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  Senator representing Cross River North senatorial district at the upper chamber of National Assembly on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, has vowed to defeat the Cross River State governor and All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the senatorial election in 2023, Prof. Ben Ayade. Jarigbe spoke during the just-concluded one-million-man march organised by supporters of the federal lawmaker in Ogoja LGA of the State ahead of the forthcoming 2023 general elections. While boasting that he has the capacity to defeat the state governor, Ayade, who is the APC candidate in Cross River North senatorial election in 2023, stressed that his track record alone was enough to make the people of the Senatorial district put their weight solidly behind him. In a question and answer session with journalists shortly after the one-million-man march, the lawmaker stated that he was seeking re-election back to the Senate on the PDP platform to ...

  The immediate-past Secretary to the Katsina State Government (SSG) under the incumbent Governor Aminu Bello Masari, Dr Mustapha Muhammad Inuwa, has announced his defection from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Inuwa is also a former Commissioner for Education in the State. Inuwa, who is the longest-serving SSG in the State, made this known at his campaign office in Katsina on Sunday after meeting with hundreds of his supporters and groups, who were chanting songs of solidarity on his capacity and ability to shape the politics of the State. LEADERSHIP reports that Inuwa resigned as SSG some months ago to contest for Katsina State gubernatorial election under the platform of APC and he lost the party’s primary election to Umar Dikko Radda. He had pledged to support Radda before this latest development. Detail Later… from Leadership News https://ift.tt/G9v0axC

The School of Politics, Policy and Governance (SPPG) is no doubt changing the course of leadership in Nigeria and Africa as a whole by grooming disruptive leaders. SPPG is an unconventional school of the research-anchored #FixPolitics initiative that is designed to transform the quality of political and public leadership in Nigeria and the rest of Africa. The innovative leadership school is invested in developing a massive pipeline of value-based and disruptive thinking political-class equipped with the requisite knowledge, skills, and mindset to solve complex leadership problems to reposition Africa in the 21st Century. Undoubtedly the world suffers from the rapid emergence of a complex myriad of political, social and economic problems that require a leadership revolution to solve. The “normal” that societies once knew no longer exists with global risks like health pandemics, financial and economic crises, climate change, political upheavals within and between countries and on the o...

Hygiene EducatioIn a strategic move to advance good hygiene practices across the nation, global hygiene company Reckitt through its Dettol brand in Nigeria has partnered with leading non-governmental organization, Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA) for accelerated Hygiene education in schools, communities, and healthcare facilities using the Dettol Hygiene Quest Curriculum, a collaboration which also coincides with the 2022 Global Handwashing Day campaign. The public presentation and official flag off the Partnership was held on Thursday, 13th September 2022 in Lagos State. In attendance were representatives from the Federal Ministry of Health, the State Basic Education Fund, leaders from both organizations, stakeholders in the health and education sectors from Lagos state, Kwara state and the FCT, Abuja. The Dettol Hygiene Quest curriculum aims to educate, empower and inspire 6 million school children to practice healthy hygiene habits, to achieve a 20% increase in hand washing inci...

The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in Kebbi State has commenced  training of 50 unemployed school leavers on “Quick fix demand driven” and techno cultural craft skills. Speaking while declaring the training open yesterday in Birnin Kebbi, the director general of NDE, Malam Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo, said the combined trainings, quick fix and techno cultural craft were introduced by the directorate to assist youths to acquire marketable skills within a short period. Fikpo, who was represented by the state coordinator of NDE, Mr. Francis Amos Ambionto, said the 50 trainees would be engaged in quick fix demand driven skills of make-up, bead making and saloon and  another sets as well as techno cultural skills on mats, bed and hart making. Ambionto commended the director general for initiating such programs which according to him would reduce the current mass unemployment, poverty and create wealth through self-employment. He noted that all the trainees and trainers would ...

The lawmaker representing the people of Okene/Ogori-Magongo federal constituency of Kogi State in the House of Representatives, Hon. Yusuf Ahmed Tijjani Damisa, has trained 100 youths and women of his constituency in Poultry Production Value Chain. The lawmaker has always been training youths and women in rice, snail, poultry, fishery, soya beans, benny seed farming as part of his constituency project to create jobs and improve the livelihood of the electorate that gave him the mandate to represent them three consecutive times. One of such empowerment was a two-day training organised for 30 youth and women in poultry value chain to stimulate development of poultry production in Kogi Central senatorial district. The participants were equipped on modern techniques in poultry farming. At the training held at Afim Hotel in Okene, the headquarters of Okene local government area of Kogi State recently, facilitated by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in conju...

The Tinubu For President Action Group (T4PAG) has continued in its quest to drum support for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives’ Congress (APC) and his running mate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kashim  Shettima respectively for the 2023 presidential election. Speaking to newsmen in Abuja at a rally and the official inauguration of its Federal Capital Territory (FCT) chapter, chairman of the group, Prince Eyitayo ‘Lanre Adegun, said the Tinubu/Shettima combination is the only hope of Nigeria and Nigerians, and promised that the group would mobilise support for this achievement. Prince Adegun urged all well-meaning Nigerians to join them and work for the victory of Tinubu and Shettima. The director, planning and strategy, Omooba Tokunbo Adegun, added that T4PAG is the only support group that currently has a unit which emphasises on and caters for the inclusion of the disabled in Nigeria’s current political clime. In his response after being officially recognised...

A support group of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Tinubu-Shetima Ambassadors (TSA) yesterday inaugurated its state/zonal coordinators, with a pledge to rally support for the party and its presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. TSA said Tinubu-Shetima’s outstanding leadership qualities, personal attributes and antecedents had proven that Nigerians would be safe under their watch. Speaking during the official inauguration  and distribution of campaign materials  in Abuja, the director general of the group, Prince Oyelude Oladele, said the TSA is grassroots mobilisation campaign for Tinubu-Shetima ahead of 2023 general election. He described Tinubu as a merchant of hope and his running mate, Kashim Shetima, as a merchant’s dream capable of redefining the meaning and concept of modern leadership in Nigeria, adding that they will project their joint ticket as a transformation agenda. “We have identified Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his running mate, Sen Shetima, as j...

The federal government has said an agreement has been reached between the Kogi State government and Dangote Group to reopen the Obajana Cement Plant. Minister of police affairs, Mohammed Dingyadi, disclosed this to State House correspondents after the National Security Council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja yesterday. According to him, an agreement has been reached to ensure the re-opening of the plant to give room for peace in the state. “Government is committed to the provision of employment to its citizens rather than closing factories that will make people unemployed and we do hope that the parties involved will respect this agreement and come to terms with the memorandum of understanding signed by the parties involved,” he said. The minister said the agreement was reached under the supervision of  the chief of staff to the president, Pro. Ibrahim Gambari. On his part, minister of interior, Rauf Aregbesola, said counc...

Following incessant cases of kidnapping, residents of three communities in Alagbado area of Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State, have fled their homes. The communities which have been under intense attacks by kidnappers in recent times are Aseyori, Alubarika and Aleniboro phase II and phase III; all situated behind the popular Sobi Specialist Hospital, Alagbado, Okelele, Ilorin. LEADERSHIP Weekend recalls that within one week two residents of the areas; one Alfa Aribidesi and a woman (both traders) were traced to their houses and killed by suspected kidnappers during struggles to  abduct their children. The kidnappers succeeded in kidnapping two daughters of Aribidesi and later demanded N10m as ransom. The victims, it was gathered later escaped from the bush when their captors slept off. And just this Wednesday, the kidnappers struck again and abducted three children in the area. LEADERSHIP gathered that pockets of kidnapping cases had occurred in the area, but the relations o...

The village head of Zungeru, Alhaji Tanko Madaki, has called for the reconstruction of the Zungeru -Wushishi road. He said in an interview that the road serves as an alternative from the South West through Niger South,  but considering the deplorable state it could become a death trap for travelers. He noted that Zungeru -Wushishi and the bridges along the road were constructed during the colonial era and now require the attention of government considering its importance as an alternative route. The village head also stressed the need for the state government to rehabilitate the Zungeru-Minna road to ease the transportation of goods and services between Minna and Zungeru. The Bida-Wushishi-Zungeru – Minna road became an alternative for travelers from Bida to Minna last week when the bridge at Sabon-Daga linking the two cities collapsed. Meanwhile, Alhaji Tanko Madaki has enjoined the people of the area to always live in peace and harmony with one another irrespective of tribal...

The management of Doren Specialist Hospital located at Sangotedo area of Ajah in Lagos, has distanced its staff from unethical filming of a patient, Ibrahim Fakoya, popularly known as Rico Swavey, who was admitted at the facility after a car accident on Tuesday.   Swavey was a housemate in the 2018 edition of Nigeria’s most popular reality TV show, BBNaija.   The hospital, which received the accident victim into their facility, in a statement on Friday, denied involvement in making the video of the unconscious Rico Swavey, which went viral on social media and attracted condemnations. LEADERSHIP reports that Swavey eventually died on Thursday at a different medical facility.   In the statement available to LEADERSHIP, Doren Specialist Hospital disclosed that neither their nurses nor staff members on duty were involved in making the video of Swavey, who was seen on a stretcher battling for his life on oxygen.   The hospital, however, fingered the friend of de...

The Bauchi State Senior Civil Servants Association has said that the Governor Bala Mohammed administration was not owing workers’ salaries. The chairman of the Association, Abdullahi Hassan, made the clarification during a press briefing in Bauchi. Hassan debunked rumours about unpaid salaries, noting that civil servants in the state were grateful for prompt payment. “Workers in Bauchi are not owed salaries for even a single month; all salaries are paid promptly and diligently. “But it is usual for disgruntled elements to pretend not to see anything good in government efforts no matter how well intended. These are people with negative mindsets and are found everywhere,” he said. Hassan confirmed that the government had directed workers experiencing delays due to problems with their PSN number, bank account information, instances of death, among others, to report such. The chairman also pointed out that the only legitimate and competent body to raise alarm on welfare and concerns ...

For Jessica Danlami, going into thrift fashion was not her original plan. She had her mind set on the catering industry, but after she stumbled on a thrift fashion page on Instagram, she was impressed by how the page owner sold her thrift fashion items, and decided to start buying from her. For Jessica, thrift fashion is yielding a reasonable result. In this chat with LEADERSHIP Friday, the CEO of JayClassyThrift talked about her business and life generally. “I started my thrift business in 2020, during my youth service, due to the lockdown I was unable to go to my PPA(Place of Primary Assignment), for 6months,so I thought to myself why stay idle, when I can actually get myself busy I never thought I will go into thrift fashion. All I wanted was to go into catering, then I stumbled on a thrift page on Instagram, loved how she was handling her page and I decided to buy from her, and she put me through some important things I needed to know about the business. I Am so glad I made that...

  In its bid to ensure the usage of local content especially in technology for the success of the 2023 National Population Census, the leadership of the National Population Commission (NPC), on Thursday, visited the Nigeria factory of an indigenous technology firm, RLG Adulawo, in Ilesa, Osun State. The inspection was part of efforts of the commission to ensure that next year’s census is conducted, in compliance with the Presidential directive on local content as well as global best practices, especially in the area of technology. The team toured the various sections of the RLG Adulawo Technology City, Ilesa factory, including the Assembly lines, testing centres and workshops sections, where ICT gadgets are produced. The city also boast of a Training Institute which uniquely produces the needed skills required to service the ICT devices sector. The Team witnessed live assembly of Set Top Boxes (decoders) for one of the major cable TV providers for the country as well as the fac...

  Aftee 15 years of litigation, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has lost a case against a former Jigawa State governor, Ibrahim Saminu Turaki, over alleged N8.3billion fraud. This followed a judgment delivered by Federal Higher Court sitting in Dutse, the Jigawa State capital, which discharged and acquitted Turaki of all 33 count charges filed against him by EFCC. Delivering the judgment on Thursday, the trial judge, Justice Hassan Dikko cleared the accused and three other companies of all the 33 count charges bordering on alleged N8.3 billion fraud. The court also directed the EFCC to release the traveling documents of the Turaki, which was seized during the trial. It will be recalled that EFCC arrested and arraigned Saminu Turaki before Federal High Court Abuja in 2007 over alleged corruption and embezzlemennt of public funds to the tune of N8.3 billion belonging to the Jigawa State government. The case was later in 2011 transferred to the Federal High C...

  The Special Adviser to Gombe Governor on Strategy and Information Management, Shuaibu Gara-Gombe, has frowned at the exclusion of his principal from the list of 437 persons awarded National Honours by President Muhammadu Buhari a couple of days ago. Reacting to the exclusion of Governor Inuwa Yahaya in a statement on Thursday, the media aide said that it was unfair to exclude Governor Yahaya from the list, which he said comprised some governors who, according to him, have not achieved half of what his principal achieved in their various States. “In terms of primary healthcare, Governor Inuwa Yahaya is the only governor in Nigeria who has renovated all of Gombe State’s primary healthcare centers in every ward. I saw people who are selling whiskey and engrossed in nightclubbing on the list. Why exclude one of the best governors in Nigeria? “I feel it is unfair to exclude Governor Inuwa Yahaya from the list. I have seen the list, which has governors and many others who have not ...

The Pro-poor Growth and Promotion of Employment in Nigeria Programme- SEDIN, implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) has trained and empowered over 30,000 secondary school students across Nigeria with basic entrepreneurship skills. The extra-curricular Students Entrepreneurship Activity – Hub (SEA-Hub) established in 342 secondary schools nationwide is running in the FCT and 10 states (Niger, Ogun, Plateau, Edo, Lagos, Yobe, Kaduna, Delta, Imo, Osun) and 64 LGAs across six geopolitical zones of the country. Head of Cluster, Sustainable Economic Development, GIZ Nigeria, Markus Wauschkuhn disclosed that SEDIN introduced the SEA-Hub in its effort to curb youth unemployment in Nigeria. The SEA-Hub is targeted at inculcating basic entrepreneurship training for secondary schools in order to prepare them for the now and for life after school. According to HIM, over 300 SEA-Hub graduates are running their personal businesses which translates to 1-2 jobs...

Australian Open Ready To Welcome Djokovic, Russian, Belarusian Players Russian and Belarusian players will be able to compete at the Australian Open as neutrals while Novak Djokovic would also be welcome to play if he can obtain a visa. Tournament director Craig Tiley disclosed this on Wednesday. Tennis authorities banned Russian and Belarusian players from international team competitions after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine earlier this year but allowed them to compete at regular tour events. The French Open and U.S. Open Grand Slams allowed them to compete as neutrals, though Wimbledon imposed an outright ban. “At this point, Russian and Belarusian players will be eligible to play in the Australian Open,” Tiley told reporters. “The only difference will be that they cannot represent Russia —- cannot represent the flag of Russia. “They cannot participate in any activity such as the anthem of Russia and they have to play as independent players under a neutral name. Belarus has bee...

The Chibok Community on the platform of Kibaku Area Development Association (KADA), has decried what it called neglect of the over 100 schoolgirls abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State on April 14, 2014. The community said that the recent release of the remaining 23 Abuja-Kaduna Train attack victims last Wednesday showed clearly that the government has abandoned Chibok Community including their children that were abducted from school. The group’s lamentation followed a statement from the Secretary, Chief of Defense Staff Action Committee (CDSAC), Prof. Usman Yusuf, announcing that all the 23 remaining passengers abducted from a Kaduna-bound train on March 28, 2022, had been released by their abductors. The statement which was Tweeted by President Muhammadu Buhari’s media aide, Bashir Ahmad, made all the sons and daughters of Chibok community around the world to raise concern that they have been abandoned. Speaking to journalists, the national presiden...