Month: September 2023

Tinubu appoints Lagos Head of Service Muri-Okunola, 14 others as Aides

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reportedly appointed Lagos Head of Service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola, as his Principal Secretary. The appointment of Muri-Okunola which is yet to be made official came alongside 15 other appointees, including Tanko Yakasai, Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire, and Moremi Ojudu. Muri-Okunola is a 51-year-old lawyer, who joined the Lagos Civil Service in 2001 as Personal Assistant to then-Governor Tinubu. He later served as the Executive Secretary of the Land Use and Allocation Committee in 2005. Six years later, he was promoted to permanent secretary and was appointed the head…

Beheading of Labour Party Chieftain in Abia barbaric, inhuman-Deputy Speaker Kalu

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Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu has described as inhuman and barbaric the beheading of Mr. Zachary Maduka in Uturu, Isiukwuato Local Government Area of Abia State.   Maduka, 70, a former Campaign Director of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, was also the home branch chairman of Uturu Town Union as well as the Head of a Vigilante Group of the area.   In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Mr. Levinus Nwabughiogu on Saturday, Kalu expressed shock over the…

Peter Obi: Jobless Onochie Is At It again- Media Analyst

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By Abubakar Audu .     Rather than to admonish on post election truce, former NDDC Chairman, Lauretta Onochie who was rejected both at home and in the diaspora has begin her gimmick of over heating the polity, so as to feed fat from President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration.   This was a fall out on his call for the arrest of Peter Obi , the Labour Party Presidential candidate in the last general elections.   A media consultant, Abubakar Yusuf has advised President Tinubu on Tuesday to be wary…

CMD DG ,Chinoko charges Participants on Professionalism.

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By Abubakar Yusuf. The Centre for Management Development CMD Director General, Bitrus Harbi Chinoko has charged participants to adhere strictly to the ethics of the profession. He made this charge while declaring closed the September Advance Management Trainers Development program. The Director General, represented by the Director in the office, Dorathy Esiri declared the program for September closed marking the end of the program on Friday. She conveyed the message of the DG who expressed joy for the successful beginning and completion of the two weeks program. She asked the…

NCC Boss,Danbatta bags MINILS Fellowship

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The Michael Imoudu National Institute of Labour Studies (MINILS) has decorated the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, with the award of Fellowship of the Nigeria Institute of Labour (NIL) under the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment.   At the conferment ceremony in Abuja recently, which was part of the series of events marking the 40 Anniversary/Founders Day of the Institute, the Director-General of the Institute, Isa Aremu, said Danbatta was being recognised for his exemplary contributions and that of his team to the…

Breaking : Tinubu appoints Yemi Cardoso as new CBN Governor

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President Bola Tinubu has approved the nomination of Olayemi Cardoso to serve as the new Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). A statement by President Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Media, Ajuri Ngelale, said the new appointee was nominated for a term of five (5) years at the first instance, pending his confirmation by the Nigerian Senate. This directive is in conformity with Section 8 (1) of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act, 2007, which vests in the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the authority to appoint…

Ogbomoso ‘ll experience unprecedented progress under My Reign – New Soun assures indigenes

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The newly installed Soun of Ogbomosoland, Oba Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye, Orumogege 111, has assured Indigenes of Ogbomoso that his reign will usher in steady progress and advancement of the ancient City.   Oba Ghandi, while addressing his subjects and guests at the palace after the Iwuye ceremony, which marked his official resumption of office as Soun, noted that new ‘light’ has come upon the City of Ogbomoso.   In His words: “Light has come upon Ogbomoso. I am not saying that there wasn’t light before but this is a new…

Tinubu set up committee to address herders/ farmers clashes; bolster livestock,dairy industries

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President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of a Presidential Committee dedicated to the reform of the livestock industry and the provision of long-term solutions to recurring clashes between herders and farmers in the country. The President announced the establishment of the Committee on Thursday in Abuja, following the submission of a report from the National Conference on Livestock Reforms and Mitigation of Associated Conflicts in Nigeria. The Conference was convened by the former Executive Governor of Kano State and Chairman of All Progressives’ Congress (APC), Dr. Umar Abdullahi Ganduje.…

Military reiterates commitment to National Security,neutralizes 151Terrorists, arrests 456, nabs 45 Oil Thieves

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The Nigerian Military has again pledged its commitment to remain focused in its operations in support of national security interests. The military added that the priority of its operations focused on protection of the citizens from the senseless violence of terrorist and other violently extremist groups.   The Director Defence Media Operations, Major Gen. Edward Buba disclosed this at the weekly briefing on military operations activities at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja on Thursday 15th September,2023.   “Our ongoing operations reflect the commitment of the military to end terrorism and…

IGBA BOI’: Reinventing The Igbo Apprenticeship System and Business Startup Engine By: Law Mefor

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The Igbo term for apprenticeship is ‘Igba Boi.’ It involves learning a trade or craft under someone who is already well-established in the field and is now a master in his own right aka ‘Oga’ in local parlance. Though Igbo apprenticeship had been around for a while before the Biafra war, its significance resonated in addressing the Igbo people’s debilitating poverty resulting from the war.   The war brought hunger and sickness that ravaged the whole Igbo world, and those who had been prosperous before the war had all fallen…