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Why we won’t let Oshiomhole have his way on Edo governorship primary —APC chieftain, Idahosa Chief Charles Idahosa, Edo APC Chieftain A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, Chief Charles Idahosa, in this interview conducted online, speaks on the controversy trailing the mode of primary election to be adopted in selecting the party’s governorship candidate in the state, among other issues. What is your position on the thorny issue of governorship primary in Edo APC? On the issue of direct or indirect primary, it is very clear that primary is a domestic issue of a political party. There is a Supreme Court judgment on that. I think (Adams) Oshiomhole is just out to do a lot of destruction just like he did in Zamfara and other states. What surprises me most is that all the leaders of the party are just waiting for him to destroy the fabrics of democracy in the APC. Why they are doing that I don’t know. When people try to change story to suit them, it i

…As Obaseki commends health workers’ resilience, commitment The Edo State Government has announced the discharge of 11 more coronavirus (COVID-19) patients, who have tested negative for the virus and cleared from the state’s isolation centres to return to their families. The state also recorded two more COVID-19-related deaths and exited 1159 suspected cases, including 340 Persons of Interest (POI) and 819 line-listed contacts that have completed the compulsory 14-day follow up and tested negative. The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, who disclosed this in a statement, commended the resilience, passion and commitment of health workers and other essential workers on the frontlines of the state government’s efforts at containing the pandemic.  Obaseki said, “We have discharged 11 COVID-19 patients from our isolation facilities. That makes it a total of 69 persons so far discharged in Edo. The number of deaths has, however, increased to 13. Our frontline workers have been

---The late vibrant Air Force Officer was from the stock of the fourth generation of international referees decorated by Nigeria in the early 1990s   *Linus Mba Late Elder Emmanuel Otobrise, FIFA rtd. in his active days as a young referee The Chairman of Edo State Football Referees Council, Mr. Johnbull Nosa Okundolor said the death of a former Training Officer in the Council, retired FIFA badged Referee, Elder Emmanuel Otobrise, was a great loss to the Nigerian football community. He described Elder Otobrise as a leader who led by example. The Edo Referees boss said this when he led members and elders of the State Referees Council on a condolence visit to the family of late Elder Emmanuel Otobrise in Benin City. Those in his entourage included the immediate past Chairman of Edo Referees Council and the National Vice President 1 of the Nigerian Football Referees Association, FIFA Faith Irabor (rtd.); former Chairman of the Council, Venerable Mike Osayi; the Council first Vice

Benin: Some Elders and Senior active football Referees of Egor Football Referees Society, has donated some food items to members of the society as a palliative measure in this era of Coronavirus pandemic.  Presenting the food items which include staple foods such as rice, yam and onions, the Referees who pleaded anonymity said "they decided to give the palliatives to the Society so as to cushion the effect of the partial  lockdown on members". Speaking while receiving the items, the Chairman of Egor Football Referees Society, Dcns Enagbare Rachel thanked the donors, and assured that the food items would be given to affiliated members of Egor Referee society to cushion the effects of the lockdown. She prayed God to fill the purses of the donors. Those present during the presentation were Dcns Enagbare Rachel, Chairman-  Egor Football Referees Society, Mr. Sylvester Okobi, Oyakhire Rasheed, Akokoba Victor, Mr. Otamere Nelson, Okobi Christy and the indefatigable Chairman of Edo

COVID-19 and contact tracing: a call for digital diligence May 13, 2020, Analysis / COVID-19 and conflict / Humanitarian Action / New Technologies Balthasar Staehelin & Cécile Aptel COVID-19 and contact tracing: a call for digital diligence As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact society worldwide, contact tracing apps are being developed in a bid to contain the spread of the virus. The Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, a global humanitarian network with a long experience of working on health issues, including in the most challenging contexts, is inherently concerned with the debate on contact tracing. In this blog, Balthasar Staehelin, ICRC’s Director of Digital Transformation and Data, and Cecile Aptel, Director of Policy, Strategy and Knowledge for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, offer a perspective on why and how the humanitarian principle of ‘do no harm’ must extend today to ‘do no digital harm’, safeguarding the principle of human

"UNUANE" PHILOSOPHY: EXAMINING THE OTHER SIDE OF A MANUAL CAR By Prof Matthew A. Izibili Hello my cherished friends,  thank God it's Friday. I wish to humbly draw our attention to the natural difficulty in serving the human mouth call in Esan as Unu. Primarily,  if I ask what is the use of this part of the body called mouth,  I guess you will be quick to say,  it is used for talking. Another may say for eating.  Yet another will say for other things  - drinking,  smoking,  to bless or curse,  repair or destroy, etc -.  Meanwhile, whichever of the selected usage of the mouth that made the list above & many more that you may know, I'm interested in reflecting on the power of the words from the human mouth. Following the physiological make up of the human being,  the mouth is little below the nose. It makes no serious difference if one has thick lips or not. But it makes a lot of sense to me if the arrangement of the set of teeth is proportional to the size of the li

"ANEGBEMUN" PHILOSOPHY IN ESAN & THE STRENGTH OF HER WORK ETHICS  By Prof. Matthew A. Izibili Department of Philosophy, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Nigeria Prof. Matthew A. Izibili This is a follow up of my last reflection on Unuane philosophy. It is a common saying in Esanland that the more supportive we are to one another,  the more progress that would be recorded. This sounds great & inviting.  But,  it shouldn't be taken for granted that it is not all & sundry that is ready & willing to be supported or assisted. After all,  whoever is desirous of support/assistance should be so disposed...kind words,  humility,  sincerity,  & heart of gratitude.  There's no two ways to make it work better than for the owner of a luggage requesting for a hand to lift such to his or her head, to be the first person to bend down towards the luggage before the person who is to give a helping hand will add his/hers. This is the ideal thing to do.  I wish to hum

Two Christians Killed in Villages in Adamawa State 05/12/2020   Nigeria  (International Christian Concern) – Two Christian villages were attacked very early this morning in Adamawa State, Nigeria. The villages of Gon and Bolkin are Christian Farming villages that are part of Numan Local Government Area(LGA). They have long dealt with attacks perpetrated by Fulani militants and have suffered many deaths. Sadly, on Tuesday, May 12, at 2:30 a.m., Fulani militants again raided the communities and killed at least two people. They also destroyed several homes and stole supplies from the local farmers. One of the two men killed was working to help rebuild a primary school in the area that had been destroyed in a previous attack. The other has yet to be identified. The locals had attempted to call for military support and protection, but were unable to get any aid. According to the Nigerian Tribune, the Adamawa State Police Command is saying that they did not receive any calls or reports of th

10 doctors contract COVID-19 at Kano teaching hospital  Not less than 10 medical doctors have tested positive for COVID-19 at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital. The Chairman, Association of Resident Doctors, AKTH, Dr Abukakar Nagona, who made the confirmation to newsmen in Kano, on Tuesday, said the doctors were treating patients, who came to the hospital with symptoms later discovered to be COViD-19. “Eight of the infected doctors have been sent to Isolation centres, while the remaining two have gone into self-isolation in their respective homes, as they were yet to develop any symptoms,” he said. However, he attributed the vulnerability of the doctors to “the absence of adequate Personal Protective equipment, as well as the failure of patients to wear face masks when coming to the hospital for treatment”.

Nigeria’s Kano State Governor converts Christian under-age girl to Islam April 22, 2020   By Julia Bicknell   Nigeria Converts ,  Kidnapping ,  Nigeria ,  Sharia ,  Women Governor of Kano State Abdullahi Ganduje and Christian girl Becky, Kano State Government House, Feb or March 2020 A video showing the Governor of Kano, a state in the far north of Nigeria, leading an under-age Christian girl through the act of becoming a Muslim inside his State Government House has sparked outrage on Nigerian social media. World Watch Monitor has independently confirmed the video is genuine and the Governor has not denied what it shows: he leads Becky, understood by WWM to be 14-16 years old, in reciting the Islamic ‘shahada’ prayer, as she then accepts Islam. The power dynamics show two young girls literally hemmed in by an invited media crowd as the Governor and his aide appear to ‘show them off’ during the ‘shahada’ prayer. There is a professional camera light right behind Ganduje