Month: April 2022

Leaders of 14 LGAs Endorse Benue Speaker PDP Consensus Guber Candidate

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Speaker of the Benue State House of Assembly, Hon Titus Uba has emerged as the governorship consensus candidate for the People’s Democratic Party, PDP from the 14 local government areas of the Tiv speaking areas in the state   This is following a painstaking process that involved various segments of the stakeholders of the party in the state.   Determined to retain power in the 2023 general elections in Benue State,   The 32 gubernatorial aspirants from the 14 Tiv speaking local government areas endorsed the Benue Speaker after he…

Feeble dance of the Tinubu, Osinbajo masquerade By Festus Adedayo

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The most appropriate representation of the impending 2023 presidential election contest for the Yoruba is what is called the Odun e’gun or the Egungun Festival contest. It is a festival cum contest in which masquerades file out in their rainbow colour regalia, with a mammoth crowd gathered to watch them dance. As of today, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Yemi Osinbajo are the Yoruba people’s two biggest masquerades in this odun egun.   The Alagbaa, one entrusted with the traditional right to preside over the ancestral rites of the festival is…

Dele Bello, Oseni: When squash players die, do their racquets die? By Festus Adedayo

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On January 10, 2022, after a tiresome game of squash at the Ibadan Recreation Club, I walked upstairs to the section’s gym. As I began a bout of expelling the recalcitrant mass of protoplasm that had made my midriff its place of hibernation, it just occurred to me that, for months, I hadn’t seen the man who single-handedly procured the equipment in the gym while he was chairman of the section, Dele Bello, affectionately called DB. So I put a call through to him which was unanswered. The second day…

2021 POLICE CONSTABLES RECRUITMENT: FCT Police release CBT Examinations Centers , Dates

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In continuation of the 2021 recruitment exercise for Police constables, The FCT Police Command has asked all candidates who applied and attended the physical screening exercise, to check their recruitment status and print their Computer Based Test (CBT) examination slip on the recruitment portal; www.policerecruitment.gov.ng. This slip would grant them access to the CBT Examinations scheduled to hold on the 20th of April 2022 at the designated center and time in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as follows;   ABAJI Date: 20/04/2022. Time : 8:30am Venue: Aduvie international school, no…

Security Implications of ASUU strikes, by Hassan Gimba

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) was founded in 1978. Its predecessor, the Nigerian Association of University Teachers (NAUT), was formed in 1965 covering academic staff at the University of Ibadan, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, University of Ife and University of Lagos.   According to its founders, ASUU is a trade union whose objectives include regulation of relations between academic staff and employers, encouraging the participation of its members in the affairs of the university system and the nation, and protecting and advancing the socio-economic…

Gov Ortom tasks Benue youths to be focused, determined

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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has charged Benue youths not to lose focus on their set goals in life but be determined to conquer all challenges.   The Governor gave the charge Friday, April 15th, 2022 when he received a coalition of youth leaders from Benue State, led by Terrence Kuanum including two youngsters who won national and International laurels. The Governor who recalled the challenges he faced why growing up said he never allowed the frustrations of life to distract him even when the odds seemed to be against…

Let’s unite to confront our common enemy, Gov Ortom charges Benue people

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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has sued for unity among the people of the state irrespective of their political affiliations for the state to successfully defeat its common enemy.   He made the appeal Saturday, April 16th, 2022 when he led other dignitaries to witness the burial of Mama Phoebe Mchianan Afatyo, wife of Tor Jemgbagh, His Royal Highness, David Afatyo Ajoko at Tse Ajoko, Mbakyongo in Tombo Mbalagh, Buruku Local Government Area.   The Governor who frowned at unnecessary bickering amongst the people of the state as a result…

We won’t embark on projects we can’t complete – Gov Sule

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Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, has said his administration will not embark on any project that will not be completed.   Engineer Sule stated this while hosting members of the Moroa community in Akwanga Local Government Area, who were on a thank-you visit at his Gudi country home, on Saturday.   According to the Governor, his administration was only embarking on projects that the lean finances of the state can afford, stressed that he won’t embark on any project that he will not be able to finish.   Responding…

Internet Safety Advocate, Rotimi Onadipe Informs Internet Users Worldwide What To Do To Reduce Online Dangers In Society

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The Founder of internet safety magazine and CEO of Onadipe Technologies, Mr. Rotimi Onadipe has informed internet users all over the world what to do to reduce online abuse e.g. internet fraud, cyber bullying, online pornography, cybersex, online gaming addiction etc. which are now prevalent among youths and our society in today’s technology age.   Onadipe, whose published articles on internet safety are in several news platforms and have been used by many stakeholders, researchers, scholars, authors and many academic outlets around the world, shared his expert opinion with Nigerians…

EASTER CELEBRATION : Ortom calls for peaceful coexistence amongst Nigerians

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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has for the umpteenth time called for peaceful coexistence between and among Nigerians as the needed elixir for development to take place. Governor Ortom said an atmosphere of peace and cooperation between the government and the governed was the needed ingredient for any development or progress in any nation. In his goodwill message to Nigerians to commemorate this year’s Easter celebration, the Governor also canvassed for religious tolerance between and among different religious adherents. For him, all religions preaches peace and good neighbourliness and wondered…