Month: February 2024

Akpabio celebrates former Senate President Anyim @63

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President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio has congratulated a former President of the upper chamber, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, GCON as he marks his 63rd birthday. Akpabio, in a birthday message signed by Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Hon. Eseme Eyiboh described Anyim, as a “True democrat and accomplished politician.” He applauded Senator Anyim’s efforts in fighting for and instituting legislative independence in the Senate in his hey days as the presiding officer. “On behalf of my family, constituents, the Senate and the National Assembly, I wish to…

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A great thinker Victor Hugo once declared: “No force on earth can stop an idea whose time has come”. A zeitgeist, or spirit of the times, is an idea whose time has come. The idea or concept—a “spirit,” if you will—is properly received by the moment that yields to its utility as required by historical necessity. This is a historical make or mar moment for Nigeria. This famous quote is perfect for discussing the possibility of state police being established nationwide by the state governments. Because security is local, every…

Akpabio And His Development Politics By Femi ODERE

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It is no longer news that the two-term former governor of Akwa Ibom state, and now President of the 10th Senate, His Excellency Godswill Obot Akpabio has a unique title (call it a cognomen) attached to his name whenever he’s mentioned either in print or public fora even by his political detractors. “Uncommon” is the word usually attached either to his past station as a governor or his present assignment as the Senate President. What’s yet to be news, let alone be sufficiently interrogated, is his deliberate injection, although stealthily,…

DG reiterates NITDA’s commitment to grow Northern Nigeria’s Tech Ecosystem

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In view of the relatively low visibility of the Innovation ecosystem in Northern Nigeria, despite being a region with hub of innovators, creatives, startups and several success stories, the Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi has reiterated the Agency’s commitment to support, and catalyse the emergence/growth of the region’s innovation ecosystem. Inuwa said this while delivering a Keynote Address during a ‘Stakeholders’ Engagement on the State of the Northern Innovation Ecosystem’, which held in Abuja. Describing the event as “‘setting the sense of urgency…

DG NITDA calls for integrating AI in Nigeria’s Security Sector

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Dr.Kashifu Inuwa, the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), emphasized the potential for increased efficiency and effectiveness in Nigeria’s security sector through collaboration between the security industry and the startup ecosystem. Inuwa made these remarks while hosting the Commandant of the National Institute for Security Studies (NISS), Alhaji A. S Adeleke, represented by Deputy Commandant D. E Egbeji. The visit included faculty members and participants of the Executive Intelligence Management Course (EIMC 17) with the theme “Artificial Intelligence, Security, and Emerging Economies in Africa: Challenges and…

Our president’s love affair with the IMF By Lasisi Olagunju

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A colleague yesterday shared a 1992 campaign video of Chief M.K.O. Abiola promising to demystify governance in Nigeria and stop “people’s heads” from being “shaved in their absence.” A professor friend (political scientist) commented that “that’s partly why he never became president.” Becoming president or king comes with a price. When ‘The Price of Kings’, a political documentary on Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, was released in 2011, the Financial Times titled its review of the film: ‘All about the art of compromise’. The reviewer describes the film as a portrait…

Edo APC Primary: Sen Osunbor urges Tinubu to save APC from impending loss … .. demands cancellation of the flawed primar

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One of the top contenders of the Edo APC 2024 guber primary, Senator Prof. Oserheimen Osunbor has called on President Bola Tinubu to wade into the looming crisis of the party after a flawed primary conducted last Saturday. Senator Osunbor also called for the cancellation of the primaries which has so far produced three APC guber flag bearers. Osunbor made this disclosure in a press conference on Sunday evening in Iruekpen his hometown where he chronicled what transpired last Saturday declaring that: “On Saturday, 27th, February 2024 all registered members…

FCT Police arrests Chef for masterminding kidnap of 12-year old Boss’ son …. CP Igwe tasks residents on profiling of domestic workers

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The operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command have arrested one Ulagu Philemon Chukwuma’m’ 29years for masterminding the kidnap of his boss’ son, Justin Nwakwo ‘m’ 12, on February 10, 2024, in Jabi, Abuja. Philemon, a domestic worker, who served as a Chef to the Nwakwo family, was arrested by officers of the Utako Police Divisional Headquarters that were following up on investigations to rescue the abducted boy and also to arrest the perpetrators. Investigations by the Police revealed that the principal suspect, who has since confessed to…

Reps applaud TETFUND for promoting research, innovations amongst Nigerian students, youth …as Deputy Speaker calls for more innovative hubs in S/East

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The Federal House of Representatives has applaudedTertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund)for championing creative researches and establishing innovative hubs for the promotion of science and technology education amongst Nigerian students and youth. Speaking at the closing ceremony of a two-week cohort learning for some select Nigerian students, researchers and academia at the Abuja Innov8 Hub over the weekend, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu said the Parliament would continue to support creative activities that tended to develop the minds of Nigerian youth with innovations,…

PAN rejects Reps’ Parliamentary system proposal

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The Parliamentary Advocacy Network (PAN), has rejected the recent proposal by 60 federal lawmakers in Nigeria’s House of Representatives seeking a return to the parliamentary system of government that the country practiced at independence. The lawmakers, who belong to a House of Representatives pressure group known as the Parliamentary Group, introduced a Constitution Alteration Bill on the floor of the House of Representatives proposing the abolishment of the Presidential system in Nigeria. In a statement signed by the National Coordinator of PAN, Sunny Anderson Osiebe and the General- Secretary, Fred…