Year: 2019

NYSC DG Tasks Stakeholders On Corps Members Welfare

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NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim has urged stakeholders to provide every necessary incentive that would boost the efficiency of Corps Members in their places of primary assignments. The Director-General stated this in his keynote address at the meeting of NYSC Management with representatives of State Governments held in Abuja. He however commended some State and Local Government Councils for prompt payment of Corps Members’ monthly stipends. Ibrahim added that part of the responsibilities of State and Local Governments as spelt out in the NYSC Act was the provision of…

Explaining the Hajj Savings Scheme, By Fatima Sanda Usara, Ahmad Sani

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The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, NAHCON, is fine-tuning plans to introduce The Hajj Savings Scheme in the nearest future. The scheme is a strategy to assist Muslims incapable of raising Hajj fare instantaneously to make small deposits over a long period of time. Introduction of the scheme by NAHCON finds legality in the Commission’s establishment Act 2006 that mandates the Commission to establish, supervise and regulate a system of Hajj Savings Scheme to be operated by the Pilgrims Welfare Boards of each State and the FCT. The Act further…

KOGI DECIDES : Kogi Govt Denies Statement Over Igala Governorship Candidacy

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The Kogi state government has denied a statement published by an online news platform, Kogi Today, which stated that Honorable Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs ,Engr Abubakar Ohere said no true Ebira man would vote an Igala man. The state government in a statement signed by Fanwo Kingsley, Director General Of Media and Publicity to the Governorship’s stated “We wish to set the record straight that the Honorable Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs did not make such statements either privately or publicly. It is unfortunate that…

NASS To Reform Nigeria’s Education Curriculum – Gbajabiamila

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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has said that the National Assembly will work toward reforming Nigeria’s education curriculum. Gbajabiamila said this while speaking at the third convocation ceremony organised by the University of Benin and the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) in Abuja on Monday. Represented by the Deputy Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Ahmed Idris Wase, the Speaker said the reform is to ensure Nigeria’s education system was in tune with current trends across the globe. He also harped on the…

Xenophobia: Ekweremadu Takes Case to Int’l Parliament

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Former Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has taken the case of the disturbing wave of xenophobic attacks to the October Session of the International Parliament for Tolerance and Peace, IPTP holding in Ethiopia. Speaking on Monday at the opening plenary of the parliament in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, Ekweremadu, who chaired the Legal and Legislative Affairs Committee of the IPTP, urged the Parliament to pay special attention to problem of xenophobic attacks on the African continent. “Since we are holding this session in Africa, permit…

Wase mourns Nigeria’s first Republic PM’s wife, Jummai Tafawa Balewa

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The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Ahmed Idris Wase, has expressed sadness over the death of Nigeria’s first republic prime minister’ wife, Hajia Jummai Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, who passed on in the early hours of Sunday 27 October 2018, after returning from medical trip in India In a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Umar Muhammad Puma, Wase described late Jummai who was the only surviving wife of the late prime minister as a committed nationalist who rendered selfless service to her country, before, during…

Why some of my documents contain ‘Sule’ -Gov. Lalong

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Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau has revealed the reason behind his other surname ‘Sule’. Lalong made the revelation at a memorial Mass for his late uncle, Stephen Sule, and other deceased relations on Saturday in Shendam. He said the late Stephen Sule adopted him as his son. “Late Sule went to his brothers in the village and told them that he wanted a male child to train because there was no primary school in Ajikamai, my village, then. “Quickly my father gave me to him, saying take this one, he…

Everyone has a price when the price is right… By Abdullahi Haruna Haruspice

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In this part of the world, when you align your interest with politicians or people in government, it automatically means you have been paid. When you see things from a different prism, it makes you a bigot and sellout. The worst tragedy that will befall you succumbs to the label of others. I have been around enough to understand that most times, popular opinions aren’t always the right palace of logic. And I will tell you why. I was sold to, a dangerous dummy of a man and without going…

2019 WORLD SIGHT DAY: Niger CoS Calls For Periodic Checkups

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The Chief of Staff to the Executive Governor of Niger State, Alhaji Ibrahim Balarabe has advocated for a periodic review of general health status (checkup) of individuals as a necessary step to guide against the unforseen. The Chief of State made the recommendation while declaring open the free Eye care screening and treatment exercise organised by the State Eye care team to mark the 2019 World Sight Day, held at Government House, Minna. He said it was always advisable, from time-to-time, to visit a Physician and find out the general…

Omo-Agege Canvases For Unity To Actualize Next Level Agenda

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Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has harped on the importance of a united All Progressives Congress (APC), both at the national and state levels, for the Buhari administration to achieve its Next Level Agenda of making life more meaningful to the generality of Nigerians. Senator Omo-Agege made the disclosure on Friday when he hosted separate courtesy calls on him by the Buhari Support Organisation and the South South Chiefs and Elders Council in his office in Abuja. The lawmaker who called on APC members across the country…