Month: April 2022

Tariff hike: Senate’s pro-people efforts and the probe of MultiChoice By Dr. Ezrel TABIOWO

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Last week, Wednesday, to be precise, the Senate in plenary, considered a motion kicking against the tariff increase by MultiChoice Nigeria, a leading PayTV company operating in the country with business interests across Africa.   The chamber, in its resolutions, demanded a probe into the hike in tariff amid a call for the downward review of bouquet prices.   Accordingly, a seven-man ad-hoc panel was constituted by the Senate President, Dr. Ahmad Lawan, to investigate the circumstances surrounding the sudden price increment, particularly at a time when the country is…

Flour Mills of Nigeria gets ISO 27001 certification for Robust Cyber Security Framework

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Flour Mills of Nigeria PLC, a leader in the Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) recently passed the PECB ISO 27001certification audit for its Information Technology (IT) and cybersecurity framework and policies.   This certification has placed Flour Mills of Nigeria PLC as the foremost Nigerian firm in the FMCG sector to be presented with such a certification. ISO 27001(Information Security Management System) is the most recognized international standards for information security management for any organization globally. It provided clear processes for effective implementation and continuous mitigation to data/security breach for any…

NIN-SIM Linkage: FG directs Telcos to bar outgoing calls on unlinked lines from 4th April

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The Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has commended Nigerians and Legal Residents for their support during the exercise to link National Identification Number (NIN) to the Subscriber Identification Module (SIM). As of date, over 125 Million SIMs have had their NINs submitted for immediate linkage, verification and authentication. Similarly, the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) has issued over 78 Million unique NINs till date. It would be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari gave the directive for the implementation and commencement of the exercise…

Alhaji Ibrahim Idris @73, Tribute To A Legendary Juggernaut. By ABUBAKAR YUSUF.

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Alhaji Ibrahim Idris CON was the former Kogi Governor who ruled uniquely for nine consecutive years , between 2003-2012, a record not broken in the anals and records of Nigeria’s political history at sub national level, on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party PDP. Aside pioneering the nine years rule in Nigeria’s democracy, he also laid and initiated a solid foundation for a thriving democratic culture, with his removal of an incumbent administration that had the paraphernalia of office at his peck and call in 2003, and became the…

Who will save Nigeria from terrorists?, by Kazeem Akintunde

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I have not fully recovered from last week Monday’s terror attack on the Abuja-Kaduna train. This is because I was on that same train on September 23, last year. I had boarded the train at Idu in Abuja at 7 am in the company of the CEO of Africa Resource Centre For Excellence in Supply Chain Management, ARC_ESM, Azuka Okeke and Pharmacist Linus Odoemene, a former National Coordinator of the National Product Supply Chain Management Programme, NPSCMP, for the signing ceremony of a partnership agreement between Kaduna State Government and…

Now, nowhere is safe (1), by Hassan Gimba

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First, they came for the Communists   And I did not speak out   Because I was not a Communist       Then they came for the Socialists   And I did not speak out   Because I was not a Socialist       Then they came for the trade unionists   And I did not speak out   Because I was not a trade unionist       Then they came for the Jews   And I did not speak out   Because I was not a…

Rotimi Williams alive in Wole Olanipekun By Festus Adedayo

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Since his death in March 2006, not minding the galaxy of topnotch legal colossi that Nigeria has sired ever since, many schools of thought hold that Nigeria had not been able to reincarnate Chief Frederick Rotimi Alade Williams, QC, SAN. I argue to the contrary, however, that, in Chief Wole Olanipekun, Williams is very much alive with the Nigerian bar. The late Queen’s Counsel had oscillated in the legal firmament, both literally and with his immense physical stature. Like Williams, Olanipekun has also traversed the world of law. First Nigerian…

NHRC recieves Baze University Students on Study Tour

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The National Human Rights Commission received students from Baze University who were on their first study tour to the Commission.   They were students of 300 and 400 level Law Clinic, led by the law Clinic administrator, Mr Kenechukwu Agwu.   The Senior Adviser to the Executive Secretary, Hilary Ogbonna gave the students detailed explanation about the happenings of the on-going SARS panel.   Senior Cadre staff of various departments also participated and enlightened the Law students about the core mandate of the Commission.   The Law Clinic administrator said…

RAMADAN : Pray for Nigeria, Ortom tasks Muslims

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Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has urged the Muslim faithful to pray for the restoration of peace, unity and security of the nation during this year’s Ramadan fasting and prayer. Governor Ortom in a goodwill message to the Nigerian Muslim faithful noted that the challenges facing Nigeria today demand that the nation need prayers for her survival more than ever before. Besides the intractable security challenges raging the country, the governor said “peace and security is imperative as we enter 2023 electioneering period”. He also craved for religious harmony between…

No internal crisis over Guber zoning,says Benue PDP

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The Benue State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has debunked speculations that the party in the state is engulfed in crisis following the recent zoning of the Governorship ticket of the party to a section of the state going into the 2023 general elections.   The party in a statement on Saturday by the State Publicity Secretary, Bemgba Iortyom, described the speculations as “sponsored publications” targeted to “smear the recent zoning of the Governorship ticket of the party”.   It said it was not surprised that the “ground-breaking…