Month: April 2023

RCCG Region 19 RMF holds Economic Conference 2023

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The Region 19 Pastor, Pastor Brown Oyitso, and the Region 19 RMF Coordinator, Pastor Amos Emovon, have announced that this year’s RCCG Economic Conference will be held on 29th of April 2023 at the Dominion Sanctuary Acme, Ogba in Lagos, Nigeria. Themed “Disrupted. Resilience. Rebuilding. Recovering.” The conference will bring together leading economists, financial experts, and business leaders to explore the challenges and opportunities of rebuilding and recovering from economic disruptions. The conference will feature a distinguished panel of speakers including Dr. Doyin Salami, Mr. Sam Egube, Mrs. Toyin Sanni,…

NNPC: Where Are Our Refineries after 8 years?

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The funds we have been spending on subsidies could buy us brand new refineries off the shelf. The NNPC awarded homongous contracts for the rehabilitation or refurbishment of our four national refineries, and by the terms of the contract, all the refineries should have been delivered by now However, all of a sudden, the NNPC, which sunk our money in the refineries contract, has decided to keep mute They are not telling us the status of the contract and the present condition of refineries, the subject matter of the contract…

Tinubu returns to Nigeria

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Bola Ahmed Tinubu returns to Nigeria’s president-elect, Mr Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday returned to the country after a month vacation in Paris, France. The former Lagos governor arrived at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport accompanied by his wife, Senator Oluremi Tinubu. Tinubu who was controversially declared the winner of February 25 election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, arrived to the waiting hands of party leaders, members of APC National Working Committee (NWC); Governors, National Assembly members and well wishers, among others. See pictures below:

FG to Evacuate Nigerians Stranded in Sudan by Road

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Foreign Affairs Minister Geoffrey Onyeama has disclosed that 5,500 Nigerians stranded in Sudan will be evacuated by road. Many are stranded in the North African country following a power tussle that has resulted in a crisis. The development has led to calls for the evacuation of the nation’s citizens. But speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, Onyeama said those stranded can’t be evacuated by air. “We have been given the cost estimate and all the details. They gave us a figure of 5,500 who are ready for evacuation. Obviously, what…

Air Peace to evacuate stranded Nigerians in Sudan free

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Nigeria’s largest domestic airline, Air Peace, has asked for Buhari’s government permission to evacuate Nigerians stranded in Sudan, free of charge. This is coming against the backdrop of the uprising currently ongoing in the North-East Africa country. The airline noted that Nigerian students and others stranded in the war-racked nation need our help. It would be recalled that the airline in 2019 deployed flights to evacuate Nigerians in South Africa during the heat of the xenophobic attack against Africans living in that country. A development that threatened the lives of…

Our server not hacked – NPC

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The National Population Commission has described as misleading and false,an information allegedly made by an uninformed staff of the Commission and Comptroller of Chanchaga LGA in Niger State, Mr. Sanusi Maigida on the hacking of the NPC server citing this development as the reason for the postponement of the LGA-level training of the Supervisors and Enumerators for the 2023 Population and Housing Census. The commission maintained that statement made by Mr. Sanusi Maigida is totally false and does not represent the true position of things as regards the Commission’s server…

Niger Governor-Elect sympathizes with Emir of Lapai over Wife’s death

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The Niger State Governor-Elect, Hon. Mohammed Umar Bago has sent a condolence message to the Emir of Lapai, His Royal Highness, Alhaji Umaru Bago Tafida III, following the loss of his Third Wife, Hajiya Adama Bago Tafida. In the message which was delivered by a delegation led by the Deputy Governor-Elect, Comrade Yakubu Garba, Mohammed Bago expressed his sympathy and that of the entire state to the Emir and people of the Lapai Emirate over the loss. He noted that Hajiya Adama’s love and kindness had transcended the palace walls,…

Binani, Buhari: Hurt, guilt and forgiveness By Festus Adedayo

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President Muhammadu Buhari, on Friday, asked Nigerians who he might have hurt in his near-eight-year misrule, to forgive him. Similarly, a section of the social media is asking for forgiveness for Aishatu Dahiru, popularly known as Binani. Dahiru is the woman who, before the April gubernatorial election re-run in Adamawa State, was considered a political exemplar and one who typified the assumed political purity of the female gender. Very few narratives of the concept of hurt and forgiveness are as gripping as the grisly story of Father Michael Lapsley. As…

Buhari, Tinubu’s Appreciation Of Supporters In Perspective By Femi Ogunshola

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When the President-elect celebrates a relatively unknown you on your birth anniversary and mourn your losses via a Presidential Press Release, then it’s something to cherish, it suggest how much your support is deeply appreciated, even though you may not have had a physical contact with the president. For me, unlike Buhari, Tinubu will not put his On and Off line supporters under the bus.   You may think it’s too early in the day to commend such gesture as being exhibited by a President yet to be sworn in,…

Gov Sani Bello commiserates with Emir of Lapai over wife’s death

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Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello has commiserated with the Emir of Lapai, Alhaji Umar Bago III over the death of his wife, Hajiya Lare Adama Umar Bago.   Gov Sani Bello in a statement described the deceased as a remarkably supportive wife and mother who also dedicated her lifetime in servitude to God Almighty and humanity in general.   The Governor who acknowledged the inevitability of death, said late Hajiya Lare Adama would surely be missed for her philanthropist and general advocacy and care for women, children and the…