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Month: October 2022

  • UAE Slams Visa Ban on Nigerians, Rejects Applications

    The United Arab Emirates Immigration authorities have slammed visa ban on Nigerians adding that all submitted applications are rejected and fees non-refundable.

    It was gathered that the announcement was made on Friday in a notice issued to its trade partners in Nigeria including travel agencies.

    Although no reason was given for the ban, the Dubai authorities declared that all applications were on-hold until issues between the UAE government and the Nigerian government were resolved.

    The latest decision made by the UAE immigration authorities is for all Nigerians seeking to travel to the UAE.

    “All Dubai applications submitted are now rejected. It is general for Nigerians and approvals are on hold at the moment.


    “Kindly advise your clients to resubmit C2=A0 applications when the issue is resolved between both governments,” the notice to Nigerian travel agents declared.

    A source from Wakanow, who confirmed the story said, “It is true, it was issued yesterday. The Dubai immigration did not state when the ban would be lifted but for now, everything is on hold.”

    Speaking with a customer representative from Air Peace, it was gathered that the airline is still flying to Dubai with those who already have a valid visa. The representative added that if any changes were to occur as regards flight for Nigerians, it would be duly communicated, adding that no issue had been raised at the moment.

  • Meet Ooni of Ife’s newest wife, Princess Ronke Ademiluyi

    Vanguard News

    It is no longer news that the Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II, has tied the knots with Princess Ronke Ademiluyi.

    The wedding which is the monarch’s fifth in less than two months, took place in Osun State on Thursday, October 20, 2022.

    Though the traditional ruler was not in attendance, his royal guards and maids, palace chiefs and royal staff were there to represent him.

    Princess Ronke Ademiluyi has known the King before he ascended the throne in 2015. The new queen is a London-trained lawyer and a well-known entrepreneur, who shuttles between the UK and Nigeria. She is the founder of the popular fashion show, African Fashion Week Nigeria and African Fashion Week London.

    The great-granddaughter of Ooni Ademiluyi Ajagun, the 48th Ooni of Ife, who died in 1930, she is in charge of the Queen Moremi Initiative. The new Olori is also a global ambassador and founder of the Adire Odua.

  • Strike: Why Move To Ban ASUU Will Fail- Osodeke

    Strike: Why Move To Ban ASUU Will Fail- Osodeke

    The Nation Newspaper

    National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, has declared that any move by the Federal Government or its agent, including Labour Minister Chris Ngige to ban the union will fail.

    Osodeke said ASUU’s philosophy is premised on aligning with a worthy cause for the progress of the country’s educational sector and its positive multiplier effects on every other area of the nation.

    The ASUU President also warned Vice Chancellors of public universities to shun dressing in the substandardapparel of Chief Executive Officers (C.E.Os) of universities when in reality; they are just the first among their equals in the academic community.

    Osodeke spoke while delivering his goodwill message at the special commemorative programme organised by the ASUU Chapter of the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, to honour the immediate past Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Professor Ganiyu Olatunde, whose tenure ended two weeks ago and was succeeded by a Cancer Pathologist, Prof. Deji Agboola.

    Osodeke, who described Ngige as a jester over his efforts at proscribing ASUU, also berated the Federal Government for always being envious of ASUU’s achievements at setting qualitative and enduring standards in the areas of infrastructural provisions and services when compared to the substandards it preferred dishing out despite the sufficient fund at its disposal to provide such.


    “I can see why Ngige is interested in banning ASUU because once ASUU is proscribed, all the union’s assets automatically become Federal Government’s property, even when the government is bereft of ideas to put in place, qualitative assets in the midst of sufficient funds at its disposal as done in the University of Ibadan, UniPort, the University of Maiduguri among other places.

    “You will never succeed in banning ASUU because ours is a union that assesses the system and aligns with the worthy course without being biased for the progress of the Nigerian educational society.”

    Commenting on the VCs and ASUU’s relationship towards achieving excellent university administration, Osodeke maintained that any Vice Chancellor, who looks at the system and sees himself as one among equals will not have a problem running his university.

    Citing examples of some universities where their VCs and Visitors still give approval before a university lecturer can be promoted, even despite the recommendation of the governing councils for such, he said some university VCs act with military fiats.

    “One thing we have gotten wrong is that in the universities, we look at the VCs as Chief Executive Officers (C.E.Os) which by the law, it is not true. A Vice-Chancellor is just one among equals and it’s only when he sees himself as one that he will not have a problem with ASUU”.

    “All the actions and things done by the committee set up; you are to look at those committees’ actions and agree or disagree. And when you disagree, you go back to them. Unfortunately, what we currently have in Nigeria is that over 90 percent of our universities today are VCs, who lookpermit at themselves as C.E.Os and there is nowhere in the laws that permits a VC as C.E.O. because everything he does can be challenged”.

  • Apostle Suleiman Speaks On Attack, Confirms Death of Seven Persons (Video)

    Apostle Suleiman Speaks On Attack, Confirms Death of Seven Persons (Video)

    Startling from the attack on his convoy by gunmen on the Benin -Auchi expressway, Edo State, General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries International, Apostle Johnson Suleiman, has confirmed that seven persons were shot dead.

    This is just as he has disclosed that he was with his wife and children in his Sports Utility Vehicle when the attack occurred.

    While expressing regrets on the death of the three policemen and four civilians, the televangelist, in a one-minute fifty seconds video of him narrating his close shave with death, boldly declared that nobody could kill him because his life was n God’s hand.

    From his explanation of the build to the attack, it was obvious that Apostle Suleiman had a clue about those behind the assassination attempt.

    He traced the genesis of the attack to 2017 and advised the gunmen that attacked his convoy not to dabble into what they did not understand.

    According to him, ” since 2017, there are certain things that have been happening that I have been quiet about .

    “Even if you are the most quiet person on earth you will not give yourself to so many scandals.

    There are things people don’t know. One or two persons took advantage of that and came out and say one or two things.

    “The reason I am coming out to speak now is that they have done all that and discovered that I am still moving on, they decided to make attempts on my life.

    “I just escaped an assassination attempt where seven people were killed.

    My car was attacked, they opened fire on the car and kept spraying bullets.

    My wife and my kids were there.

    In the escort car, they killed the policemen, they killed other people in the other escort car and the bus.

    “In all, they killed seven people in the convoy.

    “People are expecting me to come out and mention their names so that they can deny it. I won’t.do that.

    But the truth of the matter is this, you can’t kill me. My life is in the hand of God, I am a man of God and those who are attacking me, you are holding on to what you don’t understand. You may have joined the fora because you want to chase cloud but you don’t know where the fight started.

    “There are things you don’t understand. You don’t even have an idea of the beginning of what happened in 2017 and the people that are behind it.

    You are just doing your own thing. But it is beyond what you are thinking.

    “I am alive for those who have been calling. I am well, family is fine.

    “I feel bad for the lives that have been taken. We are mourning but Jesus is Lord.

    “May the souls of those who were killed rest in peace.

    And for the young men who opened fire and kept wasting people, I won’t take your life. But the seed that you have sown, you will reap it.

    “I want Nigerians to know that a coordinated lie swallows an uncoordinated truth . With time the truth will come out”.

  • Gunmen Attack Apostle Suleiman, Kill Three (Video)

    A renowned Nigerian Pastor who is also the founder of Omega Fire Ministry, Apostle Johnson Suleiman, was attacked in his home by some gunmen on Friday evening, killing three policemen, two drivers and a lady, believed to be the preacher’s housemaid.

    The attack, Tribune Online gathered, happened at about 5:00 p.m. and was carried out by some hoodlums.

    The Edo State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr. Chidi Nwabuzor, confirmed the incident on Friday evening.


    According to him: “The attack on Johnson Suleman was actually true. He was attacked by hoodlums yet unknown at about 5:00 p.m.. He was attacked at home.

    “As we speak, two of his drivers were killed, three policemen killed, one female househelp also killed, one missing.

    “Upon alarm raised, police moved to the scene, gunned down one of the hoodlums and recovered one of the vehicles used.

    “Currently, Apostle Suleiman is safe and sound,” Nwabuzor said.

    The Edo Police Command spokesman added that the investigation was ongoing, just as he  declined to volunteer further information.
    Senator Shehu Sani also said he spoke with Apostle Suleiman who confirmed the attack.

    According to him on his Twitter handle: “I have just spoken with Apostle Suleiman. He confirmed to me that it was an assassination attempt on his life and that some of his aides lost their lives. He also confirmed there was an arrest.”

  • Manifesto: Tinubu’s 10 promises to Nigerians

    Manifesto: Tinubu’s 10 promises to Nigerians

    The Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday, released an 80-page policy document that highlights an eight-point agenda.

    The PUNCH reports that top on his priority lists of action plans was national security, economy, agriculture, power, oil and gas, transportation and education.

    In the document, Tinubu said his objective is to foster a new society based on shared prosperity, tolerance, compassion, and the unwavering commitment to treating each citizen with equal respect and due regard.

    Here are 10 promises of the former Lagos State governor contained in the manifesto.

    1. Build a Nigeria, especially for our youth, where sufficient jobs with decent wages create a better life.
    2. Manufacture, create, and invent more of the goods and services we require. Nigeria shall be known as a nation of creators, not just of consumers.
    3. Export more and import less, strengthening both the naira and our way of life.

    1. Continue assisting our ever-toiling farmers, through enlightened agricultural policy that promotes productivity and assures decent incomes, so that farmers can support their families and feed the nation.
    2. Modernise and expand public infrastructure so that the rest of the economy can grow at an optimal rate.
    3. Embolden and support our young people and women by harnessing emerging sectors such as the digital economy, entertainment and culture, tourism and others to build the Nigeria of tomorrow, today.
    4. Train and give economic opportunity to the poorest and most vulnerable among us. We seek a Nigeria where no parent is compelled to send a child to bed hungry, worried whether tomorrow shall bring food.
    5. Generate, transmit and distribute sufficient, affordable electricity to give our people the requisite power to enlighten their lives, their homes, and their very dreams.
    6. Make basic healthcare, education, and housing accessible and affordable for all.
    7. And, most importantly, establish a bold and assertive policy that will create a strong yet adaptive national security architecture and action to obliterate terror, kidnapping, banditry, and all other forms of violent extremism from the face of our nation.

  • WhatsApp Users Can Now Create, Share call links, Block screenshots, add 1024 people to a Group

    Foremost mobile messaging app, WhatsApp, which is well known for its continuous addition of new features has again recently introduced new features to the globally used platform.

    




    




    These new features include creating and sharing call links with up to 32 participants, blocking screenshots and screen recording on view once messages, hiding online status, and adding up to 1024 members on group chats.
    




    1. WHATSAPP CALL LINK FEATURE
      The new call link feature allows users to create and send call links to anyone on WhatsApp even if they are not on your contact list. The new feature which allows up to 32 participants can be compared to those offered by Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet. It also gives options for Audio and Video.
    




    Steps to create call links on WhatsApp.
    




    Your WhatsApp application must first and foremost be updated
    Click on the “Calls” tab on our WhatsApp application
    




    The “Create Call Link” option which is pinned above your call log will be displayed
    




    Click on the “Create call link” to set the type of call to either voice or video. By doing this, WhatsApp will generate a call link for you
    




    Copy the invite link and forward it to your contacts via WhatsApp or any other sharing platform
    create call links on WhatsApp
    Once the recipients receive the WhatsApp call invite link, they can join the call by tapping the ‘Join’ button. Please keep in mind that people can join a call at any time, and WhatsApp will not notify you if someone joins the call. As a result, you must be present on the call in order to see who has joined and who has not.
    




    1. BLOCK SCREENSHOTS AND SCREEN RECORDINGS ON ‘VIEW ONCE’ MESSAGES
      With this new Privacy-focused feature, users will be in control of how they want their information received, shared and stored. This new update makes it impossible for a viewer to take a screenshot or screen recording of either Audio or Video messages sent with the ‘view once’ filter.
    




    When a viewer tries to screenshot an image or video sent with the ‘view once’ filter, WhatsApp will flash an alert saying “Can’t take screenshot due to security policy”
    




    The feature has been rolled out with version 2.22.22.3 of the WhatsApp update but it is only available for Android users of the WhatsApp beta channel at the moment.
    




    1. HIDE ONLINE STATUS
      This is another new feature available to Whatsapp users. The application now gives you the option to hide your online status from other users. This new feature allows you to protect your privacy by giving you absolute control over who can see when you are online.
    




    Here is the step-by-step on how you can appear offline on WhatsApp for everyone but still continue to message anyone you wish
    




    On the same settings page as the “Last Seen” status, you will now see a new “Who can see when I’m online” option. Under it, there are “everyone” and “same as last seen” All you need to do is to select “Same as last seen”.
    




    The ‘Everyone’ option is self-explanatory, as it allows everyone to see if you are online or not. The second one changes your online status to ‘same as last seen’,’ which means that only those who can see your last seen will be able to see if you are online. If you have set your ‘last seen’ to nobody, no one will be able to see if you are online.
    




    1. ADD UP UP TO 1024 MEMBERS TO GROUP CHAT
      WhatsApp is rolling out an update that allows users to add up to 1,024 people. WhatsApp group members’ capacity has been progressively expanding over time. The limit which used to be 256 members in 2017 was raised to 512 in May of this year and is now going to be expanded once again to 1,024 members. Currently, the option is available on WhatsApp beta for Android and iOS,
    




    With this feature, users can now connect with more than a thousand members of colleagues, friends, family and so forth in a single group.
    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    Just In: Former Senate President Loses Son
    
			
    

    The son of former Senate President David Mark, Tunde Jonathan Mark, has died in a London hospital where he underwent treatment for Cancer.
    




    




    Tunde, who died on Friday morning, was the first son of the former President of the Senate.
    




    In a statement, Mr. Paul Mumeh, Special Adviser to the David Mark, said Tunde was born on October 13, 1971 and attended Yaba Military School where he obtained his first school leaving certificate.
    




    He later proceeded to Bradfield College, Berkshire, UK, for his Secondary school education.
    




    Tunde, a Biochemist obtained B.Sc degree from Kings College, London. He also studied immunology alongside biochemistry and later Biological Sciences in the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
    




    The statement disclosed that the late deceased was married with a daughter and his funeral arrangements will be communicated in due course.
    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    Tinubu Unveils 80-page Action Plans To Make Nigeria ‘Great Again’
    
			
    

    The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has unveiled his action plans to make Nigeria a great among committee of states.
    




    




    The 80-page document, containing multi-sectoral policy options, is tagged “Renewed Hope 2023 – Action Plan for a Better Nigeria,” according to a statement by Bayo Onanuga, a spokesman of Tinubu’s Presidential Campaign Council.
    




    Onanuga said Tinubu and his running mate; Senator Kashim Shettima will unveil their Action Plan for the transformation of the country on Friday where President Muhammadu Buhari will lead governors, National Working Committee members and other APC leaders to the PCC inauguration at the State House.
    




    In his foreword to the document, Tinubu said that his plans were conceived after travelling the length and breadth of the country and listening to people from different life strata.
    




    “Our nation’s history affirms that our people constitute our most valuable treasure. Whether the hardworking farmer, the industrious market woman, the dynamic young entrepreneur or the hopeful child, Nigerian people rank among the best anywhere. They excel in every aspect of human endeavour when given a fair chance,” Tinubu was quoted as saying.
    




    “Senator Shettima and I have traversed every part of our beloved nation, listening to the concerns of our fellow citizens. Young and old, poor and rich, educated and uneducated, Christian and Muslim; all have expressed their views and concerns. People do not seek superficial answers to hard questions. Nor do they want the broken, unimaginative, failed promises repackaged and fed to them again. They want true and innovative solutions which address the challenging realities of today.
    




    “Our party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) was founded on the premise that the people of our beloved country are entitled to the benefits that only progressive good governance can procure.”
    




    According to the document, the former Lagos State governor will prioritise National Security, Economy, Agriculture, Power, Oil and Gas, Transportation and Education, when elected as President Buhari’s successor next February.
    




    Tinubu also outlined policy options for healthcare, digital economy, women empowerment, judicial reform, federalism/decentralisation of power and foreign policy.
    




    He promised huge investment in sports entertainment and culture, youth empowerment and entrepreneurship, to expand jobs and opportunities for millions of Nigerian youths.
    




    Tinubu also pledged to continue and expand the massive Social Investment Programs of the Buhari administration
    

    
			
    
		
    
		
	
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    ASUU: NLC Rejects CONUA, NAMDA, Slams Ngige
    
			
    ASUU: NLC Rejects CONUA, NAMDA, Slams Ngige
    
			
    

    The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has slammed the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige over the registration of two new academic unions in the Nigerian public university system.
    




    Ngige wrote to the NLC on Tuesday, urging the labour leaders to rescind its opposition to the registration of two new academic unions in the Nigerian public university system.
    




    But in a letter to the Minister, the NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, demanded for the withdrawal of the letters issued to the unions, on the grounds that their registration contravened the laws guiding trade unionism.
    




    Recall that the new unions – the Congress for Nigerian University Academics (CONUA) and the Nigeria Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA) – received letters of recognition recently during a ceremony at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment in Abuja.
    




    Wabba argued that Section 3(2) of the Trade Union Act forbids and restricts the Minister from registering unions in sectors where a trade union already exists.
    




    According to him, Section 5(2) of the Act provides for the gazetting of the registration of new trade unions and display of same for public objections for three months.
    




    “Your biased attempt to re-group an existing trade union or actually individuals in utter disregard to tripartism which is a core pillar of the ILO is an attempt to interfere with, infiltrate and balkanize an existing trade union – at best to score on vendetta and at worst to destroy cordial industrial relations in Nigeria,” he stated.
    




    “As the Chief Labour Officer of the Federal republic, we believe that you will take advantage of our presentation of the true position of the law to redress this grave injustice done to our labour jurisprudence by the ‘awarding’ of trade union certificates to CONUA and NAMDA.”