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By; Chinweuba Wachukwu Leaders today need to be authentic, empathetic and adaptable to drive impact. A great leader possesses a clear vision, is courageous, has integrity, honesty, humility and clear focus. Great leaders help people reach their goals, they are not afraid to hire people that might be better than them, rather they take pride in the accomplishments of those they help along the way.​Note: You are not a leader until you have produced a leader who can produce another leader. Senator Theodore Ahamefula Orji is a great and effective leader. Ochendo has produced many…

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Mandy Park The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has condemned the recent hike in school fees across public universities in Nigeria, submitting that they are outrageous and unconscionable.This is as CAPPA ,submits that the action is a direct assault on fundamental right to education. In a statement issued in Lagos, signed by Zikora Ibeh,Policy and Research Officer, the group said the disheartening trend is not just a knife in the back of poor students and their families struggling amid grim economic realities but also a direct assault on…

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Mandy Park Rights group, Centre for Human and Socio -Economic Rights (CHSR) has raised the alarm on impending danger that will befall citizens in Lagos if the fresh trouble brewing over the leadership crisis rocking the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), and the Parks and Garages leadership is not properly handled. The current President, of NURTW is Alhaji Tajudeen Ibikunle Baruwa, while the Parks and Garages Management is under M.C Oluomo . Already, Baruwa has vowed not to fold his hands and allow members of the Lagos Park…

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…says Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, IPOB leader should be released Mandy Park Comrade Alex Omotehinse, activist and public affairs analyst is the President, Centre for Human and Socio-Economic Rights (CHSR). In this encounter with journalists in Lagos, he speaks on the Nigerian condition, president Bola Tinubu’s 100 days in office which he says has severe negative impact on the people, the case of Mrs. Olabisi Esther Johnson who is being harrassed by the police and the need to release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu from detention among other sensitive issues. Excerpt Looking at…

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Emeka Njoku Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, has directed immediate restoration of power supplies to all government offices and facilities in the state. This comes as the state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Ngozi Okoronkwo, disclosed that no fewer than 4,700 pensioners in the state have been enrolled to receive free medical treatment in both the primary and secondary health facilities across the state, under the state’s Health Insurance Sheme. In a statement by Kazie UkoChief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Governor , those so far enrolled are pensioners,…

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Mandy Park Stakeholders in waste management, and environmental experts, on Tuesday urged Nigerians to invest in waste recycling management, especially plastics recovery towards growing a circular economy of the country. The waste management professionals and development experts included : Ambassador Obuesi Phillips, President/CEO, Lagos Waste Forum, Mr. Ola Oresanya, former Ogun state Environment commissioner, Mrs. Belinda Aderonike Odeneye, Board Chairperson, Lagos waste Forum, Nwamaka Onyemelukwe, Director, PR. Coca-Cola, Dr. Essien Nsuabia, Director-Circular Economy, LAWMA, Dr. Vanessa Lerato Phala, Director, ILO, Country for Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Liaison office…

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US President Joe Biden has praised Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu for his strategies to reform Nigeria’s economy and leadership as chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to restore democracy in the Republic of Niger after a coup. Biden stated this when he met Tinubu on Sunday on the sidelines of the G20 in New Delhi, India. The US Mission in Nigeria revealed on its website highlights of Biden’s engagement with Tinubu. It said, “President Joe Biden met with Nigerian President Bola Tinubu today on the sidelines…

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Mandy Park Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, has reassured his commitment towards providing adequate healthcare services across the 17 local government areas of the State. This is as he pledged to make them accessible and affordable. Governor Otti gave the assurance on Sunday at a reception held at the International Conference Centre, Umuahia. The reception followed a thanksgiving service earlier in the day at the Redeemed Christian Church of God, behind the state House of Assembly, by the Commissioner for Finance, Mr. Mike Akpara, who survived a ghastly…

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Emeka Njoku Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti, OFR, has declared that the ‘New Abia’ he is building would not care so much about state or local government of origin of its residents but what the people can offer. Governor Otti said this on Friday while decorating eight newly-promoted officers of the Nigeria Police Force, serving in Abia State, and honouring four other officers of Abia origin, who have just successfully completed their course of study from the Police Academy, Wudil, Kano. Kazie Uko, Chief Press Secretary to the Governorquoted…

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Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has arrived in Nigeria from his medical trip to Germany. His wife Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu announced this on Thursday via X with a photo of her husband on board an aircraft. “Homebound,” Mrs Akeredolu captioned the picture. The governor began his medical leave in June and it was extended following advice from his doctors and approval by the House of Assembly. Majority Leader of the assembly Wole Ogunmolasuyi told PUNCH that the governor was already in his Ibadan residence.

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