Day: October 20, 2024

Dabiri-Erewa charges citizens home and in Diaspora to collaborate with FG for National Development

Lukman Laleye Babalola

Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has called for more strategic collaboration and engagement between the Federal government of Nigeria and its citizens both at home and in the diaspora for national development.   Dabiri-Erewa made the appeal while delivering the 12th Convocation lecture of Afe Babalola University, (ABUAD) in Ado-Ekiti.   In the lecture entitled: ” Diaspora Engagements For National Development”, she said such partnership could come, either as individuals, or as groups, through any of the numerous programmes of government to complement its efforts in…

The President is a sick man By Festus Adedayo

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On April 4, 2021, I wrote a piece with the title The President is a sick man: Buhari’s Secret Therapy Inside the ‘Oneida.’ It was a lamentation of President Muhammadu Buhari’s knee-jerk and off-the-cuff jetting out of Aso Rock Villa like a wandering evil spirit. At the drop of a hat, Buhari flew to the United Kingdom to attend to his health. But for the removal of Buhari’s name and its substitution with ‘Bola Tinubu,’ this piece is almost a complete cyclostyle of that Buhari piece. In 1849, Jean-Baptiste Alphonse…

Michael Adeniyi Koleosho: Tribute to Babalaje By Festus Adedayo

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Today, Saturday 19 October, 2024, the body of Chief Michael Adeniyi Koleosho, popularly known as Babalaje in Oyo State political circle, was committed to mother earth. Today, the soil of Saki, a border town of which he was unarguably the most consequential political mascot for about half a century, opened its arms and received the remains of Babalaje into its bosom as an eternal consort.   A couple of days after Koleosho breathed his last on September 2, 2024, the paramount ruler of Oke-Ogun and the Okere of Shaki, Oba…

NASS: Redefining the Status of Workforce for Optimum Performance, BY ABUBAKAR YUSUF

Abubakar Yusuf

The National Assembly management under the leadership of Sani Magaji Tambawal as Clerk to the National Assembly (CNA) has concluded efforts to professionalise some perceived temporary workers of Assembly whose terms of engagement expires every four years of the life of the National Assembly members. More than two and half decades since the return to the current democratic dispensation in 1999 , the process remain the same as some lawmakers who had the opportunity of ranking advantage embarked on recircling or changing the legislative aides on termly basis , providing…

UBEC; Reforming Deficits Towards Enhancing Performance, By Abubakar Yusuf

Abubakar Yusuf

The Universal Basic Education Commission UBEC under the leadership of Dr Hamid Bobboyi as the Executive Secretary/ Chief Executive Officer ES/ CEO has showed a lot of willingness and administrative wizardry towards inculcating not only Infrastructural rejuvenation, but manpower development towards the delivery of its mandate inline with the act establishing the commission.   In this vein , it started the process of Infrastructural rejuvenation side by side with manpower development towards ensuring a lasting solution to all round deficits, prevalent in the commission with concentration to Zonal and State…

Witnessing and Praying for Kingdom Expansion: A Celebration of God’s Mercy at Foursquare Gospel Church By Dr. Afolabi Olajuwon

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This report reflects on an uplifting Sunday Service at the Foursquare Gospel Church, Wuse District Headquarters, Abuja, where the congregation gathered to celebrate God’s mercy under the choir ministration led by Sister Sophia Iyoha and the impactful message delivered by guest minister Evangelist Olusola Olufemi from Calvary Production, (CAPRO).   The service, centered on the theme “Witnessing and Praying for Kingdom Expansion,” emphasized the vital relationship between prayer, witnessing, and the mission of the Church.   On Sunday, October 20, 2024, the Foursquare Gospel Church, Wuse, in Abuja hosted a…

Facado Orphanage Home marks 18th Year Anniversary, expresses gratitude to God for guiding the orphanage’s journey

Lukman Laleye Babalola

An Abuja based Orphanage,Facado Orphanage Home yesterday 19th October 2024 ,celebrated its 18th anniversary with a series of events , praising God for illuminating the orphanage’s path with resilience and determination over the years.   With the theme revolving on “Beyond Limitation,” the event was a spectacle of excitement, drama, words of inspiration, musical performances, cultural dances, spoken word poetry, martial arts demonstrations, award presentations, unveiling of the upcoming year’s calendar, and the ceremonial cutting of a cake. The foundation marked its 18th anniversary with a remarkable event that captivated…