Day: September 6, 2021

APC LG Congress : Dare applauds party faithfuls for peaceful elections in Ogbomoso’s 5 LGAs

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Minister for Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Akin Dare has lauded the peaceful congress in all 5 local governments in Ogbomoso yesterday. In a statement he made earlier today, Dare said APC members in Ogbomoso showed the spirit of true progressives in the local government congress . The party’s interest was put above all personal interest for the sake of progress. Dare who was present at the venue of the congress in Ogbomoso North Local Government was welcomed by party faithfuls who appreciated having him in their midst. Addressing the…

NYSC reacts to arrest of Corps Member, Arnold Meniru over drug offences

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The management of the NYSC has reacted to the reported arrest by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) of a Corps Member, Arnold Meniru for alleged importation of four (4) kilograms of drugged candies from the United Kingdom. The Scheme however reiterated its unequivocal stand against any form of crime by any individual including Corps Members. “Cognizance of the dangers and negative effects of drugs particularly on the youths, the NYSC over the years have been collaborating with the NDLEA to sensitize and counsel Corps Members and the public…

DCP Abba Kyari and FBI: A reform opportunity By Osita Chidoka

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A few weeks ago, the news media was awash with stories about the issue of the FBI report on DCP Abba Kyari. Subsequently, the Police high command suspended the Deputy Commissioner of Police and instituted an investigation panel headed by a Deputy Inspector General of Police. The Special Investigation Panel submitted their report on August 26, 2021. We await the outcome of the Inspector General’s review.   The FBI, as widely reported, named DCP Abba Kyari as an accomplice in an international fraud case. A US court issued a warrant…

Corps Member donates E-Library to NYSC

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A Corps Member, Ahmad Abubakar FC/20B/1340 has donated a digital library to the National Youth Service Corps as his personal Community Development Service (CDS) Project. Speaking during the commissioning of the project today at the NYSC National Directorate Headquarters, Abuja, Abubakar said the manual system of library operations is getting obsolete globally, hence, the need for a digitalized method of storing information. He said he was inspired to initiate the e-library project in order to help expand the NYSC library and enhance its rich resources to Corps Members, NYSC staff…

DG tasks Prospective Corps Members on Value-added Service

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Prospective Corps Members (PCMs) have been enjoined to add value to themselves, their places of primary assignment, including their host communities during their service year. NYSC Director-General, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim stated this today in his nationwide virtual address to the 2021 Batch ‘B’ Stream Two PCMs and Camp Officials. He advised them to study their host communities after the completion of their Orientation Course and initiate laudable projects that would improve their standard of living. The Director-General however warned that they must not execute projects with personal funds, but…

Counting the End of Evil men… By Haruspice

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Disgruntled by unmet political aspirations, people take refuge in deadly ploy, just to make the man who collected their looting bottle from their mouths. This deadly terrorist was once massively defended by Gumi, in fact, he likened him to a freedom fighter and should be accorded the badge of amnesty! Someone who coordinates a terror gang be honoured with amnesty? This daring demand came from Gumi, a political cum Islamic leader! The victims of this terror commander are largely people who share same language and faith as Gumi, they were…

NCC slams N200,000 fines on Telecoms for failing to verify NIN

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The Nigerian Communications Commission has proposed a fine of N200,000 for mobile communications services providers that failed to verify and validate biometric, National Identity Number and other personal information of each subscriber to their services.   This was contained in a proposed draft regulation on registration of telephone subscribers 2020 recently published on NCC’s website.   The draft document read, “A licensee who fails to verify and validate biometric, NIN and other personal information before activation is liable to a penalty of N200, 000 for each subscription medium in breach…

INEC Redeploys Five RECs, Four Directors

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has redeployed five state Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs). INEC disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja by Festus Okoye, its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee. Mr Okoye said that those affected include Olusegun Agbaje, who was redeployed from Osun to Ogun and AbdulGaniy Raji, who was redeployed from Ogun to Osun. “In the same vein, the REC of Bayelsa, Dr Cyril Omorogbe, will take up his new role as the REC for Cross River, while Dr Emannuel Alex…

2023: Bola Tinubu and the cost of Political Miscalculation By Sanusi Muhammad

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The godfather of Lagos politics, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in 2015 led the South-West into an alliance with the North to birth the All Progressives Congress (APC). His decision, evidently, was informed by the expectation that the two geopolitical regions will share power, invariably to the exclusion of the Eastern bloc. And ultimately that he, or the South-West, will take power by the time the North completes two terms in 2023. But it has proved to be a miscalculation. Certainly, power play is about conspiracies and alliances. Tinubu is well…

Raypower @ 27: Once Upon A Mustard Seed By Femi Akintunde-Johnson

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On Wednesday, September 1, 2021, Nigeria’s pioneer private radio station marked its twenty seventh anniversary without much pomp. In recognition of the dire times, the managers of the network radio enterprise organised a Zoom multicast session (Factfile) that I was graciously invited to participate as one of the speakers, alongside Prof. Olayinka Alawode, the Dean of the School of Communication, LASU – perhaps, there were more programmes. Well, I have chosen to memorialise the occasion with a rehash of my tribute a few years ago, in recognition of the great…