Please release Kanu, Bianca Ojukwu begs Buhari

Bianca Ojukwu, former Nigerian Ambassador to Spain

Former Nigerian Ambassador to Spain, Bianca Ojukwu, has pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to release Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

Mrs Ojukwu made the plea while speaking at the 10th memorial anniversary of late Igbo leader, Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, organised in Owerri on Friday.

She urged the President to consider the plea made by some Igbo leaders during their recent visit to the State House, Abuja, asking for Mr Kanu’s release.

LINDA IKEJI TAKES US BACK IN TIME WITH HER FIRST BLOG POST

Linda Ifeoma Ikeji, a Nigerian blogger, writer, entrepreneur and former model takes us fifteen years back when she made her first post on the “Linda Ikeji’s Blog”.

She dropped the message via her IG stating that “Exactly 15 years ago today, 26^th of November 2006, I created a blog and wrote my first blog post … the best decision of my life!

I started with introducing myself, then subsequent blog posts was me sharing personal stuff which was the order of the day back then but sometime in early 2007, I decided I wanted to stop talking about myself and start talking about other people...lol. And so, it became a gossip/news blog .. which was extremely rare in those days, making The Linda Ikeji Blog one of the pioneers of entertainment news online in Nigeria. A standing ovation please. 🙌😆

Sanwo-Olu commissions 40-metric tons LPG Refill Plant

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday commissioned a 40 metric tons Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Refill Plant in Ikorodu division.

The gas plant according to the governor can cater for 20,000 homes was built by IBILE Oil and Gas Corporation (IOGC), the State-owned energy firm, in Igbogbo-Baiyeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) to ramp up supply of LPG for domestic use and to cut down on the use of dirty fuel, responsible for carbon emission and air pollution.

Mr Sanwo-Olu, in company of his Deputy, Obafemi Hamzat, opened the gas plant built by IBILE Oil and Gas Corporation (IOGC), the State-owned energy firm, in Igbogbo-Baiyeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) to ramp up supply of LPG for domestic use.

Davido on CNN

Nigeria's super star singer, David Adedeji Adeleke, popularly known as Davido speaks with Zain Asher on CNN in view of his recent financial donations to orphanages in Nigeria. See the video below, curtsey of CNN:

Nigerian Actress puts the record straight on N500 gift to pregnant women who deliver at primary health care facilities in Abia state

Nigerian Actress Doris Ogala puts the record straight on N500 gift to pregnant women who deliver at primary health care facilities in Abia state.

In her message captioned “To put the records straight !”, posted on her IG she states that “At inception in 2015, the Governor set out to intervene at the 2 extremes of the healthcare loop. The aged to improve our average life expectancy statitics and child birth to reduce infant mortality. In 2016, Abia State Government introduced under the leadership of a US based geriatric expert a state wide geriatric care unit to visit the homes of the elderly to provide personalised health care services through that way, save the lives of many aged and sometimes abandoned old people in mostly rural communities.

“On the other extreme, since 2015, Abia has invested heavily to improve primary health care centres across the state with a view to providing basic health care services to citizens especially those in rural communities. One of the strategies adopted was to provide incentives that will encourage pregnant women to deliver at these improved primary health care centres and by so doing reduce patronage of traditional birth attendants, hence reduce infant mortality

WOMEN WHO GIVE BIRTH IN GOVT HOSPITALS WILL GET N500 – IKPEAZU

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has said the state gives N500 to pregnant women who deliver at primary health care facilities in the state.

The governor spoke during Channels TV’s Sunrise Daily on Wednesday.

According to him, the move became important since access to quality healthcare is not cheap.

Three men found guilty of murdering Ahmaud Arbery

Travis McMichael, the man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, Georgia in 2020, has been found guilty on all charges. His father Gregory McMichael and neighbor William "Roddie" Bryan were convicted of felony murder and other charges, CBS News reports.

The jury returned guilty verdicts against all three defendants in the murder of the 25-year-old Black man who was fatally shot while jogging in the neighborhood in February 2020.

Wao! Sweden's First Female Prime Minister Resigns Hours After Appointment

Sweden's first female Prime Minister, Magdalena Andersson on Wednesday tendered her resignation just hours after her appointment by parliament after her budget failed to pass and the junior Greens Party left the coalition government, AFP reports.

"There is a constitutional practice that a coalition government should resign when one party quits," Andersson, a Social Democrat, told reporters.

WAO! LASG crushes 482 motorcycles impounded for traffic violation

The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the crushing of 482 motorcycles impounded for various traffic offences at different areas in the state, Punch reports.

According to the report, the state Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, said in a statement on Saturday that the crushing of the impounded motorcycles was an ongoing exercise, adding that the decision to publicly crush them was to dispel insinuations that they were sold and recycled into the society.

There is no better advert for the proverb that wisdom does not come with age than the case of Fryo and Davido - Reno

Only about a day ago Nigeria’s super star Musician, Davido donated M250 naira to orphanages across Nigeria, a kind gesture from the guy who only turned 29 years yesterday, some persons are already discrediting his actions and among these ones is Babafryo, a fellow Nigerian brother and musician.

Sending his video message via Instagram, Baba Babafryo lamented on how he had been neglected by his colleagues in the entertainment industry when he needed their financial support.

There's An Urgent Need For Leadership Mentoring In Africa - Former Nigeria's President

Former Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan

In his remark at the 2021 edition of the Goodluck Jonathan Foundation's Democracy Dialogue, former Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan says there is an urgent need for leadership mentoring in Africa for the continent  to sustain and develop its democracy. See the video below to find out more curtesy, Arise News:

Thumbs Up All The Way For Davido

Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has stated that Nigerian singer, Davido, is wiser than those who gave him money.

Omokri said this in his social media post as his reaction to the singer’s donation of N250m to orphanages across Nigeria, after fans and colleagues gifted him over N200m for his birthday.

Recall Wednesday, David asked his friends and fans to donate N1m each to him for his birthday.

Though he added that the goal was to get N100m, the singer received over N53m in cash transfers in less than fifty five minutes.

NYSC Generates N511m Naira to Federation Account

The National Youth Service Corps says it would continue to harness the potentials of Corps Members to enhance their empowerment and also contribute to national development.

NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim stated this today in Abuja while addressing the media on the preparations for the forthcoming 2021 Batch ‘C’ Stream Two Orientation Course slated to commence on Wednesday 24th November 2021.

He disclosed that the Scheme has rejiged its garment factories in Niger and Anambra States for maximum productivity while the bread and water factories in Abuja have also been overhauled.