Profile of a Local Content Pioneer and Legend: Austin Uzoka

Ganiyu Amodu

A man who thinks and dreams projects and is passionate about “promotion and opportunity enhancement of local and diverse suppliers across various geographies and value chains” is definitely on a mission of immense profundity. His heart, intellect and energies are where hitherto disadvantaged nations have discovered enormous potential for economic transformation. Such a one assumes a larger-than-life stature ashis endeavours and accompanying breakthroughs alter the negative narratives of states “across various geographies.” That in a nutshell is the story of Nigeria’s Engr Austin Emmanuel Uzoka, a 1992 Mechanical Engineering graduate…

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‘How Lagos-Based Yahoo Boy Defrauded Trump of N460 Million’

ADEOLA YUSUF

FBI gives dirty details of a sophisticated cyber scam by Ehiremen Aigbokhan that siphoned off millions meant for the inauguration of United States President   The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has disclosed that a Nigerian internet fraudster, Ehiremen Aigbokhan, orchestrated a sophisticated cyber scam that siphoned off more than N460 million meant for the inauguration of United States President Donald Trump on January 20, 2025. The FBI revealed this via a civil forfeiture complaint filed before a U.S. District Court. The bureau disclosed how Aigbokhan, operating from Lagos State…

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Texas Flood: 24 Confirmed Dead, Over 23 Schoolgirls Missing

Ganiyu Amodu

Rescuers were desperately searching for at least 23 girls missing from a riverside summer camp, officials said Friday, after torrential rains caused a “catastrophic” flash flood that killed at least 24 people as it swept through south-central Texas. “At this point we’re at about 24 fatalities,” Kerr County Sheriff Larry Leitha told an evening press conference as rescue teams scrambled to locate stranded residents in the region northwest of San Antonio. Some of the dead were children, Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick said at a previous news conference. The county…

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‘He Left UK, Told Wife He Was In Northern Ireland,’ Husband Dies Visiting Girlfriend In Lagos

Ganiyu Amodu

‘He said he was in Northern Ireland for a two-week training,’ wife narrates how mourning father of her three children turned a double tragedy   Husband passed away in Lagos while visiting his girlfriend after telling his wife that he was in Northern Ireland. A British wife shares her Nigerian husband’s tragic demise after secretly visiting his girlfriend in Lagos, while he told her his intention to attend a two-week lecture in Northern Ireland. The information was disclosed through a series of posts on the social media platform X, formerly…

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US-Based Emmanuel University Promotes Nigeria’s Stella Ahunanya Professor

Ganiyu Amodu

“Teacher of teachers,’ what to know about the Professor of educational management and teaching + what Team Lead of Platforms Africa, Adeola Yusuf, Ph.D., and others, said about her   The United States-based Emmanuel University has promoted Nigeria’s top researcher and renowned facilitator of soft-skill education, Stella Ahunanya, Ph.D., to the rank of Professor. The Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Monday Akpan, who declared Ahunanya a Professor of educational management and teaching at the professorial tenure ceremony of the university, reiterated that the new Professor has been duly certified…

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GUILD OF EDITORS’ MEET: Questions DG, DSS Missed, By Steve Osuji

ADEOLA YUSUF

Here’s the article that landed Osuji, a former editor at The Guardian, Thisday and NewAge, a suspension from the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE)   A SMALL MATTER OF ATTITUDE: It’s something to do with attitude. Indeed, their attitude is very poor. They are still consumed by a sense of overawing military mentality: we the super-humans and they, the bloody civilians. In 2023, at the Guild of Editors gathering in Owerri, Imo State, the special guest was Mr Nuhu Ribadu, the sitting National Security Adviser (NSA). Violent insecurity roiled Nigeria…

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“Off The Record,” Guild Of Editors Suspends Member For Breach Of Ethics

Ganiyu Amodu

“How he violated journalism Code of Ethics on confidentiality,” NGE president, Mr. Eze Anaba and General Secretary, Mr. Onuoha Ukeh, detail Mr. Steve Osuji’s ‘sin’ + what the keynote address by DG of the State Security Service, Mr. Adeola Ajayi, got to do with it   The Nigerian Guild of Editors has suspended one of its members, Mr. Steve Osuji, for violating the “off the record” provision in the Code of Ethics for journalists in Nigeria. In a press statement jointly signed by the President, Mr. Eze Anaba and General…

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Court Fines Natasha N5m, Orders Senate To Reinstate Suspended Senator

Ganiyu Amodu

Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the Senate to recall the suspended Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan. Delivering judgement, Justice Nyako described as excessive the six-month suspension that was imposed on the lawmaker by the Senate. The judge faulted the provision in Chapter 8 of the Senate Standing Rules, as well as Section 14 of the Legislative Houses, Powers, and Privileges Act, declaring both to be overreaching. The court also held that Senate President Godswill Akpabio was not wrong to have denied Senator Natasha,…

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Exporting Doctors While Undermining Welfare Is Inexcusable,’ NMA Faults Nigeria-Saint Lucia Deal

Abibat Babalola

“Exporting doctors while undermining their welfare at home is inexcusable,” the NMA said in a statement dated Thursday, July 3, 2025, and signed by its Secretary General, Dr Benjamin Sichey Egbo. The association expressed “deep concern and dismay” over the government’s move, arguing that it contradicted the reality faced by many Nigerian doctors, who are “struggling with poor remuneration, unpaid allowances, hazardous working conditions, and widespread burnout.” “This move is a deeply troubling contradiction and an attempt to bolster Nigeria’s international image while failing to meet basic obligations owed to…

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I Won’t Disclose Details Of Peace Deal With Fubara – Wike

Abibat Babalola

Wike stated this on Thursday during a media chat at his residence in Abuja. He said that rather than disclose details of the peace deal, he would instead allow people to speculate. “I will allow you to speculate, it’s not my business. All I know is that peace has come,” Wike said. “If you are not satisfied with that, there is nothing we can do. What is important is that peace has returned, whatever thing anybody says is not my business.” He stated that some individuals had turned the crisis…

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