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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has warned Nigerians against excessive fasting, saying it affects the kidney.
Director-general of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, who gave the warning at a press briefing on Monday in Abuja, said “We are a very religious country, Muslims and Christians, we fast a lot, and it is part of the kidney problem.
She said the body is supposed to have homeostasis balance, meaning the water level in your body must be enough to make the organs to function.
“Some people will fast for 10, 20 days without drinking a lot of water. The kidney is being punished.
“Now, if you put chemicals in it, it triples in an exponential manner, with damage to the kidneys. This is because the kidney does not have enough water to dilute and filter, Adeyeye added.
She, therefore, urged Nigerians to fast with “common sense” and to always buy medications from pharmacies against buying from hawkers and corner shops.
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This is to inform the General Public that the nomination for the following categories of Awards within Ondo State (and indigenes of Ondo State within Nigeria and diaspora) is on going:
Categories:
MEDIA Radio Station of the year TV station of the year Sport Writer of the year On Air personality of the year Reporter of the year Blogger of the year, etc
ENTERTAINMENT Gospel Artiste of the year Juju Musician of the year Hip Hop Artiste of the year Actor of the year Actress of the year Music Producer of the year Movie of the year Theatre firm of the year Dance Troupe of the year MC/HYPER MAN of the year DJ of the year Comedian of the year, etc
EDUCATION Primary School of the year Secondary School of the year Proprietor of the year Principal of the year (Private School) Principal of the year (Public School) SUG PRESIDENT of the year, etc
SPORT Football Club of the year Football Administrator of the year Coach of the year Team Manager of the year Referee of the year Striker of the year Midfielder of the year Defender of the year Goalkeeper of the year Sport Administrator of the year Player of the year, etc
GENERAL Table Shaker of the year Personality of the year (male) Personality of the year (female) Foundation of the year Role Model of the year (Male) Role Model of the year (Female) Notable Group of the year, etc
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Nomination closes Sunday 31st July, 2022
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As we mark another chapter in the history of our dear Country; Nigeria, it’s time to unite and make Nigeria an indivisible entity irrespective of religious, ethnicity and Socio- Political affiliation.
As we mark the 61st Independence of our darling Country, we should strive more in prayer, unity and peace to ensure that the labour of our heroes past for our freedom from the colonial masters does not be in vain.
I urge all Nigerians especially the Ondo State indigenes to give thier solidarity and undying support to the Ondo State Gov. Arakurin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu led administration in making the sunshine state safer to live, invest and do business.
Let’s help support the fight against Banditry, Kidnapping among other social vices. Let us continue to support our dear Governor in making Ondo State a Tourist attraction state as this will definitely boost our economy, attract more investors, bring about entrepreneural developments, create job opportunities for job seekers and increase our standards of living.
I wish every Nigerian a Peaceful and Successful Independence Day Celebration and a New Fruitful, Prosperous Month.
*United We Stand; Divided We Fall. *Nigeria can be great again. *Let us stand stronger with a beautiful smile and determination to remain United. *Let us uplift the face of our Great Nation. *Let us Rise for Nigeria to Rise Again!
God has vindicated Gov. Akeredolu of Ondo state, he( Bala Mohammed) should come to Ondo state to learn about Amotekun security corps and replicate it in Bauchi state instead of this crocodile tears.
INTRODUCTION
It’s only God who knows the intractable problems of northern leaders. Sometimes, you will wonder about their reasonings. It’s inferred that Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state was crying for help over the influx of bandits/boko haram members into the four local governments of his state that bordered Yobe state . In the same vein, the present secretary to state government of Bauchi state was quoted by gentlemen of the press, lamenting to the world on behalf of Gov. Bala Mohammed, of the impending danger of the incidence.
Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state was among some northern leaders who verbally attacked Gov. Akeredolu of Ondo state at the inception of Western Nigeria Security Network, popularly called Amotekun, when it was noticed by our Mr. governor of the incessant kidnappings and rapings by the Fulani herdsmen in the state. After painstaking analysis of security reports, having lost some prominent people in the state to the nefarious activities of these street urchins, including a first class king in the state, Olufon of Ifon, a neighboring town to Mr. governor’s town, Arakunrin decided to champion the course of a paramilitary group tagged Amotekun with the responsibility of taming these unpleasant scenarios
These Northern leaders came up with their bigotry thinking, calling Ondo state governor all sorts of names, thinking they could cow him to desist from what is right for the security of lives and properties in the state. I remember vividly that some of them called him uneducated Senior Advocate of Nigeria( S.A.N). Unfortunately for them, our Mr.governor is not a coward, Arakunrin never gave a damn, today Amotekun has come to stay and performing wonderfully well in assisting overwhelmed federal government security agencies in state . Also, the people of Ondo state and Yorubas deserve accolades for standing solidly behind Gov. Akeredolu during this period of intimidations from Fulanis and our Arakunrin never succumbed to their blackmails.
FULANI LEADERS ARE THE PROBLEMS OF THE NORTH
Having failed in their responsibilities of liberating their people through education and some programs to bring them to reality of twenty- first century on nomadic farming, they thought they could blackmail our governor( Gov. Akeredolu) to their unrealistic nepotic reasoning. How on earth would a crop of people come to another people’s land and be kidnapping raping and robbing their landlords and their senseless leaders want the land owners to fold their hands and watch the marauders having a field day? Who does that? Can the Fulani leaders too allow foreigners to do that to them? Now, why the crocodile tears from Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state?He should try to live by his words to us in Ondo state.
He presumably advised that our governor should not evict these criminal elements, illegally occupying in our Forests, who have turned these areas to their evil zones where kidnappings, raping and other nefarious activities have been carried out. Following the actions of our Mr. governor through his capable assistants on security matters and untiring efforts of Amotekun corps, the security situation in the state has significantly improved, the spate of kidnapping has reduced and the senseless destruction of farm lands by the so called animals in human form drastically brought to the lowest ebb by the actions of of our Mr. governor.
In all fairness, we have some good Fulani leaders who are indeed reasonable in their deeds, one of them is the present Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Saidu Abubakar, who openly admitted and condemned the actions of bad eggs among the Fulani herdsmen. Supporting bad people because they’re your tribesmen is evil, anti-moral, anti-Islamic and anti-Biblical, I don’t know the reference point of this their leader( Bala Mohammed).
For Gov. Bala Mohammed to be crying now because the bandits/boko haram members have infiltrated some local governments of his state, believing the security of his people is under threats, having earlier condemned governor of Ondo state who had taken proactive steps in curtailing the likelihood of security breech in his ( Aketi) state. This has shown the whole world the myopic thinking of this Bauchi state governor.
From Zamfara , Southern Kaduna, Borno, Yobe , now to Bauchi state, the level of insecurity In these states, number of lives lost per day and properties destroyed are emergency national issues. Condoling criminals by some Fulani leaders in the name of nepotism or politics is what has brought the evils upon some of the northern states. Late President Shehu Shagari was overthrown by the same Fulanis he promoted in the military and these same Fulani officers unusually benefitted in his government according to his son’s statement.
Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state, the acclaimed Messiah of Fulani nation( that was his title then when he was attacking Gov. Akeredolu of Ondo state) is now crying when his people ( bandits / bokoharam) infiltrated his state, he should not cry because it is the same Fulani nation. It should be noted that the same bandits/ bokoharam members just kidnapped chairman of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, Kogi state chapter. It is also on record that lots of havocs were wrecked on Fulanis of the various villages of the North by these bandits, cattle rustlers and bokoharam members who are majorly Fulanis.
What people like Gov. Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state and others who criticized Gov. Akeredolu of Ondo state for taking the security of his people serious, don’t know is that issue of security should never be seen with nepotic views, now the reality has dawned on them.
IN CONCLUSION
We in Ondo state are solidly behind Arakunrin i.e Ondo State governor who is doing his best to secure the lives and properties of the people in the state. Apart from this, our governor is also performing wonderfully in other sectors of the economy despite the militating & unpalatable factors and meagre resources at his disposal. This is evidenced in that we don’t have any course to panick like the people and government of Bauchi state because of proactive steps taken by our governor when necessary.
We also want the whole world to know that the rate of kidnappings, rapings and robberies has reduced in the state, we believe in our Mr. governor, he is doing well in the state. We also advise that governors like Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state should come to Ondo state and learn the modus operandi of Amotekun security, so as to replicate it in their various states before it is too late.
Dr. Akeredolu O.N, vice chairman, Aketi-Aiyedatiwa Medical Committee, 2020 campaign.
Muslims in Nigeria have been assured that death at the hands of terrorists and bandits will earn them a place in paradise.
The assurance was given by an Islamic cleric and deputy chief Imam of the National Mosque, Abuja, Professor Ibrahim Maqari.
He made the point while stressing that Islam does not permit Muslims to pay money as ransom to enemies they are at war with. According to Dateline, Professor Maqari made the comment at this year’s Ramadan tafsir at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
He said it is in the context of that rule that kidnappers should not be paid the ransom so as to starve them of the funds they could use to boost their arsenal and sustain their evil campaign.
“Since Allah (SWT) has forbidden the payment of money to an enemy who is at war with you, in order not to empower them to continue to fight you, then contributing money as ransom for the release of kidnapped persons, is haram (prohibited),” he said.
Quoting a Hadith (prophetic tradition), Mr Maqari narrated the story of a man who approached Prophet Muhammad, asking him what to do if someone tried to rob him of his money and the Prophet told him to resist the person.
The man then asked the Prophet “what if the person fights me, and the Prophet told him to fight back.
“What if I kill him,” he asked, and the Prophet said, “He goes to hellfire.” He asked again, “What if he kills me?” and the prophet said, “you enter paradise.”
The Hadith, the deputy chief Imam emphasised, upholds the impermissibility of giving ransom to kidnappers.
He also explained that Islam’s code for discouraging criminality provides that material demands imposed as conditions by criminals are to be ignored, no matter what havoc the criminals threaten to unleash, if the demands are not met.
Refusing to meet the demands of kidnappers would inevitably turn them into losers who wasted their money to feed the captive, wasted their bullets in killing them and wasted their time, he asserted.
“But he (the criminal) has been made aware that the money is never going to be paid and the one who is killed (the victim) is going to paradise,” he said.
Maqari said applying the Islamic provisions can effectively address the challenges of kidnapping currently affecting society.
“But as long as people will continue to give ransom to secure the release of their loved ones, the recipients of the money will continue to use it to acquire more arms that they will use to perpetrate their atrocity and promote it as a business,” he advised.
Another implication of submitting to kidnappers’ demands, he pointed out, is that the vice will grow and be hard for security agents to handle.
“So the best way of stopping it, is for the criminal to know that if he kidnaps someone, he can choose to chop his body into pieces,” but he will not get what he wants.
He, therefore, advised Muslims that getting killed by kidnappers is a sure way of going to paradise.
A team of policemen, operation Harmony patrolling Ajase Ipo/Ilorin road, has arrested one suspected ritualist, Kehinde John Moses, with fresh human head and hands.
The police during a stop and search stopped a commercial bus and in the process of searching a bag, a boy took to his heels but his partner was held.
In the course of interrogation, he confessed to have killed the victim named Mohammed in Ajase Ipo with his fleeing partner for ritual purposes.
On the strength of the discovery, the Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Lawal Bagega PSC, directed the homicide section of the State criminal Investigation Department (SCID) to thoroughly investigate the case and arrest anybody connected to the heinous crime.
According to the police public relations officer, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, took a team of investigators to where the body was dumped for purposes of recovery and subsequent transfer to the hospital for autopsy.
…as NDDC moves to complete 132 KVA power transmission station In Okitipupa
Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, on Thursday assured the people of Ondo South Senatorial District of his administration’s commitment to restoring electricity to the area.
Governor Akeredolu said with the commitment of the new Interim Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr Akwa Effiong, the people of the area will get electricity before the end of the year .
The Governor Spoke during his visit to the 132 KVA transmission station in Erinje, Okitipupa.
The transmission station which is being built by the NDDC is already at 85 percent completion stage.
Arakunrin Akeredolu visited the station alongside his deputy, Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa; Minister of State for Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Tayo Alasoadura; Interim Administrator of the NDDC, Mr Akwa Effiong; Secretary to the State Government, Princess Oladunni Odu, and other top government functionaries.
The Contractor handling the project, Mr Benson Obayelu informed that when completed, there would be six feeders from the transmission station.
“There are five local government areas affected and one feeder for each local government. One will be reserved for industrialization. If we get the fund needed for this project, our people here will have light in the next four months,” he said.
NDCC Interim Administrator, Mr Effiong, said the project is very critical to the commission, adding that a lot of money has already been sunk into it.
“This project is very critical to us and it is critical to the Governor. A lot of money has been sunk into this project and it is at the point of no return. It is no retreat, no surrender.
“Within the next two months, we will complete the fund needed for this project. We are committed to providing life to the people because light is life,” Effiong said.
Signed: Richard Olatunde Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Ondo State. April 30, 2021.
A Nollywood actor, Lanre Omiyinka popularly known as Baba Ijesha, at the centre of a child molestation allegation has lost a lucrative endorsement deal to his alleged misbehaviour.
Baba Ijesha, has seen his endorsement deal with Matrix Homes and Properties Limited terminated as a result of the child molestation allegation which has shaken the film industry in Nigeria to its foundation.
This medium learnt that the deal is worth N15 million annually to the actor.
The property firm put on a notice of disclaimer on the disgraced actor saying his behaviour was antithetical to the ideals of the company.
In essence, the company said, Baba Ijesha has ceased to be the brand ambassador of the company.
No fewer than fifty six northerners were seen jetting out of a truck last night around 9:00pm at the front of Army Barracks Okitipupa, the headquarters of Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State.
It was gathered that Security operatives including Amotekun corps intercepted the suspected fulani men alleged to be constituting security threat to the area.
While addressing people at the scene which attracted many residents, the chairman, Okitipupa local government, Mr Igbekele Akinrinwa said the fulanis movement to the ancient town was allegedly facilitated by one Mr Fafoluyi Emmanuel an indigene of the area who had been apprehended by the state’s security corps code named Amotekun.
The chairman however, ordered the Amotekun Corps to arrest them, while they will be moving them to Akure the next day.
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