Month: July 2023

THE REALITY OF POLITICAL TIME By Femi Odere

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Considering both covert and overt, if not ignominious roles he played during the struggle by the 17 southern governors to cause the pendulum of the country’s political leadership to swing South for the sake of equity, fairness, and justice rather than his preference and that of his ilk that it remains lethargically if not permanently stationed in the North for nothing other than hubris (whereas some would insist that his roles for and on behalf of the political tendency he represents have insidious and sinister motives), Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed’s incessant…

200MillionTrees announces Appointment of Influential Leaders to Its Advisory Board

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200MillionTrees, a groundbreaking venture aimed at restoring Nigeria’s forest cover and combating deforestation, is pleased to announce the appointment of distinguished individuals to its esteemed advisory board.   A statement issued by the Venture said each member has been carefully chosen from diverse fields to lend their expertise and influence to the mission of planting 200 million trees across Nigeria within the next 10 years.   The appointed advisory board members are as follows:   1. Nuruddeen Lemu – Director, Lotus Bank. 2. Mariama Anthony-Williams – Country Director, Tony Blair…

Why we are planting 200 million trees – the rationale By Ibraheem Dooba

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The urgent and present danger The world is getting warmer. And when we lose 40% of our forests, the world would’ve reached a point of no-return where we would experience daily natural disasters such as heatwaves, floods and droughts.   We’re already getting there. Already, we lose 10 billion trees every year.   Accordingly, IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) reports that 97% of climate scientists agree that this unfavourable outcome is due to human activities such as carbon emissions.   Africa Will Die First …   But Africa contributes…

Ibadan and its 12 kings By Lasisi Olagunju

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Ile Ife and Oyo Ile were at the very core of the cultural and political essence of the Yoruba. While the whole of the Yoruba have managed to preserve Ile-Ife as home for all, Oyo Ile, some 200 plus years ago, was lost to the pillage of the Fulani and to its own internal political sins and crimes. Ile-Ife and (New) Oyo have remained polar powers; sometimes they compete bitterly with their leaders playing captains for opposing forces. In good times, they ‘giraffe’ and do copy-and-paste. I was present when…

I didn’t ordered closure of Aso Villa chapel, says First lady

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The First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has debunked the news making round on social media platforms that she ordered closure of the Aso Villa Chapel.   Busola Kukoyi, the Special Adviser, Media to the first lady disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Monday.   “Our attention has been drawn to a story on social media about the purported closure of the AsoRock Chapel by the first lady; we wish to state categorically that this is a fabrication and a false representation of the true situation.  …

Diaspora Engagement: Korea seeks partnership with NiDCOM

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The South Korean Ambassador to Nigeria, Kim Young-Chae, said the South Korean Government has just established the South Korean oversea agency similar to Nigerian Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), as a one-stop shop for Korean nationals in the Diaspora.   Amb. Young-Chae who disclosed this during a visit to the Chairman/ CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa, at the Commission’s headquarters in Abuja, said the agency was established in June, this year   The Korean Envoy congratulated the President of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the success of his…

Premium Times Books to unveil Omoniyi Ibietan’s book on Cyber Politics 25 July

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A book by the Head of Media Relations at the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr Omoniyi Ibietan, will be formally presented to the public on 25 July, 2023, publishers of the book have said.   Premium Times Books said in a statement on Monday that the unveiling ceremony of Cyber Politics: Social Media, Social Demography and Voting Behaviour in Nigeria, will take place at the main auditorium of the communications and digital economy complex of the NCC, located at Mbora District of Abuja, from 10:00a.m. to 1:00p.m. on 25 July.…

ACCEPTANCE SPEECH BY CHIEF JOSEPH SAATER UNDU, PRESIDENT- ELECT, TIV YOUTH ORGANIZATION (TYO) FCT ABUJA CHAPTER, AT KUJE TOWNHALL, KUJE AREA COUNCIL, ABUJA, ON 7th APRIL, 2023.

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Greetings. TYO! TYO! The Interim President of TYO. All traditional rulers here present. The Electoral Committee Chairman. Ladies and gentlemen. Good evening. Before I proceed, permit me to pay homage to our revered and celebral mornach, the father of modern Tiv nation and paramount ruler of the entire Tiv ethnic group worldwide, the Tor Tiv, His Royal Majestic, Begha U Tiv, Prof. James Ortese Ayatse, and our most amazing and elegant Mother, Mama U Tiv, Prof. Mrs. Felicia Ayatse for their excellent and innovative leadership of the Tiv nation. I…

INAUGURATION ADDRESS BY CHIEF JOSEPH SAATER UNDU ON THE OCCASION OF HIS SWEARING-IN AS PRESIDENT, TIV YOUTH ORGANIZATION (TYO) FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY (FCT) ABUJA CHAPTER ON SATURDAY, 8TH JULY, 2023 AT THE NATIONAL YOUTHS COUNCIL, ARTS AND CULTURE COMPLEX, AREA 10, GARKI ABUJA

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Protocol   My fellow compatriots, OUR TIME HAS COME.   Distinguished guests, gentlemen of the press, ladies and gentlemen, I am highly delighted and privileged to address you all here today as the newly inaugurated President of the Tiv Youth Organization (TYO) FCT Abuja Chapter. TYO is an apex Tiv Youth socio-cultural organization incorporated since 1988 with the mandate to coordinate the activities, way of life and the general well-being of the Tiv Youths across the world with its headquarters in Gboko, Benue state. To start with, let me seize…

SDGs Champion; Honor To Whom Honor Is Due for Princess Adefulire, By ABUBAKAR YUSUF.

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In the last seven years , beginning from 2016 , the pioneer leadership of SDGs in Nigeria and Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals SSA-SDGs, Princess Adejoke Orelope Adefulire had made remarkable impact towards it’s domestication and decade of action 2020-2030.   Having achieved greatly in various areas of our national development through the domestication of SDGs programs in collaboration with CSO’s, the private sector advisory group PSAG, sub national among other interventions in respect of the 16 goals of SDGs, the UN program had metamorphosed…