Year: 2023

Northern Senators Forum condemn spate of military coup in West African sub-region ….. Urge President Tinubu to restore electricity supply to Niger Republic

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The Northern Senators Forum (NSF)has condemned in a very strong terms the spate of military intervention in the democratic space in West African sub-region, especially the coup recently occured in Niger Republic. The Northern Senators stated this in a Communique issued in Abuja on Tuesday at National Assembly Complex, Abuja. The NSF called on the military junta in Niger Republic to soften the relationship with the rest of ECOWAS Community by setting free deposed President Mohammed Bazoum and his immediate family to freely choose the country of his choice to…

ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT, TIV YOUTH ORGANIZATION (TYO) ABUJA CHAPTER, CHIEF JOSEPH SAATER UNDU AT THE END OF YEAR LECTURE/ AWARD NIGHT ON SATURDAY, 25TH NOVEMBER, 2023 AT CH TEAU DE LA-RAY & HOTEL, No.8, BISSAU STREET, WUSE Zone 6, FCT ABUJA.

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Protocol My fellow compatriots it is time to transform TYO Distinguished guests, gentlemen of the press, ladies and gentlemen. It gladdens my heart to stand before you today to address you as the President of TYO Abuja Chapter, on this occasion of our End of Year Lecture and Award Night, barely four months after taking over from my predecessor, Mr. Tavershima Kennedy Iorver. Before I proceed, I most sincerely thank our amiable monarch, the Tor Tiv, His Royal Majesty, Orchivirigh Prof. James Ortese Ayatse and our dear mother, Her Royal…

Internal Displacement: Impact on Food Security, National Security and Unity By Professor Ukertor Gabriel Moti (Professor of Public Sector Management and Governance), Dean, School of Postgraduate Studies and Director, Abuja Centre for European Studies (ACES). Department of Public Administration, University of Abuja-Nigeria +2348033114425; +23490954318577 [email protected]; [email protected] At TIV YOUTH ORGANSIATION (TYO) END OF YEAR LECTURE/AWARD NIGHT 25TH NOVEMBER, 2023 Chateau De La-Ray & Hotel, Wuse Zone 6, ABUJA.

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  Introduction I want to sincerely express my gratitude to the Executive of the Tiv Youth Organisation (TYO), Abuja Chapter for the opportunity to serve as guest lecturer at this End of Year Lecture/Award Night, 2023. The aim of this lecture is to draw the attention of government to the negative impact of internal displacement on the socio-economic development of our dear nation, and its wider implications on food security and unity. Insecurity is one of the social ills that threaten humanity’s existence, create fear within its environment and limit…

The judicial adultery in Kano By Lasisi Olagunju

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The falcon no longer hears the falconer. A commercial flight landed in Asaba on Sunday but its cabin crew welcomed passengers to Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja. A certified true copy of an Appeal Court judgment last week gave victory to both the respondents and the appellants. Nigeria of today is the textbook definition of confusion. I seek to describe what the Court of Appeal did with the Kano governorship case as judicial adultery. I also seek to call it an adulteration of justice. I write with the help of my…

Culture and identity of Gbagyi\ Gwari in FCT, Abuja. By Mercy Tartsea Anshase & Afolashade Afolabi.

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Cultural identity refers to share beliefs norms, value and practice that define a group of individual often linked by ethnicity or religion, the identity shapes individual perception of themselves and their relationship to the world influencing their behaviors attitudes interactions with people. Gbagyi /Gwari people are found all over the places in Nigeria, especially western parts of Abuja , Niger state ,Kaduna state, part of Kogi state and Nasarawa state. Gbagyi/Gwari”s major towns include Minna, koru, kuta, kwaliu, Gawu, Gusssiro , Gwada, Guni, Fuka, Galkogo, Mailkula,Maita, Usafafa, Mpape, Bwari, Suleja,…

Nigerian Boxing Referees/Judges Association reject Minimah move to withdraw Nigeria from IBA …..support Omo-Agege’s emergence as NBF interim President

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The Nigeria Boxing referees/ Judges association has declared unequivocally that they do not go with the planned move by the former President of the Nigeria Boxing Federation, Lt. General Kenneth Minimah (rtd.), to withdraw Nigeria from the International Boxing Association. This was contained in a communique signed the President,Etim Edem Okon and made available to the media after their joint meeting recently. They also declared that their full support for the emergence of Azania Omo-Agege, as the interim President of the Nigeria Boxing Federation. The full text of the communique…

Hussaini Mohammed Gana emerges Best World Nupe Writer

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Hussaini Mohammed is one of the oldest Nupe Language students of ILLEC whom became an Instructor and a Nupe Language teacher with Police Secondary School Minna. Hussaini has been actively participating every year until this victory that made him the WINNER of Nupe Literature Prize NLP 2023 with a book titled; “NANPAPAGI.” Fatima Suleiman Musa Bida is clitched the Second Position with a book titled “Foci o?” while Alhassan Adam Alhaji who came all the way from Kwara State came third in the contest with a book titled; “Gani yi…

Philip Shaibu joins Edo Guber race

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Edo State Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu has officially declared his ambition for the 2024 governorship election in the state.   The declaration followed weeks of speculation regarding his intentions.   Mr Shaibu, who made the declaration in a pre-recorded speech aired on Monday by Arise Television said he will be contesting under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).   “Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the upcoming 2024 election and I am confident that with your support, we can take Edo State to even greater heights.   “My fellow…

Maida charges Nokia to support ICT development in Nigeria

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The Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (EVC/CEO) of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC),Dr. Aminu Maida, has requested Nokia Networks to increase its investments in Research and Development (R&D) to support the growth of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Nigeria.   Maida spoke when a delegation from Nokia Networks of Finland led by the Deputy Minister, Under-Secretary of State for International Trade from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Jarno Syrjala, visited the Commission recently to explore further opportunities for mutually-beneficial relationships.   He told the delegation…

Malawi’s path to an “Award-Winning Judiciary” ~ by Chidi Odinkalu

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Joyce Banda, Malawi’s fourth (and first female) president, was in Nigeria earlier this month as guest of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Awka, Anambra State in south-east Nigeria, where she spoke at the 12th annual lecture in memory of the man after whom the university is named. It was also the 119th birthday of Nnamdi Benjamin Azikiwe, Nigeria’s founding president, and the month of the 26th anniversary of the death in 1997 of Malawi’s founding president. At the lecture, Joyce Banda described Malawi’s judiciary as “award-winning” and many Nigerians in…