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Nigerians In Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has condemned the attack on Senator Ike Ekweremadu at the 2nd Annual Igbo Cultural Festival held in Nuremberg, Germany.

In a statement in Abuja the Chairman of NIDCOM, Mrs AbiKe Dabiri-Erewa said that the incident was an embarrassment to the country.

“It is also shamefully pathetic that an event, which was nobly put together by the Ndi-Igbo community whose members make up the majority of Nigerians living in Germany, ended up in such a disgraceful manner,” she said.

Dabiri-Erewa noted that the event was to provide a forum for the Diasporans and various stakeholders to network and facilitate a better cooperation between German and Nigerian businesses.

She disclosed that some of the culprits who perpetrated the act had been
apprehended.
Dabiri-Erewa called on the German government and law enforcement agencies to ensure that there are consequences for the actions of the culprits.

She also appealed to Nigerians to be of good behavior wherever they find themselves, as such unruly
incidents tarnish the image of the country.

Sen. Ekweremadu In a statement on Saturday confirmed that he was physically assaulted by some members of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, in Nuremberg, Germany.
Enweremadu confirmed the attack in a statement released by his Media Assistant, Uche Anichukwu in Abuja.(NAN).

Gov Samuel Ortom of Benue on Saturday, closed his case at the ongoing Benue Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in Makurdi and expressed confident that the tribunal will deliver justice.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ortom, who on Saturday, stormed the courtroom with a litany of aides, party supporters and well-wishers, did not give evidence.

Speaking on behalf of his client, lead counsel to the governor, Mr Sabastine Hon (SAN), told the court that the governor had decided to close his case after having a cursory look at the evidence presented by the petitioner.

He said the onus of proving the case rested with the petitioner.

“After taking a critical look at the evidence provided by the petitioners, we have come to the inevitable conclusion that we will not be calling any further witnesses.”

However, counsel to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Oba Maduabuchi (SAN), who was next in line to open his case, asked the court to grant him adjournment till Monday, Aug. 19 to do that.

He said he would call five witnesses and close his case.

Both parties in the suit agreed to the request and the tribunal chairman, Justice Henry Olusiyi, thereafter, adjourned the matter to Monday, Aug. 19.

Speaking to journalists after the sitting, Gov Ortom, expressed confidence in the court to uphold justice, claiming that the 2019 governorship election in Benue was free, fair and credible.

Also Speaking to journalists on why he decided to call only one witness, Ortom’s counsel, Hon, said the statement on oath of the petitioner himself and his star witness for the whole state, Joe Abaagu were not signed, and therefore, not substantial.

NAN recalls that both Ortom and the PDP had requested the court to disqualify Mr Abaagu from testifying on the basis that his statements on oath were not signed and proceeded to appeal against the decision of the tribunal to allow the witness to testify.

The tribunal had argued that it would rule on the eligibility of the witness to testify in its final judgment on the petition, a position that was upheld by the Appeal court. (NAN)

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has congratulated former Military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, on the occasion of his 78th birthday.
The party in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan on Saturday in Abuja said, “the PDP holds Babangida in great esteem.”
He described the former military head of state as a patriotic, fearless
and detribalised leader, who has dedicated his life to the unity,
stability and development of the nation.
“Babangida is celebrated for his many legacies while in office as
well as his steadfastness and exceptional commitment towards national cohesion, tolerance and peaceful coexistence in our country.
“Indeed, from this great Nigerian flows an enduring lesson in selfless
service.
“His life epitomizes the true virtue of statesmanship and the
fact that one can indeed climb to the very top and yet remain humble and accessible.
“The PDP, therefore, joins family members, friends, associates and
well-wishers in rolling out the drums in celebration of this outstanding
leader,” he said.
Ologbondiyan prayed God to continue to bless Babangida with many more years of good health and sound mind so that the nation would continue to benefit from his wealth of experience for the good of all.(NAN)

***The Nigeria Police have been forewarned against the utilization of media preliminary in the progressing investigation on executing of three officers in Taraba state

***A group affirmed that the Nigeria Police has left on media with the thought process of affecting the result of the reports of the investigative board on the issue

***According to the group, media war between two government offices exhibits the nation as divided and is uncalled for

By Jennifer Y Omiloli

A group has forewarned against the utilization of media preliminary by the Nigeria Police in the continuous investigation of the executing of three official by certain warriors along Ibi-Wukari street in Taraba state.

The Good Governance and Leadership Project in Nigeria (GGLPN) affirmed that the Nigeria Police has left on media with the thought process of impacting the result of the reports of the investigative board on the issue.

The GGLPN said the Police kept on with its invasion against the Army and even made an unbalanced stride by releasing the advancement being made in the examination to the media.

In an announcement marked by GGLPN’s leader, Whyte Odili, the group said such media preliminary can just truncate the activity such that the possible guilty parties may dodge equity.

Odili asked the law enforcement agency to stop its progressing media preliminary and crusade of defamation against the Army and rather permit the law to follow through to its logical end.

He additionally cautioned the Police that any endeavor to impact the result of the investigative board would be met with stern obstruction.

Odili noticed the mediations made by explicit people and associations that sued for a truce to the media war that emitted between the Nigerian Police and the Nigerian Army.

GGLPN avoided joining these requires a truce around then since we accept that the point has been made by every one of those that had mediated.

He said the media war between two government organizations, yet over an unfortunate occurrence, shows the nation as divided and is in this way uncalled for.

***Former member of the Senate, Shehu Sani, has answered Governor El-Rufai over his remarks on zoning game plan ahead 2023 general elections

***Governor El-Rufai had said that the zoning plan must be deserted for fitness

***In his responses, Senator Sani said it would be selfish for the north to clutch control after 2023

By Jennifer Y Omiloli

The senator who represented Kaduna central during the eighth National Assembly, Shehu Sani, has bludgeoned those mooting the possibility of the north clutching force past 2023.

He said the north would be careless on the off chance that it neglects to give up capacity to south after President Muhammadu Buhari’s subsequent term.

Daybreak.ng accumulated that Sani who was responding to Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s ongoing call for nullification of power turn, said it would be out of line following eight years, for north to hold grasp of power in Nigeria.

Governor El-Rufai had put forth a defense for relinquishment of zoning courses of action for political offices, saying the plans should have been de-stressed and eventually surrendered for capability.

He said Nigeria couldn’t stand to proceed on a similar way of zoning positions dependent on districts or inceptions, portraying the zoning of political offices as a boundary to political fairness.

Responding to El-Rufai’s remark when he paid Sallah reverence to the first executive governor of old Kaduna state, Balarabe Musa, on Monday, August 12, Sani expressed completely that southerners, especially the southwest, did everything conceivable to guarantee Buhari developed in 2015.

According to him, “It is an act of ingratitude for any northerner to think that by 2023, he or she should aspire for office in the view of the fact that southerners, particularly the southwest did everything possible to support the northern candidate to emerge as the president in 2015.

“We have not forgotten that president Buhari had contested three times without becoming president and on the fourth time, with the support of people from the south, he emerged the president of the country. It would be unfair after eight years, for us to think of continuing to hold the grip and levers of power in Nigeria.”

He included after President Buhari, power needs to turn toward the south, including that the southwest helped the north to be the place it is today.

“You can’t talk of competency when you have not produced an Igbo president. Are they not Nigerians? You cannot continue to punish them for the offense which they are not architect of? That is my view,” he said.

As a fresh graduate you can easily fall victim of a job scam. Which is why this article on how to use Google to authenticate a job invite is very important.

So, here are 3 ways to use Google to avoid falling victim of job scams:

1. Google the company name

Don’t get too excited when you receive a job interview alert, try to make some findings about the company first.
In 2019, any company that can invite prospective employees for a job interview should at least have an online presence. If you google the name of the organization that sends you an interview invite and you can’t see its website or social media handle, don’t bother to go for the interview. It’s most likely a scam you won’t like to experience.

2. Google the company address

Every job interview invite comes with the address of the organization. If you can’t find any information regarding the company’s website and social media pages online, google the address in the message sent to you.

This will show you some pieces of information you can put together to determine whether you should honor the interview or reject it.

3. Google the email address

When you receive a suspicious job interview invite, it’s wise to check the email address through which you received the invite.
If you receive the job interview invite via email, it’s also very important you check out the email on search engines. This will reveal different places the email has been used and what it was used for.

Kaduna State Deputy Governor, Dr Hadiza Balarabe on Tuesday directed the management of Rigasa General Hospital, Kaduna to issue queries to doctors who were not duty when she visited the hospital.

Balarabe gave the directive when she paid unscheduled visit following reports of nonchalant attitude of some of the staff and the unkempt environment of the hospital.

She told the Chief Medical Director, Dr Maryam Abubakar that her visit was necessitated by an unpalatable Twit about the hospital and the staff, which the state government could not condoned.

She lamented the filthy nature of the hospital environment and absence of doctors to attend to patients in critical conditions.

“This is unacceptable; it is our responsibility to ensure our environment is clean. There is no moral justification for the hospital to be unkempt.

“As of 10:00am, aside the CMD, there is no any doctor on ground to attend to patients and there are some patients who require admission and laboratory tests,” she noted.

The deputy governor said that the attitude of the workers was not in tandem with what the state government wished the people, especially as healthcare was one of the priorities of the government.

She described the dump site of the hospital as terrible, noting that instead of dumping refuse inside the pit, refuse has littered the environment, predisposing people to infectious diseases.

“Instead of dumping refuse in the pit, it is scattered all over. The workers do not dispose used syringes in the safety boxes but in the dustbin which is likely to infect those responsible for handling the refuse,” she said.

The deputy governor told the CMD that the management had failed in the discharge of its responsibilities in spite of the resources provided to the hospital by the state government.

“From what I have seen, there is no adequate utilization of what has been made available to the hospital for the management to ask for more.

“I, therefore, urge the entire staff of the hospital to turn a new leaf in the way they relate with members of the public,” she said.

Balarabe said that the state Ministry of Health, which oversees the hospital, would soon meet with all the CMDs of hospitals across the state to fashion out ways to improve health facilities in the state.

On her part, Abubakar disclosed that the facility does not have adequate staff to cater for the challenges faced by the hospital.

“We are trying our best but we are also soliciting for more assistance from the government on this issue.

“We appreciate the visit and call for more of it in other government hospitals too, so as to put us all on our toes,” she CMD said. (NAN)

Two herbalists, Omotosho Sunday, 57, and Adetutu Ayodele Adetutu,45, who allegedly defrauded a businessman of N2.8 million, on Tuesday appeared in a Chief Magistrates’ Court, in Ado-Ekiti.

The police charged Sunday and Ayodele with conspiracy and advance Fee Fraud and other fraud related offence.

The Prosecution Counsel, Insp. Johnson Okunade told the court that the defendants committed the offence on Jan. 18 at Ido-Ekiti in Ido/Osi Local government area of Ekiti.

Okunade alleged that both herbalists, fraudulently collected the sum of N2.8 million from Mr Adedamola Adesida, to help him prepare a charm to stop woman from jilting his son.

He alleged that the defendants collected the money and did not delver on their contract.

The offence, he said, is punishable under Section 1(3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and other fraud related offence Act.

The plea of the accused were not taken.

Defence Counsel, Mr Femi Olajide, urged the court to grant bail to his clients, with a promise that they would not jump bail.

Chief Magistrate Aderopo Adegboye, admitted the defendants to bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties in like sum,.

He adjourned the case until Sept. 11 for further hearing.

NAN

It is true that incircumstances make us happy sometimes and sometimes sad, but after all, what should prevail should be love. And one can only make sure of that through small acts of love. So, here are 3 acts of love that should be non-stop in your relationship.

1. Learning about each other

Change is only constant, and if you stay with someone long enough, chances are that some of their preferences and opinions will change with time.

Partners need to always be on the lookout for new information about each other. Through observation and by communication you can know the changes happening in your partner’s outlook on life and adapt to it.

That way one person does not outgrow the other to the point that an unbridgeable disconnect is created between them.

2. Being affectionate
Dwelling more on the physical part of this; you need to realize that your partner’s body will not remain tight and banging like that forever.

At that stage, your validation is needed more than ever, and your words and actions should show that you are still your partner’s number one fan.

Hold hands, don’t shy away from random kisses… and who says those sneaky booty rubs you used to do in the beginning has to ever stop?

3. Always showing effort
It all boils down to the effort you put into the relationship or marriage.

Don’t ever stop trying to impress your babe. Don’t get too comfortable in a relationship to take your partner and their needs for granted.