Day: January 3, 2023

Kogi Monarch charges Subjects on All Round Development.

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By ABUBAKAR YUSUF.     The Paramount ruler of Ankpa kingdom, HRH.Alhaji Abdulmalik Umar has appealed to subjects and title holders in his domain to become agents of new transformation and innovations in the kingdom.   The Onu Ankpa gave this advise on Monday during the coronation of eight illustrious sons and daughter of his kingdom, saying the recognition was not meant to encourage mischief, set back and dearth of positive ideas , but an opportunity to attract healthy competition in the area of development they have been known for,…

Omachi Atta Igala, Chief Kashim Akor congratulates First Indigenous TV Producer, MC Ajebere.

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By ABUBAKAR YUSUF.       The Omachi Atta Igala’, Chief Kashim Akor has felicitated with the first indigenous Ankpa TV producer, MC Ajebere on his birthday.   The title holder in a message released to mark the occasion on Tuesday described the journalist as the light of igala kingdom in the emerging new media world.   The Omachi Atta Igala maintained that aside using the medium as a way of life’s sustenance, the sacrifices in that regard was huge and had attracted more progress to the development of the…

I’ll transform Osun State for Better -Gov Adeleke

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Osun State Governor,Ademola Adeleke has restated his desire to transform Osun state and make it a shinning light among comity of states. The Governor made this commitment at the 2023 Inter-religious service held at the Government secretariat in Osogbo to usher in the new year. Governor Ademola Adeleke assured the people of the state that he will light up Osogbo, other major cities and township in the state. “We shall get to the promise land. Never again will you see Osun being dirty again. Osogbo will not be out of…

Osun Chieftaincy Affairs: Gov Adeleke vows to enforce due process.

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Osun state Governor, Ademola Adeleke has reinstated his commitment to uphold the rule of law and enforce due process particularly in the area of chieftaincy affairs in the state.   He made this declaration on Tuesday 3rd January, 2023 while receiving the report of the Committee on Chieftaincy affairs from the members of the committee headed by its Chairman, Rev. Bunmi Jenyo.   The Committee was inaugurated by Governor Ademola Adeleke on November 29th, 2022 with a mandate to look at the controversy in the Chieftaincy affairs of Osun state…

Predictable Budget Cycle: A great Legacy of Ninth N’Assembly By Ola Awoniyi

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Shortly after his emergence in 2019 as the 14th President of the Senate and Chairman of the Ninth National Assembly, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan promised to ensure the 2020 Appropriation Bill was passed and signed into law by the President before the end of that year. That promise would have sounded outlandish in many ears and many would have dismissed it outright as a flight of fancy induced by Lawan’s euphoria of electoral victory. Going by precedent under the Fourth Republic, there were valid reasons for such scepticism. By 2019, it…

IGP warns Commands/Formations against abuse of police investigative process

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The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba in a bid to strengthen the criminal justice system and standardize investigation processes in the Nigeria Police Force, has ordered a streamlining of all police investigative processes to prevent duplication of investigation via indiscriminate petitions and transfer of cases initiated by individuals and groups who have been indicted in initial investigations as a way to frustrate diligent investigation process and truncate criminal justice delivery. The IGP gave the directives while reviewing and dealing with files/cases in response to complaints on indiscriminate transfers…

Gunmen attack: My bulletproof car saved me — Ohakim

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The former governor of Imo state, Ikedi Ohakim, whose convoy was attacked and four police officers killed, said it was his bulletproof car that saved him if not the gunmen wanted to kill him and his two children in the vehicle. Ohakim told newsmen in Owerri on Tuesday, while narrating his ordeal how the gunmen attacked him in a place called Umualumaku while driving between Isiala Mbano and Ehime Mbano Local Government Areas of Imo state. According to Ohakim, how it happened; “We were driving between Isiala Mbano and Ehime…

Murder of A Medical Doctor By Patient Relatives In Delta State: Efforts of NMA President not good enough

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The medical community in Nigeria is saddened by the news of the gruesome murder of Dr. Uyi Iluobe in Ughara,Delta state by Patient relatives.However, what caught the attention of Medical Doctors in Nigeria is the content of a three-quarter page tepidly composed letter condemning the killing circulated mainly in social media platforms populated by Medical Doctors and shared to some media houses by the President of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA).The press release was poorly composed to the extent that the NMA President and his team failed to mention the…

BREAKING: Buhari signs N21.8trn budget for 2023 into law

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President Muhammadu Buhari has signed the N21.83 trillion 2023 Appropriation Bill into law.     Buhari signed the bill at the Council Chambers of the State House in Abuja, on Tuesday, December 6, 2022.   This development comes six days after the National Assembly passed the bill, which represents an increase of N1.32 trillion from the N20.51 trillion budget proposal of Buhari.     A breakdown of the budget indicates an allocation of N967.5 billion for statutory transfers, N6.6 trillion for debt servicing, N8.3 trillion for recurrent expenditure, and N5.9…

BREAKING: Sir Joseph Ntung Ari emerges ‘Plateau Man of the Year’ 2022

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Director-General/Chief Executive, Industrial Training Fund(ITF). Sir Joseph Ntung Ari has been voted ‘Plateau Man of the Year 2022’ by Plateau people both within and outside the State. Sir Joseph Ari emerged first place following his online nomination and voting by members of the general public as monitored and confirmed by the Plateau Man of the Year Awards panel of jury which lasted from the 21st to 31st of December, 2022. Consequently, this prestigious Award will be presented by the COA Media Group, organizers of the Plateau Man of the Year…