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The UN International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has reaffirmed its commitment toward promoting sustainable peace in Nigeria. Mr Laurent De Boeck, Chief of IOM Mission in Nigeria, said this in his address at the celebration of the 2023 International Day for the Right to the Truth on Friday in Abuja. The event was organised by the IOM in collaboration with NHRC and the UNDP to commemorate the day often celebrated annually on March 24, with focus on violation of human rights and dignity of victims. The organisation said it was partnering the United Nation Development Programme and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in ensuring that peace and development took center stage peace in the country. “We must recognise that the pursuit of truth and justice is a long and ch...

Midfielder Alex Iwobi says the Super Eagles are eager to redeem their image in their reverse fixture against the Wild Dogs of Guinea Bissau on Monday. Sharpedgenews reports that the Super Eagles on Friday lost 0-1 to Guinea Bissau in a 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifier. Iwobi admitted that he and his team mates failed to capitalise on the numerous goalscoring chances they created in the match played at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium in Abuja. He however added that he was confident that they would beat their opponents convincingly in the next game. “We tried to play as a team and created so many chances in the game. I think Guinea Bissau probably had only about three opportunities, if you check the stats. “So, it is one of those games we want to term as ‘bad ...

Coalition of Civil Society Organisations, Academia and Media in North East, has called for the strengthening of legislative oversight on defence and security sector, to restore transparency and accountability in the military operations. This is contained in a Communique jointly signed by Auwal Rafsanjani, Executive Director of CISLAC/TI-Nigeria and Asma’u Yahaya, Executive Director, Heal Disability Initiative at the end of one-day workshop on Reforms in the Nigerian Defence and Security Sector on Saturday in Bauchi. The workshop was organised by Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC)/TI-Nigeria, in collaboration with Transparency International with support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands. The communnique stated weak legislative oversight by the...

Presidency has described a story published by an online medium that President Muhammadu Buhari will not handover to President-elect as false. Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President in a press statement described the story published by Sahara Reporters as not only false but outrageous. "The Presidency wishes to denounce as outrageous and fake, and condemns the fake news brigade for attributing a false quote to President Muhammadu Buhari and circulating it." He added: "How can you vigorously campaign for somebody, vote for him and then say you won’t hand over to him? This beggars belief." "The situation of the Sahara Reporters is pretty pathetic since their ownership is politically partisan in today’s politics, in fact a loser in the presidential election. Instea...

As Nigeria joins the rest of the world to commemorate the 2023 World Tuberculosis Day (WTD), the Federal Government says, only one in every four Nigerians is aware of the disease. The Minister of State for Health, Dr Ekumankama Joseph Nkama, said this on Friday in Abuja, during the Ministerial Press Briefing to commemorate the WTD in Nigeria. Nkama, while quoting the WHO’s global Tuberculosis (TB) Report said, it was regrettable that in spite of free testing and medication, Nigeria still ranked highest among countries with childhood Tuberculosis in the world. The Minister added that Nigeria was one of the countries in the world with a great burden of TB and resistance to TB medications. He emphasised the need for people coughing for more than two weeks to ensure they get teste...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has reiterated its commitment to the protection of all schools in the country through the Safe School Programme. The NSCDC Commandant General (CG), Ahmed Audi made the commitment at a stakeholders workshop on validating the Corps’ Draft Standard Operating Procedure for the implementation of the programme. Audi, represented by Assistant Commandant-General, Operations, Philip Ayuba said that the validation of the draft would ensure full implementation of the programme nationwide. The CG said that the safe school initiative was to end attacks and kidnappings of school children across the country. “Operatives will continue to provide the needed security to schools, to ensure safe teaching and learning environment,” he added. ...

The UN 2023 Water Conference ended on Friday with the adoption of the Water Action Agenda, a “milestone” action plan containing almost 700 commitments to protect water, humanity’s most precious global common good. Sharpedgenews reports that the Minister of Water Resources, Alhaji Suleiman Adamu led Nigerian delegation to attend the three days event at UN headquarters in New York. The Agenda sets out a series of action-oriented game changing commitments, from making smarter food choices to re-evaluating water as a powerful economic driver, and part of the Earth’s cultural heritage. In his remarks at the closing ceremony, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the conference, and its 2,000 participants, forged an” ambitious vision’’. “Your dedication to action and transforma...

The Super Eagles of Nigeria on Friday lost 0-1 to Guinea Bissau in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Qualifier, played at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja. The match saw the Eagles dominating the encounter but failed to make any positive impact. The Guinea Bissau team got their goal through a counter attack in the 29th minute by forward Mama Balde who plies his football trade with Troyes FC of France. The Eagles made a superb effort in the 33rd minute when Ademola Lookman laid an overlapping pass for Victor Osimhen who couldn’t beat the visitor’s goalkeeper. The Djurtus of Guinea Bissau came close to scoring another goal in the 35th minute after beating Eagles defenders but the ball eventually landed on the side net. Moses Simon played wide in front of the post in t...

The Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of South Africa (UNISA), Prof. Puleng LenkaBula, says African universities must deal with legacies of colonialism for the development of education in Africa. LenkaBula made the call on Friday, during a convocation lecture at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) in Abuja. She said the pan-African university must out of necessity help Africa to achieve Goal 2 of Agenda 2063, adding that the priority area would focus on Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) driven skills. According to her, a progressive pan-African university is an organic one that identifies the condition of the people, locally and globally, and seeks to question and improve the human condition. “The pan-African university must possess a progressive and...

The Sam Empowerment Foundation (SEF) an NGO, has built three blocks of toilet facilities and renovated some classrooms at Junior Secondary School (JSS) Gwarimpa, FCT, to help improve learning. Inaugurating the projects, Mrs Kiema Ogunlana, the foundation’s Project Director, said they had an unwavering passion to improve the quality of lives of children and women living in vulnerable conditions. Ogunlana said the commitment had brought hope, happiness and light to thousands of Nigerians through programmes which focused on health, education, empowerment, capacity building and psychosocial development, among other interventions. According to her, one of the major drivers of infectious diseases and discomfort in our society today is lack of access to good toilet facilities. “When ...

Residents of Damgma and Wupa communities in Jiwa and Gwagwa wards of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) have commended the chairman of the area council for executing people-centered projects in their communities. The residents expressed their appreciation when the chairman inaugurated some projects in the communities on Wednesday in Abuja. Mr Ayuba Sunday, Village Head, Damgma community, commended the chairman for providing the community with solar-powered borehole, adding that it had reduced the hardship of getting clean water in the community. “This community has never seen a chairman so closer to his people in terms of rural projects provision. “The provision of water is very essential as it would save every member of this community from diseases and reduce all forms o...

Fordmarx Nigeria Limited, a water and renewable energy organisation, says it will create over 20 million productive jobs within a year to assist the Federal Government’s employment strategy for the development of the country. The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the company, Mr Clifford Nnaji, said this in his goodwill message, during the 2023 World Bank Water Day Celebration in Abuja on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the theme of the celebration is: ”Accelerating the Change to Solve the Water and Sanitation Crisis”. According to him, the organisation will train professional engineers and technicians to upgrade and expand their scope and create more job opportunities. Nnaji said the company was aimed at bringing innovation to diff...

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