Month: April 2022

2023: I neither blasted Northern Elders nor rejected PDP consensus candidacy —Peter Obi

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Leading PDP Presidential candidate for 2023 Election and former Governor Peter Obi has dismissed a viral story where it was alleged that he blasted the Northern Elders and also rejected Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) consensus candidacy for the 2023 presidential election. Obi has denied such news, saying it was false and cheap propaganda. A statement on Sunday from Obi’s Media Office, signed by his Media Adviser, Barr Valentine Obienyem, showed that Obi did not at any point “blast” or reject the consensus candidacy position of PDP. “Anyone who has followed…

2023 Presidency: Declare intention to run now, group urges Akpabio

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The Coalition for Regional Development for Transparency and Good Governance (CRDTG) has urged the former governor of Akwa Ibom state, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to immediately declare his presidential intention and obtain nomination form.   The group led by Bashir Attahir Lawal, stated in a press statement on Sunday that it was fully prepared as a group to adopt Akpabio’s aspiration as its project come 2023.   According to the group, the persuasion for the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs to run for the position of president is a patriotic call…

GOODLUCK MUST RUN

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Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan GCFR, GCON is a politician in the Nigerian political system and the Former President o. He served as the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in a one-tenure administration from 2010 to 2015. He ran for a second tenure in the 2015 election but lost the election to General Muhammadu Buhari. He bowed gracefully to the defeat which was fascinating to everyone as no president in time past had ever admitted defeat in a peaceful manner. In a press interview on Friday after his office…

Lawan mourns Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi lll

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The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, has described the passing of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi lll, as a great loss to the Yoruba people at home and in the diaspora, and to Nigeria as a nation.   Lawan therefore condoled with the Government and people of Oyo State and the entire Yoruba race over the loss of a great African traditional ruler.   “Oba Adeyemi regally represented the culture and tradition of the Yoruba people and the great history of Oyo Empire, one of the greatest in Africa,…

2022 World Heath Day : IGP charges personnel on wellbeing, upgrades Police health facilities

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The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba has charged all personnel of the Force to take full advantage of the police health facilities in their respective commands and formations especially in light of the recent acquisition and distribution on the basis of need, of hospital equipment necessary for both basic and advanced health services to police hospitals, clinics, and cottage health centres around the country. As part of events to mark this year’s World Malaria Day, the IGP has ensured the distribution of the acquired medical facilities which include…

Now, nowhere is safe (3), by Hassan Gimba

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This is the concluding part of this write up, having done parts one and two a few weeks earlier.   “When that is not the case, the victim’s faith in his country gets punctured. With the country’s might demystified in his eyes, he can fantasize about the power and invincibility of his captors. Is that Amuta’s case? In a country weighed down by increasing insecurity, where life has become short, nasty and brutish, such victims may feel they are ‘safer’ in the hands of the terrorists. We need to do…

Alaafin: I’ve prepared my burial By Festus Adedayo

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  How was I to know that that meeting I had with the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, on March 2, 2022, was the last between a father and his son? In the last couple of hours of hearing of his passing, I have scrutinized, without success, memories of anything unusual in the sky on that day that probably spoke of the looming calamity that would befall the Oyo palace. The sky was the usual grey, without a foreboding countenance; the palace courtiers were the usual ensemble, spraying entrants…

Domestic Violence: Dangers And Solutions By Imam Murtadha Gusau

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In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all creation—may He extol the Messenger in the highest company of Angels and send His peace and blessings upon him—likewise upon his family, Companions, and true followers. Their number is not known with certainty. Perhaps they were only two. Maybe they were twenty. Regardless, these women approached the man who had thus far, given them hope for this world and beyond. This time, it was to seek a solution…

Gov Sani Bello condoles with Oyo Govt, Yoruba race, over passage of foremost Monarch,Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III

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  Governor of Niger State and Chairman North Central Governors Forum (NCGF), Abubakar Sani Bello has commiserated with the Government of Oyo State and the entire Yoruba race over the death of their foremost traditional ruler, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III.   The NCGF Chairman in a condolence message described the death of the prominent monarch of the Yoruba race as sorrowful considering his immense contributions to not only the Yoruba land, but the nation in general.   He observed that the late monarch who rulled for…

NCC, Stakeholders brainstorm on Blockchain’s benefits to Economy

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), stakeholders in the academia, the public sector and enthusiasts of technology for development, have deliberated on the benefits derivable from emerging technologies such as Blockchain, to advance the growth of the Nigerian economy.   At a recently-organised two-day workshop by the Commission, in collaboration with the Bureau of Public Service Reforms (BPSR), stakeholders were in accord that through effective implementation of policies as expressed in guidelines, regulations and directions driven by the NCC, Blockchain could be a bedrock of economic innovation and growth.   The…