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Mrs Funke Egbemode, the Osun Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation and Dr Wasiu Olatunbosun, Oyo State Commissioner for Information, Culture, and Tourism, on Friday, bagged awards at the NUJ Zone B Annual Lecture and Awards held in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the lecture, which was entitled, ” Digital media and the 21st Century Challenges, ” was delivered by Mr Lekan Otufodunrin, the Executive Director, Media Career Development Network, Lagos. In his lecture, Otufodunrin said the media needed to be viable and have the required level of independence, adding it must also come to terms…

President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with Mrs Christiana Din on the occasion of her 80th birthday. The president’s congratulatory message was conveyed in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Friday. The president, according to the statement, joined family, friends, and well-wishers in celebrating God’s faithfulness in the life of the wife of the Chairman, Plateau State All Progressives Congress (APC) Elders Advisory Council, retired Captain Joseph Din. Buhari, who quoted the popular saying, ” behind every successful man there stands a woman,” thanked the celebrator for being an important…

Since his election as governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has endeared himself to the people by his unassuming disposition, gender equality initiatives, developmental programmes and the prompt payment of the remuneration of workers. In fact, in October 2019, Kwara ranked third on the list of states that had attracted huge foreign investments, recording an accumulated inflow of $1.14 billion. It was next to Lagos and Abuja. It was therefore surprising that the gender-friendly and youth-centric administration of Governor AbdulRazaq would commit a public relations blunder within a year of its first tenure by destroying Ile-Arugbo, a popular charity home…

By Harry Awurumibe with agency reports Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America East (WGAE) have officially announced the films that are nominated for outstanding achievement in screenwriting during 2019 circle just as the winners will be presented at the 72nd Writers Guild Awards slated for February 1, at concurrent ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York City. After earning two major Golden Globe Awards for Best Director and Best Picture-Drama Awards, Sam Mendes’ 1917 successfully land a nomination along with Bong Joon-Ho’s Parasite, Greta Gerwig’s Little Women and Rian Johnson’s Knives Out. Check out the full list of nominations below! Despite…

Niger will launch a new military offensive against militants after their latest attack on an army base killed at least 25 soldiers, the defense minister said on Friday. Thursday’s attack near the Malian border followed a raid by Islamic State insurgents on a military outpost in December 2019 that killed 71 soldiers. That was the deadliest strike against Nigerien forces for years and underscored deteriorating security conditions across West Africa’s Sahel region. In spite of the presence of French and American troops, attacks in Niger have raised fourfold over the past year, killing nearly 400 people, according to data from…

Transactions on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) moderated on Friday with the market indicators improving marginally by 0.07 per cent. Specifically, the All-Share Index grew by 19.82 points or 0.07 per cent to close at 29,415.39 compared with 29,395.57 recorded on Thursday. Also, the market capitalization of listed equities improved by N10 billion or 0.07 per cent to N15.174 trillion from N15.164 trillion reported on Thursday. An analysis of the price movement table shows that Okomuoil led the gainers’ table, increasing by N6 to close at N66 per share. BUA Cement followed with a gain of N2.55 to close at…

Delta Governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has congratulated his Sokoto State counterpart, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, as he turns 54 years on Jan. 10. Okowa, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, in Asaba, extolled Tambuwal for his tremendous contributions and outstanding accomplishments in the service of his state and country. According to him, the sterling contributions of Tambuwal to the development of Sokoto State and Nigeria are legendary and worthy of commendation. Okowa noted that Tambuwal, a former Speaker of House of Representatives, had transformed Sokoto State with various developmental projects embarked upon by his administration, especially…

The Chief of Staff to the Abia State Government, Chief Anthony Agbazuere, has described Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu as a child of destiny following his victory on Wednesday on election petition at the Supreme Court. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the Supreme Court had in a unanimous judgment read by Justice Paul Galinje, a member of the seven-member panel, affirmed the election of Okezie Ikpeazu as the governor of Abia State. Dr Alex Otti had taken the election matter to the Apex Court after the Election Petition Tribunal and Appeal Court upheld the election of the governor. Galinje said…

Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, has reiterated his determination to fish out those responsible for the attack on Tawari village and rid the state of crime, even as the number of deaths in the January 2nd attack has increased to 29. The governor made this known in Lokoja when he received Tawari community leaders in his office on Thursday. At the meeting were the Aguma of Bassa and Paramount ruler of Tawari, Alhaji Umar Yusuf; Youth Leader Gabriel Ndagazo; religious leaders and other community leaders. Bello commended the peaceful disposition of the Tawari people in the face of provocation…

Boeing’s 737 MAX plane is “designed by clowns who in turn are supervised by monkeys”, a company employee wrote in one of a trove of newly published internal messages. The communications were released on Thursday by Boeing, whose 737 MAX plane was involved in two crashes that killed a total of 346 people in late 2018 and early 2019. They include employees mocking US aviation authorities and bragging that they could get the plane certified with minimal training for pilots. The documents could further worsen Boeing’s relations with regulators as it works to secure approval to allow the grounded jetliner…