The Ogiame Atuwatse III, the Olu of Warri, has abolished the Omajaja term from Itsekiris’s vocabulary owing what he described as it’s negative connotation over time. He made the declaration in a Royal Proclamation in a statement he personally endorsed as the Kingdom rolled out drums to celebrate its annual Praise day.He noted the palace would no longer make reference to the term, saying all Ìtsekírìs are now to be referred to as Omiwere, and that every Itsekiris’s individual is freeborn. Ogiame added that the classification does not alter the law and manner of succession to the throne.He said, “All…
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Nigeria’s second fifth generation (5G) technology services provider, Mafab Communications Limited, has said its long-term plan is to roll out services across the country starting with six cities. The operator, which won the 3.5 gigahertz (GHz) spectrum in 2021 alongside MTN Nigeria, rolled out services in Abuja and Lagos last week. An official of the service provider currently trading Mcom, Adebayo Onigbanjo, who spoke on the sidelines of the Lagos rollout over the weekend, said the company is in six cities and would focus on data and voice. “As I have said, we are in six cities and rollout is ongoing.…
Authorities of Federal Polytechnic Nekede, Owerri, Imo State have initiated moves to unravel the identity of identified graduating female student who boasted on popular social media platform that she graduated with the help of God and use of private organ. The student, in the video which was also widely shared on Facebook, claimed that her pussy was helpful for the successful defence of her final year project and the good grades she got in her examinations at the Polytechnic. She said she would have been unable to graduate without the use of her private part to sort her grades and…
An Abuja based lawyer and rights activist, Dr. Kayode Ajulo, has charged legal practitioners, especially young lawyers by enumerating procedures required to be successful in their career. He said lawyers who desire success must develop exceptional qualities and show dedication to work. Ajulo, was the speaker at the monthly capacity building lecture of Akure Chapter of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, where he spoke on the topic “7 Habits of a Successful Lawyer”, on Thursday, in Akure. He said it is more appropriate for a lawyer to strive to be effective in his career, rephrased the topic to “7 Habits…
Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi; his counterpart in Ekiti, Dr. Oyebanji Filani and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Nigeria Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr. Faisal Shuaib are among technocrats that will address an international retreat of Society for Family Health (SFH), which starts today in Lagos. President of SFH Board, Prof. Ekanem Braide, stated, yesterday, that the retreat marks the end of the operation of SFH strategic plan, Facilitating People-Centred Healthcare (FPCH), and heralds the development of a new strategy for the next generation, which will be the basis of the operations of the organisation.…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has delisted the National Orientation Agency (NOA) and Local Government Information Chapels from the union.A delegates’ conference of the NUJ in Kano approved first university degree, Higher National Diploma (HND) or its equivalent in Mass Communication and Journalism related courses as the entry qualification to practice. The development was disclosed at the weekend in a communiqué signed by the NUJ National Secretary, Shu’aibu Leman, in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. “These are the entry qualifications for the practice of journalism in Nigeria,” Leman said. The Kano delegates’ conference tagged: ‘Conflict Sensitive Reporting and Nigerian…
A 21-year-old Nigerian-American student of The University of Georgia, Obamide Emilolorun Samaye has been recognised by the State of Georgia, United States of America, as an emerging future leader of his generation. Governor of The State of Georgia, Brian Kemp in his address attended by members of both legislative chambers acknowledged Samaye as one of the new generation students and a meritorious beneficiary of a legacy of scholarship and service. According to Governor Kemp, the state would be delighted to see Samaye, a Zell Miller Scholarship Recipient excell in his future endeavours. Samaye attended Fieldwood Elementary School, Renaissance Middle School,…
A former Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, will on Tuesday appear again in court in the United Kingdom where he has been accused of human trafficking. The lawmaker was in June 2022 arrested at Heathrow Airport in London after Staines Police Station received a report from a young man claiming to have been trafficked into the UK. The young man, who made the report shortly after arriving in the UK from Nigeria, also alleged that he was made to undergo some medical tests, none of which he consented to. Ekweremadu was immediately arraigned before a Magistrate’s Court for…
Canadian Police have arrested one Nigerian and declared the other wanted for having fraudulently issued and sold 250 airline tickets to unsuspecting customers, valued at $500,000. According to Canadian Police, between June and December of 2021, the suspects claimed they were working for travel agencies based out of the United Kingdom and accessed a secure online booking portal of a major European airline. “It is alleged that these two individuals,Gbemisola Akinrinade, and Adebowale Adiatu, fraudulently sold valid flight tickets to unsuspecting customers and collected the payments to benefit themselves financially,” police said in release. Police said the majority of those…
The ES, NCDMB, Engr. Wabote Simbi in a group photo with Patrick Obah, Director, Planning, Research & Stats, NCDMB, Mobolaji Kuku, Chairman, Duport Midstream, Dr. Akintoye Akindele, MD/CEO Duport Midstream, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, Non-Exec Dir, Duport Midstream, and others. During the week, Duport Midstream Company Limited, owners of Duport Modular Refinery finally received its first crude feedstock for production. This is happening two years after it was initially scheduled to commence operations. The 10,000 projected barrels per day (bpd) modular refinery started production in its plant located at Ologbo community in the Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area of Edo state…
