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AMOS DUNIA, (Daily Sun) Abuja   Monday, July 12, 2010 Gov. Idris Photo: Sun News Publishing More Stories on This Section Two Senators from Kogi State have condemned attempt by the administration of Governor Ibrahim Idris to change the location mapped out by the Federal Government for a proposed refinery in the state. The senators, at a press conference in Abuja accused the administration of embarking on tribal politics by deliberately issuing a certificate of occupancy on a vast piece of land in Itobe, Ofu Local Government Area of the state to a Chinese company for the building of a refinery as against the original site along Lokoja and Okenne Road in West and Central Senatorial Districts of the

Ebira Youth Congress Organises Reception For Personalities By our Correspondent Ebira Youth Congress (EYC), has organized a reception for three prominent personalities who are currently occupying government positions in the federal level. The occasion which took place at Rockview Hotel in Abuja recently attracted some government functionaries. The three personalities who happened to be illustrious sons of Ebiraland in Kogi State included; Mr. Muhammad Bello Adoke (SAN), the Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, Mr. Muhammad Sani Ataba, the Clerk of the House of Representatives and Engr. Austin Oniwon, the Group Managing Director of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Speaking at the reception, the Chairman of the occasion, Dr. A. T. Adaba who is also the Director of Daar Communication Limited said that Ebira speaking tribe had been marginalized for a lont time now and urged Ebira people to wake up in their slumber. He appealed to the leaders

By Pastor Joseph Suleiman Manjoe Preamble As the race towards 2011 gather momentum, key players in the field of politics are perfecting their strategies to win the confidence of the people. As activities peaks on the part of the politicians not much is heard or seen from the people who matter most in this matter, the electorate. This is to be expected since most of the followers are always passive, apathetic and unenlightened on issues of governance. If there is anything that most followers are concerned with, it is the issue of how to get a little peanut from the politicians and take care of their immediate needs. This indeed is a sad commentary on our politics. But the few enlightened followers are silently concerned about who lead them, the moreso given our experience in the last few years and the growing fear of insecurity in the land. I have therefore chosen to discuss, the leadership challenge for some reasons: (i) Leadership is central to the management of man and resour

His Royal Majesty Alh. Dr. Ado Ibrahim was born on Thursday 7th February, 1929 to HRH Alh. Ibrahim Onoruoiza Atta and Hajiya Hauwawu Ozianuva. He is one of the 148 children of his late father and an only child of his Mother. HRM Ado Ibrahim had a priviledged birth, and a disciplined upbringing with its emphasis on the work ethic. His father, according to him, gave his children educatiom, the glory of work and high integrity. This disciplined upbringing with its emphasis on the work ethic ensured that, rather than lapse into a scriptive explotation of the fact of their priviliged birth, the children will strive to achieve excellence in different vocations to meet the demands of a changing social structure. His enlightened father was a widely travelled traditional ruler of his time. By the late 1920s, he had toured West Africa, ZEurope, and Asia. He was a devout Muslim, nonetheless, he believed that the Northern Nigeria of his day needed both Quranic and Western Education.

Home support came the way of the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Engr. Austen Oniwon over the weekend when the traditional ruler of Okene, his home town, the Ohi of Oke Ngwe/Okene, His Royal Highness Alhaji Yakubu Yusuf, led a team of traditional Chiefs to the NNPC Towers, Abuja, to declare support for the new GMD in his quest to transform the fortunes of the Corporation. Clad in flowing Ebira traditional regalia, the Ohi paid tribute to the President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan for deeming it fit to appoint Oniwon as the GMD of NNPC in this critical stage of reforms in the oil and gas industry. He pledged the full support of the Ebira people in ensuring that the GMD succeeds in his mandate of transforming the NNPC to a reputable world class national oil company. Welcoming the traditional ruler and his team to the NNPC Towers, Engr. Oniwon pledged to ensure that youths of Kogi State like their counterparts from other parts of

Matthew Ohiani Adeiza, a 400-level student of Mass Communication at the University of Jos, has emerged second place winner of the 2009 edition of the Culture of Enterprise International Student Essay Contest. The second place prize is $5000. The award ceremony at which Mr Adeiza was physically present, took place yesterday at the Harvard Club of New York. The first place winner was Matthew Shaffer of Yale University while Rachael Bishop of Mercer University, (both in the United States), came third. The essay contest is an initiative of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, ISI, a non-governmental organization committed to academic excellence and holistic education. It is based in Delaware, United States. Interested students post their entries to an address on the essay website at www.cultureofenterprise.org The annual international student essay contest is on the topic, "Can Character and Communities Survive in an Age of Globalization?" The contest is designed to encourage