Year: 2019

NUJ Urges Restraint Over Sealing Of The Sun Premises

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The Nigeria Union of Journalists NUJ has expressed her worry over the recent developments at The Sun Newspapers in Lagos where the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had given a notice to staff of the organisation to vacate the premises and allow for a take over by the Commission.The EFCC said it will enforce a court judgement which ordered for the seizure of property belonging to Senator Orji Uzor Kalu who was convicted of fraud. The press release read: “While we appreciate the efforts of EFCC at fighting corruption in…

Gov Abu Sani Bello and 576km of Rural roads in Niger state. By Abdullberqy U Ebbo

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Very often people are disposed to expect lies from public officials. When we put out information, the first position is to doubt the truism of our content, especially when the projects we report appear fantastical. So I was not surprised in the least when I came under serious attack after I published that Niger State Government has in conjunction with RAMP, constructed about 576km of rural roads. The hostility has been unkind, some less kind than others as some even went as far as insulting my person and my parents.…

UFC: NIDCOM Chairman Applauds Kamaru Usman for retaining title

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Chairman/CEO Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon.Abike Dabiri-Erewa has congratulated Nigeria’s Kamaru Usman, for retaining his Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) welterweight title at UFC 245 in Las Vegas, Nevada, after knocking out Colby Covington.⁣ ⁣ In a statement by the NIDCOM Head of Media and Public Relations, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, said that by the wonderful feat, Usman has brought honour and glory not only to himself but to African Continent. Dabiri-Erewa, who barely a week ago, extended the same courtesies, to Anthony Joshua, another Nigerian, for reclaiming his World heavyweight title,…

How Solomon Lar impacted positively in my life – Wase

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The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon.Ahmed Idris Wase, has stated how Solomon Lar, a former Governor of Plateau State, impacted on his life and political career. Speaking at the commissioning of Solomon Lar Memorial Hospital in Gazum, Langtang North local government area of Plateau state, on Saturday, Wase said Lar prophesied he would one day become a presiding officer at the National Assembly. He poured encomiums on the late former Governor for his kindness, recalling how he urged people to support him when he was contesting…

Omo-Agege Mourns Former Permanent Secretary, Obuh

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The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has expressed deep shock and grief over the death of Mr. Anthony Chucks Obuh, a one-time leading governorship aspirant in Delta State. Senator Omo-Agege recalled that Mr Obuh was a consummate bureaucrat in the Delta State Civil Service and served as Permanent Secretary in charge of his Office in 2007, as the Secretary to the Delta State Government. In a statement signed personally by Senator Omo-Agege, the DSP noted that, “Mr. Obuh was a thoroughly fine gentleman, friend and brother. He…

ROAD TRANSPORT: NYSC seeks stakeholders’ support on corps members’ safety

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The National Youth Service Corps has sought the support of stakeholders in the transport sector towards ensuring the safety of Corps Members traveling in commercial vehicles.   This was said at a meeting with the Management of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and National Leaders of transport unions, including the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN) and National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO) amongst others held at the FRSC Headquarters in Abuja.   Addressing the stakeholders, the NYSC Director-General, Brigadier…

DEATH RUMOUR: IBB is Hale ,Healthy

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General Ibrahim Babangida, IBB (Rtd), has debunked the news flying rounds that he has passed on. The former head of state in a statement signed by his spokesperson,Prince Kassim Afegbua and also made available to Emporium Reporters described the news as fake news as IBB is “alive and bubbling”. The statement reads: “It has become consistent fake news for quite some time now wishing our own IBB, the one we easily refer to as “the last don” of Nigeria politics, dead. The “fake news bill” would be a suitable response…

NYSC DG Bags Community Award

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The Director-General, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim has added another feather to his cap as he bagged a Merit Award conferred by the Afo Community Development Forum Keffi, Nasarawa State. The conferment ceremony took place at New Keffi Hotel, Keffi. The organizers said Ibrahim was recognised for his contributions to National Integration, cohesion, patriotism and quality leadership. Twenty-One other illustrious Afo sons and daughters were also conferred with Awards at the ceremony. Prominent among them are the Emir of Keffi, Alhaji (Dr) Shehu Chindo Yamusa III, the Osu Ajiri, Alhaji Halilu…

The NBS Classification, A Fallacy of Mischief

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Efforts to sustain the negative onslaught against the government of kogi state regained its momentum recently when the National Bureau of Statistics launched what appears to be a jejune hatchet by turning reality into fallacy. In her unprofessional and non empirical conjecture, it listed Kogi State as the most corrupt state in Nigeria. How it arrived at this satanic preposterous conclusion leaves sour taste of reasoning. Like the NBS, another agent of the smear campaign against the government of Kogi called BudgIT Nigeria towed the infamous lane of deceit by…

NYSC DG reaffirms support for injured corps member

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NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim has assured that Corps Member Nuraddeen Tahir who recently lost his arm in a road accident after leaving the Orientation Camp in Taraba State would be given all necessary support to live a normal life. The DG stated this on Friday when he visited the Corps Member at his residence in Gwarzo, Kano State. He said arrangement had been concluded to provide prosthetic limbs for Nuradeen to enable him perform his daily activities seamlessly. General Ibrahim, who was received by a mamoth crowd of residents…