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Sen Ned Nwoko seeks adequate funding for Judiciary

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Senator Ned Nwoko, representing Delta North Senatorial District has made a case for the Judicial arm of government.   According to him, the judiciary needed to be well equipped so that they can function very effectively.   In an interview with online journalists in his office at the National Assembly Complex, on Wednesday, Sen Nwoko decried the inadequate situation that the judiciary operated in, in Nigeria.   He said, “Judiciary generally is neglected in Nigeria, they are ignored, they are more like a junior partner in this whole arrangement, and…

The passable view of roads in Southwest Nigeria By abiodun KOMOLAFE

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From time immemorial, the masses have relied on constituted governments to implement road projects for the socio-political economy of the society. Whichever government got the construction right would be praised while those who focused on the maintenance would also be eulogised by the masses. However, those who neither got the construction nor the maintenance right would be recorded in the psyche of the people. Hence the adage: ‘The king who sits on the throne in halcyon times, his name shall not be forgotten. Same for that whose reign is turbulent.’…

Between Wike and Gumi, who really owns Abuja? By Lasisi Olagunju

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Before Abuja, there was Lagos as our Federal Capital. And this is where I would want to believe that there is something about our North and Federal Capital Territories. Before independence and immediately after independence, Lagos had a succession of two ministers of Lagos Affairs, both were northerners. One was Alhaji Musa Yar’Adua, father of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. There was also Muhammadu Ribadu, grandfather of our immediate past First Lady, Hajia Aisha Buhari. Years later, Nigeria moved to Abuja and a long line of FCT ministers was…

FG procures 6 attack helicopters from Turkey

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Minister of Defence,Mohammed Badaru and Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar are currently in Turkey to expedite the delivery of T-129 ATAK helicopters to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF).   The federal government procured six units of T-129 ATAK helicopters from the Turkish Aerospace Industry, out of which two are to be delivered to NAF in the coming weeks.   The remaining four helicopters are expected to be delivered before the end of the second quarter of 2024.   Director of Public Relations and Information at NAF, Air…

CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE WHO MADE IT TO 2023 NUPE LITERATURE PRIZE NLP LONG LIST OUT OF 20 PARTICINTS

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(Since 5 years ago, Bida always have more participants. Note; that is not part of winning criterial. We observe the quality of the book and the in-depth).   *PARTICIPANTS 1. Alhassan Adam Alhaji (Edu Kwara) 2. Aliyu Mohammed (Lavun Niger) 3. Amina Nnaja Salihu (Agaye Niger). 4. Fatima Suleiman Musa (Bida Niger) 5. Grace Yisa (Gbako) 6. Hadiza Usman (Lavun Niger) 7. Hajara Yusuf (Bida Niger) 8. Hassana Hassan (Mokwa), 9. Hussaini Mohammed (Wushishi Niger) 10. Rahmatu Muhammad (Lavun Niger) 11 Rahmat Mahmud Salihu (Bida Niger) 12. Ndatsu Baasagi (Bida…

A Yoruba king’s Sodom and Gomorrah By Lasisi Olagunju

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Susanne Wenger was famous as Adunni Oloriṣa. The BBC in 2008 described her as “white priestess of ‘black magic.’” A Nigerian said she was “white priestess of an African goddess.” Until her death in 2009, she was the custodian of Osun Osogbo grove and everything connected to its sacredness. But that task was not what Wenger came to do when she planted her nimble toes in the soil of Yoruba land around 1950. She came as an artist and wife of a linguist. She, however, did more than visual arts;…

Deputy Speaker Kalu kicks off National Action against Blindness Project

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Benjamin Kalu Foundation in collaboration with Vision Saver Eye Care Limited has kicked off a National Action Against Blindness Project, organizing a three-day medical outreach in Bende Federal Constituency of Abia State. The Foundation which is the brainchild of the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu held the outreach in Bende LGA from 13th to 15th October, 2023. A statement signed by his Special special Assistant on Press Affairs ,Udora Orizu, stated that the outreach was essentially aimed towards providing free community eye care…

Group asks EFCC to pick sacked Sen. Abbo over constituency funds lavished on sex toys, partying

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Adamawa Inter-Party Coalition has reacted to a statement credited to Elisha Abbo, now a former Senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial District in which he blamed his deserved fate on the Senate President, His Excellency Senator Godswill Akpabio.   Abbo had alleged that Sen. Akpabio had a hand in what he believed was an unfavorable judgment of the Appellate Court against him. Adamawa Inter-Party Coalition has condemned the reckless conduct of Sen. Abbo for over four years. It is sad to note that Adamawa produced the worst Senator in the history…

THE VC OF IBBUL LAPAI & THE PROVOST OF FLAILAS ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THE STUDY OF NUPE LANGUAGE. THEY HAVE A HIDDEN AGENDA AGAINST NUPE LANGUAGE.

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Read the message dropped by late Professor Samuel Kolo Tswanya; the former DVC of IBBUL Lapai on Daily Trust of 2015.   It is on this note I strengthened that the VC of IBBUL Professor Adamu Kasim and Dr. Aliyu Busa has a hidden agenda not to allow Nupe Language to Trump to the limelight.   “Like many other Nigerian languages, Europeans have been at the forefront of documenting the Nupe language. For example, the first Nupe-English dictionary was written in 1912 by Reverend Banfield. Again, the same Reverend Banfield…

ABIKE DABIRI-EREWA, A TRAIL-BLAZER AT 61 By Rosemary Moribirin

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In the grand tapestry of life, we gather to celebrate a luminous figure in Nigeria’s political realm, Dr. (Hon) Kafayat Abike Oloruntoyin Dabiri-Erewa, who clocks 61 years on the surface of the earth on October 11, 2023. Her life story shines brightly as a beacon of a natural leader, a humanist and a trail blazer, illuminating the hearts and minds of whoever comes her way. A Trailblazing Odyssey: Right from her youthful days, she has demonstrated her acumen as a born natural leader with no impossibility in her dictionary. Prior…