FRSC DECORATES TAFA COUNCIL CHAIRMAN AS A SPECIAL MARSHAL

The Executive Chairman, Tafa Local Government , Hon Ado. K. Abubakar Ikon Allah was today decorated with the status of Special Marshal by the Sector Command RS 7:22 of the federal Road safety Commission FRSC. Alhaji Ado was decorated along side Executive chairman Of Suleja Local Government Council Hon.Abdullahi Shuaibu Maje       by the State Coordinator FCT Sector Command Special Marshal, Engr. Usman Adaji at the banquet hall of FUT Minna Suleja study center. Alhaji Ado was honoured for his contributions to the safety of the major roads in Niger…

Glitz and Glamour of 2017 Induction Ceremony of Chartered Institute of Supply Chain Management (CISCM ) & Chartered Institute of Warehousing and Material Management in Abuja

The Chartered Institute of Supply Chain Management (CISCM ) and Chartered Institute of Warehousing and Material Management 2017 induction ceremony was held in Abuja yesterday. The induction ceremony which was hosted by Milat Business School Abuja, witnessed the presence of Prominent personalities and Captains of Industry .                  

NUJ PRESIDENT LAUDS STAR TIMES ON JOURNALISTS CAPACITY BUILDING .

The National President of the Nigerian Union of Journalists,NUJ, Comrade Waheed Odusile has expressed his delight with the Management of StarTimes on the sponsorship of the two day workshop on Gender Equity and Safety for members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists. The workshop the 3rd in the series, is currently holding in Abuja. NUJ President said “There is need for people in profession like ours, the Journalists to always embark on capacity building for our colleagues. There is no gainsaying that, at a time like this, what we need…

SANI BELLO FOUNDATION GRADUATES 115 STUDENTS …As Gov Sani Bello calls for more Investment In Vocational Education

Niger State Governor, AlhajI Abubakar Sani-Bello has identified vocational education and trainning as veritable tools for youth empowerment and national economic development. He said this on Saturday in Kontagora during the 6th graduation ceremony of 115 youths trained in various skills and vocations by Sani Bello Foundation, a non-governmental organisation. The Governor noted that with the increasing number of graduates produced every year by the nation’s Universities and their inability to be gainfully employed has further enforced the need for vocational training and education. l According to the Governor ,…

Emir of Dutse Commends Minister for Promoting Culture, Tourism

The Emir of Dutse in Jigawa State, Alhaji Nuhu Muhammadu Sanusi, has commended the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, for his leadership role in the promotion of tourism, culture and peaceful co-existence in the country. The Emir made the commendation on Thursday in Dutse, when the Minister paid a courtesy visit to the Emir on the sidelines of the 9th National Council Meeting on Tourism, Culture and National Orientation holding in the Jigawa capital. “We understand the enormity of work you are doing with regards to promoting…

SPORTS REMAIN VERITABLE TOOLS FOR NATIONAL UNITY, COHESION- GOV SANI-BELLO

Niger State Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Sani-Bello has described Sports as veritable tool and major factor that enhances national unity and cohesion. Governor Sani-Bello stated this at the kick-off of the first All Progressives Congress (APC) National Unity Cup Football competition holding at the old parade ground, Abuja. The Governor said sporting activities apart from bringing people together from deferent religious or economic background , it also improve on the mental ability as well as creating job opportunity for the youths. He explained that these are some of the major reasons…

Mark, Kwankwaso, Ngige ,Others for Leadership Award of Honour

Former Senate President, David Mark , former Governor of Kano State, and Senator representing Kano Central in the National Assembly ,Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and Minister of labour and Productivity Sen. Chris Ngige are among ten ex- Governors in Nigeria nominated to receive Three- Star Golden Leadership Honors Award by the Transparency Centre Network. Also on the Awardees list are Sen Sam Egwu, Sen Danjuma Goje ,Sen Adamu Aliero ,Adamu Abdullahi ,Sen Jim Nwaobodo , Liyel Imoke and Gen Ike Nwachukwu (rtd). According to the Coordinator of the Centre, Comrade…

Gov Jibrilla Bindow Expresses Shock Over the Death of Dr Alex Ekwueme

Adamawa State Governor, Senator Mohammed Umar Jibrilla Bindow, has expressed shock over the death of former Vice President, Dr Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme, who died in a London clinic on Sunday 19th November, 2017. He described the sad event as a great loss not only to Ndigbo, but to Nigeria and Africa in general. In a statement by the Special Assistant, Media and publicity to the governor, Macauley Hunohashi, the Governor was deeply saddened by the death of Dr Ekwueme. He said “it came at a time when his experience, wisdom…

Another Season Of Hate And Severance: World War III, Here We Come! By Niyi Osundare

The journey from hate to holocaust Is perilously short…. (from ‘Ode to Hate’) Trail of Tears The two-line snippet above came to me (or was it I who walked up to it?) in my poem “Ode to Hate”, written in the mid-nineties, provoked by the wrenching crises of the Bosnia-Herzegovina conflicts. As I watched throngs of displaced human beings, harried, traumatized, and dispossessed, being loaded on those long trains to refugee camps and other wildernesses of agony and misery, my mind went forcibly back to similar scenes between 1939 and…