Year: 2024

The NASC and Seamless Transition at NASS, By Abubakar Yusuf

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The National Assembly Service Commission NASC and its commissioners is statutorily charged with overseeing the day to day activities of the National Assembly management, NASS , particularly in the area of employment , promotion, discipline, retirement among many others .   Under the leadership of Engr Ahmed Kadi Amshi FNSE as Executive Chairman, National Assembly Service Commission NASC and his commissioners saddled with the leadership position in the last three and half years spanned from 2020 till date, the issue of succession to the National Assembly management leadership and other…

NiDCOM congratulates Three More Nigerians who won re-election in US

Lukman Laleye Babalola

Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has celebrated three more Nigerians who won their respective re-election into various districts in the United States of America.   They are Reps Gabe Okoye representing Georgia District 102, Phil Olaleye Representing 59th District of the Georgia and Solomon Adesanya, a Democrat, representing 43rd District in Georgia House of Representatives.   Dabiri-Erewa in the congratulatory message issued by the Director of Media and Public Relations of the Commission, Abdur-Rahman Balogun described the trio as worthy ambassadors of Nigeria.   The NIDCOM…

JUST IN: Edo Governor-Elect Okpebholo appoints Fred Itua as Chief Press Secretary

Lukman Laleye Babalola

Edo State Governor-Elect Monday Okpebholo has approved the appointment of Fred Itua as Chief Press Secretary ahead of Tuesday’s assumption of office. Itua’s appointment which will take effect on November 12, 2024, mark the first official designation of the incoming administration. Itua, a distinguished journalist with extensive experience, previously served as the Assistant Political Editor at The Sun newspaper. As an accomplished writer, journalist, and media and communications consultant with over 13 years of experience, Fred is recognized for expertise in covering diverse and critical issues, from humanitarian crises to…

Monday Lines Tribune at 75: A bouquet of stories By Lasisi Olagunju

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It happened that the NCNC-controlled Ibadan District Council (IDC) under the chairmanship of Alhaji Adegoke Adelabu chose a Saturday, 7 January, 1956, to sit. The council took a decision at that meeting to suspend the salaries of the Olubadan, Oba I. B. Akinyele; Otun Olubadan, Chief Yesufu Kobiowu and the Balogun, Chief Salawu Aminu. Councillor Yinusa Ladoja who moved the motion for the suspension said the offence of the three was that they had not been attending the council’s meeting regularly.   The council passed another motion declaring that Chief…

Out Of School Children OOSC, National Summit; Collaborating UBEC, Stakeholders to Address Basic Education in Nigeria, BY ABUBAKAR YUSUF

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The Universal Basic Education Commission UBEC has triggered a national discourse on the unabated crises of Out of School Children OOSC in Nigeria, desiring all stakeholders both in the public and private sector’s attention.   The National Assembly has resolved to hold a National discourse on the way forward out of the quagmire of the over 20 Million out of school children OOSC across the country, with huge concentration or percentage in the Northern parts of the country.   This was occasioned by various stakeholders alarm over the degrading nature…

NiDCOM Boss rejoices,as more Nigerians win elections abroad

Lukman Laleye Babalola

Four more Nigerians have won elections into various elective positions, a United States-born Nigerian, Dr Oye Owolewa, District of Columbia, Chiaka Barry, Ginninderra District, Australia, Segun Adeyina, Georgia, USA and Yemi Mobolade, Colorado Springs, USA. In a congratulatory message to them, NIDCOM Chairman/ CEO, Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa hailed their victory at the polls. The NiDCOM boss applauded them for breaking such records in the political arena of their different places of residence and setting standards. While Dr Oye Owolewa was re-elected as the Shadow Representative for the District of Columbia…

NURTW elects MC Oluomo as National President

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Musiliu Akinsanya, former chairman of the Lagos chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), has been elected as the national president of the union. Akinsanya, popularly known as MC Oluomo, was the sole candidate in the election which took place at the union’s zonal secretariat along the Osogbo/Ikirun road in Osun state.   Delegates from the four south-west states of Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, and Ekiti participated in the election.   The election, which was held during the union’s quadrennial delegate conference, was monitored and observed by Aliyu…

Nigeria, the EPL and the Contradictions, by Hassan Gimba

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When ideas, statements, or policies emanating from one source are opposed to one another, conflicting or inconsistent, then we have contradictions.   I want to start this with something that has been bothering me for years. It made me propose that it be featured on the cover of Leadership Friday in 2016 when I was promoted from its editor to managing editor (content). I was so peeved by it, but my then Group Managing Director (GMD), Mr Cletus Akwaya (now publisher of Daily Asset), overruled me.   I was concerned…

Remi Tinubu, what has God got to do with it? By Festus Adedayo

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The above was the question asked by Britons and the rest of the world in the afternoon of May 22, 2013. Close to the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich, Southeast London, two young men of British-Nigerian descent, Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, had attacked a 25-year old British Army soldier, Fusilier Lee Rigby and killed him. Rigby was of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. It was a case of religious extremism. The soldier had been on off-duty and was walking along Wellington Street. His attackers mowed him down with a…

Over 70 ISWAP Militants killed in Strategic Airstrikes on Camps in Borno

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The Nigerian Air Component from Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) conducted strategic airstrikes against ISWAP camps in southern Lake Chad, resulting in significant militant casualties. Zagazola Makama reports that the targeted strikes on November 6 focused on camps led by notorious ISWAP commander Usman Russia, specifically hitting locations at Kwallaram and Arainna Ciki islands near Jibilarram in Marte Local Government Area. Impeccable sources who relayed the ground assessment report that the attack was highly successful, confirming that over 70 ISWAP fighters were neutralized at the Kwallaram camp. He noted that while…