Month: May 2022

S/West APC Presidential aspirants, others are united – Bisi Akande

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A former national chairman of the APC, Chief Bisi Akande, says South West presidential aspirants of the party , governors and other leaders are united ahead of the 2023 general elections. Addressing newsmen at the end of a meeting with presidential aspirants from the zone on Friday night in Lagos, Akande, however, urged party stalwarts and aspirants “to talk to themselves and the public with absolute decorum”. According to the former governor of Osun, the South west APC leaders are united and will work to ensure that the 2023 presidency…

NCC allays Subscribers’ fears on Service Providers’ demand for Tariff increase

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has denied news making the rounds that the will be upward review of telecom tariffs by the service providers.   The commission said it has monitored with keen interest the deluge of reports in the media on the demand by Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) ostensibly to increase tariffs of telecom services and has taken notes of the fears being expressed by telecom subscribers on the agitation.   The demand being made by MNOs under the auspices of the Associatoon of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria…

Work harmoniously in your campaigns, Ortom urges PDP Presidential Aspirants

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Ahead of the next years’ general elections, Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has urged presidential aspirants on the platform of the PDP to maintain peace and harmony among them as they carry on with their campaigns.   Governor Ortom made the appeal Friday, May 6th, 2022 when Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi state, paid him a consultative visit at Benue People’s House, Makurdi.   Mohammed, the former FCT Minister is one of the presidential aspirants on the platform of the PDP.   He stated that as qualified as all…

NCC parleys Media Stakeholders to Enhance Effective Reporting of Telecoms Industry

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Consistent with its strategic objective of stakeholder collaboration and partnering, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) recently met a section of stakeholders in the mass media industry.   The forum was a workshop, organised to keep Nigerian journalists who specialised in reporting the telecom and ICT sector, abreast of emerging developments in the telecom industry, in order to ensure the general public receives contextual, interpretive and illuminating reporting of telecom matters.   The journalists, who attended the workshop under the aegis of the Nigeria Information Technology Reporters’ Association (NITRA), Abuja Chapter,…

Imam Imam; Three Years After, the Tears still drop.

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The death of Imam Imam hit me like a tornado, it shattered my defence and left me near berserk. How do you come to terms with the reality that a man full of life just yesterday is laying still and motionless buried by the debris of the earth? He was all life and zest and with a pause of breath, he sailed into eternal sleep; never to wake again but to remain tied to the embrace of the earth. Like every mortal, Imam has answered the creed of nature. Innallilahi…

Tinubu may not be running, by Fredrick Nwabufo

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Bola Tinubu

It is a kaleidoscope – the pattern keeps mutating. Nigeria’s politics should be among the most unpredictable, intriguing and exhilarating. There are more smokescreens than actual smoke; more pawns than real players; more masquerades than true pipers and more jokers than aces.   But Bola Tinubu, former Lagos governor and APC presidential hopeful, is no joker. As he said during his declaration, it has been his ‘’lifelong ambition’’ to become president. A younger and healthier Tinubu will make a good president.   As I wrote in a previous column, Tinubu…

Friday Sermon: Ramadan’s Muslims! By Imam Murtadha Gusau

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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful   All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all creation. May the salutations of Allah, His peace and blessings be upon our beloved Prophet, his family, his companions and his true and sincere followers until the Last Day – then to proceed:   Dear brothers and sisters! Know that, Ramadan is a level playing field wherein people compete with each other in good deeds and benevolence. During this blessed month, souls are trained in virtue and accustomed…

It’s embarrassing campaigning for 2023 election with our children at home — Peter Obi

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Frontline Presidential Aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Peter Obi, has lamented and expressed regret that “we are campaigning for 2023 with our children who should be in school whiling away time at home.” Obi made the lamentation on Wednesday while responding to a question from a Nigerian student when he featured on a popular Abuja-based human rights radio and television station better known as Berekete Family. The former Anambra State Governor said that he found it disheartening that the noise of 2023 is dominating the space rather…

Respite underway for Residents of Rafin Gora ,as Niger Govt ,NEWMAP Ecological intervention gets to completion stage

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Residents of Rafin Gora in Kontagora Local Government Area of Niger State will soon breath a sigh of relief as the on-going construction of canals around the community have reached completion stage.   The project which is an intervention between the Niger State Government and the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project(NEWMAP); a World Bank assisted programme meant to curb ecological challenges in communities suffering annual gully erosion.   Niger state Governor ,Abubakar Sani Bello who went on an inspection tour to the project sites, expressed satisfaction with the level…

Gov Sani Bello pays Sallah homage to Emir of Kagara …… commiserate with him over death of Alh Gambo Tanko Bojoh

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Niger state Governor,Abubakar Sani Bello has paid Sallah homage to the Emir of Kagara, Alh. Ahmed Garba Gunna Attahiru II, at his Palace in Kagara, Rafi Local Government Area.   Governor Sani Bello who congratulated the Emir on the successful end of this year’s Ramadan Fast and the Eid-el-Fitr celebration, prayed for peace to completely return to the state and the country at large.   The Governor also used the opportunity to commiserate with the Emir on the death of an illustrious son of the Emirate who is also his…