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MUSA Simon Reef - Editor-in-Chief/CEO
Simon Reef is an investigative cm political reporter who has put in over two decades of media practice. He has worked in various national newspapers as editor, deputy editor and chief correspondent, among others. Some of these national dailies include The Punch, BusinessDay, Leadership, Daily Trust, Blueprint and The Union newspapers where he served as Deputy Editor/Abuja Bureau Chief. After a stint with the FirstAfricaNews, an online platform where he was the Head of Online Operations, he resigned in October 2014 to become the Editor-in-Chief/CEO of Forefront magazine and member of Forefront Consult Ltd Board of Directors. He obtained an MA (English Language) from the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria in 2000. Simon Reef attended a course on media management and practice at the Lagos Business School. He is married and lives in Abuja. JOHNSON, Uzoma Austin - Executive Director, Operations
Austin is the Executive Director, Operations of Forefront Consult Limited. A former banker, columnist and journalist, Mr Johnson has occupied the position of Managing Consultant, Editor-in-Chief and publisher of books, among others, in reputable organizations. He has B.Sc, Business Admin, MBA, Ph.D. He is happily married with children. DUNIA Amos -Executive Editor
Amos is a practicing journalist with over two decades of experience and holds a B. Sc degree in Political Science from the University of Abuja and a National Diploma (ND) in Mass Communications from the University of Jos. Amos started his journalism career with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Abuja, for a period of 11 years during which he rose to the position of Senior Reporter. He later resigned and joined now defunct Abuja-based newspaper, The Nation, as Acting Political Editor. Thereafter, he moved over to New Nigerian Newspapers, Kaduna as State Chief Correspondent. He was also with the Sun newspapers as Chief Correspondent and later Assistant Editor. Amos was later invited by the Board of Abuja-based newspapers, Blueprint, to become its pioneering Associate Editor. He also served as Head of Political Desk and Coordinator of the interview pages and Feature Desk. COBHAM NSA - Editor: With over three decades in media practice, Cobham has covered various beats such as Sports, Education, Crime, Agriculture, Police, Commerce and Industry, Labour, Development, Defence, Economy. A team player with a background in Mass Communications, Public Administration, and Counseling Psychology, his journalism career started in 1985 at Nigerian Chronicle Newspapers. He had stints with Concord Newspapers (1986-1987); and SportsMail/Spectator Newspapers as Production Editor (1987-1989); and Business Editor, Abuja - New Nigerian Newspapers, Kaduna among others. NSA is an award winner of ‘Best Behaved Journalist on the Beat’- NUJ, Abuja Council – 1997; and “Meritorious Service Award, Certificate of Merit” - Federal Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development, Abuja – 2002. He served as the State Secretary (1992-1994) and Treasurer (1990-1992) of NUJ, Cross River Council; Vice Chairman/Acting Chairman, Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Cross River State Chapter (1988-1992), and National Ex-Officer, Zone D, NUJ (2000-2002). In mentoring people, he believes in hard work and a visionary approach to issues, as well as honesty and the fear of God. He is married with children.

12/05/2024

The Kogi State Government has said some of the students of Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara, Okene, who were kidnapped by gunmen on Thursday, May 9, 2024 have been rescued. The State government which stated this on Sunday in a statement by Kingsley Fanwo, Commissioner for Information and Communications, did not however give the figure of the number of the students so far rescued, but attributed the rescue operation to the dominant show of firepower by security operatives and local vigilante men over the kidnappers....

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12/05/2024

“While commending the Lagos state government for its efforts so far, she can hardly escape from blame for the unending contributory negligence of her planning and building officials who collude with citizens to breach laws and guidelines”. BY TONNIE IREDIA In several issues and events, Lagos, leads all other towns and cities in Nigeria. It is the country’s largest city as well as its commercial nerve centre....

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12/05/2024

President Bola Tinubu has asked the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), to suspend the implementation of the cybersecurity levy policy and directed a comprehensive review. It was gathered that the decision followed last Thursday’s resolution of the House of Representatives, which directed the CBN to withdraw its circular directing banks to commence charging a 0.5 per cent cybersecurity levy on all electronic transactions in the country....

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12/05/2024

The Presidency has declared that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will not allow any attempt to frustrate the Rivers State government. Speaking on TVC interview, Chief Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, said that there is the need for all stakeholders to understand that the President would not take sides in the crisis. Ngelale also said that President Tinubu has told the Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike and others that he will not take sides in the ongoing crisis rocking Rivers State....

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08/05/2024

...Promise transparency in degislative Duties The Rivers State House of Assembly on Wednesday, May 8, 2024 elected Hon. Victor Oko-Jumbo, who is the member representing Bonny State Constituency, as the new Speaker of the 10th Assembly. Oko-Jumbo was elected during plenary which commenced at 10:00am in line with the Standing Order of the House. In his acceptance speech, the new Speaker, Hon....

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16/04/2024

Insists Israel will respond to Iran's missile attack The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff, Lt Gen Herzi Halevi, gave the clearest confirmation so far since the attack that Israel would strike back but fell short of saying what form the response will take He also did not say whether it would be so forceful that it could tip a worsening spiral of violence into a full-scale regional war....

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16/04/2024

BY EDMOND ODOK - No fewer than 48 charity organizations and orphanages in Abuja, Nigeria's Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have benefited from Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF)'s National Food Intervention Programme. This initiative is in continuation of the Foundation's commitment to support the government and the Nigerian populace in alleviating current economic hardship in the country Spokesperson of the Dangote Group, Anthony Chiejina said the ADF facilitated the distribution of thousands of bags of rice to beneficiaries and vulnerable Nigerians in the Nation's capital, noted that the exercise follows the national flag-off events held in Kano and Lagos recently....

Praises As Dangote Donates Rice To 48 Charity Groups In Abuja

15/04/2024

The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday, April 15, 2024, said the inflation of goods and services increased from 31.70% in February 2024 to 33.20% in March 2024. The Bureau in its Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Inflation Report of March 2024, said it rose by 1.50% point compared to February 2024. NBS report stated; “In March 2024, the headline inflation rate increased to 33.20% relative to the February 2024 headline inflation rate which was 31.70%....

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15/04/2024

A retired Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), Joseph Mbu, has said that but, for the role he played in the 2014-2015 political crisis in Rivers State, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike would not have become Governor of the state. Mbu, however expressed utter dismay and disappointment over what he described as the lack of recognition by Wike after becoming the governor of Rivers State....

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15/04/2024

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Garus Gololo has said that he is concern over what the Party, particularly President Bola Ahmed Tinubu will tell Nigerians in 2027 having deviated from their programmes and pro-people’s policies. Gololo pointedly said that he is convinced that Nigerians will not give the APC any chance again, stressing that Tinubu has failed to live up to his ‘Renewed Hope’ promise to the people in addition to the fact the Administration is so insensitive to the plight of Nigerians....

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15/04/2024

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has said that it did not arrest and prosecute politicians and celebrities who abused the naira at social functions before February 7, 2024 when it launched the Special Task Force against Naira abuse. It said that those that ran contrary to the law on Naira abuse before the launch of the commission’s Special Task Force on the abuse of the Naira cannot be held liable before the launch of the Task Force....

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15/04/2024

Israel signals coalition partnership US not ready for counter-offensive against Tehran Israel says the country is seriously weighing its response to Iran’s unprecedented missile and drone assault on its territory, signalling on Sunday night that it would not immediately act alone. However, the Israeli authorities insist its forces remained on high alert and that the leadership had approved both “offensive and defensive action”....

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14/04/2024

…Assures Benue people of security of life and property Benue state Governor, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia has directed security agencies in the state to go after the kidnappers of the family of the Mr Terwase Orbunde, former Chief of Staff to former Governor Samuel Ortom. This was as he directed the security agencies to ensure that criminal elements disrupting the peace of the state are fished out and brought to justice....

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14/04/2024

The Nigerian Army said its troops, utilizing superior firepower, successfully subdued the adherents of the Yoruba Nation dressed in foreign military camouflage with berets and armed with dangerous weapons in buses and motorbikes. It said the attackers, who subsequently retreated in disarray, had launched an attack on the Oyo State Secretariat Agodi, Ibadan, Oyo State. A statement by Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, Director Army Public Relations, said that as a result of their engagement in shoot out with troops, nine members of the irredentist group were apprehended, while one Semi Automatic Pump Action rifle and ammunition were recovered....

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14/04/2024

Israel said it has weathered a huge barrage of over 200 missiles and drones launched by Iran last night which forced innocent civilians to flee to bomb shelters across the nation. Iran sent salvo of missiles in response to a drone strike at the beginning of April in Syria that killed 12 Iranians, including two top generals. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said via state media that the aerospace unit of the Revolutionary Guards attacked targets in ...

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13/04/2024

You must be a joker — Oke replies governor BY SEGUN ADEBAYO - Governor of Ondo State, Mr Lucky Ayedatiwa has taunted his co-aspirants that there is no vacancy in the Alagbaka Government House and those scheming to get him out of the way must seriously have a rethink. Pointedly daring those seeking his disqualification from participating in the forthcoming governorship election primaries, Governor Ayedatiwa said issues being raised about his high school certificate were borne out of ignorance by some political jobbers within the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State....

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13/04/2024

As Israeli settlers storm West Bank village Dozens of angry Israeli settlers on Friday stormed into a Palestinian village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, shooting and setting houses and cars on fire. Reports by Palestinian health officials indicated that one Palestinian man was killed and 25 others were wounded in the attack. The violence was the latest in an escalation in the West Bank that has accompanied the war in the Gaza Strip....

Palestinian Territories: One Dead, Dozens Injured

13/04/2024

A total of seven persons lost their lives in accidental drowning across Lagos State in the last one week, according to the State Police Command. The Command's Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Benjamin Hundeyin, broke the sad news in a statement on Friday, confirming that the unfortunate deaths occurred in different parts of the state. Hundeyin explained that these regrettable incidents were recorded at areas that include hotel swimming pools, a beach, and the Third Mainland Bridge....

Accidental Drowning: Police Count Seven Victims In Lagos

12/04/2024

Actors Guild suspends filmmaker, bans movie shoots in Riverine areas The Police Command in Anambra State have confirmed recovering three more bodies from the boat mishap involving a movie cast that Nollywood star Junior Pope Odonwodo got drowned on Wednesday, April 10, 2024 Spokesperson of the Anambra State Police Command, Tochukwu Ikenga said three more bodies of members of the movie cast have been recovered while some crew members are still yet to be found following the tragic boat accident…...

Junior Pope: Police Recover Three More Bodies

12/04/2024

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday sentenced controversial cross-dresser and social media celebrity, Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky to a six-month jail term without an option of fine for abusing the Naira. In delivering her judgment, Justice Abimbola Awogboro said it would deter others from abusing and mutilating the Naira in the country. Following his arrest and arraignment by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFFC), the Court had fixed the date for sentencing Bobrisky after he pleaded guilty to a four-count charge of tampering with the N490,000 by public spraying....

Court Jails Bobrisky 6 Months Without Option Of Fine

12/04/2024

BY IBRAHEEM MUSA Somehow, he took a French Leave, but the satirist, as Ndaeyo Uko then was, rocked and ruled the media space in the 90s. Indeed, he was as prolific as he was proficient, sustaining 10 columns on the Daily Times stable. Naturally, he ruffled a few feathers and Chief Alex Akinyele, then Minister of Information, reined him in at a point....

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12/04/2024

Former Governor of Rivers State, Dr. Peter Odili, has formally acknowledged Governor Simi Fubara as the present political leader of the state. Odili, who is seen as the father of modern Rivers State, affirmed the status of Fubara on Thursday at the commissioning of a Comprehensive Primary Health Centre in Ndoni, located in the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of the state....

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12/04/2024

“So, as the world marks 30 years of the Rwanda genocide, we have 1,410 Israelis slain, 33,098 Palestinians killed with over 70 per cent of them being women and children and 90 per cent of the victims being civilians”. BY OWEI LAKEMFA VICTIMS who narrate stories of genocide, do so because they survived. Millions perish, whose voices we may never hear again....

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12/04/2024

The Benue State Government has declared that Governor Hyacinth Alia's principled stand against corruption and other sharp practices have encouraged and necessitated the return of donor agencies, development partners and International Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs) back to the state. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Benue State, Sir Tersoo Kula, who stated this on Thursday, April 11, 2024 when he and the Director General, Bureau for International Cooperation and Development, Benue State, Mr Aondoaseer Leonard Angelo Viashima, interfaced with members of the Government House Press Crew in a programme put together by his office to enable Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), brief the in-house media team on their achievements, said that Governor’s Alia’s posture against sharp practices has sent clear signals to everyone working under him that the right thing must be done at all times, thereby curbing corruption in governance....

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11/04/2024

Former governor of Abia state and former National Chairman of the defunct All Nigeria People’s Party (ANPP), Dr Ogbonnaya Onu is dead. The First Class graduate of Chemical Engineering from the University of Nigeria Nsukka, known for his simplicity and frankness while alive, according to sources close to the family, died on Thursday morning at a hospital in Abuja at the age of 71years after suffering from stroke on Wednesday from which he did not recover....

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11/04/2024

…Advocates establishment of sexual offenses courts The chairperson of the House of Representatives Press Corps, Comrade Grace Ike has lamented the low prosecution rate of offenders of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) in the country. This was as Ike noted that SGBV knows no boundaries as it transcends age, ethnicity, color, socioeconomic status, and geography. Ike therefore called for the establishment of a government-funded scheme for victims of SGBV, saying it will go a long way in addressing the physical and emotional trauma of victims....

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11/04/2024

BY UBON EKANEM, CALABAR - Governor Bassey Edet Otu of Cross River State has urged the Hausa/Fulani community in the state to encourage their children to embrace and blend both Arabic and Western education for economic empowerment to compete favourably in the fast-changing global system. He said the pursuit of a monolithic education system is no longer tenable given the fast-emerging economic world order that is rapidly driven by technology....

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11/04/2024

During the first board meeting of THE NIGERIA STANDARD newspapers on October 31, 1972, its founder, the legendary Joseph Dechi Gomwalk, stated: “I believe that it is in the interest of good government and healthy society that a variety of organs are available for the effective enlightenment of our people on matters affecting their lives locally, nationally, and internationally.” More than 51 years later, those very aspirations have been echoed by Governor Caleb Mutfwang as he continues to express a deep commitment to pursuing those lofty ideals. ...

Governor Mutfwang's Date With Destiny

11/04/2024

Born Chad Rowan, he became Sumo’s first non-Japanese grand champion in 1993 In Japan, tributes are pouring in for Akebono, the first foreign wrestler to reach the pinnacle of the sport of sumo, who has died at age 54. The wrestler, who was born Chad Rowan in Hawaii, is regarded as a pioneer after he broke down cultural barriers in the centuries-old sport to become the first non-Japanese yokozuna grand champion in 1993....

Pioneering Hawaiian-born Sumo Champion Akebono Dies @ 54

10/04/2024

The Director General of the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu has urged Nigerians particularly the Muslim Umma to remain true to their civic responsibilities and maintain support for government towards fulfilling its obligations. He also urged them to pray for the peace of the country as well as imbibe the virtues of selflessness, patriotism, sacrifice and good neighbourliness towards all....

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