly taken away by the house help, simply identified as Favour, on December 19.
The father of the missing boy, Moses Otojareri said that sometime in November, a man who his wife knows very well came to their house in Aguda, Surulere, with two girls and said they were in need of a job.
He said that his wife who runs a salon decided to employ Favour to cater for their two children, a nine-year-old daughter, and their two-year-old son.
He said that on December 19, his wife, two children and Favor left for church, saying that while in church, his wife who is a hairdresser received a call from a customer who needed her at her shop.
He said that his wife left the church and gave instructions to Favour to come to the shop with the two children after the close of service.
Moses Otojareri said that immediately after his wife left, Favour went to the children’s church and asked the teachers to release Praise to her.
The teacher, who has seen the baby boy come with Favour and his mum to church released Praise to her.
The father said that his wife became worried after she waited for hours and did not see them in her shop.
”After some hours, a call came in asking ”Are you Mummy Favour and Praise?’
“She said yes, that she had been looking for Favour and her son for some hours now. The man said they are at Ibafor in Mowe and that Favour said she missed her way that she was going to her sister’s house in Ikotun.”
Moses Otojareri said that his wife told the adults who called to help her hold Favour and her son that she was on her way to meet with them. He said his wife asked them to drop Favour and her son Praise off at the nearest police station after the adults informed her they were still going to a further distance.
”By this time, some people had gathered saying they wanted to beat Favour up as they suspected it was a case of kidnapping. However, an Alfa came in and asked them not to beat her.
“The Alfa said he was going to take the children to the Mosque with him. “He collected my wife’s number and called her to inform her that he has taken favour and my child to the Mosque.
“While they were heading to the Mosque, the Alfa said Favour told him that she was going to Ikotun to go and see her sister.”
The father said that the Alfa took the children to a Mosque and then decided to say his prayers. He said the Alfa later told his wife that after his prayers, he returned to where he left Favour and Praise in his Nosque and did not see them again.
“He said that he only saw the bag Favour carried that contained Praises’ clothes.”
Moses Otokareri said that his wife on arriving the Mosque, raised an alarm, and also alerted the police.
The Alfa was arrested. She also led the police to the home of the sister whom Favour claimed she was going to see. The said sister who denied any family ties with Favour was also arrested.
He said the matter has since been reported at the State Criminal Investigation Department Lagos state and that up till now, no word has been heard from Favour or his son.
He said that Favour who is about 14 years old, speaks four languages, Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba and Benin Republic fluently. He said Favour is from Imo state.
He appealed to any member of the public with useful information on how to find his child to call this number 07082873611 or contact the nearest police station.
Source: LinderIkeji.

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