Month: July 2023

NPC,others bid UNFPA Resident Representative,Ulla Elisabeth Mueller farewell

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National Population Commission (NPC) team led by the Chairman of the Commission, Hon. Nasir Isa Kwarra and other development partners were in attendance to bid outgoing Resident Representative of United Nations Population Fund Agency (UNFPA) in Nigeria, Ms. Ulla Elisabeth Mueller goodbye   A farewell party in honour of Ms Mueller held at The Vue Restaurant in Abuja on 4th July, 2023. Ms. Ulla Mueller who was appointed the UNFPA Nigeria Resident Representative in February 2020 worked closely with the NPC and other organizations in addressing the population and development…

Telecoms Investment in Nigeria hits $75.6bn – NCC Boss

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Executive Vice Chairman (EVC), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta, has officially announced that the investment profile in the nation’s telecommunications sector, comprised foreign direct investment (FDI) and local investment, has reached $75.6 billion as of 2021. Danbatta disclosed this at an interactive session with stakeholders in the communications media ecosystem, in Lagos on Wednesday where he provided his scorecards and landmark developments that have shaped the trajectory of growth in the telecoms sector since he became the chief telecom regulator in August 2015. According to Danbatta, in…

IGP consoles family, colleagues over demise of NewsDirect Publisher,Samuel Ibiyemi

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The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Ag. IGP Olukayode Adeolu Egbetokun,has expressed deep regret and heartfelt condolences on the untimely demise of Dr Samuel Ibiyemi, the publisher of NewsDirect. The IGP who was deeply saddened upon receiving the news of Dr Ibiyemi’s passing, recognized the significant loss caused by his death amongst the journalism community and the nation as a whole. “Dr Samuel Ibiyemi, whose death occurred on Tuesday 4th July, 2023, after a brief illness, was an exceptional individual who played a vital role in promoting quality journalism and upholding…

Nigeria’s Estimated Population now 216m – NPC

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The National Population Commission (NPC) said the nation’s population growth rate has hit 3.2 per cent based on estimated population of 216 million. NPC Federal Commissioner representing Enugu State, Mr Ejike Eze, disclosed this on Wednesday at a lecture organised by the Commission and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) University of Nigeria Enugu Campus. He said that Nigeria was among the fastest growing population in the world and required periodic conduct of census for proper planning of development programmes. According to him, Nigeria’s inability to conduct a population census…

World Population Day ; Between Countable and Uncountable Nigerians, By ABUBAKAR YUSUF.

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The commemoration of the World Population Day every 4th of July had turned to mere rituals, after futile efforts to re-count the populace after close to two decades down the line by successive government in Nigeria.   This year’s celebration was coming at the peak period when the last administration of President Muhammadu Buhari had set a date for the head count having committed a quantum amount of tax payers money yet a mirage.   It was obvious that the agency charged with the exercise, the National Population Commission had…

Nmesoma and JAMB: Probing the Integrity of Our National Institutions By Osita Chidoka

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Miss Nmesoma Ejikeme took her 2023 JAMB at my foundation’s Computer-Based Testing (CBT) Center at Obosi. I got calls from worried friends about Nmesoma’s result, which had Thomas Chidoka Center as her examination center.   I allayed their worries that the result issue had nothing to do with the examination center.   I observed two significant red flags when I saw her result online. First, since 2021, the JAMB portal stopped referring to our center as Thomas Chidoka Center for Human Development. The correct name on the JAMB portal and…

Police bust Syndicate for hacking 1000 bank accounts using BVN linked numbers

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The Zone 2 Police Command in Lagos State has confirmed the arrest of two members of a syndicate linked to the hacking of no fewer than 1000 bank accounts in Nigeria.   The spokesperson for the command, SP Hauwa Idris-Adamu, in a statement on Tuesday, said the suspects, who specialised in hacking local banks, were nabbed at their hideout in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, following a petition by the United Bank for Africa.   Idris-Adamu identified the suspects as Yusuf Ademola, 40, and Adesina Abiodun, 50, adding that efforts were…

Police arrests Father, daughter over kidnap of Ondo Islami Cleric

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The Ondo State Police Command has arrested three persons in connection with the abduction of a Muslim cleric, Ibrahim Bodunde in the state.   The 67-year-old cleric, who is the Chief Imam of Uso Community in Owo Local Government Area of the state was reportedly kidnapped while working on his farm last month but was released the following day after the payment of N2 million ransom.   Parading the suspects at the command’s headquarters in Akure, the state capital, on Tuesday, the Public Relations Officer of the state police command,…

AAU: JAMB Registrar tasks African countries on excellence in higher education

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Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, the Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has stressed the need to build bridges as a way of changing the narrative of higher education in Africa through profundity bottom-up approach.   He stated this while presenting a paper during the 22nd Conference of Rectors, Vice Chancellors and Presidents of African Universities (COREVIP 2023) holding in Windhoek, Namibia.   In the paper entitled “Breaking Barriers and Building Strategies for Advancing Excellence in African Higher Education” , Oloyede opined that higher education is a key driver of economic…

NIDCOM Boss mourns NewsDirect Newspaper Publisher, Samuel Ibiyemi

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Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has expressed shock over the death of Dr. Samuel Ibiyemi, described it as a huge loss to the family and Nigeria as a whole. Dabiri-Erewa stated this in a condolence message in Abuja following the death of Dr. Samuel Ibiyemi who died on Tuesday after a brief illness at Babcock University Teaching Hospital, llisan-Remo, Ogun State. The NIDCOM boss said that late Samuel was a quintessential gentleman, a great journalists, a servant of God and an asset to the nation. Dabiri-Erewa…