Nigeria's human right activist, Reno Omokri was last week featured as guest on "Focus Nigeria", AIT's current affairs programme to lend his opinion on the issue of insecurity currently ravaging Nigeria.
Got this from Evangelist Mike Bamiloye's official IG with the message "The Scripture is far ahead of Man". What do you think? See the video below:
The Mass was celebrated by Very Rev. Fr.
Zacharia Samjumi, General Secretary, CSN, on May 1, 2021 at 8am.
Linda Ikeji shows off her favourite shoes on Instagram. What do you think? See the video below:
COMMISSIONING OF EFFURUN-OTOR/OVWOR
BRIDGE AND ACCESS ROAD UGHELLI SOUTH LGA DELTA STATE 16 03 2021
TVC NEWS: An 80-year-old woman, Mrs. Mary Adebayo, her 19-year-old granddaughter, Funmilola Adebayo and two other ladies have been arrested in Akure, the Ondo state capital by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for selling assorted illicit drugs like cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, Tramadol, Swinol and Skuchies.
Following intelligence-based raids and follow up operations on their locations on May 2, over 19kg of cocaine and other psychoactive substances were recovered from the suspects while the octogenarian, her granddaughter and two other ladies; Tessy Matthew and Blessing Adesida were arrested.
As a result of the bust, Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has directed the acting Commander, Ondo state command of the Agency, Callys Alumona to launch a manhunt for other members of the drug cartel now on the run.
TVCNEWS: Imo State government procures additional one hundred security vehicles and gadgets for "Operation Search and Flush" state owned special security outfit to stem the spate of insecurity in the State.
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| President Joe Biden arrives to speak at an event to mark Amtrak's 50th anniversary at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, Friday, April 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) |
One of President Joe Biden's top White
House advisers suggested Sunday that he's still wearing a mask outdoors out of
habit although the latest public health guidance says he doesn't need it,
reports Associated Press News from Wilmington, Delaware.
Questioned about Biden's practice, senior adviser Anita Dunn told CNN's “State of the Union” that she realized that she was also still wearing her mask outdoors even after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said fully vaccinated people like her and Biden can stop wearing masks outside when they're alone or not among strangers.
INFORMATION
AS A PUBLIC GOOD AND THE QUEST FOR PRESS FREEDOM
Lead Paper
presented at the World Press Freedom Day Media Stakeholders’ Roundtable
Abuja, May 5,
2021.
By
Rev. Fr. George
EHUSANI, Executive Director, Lux Terra Leadership Foundation
___________________________________________________________________________
1. The theme for the World Press Freedom Day, May 3, 2021
is “Information as a public good” per UNESCO, and the day was observed
in Nigeria as elsewhere according to tradition. It is a day to Promote the
Freedom of the Press, to Fight Against Oppressive or Tyrannical Governments
that seek to curtail this fundamental right, and also a day to honour our
fallen heroes – innocent journalists like Dele Giwa, Bagauda Kaltho and Chinedu
Offoaro who lost their lives at the hands of brutal dictators or “disappeared”
on account of simply discharging their duties! We pay tribute to the likes of
Tunde Thompson and others who spent years in jail, for simply doing their work
as journalists during the dark days of military dictatorship in Nigeria. We pay
tribute to functionaries of the Newswatch Magazine, Tell Magazine, the
Guardian, Tribune, Punch, Champion, Vanguard, and Daily Trust Newspaper among
other print media outfits that risked everything in the course of providing
space for champions and advocates of democracy and free speech, through those
years often describes as “years eaten by the locust.”
Yes, I agree with Lanre Arogundade that “there cannot be information for public good where journalists are in chains!” Yes, there cannot be information for public good when governments or agencies of government routinely weaponize the law, to punish individuals and group that express dissenting views. We cannot have information for public good when journalists and media houses are targeted mainly for uncovering uncomfortable truths, reporting failures of government or exposing high level corruption.
What is a public good? “Public Good,” also known as “the Common Good” is one of the nine cardinal principles in the Catholic Social lexicon, along with: the principle of Human Dignity and Inviolability, Participation, Distributive Justice, Peace & Non-Violence, Subsidiarity, Preferential Option for the Poor and the Vulnerable, Solidarity, and Human Stewardship over Natural Creation. In this lexicon the common good is defined as “the sum total of social conditions which allow people, either as individuals or as groups, to reach their fulfilment more fully and more easily.”
In ordinary political discourse Common or Public Good refers to those provisions and facilities – whether material cultural or institutional – that a community provides to all members in order to fulfil a relational obligation. They all have to care for certain interests that they all have in common. Typical examples of the common good in a modern liberal democracy include: the road system; public parks; police protection and public safety; courts and the judicial system; public schools; museums and cultural institutions; public transportation; civil liberties, such as the freedom of speech (which includes the press freedom) and the freedom of association; the system of property; clean air and clean water; and national defense. The term itself may refer either to the interests that members have in common or to the facilities that serve common interests. For example, people may say, “the new public library will serve the common good” or “the public library is part of the common good”.
“The Platform” had its May 1, 2021 Edition at The Covenant Place, Iganmu, Lagos, Nigeria with high calibre participations.
Speaking at the one-day event were the
Convener, Pastor Poju Oyemade, The Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of
Sokoto, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, The Director General, Nigreian Institute
of International Affairs, Professor Eghosa, Senior Advocate of Nigeria and
Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, Chair of
the Editorial Board of Thisday Newspaper, Mr. Segun Adeniyi, Executive Governor
of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, Former Minister of Aviation, Chief Osita Chidioka,
and the International Legal Scholar and Consultant, Dr. Charles Omole among
others.
The Platform Nigeria event is designed to facilitate growth in the areas of personal capacity, productivity and national development within Nigeria.
Got this from Daily Mail with the tag: 'Granny goals!! : SWNS'. Really, can you beat that?
At the 34th Synod of the Diocese of Lagos, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) today, I gave the assurance that our administration will stop at nothing to ensure Lagos remains safe.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State made the submission in his post via his official social media handle today.
"We know we have issues to deal with as a country in terms of security and Lagos will certainly be leading that conversation because we know how critical this State is to the nation", the message read. "Our state is the melting point for our nation; where anybody can come in with a lot of aspirations and do very well.
I hosted a Ramadan Tafsir today attended by political and business leaders such as Chief Bisi Akande, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Oba Rilwan Akiolu and Aliko Dangote.
Governor Babajide Sanwo=Olu of Lagos State made this known in his post on his official social media handle.
"I thanked the Chief Imam of Lagos, Sheikh Oluwatoyin Abou-Nolla for his inspiring message of unity and peace", the message read.
