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The United Kingdom-based leadership development organisation TEXEM UK has urged business and political leaders in Nigeria to be strategic to transform their society effectively. In a statement on TEXEM’s website (www.texem.co.uk), Caroline Lucas, Director of Special Projects, says in today’s swiftly evolving glocal (global and local) economic, geopolitical and social landscape, leadership is at a crossroads. Lucas added that leadership thus demands adaptability, transformation, and resilience, particularly in the face of disruptive forces. Saying survival is no longer enough, she urged Nigerian leaders to seize the opportunity to thrive in a manner that is agile, influential, sustainable, and that explores…
•By Halimah Olamide Taraja Ramsess, a stuntman in Black Panther, The Avengers and many other films, was killed alongside two of his children in a car crash on Halloween night on an Atlanta highway. According to information gathered by NPO Reports, he was driving a car full of his children when he crashed into a broken-down tractor-trailer on a highway exit in DeKalb County, Georgia, on Halloween night, October 31, 2023. His family members have now confirmed that Taraja’s 13-year-old daughter Sundari, 10-year-old son Kisasi, and eight-week-old daughter Fugibo have all died since the crash. Taraja and his daughters died…
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, awarded N5 million damages against the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for alleging that the corps’ discharged certificate held by Gov. Peter Mbah of Enugu State was fake. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, held that the Director General of the NYSC and the corps, who were defendants in the suit, were guilty of misrepresentation of material facts. The judge held that the certificate presented to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by Mbah was authentic and validly issued by the NYSC. Justice Ekwo further held that evidence before the court showed that…
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has confirmed the escape of an abducted resident doctor, Dr Orockarrah Orock attached to the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu State. It was learnt that Orock attached to the Anasthesia Department of the UNTH was on Saturday night kidnapped within the hospital premises, while on call duty. The Chairman of NMA, Enugu State Chapter, Dr Celestine Ugwoke, gave the confirmation to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Monday. Ugwoke said that Orock miraculously made his escape after the kidnappers felt satisfied with the offer to pay the ransom demanded…
Communications networks in the Gaza Strip have been partially restored after an outage lasting more than 15 hours. According to the Palestinian company Paltel, which is based in the West Bank, landlines, mobile phones and the internet in various areas “gradually” began to function again on Monday morning. Israel had switched off the main network lines on Sunday evening, it said. There was no confirmation of this from the Israeli side. The organisation Netblocks, which monitors internet blackouts, confirmed on the platform X, formerly Twitter, that the internet connection had been restored. “Overall service remains significantly below pre-war levels,’’ it…
By Halimah Olamide Ex-militant Ijaw activist, Asari Dokubo, has accused President Bola Tinubu of making appointments on ethnic and other primordial basis. Dokubo, who spoke in a video seen by the NPO Reports said things may turn out to be awry for the President if he continues with his present pattern of appointments. He said the President has marginalised Ijaw people and the Igbos, adding that for those parts of the country not to have a substantive minister in the Tinubu administration is a major indication Tinubu is not pan-Nigeria in his appointments. NPO Reports reports that Dokubo had spearheaded…
Woman Who Plunged into Lagos Lagoon Rescued by Soldiers By Kamil Opeyemi Men of the Nigerian Army have rescued a woman after she attempted suicide, jumping into the lagoon in Lagos. The Army said the woman, whose name was given as Mrs. Fransesca Spark, was spotted jumping into the lagoon by eagle-eyed operatives who thereafter used their experience in marine operations to bring her out. Confirming the development on Monday, Acting Deputy Director of Information of the Army, Lt. Col. Olalekan Ayeni, said the woman was handed over to her family. “Nigerian Army (NA) soldiers operating under 81 Division NA…
…Offers Solutions One of Nigeria’s leading policy advocacy organisations, The Agora Policy on Monday called the attention of the government to what it called the debilitating effect of climate change saying urgent actions need to be take to avert greater disasters. In a release made available to the NPO Reports by the organisation, it said its alert was premised on critical study and examination by a team of experts. “Climate change poses severe and multiple threats to Nigeria’s current and future development and should be taken more seriously by the Nigerian government and other critical stakeholders,” the think-tank said In…
By Halimah Olamide The newly appointed Director General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, has said that his agency is ready to take on its assignment promising to unveil a new work plan in due course. The DG said members of staff of NOA know their onions adding that his two weeks of being in the saddle can confirm that. Issa-Onilu, who took to his X handle to assure on the readiness of himself and his team said contrary to what many people think, “the Management and staff I met at the NOA are top-class workers who…
Ghana’s governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has chosen Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia as its presidential candidate in next year’s election. He will be the first northerner and Muslim to contest the presidency under the NPP’s banner since multi-party democracy was restored in 1992. In his victory speech, Mr Bawumia promised to lead a “united and energised” NPP into the election. He won the primaries by a convincing margin, getting 61.47% of the vote. Mr Bawumia’s nearest rival Kennedy Ohene Agyapong, who got 37.4% of the vote, accepted defeat. President Nana Akufo-Addo, a member of the NPP, will step down after…