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60 toasts to Adenuga at 60
Business mongol, Otunba Micheal Adenuga on Monday, April 29 clocked 60. Many well wishers, including President Goodluck Jonathan has sent him happy birthday wishes.
Here are 60 of the birthday messages from a cross section of top government officials, family members, friends, associates and others compiled by Online Reporter, Alade Abiodun
1. On behalf of the government and people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I joined your family, friends, protégés and well-wishers in thanking God for your exemplary life. it is my prayer that Almighty God continues to bless you with robust health and enduring happiness.- President Goodluck Jonathan
2. Otunba Mike Adenuga at 60. Mike, truly, you epitomize hard work, perseverance, doggedness, humility, diligence and patriotism. The fact that you treasure the virtue of true friendship and loyalty to any cause you believe in, gives you the cutting edge.- General I.B. Babangida, GCFR
3. Happy 60th birthday to Africa’s leading business icon and a very dear friend of Bayelsa state.-Gov Henry Seriake Dickson
4. 60 hearty cheers for a man of exceptional ability and performance. At 60, you glow as one who has made good for himself and for his country. You stand out as an investor per excellence and through your brilliant investments, hard work and success you have become one of the pillars of the Nigerian economy. – Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Senator Oluremi Tinubu.
5. Rare as a gem. To a man of great determination, who through the years has shone brilliantly through his invaluable achievements. Sir, you stand out as a gem of inestimable value.- Orji Uzor Kalu
6. I wish you a happy birthday, Dr. Mike Adenuga. You are a pillar of African football. You are a grand sponsor of CAF, grand sponsor of Nigerian and Ghanaian National football teams. Happy birthday. may God protect you and give you good health to continue to grow your business and help grow African football, Ghanaian football and Nigerian football.- Issa Hayatou, CAF president
7. Happy birthday to a legend. An icon, a great administrator and a man of distinction.- Comrade Abba Moro
8. You remain the embodiment of Nigerian entrepreneurial spirit. Your focus, endurance and commitment to a prosperous Nigeria and indeed Africa have marked you out for greater glory.- H.R.M Oba Adedotun Gbadebo
9. All rise to salute the Grand commander. Extra is the added advantage in an extraordinary man.- Alaiyeluwa Oba (Dr.) S.K. Adetona
10. Happy birthday to my worthy big brother.- Senator Olalekan Mustapha
11. Toast to the grand commander at 60. We salute your selfless and unwavering commitment to humanity and astonishing accomplishments as you strike diamond today.- Ojude Oba Festival Committee
12. 60 hearty cheers to my glowing brother. You are every inch a towering figure with achievements as towering as your physique.- Alhaji AbdulAzeez Arisekola Alao
13. We are proud of your monumental strides in the field of communication, trade and industry, and philanthropy that stand you out as a northern star in the galaxy of stars.-The Ogun State Council of Obas
14. Our pride turns Diamond.- Ijebu Traditional Council
15. Congratulations dad. We rejoice with a consummate professional, a respected nationalist, a committed philanthropist and a loving dad and grand dad.- Jaiye, Bella and Jameel Disu
16. Hearty cheers to my dear Apesin at 60. Precisely 60 years today, Dr. Mike Adenuga Jnr. (GCON) was brought to the world, to love,impact and give succor to people and humanity, with a clear mandate of touching lives and making society a better place to live.-Evangelist Ebenezer Obey-Fabiyi
17. Happy cheers to our own Dr. Mike Adenuga at 60. Our beloved husband, father and grandfather.-Princess Adefolake Adenuga
18. Happy birthday daddy. There are stories and then there are stories. This is the story of the one that has given me everything.- Abimbola Adenuga
19. You have always given us our pay cheques. Today here’s a special cheque to you from all of us. – Glo Team.
20. It’s been a great pleasure and rare privilege for us working for agreat and amazing person like you.-Globacom and Conoil Plc Staff, Chairman’s office
21. Sir over the year you have brought the best out of the best and we are so privileged to have a boss, mentor and leader as you. The more you age, the more valuable you become. Sir, your value is just priceless.-Credit Control Team- Globacom.
22. Like diamonds, your worth is inestimable. You have impacted millions of lives worldwide. Your commitment to making a positive difference is unequaled.- Funmilola Osunsade
23. Congratulations to a man of vision and industry, we felicitate with you as you turn 60.- Eurafric Depot
24. Celebrating Adenuga at 60. We celebrate a man of vision, a man of purpose and achievement. We celebrate a leader of men.- Ericsson
25. A toast to a leading light. While some grow weary with age, your vibrancy and vision remains undimmed. We proudly celebrate with our dynamic leader as he fires on to another round of trailblazing achievements.- Conoil
26. Still bustling with energy. Happy birthday to the man who goes the extra mile for Africa.- Conoil
27. A champion of the business world. Sir, you have shown us how to live everyday like champions, through your deep desire to see your dreams and visions come alive, no matter the challenge.- George K. George
28. My respected chairman at 60. There is nothing as fulfilling as being a witness to the astonishing activities of a remarkable entrepreneur.- Wasiu Adebiyi
29. Every inch an oil king.- J.O Ariyo
30. Six decades and still waxing stronger, going higher.- Charles Uwaechie and Deacon Felix Akintola
31. Congratulations to a worthy pace setter.- Chief Lateef Oyelade
32. Celebrating Olori Oko. The business world is only for the brave at heart.- Conoil station dealers in Lagos
33. Celebrating the people’s chairman.-NARTO
34. A positive changer of our world.- Mrs Evelyn Rewande-Fabayan
35. Happy 60th birthday. You are welcome to your year of uncommon testimony.- Sisters and brother
36. Happy 60th birthday to an exemplary Nigerian.- OAN-Overseas Agency Nigeria Limited.
37. Birthday toast. You are a visioner, a courageous leader and administrator “per excellence”, a tireless giver to the down trodden, an epitome of humility.- Stag Engineering Nigeria LTD
38. A true gentleman at his finest. A man of flair and many talents. At 60, a diamond with prestige and pedigree. At 60 “the prime of life”, a sage of industry.- Leadway Assurance
39. The guru is 60. 6 decades of dynamism. The great entrepreneur is 60. Six decades of valued and selfless service to Nigerian people.- E-motion
40. A brother second to none, a boss like no other… for all that you are, for all that you mean to us and millions more, it is our prayer that the Almighty will crown you with more healthy, fruitful and rewarding years.- Adewale Sangowawa
41. Happy birthday to the golden finger of Nigerian oil.- Seawolf
42. Many men; few icons. Congratulations to a quintessential icon for the glowing six decades for a greener Nigeria and for a more endowed humanity.- PromoWorld LTD
43. Your birth 60 years ago was a special gift to people of your generation and beyond whose lives you have touched in more than one way. – Mojisola Bkare and others.
44. GCON is 60. Oga, step by step the journey goes on, moving from one glory and accomplishment to the other with accolades, encomiums and recognition from far and near.- Chukwuemeka Asieru-Sweet
45. A giant of our time at 60.- Sovereign Trust Insurance PLC
46. Happy birthday Dr. Mike Adenuga Jr. GCON.- Sterling Bank
47. 60 hearty congratulations to our leader and our boss.-Mr. Niyi Adewumi and other
48. The bull rages on at 60.- Optima energy
49. An icon turns 60. Celebrating decades of your outstanding achievements.- Marsha
50. Still blazing at 60 with rekindled ambition and passion to achieve even greater feats.- Victor Obaika
51. Enjoy the finest of life at 60. Like one in a billion golden bubbles, you stand out in your generation.- Elder I. Adisa
52. Prime time to celebrate. Today we mark 6 decades of your world class excellence. You have always pursued, persevered and conquered. 60 diamond cheers to you sir.- Francis Nebot
53. The path breaker, the trail blazer is 60. Your greatness has never been as a result of being strong but in the right use of your strength. – Deaconess Christie Suinner and others.
54. 60 hearty cheers to our true exemplary leader. We celebrate a great achiever, a man of big dreams and colossal achievements.- Aashish Sharma and others
55. Our role model clocks 60. To the indefatigable and ebullient chairman of chairmen… the collage of the brightest ideas.- Dele and Aramide Bankole
56. Congratulations to the guru on this auspicious celebration of your birthday. You are a man of great destiny and indeed a blessing to this generation.- Captain A.O. Adeyinka
57. Adenuga, still indefatigable at 60. We acknowledge your tremendous contributions to the development of Nigeria football over the years and wish you many more years of useful contributions to Nigerian football and the Nigerian nation in general.- Nigeria Football Federation
58. Happy birthday to a star of our generation. At 60, you have positively touched so many lives and made giant strides in building the nation politically, socially and economically.- Macans Global Services LTD
59. We rejoice and celebrate with you, as you clock 60 today. We wish you all that you wish yourself and more. – American University of Nigeria.
60. Hurray, the guru ids 60. We are lucky to have partnered with you over the years, and blessed to have you as a friend and a big brother.- Mike and Susan Itemuagbor
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This Day
Military, Police Ring Abuja to Forestall Boko Haram Attack
•Deploy more personnel as army chief vows to wipe out terror group
•Security beefed up at N’Assembly
Deji Elumoye and Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja
Abuja, Nigeria’s seat of power, is under a massive security cordon following threats of attacks by insurgents and the increasing wave of banditry in the contiguous states of Kaduna, Kogi, Nasarawa and Niger States, THISDAY’s investigation has revealed.
There has been a wave of kidnappings in the outskirts of the federal capital, notably Pegi, Tuganmaje and Kuje among others, which the police have battled in recent times.
The security situation in and around the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) was heightened by the pronouncement of the Niger State Governor, Mr. Sani Bello, that Boko Haram fighters who he said sacked 50 villages in the state and hoisted the terror group’s flag, were about two hours drive away from the FCT.
Security has also been beefed up at the National Assembly as operatives, yesterday, thoroughly screened every vehicle approaching the National Assembly complex in Abuja.
The deteriorating security situation nationwide prompted the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Prince Uche Secondus, to warn that the 2023 general election may not hold, demanding the declaration of a state of emergency as well as the convocation of a national conference.
However, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, yesterday restated the Nigerian Army’s determination to annihilate Boko Haram.
But the Governor of Katsina State, Hon. Bello Masari, cautioned against declaring a state of emergency, saying doing so isn’t the solution to combat the security challenges facing the country.
The security of the nation’s airports was also in focus yesterday as the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) said there was no threat to them.
THISDAY’s investigations showed increased presence of troops, police, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) personnel and intelligence operatives at the three strategic entrances to the city notably, Keffi, Zuba and Gwagwalada.
More checkpoints were also mounted around Gwagwalada and Keffi.
THISDAY also observed increased intelligence deployment at the entrance and the borders of FCT with contiguous states.
Beyond the borders, there were more deployments and police patrols inside the city and increased intelligence deployments as well.
Security sources told THISDAY: “There are deployments here and there but they are routine. Alertness is key to a secure environment.”
It was also learnt that security agencies were involved in frenzied meetings throughout yesterday.
The meetings, coordinated by the office of the Chief of Defence Staff under the new joint operational strategy of the armed forces, were aimed at coordinating a joint response to possible threats of attack to the FCT.
“I understand the security teams have been meeting for some days now and if you look around you, you will notice that there are increasing patrols and numbers of security personnel. The threats are not been taken lightly,” a source said.
National Assembly workers, lawmakers and visitors also had a harrowing experience accessing the legislative complex due to heightened security in the area.
Security operatives thoroughly screened every vehicle approaching the National Assembly complex in Abuja, impeding both human and vehicular traffic.
The Sergeant-at-arm of the National Assembly and other security agencies supervised the operations, leading to huge traffic build-up inside the complex.
Legislative staff, visitors and lawmakers were seen patiently waiting for their cars to be searched so that they could go ahead with the business of the day.
Some staff and visitors at some point got tired of waiting and were seen alighting from their cars to trek from the gate to the complex.
Meanwhile, the ONSA has said there is no threat to the nation’s airports.
A statement by the Head of Strategic Communication, Mr. Zachari Usman, said the reports of threats to the airports were an internal correspondence of security threat assessment misconstrued as security threat to the airports.
PDP Demands State of Emergency
In a related development, the PDP National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, yesterday demanded the declaration of a state of emergency, warning that the 2023 general election might not hold if the federal government failed to tackle insecurity.
He called on the federal government to summon a national conference to address the spike in insecurity.
Secondus added that the national caucus of the party will meet today to discuss the state of the nation.
Addressing members of the National Executive Committee (NEC) in Abuja, Secondus said: “We are worried Abuja is not even safe. It is no longer politics. We got alert of plots to bomb and burn down our airports.
“We urge the federal government to declare a national state of emergency in security. There is the need to call a national conference to discuss the insecurity in the country.
“There may not be any election in 2023 in Nigeria due to insecurity. This government must listen to the people. The Buhari government should call a national confab to discuss security and state of the nation. It is no longer politics. This time we are not playing politics. Let’s keep politics aside and move the nation forward.”
He said the country had been grounded, regretting that there had been no matching response from the federal government.
Secondus said in the past, terrorism in the North was confined to the North-east, but with the report of Boko Haram occupying villages in Niger State, terrorism had spread to the North-central
“Herdsmen are also menacing in the West; gunmen causing havoc in the East; and the militants in the South; all killing, looting, raping, maiming and burning down homes. The situation is bad; Nigerians all over are living in fear,” he said.
The Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, said the problem of Nigeria was outside of the PDP headquarters, while pledging the support of the Senate to the declaration of state of emergency in security.
Abaribe said he deliberately decided not to speak on the floor of the Senate but to allow the APC senators to speak so as to avoid being accused of giving a partisan colouration to the issue of insecurity.
He stated that only electoral reforms would give victory to the opposition party in the 2023 general election and ensure a democratic defeat of the APC-led federal government.
Also, the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu, commended the NEC and the PDP leadership for their collective efforts at resolving the House leadership crisis.
The NEC meeting adopted the position of Secondus, calling on the federal government to convoke a national conference to discuss the state of insecurity in the country, according to a communiqué read by the National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan.
Army Chief Vows to Wipe Out Boko Haram
The army yesterday reiterated its commitment to wipe out Boko Haram.
Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, told reporters in Maiduguri, Borno State that Boko Haram had been defeated in many encounters and would continue to be defeated until it’s annihilated from Nigeria.
“We will take on Boko Haram decisively, and we are committed to the focus of the operations, which is the total annihilation of Boko Haram from Nigeria,” he said.
The COAS, who was visiting the headquarters of Operation Lafiya Dole in Maiduguri for the fifth time since his appointment four months ago, said the visit was to boost the morale of the troops, reassure them and listen to any issues affecting them.
Earlier, the Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj. Gen. Farouq Yahaya, lauded the visit, which he said had continued to boost the morale of the troops.
“We are honoured, we are grateful, we are encouraged by those visits. You provided us guidance, logistics and other things we required. We are most grateful for those visits,” Yahaya said.
State of Emergency Won’t Solve Security Challenges, Says Masari
Katsina State Governor, Hon. Aminu Masari, has, however, said declaration of a state of emergency won’t solve the security challenges facing the nation.
Masari, who spoke yesterday with journalists after meeting with the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari at the State House, Abuja stated that he was against the recent call by the House of Representatives for the declaration of a state of emergency in the security sector as it would not solve the problem.
According to him, declaring a state of emergency will not achieve the desired effect as the security structure and personnel to be used to execute the emergency are already overstretched in a bid to safeguard lives and property.
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Tribune
Nigeria records 55 new COVID-19 infections, total now 165,110
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Nigeria records 55 new COVID-19 infections, total now 165,110
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 62 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 165,110. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Friday. “55 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria; Lagos-21, Yobe-19, Ogun-6, Akwa Ibom-3, Kaduna-2, Plateau-2, FCT-1, Rivers-1.” YOU SHOULD NOT MISS THESE HEADLINES FROM NIGERIAN TRIBUNE COVID-19: Nigeria Recorded […]
Nigeria records 55 new COVID-19 infections, total now 165,110
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Vanguard
Attacks on S’East: We must explore all options of negotiation — Stakeholders urge Igbo
By Olasunkanmi Akoni
The people of the South East region have been urged to explore the power of negotiation and mutual settlement in the face of ongoing killings and security challenges in the zone because the east can not afford another war at present.
Stakeholders from the South-East geo-political zone made the remark on Thursday, at the unveiling of the book, “Igbo, 50 years after Biafra,” written by Special Adviser to Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Drainage Services, Joe Igbokwe, held at Ikeja G.R.A.
Speaking at the unveiling of the book, the chairman of the occasion, Mr. Cutis Adigba,
urged the people of the South-East to learn to build bridges across the country, so that they can realise their ambition of producing the next president of Nigeria.
Adigba urged leaders from the zone to discourage the move and agitation by some youths in the South East to go to war and secede out of Nigeria.
Also read: Banditry: Disregard viral video, Niger State gov’t urges residents
He said that Igbo have always found it difficult to rule Nigeria because they refused to build bridges across the six geo-political zones that made up Nigeria.
While describing the agitation as uncalled for, Adigba noted that after two decades that Nigeria returned to civil rule, the Igbo has predominantly identified with only one political party.
He maintained that remaining in one party can not advance the cause of the people of South East and cannot make them realise their objective of producing an Igbo man as president.
He maintained that the publisher of the book, Igbokwe played politics outside his state, so that the Igbo race can be integrated with one another race.
Adigba said the failure of the Igbo to reintegrate with other ethnic nationalities politically was responsible for the retrogression of the race in Nigerian politics.
Igbokwe, also addressing guests on the occasion, maintained that the Igbo are not advancing politically because they refused to be integrated into National politics, lamenting that, despite their success in business, they are not successful in playing politics at the national level.
Corroborating Dimgba, Igbokwe noted that there was the need for the Igbo people to stand up and build bridges so that their objective of producing the next president of Nigeria could be realised.
According to him: “I have decided to raise my voice, I hope my people will hear me while trying to quell the effect of the war, our people are spoiling for another war, mayhem is being unleashed in Igbo land, and there is palpable fear.
“Those who could speak have lost their voice, mindful of the consequences of their actions, I am calling on all Igbo leaders to speak up because all actions carry consequences, consequences of the silence will be too dastardly to sustain.
“Those silently supporting the wild wind should be careful or else they hand over to their children,” he said.
Igbokwe urged those spoiling for war to jettison their plan and embrace dialogue, urging them to learn from the South West region that despite the challenges faced after the annulment of the June 12, 1993, election, they did not go to war, and the region had the opportunity of producing two of her sons for presidential position in 1999.
“You have to build bridges to become president of Nigeria, but it is unfortunate the Igbo are burning bridges.”
Speaking at the event, Chief Uche Dimgba who is the coordinator of Igbo in All Progressives Congress, APC in Lagos, described Igbokwe as “a Frank, fearless and reliable leader, who based his views on issues and stand by his opinions, and we the Igbo have confidence in him and believe he can lead us aright.”
“He is a leader we Igbo believe in and we will follow him. If he can serve all the governors produced in Lagos State since 1999, he is a better man to follow because he possesses all the experience that can be of benefit to Igbo both at home and in the diaspora.”
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Premium Times
Insecurity: Lagos bans occupation of abandoned buildings
The government said that no worker should stay back beyond 6:00 p.m. within premises of buildings undergoing construction.
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