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By Ayomikun Emmanuel CRISTIANO RONALDO has dedicated his Manchester United transfer to Sir Alex Ferguson. The Portuguese superstar took to Instagram after his £12.8million move was confirmed and said: “Sir Alex, this one is for you...” Ronnie, 36, posted a picture of himself celebrating at Old Trafford during his first spell. And he posted a touching message alongside and spoke of his ‘never ending love for Man Utd’. The former Real Madrid ace wrote: “Everyone who knows me, knows about my never ending love for Manchester United. “The years I spent in this club were absolutely amazing and the path we’ve made together is written in gold letters in the history of this great and amazing institution. “I can’t even start to explain my feelings right now, as I see my return to Old Trafford announced worldwide. “It’s like a dream come true, after all the times that I went back to play against Man Utd, and even as an opponent, to have always felt such love and respect from the supporters in th

Afenifere leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo. THE pan-Yoruba socio-political organization, Afenifere, yesterday, urged Nigerians to defend themselves against bandits, warning that Nigeria is fast moving into the precipice.  Afenifere also expressed worry over the worsening security situation in the country, noting that it is threatening the corporate existence of Nigeria.  In a communiqué issued at the end of its monthly meeting, held at the country home of its Acting Leader, Pa Ayo Adebanjo, the Yoruba group said the state of the nation calls for concern.  Those present at the meeting were Deputy Leader, Oba Oladipo Olaitan; Secretary-General, Sola Ebiseni; Chief Supo Sonibare, Abagun Kole Omololu, Leke Mabinuori, Senator Kofoworola Bucknor-Akerele, Dr. Gbola Adetunji, Dr. Alonge, Babatunde Tijani, Dr. Amos Akingba, Comrade Jare Ajayi, Prof Akin Onigbinde and Dauda Adam, among others.  The communiqué, signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Comrade Jare Ajayi, reads: “The meeting deliberate

Chief Adesunbo Onitiri. ACTIVIST and critic, Chief Adesunbo Onitiri has called on the All Progressives Congress, APC -controlled Federal  Government to as a matter of urgency, declare  a state of emergency on the Northern states to preserve the lives and property of the people and stop the carnage in that part of the country.  Onitiri in a statement in Lagos, yesterday, Nigerians were tired of the wanton killings of innocent people by Boko Haram, AK-47 riffle-wielding herdsmen, kidnappers, and all other terrorists groups ravaging the north unabated.  He said: "It is no gainsaying the fact that the APC government has woefully failed this nation in all parameters of governance, particularly its three cardinal programmes vis: the dwindling economy, insecurity and anti-corruption battle."  "The APC administration in 2015 promised the nation to fix the economy, battle insecurity and eliminate corruption in governance.  Based on these promises, Nigerians voted overwhelmingly

  ...ravaging 23 states, FCT; as 58,998 cases recorded since January *Jigawa records 600 deaths, 16,217 cases in Bauchi *Bauchi, Katsina, Zamfara account for 73.9% of cases in 1 week *Nigeria created environment for cholera to thrive – NMA *Minister of Environment, NCDC DG, blame poor sanitation, lack of hygiene practices THE cholera epidemic, which has been silently spreading nationwide since beginning of the year, is currently taking its toll across communities in the country, with 2,035 deaths, 58,698 suspected cases; at a Case Fatality Ratio, CFR, of 3.5 per cent reported in 305 local government areas in 23 states and the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. The World Health Organisation, WHO, described cholera as an acute diarrhoeal infection caused by eating or drinking food or water contaminated with the bacterium, vibrio-cholerae. The disease has remained a global threat to public health. It also described the disease as an indicator of inequity and lack of social development.  Nig

    By Grace Ishola, with Agency reports *Says each institution to fix minimum admission benchmark *Warns universities not to go below 120; Polytechnics, Colleges of Education not to go below 100  THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has cancelled uniform admission benchmark, otherwise called cut-off mark, for tertiary institutions in the country. The body said that each of the nation’s tertiary institutions is now authorised to peg its admission benchmark or cut off mark, but added that it should not go below 120 points for Universities and 100 points for Polytechnic and Colleges of Education. The decision was taken at the 2021 policy meeting which held virtually yesterday, presided over by the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu. Already, universities, polytechnics and colleges of education have sent their various cut-off marks to JAMB. Speaking during the meeting, the Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, said some universities, such as the University of Maid

ORGANISED Labour has warned the Federal Government against any further hike in the pump price of fuel and electricity tariff. National Auditor of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and President of the National Union of Chemical, Footwear, Rubber, Leather and Non-Metallic Products Employees, NUCFLANMPE, Babatunde Olatunji, gave the warning while speaking at the union’s 29th Annual Nationwide Industrial Relations. He said: “Increasingly, we are hearing rumours and insinuations that the Federal Government is planning to increase the pump price of fuel and also electricity tariff. We want to appeal to the government not to contemplate any increase.  "We want to appeal to the government not to tempt our patience with any more hike in electricity tariff or pump price. If the government tries it, we, as organized labour, will not accept it and we will resist with everything we have. “If anything, what the government should do is to device measures and palliatives to cushion the effects of t

A Magistrates Court sitting in Ile-Ife, Osun State, has remanded one Nifemi Ajayi, 28, for allegedly biting her neighbour’s scrotum. Nifemi was docked before the court on a count charge bordering on assault occasioning harm. Police Prosecutor, Sunday Osanyintuyi, informed the court that the defendant on  August 24, 2021, at 21, Oke-Soda area, Ile-Ife bit one Olayera Boluwaji on the scrotum around 8 pm. He added that the defendant also bit the victim’s stomach and inflicted injury on him. Osanyintuyi added that the offence contravened section 355 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Osun, 2002. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge levelled against her. Defence counsel, Mr Philip Fasanmoye, in his oral application urged the court to admit the defendant to bail in most liberal terms, saying she would not jump bail, but would produce credible surety to guarantee her readiness to face trial. Presiding magistrate, Mr Olusola Aluko, declined the oral application and ordered her c

VISIT — Chief of Staff to Lagos State Governor, Tayo Ayinde; Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat; APC National Leader, Bola Tinubu, Deputy Chief of Staff to Lagos State Governor, Gboyega Soyanwo, and Special Adviser to Governor Sanwo-Olu on Education, Tokunbo Wahab, during the Lagos State government officials'  visit to the ruling party apex leader, in London. Photo: Vanguard. Sheidu Madawaki, has been reportedly assassinated at Obuh Ruga cattle settlement, Oro Ago in Ifepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, on Sunday. Worried by the development, Governor AbdulRazaq AbdulRahman, yesterday, met with leaders of Fulani community in the state on the need for peace to reign in view of certain security challenges within and around the state. A family member of the slain leader said that the gunmen were three in number, adding:  “One of them was stationed outside the residence shooting sporadically into the air to scare away the residents while the other two went stra

Alafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi.  ...As Oluwo, Deji, Onisan of Ekiti, Aseyin, others speak   MIXED reactions, trailed comments made by the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, who described himself as the king and head of the Yoruba Nation. While some traditional rulers in the South West supported Alaafin’s position, others said he (Alaafin) was entitled to his opinion. The Alaafin had said that out of all Yoruba kings, he remains the only monarch who reserves the exclusive rights to confer chieftaincy titles that would cover Yorubaland, on worthy individuals. Oba Adeyemi, who spoke at the conferment of chieftaincy titles of Atobaase and Ayedero of Yorubaland on Messrs Babajide Agunbiade and Shina Peller, respectively, had said: ‘From time immemorial, he is the king and head of the Yoruba Nation. He is the only king in Yoruba land who can confer chieftaincy title on a worthy individual, man or woman, to cover Yorubaland'.  Alaafin is right — Oluwo of Iwo Throwing his weight behin

The released Sunday Igboho's associates. By Abimbola Oloyede  THE   Department of State Service (D SS ) has released eight out of the detained 12 associates of the Yoruba nation advocate, Sunday Adeyemo Igboho . According to their lawyer, Pelumi Olajengbesi, the eight associates were released on Monday, August 30, 2021. He said the detainees’ legal team, which he heads,was working to get the remaining four associates of the detention very soon. Those released are: Abdulateef Onaolapo, Tajudeen Erinoye, Diekola Jubril, Ayobami Donald, Uthman Adelabu, Oluwafemi Kunle, Raji Kazeem and Bamidele Sunday. Why four other associates not released Meanwhile, Department of State Services (DSS) stated that the four detainees: Amudat Habitat Babatunde, Abideen Shittu, Jamiu Noah Oyetunji and Bamidele Sunday- were deeply involved in Igboho’s alleged criminal activities, and were “suspected to be stock piling arms to take over the South Western states in the country.” While opposing their releas

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu. LAGOS State Government has urged traditional rulers in the state on conflict resolution, fostering communal peaceful co-existence and economic development in their domains. Commissioner for Local Government and Community Affairs, Dr. Wale Ahmed, said this at a retreat organised for traditional rulers in the state, held at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos. The retreat was themed: The Role of Traditional Rulers in Conflict Resolution and in Fostering Communal Peace and Economic Development in Lagos State. Ahmed said: “Traditional rulers in Lagos had continued to be development catalysts and respected agents for mobilisation for policy implementation, monitoring and reviewing of policy options. “So, your role, which goes beyond being the custodian of our tradition and culture, can never be overlooked in the scheme of things in a state like ours, where peaceful co-existence is paramount to the economic progress of the state. “Confl

  *Says: ‘I reserve exclusive rights to confer chieftain titles on worthy individuals'  THE Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, weekend, said out of all Yoruba kings, he is the only monarch who reserves the exclusive rights to confer chieftaincy titles, that would cover Yorubaland, on worthy individuals. He said this at the conferment of chieftaincy titles of Atobaase and Ayedero of Yorubaland on Messrs Babajide Agunbiade and Shina Peller, respectively.  The paramount ruler, who described Agunbiade and Peller as eminently qualified for the titles, said that “from time immemorial, I'm a king and head of the Yoruba Nation. I'm the only king in Yorubaland who can confer chieftaincy title on a worthy individual, man or woman, to cover Yorubaland.”  The monarch said: “In exercise of this right, successive Alaafin of Oyo had been guided by due process in the appointment of Yoruba to chieftaincy that covers the whole of Yorubaland. “It takes a lot to be invited into Yoruba royalt

Captain Abdukkarim Bala Na'Allah UNKNOWN gunmen, yesterday, killed the son of Senator Bala Na’Allah, Captain Abdulkarim Bala Na Allah, at his Kaduna home.   It was gathered that the 36-year-old pilot was found dead in a bedroom in his home at the Malali GRA Kaduna.   An aide to Senator Na’Allah, Alhaji Garba Mohammed, said Captain Abdulkarim Bala Na Allah, who married recently, was tied and strangled to death by the killers. “The killers took his vehicle and personal belongings. They gained entrance to the house through the roof behind the house and entered his section through the ceiling. Reacting to the development,  Kaduna State Government through the Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said “ in what appears to be a case of culpable homicide, the deceased was found in a bedroom of his residence Malali, Kaduna North LGA, apparently after having been strangled with a rope.  A vehicle was stolen from his parking lot by the assailants. “ “I