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World Shortest man, Edward Nino Hernandez, being measured
Shortest Living Human, Edward Nino Hernandez, of Colombia who measures 72.10 cm – around 2 feet and 4 inches tall and weighs just 22lbs says he uses his smiles to conquer the world.
Hernandez suffers from a condition known as hypothyroidism which stunted his growth. “I use my smile to conquer the world! I always share my big smile with everyone; that’s my charm,” Hernandez told UPI. “I can achieve everything I set my mind to. Everything is possible . . . Size and height don’t matter! I want people to meet who I truly am: small in size, big in heart!”
APC Presidential Campaign Council led by its Director General and Governor of Plateau State Simon Bako Lalong on Tuesday 19th December 2022 organised a Town Hall meeting with the organised Labour in Abuja where the Presidential Candidate of the APC Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu gave an insight into what his relationship with the Labour will be when elected into office.
Asiwaju who said his manifesto, “Renewed Hope” captures his plans for reviving the economy and boosting production said the Nigerian worker will have a greater deal under his Presidency.
He said his relationship with the Labour movement goes deep as he worked side by side with some of its frontline leaders in the fight for the enthronement of democracy many years ago.
Tinubu explained that his vision for Nigeria is anchored on creating economic opportunities through industrialisation, fighting corruption and enhancing security as well as harnessing the potentials of every part of the country. Jobs he said must be created for the youths which will make the economy grow while crime goes down.
He said Nigerian workers apart from deserving living wages, must be given the opportunity to own houses, access quality healthcare, get credit to afford basic necessities of life as well as have their children get quality education through student loans among others.
Tinubu assured that the Labour will be carried along in the governance process as he believes in collective responsibility which is evident from his antecedent as Governor of Lagos State where he was able to marshal resources and gurantee the survival of the State depsite drought orchestrated by the then federal government.
Director General APC Presidential Campaign Council and Governor of Plateau State Simon Bako Lalong appreciated the organised Labour for giving the APC Presidential Candidate the opportunity to share his vision with them and to also explain how he intends to impact their lives and that of Nigerians in general when elected.
NLC President Comrade Ayuba Wabba while presenting a charter of demands by the workers said the Nigerian worker is the one that really creates value but yet has been under-paid, under-employed and even exploited both in and out of service.
He said workers want a living wage, social security, controlled inflation and a regime of energy security that is based on local refining of Nigerian crude rather than import of refined products which has been used to siphon money belonging to all Nigerians under the guise of subsidy.
Also speaking, TUC President Comrade Peter Osifo said the Nigerian worker is tired of being shortchanged and left with no option than to embark on strike to press for his rights.
He said in the next dispensation, the workers want to be part of a government that will be transparent, responsible and prudent in order to manage the resources of the nation rather than plunging generations yet unborn into debt.
Deputy DG PCC and former NLC President Adams Osiohmole said Asiwaju presents the best deal for Nigerian workers because of his antecedents which clearly show that he is compassionate, strategic and open to carrying all sectors along.
He said a vote for Tinubu will make the Nigerian worker comfortable enough to give his best for the growth of the nation.
Dr. Makut Simon Macham Director of Press and Public Affairs to the DG APC Presidential Campaign Council and Governor of Plateau State. 19th December 2022.
Remo Growth and Development Foundation (RemoGDF) will hold its annual General meeting on Tuesday December 20, 2022. The AGM will hold at the foundation’s Secretariat, Iperu-Ilishan Road, Remo, Ogun State, starting from 11:00 Am prompt.
A statement signed by Omo’ba Abiola Ogundeko, Head, Media and Publicity, Remo Growth and Development Foundation, the Annual General Meeting would concentrate on amongst others:
To present Constitution for Ratification.
To present the General Secretary’s Operational Reports.
To present the Audited Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2020 and the year ended 31 December 2021.
To present the Reports of the Independent Auditors the year ended 31 December 2020 and the year ended 31 December 2021.
To Approve the Revised Constitution of the Foundation.
Some of the foundation’s very eminent personalities expected to grace the occasion are: His Royal Majesty, Oba (Dr.) Babatunde Adewale Ajayi, CFR, (Torungbuwa II), Akarigbo and Paramount Ruler of Remoland, and the Grand Patron, RemoGDF; Patrons – Remo Royal Fathers; the Chairman, Board of Trustees, RemoGDF, Sir Kesington Adebukunola Adebutu, CFR, KJW, FISM and other Board of Trustees Members.
Other are: the Management Council of RemoGDF under the leadership of Otunba Tunji Lawal-Solarin, Chairman, RemoGDF and Aare (Dr.) Kolawole Oyefeso, Co-Chairman and all the financial members of RemoGDF.
Remo Growth and Development Foundation (RemoGDF) will hold its annual General meeting on Tuesday December 20, 2022. The AGM will hold at the foundation’s Secretariat, Iperu-Ilishan Road, Remo, Ogun State beginning from 11:00 Am prompt.
A statement signed by Omo’ba Abiola Ogundeko, Head, Media and Publicity, Remo Growth and Development Foundation, the foundation’s Annual General Meeting would be discussing the following issues:
To present Constitution for Ratification. To present the General Secretary’s Operational Reports. To present the Audited Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2020 and the year ended 31 December 2021.
To present the Reports of the Independent Auditors the year ended 31 December 2020 and the year ended 31 December 2021.
To Approve the Revised Constitution of the Foundation.
Eminent personalities expected to grace the occasion are: His Royal Majesty, Oba (Dr.) Babatunde Adewale Ajayi, CFR, (Torungbuwa II), Akarigbo and, Paramount Ruler of Remoland and the Grand Patron, RemoGDF, the Chairman, Board of Trustees, RemoGDF, Sir Kesington Adebukunola Adebutu, CFR, KJW, FISM and other Board of Trustees Members.
Other expected dignitaries at the occasion are: the Management Council of RemoGDF under the leadership of Otunba Tunji Lawal-Solarin, Chairman, RemoGDF and Aare (Dr.) Kolawole Oyefeso, Co-Chairman and all the financial members of RemoGDF.
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has congratulated President Muhammadu Buhari on his 80th birthday describing him as a leader who remains focused on strengthening democracy in Nigeria.
Dr. Obasa’s congratulatory message issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Eromosele Ebhomele and made available to our Editorial desk said President Buhari’s humility, honesty, selflessness and passion for a better and more secured Nigeria makes him a true leader.
The Speaker said Buhari’s maturity, wisdom, courage and zeal to ensure Nigeria stands a united country remains a mark of his leadership capacity.
He commended the President for ensuring his administration’s success in infrastructure renewal and development in the nation.
He further noted how President Buhari’s effort to depeen democracy made him join the battle for the autonomy of State legislatures and judiciary in compliance with section 121(3) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as Amended).
“On behalf of my family and colleagues at the Lagos State House of Assembly, I join President Muhammadu Buhari’s family, friends, associates and the government of Nigeria to celebrate him on his 80th birthday.
“The President deserves to be celebrated for the successes his administration has recorded since he took the mantle of the leadership of our dear country.
“History will always remember his efforts to build a stronger and more secured Nigeria through the fight against insurgency, infrastructural development and other social investment schemes.
“President Buhari’s love for our democracy remains appreciated, especially in relation to his signing of the celebrated Executive Order 10 to grant autonomy to legislatures and judiciary across the 36 states of the federation.
“The President’s honesty, dedication, courage and determination to leave a stronger and more United Nigeria is worthy of emulation.
“As he clocks 80, it is our prayer that Almighty Allah continue to grant him strength, good health, sound mind and the capacity to always contribute to our national growth, development and progress,” the Speaker prayed.
Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has disclosed that no fewer than 40,000 citizens of the state would be employed under the social investment program that was recently signed into order.
Prince Dapo Abiodun who made this known during the celebration of the 30th edition of the Iganmode festival with the theme, “Culture, Communal Security and Patriotism” said that the social investment program, aside helping his administration employ over 40,000 of it’s citizens, would also allow the state government put money in the pocket of the elderly and vulnerable.
“Just recently, I signed our Social Investment Executive order, this order is meant to allow us intervene into the life of our poor, elderly and vulnerable citizens of Ogun State.
“We know what the whole world is going through, we know what you are going through, we know that it is not important for us just to build roads, bridges, airports, it is important for us to also help our people with stomach infrastructure.
“That is why I have signed the executive order and we will be employing about 40,000 people to work with me in implementing this our social investment program that will allow us to directly be putting money in the pocket of our indigenes, our poor, out elderly, youths and our vulnerable,” he said.
Governor Abiodun who also noted that his administration was determined to continue to make life more meaningful for it’s citizens, said that “we are determined to be the investors destination of choice, we are determined to continue to ensure that we encourage and create that enabling environment for people to come here to live, work and play.
Abiodun while stating that his administration has remained unwaveringly committed to the upliftment of culture and tradition, added that his administration has also continued to use culture and tradition to promote the identity of the state.
The Governor also added that the Iganmode festival has continued to promote the culture and tradition of the Awori people and the state, saiying that the festival has also continued to be the rallying point for the promotion and development of the Aworiland.
The chairman of the Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Transportation, Hon. Temitope Adewale has disclosed that trains in the Red Line of the State’s rail mass transit would move 500,000 passengers daily.
According to a statement which emanated from the office of Eromosele Ebhomele, Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, this amounts to 3.5 million passengers weekly and 15 million passengers a month.
Hon. Adewale made the disclosure on Thursday when he led the committee on an on-the-site visit to the train stations between Ifako-Ijaiye and Yaba.
Adewale, who confirmed that the project was at 85% of its completion, said it showed that the State government understood the need to boost the transportation sector to ease daily movement of residents.
“Remember that the Rt. Hon. Speaker, Dr. Mudashiru Obasa, during the presentation of the 2023 budget, commended Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for the purchase of trains, and his zeal to complete the project.
“So today, by the powers conferred on us by the Constitution and under the headship of Mr. Speaker. We decided to conduct an oversight on the Ministry of Transportation and to be precise, the Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA).
“We have visited the railway and five stations in Iju, Agege, Ikeja, the Yaba and now Oyingbo where the rolling stocks or trains are parked contrary to what we’ve been hearing that the trains are not here.
“From what we have seen so far, the project is approaching completion and having spoken with the contractors, we are sure the Governor will do the commissioning as projected believing that the possibility is true and positive,” Hon. Adewale said.
He said the train service became necessary because the Lagos master plan indicated the need to inculcate it and increase passengers using mass transit.
“The red line will help move 500,000 Lagosians on a daily basis and reduce heavy traffic where more cars and personal vehicles would be left at home.
“This administration has achieved a milestone and the our Speaker has been able to give support to the executive to ensure that funds are put into good use,” he added.
On his part, Hon. Bisi Yusuff, a lawmaker, described the project as the result of good leadership and continuity in government.
According to Hon. Yusuff, the project was actually started by Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and built upon by subsequent administrations.
Noting that the trains would help the State’s economic growth and smart city dream, the lawmaker pleaded for proper maintenance mechanisms.
He urged Lagosians to vote massively for the APC so they would continue to enjoy dividends of democracy.
Engineer Olasunkanmi Okusaga of the Directorate of Transport, promised that the project would be delivered at the target time.
The wife of Onipara of Ipara Remo, Olori Olufolake Taiwo will be hosting children in the town and it’s environs to a feast in the spirit of the season of Christmas.
Olori Taiwo disclosed that she believed that children today are leaders of tomorrow, saying the time to start preparing them for leadership is now. “This is the reason my foundation has put together the programme, tagged “Day Out with King and Olori Taiwo to provide an avenue and a day for them to learn and dance and imbibe good ideals of life.
“The reason for this season is Jesus Christ who the Bible quoted as saying, “Let the Children come to me for theirs is the kingdom of God” This clearly states the importance of the children. They are special and we should treat them as such”, Olori Taiwo stressed.
She stated that the highlight of today’s event would be to open accounts for some lucky children as a way of inculcating in them saving culture which she said had to do with the management of money, either for investment purposes or as a matter of discipline.
Olori Olufolake Taiwo said she and her husband, His Royal Highness, Oba Taiwo Taiwo, Onipara of Ipara Remo would not be doing this alone as they had invited some well meaning individuals to join them to celebrate with the children, either by physically gracing the occasion or helping in open account for some of them.
She described the event as a win win for donors or sponsors as they would not only be keeping a date with prosperity but also contributing to the lives of the beneficiaries, as well as improvement of the world and, indeed mankind.
“My husband and I have packaged this project, not because we have all it takes to run it, but we believe in ‘Humanity First’, having embraced the postulate which is ‘live and let’s live’. We understand a little support given to some of the beneficiaries may go along way to proper their lives to path of greatness”
Olori Taiwo said, aside from opening accounts for some young people, her foundation also intended to present some gifts to the children, particularly the physically challenged ones who would get wheelchair.
Brazil have been knocked out of the 2022 World Cup after losing a quarter-final shootout against 2018 runners-up, Croatia.
Brazil in search of a record sixth win, arrived in Qatar as one of the tournament favourites with their win in stages over Serbia and Switzerland, before a shock defeat to Cameroon.
However, they pulled it together in the last 16 against South Korea, winning 4-1, while they looked to be heading to the semi-finals for the first time since 2014 when Neymar broke the deadlock against Croatia halfway through the period of extra-time.
Croatia went on to equalise and won 4-2 on penalties after misses from Real Madrid youngster, Rodrygo and Marquinhos.
Brazil’s wait for a World Cup title will now be at least 24 years by the time 2026 comes around, matching the drought between their 1970 and 1994 triumphs.
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