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NYSC 48th Anniversary: Coordinator Advocates Unity, One Nigeria

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3 years ago

June 5, 2021

Alhaji Hamisu Abubakar, Bauchi State Coordinator, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), on Saturday advocated for one indivisible Nigeria where unity and peaceful coexistence would be maintained.

Abubakar made the call at the state’s orientation camp in Wailo village, during the celebration of the organisation’s 48th anniversary coupled with the 2021 Batch A Stream II orientation cultural carnival for the corps members on the camp.

Speaking before the commencement of the orientation cultural carnival, the NYSC coordinator, said that this year’s carnival was a unique one as it coincided with the organisation’s 48th years of existence.

According to him, NYSC was very keen about the unity of the country, hence the display of placards by the corps members in different platoons, advocating for unity and peace among all and sundry in Nigeria during the occasion.

He said that the cultural carnival would add more colour to the celebration, adding that the anniversary was to strengthen the scheme and to remind Nigerians that they were an indivisible nation.

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“We believe that the cultural display of different cultural heritage by corps members today would go a long way in reminding Nigerians that we are an indivisible country.

“From the placards displayed, when we say NYSC is for the unity of Nigeria, we are not only making a display but equally, being under the umbrella of NYSC, all corps members during the service year and beyond are expected to shun any act that will divide us.

“It is also for all corps members to know that NYSC is for the unity of this great country. Whatever we are doing, we should put this great nation first,” he said.

Corps members during the 48th anniversary and carnival

Also speaking, Mr Sebastian Josiah, Head of Man ‘O’ War at the orientation camp, said that NYSC was the largest organisation that brings people of diverse religion, culture, ethnicity under one roof.

He said such organisations or schemes should not be scrapped, rather be sustained.

“Some of these corpers have never been to Bauchi before, they have not been up North and they schooled in their various states.

“If you move people like that up North and they now see that what they hear on news is totally different from what is on ground here.

“They discovered that apart from the issue of insecurity we are hearing, they found the people very accommodating.

“We have people from different ethnic groups, different religions and they have been staying in the same hostel and we have not had cases of people fighting over religion or ethnicity differences.

“NYSC is the only large gathering where you have people of such a background staying for three weeks and you don’t have issues of people dragging over religion and tribe. I think it should be sustained,” he said.

Some of the activities at the cultural carnival to mark the corps’ 48th anniversary include cultural dance, poem recitation.

Others include procession of corps members displaying placards in support of unity and one Nigeria as well as singing amongst others.

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Man, 38 Escapes Assassination Attempt In Benin

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9 months ago

July 22, 2023

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Innocent Omoruyi

By Omokha Andrew

A 38-year-old activist, Innocent Omoruyi, narrowly escaped assassination in the early hours of Wednesday, July 19, 2023 as his residence at Obe Community,Sapele Road in Benin city was attacked by yet to be identified gun men.

The attack which eye witnesses say was viciously executed on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 bore the markings of a dreaded cult group terrorizing Benin City, the state capital.

The Obe, Sapale Road incident, it was learnt, happened soon after Omoruyi left the house to attend to matters of interest some few metres away from his home.

The assailants were said to have shot sporadically in their frustration as residents scampered for safety.

However, Omoruyi escaped unharmed.

One of the eye witnesses who craved anonymity said: “The felons apparently went for the kill, weilding guns and other dangerous weapons. “We are shocked that they didn’t see Innocent Omoruyi who was just some few metres away from home when they arrived”.

“How that happened, only God knows and it was obvious that it wasn’t his time to die yet and just before that not long ago his business place on Lagos Street, Benin City was burnt down in the middle of the night by unknown arsonists.

“This sequence of events is not ordinary. We know it’s politically motivated due to the role he played in the last general elections. He has been advised to go into hiding at the moment for his personal safety”, he concluded.

When contacted, the police Public Relations Officer Chidi Nwabuzor said he was yet to get any information as regards the latest incident. He promised to feed our correspondent with relevant details as soon as they become handy.

Our information source however revealed that the matter has already been incidented at the Love World Police station on Sapele Road, Benin city.

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Nigeria To Earn Over $4bn Revenue As FEC Okays Concession Of Abuja, Kano Airports

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11 months ago

May 18, 2023

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Nigeria will earn over $4 billion in nominal revenue as the Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Wednesday okayed the concession of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, and Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano, to the Corporacion American Airport Consortium, a Luxembourg-based company.

James Odaudu, the Special Assistant on Public Affairs to the Minister of Aviation, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.

According to him, the Council also approved that the Federal Ministry of Aviation would be renamed the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace.

The statement noted that the company would make combined upfront payments of $8.5 million for the concession of NAIA and MAKIA.

He added that the development would spur evidential growth within the Nigerian aviation industry.

“In alignment with the Aviation Roadmap, approved by Mr President on 18th October 2016, the Ministry of Aviation and Aerospace is delighted to inform all stakeholders, both local and international, and the media, that the concession of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, and Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano has been approved by the Federal Executive Council,” the statement said.

In December 2022 and January 2023, Corporacion American Airport Consortium was announced as the preferred bidder for the airport’s concession after scaling through a series of evaluations of technical and financial bids.

Nominal revenues mean income not adjusted for inflation and decreasing purchasing power.

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Russia Expelled From Council Of Europe Amid War With Ukraine

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2 years ago

March 16, 2022

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The Council of Europe says it has expelled Russia with immediate effect after 26 years of membership because of the Ukraine war.

The Committee of Ministers took the decision in a special session, the rights body announced in the French city of Strasbourg on Wednesday.

Earlier, Russia had already declared its withdrawal from the Council of Europe after it had taken steps to exclude it.

On Tuesday evening, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe voted unanimously in favour of Russia’s exclusion.

Russia joined the Council of Europe on Feb. 28, 1996.

Together with the formal notification of the withdrawal, the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe also received information from the Russian Federation on Tuesday about its intention to denounce the European Convention on Human Rights.

In a statement on Tuesday evening, the leaders of the Council of Europe once again condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

They expressed their solidarity with the Russian people, who continue to belong to the European family and share its values.

The body said it would continue to stand by Ukraine in the fight against the aggressor.

The Council of Europe monitors the observance of human rights in its 46 member states and is not part of the European Union.

The body reacted to the Russian invasion of Ukraine two weeks ago by suspending Russia’s membership, this decision was considered historic.