Month: July 2022

1 feared dead, 43 missing in Niger boat mishap

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One person has been reportedly feared dead, while another sustained injuries after a canoe ferrying 50 traders from Shiroro to Kwata Market in Zumba, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State capsized in the middle of Zumba River.   Newsband gathered that only six people out of the passengers have so far been rescued, and one was confirmed dead.   It was learnt that the accident occurred on Saturday afternoon.   The Director General, Niger State Emergency Management Agency, Ibrahim Inga, confirmed the incident to newsmen but said he had…

Open Letter to Ndigbo, by Hassan Gimba

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There was an outcry last week when Ebubeagu Operatives, a security outfit formed by the Imo State Government killed some suspected gunmen. Some people came out to say they were innocent youths who attended a traditional marriage in Awo – Ommama in Oru East Local Government area of the state. Such things will continue and this is why I see the need to repeat this epistle published on June 6, 2021 with the hope that reason will prevail in the South East. Nwanne m, ndewo. My Igbo brothers, I find…

Kwankwaso, Obi and the Social Media Illusion By Mahdi Garba

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Some months back, I met a journalist, who is a staffer at one of the leading digital platforms in the country. She is from the Igbo extraction and we discussed several issues. We talked about stories in the North West and the conflict ravaging the subregion. Later on, we switched to the economy and the hydra of inflation. I complained bitterly about the rise of staple food products that are even produced locally.   It was as if she was waiting for me to take a breath, then her question…

Shun Cultism,other Social Vices, DG warns Corps Members

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The Director General of National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Muhammad Kaku Fadah has warned Corps Members that the Scheme have zero tolerance for cultism, internet fraud, hooliganism and other forms of social vices.   He said anyone found indulging in them would be sanctioned in line with NYSC bye laws.   Fadah disclosed this today while addressing Corps Members at NYSC Plateau State Orientation Camp in Mangu.   He congratulated them on the successful completion of their studies which qualified them for mobilisation for national service.   General Fadah…

Courting Electoral Crime in The Name Of God By Jiti Ogunye

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“This is a clear instruction, when it is time to vote , vote only in the favour of the Church not for your party. Any believer that sells out his faith in the name of party is heading for hell”.   The above quoted statement is contained in a video being circulated in the cyberspace. It was made allegedly by a high ranking pastor, a man of God, of one of the Pentecostal Churches in Nigeria, “regarding the forthcoming 2023 Elections”.   This statement, when appropriately situated and contextualized, is…

10 Things Nigerians must know about the new Electoral Act

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Nigerians from all walks of life have continued to appreciate the key improvement the new Electoral Act which was signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari on February 25, 2022 has brought into the electoral process in Nigeria.   Below are 10 key things Nigerians must know about the new Electoral Act:   1. No manual accreditation.   2. No use of incident forms.   3. All accreditation is electronic.   4. Accreditation is Bimodal meaning facial recognition and fingerprinting.   5. No pre-election cases after the conclusion of Elections.…

Atiku Abubakar takes Nigerian masses fo granted – Peter Obi group

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The Peter Obi Support Network has reacted to a recorded interview of Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the group said former Vice President gave unsolicited and clearly erroneous political consultancy on who can win elections and who cannot win.     The group in a statement said;   “The seventh time presidential aspirant reportedly claimed that today’s most popular presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi cannot win the 2023 presidential election because Labour Party does not have any governor elected on its platform and does have LP National assembly members.   “Unfortunately, the…

Pantami extols Late Islamic Scholar Maigona …… NCC Boss ,Danbatta condoles with Minister

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The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has extolled the virtues of late Sheikh Abubakar Umar Maigona, an Islamic scholar and member of Gombe State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, who died in Makkah, Saudi Arabia during the 2022 Hajj pilgrimage.   Pantami who stated that his late friend, who has turned to become a brother, was a polymath who lived an exemplary life. The Minister who spoke in his office in Abuja during a condolence visit by the Executive Management of the Nigerian Communications Commission,…

Birthday Tribute, 17 Years Ago: How Isa Gusau, As Fellow Journalist, Loaned Us N1.5 Million For Correspondents’ Week By AbdulKareem Haruna

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While some or many, may write about Malam Isa Gusau’s exceptional role as media strategist to Governor Babagana Zulum, I chose to go memory lane, in my birthday tribute to a dear brother.   By the title of this tribute, I decided to recollect part of the speech I delivered on Monday, August 7, 2017, at the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, press week.   I gave the vote thanks at the end of the colorful event, after serving as secretary of the press week’s organizing committee.   The last…

BOOK REVIEW: EWO NA SOKO KIN NA (WHAT GOD HAS DESTINED) By Umar S. Adamu (NTA) [email protected]

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Even though some school of taught opined that reading culture is on the declining level, I have strong contrary opinion to that notion. Because it is in the contemporary that many young people are now into book writing especially in our mother tongues unlike before when reverse was the case, imaging the level of reading across even the Social Media and increasingly extent people are now addicted to learning indigenous language, Nupe inclusive. People are now reading, writing and publishing beyond the breadth of our forefathers. The 24 pages book…