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The Periscope Reporter “Sir, some media are peddling libel against you,” some electorates would tell the SSG “Ignore them. Do not be obstructed. Do not distract them. Libel is their only means of survival,” SSG would respond. There is the wall of difference between being lousy and being silent – but speak only when necessary – as SSG. The former talk the work while the latter work the talk and leave further explanation to those employed for the purpose; a worthy team player. Engr Bashiru Ahmad is indeed a remarkable Secretary to the State Government (SSG) in Adamawa state, who…

The Periscope Reporter The 2023 electioneering atmosphere begins in Adamawa state with defection, some of which are defective by the defeated, lacking principles. Some of which by the aggrieved who lament being sidelined after the election and/or the victory they have laboured to make. While some of which are based on the reconciliation to return to the Mr Hardcastle’s old house and make a home, moralising Oliver Goldsmith’s play, “She Stoops to Conquer”. PDP it was that started receiving decampees in the state, whom she said their parent political parties could not get to sustain. However, the decampees to PDP…

The Periscope Reporter After about a week of silence, Mrs Moyo Thomas has revealed that her late estranged husband, Tunde was the father of her two children and not her boss, Nuru Adam, the Managing Director of First City Monument Bank. FCMB MD has on the heat of the scandal, gone on leave after Nigerians called for his sack with a petition forwarded to the bank who has since named Yemis Edun act in his place. Speaking to ThisDay in an interview on Friday, Moyo, said that on no occasion did she tell her deceased husband, Tunde that he was…

The Periscope Reporter The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has released the details of how the first batch of COVID-19 vaccine doses would be distributed across the states. This was disclosed during a webinar organised by NHPCDA tagged “Sensitisation Meeting with Media Gatekeepers on COVID-19 Vaccine Introduction”. Faisal Shuaib, executive director of the NPHCDA, had said the country would receive 100,000 doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine at the end of January. Bassey Okposen, programme manager, national emergency routine immunisation coordination centre, NPHCDA, during his presentation at the webinar on Friday, said the vaccines would be administered around the…

By Simon Kolawole Sadiq Daba, the actor, ran into some serious health issues recently. He cried out for financial help to undergo foreign treatment. Pronto, Nigerians reacted overwhelmingly. But wait. I did not hear anybody talk about Daba’s religion or ethnic group. The people who tweeted and retweeted his appeal for help, and those who contributed money, were certainly not from his village. I was so so so so so happy. It confirmed, yet again, my pet theory about Nigeria — that we do not hate each other. We are just victims of the unending political manipulation of ethnic and…

The Periscope Reporter  The All Progressive Congress (APC) in Adamawa state Friday, accused the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) led government in the state for ‘’masterminding‘’ the raiding in its Yola secretariat by the officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). 11 suspected drug peddlers were alleged to have been arrested at the APC secretariat along Galadima Aminu Way in Yola, the state capital. APC’s state acting organising secretary, Ahmad lawal alleged that the raiding and arrest have political undertone, as ‘’all political parties have their youths, why only our party, APC will be targeted?’ “This is coming to…

The Periscope Reporter The Honourable Commissioner of Health Taraba State, Dr. Innocent Vakkai has donated a nine taps motorized borehole to his own Kona Garu Community. Commissioning the project, Dr. Vakkai said it is part of community service as a social responsibility to ease water problem and improve good hygiene to the people of Kona Garu community, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic period where villagers need to adhere with the protocol of washing their hands regularly. The Kur-Kona His Royal Highness Augustine Njenmang expressed profound gratitude to Commissioner Vakkai with his amiable wife for such a great expectation. Kur-Kona described…

The Periscope Reporter The Vice Chancellor Modibbo Adama University, MAU Yola Prof. Abdullahi Liman Tukur has on behalf of the Governing Council, Management, Staff and Students of the Institution expressed profound gratitude to His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari for assenting to the Modibbo Adama University Yola establishment bill on the 6th of January 2021. The appreciation Friday, which extended to the entire stakeholders in the project was contained in a press release signed by the university’s Information & Protocol Officer, Mr. Aminu Julde Gurumpawo. Below is the full text of the press release: Press Release on the Conversion of MAUTECH…

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has directed all universities to re-open on the 18th of January 2021 consistent with the directive of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) team on COVID-19. The memo number NUC/ES/138/VOL.63/153 dated 06 January 2021 and signed by Chris J. Maiyaki, Deputy Executive Secretary (Administration) for Executive Secretary of NUC Prof Abubakar Rasheed Mni is addressed to All Vice-Chancellors Nigerian Universities. The document titled “RE: SECOND WAVE OF COVID-19: STAY-AT-HOME DIRECTIVE TO GL 12 OFFICERS AND BELOW” reads; “I write at the behest of the Executive Secretary to refer to our letter Ref. NUC/ES/138/Vol.63/151 and date 23…

It is important to be chic. I love the 2000s because everyone started to love haute couture. I always say: To be well dressed you must be well naked. I am never satisfied with myself and that is what keeps me going – I have no post-satisfaction. The difference between style and fashion is quality. Art is Concern for Learning and Living Possibly we do not have one theme for each season, but just try to make beautiful clothes all year round. We have got to change our ethics and our financial system and our whole way of understanding the world. It…