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Father’s Day: Unify Nigeria, Edo Deputy Governor Charges Buhari As Cleric Urges Men To Avoid Sidechics, Mistresses

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Edo State deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, Sunday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to use the Father’s Day celebration to unify the country and save it from further disintegration.

He made the call while serving as the Chief Man Servant at the St. Paul Catholic Church, Airport Road, Benin to mark the Father’s Day celebration.

Shaibu said that when the president and other state governors act as fathers in their respective states, by making the right policies, speaking the right words, it would engender peace, unity and growth and the nation at large would benefit from it.

“This is a remainder of when I was younger as an alter server. Fathers’ Day reminds us that as fathers we should play our role in the society not only at home.

“We are the head of the family and our utterances at home will shapen our family; our utterances will determine whether our children will be positive or negative .

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“If our utterances are negative, then just know that we are building a generation of young ones that their utterances will be negative.

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“So, the starting point is our home. And as a nation, the president is the father of the nation; the governors are in charge of the states.

“The President should act as a father to the country while the state governors act as fathers to their respective states, and when that is done, prosperity will abound.

“For Chief Executive Officers of Banks, industries should also act fathers in their various establishments.

“When we do all this and stop playing negative at home and at workplaces, then Nigeria will be a better place”, he said.

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The state deputy governor maintained that our leaders must play up those things that unite us and play down those with the tendencies to cause division among us as a people and that if such could be achieved, it must have to start from our homes.

“We should amplify those things that unite us, let’s make positive statements at home.

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“As a father of a company or an organization, if you refuse to make statements when you need to do it, then just know that you are running the company to bankruptcy or to level of economic instability.

“So, for all of us, as fathers at home, we should play our role just like St. Joseph did to Mary and Jesus. If we can act like St. Joseph in our homes and industries, then all insecurity, banditry and many others will be a thing of history.

“So, today should remind us of our role as fathers at home and various establishments where we find ourselves as the head”, Shaibu said.

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While speaking on the issues as they relate to appointing cabinet, he said “very soon we will have a cabinet in Edo State.

“You can see that the process of getting the names has started from the grassroots.

“Our governor will not appoint people from Benin, he prefers that the people should play up the names of those they want to run the states.

“We have started receiving the names and, obviously, in a couple of days, the cabinet will be formed”,.

Earlier in his homily titled ‘Unheard Joseph, the role model,’ Rev. Fr. Edwin Omoregbe said many men have done very well in all facets of life but are not recognized and their little flaws are easily seen and pointed out.

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Omoregbe added that men, due to worries of how to meet up with their families’ demands suffer from stroke and other stress-related ailments than the women, adding that owing to that, they (men) must create out time to rest so that they can live longer on earth.

While cautioning them to avoid what he called ‘sidechics’ and mistresses, said though it’s pleasurable but they are recipes for disaster.

The clergyman further advised women to be appreciative of every good thing their spouses have done for them and stop being too quick to point out their errors stressing that with a careful consideration of their husbands deeds, they would realise that they have even done enough more than they have ever expected of them.

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Man, 38 Escapes Assassination Attempt In Benin

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A 38-year-old activist, Innocent Omoruyi, narrowly escaped assassination in the early hours of Wednesday, July 19, 2023 as his residence at Obe Community,Sapele Road in Benin city was attacked by yet to be identified gun men.

The attack which eye witnesses say was viciously executed on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 bore the markings of a dreaded cult group terrorizing Benin City, the state capital.

The Obe, Sapale Road incident, it was learnt, happened soon after Omoruyi left the house to attend to matters of interest some few metres away from his home.

The assailants were said to have shot sporadically in their frustration as residents scampered for safety.

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However, Omoruyi escaped unharmed.

One of the eye witnesses who craved anonymity said: “The felons apparently went for the kill, weilding guns and other dangerous weapons. “We are shocked that they didn’t see Innocent Omoruyi who was just some few metres away from home when they arrived”.

“How that happened, only God knows and it was obvious that it wasn’t his time to die yet and just before that not long ago his business place on Lagos Street, Benin City was burnt down in the middle of the night by unknown arsonists.

“This sequence of events is not ordinary. We know it’s politically motivated due to the role he played in the last general elections. He has been advised to go into hiding at the moment for his personal safety”, he concluded.

When contacted, the police Public Relations Officer Chidi Nwabuzor said he was yet to get any information as regards the latest incident. He promised to feed our correspondent with relevant details as soon as they become handy.

Our information source however revealed that the matter has already been incidented at the Love World Police station on Sapele Road, Benin city.

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Nigeria To Earn Over $4bn Revenue As FEC Okays Concession Of Abuja, Kano Airports

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Nigeria will earn over $4 billion in nominal revenue as the Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Wednesday okayed the concession of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, and Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano, to the Corporacion American Airport Consortium, a Luxembourg-based company.

James Odaudu, the Special Assistant on Public Affairs to the Minister of Aviation, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.

According to him, the Council also approved that the Federal Ministry of Aviation would be renamed the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace.

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The statement noted that the company would make combined upfront payments of $8.5 million for the concession of NAIA and MAKIA.

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He added that the development would spur evidential growth within the Nigerian aviation industry.

In alignment with the Aviation Roadmap, approved by Mr President on 18th October 2016, the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace is delighted to inform all stakeholders, both local and international, and the media, that the concession of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, and Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano has been approved by the Federal Executive Council,” the statement said.

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In December 2022 and January 2023, Corporacion American Airport Consortium was announced as the preferred bidder for the airport’s concession after scaling through a series of evaluations of technical and financial bids.

Nominal revenues mean income not adjusted for inflation and decreasing purchasing power.

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Russia Expelled From Council Of Europe Amid War With Ukraine

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The Council of Europe says it has expelled Russia with immediate effect after 26 years of membership because of the Ukraine war.

The Committee of Ministers took the decision in a special session, the rights body announced in the French city of Strasbourg on Wednesday.

Earlier, Russia had already declared its withdrawal from the Council of Europe after it had taken steps to exclude it.

On Tuesday evening, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe voted unanimously in favour of Russia’s exclusion.

Russia joined the Council of Europe on Feb. 28, 1996.

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Together with the formal notification of the withdrawal, the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe also received information from the Russian Federation on Tuesday about its intention to denounce the European Convention on Human Rights.

In a statement on Tuesday evening, the leaders of the Council of Europe once again condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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They expressed their solidarity with the Russian people, who continue to belong to the European family and share its values.

The body said it would continue to stand by Ukraine in the fight against the aggressor.

The Council of Europe monitors the observance of human rights in its 46 member states and is not part of the European Union.

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The body reacted to the Russian invasion of Ukraine two weeks ago by suspending Russia’s membership, this decision was considered historic.

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