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Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, has urged Muslim faithful to resist tendencies that can divide the state through religion or politics. This is as he donated a bus for the propagation of Islam in the state. He also commended them for their contributions to the growth and development of the state since he assumed office. The governor stated this on Tuesday, while receiving the Muslim Community of Oyo State, led by its leader, Alhaji Kunle Sanni, on a courtesy visit at the Executive Chamber, Office of the Governor, Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan. The governor said, “Since 2019, I can say it without any bias that some of the quality advice that I have gotten in terms of governance came from our Muslim leaders. So, I don’t discriminate. “When some people came and said that the cabinet is lopsided, while I try to balance things, I also look for quality. If you look at the education sector, the Commissioner for Education is a Muslim. SUBEB Chairman is a Muslim. Barrister Abdulraheem Abiodun, the chairman of the Education Trust Fund, is a Muslim. I have nothing to hide. “They said the appointment of Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning is lopsided. It used to be Finance and Economic Planning but when we came in, we split it into two. And it is almost everything that is going on in Finance that is visible to someone doing Budget and Economic Planning. “Anything they want to bring to Exco, they will ask if it has been captured in the budget. If it is there, they will check how much has been spent and how much is remaining. He is the custodian and he is a Muslim. So, we have nothing to hide. “I will keep saying it that if people want to divide us along religious or political lines, we as leaders must resist that attempt and expose them. “So, I want to say that it is our state; some have come and gone and I will go too. Whatever we do for our state is what the successor will meet and continue from there. “I am begging you that we should resist their attempts because there are people that will profit from our division. But if we don’t allow division, they will go elsewhere. “Day before yesterday, one of the Christian leaders said some people are bringing up the issue of Sharia Court again in Oyo State. And I said, for me in Oyo State, our laws and constitution is what I swore to uphold. If they are within the law, fine. But if they are not, they should expect that I will insist that the law must be followed. “So, I want to use this opportunity to say that if there are certain people using the issue to play politics, they should have a rethink and constantly stay on the side of the law.” Speaking on the Ibadan stampede incident, Governor Makinde assured that the law would take its due course to prevent future occurrences. “The incident at Islamic High School was avoidable and the loss of innocent lives was a sad one. Some of them would have been future leaders. Some could have been future presidents but the dreams are dead. “And then, I listened to people on social media who were saying that because I know Oriyomi Hamzat, justice won’t prevail. I said to myself that these people don’t probably know the kind of person their governor is. “When Prof. was talking, he said something about tempering justice with mercy. Yes, we will get to that but if my child was part of those that died, I would be saying something totally differently. And, no life is bigger than any other life, we are equal before God. “It is easier for people to say I know some certain people and they should be treated as such. What about the 35 innocent souls that died, don’t they also deserve justice? “That was why early this year, I signed off the rule of law enforcement authority. We want our systems to be working like that of the developed world. Rule is rule; law is law. But for us, we don’t want to do those things and they are impeding our progress. “Inasmuch as we’re are fair to everybody, it is fine. On my watch, whoever deserves justice will get it. And how do we ensure that this thing does not occur again? Those are the things we have to look into. “Finally, I will say that we are not infallible. We are all mortals. Wherever you think we have fallen short, call our attention to it and we will make correction. No matter how we try, we will still make mistakes.” Earlier in his speech, the Leader of the Muslim Community, Alhaji Sanni, expressed gratitude to the governor for the massive recruitment of teachers into the primary and secondary schools, describing the act as capable of lifting people from poverty to prosperity. He also commended the governor’s giant strides in developing the state through various infrastructure projects across the geopolitical zones of the state. Sanni urged the governor to employ more subject teachers and equally allow religious studies teachers to impact directly on the students in order to curb moral decadence among pupils and students in various schools. The event had in attendance the Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Bayo Lawal; former deputy governor of Oyo State, Alhaji Hazeem Gbolarumi; wife of former governor of Oyo State, Chief Mrs Mutiat Ladoja; former Speaker of the House of Assembly, Senator Monsurat Sumonu; Chief of Staff to the Governor, Otunba Segun Ogunwuyi; and PDP South-West Woman Leader, Alhaja Bose Adedibu. Others were the Senior Executive Assistant to the Governor on General Duties, Chief Bayo Lawal; top government functionaries and the executive members of the Muslim Community, among others. ALSO READ TOP STORIES FROM NIGERIAN TRIBUNERodgers acknowledges Jets could release him after the regular season as he contemplates his future
Puri: Director General of Police (DGP) YB Khurania on Sunday reviewed the security arrangements for the visit of President Droupadi Murmu to Odisha’s Puri. The DGP had darshan in Jagannath temple and then went to Blue Flag beach, Raj Bhavan, Samang parking and sea beach to take stock of the security arrangements. Later, he held a meeting with senior police officers in the district SP’s office. Speaking to the media after the meeting, Khurania said tight security would be put in place during the President’s visit to Puri on December 4. “Special attention has been given to vehicular traffic from Bhubaneswar to Puri and inside the Pilgrim Town. Parking of vehicles and security of VIPs accompanying the President were also discussed. Total 80 platoons of police force under the supervision of 300 senior officers will be deployed on the President’s route and inside the town,” he said. According to the itinerary, President Murmu will arrive in Bhubaneswar on December 3 by a special Indian Air Force flight and unveil the statue of Pandit Raghunath Murmu at Niladri Vihar in Bhubaneswar in the evening. The following day, she will visit Puri and have darshan of the sibling deities at Jagannath Temple. Thereafter, she will attend the 75th-anniversary celebration of Gopabandhu Ayurveda College and later, witness the Indian Navy’s display of its formidable maritime capabilities and operational strength at Blue Flag beach on the occasion of Navy Day. Khurania said 25 Indian Navy ships along with 40 fighter aircrafts will participate in the military show on the day. Since general public will also attend the show, special attention has been given to the President’s security, he added. : Get real time updates directly on you device, subscribe now. Prev Post
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Koei Tecmo Holdings Co., Ltd. (OTCMKTS:TKHCF) Sees Significant Decrease in Short InterestSAN ANTONIO (AP) — Colorado secured what it said was record insurance coverage for quarterback Shedeur Sanders and Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter as the star duo opted to complete their college careers in the Alamo Bowl rather than sit out and prepare for the NFL draft. Colorado would not disclose the amount of insurance coverage each received, citing privacy laws. Coach Deion Sanders and athletic director Rick George both said it was the largest in college football history. “We happen to have two players that are probably going to be the first two picks of the NFL draft,” Sanders said Monday. “We all know who those two are and they have received, I think, the highest number of coverage that has ever been covered in college football. It far exceeds anyone that has ever played this game of college football.” While college programs maintain insurance policies for their athletes in case of injury, Colorado increased disability coverage for its entire roster in the Alamo Bowl. Sanders, the coach of the No. 20 Buffaloes, ensured his QB son and two-way star Hunter received larger policies since both are expected to be among the top 10 selections in the upcoming NFL draft. “It was his idea we should get disability insurance for our athletes for this game to ensure that they played and if there was some kind of injury that they would be well taken care of," George said. “So, we worked together on that. We’re excited about it. We think it’s great that all our players are playing in the game. That’s what all bowl games should be like.” Colorado (9-3, No. 23 CFP) will face the 17th-ranked BYU Cougars (10-2, No. 17 CFP) in the Alamo Bowl on Saturday. While most teams are scrambling with starters opting out of bowl games this year to enter the transfer portal or NFL draft, the Buffaloes did not lose any player on their two-deep roster. “It’s more than what I got (when he played at Kansas State),” Colorado linebackers coach Andre’ Hart said. “They gave us a helmet and said pop this on your leg and get out there and play. For them to get that (increased insurance coverage), I just think it’s beneficial. To talk about where the game is, where it’s going and how leadership is taking care of the players, I thought that’s excellent.” Shedeur Sanders completed 337 of 454 passes for 3,926 yards and 35 touchdowns this season. Many scouting services have Sanders rated as the top quarterback in this year's draft. Hunter received the Heisman Trophy as a two-way standout at cornerback and wide receiver. He had 92 receptions for 1,152 yards and 14 touchdowns and as a cornerback had four interceptions, broke up 11 passes and limited the opposition to 22 receptions on 688 defensive snaps. “They’ve taken care of us, everybody,” Colorado running back Micah Welch said. “It really means a lot to have every teammate up here. That's a big thing. What I like about Coach Prime, they’re taking care of us.” Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football
Patsy Hutch gives ‘two fingers’ to gang boss Daniel Kinahan as he puts up his brother’s election posters at former cartel stronghold Patsy Hutch erects posters for Gerry Patsy Hutch erects posters for Gerry Gerry The Monk Hutch Patsy Hutch – who a court deemed there was a ‘reasonable possibility’ he planned the Regency Hotel attack – joined criminal brother Gerry Hutch’s election campaign this week. Our pictures show 63-year-old Patsy nimbly scaling a ladder on Tuesday to attach one of Hutch’s posters to a lamp post outside the Hardwicke Street flats — a former Kinahan cartel stronghold in Dublin. One source described the significance of the image as giving ‘two fingers’ to exiled gang-boss Daniel Kinahan, whose associates previously used the flats as a north inner- city base. The flats have long been viewed as a Kinahan stronghold, with cartel top-dog Ross Browning keeping an address in the complex where he himself grew up. “There’s obviously an element of glee in this for anyone associated with the Hutches,” a source said. “They’ve gone from a situation where the Kinahans were trying, with some degree of success, to exterminate their entire family, to one where the cartel’s operations in this country have been smashed by the State and the Hutch gang’s talisman, Gerry, is running for the Dáil. In fairness, you couldn’t make this stuff up! Patsy Hutch erects posters for Gerry “Putting the poster up outside those flats, and Patsy coming down in person to do it, couldn’t be seen as anything other than giving two fingers to their rivals.” Patsy, who had armed gardai stationed outside his home for more than seven years after the Regency Hotel shooting of David Byrne, has largely kept a low profile since his garda protection detail was withdrawn in August of last year. During the height of the feud, the 63-year-old was targeted by the Kinahans for assassination while graffiti appeared around the city stating the feud, which resulted in 18 murders, would end with Patsy’s death. He and his son Patrick, the latter who went on trial for the murder of David Byrne in the Special Criminal Court before the State dropped the case after the death of respected investigator Det Supt Colm Fox, were regarded as among the top four targets for the cartel — alongside Gerry and loyal Hutch gang lieutenant James ‘Mago’ Gately. When Gerry was found not guilty of Byrne’s murder after his own trial at the Special Criminal Court, it was stated in the judgement that a “reasonable possibility arises on the evidence that the Regency was planned by Patsy Hutch and that Gerard Hutch stepped in, as head of the family, to attempt to sort out the aftermath of the Regency, particularly as his own life was at risk.” Gerry fled Ireland for the relative safety of Spain in the wake of the Regency murder while the cartel’s associates wreaked a bloody war, claiming 18 lives, against his family and associates in Ireland. The 61-year-old, who agreed a €1.5 million settlement with CAB in the late 1990s and was suspected of carrying out the two of the biggest armed robberies in the history of the State, has been critical of the currently elected officials, many of whom dealt with the fallout from the savagery that engulfed the area at the height of the feud. Patsy Hutch erects posters for Gerry In an exclusive interview with our Crime World podcast, he accused them of doing ‘shag all’ for the north inner city. One of the politicians to hit back at Hutch was outgoing Social Democrat TD Gary Gannon. At the launch of the Social Democrats education policy launch, Gannon – who was born and raised in the north inner city – noted that Hutch doesn’t even live in the north inner city and had “move(d) himself out to Clontarf. Gannon said he had worked hard to keep the electricity on and secure funding for the Corinthians Boxing Club that Hutch bought and leases to the club for €1 a year on a 99-year lease. Gerry The Monk Hutch “Does he know how much we’ve had to do just to keep the lights on in his own boxing club? I’ve had to go and talk to local businesses in the area. “Try to corral the council to come in and to provide some support for lights, for equipment, punching bags. Gerry Hutch must not be aware of all of those things. This community has trauma that is generational. It won’t be solved by people standing up and pretending to be some sort of saviours,” he said. Gannon said he had worked hard during his time in office, referencing a number of improvements in the area. “Gerry Hutch wasn’t around for any of those things. That was me as a politician who was there. So, if Gerry Hutch wants to be a political leader, ask him where he was for the last any number of years,” he said. “I was born and raised in this area. Gerry Hutch decided to move himself out to Clontarf. So, I’m happy to stand over my record in this community. Similarly, Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald hit out at Hutch. “Representing communities that really suffered in the course of that gangland conflict, it wasn’t glamorous,” she said. “That kind of activity in communities brings nothing but bad news and hardship, especially for young people.” Bookmakers Boylesports have Hutch at ‘evens’ to win a seat in the competitive constituency.Gaetz's withdrawal highlights how incoming presidents often lose Cabinet nominees MARTIN, Tenn. (AP) — Losing a Cabinet nominee to the confirmation process isn’t unheard of for incoming presidents — including for Donald Trump when he was elected the first time. Matt Gaetz’s decision to pull his name Thursday from consideration for attorney general — amid continued fallout over a federal sex trafficking investigation — represents the first indication of resistance that the president-elect could face from his own party to picks facing allegations of sexual misconduct or other questions. Other Trump picks have drawn negative attention as well, including Pete Hegseth for defense secretary and Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence. Vance takes on a more visible transition role as he works to boost Trump's most controversial picks WASHINGTON (AP) — After several weeks working behind closed doors, Vice President-elect JD Vance returned to Capitol Hill this week in a new, more visible role. He's been helping Donald Trump’s most contentious Cabinet picks try to win confirmation in the Senate, where he has served for the last two years. Vance spent part of Wednesday at the Capitol with Rep. Matt Gaetz sitting in on meetings with Trump’s controversial choice for attorney general. On Thursday, Vance was back, this time accompanying Pete Hegseth. Vance is expected to accompany other nominees for meetings over the coming weeks as he tries to leverage the two years he has spent in the Senate to help push through Trump’s picks. Beyond evangelicals, Trump and his allies courted smaller faith groups, from the Amish to Chabad Donald Trump’s lock on the white evangelical vote is legendary, but he didn't focus exclusively on large religious voter blocs. He and his allies also wooed smaller religious groups, away from the mainstream. He posted a tribute to Coptic church members on social media and met with members of Assyrians for Trump — two smaller Christian communities with Middle Eastern roots. He visited the grave of the revered late leader of an Orthodox Jewish movement. His allies sought votes from the separatist Amish community. While Trump won decisively, the outreaches reflected aggressive campaigning in what was expected to be a tight race. NATO and Ukraine to hold emergency talks after Russia's attack with new hypersonic missile KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — NATO and Ukraine will hold emergency talks Tuesday after Russia attacked a central city with a hypersonic ballistic missile that escalated the nearly 33-month-old war. Ukraine's parliament canceled a session Friday over the security threat. In a stark warning to the West, President Vladimir Putin said in a nationally televised speech Thursday that the attack with the intermediate-range Oreshnik missile was retaliation for Kyiv’s use of U.S. and British longer-range missiles capable of striking deeper into Russian territory. Putin said Russia is launching production of the Oreshnik, saying it's so powerful that several of them fitted with conventional warheads could be as devastating as a strike with strategic — or nuclear — weapons. Texas education board approves optional Bible-infused curriculum for elementary schools AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ education board has voted to allow Bible-infused teachings in elementary schools. The approval Friday follows other Republican-led states that have pushed this year to give religion a larger presence in public classrooms. The curriculum adopted by the Texas State Board of Education is optional for schools to adopt, but they’ll receive additional funding if they do so. Parents and teachers who opposed the curriculum say the lessons will alienate students of other faith backgrounds. Supporters argue the Bible is a core feature of American history and that teaching it will enrich learning. 2 men convicted of charges related to human smuggling after scheme led to an Indian family’s death FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (AP) — A prosecution spokesperson says a jury has convicted two men of charges related to human smuggling for their roles in an international operation that led to the deaths of a family of Indian migrants who froze while trying to cross the Canada-U.S. border during a 2022 blizzard. Harshkumar Ramanlal Patel and Steve Shand each faced four charges related to human smuggling before being convicted Friday. Patel is an Indian national. Shand is an American from Florida. They were arrested after the family froze while trying to cross the desolate border during a 2022 blizzard. Northern California gets record rain and heavy snow. Many have been in the dark for days in Seattle FORESTVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A major storm with heavy snow and record rain that's moving through Northern California has toppled trees, closed roads and prompted evacuations in some areas after knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people in Washington and Oregon. Forecasters warn that the risk of flash flooding and rockslides will continue through Friday. The National Weather Service has extended a flood watch for areas north of San Francisco as a plume of moisture known as an atmospheric river inundates Northern California and the Pacific Northwest. Up to 16 inches of rain is forecast in Northern California and southwestern Oregon. The storm system unleashed winds earlier this week that left two people dead and hundreds of thousands without power in Washington. Colorado funeral home owners accused of letting 190 bodies decay plead guilty to corpse abuse COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Colorado funeral home owners accused of stashing 190 decaying bodies and giving grieving families fake ashes have pleaded guilty to corpse abuse. Jon and Carie Hallford entered the plea on Friday. Prosecutors say the owners of the Return to Nature funeral home began improperly storing bodies in a building outside Colorado Springs as far back as 2019. They allege the couple gave grieving families dry concrete in place of their loved ones’ cremains. Over the years, the Hallfords spent lavishly, buying luxury cars and laser body sculpting. That ended when the bodies were discovered last year. Archaeologists discover 4,000-year-old canals used to fish by predecessors of ancient Maya WASHINGTON (AP) — Using drones and Google Earth imagery, archaeologists have discovered a 4,000-year-old network of earthen canals in what’s now Belize. The research published Friday in Science Advances shows that long before the ancient Maya built temples, their predecessors were already altering the landscape of Central America’s Yucatan peninsula. The ancient fish canals were used to channel and catch freshwater species such as catfish. These structures were used for around 1,000 years — including during the “formative” period when the Maya began to settle in permanent farming villages and a distinctive culture started to emerge. Noodles and wine are the secret ingredients for a strange new twist in China's doping saga Blame it on the noodles. That's what one Chinese official suggested when anti-doping leaders were looking for answers for the doping scandal that cast a shadow over this year's Olympic swim meet. Earlier this year, reports that 23 Chinese swimmers had tested positive for a banned heart medication emerged. None were sanctioned because Chinese authorities determined the swimmers were contaminated by traces of the drug spread about a hotel kitchen. In a strange twist, the leader of China's anti-doping agency suggested this case could have been similar to one in which criminals were responsible for tainting noodles that were later eaten by another Chinese athlete who also tested positive for the drug.
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