Month: June 2024

Cholera Outbreaks : HoR Minority Caucus calls for State of Emergency across 36 States

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Minority Leadership of the House of Representatives has expressed great concern over the alarming rise in cholera cases across thirty states in Nigeria, as reported by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). The leadership in a release signed by the Minority Leader,Rep.Kingsley Chinda said the outbreak highlighted critical deficiencies in public health safety measures and underscored the urgent need for immediate action.The Minority Caucus therefore called for State of Emergency across the states in Nigeria. “The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control’s announcement of cholera outbreaks in thirty states…

Oyebamiji, NIWA and Blue Economy By abiodun KOMOLAFE

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From the track records of Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji, his appointment into the hitherto moribund National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) as its Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) is well deserved. Given his pedigree, experience and previous positions, expectations are high that Oyebamiji’s good leadership style will ultimately impact inland waterways in a way as to make Marine and Blue Economy relevant and fulfill its mandate. In the past, not much has been heard about NIWA as it has just been job-for-the-boys kind of establishment. But now that a technocrat, famously called…

Bayo Onanuga In The Eyes Of A Mentee By Desmond Utomwen

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My first face-to-face meeting with Mr Bayo Onanuga was in 2005 in Lagos. He asked: “Who are you, how may I help you?” “I am Desmond, sir.” “Oh, the man from Abuja, you’re so young?” “Thank you, sir,” I responded as he waved me to a seat. I told him that I was asked to come to Lagos and he said yes, he was aware. “Information got to us that you were about to kill a story…” My eyes were as wide as saucers. I did not know what killing…

Onanuga seeks synergy among media outfits …….hosts Corporate Online Editors

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Senior Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, has called on media houses in Nigeria to synergize in order to enhance their news contents, reduce cost of operation as well as attract more revenue. Onanuga stated this on Friday in Abuja while playing host to a delegation of Association of Corporate Online Editors, ACOE, who paid him a courtesy visit.   He said, “The media space has changed very dramatically. There are so many spaces we didn’t know exist. Every journalist who works with…

FG approves N21b to provide free electricity meters to Nigerians

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The Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led government has announced the approval of N21 billion for the eleven electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) to provide meters to end-use customers at no cost.   The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) announced this in a statement issued on Friday, June 21, 2024.   The N21 billion represents the initial tranche of disbursement, focusing on unmetered Band A customers over the next few months.   The initiative led to the creation of a Meter Acquisition Fund. Funds accumulated in this initiative will be allocated to DisCos to…

Clergyman advises Christians to prepare for Eternity at Ichie CIC Interment

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Clergyman, Most Reverend Joseph Etong of the Presbyterian Church of Nigeria, First Abuja Parish, ably represented by Rev Chika Utulor, advised Christians in the country to prepare for eternity as it is the necessary end of man. He also called on upon them to prepare for the end time adding that death is a necessary end to all mortals hence they need to prepare for it . He gave the advice in a sermon he preached at the funeral service of Late ICHIE Chukwu Idam Chukwu held at his home…

Niger CP decorates two newly promoted Senior Officers

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Commissioner of Police, Niger State Command, CP Shawulu Ebenezer Danmamman.decorated two senior officers who are recently promoted to the next rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police and Assistant Commissioner of Police today June 21st, 2024 in his office during management meeting.   While decorating the officers who are DCP Aloko Amodu, psc and ACP Yunusa Isa Wakili, the Commissioner of Police admonished them that, to whom much is given, much is expected and that the higher they go, the tougher it becomes, but he believed that they are up…

NITDA partners FCT UBEB to foster Digital Literacy in schools

Lukman Laleye Babalola

In a significant development in Nigeria’s educational sector aimed at boosting digital literacy among school children, the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), is set to collaborate with the Federal Capital Territory Universal Basic Educational Board (FCT-UBEB) towards revolutionising the way young Nigerians engage with technology and equipping them with necessary skills to thrive in an increasingly digital world.   The Director General of NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa CCIE made this known when he hosted a delegation from the Head-to-Head Debate Committee of FCT UBEB led by its Ag. Executive Chairman,…

Friday Sermon: Support The Truth, Love It And Be With Those Who Are True! By Imam Murtadha Gusau

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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.   All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of all the worlds, and peace and blessings be upon the noblest of Prophets and Messengers, our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and companions, and those who follow their guidance until the Day of Judgment.   Dear brothers and sisters! Fear Allah by abiding by His commandments and abstaining from all that He forbids, for fear of Allah is the gateway to all good while disobedience and sin is…

THE GREAT IWUDE IJESA FESTIVAL: WE MAY EMULATE, BUT NOT REPLICATE OR COPY ‘OJUDE OBA’. By Omole Oluwasegun

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Culture is viewed and known as the way of life of a particular set of people, the ideas, customs, and social behaviour of a particular people or society. It is the code of manners, language, religion, rituals, values, symbols and arts passed down from generation to generations. A people can thus be identified or identify themselves through their culture, learned and shared through one generation to the other. Akin to culture is the cultural tradition of a particular set of people, which refers to the inherited, established, or customary pattern…