Month: August 2024

Nigeria’s Security Situation: A call for urgent action and accountability,By Sulaiman Aledeh

Emporium Reporters

The recent wave of kidnappings and security challenges in Nigeria has once again brought to the forefront the urgent need for a comprehensive overhaul of the country’s security apparatus. The reunion of twenty medical and dental students with their families, as well as the release of corps members held captive by Boko Haram for a year, while positive developments, underscore the severity of the security crisis facing Nigeria.   One of the most glaring issues is the apparent inability of Nigeria’s intelligence and telecommunications agencies to effectively track and intercept…

Killers of my men will not go unpunished – FCT Police Commissioner vows

Emporium Reporters

The Federal Capital Territory Police Commissioner, CP Benneth Igweh, has vowed to arrest those behind the death of two policemen in the riots of the proscribed Islamic Movement in Nigeria, commonly referred to as the Shiites, in Abuja on Sunday, August 25.   A procession of the sect in Abuja escalated into violence, resulting in the deaths of two police officers and a local trader at the popular Wuse Market in Abuja.   CP Igweh expressed his deep displeasure over the incident, highlighted the severe consequences of the confrontation.  …

FG bans under 18 from writing WAEC,NECO and JAMB

Emporium Reporters

The Federal Government has prohibited individuals under the age of 18 from taking part in the National Examinations Council and West African Examinations Council exams.   Education Minister Tahir Mamman confirmed this directive during a recent appearance on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics program.   Mamman emphasised that the age limit for candidates taking the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) is 18.   The minister clarified that this is not a new policy but a reinforcement of existing regulations.   “In any…

Why National Assembly Service Commission is Consolidating Innovations, Automation, and Service. BY ABUBAKAR YUSUF

Emporium Reporters

The National Assembly Service Commission NASC and by extension the National Assembly under the leadership of Engr Ahmed Kadi Amshi FNSE and his commissioners from the six geopolitical zones has taken the activities of the commission to greater heights, all in efforts to equate it’s services to the new order.   This efforts had paid off in the last three years down the line as the consistent training and retraining both locally and internationally had been sustained among staffers at all levels and management cadre.   With renewed vigour under…

Destiny and enemies of the state By Lasisi Olagunju

Emporium Reporters

Nothing we do or say now will change Nigeria unless it turns back from its present plunge. Nothing. “No spring changes the desert. The desert remains; the spring runs dry. Not one spring, not thirty, not a thousand springs will change the desert…” That quote is from ‘Two Thousand Seasons’, a tumultuous novel by Ayi Kwei Armah. Remember he also wrote ‘The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born.’ We won’t stop asking that this country be rebuilt on the foundation of its beginning. Nothing will shoo away the present birds…

80,000 Participants to attend Cultural Oneness Festival in Ghana

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Country’s Director of Cultural Oneness Festival, Ambassador Kazeem Balogun has confirmed that the event scheduled to hold in Ghana in September, is expected to attract 80,000 participants across the continent and around the world. At a media briefing recently, Amb Balogun added that the event is offering a platform for cultural exchange, business networking, and the promotion of African arts which will also feature Nigeria-Ghana tourism roundtable, providing an opportunity for stakeholders from both countries to share insights and foster closer ties. The upcoming 2024 edition of the Cultural…

Unilorin Alumni Association elects new Exco

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The University of Ilorin Alumni Association has elected a new set of Executive to run the affairs of the Association for the next 4 years, in a Congress organised Saturday, 24th of August 2024.   The Congress was well attended by over 1000 members across 33 states of the federation and the FCT.   In his welcome address , the Chairman of Council of Past President, Prof. Durosaro David Olorunfemi, took the Congress through the memory lane and decried the enormity of the crises which occurred in 2021 even as…

Ex-Senate President Lawan celebrates Gov Zulum@55,extols his achievements in Borno

Lukman Laleye Babalola

President of the 9th Senate, Sen. Ahmad Lawan, has lauded the achievements of the Borno State Governor, Prof Babagana Zulum, over the last five years since assuming office in 2019.   Govenor Zulum was re-elected during the 2023 General Elections to serve for a second and final term of four years.   Senator Lawan, in a statement issued on Sunday to celebrate Gov. Zulum’s 55th birthday anniversary, described him as a leader who has consistently demonstrated exemplary leadership over the years.   The lawmaker, who represents Yobe North Senatorial District,…

IPI Nigeria condemns arrest of Adejuwon Soyinka, demands release of his International passport

Lukman Laleye Babalola

IPI has condemned the arrest of the Regional Editor, West Africa of the Conversation Africa and Pioneer Editor of the BBC Pidgin Service, Adejuwon Soyinka, by officers of the State Security Service (SSS) in Lagos.   Soyinka was arrested and taken into custody at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos around 5.40am on Sunday the 25th of August, 2024 shortly after he arrived Nigeria via a Virgin Atlantic flight from the United Kingdom.   Following the intervention of IPI Nigeria, the SSS released Mr Soyinka on bail after detaining…

Supreme Court verdict: Kogi Collectives congratulates Ododo ……. urges him to be magnanimous in victory.

Abubakar Yusuf

A frontline socio- cultural organization; Kogi Collectives (KC) yesterday congratulated Governor Usman Ododo for his victory at the nation’s apex court that affirmed him as the elected Chief Executive of the state.   The Kogi Collectives in a press statement in Lokoja noted that the Supreme Court verdict is a confirmation of the popular vote given to him by the people of the state .   The socio cultural organization led by Hon. Philip Olusesan Orebiyi and Mr Segun Arogboni cut across ethnic and religious affiliations of the confluence state.…