Month: August 2022

Stronger Civil-Military relations, key to tackle insecurity

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The Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Chief Tony Ojukwu SAN has tasked the Military to do more in improving Civil-Military Relations (CMR) as this will yield better result in addressing the present security challenges confronting the country.   Ojukwu gave this charge during a two-day training programme organized by the NHRC in Collaboration with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for Security Personnel in Maiduguri, Borno State. The training is one of the activities under the NHRC/UNHCR 2022 Project on Protection of Population of Concern…

The journey of Sisi Abba By Dare Babarinsa

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Young Nigerians may not understand the enormity of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the first Premier of the defunct Western Region (now Ekiti, Edo, Delta, Lagos, Ogun, Osun, Ondo and Oyo states). The territory he superintended extended from Badagry in the West to Asaba in the East. He changed our lives. On May 9, 1987, he died. His legacy is imperishable. I had the opportunity of seeing Awolowo at close quarters for the first time in 1983. He was the presidential flag bearer of the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), for the…

NYSC DG tasks Corps Members on good conduct … vows to sanction offenders

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The Director General of National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Muhammad Kaku Fadah has charged Corps Members to.be of good behavior and avoid any act that can tarnish their image, their families or bring the good image of NYSC into disrepute. General Fadah gave this advise today in his address to Corps Members during his visit to Ebonyi, Cross River and Imo State Orientation Camps. Fadah urged them to maintain high level of discipline and “avoid cultism, cybercrime, hooliganism and drug-related offences. “NYSC have zero tolerance for misconduct and you…

We’re better trained to tackle insecurity’, says Nigerian Merchant Navy, seeks FG’s partnership

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As part of its contribution to address insecurity in Nigeria, the Nigerian Merchant Navy, during the weekend, sought collaboration with the Nigerian Army and other Security Agencies to stop insecurity, and increase the general revenue base of the Federal Government, FG. This was even as it stated it has over the years been thoroughly trained to tackle insecurity, stating that partnership with the Federal Government would create platforms to reduce the unemployment rate in the country. Agaba, who made this disclosure during a press briefing with Journalists, in Abuja, averred…

From COVID to Monkey Pox: Can Nigeria afford another epidemic, by Gift Luckson

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Barely 2 years after the world was put on hold because of the deadly coronavirus that disrupted the economical and social activities of many nations, claiming millions of lives worldwide, mankind is faced with yet another catastrophe, the monkeypox virus.   Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by a brick-shaped virus carrying a double-strand of DNA. The virus that causes monkeypox was first discovered at the end of the 1950s, but there are signs it has undergone changes in the past three to four years which has enabled it to…

FCT Police warns against indiscriminate, illegal use of drones

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The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has condemned indiscriminate and illegal use of personal and commercial drones in the FCT. This was sequel to information at the disposal of the Command as well as public outcry on the sighting of drones hovering personal and government-restricted air-spaces which is contrary to extant laws, thereby creating fear and apprehension in the minds of residents. The Commissioner of Police FCT Command CP Babaji Sunday therefore directed the immediate Enforcement of Drone usage Regulations, arrest of violators, and the confiscation of such Drones.…

THE DEATH WISH IN SAM OMATSEYE’S OBITUARY By Law Mefor

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44An obituary is for the dead, not for the living. So, no matter how one looks at Sam Omatseye’s ‘Obi-tuary’ on Peter Obi and the movement his entry into the 2023 presidential race has become, it is all about a death wish. It rhymes with nothing else. Yes, death for the Peter Obi movement and possibly for its progenitor, Peter Obi himself is Omatseye’s underlying deep psychological wish. To clear the doubts, a death wish is a desire, often unconscious, for the death of another person, toward whom one has…

Capt Junaid Abdullahi; One Good Turn , Deserves Another At Border Communities, By ABUBAKAR YUSUF

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The re-appointment of a seasoned pilot, administrator and technocrat, Capt Junaid Abdullahi as the Executive Secretary/CEO for a second term in office, at the Border Communities Development Agency BCDA by President Muhammadu Buhari was not out of place. With the first appointment at the heat period of COVID-19, the performance of pilot turned administrator had been able to douse cynicisms and initial criticisms from mostly naysayers of his ability and capability to turn around the intervention agency, for the border communities in Nigeria, hitherto neglected for obvious reasons. Four years…

[Friday Sermon] Let Us All Repent From Our Sins And Turn To Allah Almighty! By Imam Murtadha Gusau

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In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Bestower of Mercy   All praise is due to Allah the forgiver of the sins and the accepter of repentance and severe in punishment.   Dear brothers and sisters! Allah Almighty said:   “And those who, when they commit an immorality or wrong themselves [by transgression], remember Allah and seek forgiveness for their sins – and who can forgive sins except Allah? – and [who] do not persist in what they have done while they know.” [Qur’an, 3: 135]   Respected…

Dabiri-Erewa applauds US based Nigerian Doctor,Ozuah for donation of $1m to his Alma Mater

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Elated by the generous donation to his alma mater, Hon. (Dr) Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has commended Dr Philip Ozuah, a Nigerian doctor based in New York for his very generous donation of one million US Dollars to the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan hostel project.   Dabiri-Erewa who put a personal call through to Dr Ozuah to appreciate his kind gesture, said the Commission was proud of him and his other colleagues who continuously give back to their country.   In an appreciative message…