Day: March 3, 2024

Barau; Honor To Whom It Is Due, BY ABUBAKAR YUSUF

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For the Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin it was an honor well deserved, considering his stint to the development of humanity, Health and Education at large not only to Kano state, but Nigeria at large. Considering his selfless contributions to the development of Education in Nigeria as Chairman Senate Committee on TETFUND in the 8th Senate which oversees the activities of Universities and Polytechnics across the country, away from his personal contributions to the development of social services in Nigeria. Senator who thrived as public figure in his private…

Economic sabotage : I’m determined to eradicate oil theft in Niger Delta – Tompolo ……. gets NUJ Meritorious Award

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Niger Delta Crusader and Chairman of Tantita Security Services Nigeria Ltd (TSSNL), Chief Government Ekpemupolo alias Tompolo has promised to end the reign of oil thieves sabotaging oil operations in the region as part of efforts to revamp the ailing economy in the country.   Tompolo noted that Nigeria is in a dire strait and needs all the support to end the activities of saboteurs of the Nigerian oil economy.   The Niger Delta freedom fighter made the promise in his Oporoza, Gbaramatu country home in Delta state at the…

BREAKING: Residents break into government’s warehouse in Abuja, steal foodstuff and others

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Some residents of Abuja, the nation’s capital has looted a warehouse reportedly belonging to the National Emergency Management Agency of Nigeria (NEMA) over the current economic hardship across the country.   According to report, the residents broke into the warehouse located around Tasha area of the community around 7 am on Sunday, looting bags of maize and grain.   A resident, Jaafar Aminu, speaking to Daily Trust said the looting continued unhindered till 9 am, adding that some residents as well as persons from neighboring Jiwa and Karmo town trooped…

Adieu Sisi Quadri & John Okafor By Tunde Asaju

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When I was moving to Canada years ago, my late cousin Pius Adesanmi advised me to bring in Nollywood movies. YouTube and online streaming had not overtaken the world and there was no TikTok or Stories. It was perhaps the only advice I never even considered. Knowing my love for the theatre and music, he told me I would miss them.   I don’t think I do. Having been tutored and mentored by one of the nation’s best theatre tutors in Prof Akanji Nasiru and having studied literature, I did…

Mr President, salary hike won’t resolve the present hunger, by Hassan Gimba

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These days, the words dominating the air are “hunger” and “protest”. And that, we are told, is because of two others – “dollar” and “salary”. Unfortunately, those capitalising on the latter two words to push for the first two words hardly mention the words “production” and “security” which are fuelled by justice and fairness. And there can be no justice without the rule of law. I suspect some behind-the-scenes push regarding cries of hunger and a subtle mobilisation for protests that would engulf the entire country. While not discounting the…

2022 RECRUITMENT OF POLICE CONSTABLES: COMPUTER BASED -TEST COMMENCES ON 5TH MARCH, 2024. …… as Jamb releases schedule of exam for shortlisted applicants across states.

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The FCT Police Command wishes to inform all the shortlisted applicants of the Federal Capital Territory in the ongoing police recruitment exercise of the schedule of the computer based-test (CBT) wish will hold across nine(9) Jamb recognized examination centres in FCT starting on 5th of March till 6th of March, 2024.   The below mentioned centres are the approved centres by Jamb for all shortlisted applicants in the Federal Capital Territory.   1. 23 TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED. NAF VALLEY ESTATE , 3PL OBENE KANU STREET, OFF SB ABUBAKAR AVENUE BEHIND ABACHA…

ONDO 2024: WHERE IS AKURE? By Femi ODERE

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A friend who owns and runs a relaxation business called me one beautiful evening to come over and meet some people from my state of origin. As someone who knows the importance of networking and making new friends, especially for someone like me who had just relocated from the United States where I had spent a significant portion of my adult life, my friend expressed, and rightly so, that meeting them would be good for me. He was also a returnee from the UK where he trained as a veterinary…

When pharmacies sell death for a penny By Festus Adedayo

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Irish poet and one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature, William Butler Yeats, aptly put it in his famous The Second Coming. When things fall apart, wrote Yeats, not only can’t the centre hold, even the falcon cannot hear the falconer. I find a corollary in this cause and effects thesis offered by Yeats in the narration of Reverend Richard Henry Stone. Stone was one of the earliest American missionaries to come to Africa during the nineteenth century. He was a representative of the Southern Baptist Convention and spent…