Cancer is increasingly becoming a menace and assuming alarming proportion of death in Nigeria. Nigeria is now ranked 13th lowest for life expectancy in the world with cancer the major contributor. Many resourceful Nigerians have fallen victim to the scourge. Breast cancer and prostate cancer are the biggest killers in Nigeria. Adoption of Western lifestyles and technology can be argued to be the major culprits in the recent upsurge in cancer cases in the nation
Cancer is the biggest killer in the world, accounting for more deaths than malaria, HIV/AIDS, heart diseases and tuberculosis combined.
It is increasingly becoming a menace and assuming alarming proportion of deaths in Nigeria due to adoptions of western lifestyle – changing dietary habit from the traditional fibre rich diet, lack of exercise, consumption of processed food products and the culture of secrecy of the cause of death, including late reportage of symptoms to the hospitals.
Staggeringly, one in every three Nigerians is being diagnosed with one of numerous types of cancer. Nigeria is now ranked 13th lowest for life expectancy in the world, with cancer the major contributor according to the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP).
A terrifying 120,000 cancer deaths occur in Nigeria, which translates to 15 Nigerian deaths from cancer every hour. This however, may be somewhat underestimated since an average Nigerian on middle to low income is unable to take their cases to the hospital because of meagre financial resources.
A man suffering from cancer (A cancer patient)
Notwithstanding, many resourceful Nigerians have also fallen victims to this scourge, including a pioneer for safe medicinal drugs, Dora Akinyili, the Late President Umau Yar`adua, erstwhile First Lady Maryam Babangida, Kwara state politician Dr Olusola Saraki, music icon, Sunny Okosun, former Managing Director of the News Agency Nigeria (NAN) Remi Oyo, to name but a few.
Governor Nyesom Wike will not be heading the next PDP national convention planning committee
– The PDP BoT has asked the national caretaker committee led by Ahmed Makarfi to form a new national convention planning committee
– The BoT passed a vote of confidence on the Makarfi-led national caretaker committee
The Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked the Ahmed Makarfi-led caretaker committee to form a new national convention planning committee which will be approved by the National Executive Committee.
This is to ensure a credible, transparent, free and fair national convention.
The meeting of the PDP BoT in Abuja
This was disclosed after its meeting on Monday, August 29, at the Musa Yar,Adua Center, Abuja.
The meeting which was presided over by the chairman of the PDP BoT, Senator Walid Jubril, resolved that the next national convention of the party will be in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Nigeria as a nation is passing through a veru critical time in its history, and President Muhammadu Buhari sits in the eye of the storm.
Below are some quotes from the passing week which speaks better of the situation in Nigeria, and the dilemma which the Buhari-led government has found itself in.
1. “If the bill is passed as proposed, the president will gradually transform himself into a dictator.”
Some senators asserting that some of the provisions in a new bill proposed by President Buhari were unnecessary and it as nothing more than a subtle way of avoiding counterpart funding by the present administration.
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2. “I think the current economic situation calls for a rethink so that we can now walk the talk of diversification of our economy.”
Pastor William Kumuyi, the general superintendent of the Deeper Christian Life Ministry, saying that for things to change in the country, there was a need for attitudinal change .
3. “Since assuming the reins of power, President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressive Congress have not only failed to meet their various campaign promises.”
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Kabir Usman, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari and his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), of crippling Nigeria .
4. “We the Adaka Boro Avengers are throwing our weight behind the Niger Delta Avengers on the declaration of Niger Delta Republic come October 1.”
The Adaka Boro Avengers (ADA) lashing out at the Niger Delta Avengers for announcing a ceasefire and has promised to declare a Niger Delta Republic on October 1.
5. “I have no hand in PDP crisis.”
Former Nigerian vice president Atiku Abubakar says he has no knowledge about the problem the former largest party in Africa, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is facing .
6. “We have resolved to reject any idea of the peace of our times; we want the peace with honor this time around!”
Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) declaring a ceasefire while indicating its readiness for negotiation with the federal government.
The group accused of attacking oil installations in the Niger Delta region of the country, said in a statement it trusts the outcome of a negotiation team being planned by Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, and other elders of the region .
7. “APC dangerously obsessed with the frivolity of bamboozling Nigerians with high-sounding figures only for entertainment purposes.”
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) firing another shot at the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) saying the latter was not helping the country with its style of government.
8. “The incompetence of the ruling class has compounded the crisis of nation building.”
Some Nigerian lawyers warning President Muhammadu Buhari about the reported plan to probe his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan over the latter’s alleged sponsorship of the Niger Delta Avengers .
9. “playing politics with the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls was unhelpful and embarrassing to the government and counterproductive to the silent efforts of the military to rescue them.”
The Buhari Media Support Group sending a message to parents of abducted Chibok girls and #BringBackOurGirls group not to protest as planned. Following the release of a video by Boko Haram calling for the release of their soldiers in exchange for the abducted girls, the group announced its plan to protest to the presidential villa.
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10. ” I received news of the mob killings in Zamfara with great dismay. It is barbaric & unacceptable. I assure that the law will take its course.”
President Muhammadu Buhari on August 23, Tuesday, reacted to the killing of eight people in Zamfara state after a religious crisis that broke out at the Abdu Gusau Polytechnic in state.
11. “There are no indices anywhere by which the Muhammadu Buhari administration can be assessed as better than ours.”
The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has declared that the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is not in any way better than that of past administrations of under its watch .
12. “If Sheriff was arrested over his alleged role in the emergence of Boko Haram it would make the millions that have come to great suffering at the hands of the terrorist group or been dislocated by the terrorist actions of the dreaded Islamic group in one way or the other feel better.”
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The Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice for Borno state, Hon Kaka Shehu Lawan has accused former governor of the state, Alhaji Ali Modu Sheriff of being responsible for the growth Boko Haram. Lawan also said that Sheriff should be arrested and prosecuted.
13. “Nigerians voted overwhelmingly for the president and we are all witnesses to that fact. No single person or group can claim that glory.”
Former president Olusegun Obasanjo has denied media reports claiming he and a few Nigerians brought President Muhammadu Buhari to power. According to him, no individual or group including himself can lay claim to bringing to power.
14. “There is nothing we are facing today that we did not know would happen. We made mistakes, many of them deliberate. We ignored every single warning.”
Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi II, warning President Muhammadu Buhari that his administration may end like the Jonathan administration if it fails to retrace its footsteps.
15. “When he picks a paper, the first page he reaches for is the cartoon page. He laughs and laughs.”
The presidency reacting to the arrest and release of 41-year-old Joachim Chinakwe, whose popularity soared after he named his dog Buhari.
Lawmakers indicted in the budget padding controversy will never go free, EFCC has said
– The anti-graft agency said investigation into the alleged budget padding in the House of Representatives is ongoing
– Some Civil Society Organizations staged a protest to the commission’s zonal office, demanding justice
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has vowed to prosecute all federal lawmakers indicted in the budget padding controversy.
The EFCC deputy director, Operations, Iliyasu Kwarbai, said this on Monday, August 29, when 32 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) staged a peaceful protest to the Lagos zonal office of the commission demanding the prosecution of those involved in the budget padding scandal rocking the House of Representatives.
Kwarbai said the commission had received many petitions in respect of the matter from members of the public and investigation is going on in Abuja, Vanguard reports.
CSOs storm EFCC office in Lagos
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He said: “ EFCC does not cover any one, whoever is involved will be dealt with strictly according to law. Anybody who is involved in corruption, no matter how highly he or she is, we don’t cover any person, once we have received a petition, investigates it and once the person is indicted, we invite the accused and on the case of the budget padding, they will never go free.
“We are very happy that you are here and we are in solidarity with you. We are very happy that you are joining us in the fight against corruption. The fight is not for EFCC alone, it is for everybody.”
The CSOs stormed the EFCC office, expressing dismay that individuals like the speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, his deputy, Lasun Yusuf, House minority leader Leo Ogor, among others fingered in the budget padding allegations have neither been invited nor interrogated or prosecuted.
The protest was led by the executive director, Conscience Nigeria and Centre for Public Accountability, Comrades Tosin Adeyanju and Femi Lawson.
READ ALSO : Budget padding: Lawmakers find Dogara, others guilty
The protesters carried placards with inscriptions such as: “ Budget Padding: Save Nigeria from Legisla-theives ”, “ Support the war against corruption, probe our representa-thieves ”, “ EFCC, probe illegal NASS allowance ”, among others.
They presented a petition to Kwarbai for onward delivery to the EFCC acting chairman, Ibrahim Magu.
According to the CSOs, they are disturbed that there is a grand conspiracy to sweep the matter under the carpet despite its enormity.
The groups therefore called on the anti-graft agency to do a thorough investigation.
After he was sacked as the chairman of the appropriation committee, Jibrin Abdulmumin accused Dogara and three other principal officers of padding the 2016 budget.
He has vowed not to rest until Dogara and other principals involved in the alleged budget padding are brought to book.
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Mr Ken Atsuete has been killed in Rivers state
– The prominent lawyer was murdered by some unknown gunmen at his residence in Port Harcourt
– Rivers state police command has vowed to fish out the killers of the prominent lawyer
Some unknown gunmen have reportedly killed a popular Port Harcourt-based lawyer, Mr Ken Atsuete.
The Punch reports that the incident took place last night, August 29 at 8pm.
Mr Atsuete was murdered at his residence in Port Harcourt.
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It was gathered that the gunmen stormed Atsuete’s residence, cornered him and shot him several times.
Atsuete was one of the counsels for the former chairman of the Asari-Toru Local Government Area, Ojukaye Flag Amachree, before he was assassinated.
He was one of the speakers at the just concluded conference of the Nigerian Bar Association, held in Port Harcourt.
A close confidant of the deceased and human rights activist, Mr Anyakwe Nsirimovu, expressed shock over the incident, adding that
“Ken Atsuete’s lifeless body is currently lying at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital mortuary” .
Meanwhile, the Rivers police command said on Monday that the killers of Port Harcourt-based human rights lawyer, Mr Ken Atsuwete, would be brought to justice.
The deceased was one of the lawyers handling a case for the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state.
Nnamdi Omoni, a DSP, and Public Relations Officer of the command, told a news conference in Port Harcourt that Atsuwete was killed at 6.00am on Monday.
He said that the police had commenced investigation into the incident and would ensure that the killers were arrested and prosecuted.
