Month: May 2023

Breaking: FG appoints Adepoju Wura-Ola as Acting CG Immigration

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Federal Government has appointed Deputy Comptroller General of Immigration, Adepoju Carol Wura-Ola as the acting Comptroller General of Immigration. A letter dated May 26, 2023, signed by Ja’afaru Ahmed, Secretary ,Civil Defense, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Boards said the appointment take effect from Tuesday 30th May, 2023. The development come as the former Immigration boss Isah Jere retired from the Service. The statement reads: “I write to to convey approval of the Chairman of the Board for you to cover duties of the Office of the Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration…

NUJ FCT mourns Media Mogul, Raymond Dokpesi

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The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) FCT Council has expressed grief over the sudden death of media mogul and Chairman of DAAR Communications PLC owners of African Independent Television (AIT) and RayPower FM, High Chief Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi, described it as a personal loss to the NUJ FCT Council and journalism in general.   In a statement released in Abuja, Monday, jointly signed by Comrade Emmanuel Ogbeche and Ochiaka Ugwu, Chairman and Secretary of Council respectively, they noted that the council received the news of the death of the late…

Lawan mourns Media Mogul,Raymond Dokpesi

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The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has expressed his grief over the death of media mogul, Dr Raymond Dokpesi.   Lawan described the death of founder of Africa Independent Television (AIT) and Raypower FM Radio as a great loss to the Nigerian polity and media industry in the light of his immense contributions to politics and the evolution of private media in Nigeria and Africa.   The Senate President said it is to the credit of Dokpesi that he established the first private television network in Nigeria, Africa’s first…

Former APC National Woman Leader, Hajia Salamatu Baiwa congratulates President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

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BY ABUBAKAR YUSUF.   The former APC National Woman Leader, Hajia Salamatu Baiwa Umar-Eluma has sent a message of felicitation to the new Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.   In a message of congratulations released on Monday after the swearing in, Baiwa enthusiastically expressed that the new president will restore hope and confidence in Nigerians as he delivers his mandate.   Hajia Baiwa opined that with multiple wealth of experience in leadership and followership, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will herald a new template and desire of Nigerians for a better…

Japa Waves: Benefits and Challenges By James Sunday

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It is no longer news that the word ‘Japa’ is the Nigerian slang or cliche used to describe brain drain or mass exodus or migration of individuals or groups abroad. There is nothing bad in Japa as long as it is done following due process. What this means is that the Japa person(s) must be Japa within the stipulated process using the right or approved documents for travel and entry into the Japa country.   For the purpose of emphasis, as long as you have the right documents valid for…

Tinubu appoints Dele Alake as Presidential spokesman

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President Bola Tinubu has announced the appointment of Dele Alake as his Spokesman.   Alake is a Nigerian journalist and technocrat. He is a former commissioner for Information and Strategy in Lagos State between 1999–2007.   He also appointed Olusegun Dada as SA on Digital Media.   The former Lagos Governor announced Victor Adekunle Adeleke, an Oyo-born career diplomat as State Chief of Protocol.   The newly appointed SCOP officially, began his assignment, today Monday, May 29, 2023.   An accomplished diplomat and lawyer, Ambassador Adeleke joined the Nigerian Foreign…

JIFORM greets President Tinubu, demands Diaspora Ministry, decent Job Negotiation

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The Journalists International Forum For Migration (JIFORM) has sent a goodwill message to the nation’s 16th President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu urged him to create a separate ministry for diaspora and migration engagements.   JIFORM also pleaded with him to ensure a proper decent job negotiation for Nigerians across the globe in order to reduce the incidences of irregular migration and human trafficking.   Dr Ajibola Abayomi, the President of the JIFORM with over 300 journalists covering migration matters across the continents in a statement, buttressed the appeal for the creation…

Text of Inaugural Address By President Bola Ahmed Tinubu

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My Fellow Citizens, I stand before you honoured to assume the sacred mandate you have given me. My love for this nation is abiding. My confidence in its people, unwavering. And my faith in God Almighty, absolute. I know that His hand shall provide the needed moral strength and clarity of purpose in those instances when we seem to have reached the limits of our human capacity. This day is bold and majestic yet bright and full of spirit, as is our precious nation. As a nation, we have long…

As Buhari conducts Tinubu round the Villa… By Festus Adedayo

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Forget their pretensions and volte-faces, when outgoing Nigerian public officials wake up tomorrow, May 29, they will wake up into emptiness. That void cannot be filled by the wealth they acquired in office. Nor can it be impeached by Muhammadu Buhari’s reported haste to flee Aso Villa tomorrow. At the launch of a book on his administration at the presidential villa on Friday, the outgoing president had said: “I assure you, I have been counting the days; I am looking forward to Monday very desperately. I will use the weekend…

Well, like everything else, this too shall pass, by Hassan Gimba

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“The measurement of a man is what he does with power.” – Plato   Today marks the end of the two-term tenure of a man who came with tremendous goodwill, the kind never before witnessed in Nigeria’s chequered political history. One can still remember some young Nigerians trekking from one end of Nigeria to another in high hopes of the new president. However, unlike Caesar, it is doubtful if he can thump his chest and declare “Veni, vidi, vici”—I came; I saw; I conquered.       General Muhammadu Buhari…