By Aminu Garko The former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Ghali Umar Na’Abba, is dead. Na’Abba, aged 65, died in Abuja on Wednesday morning. Mr Ahmed Tijjani Lawal, an aide to the deceased, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) on Wednesday in Kano. “The former SpeakerContinue Reading
By Ibironke Ariyo The Still Waters Foundation, an NGO, has organised a modest christmas celebration to feed more than 200 children and women living in Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. During the celebration on Monday in Abuja, the Founder, Dr Femi Lanre-Oke, said that the event was in aContinue Reading
By Collins Yakubu-Hammer/Kabir Muhammed As the clamour for constitutional roles for traditional rulers heightens, Dr Danladi Bako, a former Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), says the traditional rulers are stabilising factors “with or without constitutional roles”. Bako, currently the “Kogunana Sokoto”, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)Continue Reading
By Collins Yakubu-Hammer/Kabir Muhammad Dr Danladi Bako, former Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has called on Journalists to pay attention, monitor allocations and hold states and local governments accountable. Bako made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. HeContinue Reading
By Collins Yakubu-Hammer/Kabir Muhommad A former Director-General, National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), Dr Danladi Bako, says the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) needs intense funding for five consecutive years to enable it to perform optimally. Bako stated this in an interview with NAN on Sunday in Abuja. According to him, afterContinue Reading
By Collins Yakubu-Hammer/Kabir Muhammad Dr Danladi Bako, former Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has called on the management of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) to leverage ICT to improve its services and shore up revenue generation. He gave the advice in an interview with NAN on SundayContinue Reading
By Cillins Yakubu-Hammer/Kabir Muhammad Dr Nasir Danladi-Bako, a former Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC), has stressed the need for the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) to continuously train its reporters. Bako made the call in an interview with NAN on Sunday in Abuja. He said that the trainingContinue Reading
By Sarafina Christopher As Nigerians join the rest of the world to celebrate Christmas, the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCR) has urged citizens to embrace peace and unity. The institute gave the advice on Sunday, in a statement by the Director General of the institute, Dr Joseph Ochogwu.Continue Reading
By Victor Okoye The B.N. Peters Foundation, a charitable organisation, has donated bags of food items, clothes, and toiletries to the destitute and special needs children in Lagos. Initiator of the foundation, Bibiana Peters, said she was passionate about giving to the less privileged. “I remained grateful to God forContinue Reading
By Segun Giwa Mr Shalom Olaseni, Executive Director, United Global Resolve For Peace (UGRFP), has urged Nigerians to break the chains of sycophancy and empower themselves to be active contributors to governance in the country. Olaseni stated this on Sunday in Akure, at the inauguration of G18 Group Executives, aContinue Reading
