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President Muhammadu Buhari has been implored to use proceeds from the Police Trust Fund bill recently signed into law to address the insecurity facing the masses in the country. The Archbishop of the Lutheran Church of Nigeria, Most Rev. Dr. Christian Ekong making the call while addressing the 40th Regular Council of the church held at its headquarters in Obot Idim Ibesikpo, Akwa Ibom State at the weekend said, the President should also use the legislation for better funding and equipping of the Nigerian Police Force. While hailing Buhari for giving assent to the bill, he, however, urged the Federal…

A one-time senior aide to former Goodluck Jonathan administration, Doyin Okupe has stated the reason why the North may rule Nigeria forever. Okupe who was a Senior Special Assistant Public Affairs to Jonathan stated that the disunity between the southern states presents the North the opportunity to rule Nigeria for a long time. Reacting to the statement by the acting Chairman of Arewa Consultative Forum Musa Liman Kwande, he said Northerners will vote for a candidate from the region during the 2023 presidential election. Okupe wrote on his Facebook account that “The Chairman of the Arewa Forum recently declared that…

Less than one day the Zamfara House of Assembly repealed the law mandating the state government to pay pension and other entitlements of former governors and deputies, as well as those of Speakers and their deputies, Bello Matawalle, Zamfara governor, has signed the bill into law. This action might have been trigerred by Abdul-aziz Yari Abubakar, immediate past Zamfara Governor of Zamfara State of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who publicly protested that his monthly N10 million pension was not paid to him. Matawalle who assented the bill on Wednesday into law is of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. Findings…

Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the General Overseer of Redeemed Christian Church of God, returns to Akwa Ibom Christmas Carols Festival that will rock the global stage on Friday, December 20, 2019. Adeboye debuted the epochal Akwa Ibom 9999 Christmas Carol Night as a preacher on December 22, 2012. A pastor of millions globally, he will this time talk on Only GOD during the spectacular event billed for Ibom Hall Arena, IBB Avenue, Uyo in Akwa Ibom State at 6 p.m. Tagged AKCAROLSFEST 2019, the yearly event which is a glittering carnival of gospel songs is the 12th edition to hold at…

By Akanimo Sampson A seeming disturbing report says one billion people in the world who are estimated to be living with disabilities are facing serious challenges that hamper their participation in the world of work and place them at greater risk of poverty and social exclusion. According to the new report, five key objectives need to be met if people with disabilities are to benefit from the major trends shaping the new world of work. Across eight geographical regions, an average of 36 percent of working-age persons with disabilities is in employment compared to 60 percent of the general population.…

By Akanimo Sampson Inactivity rate among men is set to climb to 40% in Southern Europe by next year, according to the current projections by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). It also pointed out that it is among the highest for any region in the world and outstripping the rate in the Group of 20 (G20) countries, where it is set to grow to around a quarter. This is coming as recent years have been characterised by falling unemployment rates in the US, United Kingdom and much of Europe. While such figures tend to illustrate a robust labour market, they…

The new project also aims to modernize the migrant assistance area at DGM, in order to improve the capacity and quality of the response to the documentation processing needs. In May 2018, IOM and the DGM of Paraguay signed a cooperation agreement for the expansion of the Personal Information and Registration System (PIRS) By Akanimo Sampson Paraguay and the migration agency of the United Nations have sealed a fresh deal for the implementation of a project that seeks to improve the production, management and use of information to improve migration management through Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). By their Spanish…

Niger Delta Youth Movement (NDYM) in the country intends to create multiple platforms for the training and retraining of youths in the region. The NDYM president, Joe Jackson, making the pledge in his manifesto, said this would be done through active collaboration with the multinationals in the region. Jackson who was re-elected for another four years informed the delegates that he would interface with the Presidency, Federal Ministries, Departments and agencies and facets of interventionist programmes for the youths. He also pledged to set up a special committee that shall liaise with all interventionist agencies of government for the benefit…

Mariah Carey, an American pop singer, has won three world records with her Christmas hit single, All I Want For Christmas is You. Carey who was presented with the Guinness World Records title over the weekend shared the news on her verified Instagram handle on Tuesday. “Thank you so much Guinness World Records for honoring me with three records in the 2020 book! Michael from @guinnessworldrecords presented me with a certificate on stage, so naturally, I asked him to join us for the #AllIWantForChristmasIsYou finale! ???,” she posted.

To enhance effective security architecture of Edo State in Nigeria, Governor Godwin Obaseki says his administration has contributed N2 billion to boost the state Security Trust Fund. Speaking during the South-South Regional Police Security Summit 2019 at Event Centre, Asaba in Delta State on Tuesday, Obaseki said the fund would be used to cater for security challenges in the state, pledging to put in more funds in the purse. Obaseki, however, decried the present structure of the Nigerian Police Force in the country in which the Federal government controls the policemen but the states fund the force. He noted that…