Day: August 1, 2020

Eid-El-Kabir : President Buhari donates two cows to Corps Members in Daura

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As part of his yearly Sallah celebration, President Muhammadu Buhari has donated two cows to Corps Members serving in Daura Local Government Area of Katsina State to enable them celebrate Eid-El-Kabir. The representative of the President, Alhaji Lawal Buhari Daura,while making the presentation expressed satisfaction with the performance of Corps Members in Daura. In particular,he commended them for selflessly contributing towards the socio – economic development of Katsina State and the nation at large for which he is grateful, admonishing them to continue on that positive stead. Speaking on behalf…

Senate President congratulates new NBA President, Olumide Akpata

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The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan,has congratulated Olumide Akpata on his election as the President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA). Lawan also congratulates the other newly elected members of the executive and the entire members of the Association over the smooth conduct of their elections. The Senate President noted that Akpata and his team had convinced their learned colleagues that they possessed the experience, integrity and capacity to lead their revered Association and must now strive to live up to the high expectations. He described the NBA as…

Buhari congratulates new NBA President, Olumide Akpata

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President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with Olumide Akpata on his election as the President of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), wishing him every success in the new position of leading Nigerian lawyers to chart a path of professional development and fulfilment. As a lawyer of over two decades who has held several strategic positions in the legal association, President Buhari trusts that Mr Akpata’s vast knowledge and experience in litigation, corporate world and engaging with government at different levels, will greatly benefit the Bar and indeed all Nigerians, who look up…

Governor Sule urges LG Chairmen, Political Appointees to render selfless, sacrificial, dedicated service

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Nasarawa State Governor,Abdulahi Sule, has called on local government Chairmen, political appointees and all other public figures in the state to render meaningful, loyal, selfless, sacrificial and dedicated service in order to take the state to the desired height. Speaking when local government chairmen in the state under the umbrella of Association of Local Government of Nigeria, ALGON paid him a sallah homage, Governor Sule called on them to work towards the yearnings and aspirations of the citizenry and inline with state government agenda and programmes. Sule said under no…

Court strikes out criminal assault case against Senator Elisha Abbo

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A Federal Capital Territory magistrate court sitting in Zuba has dismissed the criminal assault suit filed against Senator Elisha Abbo by the Nigeria Police Force. The lawmaker representing Adamawa North Senatorial District under the Peoples Democratic Party was charged on July 8, 2019 for assaulting a nursing mother in a sex toy shop at Banex Plaza, Wuse 2, Abuja on May 11, 2019. The offence is contrary to section 263 and 264 of penal code law.   In his ruling on no case submission filed by the lawmaker, the magistrate,…

NIDCOM: An introspective celebration of a dream come true By Senayon Olaoluwa

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The inauguration last year of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) under the presidency of Muhammadu Buhari was a material culmination of decades-long advocacy within a reinstituted democratic dispensation for the appropriate formal recognition of the Nigerian Diaspora as a vital component of the Nigerian state. The effort in itself was logical, considering that Diaspora in history and myth across the world is always associated with abundance in relation to the homeland. The raison raison d’être for the establishment of NIDCOM on the 9th of May, 2019 by the Nigerian…