Day: August 17, 2017

10 years after, FRCN Asaba station yet to take off

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Ten years after the completion of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Charity FM Asaba, Delta state, the station is yet to hit the airwaves. The station is one of the approved 32 FM projects of the federal government then. Sad enough, the Charity FM is the only station in the South-South zone of the country that is begging for commissioning at least to register its presence in broadcasting for the state. It has had three general managers since 2007 whose duty was mainly to interface with the state government…

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Nigerian Catholic bishops kick against pop culture

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In separate declarations, Nigerian Catholic Bishops and their leader Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onayekan have urged adherence to the rules of the church and resistance of moves to introduce pop culture. Onayekan spoke in Ghana, while the Bishops from South west Nigeria issued a statement under the aegis of Ibadan Ecclesiastical Province, after meeting in Oke Gada, Ede in Osun State. “The Church does not gain anything by promoting a pop religion which accommodates every fad and whims generated by the entertainment industry,” said the bishops, emphasizing the significance of both Marian…

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Why APC is jittery over the PDP’s overtures to Atiku

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It seems the resolution of the recent issues within the Peoples Democratic Party by the Supreme Court and their successful Congress last week, in the midst of the chaos in the ruling All Progressive Congress, has set off alarm bells within the government. At a time when President Muhammadu Buhari is celebrating his 100 days in London, his spokesman, Garba Shehu was telling THISDAY that Buhari is good enough to run in 2019. Does he mean good enough to run for the job of Mayor of London? That the APC…

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Trump sacks Nigeria’s Ogunlesi as adviser

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Nigerian born international CEO, Adebayo Ogunlesi has now ceased to be an adviser to embattled US President Donald Trump. Trump sacked him today along with other distinguished CEOs counselling him via two councils on how to “Make America Great Again”. Trump sacked Ogunlesi on Twitter, when  he announced the dissolution of two business advisory councils, in one fell swoop. Ogunlesi was a member of  the Strategic and Policy Forum, one of the two disbanded by the unpredictable president. The other group was the Manufacturing Jobs Initiative Council. Ogunlesi, heads Global Infrastructure…

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Why public officials send children abroad – Sen. Barau

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The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFund, Senator Jibrin Barau, has dismissed the call by Nigerians that children of public officials should be restricted to the country’s public schools. The lawmaker said Nigeria needed to have socio-cultural exchanges with other countries. According to Barau, any law that would force public officers to send their children to schools in the country was not good for Nigeria. He noted that there were students from Cameroon and Niger Republic who also studied in Nigeria. He said, “Making a law…

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Ronaldo-less Madrid win SuperCup

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Real Madrid consolidated on their first leg 3-1 advantage  over arch rivals Barcelona, beating them 2-0 at Santiago Bernabeu for an aggregate 5-1 victory to lift the Spanish SuperCup for the tenth time.. Marco Asensio who scored a sensational blast on Sunday, had an encore, finding the Barcelona net in the 4th minute. Karim Benzema added the second goal for Real Madrid in the 38th minute. There were no goals in the second half, though several attempts on either side hit the woodwork. Madrid, playing without Gareth Bale, Isco and…

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INEC registers additional political party

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has registered an additional party, the African People’s Party (APP), bring the number of registered parties in the country to 46. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made this known while swearing in nine new Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) on Wednesday in Abuja. Yakubu said that the party was on Tuesday issued Certificate of Registration in compliance with a court order. “The Commission yesterday issued Certificate of Registration to APP, which originally applied for registration as a political party in 2014. “With this development, the…

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Expert calls for ban on importation of skin bleaching creams

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Prof. Ganiyu Arinola, an immunologist and Head, Department of Chemical Pathology, at the University College Hospital, (UCH), Ibadan has called for a ban on the importation of bleaching creams. Arinola, who made the call on Wednesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) in Ibadan, said the measure was necessary to safeguard the health of Nigerians. The professor described bleaching as the lightening of the skin or the loss of pigment. Accoding to him, bleaching creams weaken the immunity of the skin and to some extent, the…

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UN urges Trump, Kim to reduce war drum

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UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called on the U.S. and North Korea “to dial down rhetoric and dial up diplomacy” in addressing the growing tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Guterres, while speaking with the UN Correspondents in New York, stressed that the solution to the crisis must be political. The UN chief reiterated that his good offices – the prestige and weight that his title and the UN represented to the world community – were always available. Trump: abandoned by company CEOs “I will remain in close contact with all…

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