Friday, 21 October 2016

If My Wife Does What Aisha Buhari Did She’ll Return to Her Parents – PDP Senator Attacks



A People’s Democratic Party chieftain from Edo State, Senator Rowland Owie has blasted Aisha Buhari on her controversial interview with BBC Hausa which he regards as disloyalty to her husband, President Muhammadu Buhari.
Reacting to Aisha Buhari’s controversial BBC interview, former Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Rowland Owie yesterday said if his wife went public to criticize him the way Aisha Buhari did to her husband, in her BBC Hausa interview, he would send her packing from his house.
In an interview with Vanguard, Owie said although what Aisha Buhari said was right, it could have been said in the bedroom when she had some private time with her husband.
“Aisha is right in criticism of President Buhari’s appointments, but the medium she adopted is very wrong. Such advice from a wife to a husband should be given at bed time and not to the hearing of anybody. If a wife does that to me, the woman will return to her parent’s house within 24 hours of that statement.

“A Benin Parable says- Only one’s enemy that will advise one in the presence of The Oba in council.” he said

Monday, 17 October 2016

Police Parade Killers of Business Man In Plateau, Others



Two suspected criminals in Jos south local government killed unknown business man and cut the body into pieces and dumped it inside a shallow grave and took away N10, 000 from the deceased, the Police in Plateau has said.
The police said all the arrested suspects, confessed committing the crime; however it said the identity of deceased has not been known by the police but information available revealed that the man came to Jos on business trip and met his Waterloo.
The following  Items  were recovered by the Police, they include,  13 locally made cartridges ,3 plasma televisions ,two speakers ,6 laptops ,30 handsets ,15 knives ,local charms, one DVD , 3 vehicles and plate Number marked GWA 987m Abuja .
Also the Plateau state police command said it also remanded 24 persons, one minor in their custody, who are the members of the protesting Shiites group which the exercise turned violent after at Angwan Rogo in Jos North local government Area of the state.
The state commissioner, CP Peter Babatunde Ogunyanwo disclosed this to journalists at the command headquarters on Saturday while parading 32 members of the criminal syndicate in Jos.
He said, one month since assumption of office in the state through the partnership of the police with STF, the Press, and the state command has recorded the breakthrough in the area of crime fighting.
According to him, among those 32 suspected criminals who were paraded to the newsmen include involved in culpable homicide, armed robbery and cases of murder.
Ogunyanwo called on the citizens, media to provide useful information necessary that can lead to their hideout and vow to reduce crime in the state.
Also paraded is a suspect popularly known as Steven Luka who allegedly killed his sister’s girlfriend and with machete at his resident in Tudun wada suburb of the state capital on 27 July, 2016 when argument broke up between them, he explained.
Ogunyanwo said, four suspects who invaded the family compound of a renowned footballer Onazi and robbed them of a Toyota Highlander SUV were arrested in Lagos and have confessed committing the crime.
The CP disclosed that one of the suspects is a neighbor to the family of Onazi, urging everybody to help policing work by providing useful information to security personnel to help track down criminals.
He also said, there is a group who specializes in cattle rustling who has been caught and that they have been transferred to Pankshin Police cell, which all related cases will soon be forwarded to court.
Speaking further on criminal conspiracy against Mr. frank Mbanefo where his gateman was tied by armed robbers waiting for him, shortly after some period of time they took away his car but on useful information given to the Police, they were all arrested.
He said, governor Lalong has banned any protest even the tri-cycle movement from 6am to 9pm to reduce criminal elements in the society.

Sunday, 16 October 2016

GOV. SIMON LALONG HEADING TO THE US FOR A 4-DAY SYMPOSIUM



The Executive Governor of Plateau State, Rt. Hon. Simon Bako Lalong would be among Nineteen Northern States’ Governors and Federal Government delegates that would  participating at the Northern Nigeria Governors symposium to be organized by the United States, Institute of Peace in Washington from the 18th – 21st of October, 2016.

The Symposium according to a Plateau State Government Press Release, dated, 15th October, 2016, signed by Mr. Emmanuel Nanle, the Director of Press and Public Affairs to the State Governor, would organized by the Institute with the support of U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations.

 The release added that, the Symposium would be focusing on strategies for post conflict stabilization and development in Northern Nigeria, as part of a Strategic programme of action to provide new frontiers of engagement and opportunity in order to address the disconnect between political power and development in Northern Nigeria.

“The United State Institute of Peace Senior Programme Officer for Nigeria Oge Onubogu has confirmed that as part of the programme, visiting Governors and the Federal Government delegation led by the Minister of Interior, Gen. Abdulrahman Danbazzau will be meeting with Senior Officials from U.S. Government Public Agencies, to discuss project priorities for Northern Nigeria”.

Saturday, 15 October 2016

CISHAN THANK GOV. LALONG


Gov. Lalong

The Coordinator Civil Society for HIV/Aids in Nigeria (CISHAN) Rev. Chris Damcher, thanks the Executive Governor of Plateau His Excellency Rt. Hon. Barr. Simon Bako Lalong for appointing one of their members Mr. Irmiya Wherr popularly called “Jerry” as special adviser Inter-party and NGO.

Speaking to DE-GRASSROOTS NEWS in his office Rev. Chris Damcher said, His Excellency, has indeed made a wise decision, “to us you have put a round peg in a round hole, we believed in the propensity of Mr. Werr”. He added.


Rev. Chris: the Coordinator CISHAN
Hon. Werr" Jerry)
Rev. Chris noted that the special adviser has contributed immensely in the activities of Civil Society Organizations on the Plateau, having worked in both public and private sectors; we believed he is properly placed to uplift the activities of CSO on the state.

We at CISHAN thank Governor Lalong for the honor done to one of our own

Thursday, 13 October 2016

Lalong Task NAPON On Safety Of Human Error In Medical Practice



Governor Simon Lalong has tasked the National Association of perioperative nurses of Nigeria (NAPON) to do away with unprofessional human errors which has attributed to countless loss of human lives in the medical practice.
Speaking at 16th annual scientific conference Plateau 2016 with theme” patients safety in the operating room” represented by the commissioner of health ,Dr. Kunden Kamshak Deyin at the Hill station Hotel, Jos , Lalong said Plateau state government has been placed on red alert on the incident on polio and lassa fever with no record of any patients in the hospital.
He promised to enhance qualitative health care delivery in plateau by identifying the basic practice that can guarantee human safety through renovation of five hospitals across the state.
Lalong challenged NAPON to embarking on constant research to meet up the global challenges of medical tourism in the nursing profession.
The governor revealed that 2 cases of Lassa fever was identified in Riyom and one student of  university of Jos all have been treated and discharge .
National Chairman ,NAPON ,Comrade Adeyeni Abdul-lateef Babatunde Called on improve their members welfare to help ameliorating the acute shortage of perioperative manpower ,training and retraining of members of perioperative nursing subspecialisties ,replacement of obsolete equipment and surgical instruments with moderns ones .
He advised government to renovate and upgrading of our operating theatres to be compare favourably with what is obtainable in other surgical centres and to handle complex surgical cases and to prevent medical /surgical tourism .
“we also appeal to His Excellency and our commissioner for health in plateau state to implement the payments of relatively on call duty allowance to all our members in this state and to effect their promotion as at when due to serve as morale booster to attract them to put in their best in area of productivity”,he added.
The leadership of NAPON congratulates the leadership of NANNM ,Nigerian Nurses and midwives on the long awaited unified scheme of service that had been ratified and approved by the NCE ,he stressed.
Babatude reiterated perioperative nurses all over Nigeria brainstorm on ways of improving our standards of practice in our respective operating rooms towards ensuring increased patients satisfaction through quality surgical Nursing care .

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