Year: 2018

2018 Christian Pilgrimage: NCPC Opens Bid For Air Carrier, Ground Handlers

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The Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), held its bid opening for Air Carriers and Ground Handlers who submitted bid proposal to participate in the 2018 Christian Pilgrimage Exercise to Israel, Greece and Room. Speaking during the opening, the Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Christian Pilgrim Commission, Rev. Tor Uja, said that the Commission is determined to render quality air lift and Ground handling services to Christian pilgrims who embark on pilgrimage to the Holy land. According to him, “NCPC has chosen as part of their principles and a Christian entity…

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NEMA And The Vindication Of “Saint” Maihaja By Kenneth-Kaunda Adamu

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Some Nigerian leaders would never desist from springing surprises. They have a predisposition to resurrect expired animosities with opponents. They play it out with embellished and dubious pretenses, unduly exploiting the advantage of strength of the current offices they occupy. In such circumstances, the leaders mask the real motives and play the stroke of vengeance, as if it is for national or public interest. It is done to earn undeserved public sympathy to their selfish cause. This appears to be the raging controversy between the Speaker of the House of…

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Amnesty International’s Evil Sainthood By Moses Olaitan

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It is not usual to score an army, any army in the world, one hundred percent positive especially during an operation. The scores plummet significantly when that operation is during wartime, it gets worse when the war is unconventional as in when battling terrorism. Even under such conditions the Nigerian military has fared well. It self corrected early enough to align with global best practices. It went steps further to institutionalize its commitment to playing fair with the Nigerian Army for instance setting up a Human Rights Desk where members…

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Destabilisation Plot: Protesters March On Amnesty International’s Abuja Office

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Activities at the Abuja office of Amnesty International was temporarily brought to a halt as over 1000 protesters on Wednesday stormed the office to protest what they described as ‘plot to destabilise Nigeria.’ The angry protesters claimed that the international had concluded plans to release a report, which would attempt accuse the government troops and civilian JTF currently fighting the Boko Haram terrorists in the north east, of routinely detaining, raping, starving and kill women as well as minors. This development came barely one week after the Nigerian Army panel…

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NCPC Media Head Now Fellow Of Institute Of Management Consultants

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The Head of the Media Unit of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Mr Celestine Toruka was among other high profile Nigerians who received the Fellowship Certificate of the Institute of Management Consultants (IMC) recently in Abuja. Aside the Fellowship Certificate, Mr Celestine Toruka also received the Practicing License Certificate as a Certified Management Consultants (CMC). This license will enable holders to practice for one year as a Certified Management Consultant and will be renewed afterwards. According to the IMC Coordinator, Dr. Gabriel Gundu, CMC is recognized in 50 countries…

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Exorcising The PDP Spirit In Dogara By Dan Enyi

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Nigeria’s main opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has something mysterious about it. As a political party, its name invokes the feeling of nausea and destruction anywhere it is echoed. One can easily conclude that what’s in a name, after all, it’s just mere alphabets. But strangely, for PDP, even the human characters which populate the party have this queer and repulsive character. Their trademark is indiscernible pride and unbridled appetite to pillage the state. When they pranced the corridors of power for 16 years, misruling and misgoverning Nigeria, one…

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Group Hails Army Board Of Inquiry Over Report

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….wants open apology from Danjuma A pressure group of middle belt extraction, the Middle Belt Conscience Guard (MBCG) has commended the report recently released by the army board of enquiry set up to look into the allegation by Gen. TY Danjuma’s of soldiers collusion with armed militia in Taraba State. The group said report of the panel which exonerated the army is in tandem with the widely held position of many other groups who carried out independent assessment of the situation. Addressing journalists in Abuja, national coordinator of MBCG, Prince…

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Aso Villa Chapel Presents Gov Dickson A “Legacy Bible”

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…As governor solicits prayers for leaders The Aso Rock Chapel yesterday in Abuja honoured Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa State with a presentation of a “Legacy Bible,” in appreciation of his propagation and deepening of the gospel, not only in Bayelsa State but throughout the nation. The chapel praised the governor for making the word of God the foundation of his government and urged other leaders to emulate him. A press statement signed by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Francis Ottah Agbo said the “Legacy Bible” was presented to the…

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CBN Lifts Retail SMIS With $293m

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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday, May 18, 2018 lifted the Retail Secondary Market Intervention Sales (SMIS) of the inter-bank Foreign Exchange Market with the sum of $293m. A statement from the Bank’s Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department, Mr. Isaac Okorafor, confirming the figures, indicated that the sum, as in previous interventions, were in favour of interests in the agricultural, airlines, petroleum products, raw materials and machinery sectors. Mr. Isaac Okorafor reiterated that the objective of the CBN intervention in the foreign exchange market remained to ensure liquidity…

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Ending Terrorism In Nigeria And The Task Before ICC By Helen Johnson

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Nigeria has been down the rough road in the past ten years; It has seen the worst of conflicts, especially in the North-eastern region. Insecurity has been a significant dare to the Nigerian government in recent times. The actions and activities of the Islamic sect known as Boko Haram has led to enormous loss of lives and properties in the country. Some of these activities include intimidation, bombings, suicide attacks, sporadic shooting of unarmed, blameless and innocent Nigerian citizens, burning of police stations and churches, kidnapping, raping of school girls…

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