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By Wandoo Sombo Abuja, March 18, 2021 The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, restrained the EFCC from inviting, harassing and threatening to arrest or detain Mr Mike Ozekhome, SAN, for criticising the former Acting Chairman of the Commission, Ibrahim Magu. Delivering judgment, Justice Inyang Ekwo held that serial acts …

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) that Assistant Controller General of Immigration (Rtd), Madam Nnenna Mary Mbagwu, served meritoriously, honored her with full representation during her interment on Saturday, March 13, 2021 in her country home in Umuokoro Umuariam Obowo, Imo State, Nigeria. Very senior officers of the Service and other …

Assistant Controller General of Immigration (Rtd), Madam Nnenna Mary Mbagwu, has been laid to rest with full service honors in her country home in Umuokoro Umuariam Obowo, Imo State, Nigeria. She was committed to mother earth on Saturday, March 13, 2021 in a grand ceremony witnessed by family members, friends, …

The Department of English, University of Ilorin, Ilorin Nigeria will, from Friday April 2 to Sunday, April 4, 2021, hold its 2nd National Conference, in honor of eminent scholar, Professor Olu Obafemi. The Conference, which has the Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. S. A. Abdulkareem, as Chief Host, has …

All is set for the glorious final journey on earth of Assistant Controller General of Immigration (Rtd), Nnenna Mary Mbagwu, who passed on at the age of 66 on December 12, 2020. The passage on to glory of the departed top shot of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) was announced …

 Being text of a lecture delivered at the Global Patriot Newspapers / Nigeria Consulate, New York / Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation, New Jersey Chapter INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PATRIOTISM, SECURITY, GOVERNANCE AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT By Professor Olu Obafemi, a Nigerian National Order of Merit (NNOM) award recipient and a distinguished Professor of …

Being text of a lecture delivered by Dr Dakuku Peterside at the GLOBAL PATRIOT NEWSPAPERS/ NIGERIA CONSULATE, NEW YORK/ NIGERIANS IN DIASPORA ORGANISATION, NEW JERSEY CHAPTER International Conference on Patriotism, Security, Governance and National Development     It is a known fact that no nation can make progress without the people …

Chief of Staff to the President, Prof Ibrahim Gambari, on Monday in Abuja received his first dose of the COVID-19 Astrazeneca vaccine at the State House Clinic, Abuja. The first phase of the national vaccination drive, targeting frontline health workers, their supporting staff and strategic leaders, was rolled out on …

By Chijioke Okoronkwo Abuja, March 8, 2021 Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, has described Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo as ` a man to follow.’ Osinbajo, who was born on March 8, 1957, turned 64 today (Monday). Akande …

Sobriety – if not austere aloofness – would ordinarily appear the chief trait that defines a varsity professor. This probably explains why far less public attention is paid to his other proficiency: master of spontaneous humor. Answering a question during a campaign town-hall meeting in Benin City in 2015 ahead …

By Sumaila Ogbaje Abuja, March 6, 2021 The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, has approved appointment of new General Officers Commanding (GOCs), Principal Staff Officers, commandants of military institutions and corps commanders of units and formations of Nigerian Army. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, in …

Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has rejoiced with Nigeria’s former President and an elder statesman, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, as he marks his 84th birthday today, Friday, March 5, 2021. In his birthday message made available to the Press, Obi …

Borno Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum has approved the appointment of retired Brigadier General Abdullahi Sabi Ishaq, as Special Adviser on Security Affairs. Zulum’s spokesman, Malam Isa Gusau, announced in a statement released on Thursday, that General Ishaq, retired from the Nigerian Army on January 10, 2021, after 35 years …

Adeze Ojukwu All is set for the maiden African Women Industrialization Awards, in celebration of 60 African top female professionals next Monday. Ondo State First Lady Betty-Anyanwu Akeredolu, will lead other accomplished women to the grand event, aimed at promoting female entrepreneurship and leadership. The event, billed for March 8, …

Text of the review of the book, ‘Made in Aba: A Life of Coincidences’ written by Senator Enyi Abaribe at the public presentation in Abuja on 1st March, 2021 By Olusegun Adeniyi Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, allow me to dispense with protocols on a day such as this. We have …

The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has congratulated the Senator representing Abia South Senatorial District, Enyinnaya Abaribe, as he launched his autobiography, ‘Made in Aba’. The book launch, which was held on Monday at the Musa Yar’Adua Centre Abuja, …

By Kingsley Okoye Abuja, March 1,2021 A political economist, Prof. Pat Utomi has decried the growing ethnic conflict in Nigeria, saying it is the bane of development. Utomi said this,when he made a remark at the launch of an autobiography of Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe (PDP -Abia) in Abuja on Monday. …

Dignitaries, will, Monday, March 1, 2021, grace the public presentation of the autobiography of Nigeria’s Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe. The event, which will have Mr. Peter Obi, the Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 general elections as Chairman, will take place at …

An Abuja High Court has vindicated the long-held position of Zinox Technologies Ltd., and TD Africa, two of Nigeria’s leading technology giants, that its Chairman, Leo Stan Ekeh and its staff, Company Secretary, Barr. Chris Eze Ozims and two others, Shade Oyebode and Charles Adigwe respectively, had no wrongdoing in …

By Adeze Ojukwu The sudden exit of Prof Charles Adisa, remains a shock to family and friends. Tears and wailings rent the air, last Friday, Februray 19, as the remains of Adisa were laid to rest at Aba, Abia State. His demise is a stark reminder that human life is …

turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 Dogs don’t eat dogs, they say, and birds don’t eat each others’ intestines – not so in the ancient town of Owo and birthplace of Awo’s Action Group of yore! When two elephants fight, it is the ground that suffers. Again, not so in Owo, the …

The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) during the 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has frowned at what he described as an unprofitable lifestyle of wasting huge amounts of resources in celebrating the dead, as against giving the living a befitting life. Addressing journalists recently, Obi said …

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has directed the National Broadcasting Commission to implement the Broadcasting Code provision that mandates television stations to deploy sign language interpreters on their major news bulletins, for the benefit of persons living with disability. The Minister issued the directive in Abuja …

Lagos, Monday, February 22, 2021: Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today called on Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello to launch an investigation into reports that his Chief Press Secretary, Ms Mary Noel-Barje, ordered the arrest of The PUNCH correspondent in the State, Mr. Adebayo Ayinde, and directed security men to bar …

By Sumaila Ogbaje Abuja, Feb. 21, 2021 The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, has unveiled his leadership philosophy as helmsman of the nation’s armed forces. Irabor said the broad outline of his leadership focus shall be: “To foster a “foster a professional Armed Forces capable of effectively …