Day: December 6, 2023

CP Niger visits Brigade Commander, 31 Artillery Brigade, seeks cooperation to fight crime

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The Commissioner of Police, Niger State Command ,CP Shawulu Ebenezer Danmamman today 6th December,2023 paid a courtesy visit to the Brigade Commander, 31 Artillery Brigade, Brig. Gen. H. Bobbo in his office at HQ 31 Artillery Brigade Minna, Niger state capital.   The CP asserted in his remarks that having assumed duty, it became necessary to pay a courtesy call to familiarize himself with the formation and to solicit for heightened understanding and cooperation between the Nigerian Army and the Police in the State.   He noted that the situation…

Nupe Language gets National Diploma

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This is another big opportunity for the study of Nupe Language. ILLEC sustains an approval to run National Diploma in Nupe Language from ABA. The process started like a play on a WhatsApp chat by my brother and friend; Babangida M Sokomba. We took it up to visit his boss in NCCE Abuja and the boss Mr Isaac Ameh Oche took it up immediately to the Executive Director because he is one of the board members of NINLAN Aba. Since then, we have been having series of interfaces with the…

Dan-Azumi,Chief of Staff to Speaker Abbas gives Pass Mark to Democracy.

Abubakar Yusuf

The lead presenter and research fellow on the book “Needs Assessment of Political Parties in Nigeria ” , who also doubles as the Chief of Staff to the Nigeria’s House of Representatives Speaker, Professor Jake Dan’Azumi has passed a vote of confidence on the democratic practices two decades after it’s return to civilian rule in 1999 in Nigeria.   The renowned academic, technocrat and administrator dropped this view in a 20 minutes review of the research work he embarked and presented to the public on Tuesday in conjunction with The…

Rivers Doctor arrested for killing 20-yr-old woman, selling off her baby

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Rivers state police command State has announced the arrest of one Eyinnaya Iheukwumere, popularly known as doctor Hagi, for allegedly killing a 20 year old Rachael Samson and selling off her baby. Iheukwumere, who is said to be the owner of ‘Hagi Medical Centre’ in Igwuruta, Ikwere local government area of Rivers State, is accused of killing Rachael during an operation at his facility. In an Instagram post, the deceased’s sister claimed that doctor Hagi instructed a nurse at his hospital to inform the family that she died in a…

CP FCT warns against criminal infiltration of lawful assembly ….. As police nab 5 for attempted disruption of NANS Convention, illegal possession of firearms

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The Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, CP Haruna G. Garba has warned against any form of disturbance of public peace, unlawful assembly, and criminal infiltration of lawful assembly within the FCT.   The CP Garba gave this warning today, 6th December, 2023, while confirming the arrest of 5 suspects in connection with the attempted infiltration of the 30th November, 2023 NANS convention to disrupt the process. The suspects were promptly intercepted by security operatives, some of whom were handed over to the Police by the Department…

Akpabio eulogises Kukah, says his calling is rare.

Abubakar Yusuf

The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio has described the Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Convener National Peace Committee, Mathew Hassan Kukah as one of the finest Nigerian who has demonstrated an untiring traits to the all round development of the country.   Senator Godswill Akpabio who dropped this hint during the Public Presentation of the “Needs Assessment of Political Parties in Nigeria” on Tuesday at Exclusive Serene Hotel, Abuja.   Akpabio who is the 10th Senate President in his speech “Redefining our Democratic Journey” was represented by Senator Victor…

Kaduna bombing: Deputy President sues for calm, calls for thorough investigation

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The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I. Jibrin, has extended heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims of the recent bombing mishap in a village at Tundun Biri, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Describing the incident as unfortunate, Senator Barau joined calls for a thorough investigation into the incident as directed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. While urging the security forces to thoroughly scrutinize the matter, he appealed to the relatives of the victims and good people of Kaduna State to remain calm. In a…

Oba of Benin, ancestors and Lagos By Lasisi Olagunju

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“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped.” Imagine this George Orwel dystopian quote in his ‘1984’ applying directly to where you come from. That is why I sympathise with both sides in the controversy that has followed Oba of Benin’s claim of Lagos as his ancestors’ creation. Between the two sides, who is telling…

President Tinubu, Is This Democracy? By Olaleye Olawale

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I’d waited a few days to see if the presidency or media aides of President Bola Tinubu would deny report that as part or his intervention in the Ondo State political crisis, the president actually endorsed the idea that the Deputy Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, an elected number two citizen of the state, should send in an undated resignation letter? This development had disturbed me for a few days, and I had hoped that Tinubu or his men would come out to refute it. First, it was the speaker of the…

Shall We Trust Olukoyede? By Olaleye Olawale

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A couple of months back, I drove past a popular super store in GRA, Ikeja, with two of my friends, and I was stunned to see that the store – Hubmart – was under lock and key. Apparently, I was the only one who didn’t know this. Jaiye Opayemi and Femi Abegunde were quick to tell me it had been locked for a while. The story was that it was owned by a former bank MD, who had been convicted for corruption by the EFCC, and therefore shut down the…