Month: July 2023

A Reflections On Senator Gbenga Ashafa @68, By ABUBAKAR YUSUF.

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Distinguish Senator Barehu Olugbenga Ashafa is the Managing Director, Chief Executive officer of Federal Housing Authority FHA, an agency charged with provision of affordable houses to both the civil servants, middle class and ordinary Nigerians.   Ashafa had served the country diligently to the best of his ability in many positions both at the cosmopolitan Lagos state and by extension at the national level in his current capacity.   Untill his current appointment, he has also served at the top echelon of Nigeria’s lawmaking body, as Senator who represented Lagos…

Condolence Visit To Attah Igala by Kogi state government.

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The Attention of the Palace of Ata-Igala is drawn to a picture of the state Commissioner of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs who was at the Palace to deliver the condolence message of His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Kogi State,whilst some 1st class traditional rulers were already seated in the presence of His Royal Majesty before the arrival of the Governors’ delegation.   The picture also showed the State commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs sharing a long couch with his Majesty.   The event actually was a…

NYSC DG inaugurates 48-rooms Corpers’ Lodge in Rivers

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Isiokpo community today played host to the DG NYSC, Brig Gen YD Ahmed as he inaugurated the 48-room self-contained Corpers’ Lodge built by the Executive Chairman of Ikwerre LGA, Hon. Samuel Nwanosike.   The landmark project, which had two courtyards, two receptions and fully furnished rooms and kitchens was built to mark the 2nd year of the 2nd term in office of the Executive Chairman. The project was also to appreciate the NYSC Scheme and Corps Members for their laudable contributions in improving the living standards of the good people…

Subsidy Removal: Between the Market Forces and Our Peculiarities By Abdullahi Haruna Haruspice

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Nigerians were shocked to wake up to another sudden increase in the price of PMS, just weeks after a significant hike. The product is now selling for N617 per liter, leaving citizens facing a harsh reality, with many unable to afford fuel for their vehicles. The official response attributes this to global market forces, but the truth is, Nigeria is not ready for the full force of global economic dynamics. Comparing our situation to that of advanced nations is overly simplistic, as we lack the infrastructure and economic development to…

Mandela: ‘A Statesman on the World Stage’ By Omoniyi Ibietan, PhD

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Today is the birth anniversary of the late President of the Republic of South Africa, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. He is otherwise called Madiba. His life and times have been intentional banners that Africa has raised consciously to the world and rightly so, because he is an iconic, institutional brand when it comes to statesmanship, fight for justice, love of man, as well as ecumenism in its broadest definition and by every stretch of contention. Indeed, the world has concurred to Mandela’s greatness, particularly since 2009 when the United Nations declared…

Speaker Abbas urges African parliaments to reduce huge trust deficit between govts, citizens

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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, has stated that there was a huge trust deficit between citizens and governments of the African countries, called for deliberate efforts to increase public trust in the governments. Speaker Abbas made the call in his opening address while chairing a session at the third plenary session of the ongoing 18th Commonwealth Speakers’ and Presiding Officers’ Conference (CSCOP) in Yaoundé, Cameroon, with the theme: ‘African Parliaments and the Agenda 2063.’ The session Speaker Abbas presided over was on ‘Securing Public Trust:…

2023 Population and Housing Census postponed for Tinubu administration’s input – Federal Commissioner

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The Federal Commissioner representing Kebbi state in the National Population Commission (NPC), Dr Haliru Bala Jikan-Daudu said that the 2023 Population and Housing Census initially scheduled to be conducted from 3rd to 7th May 2023, was postponed to allow the new administration to take part in the process.   Dr. Jikan-Daudu made this known while speaking at a breakfast meeting for media executives on the 2023 population and housing census in Birnin-Kebbi. He expressed gratitude to Media Executives in attendance and their commitment towards the census process in Kebbi State.…

Group flays Ibori’s critics ….. says his traducers can’t survive a day’s scrutiny in British Court

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The Niger Delta Patriots, NDP, yesterday took a strong stand against persons they described as “wicked and frightened men,” who are scared shirtless by the political ascendancy of former governor of Delta State, Chief James Onanefe Ibori. The NDP, a group of Niger Delta intellectuals, said Ibori’s traducers are the very same people who wined and dined with him , but turned around to stick a knife in his back. In a statement, the group’s President, Dr. Erimeruke Okome, stated that Ibori was more of a victim of high-power- political-play…

Setting the record straight:Hajj not a capital flight – By Fatima Sanda Usara

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The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria (NAHCON) observed with dismay how some media outlets, for whatever reasons, have carried on with campaigns of calumny against the Commission despite several press briefings and press releases clearly explaining reasons and solutions to hitches encountered in the 2023 Hajj operations.   In its bid to carry the press along, who in turn it is believed would clarify issues for their readers, NAHCON had kept the press updated about all knotty issues even before they become obvious, and sometimes only after the hurdles were…

NPC secures Korean Govt support ahead of 2023 Census

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The National Population Commission, NPC, has secured yet another feats in their quest for multinational support towards the conduct of the 2023 Census.   The latest been the support nod gotten from the Korean government, as disclosed by the Korean ambassador to Nigeria, His Excellency, Kim Young-Chae, when he received the management team of NPC headed by its Chairman, Hon. Nasir Isa Kwarra at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Abuja. Addressing the NPC team,Kim Young-Chae, said Nigeria could not have needed adequate statistics for policy formulations than…