Son of the former Chairman of Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences(ICPC), Late Mustapha Akanbi (rtd), Ahmed Mustapha Akanbi, wednesday said the task of All Progressives Congress(APC) in Kwara State to defeat the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the next year general election will not be a tea party affairs.

He therefore urged party members and stakeholders of the APC to be more united and focused in order to assist the party to win the elections in the state.


Mustapha, an APC leader and former governorship aspirant of the party in the state, disclosed this in Ilorin yesterday in his lecture delivered at the first summit of APC stakeholders’ forum with the theme: ‘Imperatives of Unity and Party Loyalty Towards Good Governance in Kwara State’.

He said: “We must forget all our differences and come together as one united front in order to assist APC in Kwara State to clinch the governorship position in 2019.”

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Akanbi stressed that “members of the party, wherever you may come from, whether from Kwara Central, Kwara North and Kwara South, should shun all forms of acrimony and work as a team so as to help the party record a sound electoral victory during next polls.”


The former aspirant, who said in any contest a winner must emerge, added that “the emergence of Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq as the governorship candidate of APC in the state is a welcome development among the party members and stakeholders and we must all rally round him to win the forthcoming general election in the state.”

He pointed out that “Abdulrasaq possesses all the virtues and qualities that a governorship candidate must have and this would help the party to win the election.”

While appealing to other aspirants to continue to be more loyal to the party and support the candidature of Abdulrasaq for the governorship position of the party, Akanbi stated that the gesture would continue to assist the party to scale through the next year general elections.


He also called the state working committee of the party led by Bashr Omolaja to provide a level playing ground for all party members while party members too on their part should move enmass to their various wards and units to canvass for votes for the party’s candidate.



Source: THISDAY

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/11/01/it-will-be-difficult-to-defeat-kwara-pdp-says-apc-leader/?amp

The Senate has condemned the Federal Government for not paying the subsidy claims by petroleum product marketers despite approval by the National Assembly since July.

At a meeting of stakeholders called by the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream) and held in Abuja on Wednesday, senators took turns to criticise government agencies for allegedly slowing down the process of paying petroleum product marketers what was owed as and when due.


The committee resolved that the Ministry of Finance should within one week call a meeting of other government agencies and the marketers to reconcile subsidy claim figures and discuss ways of fast-tracking the payment of arrears.

The stakeholders are to report back to the committee next week.

The Senate had in July 2018 approved the payment of subsidy claims totalling N348bn to oil marketing companies based on a request by President Muhammadu Buhari.


The approval followed the adoption of an interim report by the committee on the promissory note programme and bond issuance to settle inherited local debts and contractual obligations to petroleum marketers.

While approving that 55 oil marketers be paid verified figures totalling N275,750,415,108, the upper chamber of the National Assembly had asked that 19 marketers “with contentious claims and verified figures” be paid 65 per cent of their claims, amounting to N73,452,639,866, pending further investigation and verification by the committee.

The Chairman of the committee, Senator Kabiru Marafa, in his opening remarks, explained that the meeting was called to know how much the Federal Government had implemented the Senate’s resolution, the situation with the 19 marketers with contentious claims, and the solution to the continued conflict of subsidy figures between the government and oil marketers.

The Director General, Debt Management Office, Mrs Patience Oniha, however, said that while the payments were approved by the Senate in July, the office did not receive communication from the Clerk to the National Assembly until September.


Oniha also stated that the processes through which the payments would be made were detailed in the request made to the Federal Executive Council, which was passed and forwarded to the National Assembly for approval.



Source: PUNCH Nigeria
https://punchng.com/senate-condemns-fg-for-non-payment-of-fuel-subsidy-claims/

Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has condemned the plan by the Federal Government to dispose of some national assets and use the proceeds to fund the 2019 budget.

Atiku,  in a statement by its media office in Abuja on Wednesday, described the plan as irresponsible.


The statement said, “The attention of the Atiku Presidential Campaign Organisation has been drawn to a policy statement by the Muhammadu Buhari administration evincing a plan to sell national assets to fund the 2019 budget.

“Our first response would be that this action by the Buhari government has the effect of ridiculing their principal.

“It will be recalled that on Monday the 29th of October, 2018, President Buhari accused past leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party of not building public infrastructure, while delivering the 75th Anniversary Business lecture of the Island Club, Lagos.

“However, some of the assets listed for sale in the policy document of the Buhari Administration, were assets built or established under the PDP administrations that governed Nigeria between 1999 and 2007.

“Some of them were the brainchild of the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar.

“Our question is this: If the PDP did not build infrastructure as alleged by President Muhammadu Buhari, who built these assets that this administration wants to sell to fund their 2019 budget?”

The former Vice President added that as the head of the Economic Management Committee during the Olusegun Obasanjo administration, Atiku supervised the successful policy of privatisation.


He said that its (privatisation) primary goal is not to raise money for short-term stabilisation of what is clearly a fragile fiscal system.

The government’s planned sale of assets,  he said, would cause long-term pains and only provide short-term gains.

He, therefore, warned that it makes no sense to sell public assets simply to fund a ‘business-as-usual’ budget that is essentially 70 per cent recurrent.

He said,  “It is irresponsible to part with valuable assets simply to consume the proceeds (Like selling your family house to take a trip overseas on holiday).

“We knew that such a day would come, which is why Atiku Abubakar has on various occasions made it clear that what is needed at this time is fiscal restructuring to eliminate our addiction to oil revenues and strengthen our internal revenue generating capacity and a restructuring of the budget in favour of capital spending.

“For instance, last month, the PDP Presidential candidate questioned the wisdom behind the Federal Government sharing $322 million Abacha loot to certain Nigerians, only to obtain a $328 million loan from China, allegedly for ICT development.


Credit: Punchng

Ethiopian members of parliament have elected Sahle-Work Zewde as the country's first female president.

Ms Sahle-Work is an experienced diplomat who has now become Africa's only female head of state.

Her election to the ceremonial position comes a week after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed appointed a cabinet with half the posts taken up by women.

After being sworn in, President Sahle-Work promised to work hard to make gender equality a reality in Ethiopia.

Addressing parliament, she also pledged to promote peace: "I urge you all, to uphold our peace, in the name of a mother, who is the first to suffer from the absence of peace.''

Fighting for women's rights

The new president was keen to make a point about gender equality right from the start, telling MPs that if they thought she was talking too much about women, she had only just begun.

There may now be male-female parity in the new cabinet but elsewhere there is still a long way to go.

Ms Sahle-Work's appointment has been welcomed by Ethiopians on social media with many calling it "historic".

She has been described as Ethiopia's first female head of state of the modern era, with some remembering Empress Zewditu who governed the country in the early part of the 20th Century.

Ms Sahle-Work was voted in after the unexpected resignation of her predecessor, Mulatu Teshome.

The prime minister's chief of staff, Fitsum Arega, tweeted that "in a patriarchal society such as ours, the appointment of a female head of state not only sets the standard for the future but also normalises women as decision-makers in public life".

President Sahle-Work has served as an ambassador for Ethiopia in Senegal and Djibouti. She has also held a number of UN positions, including head of peace-building in the Central African Republic (CAR).

Immediately before becoming president, Ms Sahle-Work was the UN representative at the African Union.

In the Ethiopian constitution, the post of president is ceremonial with the prime minister holding the political power.

The last African female head of state was Mauritian President Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, who resigned in March over an expenses scandal. She denied any wrong doing.


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The Senate council of the Unilorin students' union will on November 2018 hold a 3-day summit,  themed: "Students Parliamentary Summit"

Standing before the Senate , the committee chairperson  on the proposed summit who also doubles as the deputy Senate President, Miss Mustopha Toheebat stated that the Summit is a 3-day programme starting from the 1st of November through the 3rd day of November. The programme, according to her is aimed at equipping the Senate council members with the leadership skills in order to maximise their potentials.

 In a telephone conversation this morning, the clerk of the house, Miss Morenikeji,
disclosed that the guest speakers expected for the programme are members of the Kwara state House of Assembly as well as the  National Assembly. She further said students from some other Nigerian Universities are also being expected at the summit.

The Clerk highlighted the order of the programme thus: On the first day of the programme, orientation for the Senate council will hold; the second day is earmarked for launching of the Union's Android App and the third day is slated for inter-University debate.

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YSI foundation popularly known to be an organization that caters for the academic needs of students that are restricted from getting quality education due to inadequate financial support, recently awarded scholarships to some public secondary school students in Ilorin.

After her first phase of scholarship programmes held in Okeose community secondary school, the non-governmental organization decided to award scholarships to the best 10 students in Government Day Secondary School (GDSS), Okealuko, Ilorin, Kwara state as they resume the new session.

The scholarship event held on Monday, 24th of September 2018. This was done with the sole aim of increasing access to education for indigents by creating awareness and encouraging the students and their parents that education is the only way poverty can be eradicated. Mr Olaoluwa Stephen, a student of the university of Ilorin and head of logistics at the initiative led this project.

Apart from the scholarships, the event also featured a seminar session and donation of books to the school’s library. The inspiring seminar session was led by the sole sponsor of the scholarships, Mr Adedoyin Gabriel, a final year medical student at the University of Ilorin who used this medium to celebrate his birthday.

He explained that the best way to celebrate life is to give it or add quality to it. He discussed important lessons on the path to excellence and he also used his past experience to encourage the students to be disciplined and determined. After the seminar, there was a question and answer segment in which the students were able to voice out by asking questions.

Over twenty books, which included various literatures, textbooks, exam preparatory materials etc, were donated to the school’s library. This was done to arouse the reading culture of the students and provide learning materials for those that do not have.

According to the leader of this project, they offered scholarships to the best 10 students in a bid to foster a healthy competition in their academics and the quest for excellence among the students. The students that were awarded scholarships for first term in the senior secondary class are; Temitope Inioluwa, Babatunde Simbiat, Lawal Folake, Ajia Rodiat, Musa Aminat, Uthman Afusat, Akanbi Lailat, Soliu Sodiq, Aro Lekan and Hadi Salamat.

The beneficiaries expressed their feelings by appreciating the organization and they confessed that the scholarship is a great blessing to them because, it would reduce the financial burden on their parents.

Also, the Vice principal of the senior school appreciated the organization for the good works they delved into. She described the organization to be one of the country’s problem solver. She also persuaded them to heed to the advice of the organization and try as much as possible to be the best in their academics.

The convener of this initiative, Mr Fatoye John, a medical student at the University of Ilorin also said that there is an organized mentorship plan for the students whereby the organization provides an follow up for each students by pairing every students with every member of the organization.

He appreciated the project’s sponsor and every other donor. He also pleaded for more of such kind acts of humanitarianism from the community especially youths, as he described love to be the true test of all religion.

The Yattiyr Scholarship Initiative plans to hold a community project of putting children in schools, tutoring out-of-school children and donating books at the Gaa Ayekale community, Moro Local Government Area of Kwara state on 26th of October. The organization gathered from her statistics that 87% of the children in the community are out of school due to poverty, inadequate educational facilities and funds.

To sponsor this new project or for more enquiries you can reach the Yattiyr scholarship initiative via website @ ysischolarships.com or mail: Yattiyrscholarships@gmail.com. You can also call 08169310932 or 08124956652.

– ROTARACT CLUB OF UNILORIN DIGITAL AWARENESS ON "BREAST CANCER" IN COLLABORATION WITH ROTARACT CLUB OF WORLD BANK, IMO STATE.

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TYPES OF BREAST CANCER

Breast cancers comes in different forms and types. Knowing the type of breast cancer you've will let medical practitioners know what steps to take to address it. Here are commonly known types of BC.

⏺ In situ cancers

➡ Ductal carcinoma in situ(DCIS) also called intraductal carcinoma and Stage 0 breast cancer. DCIS is a non-invasive or pre-invasive breast cancer. This means the cells that line the ducts have changed to cancer cells but they have not spread through the walls of the ducts into the nearby breast tissue.

Because DCIS hasn’t spread into the breast tissue around it, it can’t spread (metastasize) beyond the breast to other parts of the body.

➡ Lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) may also be called lobular neoplasia. In this breast change, cells that look like cancer cells are growing in the milk-producing glands of the breast (called the lobules), but they don’t grow through the wall of the lobules.

LCIS is not considered to be cancer, and it typically does not spread beyond the lobule (become invasive breast cancer) if it isn’t treated. But having LCIS does increase your risk of developing an invasive breast cancer in either breast later on, so close follow-up is important.

⏺ Invasive (infiltrating) breast cancer

➡ Invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) is the most common type of breast cancer. About 8 of 10 invasive breast cancers are invasive (or infiltrating) ductal carcinomas (IDC).

IDC starts in the cells that line a milk duct in the breast, breaks through the wall of the duct, and grows into the nearby breast tissues. At this point, it may be able to spread (metastasize) to other parts of the body through the lymph system and bloodstream.

➡ Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) starts in the milk-producing glands (lobules). Like IDC, it can spread (metastasize) to other parts of the body. About 1  invasive breast cancer in 10  is an ILC. Invasive lobular carcinoma may be harder to detect on physical exam as well as imaging, like mammograms, than invasive ductal carcinoma. And compared to other kinds of invasive carcinoma, about 1 in 5 women with ILC might have cancer in both breasts

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The Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ilorin has inducted 17 individuals into the medial profession.

The maiden Induction Ceremony was held at the main auditorium on Wednesday, 17th of October, 2018; 8 years after the academic programme was established in the varsity.

The ceremony was set aside to initiate the Graduating Students into A New Phase of Life, as they became certified veterinary doctors.

The occasion was graced by dignitaries and stakeholders within and outside the university community in persons of the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin Prof. Sulyman Age Abdulkareem as the chief host, former Vice Chancellor of University of Ilorin, Prof. Abdulganiy Ambali (OON) as the special guest of honour, JAMB Registrar and former Vice Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Professor Ishaq Oloyede as the distinguished guest of honour, ably represented by Dr.Yusuf Lawal. Also in attendance were the principal officers from the College of Veterinary Surgeons and the Nigerian Veterinary Medical Association (NVMA), CEO Amo Farms Nigeria Limited, Dr. Ayoola Oduntan amongst other reputable and renowned practitioners in the profession.

The Dean, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine -  Prof. S.O Salami who delivered the welcome address, also gave a brief history of the Faculty in which according to him, kicked off with just 7 academic staff with one office. He further noted that the faculty has now burgeoned to have about 71 academic staff.

He, however, made it known to the gathering that the faculty has gotten its full accreditation, and now also has an approved postgraduate program. He went further by acknowledging the Senate Council, Induction Committee and other members for their efforts in making the august and epoch-making event an huge success.

Furthermore, The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Sulayman Age Abdulkareem gave his Speech titled: "Today is Our Day". He expressed appreciation to the helmsmen of the great faculty and congratulated the Inductees, spurring them to be good and worthy ambassadors of the faculty and the varsity in the veterinary world.

In addition to this, the President of the Veterinary Council of Nigeria, ably represented by the Registrar, in person of Dr. J.T. Kantiyok appreciated the parents/guardians of the graduands for investing into the lives of their wards and urged the inductees to be disciplined, focused and committed to whatever they do. He then led the Inductees in taking the Hippocratic oath after which honorary certificates were presented to them.

Afterwards, a lot of congratulatory wishes and goodwill messages were delivered by the Director of University Health Services, Dr. Odunola, stating clearly that both Human Medics, Veterinarians and Pharmacists are the same, as they all aim at promoting health and they are all relevant stakeholders in the healthcare system.




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– ROTARACT CLUB OF UNILORIN DIGITAL AWARENESS ON "BREAST CANCER" IN COLLABORATION WITH ROTARACT CLUB OF WORLD BANK, IMO STATE.

Day 1 of 3

Breast cancer; The silent killer

It is no news that one of the enemies of life and good health is cancer, and not even breasts are spared from this bad sprout in our systems. Breast cancer has become a source of serious concern as it continues to deal mortal blow on women in our society. We'll be discussing Breast Cancer over the next three days, and we hope that you're able to keep up till the end.

What is Breast Cancer?

Breast cancer is the formation of tumours and lumps in the breasts, secondary to excessive proliferation of cells in the breasts. It leads to morphological changes in the breasts and could spread to other parts of the body through metastasis, ultimately leading to death.

Factors responsible for Breast Cancer

=>An history of breast cancer in the family.
=> Genetic mutation
=> Excessive estrogen secretion
=> Obesity. Amongst others.

Can it be prevented?

Yes! In fact, it can be noticed early enough and taken care of before metastasis occur. By a frequent employment of some of these examination methods, one could easily prevent thw growth of Breast Cancer:

1. Palpation for the presence of lumps.
2. Observation of change in structure of the normal breast such as dimpling.

It is therefore adviced that young ladies and grown women check up on themselves regularly,  to prevent breast cancer, and for early diagnosis in other cases.

Stop breast cancer, before it stops you.

Please do note that this is not all the lecture we will be giving. Over the next three days, we'll be discussing other aspects of Breast Cancer. Please do stay with us. Thank you.

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The Governor of Minnesota in the United States, Mark Dayton has officially declared October 6th as 'Wizkid Day'.

This declaration was made to specially honour Ayodeji Balogun, known as Wizkid for his accomplishments so far in the entertainment industry.

This reason in addition to being a culture influencer were stated in the proclamation document.

See copy of proclamation document below.






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• Revisiting Nigerian judiciary and socioeconomic rights

• Egbewole's JRC collaborates with South Africa’s LRC

Amidst lots of activities hosted by the better by far university in recent weeks is the 2-days workshop on Judiciary and socioeconomic rights organized by the Judicial Reform Cluster (JRC) University of Ilorin in collaboration with Legal Resource Center, South Africa (LRC) and International Constitutional Law Society (ICONS) which held at the faculty of law, university of Ilorin. It was an engaging outing at the faculty of law, university of Ilorin between 25th-27th of October.