Month: June 2024

Sit-at-home agitation, a treasonable act – Tinubu declares ….. orders security forces to go after IPOB

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has labelled the sit-at-home action in the South East a treasonable act as he ordered the security forces to go after the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).   The President’s comment came against the killing of five soldiers in Aba, Abia State, during IPOB’s commemoration of Biafra Day.   The soldiers were on peacekeeping duties when they were murdered, just two months after a similar attack in Okuama, Delta State.   Expressing his dismay, President Tinubu stated, “I have received yet another disheartening news of…

One Year Anniversary: How Adefulire Is Streamlining SDGs and COP28 To Achieve Renewed Hope Agenda. BY ABUBAKAR YUSUF.

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The office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Sustainable Development Goals SDGs under the leadership of Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire had garnered both local and international supports as a global intervention agency, that affected the economic, social and political development of developing nations, with Nigeria not left out.   The leadership of the global outfit domesticated it’s 17 Goals agenda in the country with the former deputy governor of Lagos state, Princess Adejoke Orelope-Adefulire reappointed as the Senior Special Assistant to the President in September, 2023.   Having…

And Trump’s cookie will continue to crumble, by Hassan Gimba

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This write-up is not new. It was first published on January 18, 2021. Considering his recent court case, I find it relevant to republish it today.   Those familiar with novels, especially before the advent of the internet, can remember a famous novel recalled in my headline. The book, The Way The Cookie Crumbles, first published in 1965, is one of the ninety or so thrillers written by Rene Lodge Brabazon Raymond, better known as James Hadley Chase.   Ordinarily, a cookie represents many things, ranging from the inanimate to…

Tinubu’s bragging right and his 200 needles By Festus Adedayo

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In Africa, when a man loses his virility, he is subject of scorn, ridicule and disdain. Male impotence or infertility is not only disdained but tabooed. In a continent where child-making is almost an obsession, Africa couched a number of hurtful epithets for one who loses his virile member. Failure to get this critical member standing up leaves sour overtones of frustration, pain, social ostracism, stigma, marital instability, discomfiture and even sometimes, suicide. Among the Yoruba, virility victims are named Okobo. The rural Shona tribe in Mhondoro-Ngezi area of Zimbabwe…

An Open letter:Tinubu’s one year amidst hardship By Abba Dukawa

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I use this medium with hope this open letter will reach your table. With anticipation those responsible with press cut will lay it before you in your table. Mr. President with utmost respect to you and your office, hope you are well. I pray that Allah to provides you with wisdom to make Nigeria great again.   You are aware this responsibilities bestowed on you by God it is a test on your faith both here and hereafter and definitely you will account for every deed and decisions you make…

NYSC flags-off 2024 nationwide environmental sanitation … FCT Chief hails Scheme

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The National Youth Service Corps has disclosed that preservation and maintenance of clean and healthy environment are essential prerequisites for a healthy living. The NYSC Director General, Brigadier General YD Ahmed stated this today in his address while flagging -off the 2024 National Environment Sanitation Exercise held at Karu, in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.   He said since its inception over fifty years ago, the NYSC has been a veritable tool in executing landmark projects under the activities of Corps Members deployed to serve in different parts of the…

Kano Emirate and the irony of innocence By abiodun KOMOLAFE

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There is a ticking time bomb in Kano and President Bola Tinubu has to move in quickly in a statesmanlike way to diffuse it. If centuries of upholding the tradition have brought peace to the ancient city just as we have in Ibadan, why uproot hundreds of years of history? Of course, that’s why Abdullahi Ganduje, the immediate past governor of Kano State, has to accept responsibility because he triggered this crisis. Like it or lump it, Governor Abba Yusuf and former Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso also played politics. But then,…

GLOBAL DAY OF PARENTS: Cherish the value of parents and parenthood – Ojukwu charges Nigerians

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As Nigeria joined the global community to commemorate the 2024 Global Day of Parents, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called on Nigerians to recognize the vital importance of parenthood and its role in providing protection, nurturing, and guidance for children.occasion In a statement to mark the event , the Executive Secretary of the Commission Dr Tony Ojukwu acknowledged the selfless commitment and lifelong sacrifices of parents towards ensuring the well-being and development of their children. He emphasized that parents played a crucial role in shaping the future of…

Tinubu’s silent and unreported achievements By Tunde Rahman

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But for the ministerial presentations on the achievements of the President Bola Tinubu administration in its first year, christened Ministerial Sectoral Update, which began on Tuesday May 21 at the National Press Centre in Abuja, many may not have known or appreciated the quantum of work that has been done by the government within such a short period of one year in office. This piece is not really about the re-engineering work that is being done on the economy, which is now recording a gradual growth. For instance, according to…