Month: September 2023

Niger Police foil Robbery attack, arrest 2 suspects with 16 bags of India hemp,recover AK-47 rifle

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The Niger state police command on 16th September,2023 at about 1930hrs,on receipt of Information that some group of suspected armed robbers invaded a mining site at Iwa village via Gawu-Babangida, Gurara LGA, mobilized the Police tactical team attached to Gawu-Babangida Div and vigilante men to the robbery scene, and engaed the hoodlums in a gun duel. However, due to the superior firepower of the Police team, the hoodlums escaped from the scene through the nearby forest, while some of them were also believed to have escaped with gunshot injuries. In…

A Leftist Notes on Tackling Rising Unemployment In Nigeria ,By Adefolarin A. Olamilekan

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Arguably, economists are often in disagreements on what policy measures should be adopted in reducing unemployment in the economy. Many at times, the disagreements are not on the policies per say but squarely on the implemention of any kind of policy meant to tackle unemployment. I’m tempted to say the foregoing because, lots of brilliant ideas on how best to tackle unemployment are deliberately frustrated when it comes to implementation. Meanwhile, empirical evidence abound globally on successful measures taken by developed nations to overcome unemployment issues, even though it may…

Obasanjo’s Bode Thomas discourtesy to Oyo Obas By Festus Adedayo

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The social and cultural setting in Yorubaland literally exploded last Friday. It almost took the shine off the Oyo State government’s highly commendable inauguration of a 34.85 km Oyo-Iseyin Road and the completed Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Iseyin Campus. The highly disputatious ex-Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo, was in his usual sabre-rattling element. At that event, he tongue-lashed Yoruba Obas in the most irreverent display of gross disdain for the traditional stool and institution. As I write this, an inclement anger of the people, like a vulture, is feasting on…

JUST IN : Tinubu announces two Ministerial Nominees

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President Bola Tinubu has approved the nomination of Jamila Bio Ibrahim to serve as the Minister of Youth, pending her confirmation by the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The president also approved the nomination of Ayodele Olawande to serve as the Minister of State for Youth, pending his confirmation by the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.   Ms Ibrahim is a young medical doctor and most recently served as the President of the Progressive Young Women Forum (PYWF). She has also served as the Senior Special…

Child Abuse: Addressing the plight of domestic helps

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There are laws enacted to protect the Nigerian child from various forms of abuses, yet many underage house helps still find themselves dehumanised.   An underage house help is a child, male or female, who works in the employer’s household, performing duties such as cleaning, cooking, babysitting, and other chores.   Many of them can be easily spotted due to their poor state of clothing, nutrition and sometimes, presence of injuries on their bodies.   A lot of them suffer some form of physical, psychological and or sexual abuse by…

Impeachment Plot: In defence of Akpabio By OLA AWONIYI

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It is just over three months since the 10th National Assembly was inaugurated but the agents of destabilization seem to be impatient. Those who feed from conflicts are already spreading wild rumours to create suspicions among lawmakers and disrupt the peace and unity of the Legislative Arm of government.   Since the inauguration of the 10th Senate on 13th June, 2023, the Senate especially has been harmonious, with Distinguished Senators settling into their legislative duties with great enthusiasm.   This is in spite of the keen contest that produced the…

Fuss Over Oil Pipelines And Protection, ….. let TANTITA be, says Niger Delta Development Agenda

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Some of the groups and individuals clamouring for the surveillance contracts are either surrogates of oil syndicates or barons fronting for international criminal cartels. They merely masquerade as concerned persons with the interest of the nation at heart, but far from it, they are self- serving and their intentions: highly dubious. They sought entrenchment of the old order, so their international counterparts can move into their areas of influence to continue the illegitimate crude trafficking. ONDO STATE Though Ondo State is categorized as oil producing, it however has the least…

NASENI, REA set to deploy renewable technologies to Light Up rural areas

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The Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Mr Khalil Halilu and the Managing Director/CEO of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA), Mr. Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad have agreed to work together to deploy NASENI Solar resources and other renewable energy technologies, to increase electricity supply to Nigeria’s rural areas.     This commitment was the outcome of discussions between the two Chief Executives in Abuja on Friday September 15, 2023, when the EVC/CEO of NASENI visited the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) office as part of…

He married the money,By Funke Egbemode

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Tunji – T.J for short- had always seen a bright future for himself in Nigeria. Not even SAPA could make him JAPA. He knew where he wanted to go and had a map even Google would be proud of, of how he’d get to his destination. So, while all his friends and peers were testing the waters of cybercrime and considering yahoo-plus and its gory gruesome details, T.J had his eyes peeled for how he’d move from his ‘near Lagos’ Boys Quarters’ apartment to Ikoyi, Lagos. Yes, you heard that…

NADECO, where are you? (1) By abiodun KOMOLAFE

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Last week, I had the honour of visiting Dr. Amos Akingba, a chieftain of _Afenifere_ and _National Democratic Coalition_ (NADECO), in his Ode-Irele, Ondo State country home. Akingba, who turned 85 last March, relocated to his hometown about two years ago. Since home is for rest, the elder statesman is back home to savour the serenity of his ancestral birthplace, but this time, the octogenarian is retiring to a community that has been without electricity since 2014. Ode-Irele is headquarters to one of the four Local Governments – Irele, Okitipupa,…