Month: September 2023

NDDC Developmental interventions below average in Abia state,says Deputy Speaker, Kalu

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Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu has rated below average the developmental interventions in Abia as an oil producing State under the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). Kalu expressed the view when a delegation of the Ukwa People’s Consultative Council (UPCC) led by its Leader, Sir Don Ubani paid him a courtesy visit on Wednesday in Abuja. Ukwa is the oil producing area in Abia State. The delegation in their presentation decried infrastructural decay and environmental degradation as a result of oil exploration in…

Rivers APC SWC meets Party Leader, Chief Tony Okocha, commends his Leadership style

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The State Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC)Rivers State Chapter, led by the Acting State Chairman, Hon. Omiete Eferebo, today paid a courtesy visit to the leader of the party in the state, Hon. Chief Tony Okocha KSC, JP, DSSRS, at the Renewed Hope Agenda State Office in Port Harcourt.   Speaking on behalf of the State Working Committee of APC Rivers State, the Acting State Chairman, Hon. Omiete Eferebo, Hon. Omiete said the visit was to consolidate on the already existing cordial working synergy between the State…

We are working with Security agencies for safe return of abducted Corps Members in Zamfara – NYSC

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The National Youth Service Corps has confirmed its collaboration with security agencies in the country to secure the safe release of the eight Prospective Corps Members who were abducted in Zamfara State on their way to the Orientation Camp in Sokoto. The NYSC Director General, Brigadier General YD Ahmed disclosed this today Thursday during an interactive session with members of the House of Representatives Committee on Youth, led by Honourable Martin Esin. He added that NYSC Management was making consultations with different stakeholders including Zamfara State Government, traditional rulers, clerics…

Continue to make us proud ,NARSDA Cooperative President charges Agency’s football players

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President of the Cooperative, National Space Research and Development Agency, NARSDA,Dr Abdul Jibrin on Wednesday urged the agency’s football team, NASRDA FC not to relent in making the agency proud. The President gave the advice while speaking with the team on yesterday ahead of their second-half game in a friendly football match against the team from the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency NOSDRA. “You’ve been doing Nigeria proud. You’ve been winning. Please keep on winning. “The cooperative is supporting you, and I say thank you to all the…

SENATOR ELISHA ABBO: A Paraphilic Case As Opposition Surrogate In The Red Chamber By Josiah Adedayo

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Senator Elisha Abbo is in the news again with another potpourri of political propaganda that relies heavily on historical myth. He has been reveling in the media and public space of late with a noxious and insidious campaign that is so adept and has the potential to ignite public outrage. According to media reports, a group of aggrieved senators anointed him as their face to abuzz the media with protest of their disaffection on committee appointments by Senate President Godswill Akpabio even though it was diversionary. Meanwhile, the real angst…

NYSC seeks stakeholders’ support for scheme’s operations

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The National Youth Service Corps has appealed to State Governments and other NYSC stakeholders in the country to support the Scheme in its efforts to consolidate the achievements it recorded in the last fifty years. The Director General of the Scheme, Brigadier General YD Ahmed said NYSC Managers were working assiduously towards ensuring that NYSC would continue to be impactful towards national development in it’s post-golden jubilee era. The DG stated this Wednesday in his address at the meeting of NYSC Management with representatives of State Governments, with the theme;…

Decoding Sen Elisha Abbo By Sylvanus Ochoa

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For starters, Ishaku Elisha Abbo is an All Progressive Party (APC) Senator in the 10th Senate from Adamawa North Senatorial District of Adamawa State. Sen. Abbo is an interesting and pitiable character. He’s interesting because he has, on his own volition, decided to stick out in the 10th Senate like a sore thumb when the rest of his colleagues have decided to rally behind President Tinubu and the Senate leadership under its Senate President Godswill Akpabio in the arduous task of repositioning Nigeria after decades of bad leadership. Pitiable because…

Deputy Speaker Ben Kalu congratulates First Lady, Remi Tinubu@63

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The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu has felicitated the First Lady of Nigeria, Senator Oluremi Tinubu on the occasion of her 63rd birthday, which comes up tomorrow, September 21, 2023. Kalu in a congratulatory message signed by his Special Assistant on Press Affairs, Udora Orizu, described the President’s wife as a source of inspiration and pillar of support to many, particularly the women and youths. The Deputy Speaker recalled the First Lady’s passion for youth and women empowerment which she has significantly shown…

AI remain most transformative technologies of our time – NCC Boss

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The Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of Nigerian Communications Commission NCC, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta has said Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as one of the most transformative technologies. He said its potential to revolutionize industries, enhance productivity, and improve the quality of life for citizens cannot be overstated. Prof Danbatta disclosed this on Monday in his keynote address as Guest Speaker at the 11th edition of Digital Africa Conference & Exhibition in Abuja. He said “As the Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), I believe that AI will…

Senate’s 100 Days of ‘uncommon’ leadership, interventions, by Jackson Udom

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Frank, assertive but unassuming, President of the 10th Senate, Godswill Obot Akpabio, has always cut the figure of a determined and purpose-driven leader wherever the mantle of leadership falls on him since his burst into the political limelight in Akwa Ibom State as Commissioner in charge of three different ministries in 2002.   It was that emblematic assertiveness and affable disposition that made most Nigerians celebrate his emergence as the President of the Senate in a keenly-contested election on June 13, 2023, with majority of the people concluding that the…