The Ogoni Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (OGCCIMA) has appointed Barr. Legborsi NWIABU as its new President. According to a statement by the Director General of the Chamber, Chief Fire B. Theophilus, the appointment was made at its Extra Executive Committee meeting held on 12th May 2023. Barr. Legborsi NWIABU took over office from the Ogoni business mogul,
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…. Accuses outgoing President Buhari of a legacy of secrecy Media Rights Agenda (MRA) on Sunday called on incoming President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to make transparency and accountability the cornerstone of Nigeria’s democracy and accused outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari of monumental failure in the implementation of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, which it said had resulted in a legacy
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By Bala Ibrahim. “My fellow Nigerian brothers, sisters and friends of Nigeria. I address you today, in my last assignment as a democratically elected President of our great and well-endowed nation, with a deep sense of gratitude to God, a great deal of appreciation to the Nigerian people and a modest sense of fulfilment”-PMB. If the statement above does not
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The Police Service Commission today, Wednesday, May, 10th, 2023 met with a delegation of the United Nations Development Programme, UNDP, and the German Government where it canvassed for support and productive partnership in improving Policing in Nigeria in line with the ongoing Police Reforms. According to a press release on Wednesday, 10th May 2023 signed by the PSC Head of
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The Gombe State Police operatives on Monday, 17th April 2023 while responding to a distress call arrested two suspects Joshua Dogo, 27 years old and Muazu Abdullahi, 22 years old both of Gombe Town. According to a press release signed by the Gombe State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mahid Muazu Abubakar, said that the same both Joshua Dogo and
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The International Press Centre (IPC) has described the recent N5 million fine slammed on Channels Television by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) over its interview with the Vice Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Datti-Baba Ahmed, as ‘arbitrariness taken too far’. IPC said the NBC acted based on the petition addressed to it by Mr Bayo Onanuga, Director of Media
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Bayelsa State Government has assured that the erosion control project in Obogoro community in Yenagoa Local Government Area has not been abandoned. A statement on Friday, 31st March 2023 signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Bayelsa State Governor, Daniel Alabrah, said that the government said some reports about the state of work on the project were incorrect and
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By Mohammed Baba Busu Alhaji Umar Bago, the APC governorship candidate in Niger, has promised to leverage the state’s four hydroelectric dams to establish mechanised farms if elected as governor. Bago disclosed this in Minna on Thursday when he paid a courtesy call to the Chairman of the Niger chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Mr Abu Nmodu.
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A cross-section of Muslim women has insisted that the use of the hijab is a fundamental right of women that must be upheld. They appealed to the general public to respect and protect the rights of Muslim women who choose to wear the hijab. The women appealed to a one-day sensitisation programme held by the Women Forum of Al-Habibiyyah Islamic
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By Friday Ewiwilem I have just finished reading a letter purportedly written by Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark who at over 100 years, although claiming 94, should be resting and not dabbling into matters of the moment since he has had his day spanning over five decades from around 1965 to when he took on the self-appointed title of “Father of
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