Year: 2021

2022: Remaining 18th Months Are Critical To The Administration By Abba Dukawa

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Let set the record straight, it will be the highest injustice for anybody not to appreciate gains on Infrastructural Development across the country, supporting states governments with various financial bailouts, budget finance support, and many more policies to alleviate the suffering of citizens. No administration in the country carries out several welfarist policies like PMB’s administration. Indeed, the ruling party described itself as a “ Transformational Change Agent”, determined “to cleanse closet to halt the dangerous drift of Nigeria to a failed state. Mr. President remains arch critics to all…

Huawei recognized as 2021 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice

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Huawei has been named as a 2021 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Wired and Wireless LAN Access Infrastructure.   Huawei was named a Customers’ Choice in four of the five customer segments (excluding North America) based on the demographics of reviewers — Midsize Enterprise (50M – 1B USD), Services, Asia/Pacific, and Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).   As the only non-North American vendor named, Huawei received a high rating of 4.8/5 stars based on 191 customer reviews on the Gartner Peer Insights platform.   Customers across a…

Makinde’s Technical Assistant on New Media, Mayowa Okekale, welcomes first Child

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These are certainly beautiful times for Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State as his entire media team and, most importantly, the Family of Mr and Mrs Mayowa Joel Okekale became full fledged parents on this auspicious day, Monday 27th, 2021. The Technical Assistant to Governor Seyi Makinde on New Media, Mayowa Okekale, in the early hours of Monday became a father as his beautiful and lovely wife, Omotola, delivered of a bouncing baby boy. Mayowa, the Publisher of NewsBreakNG.com broke the good news to his GOAL POACHER NEWS colleague-publisher, saying…

Indemnity, public safety are reasons why Discos take control of donated equipment – ANED

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The Association of Nigerian Electricity Distributors (ANED) has explained why electricity distribution companies (Discos) assumed ownership of equipment voluntarily made available by customers for use by their networks. In a statement signed by ANED’s Executive Director for Research and Advocacy, Barr. Sunday Oduntan, the body said it boiled down to a matter of indemnity and safety critical protection. “Many people have asked that question and the answer is simple, and we feel it is important to shed light on it for the sake of public awareness. It is a case…

Was Bola Ige’s murder avoidable? By Festus Adedayo

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Could Chief Ajibola Ige, former governor of old Oyo State, ex-Attorney General of the Federation and foremost apostle of Yoruba’s recent ancestor, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, have escaped the gruesome death that took his life on December 23, 2001 if he had chosen the sobriquet “Demosthenes,” rather than “Cicero”? Ige’s gruesome murder and the unfortunate circumstances surrounding it have attracted mottled commentaries in the last 20 years. This was the crux of the intellectual spat that respected professor of Political Science, my Master’s class teacher at the University of Ibadan and…

That Wike, Fayemi banter By Festus Adedayo

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An interesting video went viral last week. It is a short exchange between the governors of Ekiti and Rivers States, Dr. Kayode Fayemi and Nyesom Wike. The video unearthed some revelations. One is that, Nigerian governmental elites are not all just about governance and the survival-of-the-fittest fights to neutralize one another. They also exchange banters and throw friendly broadsides. The age-long ideological binary of progressive and conservative crept out of the governors’ exchanges. While Fayemi spoke about the progressive political inclination of his party, Wike attacked him: You claim to…

The Rule of Law, Nigeria’s only hope for survival (3), by Hassan Gimba

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Many patriots concerned with our rapid nose-diving in morals and abandonment of the rule of law believe that the British left too early. Some theorise that perhaps if our independence, achieved on a platter of gold, was delayed for 20 more years, we would have still been on the course. Had we gotten our independence in 1980, about three generations of Nigerians would have gone through tutelage under the prim and proper Britons rather than just one generation. And perhaps respect for the rule of law might have been so…

As Kashim Akor lights up Igalaland… By Haruspice.

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Obviously moved by altruism and enviable love for fatherland, Dr Kashim Akor is going round the red earthly domains of Igalaland lightening towns, hamlets and villages in his personal voyage to give back to the society. From Ankpa through Omala down to Olamaboro, it is same illuminating intervention by the helmsman at the National Productivity Center. In a roughly counted time, Dr Kashim Akor has lightened up once darkened parts of our land with solar-powered street lights. Life in parts of Kashim’s interventions has been fascinating with nightlife at its…

Niger APC felicitates with Christians on Christmas celebration

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The All Progressives Congress (APC),Niger state chapter has felicitated with Christians across the state over the joyous occasion of Christmas which celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.   The party in a Christmas and New Year message issued by the State Publicity Secretary,Musa D Sarkinkaji,(Labarum SK) on behalf of Chairman,Hon. Haliru Zakari Jikantoro,said; ‘We note that the yuletide season symbolizes perseverance, faith, hope and love; these are the virtues we appeal to Nigerlites to continue to exhibit as the state and the country navigates from the economic recession towards progress…

CHRISTMAS : Gov Sani Bello felicitates with Christians ,restates commitment to securing lives ,Property

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Niger state Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has felicitated with Christians and all Nigerlites on the joyous occasion of 2021 Christmas, commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ.   The Governor in a Christmas message, said Christmas season signified love, joy, peace and hope pointing out that these values are much needed in the society coupled with the insecurity bedeviling the state in particular and the country in general.   He enjoined all Nigerlites to appropriate the hope that comes with Christmas and reinvest trust in his administration’s determination and unwavering commitment…