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Presidency To Atiku: Tinubu On Top Of Domestic Situation

31Jan

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Presidency To Atiku: Tinubu On Top Of Domestic Situation

Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s statement accusing President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of fiddling amidst some security and economic challenges is to say the least, reckless. Coming days after he made an equally reckless allegation against the President on the crude for loan deal for NNPC Limited, his latest statement fell short of what is expected from an elder statesman. We like to believe that Alhaji Atiku is still not nursing hangover of his electoral defeat and now latches on any issue to attack President Tinubu. President Tinubu did not travel without informing Nigerians of his whereabouts. He announced a private visit to France and announced a return date. While in France, President Tinubu has been following developments at home and he is on top of the situation in the country. Tod...

Financial Management: NCDC poised to strengthen collaboration with donor communities-DG

30Jan

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Financial Management: NCDC poised to strengthen collaboration with donor communities-DG

By Collins Yakubu-Hammer, NAN The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) will continue to apply financial management tools and techniques in its day-to-day decision-making process to build successful collaboration across the donors’ community. The Director-General of NCDC, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa stated this in keynote address at the workshop on Financial Best Practices in Managing Government/Donor Funded Project and QuickBooks Accounting Software Training on Monday in Abuja. The three-day workshop with theme, “ Public Sector Financial Reporting, The Why, What and How of Financial Statements was organised by Baltimore Tax and Financial Consults and supported by US-CDC, APIN and IHVN. According to him, the mission of the NCDC can be better achieved in the atmospher...

PCC set to Launche Investigation into MDA Tax Remittance in Abuja/Sokoto

30Jan

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PCC set to Launche Investigation into MDA Tax Remittance in Abuja/Sokoto

The Public Complaints Commission (PCC) says it has concluded plans to launch a system-wide investigation into the remittance of taxes by Government Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) in Abuja and Sokoto State. The PCC, however expressed concern over the lack of transparency and accountability in the remittance of taxes by MDAs, which has led to the loss of Billions of Naira in Government revenue. The Commission organized Public Hearings in Abuja and Sokoto state and informed the stakeholders that PCC will be working with the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to conduct the investigation. However, the PCC has noted that there is a lack of clear guidelines on the remittance of taxes by MDAs, which has l...

VON DG urges Journalists to embrace public relations for impactful nationalism

30Jan

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VON DG urges Journalists to embrace public relations for impactful nationalism

The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Malam Jibrin Baba Ndace, has urged journalists across the country to embrace public relations to project the country in a positive manner to enhance nationalism. Ndace made the call when the Governing Council of the National Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), led by its president,paid him a courtesy visit on Monday in Abuja. According to Jibrin, there is a big difference between a journalist and a public relations expert. "While the journalist is looking at the headline of the story, the public relations expert is concerned about the implication of the story on the image of the country and society. "Public relations is something that every journalist should embrace from the beginning. "It shouldn't be something you do when ...

Gunmen Kill Two Monarchs, One Escapes, Kidnap Seven Students, Others In Ekiti

30Jan

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Gunmen Kill Two Monarchs, One Escapes, Kidnap Seven Students, Others In Ekiti

Two traditional Rulers have been killed by suspected armed Fulani herdsmen while atleast seven Students including aTeacher and Driver of a private School, "Apostolic Faith Secondary School, Emure Ekiti have also been kidnapped in Ekiti State. The traditional rulers were the Elesun of Esun in Ajoni, Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State Oba Babatunde Ogunsakin and Olumojo of Imojo inthe Onimojo of Imojo Ekiti in Oye Local Government Area, Oba Samuel Olatunji. Eyewitnesses told journalists that the Alara of Ara in Ikole Local Government escaped when the armed men accosted them and attempted to forcefully take them away. The incidence took place on Monday evening between Oke-Ako and Ipao Ekiti, located in Ajoni Local Government area. Sources said the monarchs were return...

Change narratives about Nigeria, NAN MD tasks NIPR

29Jan

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Change narratives about Nigeria, NAN MD tasks NIPR

The Managing Director (MD) of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Ali Mohammed Ali, has tasked the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) to lead the campaign for a new Nigeria. Ali gave the charge on Monday when he hosted the president and members of NIPR in his office in Abuja. He said it was imperative to change the narratives about the country using PR strategies given the Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government's efforts to create an enabling environment for investors. According to him, NAN will partner with the NIPR to change the narratives about the country. "It is important that we begin to change the narratives about Nigeria. "Incidentally, in NAN, we don't see the cup as half empty, we see it as half full. NAN is part of NIPR." The NAN MD said that Public Relat...

Akpabio Hails Super Eagles For Defeating Cameroon, Urges Victory Over Angola

29Jan

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Sports

Akpabio Hails Super Eagles For Defeating Cameroon, Urges Victory Over Angola

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has commended the Super Eagles for defeating the Indomitable Lions of Cameroon to qualify for the quarter-finals at the ongoing Africa Cup of Nations. Mr Akpabio gave the commendation in a congratulatory message to the Nigerian team signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Eseme Eyiboh, in Abuja on Sunday. Mr Akpabio said the Eagles’ triumph over Cameroon had shown that they had the capacity to beat any team in Africa. He said the resourcefulness of the Super Eagles was never in doubt. “I felt proud watching the Super Eagles demobilise the Lions; apart from dominating the Indomitable Lions, the Eagles tamed the Lions and made them look ordinary. That is the Nigerian spirit and I congratulate you for making millions of Nigerians pr...

Brazil Returnee Excreted 60 Wraps Of Cocaine At Lagos Airport-NDLEA

29Jan

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Brazil Returnee Excreted 60 Wraps Of Cocaine At Lagos Airport-NDLEA

A Brazil returnee is in the NDLEA’s net for ingesting 60 wraps of cocaine. Operatives NDLEA arrested the suspect at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on January 21 during an inward clearance of passengers travelling from Sao Paulo, Brazil, through Addis Ababa. NDLEA’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, stated on Sunday in Abuja that the suspect initially refused to undergo a body scan, raising health concerns in a desperate bid to evade arrest. He added that the suspect, however, accepted the offer to be placed on excretion observation. “Shortly after he was ushered into NDLEA’s observatory, he excreted the first set of cocaine pellets, after which he expelled a total of 60 wraps of the drug weighing 1.279kg in five excretions. “In his statement, the suspect claimed...

Tinubu Having Sleepless Nights Over ‘Very Bad’ Economy Inherited From Buhari, Says David Umahi

29Jan

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Tinubu Having Sleepless Nights Over ‘Very Bad’ Economy Inherited From Buhari, Says David Umahi

Minister of Works David Umahi says President Bola Tinubu has sleepless nights over the “very bad” economy he inherited from his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari. Mr Umahi, who spoke while inspecting some projects in Aba, Abia State, on Saturday, urged citizens to support Mr Tinubu’s government. “The citizens of this country will need to do their bit, while leadership also does its bit. That is the only way it will work,” Mr Umahi said. “While Mr President is passing through sleepless nights on how to solve the problems of a very bad inherited economy, Nigerians should support him and also support themselves.” Umahi becomes the second person in Mr Tinubu’s cabinet to berate Mr Buhari’s administration for leaving the economy in a “very bad” shape. In November 2023, National Securit...

Police Arrest Deadly Kidnapper Responsible For Kidnap, Gruesome Murder Of Bwari Lady, Nabeeha

28Jan

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Police Arrest Deadly Kidnapper Responsible For Kidnap, Gruesome Murder Of Bwari Lady, Nabeeha

.. IGP Commends DPO for Rejecting 1m Naira Inducement The operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, on 20th January 2024, have arrested one Bello Mohammed, 28, of Zamfara state, in Kaduna. The Divisional Police Officer, Tafa Division, acting on intelligence, raided one hotel in Tafa Area, Kaduna, where he arrested Bello, with the sum of #2.25m (Two Million, two hundred and fifty million naira) only, suspected to be proceeds of ransoms collected from kidnapped victims within the area. The suspect, during interrogation, confessed to be part of the gang that kidnapped the family members of one Barrister Ariyo in Bwari, FCT, on 2nd January 2024, and killed some kidnapped victims, including Nabeeha, f, daughter of the legal practitioner, on 13th January, 2024, in a kidnappers camp, in K...

AFCON 2023: Peseiro Shifts Focus To Angola Following Victory Over Cameroon

28Jan

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AFCON 2023: Peseiro Shifts Focus To Angola Following Victory Over Cameroon

Super Eagles chief coach, Jose Peseiro, says his team will immediately put Saturday’s victory over Cameroon’s Indomitable Lions behind them and look ahead. Peseiro said they would be keeping their focus on Angola, their next opponents at the ongoing 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Cote d’Ivoire. Nigeria beat Cameroon 2-0 on Saturday in the competition’s round of 16 to earn the quarter-finals ticket against Angola. We will now focus on our next match against Angola, who are having an excellent tournament,” he said. Peseiro, however, cautioned that they must take their opponents seriously. “For now, we will continue to sleep early and eat pasta,” he said with a laugh. “Jokes aside, all the teams at this stage are capable of winning the tournament,” the coach added. ...

28Jan

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Three Fake EFCC Operatives Arrested For Robbing Students In Abia

Police in Abia have arrested three suspects who impersonated EFCC operatives to rob students of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, (MOUAU) Umudike, at gunpoint. Police spokesperson in the state, ASP Maureen Chinaka, stated in Umuahia on Saturday that police got information on Tuesday that a four-man gang in EFCC uniforms was robbing the students at their residence. She stated that the robbers dispossessed some of the students of their phones and forced them to transfer N120,000 to the assailants’ bank accounts. Ms Chinaka added that the police visited the crime scene and arrested three of the robbers at the Man-O-War base in MOUAU. She stated also that police recovered six stolen phones and the operational tricycle of the robbers from them. Also recovered from the ro...

27Jan

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Super Eagles defeats Cameroon 2:0

Two goals from Ademola Lookman, one in each half, gave the Super Eagles a 2-0 win over Cameroon’s Indomitable Lions for progress into the quarter-finals at the 2023 AFCON in Côte d’Ivoire. Super Eagles scored one goal in each half to send the Cameroonians packing from the tournament. After series of attempt by both sides to score, the first half ended 1-0 in favour of Nigeria. Upon resumption of the second half, the Super Eagles played counter-pressing football and it paid off in the 76th minute when Ademola Lookman received a one- two pass from Ola Aina and the Atalanta FC forward slammed the ball into the net for the Super Eagles second goal of the night. However, Nigerian goalie, Stanley Nwabali didn’t complete the match after he sustained an injury in the 73rd minute of th...

Kogi: Shettima expresses confidence on Ododo’s ability to deliver good governance

27Jan

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Kogi: Shettima expresses confidence on Ododo’s ability to deliver good governance

Vice-President Kashim Shettima has expressed the confidence of President Bola Tinubu's administration on the ability of the newly inaugurated Gov. Usman Ododo of Kogi, to deliver good governance in the state. The Spokesman of the Vice-President, Mr Stanley Nkwocha, in a statement on Saturday, said Shettima spoke during the inauguration of Ododo at the Muhammadu Buhari Square in Lokoja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the governor was sworn in together with his deputy Mr Salifu Oyibo. Shettima said the change of baton from one progressive to another will not disrupt the dividends of good governance in the state. He said that Kogi State remained bound by the ideals and promises of a unified council of leaders and the largest party in Africa," the All Progressives C...

FCT Minister moves to declare council chairmen Security risk for ditching monthly meeting

27Jan

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FCT Minister moves to declare council chairmen Security risk for ditching monthly meeting

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has taken a swipe at the 6 area council chairmen who have ditched the monthly security meetings. Wike, who gave the indication at a town hall meeting in the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), insisted that henceforth any of the council chairman who fails to host the meeting would be declared a security threat. “How will you say you are not holding the monthly security meeting because you don’t have stipend? Henceforth, any chairman who fails to hold such meeting will be seen as a threat to security,” the minister said. He indicated that the FCT Administration under his watch would do everything possible to support security operatives. The AMAC chairman, Christopher Maikalagiu, while responding commended Wike f...

FCT Primary school teachers suspend strike

27Jan

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FCT Primary school teachers suspend strike

Primary school teachers of the Local Education Authority (LEA) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)) have suspended their ongoing strike action indefinitely. Sharpedgenews had reported that primary school teachers in the FCT had since January embarked on strike over nonpayment of their 25-month national minimum wage arrears and non-implementation of the 40 per cent peculiar allowance, by the six area council chairmen of the FCT. The suspension of the primary school teachers’ strike was contained in a communique, jointly signed by the state chairman of the FCT wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Comrade Abdullahi Mohammed Shafas; Secretary, Comrade Margaret F. Jethro and Publicity Secretary, Comrade Ibikun Adekeye, which was issued to newsmen at the end of the emergency me...

UATH TASKS CONSULTANTS ON GOOD CONDUCT/ETHICS OF MEDICAL PRACTICES

27Jan

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UATH TASKS CONSULTANTS ON GOOD CONDUCT/ETHICS OF MEDICAL PRACTICES

By UATH Information Unit The University of Abuja Teaching Hospital (UATH), Gwagwalada, FCT, has called on Consultants working in the hospital to imbibe good conduct and adhere to the ethics of medical practices to help promote service delivery and achieve the desired goals for the year 2024. The Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Prof. Bissallah Ekele, who made the call during the UATH management meeting with the consultants, said the meeting was aimed at harmonising updates on the progress in the hospital and to set goals for the year. Ekele, in his presentation highlighted the expectations for 2024 to include; the Remedial Training for Foreign trained doctors (MDCN), upgrade and expand the electronic medical records, expansion of sub-specislist clinics (at least twice a w...

Super Eagles fit, battle ready for Cameroon clash, Raji says

27Jan

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Super Eagles fit, battle ready for Cameroon clash, Raji says

Babafemi Raji, the Super Eagles Media Officer says the Super Eagles were all fit and battle ready ahead of their Round of 16 clash against the Cameroon. Sharpedgenews reports that the Super Eagles take on perennial rivals Indomitable Lions of Cameroon in a crucial Round of 16 clash at the Stade de Félix Houphouët Boigny in Abidjan on Saturday. All 25 players participated at the Super Eagles training held at the Police Nationale Ecole de Police D’ Abidjan on Friday. The players took part in the session which was mostly light workouts. The first 30 minutes of the session was open to journalists and the public. Raji who spoke to NAN on the sidelines of the training, said that there were no injury concerns as all players were ready and available for selection. “No injury con...

27Jan

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Gunmen Kidnap Lagos PDP Chairman

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State has called on security agencies and government authorities to intervene promptly and secure the release of its abducted chairman, Philip Aivoji. The Lagos State PDP publicity secretary, Hakeem Amode, said in a statement on Friday that Mr Aivoji was abducted by unknown kidnappers on Thursday. “Aivoji was abducted on Thursday, Jan. 25, at about 6.00 p.m. on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway while returning from a stakeholders meeting in Oyo State convened by Gov. Seyi Makinde and Gov. Ademola Adeleke of Osun. “It is disheartening that kidnapping has become a prevalent issue in our country, and the government’s inability to address this menace is deeply concerning. “The abduction of Aivoji underscores the pressing need for decisive acti...

It’s obligatory to uphold public trust, Institute tells INEC

27Jan

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It’s obligatory to uphold public trust, Institute tells INEC

By Diana Omueza The United States Institute of Peace (USIP), has charged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to uphold public trust by conducting free, fair and credible by and rerun election on Feb. 3. Dr Chris Kwaja, the Institute’s Country Director in Nigeria said this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja. Kwaja said that INEC had a duty and responsibility to uphold public trust in the electoral process. “We have seen people concerned about the outcome of the elections in the context of how INEC managed some of the elections. “The huge number of petitions in 2023 was a manifestation of some of the concerns that people raised when they were looking for justice from the courts. “Now INEC is under obligation...