Abaeme Maureen Ogechukwu is a Nigerian blogger, writer and a Comedian.
Men of the Rivers State Police Command and other security operatives have uncovered an illegal mortuary where bodies of kidnap victims are reportedly kept inside the Elele-Alimini General Hospital in Emohua Local Government Area of the state.
It was gathered that the hospital, where the ‘illegal’ mortuary is located have been abandoned for years.
‘Five years ago, my life changed. Thanks to love, my life is now a dream. Nothing in life has come easy. I know what it is to have nothing and to have everything,’ she said.
Georgina Rodriguez’s new Netflix series, I Am Georgina, premiered on Thursday and tells the tale of how she met her football megastar boyfriend, Cristiano Ronaldo.
The pair relate their distinct experiences of their first encounter at Gucci in Madrid, where Georgina worked as a saleswoman, in the episode titled The Day That Changed My Life.
Cristiano had stopped by with his eldest son Junior for a shopping spree.
It was a Thursday in summer, Georgina recalled.
She says the meeting was fortuitous. She ought to have closed at 5pm, but a colleague called and asked her to wait another 30 minutes for a female client coming to pick coats at their Gucci store.
Highlighting why transformational leadership is critical to national life, the Vice President noted that it would spur positive changes across all sectors and spheres of society.
Nigeria’s vice president, Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed that the pursuit of the common good requires a collective condemnation and exposure of corruption and corrupt practices, which he termed cancer to the country.
Osinbajo also stated that only leaders inspired by a higher purpose other than their profit could bring about national transformation.
This was stated on Friday by Osinbajo at the 1st Annual General Assembly of Catholics in Politics and Catholic Business Leaders themed ‘The Advancement of the Common Good towards Justice, Unity, Structure and Development of Nigeria’ in Abuja.
Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, disclosed this in a statement he signed late Friday titled ‘Only leaders inspired by higher purpose, not personal profit, can bring about national transformation-Osinbajo.’
The Vice President who described corruption as a “cancer” noted that “the cancer in governments anywhere is corruption. When public officials, be they high or low in the executive, legislature or judiciary, are toll gates for the extortion of the populace while seeking government dispensations, the common good, happy and prosperous lives for the people is impossible.”
He added that the pursuit of the common good must “involve a relentless pursuit of integrity and transparency of public officers, we must think through the systems that will reduce human discretion in public-facing institutions. So we must, as a collective, condemn and call out corruption and corrupt practises.”
Osinbajo also encouraged Nigerians not to despair, despite some of the challenges, but to have hope and belief in the promise of a great nation while urging that Nigerians must be willing to pay the price to achieve national greatness by actively pursuing the common good of all, regardless of tribal and religious differences.
He also posited that transformational leadership, particularly in a multi-ethnic and multi-faceted country like Nigeria, is needed across all levels of government and spheres of society. Its primary focus is the pursuit of the common good to ensure fairness, justice, unity and development in a nation.
Highlighting why transformational leadership is critical to national life, the Vice President noted that it would spur positive changes across all sectors and spheres of society. He added that as a leadership model, transformational leadership operates by serving and uplifting others because it is servant leadership.
“The purpose of power is service, not domination; it is to uplift and empower others rather than to control or oppress. This is a model of leadership that is inseparable from our conception of the common good.
“Transformational leadership is, therefore, the pursuit of the common good. But the pursuit of the common good itself is not as easy as it sounds. This is especially so where the wounds and enmities of ethnic and religious conflicts are deep.
“The common type of leadership will seek the path of relevance and popularity within their own ethnic or religious camps by seeking only the good of their own. The servant-leader will serve his people by emphasising the letter and spirit of the gospel, that even our worst enemies were still made in the image of God. And the pursuit of the common good is the pursuit of the good of those who hate us and have hurt us even in the recent past,” he said.
Osinbajo affirmed that, contrary to opinion in some quarters, the country will not fall because it is being built and needs yet many more people to commit to building the sort of nation that Nigerians want.
“The throes and pangs of birth must not be interpreted as the pains of impending death. We are by the grace of God, more than able to overcome our present difficulties, and we will overcome them,” he added.
In attendance were the Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong; Deputy Governors of Osun State, Gboyega Alabi; Akwa Ibom State, Moses Ekpo; Edo State, Philip Shaibu; Prof. Nora Daduut; and Catholic Archbishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, who was represented by Raymond Aina.
It is also alleged that the singer’s name has been withdrawn from forthcoming ministeration events as earlier suggested by a media personality, Bolanle Olukanmi.
Popular gospel singer, Sammie Okposo has finally taken down his Instagram page.
This comes after he was dragged mercilessly for impregnating an American woman.
Recall that he had also tendered an apology to his wife, church and family members after the impregnating an American lady, African Doll.
“There is another case of one Zuwaira Gambo, 12 years old, who was also murdered,” Ganduje revealed.
Another young life has been ended prematurely in Kano state.
This comes after 5-year-old Hanifa Abubakar was also recently killed in the state.
Hanifa was just 5 while the latest victim is 12-year-old, Zuwaira Gambo.
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje made the disclosure at the Government House on Wednesday.
“We were calling the fire service and they have not responded. See how goods belonging to traders are being destroyed before their eyes.
The PUNCH reports that goods worth millions of naira were destroyed by a late-night fire that occurred at the plaza of the Onitsha Main Market in Anambra State on Wednesday.
According to an eyewitnesses account, the fire also destroyed shops on the third floor of the three-storey building located near the main market.
Our correspondent gathered that the fire was caused by an electrical fault.
One of the traders in the market said the damage had already been done before the arrival of fire responders.
The defendant had earlier been granted bail by the Federal High Court, and he has fulfilled the conditions,” he said, adding that Ididia was again arrested by operatives of the EFCC upon his release.
Ididia is facing a two-count charge bordering on stealing and obtaining money by false pretence.
A man identified as Edrian Osagie Ididia has been arraigned before Justice S.O. Solebo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday for defrauding his victim to the tune of 84,000,000.
Prostitute absconded with man ATM card and phone after he died while sleeping with her.
Sources said the commercial sex worker rushed the deceased to Sawbrade Hospital in Jesse, near Otortor House, abandoned him in the hospital after she took his ATM Card and phone and absconded.
However, nobody including the friend in whose house the death occurred could identify the lady.
A student of the Alapoti High School, Ado-Odo, Ogun State, was on Tuesday apprehended with an assorted charm around his waist during school hours.
According to reports, the culprit, identified as Bankole Kamoli, was nabbed inside a forest very close to the school.
It was gathered that Kamoli stays in the jungle during school hours, to smoke, drink and gamble with some other boys.
A Nigerian lady has berated her admirer over the amount he sent to her as transport fare to visit him in Lagos from Abeokuta in Ogun state.
According to her, the guy who claims to be in love with her and wants to take care of her, sent her only N5,000 when she requested for transport fare for her Lagos trip.
She was apparently displeased with the ‘meagre’ amount and decided not to honor his invitation.
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