Senator Stephen Odey: An Irresistible Brand in Yache,Cross River Political Firmaments

By Solugo Solugo, Calabar With productivity being a function of value addition in every sector across the globe. Distinguished Senator Stephen Odey’s meteoric rise in popularity is enamoured by his productive ideology in administration and politics in Yache nation and Cross River North. Before his emergence as Chairman Cross River State Universal Basic Education Board ,Nigeria (SUBEB) in 2015, projects attributed to SUBEB were barely heard or seen. However, Distinguished Senator Stephen Odey PhD rejigged this important sector through a meticulous productive insight and has evinced every crucible with verifiable…

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Israel To Commence Regular Direct Flights With Nigeria

By Ebriku John Friday Israel and Nigeria would soon commence regular direct flights. The Israeli Tourism Minister, Yoel Razvozov disclosed this recently in Jerusalem during a meeting with the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC), Rev Dr Yakubu Pam who met with the Tourism Minister twice during his recent visit to Israel. Mr Celestine Toruka, Head, Media and Public Relations revealed in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja. The Tourism Minister explained that the initial plan was to operate only charter flights between both countries, but the…

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Ekiti/Osun Guber Elections: IGP Alkali Usman, Nigerian Police receive Commendations.

The Centre for Accountability (CPA) has commended the Nigerian Police, particularly the Inspector General of Police, Alkali Baba Usman for what it described, as their professional conduct during the recent governorship election held in Osun State. At a roundtable in Lagos on Saturday, where the group conducted an appraisal of the recently conducted Governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun, towards analysing the country’s preparedness for the 2023 General elections, the group’s Executive Director, Olufemi Lawson, said the Police ​scored 95 per cent in terms of conduct at the polling units…

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Mr. President this is what I am proposing you do immediately.

By: Dumebi Kachikwu  In a time of war military budgets should go straight to you without passing through a Minister of Defence. That’s number one. Secondly, in the short term the police and civil defence should send 100,000 men and women to join the military. To be trained in one month to join our troops in combat. In the medium term one million conscripts should join the army. Understand this, it takes a minimum of six to nine months to take someone from an ordinary civilian to a soldier. It…

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NCPC Boss Urges Christians To Help Rebuild Nigeria

By Ebriku John Friday The Executive Secretary Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission, NCPC, Rev. Dr Yakubu Pam has urged Christians to help rebuild Nigeria and not to tear it down. He made this assertion on 25th July,2022 while addressing Pilgrms at Tabar Hotel in Nazareth, Israel. Rev. Pam explained that the essence of Pilgrmage is for personal and spiritual encounter with God through visits to Holy sites, he therefore urged Pilgrms not to use pilgrimage exercise as a platform for business but rather a time to worship God sincerely. The NCPC…

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WE MIGHT NOT HAVE TOMORROW

By: Dumebi Kachikwu I know you are probably as worried as I am about the state of our nation. Earlier today, our Government shut down the unity schools in the Federal Capital as they are unable to ensure their security in the face of terrorist threats. A few weeks ago, the Kuje prison was attacked and scores of terrorists freed. We also saw a video making the rounds yesterday showing the beating of the Kaduna bound passengers who were captured several months ago. We can no longer deny the fact…

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Ogundipe and his myopic view of Ambassador TY Buratai

By Toby Prince “Citizen Journalism has taken journalism out of context. Editors used to be Magistrates. But now, journalism has been reduced to just a conversation”—Martins Oloja , (Editor of The Guardian Newspaper, Nigeria).July 16, 2022. In response to Oloja, author, journalist, and public relations executive, Kelechi Shadrach Okoronkwo wrote on his Facebook wall on July 7, 2022, “We can not mourn enough the desecration of the journalism profession, especially in times of election like this. Some ethnic and religious warlords, and political thugs no longer bear arms. They are…

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APC: Northern clerics disown pastors at Shettima’s unveiling, want VP candidate changed

Some Christian and Muslim clerics from the north have disassociated themselves from the clergymen who attended the unveiling ceremony of the All Progressives Congress vice-presidential candidate. The preachers, under the National Inter-Faith and Religious Organizations for Peace, said the objective was to give credibility to the party’s Muslim-Muslim ticket. The group made this known on Friday at a press conference in Abuja. According to a statement signed by Bishop Sunday Garuba, the clerics said it is not late for Bola Tinubu and the ruling party to do the right thing…

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Single Faith Ticket: Protesters Storm APC Secretariat

Demonstrators, on Wednesday, stormed the All Progressives Congress (APC) national secretariat to protest over the party Muslim Muslim ticket. The protesters operating under the aegis of APC Hausa-Fulani Youth Forum who came in several buses were led by Abdullahi Bilal Mohamadu, who presented himself as the Convener of the Forum. The protesters arrived at the venue same time the unveiling of Senator Kashim Shettima was ongoing at Musa Yar’Adua Centre. Reading from a prepared petition addressed to the national chairman of the party, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, the protesters who displayed…

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Centre seeks Presidential Assent for NYSC Trust Fund Bill

…. says it will usher economic prosperity for youths. The Centre for Social Justice, Equity and Transparency , CESJET has once again called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sign into law the National Youth Service Corps NYSC trust fund bill that was recently passed into law by the National Assembly.  The Executive Secretary of CESJET, Isaac Ikpa at a press conference in Abuja said the signing into law of the bill will bring economic prosperity to Nigerian Youths.  Ikpa said CESJET is elated that a brilliant initiative such as…

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