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Niger State Gov Sani Bello Confirms Presence of Boko Haram, Hoisting of Flag in State
27Apr By Dayo OmoogunNo Comments
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Niger State Gov Sani Bello Confirms Presence of Boko Haram, Hoisting of Flag in State

The Niger State Governor Sani Bello has on Monday confirmed that Boko haram terrorists are now present in the state in Kaure and Shiroro Local Government Areas of the State in particular. He also confirmed that the sect’s flag is hoisted in Kaure.Governor Abubakar Sani Bello was speaking while on a visit to over 3000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Shiroro and Munya local government areas who are currently taking refuge in Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB) Primary School Minna."I am confirming that there are Boko Haram elements in Niger state, around Kaure. "I just heard that they've already hoist their flag in Kaure, which means they've taken over the territory and this is what I have been engaging the federal government with and unfortunately it has now gotten to this stage t...
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APC, Leaders’ Conspiratorial Silence on Pantami Indicates Support for Terrorism, Says PDP
27Apr By Dayo OmoogunNo Comments
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APC, Leaders’ Conspiratorial Silence on Pantami Indicates Support for Terrorism, Says PDP

The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its leaders of a conspiratorial silence in the face of the worrisome revelation in which a member of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) and Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami, has been accused of affiliation with terrorist groups. (more…)
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Statement in Defence of Pantami Confirms Presidency’s Sympathy for Terrorism–PDP
27Apr By Dayo OmoogunNo Comments
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Statement in Defence of Pantami Confirms Presidency’s Sympathy for Terrorism–PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called out the Federal Government saying the statement by the Buhari Presidency, in which it showed a desperation to provide official cover to a terrorism apologist further confirms public and international apprehensions that the Buhari administration and the All Progressives Congress (APC) are patronizing acts of terrorism in our country. (more…)
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GOVERNOR EL-RUFA’I’S PASSION FOR RESTRUCTURING THE NIGERIAN STATE: SOME COMMENTS ON HIS ADVOCACY
26Apr By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments
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GOVERNOR EL-RUFA’I’S PASSION FOR RESTRUCTURING THE NIGERIAN STATE: SOME COMMENTS ON HIS ADVOCACY

Governor El-Rufai is reputed to have said that those northerners opposing restructuring are not speaking for the north but for themselves. He said this during the 26th Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja.He said that Northern Nigeria will be the “biggest beneficiary”, and that all the governors in the region agree to the restructuring. He said it is very clear that things have to change. “We have to redesign the architecture of our politics”. What he means by that, we cannot immediately understand because it could mean so many things. He said that the recommendations of the various previous conferences have to be implemented. He said “the earlier Nigeria retraces its steps and puts merit, competence, compatibility and capacity, the better”. “We must have people in government being tra...
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Recent Happenings in America and Lessons for the Developing World, Especially Nigeria
26Apr By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments
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Recent Happenings in America and Lessons for the Developing World, Especially Nigeria

By J.D. EPHRAIM Another take on the American saga is the fact that in spite of its existence for several centuries, even after the abolition of slavery and its trade, the fighting of civil wars, the several amendments to its constitution, the granting of civil liberties and equality before the law, the recognition of the rule of law and not rule by man, in spite of these changes and the advancements that have been made in American history, American society is still struggling with the issue of race. In spite of the fact that America is a country of immigrants(apart from the American Indians ), made up of people of different races, and up to date, there is still a marked difference, based on race, between white Americans on the one hand, and the rest, such as the blacks, Latinos, Asians...
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FG Debunks Stoppage of Remuneration for Interns in Civil Service
26Apr By Seun AdamsNo Comments
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FG Debunks Stoppage of Remuneration for Interns in Civil Service

The Federal Government through the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation (OHCSF) has debunked the insinuation making the rounds that it has stopped the reimbursement of students or graduates undergoing internship programmes in the service.The Director of Public Affairs at OHCSF, Mr. AbdulGaniyu Aminu, in a statement made available to the media over the weekend, said: "The attention of the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation has been drawn to publications making the rounds on social media platforms with regard to the establishment circular on an internship programme in civil service."He said it has therefore become imperative to make the corrective clarifications and put the record straight for every stakeholder. According to him, the circular does not in...
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Senate Commends ICPC over Budget Performance
26Apr By Dwelleth MorountodunNo Comments
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Senate Commends ICPC over Budget Performance

The Senate Committee Chairman on anti-corruption and financial crimes, Senator Suleiman Abdu Kwari, has commended the board and management of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC) for their implementation of the 2020 budget, and commitment to ensuring that corruption was minimised to the barest minimum in the society. Kwari stated this during the Senate Committee oversight visit to assess the Commission’s 2020, and first quarter 2021 budget performance, which also aimed to acquaint them of challenges facing the Commission. Speaking during the visit, the Chairman, ICPC, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, SAN, outlined the 2020 achievements of the Commission to include assets recovery and seizure, prosecution of cases and convictions, assessment of MDAs ...
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Push for Digital Nigeria: Buhari Commissions More Projects Nationwide
24Apr By Dwelleth MorountodunNo Comments
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Push for Digital Nigeria: Buhari Commissions More Projects Nationwide

Towards attaining an all-inclusive digital Nigeria, the Federal Government through the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) an agency of the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy on Friday commissioned batch nine of 7 digital economy projects across the country. The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Ibrahim Pantami while commissioning the projects yesterday in the ultra-modern conference centre of NCC building in Abuja on behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari said that these projects which cut across several geopolitical zones were executed by the parastatals as part of the implementation of the National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy for a Digital Nigeria. This he added is in line with the economic development road map of Nigeria and the administr...
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ADITOP Hails NNPC’s Downstream Strides
24Apr By Dayo OmoogunNo Comments
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ADITOP Hails NNPC’s Downstream Strides

A group of petroleum tanker owners in Nigeria under the auspices of the Association of Distributors and Transporters of Petroleum Products (ADITOP) has commended the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for its unrelenting efforts to bring sanity into the downstream sector of the oil industry. (more…)
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Emefiele Challenges Nigerians to Take Advantage of Huge African Market Potential
24Apr By Dayo OmoogunNo Comments
Business

Emefiele Challenges Nigerians to Take Advantage of Huge African Market Potential

The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria Mr. Godwin Emefiele has challenged Nigerian manufacturers and businessmen to position themselves for greater participation in African trade by exploiting opportunities being put in place by the Bank in conjunction with other stakeholders.According to him, one of the bank’s efforts is its partnership with the AFREXIM Bank to improve existing payment system infrastructure, the Pan Africa Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) so as to enable greater intra-regional trade.“Supporting greater trade within Africa would also require the presence of a viable payment settlement system, he said.He was speaking at the 2021 Export Seminar organized by Zenith Bank Plc. which held in Lagos earlier in the“In this regard, the CBN is working with key stakeholders...
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NIGCOMSAT, EFCC Strategize on Technology Solution Deployment 
23Apr By Seun AdamsNo Comments
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NIGCOMSAT, EFCC Strategize on Technology Solution Deployment 

Nigeria's foremost anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT) have vowed to work together to ensure that the anti-graft agency’s job of getting rid of corruption is enhanced through the deployment of cutting-edge satellite communication technology resources. Meanwhile, the foremost player in Africa’s satellite space has strongly dismissed as non-consequential and a figment of unproductive imagination the allegation that the company’s MD boisterously spent N10.4 billion on fictitious insurance remittance as published in an online medium. The General Manager in charge of Corporate Affairs, Mr. Adamu Idris, who dismissed the allegation with a wave of the hand during a media briefing weekend in Abu...
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Electricity Challenge: Onu Charts Developmental Pathway Through Nuclear Energy Technology
23Apr By Dwelleth MorountodunNo Comments
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Electricity Challenge: Onu Charts Developmental Pathway Through Nuclear Energy Technology

Onu made the call, when he declared open the Nigeria Energy Calculator 2050 (NECAL2050) stakeholders’ engagement, in Abuja on Thursday. The Minister who is a Chemical Engineer and an avowed advocate of the deployment of Science Technology and Innovation (STI) for Nigeria’s accelerated growth, said if the country peacefully maximises nuclear energy, it would help build a stable power supply base and would benefit many socio-economic areas such as medicine, agriculture, education, manufacturing and overall national economic growth. The Nigeria Energy calculator 2050, is an energy planning model which will offer choices in energy development to be examined alongside its environmental consequences. On safety concerns on the use of nuclear energy, the Minister tasked the active partic...
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FG Defends Pantami, Says He Has Apologised for Utterances in 2000
23Apr By Seun AdamsNo Comments
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FG Defends Pantami, Says He Has Apologised for Utterances in 2000

The Federal Government yesterday broke its silence over the raging storm that has found the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy come under intense verbal attack especially from both the traditional and social media over some of his religious views and utterances that he made several years ago. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Garba Shehu, in a statement made available to the media on Wednesday while exonerating the minister blamed the pull him syndrome and detractors as responsible for the atmosphere that has become heated in the last one month. Shehu, said: “The Minister has, rightly, apologized for what he said in the early 2000s. The views were absolutely unacceptable then, and would be equally unacceptable today, were...
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Retelling Nigeria’s Diplomacy Story as Ambassador Ba Clark Clocks 91 Years
22Apr By Amb. Godknows IgaliNo Comments
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Retelling Nigeria’s Diplomacy Story as Ambassador Ba Clark Clocks 91 Years

On Friday, April 16, 2021, one of the fathers of Nigeria's Diplomatic Service, and early crafters of the country’s Foreign Policy, Ambassador Blessing Akporede Clark, marked his 91st birthday. Sandwiched between elder statesman, Chief EK Clark and his immediate younger brother, late playwright, Prof JP Clark, "BA" as his peers around the world know him, was born on that date in 1930 in Kiagbodo, which at the time was in Warri Province of then Western Region. Unlike his more media gripping siblings, this giant in global affairs, is conservative, taciturn, sober and restrained, even after exit from active public life.   Amb Clark is one of those who launched Nigeria, while independence was still at cockcrow into the intricate complexion of interstate relations. In his case, he ...
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Police Reform: Resuscitation of Police Public Complaints C’ttee a Welcome Development
22Apr By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments
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Police Reform: Resuscitation of Police Public Complaints C’ttee a Welcome Development

 By Bolaji Kazeem The concerted effort by the Federal Government through the Ministry of Police Affairs to resuscitate the Police Public Complaints Committee to enable citizens to have a platform to seek redress and report recalcitrant police officers is a welcome development. There is no doubt that the novel initiative will support the social, tourism, political, and economic well-being of the citizens of the country. The power to bear arms and exercise instrument of   state authority as well as guard the citizens have intoxicated some officers to abuse their duty of safeguarding and protecting citizens whom they have been paid to protect. This is not limited to Nigeria alone. It happens across the world and the entire human race has witnessed various categorie...
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Abdullahi Advocates Market Driven Creativity, Innovation for Nigeria’s Prosperity
22Apr By Dwelleth MorountodunNo Comments
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Abdullahi Advocates Market Driven Creativity, Innovation for Nigeria’s Prosperity

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Kashifu Abdullahi, has reiterated that Nigeria will make speedy progress and prosperity if stakeholders reinvent innovativeness and creativity in its way of life.The DG spoke at the celebration of NITDA 20th Anniversary and World Creativity and Innovation Day (WCID) on Wednesday in Abuja.He acknowledged that the WCID is recognised by the United Nations and designated to celebrate creativity and innovation and raise awareness of the importance of creativity and innovation in problem-solving to advance the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. According to him, UN recognises the importance of creativity and innovation to humanity, hence designated the 21st of April as the World Creat...
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NCC Arrests Suspects over Fraudulently-registered SIM Cards
22Apr By Seun AdamsNo Comments
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NCC Arrests Suspects over Fraudulently-registered SIM Cards

 As part of its routine enforcement activities to sanitise the telecommunications industry of criminal elements, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has arrested five suspected persons for allegedly engaging in fraudulently registering and selling Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards.  The Director of Public Affairs at the Commission, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde, told journalists that the hitch-free operation was carried out by a joint team from the Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement Department of the Commission, operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Tuesday in the Wuse area of Abuja.  The arrested suspects were subsequently handed over to the NSCDC Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Comman...
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Senate Approves $2.6bn Loan Nequest to Finance Priority Projects
22Apr By Skye ZacharyNo Comments
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Senate Approves $2.6bn Loan Nequest to Finance Priority Projects

The Senate, on Wednesday, approved the sum of $2.6  billion out of the $5.5 billion external borrowing request sent to the National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari in May 2020. The approval came after the Upper Chamber considered a report by the committee on local and foreign debts during plenary. The approved sum, according to the Chairman of the Local and Foreign Debt Committee, Clifford Ordia, would see €995 million euros going to finance priority projects of the federal government, while $1.5 billion would be disbursed to the thirty-six state governments to finance critical projects.  Out of the total sum approved, $1.5 billion is to be sourced from the World Bank; €671 million euros from the Export-Import Bank of Brazil; and another €324 million euros from the Deutsche B...
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