Month: May 2022

Opportunities for Nigerian ICT talents, as Huawei grows team to tackle global challenges

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Global technology company, Huawei, has announced that it was actively searching for the world’s top ICT talent to support its strategy for innovation and building a greener intelligent world.   This presents an opportunity for Nigeria’s fast-growing pool of ICT professionals. Presently, Nigeria is of the countries with the fastest growing talents in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in Africa, ranking second – alongside Egypt- in terms of the number of professional software developers on the continent. Google reported in 2021 that Nigeria had the highest maginitude growth on the…

Peter Obi, Ekweremadu, Abaribe, et al: How PDP Composed its Obituary in South-East By Law Mefor

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The crisis and haemorrhage rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the South East in particular and across the nation, did not come to many as a surprise. There is nothing happening to the party in that region that I did not predict in my tribute to former Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, on his 60th birthday earlier this month of May. It wasn’t even difficult to predict either. The PDP lost its soul long ago and behaves like a man destined for doom, who arrogantly takes…

BREAKING : Atiku Abubakar emerges PDP Presidential Candidate for 2023 election

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Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has won the Peoples Democratic Party’s presidential ticket, making him the forerunner for the party in the race to the 2023 general elections.     On Saturday, the PDP held its presidential primary elections at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja amidst the sudden extension of primaries by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).     Atiku Abubakar, a retired customs office and Nigeria’s vice-president from 1999 to 2007, won 371 votes from the 767 delegates accredited for the convention.     Earlier, Sokoto state…

BREAKING : Gov Sani Bello wins Niger North APC Senatorial Ticket

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Niger state Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has emerged winner of Niger North (Zone C) Senatorial District primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with a landslide margin.   Out of the 435 registered delegates, of which 343 were accredited, Governor Sani Bello scored 335 votes to defeat his rival, Senator Aliyu Abdullahi Sabi who garnered 7 votes and 1 invalid vote.   Declaring the results in Kontagora, the Niger North retuning Officer, Adamu Abdulkareem announced the incumbent Governor of Niger State as the winner having secured the highest votes.…

Permanent Secretaries Retreat ‘ll acquaint Accounting Officers with implementation of Public Procurement Act – BPP DG

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Director General, Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP), Mamman Ahmadu, said Permanent Secretaries retreat (PS) is aimed at equipping the Federal Permanent Secretaries with the fundamental principles of Procurement to achieve value for money.   The DG made this remarks when he delivered his welcome address during the retreat taking place at the Ibom Hotels and gulf resort, Uyo Akwa Ibom State, on Friday 27, May, 2022   He said federal Permanent Secretaries are the accounting officers in the ministries stated that under section 20 sub-section 1 of the procurement Act,…

NYSC DG commends Army, DSS for Support,solicits for more security at Orientation Camps

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The Director General of National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Muhammad Kaku Fadah has lauded the Nigerian Army and Department of State Services for supporting NYSC operations.   He gave the commendation today when he paid courtesy visits to the General Officer Commanding, 1 Div Nigerian Army, Kaduna, Major General KI Mukthar and Kaduna State Director, Department of State Services, Mr Abdul A. Enenche. The DG who said that Corps Members were National assets added that the Scheme could not afford to risk the life of Corps Members, but would…

List Of Winners Of APC Governorship Primaries For 2023 Elections

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1. Babagana Zulum (BORNO) 2. Babajide Sanwo-Olu (Lagos) 3. Mai Malam Buni(Yobe) 4. Idris Nasiru(Kebbi) 5. Uche Nnaji (Enugu) 6. Ovie Omo Agege (Delta) 7. Bello Matawale (Zamfara) 8. Dikko Umaru(Katsina) 9. Tonye Cole (Rivers) 10. Uba Sani (Kaduna) 11. Nentawe yiltwada (PLATEAU) 12. Dapo Abiodun(Ogun) 13. Abdulrazaq AbdulRaman (kwara) 14. Aishatu Binani(Adamawa) 15. Umar Namadi (jigawa) 16. Ikechi Emenike(Abia) 17. Nasiru Gawuna (Kano) 18. Abdullahi Sule(Nasarawa) 19. Inuwa Yahaya (Gombe) 20. Bassey Otu (cross River) 21. Akan Idofia (Akwa Ibom) 22. AIR MARSHALL SADIQ ABUBAKAR (BAUCHI) 23. Umar Bago(Niger)…

Peter Obi Support Group urges Nigerian Youths to join Labour Party

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Peter Obi Support Network (POSN) has called on all Nigerians of goodwill to join the former governor of Anambra state in his new Political party. Peter Obi announced yesterday that he has joined the Labour Party in his quest to become the president of the federal republic of Nigeria in 2023. The group in a statement issued after Mr Peter Obi announced his new Political party said the call has became necessary to jointly wrestle Nigeria from the hands of political merchants. POSN also called on all credible politicians from…

Buhari former aide defeated at APC primary poll

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Member, representing Gaya, Ajingi, Albasu Federal Constituency Hon Abdullahi Mahmud Gaya has defeated immediate past Special Assistant on social media to President Buhari,Bashir Ahmad.   The result which was announced by the returning officer of the election ,Hon Faizu Alfindiki said incumbent serving federal lawmaker had secured 109 votes in the poll to trounce Bashir Ahmad who got 16 votes after the party’s delegates casted their votes at the Gaya local government Islamic centre Friday.   In his response after the announcement of the results, Hon Abdullahi Mahmud Gaya assured…