Day: February 19, 2023

Shake- up in NCC,as Haru,Idehen,others redeployed

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Two Directors of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Alhassan Haru and Mr. Efosa Idehen have been respectively redeployed to man the Technical Standards and Network Integrity (TSNI), and the Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement (CME) departments of the Commission in a move to further enhance operational efficiency and sustain regulatory excellence.   In an exercise approved by the Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, other senior staff of NCC were moved to head critical departments, following the recent retirement of some directors, who reached the 60…

Opposition’s rogue website, social media handles spreading fake news on Tinubu – APC-PCC

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The All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council said it has stumbled on a rogue website, www.Igbotimesmagazine.online, out to disseminate false and malicious information about Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress.   APC PCC in a release signed by its Spokesperson,Bayo Onanuga read; In its latest false news, the site claimed that some EFCC operatives, on the order of President Muhammadu Buhari raided the “underground home” of Tinubu. It claimed that N400 billion of the new notes was recovered from there. The story, which notably…

Summit University collaborates with Landmark University on Grant Writing Skills and Research

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On Friday, February 17th, 2023, the Innovation and Advanced Science Research Group (IASRG) of Summit University, Offa, Kwara State (SUN, Offa) played host to three representatives from Landmark University, Omu Aran, Kwara State.     After a brief introduction of the teams, the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Abiodun Musa Aibinu, expressed his delight that Nigerian institutions are now embracing research and grant writing. He reiterated that the collaboration is part of the KU8 initiative among universities in Kwara State.     Prof. Musa Aibinu also expressed his appreciation to his counterpart, the…

It’s easy defending criminality when you’re not the victim. By Owei Lakemfa

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I EXPECTED a backlash when on February 3, 2023, I published a piece: “Recreating the Holocaust in their own image.” It came as expected. The various reactions reinforce my position that our world can be a far better place if only otherwise decent humans would not rationalise evil. But it is quite easy to rationalise criminality, if you are not the victim. To such decent people, I usually say, please put yourself in the position of the victim and see whether you will still hold the same position. But such…

Of coup, interim government and allied nonsense By Festus Adedayo

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At times like this, two works of literature are my abiding refuge. One, written over a century ago, speaks to the melee both in the APC and Nigeria as a whole. It is a poem entitled ‘The Second Coming’ by William Butler Yeats. It was written at a time similar to that of present Nigeria. It was a time when it looked like the world was coming to an end. The casualties of the First World War were benumbing and overwhelmingly high. The deaths of millions from the pangs of…

2023 Election: Are the security agencies ready for the el-Rufa’is? by Hassan Gimba

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The death of a thousand good men is not as tragic as having an unfit man in a position of national leadership – Usman dan Fodio.       The above quote by Sheikh Usman Ɗan Fodio, a Fulani philosopher, Islamic religious teacher, revolutionary, and leader who founded the Sokoto Caliphate and ruled as its first Caliph, is quite true. This is so because an unfit leader can cause the death of millions and plunge a nation into chaos, anarchy and civil war.   We are just about five days…

Residents lockdown Maiduguri for Tinubu, Shettima

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It was another massive show of support and solidarity for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and his running mate, Senator Kashim Shettima, as admirers on Saturday turned his campaign rally in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, into a street carnival. This came about 48 hours after a similar spectacle was recorded in Ibadan, Oyo State, where the APC rally brought the former headquarters of the defunct Western Region to a standstill. In Maiduguri, major streets of the city especially those leading from…

APC, The War Within, Saturday And Beyond By Chris Gyang

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As the country gets set to elect a new president next Saturday, there are strong indications that all is not well within the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC. The cracks are widening at break-neck speed. But even observers of Nigeria’s political evolution, especially from 2015 when the APC took power from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), are stunned by this turn of events. The pundits predicted that the APC, which was knocked together chiefly to grab power, would sooner or later disintegrate. That it was only a matter of time…

Lets join hands to curb Irregular Migration- Dabiri-Erewa

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Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO Nigerians In Diaspora Commission has called on all participants at the European Union and International observer Organisation for Migration joint Management Workshop to make use of the knowledge impacted on them to join the fight against irregular migration. This appeal was made in Abuja at the closing ceremony of the Workshop, focused on Lessons Learnt From Migration Management Programmes held from 2020-2022. Dabiri-Erewa encouraged all stakeholders to come together and compliment the efforts of the government in their own individual capacity by giving their best regardless…