Month: January 2022

To live and lead in the Future embrace and utilise ICT – Danbatta enjoins Youths

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Reckoning that 70 per cent of the new value to be created in the economy over the next decades will be based on digitally-enabled platform business models, the Executive Vice Chairman (EVC) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has stated unequivocally that it is focused on implementing all sectoral interventions focused on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) youth empowerment. Prof. Umar Danbatta. Danbatta made this declaration while delivering the 10th and 11th combined Convocation Lecture of Fountain University, Osogbo, Osun State. He asserted that the resolve of the Commission to…

NACOMYO condemns DSS, for inviting cleric who supported Hijab

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A group known as National Council of Muslim Youth Organisations (NACOMYO) has condemned the invitation of the leader of an Islamic organisation in Oyo State, Barrister AbdWaheed Olowonjaye by the Directorate of State Security, DSS over his comments on the negligence of government regarding the use of hijab. Recall that Intel Region had earlier reported that, FUNAAB and other tertiary institutions are clamping down on female students for using Hijab, a development will thoroughly condemn and amplify. The unfortunate event which has generated a lot of reactions from well meaning…

Why Tinubu Must Never Be Nigeria’s President By Festus Adedayo

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So I was at the Alausa Governor’s Office in Lagos. Accessing the governor was like seeking needle in a haystack. His Press Secretary sent words up that an irritant interloper had come to ferret response to a newsmagazine’s damming expose on the governor. After hours of waiting, a commissioner (names withheld) sauntered in and met me where I sat immovably like Mount Kilimanjaro. “You can’t write that story,” he began in a steely voice sauced with veiled threats. “Go back to Ibadan. We will talk to your boss.” That was…

ECOWAS HUMAN RIGHTS DAY: NHRC Boss tasks Govt,Stakeholders on adequate healthcare services for Children

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As Nigeria joined the rest of the West African Sub Region to commemorate the 2022 Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Human Rights Day, Executive Secretary National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Tony Ojukwu SAN, has called on government and relevant stakeholders to do more in providing healthcare services for children in order to ensure adequate enjoyment of their rights to health. The Executive Secretary who made this call in Abuja said although the Nigerian government has put many policies in place for the advancement of the child’s rights to…

The Secrets of Intangible Wealth, by Ronald Bailey

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We have been talking about the Rule of Law for some weeks now. Today, I give Ronald Bailey, an American libertarian science writer, who has written or edited several books on economics, ecology, and biotechnology the chance to show to us how the rule of law makes people wealthier. Please read: A Mexican migrant to the U.S. is five times more productive than one who stays home. Why is that? The answer is not the obvious one: This country has more machinery or tools or natural resources. Instead, according to…

SaMBA condemns Gov Inuwa’s Silence , Nonchalant attitude towards incessant Killing in Gombe

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The Southern and Middle Belt Alliance (SaMBA) has condemned the killing of 13 people in some communities in Tal, Banganje and Kalmai Districts, Billiri LGA, Southern Gombe State by suspected Fulani herdsmen. The Group in a statement signed by their Spokesman, Rwang Pam Jnr. berated Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State, construing his silence as a sign of nonchalance and disdain towards the loss of innocent lives of those he swore to protect. That security agencies failed to arrest the perpetrators of these killings in Southern Gombe is a clear…

NCC alerts Internet users on New Ransomware attacking Organisational Networks

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The Nigerian Communications Commission,NCC has alerted members of the public that a cybercrime group has perfected a new year scheme to deliver ransomware to targeted organizational networks. The new ransomware uncovered by security experts has been categorised, by the Nigerian Computer Emergency Response Team’s (ngCERT) advisory released over the weekend, as high-risk and critical. According to the ngCERT advisory, the criminal group is said to have been mailing out USB thumb drives to many organisations in the hope that recipients will plug them into their PCs and install the ransomware…

ARMED FORCES REMEMBRANCE DAY: Gov Sani Bello charges Security Agencies to remain resolute to end Insecurity

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Niger State Governor,Abubakar Sani Bello said the security agencies should remain resolute to end the security challenges bedeviling the country. Governor Sani Bello disclosed this at the 2022 Nigeria Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration held at the Permanent Cenotaph, Minna. He commended the men of Nigeria Armed Forces and other security agencies for protecting the lives of the people especially in dealing with insurgency and criminal elements, urging them not to relent. The governor urged them to continue to protect the integrity of the nation, promising the support of the…

JIFORM President, Minister Bag Ph D in Benin Republic

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President, Journalists International Forum For Migration (JIFORM), Ajibola Abayomi, and the Minister of Labour and Social Security, Sierra Leone, Alpha Timbo are to be conferred with the Doctorate Degree (Honoris Causa) in Public Administration on January 29,2022 at the Ecole Superieure des sciences, de commerce et administration des enterprise du Benin (ESCAE University) Benin Republic. A notification letter from the school signed by it’s Annex Director of Studies, Porto Novo, Dr Ajijola Issac reads thus: “The Governing Council of our University has ratified the conferment of Ph D (Honoris Causa)…

NYSC DG pays condolence visit to late Soun’s family

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NYSC Director-General, Major General Shuaibu Ibrahim has condoled the people of Ogbomosho over the death of His Royal Majesty, Oba Jimoh Oladunni Oyewumi Ajagungbade III. Speaking at Soun’s palace today, the Director-General commiserated with the entire town especially the immediate family on the death of the revered monarch. He also prayed for the repose of his soul. “On behalf of the NYSC family nationwide, please accept our heartfelt condolences”, he said. The Scheme had earlier written to the Oyo State Government, Minister of Youth and Sports Development and the deceased’s…