Month: July 2023

2023 CENSUS: NPC will treat personal information confidential – Federal Commissioner

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The National Population Commission (NPC) has assured households that all their personal information which they would give to enumerators during the forthcoming population and housing census would be strictly confidential. The Federal Commissioner representing Katsina State, Mr Bala Almu-Banye, made the disclosure at a meeting with media executives in the state, on Wednesday in Katsina. Almu-Banye said that the purpose of the meeting was to update them on the status of the preparations for the 2023 Census and the next steps forward. He said that the commission had recruited adequate…

Nermin Ahmad joins Gerry, Ocansey at JIFORM Summit In Canada

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Harvard scholar and United Nations Representative on Migration and Sustainability, Nermin Karin Ahmad (Ms) has been listed among top speakers at the 4th Journalists International Forum For Migration (JIFORM) Global Migration holding in Toronto, Canada between October 2-14.   The hybrid event themed climate change, human mobility, and sustainable investment summit would attract participants from the media, business community, migrant workers, immigration and judicial workers, government officials and other related professionals.   Dr Ajibola Abayomi, the President of the JIFORM in a statement confirmed that, Nermin, a lingua franca, an…

Appeal Court debunks resignation of Presidential Election Tribunal member, Justice Ugo

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Appeal Court debunks resignation of Presidential Election Tribunal member, Justice Ugo The Court of Appeal has debunked the news making its rounds that a member of the five-member panel, Justice Boloukuoromo Moses Ugo that is handling petitions seeking to nullify the election of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, resigned. A report emanated on Wednesday, July 19, 2023, saying Justice resigned from the bench, citing demands from the executive branch that he believes would destroy the country’s democracy. In the report, Justice Ugo said that siding with the government on this matter…

Friday Sermon : 1445 Hijrah: Let’s Imitate The Patience Of Our Beloved Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) By Imam Murtadha Gusau

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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful   Verily, all praise is for Allah. We praise Him, we seek His assistance and we ask for His forgiveness. And we seek refuge in Him from the evils of ourselves. Whoever Allah guides, none can misguide. Whoever He misguides, none can guide. And I bear witness that there is no deity other than Allah and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and messenger.   Dear brothers and sisters, the Sultanate Council announced that due to non-sighting…

Gov Makinde appoints Special Advisers, Internal Revenue Board Chair, others

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Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has approved the reappointments of retired Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni and former chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Oyo State chapter, Comrade Bayo Titilola-Sodo, as Special Advisers on Security and Labour Matters, respectively.   This is as the governor reappointed a retired Assistant Comptroller of Immigration, Mr. Segun Adegoke, as the Special Adviser on Homeland Security. Governor Makinde, according to a letter signed by his Chief of Staff, Otunba Segun Ogunwuyi, equally approved the appointment of the immediate past Commissioner for Trades…

Why your next of kin won’t have access to your money when you die – Nigerian man explains

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Many Nigerians believe that their next of kin automatically inherit monies in their accounts when they die, but this has been said to be untrue.   The issue which has generated lots of reactions came to the attention of many Nigerians after a Twitter, user, @moderate_ustaz, described Nigerian banks as dubious and advised people to be wise, saying next of kin is useless in banks.   He said banks go through a legal probate process to determine who gets the monies in their deceased customers’ accounts.   The man explained…

Senate asks FG to suspend TCN Tender for World Bank funded NMMP Phase 2 …… As Sen Umeh makes case for Local manufacturers

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The Nigeria’s Senate on Thursday urged Federal Government to immediately suspend the TCN Tender for world Bank funded NMMP Phase 2 in order to undertake comprehensive review of the procurement criteria to prioritize local manufacturing and assembling in line with Local Content and Backward Integrated Policy that catalyzed local capacity building, employment generation and economic growth for Nigeria and The Senate unanimously ordered the Transmission Company of Nigeria and other stakeholders to negotiate and engage the African Export-Import Bank(AFREXIM)and the African Development Bank (AFDB)for alternative Loan if World Bank loan…

Speaker Abbas decries heaviest burden of global food insecurity on Africa

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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, Ph.D, has decried that the burden of food insecurity in the world is heaviest on African.   He, however, noted that the parliaments on the continent could address some of the issues causing food crisis.   The Speaker made this known while delivering an address at the third plenary session of the ongoing 18th Commonwealth Speakers’ and Presiding Officers’ Conference (CSCOP) in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on Thursday.   The Speaker’s address was titled: ‘Addressing Challenges of Food Security in Africa…

Market Forces,Fuel Price Hike By Adefolarin A .Olamilekan

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The Tinubu government appears to have committed the citizen’s to bite the bullet, with the removal of fuel subsidy. In a way to rescue the nations from using it revenue to services fraudulent subsidy regime. An encouragement for operationalization of the Petroleum Industry Act 2022, to stimulates investment growth and transparent pricing model in the oil and gas sector. Making many analyst to applaud the government, painfully on the other hand, a modest approach of Tinubu and his economy team is a return resumption of fuel imports by newly licences…

Former Kano Governor Ganduje gets Tinubu’s support as APC National Chairman

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The immediate past governor of Kano state, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, has reportedly gotten the support of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to become the national chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Ganduje was at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Wednesday night, July 19, 2023, where he met with President Tinubu and three governors who are members of the APC. Barring any last-minute changes, Ganduje will emerge as the interim national chairman of the ruling party, pending the conduct of the party’s convention later in the year. Recall that Senator…