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By Collins Yakubu-Hammer, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) When the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development (FMHADMSD) was created by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019, he charged the pioneer Minister, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, to rescue Nigerians from poverty. Earlier in 2016, the Buhari administration created the National Social Investment Programmes (NSIP), which was overseen by the office of the Vice-President, until the creation of the FMHADMSA in 2019, which then took over the NSIP. The Ministry began overseeing the numerous intervention programmes with regards to tackling poverty, unemployment and insecurity through job creation. This was to culminate with the lifting of projected 100 million Nigerians out of poverty over the next 10 y...

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Female Shooter Kills Six In U.S School

A heavily armed former student shot through a locked school door before killing three children and three staff members at a private Christian campus in Nashville on Monday, authorities said. In addition to the three 9-year-old students, the 28-year-old attacker fatally wounded a custodian, a substitute teacher and the head of school before being killed by responding officers, Metropolitan Nashville Police Chief John Drake said. Audrey Hale had planned extensively for the violence at The Covenant School on Burton Hills Boulevard, police said. “There were maps drawn of the school, in detail of surveillance, entry points," Drake said. The shooter, who was killed on the school's second floor, had two "assault-type rifles and a handgun," an official said. The three students kill...

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PDP Crisisi: Court Restrains Ayu From Parading Himself As Acting PDP National Chairman

The crisis rocking the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) took a new turn on Monday as High Court sitting in Benue state granted an interim order restraining Iyorchia Ayu from parading himself as the national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The presiding judge, W.I Kpochi, gave the order on Monday, while ruling on a motion ex parte marked MHC/633/2023, and filed by Conrad Terhide Utaan. It would be recalled that the Party has been embroiled in leadership crisis before the 2023 elections.

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27Mar By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Enugu: Police Launch Manhunt For Gunmen Who Killed Policemen At Checkpoint

Enugu State Police Command has launched a massive manhunt for assailants that attacked police operatives on a routine stop-and-search duty at Uwani in the Enugu metropolis. The Command’s Spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, made this known in a statement he issued on Monday in Enugu. He said the manhunt had resulted in the assailants abandoning the black Mercedes Benz ML 350 they used for the operation along Enugu-Port-Harcourt Road. Ndukwe said that the incident took place at Osadebe Street, Kenyatta Market Enugu on Sunday at about 11:30am. He said: “The armed hoodlums, who came in their numbers and operating in SUVs, suddenly opened fire on the police operatives on routine stop-and-search duty. “Many of the hoodlums escaped with varying degrees of fatal gunshot injuries in the e...

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27Mar By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Lagos-based journalist felicitates with Niger governor-elect, says victory well-deserved

By Perpetua Onuegbu A Lagos-based Journalist, Mr. Biodun Oladejo, has congratulated the Niger State governor-elect, Hon. Umar Bago, on his victory at the just concluded governorship polls in the state, saying that his victory is well-deserved. Oladejo, who is the Publisher of Legend Magazine, and also an international Tourism and Travel expert in a statement, said Bago's emergence is a new dawn in Niger State. The journalist said though he is not a native of Niger he was born and brought up in the state, and his knowledge about Bago was that of a superlative and development oriented-leader, who according to him, is a good example of a politician from a humble background, who is capable of translating the state's economy into prosperity. Oladejo emphasised that Bago's experienc...

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Gunmen Kill Two Policemen In Enugu During Stop-and-Search Operation + Photo (Viewer Discretion)

The police command in Enugu has launched a massive manhunt for gunmen who attacked its operatives on a routine stop-and-search duty at Uwani in the Enugu metropolis. Its spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, said in a statement on Monday in Enugu that the manhunt had resulted in the gunmen abandoning a black Mercedes Benz ML 350 they used for the operation along Enugu-Port-Harcourt Road. The statement said the attack took place at Osadebe Stree, Kenyatta Market Enugu, on Sunday, at about 11:30 a.m. “The armed hoodlums, who came in their numbers and operating in SUVs, suddenly opened fire on the police operatives on routine stop-and-search duty. Many of the hoodlums escaped with varying degrees of fatal gunshot injuries in the ensuing gun duel with the operatives,” the police statement sa...

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Declaration: PDP Gov’ship candidate in Nasarawa gives INEC 7 days ultimatum

Mr David Umbugadu, the Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded election in Nasarawa State has given the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) seven days to declare him winner of the election. Umbugadu through his counsel, MrMichael Numa (SAN) in a letter addressed to INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu and made available to newsmen on Friday in Abuja said he is acting within the Electoral Act of 2022. According to Numa, collation of results in some wards and pulling units during the Governorship and State House of Assembly elections were characterised with alteration, manipulation and subversion of the will of the voters. “Particularly, after the collation of Polling Unit (PU) results comprising the Gayam and Chiroma wards, th...

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26Mar By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Nigeria’s President-elect Tinubu Mourns Oladipo Diya

Nigeria's President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has sent his condolences to the family of former Chief of General Staff, Lt. General Oladipo Diya, who passed on early Sunday morning. General Diya, according to his son, Sinmi Diya, passed on early on Sunday morning at the age of 79. The former Nigeria’s number citizen served as military governor of Ogun State where he hailed from and held several military positions before he became Chief of General Staff in 1993 as second in command to late Head of State, General Sani Abacha. While expressing his sadness over the passing of the retired General, Asiwaju Tinubu praised his contributions to national development and the military institution. “The news of the death of General Oladipo Diya early this morning came to me as a sho...

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26Mar By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Foundation pledges to support women in sporting activities

Fame Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation, has pledged to give support to women in the sports sector so as to encourage their participation in sporting activities. The organisation made the pledge at its fourth edition of Annual Women and Sports Dialogue, in commemoration of the International Women’s Month, on Saturday at the Moshood Abiola National stadium in Abuja. Speaking at the occasion, Aderonke Ogunleye-Bello, Founder of the fame foundation, said the 2023 event, with the theme ‘developing a viable commercial and impactful blueprint for women football development’, was aimed to mentor women athletes. In addition, Ogunleye-Bello said it was also a preparation ahead of the FIFA women’s World Cup, set to be co- hosted by Australia and New Zealand in July. “We have re...

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26Mar By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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NiMet warns of possible discomfort as temperatures rise above 40 degrees Celsius

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) on Sunday warned of possible rise in temperatures in some cities which might lead to thermal discomfort. Its spokesman, Mr Muntari Ibrahim, stated in Abuja that temperatures might rise above 40 degrees Celsius in the affected cities in the next 48 hours. He listed states that might be affected as Kebbi, Sokoto, Zamfara, Taraba, and Adamawa where temperatures might rice above 40 degrees Celsius. Most northern states, including parts of Oyo, Kwara, FCT, Nasarawa and Benue are expected to record temperatures between 35 degrees Celsius and 40 degrees Celsius, Ibrahim stated. “Bauchi, Gombe, Borno, and Yola are at risk of experiencing high thermal discomfort. “People in these locations should drink lots of fluid through this period,’’ h...

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NDLEA intercepts 107kgs of cannabis indica at Tincan port

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 107 kilogrammes of cannabis indica, popularly known as Colorado, hidden in a container bearing four used vehicles imported from Toronto, Canada. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that operatives of the Tincan Port command of the agency made the interception. In the same development, The NDLEA spokesman said that the Operatives equally frustrated another bid by an intending passenger to Reggio, Italy, Osasere MacDonald, to export 500grams of tramadol 225mg. Babafemi said that the drugs were concealed inside a carton of indomie noodles, adding that the operatives seized the drugs and arrested the suspect on Tuesday, March 21. “Fe...

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NAFDAC alerts Nigerians to recalled eye drop

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has alerted Nigerians to the recalled EzriCare and Delsam Pharma Artificial Tears eye drops. The recall is contained in a public alert with No: 008/2023 signed by NAFDAC Director-General, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, in Abuja on Sunday. She said that the eye drop was recalled in February due to suspected contamination with pseudomonas aeruginosa, a highly resistant bacterium. According to her, since the recall, the U.S. Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has reported 68 patients across 16 states with health problems from the bacteria, including eye infections. Other problems associated with the eye drop were permanent loss of vision, surgical removal of eyeballs and a case of death with a “bloodstream infectio...

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NOUN VC tasks students on credibility as 28,740 graduates on 12th Convocation

The Vice-Chancellor of NOUN, Prof. Olufemi Peters, has called on graduating students to be credible and hardworking for the development of the country. The NOUN VC made call on Saturday during the graduation of 28,740 students, comprising 21,339 undergraduates and 7,401 post graduates, from all the institution’s study centres across the country. Olufemi, while congratulating the students, also charged them to diligently apply themselves in whatever capacity with integrity as true ambassadors of NOUN. According to him, every graduate should look forward with great expectation to the future, a future that holds the potential for the realisation of their dreams. “I am delighted to inform you that it is now 20 years since the resuscitation of the National Open University of Niger...

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FCT senator unveils N2.8bn constituency projects

Sen. Philip Aduda (PDP-FCT) has unveiled constituency projects worth N2.8 billion across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Aduda, also Senate Minority Leader, inspected the projects across various wards of Bwari and Abuja Municipal Area Council ( AMAC) aimed at improving the living condition of the people at the weekend. Sharpedgenews reports that the projects included the 6 kilometres N1.4 billion Global Suite Road in Sabon Gari Area of Bwari. Others were the N1.4 billion road in Nyanya which passed through the Divisional Police Headquarters, Area F among others. He also the 1.5 kilometres Government Secondary School Kuduru Road with street light, and expansive multipurpose Ttwn hall in Kuduru ward in Bwari Area Council. Aduda also inspected the 2.2 Kilometres internal ...

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VIO director tasks members on sports

The Director, Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS), Dr Abdul-Lateef Bello, on Sunday in Abuja, urged members of staff of the service to embrace sports for a healthy living and effective service delivery. Bello gave the advice to sharpedgenews mon the sideline of the just concluded Table Tennis competition organised by the service in commemoration of his one year in office. The director said it had become imperative for the member of staff to engage in sporting activities being key to wellbeing as well as enhancing productivity. Bello added that it was also a way of generating an interaction between officers and men of the service and other sister agencies. “It is another way of fostering relationship and a way of equally developing our staff in terms of social cohesion,...

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Naira scarcity: Abuja residents assist needy despite scarcity

Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) were on Sunday spotted giving alms to the needy. Sharpedgenews reports that this is in spite of the current Naira scarcity occasioned by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Naira redesign policy. Sharpedgnews also reports that some of the residents said they decided to help because the physically challenged persons were more hit by the scarcity. Mrs Agnes Oche, a businesswoman seen giving money to a visually impaired man in the Central Area of the FCT, said she was moved by the man’s condition. She said although the cash crunch was affecting her, she did not want it to deter her from helping the needy. “We are all suffering from the Naira scarcity but there are people whose conditions are worse and these are the physically...

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Obituary: Oladipo Diya, Former Chief Of Staff To Abacha, Is Dead

A retired military General and former Chief of Staff to late General Sanni Abacha, Oladipo Diya is dead. He died at the age of 78, his family has announced. Oyesinmilola Diya, in a statement signed on behalf of the family, said the late general died in the early hours of Sunday. Diya served as the chief of general staff to former head of state Sani Abacha between 1994 and 1997. He was arrested and sentenced to death for alleged treason in 1997 but regained freedom after Abacha died in 1998.

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DSS Warns Against Desperation To Ignite Violence In Nigeria

The Department of State Service (DSS), has alerted Nigerians of plans by some people to violently disrupt peace in the country. The Service in a statement by Peter Afunanya warned those desperate to cause a breakdown of law and order to desist from that. "It would be recalled that the Service had earlier advised political players to abide by the rules of engagement as well as approach the courts for redress, if and where there are suspicions of infractions on extant electoral laws. It is evident that some aggrieved politicians are already taking advantage of this legal process. This, without doubt, is the beauty of democracy." " It is strongly believed that this approach enhances peace and security. All and sundry should cherish it." The Service warned that it will not tolerat...

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