50-year-old man commits suicide in Ibadan community

There was confusion among residents of Gangansi area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, Wednesday night after a fifty-year old man simply identified as Abass was discovered to have hanged himself in his elder brother’s house he was residing.

DAILY POST gathered that the incident, which occurred around 7:30 p.m., caught the people around the community bewildered after seeing the man just few minutes before he was discovered to have taken his life.

Abass, according to a resident of the area, was a gentleman and a commercial motorcyclist.

The resident, who asked not to be named said, “He has children, both male and female, but his wife is not currently with him. He is in his early fifties. He was living here with us, and this house was built by his brother.

“All we know was that he came back home hale and healthy yesterday evening, but suddenly someone shouted when he saw him dangling from the ceiling of the house. It was the person that alerted us to the ugly incident.

“On getting there we saw him up there, but we noticed one small paper beside him. We took it up and saw that he left a note where he wrote that he intentionally committed suicide because of too much debt he owed people”.

DAILY POST further gathered that as at about 9.30 a.m. on Thursday, the body was still hanging on the ceiling but nobody was allowed to enter the building.

Some elders and landlords were seen having a meeting with some traditional herbalists who were demanding sacrificial materials to be used in appeasing some gods before the dangling body of the man could be brought down for proper burial.

However, all efforts made by DAILY POST to get reactions of the state police command spokesman, Adekunle Ajisebutu, proved abortive as SMS sent to him to react to the incident was yet to be replied as at the time of filling this report Friday morning. - DAILY POST

Terrible COUNTRY !!! ‘900 Nigeria Airways retirees died’ while awaiting retirement benefits

Shu’aibu Alfa, member, ministerial committee on the verification of payment of the retirement benefits of former workers of the Nigeria Airways, says 900 retirees died while awaiting payment.

Alfa, who is the supervisor, Kano verification centre, disclosed this to NAN on Friday.

In September, the federal government had released N22.68 billion to settle part of the retirement benefits of the former workers.

Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, said the money approved was 50 percent of the N45 billion benefits of the retirees.

The national carrier ceased operations in 2003 and was liquidated a year later,  based on the declining performance of the airline and huge debt profile.

Before its collapse, the airline had 4,516 employees.

Alfa said since 2004,  at least 900 of the retirees died while the medical cases of some of them became worse.

He explained that the verification exercise, holding across three centres, has been without hitches.

“The verification exercise has been going on very well, we made sure retirees were former staff of Nigeria Airways and we have their records,” Alfa said.

“We ask questions and when they are certified, we clear them to start the verification process.

“In the verification team, we have people from the Ministry of Aviation, Ministry of Finance, Accountant General’s Office, Head of Service, EFCC, ICPC, PITAD and we also have our representatives on each desk.” - THECABLE 

‘State of Emergency’ in education will reduce students’ drop-out – NUNS

The leadership of National Union of Nigerian Students (NUNS) has welcomed the directive by the National Economic Council (NEC) for all state governors to declare State of Emergency in education sector.

Amb Salahudeen Lukman, NUNS President, while commending NEC for the timely action, in a statement in Abuja, added that the decision would reduce the rate of students’ drop-out in higher institutions.

He said that with the recent hike in school fees by some tertiary institutions so many parents cannot afford to pay their children fees.

“We commend the National Economic Council on this timely action as well as appeal for total compliance by all Governors to the Council’s directive.

“This will assist in the revival of our education system as well as curb the growing rate of crime among young Nigerians believed to be drop out.

“This directive is best and a timely remedy to collapsing state of education to prevent higher number of tertiary institutions drop-out in Nigeria.

“It will also reduce insecurity across the country; it is our hope and aspiration that with this directive, state Governors and Federal Government will henceforth adhere to 26 per cent UNESCO budgetary allocation to education,” he said.

Lukman, however, said that the leadership of NUNS shall maintain close monitoring of the compliance level, as well as employ modalities to ensure the directive is not ignored.

“The economic situation of the country has affected good number of parents in meeting up the needs of students on campus, particularly with the recent hike in school fees happening in various institutions,” he said. - PM NEWS

CONFUSIONIST ! I’ll hand over to Akinlade in 2019, says Amosun

Ibikunle Amosun, governor of Ogun state, says he will hand over power to Abiodun Akinlade, his preferred candidate of the All progressives Congress (APC) for the 2019 governorship election.

The governor made this known in a statement by Adedayo Adeneye, the state commissioner for information.

The national working committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) had ratified Dapo Abiodun as the governorship candidate of the party in the state against the wish of Amosun.

The governor did everything within his power to have Akinlade on the ballot but the NWC stood its ground.

This prompted reports that Amosun was making moves to defect from the APC to Accord Party.

But he denied this, though admitting that he was under “enormous pressure” to dump the ruling party over the outcome of the primary elections in the state.

In the statement, Adeneye quoted Amosun as also saying he is committed to supporting the party and President Muhammadu Buhari in the 2019 general election.

“For the avoidance of doubt, I remain committed to our great party, APC, and I stand with and for our leader, President Muhammadu Buhari,” he was quoted as saying.

“I am in no doubt that come May 29, 2019, the Almighty God will make Mr President triumph and ensure that I hand over the reins of governance of our great state to the popular choice of the majority of our people, Abdulkabir Adekunle Akinlade.

“I restate my unwavering commitment and total support for the mandate freely and expressly given to Abdulkabir Adekunle Akinlade.” - THECABLE

Female adults above 60 years likely to suffer arthritis — Physician

Dr Ovo Ogbinaka, a medical doctor at the Central Hospital Ughelli, Delta, said that 50 per cent of female adults above 65 years of age were likely to suffer from arthritis.

Ogbinaka made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in as anBenin.

Arthritis is an inflammation of the joints caused by gradual strain on the body ligaments system.

According to him, arthritis can be a result of injury, which can lead to degenerative arthritis, abnormal metabolism, gout and pseudo gout, inheritance, such as in osteoarthritis.

The physician said the most common types of arthritis are Osteoarthritis (QA) and Rheumatoid arthritis “which can also affect multiple joints of the sufferer.”

Ogbinaka listed some of the symptoms of arthritis to include pains, swelling, reduced range of motion and stiffness.

He noted that adult, particularly those from 65 years and above were prone to be affected by this disease which he said could rarely affect children, teens and youths.

He disclosed that women were more likely to suffer from arthritis than men, especially overweight people.

According to him, any aging adult who notices any sign of arthritis should visit a doctor

“It is not all joint pains that develop into arthritis; some are just stress from house work, cooking and driving,” he said.

He said treatment of arthritis would reduce the pain the person experiences and could also prevent additional damage to the joints.

The physician advised people to always seek medical adivce once they notice any of the symptoms.- PM NEWS

EFCC moves Fayose to Lagos for trial

Former Ekiti Governor Ayodele Fayose’s trial will most likely begin at a Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday, according to reports.

Ahead of the trial, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is expected to move Fayose from Abuja to Lagos this weekend.

According to The Nation, the EFCC confirmed Friday that Fayose has been served charges and trial notice.

The ex-governor is facing trial in connection with N1.299 billion and $5.3 million allegedly allocated to him by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) from N4.65 billion slush fund allegedly shared by ONSA.

But the ex-governor denied collecting $5.3 million from a former Minister of State for Defence, Mr. Musiliu Obanikoro.

He was said to have only admitted knowing Obanikoro and his associate, Abiodun Agbele, who allegedly bought six choice properties for him in Lagos and Abuja.

He was also said to have confirmed during interrogation yesterday that Agbele bought the properties for him.

The Head of Media and Publicity of EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed the filing of charges against Fayose.

“Fayose has been served with charges alongside his company, Spotless.”

But Fayose’s media aide, Lere Olayinka, said the former governor is waiting to be charged to court, whenever the EFCC is ready.

He claimed that the EFCC does not have evidence to prosecute the ex-governor.

“With the deafening noise that they made about the evidence of corruption in their possession and even going by the EFCC ignoble tweet of July 15, 2018, in which the commission expressed its readiness to prosecute the former governor immediately he no longer enjoyed immunity, Nigerians had expected that by now, he will be facing trial in court.

“However, because the EFCC does not have any evidence against Fayose, the commission has opted to keep him in detention so as to satisfy its paymasters whose major agenda is ‘Fayose must be kept out of circulation by whatever means.’

“If not that they are just interested in keeping him out of circulation, why is the anti-graft commission not in court to prosecute him with the ‘overwhelming evidence’ it claimed to have?'' - PM NEWS 

1 killed, three injured in Sango-Ota road mishap

At least, one person was on Friday reported dead while three others sustained injuries in a lone accident involving a commercial bus at Sango-Ota, Ogun.

The Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) Sango-Ota in Ogun, on Friday confirmed this to NAN.

Mr Adekunle Oguntoyinbo, the Sango-Ota Unit Commander of FRSC, confirming the incident, said that the accident happened at about 5.20 p.m.

Oguntoyinbo explained that a commercial bus with registration number FST 633 XW, heading towards Owode-Ijako from Toll-gate lost control due to brake failure and rammed into the beggars beside the road.

“One of the roadside beggars died instantly while three others sustained various degrees of injuries.

“The injured people are receiving intensive treatment at General Hospital, Sango-Ota, while the corpse of the beggar was taken way by the beggar Association, Sango-Ota chapter,” he said.

The unit commander, however, advised beggars to desist from begging for money on the roadside.

Oguntoyinbo also urged pedestrians to be cautious in order to avoid unnecessary loss of lives on the road. - DAILY POST

Buhari signs instrument of accession on road traffic

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the Instrument of Accession to the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic of 5th Nov. 1968.

A statement by the Federal Road Safety Corps’ Public Education Officer, Mr Bisi Kazeem in Abuja on Friday said the signing was done recently by the President.

Kazeem said Buhari’s effort was pursuant to the sustained determination to address the menace of road traffic crashes by his administration.

According to Kazeem, the Corps Marshal, Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, who has been on a working visit to the United Nations headquarters, New York, made the presentation of the Instrument of Accession to UN Chief Treaty Section Office of Legal Affairs, Mr Santiago Villalpando on behalf of Buhari.

“This is unrivalled commitment to the safety of the Nigerian citizenry as manifested yet in this giant stride”, he said.

He said that the Convention was adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on the Nov. 8, 1968.

The Corps Marshal also revealed that his visit to the UN was in compliance with the provision of Article 45 (3) and Article 47 (1) of the Convention.

“These state that Instruments of Accession shall be deposited with the Secretary General of the United Nations and the Convention shall enter into force, 12 months after the time of deposit of the 15th Instrument of ratification or accession.”

The corps marshal said that the Federal Government has by a decision duly reached in accordance with its constitutional provisions, agreed to accede to the aforesaid convention on Road Traffic.

According to the document, Buhari emphasised the readiness of the country, through established relevant government agencies to comply with the provisions of the Convention and curb incidents of road traffic crashes in the country.

The list of the five Conventions and agreements to be acceded to by Nigeria on road safety included 1968 Convention on Road Traffic, 1958 Agreement Concerning the Adoption of Uniform Technical Prescriptions for Wheeled Vehicles, 1998 Agreement Concerning Establishment of Global Technical Regulations for Wheeled Vehicles, Equipment and Parts which can be fitted and/or used on Wheeled Vehicles.

Others are: the 1997 Agreement Concerning Uniform Conditions for Periodic Technical Inspections for Wheeled Vehicles and 1957 Agreement Concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road. -DAILY POST

Biafra struggle: Kanu to break silence after resurfacing in Jerusalem

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), is set to speak for the first time, since he resurfaced in Jerusalem on Friday.

A statement sent to DAILY POST by Emma Powerful, the Media and Publicity Secretary of IPOB, disclosed that Kanu will address Biafrans on Sunday, October 21, at 6pm.

“Following the second coming and appearance of IPOB leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu who were sighted praying at the Wailing Wall in the city of David in Jerusalem state of Israel, we the indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB) wish to announce to Biafrans, friends of Biafra, lovers of freedom, men and women of goodwill across the world that the supreme Leader of the Indigenous people of Biafra, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu will be coming live on Radio Biafra London on Sunday 21st October 2018 at 6pm Biafran time.

“IPOB leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu has been missing since September last year after Nigerian Army invaded his compound that resulted to the deaths and killings of many IPOB members and other Biafrans who were coming to visit him in his compound at Afaraukwu Ibeku Umuahia, Abia State.

“IPOB leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and other reputable and hardcore Biafrans will leave no stone unturned to restore Biafra sovereignty as long as Fulani and other Nigerians hold Biafrans down. Biafra independence and freedom is gathering momentum around the world right now we will not relent in pursuing hard for total Biafra freedom in the near future. With this, we are advising all Biafrans to be resolute and committed to towards this fight to free our people from the bondage and slavery in Nigeria.

“Our leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu will speak during his broadcast to Biafrans, friends of Biafra and the world at large on his whereabout over a year now and what transpired on 14th of September, 2017 as Nigeria military invaded his father’s compound during operation python dance 2 and why he decided to talk. He will also highlight about our upcoming and uncompromised referendum for Biafra freedom.

“Therefore, we urge you to inform your friends, families and well wishers to join us on Radio Biafra London on the above date and time, don’t miss the golden opportunity, Biafra is around the corner,” the statement read. - DAILY POST