Month: November 2021

Veteran Yoruba Actor, Baba Suwe dies at 63

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Ace Yoruba comic actor, Babatunde Omidina better known as Baba Suwe is dead. The announcement was made a few minutes ago when his son, Adesola Morenikeji Omidina took to his Instagram page to announce the sad news. He was born on August 22, 1958, in Inabere Street in Lagos Island where he grew up but hails from Ikorodu local government area of Lagos State, southwestern Nigeria. Omidina had his primary education at Jamaitul Islamial Primary School in Lagos and Children Boarding School, Osogbo before he proceeded to Adekanbi Commercial High…

We can use Big Data to boost Nigeria’s oil revenues – Huawei

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Technology solution provider, Huawei has stated that Nigeria can leverage its Big Data products to improve oil revenue as part of its digital transformation technology solutions available for the oil and gas sector.   Until 2020, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) had been operating for 44 years at a loss which experts say, is occasioned mainly by inefficiencies in the system. The NNPC’s turn to profitability, revealed in its 2020 Audited Report – released in September 2021 – can be further strengthened by the application of data and digital…

To Buni, a quintessential bridge-builder @ 54 By Hassan Gimba

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If it were a fairy tale, his story would have started with “once upon a time, in the not so sleepy village of Buni Gari, a child of destiny was born to the industrious family of Alhaji Bukar and Hajiya Khadija.” His story is stuff fit for legends. Hardly do you find a human being like Governor Mai Mala Buni, blessed with power and wealth, the two most sought-after possessions, yet imbued with humility, generosity, grace and the unquenchable desire to not only serve others but empower them as well.…

Sunday Dare hails Saidi Balogun on Online Movie Premier, says it’s a youth instructional

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Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare has expressed his delight on the premiere of Saidi Balogun’s new movie ‘Online” The Minister stated that the movie highlighted the possible dangers that came with the virtual world and insights into how families can navigate these dangers. He reiterated that: The Internet has come with its immense benefits but young people must have their whits about them in order to be one step ahead of the perils that may accompany the opportunities offers ‘ Saidi has accomplished what many more…

2023: Gov Sule tasks APC officials, stakeholders on unity … hints on appointing three women as commissioners

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Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has tasked state officials and stakeholders of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) towards ensuring that the party remained united ahead of the forthcoming 2023 general elections. Engineer Sule laid the task while delivering a speech at a thanksgiving service organized in honour of the State Chairman of the APC, Dr. John Mamman, which held in Dari, Kokona Local Government Area, on Saturday. This was just as the governor promised to appoint three women as commissioners as part of the inclusiveness of his administration.…

Those who should speak for us… By Abdullah O. Haruspice

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Those who see themselves whole instead of piecemeal of a region should be the ones leading us in our political journey. They are the ones with sprouting roots in every tree, they are boundless in their reach and exude national outlook and never found in the limitations of provinciality. They are Nigerian first before they are regional or tribal, they are humans first before they are religious. Senator Orji Uzor Kalu fits perfectly into this desired patriot Nigeria needs. He builds bridges across the rivers of our ethnic divides and…

Oyo Muslim threatens court case to pursue usage of Hijab in public schools

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Muslim Community of Oyo state has threatened to pursue the usage of hijab by willing female students in public schools with legal action. Chairman of the organisation, Alhaji Kunle Sanni, stated this while speaking at a summit organised by the community theme “Unity of Muslims in Oyo state: An inevitable option” held at the University of Ibadan Central Mosque. Alhajji Sanni was speaking against the backdrop cases of harassment of Muslim girls and women who wear hijab in basics schools, secondary and higher institutions of learning. He said the idea…

Foundation awards Scholarship to Students, Grants to Women

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The Lateefah Moyosore Durosinmi Foundation (LMDF) will hold the 7th Edition of its Annual Scholarship Awards to Students and grants to women on small scale businesses on Wednesday, 24th November, 2021. In a statement issued by the Acting Secretary of the Foundation , Dr Mrs Mistura Sanni said the event will hold at Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile- Ife, Osun state. Sanni said 41 new scholarship awards to students in primary/ secondary schools and further scholarship support for tertiary education while 28 women in small scale business shall be given grants.…

World Toilet Day: Oyo Govt restates commitment to addressing open defecation

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Oyo state Governor,’Seyi Makinde on Friday said the government remained committed to addressing menace of open defecation in the state. Makinde represented by the Deputy Chief of Staff, Mr Abdulmojeed Mogbonjubola, said this during the commemoration of 2021 World Toilet Day in Ibadan. Makinde decried indiscriminate defecation by some residents, added that, there was need for people to have behaviourial changes while government would intensify efforts to addressing the menace. He said that the effects of open defecation included increase in waterborne diseases like diarrhea and other problems associated with…

2023 election: The north is indispensable, by Fredrick Nwabufo

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In Nigeria’s politics, the north holds the trump card – an inconvenient reality. By the inexorable contrivance of the divine, the northern region is a chief decider of the nation’s leadership. Since the country’s independence in 1960, the north has had the political Midas touch. Although some Nigerians are of the opinion that the British contrived the political advantage the north enjoys, the region has over the years shown more purpose, singularity and direction on matters of Nigeria’s leadership. The north has never wavered or quivered about its interest in…