The maiden Journalists International Forum For Migration, JIFORM, Intercontinental Migration Summit rounded off on Friday with call for affirmative actions to tackle various migration menaces. The hybrid conference hosted by the Medgar Evers College, MEC, City University, New York City, CUNY, at Brooklyn was themed: Appraising Human Mobility: Prospects and Challenges of Labour Migration Post Pandemic Era was held between November 2-4. Dr. Ajibola Abayomi, President of the JIFORM who spoke via zoom said there was need for affirmative actions to address the mirage of challenges associated with human mobility and migration governance. He charged nations to show more commitments…
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The Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, says its Presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, was absent at the Arise TV debate, because he has decided not to make selective appearances in some networks. The Council made the clarification in a statement by its Director, Public Affairs and Spokesperson and Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo. Explaining why Asiwaju did not attend the Presidential Debate organised by Arise TV on Sunday, November 6, 2022, Keyamo said many radio and TV networks in Nigeria have indicated interests to host such debates and out of deference to other TV and radio…
By Dennis Isong No matter how great an apartment is, it can be a nightmare if you have to deal with a nasty neighbour. And really, you get to come across these kinds of people wherever you choose to live. The only thing is that they may be more in some low-cost areas. Some neighbours deliberately look for trouble which makes it quite difficult to live with. The most frustrating part of it is when you have to share a toilet and kitchen, you may not easily avoid friction daily. Bad neighbours come in all shapes and sizes and cause…
Two Pakistani businessmen, Asif Muhammed, 45 years and Hussain Naveed, 57 years have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos with eight kilograms of cocaine concealed in a public address system while attempting to board a Qatar Airways flight to Lahole, Pakistan via Doha. The suspects who hold Nigerian residence permits suspected to be fake are frequent travellers to Nigeria under the guise of doing textile business. They were arrested on Saturday, November 5 at the Lagos airport barely a week after they came to Nigeria, that…
A Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Waheed Ayilara has been appointed to take charge of the the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, in Lagos. The senior officer was approved to head the department following approval of the officer by Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Alkali Usman Baba on Friday. Ayilara succeeds Adegoke M. Fayoade who was transferred to the police Armament Section in Abuja following his elevation from Deputy Commissioner of Police to Commissioner of Police. The new Commander was at a time the Commander of MOPOL 2 with headquarters in Keffi, Lagos. He was also the Chief Superintendent of Police…
A Special Offences Court in Lagos has ordered the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Usman Alkali Baba to arrest, the trio of Tunde Yusuf, Adebayo Dayo and Michael Obisiji. Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe gave the order following their absence to take their plea in a charge filed against them by IGP through the Force Criminal Investigation Department, Alagbon, Lagos. The Police Prosecutor, Mr. Morufu Ajani Animashaun alledged that the defendants stole 245 cartons of cosmetics valued at N19,214,120.00 in a a suit marked LD/13338C/2020. According to him, the defendants and others now at large, sometime in March, 2020 at Apapa Tin-Can…
The need to restructure labour migration across the continents topped discussions at the opening session of the maiden Journalists International Forum For Migration, JIFORM, Intercontinental Migration Summit hosted by the Medgar Evers College, MEC, City University New York, CUNY, on Wednesday in Brooklyn. The 3-day hybrid summit was themed: Appraising Human Mobility And Security: Prospects And the New Challenges Of Labour Migration Post Pandemic Era had arrays of speakers across the continents in attendance. Welcoming the guests, Dr. Antionette Coleman, Senior Vice President and Provost of the MEC said the institution was proud to host the event. She pledged that…
The Securities and Exchange Commission SEC, has said that it is ready to collaborate with relevant stakeholders in its drive to ensure that illegal fund managers are not allowed to thrive in Nigeria. This assurance is coming from the Deputy Director and Head External Relations Department of the SEC, Mr. Mohammed Bagudu Waziri while speaking during a meeting with Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria, CRAN, in Lagos on Thursday. Waziri stated that the menace of Ponzi scheme has been prevalent in recent times especially with the use of social media and that the SEC is committed to ensuring that Nigerians…
For this 2022/2033 academic year, an international law expert of repute and the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Professor Damilola Sunday Olawuyi, SAN, will be visiting the prestigious University of Pennsylvania as a BOK Visiting International Professor, VIP. Of note, the BOK Visiting International Professors, VIPs, are distinguished senior academics, jurists, internationally recognised experts or professionals across a wide range of disciplines and specialties who are invited every year from across the world to Philadelphia, United States to mentor students and offer global perspectives on cutting-edge issues in international and comparative law. Professor Theodore W. Ruger,…
It appears the consistent agitations of militants in the Niger Delta region over gas flaring and environmental pollution and the problems of flood in other parts of Nigeria will disappear if Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu emerges as Nigeria’s President in 2023. This is coming as the Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, outlined some workable solutions to these problems in his recently unveiled ‘Action Plan’ for the environment. Highlighting the importance of Asiwaju’s plans for the environment in the 6th edition of the BAT Moment With Festus Keyamo, the Director, Public Affairs and Chief Spokesperson of the Tinubu-Shettima…