Month: September 2023

Tinubu approves appointment of 18 aides in Vice President’s office

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President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of 18 Special Advisers and Senior Special Assistants to actualise the agenda of the Federal Government across the different sectors of the economy.   The Director of Information, Office of the Vice President, Olusola Abiola, made this known in a statement, on Monday in Abuja.   Mr Abiola said that the team comprising six Special Advisers and 12 Senior Special Assistants would work in the office of the vice president, Kashim Shettima, to support the “Renewed Hope Agenda” of the Tinubu administration.  …

CDS welcomes Nigerian military athletes from Germany

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The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Gwabin Musa has today, 18 September, 2023 received back to the country, heroic military athletes freshly from the Invictus Games, Russell, Germany. The CDS who was represented by the Chief of Defence Civil Military Relations (CIMIC), Real Admiral Abdullahi Ibrahim Dewu said that this was the first time an African team is represented in the games since it’s inception in 2014. According to the CDS, the Armed forces and the entire country was happy to receive the heroes. He added that the…

UNGA78: Orelope-Adefulire, EU, UN, Others Highlight efforts to accelerate SDGs progress through INFFs

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Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals, SSAP-SDGs has joined leaders and experts from around the world to call for increased investments and alignments of resources from public, private, domestic, and other sources to accelerate progress on the delivery of 2030 Agenda. Orelope-Adefulire made the call while speaking at a high-level event held at the margins of the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA78) in New York tagged, “Accelerating SDGs Progress Through National Financing Strategies and Integrated National Financing Frameworks…

POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS: MURIC charges Tinubu to consider all regions, faiths,Sections

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The Executive Director of the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), Professor Ishaq Akintola has appealed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to ensure that all regions, faiths and sections benefit from political appointments made by his government while no ethnic group or faith is seen to be favoured above others. Making the appeal on Monday, 18th September, 2023,The head of the Islamic human rights organization added that appointments made so far by Tinubu are lopsided because they favoured mainly Yorubas and Christians. He advised the President to ensure balance in coming appointments.…

TEACH YOURSELF COUNTING IN NUPE (wu mini o enyaba be Nupe), By Adamu Idris Manarakis, niw

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Enyaba Nupe Nupe Arithmetic, Enyabagi Nupe Nupe Mathematics, Enyabaloye Nupe Nupe Further Mathematics   Bicikinkpezhi tsutswa nya Enyaba Nupe – Nupe Forms Of Counting System.   1. Egikagizhi Numbers, 2. Dangugizhi Numerals, 3. Yekosa Junction, 4. Didin Guba Minus two, 5. Be First increase, 6. Tu Second increase.   Nupe І, ц, Ш, Ԑ, Π, Ә, Γ, ᴕ, ρ, ІѲ, Arabic 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 ІІ, Іц, ІШ, ІԐ, ІΠ, ІӘ, ІΓ, Іᴕ, Іρ, цѲ. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19,…

NCC Opens Applications for 2023 Talent Hunt Research Through Hackathon

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The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has kicked off activities for the third edition of its Talent Hunt Research through Hackathon as part of giving expression to its Strategic Vision Plan 2023-2025, which is to encourage the development of new technologies and indigenous content through cutting-edge research. The goal of this initiative is to stimulate sustainable economic growth and development in Nigeria. Therefore, the Commission has invited Tech Hubs, and Innovation-Driven Enterprises (IDEs) in Nigeria to enrol their start-ups and their solutions in the Talent Hunt Research through a Hackathon organised…

Broadband penetration hits 47.01 per cent – Danbatta

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The national target to achieve 70 per cent broadband penetration by 2025 is receiving renewed attention from the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), which promised 50 per cent before the end of 2023. This promise was one of the highlights of the special media chat with executive editors and media chiefs in the northern part of the country, hosted by the Executive Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, to unveil his achievements since the resumption of office till date. At the occasion, where Danbatta informed the media chiefs that Fifth…

CJN to swear in 9 Appeal Court Justices

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The Chief Justice of Nigeria—CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, will swear in the newly appointed nine Justices of the Court of Appeal on Wednesday, September 20, at the main court auditorium of the Supreme Court. The Justices, according to a statement by the Director, Press and Information of the Supreme Court, Dr. Festus Akande on Sunday, are Hannatu Azumi Laja-Balogun from Kaduna State, who was appointed a High Court Judge on May 24, 1999; Binta Fatima Zubairu from Kaduna State, who was appointed a High Court Judge on October 31, 2001;…

Music, cults, sex, and drugs — By Fredrick Nwabufo

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In the 80s, ‘’resistance to oppression’’ governed the zeitgeist. Reggae music was hugely popular. It resonated with the yearnings of the people for freedom from autocracy, domination, and oppression. Reggae was the conduit for social expression; it was the euphonious channel for agitation and for resisting the ‘’sistem’’.   The Mandators evoked the spirit of the times with the ‘’Crisis’’ album. The album had hits such as Rat Race and Inflation. Majek Fashek spoke for a generation with the album – Prisoner of Conscience. And Orits Williki with the album…

Speaker Abbas hails Tinubu over appointment of Cardoso, Dattijo, others as CBN Governor, Deputies

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The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for the calibre of persons he has appointed to manage the affairs of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). While describing the appointees as eggheads in the financial and economic sectors, Speaker Abbas noted that they have what it take to reposition the CBN. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had on Friday approved the nomination of Dr. Olayemi Cardoso as the new Governor of the CBN. The President also approved the nomination of four…