Why I contest for APC National Youth Leader
By Abdulahi Majeli, Esq., AICMC
Looking critically at the multiple challenges of our time as youths of our dear nation, any well-meaning and patriotic youth would want to see both his future and that of the generations to come are set on the right footing. This is so that all and sundry enjoy peace and unity. This is what gives me both the courage and strength to stand up in doing what I feel is needed to be done, now, not later, in order to create an atmosphere full of prosperity for us all.
I am a vibrant advocate of youth participation in leadership, a chartered mediator and conciliator and a Barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. I hail from Gwale Local Government of Kano State. My advocacy in youth participation in leadership is rooted in the firm conviction that youth possess the needed acumen to introduce new ideas and fresher perspectives to address the multifaceted challenges and problems that are bedevilling our country.
The challenges of our time should be a great cause of concern for every well-meaning and patriotic citizen. These causes of concern stem from the strong hope for an improvement to the status quo and a better Nigeria where peace and unity abound for future generations. I draw immense strength and courage from this desire and am bolstered by it to do all that is needed to achieve this goal.
Growing up as a young man, especially during my sojourn undergraduate at Bayero University, I engaged actively in the struggles that improved the welfare of my fellow youth during my LL.B. That has undoubtedly built more passion in me to see the youths at the forefront of creating a worthy future.
As a lawyer with three years post-call experience, raising the bar and making sure all engagements are both effective and efficient while maintaining strict compliance with the clearly spelt out functions of National Youth Leader under Article 14.22 of the All Progressive Congress Constitution ( October 2014 as amended) is achievable, as functions of the office in question are to mobilize youth for the attainment of party objectives, initiation and implementation of strategic programmes that would endear our great party to Nigerian youths.
It is irrefutable that the youths are the backbone of any society. Yet, these youths are often left unheard. However, I believe the morale is high, and we want to utilize this office to fill the vacuum adequately.
Since the inception of our great party, we are wary about the communication barrier between the zonal and state youth leaders, which serves as a stumbling block to the success of our party. Therefore, it is imperative that strategic programmes are created that will coordinate and maintain the needed cohesion between the zonal and state youth leaders for the betterment of our party.
Nigeria is one of the most populous nations with a high percentage of youth as its population has the significant task of managing the human resources within its circles. Therefore, competent and hardworking people representing the people at various positions have been a problem these days. Anything not filled with the right hands shall not yield good and effective results.
So, it is upon us all to work collectively in ensuring the well-desired goals clearly spelt out in our giant nation’s constitution are achieved. Working out the policy and objectives of the party effectively and efficiently will bring a new life and development to our Nigerian people, our giant party and our dear nation. These are things that only competent people can accomplish.
So, we have to work collectively to ensure the well-desired goals are spelt in our giant nation’s constitution. Working out the policy and objectives of the party effectively and efficiently will bring a new life and development to our Nigerian people, our giant party and our dear nation. These are things only competent people can accomplish.
It’s high time we reposed our confidence and trust in the youths as they have fresh ideas and understand the youth better than anybody so as to avoid putting square pegs in a round hole.
Nevertheless, these young people play an indispensable role in the development of any country. As such, we should not allow incompetent people to pocket the position that is meant for us.
Nigeria is undoubtedly the only country we can call ours. To that end, making it great rests entirely on us. The decision to make it stand out is our collective responsibility. Let us all, with one unified voice, make our country great.
God bless the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
God bless the Nigerian Youths.
God bless us all!
Nigerian military neutralizes many ISWAP terrorists
By Muhammad Sabi’u
The Nigerian military on Saturday has an encounter with members of the deadly Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) in Askira Uba of Borno State.
A number of the terrorists were said to have been neutralized in the said encounter, which also led to the recovery of arms vehicles by the military.
This was disclosed in a statement released today via Nigerian Army’s official Facebook page and signed by Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, who is the Director Army Public Relations.
However, four soldiers, unfortunately, lost their lives in the course of the encounter.
Read Nigerian Army’s full statement:
OPERATION HADIN KAI: TROOPS NEUTRALIZE SEVERAL ISWAP TERRORISTS DESTROY, EQUIPMENT IN ASKIRA UBA ENCOUNTER
Troops of Joint Task Force, North East Operation HADIN KAI have neutralized several Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists during a recent encounter in Askira Uba Local Government Area of Borno State. In the fierce encounter which is still raging as at the time of filling this report, troops supported by the Air Component of OPHK have destroyed five A – Jet, two A-29, two Dragon combat vehicles and nine Gun Trucks.
Sadly, a gallant senior officer Brigadier General Dzarma Zirkusu and three soldiers paid the supreme sacrifice in a very rare display of gallantry as they provided reinforcement in a counter offensive against the terrorists, and successfully defended the location. The family of the senior officer and soldiers have been contacted.
The Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya deeply commiserates with the families and relations of the fallen heroes. He has also directed that the troops continue in the ferocious counter offensive and hot pursuit to eliminate the remnant of the fleeing terrorists.
ONYEMA NWACHUKWU
Brigadier General Director Army Public Relations 13 November 2021
Ganduje’s support on health is untiring – Pharmacist
By Uzair Adam Imam
The Director General, Kano State Drugs and Medical Consumables Supply Agency, Pharmacist Hisham Imamuddeen has received officials from the Sokoto State Ministry of Health on study tour to the agancy on Wednesday.
A statement signed by the Information Officer Ministry of Health, Kano State, Hadiza M. Namadi disclosed, stating that the contribution Ganduje is giving to the health sector is tremendous.
The visiting team, comprising top management officials from the ministry which was lead by Pharmacist Murtala, Sokoto State Drugs and Medical Consumables agency and the Lead Consultant from Global Health Supply Chain – Procurement Supply Management, Pharmacist Tukur Ibrahim.
Pharm. Hisham Imamudeen, while briefing them on the mandates, activities and the modest achievements recorded by the agency in recent times, he also commended Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje for his untiring support in the health sector.
However, he particularly expressed delight and deep appreciation to the Governor for allocating substantial percentage to the health sector in the 2022 Appropriation Bill as well as supporting commodity supply chain all aimed at improving the life of the people in the state.
Earlier in his his speech, the Team Lead, Pharm. Murtala said that they were in Kano for a study tour to see for themselves and learn the workings of the agency so as to improve their own.
Pharm. Murtala then expressed satisfaction with what they saw and therefore appreciated the capacity and friendly disposition of the DG as he promised to emulate the Kano state model in improving health commodity supply chain in their state.
He also thanked the DG and his entire management staff for their hospitality.
Gov’t is too weak to fight corruption – Prof. Ismaila M. Zango
By Aisar Fagge and Uzair Adam Imam
The fight against corruption should not be left in the hands of the government and their agencies alone because of their apparent weaknesses. A lot of corrupt practices are taking place undetected by public anti-corruption agencies.
Prof. Ismail M. Zango, the Director of Aminu Kano Centre for Democratic Studies, Bayero University, Kano (Mambayya House), made the above statement while speaking to The Daily Reality at a “One-Day Review Workshop of Civil Society Anti-Corruption Networks in the North-West Zone” organized by the centre.
Speaking about the time the centre started organizing workshops on the fight against corruption, Prof. Zango said:
“In 2018, the centre received a grant from MacArthur Foundation to engage faith-based organizations to actively participate in the crusade against corruption. And since then, we have worked with a number of CSOs and NGOs from different parts of Nigeria. So that was the first phase.”
Commenting about the achievement recorded by the campaign so far, the director said:
“The major success was that we were able to work with religious organizations. We invite Muslim and Christian clerics to enlighten them about the role they can play in fighting corruption using their pulpits through their sermons. We have also established anti-corruption clubs in secondary schools as well as tertiary institutions.”
“Government alone cannot fight corruption. But if you have civil society; if you have faith organizations; if you have community-based organizations all of them working together, the only thing that remains is to inculcate in them the culture of transparency and accountability,” he added.
There was a round-table discussion and Q & A session where leaders of selected CSOs from the North-West zone were given 10 minutes to report their activities and some of the challenges they faced.
Some of the “citizens” [members of CSO] blame donors for forcing them to do their bidding while others disagreed, stating that the problem was from the CSOs for selfishness, lack of transparency, accountability and being unethical in some deals.
Zahra’u Ahmad from Kebbi objected, pointing out that “Donors are not the problem, CSOs are. So if a donor comes to you with a project that goes contrary to your religious and traditional norms and values, just say no to his money. Another problem is we see these organizations like ours, which is wrong. These organizations belong to the community.”
While giving the vote of thanks, the Deputy Director, Research and Documentation, Dr Samaila Suleiman Yandaki, tasked the CSOs to be innovative in their fight against corruption by not solely relying on budget monitoring as indicated in their reports.
Some leaders of the CSOs presented papers that attracted questions, observations and commendations.
Kannywood star laments rejection of Hausa films by southern cinemas
By Muhammad Sabiu
A famous Kannywood producer and former actress, Mansurah Isah, took to her social media accounts to lament how some southern Nigerian cinemas rejected the Hausa films.
She further complained about the government’s reluctance to support the films produced by the Kano-based Hausa film industry, Kannywood, and the inability to make the films as popular as those produced in other film industries in Nigeria.
Speaking in a 56-second video, she strongly questioned why Hausa movies are not popular all over Nigeria, except in just a section of the country, which, according to her, should not be like this.
“What did we Hausa producers do in Nigeria that our Hausa movies cannot be shown in cinemas all over Nigeria? But Yoruba movies will be all over; Igbo movies all over. Nigerian movies, too, are all over. So why is that we Hausa producers all left behind,” she questioned.
Though she didn’t mention anybody’s or agency’s name, Mansurah further solicited assistance, which she said should be by patronising films produced by the Kannywood film industry.
“Let us be assisted. You should make regulations. Display your language. Display your culture. You should love us. Make our films to be watched all over Nigeria. An English movie would be brought and shown in Kano, but a Hausa film wouldn’t be taken to Lagos and be displayed there. What is the reason?
Tacitly addressing people in power, she said, “We are the ones who support you. We neither insult nor defame you but we are still not developed. So what do you want us to do?
“I beg you in the name of God to help us and come up with regulations that will make Hausa films to be consumed everywhere in Nigeria.”
Kannywood is embattled with many tough challenges relating to cultural and religious issues, clichéd film content, monopoly of megastars, internal crises, among other problems critics and experts point out.
Masurah produced Fanan, a film whose songs have been trending on social media for several months. It recently showed in cinemas in Kano.
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On her way she met a copy. The copy warned the Little Blind Text, that where it came from it would have been rewritten a thousand times and everything that was left from its origin would be the word “and” and the Little Blind Text should turn around and return to its own, safe country.
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A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart. Even the all-powerful Pointing has no control about the blind texts it is an almost unorthographic life One day however a small line of blind text by the name of Lorem Ipsum decided to leave for the far World of Grammar. The Big Oxmox advised her not to do so, because there were thousands of bad Commas, wild Question Marks and devious Semikoli, but the Little Blind Text didn’t listen.
His room, a proper human room although a little too small, lay peacefully between its four familiar walls. A collection of textile samples lay spread out on the table – Samsa was a travelling salesman – and above it there hung a picture that he had recently cut out of an illustrated magazine and housed in a nice, gilded frame.
It showed a lady fitted out with a fur hat and fur boa who sat upright, raising a heavy fur muff that covered the whole of her lower arm towards the viewer. Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. Drops of rain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel quite sad.
Many students go to university without any dream – Abdullahi Abubakar Lamido
By Aisar Fagge and Ahmad Hassan
Many students who go to university do not have the awareness and motivation to understand the need to have a personal vision and proper training on managing their time effectively.
Malam Abdullahi Abubakar Lamido of the Department of Economics, Bayero University, Kano, made this observation while presenting his papers in a lecture series organized by Al-Istiqama University, Sumaila (AUSU). Speaking about the first paper titled “My Mission in Life,” Lamido said:
“Well, essentially, the essence is to help the students with the necessary tools with which they can plan and organize their life, from developing their personal life vision; what they want to achieve in their own life, and what they want to achieve in the university.
“When we say vision, we mean how to help them develop a multi-dimensional vision that covers all the essential aspects of their life – spiritual, religious, social, economic, financial, political, family and educational life,” he added.
Lamido’s second paper was about how students manage their time where he said:
“One of the greatest assets that one needs to move towards greatness is to master the art of time management. I gave them some tools that can help them pragmatically in organizing their time. We use the “Big rock concept” and Brain Tracy’s “Eat that frog and so on.”
When commending the management style of the Vice-Chancellor of Al-Istiqama, Lamido commented thus:
“When I heard about the appointment of Prof. Salisu Shehu as the VC of Al-Istiqama, I concluded these people are serious. Because whoever knows Prof. Salisu Shehu knows him as a man of seriousness, a man of vision, a man of commitment, a man of dedication, a man of mission, a man of good character, a man of scholarship and an accomplished administrator.”
Two students attending the event explained the impact the lectures had on them.
Ibrahim Bashir, a student of Medical Laboratory Science, said, “My mission as a student of Al-Istiqama is to become a medical laboratory scientist and memorize Holy Qur’an.”
Fatima Muhammad from the Department of Nursing said, “Today’s activities are very motivating and educative as well. I have learned the difference between the vision and mission in life and how to use time accordingly.
“As a student of Al-Istiqama University, my vision is to become a professional nurse that is going make a difference out there – someone who is going to help the society and also the people from my state, women especially.
“People are complaining in the hospital that the nurses lack good manners, nurses harassment and others. I know showing sympathy to people in need of medical services is good.”
Other scholars who presented various papers related to their fields include Eng. Bashir Adamu Aliyu, Barrister Ahmad Yarima Misau, Dr Abubakar S. Usman, Dr Halima Rabiu Abdullahi and Dr Muhammad S. Usman from their respective institutions.
Many academics, religious and traditional leaders, as well as members of the Muslims Students Society of Nigeria (MSSN), graced the occasion.
Twitter has met only 10 conditions FG sets – Lai Mohammed
By Hussaina Sufyan Ahmad
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Muhammad, has explained why the suspension of Twitter has not been lifted adding that, the company has met 10 out of the 12 conditions attached to it.
Speaking fluently in French, Muhammad made the clarifications while responding to a question from a participant at the Nigeria International Partnership Forum in Paris on Wednesday afternoon, November 10, 2021.
He said: “I want to categorically say that Twitter was not banned by Nigeria; it was only suspended. So, Twitter was never banned; it was suspended.”
“Also, the suspension has nothing to do with President Muhammadu Buhari.”
“The correspondences between us and Twitter have reached [an] advanced stage. I want to say that the correspondences and the exchanges have been fruitful.”
“Though, we have [a] few more issues to resolve. Out of about 12 conditions, Twitter has been able to meet 10. But very soon, all issues will be resolved in a way that will be good for both our country and Twitter.”
Five persons confirmed dead in Bauchi auto crash
By Muhammad Sabiu
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Bauchi has disclosed that five persons have been confirmed dead in a deadly auto crash on Wednesday along Bauchi-Jos road.
Commander of the road safety corps in Bauchi, Mr Yusuf Abdullahi, told journalists Thursday that nine other people sustained severe injuries when the vehicles involved collided.
The vehicles were identified to belong to Adamawa Sunshine and Gombe Line transport companies.
He was quoted as saying, “Fifteen people, 13 males and two females, were involved in the crash.
“Five died on the spot, and they were all males. Nine others sustained injuries, among them were eight males and one female; the only person that escaped unhurt is a female.”
He added that the remains of the deceased had been deposited at the Toro Local Government General Hospital mortuary.
He also warned motorists against reckless driving and that they should always ensure their vehicles are in good condition before embarking on a journey.
Civil Society Organizations need central regulatory body – Ibrahim A. Wayya
By Aisar Fagge and Uzair Adam Imam
Comrade Ibrahim A. Waiya, President, Kano Civil Society Forum (KCSF), made the observation while presenting a paper at a one-day review workshop organized by Mambayya House, Kano, for Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Northwest Zone with support from MacArthur Foundation.
The workshop held at Mambayya House, Kano, on Wednesday, November 10, 2021, was themed “Towards Improving Internal Accountability for sustainable Anti-Corruption Efforts.”
Comrade Waiya said, “With the proliferation of many political civil society organizations masquerading as activists, there is the need for a national regulatory body that will be monitoring the activities of CSOs. The only thing most CSOs are doing now is self-regulatory, while Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has the record of board of trustees.”
Waiya added that another factor slowing down CSOs’ efforts to mitigate corruption in the country is the lack of proper knowledge.
He said, “It is a known fact that some civil society organizations have the zeal and commitment to fight corruption in the system, however many of such organizations lack the basic knowledge to appreciate the provisions of certain protocols, which need to be applied under certain circumstances to effectively, achieve the desired results.”
He further added that “Some of these protocols may include the use of the FOI [Freedom of Information] Act.
It is basically significant for CSOs to have basic information required to be used as a tool in the fight against corrupt practices. And the absence of such vital information may lead a person into committing a certain crime such as deformation of character and the rest, and may as well jeopardize one’s mission,” he stated.
“It is high time for CSOs to start looking for local donors such as Dangote, BUA and A. A Rano to fund their activities,” Waiya concluded.
The event had in attendance Prof. Ismaila M. Zango, the Director, Aminu Kano Centre for Democratic Studies, Bayero University, Kano, Mabayya House; Aqibu Hamisu Garko, CEO, African Center for Transparency and Advocacy; Dr Bello Ibrahim, Deputy Director, Training, Mambayya House; Abdullahi Usman K/Na’isa, M & E Officer, MacArthur Project, Mambayya House; Dr Samaila Suleiman, Program Officer, MacArthur Project, Mambayya House and many more important personalities within the country.