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18Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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NNPC attributes increase in PMS price to market realities

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. has attributed the increase in the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol, to market realities. The company's Group Chief Executive Officer, Malam Mele Kyari, said this in an interview with newsmen shortly after a private meeting with the Vice-President, Kashim Shettima, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Kyari explained that the increase in the price of PMS had nothing to do with supply issues, adding that there is robust supply of the product in the country. "I don't have the details at this moment. You know we have the marketing wing of the company; they adjust prices depending on the market realities. "And this is the meaning of making sure that the market regulates itself so that prices will go up and sometime...

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18Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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APC EX-COUNCILORS AND POLITICAL APPOINTEES IN NIGERIA WANTS NYESOME WIKE APPOINTED RIVERS APC LEADER AND MINISTER REEPRESENTING RIVERS STATE

The APC EX-COUNCILORS AND POLITICAL APPOINTEES IN NIGERIA HAVE CALLED ON PRESIDENT BOLA AHMED TINUBU TO APPOINT NYESOME WIKE AS THE RIVERS APC LEADER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PARTY.  Hon. Yusuf Dabo, National Coordinator of the association made the call during a press conference held in Abuja.  Dabo said there is need for APC National leaders and particularly the Rivers State APC on the need to set aside negative sentiments to not only appoint his Excellency, NYESOME WIKE as the MINISTER from River Rivers State in the soon to be constituted cabinet of PBAT but also to make him the APC Party leader of Rivers state.  According to him, if hardwork, intelligence and documented evidence of Party affiliations and commitments are Sufficient lobbies for Party m...

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18Jul By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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SSANU Tells Tinubu Government To Merge IPPIS, UTAS, U3PS Amid University Salary Frauds

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has urged President Bola Tinubu’s government to consider merging the payment platforms developed by university unions. SSANU president Mohammed Ibrahim made the call in a communique issued on Monday in Abuja at the end of the union’s 44th National Executive Council (NEC) meeting held at Michael Okpara University, Abia. The statement noted that the merger became necessary due to the recent fraud in the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). University workers blamed inconsistencies and IPPIS’s failure to capture the university system’s peculiarities for their rejection. To address the peculiarities, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) developed the University Transparency Accountability...

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18Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Chinese Yuan weakens to 7. 1453 against dollar

The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the Yuan, weakened 127 pips to 7.1453 against the dollar on Tuesday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System. In China’s spot foreign exchange market, the Yuan is allowed to rise or fall by two per cent from the central parity rate each trading day. The central parity rate of the Yuan against the dollar is based on a weighted average of prices offered by market makers before the opening of the interbank market each business day.

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18Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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My wife beats me constantly – divorce-seeking husband tells court

Mr Raphael Chima, a businessman, on Tuesday dragged his wife, Joy, before a Customary Court in Jikwoyi because she frequently beats him. He made the allegation in a divorce petition he filed against her before the court. “My wife physically abuses and harasses me. She slaps me at the slightest chanc. She abuses me mentally,” he said. He also told the court that his wife disrespectful to his parents. The petitioner told the court that his wife has long abandoned their child to him, that he has been the only one caring for the child without the help of his wife. He prayed the court to grant him the custody of the only child of the marriage and dissolve the marriage between him and his wife. The respondent, Joy denied the allegations. The presiding judge, Dada Oluwaseyi,...

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18Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Petrol hits N617 per litre in Abuja

The price of Petrol, known as Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) has increased from 537 to 617 naira Per litre in the Federal Capital Territory. Sharpedgenews.com correspondent who monitored the petrol situations in Maitama, Wuse, Gwarimpa, Jabi, Wuye and Kubwa areas of Abuja reports that there are long queues in filling stations still selling at the old price. Most stations have adjusted their pump prices to N617 to N620 but AA Rano, Nipco in Jabi are still selling the old price and some other few places. Also, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) station is selling at the new price. A fuel attendant whom pleaded anonymity said that they would adjust their pump price before the end of today. A customer who confirmed this development, Mr Emma Uzor, said that it i...

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18Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Rotary Club, hospital takes free medical services to FCT community

The Rotary Club of Abuja Federal and the Silver Cross Hospital, Abuja, has organised free medical outreach for no fewer than 200 women and children in Kpaduma community in the FCT. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the beneficiaries received treatments for malaria, typhoid, hypertension, screening and vaccination for Hepatitis B and C, and HIV and AIDS screening. Others are ultrasound scans, antenatal services, family planning services, and health talks, among others. Ms Emike Aken’ova, President, Rotary Club of Abuja Federal, said the outreach was the club’s committment to provide humanitarian services to hard to reach communities as well as vulnerable groups in the FCT. She said that it was also organised to complement governments’ efforts in the provision of bas...

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18Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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IMF board approves $271m loan facility for Burundi

The International Monetary Fund’s executive board on Tuesday, approved a 271 million dollars Extended Credit Facility for Burundi, with an immediate disbursement of over 62 million dollars. The IMF in a statement said the East African country’s economy was just starting to recover from years of conflict and political upheaval under former leader Pierre Nkurunziza that left key sectors blighted. IMF said the loan facility would help address Burundi’s protracted balance of payments needs, rebuild external buffers and support the government’s reform agenda. It said this was Burundi’s first Upper Credit Tranche-quality arrangement with the IMF since 2015 and that it was expected to “catalyse donor funding, which is essential to cater to Burundi’s large financing needs and support its...

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18Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Copyright Commission seeks Custom’s support to checkmate piracy

By Collins Yakubu-Hammer The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has called for more collaboration with the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to checkmate piracy of creative materials. Director-General of the commission, Dr John Asein made the call at the opening of NCS Management Retreat, Sensitisation Workshop and Public Enlightenment on the newly enacted Nigeria Customs Service Act. In a statement on Tuesday in Abuja by the commission’s Director of Public Affairs, Mr Augustine Amodu, the D-G said that the new Act replaced the 64-year-old Customs and Excise Management Act. He said that the new law would support the Copyright Act, 2022 enacted by the Federal Government to modernise the creative sector. Asein said both statutes would further enhance collaboration between the tw...

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18Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Farmer docked for allegedly threatening man in ”drama house”

A 20-year-old farmer, Adamu Aminu was docked in an Upper Area Court Gwagwalada, Abuja for allegedly threatening a man in a ”drama house;;. The police charged Aminu who resides in tipper garage Gwagwalada with constituting public nuisance and attempt to commit an offence of causing hurt. The Prosecution Counsel, Malam Abdullahi Tanko, told the court that the matter was reported at the Gwagwalada police station by Jamilu Ishak of same address on July 15. Tanko said that the defendant went to the ”drama house” located in Gwagwalada with scissors and cutlass threatening to fight a man, Ali Rabiu. The prosecutor said that the offence contravened the provisions of sections 183 and 95 of the Penal Code. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Judge, Malam ...

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18Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Police grill girl, boy friend for allegedly dumping baby in dustbin

The Police in Adamawa have arrested a girl and her boyfriend who allegedly killed their baby and dumped the body in a dustbin on July 8, in Yola. The suspects, Blessing Ben and Luka Iliyasu were said to have been in courtship for two years before the girl got pregnant. According to SP Suleiman Yahaya-Nguroje, spokesperson of the Police Command, “Blessing was put in a family way by her boy friend, Luka a resident of Police barracks Yola, after two years of courtship”. He told newsmen in Yola on Tuesday that Blessing who resides in Jambutu area of Yola North Local Government Area, had however denied killing the baby, claiming that it was delivered prematurely. “I had a safe and peaceful delivery but the baby was lifeless hence my decision to dump it in the dustbin. “When I di...

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18Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Golden Penny Semovita is Safe, Has no plastic in it – NAFDAC

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has debunked the claim of the presence of plastic or harmful contaminants in Golden Penny Semovita. The NAFDAC boss, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, In response to a video circulating online, advised the public to dismiss such allegations and be cautious when utilizing social media platforms to express concerns regarding regulated products. In the video, a woman is seen washing Golden Penny Semovita in a sieve with cold water, alleging that the residue left behind is plastic. However, NAFDAC conducted a thorough investigation and found no evidence of plastic or similar harmful substances in Golden Penny Semovita. NAFDAC used internationally accredited laboratories to perform analytical testing on various brands ...

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18Jul By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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2,300 Abia Ghost Workers Discovered; N220 Million Salaries Saved, Says Otti

Governor Alex Otti has said that Abia saved N220 million on monthly wage bills through the Abia government’s newly introduced unified payment system, saving N220 million on monthly wage bills. This is contained in a press statement on Monday in Umuahia by his chief press secretary Kazie Uko. stated that the development was part of the outcome of the ongoing verification of civil servants and other public workers, geared towards weeding out ghost workers. The statement revealed that the government’s current payment system helped identify 2,300 ghost workers in Abia’s workforce. It stated that the verification exercise was ongoing and expressed the government’s hope of making more savings. “So far, we have been able to save N220 million from the ongoing verification of workers i...

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17Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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THE NIGERIA YOUTH SUMMIT SET TO HOLD AUGUST 10TH IN ABUJA

The Center for Peace Advocacy and Sustainable Development CEPASD in collaboration with Peace Ambassador Agency is set to host the 2nd edition of the Nigeria Youth Summit in commemoration of international youth day 2023 with the Theme: Advancing Youth Innovation in Entrepreneurship on 10th August 2023 at Nigeria National Merit House, Maiatama Abuja. The organizing committee chairman, Mr. Igweshi Augustine stated that the goal of the 2nd edition of Nigeria Youth Summit is to explore the dreams and aspirations of Nigerian youth in advancing youth innovation in entrepreneurship and national cohesion. Mr. Augustine told newsmen in Abuja that the Nigeria Youth Summit seeks to provide insight into the dreams and aspirations of Nigerian youths in entrepreneurship and innovation while addres...

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17Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Expert harp on implementation of proper safety regulation, standardisation in firefighting

A Fire and Disaster Management expert, Mr Virgil Akama, has called for the implementation of proper safety regulations and standards in firefighting in the country. Akama, who is also the Managing Director, Assetbow Limited, said this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. He said that the implementation of proper safety regulations and standards was necessary as it would ensure better coordination and synergy in firefighting across the country. "As you very well know, the standards are not the same and we look forward to a nation with firefighting capabilities as obtained internationally. “ We all know that the current situation of firefighting in the country is not yet where it ought to be especially in the area of regulation,” he said....

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17Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Kyari Emerges As APC National Chairman

SENATOR Abubakar Kyari, Deputy National Chairman (North) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has emerged as acting National Chairman of the ruling party. This follows the resignation of Senator Abdullahi Adamu as the party’s national chairman. In line with the party’s constitution, if a national chairman resigns, the deputy national chairman from the zone would take over in acting capacity. Kyari led some members of the National Working Committee (NWC) into a meeting currently taking place at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja amid tight security. Those who came in with Kyari were: Deputy National Chairman (South), Emma Enukwu; National Vice Chairman (North-West), Salihu Lukman; National Vice Chairman (North-East), Salihu Mustapha; National Vice Chairman (Nor...

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17Jul By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Police Nab One As Gunmen Kill Enugu Lawmaker

The police command in Enugu State has arrested a suspect for an alleged connection to the gruesome murder of a lawmaker, Nelson Sylvester Nnacheta, in the Nsukka axis of the state. On Monday, the command’s spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, said the criminal gang killed Mr Nnacheta, a.k.a “Ofunwa”, on Sunday night. “Nnacheta, who is identified as the councillor representing Eha-Ulo ward in Ehalumona community, was shot and gruesomely murdered on July 16, 2023, at about 11:30 p.m., at Umualoji village in Ehalumona community of Nsukka Local Government Area. “Meanwhile, the state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Ahmed Ammani, has ordered an intense discreet investigation and manhunt of the assailants,” he said. Mr Ndukwe said further development would be communicated in due course. ...

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17Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Nigeria’s inflation rate rises to 22.79% – NBS

Nigeria's consumer price index (CPI) has seen an increase in the month of June 2023. This reflect a rise from 22.41 percent in the previous month to 22.79 percent. This is according to the latest CPI report released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Monday. More to follow…

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17Jul By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Barely A Week After The Death Of Chairman, Akure North LG Vice Chairman, Adebusola Dies

Barely a week after the death of Bankole Ogbesetore, the Chairman of Akure North, his Vice, Anthony Adebusola has also died. The news of the death of the Vice Chairman has thrown the council into sadness. As exclusively reported by Sharpedgenews.com, the chairman of the council, Bankole Ogbesetore died last week. The Acting Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, we gathered paid a condolence visit to the residence of the late Chairman last week before the unfortunate loss of the Vice Chairman on Sunday, July 16. Adebusola, who hails from Iju in Akure North Local Government area of Ondo State died at Afe Babalola University Hospital.

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17Jul By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Prevent ASUU Strike During Your Tenure, Muslim Students Tell Tinubu

The Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (MSSN) has called on President Bola Tinubu to make as one of its priorities a determination never to allow the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other education unions to embark on strike again. Miftaudeen Thanni, immediate past Amir of MSSN in Lagos, made the call on Sunday during its Annual Conference, which was held on Sunday at the Main Auditorium of the University of Lagos. We are reminding President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to prioritise education, youth empowerment, security of lives and property, economic and infrastructural development,” Mr Thanni noted. According to him, investing in the education sector is not a luxury but a necessity. “As we move into a new dispensation of ‘Renewed Hope’ in our national polity, we are u...

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