Year: 2024

Dr. Ossai Ossai Edmund is a University lecturer , activist, and international public health consultant.He spoke with select media recently on some national issues including, one year of Tinubu presidency, admission age limit controversy, strike, and Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s continued detention among others Excerpt How can you briefly assess the one year in office of President Bola Tinubu ? The government of President Ahmed Tinubu has a huge task in his hands to restore hope to Nigerians. The state of despondency in Nigeria at present is very high. Economy has…

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Mandy Park Immediate past Provost of Abia State College of Education, Technical, Arochukwu (ASCETA), Dr Philips Nto has described the institution as the most suited to host the proposed South East University. This is as he pointed out that the institution boasts of requisite infrastructure to host a university, including the added advantage of a serene environment. Dr Philips Nto who was reacting to the plan by South East governors to site the university at Arochukwu, noted that the college already has high-powered structures and technical equipment to host any…

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By: Mandy Park The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has sounded alarm bells over Nigeria’s latest cholera outbreak, asserting that the recurring crisis, which affects thousands of vulnerable Nigerians, is a direct consequence of government’s failure to invest in the provision of safe public water supply. This is as the organisation advised Nigerians to protect their health by boiling their drinking water and maintaining proper sanitation and hygiene practices, such as washing their hands regularly with soap and clean water, especially before eating and after using the toilet.…

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Mandy Park GreyDots AI on Friday, 14th June, inside the Grand Ball Room, Eko Hotel and Towers, Victoria Island, Lagos màde history in Nigeria’s technology as it launched it’s first AI solution entirely developed. This is as the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of GreyDots AI, Arnold Agure-Dam boasted with enthusiasm that the latest feat would end the Google era, promising that NiGPT will have real local solutions to address specific problems across sectors. Also the event provided opportunity for the organization to highlight AI’s potential to revolutionalise almost all…

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Mandy Park Three hundred beneficiaries of a fully sponsored programme in agriculture by the Abia State Government have arrived the CSS Global farms, Nasarawa State, for a two-week training. This is as Pastor Caleb Ajagba, Chief of Staff to the Governor reiterated Gov Otti’s commitment to upscale agriculture productivity in the state. Recall that few weeks ago, the State Government had organised a capacity-building seminar for the first batch of the 300 candidates selected for the training. The founder of CSS Global Integrated farms, Prof. John-Kennedy Opara, had in a…

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Mandy Park Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has warned the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) and the Department of State Services (DSS) against the planned clampdown on Nigerians engaged in a peaceful rally to commemorate democracy day.The non-governmental organisation’s statement, issued early Wednesday, follows a series of statements by the DSS and the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) threatening to prevent the planned protests by well-meaning Nigerians, labour unions, and a coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs).While reminding state authorities and security forces of their obligations to protect citizens’ rights…

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Mandy Park The Agribusiness Incubation Centre at Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, is to float a radio programme to educate farmers in Abia State on modern techniques of agriculture. The Director of the centre, Dr Phillips Nto, disclosed the cheering news when members of the Integrated Farmers Association, Abia State chapter, paid him a courtesy visit in his office. He said it’s part of the corporate social responsibility of the centre. Nto disclosed that the Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof Maduebibisi Iwe, has granted approval for the take…

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Osun APC Internal crisis cost us victory in 2022 . Staying neutral cost me a lot in Osun Politics. APC poor rewarding system, bane of challenges ahead By: Mandy Park Hon Rotimi Makinde, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC was a member, House of Representatives in the 7th Assembly. He speaks with some selected journalists in Lagos on various political issues including the Tinubu presidency, strike, Nollywood industry, Osun politics and how APC can bounce back to take over power from the Gov Adeleke- led PDP government come…

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Mandy Park Citing what it described as failure to improve financial performance, the nation’s Apex bank, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has revoked Heritage Bank’s licence. Hakama Sidi Ali, CBN acting Director, Corporate Communications, made the disclosure at a press release issued this morning, Monday, stating that the revocation of Heritage Bank’s license was in accordance with its mandate to promote a sound financial system in Nigeria and its powers under Section 12 of the Banks and Other Financial Act (BOFIA) 2020. The bankers bank further stated that the revocation…

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Mandy Park The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has urged governments at all levels to embark on effective enforcement of the National Tobacco Control Act 2015 and the National Tobacco Regulation 2019 to protect the nation’s children from the menace of tobacco addiction and its associated health costs. CAPPA, in a statement signed by Robert EgbeMedia & Communications Officer, CAPPA, to mark the World No Tobacco Day (WNTD- 2024), commended the Nigerian Films and Censors Board (NFVCB) for introducing the regulation that seeks to end the glamorization of…

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