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  • President Tinubu Needs To Urgently Tell Nigerians His True Name, Academic Records And Save Nigeria From Global Embarrassment – Peter Obi

     

    The Labour Party’s Presidential candidate in the 2023 elections, Peter Obi, has urged President Bola Tinubu to tell Nigerians his true name and clear the air over the controversy around his academic certificates.

    The former governor of Anambra State said this on Tuesday in a press conference in Abuja and asked Tinubu to provide clear details about the schools he attended, whether he participated in the National Youth Service Corps, and if he changed his name at any point.

    “Mr Tinubu should tell the nation his true name, the school he attended, where he served, and the certificate he obtained. He must do this task once and now,” Obi said.

    “The controversy is unnecessary just as the implicit global embarrassment could have been avoided. In my opinion, Chief Bola Tinubu should have saved the nation and himself this protracted embarrassment and undue anxiety.

    “Even this late in the day, however, Chief Bola Tinubu still owes the nation and the world a simple debt of obligation which only he can discharge. I call on him to immediately and personally mount the rostrum of his present high office to perform a simple task once and for all time.

    “He should re-introduce himself to the nation he governs and to the world for the avoidance of further doubt,” Obi said.

    The former Anambra State governor said President Tinubu should let the world know his name, his place of birth, his parentage, the primary and secondary schools he attended with dates as well as the actual universities he attended and certificates obtained and should indicate clearly where and when he did his National Youth Service.

    He said, “In addition, if at any time he has had a change of name, he should clearly state so and the circumstances. That, in itself, is no crime. This simple task should take no more than a few minutes. It requires no affidavits, prolonged court processes, spokespersons, agents or surrogates.

    “This task is one which only Chief Bola Tinubu himself through a direct personal statement can perform. He must perform this task urgently in order to lay to rest, once and for the last time, the many lingering doubts and valid speculations about his true identity.”

    Obi who is currently challenging President Tinubu’s victory at the Supreme Court, said a leader cannot outsource a clear unambiguous personal statement about his identity to political surrogates, official spokespersons, lawyers or any other persons no matter how highly placed.

    He insisted that a matter of the personal identity of a leader is too sensitive and central to the functions of the office he currently occupies to be trifled with, outsourced or disguised under the cloak of officialdom, as it is also about integrity, morality, values and the rule of law that defines the character of the Nation and its people.

    “In his present capacity as a leader of a nation of over 200m Nigerians, his true identity is a matter of grave national and international interest. The people deserve to know with certainty the true identity of their leader and this overrides whatever rights he may have to personal privacy. In addition, the international community deserves to know the true identity of the person with whom they will engage on Nigeria.

    “Having stood for an election to the elevated public office of President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chief Bola Tinubu has implicitly undertaken to cede the rights of a private citizen in favour of a life of open disclosure of his true identity, and other circumstances that may be of public interest.

    “His personal integrity demands no less. The legitimacy of the office he currently occupies demands that much and even more. Respect for the integrity and esteem of the Nigerian nation within the community of nations makes it even more incumbent and compulsory. It is time to do the right thing,” Obi said.

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  • PDP alleges INEC allocated votes to Gov Sule in Nasarawa election

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Nasarawa on Wednesday accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of allocating votes to Governor Abdullahi Sule in the March 18 governorship election in the state.

    The state’s governorship election petition tribunal headed by Justice Ezekiel Ajayi on October 2 nullified Sule’s victory in the election and declared David Ombugadu of the PDP as the duly elected governor of the state.

    In its announcement on March 20, INEC said Sule scored 347,209 votes while his PDP rival got 283,016 votes in the exercise.

    In a statement issued by its Publicity Secretary in the state, Alhaji Ibrahim Hamza, the party challenged INEC to tell the people of Nasarawa how it arrived at the number of votes allocated to the governor.

    The party recalled that the majority judgment of the tribunal invalidated the commission’s declaration of Sule as the winner of the election.

    He stressed the need for INEC to clarify the alleged discrepancy in the vote count during the election.

    The statement read: “In his minority judgment, Hon. Justice Ibrahim Mashi ruled that Sule scored only 295,402 votes as against the inflated votes of 347,209 freely given to him by INEC.

    “The same minority judgment said Ombugadu scored 291, 603 as against the suppressed votes of 283,016 allocated to him by INEC.

    “The question begging for answer is where did INEC get the 51,807 votes margin it generously allocated to Sule and returned him as the elected governor of Nasarawa State based on the ruling of the same minority judgment?.”

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  • ‘We Can’t Win War On Corruption Alone – EFCC Tells Nigerians

    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has said it cannot win the war against corruption alone, but through the collective efforts of every Nigerian.

    The Commission stated this on Tuesday, when it received Post-Graduate Auditing and Forensic Management Students of Nile University at the Commission’s Headquarters in Jabi, Abuja.

    Represented by the Acting Director, Public Affairs Department, Wilson Uwujaren, the Acting EFCC Chairman, Abdukarim Chukkol, said, “Fighting corruption is not for EFCC alone, because no matter what we do on our own, we can’t win this war without the buying in of the people, and young people like you.

    “You have a role to play in this exercise. One of our former Chairmen said that one of the most important stakeholders that we have in fighting corruption are the citizens, and you are all citizens, as you have a great role to play in this fight.”

    The Acting EFCC boss further highlights that corruption is one of the problems that is affecting the progress of Nigeria.

    “…there is nowhere you look at in our society today that you can’t find evidence of corruption. Our nation is highly blessed in terms of resources, materials resources, but despite the potentials that we have as a nation, we have not been able to make progress because of corruption,” he said.

    Meanwhile, the Head of Media & Publicity Unit of the EFCC, ACE1 Dele Oyewale, stressed the need for new Ideas in driving the anti-corruption fight.

    He specifically called for new insights through digital applications, creative resistance to corruption and musical engagements of youths and other Nigerians to shun all shades of corruption.

    Oyewale said, “We need fresh thinking to tackle corrupt practices. As youths, digital interventions, creative resistance to graft and musical re-orientation are important.

    “The task of fighting economic and financial crimes is a task for everyone, because we are all suffering the effects of corruption across the country, we should also be involved in fighting it”.

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  • Recruitment Associate at Food Concepts Plc October, 2023

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    Job Purpose

    • To ensure the Company has talent pipeline by sourcing and acquiring qualified candidates for both present and future people need for the Business Divisions

    Core Responsibilities and Key Result Areas

    Recruitment and Resource Planning

    • Provide people for all vacancies that exist in the division
    • Ensure only credible employees are recruited any given time
    • Co-ordinate the requirement and availability of talent for the business division
    • Provide people for all vacancies that exist in the division and ensure only credible employees are recruited any given time
    • Ensure staff onboarding and make available for all staff all work tools or conditions that contributes to or enhances the delivery of excellent performances from employees
    • Ensure HR Reporting Matrix, monitor the labour value of the division and ensure employees’ contribution to the company reflects a positive impact.

    Recruitment Documentation and Activities

    • Ensure all recruitment activities are in compliance with the Company policies and procedures
    • Manage the recruitment process by ensuring all vacant roles are budgeted for/employee request form for unbudgeted role, placing job vacancies, co-ordinating interviews including personality assessment program for stores, candidate care program, medical checks i.e. food handler test etc
    • Ensure only credible employees are recruited any given time
    • Responsible for all recruitment documentation and checks such as Personal Bio data form, Guarantor checks, Reference checks, onboarding documentation i.e. Acknowledgement of Staff handbook, Code of business conduct and others, HR Spicy box containing relevant information for store opening, verifying all information supplied by candidates are correct and issuance of offer letter
    • Make available for all staff all work tools or conditions that contributes to or enhances the delivery of excellent performances from employees
    • Recruitment reporting such as Recruitment tracker, work force planning indicating targeted number of recruitment versus actual, time to fill vacancies tracker, family tree update etc

    Recruitment and Selection Process

    • Ensure candidate talent pipelines through sourcing channels including targeted recruitment campaigns, internet searches, networking groups, social media, database search, referrals and advertising.
    • Maintain an applicant tracking process that ensures that quality candidate are shortlisted on time and within budget
    • Conduct thorough pre-screening of candidates as required and provide detailed documentation and recommendations to line managers
    • Manage new employees’ orientation programs ensuring that the programs stimulate positive attitude towards the Company goals.
    • Maintain a reporting system that shows vacancies filled in relations to headcount budgeted by each business division
    • Ensure talent pipeline both internal and external for each business division in terms of CV pool and ready to hire candidates
    • Ensure compliance to the labor laws of the government in relations to recruitment process and practice
    • Ensure employees and expatriates are aware of the laws of the government and that they comply adequately thereafter avoiding company representation of defaults.
    • Ensure adequate compliance to all company policies, internal control processes and approved processes
    • Perform any other related task as may be assigned from time to time

    Key Performance Indicators

    • Time to fill vacancy
    • Number of Qualified Candidates per post
    • % of position filled over required talent
    • Acceptance Rate against target
    • Sourcing Channel Efficiency
    • % of new hires that exited the business before confirmation
    • Manage the cost of hiring within the stipulated/agreed budget
    • Compliance with regulatory stipulations

    Knowledge Requirements

    • Applicant Tracking System
    • Must be able to work autonomous handling a number of complex tasks and recruitment projects at the same time
    • Communication
    • Negotiation & Influencing
    • Talent Sourcing
    • Interviewing & Assessment
    • Recruitment Analytics
    • Planning, Scheduling, Controlling & Coordinating
    • Problem-Solving Skills
    • Relationship Management

    Job Specifications

    • Minimum of university degree or equivalent in Industrial Relations and Labour or its equivalent
    • Membership of the CIPM, or any other related professional qualification is required.
    • Minimum of 3-5 years working experience in retail business or related industry

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  • Sokoto House of Reps member, Abdulkadir Danbuga dies

    Sokoto House of Reps member, Abdulkadir Danbuga dies

    The Sokoto state House of Representatives member who was representing Isa-Sabon Birni federal constituency in the lower chamber, Abdulkadir Jelani Danbuga, has died.

     

    He was a first-time member of the House elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

     

     DailyTrust reports that the lawmaker died around 12:30 am on Wednesday, October 11, after a brief illness. He reportedly took ill on Tuesday and was admitted in an undisclosed hospital for treatment

     

    The corpse of the lawmaker has been taken to Sokoto for burial according to Islamic rites.

     

     

    Spokesman of the House, Hon. Akin Rotimi, who confirmed the incident, said the death was announced on the lawmakers’ platform this morning. He said a statement on the incident was forthcoming.

     

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  • NBC sends social media regulation bill to NASS

    The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has sent a social media regulation bill to the National Assembly seeking to repeal and reenact the NBC act, CAP L11 laws of the federation of Nigeria 2004.

    Director-General of the NBC, Balarabe Ilelah, who played host to Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday, said the bill will correct the ills associated with social media which he described as a “monster” in the society.

    The agency DG said the current law guiding social media in the country does not give the NBC the right to regulate social media.

    “We want to tell you that a bill for an act to repeal and amend the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) act, CAP L11 laws of the federation of Nigeria 2004, to accommodate the transition from analogue to digital broadcasting service, also to promote quality audio and video, efficient management of the spectrum, Nigeria Broadcast Institute, social media regulation and related matters has been read for the first time on the floor of the National Assembly,” Ilelah said.

    “All these that are mentioned are not captured in the present act of the commission. We have already submitted a bill to amend the act.

    “One of our major problems now is social media. Unless there is a law that allows NBC to act on social media issues, the issue will continue to be a monster in our daily lives in this country.”

    Read also: NBC gives Arise TV ‘final warning’ over alleged derogatory remarks

    Commenting on what many Nigerians term as the strong arm of the agency on media outfits in the country, the DG said that the commission had the right to punish any broadcaster in line with the act establishing NBC.

    “We have powers, we derive our powers from the act, and we have the powers to sanction stations. We don’t want to sanction, we prefer to bring them together for negotiation, for understanding,” he said.

    “We only apply sanctions when there is no way out of it. We don’t want the stations or the stakeholders to see NBC as an enemy. If you mention NBC anywhere, the first impression is sanctions.

    “In 2023, a total of 1,238 warnings were given, while during the same year, six different stations were penalised.”

    While reacting to the development, Idris said the NBC should work with the media so they do not see the commission as “punitive”.

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  • Soludo Swears In New Finance Commissioner, Seeks Revenue Improvement

    The Governor of Anambra, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo has sworn-in Mr. Izuchukwu Okafor as the Commissioner for Finance.

    Governor Soludo performed the function at the State Executive Chamber, Government House, Awka.

    The Governor asked him to prioritize the objectives of fiscal discipline, revenue expansion, investment attraction, accountability and transparency, and reminded him that his actions in the role will not only affect the present, but the also the future.

    He tasked him on being committed to delivering on the objectives and leaving a positive legacy for the state.

    Governor Soludo had last week sent the name of Okafor to the Anambra State House of Assembly for confirmation as Commissioner-designate for Finance.

    Okafor is a seasoned financial expert with many years of experience in the banking and finance industry.

    He has worked with some of the most prestigious financial institutions in the country and has also held key positions in the state government including as former Senior Special Assistant to Governor Soludo on Finance and Audit since July, 2022.

    Okafor was also a Deputy Manager of Financial Operations and Audit, at Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) from July 2020 to June 2022.

    Recall that the former Commissioner for Finance, Mr Ifeatu Onejeme, had on September resigned from his position.

    Onejeme was appointed Commissioner for Finance by the state Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, at the beginning of the administration in 2022.

    He had also previously served as a commissioner during the administration of the immediate past governor Willie Obiano.

    It was gathered that personal and family circumstances warranted his resignation.

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  • Accountant at Swift Networks

    Our company, Swift Networks is an Indigenous Internet Service Provider Company with outlets spread all over Lagos State. Our core services are the provision of high speed internet services, telephony and IP – VPN services to both residential and enterprise subscribers.Key Roles

    To ensure that the company’s financial transactions are up to date and properly documented
    To ensure the accuracy and integrity of the General ledger
    To ensure that procedures according to laid down corporate financial policies are followed

    Key Accountabilities

    To ensure that all financial transactions are input into the accounting system
    Responsible for integrity of General ledger
    Implementing procedures according to Corporate policies and procedures
    Producing multi-dimensional reports for Management decision
    Ensuring that all costs are properly tracked and that OPEX and CAPEX are within budget
    Preparing and implementing budgets for the entire Company
    Costing of the Company’s products, materials, and services
    Demonstrating cost-cutting initiatives aiming at providing best solution at lower cost
    Developing and implementing effective controls framework and management systems to guide and support business operations
    To strictly adhere to all financial policies and procedures
    To reconcile Company’s Bank Accounts
    To maintain Fixed Assets registers
    To deal with all Tax matters
    To assist with the preparation of the budget
    To maintain and reconcile the general ledger
    To issue cheques for suppliers due
    To maintain financial files and documents
    To maintain and reconcile the accounts payable
    To book all invoices received
    To generate relevant financial reports that will aid management in taking key decisions
    To reconcile all vendors’ accounts
    To process vendors’ invoices
    To reconcile Receivable Accounts
    To attend to Customers' account query and send manual invoices where necessary
    To raise monthly journal-HQ and outlets
    Carry out other duties as may be assigned by supervisors from time to time.

    Requirements/Qualification

    Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of Second Class Honours (Upper Division) in Accounting, Finance or any related field from a reputable Nigerian or international institution.
    Possession of a Master's degree and relevant professional certification will be an added advantage.
    Must have at least Four Years experience in similar role.

    Knowledge, Skills and Competencies:

    Excellent Team-playing skills
    Excellent Oral and written communication skills
    Excellent presentation skills
    Good knowledge of spreadsheets
    Proficient and versatile in the use of technology and accounting software packages
    Ability to thrive in a dynamic and pressurized work environment
    Ability to work with little supervision
    Ability to innovate, prioritize and implement effectively
    Hard work, High level of honesty and integrity
    Ability to maintain confidentiality of information.

    Remuneration/Work Environment

    Uniquely, the work environment offers a first-class condition with a very attractive remuneration package.

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  • Actress Julia Fox claims her split from Kanye West led to her missing out on a lucrative $1million deal with a denim brand

    Actress Julia Fox claims her split from Kanye West led to her missing out on a lucrative $1million deal with�a�denim�brand

    Julia Fox has claimed her break-up with Kanye West led to her missing a lucrative fashion deal.

     

    In another revelation from her memoir Down the Drain, the Uncut Gems actress writes how the rapper helped her secure a million-dollar deal with an Italian denim label.

     

    Kanye suggested the collaboration in the early days of their romance in January 2022, according to Julia.  

    She writes that Kanye, who she refers to as ‘The Artist’ throughout the book promised to secure her a ‘million-dollar deal’.

    ‘The next day, he puts me in touch with an Italian denim company and they start negotiating on my behalf,’ she continues. ‘I can’t believe this is my life, but I can definitely get used to it.’

    The pair went on to famously wear matching denim ensembles for Paris Couture Week in January.

     

    But with her subsequent split from Kanye, the deal fell apart. Julia explained how she moments after she asked her publicist to tell the media about their split, she learned the deal was off.

    ‘It’s contingent on you being his girlfriend,’ Julia says she was told. 

     

    The book contains many revelations about her brief courtship with Kanye in early 2022, including the claim that he offered to pay for a boob job during a game of Uno.

     

    She wrote that the pair had been hanging out in a hotel room when the 46-year-old music artist made the shocking proposal.

    And in a recent interview with  The Los Angeles Times, Julia spoke about it further.

     

    Although she said she ‘really understood him on a visceral level’ and believed their pairing ‘could be something real,’ Julia said Kanye did not treat her the way she expected. ‘I just felt like his little puppet,’ she explained.

     

    ‘I know for a fact I’ve been up for certain things and couldn’t do it because of dating Kanye. It’s kind of wild,’ she told the publication.
     

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  • Rivers Utd to play Confed Cup home games in Uyo

    The Godswill Akpabio International Stadium in Uyo will serve as the home venue for Rivers United in their CAF Confederation Cup fixtures.

    The list of authorized locations for the group stage of the competition was made public by the Confederation of African Football.

    For the second straight year, Stanley Eguma’s team have been barred from playing at their home field, Adokiye Amiesimaka Stadium in Port Harcourt.

    Last season, the Port Harcourt club also hosted its group stage games at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium.

    Read Also: Rivers Utd advance to CAF Confed Cup group stage

    Ripples Nigeria earlier reported that Rivers United were drawn in Group C alongside Ghana’s Dream FC, Club Africain of Tunisia, and APC Lobito of Angola.

    Recall that last season, Rivers United, the then champions of the Nigeria Premier Football League, were eliminated from the CAF club competition in the quarterfinal round.

    They existed after falling to a 2-0 aggregrate defeat to Young Africans of Tanzania.

    The Pride of Rivers will again be looking to make history as the first Nigerian clubside to win the CAF Confederation Cup.

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