Browsing: Yushau Shuaib

The recent appointment of an Army Engineer for a PR job is therefore clearly a deviation from established norms and practices by the military. PR practice should not be undermined by portraying it as a profession that doesn’t require any qualification or skills

Meanwhile, I have also realised that the only person that could be sure of not going to be detained either in cell, house-arrest or prison must surely be the dead person in the grave

The political imbroglio between President Olusegun Obasanjo and Vice President Atiku Abubakar as well as cabal-infused impasse between President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and Vice President Goodluck Jonathan were triggered by reckless sentiments from supporters

Speaking as a Guest Lecturer at the Air War College in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, Yushau Shuaib, the brain behind the 2016 Global Award winner in Crisis Communication and expert in social media, pointed out that the battle ground has shifted from physical combat to cyberspace where social media is the tool of engagement

The Chief of Army staff should be wary of busy-body consultants or lawyers who may wish to profit from the crisis by instigating him to take irrational steps against the media. No one fights the press publicly, especially credible media, in attempt to enforce censorship, not self-censorship, and get away with it unscathed

While most of EFCC’s investigations are conducted based on petitions it receives from organisations, groups and individuals, the agency has taken some actions that are seemingly unethical and politically motivated, especially against officers in the previous administration and top members of the opposition parties

The gesture of the government could mean different things among the Muslim community because Prophet Muhammad and his Companions never observed or celebrated his birthday even after his demise. However, some religious zealots describe the celebration as unlawful and un-Islamic while other extremists condemn those celebrating the Maulud as unbelievers

Apart from their ceaseless heart-chilling violence campaign across the northern part of the country, the terrorists were also having a field day in the realms of media publicity. The truism that publicity is the oxygen of terrorism was playing out! The publicity Boko Haram were enjoying in a section of the media that were influential in the north emboldened them and galvanized their recruitment drive

The IPRA President, Bart de Vries, described the PRNigeria’s campaign as one of the most successful crisis communication strategies that entails creative innovation, media relations, social media and event management to win the Golden World Award in Crisis Management

It may interest you to note that immediately after your election, I was approached by well-wishers requesting my services on communication strategies for your wife, Mrs Aisha Buhari. While I recognised the fact that such request to work with the first family is a great honour, I nevertheless politely declined for fear of conflict of interest because I had served the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) during the tenure of Sambo Dasuki which is being probed by your governmenT

A mere visit by tax team easily runs shiver into the marrow of business owners because of the reported gestapo-style invasions by official tax-collectors akin to the overzealous antics of anti-corruption and security agencies to embarrass and shame their victims to public ridicule

Even though the military endorsed our passage to the creek in May 2009, some of us were scared stiff of the possibility of being captured by militants on a suspicion of being government’s spies. Surprisingly we were well-received by community leaders and local government council officials which was then under theChairmanship of younger brother to Government Tompolo, the most wanted Militant Leader

As an undergraduate, I took delight in writing articles defending the duo for their exemplary leadership qualities of discipline, incorruptibility and fearlessness demonstrated during their 18 months in office as Head of State and Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters respectively

Armed with impeccable military career and record of honesty, President Muhammadu Buhari has initiated new strategic measures to address seeming insecurity in the country. He has instructed the location of the military high command centre close to the theatre of war and engaged in diplomatic shuttle to secure the collaboration of neighbouring countries in tackling the insurgents frontally

Not yet done, when the online news syndicate platform, PRNigeria, reported that the military have been instructed to make every effort to capture the leader of Boko Haram terrorists alive, another allegation emerged

As it is, online media, which capitalise on rapidly developing and changing new technology, unlike its well established traditional media counterpart, is still evolving and ethics and regulations that will guide its conduct and practice are yet to be standardised

Probably realising the gravity of the danger that these recent developments are posing to our world especially considering situations in Syria, Iraq and other parts of the Arab world, President Barack Obama of the United States of America recently sought an alliance with some Arab leaders towards eliminating the emerging challenges from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria a group that has already occupied some large territories of those beleaguered countries

Surprisingly, the Chief Imam retrieved the microphone from his deputy and declared to the bewildered congregation: “Salam Alaikum. I am the Chief Imam of the mosque

The media had reported that Khosravi, the billionaire businessman, was executed at Evin Prison, North of Tehran for involvement in a $2.6 billion state bank scam, the largest fraud case since the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution

The most prominent political figure in the state was the late Baba Oloye Olusola Saraki, who, during his lifetime, was credited with having singlehandedly anointed and influenced the elections of Governor Adamu Attah of the National Party of Nigeria (1979-1983); Cornelius Adebayo of the Unity Party of Nigeria (1983); Shaaba Lafiagi of the Social Democratic Party (1992-1993); Mohammed Lawal of the All Peoples Party (1999 – 2003); and finally his own son, Bukola Saraki, of the Peoples Democratic Party, who served longest, from 2003 to 2011