The broadcast and the telecommunications industries are going through terrible patches in the hands of those who are supposed to be keepers of the temple. At separate fora last week appointees of government spoke about the sectors in a manifest display of how very ignorant they are about the sectors they should be superintending. Separately they sowed hope, they sowed fear and they also sowed vapor; however, they are in very clear deficit of hope but have fear and vapor in abundant supply.
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The role of the Minister in any deregulated sector, like broadcasting and telecommunications, is to curate policies that can impact on the health of the sector. There is no provision for direct intervention or for pushing directives like a fellow maintaining lordship over his family, that is, for those who exercise almightiness over their homes and believe the sun sets at their command. But the Nigerian situation is not normal and one would not expect what happens in other climes to
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The Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Edafe Bright, stated on Wednesday.
The spokesman disclosed that the suspect, 25 years old, admitted he was a member of the gang that attacked the deceased.
The victim, Onajite Okolejo, a member of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria, Zone 12, Hausa Quarters in Warri, was ambushed on April 4.
The Divisional Police Officer ‘A’ Division Warri, CSP Tanko Mammud mobilised a patrol team to the scene and took the victim to the hospital.
“The victim made a dying declaration at the hospital that one of the suspects that attacked him was one Sahlisu whose surname was unknown”, the statement read.
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There are expectations on the probe of the death of Richard Gbadebo, an undergraduate who died at Henkel – Expand Global Industries Limited (EGIL) in Ibadan.
The deceased was a 300-level student of the Department of European Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Ibadan (UI).
He died in July 2020 in the Oluyole factory of the company. Henkel – EGIL are the producers of WAW detergent and bar soap.
The late Richard got casual work at Henkel – EGIL during the ASUU strike/COVID-19 lockdown in 2020.
The 22-year-old reportedly fell into one of the machines while working the night shift.
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Author: Jumai Ahmadu, Ph.d, Helpline Foundation for the Needy, Abuja
Reviewer: Salisu Sani Majema
‘Abuja is a city in Nigeria like no other. That it was founded on the need for a place that would represent to us a symbol of our oneness and national unity and indeed, a home to all Nigerians’.
‘A city like Abuja that is founded on a clear set of ideals and being built in compliance with a vision and a Master Plan’.
The above testimony is contained in a Forward by the current FCT Minister, Mallam Muhammad Musa Bello, to the book, ‘ABUJA: The Evolution and Development of a Federal Capital City’ published by Dr. Jumai Ahmadu, Ph.d..