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OUTBREAK OF MONKEY POX VIRUS IN BAYELSA STATE NIGERIA

Bayelsa state government in Nigeria said that they are putting critical measures in place to tackle and contend a suspected Monkey pox virus outbreak in the state. The state’s commissioner for health PROF. EBITIMITULA ETEBO made these known during a news conference in Yenegoa capital of Bayelsa state in Nigeria. PROF. ETEBO said 13 suspected cases on different ways of recovery are undergoing treatment at the Niger-Delta Teaching Hospital Okorobori with 3 people discharged while other 50 persons are actively being piled up at different places.

According to the Bayelsa state commissioner for health PROF. EBITIMITULA ETEBO who said that active disease surveillance had been carried out in the state by the ministry of health with assistance by Nigerian Centre for disease control, the world Health Organization (WHO) and other International partners. PROF. ETEBO said that suspected Monkey Virus is not fable and it is transmitted when one comes in contact with a virus from animal and material that are contaminated with the virus. And urge residents of the state; not to panic but maintain good hygiene. Also he said that animal to human transmission can occur by bites of many bush animals, and it can also occur through direct contact with body fluids or regions oceans that had already come down with disease and circulate it. It can also be contacted through contaminated burden.

Also, chief medical director of the Niger-Delta University Teaching Hospital Okorobori PROF. DAEMEON OGONNA explained that the hospital is fully mobilized to cater for any suspected cases brought to the facility. According to him, he also said that depended on the mandate they received from the state government, they currently have an isolation centre or an installation facilities to manage and care for suspected cases of Monkey Pox Virus. Indeed, from the index case that came in two weeks ago according to him, the hospital is fully mobilized and equipped to receive and care for any cases of Monkey pox. That is the present case.

Also the Bayelsa state commissioner for information, MRS. DANIEL IWUSON BACKSON  who commended the efforts of the health ministries and medical team for the works  they have been doing urge the media to assist in sensitizing the public about the virus. According to the commissioner who specified that this situation had gone beyond their control and he said that they believe that with enough awareness it will go a long way to stop the height rate the disease spreads. He also advised the public not to panic as the the state government is on solving the situation.

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CURRENT EFFORTS IN COMBATING CORRUPTION OF FINANCIAL, POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC CRIMES IN NIGERIA

The president MOHAMMADU BUHARI had called on the law heads of Judiciary to establish one or more special courts within their jurisdiction for special trial of cases involving corruption and financial crimes. Similarly, PRESIDENT BUHARI stressed the need for emergency steps to decongest Nigeria Prisons through dispensation of cases of awaiting trial. These were highlights of the president meeting with the justices of appeal and Supreme Court as well as heads of other courts held yesterday’s afternoon at the Aso Rock Villa Abuja, Nigeria.

Similarly to the details of the meeting of the president of the federation of Nigeria and Justices of the supreme and appeal courts as well as other courts in Nigeria held at Aso Rock Villa Abuja yesterday, according to the reporter of the meeting conveyed by the president provided another opportunity to further deepen to fight against corruption by the present administration. PRESIDENT BUHARI admonished the Supreme Court and court of appeal to set aside a day every week to listen to corruption and appeal cases from the special court. According to the president, prison decongestion will not only ensure speedy dispensation of Justice but safe cost of Prison maintenance; and welfare of the prisoners, according to the president who said that the country need a new approach to follow the decongestion of Nigeria Prisons also said that His administration was aware of the major challenges faced by the judicial arm of government which necessitate the increase of the budgets to the judiciary in the 2017 appropriation while He used the occasion to commend the judiciary for all their effort s towards nation building .

The Chief Justice of Nigeria JUSTICE WALTER OMEGE praised the commitment of the Judicial arms of government towards ensuring constitutionalism. The meeting was attended by the Vice President YEMI OSIBANJO, and attorney general of federation ABUBAKAR MALEMI.

On the other hand,  the Kaduna state Independent National Electoral Commission  (INEC) yesterday announced the indefinite suspension of the local government election earlier submitted to hold on Saturday 30^th, the chair person of the commission, SALATU TIKKO made the announcement after minutes submitted in the state house of Assembly committee and Judiciary in Kaduna. According to her, the assembly had not passed a new law to guide the election. Also chairman of the committee MR. CANTHIOCK ISHIAKU said it was erroneous for the council to announce the date for local government election when the Assembly has not concluded work on the laws for the election.

Finally, seven had been arrested for alleged vandalizing spiteful and Petroleum products from NNPC Pipeline, a land to protect in Ajuelegba Lagos state; according to the news reporter who said that  parading  the suspected oil thieves, the commanding officer Maritime company of Operation Awasi COMMANDER CHRISTIAN AKPOKOTA said officers of the command set a close watch on the facilities after which they were alerted that vandals usually come at night to siphon fuel with drums lined up and transport the stolen product known as Bunkering.  COMMANDER AKPOKOTA who laid ambush based on the information, awaiting their arrival again, was suddenly alerted by the top security personnel on their arrival which led to their arrest.

One of the suspect, INSPECTOR LUKEMAN RABILL  of the Lagos state Police Command denied involvement in the criminal act, saying he lodges in the hotel to enable him meet up  with the early morning meeting. According to Him, he said that  he lives in Ogun state and works in Lagos, he also said that he was not involved in bunkering and he was fast asleep in the hotel room when somebody came and hit His door with gun. He came outside and did identified Himself. And according to them, they did not give Him attention when He was making points. Other suspects are to include the employee of the hotel and two others who claimed to be artists narrated their ordeal as well.

Still another suspect WALU TELA, a tanker driver claimed he was not a member of the gang but only came to load the product. According to him, he said that he decided to rent his tanker to the oil thieves because they paid more than any other dealer. The residents of the area said though they used to see tanker lined up in the evening there, but were not aware of their illicit acts. The items recovered from them were two tankers fully loaded with PMS and many Jelly Cans.

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CURRENT JUDICIARY AND MILITARY CRIMES AS WELL AS AMENDMENT IN NIGERIA

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has transferred the case file of Former Governor of Niger State MR. BANANGIDA ALLIU and the CHIEF of Staff MR. UMARU NASCO to the Acting CHIEF JUDGE of the court JUSTICE ABDUL KAFARATI for reassignment. This follows an application by the defendant to the court in admission at the Niger state, and at the hearing of the application in the Court at Abuja; the defendant pleads to transfer the case to Minna on the ground of conveyance, the prosecution counsel PRINCE BEN IKANI who had earlier produced an application in the court for an affidavit does not object the application of the former governor of Niger state alongside the chief of staff while waiting the alleged diversion of offense of one billion naira.

On the Other Hand, a police inspector was mopped to death over alleged disagreement in collecting of Bribe of 50 naira, the incident occurred as a driver of a vehicle in which a late passenger who was killed by the inspector for intervening in the affairs while travelling along when the driver offered a bribe of 50 naira to the mopped inspector who rejected the offer and insisted that he was to collect 100 naira. The inspector’s deceased corps and gun had been recovered by the Nigerian Police Force.

Also, to crown it all, the Nigerian military said that they will never mortgage the lives of innocent citizens in the fight against insurgency, the director defense information MAJOR GENERAL JOHN ENEJE, gave the assurance nationwide on media news of politics nationwide.  ENEJE said that over the years the army had prioritized sea gun in the lives and property of the people in the attempt to protect the nation’s territorial integrity and counter the insurgency operations. He said that the fight against insurgency was carried out healing phase and in line with international laws. According to ENEJE  who specified that one thing he want to make known is that the armed forces of Nigeria is one of the professional that are bound by Geneva conventions of the laws of palmed conflict, which its mandate is to protect lives and properties. So He also said that the issue is not that Nigerian armed forces does not have arms and ammunitions to defense but it is the issue of ensuring that lives are first and foremost protected especially those in captivity, he said if you are position as military to bring them out, do that safely and accordingly as an armed personnel, not the issue to go and fire 100 rams as well as drop bomb here and there., no, this is not the priority of armed forces.

On the operations Python dance 2, ENEJE said undue propaganda about the exercise is responsible for the condemnation and crises that led to degradation of the program in the South- East of Nigeria. He said that operations Python dance 2 and other military exercise will either restoring lasting peace in the part of the country; a lot on any genosidal mission had been speculated. According to GENERAL ENEJE  who still said that what is compared to an operation Python Dance in the South – East; just as we have operation Parading Konama in the North or in the North-West of Nigeria. And what operation Parading Konama could have done and the third one is about to come up.

Still on this issue of Operation, ENEJE said that other operations like operation Waxy similar to Operation Parading Konama and operation python dance, and excess crocodiles too are coming up and nobody complained from there. Still, he said that the training exercise for army does not just start today, and he was part of it last year, even before it was now nicknamed by thunders “EGWU EKE”, according to him twelve years ago they have exercises there, and there was no complaint. That is goes to tell us to make known to the certainty that there is an interior motive for the complaint.

Finally, those that featured on the program urged the military to always enlighten the populace before engaging on such military exercise to prevent killings and over trans-fired in the South –East.

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THE CURRENT CRIMINAL CHARGES IN NIGERIA FOR MISAPPROPRIATING PUBLIC FUNDS

The former Governor of TARABA State TONY NYAME had been admitted in a FCT high court; that the payment voucher for 24.3 million naira issued for grains in 2005 has no receipt name on it. REV. NYAME admitted during a cross examination by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) prosecuting counsel written in Jacob’s name.

The former governor in facing the trial for allegedly misappropriating 1.64 Billion   naira during his tenure as the state governor from 1999 to 2007; Former governor NYAME said that he had given directives for his permanent secretary MR. DENNIS NOVES to raise a memo for the purchase of grain in 2005. He said that the memo was raised and utilized to the total sum of 24.3 Million naira and for a purchase which was made for direct labor.

The payment voucher was produced in court and given for NYAME to identify for the sake of the money which date and signature was not affixed. The prosecution counsel said that DENNIS NOVES gave evidence that there was no purchase of grains at all. Earlier, the prosecutor MR. JACOB had refreshed the memo of the former governor by producing the statement he made in 2007 to the EFCC in court. In the statement, NYAME wrote that the purchase was made by a supplier and paid for in cash.

On the other hand, a Federal high Court in Ibadan had sentenced a former executive director Institute of Agriculture Research and Training (IAR & T) Ibadan PROF. BENJAMIN OGUGOBODE to forty (40) years imprisonment. PROF. BENJAMIN OGUGOBODE with alongside CHIEF ACCOUNTANT ZACHEAUS EJIMORA and ACCOUNTANT CLEMENT ADENISO was dragged to court by the EFCC on a 60 court counts charge as follows:

(1)             Bordering and Conspiracy

(2)             Money Laundering

(3)             Procurement without Government Forces

Based on the above counts, the Chief Accountant MR. EJIMORA was jailed for forty years, having been convicted for the most of the charges while MR. ADENISON had been convicted for the first count charge which subjected him to four years jail term.

In the ruling the entire charge, JUSTICE AYO EMMANUEL said that the prosecution had proven beyond reasonable doubt that the defendants were guilty of the allegations leveled against them. JUSTICE EMMANUEL explained that the prosecution was able to convince the court that the accused diverted about 177 Million naira out of over 600 million naira subvention of the institution to an account which was not known to the Accountant General of Federation (Nigeria).

The Judge ruled that the forty (40) years sentence to the first and second defendants should be spent concurrently. Speaking with the newsmen to the proceeding counsel to the first defendant TUNDE OLUKOYA said that the Judgment was upright. Counting on the EFCC to one another said the judgment will serve as an example to other public office holders.

Finally, Crises arose in 2011 when people accused PROF. OGUGOBODE of gross Misconduct. That is the new for today.

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SHUN FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES IN NIGERIA

I am too big to be limited to 20 million and 30 million for more than 10 years. I cannot engage in such fraudulent act. Even if i should engage in a fraud, not the one at the end of the day; if I am caught, I cannot see the money to settle myself from the captivity. If I commit a fraud of 20 or 30 million and at the end of the day I end up spending 50 million at court case, I am at a loss.

That means even if I should commit fraud, I will engage in a fraud of 2 Billion and 900 million fraud or more. The type of fraud former speaker federal house of Representative committed and packed them in different account outside the country. People are myopic when it comes to issue like this; I am not encouraging fraudulent acts and embezzlement. But I am trying to point out why people should not engage in such act.

Fraud is easy to commit but it bites and stings like scorpion when you are caught in the act. Better to manage the little God had blessed you and eat it with Joy and happiness than to take advantage of greediness to ply and spy for more like Oliver twist who asked for more. One thing that is certain you should know is that every little thing must grow larger; just as growth is one of the factors of a living thing; the same principle is applicable to supernatural as well as to non living things to include abstract transactions. What you started today can never be the same in the next five years if you are diligent in your business. Being diligent and focused in developing your talents and using it in executing business is what makes one a King amongst His equal because at the end of the day you will realize increase in you hard labor and effort.  

Engage yourself in meaningful hand work and employment. It is good that people know you for one hobby or the other. And when you are not known for one hobby or business; that person is amongst those constituting nuisance in the society. Every honor you are receiving is as a result of being diligent in one task or the other. If LATE PROFESSOR DORA AKUNYILI had not sacrificed in appropriating and developing NAFDAC, she would not have amount to minister in Nigeria. Your legacy will attract honor in due time. And this is to tell you that nothing good comes easy. So, shun corruption of band wagon in making effortless and dishonest gain at the destruction of futures of their innocent victims

Nigeria is a blessed nation, but fraudulent acts and corrupt practices kept us hostage, thereby making some innocent ones and straight forward citizens to seek refuge in the land of uprightness like Europe. It is time we wake up to the responsibility of curbing corruption from family sectors especially; which may affect the future leaders of our nations. Corruption spreads like wild fire, if it is not controlled. And those that sponsored such activities with money are the main criminals behind the whole events. These calibers are good in making merchandize of innocent victims who are taken unaware in situation or events which they may be novice or less aware of it’s existence. Fraudulent men and women are genius in making merchandize of people as specified in the Holy Bible Book of Christians (JEREMIAH 5:26-31) their wicked activities for those that are Christians. They are corrupt and good in making dishonest gain. And if you are not wise and experienced you end up becoming their victim at the end of the day.

As a Nigerian Citizen you are free to make your own decisions according to constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria as written in  section 15(5) and section 16 (1, 1b & 1d) which states as follows:

Section 15(5)

            (5)       “The state shall abolish all corrupt practices and abuse of power”

Section 16 (1, 1b & 1d)

“The state shall, within the context of ideals and objectives for       

           which Provisions are made in this constitution:

(1b)    Control the national economy in such manner as to secure

           the maximum  welfare, freedom and  happiness of every

           citizen on basis of social justice   and equality of status and

            opportunity

(1d)    without discrimination to the right of any person to

            participate in areas

           Of the economy within the major sector of the economy,

            protect the right Of every citizen to engage in any economic

            activities outside major sectors  of the economy”           

But let your decisions not exceed to fraudulent activities as this will land you in jail at the end of the day. And no one will like to identify with a frustrater; even you relatives and friends will desert you. So be wise to tell your instigators to fraud; that you are not interested because they will desert you and flee when you are caught as well as when the law catches up with your acts.

With this demand notice, one should make effort to engage in meaningful hobby and employment to make ends meet. Not to enforce fraud on fellow citizens and at the end of the day become more miserable and wretched. I am beckoning on Independent Corrupt Practices Commission and other Related Offenses (ICPC), as well as other statutory Anti-Corruption bodies to wake up to their responsibilities in calling a spade “a spade” indeed and shun the back doors of bribery to  corruption in the nation. Long live Anti Corruption statutory bodies, long lives Federal Republic of Nigeria, Long Lives Nations of The world.

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