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FG lauds NYSC @ 50, inaugurates Anniversary committee

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The Federal Government has commended the immense roles of the National Youth Service Corps since inception till date, in the areas of socio-economic and political development of the country.   FG said the Scheme which was established on the 22nd of May, 1973, is indeed the leading light of youth organisations in Africa.   The Minister for Youth and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare stated this today in Abuja, while inaugurating a 22-member Inter-Ministerial Committee on the 50th Anniversary celebration of the Scheme.   He said NYSC must be celebrated…

2023 ELECTIONS: MESH presents report, congratulates Nigerians

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Education, Social and Health Mission (MESH)has joined relevant stakeholders to congratulate Nigerians for their determination, patience and resilience displayed during and after the Elections. Despite the long queues at some polling units,   According to MESH,Nigerian voters demonstrated commitment to participate in the process and a strong desire to ensure their votes count.   The National Coordinator, MESH Observers Group,Oladipupo Khadijah stated this while presenting report on 2023 General Elections     MESH said;”The elections leaves lessons to be learnt in strengthening our democratic processes as a country.   “MESH…

KADUNA UPDATE: Let us stand up strongly for democracy, peace and national unity State Broadcast by Malam Nasir El-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State, 16th February 2023.

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My dear people of Kaduna State,   1. With just about 100 days before leaving office, and elections just round the corner, it was my intention to host another media chat to interact with the people of our state in the next few days. While I still hope to do so, I feel the need to address you all today due to the unprecedentedly cruel situation our people and their livelihoods have been thrown into, particularly in the last two to three weeks by the decisions, actions and inactions of…

Reuters’ report riddled with identity crisis or ill motive – EX-JTF Commander tells SIIP NE

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The immediate past Theatre Commander of the Joint Task Force (JTF) of the Counter Insurgency Operations in the North East, Major General Christopher Musa has opined that Reuters’ report of human rights violations against the Nigeria military was a mistaken identity of another country, otherwise “there is a motive”. The former Theatre Commander at the headquarters of JTF also known as Operation Hadin Kai stated this in Maiduguri, Borno state when he testified before the Special Investigative Panel on the allegations of Human Rights Violations in Counter Insurgency Operations in…

Supreme Court orders Buhari’s government not to ban use of old Naira notes

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By Ehinomen Azeigbe The Supreme Court has temporarily halted the move by the federal government to ban the use of the old naira notes from February 10, 2023. A seven-member panel led by Justice John Okoro, halted the move of the federal government in a ruling on Wednesday, February 8, 2023. The ruling was in favour of a request by Kaduna, Kogi, and Zamfara States to restrain the Federal Government from going ahead with its February 10 deadline for the phasing out of the old naira notes. The three states…

Guys, here’s my first warning for the year By Funke Egbemode

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You know, generally, women are believed to be the ones with caustic tongues. We are supposed to be the ones who have ways of talking themselves into trouble. We nag. We dare and goad men into beating us up and now turn around to call them wife batterers and even murderers. True, most of them most of the time. But men can actually be worse. They do and say what sometimes put them in early graves. They goad their women too. And when you see a nagging husband in action,…

The unspoken messages from the BBC Hausa kaduna State 2023 Governorship debate

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The much anticipated Governorship debate among candidates of the leading political parties in Kaduna state organised by BBC Hausa services has come and gone.True to the expectations of citizens and political analysts,the debate was keenly competitive with all the three candidates that participated coming well prepared and armed with strategic information and relevant statistics to sell their candidature and the manifesto of their various political parties.This debate gave them a unique opportunity to showcase their aspiration to be elected as Governor of Kaduna State not only to those that physically…

Supreme Court sacks Obong Of Calabar

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The Supreme Court has dethroned the Obong of Calabar, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi Otu V, and has ordered the kingmakers and Traditional Rulers’ Council to convoke a fresh selection process to produce Otu’s replacement. This was according to a judgement delivered by Justice Mohammed Lawal Garba of the Supreme Court on Friday, January 13, 2023. The court held that the fresh selection should be held in accordance with the 2002 constitution of the Palace. The judgment, which climaxed 15 years of legal tussles, was written by Justice Amina Ahgid and…

NASC and The Success Story of Annual Budgets Circle, By ABUBAKAR YUSUF.

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In the last three and half years coinciding with the appointment of the Executive Chairman, National Assembly Service Commission NASC, Engr Ahmed Kadi Amshi FNSE along with his Commissioners by President Muhammadu Buhari in February, 2020 during the life circle of the 9th National Assembly, under the leadership of Dr Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, Nigeria’s Senate President, the business of budget passage was a departure from the previous ugly trend. With the appointment of Engr Ahmed Kadi Amshi FNSE and his Commissioner to NASC, the journey towards instilling a normal calendar…