Year: 2022

Dame Award: Gov Adeleke felicitates with Lasisi Olagunju

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Osun state Governor ,Ademola Adeleke has congratulated renowned journalist and collumnist, Dr. Lasisi Olagunju, for again winning the year’s Dame Award, expressing delight at the incredible feat of winning the award for a record third time.   The Dame Award is a prestigious honour reserved for people who distinguished themselves in their chosen fields. Dr. Olagunju received the award in 2019, 2021 and 2022, with the 2020 edition suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic.   In a congratulatory message on Monday, Governor Adeleke said the Dame Award was a further recognition…

XMAS/NEW YEAR: FCT Police assures residents of a peaceful celebration. – As CP enjoins residents to report suspicious activities through police emergency lines.

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The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has deployed personnel and material resources in their thousands across the nooks and crannies of the Territory ahead of the yearly anticipated festivities.   The proactive deployment which consisted of all Intelligence and tactical assets at the Command’s disposal cemented with inter-agency collaboration is occasioned by the need to ensure that crime and criminality in its forms and dynamics are promptly nipped in the board. The deployment is notably characterized by strengthened police-community relationship towards intelligence gathering, Stop and search, intelligence-led raids on black…

Repositioning FHA Post COVID Era, By Abubakar Yusuf

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The Federal Housing Authority FHA was established under an act charged with providing mass and affordable housing for Nigerians, with a view to resolving accomodation problems of both the low, middle, intermediate and other categories of would be house owners. Even though, before now was one of the moribund government agencies, yearning for repositioning through adequate government attention.   The appointment of Senator Gbenga Ashafa in 2020 as the Managing Director Chief Executive Officer FHA after COVID and it’s subsequent lockdowns including the first to the fifth wave, opened another…

Ignore Atiku Abubakar’s Sugar-coated Promises, He Does Not Mean Well – APC tells Nigerians

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The APC Presidential Campaign Council has warned Nigerians to be wary of the sugar-coated promises of former Vice president, Atiku Abubakar and his Peoples Democratic Party “as they embark on their inordinate and desperate campaign to gain power at all cost”. “A party that should be eternally shameful about its appalling record in governance between 1999-2015 is now busy rewriting history, embellishing the locust years as if it was a golden era in our history. “Of course, this is fake history at its worse. We are not fooled. Nigerians should…

I Thank You All For Your Love, Kindness And Concern To Me! By Imam Murtadha Gusau

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In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all creation—may He extol the Messenger in the highest company of Angels and send His peace and blessings upon him—likewise upon his family, Companions, and true followers. Dear brothers and sisters! Today I would like to talk about one of the most important topics in Islam. This Monday article will discuss the topic of love and thanking people, as in loving one another for the sake of Allah Almighty. My beloved people!…

I’ll be a fair, just President to all Nigerians – Tinubu … assures South West Muslim leaders of faster economic growth

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In continuation of his engagements with religious groups and leaders in the country, the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Sunday again spoke of his plans to retool the economy for the benefit of all Nigerians. Speaking at a TownHall meeting with Muslim Leaders from South West in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, the APC standard bearer also commended religious leaders in the country for their continued prayers and sermons, which he noted, had contributed to unity and peaceful coexistence. Describing the forthcoming…

Why Africa needs reparations,migrant protection for survival – Kaboub, Ocansey

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Speakers at a webinar marking the 2nd edition of the African Migration Summit have proffered solutions to the varied migration challenges on the continent. The summit held via zoom was powered by the Journalists International Forum For Migration (JIFORM), Nigeria and the Nekotech Center of Excellence, Ghana on Thursday. In his opening remark, Dr Ajibola Abayomi, President of the JIFORM said the essence of the summit with a theme: Climate Change, Migration and The Future of Africa was to provide a platform to continually interrogate and deepen migration policies aimed…

MEDIA ICON: Another Great milestone for Comrade Garba By Abba Dukawa

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This piece is to celebrate versatile information manager and veteran journalists per excellence Comrade Muhammad Garba is not borne out of sheer vain glorious imaginations but a great opportunity to write about meek media personality. Even though, the awardee needs no introduction to the media circles and country at large. The awardee is veteran journalist Comrade Garba’s journalism career in 1989 with Triumph Publishing Company Limited, Kano as a reporter and served in various as Sub-Editor, Chief Sub-Editor, Group News Editor, and Deputy Editor. The award conferred on him according…

CBN, Qatar 2022 and time to rekindle our patriotism (1), by Hassan Gimba

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There is nothing more touching than watching fans at the ongoing World Cup shedding tears when their national anthem is being sung, or crying when their national team loses a game or even wins. Such a show of intense emotion comes as a result of substantial love for one’s country. It is a sign of unbridled patriotism. You begin to wonder if a Nigerian would cry on hearing our national anthem or cry if we win or lose a game. But you must ask yourself whether such love for country…

Sunday Dare visits NYSC Delta Camp ….lauds State Govt support for Scheme

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The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare has commended Delta State Government for providing a befitting Orientation Camp for NYSC in the State. He lauded the spate of infrastructural development at the Orientation Camp in Issele-Uku, described it as a good template for all NYSC Orientation Camps across the country. The Minister made this commendation today during his visit to NYSC Delta State Orientation Camp in Issele-Uku to assess the level of work at the on-going 700 capacity Corps Members hostel, NYSC South-South Area Office Warehouse and internal…