Day: August 11, 2022

NYSC DG inaugurates 5,000 seater ultra-modern Auditorium in Rivers Camp

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The Director General of National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Muhammad Kaku Fadah has commissioned a 5,000 seater capacity ultra-modern auditorium at the Rivers State Orientation Camp in Nonwa-Gbam, Tai Local Government Area of the State today.   Speaking during the inauguration of the auditorium fitted with state-of-the-art facilities, General Fadah commended the Rivers State Governor, Mr Nyesom Wike and the good people of the State for their unalloyed support for the NYSC through the provision of good working environment for Corps Members and Staff.   He also hailed Governor…

Niger Govt approves construction of 2.2km road …. adds fulfulde to official broadcasting languages

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Niger State Government has approved the construction of 2.24Km Musa Abubakar-Bosso City Hotel-Pyata junction road at the cost of over N951 Million.   This was disclosed by the Commissioner for Works, Alh. Mamman Musa during the post council briefing at the Government House Minna.   The Commissioner explained that the road when completed will provide access road to Bosso Dam and it was also part of the state government’s contribution to a German Milk and Cheese Manufactory company under construction in the Bosso area.   Alh. Musa said the road…

OWO TERROR ATTACK: CDS confirms arrest of 2 additional suspected terrorists

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Barely few hours after the disclosure by the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor of the arrest of 4 of the Owo Catholic Church attackers, 2 additional ISWAP terrorists, who were also connected to the attack on the church were apprehended at Omialafara (Omulafa), Ose LGA, Ondo State yesterday, 9 August 2022.   The arrests were made through the collaborative effort by military and DSS personnel. The suspects are Al-Qasim Idris and Abdulhaleem Idris. It is instructive to note that Abdulhaleem, alongside other high profile ISWAP commanders, had…

Obasanjo throws weight behind Diaspora Voting,urges National Assembly to amend relevant laws

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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has thrown his weight behind diaspora voting in Nigeria, maintained that there was no reason why the National Assembly cannot amend the relevant laws to make it possible for Nigerians in Diaspora to Vote.   The Former President was speaking when he was paid a courtesy visit by the Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission,(NIDCOM), Hon. Dr. Abike Dabiri-Erewa , and some staff of the Commission, in Abuokuta, the Ogun State Capital. The Chairman/CEO, (NIDCOM), Hon. Dr Abike Dabiri-Erewa , thanked President Obasanjo for his initiative to…

US-based Nigerian Professor returns home to empowe young Nigerians

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Professor Hauwa Ibrahim, a Nigerian, who once roamed the streets as a hawker, and now a lecturer in Harvard University, said she is back home on a mission to take away children from the streets and improve on their lives.   She spoke on her mission statement during a courtesy visit , along with her strategic visionary students, to Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), in Abuja.   Prof. Ibrahim who has been to 70 countries and taught in 12 countries, is back in Nigeria to teach…

CAS reviews ongoing Air Operations,as Airstrikes neutralize Terrorists Kingpin Alhaji Shanono, Others in Kaduna

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CAS reviews ongoing Air Operations,as NAF Aircraft neutralizes Terrorists Kingpin Alhaji Shanono, Others in Kaduna . The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao, was back to Kaduna earlier today 10 August 2022 to review ongoing operations and give further directives. This was even as intensive air operations endured in the entire military theatres of operation as NAF aircraft continue to seek and decimate enemies of the state in their attempts to make life unbearable for innocent Nigerians. From the briefings received by the CAS, it was evident…

FCT Police rescue 3 alleged Fraudsters from angry Mob,warns residents to shun Jungle Justice

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The Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), CP Babaji Sunday, has called on members of the public within the FCT to shun the barbaric act of jungle justice in their quest for justice.   The CP gave the advisory today, August 10, 2022, following the rescue of three alleged fraudsters from angry mob in the Lokogoma area of the FCT on Tuesday, August 9, 2022.   The CP noted that preliminary investigations carried out by the Police revealed that the mob descended on the trio – Francis Emeka Noah,…

NBC: Resetting The Pace of Professional Broadcasting In Nigeria, By ABUBAKAR YUSUF.

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The National Broadcasting Commission NBC is the regulatory agency of all broadcast stations operating in Nigeria, the roles it had played over time with successful leadership of the commission in recent times. In the course of carrying out its regulatory roles both on local and foreign broadcast organisations, it took cognisance of the legal framework guiding the operations in line with the NBC code in Nigeria. These ranges from professional misdemeanours of both staffers and the broadcast medium operating in Nigeria. Both the previous and current leadership of the commission…