Month: February 2022

Aregbesola, political treachery and the Ijebu-Jesa sermon By Festus Adedayo

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Chinua Achebe’s Tortoise folktale in his highly celebrated Things Fall Apart, among other motifs, excoriates an act of betrayal as evil. In having Ekwefi, one of his characters, narrate the proverbial cunning and treachery of the Tortoise to her daughter Ezinma, Achebe attempted to paint a moral canvass suggestive of the fact that traitors always take fatal leaps that eventually lead to their unraveling. Like the tortoise, they break their shell carapace. This is Ekwefi’s narration: There once lived a very avaricious Tortoise whose greed knew no bounds and which…

AfricaNXT Confab Objective aligns with NCC’s vision of Technology-Driven Prosperity for Continent … As Danbatta pledges to sustain participation and support for Conference

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reiterated its faith in the vision of the AfricaNEXT Conference (AfricaNXT) to “co-create a prosperous future for all Africans” through collaborations, conversations and programming that are oriented in harvesting, harnessing and leveraging innovative technologies.   “The visualisations and concrete actions of the AfricaNXT conference are in congruence with NCC’s faith in the promise of technology to galvanise Nigeria’s, nay Africa’s, development. This explains our continued support and participation at the Conference which is now in its 10th Year, and we will continue to play…

NYSC Trust Fund, A Critical Need To Accelerate National Economic Growth By Emeka-Rems Mgbemena

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Recently, Management of the National Youth Service Corps, under the leadership of Maj Gen Shuaibu Ibrahim, an Associate Professor of Military History and Fellow, Historical Society of Nigeria, who has shown uncommon passion and refreshing candour in the discharge of the functions of his office advocated the establishment of the National Youth Sevice Corps Trust Fund ( NYSCTF).   The trust fund is expected to among others, address the infrastructural deficits besetting the Scheme, as well as provide start-up capitals for interested Corps Members to drive their business initiatives under…

Troops rescue 8 kidnapped victims from herdsmen in Benue

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Troops from Operation Whirl Stroke, OPWS, Saturday, made a huge breakthrough when they rescued Eight (8} persons from kidnappers den.   The rescued locals who hail from Agasha town in Guma local government area were kidnapped on their farms by herdsmen on Wednesday, February 16th, 2022.   In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Ortom, Mr. Nat Ikyur on Sunday morning, said the victims had spent over three days with their abductors before their rescue.   “Special Adviser to the Governor on Security, Lt. Col Paul Hemba…

CDS meets Oil Producing states Govs ,Other stakeholders over ,Security of Hyro-carbon Infrastructure.

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The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General LEO Irabor, has solicited sustainable collaboration among all stakeholders in the value chain of the oil and gas industry in Nigeria. He made this remark in Abuja on Friday 18 February 2022 during a meeting with the Governors of oil and gas producing states, heads of security agencies, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited as well as CEOs of the Upstream and Downstream sectors of the oil and gas industry. The meeting, which was mandated by President Muhammadu…

Youths boo Senator Adamu, threaten to leave party if lawmaker imposed as APC National Chairman

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Aggrieved youths belonging to the All Progressives Congress (APC), booed Senator Abdullahi Adamu in public when the lawmaker was invited to speak as chairman of an occassion marking the 20th anniversary of the Emir of Azara, in Awe Local Government Area, Nasarawa State. The incidence occurred on Saturday, shortly after Senator Adamu was invited to address the gathering, comprised top dignitaries that included the Nasarawa State Governor, Engr. Abdullahi A. Sule, as well as the Sultan of Sokoto, HRH Abubakar Saad III. The youths booed at Senator Adamu when he…

PSVW: NHRC set to visit Police stations, trains staff

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Determined to strengthen police reform in the country, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is scheduled to visit police stations across the country to monitor their compliance with human rights standards. Ahead of the flag off of the visit tagged, “Police Stations Visitors Week (PSVW)”, some members of staff of the Commission who will participate in the exercise were trained on the modalities of the visit at the Commission’s Headquarters, Abuja. Speaking in Abuja at the opening ceremony of the training programme, preparatory to the visit, the Executive Secretary, National…

NCC’s 112 Emergency Number Central to Successful Implementation of NEMSAS – Danbatta

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The Nigerian Communications Commission has stated that the National Emergency Number 112 which it instituted and superintend, is the most critical infrastructure necessary for the successful implementation of the National Emergency Medical Service and Ambulance Systems (NEMSAS) recently launched by the Federal Ministry of Health. The NEMSAS is established as a programme implementation unit in the Office of the Honourable Minister of Health. The project aims to establish an Information and Communication Technology-enabled emergency medical service that is effective, efficient, timely and in partnership with the private operators in the…

Gov Sani Bello mourns death of Former SSG, Ibrahim Isah Ladan

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Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has expressed sadness over the sudden death of a former Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Alhaji Ibrahim Isa Ladan. The Governor, in a condolence message said the demise of the former SSG is a huge loss to the state government in general and the Borgu Kingdom in particular. Governor Sani Bello eulogized the deceased described him as an outstanding administrator and politician who has greatly contributed to the growth and development of the state. He said late Ibrahim Isah Ladan served the state…

NCC visits Operators, Inspects Key facilities for Regulatory Effectiveness

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As part of the novel initiative to strengthen and deepen regulatory engagements and relations with operators, a delegation of top management of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has visited the headquarters of Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to inspect their technical infrastructure and other facilities. The delegation led by the Executive Commission, Stakeholder Management (ECSM) at NCC, Adeleke Adewolu, was in Lagos for a weeklong exercise essentially to get first-hand information about MNOs’ operations as well as verify challenges the MNOs may be dealing with in order to make recommendations to…