Month: February 2024

Empowering Youths For Greater Tomorrow: NIPR Model By Afolabi Olajuwon

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The youths of today are the leaders of tomorrow. As such, it is of utmost importance to empower and equip them with the necessary skills, knowledge, and opportunities to reach their full potential.   In this article, I will explore the NIPR Model (Nurturing, Involvement, Partnership, and Resilience) and how it can be a powerful framework for empowering young people.   Nurturing:   Nurturing a supportive environment is the first step towards empowering the youth. It involves providing them with a safe and empathetic space where they can express themselves,…

Niger Police arrests 3 suspects for Conspiracy,Criminal trespass,Theft

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In continuation of the effort of the Niger State Police Command to reduce crime and criminality in the State to the barest minimum, on 23rd January,2024 at about 2200hrs, the Police patrol team of Anti-kidnapping unit, while on routine patrol along Dutsen-Kura/Shanu village area of Minna arrested the following suspects;   -Mohammed Auwal Abdulsamiu 24yrs -Abdulraheem Abdulsamiu 16urs -Abdullahi Usman 17yrs, all of Dutsen-Kura Gwari area of Minna   The suspects were sighted along the road with two sacks suspected to be concealing some stolen items late at night, they…

Police arrest Man for defilement of a minor, another for robbery ….. Nab suspected Indian hemp peddler,

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Police operatives attached to Niger Police Command on 30th January,2024 at about 2100hrs, received information at Bosso Div that, on the same date at about 1800hrs, one Adamu Danga Rijau aged 62yrs of Bosso Lowcost area of Minna was sighted around Numui cemetery without trousers, on top of a minor girl of about 6yrs of age, while the suspect took to his heels from the spot.   However, before the Police Division could mobilize to the scene, it was reported that an alarm was raised by the witness. Consequently, the…

Atiku Abubakar And His New Hobby, By Bayo Onanuga

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Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has certainly found a new hobby to keep himself busy, having failed to achieve his lifelong ambition of becoming the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He is increasingly carving for himself the role of opposition-in-chief to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his government. However, we notice that the former Vice-President, just like in his political contests, is also doing a poor job of it, offering pedestrian and uninformed interventions on our economy and other matters of public concerns. Atiku’s latest diatribe was another uncharitable commentary…

Orita Aperin Market Inferno: Rep Agboworin visits Scene, donates N500,000 to Victims

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Member representing Ibadan North East/South East federal constituency, Hon. Abass Adigun Agboworin, on Monday, visited the scene of the fire incident, which razed some shops at the Orita-Aperin market, Ward 4 of the Ibadan North East local government area, in Ibadan.   Agboworin, who is also the Chairman of the House Committee on Narcotic Drugs, sympathized with the victims, urged them to trust in God for a speedy recovery from the shock and rehabilitation of their shops and goods.   At the scene, the lawmaker announced a donation of N500,000…

Some Judges retired without owning properties – Retiring Justice Ndukwe-Anyanwu ….. Says salaries last reviewed in 2007.

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Retiring Justice of the Court of Appeal, Uzo Ndukwe-Anyanwu, JCA, OFR has said that judges salaries were last reviewed in 2007.   Ndukwe-Anyanwu made this disclosure to journalists in Abuja as her valedictory session is billed for this week in Enugu where she started her career from as a Legal Officer.   Ndukwe-Anyanwu is one of the very few judges in Nigeria who rose through the ranks from being a Deputy Chief Registrar, DCR, to the pinnacle of her chosen profession.   On experience on the job as a judge,…

How We Killed Ekiti Traditional Rulers – Suspected Killer

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A suspect arrested over the alleged involvement in the murder of two traditional rulers in the Ikole axis of Ekiti State, Baboga, has confessed how he and members of his gang murdered the monarchs.   Bogoa, a herdsman, confessed after he was paraded before journalists on Sunday in Ado-Ekiti by the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Ekiti, Dare Ogundare.   Recall that on January 29, gunmen killed the Onimojo of Imojo, Oba Olatunde Olusola, and the Elesun of Esun Ekiti, Oba Babatunde Ogunsakin.   Also in…

Is the white man confused or it is the black man that is unstable? By Abdullahi O. Haruna Haruspice

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It is either the white man is confused or the black man is unstable. For all the things they kicked against, are back to us in poking realities. The white man met us in leaves and bente and fought viciously for us to be covered with clothes – when eventually we accepted to be well covered- protecting our bodies from the menacing elements- the same white people did a detour and now choking us that we should go naked so as to express ourselves! What a lamentable contradiction!!   The…

Security concerns on front burner in Senate, by Ola Awoniyi

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Perhaps even more than the ailing economy, a worsening security situation has given Nigeria the most concern over the past few years. It is an ugly phenomenon that has bothered every law-abiding Nigerian, the National Assembly and the government. Despite several measures and huge resources deployed against it, the tide of the menace of violent crimes has not turned in many parts of the country. It is so worrisome that some people wonder if the government is doing anything about the situation.   Some even query the essence of a…

Sen Nnamani mourns Abba Ibrahim . … describes him as an exceptional leader

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Former Governor of Enugu State, Senator Chimaroke Nnamani has described the demise of his friend and colleague Senator Bukar Abba Ibrahim of Yobe state as a loss to the political class. Senator Nnamani said the death of Ibrahim variously regarded as the father of Yobe state has created a huge vacuum in the polity. Nnamani and Ibrahim both served as State governors in 1999 and also as Senators of the federal republic in 2007. According to Nnamani “I was deeply saddened to hear about the passing of our former colleague,…