Month: June 2023

It’s Time to work extra mile for a better Niger state – Gov Umar Bago …. says Open Door Policy has come to stay

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Niger State Governor,Mohammed Umar Bago said it is time to work the extra mile to collectively build a better future for the citizens of the State. The Governor stated this when he received a delegation of Former National Assembly Members Forum, under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from the State, on a congratulatory visit at the Niger State Lodge, Abuja. Governor Umar Bago who stated that campaigns were over said it is time to evolve strategies to better the state. According to him “It is time for…

Still in the forest of the heartless By Lasisi Olagunju

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It was quite nice seeing President Bola Tinubu as he waltzed into the chambers where he met security chiefs last Thursday. “Morning,” he greets the chiefs. “Shall we sit or…” They murmur. His gaze is fixed on his guests. What are they saying? “Eh?” He asks; they murmur. “We just sit?” The president asks again. “Yes, sir,” one of them finally answers. But Tinubu did not sit as ‘instructed’. Where he comes from, you don’t enter a river without greeting the crocs and the frogs of the deep. The Yoruba…

XBRL; CAC Magic Wand Towards Migrating Nigeria To A Digital World, By ABUBAKAR YUSUF.

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No doubt, the Corporate Affairs Commission CAC under the leadership of Alhaji Garba Abubakar, Registrar General, Chief Executive officer had introduced various reforms geared towards moving the commission from analogue to digital inline with the global trend and technological advancement.   Among many of these reforms , the Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL), and one stop shop online registration and transaction along with other mandate business of the commission had attracted not only commendation, but showcased Nigeria among the comity of nations locally and internationally.   This had also attracted…

The person needed for President Tinubu’s NSA By Yushau A. Shuaib

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Names are being dropped, mostly in security and media circles, on the person likely to become appointed as Nigeria’s next National Security Adviser (NSA) by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.   The current holder and longest-serving NSA in Nigeria, Babagana Monguno is a retired Military General.   Apart from the former Chief of Army Staff and Minister of Interior, Major General Abdulrahman Dambazau (rtd.) and retired police chief and pioneer Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, other serving security, as well as intelligence, chiefs are…

NIS Rivers State Command decorates 56 Officers

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The Nigeria Immigration Service Rivers State Command decorated Fifty Six(56)Officers in the recently released promotion of Senior Officers,the breakdown shown 29 Females,27 Males personnel. The newly decorated Officers were enjoined to be selfless,dedicated,committed and patriotic and ensure they are delivering in line with the mandates of the service. In his address,the Comptroller NIS Rivers State Command, James Sunday said that to whom much is given,much is expected,and emphasised that much was invested on the officers and much turn over is expected from them in the area of service delivery,skillful and…

WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY: NIS Rivers State Comptroller,James Sunday tasks personnel on dangers of Environmental pollution

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The Comptroller of Immigration Service, Rivers State Command ,James Sunday, , has used the occasion of World Environment Day to caution Officers and Men of the Rivers State Command on the danger of keeping a dirty and polluted Environment both at work and home in order to live a healthy ,Productive and safe live. He warned men of the service not to join force with individuals or groups that polluted the environment, “In the office,at home,on the street, we must learn to avoid polluting the environment with leather or plastic…

Chinoko: Three Years of Robust Management of CMD, At Five Decades, By ABUBAKAR YUSUF.

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The Centre for Management Development CMD is as old as Nigeria itself, five decades after it was conceived, the hub of capacity building and manpower development largest in the African continent had been on a pedestal of improvement under the leadership of Bitrus Danharbi Chinoko three years stint.   Away from it’s moribund status before ascension of the current Director General, Chief Executive officer three years away, Chinoko’s transformational agenda had yielded not only much desired results in the area of infrastructure rejuvenation, but staff reorientation and training to meeting…

FG bans Children below 11yrs from participating in Common Entrance Exams

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The Federal Government has ban children below 11 years old from participating in the National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE).   The permanent secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education, David Adejo made this known while monitoring the 2023 examination alongside the Registrar of the examination body, the National Examination Council (NECO), Ibrahim Wushishi.   He lamented the rate at which parents made their underage children sit the National Common Entrance Examination.     Adejo said: “We are killing our children by allowing underage children to participate in the Common Entrance…

Weiner leads JIFORM Summit on Migration, Investment in Toronto

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A former Minister of Immigration, Citizenship, and Secretary of State of Canada, Hon Gerry Weiner will lead arrays of speakers at the 4th Journalists International Forum For Migration (JIFORM) Global Migration summit slated for Toronto, Canada between October 2-14. The hybrid summit to accommodate both virtual and physical participation would focus on Climate Change, Human Mobility, and Sustainable Investment with participants being drawn from the media, business community, migrant, immigration and judicial workers, government workers and other professionals. Declaring support for the summit, Weiner said he looked forward to receiving…

NYSC DG visits hospitalized Corps Member shot during re-run Election in Uyo

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The Director General of National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General YD Ahmed today visited Corps Member Onuoha Elvis Udodiri AK/22B/2148 who is on admission at the Ibom Hospital in Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State. Elvis, who served as INEC adhoc staff during the House of Assembly rerun election in the State was shot on the leg by gunmen at the village hall, Ikot Eduek Itak in Ikono Local Government Area of the State. Brigadier General Ahmed during his visit commended the hospital management for the prompt and effective treatment being offered the…