Osinbajo on his relationship with President Buhari

"I think one thing that we must recognize is the way this administration works, it has always been that of team work.
There is very little that is done without the President’s clearance and endorsement, so generally speaking, even with some responsibilities that are mine constitutionally, we always have full discussions and agreements on them, and in some cases there is delegation. But by and large, I practically discussed practically everything fully with him while he was away and I had his endorsements before we were able to go on and do what we did."

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PMB's 1st day in office after resumption (photo)

President Muhammadu Buhari officially  resumed duties on Monday following his return from medical vacation in London.

His first action was to write to notify the National Assembly of his resumption.

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PMB's hometown Daura celebrating his return (photo)

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Military recovers 211 hostages, 11 bicycles from Boko Haram terrorists

Troops of 22 Brigade Garrison on clearance duty under Operation Lafiya Dole on Saturday rescued 211 civilians held captive by Boko Haram terrorists at Cingal Murye and Maja villages in Northern Borno.

The Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Sani Usman said in a statement on Sunday that one insurgent was neutralised while 11 bicycles were recovered from the fleeing terrorists.

“In addition, the patrol team escorted two heavy duty trucks and 18 pickup vans to recover Internally Displaced Persons’ food stuff from Mala Maja,’’ he added.

NAN

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Pregnant Suicide Bomber killed in Borno

Security operatives working with members of the Civilian JTF have killed two female suicide bombers one of whom was a pregnant woman in Borno State.

The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN reports that the suicide bombers were killed when they attempted to attack a security post in Ummarari village along mulai axis of Maiduguri Damboa road at the outskirts of Maiduguri.

The spokesperson of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in the North-East, Abdulkadir Ibrahim, told NAN that rescue workers evacuated the remains of the suicide bombers.

“When we got the alert on the incident, the NEMA emergency workers in collaboration with other stakeholders moved to the scene and evacuated the bodies,” he said.

NAN

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4 children drown in River in Abuja

The bodies of four children – Jinkai Hakila, 10, Bridget Ibrahim, 11, Precious Ezra, 14 and Azumi Daniel, 16, were on Saturday fished out of Danko River in Galadimawa Community, a Federal Capital Territory, FCT Abuja suburb.

The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN reports that the victims were at the river to wash clothes before they drowned at about 11 am.

Miss Blessing Elisha, 14, an eye witness who was also washing at the river said that several efforts made to stop the children from playing in the water yielded no result before the incident.

“I actually did not see them entering the water because I was busy washing, suddenly I was called that three of them had entered the river.

“It was then I looked up and saw the fourth one going in and an attempt made to rescue her looked like I was getting drowned.

“Then I left her and ran to call for help,” she said.

A fisherman who participated in the rescue attempts corroborated Miss Elisha's account of the incident.

“We came to the scene of the incident immediately we got the information, and it took some time before we discovered their corpses because our nets were already in the river for fishing.

“It was after I pulled out my net with a very big fish in it that I saw the four corpses in the same area with their stomach not swollen,” he said.

Their remains were immediately buried by the river bank in line with the tradition of the community.

NAN

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PMB's illness. caused by anemia - Expert

Following the disclosure by President Muhammadu Buhari that he received blood transfusions while undergoing treatment in London, a specialist in Anatomic Pathology, Prof Femi Williams has said that only anemia could have been warranted that kind of treatment.

Williams told The Nation in an interview that “We now have a pretty good idea of diagnosis, which is now comprehensive or good enough to say that the diagnosis of President Buhari’s illness is anemia.

“You cannot be transfused if you don’t have anemia.”

Buhari had at a meeting of the Federal Executive Council shortly after his return to Abuja warned of the dangers of self medication.

“I couldn’t recall when last I had blood transfusion; I couldn’t recall honestly I can say in my 70 years. I couldn’t remember this drug that Nigerians take so much , very common.

“I think one of our terrible things is self drug administration. We have to trust our doctors more and trust ourselves more because over there they only take drugs when it is absolutely necessary. They don’t just swallow everything,” he said.

Williams said that the snippets of information from the President’s history and disclosure on his health status will help millions of Nigerians damaging their vital organs from unbridled ingestion of over the counter (OTC) pain relieving and other drugs.

He also called for adequate publicity on the adverse effects of self medication and described the President Buhari’s view on the issue as a huge public service to the nation.

“Assuming this is the correct scenario, the nation owes the president a debt of gratitude and if this is not correct the president has done a great service by highlighting the adverse effects and dangers of self medication that is so rampant in the nation.”

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