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23Dec By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Christmas : Nasarawa lawmaker, Hon Zhekaba spends over N8m to constituents

Member representing Obi Two constituency at the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, Hon Luka Iliya Zhekaba, says he has earmarked N8 million to be disbursed to the people of his constituency in the spirit of Christmas festivity. Zhekaba, the Minority Leader and Chairman , House Committee on Housing and Environment disclosed this while disbursing N5000 each to 200 women of his constituency in Duduguru, Obi Local Government Area of the State. The minority leader of the House said that the gesture was to put smile on the faces of his constituents thereby improving on their standard of living during and after the festive period. According to him, I feel it necessary based on the support my electorates have been giving to me to extend and reach out to them in this festive period. "Tod...

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23Dec By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Good roads will reduce inflation of goods, services -Umahi

By Perpetua Onuegbu The Minister of Works, Sen. David Umahi says that good roads in the country will reduce inflation of goods and services. Umahi said this at the inauguration of the Board of the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) on Thursday in Abuja. According to Umahi road infrastructure is critical to the socio-economic development of our nation noting that the critical sectors that drive economic growth rely greatly on road infrastructure development. "We have a very critical situation with our roads all over the country and for me, the number one thing Nigerians needed like yesterday is road. "If we fix our roads today, we will bring down inflation in this country, because bad road is affecting every aspect of our economic activities. "Is it transportation of petrol...

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22Dec By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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Ondo: APC Chieftain Warns Aiyedatiwa Against Reshuffling Cabinet

A legal practitioner and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Ondo State, Mr Sola Ajisafe, has warned the state acting governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, against reshuffling the cabinet of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu. Aiyedatiwa became the acting governor of the state after Governor Akeredolu returned to Germany for another medical vacation and transmitted power to him in an acting capacity last week. Ajisafe, who spoke on a radio programme in Akure, the state capital, on Wednesday, said there was an indication that Aiyedatiwa was planning to reshuffle the State Executive Council to favour his supporters in the government but warned him against such planned action. According to the APC chieftain, such action would be contrary to the agreement reached with President Bola Ahmed Tinu...

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21Dec By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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Senate Confirms 11 Supreme Court Justices

The Senate has confirmed the appointment of 11 Supreme Court justices nominated by President Bola Tinubu to fill the vacancies on the apex court bench. This followed the adoption of the report of the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters at the Committee of the Whole on Thursday. Presenting the report, Mohammed Monguno, the Chairman of the Committee, said the request for confirmation of the nominees was in pursuant to section 231(2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended). He said the committee at the screening received their curriculum vitae and other documents on their suitability for appointment as Supreme Court justices. “The nominees individually demonstrated knowledge and grasp on questions asked by members of the c...

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21Dec By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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Kebbi, Jigawa, Akwa Ibom Paid Highest Petrol Retail Price In November-NBS

The National Bureau of Statistics says the average retail price of a litre of petrol increased from N202.48 in November 2022 to N648.93 in November 2023. NBS said this in its Petrol Price Watch for November 2023 released in Abuja on Thursday. It stated that the November 2023 price of N648.93 represented a 220.49 per cent increase over the price of N202.48 recorded in November 2022. It stated, “Comparing the average price value with the previous month of October 2023, the average retail price increased by 2.90 per cent from N630.63. “On state profiles analysis, Kebbi paid the highest average retail price of N691.00 per litre, followed by Jigawa and Akwa Ibom at N677.67 and N675.00, respectively. “Conversely, Taraba, Kaduna and Lagos paid the lowest average retail price at N61...

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21Dec By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Nigeria: NGOs, CSOs call for adoption of strategies to address road crashes

By Ibironke Ariyo The Non-Governmental Organisations and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) on Road Safety and Injury Prevention have called for the adoption of sector-based strategies to address the hydra-headed challenges of road crashes, injuries, and deaths in Nigeria. The Coordinator and leader of the representatives of NGOs/CSOs, Dr. Yusuf Suberu, expressed serious concerns about how to tackle pre-crash, crash, and post-crash issues in Nigeria and outlined the way forward. Dr Yusuf Suberu is also the Representative of the United Nations Decade of Action on Road Safety and Injury Prevention(I (UNDARSIP) in Nigeria. Speaking, during a roundtable and dinner organised for critical stakeholders in transportation and road safety matters in Abuja, Suberu said that relevant stake...

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21Dec By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Foundation trains over 1,500 teachers on standard practice

By Diana Omueza Teachers Aid Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has trained not less than 1,500 teachers across the country on international best practices in education. Mr Stephen Osadebay, the President of the foundation said this in Abuja at an Induction and Investiture of Honorary Award ceremony. The NGO, in partnership with the British American Open University of California, organised the event to honour teachers and professional educationists with the honorary doctorate award for making impacts in the education sector. Osadebay said the foundation had successfully trained over 1,500 teachers from 2022 to 2023 on international best practices and would not relent in ensuring that teachers and teaching profession was specialised and enviable. According to ...

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20Dec By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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Donald Trump Banned From Colorado Ballot In Historic Ruling By State’s Supreme Court

A divided Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday declared former President Donald Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause and removed him from the state’s presidential primary ballot, setting up a likely showdown in the nation’s highest court to decide whether the front-runner for the GOP nomination can remain in the race. The decision from a court whose justices were all appointed by Democratic governors marks the first time in history that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment has been used to disqualify a presidential candidate. “A majority of the court holds that Trump is disqualified from holding the office of president under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment,” the court wrote in its 4-3 decision. Colorado’s highest court overturned a ruling ...

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20Dec By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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Fagbemi: Plea Bargaining Good For Nigeria’s Anti-Corruption War

The Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, says plea bargain enhances the quick recovery of stolen assets and proceeds of crime. Mr Fagbemi said this at the unveiling of the ‘Plea Bargaining Guidelines for Federal Prosecutors’ and the maiden sensitisation workshop on the guidelines on Tuesday in Abuja. The attorney general states, “Under section 494(1) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act (ACJA), 2015, Plea Bargain is well described as “the process in criminal proceedings whereby the defendant and the prosecution work out a mutually acceptable disposition of the case. This includes the plea of the defendant to a lesser offence than that charged in the complaint or information and in conformity with other conditions imposed by the prosecution, in return for a lighter sentenc...

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19Dec By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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Makinde’s Arrogance Led To Freezing Of Oyo’s Bank Accounts- Ex-ALGON

Ayodeji Abass-Aleshinloye, former chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON) in Oyo, says freezing the state account over the unpaid N3.5 billion entitlements of sacked council chairpersons was caused by Governor Seyi Makinde and other state officials’ arrogance. The lesson from this judgment is that the government must always allow the rule of law to thrive,” Mr Abass-Aleshinloye stated. “There should be less arrogance on the part of the executives, especially when it comes to legal issues.” Justice A.O. Ebong of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court had, on December 15, issued an order freezing the accounts of the Oyo government in 10 commercial banks in the country. Mr Ebong gave the order while ruling on a garnishee proceeding initiated by the l...

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19Dec By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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NERDC explains reasons for secondary education curriculum review

The Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) has underscored the need for the review of the secondary education curriculum to create opportunities for students to acquire relevant trade and entrepreneurship skills. The Executive Secretary, NERDC, Prof. Ismail Junaidu, stated this at a high-level policy committee meeting on the “New Secondary Education Curriculum Structure and Benchmark’’ on Tuesday in Abuja. Junaidu said the review became necessary considering that it had been 12 years since the introduction of the current Senior Secondary Education Curriculum (SSEC). According to him, the old SSEC is no longer relevant to the overall objectives of education in terms of human capital development, job creation, value reorientation, and poverty eradication. “...

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19Dec By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Migrants Day: Stakeholders list reasons for safe migration

Some migration stakeholders have advised Nigerians on the need for right, dignity, and safe migration. They gave the advice during a road walk on Monday in commemoration of the 2023 International Migrants Day. International Migrants Day is celebrated every year on Dec. 18 to reflect on the contributions of millions of migrants worldwide. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the theme for the 2023 International Migrants Day is “Act Today”. The Project Director of the Mediterranean Foundation for African Migrants, Kenechi Okpalaji, said there was nothing wrong with people moving from one country to another but they should do it rightly. Kenechi explained that people on the move were powerful drivers for development in both their origin and destination countries, as wo...

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19Dec By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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SSANU commends FG on exemption of tertiary institutions:from IPPIS

By Joan Nwagwu The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has commended the Federal Government for the exemption of all tertiary institutions from the the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). Mr Mohammed Ibrahim, National President of SSANU, said this in a communique issued on Monday in Abuja. The communique was issued at the end of the 46th National Executive Council (NEC) of the association held in Federal University of Technology, Mina, Niger state. According to Ibrahim, NEC in session commended the Federal Government on the removal of universities and other tertiary institutions from IPPIS. “NEC, however, encourages government to critically consult Management of Universities and labour unions on workable, reliable, seamless and ...

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18Dec By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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Katsina: Bandits Kill Four Farmers, Abduct Eight Others

Suspected bandits killed four farmers and abducted eight others from Nahuta village in the Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State on Saturday. Police spokesman in the state, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, confirmed the attack on Sunday in Katsina. He said the farmers were harvesting their crops when the assailants struck. One of the farmers who managed to escape received gunshot wounds, he added. “The suspected bandits attacked the farmers and opened fire on them, thereby killing four and injuring one; they also abducted eight others,’’ Mr Aliyu said.

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18Dec By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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Shettima: Private Sector Has Big Role To Play In Nigeria’s Development

Vice President Kashim Shettima has stated that Nigeria’s private sector has a huge role in the country’s development. Mr Shettima stated this at an event at the University of Ibadan to honour the late former governor of Oyo State, Abiola Ajimobi. The vice president, represented by Bashir Maidugu, his Senior Special Adviser (SSA) on Legal Services, said it was already a fact that the government has limited resources to meet the demands of Nigerians. We all know that the government has many things to deal with, all of them with their competing needs, yet there are limited resources. ”The private sector has to fill in the gap at this point, and this is why the government will continue to work with the private sector for rapid development of Nigeria,” he said. Mr Shettima then u...

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17Dec By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Shettima inaugurates nutrition core working committee

Vice President Kashim Shettima has inaugurated the Nutrition Core Working Committee to adopt a strategy to end severe acute malnutrition in the country. Shettima, while inaugurating the committee at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, emphasised the importance of coordination and collaboration with the National Committee on Food and Nutrition (NCFN). According him, President Bola Tinubu's administration is determined to upturn the negative nutrition indices in the country. Shettima recounted his recent visit to Tudun Biri village in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State where he witnessed the tragic plight of a malnourished child caught in the unfortunate military drone strike. " I welcome you to the inauguration of this all important committee that will serve as the intellect...

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17Dec By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Tinubu assures genuine foreign investors of diligent funds reparation

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17Dec By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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Navy Honours 58 Officials For Displaying Innovation, Courage, Others

The Nigerian Navy has honoured 58 officers and ratings with the Chief of Naval Staff commendation awards for distinguishing themselves in the areas of research and innovation, character and gallantry in 2023. The navy also conferred its Command and Sea Badge on officers who successfully held sea commands during the year. The navy gave the honour at its Ceremonial Sunset and Awards Night 2023, on Friday in Abuja. The categories of the awards include research and innovation, SDB III Design and Construction, exemplary character and gallantry. The other categories include the Office of the National Security Adviser Tactical Disruption Team in the National Counter Terrorism Centre, team award (Operation Whirl Punch), outstanding command and leadership, outstanding ships/establishmen...

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17Dec By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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EFCC Secures 65 Convictions In Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured 65 court convictions of financial fraudsters from January to December 15 in Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states. The Sokoto Zonal Commander, Mr Aliyu Yunusa, disclosed this to journalists during the end of year get together organised by the commission to celebrate its successes on Friday in Sokoto. Mr Yunusa said the zonal command surpassed its target of 50 convictions and attributed the successes to staff dedication, support from sister organisations, community-based organisations and individuals. He highlighted that the most prevalent cases recorded included impersonations involving using other persons’ National Identification Number in proxy, receiving stolen monies, cloning of Automated Teller Machine cards for third party ...

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16Dec By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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We will invest in education to end poverty in Nigeria – Group

Olean care Aid Foundation (OCAF), in partnership with Universal Basic Education Board (UBEB) and others, have restated their commitment towards investing in education to reduce poverty in Nigeria. The group made the commitment during an end of year party to celebrate pupils and teachers, with exceptional performance in LEA primary school Wuse Zone 3 Abuja. According to Mrs Oge Ezenyimulu-Nwagu, Founder of OCAF, education is a total escape from poverty and if we fail to invest in education, Nigeria will continue to spend on poverty which will subsequently breed other socio-economic vices such as armed robbery and hoodlums. She also stated that the development of the knowledge sector of economy would go a long way in providing the necessary drivers for economic growth and developmen...

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