Month: July 2023

NASENI seeks collaboration with Investors on production of Lithium Batteries in Nigeria ….. Receives Chinese delegation

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The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) is seeking investors that would collaborate with the Agency in local production and domestication of Lithium batteries among other renewable energy solutions The Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of NASENI Dr, Bashir Gwandu disclosed this yesterday Monday July 17, 2023 in Abuja,he said the Agency was ready to partner with international companies that are willing to set up their industries in Nigeria and start local production of renewable energy solutions, electric vehicles parts and other capital goods that could create jobs and reduce…

NIM applauds CAC Reforms ,Service Delivery

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The Nigeria Institute of Management has joined other Nigerians to commend the reform initiatives of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC). The NIM President and Chairman of Council, Mrs. Christiana Atako, stated this during a courtesy call on the Registrar General/CEO Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Alhaji Garba Abubakar, today in Abuja. Christiana Atako said Alhaji Garba Abubukar-led CAC was providing excellent registration, supervision, and regulation services that will positively impact Nigeria’s business environment. Atako therefore said that the NIM was desirous of collaborating with the CAC, especially in the areas of…

The Tinubu palliatives, by Kazeem Akintunde

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A few years back, government officials attached to Ifako/Ijaye Local Government area of Lagos State were in my mum’s house to get her details. She was told that the Federal Government was registering elderly Nigerians ahead of plans to pay them and those considered ‘less privileged’ a stipend of N5,000 monthly. At over 75 years and a widow, she was told that she is eminently qualified for the monthly token. She eagerly gave all the information requested, but she ran into difficulties when they asked for her bank account details.…

Ex-NBA President, Akpata to deliver NUJ’s Memorial Lecture In Honour 9f Sen Anyim Ude

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The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), will on Thursday July 20,will hold a memorial lecture in honour of departed veteran journalist, renown broadcast manager and politician, Sen Anyim Ude. Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Olu Akpata will deliver the memorial lecture on the topic, “Freedom of the Press, Fake News and the Rule of Law.” Senator Ude, who passed on, May 15, 2023, rose to the peak of his career at managerial level that spanned decades across the federal and three state-owned media establishments. He also…

IGP flags-off distribution of over N535m to 68 Next Of Kins of deceased officers

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The Acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun has flagged off the distribution of cheques to cover Insurance benefits to next-of-kins of officers who paid the supreme price and those who have suffered permanent deformities in the course of discharging their lawful duties. The total sum of cheques presented to Sixty-Eight (68) families of deceased officers and those injured or rendered disabled in the line of duty captured under the Group Life Assurance 2022/2023 Policy Year amounts to Five Hundred and Thirty-Five Million, Six Hundred and Eighteen Thousand, Seven…

BREAKING: Kyari becomes acting APC National Chairman,as Abdullahi Adamu resigns

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Senator Abubakar Kyari has emerged as the acting National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).   Kyari who is formerly the Deputy National Chairman (North) took over the party’s leadership in acting capacity hours after Senator Abdullahi Adamu resigned as the party’s national chairman.   In line with the party’s constitution, if a national chairman resigns, the deputy national chairman from the zone would take over in acting capacity.   Kyari led some members of the National Working Committee (NWC) into a meeting currently taking place at the…

Assembly Watch applauds CNA,urges him to offset DTA,Salary Arrears of 9th Assembly Aides

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The Assembly Watch has passed a vote of confidence on the Clerk to the National Assembly, CNA, Magaji Tambuwal by matching words with actions over payment of arrears of minimum wage of 32 months to the 9th Assembly legislative aides,described the action as historic. In a statement issued by Suleiman Mohammed, he asked the CNA to take step to also pay the lingering salary arrears, Duty Tour Allowance DTA, among others to the out gone aides. He said Tambuwal had broken records of transparent and reliable leadership, who stood by…

The parable of the body mechanic, by Hassan Gimba

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Who has not had an old car before? The type of car that makes you become a friend to the mechanic? This is because when one issue is resolved, another rears its head, necessitating you to visit again. Sometimes the problem may be those of “rings”. Repair them and the gearbox seeks your notice. Pacify it, the brake pad packs up. Change it, the shock absorber begins to get shocked. All these and more make you a regular, visiting the mechanics again. And again. And again. Sometimes you have to…

Why The 10th National Assembly Cannot Disappoint By Mon-Charles Egbo

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With politics since over, time now is for governance. Not just governance, but good governance. And of course, a government delivers good governance only if it is deliberately committed to “accountability, leadership, integrity, stewardship and transparency”, or simply, if it is evidently citizens-oriented.   Then again, of the three arms of government, the legislature is the one central to good governance. Its core functions begin and end with good governance. And even by configuration, it is the closest to the people, connecting them to the government. So, the legislature is…

Stoppage of Isese Festival in Ilorin By Festus Adedayo

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A little over a week ago, Professor Wole Soyinka turned the attention of Nigerians from their current harrowing economic existence to one of the tyrannies that religion inflicts on them. Prof was apparently in his elements. For decades, he had fought battles of willful violations of human existence in various guises. Young Yakubu Gowon was one of the experiments Soyinka conducted on his intolerance for governmental tyranny. Gowon’s government had detained the comparative literature professor for two years in the wake of the civil war on allegation of hobnobbing with…