The day Abuja stood still for Nigerian Pharmacists

The occasion was the Inauguration of the 20th President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) and the investiture of new fellows of the PSN. The ceremony which was held at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja on the 18th February 2016 amidst glitz and glamour was graced by the high and mighty in the society.


The New President, Pharmacist Ahmed Ibrahim Yakasai Fpsn; a two-time commissioner in Kano State and the current Honorary Consul General of the Embassy of Pakistan in Nigeria demonstrated his love for harmony in the health sector by his collaboration with the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) which was heavily represented by members of the NMA led by the President: Dr Kayode Obembe. Notably in attendance was President of the Senate: Dr. Bukola Saraki, Honourable minister for Health: Dr. Adewole Isaac, Honourable Minister for Works, Housing and Power and former Lagos State Governor: Babatunde Raji Fashola.

The Chairman of the Occassion , former minister of health and past president of the PSN: Pharm (Prince) Julius Adelusi-Adeluyi warmly received guests such as Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje;  Governor of Kano State,  Governor Badaru Abubakar of Jigawa: former governor of Kano State : Dr Ibrahim Shekarau, senators of the Federal Republic, members of the house of representatives, , Ambassador of Pakistan to Nigeria: Lt. General Agha Muhammed Umar, Former Chief Justice of the federation: Justice Uwais, and other distinguished too numerous to mention. The Past presidents of the society present were Prof Lanre Ogunlana, Dr U.N.O Uwaga, Senator Ekaitte, Pharmacist Okwor ; led by the outgoing president: Pharmacist Olumjide Akintayo.
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Also present were royalties from different part of Nigeria.‎ Represented at the event were speaker of the house of reps and the Governor of Niger State.

It was a roll call of giants in the Pharmacy profession which included the President of the PSN Board of fellows Pharm Chiedu Mordi, the Chair of the organizing committee/MD SKG Pharma:Pharmacist Okey Akpa Guest Speaker: CEO, Netherlands Business School :Pharmacist Lere Baale, Ace Politician: Pharmacist Jimi Agbaje and Pharmacist. Dere Awosika (nee Okotie-Eboh), MD; Greenlife Pharma: Prince Olugbenga Falabi.‎ Some of the new fellows were former acting Chair of INEC, Pharmacist Amina Zakari, MD MedPlus Pharmacy (Pharmacist Joke Bakare), MD, HealthPlus Pharmacy (Pharmacist Bukky George),Oil and Gas Guru, Pharmacist Victor Osibodu,‎

 The Secretary of the PSN, Pharmacist Gbolagade Iyiola while giving a closing remark thanked all those who attended and promised that the PSN will continue to collaborate with other stakeholders to ensure the medicines need of Nigerians are met.‎

The Programme was anchored by CEO of Rodot : Pharmacist Remi Adeseun and Pharmacist Seun Omobo of the World Health Organization(WHO).

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PDP deputy national chairman Uche Secondus releases statement on his invite by EFCC

Read the statement below..

On Tuesday 23rd February, I honoured an invitation from the EFCC to clarify issues related to an ongoing investigation by EFCC. They confronted me with allegations of receiving some cars from Mr. Jide Omokore who has been my friend for over 20 years.

I admitted to them that Mr. Jide Omokore has given me car gifts on several occasions in the last 10 years for my personal use.

I want to state categorically that what I received from my friend, Jide Omokore were cars and buses supplied by a well-known car company, Skymit Motors apparently from a credit facility Mr Omokore has with the company. I don’t have any knowledge of the so-called transaction the investigators are alleging he had with NNPC.

Against this background, it is most disheartening that the facts of the matter under investigation have been grossly misrepresented in the media, apparently under inducement by some political opponents in the APC particularly, a Minister from Rivers State.

This is in line with the strategy of the ruling Party to hide under the anti-corruption fight to humiliate the leadership of our Party.

I have been granted bail under very stringent conditions after 8 days in detention. Since the EFCC did not establish any case against me, I find my needless detention a clear case of witch-hunt and pure political persecution that has become a stock in trade of the APC government.

My immediate concern is the denial of the fundamental human rights, excessive physical incarceration and the orchestrated negative media campaign completely skewed against those being investigated.

Nevertheless, I hereby restate my confidence in the rule of law and the relevant institutions for the resolution of this matter on its merit in the interest of justice.

Signed:

Prince Uche Secondus

Deputy National Chairman, PDP

Photos: Kenyan man sentenced to 200 years in prison for killing his 4 children following a feud with wife

Photos: Kenyan man sentenced to 200 years in prison for killing his 4 children following a feud with wife

A 40-year-old man in Kisii County, Kenya, was on Monday, February 29, sentenced to 200 years in prison for killing his 4 children. Kisii resident judge, Joseph Karanja ruled that Misati will serve the sentence concurrently for 50 years for each of the four counts of murder he had been charged with.

According to Standard Digital News, the case has been in court since 2013 when Misati was charged with killing his four children, Toto, 3, Brian, 9, Ontoyo, 7, and Naomi Mogutu, 5.

 

Lukas Misati committed the crime outside their rental houses in Egesa in Kitutu Chae Central, on the night of November 10, 2012 following a feud with his wife, Helen Kemunto (pictured)

In her affidavit, Kemunto told the court that her husband came home on the night of that fateful day, woke her up and said he wanted them to move. She refused and Misati attacked her with a knife. Kemunto escaped with injuries and managed to get treatment at a nearby hospital.

"I managed to escape and went to seek treatment at Kisii Level Five Hospital," the affdiavit reads. But when she returned home, she found the children missing.

 

 

"I thought they had shifted to another house. My husband called our landlady and told her to inform me that i pick my children from a nearby bush. However, one of the children lay dead at the doorstep while the other three bodies were in the nearby nappier grass"

A postmortem carried out on the bodies revealed that the deaths were caused by strangulation. Misati was on the run for one year before he was picked up by the police on November 21, 2013. After his sentencing, Misati recounted that everything happened so fast to be able to tell what happened that night.

Source: Statndard Digital News

Court postpones Badeh’s arraignment ‎to March 7th

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has postponed the arraignment of the former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh‎, who is being accused of diverting N3.9billion Nigeria Airforce Funds while he was in office. EFCC had filed a 10-count charge on him before the court. Hearing on the case which was supposed to have started today March 3rd, was postponed till March 7th due to the absence of the trial Judge, Justice Abang Okon, who was out of town.

Photos: See the jeans Kanye West wore as he arrived Paris with Kris Jenner

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New Music: Skillzy - Jeje (Prod. By Zibit)

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8 months pregnant YouTube star 'blue fairy' found dead in apparent drug overdose

Internet/YouTube celebrity, 25 year old Sharissa Turk who got into the limelight after starring in a rap video as the 'Blue Fairy' of prescription pill addiction has been found dead from an apparent drug overdose.

Turk, who was eight months pregnant, was discovered unresponsive by her bf who got to their Staten Island home around 3pm on Tuesday and found her lying unconscious in the hallway and called the police. When paramedics got there, they pronounced her dead at the scene, reported Staten Island Advance.

Turk had shared an ultrasound image of the baby girl she was expecting accompanied by the hashtag '#‎cantwaittomeetYOU‬.'

Turk played a pixie dancing around with blue wings and a wand, and blowing ‘fairy dust’ at the camera as she and her group rapped about prescription pill addiction in Staten Island, which they call 'painkiller paradise'.

The amateur rap video went viral in early 2013 after Turk was arrested in a massive drug sweep and charged with selling Oxycodone to undercover officers.

The sting operation resulted in 32 arrests across Staten Island and netted hundreds of narcotics, as well as three handguns, a shotgun and $17,000 in cash.

Turk pleaded guilty to criminal sale of a controlled drug, but her case was sealed and dismissed after she completed a court-mandated treatment program involving regular drug testing and a 6pm curfew.

She was arrested and jailed again in August 2015 on suspicion of criminal possession of a controlled substance, she pleaded guilty and was sentenced to only two days of community service.

Her death is still being investigated to find the exact cause.