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Corps Members Urged To Sustain Courage Of Serving In Borno

Corps Members Urged To Sustain Courage Of Serving In Borno
By: Melvin Ibe
The corps members serving their mandatory one-year national youth service in Borno have been urged to sustain their courage in carrying out their service in the state.
It could be recalled that for over 13 years following the decade-long Boko Haram insurgency in Borno, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Orientation Camp was shut down, but with the emerging peace in the state, the Orientation Camp was recently reopened.

Speaking during their visit to the NYSC temporary orientation camp in Maiduguri, the Coordinator of Internal Diaspora Borno State Chapter, Chief Emmanuel Ugochukwu Egwudike (Go-Easy) , who led the leadership of the various non-indigenous tribes in the state to the camp, said their visit is part of their continuous effort and support to the state government, most importantly towards restoration of peace, hope, dignity, stability, and to boost the confidence of the newly arrived corps members.
Chief Egwudike assured the corps members that his members will do everything to give them maximum support and ensure that the service to their fatherland in the state ends remarkably well.

The Coordinator informed the corps members that the state government, under the leadership of Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, holds non-indigenes in the state in high esteem; hence, every December 25th, the Governor provides free transport to everyone who wishes to travel home to celebrate Christmas and the new year with loved ones.
We are here to welcome you as our brothers and sisters. Most of us have spent over 30 years in the state, and the majority of our successes and breakthroughs in life came from here. Our assurance to you is that you will never regret your decision to serve here.
The Governor has already given you a warm reception with gifts, and he has demonstrated that he is a detribalized Nigerian by assuring you of engagement in the services of the state. We are assuring you that many good things will come your way in the course of your stay in the state,” Egwudike said.
Further encouraging the corps members, the General Secretary of Internal Diasporans, Mr. Olusegun Asiwaju Alabi, who is from Oyo State, urged the corps members to see their postings to the state as a divine call destined by God.
He assured that the leadership of the association will, from time to time, visit the corps members to ensure their wellbeing and good condition of service.
The President of the Imo State Welfare Association, Chief Francis Meke, assured the corps members that none of them would regret their service in the state, noting that Borno, which is known as the home of peace, has raised many prominent Nigerians from other parts of the country.
In a similar vein, Chief Abraham Kanti, the President General of the TIV community in Borno State and an entrepreneur, urged the corps members to key into entrepreneurship, where opportunity abounds in the state, while Chief John Azimeye, the President General of the Niger-Delta community in the state, urged the corps members to take fear out of their minds and embrace the service.
Responding, Obani Prince Azubuike, the Ezendigbo of the Orientation Camp and a graduate of transport management technology at the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO), said before coming to the state, he heard different negative stories, but on arrival at the camp, the reverse was the case.
He commended the state governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, for his benevolence to the corps members and the warm reception he gave them, and he promised to finish his service in the state.
Corps Members Urged To Sustain Courage Of Serving In Borno
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VP Shettima’s Agricultural Assessment Visit To Ethiopia

VP Shettima’s Agricultural Assessment Visit To Ethiopia
By: Our Reporter
An agricultural economist by training whose love for agricultural transformation and development has never been hidden, as demonstrated recently when he visited the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Ibadan for an on-the-spot assessment of the Institute’s crops and resource potentials, Vice President Kashim Shettima today embarked on an assessment of the popular Adama Industrial Zone near Addis Ababa in Ethiopia.
Farms visited by the Vice President for the on-the-spot assessment included the Adama Dairy Farms, Luke Avocado Nursery site, Shera Dibandiba Mojo Family Integrated Farm, Biyyo Poultry Farm, and the Bishoftu Pea Farm.
While speaking on areas of agricultural collaboration between both countries, the Vice President ordered specialised coffee beans seeds for massive production in Nigeria while also directing the immediate training of selected Nigerian agricultural extension farmers on the production of specialized avocado seedlings for the Nigerian market.
VP Shettima also sought an exchange of mechanisation technologies between both countries, stressing that the potential of both Nigeria’s and Ethiopia’s agricultural sectors was capable of capturing world markets, especially when fully harnessed and exploited.
VP Shettima’s Agricultural Assessment Visit To Ethiopia
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Leboku-in-Abuja 2025 Festival Celebrates New Yam Festival to Bolster Nigeria’s Rich Cultural Heritage

Leboku-in-Abuja 2025 Festival Celebrates New Yam Festival to Bolster Nigeria’s Rich Cultural Heritage
By: Michael Mike
One of the nation’s most celebrated events, the New Yam ear Festival would berth in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as the Kedei Seh Umor-Otutu, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy stage the Lenoku-in-Abuja 2025.
It promises to bolster Nigeria’s cultural heritage and showcase the rich cultural heritage of the Yakurr people in Cross River, the South-South and South-East in the nation and the world at large.

Addressing a pre-festival press conference in Abuja, President of Kedei Seh Umor-Otutu, a community-based association, Queency Patrick said the forthcoming festival with the theme: “A celebration of heritage, unity and harvest,” is one of the kind.
She explained that Lenoku-in-Abuja 2025 is an internationally acclaimed New Yam festival that is celebrated on August 30 in Abuja, under auspices of Kedei Seh Umor-Otutu, an association of Ugep people living in the FCT.

Patrick said: “Leboku-in-Abuja-2025 aligns with national goals of cultural preservation, inter-ethnic harmony and in promoting Nigeria as a cultural destination.
“The Federal Capital Territory provides the ideal backdrop to unite heritage and modernity, welcoming all who believe in peace, identity and pride of origin.

“For us, it is not just a cultural event, it is a call to national unity, peace and cultural tourism development.
“It is also an opportunity for us to showcase the rich cultural heritage of the Yakurr people in Cross River, the South-South and South-East in the nation and the world at large.”
She further explained that: “The event fosters appreciation of Nigeria’s diverse ethnic-root and culture. Leboku-in-Abuja is more than a festival, it is a stage for celebrating our cultural identity, building bridges through tradition and encouraging investment in the creative economy and tourism sector.”

According to her, Mr Obi Asika, DirectorGeneral/CEO of the National Council for Arts and Culture, had in a letter which formally endorsed the association’s collaboration with government described Leboku-in-Abuja, as annual New Yam Festival celebrated in Abuja by Yakurr people of Cross River.
Patrick further quoted him by saying the Leboku festival, deeply rooted in the traditions of the Yakurr people of Cross River, has long been a symbol of unity, celebration, and agricultural prosperity.
Asika, in the letter noted that: “Bringing this renowned festival to Abuja will provide a unique opportunity for cultural exchange, tourism development, and deeper appreciation of our diverse traditions.
“It aligns with the Federal Government’s Renewed Hope Agenda and NCAC’s mandate to promote arts and culture, as essential drivers or Nigeria’s creative economy,” Asika added.

Patrick revealed the event would provide platform for public lecture, economic empowerment, traditional food festival, cultural and arts exhibition, sports, agriculture, trade and tourism development.
The event scheduled to hold at the Bolton White event centre, Wuse Zone 7, Abuja is centered on promoting unity and peace with the toga: “One Yam, One People.”
Leboku-in-Abuja 2025 Festival Celebrates New Year Festival to Bolster Nigeria’s Rich Cultural Heritage
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Crisis brews in Gombe SDP as Yakubu emerges acting chairman

Crisis brews in Gombe SDP as Yakubu emerges acting chairman
The Gombe State chapter of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has appointed a new chairman, Aaron Yakubu to serve in acting capacity following the suspension of its state chairman, Comrade Adamu Abubakar Modibbo, over allegations of mismanagement, lack of transparency, and misuse of party resources.
His suspension was announced at a news conference held in Gombe on Saturday by the party’s Welfare Secretary, Usman Yahaya, on behalf of concerned members of the state executive.
Reading the statement, Yahaya said there were countless complaints against the now suspended chairman, whom he said had side-lined party stakeholders and running the party like his personal property.
“Since Comrade Modibbo assumed office, the party has experienced no meaningful progress. Instead, the leadership claims he has used his position to witch-hunt loyal stakeholders and frustrated committed party members for his personal gain.”
He accused Modibbo of systematically “caging” the party’s executive members and aspirants, depriving over 90% of both returning and newly acting executive members of access to official SDP membership cards.
He further alleged that the selection of party candidates has been done without due process or consultation, with names being announced solely via national platforms involving prominent figures like Malam Nasir El-Rufai, thereby side-lining the state executive.
Yahaya also accused the suspended chairman of allegedly using his personal residence as the de facto party office.
This, the executives say, violates proper procedures and comes despite funds being made available to renovate the official state party office and rent offices across the local government areas.
“As it stands, the SDP in Gombe State does not have a functional or recognised operational office,”
In the light of the above weighty and numerous allegations against Modibbo, the Welfare Secretary said that the Gombe State chapter of the party has taken decisive action by suspending Comrade Adamu Abubakar Modibbo as chairman with immediate effect.
“In this regard, we hereby announce that the current State Secretary of the party, Mr. Aaron Yakubu, will now serve as the Acting State Chairman of the SDP in Gombe.
“Similarly, Ambassador Lukman Adamu Elkanem, previously serving as the Acting Assistant Public Relations Officer, has now been appointed as the Acting State Secretary of the party.”
Yahaya, on behalf of the state chapter of the SDP, appealed for intervention from the national body of the party to look into the allegations against the former chairman and to restore discipline, accountability, and credible leadership to the Gombe chapter of the party.
Speaking shortly in an interview, Yakubu said he would work to build inclusiveness in the party and ensure all party members were carried along in line with the constitution of the party.
He stated that out of the 13 working committee members of the party, nine were present and in support of the suspension of Modibbo.
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