Month: April 2023

NCC clears air on alleged phone tracking, leakage

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reacted to allegations of telephone “tracking” and “leakage” made against the Commission by some individuals and groups in the social and alternative Media.   While reacting to the allegations through a statement signed by Dr.Reuben Muoka,Director, Public Affairs,the Commission made the following clarifications: i. The Commission denies the allegations in their entirety.   ii. By the provisions of the Nigerian Communication Act (NCA) 2003 and other extant Laws of the Federation, the Commission does not and cannot “track” nor “leak” telephone conversations of anyone.…

Defence Hqrs explains rationale behind presence of UN Fighting Vehicles, Equipment,says no cause for alarm

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The Nigerian Defence Headquarters has explained the reasons behind the presence of UN fighting vehicles and equipments In Edo state. The defence headquarters in a release signed by Brigadier General Tukur Gusau,Acting Director Defence Information, stated that presently, Nigeria was contributing troops to various United Nations Peace keeping operations, the most recent is United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA), Southern Sudan. The Mission according to DHQ is commanded by a Nigerian, Major General Benjamin Olufemi Sawyerr. “The Defence Headquarters wishes to react to some social media video clips…

Beware of activities of land grabbers – FHA warns FCT Residents

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By ABUBAKAR YUSUF.     The Management of Federal Housing Authority has warned members of the general public, especially FCT Residents about the recent activities of land grabbers in the Authority’s Estate’s in Apo/Guzape, Gwarinpa and Lugbe; Abuja Federal Capital Territory.   In a caveat Emptor published in the Daily Trust newspaper yesterday, 3rd April, 2023, the Authority drew the attention of the public to the activities of a syndicate, which it says has engaged in the distortion of her layouts, by taking unsuspecting members of the public to lands…

The Story Of Nigeria’s Most Famous Magician Professor Peller and How He Was Assassinated in 1997

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Professor Peller The magician was one of the Nigerians that opened Nigerian to what magic was. He is the father of Shina Peller the popular socialite, he always moved with huge and electrified crowd thronging after a his slowly-moving convoy. At the center was a white limousine and from the sun roof, was a man full of charming smiles, waving to the frenzied crowd, he looked very smart, handsome and he was also wearing white, all white, the hat too was white. It was quite a dazzling spectacle. The limo…

Senator Isah Jibrin and the push to end the perennial herders crisis in Kogi East By Kadir Okala

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In recent years, Nigeria has been grappling with the issue of herders and farmers clashes that have led to the loss of lives and destruction of property. One of the states that have been hit hard by this crisis is Kogi State, particularly the East Senatorial District. However, one man is determined to put an end to this crisis and restore peace to the area. His name is Senator Isah Jibrin, popularly known as Echocho. Echocho, who is the Senator representing Kogi East Senatorial District at the National Assembly, has…

The banana peel at Wadata House, by Kazeem Akintunde

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His name is Iyorchia Ayu, a Tiv from Gboko in present-day Benue State. Iyorchia, among the Tiv ethnic group, means someone people are afraid of. Ayu, on the other hand, means water mermaid. In essence, Iyorchia Ayu could be literarily translated to mean people are afraid of mermaids. But Nyesom Wike, the stormy petrel in Rivers State, and his faction in the Peoples Democratic Party seem not to be afraid of either Iyorchia Ayu or any mermaids lurking within the precinct of Wuse in Abuja, as they have succeeded in…

1000 Sierra Leonean youths to benefit from SOS-NEKOTECH USA-CANADA work-study master’s degree program …. With $100m USA loan

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1000 Sierra Leonean youth with Bachelor’s Degrees stand to benefit from the SOS-NEKOTECH USA/Canada Work-Study Masters Degree National launched on March 28, 2023 at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security by the Honorable Minister, Dr. Alpha Timbo. The Work-Study pilot program was approved by Cabinet on April 20, 2021, under the auspices of the Ministry of Labour and Social Security in collaboration with SOS Labour Ghana under the Transfer2Transform initiative. To date, young Sierra Leoneans are already successfully pursuing their Master’s degree in the USA at top universities such…

Ramadan; Varsity Don preaches on Key to Allah’s Mercy.

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By ABUBAKAR YUSUF.       A university don, Professor Isa Sarumi has urged Moslems to continue to express gratitude to Allah’s mercy and compassion, saying Almighty God is the most beneficent and most merciful.   He stated this during the presentation of annual Ramadan Lecture as a guest speaker on Saturday, 1st April, 2023 at Nasir-Lahu-Fatih Society headquarters in Abuja.   The theme of the lecture which titled “Fasting ; The Sure Key To Allah’s Mercy” stressed the need to be grateful at all times, rather than resigning to…

DSS, Interim Government Gaslight And Reverse Psychology By Law Mefor

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The Department of State Services (DSS) is an interesting organization. It is one place the citizens love to hate. The body thrives on Reverse Psychology and gaslighting, saying one thing and meaning the exact opposite and making the citizens doubt and blame themselves for the failures of their leaders. Inimitable also is their ambivalence and amorphous deception in the line of duty and secrecy. Their operatives do as they like, answerable to none but the President and to the President alone. Their allegiance is therefore not to the country or…

Portable and eccentricity of stardom By Festus Adedayo

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In the course of my research into the work, Ayinla Omowura: Life and Times of an Apala Legend, I came to the conclusion that stardom and eccentricity are intertwined. One of my sources told me that one day in the late 1970s, Omowura, the late Yoruba musician, as a litigant in a matter that took place in an Abeokuta, Ogun State High Court, walked into the courtroom clutching a half-smoked wrap of burning marijuana. The judge was so scandalized that he shouted, “Get out of here! Where do you think…