Year: 2023

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…

Senate approves 2024-2026 MTEF/FSP

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The Senate has approved the 2022-2026 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper of President Bola Tinubu. This followed the adoption of the report of its Joint Committee, which was considered at its plenary on Wednesday. The committees involved were Finance, Appropriation, National Planning, Local and Foreign Debts at plenary on Wednesday. Presenting the report, Senator Sani Musa, the committee Chairman, said the committee recommended that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited should work toward reducing its operational costs to reduce wastage.

Senate begins amendment of Cybercrime Act ,as NUJ,NCC,others make inputs

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As the Nigerian Senate commenced the process to amend the Cybercrime Act 2015, Senate President Godswill Akpabio has disclosed how the country suffered financial losses as a result of cybercrime actors activities. Senator Akpabio made the disclosure in his remarks while declaring open a one-day public hearing on the Cybercrime (Prohibition and Prevention) Act (Amendment) Bill, 2023 at the Senate Complex, Abuja, on Wednesday. Akpabio, who was represented by the Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, harped on the need to establish a comprehensive legal framework to deter, investigate,…

25th Coronation Anniversary: Speaker Abbas congratulates Emir of Jama’a

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The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen has congratulated the Emir of Jama’a, His Royal Highness, Alhaji (Dr) Muhammadu Isa Muhammadu II OFR, CON, on his 25th coronation anniversary. The Speaker recalled how Alhaji Muhammadu Isa Muhammadu II was installed as the 11th Emir of Jama’a on November 23, 1998 by the then military Governor of Kaduna State, Col. Umar Farouk Ahmed (rtd). Since his ascension to the throne, Speaker Abbas noted, Emir Muhammadu has been providing good leadership and direction to his people, a statement…

NIJA CHAT: DG NITDA launches APP, describes it as Economy Booster

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As the Federal Government of Nigeria continues to support and challenge its teeming youthful population to innovate indigenous solutions that have global impact, the Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, has unveiled the NIJA Chat, a messaging, gaming and lifestyle App which he said will help build public digital infrastructure and boost the Nation’s economy.   Inuwa who disclosed this after unveiling the Nija Chat Application by iCELL in Abuja, said it was a clarion call to all Nigerians both home and the diaspora…

Speaker Abbas inaugurates Ad Hoc Committee on Oil Theft …… says House’ll raise revenue target for MDAs in 2024

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The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen,on Wednesday inaugurated a Special Ad Hoc Committee on Oil Theft to investigate the growing spate of pipeline vandalisation, illegal petroleum bunkering and theft. The Speaker noted that oil theft and other oil related criminalities remain the greatest economic sabotage that has left the country with dwindling revenue.   In his address at the inauguration ceremony, the Speaker stated that the resolve of the 10th House to “tackle one of the largest threats to Nigeria’s economy.” Speaker Abbas decried that…