Month: September 2022

An agenda for national rebirth (4), by Hassan Gimba

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To continue on this unending topic, we will look at how leaders and followers ought to conduct their affairs.   Let’s start from the top. A leader creates and nurtures others to be leaders. He must possess a clear vision and focus, know what he wants for his country and should be courageous enough to follow his dream. Apart from possessing integrity and honesty, a good leader has humility, is fair and just with the capacity for self-sacrifice and perseverance. A leader puts national interest above his.   We have…

Examining Uju Anya’s vitriol on Queen Elizabeth II By Festus Adedayo

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Like a prude confronted with sexually explicit images, the world didn’t hide its shock at Nigerian-born American professor, Uju Anya’s negative comments last week on the late British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. The world had waited with bated breath at manifest indications that Elizabeth’s last hours had come. Amid this apprehension, the associate professor of Applied Linguistics, Critical Sociolinguistics and Critical Discourse at Carnegie Mellon University launched her salvo. It came in the form of a tweet that brimmed with bile and hate. She had tweeted: “I heard the chief…

Gov Sani Bello celebrates Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar@ 70, calls him bridge-builder, as he marks 19th anniversary on throne

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Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has hailed the Etsu Nupe and Chairman Niger State Council of Traditional Rulers, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar as he clocked 70 and marked 19 years of his ascension to the throne as the 13th Etsu Nupe.   The Governor in a congratulatory message, described the Etsu Nupe as true, loving, courageous and a peaceful leader, whose immense contributions to unity, peaceful coexistence and development of the society is reckoned with in the State, Nigeria and beyond.   Governor Sani Bello who described Etsu Nupe as…

NCC, Civil Defence Corps, align to tackle Telecoms crimes

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has teamed with the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to tackle some of the criminal activities bedeviling the telecom industry, such as telecom equipment vandalism and fraudulent registration of Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards among others. Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof. Umar Danbatta, who addressed a gathering of senior management staff of NSCDC in the South West Zone, at an exclusive workshop organised by the Commission, hailed the Memorandum of Understanding sealed between the agency and the Commission, for which the gathering…

MEDIA PARLEY: NHRC Boss reassures journalists of commitement to a wide, safe media space

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The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has assured Nigerian journalists of its commitment to work with all stakeholders to ensure that the media space remains wide, safe and secure for journalism practice and freedom of expression. The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Chief Tony Ojukwu (SAN) who stated this in Abuja when he hosted journalists during a media parley in Abuja noted that the Commission cherishes the invaluable roles played by journalists in the society, including informing, educating, entertaining citizens, as well as setting an agenda for the government. “It…

FG inaugurates National Committee Against Torture, domiciles secretariat at NHRC

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The federal government in its determination to eliminate torture, cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment in Nigeria, has inaugurated the National Committee Against Torture (NCAT), in recognition of the increasing cases of torture across the country.   Inaugurating the Committee in Abuja, the Honourable Attorney General of the Federation (HAGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr Abubakar Malami (SAN) stated that the Committee is expected to play a crucial role to stamp out torture and other related vices, and to ensure justice to survivors and victims.   The Chief Law Officer of…

QUEEN ELIZABETH II: Niger Govt orders flags to fly at half-mast

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Following the Federal Government directive that all flags be flown at half-mast in the country and Nigerian Missions abroad, effective from Sunday, 11th September, 2022, and Monday 12th September, 2022 in honour of Her Majesty the late Queen Elizabeth II, the Niger State Government has equally directed that all flags across the State be flown at half-mast. A statement by Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Ahmed Ibrahim Matane disclosed that as the world mourns the passing of an iconic figure of the centuries, the people and Government of Niger…

Olamijuwonlo Alao-Akala: The Man, Dream, Passion and Politics of Love.

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“It would be more plausible to analyze the being of Olamijuwonlo from his weakness to his high sense of maturity and capability and…” – Minkail Olaitan   As the eminent son of one of the prominent political colossi in Nigeria, one would have expected a long note of wishes from this end as Olamijuwonlo Alao-Akala clocks the New Year. But instead, it would be more plausible to analyze the being of Olamijuwonlo from his weakness to his high sense of maturity and capability and, also basically to stabilize the fact…

SDGs; Working The Talk To Resolve Goals 3 , 4, Towards A Virile Society, By ABUBAKAR YUSUF.

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Sustainable Development Goals SDGs in Nigeria is breaking records in all fronts, particularly it’s global agenda of prioritizing 17 goals towards bridging social , economic stratification, and also achieving the 2020-2030 agenda popularly called known as ‘decade of action.’   Event in the recent times showed the SDGs handlers under Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, SSA to the President on the program in the last six years had stepped up it’s activities along with rendering stewardship geared towards ratifying the social gap in Nigeria.   Inspite economic recession, unemployment and job losses…

Robbery Attack: Onu Ankpa,AbdulMalik Umar calls for Military formation in Ankpa, sympathises with victims

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By Abubakar Yusuf.     A paramount ruler and Onu Ankpa, Alhaji Abdulmalik Umar has appealed to both local, state and federal government to collaborate with one another over the fragile security situations in Ankpa town , while calling for the establishment of a military base to counter further activities of the criminal elements in the area .   The Onu Ankpa bare his mind in a message of condolence to the people of Ankpa town and its environs, particularly those that lost their loved ones during the unfortunate incidence…