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NOBEL laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has faulted critics of the Christmas speech of the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah, saying they are religionists diverting attention from the cleric’s central theme.
The playwright said he had studied the transcript as reported in the media and found nothing in the speech that denigrated Islam.
He, however, noted that he was not among the most religion besotted inhabitants of the globe, saying that alone, he was told, disqualified him from commenting on the subject.
Kukah in the speech summed up the country’s woes ranging from insecurity, poverty to citizens’ frustration under the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).
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The ranks of Nigeria’s celebrated democrats, advocates for true federalism and non-tribalists reduced on January 13 with the sudden demise of Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu (retd.). Born in 1943 in Ovim, Isuikwuato Local Government Area of Abia State, Kanu joined the Nigerian Navy in 1962. He thereafter earned a Bsc at the National Defence Academy, India.
His dedication and resilience distinguished him in his chosen career. He was known to have served in varied positions in the naval command ranging from chief of personnel, naval headquarters; flag officer, eastern fleet; flag officer, naval training command; chief of naval operations, naval headquarters and director of logistics, joint operations.
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The Governor of Sokoto State, Aminu Tambuwal, has asked the military chiefs to act honourably by resigning their appointment amid the worsening insecurity if the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), refuses to sack them.
He stated further that the Buhari-led Federal Government should admit failure in the area of security, noting that governing the country and protecting lives and property is not rocket science.
In the same vein, elder statesmen, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai and Dr Junaid Mohammed, also backed Tambuwal’s position that it’s high time the military chiefs resigned.
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A former Chief Whip of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Rotimi Abiru, has commended the Federal Government for its flood and erosion control intervention project in the Somolu/Bariga council area of the state.
The lawmaker representing Somolu Constituency II spoke on Monday during the official handover of the project funded by the Ecological Fund Office.
The lawmaker said, “The World Bank report puts Bariga area as one of the worst erosion affected areas in Lagos State and the challenges are beyond the state or local government.
“The efforts to control the erosion problem started over two years ago through the office of the Vice President and we are grateful today that lasting control measure to the menace has come to reality.”