Year: 2020

STATE OF THE NATION By Prof Taofiq Adesina Azeez

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That Nigeria is sliding into the most dangerous and violent anarchy is an understatement. That Government responsibility is basically SECURITY of life and property is also a constitutional fact. But accountability to man and God is the Truth that we seem to have chosen to ignore. It is believed that Government has the capacity to stem insurgency and other critical violent crimes compounding our insecurity. But it seems Government is insensitive and tending towards irresponsibility. I, therefore, urge Mr President and all Political and Government actors to fear the Almighty…

VC Appointment: UI Acting VC conveys stakeholders’ meeting on Tuesday

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The Acting Vice-Chancellor of University of Ibadan, Prof. Adebola Babatunde Ekanola, is convening a stakeholders’ meeting in Ibadan on Tuesday to find a way out for the appointment of a substantive Vice chancellor for the 72- year old institution. Ekanola, who succeeded Prof. Idowu Olayinka, on December 1, as acting Vice Chancellor, mooted the idea of the meeting to have a road map before the expiration of his six months tenure. Those invited for the meeting were all past Vice Chancellors, internal members of UI Council, internal applicants for the…

PMB, SECURITY CHIEFS AND INSECURITY IN THE NORTHERN NIGERIA By Abba Dukawa

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Nigerians were completely certain that Mr President as a retired General, a war veteran and only Army officer who Commanded three of the then four Divisions for the Nigeria Army, GOC Commanding, 2nd Mechanised Infantry Division, GOC, 3rd Armed Division and GOC, 4th Infantry Division. All these positions we are firmly relied that Mr president attained these positions on deserved not picked from ground and the experience is enough for him to tackle the security challenges before his administration. Based on aforementioned records, voters in 2015 had great anticipation that…

Foundation set to engage youths,women as Agric Ambassadors

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A foundation known as Global Youth Skills Acquisition & A poverty Eradication Organisation said it has concluded plans to engage youths and woman through Agricultural empowerment and reorientating into good business in the society The Coordinator of the Foundation, Mr Emmanuel Chuks Ozegbe, explained that if Nigeria must attain the vision 2030 in Agriculture, it must pay more attention on achieving food security, Increasing production and productivity, added that every Nigerian should focus on generating employment income, expanding export and reduce food imports, “thereby feeding resources for critical infrastructural development…

Katsina, New Haven of Terror-Banditry in Nigeria? By Yushau A. Shuaib

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Was it not strange that the abduction of Kankara boys occurred on the day President Muhammadu Buhari arrived Daura, his hometown, in Katsina State, on a private visit? It is even more curious that the abductees were released on his birthday. Buhari last visited the state in December 2019, when he inaugurated construction work on the N18 billion University of Transportation, Daura. While Borno in the North-East is the epicentre of Boko Haram terrorism, Zamfara in the North-West seems to be the hotbed of armed banditry, and Katsina, the home…

FCT Police arrests Armed Robbers in Wuse, recovers Gold Jeweleries

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The FCT Police Command arrested five (5) suspected armed robbers in the wee hours of Wednesday 17th December,2020 at Zone 1 Wuse. The police accordingly said the suspects were arrested by swift Police Operatives from Wuse Division, in course of robbing their victims of their possessions. The suspects further confessed to being responsible for criminal activities along Wuse axis. The suspects were: Sanusi Ibrahim 20years, Salim Umar 19years, Kabiru Umar 19years, Shamsudeen Rabiu 20years and Ibrahim Shehu 19years all male. Exhibits recovered were: Eight (8) wristwatches made of gold and…

Nda-Isaiah: Farewell to a maverick dream chaser By Danladi Ndayebo

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My first encounter with Mr. Sam Ndanusa Isaiah, in the middle of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s first term as Nigeria’s President hardly left the impression that we were destined to develop a working professional relationship, or that we would come to know each other as well as we did, before his transition to the great beyond last Friday.   I was an avid reader of ‘Last Word,’ his Monday Column in the Daily Trust Newspapers and he came across as a clever, witty and intelligent writer. I was therefore excited to…

Tinubu, run! Please, run! By Festus Adedayo

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What could have prompted Aunt Adelina to declare in The Feast of the Goat that “Well, that’s what politics is, you make your way over corpses…”? After seeing what politics and politicians do with us in Nigeria, should I have asked that question in the first instance? Optimists that Nigerian politicians are, they have started a race ahead of God to the year 2023; and they do not appear to mind stepping on the blood and the corpses of their brothers into that office they covet so badly. While at…

Niger SSG mourns demise of former Head of Service,Maude Lapai

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The Secretary to the Government of Niger State (SSG), Ahmed Ibrahim Matane has expressed sadness over the death of Alhaji Mohammed Maude Lapai,District Head of Gabi. Mohammed Maude Lapai died in Minna after a brief illness. In his condolence message, Ahmed Matane described late District Head of Gabi as a complete gentleman and dedicated Nigerlites, added that the great values of hard work, honesty and selflessness that the deceased left behind will be remembered. According to the SSG, “the late Head of Service had a rich public service career as…

COMMUNITY POLICING:Osun Police holds sensitization workshop for Stakeholders

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Osun State Police Command on Thursday 17th December, 2020 held sensitization workshop for stakeholders at the Local Government Service Commission Hall, Abere on Community Policing. This was a continuation of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu giant strides to actualize the goals of the improved and reinvigorated Community Policing Strategy. In his lecture, IGP Tafa Balogun (Rtd),who is also the Initiator of the Community Policing in Nigeria enumerated the importance of the renewed Community Policing Strategy and the roles of the Police, Community Leaders/stakeholders/citizen, Traditional Rulers and the Government…