Month: June 2022

NYSC DG urges Corps Members to embrace Skill Acquisition

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The Director General of National Youth Service Corps NYSC, Brigadier General Muhammad Kaku Fadah has admonished Corps Members to embrace vocational training which would empower them for self empowerment in the absence of salaried jobs.   He said NYSC has made adequate arrangements for every Corps Member to undergo three weeks free vocational training while in camp, through the Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development (SAED) programme of the Scheme.   He stated this today while addressing Corps Members at NYSC Kogi State Orientation Camp in Asaya, Kabba Local Government Area…

THE DEATH OF THE AUTHOR’ By Nathaniel Ikyur

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‘Roland Barthes, the famous French literary theorist, in ‘The Death of the Author’ argued against the conventional interpretative practice of relying on the intentions of an author to explain the “ultimate meaning” of a text.” Barthes emphasized the importance of individual reader’s interpretation of a text, rather than limiting the meaning of the text to, in his words, “definitive meaning” and tying same to the real intent. That in itself defeats what the author may have intended to achieve. In my 15-paragraph response to the foul language by the APC…

Between citizen and parachute journalism by Abdullahi Aliyu Maiwada

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“‘Parachute Journalism’ trivialize and sensationalize events that are more complex than a 30-second clip can capture” – Thomas L. McPhail.   However, this era of social media has made citizen journalists more dangerous than parachute journalists. While practitioners of the former are utterly ignorant about the basic principles of the profession, the latter is about placing journalists into an area to report on stories with little knowledge or experience. Lack of knowledge and tight deadlines often result in inaccurate or distorted news reports, especially during breaking news.   While citizen…

Running Mate As Albatross: Tinubu’s Choice, by Azu Ishiekwene

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That the All Progressives Congress (APC) flag bearer, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is exactly where the party’s last presidential candidate President Muhammadu Buhari was when he got the ticket eight years ago, shows just how our politics has stagnated, if not regressed.   After Buhari won the APC ticket in December 2014, the next major hurdle was getting a running mate. In what appeared to be a breach of the understanding he had with Tinubu to be his running mate before the election – and on the basis of which…

Senator Hadi Sirika; Remodelling Nigeria’s Airspace For Better Services. By Abubakar Yusuf.

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Senator (Capt) Hadi Sirika is Nigeria’s Minister of Aviation spanned seven years in the life of present administration of President Muhammadu Buhari since 2015.   The pilot Minister’s appointment over the years had justified the popular saying of a round peg in a round hole, having had the experience of working in the same environment over the decades as a pilot both in the private and public organization.   With his current portfolio and versed experience, Senator Hadi Sirika without further delay swung into action and repositioned the ailing aviation…

Police, NDLEA bicker over confessional video of suspects arraigned alongside Abba Kyari

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There is presently no love lost between the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) and the National Drug Law Enforcement (NDLEA) over the ongoing prosecution of the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari and others. An investigation carried out by PRNigeria shows that senior personnel in the Police are of the opinion that the NDLEA is trying to shield its personnel who were also allegedly involved in the drug scandal from arrest and prosecution. Kyari, the hitherto celebrated super cop, was declared wanted and arrested in March this year by NDLEA…

Ekiti 2022: INEC declares APC winner (See Full results

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The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Biodun Oyebanji, as the winner of the Ekiti State governorship election. The Chief Returning Officer of the election, Kayode Adebowale, declared the APC and its candidate winners of the election in the early hours of Sunday in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. According to Adebowale, Oyebanji scored 187,057 votes to defeat his closest challengers: Engr. Segun Oni of the Social Democratic Party and Chief Bisi Kolawole of the Peoples Democratic Party. While Oni polled polled 82,211…

NCC, 3R sign pact on Revenue Assurance Solutions

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has finally signed a Public Private Partnership (PPP) agreement with its consultant, 3R Company Nigeria Limited, for the execution of the Revenue Assurance Solutions (RAS) to strengthen and manage the integrity of revenue generation process in the Nigerian telecommunications industry.   The agreement-signing ceremony, which took place at the Commission’s Head Office, Abuja on Friday, June 17, 2022, was witnessed by representatives of the Infrastructure Concession and Regulatory Commission (ICRC). The ICRC has been guiding the partnership implementation process to give expression to the decision…

Peter Obi’s candidacy excites all Nigerians by Onwuasoanya FCC Jones

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There have been deliberate attempts by those shaken by the ever expanding acceptability of Nigeria’s most credible and best received presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi, to attempt to colour his candidacy with ethnic sentimentality. This, like other attempts before it, will not work. Peter Obi is a candidate of and for all Nigerians, no matter their tribe or persuasions. But, he is actually more, the candidate of those citizens who are dissatisfied with the current state of affairs in our country. This includes; members of disparate rebel and angry groups…

ELDER ABUSE DAY: NHRC tasks citizens on care of elderly

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As Nigeria joined the rest of the International Community to Celebrate World Elder Abuse Day, the Executive Secretary National Human Rights Commission(NHRC) Chief Tony Ojukwu SAN has called on citizens to imbibe the culture of care and respect for the elderly in order to protect them from any form of human rights violation and abuse. The Chief Human Rights Officer, who made this call during the commemoration of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day in Abuja, noted that elder abuse and neglect was a global social issue which does not only…