Day: March 18, 2024

Discharge your duties with interest of Nigeria – Senator Manu tells AMCON nominees

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The Senator representing Taraba Central Senatorial District Senator Haruna Manu has advised Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON nominees to discharge their duties with the interest of Nigeria as their watchword. Senator Manu gave this advice during the screening of President Bola Tinubu’s nominees by members of the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions on Monday. He said:” I strongly encourage the nominees of AMCON to discharge their duties diligently and with a strong sense of responsibility towards the interest of Nigeria.” “It is crucial for them…

Senator Abdul Ningi: Talking with mouth full, by Kazeem Akintunde

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One of the etiquettes parents ingrain into the consciousness of their children is that they should not talk while eating or with their mouths full. Parents, particularly Yoruba mothers, are known to dish such an erring child a dirty slap or a knock on the head, to teach him/her to learn some manners and correct some wrongs. That was the training most people born in my generation received while we were young. I doubt if today’s mothers bother about such things as table manners and etiquettes anymore.   However, according…

Undersea Cable Cuts: Voice, Data Services affected restored – NCC ….. thanks telecom consumers for patience, understanding

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The Nigerian Communications Commission NCC said voice, Data services affected by the cable cuts has been restored. This following the disruption on March 14, 2024, which affected data and voice services due to cuts in undersea fibre optics along the coasts of Cote d’Ivoire and Senegal, we are pleased to announce that services have now been restored to approximately 90% of their peak utilization capacities. NCC in a release signed by Dr Reuben Muoka , Director, Public Affairs NCC assured that all operators who were impacted by the cuts have…

Death: Whose Next? By: Abdur-Rahman Balogun (ARAB)

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A tribute in memory of Prof. Aminat Olabisi Bello-Adelekan, (1967-2024) Head Girl, Adeola Odutola College (1983-1984). Death is inevitable, it is a debt everyone of us must pay and such, we should not fear death but always expect it. Allah says in both Quran 3 verse 185 that : “Every soul shall taste death, and you will only be given your full compensation on the day of Resurrection…” Same message is repeated in Qur’an 29 verse 57. So, with the divine pronouncements by our Creator, no mortal should be scared…

Budget Padding: Salient Questions Nobody is Asking Ningi, By Ola Awoniyi

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What was the motive of Distinguished Senator Abdul Ahmed Ningi for raising a controversy over the 2024 federal budget?   Since the Senate at its Plenary of Tuesday 12th March, 2024 deliberated over the matter and handed a three-month suspension to the Bauchi Senator, there have been countless commentaries in the media on the issue but few of them have considered the pertinent questions that would have helped Nigerians see what Senator Ningi sought to achieve by essentially stirring up a hornests’ nest.   To start with, Ningi is not…

Give Nigeria actual population figure for proper economic planning – Deputy Speaker Kalu tasks NPC

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Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu has charged the newly inaugurated commissioners on the Board of the National Population Commission (NPC) to ensure that the next census will give the actual statistics of Nigeria’s population.   He said that knowing the figure was essential to economic planning and the spread of infrastructure across the country.   The Deputy Speaker said that it was not right to continue to hazard a guess about the country’s population each time the issue arises, stressed that it was…

NIMC, NCC launch Collaborative Efforts to enhance NIN-SIM Linkage Processes

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The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) and the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has announced a strategic collaboration aimed at enhancing processes related to the National Identification Number (NIN)-SIM linkage. In recent times, the NIN-SIM linkage exercise has become subject of national discourse, reflecting the critical importance of aligning SIM registrations with individuals’ unique national identification numbers. Recognising the significance of this initiative in enhancing security and improving service delivery, both NIMC and NCC are committed to improving processes and enhancing efficiency. Under this collaboration, NIMC and NCC will work closely…

Nigeria: A history of scandals By Lasisi Olagunju

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On October 29, 1974, the Nigerian Ministry of Defence, through the Ministry of External Affairs, wrote to Nigerian missions and embassies abroad that it wanted to buy tonnes of cement to build barracks for its post-civil war armed forces of 200,000 officers and men. The Nigerian Army had just about 8,000 personnel before the war. The ministry not only made that open call for supply of cement, it avoided competitive bidding; it fixed the price at $60/per ton. Analysts noted that that offer price was five dollars more than the…