Month: November 2023

Excellent quality of service non-negotiable in telecom industry,says NCC Boss

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Executive Vice Chairman/CEO, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Dr. Aminu Maida has said that quality of service in the telecommunications sector is non-negotiable as he called for industry collaboration to make this a reality.   Maida, who spoke in Lagos at an interactive session with Chief Executive Officers in the industry on Thursday, assured of collaborations within the industry and commitment to transparency in the telecom ecosystem.   He told the industry chieftains to appreciate that they have a very important role to play in an industry to consolidate on the…

Tinubu salutes ex-President Jonathan@ 66

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has felicitated with former President Goodluck Jonathan on his 66th birthday, describing him as an icon of democracy. President Tinubu in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, said he believed the former President possessed a distinguished profile on leadership, rising the ladder as deputy governor, governor, Vice-President and President, and now championing the cause of peace in Africa. He said Jonathan has brought together and counselled leaders on harmonious co-existence for the benefit of the people they serve.…

Nigeria’s digital transformation future ‘ll be brighter ,prosperous – DG NITDA

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The Director General, National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA) Kashifu Inuwa has predicted that the Nigeria’s digital transformation future would be “brighter and also offered hope of being prosperous.” The NITDA’s boss expressed this optimism in Lagos while delivering his keynote address titled “Implementing a National Digital Transformation Agenda” at the ongoing Global Tech Africa 2023 with the theme “Facilitating Investments in Africa’s Digital Economy. The conference which provided platform to bring together African and international stakeholders in technology to unlock growth opportunities for all, and build the tech ecosystem…

Lamentations of Nuhu Ribadu By Festus Adedayo

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Here, Ribadu reminded me of two aphorisms. One came out of folktales in pre-colonial Yoruba society and the other was a famous quip to remind those who left what ought to have been done to gather moss, belatedly running a race to fill in the gap. The first wise-saying is, “Igba yi laaro, t’arugbo nko’gba.” Literally translated, it scolds the old man who allowed his prime age to fallow without making use of his brawns and who now began to dig mounds and heaps at his senescence. At that old…

Osun CJ: Advising Adeleke’s advisers By Festus Adedayo

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With my knowledge of the geography and contours of state government operations, Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State may have last week fallen victim of one of three sets of advisers that a political power base in government is exposed to. One is a set of competent advisers who are tainted by politics. Second is a class of advisers who are competent but are not bold enough to give right pieces of advice. These ones are too cowardly to advise right. The third set is a band of advisers who…

Jolaoso: Dividends of responsible parenting By Festus Adedayo

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Whenever I sneak into the premises of the Ibadan Tennis Club in the capital of Oyo State, the life of one elderly man named Ebenezer Adewale Jolaoso (also known as Alani) fascinates me. As they say in Christendom, I use him as my prayer point and his life a piece of mentorship. I always use him as pulpit material to sermonize to parents on the dividends of being a responsible parent, the clan of which is becoming extinct in the Nigeria of today. Pa Jolaoso clocked 80 years in September,…

Strategic Plan: NHRC to broaden its reach through partnership with relevant stakeholders

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The National Human Rights Commission has emphasized the significance of collaborations and partnerships with various stakeholders, government agencies, civil society organizations, institutions and the general public to achieve its set of proposed strategic priorities for the period of 2024 – 2027. The Executive Secretary National Human Rights Commission Dr. Tony Ojukwu made the remarks during a stakeholders meeting on the proposed NHRC Strategic Plan 2024 – 2027 at the Commissions Headquarters in Abuja. According to the Human Rights boss, the Commission will partner with the National Orientation Agency (NOA) and…

Insecurity: Time to heed Zulum’s warning By abiodun KOMOLAFE

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At a programme in honour of the reconstituted North-East Development Commission (NEDC) recently, Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, warned that Nigeria risked being wiped off the map in the near future if no proactive steps were taken to stop young people and children from being recruited by Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists.   Zulums warning came at a time no fewer than 13 farmers were beheaded on their farmlands in the state by Boko Haram terrorists, with some unspecified number of farmers also kidnapped. This is also amidst reports…

Intimate Affairs: Men give, women receive, by Funke Egbemode

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Ola: Men are foolish, very foolish. Lola: Ah ah, what’s biting you? How can you just wake up and make such a blasphemous declaration? Ola: How did blasphemy come into this matter? You don’t even know what I’m talking about. Lola: I’m itching to find out, trust me. You, a man declaring that men, all men are fools. I’m a woman and I will not even say such a thing. You can call men overgrown babies. They love breasts and are never weaned from them. They love to be petted…

Tinubu, The Baobab by Professor Kehinde Yusuf

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Yoruba ethnic group has an interesting proverb about ascendancy: Eni t’ó bá ma ga, esè rè á tínrín. (‘Those who would be tall cannot avoid having thin legs.’) Being tall here is the metaphor for recording the highest levels of achievement or reaching the highest rungs on the social ladder. Thin legs, on the other hand, are the metaphor for all the vicissitudes, cumulative challenges and obstacles encountered on the way to the top. No doubt, President Bola Tinubu has had more than his fair share…