Some prominent sons and daughters of northern region have initiated a non-partisan platform, Abuja Roundtable, on strategies to curb socioeconomic and security challenges in the region. Some of the personalities that form the roundtable are elder state-man Bashir Tofa, former INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, Ms Naja’atu Tijjani, member of Police Service Commission and others. Briefing newsmen, on Tuesday in Abuja, Tofa, former Presidential Candidate of the defunct, National Republican Congress (NRC), explained that the group was formed as a platform to collectively address the challenges of insecurity and underdevelopment in the region. “We are fully aware that attaining these…
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The Falconets’ Head Coach, Christopher Danjuma, on Tuesday said 27 of the invited 35 players have arrived at the national under-20 women’s football team camp in Abuja. Danjuma said in Abuja that two foreign-based players —- one from Denmark and the other from England —- were also expected to join the camp shortly. The camp was open ahead of the upcoming African Qualifiers for the 10th FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica from Aug. 10 to August 28, 2022. The coach explained that the invited players were mostly coming from clubs in the country’s leagues, with several coming…
Man is inexplicably the most adventurous species amid the living things. Among men, there are men; few are die-hard audacious, few others are chicken-hearted while the rest are in-between. President John F. Kennedy of the United State of America was one of the most progressive and visionary World leaders of the 20th century. Precisely, on the 25th day of May 1961, President Kennedy set a monumental goal, the first in the history of mankind, to land man on the surface of the Earth’s lunar, the moon. He addressed the US Congress with a clear message to the rest of the…
Prof. Feyi Adepoju, an Ophthalmologist at the College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, has emerged one of 10 winners of the 2021 Excellence in Ophthalmology Vision Award (XOVA). This development was conveyed in a letter made available to newsmen by Dr Elizabeth Barner, the Global Medical Head, Refractive and Development Disorder, Novartis Pharma AG. Barner explained that Adepoju’s initiative entitled: “Scaling up cataract services in Kwara State, Nigeria, through outreaches and integration of primary eye care into Primary Health Care” had been selected for the award, out of a total of 171 applications. Adepoju’s community Ophthalmology work involved several…
… Agreement to improve policing services in both countries The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Baba and his Sierra Leonean counterpart, Dr Ambrose Sovula signed a cooperation agreement at the Force Headquarters, Abuja on Tuesday. A statement by the Force spokesperson, CP Frank Mba made available to newsmen, said the agreement was signed in a bilateral policing engagement, targeted at deepening and consolidating relationship between the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, and the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) in core areas of manpower development, intelligence sharing, tackling regional and transnational threats and crimes, amongst others. The Inspector General of Sierra Leone Police…
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari has reiterated the Corporation’s commitment to supporting the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited towards achieving its goal of becoming a global LNG company of choice. Speaking as a Guest of Honour at the 2021 NLNG Health Safety and Environment (HSE) Day, the GMD, who was represented by the Group General Manager, LNG Investment Management Services (LIMS), Nike Kolawole said HSE was a critical determinant of business performance success across the oil and gas industry. Kyari stated that as a principal shareholder in the company, NNPC would…
Three pro-poor issues will feature prominently on the Nigeria Governors’ Forum’s 33rd Teleconference meeting, which takes place on Wednesday 18th August 2021. The Director General of the NGF, Mr Asishana Okauru in the invitation to the meeting, itemised the National Poverty reduction and growth strategy, the second phase of the Covid 19 vaccination and other health updates, as well as the on-going strike by the Nigeria Association of resident Doctors, NARD, and the campaign for building a new mindset for a united Nigeria, as some of the crucial issues to dominate the 10th teleconference meeting. A statement by the spokesperson…
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said in a tweet that he will hold a news conference on Tuesday at a media centre in Kabul that was previously used by the Afghan government. Mujahid said media representatives and journalists could come to the media centre. The Taliban urged people in Afghanistan on Tuesday to live their routine lives with confidence, two days after the group took control of the Afghan capital. Asian countries including Japan, Nepal, India, and the Philippines have evacuated diplomats and citizens from the country. The Taliban declared a general amnesty and urged government employees to return to work…
An NGO, Connected Development (CODE) on Tuesday organised a townhall meeting over N191 million constituency projects in six local government areas in Kaduna North Senatorial District, Kaduna state. The projects were being facilitated by Sen. Suleiman Kwari (APC Kaduna North) and Rep. Tajudeen Abbas (APC Zaria Constituency), captured in the 2020 and 2021 budgets. Mr Abubakar Mohammed, CODE’s Project Assistant, said at the meeting in Zaria, that the townhall meeting was to enlighten community members on their rights to participate in the design and implementation of constituency projects. Mohammed, who said that the projects were being facilitated by Kwari, listed…
One of the first things I picked up very early in this business of public affairs analysis is something senior colleagues referred to as Afghanistanism. If you were told a column, story or essay, you had submitted for publication reeked of Afghanistanism, it was clearly a subtle kind of condemnation. It meant dabbling into a remote subject that was not of immediate consequence whereas you could have chosen a better topic of greater local value and relevance. In other words, the phrase “Afghanistanism”, was not a compliment. It was a label for absent-mindedness, an obsession with far-away places and events,…