Month: February 2024

Taraba Bye-Elections: Sen Manu congratulates Tafida over victory …… says he’s truly a good mobiliser of his people

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The Senator representing Taraba Central Senatorial District, Senator Haruna Manu has hailed Hon Sadik Tafida for emerging victorious in the just concluded Jalingo, Yarro, Zing Federal Constituency Bye-Elections. Manu in a congratulatory message said: “On behalf of my self, my family and the constituents of Taraba Central Senatorial District, I stand united with our great Party Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members, supporters, and political associates to congratulate our brother Hon. Engr. Prince Sadik Tafida on his victory as a Member-elected of the Jalingo,Yorro,Zing Federal Constituency in the Bye-Elections conducted on…

A review of “DIGITAL ECONOMY AND THE PROSPECT OF FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA: A Festschrift for Dipo Fisho” by Omoniyi Ibietan, PhD, fnipr, arpa

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Introduction The emerging possibilities of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (FIR), as central organizing principles of contemporary society, have been astonishing in their revolutionary bearings. I told some 150 people as the official reviewer of the above cited book during its public presentation at noon on Saturday, February 10, 2024, at Borno Hall of the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja. As a contrarian to absolute technological determinism theories, I asserted that it is intrinsic and implicit that the driving force of modern innovation is not just the technology but the interface of…

Dabiri-Erewa hails Ahmed Musa for being a great mentor, philanthropist

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Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa Chairman/CEO Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has commended Super Eagles Captain, Ahmed Musa for being an exemplary Nigerian Diaspora and a great mentor of Nigerians youths. Speaking while receiving the football player and his delegation in Abuja, Dabiri-Erewa stated that the player has heeded to the mandate of being a good Ambassador,remembering the country and excelling in the art of football. She said Ahmed Musa earned the Commission’s maiden National Diaspora Merit Award in the sports category due to his philanthropic gesture and mentoring of the youths.…

Friday Sermon: Ramadan, The Month Of Countless Blessings By Imam Murtadha Gusau

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In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful All Praise is due to Allah, We praise Him and we seek help from Him. We ask forgiveness from Him. We repent to Him; and we seek refuge in Him from our own evils and our own bad deeds. Anyone who is guided by Allah is indeed guided; and anyone who has been left astray, will find no one to guide him. I bear witness that there is no god but Allah, the Only One without any partner; and…

FOOD CRISIS: Tinubu orders security agencies to go after people hoarding foodstuff

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President Bola Tinubu on Thursday ordered security agencies to collaborate with Governors and go after those hoarding foodstuff. The order is coming after an emergency meeting with the 36 State governors earlier today at the presidential Villa. The meeting, though was in response to the current food crisis and insecurity across the nation. Recall that protest erupted in Niger State last week over the rising cost of food items in the country which many have also attributed to hoarding by some middlemen. Also in Kano State, the government had to…

Tinubu re-appoints NAFDAC DG, approves new leadership for NCDC, MDCN, others

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President Bola Tinubu has named Dr. Mansur Kabir as the new Chairman of the board of the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control and reappointed its Chief Executive Officer, Prof. Moji Adeyeye. This was contained in a press statement signed by Special Adviser to the President, Ajuri Ngelale and made available to journalists in Abuja on Thursday. According to the statement, the changes were in furtherance of the president’s determination to bring world-class standards to Nigerian public health administration and to manifest his commitment to deliver affordable…

JUST IN: House of Reps moves to stop Sports Betting in Nigeria

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The House of Representatives has resolved to stop sports betting in the country and urged the National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC) to comply with the Lottery Regulatory Commission Act, 2005. The resolution followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Kelechi Nwogu (PDP-Rivers) at plenary in Abuja on Thursday, February 15, 2024. It was reported that approximately 60 million Nigerians aged between 18 and 40 engage in sports betting. According to him, weak or neglected regulations of sports betting have given rise to mental health problems, such as depression, anxiety,…

How Obasanjo only gave us a handshake when we won silver in 2000 AFCON- Tijani Babangida ………. hails Tinubu for rewarding Super Eagle

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Former Super Eagles winger, Tijani Babangida has hailed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for honoring this current group of the Super Eagles players who won silver at the just concluded Africa cup of Nations, AFCON with a national honour and gift of houses and lands. Speaking with our corespondent in Abuja, Babangida lamented how the former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo only gave them a handshake when they won the same silver at the 2000 AFCON played in Nigeria. The current President of the Professional Footballer Association of Nigeria , PFAN was…

FG engages Corps Members to promote Community Health nationwide

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Federal Government has said concerted efforts were ongoing to involve Corps Members in the promotion of community health across the nooks and crannies of the country. It said Corps Members are agents of social change, whose presence in all the 774 Local Government Ares of the country with enviable track records of previous participation in several national assignments cannot be underestimated. The Acting Head of Health Promotion Division in the Federal Ministry of Health, Mrs Ezioma Madu stated this today when she led some staff of the Ministry on an…

I did not personalise Govt funded projects- Senator Adeola Yayi .. vows to continue facilitation of empowerment of constituents and projects

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Senator, representing Ogun West Senatorial District, Solomon Adeola (Yayi),has reacted to a story published in some online newspapers with title “Group Accuses Yayi of ‘Personalising’ Govt-Funded Projects” on February 14, 2024 edition.   Senator Solomon Adeola in a statement signed by his Media Adviser ,Chief Kayode Odunaro said; “We would not ordinarily engage a faceless group going by the name of Yewa/ Awori Youth Network with an unknown signatory. However, the fact that the story was used to put out what amounts to mis-information of the public tending towards a…