Month: August 2023

BOOK REVIEW: Cyber Politics-Social Media, Social Demography and Voting Behaviour in Nigeria

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Author: Dr. Omoniyi P. Ibietan Publisher: Premium Times Books Year: 2023 Pages: 460 Reviewer: Azu Ishiekwene Date: July 25, 2023, Abuja, Nigeria My job today is to review the book, and not the man. But since the man made the book, I would, to slightly paraphrase Oscar Wilde, overcome by yielding to the temptation of reviewing the man. In case you didn’t know the meaning of the “P” as it appears in the middle of the author’s name on the cover of the book for review, “P” is for “Paul”,…

How I made it to the top without rich parents or attending best schools — Tony Elumelu

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The Chairman of the United Bank for Africa PLC, Tony Elumelu, has revealed how he made it to the top of his career despite not having rich parents or attending the best schools. The Founder of Tony Elumelu Foundation made this known on his Facebook page after a speech he delivered on Saturday. The Eagle Online recalls that Elumelu, who is the Chairman of Transcorp Group, spoke at a conference for youths in Abuja. He wrote on his Facebook page on Sunday: Yesterday, I spoke to a group of brilliant teens at…

The rumblings in Edo State, by Kazeem Akintunde

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When the going was good, they were so close that one can mistake them for Siamese twins. Where one is, the other will be lurking around. Within a radius of 10 meters, you must find both men, more like a snail and its shell. The relationship was so strong that when Godwin Obaseki, the incumbent Governor of Edo State, fell out with the powers-that-be in the All Progressive Congress and was to be denied a second term ticket in 2020, he moved to the Peoples Democratic Party with his main-man,…

NASENI Boss visits Czech Embassy for Collaboration, Delta2 Project Fact-finding

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The Executive Vice Chairman of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Dr. Bashir Gwandu has visited the Ambassador of Czech Republic to Nigeria, Zdeněk Krejčí for business collaboration and fact-finding on Delta2 Project. Dr. Gwandu who paid a courtesy call to the Czech ambassador in Nigeria at his office in Abuja on Friday August 18, 2023 said he was on a fact-finding visit to know why the project which was supposed to benefit Nigeria’s technology companies and entrepreneurs and the country’s economic development failed. The Delta 2 project was…

IWD; NILDS Convenes International Women Conference 23-24 August

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By ABUBAKAR YUSUF       The National Institute of Legislative and Democratic Studies, NILDS will hold a two day international women conference geared towards empowering women and shaping governance in Nigeria. The program slated to mark the 2023 international Women’s day will hold on the 23-24, August 2023 with its theme, “Women Representation in Governance in Nigeria, Issues, Challenges and the way forward” will commence at 9 am daily, at NAF Conference Centre, Ahmadu Bello Way Jabi Abuja. The special guest of honor at the occasion included Nigeria’s first…

Niger: ECOWAS’ War And Peace Options, By Tunde Rahman

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Are war and peace mutually exclusive? This is one important question that has dominated the attention of scholars and students in the area of conflict resolution across time and space. The answer, however, varies with different schools of scholarship. For instance, one academic contends that both war and peace are mutually exclusive, as a nation cannot engage in war and peace at the same time to resolve a conflict with another country. Countering that postulation, another scholar argues that war and peace may be two distinctively different options in conflict…

Remembering Abba Kyari By abiodun KOMOLAFE

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Abba Kyari, CFR, OON! Remember him? Kyari was the Chief of Staff (CoS) to former President Muhammadu Buhari. Born on September 23, 1952, he served in that prestigious position between August 2015 and April 2020. While in office, little was actually known about Kyari in the public realm. Unfortunately too, his name actually symbolized an uncanny error of namesake. The Borno State-born lawyer and banker shared a name with somebody who once had a favourable public perception, until Satan smiled; and the ‘super cop’ lost it! Kyari died on April…

Does Shiroro fallen soldiers’ blood matter? By Festus Adedayo

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When death became ubiquitous and cheap as air, afflicting the young and the old in their scores, Yoruba of old said it had become three-for-a-penny. There was what they called iyo olo’kan (one-penny salt). Ookan was a penny and the least of the denominations of the money of the time. A mound of salt was sold for a penny. Death that harvested people in their prime, unannounced, they also likened to creepy, parasitic mistletoe – afomo. It is a leathery-leaved parasitic plant which grows on apple, oak, and other broadleaf…

Mass Surrenders hit Boko Haram Terrorists,as MNJTF intensifies onslaught

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In the wake of escalated kinetic and non-kinetic operations by the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), coupled with a dwindling logistic supply in Boko Haram hideouts, mass surrenders rattled Boko Haram insurgents. Over a span of two days, from 14th to 15th August,2023, four key Boko Haram commanders, 13 main fighters, and a total of 45 family members, laid down their arms and surrendered to troops of Sector 3 MNJTF in Cross Kauwa and Baga of Kukawa Local Government, Nigeria. Surrendered items include seven AK-47 Rifles, one FN Rifle (SLR),…

We’re taking measures to address insecurity in Nigeria – Speaker Abbas …pays condolence visit to Zaria over mosque collapse, bandits’ attack

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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen has said that given the recent spate of attacks in some parts of the country, the 10th National Assembly was taking measures to nip it in the bud and prevent any further resurgence. The Speaker stated this on Friday during a condolence visit to the Emir of Zazzau, His Royal Highness, Amb. Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli, over the sad incidents of the collapse of parts of the Zaria Central Mosque last Friday, which killed several people and injured many others…