As onlookers clapped and danced, a mayor of a small southern Mexico town entered into holy matrimony with a female reptile in a traditional rite to bring good fortune to his people. Victor Hugo Sosa, mayor of San Pedro Huamelula, a town of Indigenous Chontal people in the Tehuantepec isthmus of Mexico, took as his betrothed a reptile named Alicia Adriana, re-enacting an ancestral ritual. The reptile is a caiman, an alligator-like marsh dweller endemic to Mexico and Central America. You can’t have a marriage without love… I yield to marriage with the princess girl,” Sosa said during the ritual. Before the wedding ceremony, the reptile is taken house to house so that inhabitants can take her in their arms and dance.

Iyiola Oladunjoye, a young Nigerian microbiologist from Ogun State, has been honoured with the prestigious 2023 Diana Award for his outstanding contributions to microbiology and his dedication to promoting one health approach, The PUNCH reports. The Diana Award, established in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales, celebrates the remarkable social action and humanitarian work of young individuals between the ages of 9 and 25. By emphasising the interconnectedness of human, animal, and environmental health, he has championed the One Health approach as an effective means to tackle these complex issues. Additionally, he co-founded the Youths Against HIV Discrimination Initiative, advocating for policies addressing mental health, stigma, and discrimination faced by young women. The Chief Executive Officer of The Diana Award, Tessy Ojo, said, “We warmly congratulate our new Diana Award recipients from the UK and across the world who are changemakers for their generation.

He said, “Terrorism is not a basket ball or a football game and you will see that even around the world. Terrorism is not peculiar to Nigeria. Let the public be first of all aware of some of the things that are associated with terrorism and the fight against it. “Nigerians are sought after to hold some key appointments in peace keeping missions outside Nigeria. Terrorism has an aspect of guerilla warfare and it is not like the conventional warfare which is what we were trained in.

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“I learned that Tinubu’s ministerial list is almost done. Speculations on who will make the ministerial list have generated heated debates and growing anxiety among Tinubu’s campaign members and party loyalists since he assumed office on May 29. Ogbole stated, “The ministerial nominees you talked about are still in the process. She said, while Nigerian women had so much potential, it was unfortunate that their efforts were not well recognised. According to her, Nigerian women have demonstrated at the global stage that they are competent and have expertise in all fields.

…Nation building and federal characterDespite the complexity of managing expectations and priorities these days, another time has again come to reflect on this thing called federal character in the context of urgency of nation building. So many editorials and commentaries were written and spoken on federal character and nation building but the lanky General from Daura didn’t care a hoot about federal character. And that impunity has made the federal character commission to remain without any federal character. Recall that on June 18, 2017, I drew attention to this same anomaly here in an article titled, “A Federal Character Commission Without Federal Character” https://guardian.ng/opinion/a-federal-character-commission-without-federal-character/But as usual, the president ignored the federal character bogeyman despite the embarrassment to the administration. The Federal Character principle has its root in a proneness for fairness.

Some of the ex-lawmakers in government are:TinubuTinubu is a former member of the National Assembly, though briefly. First Lady Oluremi TinubuNigeria’s first lady, Oluremi Tinubu, is also an alumnus of the National Assembly. HadejiaThe Deputy Chief of Staff to the President, Office of the Vice President, Ibrahim Hadejia, is another alumnus of the National Assembly. GumelMeanwhile, Senator Abdullahi Gumel has been appointed as the Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate). NASS alumni in APC NWCAPC chairman, AdamuThe National Chairman of the governing All Progressives Congress, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, was also a member of the ninth Senate.

Power consumers, on Saturday, expressed relief after it was confirmed that electricity distribution companies had not implemented the proposed hike in the tariff payable for electricity nationwide. Some power distribution firms had announced on Sunday, June 25, 2023, that there would be a hike in tariff from July 1, 2023. But the development caused apprehension among power consumers as many prepaid consumers rushed to buy more units in their meters, while anticipating a possible hike in tariff. Furthermore, collection losses arise from difficulties in retrieving payments from consumers,” the commission stated. It said the ATC&C losses were grouped into technical losses, which include heat losses due to load flow in electrical lines and transformation loss in transformers.

Boko Haram terrorists have killed no fewer than 5,873 Nigerians between December 2020 and May 2023, a report has said. SBM Intelligence in its report released on Friday said the number of fatalities was recorded in 430 incidents. The report added that Borno leads with the highest number of fatalities, followed by Yobe, Niger, Kastina, and Adamawa states. The report noted that although the military had recorded progress in the fight against the terrorists, the war was far from over. It can be done once the political will is there and they work together instead of working at cross-purposes.

Don’t you think these acts will threaten the unity of the body of Christ which the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) professes? But when hate, suspicion and insecurity begin to come in, that is when people begin to align with denominational values. So basically, when they begin to stigmatise, you then begin to know which block you belong to. What do you think the CCC leadership across the board can do to reduce the attacks on the church? We do not pull people from pentecostal churches; we put together pagans and those who do not know God into the fold and introduce God to them.

IPMAN Denies Plan To Hike Petrol To N700 Per LitrePhoto Credit: Guardian NigeriaThe Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) has denied the alleged plan by the association to increase the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol to N700 per litre nationwide. Tajudeen stressed that the price of the product would not be more than what is being sold presently. Tinubu Ready To Position Nigeria As Africa’s Leader - AlakePhoto Credit: The NationThe Presidency, on Saturday, said President Bola Tinubu is prepared to steer the affairs of Nigeria in the direction that will position the country as the leader in the African continent. The State Commissioner of Police, Gyogon Grimah, has directed that the perpetrators be arrested and prosecuted according to the law. The commissioner who described the incident as unfortunate, noted that no person had the right to take another life under any guise.

Akwa Ibom Governor, Pastor Umo Eno has expressed “deep sadness of the state Government over the loss of five members in a road crash while they were returning from a church conference in Lagos. In a message of condolence to the family on Saturday, the governor said, it was more painful because those who lost their lives were from close-knit families. Tribune reports that tragedy had hit a family in Eket town, Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State as it lost five members in a road crash while they were returning from a church conference in Lagos. According to the head of the bereaved family, Samingo Etukakpan, who lost all five family members, the family has been thrown into a “great moment of grief.”“It is a moment of grief for me and my family. Recent data from the Federal Road Safety Commission shows that; Road traffic crashes claim over 40,000 lives annually in Nigeria, while road violations arising from speed, road signs or vehicle lights are the leading causes of road traffic accidents in the country.

The Federal Government spent $62.66m to service railway-related debts in the first quarter of 2023, according to Nigeria’s external debt service payments report by the Debt Management Office. Between January and March 2023, The Nigeria Railway Modernisation Project (Idu-Kaduna Section) took $23.1mThe Nigeria Railway Modernisation Project (Lagos-Ibadan Section) gulped $15.49m. The PUNCH also learnt that the Nigeria Abuja Light Rail Project gulping $24.07m. The total amount spent in Q1 2023 is a slight increase from the $61.73m spent in Q1 2022. The rising railway debt servicing costs occurred as the government struggled to generate revenue from the railway sector.

“I want to have my own bank, I want to move to Wall Street”, Bosun said to his friend while at breakfast. I want to have my own bank, I want to move to Wall Street, Bosun said to his friend while at breakfast. Se bi they said Wall Street is the world’s principal financial center. Bosun you need to calm down, things don’t always work like that, Wall Street? “Are you suggesting you can fake your way into starting your own bank and moving to Wall Street?”To be continued.

Troops of the 4 Special Forces, Doma, Nasarawa State, have arrested 12 suspected rail track vandals at Angwan Yara, Keana Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. Maj. Joseph Afolasade, Acting Deputy Director of Army Public Relations of the Command, made the disclosure at a press briefing on Friday in Doma. “The suspects were arrested with a large quantity of rail tracks loaded in two trucks. “In the course of the investigation, the troops arrested additional seven suspects on June 18 who had made confessional statements. Maj. Afolashade further revealed that the Army also rejected a bribe of N5 million offered by the suspects.