Month: May 2022

Benue APC, a scam, Mike Msuaan behind the staged Pensioners group’s protests at anti graft agencies offices By Aare Abiodun De Oracular Oracle

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Benue state is at its ruin now that it has got to a stage where the state chapter of APC would staged fake protests at the offices of the DSS, ICPC and EFCC under the name of a fake Pensioners group just because they want to discredit the performing government of Governor Samuel Ortom.   So shameful for the Benue opposition party to have hidden under the guise of a fake Pensioners group to stage those fake protests against Governor Samuel Ortom that he is owing them their entitlements. What…

Senate President, Ahmad Lawan,picks APC Presidential nomination forms

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The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Monday formally threw his hat into the ring to be the flag bearer of his party, the All Progressives Congress(APC) ahead of the 2023 Presidential election   Lawan was formally presented with the Expression of Interest and nomination forms purchased for him by a group of Nigerians led by the Chairman, National Stability Project, Ambassador Sam Nkire.   Presenting the forms, Ambassador Nkire said Lawan was seen as a stabilising personality needed to be the next President of Nigeria.   He said:…

Lawan lauds Ajibola Bashiru’s appointment as Oyetola’s Campaign DG

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The President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, has congratulated the spokesperson of the Senate, Senator Ajibola Bashiru, on his appointment as the Director-General of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Campaign Council for the Osun 2022 governorship election.   Bashiru who is representing Osun Central at the Senate was last Thursday inaugurated alongside other members of the Campaign Council by the State Chairman of the APC, Prince Gboyega Famodun.   SRJ as he is fondly called is to lead other sub-committees in the nine federal constituencies of Osun to actualize…

APC Slams Nine Conditions On Presidential Aspirants …. Contenders barred from taking party to court

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has released nine guidelines for the conduct of presidential, governorship and parliamentary aspirants ahead of primaries.   The contenders have been barred from going to court without first exhausting avenues for redress and ventilation of grievances.   The aspirants are also expected to sign undertakings to accept the outcomes of the shadow polls and support whoever emerges as a candidate for the general election.   The ruling party also directed them to take oaths not to engage in thuggery, anti-party activities, factionalisation or the creation…

NHRC,Stakeholders validate training manual for law enforcement officers

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As part of efforts to strengthen Police reform in Nigeria, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is validating a training manual on mainstreaming Human Rights into Law Enforcement in Nigeria to curb rights violations by security agents. The validation exercise was part of a larger project on strengthening Police reform in Nigeria, funded by MacArthur Foundation and being implemented by the Commission, in collaboration with the Office of the Vice President, CLEEN Foundation; Network for Police Reforms in Nigeria (NOPRIN), and Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC). The…

2023: Remembering Obafemi Awolowo By Lasisi Olagunju

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Today is the 35th anniversary of the transition of the sage, Chief Obafemi Awolowo. A sage is “a profoundly wise person; a person famed for wisdom.” A sage is also he that is “venerated for the possession of wisdom, possession of judgment and of experience.” That is what my dictionary says ‘sage’ means. In life, and since his death, anywhere Awolowo’s name is mentioned, you see ‘sage’ attached firmly to him. Is there any other Nigerian so venerated with that appellation? Awo earned it. In all his engagements with Nigeria,…

Shuaibu Ibrahim And Transformational Leadership in NYSC By Emeka-Rems Mgbemena

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Wikipedia describes transformational leadership as a theory of leadership where a leader works with teams or followers beyond their immediate self interests, to identify needed change, thus, creating a vision to guide the change through influence, inspiration, among others.   Therefore, a transformational leader serves as a role model who inspires confidence in his team, he is proactive and leads from the front.   That is the man, Major General Shuaibu Ibrahim, the 18th Chief Executive of the National Youth Sevice Corps who assumed duty as Director-General of the foremost…

Soun Throne And The Allegory Of Esinkesin By Femi OGUNLANA

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News filtered in last week that a young man, who believably acted under alcohol and hard drug stimuli broke into the palace of Ogbomoso, which presently has no official occupier to cause mayhem. The prowler simply identified as Ajanlekoko broke glass doors and inflicted various degrees of injuries on palace workers, many of who had to flee to avoid his swinging devastating punches. Some news medium even insinuated the intruder was out to steal the sacred crown of Soun, a report the palace secretary, Mr. Toyin Ajamu, however swiftly repudiated,…

2023 Presidency: Peter Obi storms Bauchi, Borno, Yobe ,Gombe states, holds consultations with PDP delegates

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In furtherance of his consultations with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stakeholders all over the country, former Governor of Anambra State, Mr. Peter Obi, yesterday visited Bauchi, Borno and Gombe states. He also met with the delegates of Yobe State, who joined their Borno State counterparts in Maiduguri.   Addressing the delegates, Obi’s message was consistent: the need to have the future of the children of the state at heart before casting their votes for who would fly the PDP flag.   In Obi’s words, “Before casting your votes, look…

How SDGs Is Bridging Provision of Portable Water Scarcity In Nigeria. By ABUBAKAR YUSUF.

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The provision of portable water across the country is in line with the Goal 6 of sustainable development goals SDGs, through the ‘ensuring of availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.’   This is also also crucial to the 169 targets which demonstrated the scale and ambition of the universal agenda that graduated from the Millennium Development Goals MDGs to Sustainable Development Goals SDGs and the new decade of action tagged 2020-2030 agenda geared towards achieving all the goals.   In accordance with these requirements, SDGs in…