Mr. Yushau A. Shuaib, the founder of PRNigeria and a respected public relations expert, has issued a formal pre-action notice to the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), demanding his immediate reinstatement into the Senior Executive Course (SEC 47) and compensation of ₦1 billion for alleged reputational damage, emotional trauma, and financial losses resulting from what he describes as a wrongful withdrawal from the elite training programme. The letter, dated June 16, 2025, and signed by Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) Yunus Abdulsalam, was addressed to Professor Ayo Omotayo, the Director General of NIPSS. It outlines a string…
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Minister of Information and National Orientation, Alhaji Mohammed Idris; former minister of information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; Dr. Ike Neliaku, President of the Nigeria Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) and others have commended the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) on the launch of its maiden book, “Nigeria Media Renaissance: GOCOP Perspectives on Online Publishing.” The book was unveiled in Abuja on Tuesday as a key highlight of a fundraiser for GOCOP Media Centre, witnessed by an array of distinguished guests. Those who graced the event cut across diverse socio-economic and political vocations such as governance and politics, government institutions and agencies, energy (oil…
The President of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP), Ms. Maureen Chigbo, has stated that the organization’s primary objective is to sanitize the online media space and establish standards for the industry. Speaking at the launch of GOCOP’s maiden publication, “Nigeria Media Renaissance: GOCOP Perspectives on Online Publishing,” and a fundraising event for the GOCOP Media Center in Abuja, Chigbo emphasized the need for collaboration with stakeholders to achieve this goal. As a group of professional journalists with over two decades of experience in mainstream media, GOCOP is committed to promoting ethical online publishing practices. Chigbo noted that the…
Around this period in 1993, precisely on June 12, 1993, the day of that historic election, this writer operated in two different but mutually reinforcing capacities. While I was the Political Correspondent of the old Daily Times, covering the then-unfolding electoral process in Abuja, I was also an officer in the Nigerian Election Monitoring Group monitoring the poll in the federal capital. It was an important day in the nation’s life, as it was in my journalism career. The late Professor Omo Omoruyi, an intellectual giant and the brains behind General Ibrahim Babangida and his transition programme, who designed most…
One of Nigeria’s top real estate developers, T-Pumpy Concept Limited has again, rewarded its customers with numerous gifts running into millions of naira. The star winner went home with the 2021 Hyundai model car while other gifts won by customers include: a tricycle, television sets and refrigerators and many other consolation prizes. A transparent raffle draw was conducted which produced no fewer than 30 customers that won various prizes, including televisions, deep freezers, air conditioners, and standing fans. Ere-Wilson Ann, was the star winner of the day and went home with a brand-new 2021 Hyundai model car. T.-Pumpy CEO said she…
By Funke Egbemode She married down, below her needs, wants and vision for the future. She was already a nurse in the state hospital when she met Dare. All Dare had was a fine face, great physique and creative hands. She was ambitious. He was not. She believed in setting goals and burning her candles at both ends to meet them. He believed in que sera sera, whatever will be will be. She saw a good life beyond where she was and was determined to get it. Dare believed in going with the flow. Nobody believed in them, Tutu and…
By Kehinde Olaosebikan My father, the late Alhaji Yisau Bello Olaosebikan was shocked when I informed him of my travelling to Lagos from my home town Ibadan, the second day after I returned from Minna, Niger State where I just completed service in the National Youth Service Corps NYSC. After being away for almost a year for the compulsory service, he couldn’t understand why I wanted to rush to Lagos without spending quality time with him and my siblings. My mum, Muslimat Ajike had passed on four years earlier. He pleaded with me to spend some days with them but…
The management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) has declared a whopping N5.89 trillion in revenue in April 2025. It also declared a profit after tax (PAT) of N748 billion for April 2025, adding that it made statutory transfers of N4.225 trillion in the first three months of the year—January to March 2025. This according to a document titled ‘NNPC Limited Monthly Report Summary – April 2025’, posted on its website. The NNPC’s crude oil and condensate production averaged 1.61 million barrels per day in April, while production figures for January, February, and March were 1.67mbpd, 1.62mbpd, and 1.56mbpd,…
A London-bound Air India plane carrying 242 people has crashed shortly after take-off in Ahmedabad, western India Flight AI171 was travelling from Ahmedabad to London Gatwick, BBC reports. There were 169 Indian nationals on the flight, as well as 53 Britons, one Canadian national and seven Portuguese nationals, Air India says. Tracking website Flightradar24 says it received the last signal from the aircraft at 625 feet (190m) “just seconds after take off” Videos from the scene show black smoke rising over a residential area BBC reporter in Ahmedabad says the scene is shocking, with rescue workers still trying to put…
***Stresses importance of sacrifice By Harry Awurumibe, Editor, Abuja Bureau The Labour Party flag bearer in the 2023 presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi has commended the tenacity and commitment of the Obidient Movement to the course of rescuing Nigeria from misgovernance and putting the country in the path of prosperity. The former Anambra state governor who spoke at the Relaunch of Obidient Movement and presentation of a book titled *Obi: The Political Change Agent,* in Abuja on Tuesday. He lamented over the rot in the country, especially in the area of economy, healthcare, energy, security and general well-being of Nigerians, arguing that…