Month: October 2022

INSIDE THE SOUL OF SEOUL By Femi Adesina

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We set forth at dawn, because ahead lay a long haul journey. Fifteen hours of flying, as we headed to Seoul, South Korea, to attend the first World Bio Summit. It was not the longest journey one had taken. We had been to Japan, which was 16 hours. As much as I don’t dread flying, nothing beats having your feet on terra firma. The ground. The sky was terra incognita, and to be there for 15 hours is no small deal. After six-and-a-half hours, we arrived Muscat, in Oman (officially…

You Are the Faces Of Nigeria, Buhari tells Nigerians in South Korea

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President Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in Seoul, Republic of Korea, reminded Nigerians resident in the Asian country that they are the “faces of Nigeria,” and should endeavour to project a positive image of the country through their actions, characters, conducts and general comportments. The President stated this during an interactive meeting with the leadership and select members of the Nigerian Community as part of his engagements at the end of the First World Bio Summit 2022, while urging them to remain good ambassadors of Nigeria at all times. According to President…

FRIDAY SERMON: The Patience Of Our Beloved Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) By Imam Murtadha Gusau

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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful   All Praise is due to Allah, We praise Him and we seek help from Him. We ask forgiveness from Him. We repent to Him; and we seek refuge in Him from our own evils and our own bad deeds. Anyone who is guided by Allah, he is indeed guided; and anyone who has been left astray, will find no one to guide him. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, the Only One without any…

FAAC shares N760.235b Revenue to FG, States, LGCs for Sept 2022

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The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) has shared a total sum of N760.235 billion September 2022 Federation Account Revenue to the Federal Government, States and Local Government Councils.   This was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) meeting for October 2022.   The N760.235 billion total distributable revenue comprised distributable statutory revenue of N502.135 billion, distributable Value Added Tax (VAT) revenue of N189.928 billion, Electronic Money Transfer Levy (EMTL) revenue of N8.172 billion and Augmentation of N60.000 billion.   In September…

NYSC DG bags Honourary Award from Institute Of Safety Professionals

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The Institute of Safety Professionals of Nigeria has conferred honourary membership award on the NYSC Director General, Brig.General Muhammad Kaku Fadah for his leadership qualities.   The National President of the Institute, Mr Evaristus Uzamere during the conferment today commended the Director General for his impeccable administrative style since he assumed duty as the 19th Director General of NYSC. He also requested for synergy with the National Youth Service Corps, adding that there was a need to ensure safety precautions in all NYSC Orientation Camps.   He added that the…

NPC holds Luncheon for Journalists.

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By ABUBAKAR YUSUF.     The Chairman, National Population Commission NPC, Alhaji Nasir Isa Kwarra said the roles of the media in ensuring the 2023 Census cannot be overemphasized, saying the commission was irrevocably committed towards the 2023 population and housing census.   He made this remarks on Thursday at Palm Hotel , Central Business District Abuja during a luncheon organised for Editors, Bureau Chiefs and Population Correspondents at Palm Hotel Central Business District CBD , Abuja.   The NPC top notcher stated that media had been a great partner…

NAF investigating alledged accidental air strikes on Civilians …. as 2022 Air Operations Seminar begins in Uyo

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The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Oladayo Amao has stated that a committee of officers has been instituted to compile all allegations of accidental air strikes on civilians as well as review the circumstances leading to such strikes.     This, according to him, was with a view to proffering far-reaching measures that would mitigate future incidences of collateral damages on civilians during Nigerian Air Force (NAF) operations. Air Marshal Amao stated this today, 27 October 2022 at the opening ceremony of the 2022 Air Operations Seminar…

Kogi NUJ Honors NPC DG, Dr Kashim Akor .

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By ABUBAKAR YUSUF.       The Director General, National Productivity Center NPC, Dr Kashim Akor has bagged the 2022 Nigeria Union of Journalist Award in Lokoja, Kogi state.   Dr Kashim Akor was honored on Thursday in Lokoja the state capital for his ‘Community Development Project’ in Kogi state and across the country.   He emerged as one of the nine awardees and recipient of this year’s NUJ award which included Kogi state Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Adoza Bello.   Akor had contributed greatly to the development of education, provision…

Big Question, Family Homes Fund Limited, Where are the 500,000 housing units created, Nigerians.

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Efforts by the Federal Government, FG, to ensure that deficit housing conditions seen in the country and the spate of unemployment among young Nigerians and other myriad of problems faced in the country are addressed, have been mired in controversy.   Oftentimes, Nigerians have bemoaned the high economic and social instability pervading the polity which are patent proofs that all is not well, as most of the situations bloom from corrupt practices. While many Nigerians are bent on accusing the federal government of not standing to stem the rot of…

Ukraine calls for expulsion of Russia from Red Cross

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The Red Cross should expel its Russian affiliate over its fundraising efforts to support the families of mobilized reservists and allegedly the reservists themselves, a senior Ukrainian official insisted on Tuesday.   Dmitry Lubinets, who holds the post of commissioner for human rights in Ukraine’s parliament, accused the Russian Red Cross of backing the partial mobilization, which was announced by President Vladimir Putin last month.     By providing assistance to the mobilization efforts, the organization “supports a bloody war” in Ukraine, he added. As a result, Lubinets claimed that…