Year: 2023

We will support FCT administration to improve infrastructural devt, achieve food security -Deputy Speaker,Kalu

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Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu has said that the Parliament will, through legislative interventions, support the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike to improve social infrastructures and achieve food security in the nation’s capital city.   Kalu made the pledge on Monday when a delegation from Kuje Interfaith Forum led by a co-convener and Senior Pastor, Kings Palace Church Int’l, Kuje-Abuja, Sam Ogbodo paid him a courtesy visit.   The delegation featured a select leaders of the Kuje Inter-faith Forum,…

AFBC Congress in Addis Ababa: Nigerian, Azania Omo-Agege re-elected as 1st Vice President

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By Martin Odiete, Abuja       Interim President of the Nigerian Boxing Association, Azania Omo-Agege has been re-elected 1st vice president of the Africa Boxing Confederation, (AFBC).   The election which place in Adis Ababa, Ethiopia also saw the emergence of Mr Berhanu Eyassu Wossen, from Ethiopia as the new President of the Boxing Confederation.   Omo- Agege had been acting as the interim president of the Africa Boxing body following the suspension of the former president Cameroonian Bertrand Mendouga this year by the IBA ethics commission.   Addressing…

Niger police nabs two suspects with nine ATM cards swapped from victims

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Nigeria Police Force, Niger state Command on16th November,2023 at about 0950hrs, arrested two suspects; namely:   -Aver Wese 31yrs of Obudu, Cross-Rivers State -Godwin Deor 30yrs of Ankpa, Kogi State   The suspects were arrested at Old Nepa roundabout, Suleja by the Police operatives attached to Suleja Area Command,after they attempted to swap a female victim’s ATM card at a commercial bank ATM gallery in Suleja.   The victim discovered the attempt and raised an alarm, while the suspects immediately entered a Toyota Corolla vehicle with Reg. No. YAB 267…

Let the lawmakers enjoy their toys, by Kazeem Akintunde

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Our lawmakers have started receiving their N160 million SUVs. We should be happy for them. After all, it is not easy to win elections into either the House of Representatives or the Senate. If you begrudge them, go and run for office.   Lawmakers in the House were the first set of beneficiaries. And the distribution process was transparent.     Female lawmakers were the first on the list, perhaps, in the spirit of ladies first. Then the gesture was extended to the elderly among the members in the Green…

Powerful Lagos, powerless Osun State By Lasisi Olagunju

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If I were a politician, my devotion hours would be to the courts instead of pouring oil on INEC and voters, deities of limited powers. If the gods complain, I would ask them where they were when ugly death was killing sinners and saints. The buck – our electoral buck – stops at the courts. That is our reality.   A list of candidates for elevation to the Supreme Court was released last week by the Federal Judicial Service Commission. Every Nigerian should be interested in every name on that…

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…