“Taking initiative is a form of self-empowerment.” – Stephen Covey Having looked at the meaning of taking initiative and some intricacies around it in Part 1, Part 2 and 3 are focused on how taking initiative builds you and adds to your social value in the family, relationships, workplace,...
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The Lagos State APC Caretaker Committee has reaffirmed the likelihood of employing consensus arrangement to produce the state executives during the forthcoming Oct. 2 state congress. Recalled that the ruling party used consensus option to produce its executives during the July 31 and Sept. 4 Ward and Local Government...
The Federal Government, Lagos State Government and Order of the Knight of Saint Mulumba, Lagos Metropolitan Council, on Thursday explored ways to decongest the nation’s Correctional Centres, for improved service delivery. The deliberation held at an event to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the Order of the Knight of...
Fani-Kayode, a former chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and strong critic of the President, explained his decision to return to the ruling party. Former Minister of Aviation, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, on Thursday said he was wrong about some of his criticisms of the Muhammadu Buhari administration in...
The All Progressive Congress (APC) says it will provide amenities lacking in Enugu State, if elected into power in 2023. The party claimed that the current Peoples Democratic Party administration in the state could not consolidate successes recorded by the administration of Sullivan Chime. The state APC Caretaker Chairman,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Nasarawa – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has said it is determined to ensure that no Nigerian child is left out of school. This, it said, was due to the importance of the education sector to human and societal development. Mr Francis Mador- Elisha, the...
The Police Command in Kaduna State, said it had arrested 25 suspects for various crimes from August to September, an official said on Thursday. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Muhammad Jalige disclosed this at a news briefing held at the Command Headquarters in Kaduna. Jalige said the suspects...
Mr Temitayo Orebajo, Director, Tax Policy and Advisory Department, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has said all Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) are expected to register for tax purposes and obtain Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN). Orebajo said this in Abuja on Thursday at a webinar on CSOs tax responsibilities and...
Southern Governors met in Enugu on Thursday, declaring that it is within their purview to collect the Value Added Tax, VAT. This is coming amid row between the Rivers State Government and the Federal Government, a case that is now subject of litigation. The governors also reaffirmed their stand...
The Presidency has decried a recent “alliance” between the Yoruba Nation agitators and the Indigenous People of Biafra, warning that such a treaty cannot be taken seriously because of the violent antecedents of the IPOB. In a statement signed by the Special Assistant to the President, Garba Shehu, the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Acting Comptroller General of Immigration (CGI), Idris Isah Jere has promised to consolidate on the gains recorded by the Service in the past few years. CGI Jere disclosed this when he was formally presented to the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola by...
No fewer than nine civilians were killed on Wednesday following an airstrike on Buwari community in Yunusari Local Government Area of Yobe State, authorities have said. The airstrike which locals and the government believe was an accidental fire by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), also left 23 people injured....
A former Minister of Aviation, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, has officially defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). The former PDP chieftain was introduced to President Muhammadu Buhari as the newest member of the ruling party on Thursday during a visit to the Presidential...
The Chairman of Lagos State All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Committee, Alhaji Babatunde Balogun, says the party is ready to conduct a hitch-free state congress, billed for Oct .2. Balogun told newsmen on Thursday in Lagos, that appropriate arrangements had been made by the National Headquarters of the party...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – UNICEF Nigeria has joined the global call for ‘digital freeze’ to encourage children’s access to education where the first day of school ‘indefinitely postponed’ for at least 1 million Nigerian students. A statement issued by Mr. Samuel Kaalu, the Communication Specialist, UNICEF Nigeria on...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Ikpeme Ikpeme, a Professor of Orthopaedics and Chief Medical Director of the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) on Thursday said the hospital has carried out the first heart surgery in the entire South South Nigeria. The Chief Medical Director in a statement made available...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – First Lady, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Mrs. Aisha Muhammadu Buhari has urged Nigerian girls to embrace football as a career path. She made the call while receiving the President of FIFA, Mr. Gianni Infantino at the State House on Thursday 16th September 2021....
Nigeria is still with the 1,492 points it had in the last ranking, in spite of beating Liberia 2-0 and Cape Verde 2-1 in the qualifying matches. The points also kept them as the fifth-placed team in Africa behind Senegal, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco respectively. On the global scene,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) says its Chairman, Mr Abdulrasheed Bawa, is hale and hearty. It said that the chairman had received medical treatment after feeling unwell during a function at the Presidential Villa on Thursday. Spokesperson for the Commission, Mr Wilson...