Month: June 2024

NOA unveils official version of New National Anthem …… Says Anthem is one of the country’s national symbols

Lukman Laleye Babalola

National Orientation Agency (NOA) today in Abuja presented to the public official version of the New National Anthem. During the presentation,the DG NOA,Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu said the National Anthem was part of the National Identity project of President Tinubu administration, being one of the seven programmes for the institutionalisation of our national values. He said the Anthem remained one of the country’s national symbols, which NOA as custodian, is mandated to promote and preserve its integrity for national cohesion, unity and a sense of patriotism. He stressed”Today’s event is to…

Nigerians own the military,attacks on our personnel is uncalled for – General Tukur Gusau … Assures Online Editors of robust synergy

Lukman Laleye Babalola

Defence Headquarters has said members of the Armed Forces of Nigeria are Nigerians who deserved maximum respect and support from others Nigerians,as the military belong to Nigerians. The Director of Defence Information (DDI), Brig General Tukur Gusau, disclosed this on Tuesday while addressing members of the Association of Corporate Online Editors (ACOE), who were on a courtesy visit to his office. Welcoming the publishers, the military spokesperson reiterated the Defence Headquarters’s earlier position, saying further attack on his men by civilians would not be tolerated further. He vowed that the…

Wike’s Gridlocks in FCT, by Abubakar Yusuf

Emporium Reporters

Since the movement of the nations capital from Lagos to Abuja by the military administration of late General Murtala Ramat Mohammed and General Olusegun Obasanjo and completed by the civilian administration of Alhaji Usman Aliyu Shehu Shagari over four decades away, the upsurge of gridlocks witnessed in the last week in the current administration of Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administered by Nzenwo Nyesom Wike has been monumental. The gridlocks which is beyond the usual hustle and bustle of the Nigeria’s city centre in the early days…

Organised Labour Suspends Strike for five days

Emporium Reporters

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) have suspended their industrial action for five days, following a joint extraordinary national executive council meeting in Abuja on Tuesday. The decision to suspend the strike was confirmed by TUC President Festus Osifo, who stated that the unions have agreed to relax the industrial action for one week with immediate effect. A communique detailing the decision is expected to be issued shortly. The strike, which began on Monday, was called to protest the hike in electricity tariff and the…

BREAKING: NLC, TUC set to call off Strike, sign agreement with FG

Emporium Reporters

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) have agreed to suspend the ongoing nationwide strike after signing a new agreement with the Federal Government. This followed a meeting between the parties on Monday, June 3, 2024, at the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation. According to the agreement, the Tripartite Committee on National Minimum Wage will meet daily for the next week to negotiate a new minimum wage higher than N60,000. The President has committed to a national minimum wage that exceeds N60,000,…

DG tasks NYSC legal officers on emerging technology for effective service delivery

Emporium Reporters

The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps NYSC,Brig General Yusha’u Dogara Ahmed has urged legal officers in the scheme to leverage emerging technology, be abreast of the novel developments and advancement in the legal profession and equip themselves for a more effective legal service delivery. NYSC DG represented by Director, Procurement, Chief Chinwedu Chukwu ,assured that NYSC Management will continue to support the Legal Unit to achieve its mandate, while also providing necessary work tools to aid the performance of all Legal Officers in the Scheme. General YD Ahmad stated this…

‘The Reign of Our Emperor’ By Lasisi Olagunju

Emporium Reporters

The Japanese national anthem is a one-stanza song known as Kimigayo; its English translation approximates ‘The Reign of Our Emperor’. The worth of the anthem is in its adulation of limitless power:   “May thy reign last long!   May it last for tens of thousands of years   Until tiny pebbles grow into massive boulders,   And moss covers them deep and thick.”   When I heard that our president has brought back a national anthem discarded 46 years ago, I told myself that if a peacock person would…

Wike’s Beatification in FCT, by Abubakar Yusuf

Emporium Reporters

The on going and sustained beatification of public space and utilities by the FCT administration under the leadership of the Minister of Federal Capital Territory FCT in the last one year could’ve regarded as monumental and the best thing that has happened to the seat of government, but abandoned by the previous handlers. The hitherto dilapidated state of public structures including the unkept roads corridors both within the city centre and the ones linking the satellite towns have undergone daily cleaning and rehabilitation in the last one year of the…

Reps Committee holds public hearing on Federal University of Agric, Ute-Okpu bill, others

Lukman Laleye Babalola

Delta State is to get a federal university of agriculture as the House of Representatives Committee on Agricultural Colleges and Institutions holds a public hearing on some bills that seek to establish new institutions in the sector on Monday.   The House had mandated the Committee, chaired by Hon. Akeem Adeniyi Adeyemi, to consider nine bills, which seek to establish new agricultural universities, colleges and institutes across the country.   One of the bills is titled, ‘A Bill for an Act to Establish Federal University of Agriculture, Ute-Okpu, Delta State…

Interrogating The Priorities Of The 10th Senate By Mon-Charles Egbo

Emporium Reporters

A legislative agenda is to the parliament what a navigation compass is to a ship. Apart from offering direction, it guides appraisals. It is not a legal requirement but it is a mark of diligence and commitment to benchmarked accomplishments.   However, in Nigeria, it has always been one thing formulating an agenda defined by ambitious projections and yet another thing getting them actualized, even if not completely.   For the 10th Senate, the priority areas of its agenda are food security, ending poverty, economic growth and job creation, access…