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25May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Bedex Foundation Organises Tournament For Persons With Disability in FCT

Bedex Development Foundation has organised the 1st edition of its Parasoccer Tournament in Abuja which is aimed at encouraging the disabled through sport in the Federal Capital Territory ( FCT) with host team Abuja emerging champions.Team Abuja defeated Team Katsina 2-0 in the final to win the tournament held at Old Parade Ground Area 10 Sports Complex smiled home with a cash prize of N150,000 while the runner up left with N100,000.Players awarded were Umar Dahiru- Best Player, Aliyu Tasiu- Best Defender, Lawal Umar- Best Coach all from Team Katsina, while Mohammed Shaibu of the Abuja Team went home with the Best Goal Scorer award.Speaking at the tournament, the Chief Executive Officer of the foundation, Mr Bede Okafor noted that the theme of the project, " Ability In Disability Through S...

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25May By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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May 29: There Are Plans To Cause Disruption-DSS

The Department of State Services (DSS) has urged the media and civil society organisations (CSOs) to shun fake news, false alarms, and sensationalism ahead of the May 29 inauguration. In a statement on Thursday, Peter Afunanya, DSS spokesperson, said the call was to guard against reports that could inflame division, tension and violence prior to and after the inauguration. Afunanya said the service was aware of plans by subversive elements to disrupt the programme in parts of the country. “The aim is to undermine security agencies’ efforts at ensuring peaceful ceremonies and create panic and fear among members of the public,” Afunanya said. Based on these, citizens, the media and Civil Society Organisations are advised to adhere strictly to security and civil protocols during ...

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25May By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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You Can Engage In Partial Deregulation, But Resuscitate All Our Local Refineries, IPMAN President Tells Tinubu

The authentic National President of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Chief Dr. Kolawole Adewoyin has urged the incoming government of Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu not to engage in full deregulation of the petroleum sector until all local refineries in the country are fully working. Chief Adewoyin in a press statement stated that full deregulation of the downstream sector of the petroleum industry without ensuring that all local refineries are working will be catastrophic for the country. He also called incoming President to encourage more individuals to build modular refineries, saying partial deregulation should be encouraged. The IPMAN authentic President, Chief Adewoyin also speaks on Dangote Refinery, NUPENG, NMDPRA, IPMAN, Marketers and so on. ...

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25May By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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EndSARS: Senate Passes Bill To Compensate Victims For Second Reading

The Senate on Wednesday passed, for a second reading, a bill seeking to compensate victims of the #EndSARS protest. The bill entitled, A Bill for an Act to Amend the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Act, was sponsored by Bassey, Gershom (PDP, Cross-River ). Mr Bassey, in his lead debate, said the bill sought to provide for the establishment of the EndSARS Victims Compensation Fund. ”Judicial panels of inquiry were constituted to address the demands of protesters and compensation for verified victims of the EndSARS protest. “The findings of the judicial panels of inquiry and the Senate Joint Committee on EndSARS revealed the killing of protesters, destruction of private and public properties by rampaging hoodlums, who seized and took over the protest, destroyed and l...

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24May By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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After May 29, Niger Republic Will Defend Me If Anyone Moves Against Me-Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the people of Niger Republic will defend him if anyone moved against him after leaving office on May 29, 2023. The President said this on Tuesday during the commissioning of the Nigeria Customs Service headquarters in Abuja. Buhari also said he deliberately shut the nation’s land borders to force Nigerians to patronise goods made in the country. He said: “That is why when I became the President, my first visit was to Niger, Chad and Cameroon because, based on personal and national issues, the neighbourhood is very important. If you don’t secure the confidence and cooperation of your neighbours, you are in trouble, your children and grandchildren will be in trouble. “So it is very good that I established a relationship with my neighbo...

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24May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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NISCN set to host 2023 Nigeria Safety Conference in Lagos

By Victor Okoye The National Industrial Safety Council of Nigeria (NISCN), says it is set to host the 2023 Nigeria Safety Conference in Lagos. According to a statement by Dr Festus Daniel, the National President of the Council on Tueday in Abuja, the conference has been scheduled to hold from Wednesday to Friday at the LCCI Conference Centre, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos by 10.00 a.m daily. Daniel said the conference was been organised under the theme "Artificial Intelligence a Modern Tool for Tracking Health and Safety Culture in Workplaces". He said the Conference would focus on the application of modern tools for Workplace Health and Safety, strategic approach at National and enterprise levels with an in-depth guide on the operation and regulation of industrial health and safe...

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24May By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Ex-UK Prime Minister Blair Visits Tinubu, Pledges Support For Incoming Administration

Former British Prime Minister, Sir Tony Blair, has expressed his readiness to support the incoming administration of Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu to succeed in office. Blair gave the commitment on Tuesday when he visited the president-elect at the Defence House, Abuja. He said the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, which he founded, would be a willing partner of the Tinubu administration especially in prioritising its goals and delivery. He said since leaving office as the UK prime minister, he had been working with governments around the world to help them deliver on their mandates. He said Blair Institute have a project in place in Nigeria and felt it was incumbent upon him to meet Nigeria's incoming president to understand the administration's priorities. "We would lik...

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23May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Mental Health: A necessity for regular checks

By Gami Tadanyigbe, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Experts say mental health is a state of mental well-being that enables people to cope with the stresses of life, realise their abilities, learn well and work well, as well as contribute to their community for socio-economic development. It is an integral component of health and well-being that underpins our individual and collective abilities to make decisions, build relationships and shape the world we live in. Mental health conditions include mental disorders and psychosocial disabilities as well as other mental states associated with significant distress, impairment in functioning or risk of self-harm. People with mental health conditions are more likely to experience lower levels of mental well-being, but this is not always ...

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23May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Gunmen Open Fire , Kill inspector, injure two police officers at a Check point

A Police Inspector has been reportedly shot dead while two other officers were injured by gunmen who rained bullets on them at a checkpoint in Abakaliki, the capital of Ebonyi State on Monday. The inspector's identity and that of the officers are yet to be known. The attack on the police personnel was confirmed by the Public Relations Officer (PPRO), of the Ebonyi Command, SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, on Tuesday in Abakaliki. Onovwakpoyeya said the police is aware and will respond in due course. "I am making a press statement now, and I will make it available to the media when I am done,” An eyewitness, Philip Onwe, said the killers opened fire at a checkpoint and shot the Inspector and two other police officers, who sustained bullet wounds.

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23May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Gbajabiamila Congratulates Dangote on completion on Refinery

The Speaker, House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila has congratulated Aliko Dangote on the commissioning of his 650,000 BPD Dangote Oil Refinery. This was contained in a statement issued by the special adviser onMedia and publicity to the speaker, Lanre Lasisi on Tuesday. The Speaker expressed his excitement over the potential of the refinery in repositioning Nigeria as a key player in the global energy sector and a true economic giant of Africa. The multi-million dollar facility was commissioned by the President, Muhammadu Buhari alongside Africsn leaders, business moguls and investors from all over the world in Lagos yesterday. Gbajabiamila commended Dangote's unrivalled patriotism, which has always dictated the direction of his investments towards benefiting Nigerians a...

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23May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Prepare for a disease even deadlier than Covid, WHO chief warns

The head of the WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said the world should be prepared to respond to a disease outbreak of “even deadlier potential” than COVID-19. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the World Health Assembly forum that the threat of another public health crisis could not be kicked 'down the road'. He also claimed that, despite the darkest days of the pandemic being consigned to history, a doomsday Covid variant with the power to send the world back to square one could still spawn. In Geneva, Switzerland, Dr Tedros said : 'The threat of another variant emerging that causes new surges of disease and death remains. And the threat of another pathogen emerging with even deadlier potential remains He was speaking as the WHO unveiled a new global scheme to spot and tra...

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23May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Court adjourns Seun Kuti’s trial till Wednesday May 24

The trial of Seun Kuti was delayed as the magistrate, Adeola Olatubosun, was absent from the Yaba Magistrates' court in Lagos on May 23. No explanation was given for the absence. The Afro beat star was taken to Panti police station upon hearing of the magistrate's absence, and the case has been rescheduled for May 24. Recall that last week, the police approached the court for an extension of its order to remand Seun till Tuesday, May 23.

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23May By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Oyo: Makinde Dissolves Cabinet

The Governor of Oyo state, Seyi Makinde has dissolved the state executive council. The Governor equally terminated the appointments of political office holders urging them to handover government properties in their custody. This was contained in a letter signed by the Chief of Staff to the Governor and Chairman, Transition & Inauguration Committee, Otunba Segun Ogunwuyi. It reads: “I have the directive of the Executive Governor of Oyo State, His Excellency, “Governor Seyi Makinde to inform you of the dissolution of the Oyo State Executive Council and the termination of the appointment of all political officeholders with effect from today. Tuesday, May 23, 2023. All political officeholders are required to officially hand over and submit all government properties in their po...

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23May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Tribunal Strikes Out LP and PDP Request for live Converge

The Chairman of the Presidential Election Petition Court, Justice Haruna Tsammani, has dismissed the application for live coverage of court proceedings At a court proceeding in Abuja on Monday, Justice Tsammani rejected the application made by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP) for live coverage of the daily court proceedings on the case they have brought against President-elect Bola Tinubu. Atiku Abubakar, the PDP's presidential candidate, filed the initial application on May 8, with Peter Obi and the LP later following suit with a similar request. Tinubu opposed the live broadcast application a week later, calling it an abuse of court process. The judge ruled that the applications lacked merit.

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23May By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Tribunal Merges Atiku, Obi’s Petitions Despite Tinubu, APC’s Rejection Of Move

The presidential election petition court has consolidated all the petitions challenging the election of Bola Tinubu as Nigeria’s president. Tinubu, the standard bearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was declared the February 25 presidential poll winner with 8,794,726 votes. Aggrieved by the outcome, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, and Peter Obi, the Labour Party (LP) candidate, are challenging Tinubu’s victory. The Allied Peoples Movement (APM) is also challenging Tinubu’s election. The presidential election petition court had raised the issue of consolidating all the petitions and asked parties to address it. Tinubu and the APC had opposed the issue of a merger but the other petitioners maintained a neutral stance...

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23May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Father arrested for causing 2-month-old baby’s brain damage

A 33-year-old man was arrested on Monday for allegedly causing serious brain injury to his 2-month-old baby by violently shaking the infant. He has been charged with child abuse and there are concerns that he may attempt to flee, prompting the Incheon District Court to issue an arrest warrant. The incident is believed to have occurred at their home in Incheon earlier this month. The father has confessed to shaking the baby hard while holding him in his arms. The infant is currently receiving medical treatment at a hospital for a cerebral haemorrhage and a fractured rib. The police investigated the man's wife as a witness but found no evidence of her participation in the abuse. Shaken baby syndrome is a condition that may result from forcefully shaking an infant under the ag...

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23May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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First Product to Be In Market By the End of July- Dangote

President of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote has said the first product of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals will be in the market before the end of July, beginning of August this year The business tycoon and billionaire revealed this while giving the welcome address at the inauguration of the 650,000 bpd refinery in Lagos State on Monday. Beyond today’s ceremony, our first goal is to ramp up production of the various products to ensure that within this year, we’re able to fully satisfy our nation’s demand for higher quality products,” he said. In his remarks, he thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for his support and the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele for "moving mountains" in the course of the project. According to him, the accomplishment is to enable...

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23May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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President Buhari Won’t Approve 65-year Workers’ Retirement Age, Next Administration Might– Minister

The Minister of State for Labour, Employment and Productivity, Festus Keyamo, has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari will not support the proposed increase of retirement age for Nigerian workers from 60 to 65 years, as advocated by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). Speaking in an interview in Abuja, Keyamo cited the economic challenges being faced in the country as the reason for the non-approval. Keyamo alo said that an increase in service years will be the call of the next administration. “The process to effect that change to 65 years (if it is accepted by the Federal Government) is a process that cannot be completed before the end of the tenure of Buhari. So, I guess the new administration will have to deal with that,” the minister stated. The NLC also called for a rev...

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23May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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64 Million Nigerians At Risk of Food Crisis – World Bank

According to the World Bank, over 64 million Nigerians are at risk of needing emergency food and nutritional aid due to rising inflation, climate change, and other factors. A new report on food security from the bank states that 107.5 million people living in West Africa and Central Africa region are in a stressed zone and might fall into a food crisis if additional shocks in the current farming season occur. This new figure is almost double that of the 27 million people previously predicted by Oxfam, ALIMA, and Save the Children, who warned that food crises in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Niger, and Nigeria could affect them. The report also revealed that about 24.8 million Nigerians are currently suffering from acute hunger. It also revealed that the number of peopl...

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23May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Disease Outbreak: FG Partner WHO, Launch Emergency Response Initiative

The Federal Government, in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), has launched a three-pillar approach called 'Strengthening and Utilising Response Groups for Emergencies (Surge)' to prepare for, detect, and respond to disease outbreaks. The initiative aims to improve readiness and coordination at all levels and has been launched in Yobe State, which is recovering from the Boko Haram insurgency and facing both human and natural disasters. In 2022, 74 people were killed, 30,000 hectares of farmland were submerged by floods, and 35,000 households were displaced despite warnings by the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET). The Yobe State Commissioner for Health welcomed the initiative but noted that the state still faces inadequate skilled human resources and limite...

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