ABUJA — The Defence Headquarters has unveiled the profile of the new Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Maj.-Gen. Lucky Irabor, popularly known as Leo Irabor. LEO is his initial, with full name as Lucky Eluonye Onyenuchea Irabor, who was born on Oct.5 1965 in Aliokpu Agbor, Ika South Local Government Area of Delta. The senior officer gained admission into the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) Kaduna as a member of the 34 Regular Course in 1983...
JOS — The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) and the Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the training of officers of the academy by the fund and development of intellectual exchange opportunities for the benefit of the two institutions and the wider community. The Director-General of the ITF, Sir Joseph Ari, and the Commandant of the NDA, Maj.-Gen. Jamilu Sarham signed the MoU on behalf of their respective organisations on...
JOS — The Director-General of the Industrial Training Fund(ITF), Sir Joseph Ari, on Tuesday inaugurated an introductory technology laboratory at the fund’s staff school in Jos. Ari, while performing the function, expressed the commitment of the fund to provide world-class technical vocational education that would equip young citizens with technical skills to meet the growing needs of the public and private sectors of the Nigerian economy. He disclosed that contract for the construction of the...
JOS — Mr. Jacob Pwakim, a public affairs analyst, has advised the new service chiefs to adopt modern strategies and tactics towards ending the myriad of insecurity in the country. Pwakim, the Executive Director of Youth Initiative Against Violence and Human Rights Abuse, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Jos. NAN reports that President Muhammadu Bahari on Tuesday appointed new service chiefs. The analyst called...
AWKA — Chief Ugochukwu Okeke, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship aspirant in Anambra State, has challenged party stakeholders to work together to capture the state in the governorship election slated for Nov. 6. Okeke said this while addressing newsmen after a familiarisation tour of four Local Government Areas in the state on Tuesday. He lamented the abysmal performance of the party in the previous governorship election which saw the party coming third. Okeke blamed...
PORT HARCOURT — Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers on Tuesday commended President Muhammadu Buhari for appointing new service chiefs for the country. The governor made this known on Tuesday in Port Harcourt in a statement by Mr. Paulinus Nsirim, the state Commissioner for Information and Communications. He noted that although the appointments came late, the president should be commended for listening to the voice of the people. The governor urged the new appointees to see...
Unarguably, Ebonyi carved out of Abia and Enugu states was the most backward area in the old East Central State. The people of the area attributed their backwardness to criminal marginalization. Their sustained agitation for a state of their own materialised on Oct. 1, 1996, when late Head of State Sani Abacha, created the state. Ebonyi could be said to have been lucky with the quality of leadership it has had since its creation...
Experts have said that moves by Egypt to facilitate the Palestinian-Israeli talks may push the stalled Middle East peace process, as the North African country has been trying to end Palestinian internal division and mobilise international and regional efforts to revive the process. On Jan. 18, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and Jordanian King Abdullah II agreed during a meeting in Jordan’s capital of Amman to revive the negotiation path for the Palestinian issue. Sisi stressed...
American Love and Hip Hop star, Masika Kalysha has called off her engagement. Kalysha, entrepreneur and businesswoman, wrote on her official instagram page, “after much thought and careful consideration along with some unfortunate findings, I have made the difficult decision to call off my engagement. ” As a public figure, I am aware that I am not entitled to privacies most people will have. Because of this realisation, I go the extra mile to ensure...
LAGOS — The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has urged the federal government to consider a policy aimed at returning substandard goods to countries of origin to boost consumers’ confidence and strengthen international trade. Mallam Farouk Salim, SON’s Director-General, said, at an enforcement exercise on Monday, the policy would address the preponderance of imported fake and substandard goods in the country. Salim noted that an arrangement to return goods with no economic value to countries...
