Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna, on Saturday, lost his polling unit to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the local council election held in the state.
The results, announced by the state Independent Electoral Commission for Unit 01 Ungwar Sarki, Kaduna North Local Government, showed the PDP getting 86 out of the 159 votes for chairman.
Announced by the Presiding Officer, Muhammad Sani, Mr El-Rufai’s All Progressive Congress (APC) secured 62 votes, while APP had 1, ZLP 5, PRP 4, and 3 abstentions.
The PDP also got 100 votes for the councillorship seat out of 162, while APC scored 53, ZLP 2, PRP 2, NNPP 1, and BP 4.
Earlier, Mr El-Rufai had said the adoption of electronic voting for the local election was to ensure people’s votes count.
“As I said several times, we are not going to behave like other parties or other state governments; we will allow the people of Kaduna State to elect who they want.
“The APC did not have to win everywhere.
We don’t believe in cheating or rigging elections but also we don’t want other parties to cheat us, and that was why we encouraged the Kaduna State Independent Electoral Commission to come up with a fool-proof voting process,“ he said.
Cristiano Ronaldo will tell the world how he fell in love with former shop worker, Georgina Rodriguez, in a new Netflix documentary.
The 36-year-old will admit he fell for the pretty brunette in a ‘split-second moment’ and never thought he would end up feeling the way he did about her.
The first details about the reality-style documentary focused on Georgina were revealed at a TV festival earlier this week when journalists were given a glimpse of the first images.
The premiere date for the documentary, which will be called ‘I Am Georgina’, has yet to be revealed.
Speaking of the 27-year-old, Netflix Spain’s Director of Entertainment Alvaro Diaz said : “Georgina is totally honest and recognises in the documentary that her life changed from having nothing to absolutely everything.
“‘I Am Georgina’ has a strong aspirational component. Georgina went from selling luxury to being gifted it and showing it off on the red carpet.
“She was a normal young woman whose life changed dramatically one day. She was leaving work one day and crossed paths with the love of her life. Who has not dreamed of that?”
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Confirming Manchester United forward Ronaldo would appear, he told local media: “Cristiano’s incorporation is total but complements a vision of who Georgina is and her relationship with the father of her children.
“It conditions all her life but the focus is on her and knowing her also through her own eyes.”
Dad-of-four Ronaldo, whose three-year-old daughter Alana Martina with Georgina is the youngest of his brood, lifts the lid on the moment he fell for Rodriguez in the documentary.
He will tell fans: “It was a split-second moment. I never thought it would be that big as to fall in love with her, I really didn’t expect it. Georgina is the woman I am totally in love with.”
Georgina, in a preview of the first series in the documentary, confesses: “I am 27 and five years ago my life has changed.
“The day I met Cristiano was a Thursday in the summer, as I was leaving the shop when a handsome man almost two metres tall….”
The model and influencer will introduce herself to Netflix viewers by claiming: “Many people know my name but few know who I am.”
Cristiano’s move back to Old Trafford is not expected to feature in the documentary and during filming Georgina appeared to confirm he would not leave Juventus.
Rodriguez, who is said to have had to leave her job at Gucci in 2016 due to the paparazzi, returned to Jaca, the Spanish Pyrenees city where she lived from the age of three till around 17, for filming.
Cristiano and his family have now reunited at a rented mansion in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, following his record-breaking performance for Portugal against Ireland earlier this week.
He became the top international goalscorer in men’s football history, reaching the milestone of 111 goals in dramatic fashion by giving his nation a late win.
Cristiano, who scored 118 goals in 292 games during his first spell at United, will don the famous No7 jersey next Saturday when the Red Devils face Newcastle.
The football idol flew into the UK by private jet on Thursday and headed immediately to a seven-bedroom countryside hideaway where he is self-isolating under coronavirus rules before his second United debut.
He arrived in Manchester 24 hours before his partner posted a series of photos on Instagram of her and their four children travelling by private jet.
The pictures carried a heart emoji above the Manchester location tag, and she also posted a photo of a ‘welcome’ Cadbury’s chocolate bar.
It is not yet clear if she will return to Spain for the Netflix premiere of her documentary.
Radio presenter, Chinedu Ani Emmanuel, popularly known as Nedu, of Wazobia FM, has cleared the air on allegations of domestic violence levelled against him by his ex-wife, Uzoamaka Ohiri.
Uzoamaka had taken to her Instagram stories on Friday to accuse Nedu of battering her a few weeks after she delivered their child by a Cesarean section.
“@nedu_wazobiafm I am ready now, let’s take care of our girls, leave my son out of this… Remember this picture? You beat me up while your mother held my newborn a few weeks after a Cesarean operation,” she wrote.
In response to her posts, the OAP stated that he was not in the habit of trading issues on social media, but that he needed to clear the air on the accusations levelled against him.
Nedu, in an August 8 post said that he would always curse the day he met his ex-wife; to which the woman said that all she asked for was support for their kids’ upkeep.
Stated Nedu: “First of all, I would like to state clearly that I do not support or encourage any form of domestic violence whether targeted at a man or woman. I have also never been one to physically violate anybody including my ex-wife.
“The matter has been investigated twice, one in the police station at Ajah and another by a competent court of law during the dissolution of our marriage.
“Both times, I was cleared of all allegations and I have the necessary proof to back up my claim. If any one should be laying claims to domestic violence it should be me,” he continued.
However, in an Instagram post a few minutes ago, Uzoamaka stated: “Please where are the divorce papers? We both are in accordance with being divorced. I need to sign too.
“Even when you committed bigamy, I was not moved.
“Try not to open Ajiwe police station issue again, as you know you faulted.
“As regards the scar on your hand; that was the day I was with our infant daughter. Other @wazobiafmlagos staff witnessed the drama unfold. Nedu we fought and I finally won one battle. Deal with it!
Nedu’s wound. Photo: Instagram
“As regards my son, you have already spread that certificate to the whole world. It is no longer, and has never been a secret.
“It’s okay to say you do not have a problem with me… that’s for the gram. But why are your kids suffering?
“Now that I have gotten your attention, all I have been demanding, is for you to man up to some responsibilities over our lovely kids and their welfare.
“For 4 years I have been paying for the house rent and a lot of bills. You might not understand as you have never spent more than 12 hours with them.
“We can also share the rent bills on a 50-50 ratio . I have been the only one paying for about 4 years, and trust me it has not been easy on me.
“I have called, texted and tried to reach out to you via other direct and indirect methods, but to no avail.
According to a Reuters report, Google has carried out a temporary lockdown on some Afghan government email accounts.
The tech giant said the lockdown was due to security concerns connected to the insurgent group accessing sensitive information left by the former administration.
In a statement on Friday, Google said it was “taking temporary actions to secure relevant accounts.”
The report states that two dozen Afghan government bodies had used Google’s servers to handle official emails, including the ministries of finance, industry, higher education, and mines. The office of the President also made use of Google’s services.
Despite the Taliban saying it would take over peacefully, there have been protests across the city over women’s right to work and continued evacuations by the U.S. government.
Last month, the World Bank announced that it would be freezing payments for its projects in Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban takeover.
“We have paused disbursements in our operations in Afghanistan, and we are closely monitoring and assessing the situation in line with our internal policies and procedures,” a World Bank spokesperson said.
The Joint Health Sector Unions (JOHESU) and Assembly of Healthcare Professional Association have issued the Federal Government a 15-day ultimatum, saying they will commence an indefinite strike over outstanding welfare issues with the union.
Biobelemonye Josiah, JOHESU’s National President, said this in a letter addressed to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, and other relevant officers on Saturday in Abuja.
Mr Josiah said the 15-day ultimatum was necessitated by the “nonchalant attitude of government to the plight of its members”.
Issues
According to Mr Josiah, “the welfare issues include adjustment of Consolidated Health Salary Structure (CONHES) as was done with Consolidated Medical Salary Structure (CONMESS) since 2014, payment of all withheld April and May 2018 salaries of our members and withheld salaries in Federal Medical Center, Owerri, JUTH and LUTH, review of the defective implementation of COVID-19 Special Inducement and Hazard Allowance, implementation of National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), Consent judgment and other court judgments, increase in retirement age from 60 to 65 years for health workers and 70 years for Consultant Health Professionals.”
”Others are payment of reviewed hazard allowance in terms of payment that guarantee fairness and justice to all concerned, payment of actual 30 per cent consolidated basic shift duty allowance to nurses/midwives and others.
”Payment of teaching allowance to members on CONHESS 7 and 8 (nurses, midwives and others) and proper placement of Nurse Graduates and Interns,” he said.
The JOHESU president also said “others include payment of outstanding salaries of intern health professionals and all the Tertiary Health Institutions, proper implementation of the consultant pharmacist cadre for pharmacists in the public sector, among others”.
According to him, “you will recall that up till the time of writing this letter, the Federal Government has not deemed it fit to honour the Terms of Settlement entered into with JOHESU since September 2017.
”This is especially the upward review of CONHESS Salary Structure as agreed, to be completed within five weeks from the date of agreement amongst other requests.
”Government did not deem it fit to address these key issues during the duration of the last seven days warning strike and has only met with JOHESU on July 12,” he said.
Mr Josiah said that it would also be recalled that “on July 2020, that the Minster of Health agreed that a mistake was made by government in the payment of COVID-19 Special Inducement and Hazard Allowances”.
He noted that the shortfall was in the payment of 50 per cent Basic of Consolidated allowances to all those health workers. “It was a mistake on the part of government and the shortfall shall be paid according to affected health workers”.
He added that up till the time of this letter, the shortfall has not been paid.
“To make matters worse, when the payment for June 2020 was made, government decided to again wrongfully pay 10 per cent of Consolidated Basic Allowances to our members affected by the shortfall of April and May 2020.
“This is in contravention of the spirit and content of the MoU signed on April 21, 2020.
”JOHESU, in compliance with the provision of Section 41 of the Trade Disputes Act Cap.T8 LFN 2004, is constrained to give the Federal Government of Nigeria 15 days ultimatum with effect from September 3.
”This also is to inform you that with effect from midnight of September 17, all our members in the Federal Health Institutions shall embark on an indefinite strike action in all state and Local Government health institutions.
”You are all placed on red alert for the strike, if the Federal Government foot drags in attending to our demands,” he said.
Mr Josiah, however, noted that “JOHESU had shown maturity, selflessness and patriotism in the face of extreme provocations and government’s nonchalant attitude on the welfare of its members”.
The nation’s resident doctors are currently on strike.
Suspected herdsmen have killed Olajide Sowore, the younger brother of Sahara Reporters’ publisher, Omoyele, the activist said in a statement.
Omoyele Sowore said his brother was killed by armed men suspected by witnessed to be herdsmen while travelling between Benin and Ondo on Saturday morning.
He was studying pharmacy at Igbinedion University, Sowore said, decrying his brother’s loss as a huge one for his family and friends.
A spokesman for the Police in Akure did not immediately return a request seeking comments from reporters on Saturday morning.
The development came as southerners are pushing to restrict herdsmen activities across the region. On Thursday, Ondo became the latest state to adopt a law against open grazing when Governor Rotimi Akeredolu signed the state’s anti-open grazing bill into law.
The state has witnessed repeated deadly attacks linked to herdsmen. In 2019, Funke Olakunrin, daughter of Afenifere leader Reuben Fasoranti, was killed by suspected herdsmen along the same route where Jide Sowore was killed today. The Police said they had made arrests in connection to Mrs Olakunrin’s death, but no suspect has been convicted to date.
Sowore described his late brother as selfless and industrious, saying his demise would leave a void in the prominent Ondo family.
“You lived your life so that everyone could be alright but now assassinated by everything that’s not alright!” the publisher said.
Big Brother Naija Shine Ya Eye housemate, Tega, has revealed that her marriage may be a sham, causing fans to react.
During the Jacuzzi Party, she asked Emmanuel and Boma what they would do if they found out that she wasn’t married outside the show.
The married mother-of-one asked, “What if you guys find out I’m not married? What will you do?”
Emmanuel answered, “I will understand. I won’t even say anything. I’ll just be like, ‘Now I know why’.”
She asked Boma the same question and he said, “I’ll beat you first.”
Tega called Pere and told him what Boma said and he agreed with Boma’s stand.
Earlier in the week, Tega set tongues wagging with a video that went viral on which featured her kissing fellow housemate, Boma while in bed.
During the party, Tega and Boma also danced together after sharing a kiss in front of the housemates during a task.
Reaction From Fans
Reacting to the conversation and Tega’s conduct during the party, fans took to Twitter to doubt her marital status.
A tweep, @whitegenerall, said, “I’m starting to believe Tega is not married or their relationship is in shambles because this behavior is really bad.”
Another tweep, @amearypearl, wrote, “Tega is so shameless. You were supposed to be an inspiration for married women on the show. So that married woman who wanted to go on the show will boast that Tega went and made everyone proud. But it’s a lie, you ‘fall our hand’ and I’m not finding it funny.”
@aina_ayike tweeted, “You guys shouldn’t be surprised when Tega comes out and said she isn’t married because she knows she has really messed up.”
“Tega knows she has messed up. Now she want to use the ‘what if we go and you find out am not married’ stunt. Stupid,” @janet_boniface said.
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted Kabir Muhammad Inuwa, a brother to the Secretary to the Katsina State Government (SSG), Mustapha Inuwa.
It was gathered that Kabir was abducted on Wednesday when the heavily armed men invaded his farm in a village called Daftau, in Danmusa Local Government Area of the state.
“He is a step brother of the SSG; the same father but not the same mother. He was abducted on his farm. He is much older than the SSG and a retired police officer,“ a source told reporters on Friday.
Katsina, despite being the home state of President Muhammadu Buhari, has witnessed sporadic attacks by bandits and kidnappers that have claimed the lives of many.
Over 1000 people have been reportedly killed by the gunmen in Jibia, Kankara, Dutsinma, Musawa, Danmusa and Safana Local Government Areas of the state in the last five months.
On December 11, 2020, some bandits kidnapped 344 students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara. They were released about a week later.
Also on December 19, 84 Islamiyya students of Hizburrahim Islamiyya in Mahuta village, Dandume Local Government Area of the state were abducted but rescued shortly after.
Recently, some members of the State House of Assembly lawmakers shed tears for the Buhari-led government at a plenary while discussing the deterioration of insecurity under the present regime.
Leicester City forward, Kelechi Iheanacho, in action for Nigeria
Leicester City forward, Kelechi Iheanacho, scored twice in the first half to give Nigeria victory over their West African opponent, Liberia.
The match, played at the Teslim Balogun Stadium at Surulere, Lagos gave fans of the Super Eagles something to cheer about considering the insecurity ravaging the nation.
The match also put jet-legged forward, Ahmed Musa, two matches short of equalling the country’s record for most appearances. The national team record for most appearances is currently jointly held by former captains Vincent Enyeama and Joseph Yobo.
Musa earned his 99th international cap having featured in today’s World Cup qualifier against Peter Butler’s Liberia in Lagos.
With the three-time African kings leading by two goals, thanks to a Kelechi Iheanacho’s brace, he was introduced for the Leicester City man in the 84th minute of the entertaining match.
The gunmen who kidnapped three persons at the Goshen Community area of Ajebamidele in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, have set them free.
Sources at Goshen Community said that the victims – a man with his pregnant wife and one other said to be a pastor, who were abducted on Tuesday evening — regained their freedom on Thursday night.
The gunmen were said to have, immediately on taking the victims to the bush, contacted the families on phone and demanded N10m ransom.
A source said on Friday that the families paid N3m following passionate appeal to the gunmen for reduction.
He said, “After intense negotiation, the couple paid N2.5m, while the criminals collected N500,000 from the other person, totalling N3m. After collecting the money, the victims were released at a bush in Igbara-Odo in the Ekiti South West Local Government area on Thursday night.”
The Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti State Command, Sunday Abutu, who confirmed the release, said, “The three abducted persons from Ajebamidele, Ado-Ekiti on August 31, 2021 have been released by their abductors after a serious pressure mounted on the abductors by the Police and other relevant agencies including the locals.
“They have been reunited with their family members while effort is ongoing to ensure the arrest of the culprits. However, two suspects were arrested during the search operation in the bush,” Abutu said.
