Month: November 2023

Bayo Onanuga: The media guru, by Amos Adetunji

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In 2005 when the traditional media in Nigeria played host to Dele Olojede who had won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting that year, something very significant took place. That day at La Scala Hall, MUSON Centre in Lagos, venue of the event, Bayo Onanuga caused a stir when he was called to the microphone by the compere. “Bayo Onanuga, the media guru, is a man of few words but his pen is mightier than a sword”. That introduction by the anchorperson set the mood for Onanuga’s brief but remarkable…

FHA @50;: Ashafa Lauds Past, Present Nigeria Leadership, says They Made Huge Sacrifices

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By Abubakar Yusuf       The Managing Director, Federal Housing Authority FHA, Senator Gbenga Ashafa has lauded the efforts of past and present Nigerian leaders for providing affordable and serene houses across the country.   Senator Ashafa who made this disclosure at the international conference centre ICC on Thursday during the opening ceremony to mark the 50 years anniversary of the authority in Abuja.   He said the proactive decisions and measure taken over five decades ago had provided shelter of different shapes and shades to all Nigerians.  …

LEADERSHIP, STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION AND THE AKPABIO EXAMPLE By Femi ODERE

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The glaring deficiencies in our leadership recruitment and selection, most specifically in the nation’s political landscape which perhaps precedes the present political dispensation but has become perplexingly noticeable even to the untrained eyes since the advent of the Fourth Republic, are increasingly a recurring decimal, if not a consistent feature in the overall interrogation of the National Question. The consistent decline of this component of the National Question, most certainly exacerbated by the intrusion of the armed forces in the body politic, has probably been the most tasking to social…

Friday Sermon] Stand Up Against Oppression And Injustice Or Face Allah’s Wrath And Punishment! By Imam Murtadha Gusau

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In the Name of Allah, the Merciful, the Beneficent   All praise is due to Allah, the All-Knowing Creator. He created humans and He is the most knowledgeable of them, and nothing of their affairs is hidden from Him. We praise Him for guiding and selecting us to be Muslims, and we are grateful to Him for what He has given and bestowed upon us. Allah selects from the Prophets whomever He wills, chooses from the angels whom He wills, favours from the Ummah whom He wills, and elevates individuals…

Troops neutralise 99 terrorists, nab 198 others in 1 week – DHQ

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The Defence Headquarters says the troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria in the last one week eliminated 99 terrorists and apprehended 198 others in different operations across the country.   The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, said this while briefing newsmen on the operations of the military on Thursday in Abuja.     Buba said the troops also rescued a total of 139 hostages and recovered 141 assorted weapons and 1,463 assorted ammunition in the various operations across North East, North Central and North West theatres of…

CANADA: Avoid Irregular Migration, it is not worth it- Dabiri-Erewa warns

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The Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, (NiDCOM) Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has urged Nigerians travelling abroad to go legitimately, and with proper documentation to avoid unpleasant consequences.   Dabiri-Erewa stated this when she visited some Nigerians in one of the shelters in Brampton, Canada.   The NIDCOM Boss sympathised with their condition and urged others planning to travel without proper documentation, arrive the country to seek asylum, to desist, as the situation is getting tougher in many countries, adding that “ it is just not worth it, more often than not”.…

Be creative for optimal performance, Speaker Abbas charges NNPCL

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The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, has said that for Nigeria to avoid more wasteful years of non-performing puplic assets in the oil sector, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) must come up with creative ways for optimal performance. The Speaker stated this when he received the management of the NNPCL, who paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Abuja on Thursday. Speaker Abbas, while commending the NNPCL for taking full advantage of the Petroleum Industry Act to maximise its commercial potentials,…

Deputy Senate President offsets Postgraduate student’s cancer treatment bills

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The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I. Jibrin, has paid the medical and surgery bills of Abdurrabah Idris Yahaya, a 30-year-old Kano State indigene and M.Sc. student who has been battling cancer.   Abdurrabah, a resident of Bankaura/S.Doka area of Ungogo Local Government of Kano State, who had been receiving treatment from home, went viral on social media, seeking assistance following medical doctors’ advice that he undergo surgery.   Worried by Abdurrabah’s situation and the urgency of the doctors’ advice, the Deputy Senate President sent a delegation with…

JUST IN: Court reverses sack of Nasarawa Gov Sule

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The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has overturned the Nasarawa State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal’s October 2 decision to sack All Progressives Congress (APC) Governor Abdullahi Sule. A three-judge panel of the court ruled that the tribunal erred in declining to rule on the legal issues raised in the APC and Sule’s objection, which challenged the tribunal’s jurisdiction to hear the petition by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, David Ombugadu, as well as the petition’s competence. The court held that the petitioners at the tribunal –…

Mikel Obi, ‘Black tax’ & African families ~ by Olusegun Adeniyi

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Following a highly revealing (and very entertaining) interview on ‘Vibes With Five’—podcast of former England International and Manchester United legend, Rio Ferdinand (@rioferdy5)—former Super Eagles Skipper, John Obi Mikel (@mikel_john_obi) is now in the eye of the social media storm. In the interview, the 2013 African Footballer of the Year, who had an illustrious career at Chelsea FC, spoke about several issues, including what is generally regarded as ‘Black Tax’—an unstructured financial burden usually placed on a successful person by members of their extended family. While the term was coined…