Month: November 2022

NYSC: May Nigeria never see another Brig Gen Fadah

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By Kolawole Anthony On Thursday, November 17th, the reported dismissal of Brigadier-General Muhammad Kukah Fadah as the Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps floated the air. After six months of mediocrity, stagnancy, and incompetence, this could ultimately be the watershed moment for the Scheme. Established in 1973 by the Federal Military Government of Gen Yakubu Gowon, the NYSC has evolved into a beacon of national unity and integration, designed to drive the process of carving a nation out of the multiplicity of ethnic nationalities making up the entity, Nigeria.…

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Fruit seller, Lucy Obono Charged To Court For Attempted Murder

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…Remanded in Afokang Correctional Centre The Cross River State Magistrate Court on Thursday ordered that Mrs Lucy Obono be remanded at the Afokang Correctional Centre in Calabar pending the completion of her trial. Mrs. Obono is accused of felony and attempted murder. In 5 count charge sheet available to the press, Mrs. Obono, an orange seller along IBB way stabbed officials of the Cross River Pollution Control Agency with a kitchen knife on the 6th of September 2022. The Director General of the Cross River Pollution Control Agency, Barr. Tony…

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Evaluating NEDC’s efforts in flood response

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By Nkechi Odoma The impact of flooding in communities in Yobe and Adamawa states in North East Nigeria cannot be over-emphasized. People were displaced, and farmland was submerged in what could be regarded as one of the worst floodings in North East Nigeria. This is a trying time for communities that have experienced the effect of the Boko Haram insurgency for several years. Now that life is beginning to return to normal, the floods came in torrents, displacing many and with the potential to cause a humanitarian crisis, but for…

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Obi’s Investment Lies: Anambra citizens hail Soludo, say former Governor churning out falsehood to deceive Nigerians

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(Awka NOVEMBER 12, 2022) Anambra Concerned Citizens is pleased to note the clarifications provided by Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, which shed light on the kind of maladministration that took place under a former governor of the state, who is now the Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr. Peter Obi. Professor Soludo properly exposed how Mr. Obi impoverished Anambra people while parading himself as the best thing that has ever happened to the state. The incumbent Anambra State Governor’s explanation has now made us know that the so-called investment Mr.…

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NEMA: Where Habib is redefining governance

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By Jacob Ezra The flooding experienced in some parts of the country had devastating effects. People were displaced, sources of livelihood were destroyed, and in some instances, lives were lost. Indeed it was a challenging period in the country as socio-economic activities were also disrupted. Flooding, like other natural disasters, are sometimes beyond our control; however, what is imperative is the preparedness to mitigate the effect of such disasters in affected communities, and the emphasis has always been on mitigating and minimizing the loss of lives and destruction of properties.…

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SECURITY: YAHAYA’S SILENT TRAILS ON INSURGENCY WAR

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By Philip Agbese While necessity remains the mother of invention, experience has proven to be the soul attribute of successful leadership. The steady disruption of peace in northern Nigeria by widespread insurgency was a clarion call that needed to be answered by the best and most-effective personality who understood the severity of the challenge. This was a call for one who had led war and is used to the frontlines; a person with a clear distinction between peace and war. Enter General Yahaya Farouk. On May 27 2021, President Muhammadu…

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Purported Investigation against Asiwaju Tinubu, APC UK Threatens Court Action Against Arise TV, Others

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The United Kingdom chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has threatened court action against ARISE TV and other media houses that aired a piece of fake news about the Presidential candidate of the party, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, where it was alleged that the Asiwaju Tinubu is under investigation of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for a fraud committed in the United States some years ago. This was contained in a statement made available to the press in the late hour of Saturday by the Chairman of the…

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Flooding: NEMA hands over relief materials to Bayelsa govt

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The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Friday handed over relief materials to the Bayelsa State Government. The Director General, Ahmed Mustapha Habib, presented the items to the state government in Yenogoa. Represented by the Director, Search & Rescue Air Cdre EK Adedokun, Habib sympathised with the state on the level of damage caused by the disaster. Enumerating the various interventions of NEMA, he assured that the Federal Government will continue to complement the efforts of State Governments in bringing succour to flood victims in Bayelsa and other states. Habib…

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Flooding: Group canvasses for increased budget, international support for NEMA

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The Inter-Society for Humanitarian Needs (ISHN) has called for more budgetary allocation for the National Emergency Management Agency to cope with the rising humanitarian needs of Nigerians. In a statement signed by its convener, Dr Njoku Ike, the group said this is necessary to meet with international best practices, considering the effect of climate change globally. Ike said the interventionist agency has been overstretched in the last year due to the rampaging flooding, insurgency and other criminalities in the nation. According to Dr Ike, NEMA has risen to the occasion…

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Health: Centre recommends Gov Yahaya Bello for Nobel Prize

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Governor Yahaya Bello has been put forward for next year’s Nobel Prize. The Centre for Peace and Justice in Africa recommended the governor for his “groundbreaking feat in healthcare”. The Nobel Prizes are awarded “to those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind”. And in a statement signed by its Executive Director, Dr. Ifure Ifure, the centre said Bello has bucked the trend with health infrastructures uncommon in Africa. Ifure listed the Reference Hospital Okene (RHO), Maimunat and Usman Yahaya Foundation Hospital, a community-based hospital…

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