By Mike Ozekhome,[SAN] Introduction It was on Saturday, 22nd April, 2023, that it happened. At 12:30pm, I was airborne on Ibom Air, flight VM1601, from Lagos to Abuja. My seat was 16E. We were simply about 10 minutes, or thereabout, to landing in Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport, Abuja. Then the unexpected happened. The Pilot announced to bewildered passengers something we did not want to hear about. The flight will not land yet. Oh my God! Why? Hearts in our now dry mouths, we waited with bated breath; in suspended animation. The calm voice of the Pilot announcer said something which I…
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Dr. Garzali Mohammed Economist and Customer Service Expert, Dr. Garzali Mohammed tells Humsimedia that he specialized in Customer Satisfaction because of his belief that the customer’s satisfaction is key to business success; reason he’s nurturing his four young children to become good Service Delivery Ambassadors. Excerpts: What is your background and education? I was born and brought up in kano. I studied economics first degree at Bayero University, Kano. I acquired a Masters in Development Studies, in Bayero University, Kano. I got another Masters from ESUT Business School, Enugu. I got my PhD from Malaysia and Sudan, a collaborated programme. I started my career with Guaranty Trust Bank, (GTB), that was in 2006. I spent five…
By Miriam Humbe, Abuja The National Association of Nigerian Students Sudan have said that all remaining Nigerian students in Khartoum, Sudan, had been evacuated. The development came following from the raging war situation in the North African country. NANSS said this in a statement signed on Saturday. The statement was signed by the NANSS Public Relations Officer 1, Amal Mohammed Pantami. NANSS said: “This is to inform the general public that all the remaining Nigerian students have been evacuated from Khartoum today Sunday 30th April, 2023. “There were a total of 26 buses, and each bus contained about…
By Miriam Humbe, Abuja As other nations continue to evacuate their citizens in the face of the crisis in Sudan, a Twitter user has told stranded Nigerians in that country to be grateful for President Muhammadu Buhari’s benevolence in making arrangements for their safe return. The Twitter user who goes by the name, Zarah Musa a Fluid Mechanics – Hydroinformatics, Data scientist said that it was a privilege rather than a right for the Nigerian government to embark on the evacuation of the citizens in that country. While the federal government intensified efforts to airlift the nation’s students and other citizens…
Salim Director General/Chief Executive Officer of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria, [SON], Mallam Farouk Salim tells Humsimedia that everyone must quit buying substandard products which are responsible for closure of indigenous factories, job losses and also fuelling insecurity in the country. Excerpts: You came into the SON with an impressive CV and vast experience from the private sector. How has these helped you on your present job? The experience of working overseas in a different culture and different environment helps a lot because you see things differently unlike some people who have not been exposed to other places before. So in…
By Miriam Humbe, Abuja The Federal Government has assured Chinese investors of a continuous robust bilateral trade between the two countries. Minister of State for Industry,Trade and Investment, Amb. Mariam Yalwaji Katagum said this when a team of Chinese Investors from Hunan Province, China led by the Chinese Deputy Mayor, Mr. Kang Zhenlin paid a courtesy visit to the Minister in Abuja. Deputy Director Press in the Ministry, Oluwakemi Ogunmakinwa in a statement signed on Sunday said that Katagum appreciated the choice of Nigeria by the Province of Hunan in terms of investment and trade. The Minister said that Nigeria…
Senator Moro By Miriam Humbe, Abuja The Chairman, Senate Committee on Federal Character and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Patrick Abba Moro on Tuesday, criticised the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees, (NULGE) for maintaining muted silence amid the local government Constitutional autonomy debate. He said that, “even NULGE rejected the local government autonomy Constitutional reforms” Senator Moro said this on Tuesday in Abuja while speaking as special guest at a 3-day national stakeholders conference on Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs. For a better understanding, intergovernmental relations are an interacting network of institutions at national, State and local levels, created and refined to enable the…
By Miriam Humbe, Abuja Nearly a year ago, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) signed a Memorandum of Understanding, (MoU). Satisfied with the success attained in the execution of the MoU, the International Rescue Committee again proposed an offer to expand and extend the scope and duration of the existing MoU between both organisations. This was disclosed during a courtesy visit by the IRC team to the NiMet headquarters, Abuja, yesterday. The International Rescue Committee Team, which was led by the IRC Governance Coordinator, Dorcas Kingsley David explained that IRC and NiMet had previously signed…
By Miriam Humbe, Abuja Following warnings of impeding flooding in parts of the country, the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists, (NAWOJ), FCT Chapter have called on the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the media and other stakeholders to create more awareness on flood prevention to avert devastating consequences of not heeding the early warnings. These were part of a seven-point communique issued at the end of the Congress of the NAWOJ, FCT Chapter, on Saturday, April 15, 2023, as jointly signed by the Chairperson, Comrade Annah Daniel and Secretary, Comrade Nkiru Okeke. Also at its Congress, NAWOJ commended Nigerian women for coming…
By Miriam Humbe, Abuja The Federal Competition & Consumer Protection Commission, (FCCPC) and its collaborators on the Joint Regulatory & Enforcement Taskforce, (JRTF), welcomed Google’s policy of barring digital lending applications from accessing sensitive user data, saying that their efforts had finally been rewarded. The Commission’s collaborators in the JRTF included the Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), National Information Technology Development Agency, (NITDA) the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Nigeria Data Protection Bureau, (NDPB). It was gathered that the digital applications had been equipped to access personal information such as contacts, photos, videos,…