Month: February 2024

Hunger: Northern Nigeria takes its mother to the sky, by Festus Adedayo

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Late Afrobeat superstar, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, in his early musical ensemble days as Africa ‘70, recalibrated a folklore that told the story of food shortage and hunger. The folklore, which Fela entitled Alujanjankijan brims with the motif of greed and its implications. The hunger folktale goes thus: Long time ago, a very severe famine hit the animal kingdom, leading to intense food crisis. As against the predictions of diviners called to seek the face of divinities for solution, hunger continued to ravage the land, so much that the kingdom’s silos were…

Bukar Abba Ibrahim: The Man Who Touched My Life (2) by Hassan Gimba

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Adamu Maina Waziri is one politician most people misunderstand. He is one man who does not suffer fools and, unlike the typical politician, he shoots from the hip, the reason some saw him as “crude”. His word is his bond; and if you asked him for a favour that he can grant, he would tell you, and if he promised, he would deliver. But if he wouldn’t, he would not bat an eyelid in telling you no. This is not the kind of leader Nigerians want. Nigerians prefer the man…

SERVICE DELIVERY: CAC to sustain partnership with NBA-SBL

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The Corporate Affairs Commission has expressed its readiness to continue to partner with stakeholders in order to improve its operations. The Registrar-General/CEO of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Hussaini Ishaq Magaji, SAN, stated this while receiving the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Business Law, NBA-SBL, led by Chairman of the Governing Board, Dr. Adeoye Adefulu, on a courtesy call to his office. Hussaini Ishaq Magaji, who acknowledged the contributions of the NBA-SBL towards shaping his decisions and the overall progress of the Commission, said his doors remain open for meaningful…

Dabiri-Erewa congratulates First African Diplomat honoured by a US congress

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Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO Nigerians in Diaspora Commission(NIDCOM) has congratulated Amb. Amina Smaila, Nigeria’s Consul-General in Atlanta Georgia for her recognition and commendation by the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, thus making history as the first-ever recognition of an African diplomat in its 247-year history. In the congratulatory message, Dabiri-Erewa described Smaila as an exceptional and distinguished Nigerian diplomat with deep concerns for fellow citizens. The NIDCOM boss said she was not surprised about the well-deserved honour done to Smaila going by her pedigree as an outstanding…

Ekiti: Time to silence the guns (2) By abiodun KOMOLAFE

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Well, much as causation has been attributed to poverty, religious and ethnic extremism and others, it’s time the Federal Government revisited its security architecture and remodeled countermeasure strategies to yield fruitful results. The faithful choice of a good businessman is to recoil his strategies if output isn’t justified by investments and governments across board must get the message right. That the price is rising and that the cost is becoming incalculable is like trying to find the words, especially in a celebratory culture of violence. Therefore, governments at the national…

Olayemi Cardoso’s dilemma, by Tunde Rahman

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Those who know Mr. Olayemi Cardoso will agree he got his current job as the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria on a platter of solid professional background and strong personal attributes. His pedigree is rich as his character is unsullied. Cardoso had a remarkable private sector career where he shone brilliantly in banking, stockbroking and consulting. Cardoso also came from a very solid family pedigree. Nigeria’s late Prime Minister, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, appointed his late father, Mr. Felix Bankole Cardoso, as the first Accountant-General of the Federation…

NATIONAL SECURITY: SPECIAL INTERVENTION SQUAD (SIS), ITS IMPACTS, AND PROSPECTS.

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The development of a nation in all areas is linked, and could be directly proportional to its security architecture and dynamism. In many areas, and by many scholars, security has not only been seen or perceived as absence of war but also the general well-being of the citizenry of that Nation, which encompasses the principles and concept of ‘The New Security Agenda.’ The components of the new security agenda include human security, environmental security, economic security, and political security, each of which is interconnected and collectively contributes to a country’s…

What women want, By Funke Egbemode

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So, there have been protests from certain quarters since last week’s piece titled, “What exactly do men want from us?” How dare you make it look like men are difficult, insatiable, irritable and mean? How about what men want from women or at least those things you women really want, instead of being sarcastic? I chuckled at that because men have been pretending that they don’t understand women since Adam willingly took the apple from Eve and voraciously devoured it. They will continue to pretend that they are confused, even…

JUST IN: NLC declares 2-day nationwide mass protest

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The leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), has declared a two-day nationwide mass protest for February 27 and 28 over the current economic hardship. Comrade Joe Ajaero, disclosed this on Friday during an ongoing press briefing at Labour House, Abuja. NLC and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, had on February 9, issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to implement agreements reached with workers to ease economic hardship in the country.

University of Abuja issued over 80,000 Certificates since 2019 – Registrar

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By ABUBAKAR YUSUF     The Registrar, University of Abuja, Yahaya Mohamed said the Institution has issued 87,000 backlog of certificates of various programs since the inception of the present administration of Professor Abdulrasheed Na’Allah in 2019. The backlog of certificates abandoned since 2006 contained 45,000 for graduates and 42,000 for the diploma students of the Institution. He said the new policy of the Institution is that certificates of graduated students will be ready for pick up immediately on graduation to avoid reoccurrence. He made this revelation on Thursday during…