Month: May 2023

Kadi’s three years Revolution at National Assembly Service Commission NASC, By ABUBAKAR YUSUF.

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For three years running spanned from the appointment of an astute, and highly meticulous structural engineer cum grounded administrator, Engr Ahmed Kadi Amchi FNSE as Executive Chairman, National Assembly Service Commission NASC in February, 2020 along with his commissioners, two each from the six geopolitical zones of the country, it had been one success story to the other geared towards not only repositioning the administrative activities of the National Assembly, but deliver on its mandate of ensuring strict monitoring and supervision of staffs of the commission and the assembly towards…

Supreme Court upholds Adeleke victory as Osun Governor

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Supreme Court has affirmed Governor Ademola Adeleke as the winner of Osun Governorship election held on July 16, 2022. The five-member panel of the Apex court agreed with the Judgement of the Court of Appeal, which reversed the January 27 judgement of the Election Petition Tribunal, Oshogbo, sacking Adeleke as Governor, ordering a withdrawal of the certificate of return issued to him. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) winner of the poll, saying he scored 403,371 votes to sack Oyetola who…

Ekweremadu and the price of parts By Lasisi Olagunju

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The one who hasn’t been hit by war calls himself a man (Eni ìjà ò bá níí pe ‘ra è l’ókùnrin). The word for ‘fight’ in Yoruba is ‘ija’; but ‘ija’ is much more than ‘fight’. It means battle; it is also war. If you’ve never been caught up in or overtaken by war, it is possible you yell and tell the world that you are more manly than man. But, there is really no ‘man’ anywhere. In luster and bravery, people rise and fall in the battle of life.…

Sudan: Where Abati Misfires By Ali M.Ali

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  “…But the Nigerian government always disappoints, and that is precisely what they are doing in Sudan…” Reuben Abati May 4, 2023 Let me state upfront that I am a parent to one of the just evacuated students trapped in war torn, Sudan. His mother and me were hugely relieved when the Max Airline flight 611 from Azwan in Egypt touched down at the pilgrims wing of the Nmandi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja by 10.45am on Sunday May 7, 2023. Reuben Abati’s recent and viral treatise titled “Nigeria: Stranded in…

Commendations as OSSAP-SDGs delivers Two Hospitals Kwara communities.

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By ABUBAKAR YUSUF.     As part of its bid to help advance the health goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals, the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals, OSSAP-SDGs, has unveiled an 80-bed and 40-bed state-of-the-art healthcare facilities in Oro and Igbaja communities of Irepolodun and Ifelodun Local Government areas of Kwara State respectively. The two facilities are part of the many healthcare facilities constructed and fully equipped by the OSSAP-SDGs already contributing to improvement of…

FHA Mortgage Bank Excites Nigerians With ‘Rent To Own’ Mass Housing Program in Zuba FCT

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By ABUBAKAR YUSUF   The Federal Housing Authority FHA Mortgage Bank has introduced a ‘Rent to Own’ one bedroom facility for ordinary Nigerians yearning to become house owners. The facilities inaugurated by President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday was targeted at the low, middle income earners and the downtrodden to become house owners with seamless arrangements. The provisions was made in the just completed and commissioned 748 housing units built by Federal Housing Authority FHA in Zuba the Federal Capital Territory FCT. The arrangements according to the Managing Director, Federal Housing…

NCC reiterates commitment to Digital Job Creation for Youths

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In line with one of the pillars of the National Digital Economic Policy and Strategy, (NDEPS 2020-2030), which is to further accelerate economic growth in digital literacy and skills, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said it remained fully committed to the effective and efficient implementation of the Federal Government’s policy direction in repositioning the youth for the digital era job opportunities through a programme tagged, Digital Job Creation for Youths (DJCY).   Over 2,000 Nigerian youths have, so far, benefited from this programme from the Six (6) Geopolitical Zones…

Tinubu, judicial corruption and Madman of Gadarene By Festus Adedayo

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In Port-Harcourt, Rivers State last week as guest of Governor Nyesom Wike, President-elect, Bola Tinubu, promised to fight corruption. To delink judicial officers’ minds from corruption, Tinubu’s blueprint of fighting this goblin, he said, would be to incentivize judicial officers.   “You don’t expect your judges to live in squalor, to operate in squalor and dispense justice in squalor. This is part of the changes that are necessary. We must fight corruption but we must definitely look at the other side of the coin. If you don’t want your judges…

My phone conversation with Dangiwa Umar over Tukur Mamu, by Hassan Gimba

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My column of last week with the title “Like Mamu, like Abdulsalami and the billion naira firefighter” drew the attention of Colonel Dangiwa Umar (retd). The respected senior citizen was more particular about the first part because I mentioned him.       In the piece, I pointed out that Tukur Mamu, publisher of Kaduna-based Desert Herald and an aide to Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, a popular Islamic cleric, was arrested in September last year and taken to court on a 10-count charge bordering on terrorism financing.       He…

IMPROPER DRESSING: DG reads Riot Act to Corps Members

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The Director General ,National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Yusha’u Dogara Ahmed has warned Corps Members against defacing their NYSC uniforms and improper dressings.   He said anyone caught violating the Scheme’s dress code or breaking the NYSC rules would be sanctioned.   The DG gave the warning while addressing Corps Members and camp officials at NYSC Imo and Enugu State Orientation Camps. Ahmed advised the Corps Members to be disciplined in their conduct, embrace dignity of labour, adhere strictly to instructions and avoid all forms of negative youthful exhuberances.…