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23Apr By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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NLC Asks Buhari To Ensure Safety Of Nigerians In Sudan

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the federal government to guarantee the safety of lives of Nigerians in the ongoing war in Sudan. Joe Ajaero, NLC President, said this on Saturday in Abuja in a statement titled, “Nigerians in Sudan Should Not Die’’. According to Mr Ajaero, “we have watched with increasing alarm and despair the unfolding tragedy in Sudan as a result of the ongoing war in that country. “That is between two major factions of the Military; the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, and the Sudanese Army, commanded by Gen. Abdul Fattah al-Burhan, which has led to untold human carnage and destruction of properties of citizens of that nation. “At this point, we are not specially concerned about the history and immediate causes of t...

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23Apr By Kayode FasuaNo Comments

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Council Boss to Tinubu: Tackle Unemployment with Industry in Each Senatorial District

Secretary to Akure South Local Government in Ondo State, Dr. Gbenga Fasua, has tasked the incoming administration of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to kickstart the industrial revolution of the country by setting up an industry in each senatorial district. He gave the advice in Akure on Sunday during an interactive session with young entrepreneurs in the Contituency 2 of the local council. The council boss remarked that the grassroots are in dire need of big industries to absorb the increasing population of unemployed youths and also feed chains of businesses. "For instance in Ondo State, if an agro-allied industry is set up in one senatorial district, a manufacturing industry can be set up in the two other senatorial districts each, to absorb skilled labour and many o...

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22Apr By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Imo: Police Begin Manhunt For Killers Of 5 Officers, Couple

The Police Command in Imo has begun a manhunt for the killers of five police officers and a couple at Okpala, in Ngor-Okpala Local Government Area of the state. The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Henry Okoye, who confirmed the incident, said the command’s Tactical and Operational Teams had been deployed to the area.Mr Okoye, who noted that the command was on the trail of the suspects, said security had been beefed up in the area to increase public confidence. “The command has deployed tactical and operational teams to the area for constant patrol and in search of those behind this dastardly act. “We are closing in on them,” he added. According to him, corpses of the operatives have been evacuated and deposited in a morgue. Mr Okoye urged members of the public ...

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22Apr By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Osinbajo To Deliver Lecture On Climate Change At U.S. Varsity

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will on Saturday depart Abuja for the U.S. to deliver a Special Lecture at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) in Philadelphia. Mr Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement, said the vice president would also participate in an interactive session with students and faculty coordinated by Wale Adebanwi, Professor of Africana Studies at the UPenn. The vice president’s lecture on April 24, will be themed around Climate Change and a Just Transition, and is hosted by the University’s Center for Africana Studies. Mr Osinbajo, a leading voice and strong advocate for a Just Energy Transition for Africa and the developing world, is currently spearheading efforts aimed at creating the African Carbon Market as one of the pathways of a just and sustain...

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21Apr By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Tinubu Submits 14 Names For Presidential Inauguration Committee

The President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has submitted a list of 14 names to constitute his Presidential Inauguration Committee. Asiwaju Tinubu unveiled the names in a letter to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha. The members of the committee to usher in his government with Vice President-Elect, Senator Kashim Shettima, on May 29, 2023 include the National Deputy Chairman (North) of the All Progressives Congress. Abubakar Kyari. The former representative of Borno North Senatorial District will serve as the Coordinator and Director of Finance and Budget of the Committee.The Executive Director (Business Development) at the Nigeria Export-Import Bank, Stella Okotete, will head Secretariat, Planning and Monitoring; Makinde Araoye, an ex-APC govern...

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20Apr By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Kogi: Two APC Members Approach Court For Cancellation Of Governorship Primaries

Two members of the All Progressives Congress have pleaded with an Abuja High Court to void the party’s governorship primaries, which held on April 11. Realwan Akpanachi and Yahaya Seidu-Nuhu prayed for the voiding of the primaries in an Originating Summons. The summons was filed by their Counsel, Promise Ogbodu, sued six of the contestants as 1st to 6th defendants. Other defendants are the APC and the Independent National Electoral Commission as 7th and 8th defendants respectively. The plaintiffs are alleging the violation of the Electoral Act 2022 and the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the primary election. The six contestants are Abdulkareem Jamiu (Chief of Staff), Jibril Momoh (Account-General), Yakubu Okala (Auditor-General), Asiwaju Idris (Finance C...

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20Apr By -No Comments

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19Apr By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Obi Reacts To UK Arrest, Says, I’ll Never Break Any Law Knowingly

The presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the February 25, 2023 election in Nigeria, Peter Obi, has said that he will never break any law knowingly. Obi spoke in Asaba, the Delta State capital, on Tuesday following his questioning at the Heathrow Airport, London. According to available information, the former two-term Anambra State Governor was questioned for duplicity of identity, fuelling speculations that some people were using his identity for dubious transactions. Obi, who spoke at the National Executive Council meeting of the Labour Party, said: “I have always lived my life in the most law-abiding manner possible. “Sometimes, as humans, we make mistakes, but I will never knowingly break any law. “I am, therefore, not afraid of the lies and propaganda against m...

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19Apr By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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AEDC commissions additional feeders to boost electricity in FCT

The Abuja Electricity Dristibution Company(AEDC) says it has inaugurated a 33 kilovolt(KV) feeders to meet growing electricity demand in parts of the Federal Capital Territory(FCT). AEDC's Chief Marketing Officer, Mr Donald Etim said this in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday. Etim said that the project would improve power supply availability within Gwarinpa, Dawaki, Katampe, Life Camp, Kubwa, Bwari, and environs. He said the AEDC had commissioned Strategic feeders to evacuate power from "TCN 2x60MVA 132/33KV GIS Transmission Station. "The constructed 33KV feeders will de-load Gwarinpa and Life Camp, 33KV feeders from AT2 Katampe, as well as Dawaki and Bwari 33KV feeders from AT4 Kubwa TS." Etim said the initial load from the facility on the two feeders had already been evac...

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19Apr By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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AIGBEFOH receives award of excellent leadership

Chief Ebosetale David Aigbefoh, has received an award of excellent leadership from News Day Express Magazine for outstanding Legal Services to Humanity in the country. The Editor of News Day Express Magazine, Chijindu Lily Ukatu, while presenting the award to Aigbefoh at the National Assembly in Abuja, said it was in recognition for his reputable performance and high score card of Excellent leadership. According to her, it is the organisations hope that the award shall be exemplary to others for encouragement to do more for the benefit of humanity and to the Glory of God. She however, called on well meaning Nigerians to emulate his kind gesture for the development of the country and humanity. AIGBEFOH, while receiving the award thanked the organisation deeming it fit for him t...

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19Apr By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Combating counterfeiting via product authentication

By Lucy Ogalue and Ikenna Uwadileke, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Counterfeiting, being the act of imitating, making illegal copies, or making something look like the original usually goes with the intent to steal, destroy, deceive, or replace the original. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development reveals that African countries are targeted destinations for counterfeit goods such as pharmaceuticals, foods and beverages. In spite of the gains of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCTA), there have been concerns by some stakeholders that the agreement would lead to an increased rate of counterfeiting and dumping of substandard products by some countries. No doubt, counterfeit products endanger health and often times result in the death of the consumer th...

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18Apr By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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INEC Declares Fintiri Winner Of Adamawa Governorship Election

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Ahmadu Fintiri, governor of Adamawa, as the winner of the state governorship election. Mele Lamido, the returning officer for the Adamawa governorship election, declared Fintiri as the winner after the collation of the supplementary election results. The final results showed that Aisha ‘Binani’ Dahiru, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), scored 398,788 votes, while Fintiri, the incumbent governor, and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had 430,861 votes to win the poll.

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18Apr By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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We’ll create enabling environment for Benue citizens – Deputy Governor -Elect

The Deputy Governor-elect of Benue, Mr Sam Ode, has said that the All Progressives Congress( APC) led government in the state would create an enabling environment and opportunities for indigenes of the state to thrive. Ode stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) after a visit by a delegation from a Support Group, Alia Alliance World Wide in Abuja . He said that to achieve this, the administration would first and foremost, declare an emergency on the payment of outstanding salaries and pensions of civil servants in the state. Ode said that because of the importance of wages to the well-being of the workforce, the government intends to clear all arrears of pensions and salaries. “We also cannot say that the payment of salaries is an achievement but it i...

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18Apr By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Binani Asks Court To Review Adamawa Poll

Aisha ‘Binani’ Dahiru has asked a federal high court in Abuja to review the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to void her controversial declaration as the winner of the Adamawa governorship election. The ex parte motion, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/510/2023, was filed on April 17. The Adamawa governorship supplementary election was conducted on Saturday following the declaration of the March 18 poll as inconclusive over alleged irregularities. The collation of election results was suspended till Sunday after results from 10 LGAs were announced. However, INEC discontinued the exercise after Hudu Yunusa-Ari, the resident electoral commissioner, declared Binani, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the winner. Yunusa-Ari made the declaratio...

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15Apr By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Oyo: We Conducted Hitch-free Supplementary Election-REC

The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Oyo State, Dr Adeniran Tella has said that the supplementary election conducted in two Federal Constituencies in the state on Saturday was hitch-free. made this known while addressing newsmen after monitoring the exercise in the eight polling units spread across the two affected Federal Constituencies in Oluyole and Ibadan North-East/Ibadan South-East Constituencies. According to him, the supplementary election has been peaceful and free of any form of violence. He said that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines used in all the polling units worked perfectly well. Mr Tella commended the voters in the concerned polling units for coming out to exercise their franchise. Voters in the affected polling units were seen...

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15Apr By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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PR Professionals and its surge in non-profit sector: Matters Arising

By Arhyel Shadrach Ayuba The recent surge in demand for PR (Public Relations) professionals in the humanitarian and development sector in Nigeria suggests that there is a growing need for effective communication and engagement strategies in these sectors. This could be due to several reasons, such as an increasing number of NGOs and development organizations operating in Nigeria, the need to promote transparency and accountability, and the importance of building trust and relationships with stakeholders. One implication of this trend is that PR professionals will play a critical role in shaping public perception and understanding of the humanitarian and development sector in Nigeria. This will require a range of skills, including the ability to develop clear and concise messag...

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14Apr By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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$460,000 Forfeiture: You Can’t Outrun Your Past, Atiku’s Aide Hits Tinubu

The Special Assistant on Public Communication to Atiku Abubakar, Phrank Shaibu, has lambasted the All Progressives Congress and its presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for trying to present the $460,000 forfeiture case as one relating to tax evasion and not drug charges. The aide of the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the February 25, 2023 poll spoke in a statement. Shaibu said in the statement that after the lies told by Tinubu and his surrogates, the truth had finally been unravelled through the processes filed by the All Progressives Congress at the Presidential Election Petitions Tribunal. said: “Festus Keyamo had gone on national television to say that Tinubu’s forfeiture of $460,000 was based on tax obligations. “At least they hav...

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13Apr By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Over 1000 persons benefit from AMAC free medical outreach in Kurudu community

Over 1,000 persons on Thursday, benefitted from the free medical outreach organised by the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) for residents of the Kurudu community, a suburb of the area council. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the free medical services offered include malaria, typhoid, high blood pressure testing, eye screening, COVID-19 vaccination, HIV testing and counseling, family planning services, among others. Mr Christopher Maikalangu, Chairman, AMAC, said the medical outreach was part of the dividends of democracy he promised AMAC residents during his campaigns. Maikalangu, who was represented by Mr Nasiru Usman, Vice-Chairman, AMAC, said that his administration was committed to tackling health care challenges faced by the aged and less privileged persons ...

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13Apr By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Farmers urged to exercise coution when using pesticides 

The Director, Heinrich Boll Foundation Nigeria, Mr Jochen Luckscheiter, has urged farmers to exercise caution when administering pesticides to their crops for healthy living and to help save the environment.  Luckscheiter, made the call during a two-days Engagement of Social Media Influencers/Journalists on the Nigeria Pesticide Atlas at agroforestry Project farm in Kwali, FCT.  The Director said the essence of the workshop is to increase public awareness on the impact of the high use of toxic pesticides by farmers in the Agricultural sector.  He said Pesticides were  designed to prevent yield losses in the farming system, but also  gives rise to new problems on health and soil degradation which is harmful to the ecosystem.  "The idea is to reduce the ...

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