Month: August 2021

UI shines at Huawei ICT Global Challenge … as company promises to set up digital academy in UI

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The University of Ibadan’s contingent who participated in the 2020 edition of Huawei ICT Global Challenge emerged as Global Champions. The Country Manager, Talent Ecosystem Development, Huawei Technologies Company Nigeria Limited, Mr. Kenneth Igwe, said the excellent performance of the UI’s students in the competition showed that the institution’s students are talented, skilled, creative, gifted, passionate and zealous for information and communication technology for sustainable development. He made this commendation during a courtesy call on the Acting Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan, Prof. Adebola Babatunde Ekanola, in his office, on Wednesday,…

Over 300 Nigerians in Italian Prisons deserve Justice – Osaze Osemwegie-Ero

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A Former Edo State Commissioner for Arts, Culture and Diaspora Affairs, Hon. Osaze Osemwegie-Ero, has lamented that over 300 Nigerians are said to be Languishing in Italian prisons for alleged crimes with no evidence of proof of guilt. This former Edo State Commissioner disclosed this during a visit to the Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, (NiDCOM), Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa at her office in Abuja. Osaze who spent 18 months in Italian prison for an offence he claimed not to have committed, said his case was as a result of racial…

NYSC strengthens partnership with NSCDC on corps members security

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The National Youth Youth Service Corps has said it would strengthen its existing synergy with the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in ensuring maximum security for Corps Lodges and NYSC Farms across the country.. It stated that in deepening the partnership, security would be provided for NYSC farmhouses, alongside other ventures of the Scheme. NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Shuaibu lbrahim stated this when he received the Commandant General of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Dr Ahmed Abubakar Audi who paid him a courtesy visit in his office in…

Mysterious Death: Osun govt orders immediate investigation,autopsy

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The Government of the State of Osun has ordered immediate investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of a family of seven, on Tuesday, in Apomu, Isokan Local Government Area of the State. While sympathising with the community, the Government has also ordered that an autopsy be carried out on the corpses of the seven members of the family who were reportedly found dead in their abode. In a statement by the Commissioner for Health, Rafiu Isamotu, on Wednesday, the Government also reiterated its commitment to security and welfare of…

Why Tegina, Yauri Students Are Still In Captivity

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Armed men who kidnapped pupils from an Islamiyya school in Tegina, Niger State and those that kidnapped students from Federal Government College (FGC), Birnin-Yauri, are still holding on to their victims with one group making stringent demand and the other shifting the goal post, Daily Trust can report. No fewer than 136 school pupils were kidnapped from Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School in Tegina on May 30. Another set of gunmen stormed FGC Yauri in Kebbi State from where they abducted 80 students on June 17. Daily Trust gathered that Ali…

Investigation panel on DCP Abba Kyari has not submitted its report – Police

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The Nigeria Police Force has maintained that the probe into the alleged indictment of DCP Abba Kyari by the FBI, being conducted by the NPF Special Investigation Panel (SIP)was ongoing. Police enjoined members of the public that the panel has not submitted its report to the Inspector General of Police, as being wrongly reported in some news outlet and online platforms. NPF reassured the public that the outcome of investigations by the probe panel would be communicated accordingly upon conclusion of the investigations.

Niger Gov condemns killing of travellers, breach of peace in Plateau state

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Niger State Governor and Chairman North Central Governors Forum (NCGF), Abubakar Sani Bello has decried the tragic incident that led to loss of many lives and subsequent breach of peace in Plateau State recently. The Governor in a statement, described as unfortunate how the value of human lives have eluded the heart of other humans. “It is worrisome the way and manner some people lost value for human lives such that they take life of their fellow humans at will. It is quite unfortunate”, he said. Governor Sani Bello said…

IGP Usman Alkali,Sierra Leonean Police Boss sign cooperation agreement to improve policing services

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The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba today, 17th August, 2021, signed a Cooperation Agreement with his Sierra Leonean counterpart, Dr Ambrose Michael Sovula at the Force Headquarters, Abuja.   The Agreement was signed in a bilateral policing engagement, targeted at deepening and consolidating relationship between the NPF and the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) in core areas of policing such as manpower development, intelligence sharing, tackling regional and transnational threats and crimes, amongst others. The Inspector General of Sierra Leone Police is on a five-day working visit to the Force…

Kogi Govt set to host Nigeria Media Merit Award 2021

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The Kogi State Government has signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Administrators of Nigeria Media Merit Award (NMMA) to host the 29th Edition of the event in Lokoja, Kogi State tagged “Engaging with Kogi State for a Better Tomorrow”. The event which will hold from 28th – 31st October will have all the Media Houses in Nigeria and Africa contesting for the prestigious Merit Award. The Secretary to the Government of Kogi State, Mrs Folashade Arike Ayoade signed the MOU on behalf of the State Government on Tuesday,…

IBB AT 80: THE GENERAL HAUNTED BY THE PAST By Law Mefor

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Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, better known as IBB, is a retired army general and a former military President of Nigeria (1983 to 1993). IBB means different things to different people. The soft-spoken general invokes extreme emotions in people but generally, he is a very likeable person. Largely unpredictable, he once said that deception was a great attribute of a general and lived off it. During his days in the army and as military president, he elevated deception to an art and used it as a main facade to build his career…