One of the most popular traditional drinks being consumed is most parts of Northern Nigeria is Kunu.
Mostly sold together with bread or egg rolls, chilled Kunu is very pleasing more especially when one is very hungry and feeling thirsty at the same time, perhaps that’s why people fancy it very much.
Reports coming from an online news, worldgisting has it that, a woman in Kaduna whose name is unknown normally sells Kunu to the public and was caught using her old underwear in the process of making the Kunu.
It was gathered by the worldgisting newspaper that, the woman was caught by the agents of the consumer protection council with the aid of some people close to her.
The woman was said to have been making the Kunu drink in a very huge quantity and hundreds of people patronizes her product on daily basis without knowing how the process of making the drink is taking place.
It therefore very important for people to be making sure that traditionally made drinks they buy are of good quality and are made in a hygienic way.
The woman is currently in the police custody and will be presented before court after investigation.
There was a protest in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State after a trailer crushed four persons in the First Gate-Lagos State Polytechnic axis of the Ikorodu road.
It was learnt that one person was also injured in the trailer accident.
The protesters, which included transporters on the road, set up a born fire and blocked the road.
They also blocked all routes leading to the road, leaving passengers to trek long distances.
An eyewitness described the road as a “death trap”, urging the government to pay urgent attention to it.
He said, “Five people were involved yesterday. Four of them died and one was badly injured. The contractor has abandoned the project and claimed that the Federal Government has not paid.
“The Federal Government should look into this and do something about it urgently. This road has been abandoned. This is a hill and trailers fall easily. It is less than 200 metres. The contractors must return to the site. We cannot be allowing people to die here.”
However, policemen have been deployed to restore order in the area.
It was gathered that some residents earlier staged a protest when the accident happened on Thursday.
It was learnt that the trailer rammed into an oncoming tricycle popularly called ‘Keke’ after losing control.
President of the Police Officers Wives Association and wife of the Inspector-General of Police, Hajia Haraja Usman Baba, has decried the proliferation of beer parlours in Police barracks, describing it as a bad influence on children and the future of Nigeria.
To address this, she disclosed that she would immediately send a signal to the Force headquarters for the outright relocation of beer parlours from Police barracks, threatening that whoever flouted the directive thereafter, would be ejected from the barracks.
The POWA President who was on a three-day working visit to familiarise herself with POWA members in the state and also to access the Police children school, with a view to improving the general standards, said such beer parlours should be cited at a given metre from the barracks as stipulated by law.
Addressing POWA members at the POWA hall, Ikeja, she said, “During my inspection yesterday (Wednesday) I saw a lot of beer parlours in barracks. I know it is you people that encouraged such. You should try and speak to your husbands to follow the rules and regulations of the barracks.
“I grew up in the barracks because my father was a Policeman. Then, there was no beer parlour. And with the future of our children in the barracks, we should be careful because these children are more intelligent than us.
“We are going to send signals immediately, for the relocation of the beer parlours . If you don’t keep to it, you will be ejected out of the barracks”.
She also lamented the dirty state of barracks in Lagos and announced the commencement of environmental sanitation, every Saturday. She informed that she would personally take part in tomorrow’s own, after a 30 minutes walk with POWA members, as part of activities to mark her visit.
She said, “What I saw at the barracks was devastating. The barracks was unkempt.
Andrea Pirlo, the Juventus coach has been sacked by the club after a few months in charge as manager, winning the Italian Supercup and the Coppa Italia.
Pirlo had taken over from Maurizio Sarri in August on a deal that was to last till June 2022. Before then, he was the club’s Under-23 manager.
Reports say he will be replaced by the club’s former manager, Massimiliano Allegri.
Confirming Pirlo’s exit, Juventus issued a statement on their official website to bid him farewell.
“Thank you, Andrea. These are the first words that all of us need to say at the end of this special experience together,” the statement read.
“A few months ago, Andrea Pirlo, an icon of world football, began his new adventure, his first as a coach.
“To do this, first of all, it takes courage, as well as awareness of one’s own means, especially in a period marked by thousands of difficulties, with the world forced by the pandemic to reinvent its own rules day after day.
“Pirlo has just begun the first steps of what will no doubt become a brilliant career as a coach. An adventure of transformation, seeking, and often managing, to bring his ideas and his experience as a champion on the pitch from the “other side” of the fence.
“And since in football, what counts are the victories, let’s remember them: in the space of a few short months, Pirlo’s Juve has raised two trophies: The Italian Supercup and the Coppa Italia. And he, as coach, brought home brilliant victories on the most prestigious of fields, from San Siro to Camp Nou.
“For all this, for the courage, the dedication, the passion with which he demonstrated every day, our thanks go to the Maestro, the Coach and to Andrea, that really comes from the heart. As well as our good luck for the future that will surely be a wonderful one.”
Nigerians are currently angry at the Benue State Government and its governor, His Excellency, Ortom, over the death of 36 persons yesterday and 150 in the last seven (7) days. (Read More Here).
It was reported that over 36 people, including college students were killed by Armed Fulani herdsmen at Shikaan Mbagena Kpav, a TIV community in Benue State, in the early hours of Thursday.
Currently the hash tag #BenueUnderAttack is trending on social media. The genocide in Benue is currently making Nigerians react in anger. They (Nigerians) are dragging Governor Ortom over the failure to protect his people.
Their reactions below:
KATOR TARKAA
@KatorTarkaa
It is impossible that all of the reports coming out of Benue and other middle-belt states are false. And it doesn’t matter who the perpetrators are. Whether foreigners, unknown gunmen, or indigenous arm-wielding gangs, this tidal wave of killings must be stopped.
timi Eagle
@timiPR
Has the government given immunity to Fulani herdsmen in this country ? They are killing the indigenous occupants of Benue state and nothing is still being done.
This is pure Genocide.
KOLA• Pushpin
@Ngr_KOLA
#BenueUnderattack
Out of the 23 local government areas in Benue state, the Killer herdsmen have invaded
and occupied 14 and may invade the remaining 9 if urgent measures are taken to curb this Genocide.
BenueFirst_
@BenueFirst_
It is not a crime to Live!
It is not a crime to come from Benue!
Stop the Genocide in Benue!
Nigerians, stand up for Benue!
Don’t let our basket get empty.
William
@_SirWilliam_
Tired of saying #BenueUnderAttack, it’s exhausting.
Killings been going on for years by one group of people, and nobody has been arrested, nobody has been prosecuted.
The solution right now is State Police and arming the citizens, nothing else.
FS Yusuf
@FS_Yusuf_
I will not call them citizens, never! I will not! I will call them their tribes, I will call them their religion because there is a coordinated elimination happenings. They are killing #Christians in Benue State. They killing #TivPeople in Benue State.
FS Yusuf
@FS_Yusuf_
Ortom needs to know that terrorists have opened a war on his people and he has to prepare his people to fight and protect themselves. Make we forget all the English wey we dey speak here. All of us dey mad! They are killing innocent Christians in Benue State.
Aproko Doctor
@aproko_doctor
We can’t fold our hands and watch anymore. #BenueUnderAttack
People are being killed in their homes and lands and the government is watching. This is a ticking time bomb.
Protect all Nigerian citizens.
KATOR TARKAA
@KatorTarkaa
As the killings keep rising and nothing substantial is being done, we all in Benue State and the entire Middle Belt may end up losing our lives, our identity and our land if we fail to rise up now! This is a genocide and must be referred to as such!! #BenueUnderAttack.
The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) on Friday said 37 of its inmates were admitted and matriculated into the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN).
A statement by the Public Relations Officer of NCoS, Mr Francis Enobore on Friday in Abuja, said this was the second matriculation ceremony at the Custodial Centre, under the auspices of NOUN.
It stated that the inmates were admitted to study various courses as Business Administration, Political Science, Criminology and Security Studies, Journalism, Peace and Conflict Resolution, Accounting, Economics, Christian Religious Studies and Economics Education.
“The Vice Chancellor of NOUN, Prof. Olufemi Peters, represented by Dr Segun Adenuga, the Director of Ogun Study centre, took the enrollee through the orientation programme.
“The programme exposed their minds to what is expected of them as students of National Open University of Nigeria,” he said.
The statement quoted the Controller of Corrections, Ogun Command, Mojeed Olaniran, as congratulating the inmates and implored them to make good use of the opportunity.
He urged them to bear in mind that aside from security, the cardinal objectives of correction were reformation, rehabilitation and reintegration.
The controller re-emphasised that NCoS encouraged the inmates to upgrade themselves in various aspects of skill acquisition that would benefit their lives and society at large.
He admonished them to make good use of this second chance to remediate their wrong past and appreciated the good gesture of NOUN’s authority for providing free education to the inmates.
Responding, Peters affirmed that the University was poised to bring education to the door step of all and sundry, which included those in the correctional centres.
Peters further reassured the matriculating students that the authority was prepared to give them scholarship up to PhD level.
He advised them to make maximum use of their study materials and not to be derailed by their present conditions, urging them to rather use the opportunity to gain academic laurels.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the second matriculation of inmates of the custodial centre into NOUN was also witnessed by the Director of Mass Literary, Ogun State, Alhaji Mikail Lawal.
The ceremony has brought the number of inmates of Ibara custodial centre undertaking various degree programmes at the NOUN to 87, including two Masters Degree Students.
Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River has said that aligning with the All Progressives Congress (APC) party would bring federal assistance to the state.
While addressing the youths who held a rally to welcome him to the party at the governor’s office in Calabar on Thursday, Governor Ayade said he joined APC for the benefit of the state.
According to him, a party is an appropriate vehicle that will bring full economic benefits to the state, which he said is the APC.
“We have to re-sucket into the centre to drive the value of governance into the state where our interest will be better served,” he said.
He said that Cross River has a lot of mineral resources but the resources required to exploit the hydrocarbons were beyond the capacity of the state.
The governor lamented that Cross River was economically disadvantaged, noting that the state is the 35th in terms of revenue allocation received from the federal government.
“The state does not have reasonable allocation. We are not part of the 18 per cent derivation. We are not part of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). We do not have oil,” he said.
Mr Ayade also said he expanded the government to accommodate 38,000 young people and urged the youths to go and register as APC members in their respective wards.
Real Madrid look at Antonio Conte as Zinedine Zidane replacement; first-choice Massimiliano Allegri set for return to Juventus; Conte left Inter Milan due to need to make significant financial cuts after leading them to Serie A title
Antonio Conte is being considered as Zinedine Zidane’s successor at Real Madrid after they missed out on first-choice Max Allegri, according to Sky in Italy.
After Zinedine Zidane stepped down from the Bernabeu for a second time this week, the Spanish giants had been hoping to appoint long-term target Allegri – but he is set for a sensational return to Juventus to replace Andrea Pirlo.
They have now turned to Conte, who is a free agent after parting company Inter Milan on Wednesday despite leading them to the Serie A title, due to a need to make significant financial cuts.
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Conte is a prolific title-winner with Juventus himself, as well as Chelsea and this season Inter.
Allegri’s agent was in Madrid on Tuesday but, for the second time in his career, he has turned Real down in favour of a second spell with his former club.
Spanish football journalist Alvaro Montero says Zinedine Zidane is ‘unpredictable’ after he stepped down as Real Madrid head coach for the second time
Ex-Juventus star Zidane called time on his second spell in charge of the La Liga club after failing to win a trophy this season, following two league titles and three Champions League victories since he began his first spell at the helm in 2015.
Zidane told club directors and the first-team squad of his decision on Wednesday and finalised his exit at Real’s Valdebebas training complex on Thursday.
The Nigeria Police says it has arrested the people that are allegedly involved in the failed attack on Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State.
Acting Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, disclosed this on Thursday at the weekly special briefing of State House Correspondents, organised by the Presidential Media Team.
Baba said; “We have been able to uncover the assailants and we have uncovered what actually happened, contrary to what he said.
“We have been able get these people and know where they came from and how they came but the case is still under investigation. But as for those who organized and those who pulled the trigger have all been arrested.”
Governor Ortom had in March this year, alleged that gunmen suspected to be Fulani herders attacked him on his farm near Tyo-mu, along Makurdi-Gboko Highway of Benue State.
The Governor, who appeared ruffled while speaking to Journalists after the foiled attack at the Benue People’s House, Makurdi, said armed militiamen, numbering about 15, advanced quickly towards his convoy with sophisticated weapons but were repelled by his security details.
He said the men, dressed in black, had trailed his convoy from his farm.
Aspiring elective office holders come with different quests. Some want to be known for power, others see it at opportunity to make money, and of course there are some who want to be known for a long lasting legacy of achievements that will better lives of the people.
In this last category is Hon. Taiwo Oraka, one of the aspirants vying to become the Chairman of Ifako-Ijaye Local Government in the forthcoming local government elections in Lagos State.
Oraka is a seasoned technocrat with political awareness whose unwavering loyalty to the the progressive ideas of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is dated way back to his involvement in the MKO Abiola’s campaign under defunct Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the early 90s.
His belief is that everyone deserves access to good and affordable health care as evident with his yearly medical outreach programme for the people of Ifako-Ijaye which he plans to develop into fully functional and funded health center in the 7 wards of the local government.
Apart from health, Oraka also has some other plans lined up for the betterment of the people of Ifako-Ijaye. He has laudable plans with verifiable blueprint on different sectors of human endeavors as his plans in education, transportation, portable water, youths and women empowerment as well as welfare of old people, are top notch that will make the local government a standard for others across the country.
Oraka’s ideology has been endorsed to a laudable way to bring dividends of democracy to the good people of Ifako-Ijaye Local Government. He’s full of hope he will be granted the opportunity by his people to serve through the forthcoming primaries of the APC.
