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  • I sympathise with tribunal chairman, says Senate President

    I sympathise with tribunal chairman, says Senate President

    SENATE President Abubakar Bukola Saraki yesterday sarcastically expressed sympathy for Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) Chairman Danladi Umar over his alleged travail in the hand of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

    Saraki, in a post on his Facebook page, said the EFCC suddenly woke up four days to the resumption of his (Saraki’s) asset declaration case to slam a criminal charge against Umar.

    He noted that in April 2016, when his lawyers asked Umar to rescue himself from his (Saraki’s) case because of the criminal investigation against him, the EFCC swiftly cleared Umar of any wrongdoing.

    He wondered what has changed since April 2016 and few days ago to force the EFCC to file criminal case against Umar.

    Saraki wondered “whether those who genuinely love this Government appreciate the damage that all this is doing to our so-called ‘War Against Corruption’”.

    The post read: “I sympathise with the chairman of the tribunal, Mr. Danladi Umar, for his travail in the hands of the EFCC, which suddenly woke up four days to the resumption of this case to file criminal charges against him.

    “You will recall that in April 2016, when our lawyers asked the tribunal chairman to rescue himself from our case, because of the criminal investigation against him, the EFCC swiftly cleared Mr. Umar of any wrongdoing.

    “Now, I find it amusing, that in a dramatic turnaround, this same EFCC now thinks that Mr. Umar has a case to answer just before the commencement of my case before him. What has changed since April 2016?

    “As much as many Nigerians want to continue to believe that this my case is merely about asset declaration irregularities, the maneuvers, manipulation, intrigues, schemes and ‘House of Cards’ nature of this whole case proves otherwise.

    “I really wonder whether those who genuinely love this government appreciate the damage that all this is doing to our so-called ‘War Against Corruption’.

    “However, in all of this, my confidence in the judiciary and its ability to do justice in all cases remains unshakeable.”

  • Fans sympathise with Funke Akindele

    Fans sympathise with Funke Akindele

    Few months ago, her belly showed sign of a baby bump. However, when broadcaster Omotunde Adebowale, aka Lolo 1 recently posted a picture of herself and Funke Akindele Bello on Instagram, there was no sign of a pregnancy.

    The picture shows the producer of the popular comic series Jenifa Diary, looking happy with a flat tummy, which made her fans feel she might have lost another pregnancy.

    However, the caption of the picture by Lolo 1 “Nothing but joy, in all things we give thanks. Party time with my home girl @funkeakindelebello,” was cryptic.

    Did Funke suffer a miscarriage? Or was what she was putting on hiding her pregnancy?

    But whatever it is, fans have been sending in their words of encouragement to the actress.

    One of the fans by the name 8900uyo stated, ”Funke be strong, God will give you another one. Olu omo loruko jesu. We love you”.

    While omowunmi.balogun.104, noted that there is no need for negative thinking. ”Ok the second picture of her, I said I don’t want to have a negative thought feeling pity for her.”

    The actress showed off a baby bump, when her husband, Abdul Rasheed-Bello aka JJC skillz, alongside the actress friends gave her a surprise birthday party at their home in Lekki, Lagos as she clocked 40 on August 24, 2017.

    Before the birthday bash, Funke pregnancy was trending on the social media.

    Funke Akindele, who got married to Kehinde ‘Almaroof’ Oloyede on May 26, 2012, which was the most talked about marriage of the year, ended on July 15, 2013.

    The actress was reported to have also lost a pregnancy during their stay together.

    But four years after the crash of her marriage, she remarried. This time, she quietly tied the knot with her current husband, rapper JJC, in the UK.

    In January, 2017, founder of the Mountain of Blessing and Miracle Church of Christ, Dr. Olagorioye Faleyimu, prophesied that Funke might not have children.

    “A popular actress in Nollywood, Funke Akindele, who was once in the Yoruba movie industry should pray deeply so as to have children,” Faleyimu had prophesied.

    “Another grace she has is to marry a pastor who can fight the battle on her behalf with prayers.”

  • Sympathise with patients, LUTH graduands told

    The 2014/2015 graduands of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital’s (LUTH’s) schools for health workers have been enjoined to empathise with the sick as they begin their careers.

    This, according to the Director-General of the Nigeria Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) Yaba, Prof Innocent Ujah, would stand them out from the lot.

    Ujah spoke at the joint graduation/presentation of prizes to deserving graduands of the nine schools.

    The schools are: Schools of Nursing, of Midwifery and of Medical Laboratory Sciences. Others are Schools of Health Information Management; of Medical and Psychiatry Social Work;  of Post Basic Nursing; Community Health Officers’ Training School; School of Basic Dental Nursing and School of Anaesthetic Technicians.

    Ujah, who was the guest of honour, said the sick should be handled with care because of their fragility.

    He told graduands to display the best skill and professionalism at all times.

    Acquiring knowledge alone, Prof Uja said,  does not necessarily improve the care of patients, stressing that it should be supported with deep feeling for the patients through empathy, while caring for them. “The psychological component of health care services is as equally important as physical care. I, therefore, enjoin all the graduands to please apply themselves to the art and science of clinical service that will bring succor to patients,” he advised.

    Prof Ujah, represented by NMIR’s Head of Non-Communnicable Disease, Prof Nkiruka Onyejekwe, said though it is the right of workers to fight for their welfare,  it must be done with high degree of decorum. “Strikes should be an instrument which should be used very sparingly and with utmost degree of restraint, particularly knowing that we provide life-saving service.

    “I, therefore, charge the various Union leaders within the health sector to provide responsible leadership to their members, such that conflicts with the management could be reduced to a tolerable level, following effective resolutions. There is no doubt that this is not the best of times in our dear country and therefore, we plead that a great deal of understanding be exercised while demanding for our rights,” said Prof Ujah.

    LUTH Chief Medical Director (CMD), Prof Chris Bode, who spoke through the Chairman Medical Advisory Committee (CMAC), Prof Olufemi Fasanmade, said the 437 health graduands the schools and programmes for the year 2014/2015 Academic Session, would support the country’s health workforce.

    He said he had no doubt in his mind that after a period of resounding tutelage under committed lecturers/tutors, the graduands can now face life with confidence for high professional attainment.

    “My dear graduands, you have been equipped with skills and professional knowledge that will enable you deliver quality professional services to our teeming population in various parts of the country. By doing this, you will be complementing the effort of this management and the dedication and devotion to duty of the principals, co-ordinators, lecturers and tutors in the various schools,” said Prof Bode.

    Prof Fasanmade, who spoke through Assistant Director of Administration, Miss Omolola Fakeye, said private and public hospitals should absorb the specialists so they can add their skill to the improvement of the nation’s healthcare, “because LUTH trains for the country”. “LUTH cannot employ everybody, as a federal institution,” he said.

    A 22-year-old Miss Yetunde Adebayo of School of Nursing got most of the prizes, eight in all, emerging the best graduating student. She said she was happy achieving the feat. According to her, she was of the belief that nursing is all about, “giving injection, but having gone though the school, there is more. “To assist us students, there is urgent need for the government to provide more funds, especially for monotechniques in teaching hospitals, to make our trainings and studies more conducive,” she said.

    She is planning to further her studies by going for a Degree programme.

  • Party officers sympathise with Delta APC

    The Conference of All Progressives Congress (APC) State Publicity Secretaries (CAPS)has sympathised with the Delta Chapter over the death of its Publicity Secretary, Prof. Adaka Isaac Adakpo.

    The Ondo State Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Adesanya, said in a statement that Adakpo left at the wrong time, adding that he will be greatly missed.

    He added: “We condole with ourselves, family and friends, the good people of Delta State, all APC members in Nigeria and diaspora. Prof. Adaka Isaac Adakpo inestimable eloquence was second to known. We will forever miss his laudable and immense contributions to the academic and political development of Delta State and Nigeria at large. Rest In Peace Prof.

    “It is our prayer that his immediate family and APC will have the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.”

     

  • Road Mishap! Club Owners sympathise with Nasarawa Utd

    Road Mishap! Club Owners sympathise with Nasarawa Utd

    The Association of Premier League Club Chairmen and Managers (Club Owners) have sent a message of sympathy to the management and supporters of Nasarawa United Football Club over a road accident involving the club’s supporters.

    The  supporters were on their way from Aba after Thursday’s League encounter against Enyimba, when the bus conveying them had an accident along the Enugu-Umuahia expressway by Okigwe axis.

    According to a statement from the Club Owners, signed by the Ag. Secretary Alloy Chukwuemeka, a copy made available to SportingLife, the association expressed shock at the incident but were, however, grateful to God that no life was lost.

    The club owners also expressed appreciation to the security agencies and all those who were at the scene of the incident, for their timely intervention in rescuing and evacuating the injured victims.

    “We are particularly thankful to the management of Rangers FC and Heartland FC who were on ground to offer assistance,” the statement said.

    The association also used the medium to enjoin  supporters clubs to provide Life Insurance policy for their members as they embark on journeys across all the league venues.

  • Road crash: Enyimba, Lobi Stars sympathise with Pillars

    Road crash: Enyimba, Lobi Stars sympathise with Pillars

    Enyimba International FC have expressed their sympathies to Kano Pillars Football Club over the car crash which injured coaches of the team last week.

    Executive Chairman of Enyimba, Felix Anyansi Agwu in an interview with SportingLife said news of the accident shocked him but was relieved, it did not claim their lives.

    “Enyimba and Kano Pillars share a great relationship and we are therefore distressed by any unfortunate event that befalls the club,” he said. “I was shocked when I was informed of the incident but I thank God none of the officials died.”

    “The entire Enyimba join me in wishing the coaches a very speedy recovery. Baba Ganaru, Abdu Maikaba and Kabiru Baleria are all great individuals and we would like to see them pull through this as quickly as possible,” Anyansi added.

    The accident, occurred last Thursday afternoon.

    Meanwhile, the Vice Chairman of Lobi Stars of Makurdi, Dominic Mtem Iorfa has also expressed his regrets at the accident while they were on their way to Kano from Ilorin from a Federation Cup engagement.

    Iorfa in a brief chat with SportingLife said he was happy they all survived.

    He emphasised that all hands should be on deck to avert such in the future.

    The former Super Eagles’ striker believed there was a need to review the mode of transportaion adopted by various clubs in the Nigerian league.

  • Aregbesola, Yuguda,others sympathise with Alaafin on fire

    Eminent Nigerians have sympathised with the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, on the fire which razed part of his palace on Wednesday.

    The fire, which was said to have been sparked by an electric surge, reportedly gutted over 21 rooms.

    Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola, in a statement, thanked God that no life was lost.

    Aregbesola said: “I share in your pain, but we should thank God that no life was lost in the fire. God knows everything, including why this happened at this time. We thank God it did not happen at night while His Majesty and his family were asleep. Were it to be at night, the story would have been different.

    “On behalf of the government and people of Osun State, we offer our deepest sympathy to His Majesty and pray that every loss, however minute, would be replaced by the omnipresent God.”

    Bauchi State Governor Isa Yuguda, in a statement, said: “It is unfortunate that this incident is coming at a time when the monarch is preparing for his 44th Coronation Anniversary celebration.”

    Yuguda urged the Alaafin to consider the fire as an act of God, “accept it with philosophical calmness and thank God that no one died”.

    He said: “On behalf of the government and people of Bauchi State, I am saddened by the fire and we pray God to continue to protect and guard your Majesty and your family.

    “We also pray God to give you the courage and strength to overcome whatever losses the fire must have consumed.”

    Yuguda lauded the monarch’s contribution to sustaining peace in the country.

    Deputy Senate Whip Hosea Agboola, in a statement, said: “The Oyo palace is one ancient and glorious palace that holds important artifacts and value to a lot of people. It is saddening that such an incident occurred. I pray that God will replenish the Kabiyesi’s losses.”

    He urged the Alaafin to be strong and continue to protect the culture, history and heritage of the Yoruba.

    Members of the Oyo State House of Assembly yesterday visited the Alaafin at his palace.

    Speaker Monsurat Sunmonu, who led members to the scene of the fire, thanked God that no one died.

    She urged the monarch to see the incident as an act of God.

    Oba Adeyemi said the fire would have claimed lives, but for the palace’s many exit points. He urged Nigerians to imbibe the attitude of building homes with more than one escape route.

    Alaafin said: “I am calling on the state government and other stakeholders to renovate the palace in a way that the cultural heritage would be preserved.”

    The Oyo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in a statement by the party’s Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kehinde Salawu, said: “Oyo State PDP feels the Kabiyesi’s pain at this moment because the value of the palace is known to us and all Yoruba people. We stand with him and his wives, whose apartments were affected, and we encourage them to be undeterred by the terrible incident. May God replenish their loss.”

    Dignitaries that visited the Alaafin yesterday include Oyo State Deputy Governor Moses Adeyemo; former Governor Omololu Olunloyo; the Chief Imam of Ibadanland, Shiek Suara Aruna III; former Secretary to the Oyo State Government Chief Sarafadeen Alli; State Chairman of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) Chief Akin Oke and Hon. Kamil Akinlabi.

    Others are the Aare Musulumi of Yorubaland, Alhaji Abdulazeez Arisekola-Alao; the Commissioner for Finance; Chairperson, Amnesty International, Nigeria chapter, Dr. Abiodun Aina and the Aare Latosa of Yoruba Land, Mr. Mabinuori Adegboyega.

    The rest are traditional rulers from Ogbomoso, Afijio and Oke Ogun, and the managements of the Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, the Old Oyo National Park and the State Hospital.

  • North’s governors sympathise with Wada, mourn ADC

    The Northern States’ Governors’ Forum (NSGF) yesterday mourned Kogi State Governor Idris Wada’s aide-de-camp (ADC), Idris Mohammed, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), in an accident last Friday at Emi-Woro village near Lokoja, the state capital.

    The forum urged Nigerians to pray for the governor’s quick recovery.

    In a statement in Minna, the Niger State capital, by its Chairman and Niger State Governor Babangida Aliyu, the forum urged everyone to pray for Wada to enable him recover fast and fulfil his vision of a great Kogi State.

    The statement by Aliyu’s Chief Press Secretary, Mallam Danladi Ndayebo, described the death of Wada’s ADC as a big loss to Kaduna State and Nigeria.

    The forum noted that the incident occurred barely two weeks after Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State died in an air crash in Bayelsa State.

    The forum prayed God to grant Mohammed’s soul eternal rest and his family the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.

    Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole has sent a get-well-soon message to his Kogi State counterpart, Idris Wada.

    The Kogi State governor is receiving treatment at a private hospital following an accident last Friday on the Ajaokuta-Lokoja Expressway.

    In a message by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Peter Okhiria, the comrade governor described the accident as unfortunate.

    The message reads: “On behalf of the people and Government of Edo State, I wish my brother governor, Captain Idris Wada, speedy recovery from the unfortunate accident which claimed the life of his ADC.

    “Even as we thank God for sparing the life of the governor, we spare a thought for his ADC, who died in the accident. Losing such a close and trusted aide could be harrowing. However, our hearts are with you, the immediate family of the departed and indeed the entire good people of Kogi State at this difficult period.

    “As you recuperate on the hospital bed, we pray God to grant you the grace to come out stronger in body and spirit to lead your state to the desired destination.

    “We also pray for the peaceful repose of the soul of your ADC and for God to grant the family of the departed the fortitude to bear the loss.”