THE apex socio-cultural organisation in Kogi East Senatorial District, Uk’Omu Igala Organisation (UIO), has sent a congratulatory message to Mr Shauibu Abubakar Audu, the newly designated Minister of Steel Development of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In a statement issued on Thursday and signed by Elder David Abutu, the National Leader and Dr Sabestine Abu, the National Secretary of UIO, the organisation said Audu’s elevation as minister was well-deserved, considering his commitment to the development of Kogi State and Nigeria at large. The group said of the new minister: “No doubt, your appointment is well-deserved, considering your commitment to the…
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THE National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has partnered with Equality Development and Research Centre (EDR-centre), an NGO, to curb workplace bullying. Mr Tony Ojukwu, the NHRC Executive Secretary, made this known when Ms Marshal Nwanne, Founder of the EDR-centre paid a visit to the commission in Abuja. Ojukwu said that the commission is dedicated to combatting workplace bullying and envisioned to target and end all forms of inequality in Nigeria. The executive secretary welcomed the partnership and expressed the hope that the two organisations would work together and achieve the desired result. He said that there was no condition that…
THE Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Wednesday, announced plans to demolish about 500 illegal houses and structures in Dutsen-Garki, Apo District, Abuja. Mr Mukhtar Galadima, Director, Department of Development Control, FCTA, disclosed this after a meeting with the leaders of the community in Abuja. Galadima, who was represented by the Deputy Director, Monitoring and Enforcement, Mr Hassan Ogbole, explained that all houses and structures that were illegally acquired or built would be demolished. ALSO READ: CSO Calls For Revisit of Sale of FG Properties in FCT He lamented that individuals acquire properties and lands from the natives and develop…
THE Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has announced that its 2023 Annual Conference will hold in Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory. A press statement signed by Danlami Nmodu and Olumide Iyanda, Chairman and Secretary respectively of GOCOP’s 2023 Conference Planning Committee, stated that the event will hold on 4th and 5th October 2023 at the Abuja Continental Hotel (formerly Sheraton Hotel and Towers), Wuse Zone 4, Abuja. According to the statement, this year’s conference which will hold under the theme: “Nigeria: Roadmap for Socio-Economic Recovery and Sustainability”, will have a renowned business mogul yet to be revealed as keynote…
THE military chiefs of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will meet on Thursday and Friday in Accra, Ghana amid tensions over a possible military intervention in Niger, according to Ghana’s army spokesman. ECOWAS member states had initially mulled a military intervention against those who carried out Niger’s coup, and the bloc’s heads of state had ordered a military force to be readied to restore constitutional order during a special summit, but they said a peaceful resolution of the conflict should continue to be pursued. RELATED NEWS: Niger Coup: ECOWAS Parliament Divided Over Military Intervention As Option ECOWAS…
PRESIDENT Bola Ahmed Tinubu will on Monday swear in ministers who have been screened and confirmed by the Senate. A statement by Willie Bassey, Director, Information, Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF) said the swearing-in ceremony to be conducted by the President will take place Monday, August 21, 2023, at the State House Conference Centre, Aso Villa, Abuja by 10am. “Honourable Ministers to be sworn-in are expected to come with two guests each. “All Honourable Ministers and invited guests are to be seated by 9:00am”, the statement further read. RELATED NEWS: Tinubu Assigns Portfolios To…
By Justina Auta, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) MRS Mercy Abu, 26-year-old mother of three and an Abuja resident said none of her babies was breastfed because she feared her breast would sag or lose shape due to breastfeeding. She thinks she will lose her attraction to her husband if she loses her firm breast, something she assumes will not augur well for her marriage. Mercy is like many women who share the same belief about breastfeeding and its relationship with sagging of breast. They think it will make them unattractive, cause their spouses to dislike them, and push their…
THE provision of pension is of a fundamental economic and social importance with the goal of ensuring successful delivery of adequate retirement income to retired employees as and when due. It is so important that it has been made a fundamental right of every employee. Sections 173 and 210 of the 1999 Nigerian Constitution (as amended) guarantees the right of pension for employees of public services of the federation and states respectively, while section 2(2) of the Pension Reform Act (PRA) 2014 guarantees the rights to pension for private sector employees. Pension intermediaries are under greater pressure now more than…
SPEAKER of the House of Representatives, Honourable Tajudeen Abbas, says lawmakers will ensure that Nigerians get a survival wage that can take them home in the ongoing minimum wage review. Abbas, who was represented by Hon. Busayo Oluwole-Oke, representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency, made the pledge on Tuesday, in Abuja at the National Policy Dialogue on Corruption, Social Norms and Behaviour Change in Nigeria. The event was organised by the Independent Corrupt Practice and Other related Offences Commission (ICPC) in collaboration with Anti-Corruption Academy of Nigeria, supported by MacArthur Foundation. The speaker, who pledged legislators’ support to the ICPC in its…
This piece by Emeritus Prof Olorode was first published here on February 13, 2023. In the light of the public presentation on Tuesday, May 16, 2023 in Abuja of Book 1 of the new university curricula for Nigerian universities, entitled: “Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS), we felt compelled to republish it for a fresher insight and understanding, and to amplify Prof Olorode’s alarm on the path Nigeria’s already distressed university education is being shoved. IT is probably no more news that the National Universities Commission (NUC) “…on Tuesday 5th and Wednesday 6th December 2022 rolled out its drums to…