Day: December 30, 2022

Ndigbo, 2023 and looming danger, By Olusegun Adeniyi

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Nothing speaks better to a time like this than the message embedded in ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’. Particularly in the Southeast. I have deployed the 18th century poem by German writer and politician, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe several times on this page. It tells a compelling story that begins as an old sorcerer departs his workshop, leaving an apprentice with chores to perform. The apprentice, who had apparently observed his master at work, enchants a broomstick to help him with the task of fetching water, deploying a magic he was not…

NIDCOM rejoices with Nigerian girl,Tracy Eboigbodin over victory in cooking contest in Italy

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Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM),Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa has rejoiced with a Nigerian lady from Benin City, Tracy Eboigbodin, who won an international Cooking Contest in Italy on Friday. In a statement issued in Abuja by the Commission’s Head of Media and Public Relations, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, described the Tracy’s victory as well- deserved and product of hard work and dedication. Dabiri-Erewa said the efforts put into the competition by Ms Tracy Eboigbodin showed her sense of patriotism and thus brought honour and glory to the country. She reiterated that majority…

Buhari reappoints Adeyeye NAFDAC DG

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President Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye as the Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The agency disclosed this via its official Twitter handle @NafdacAgency on Friday. It wrote “Prof. Mojisola Christianah Adeyeye has been reappointed as the @DGatNAFDAC for the second and final tenure of five years. She stopped by briefly at the corporate headquarters in Abuja to meet with some Directors.” Prof. Adeyeye was first appointed as Director-General in November 2017.

CITAD laments illegal arrest, detention of Nigeria citizens

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By Abba Dukawa,Kano The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has expressed worry over what it termed as illegal arrest, detention and harassment of citizens without following due process negating the principles of democracy being practiced in Nigeria as absolute abuse of the human rights of the citizens as enshrined in the 1999 constitution as amended. The Executive Director of the centre, Yunusa Zakari Ya’u said, Nigeria’s government needed to assent to the Digital rights Bill in the Country which will…

Ooni commissions diagnostic centre in Lagos, charges govt on enabling environment

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Arole Oduduwa Olofin Adimula, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, CFR, Ojaja II, the Ooni of Ife has charged different tiers of government to create enabling environment for private investment in the medical sector, said this will motivate investors and professionals in diaspora to come home to establish world class health facilities in Nigeria. Speaking on Wednesday, 14th December 2022, while unveiling Omics Diagnostics Limited located at Oyekan Street, Yaba, Lagos during its commissioning ceremony also graced by notable personalities in Nigerian like Prof. Akin Abayomi, Lagos State Commissioner for Health,…

Bida,Capital City of Nupe Kingdom agog,as Nupe language class begins across primary schools Nupe Emirates

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A powerful delegation of the Nupe Development Foundation paid an official visit to the Bida Local Government Area Education Authority and expressed excitement over the adoption of the teaching of Nupe Language in primary schools, going by the approval of the Federal Government, for the teaching of mother tongues in Nigeria. Speaking with the delegation, the Education Secretary (ES) of Bida Local Government Area Education Authority, Alhaji Yakubu Chado Abdulkadir, assured that the Local Government Area is in full support of the teaching of Nupe Language but also insisted…