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25Mar By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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UN Conference adopts Water Action Agenda with 700 commitments

The UN 2023 Water Conference ended on Friday with the adoption of the Water Action Agenda, a “milestone” action plan containing almost 700 commitments to protect water, humanity’s most precious global common good. Sharpedgenews reports that the Minister of Water Resources, Alhaji Suleiman Adamu led Nigerian delegation to attend the three days event at UN headquarters in New York. The Agenda sets out a series of action-oriented game changing commitments, from making smarter food choices to re-evaluating water as a powerful economic driver, and part of the Earth’s cultural heritage. In his remarks at the closing ceremony, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the conference, and its 2,000 participants, forged an” ambitious vision’’. “Your dedication to action and transforma...

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24Mar By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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AFCON Qualifier: Eagles lose 0-1 to Guinea Bissau in Abuja

The Super Eagles of Nigeria on Friday lost 0-1 to Guinea Bissau in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Qualifier, played at the Moshood Abiola Stadium in Abuja. The match saw the Eagles dominating the encounter but failed to make any positive impact. The Guinea Bissau team got their goal through a counter attack in the 29th minute by forward Mama Balde who plies his football trade with Troyes FC of France. The Eagles made a superb effort in the 33rd minute when Ademola Lookman laid an overlapping pass for Victor Osimhen who couldn’t beat the visitor’s goalkeeper. The Djurtus of Guinea Bissau came close to scoring another goal in the 35th minute after beating Eagles defenders but the ball eventually landed on the side net. Moses Simon played wide in front of the post in t...

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24Mar By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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African varsities must deal with colonial legacies – VC

The Principal and Vice-Chancellor, University of South Africa (UNISA), Prof. Puleng LenkaBula, says African universities must deal with legacies of colonialism for the development of education in Africa. LenkaBula made the call on Friday, during a convocation lecture at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) in Abuja. She said the pan-African university must out of necessity help Africa to achieve Goal 2 of Agenda 2063, adding that the priority area would focus on Science, Technology, and Innovation (STI) driven skills. According to her, a progressive pan-African university is an organic one that identifies the condition of the people, locally and globally, and seeks to question and improve the human condition. “The pan-African university must possess a progressive and...

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24Mar By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Osun: Appeal Court Reinstates Adeleke As Governor

An Appeal Court sitting in Abuja has reinstated Ademola Adeleke as the governor of Osun state. Delivering judgment in the appeal filed by Adeleke on Friday, a three-member panel of justices held that the election tribunal erred when it ruled that the 1st and 2nd respondents (Gboyega Oyetola and the All Progressives Congress) proved their allegation of over-voting. According to the panel of judges which issued its verdict on Friday, Adeleke is the duly elected governor of the state.

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24Mar By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Foundation commissions toilet facilities, renovates classrooms for FCT school

The Sam Empowerment Foundation (SEF) an NGO, has built three blocks of toilet facilities and renovated some classrooms at Junior Secondary School (JSS) Gwarimpa, FCT, to help improve learning. Inaugurating the projects, Mrs Kiema Ogunlana, the foundation’s Project Director, said they had an unwavering passion to improve the quality of lives of children and women living in vulnerable conditions. Ogunlana said the commitment had brought hope, happiness and light to thousands of Nigerians through programmes which focused on health, education, empowerment, capacity building and psychosocial development, among other interventions. According to her, one of the major drivers of infectious diseases and discomfort in our society today is lack of access to good toilet facilities. “When ...

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24Mar By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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No Clandestine Meeting Between CJN And President-Elect- Onanuga

Bayo Onanuga, the Director, Media and Publicity of APC Presidential Campaign Council has denied the story making round that Chief Justice of Nigeria, Oluwakayode Ariwoola disguised to meet President-Elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in London over the last concluded presidential election. Onanuga in a statement which reads: "Our attention has been drawn to the grossly fake, misleading and malicious story about the Chief Justice of Nigeria Olukayode Ariwoola disguising to meet President-elect Bola Tinubu in London." According to him, the story was a pure concoction from the hallucinating minds of hatchet men bent on creating doubts and public distrust about the legitimacy of the recent election, which was won by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. "We refute emphatically that there has been no cla...

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23Mar By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Residents of 2 FCT communities laud AMAC Chairman for water, rural electricity projects

Residents of Damgma and Wupa communities in Jiwa and Gwagwa wards of the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) have commended the chairman of the area council for executing people-centered projects in their communities. The residents expressed their appreciation when the chairman inaugurated some projects in the communities on Wednesday in Abuja. Mr Ayuba Sunday, Village Head, Damgma community, commended the chairman for providing the community with solar-powered borehole, adding that it had reduced the hardship of getting clean water in the community. “This community has never seen a chairman so closer to his people in terms of rural projects provision. “The provision of water is very essential as it would save every member of this community from diseases and reduce all forms o...

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23Mar By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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UK Court Convicts Ekweremadu, Wife, Daughter Of Organ Trafficking

Ike Ekweremadu, former deputy senate president, has been found guilty of organ trafficking by a United Kingdom court. His wife Beatrice, daughter Sonia and Obinna Obeta, a doctor involved in the case, were also found guilty. The jury found that they conspired to bring the 21-year-old at the centre of the matter to London to exploit him for his kidney. According to the UK Guardian, it is the first verdict of its kind under the Modern Slavery Act. It would be recalled that the London Metropolitan Police arrested Ekweremadu and his wife in June 2022 and charged them with conspiracy to traffic a child to the United Kingdom in order to harvest organs.

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23Mar By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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World Water Day: Fordmarx assures 20m jobs in Nigeria

Fordmarx Nigeria Limited, a water and renewable energy organisation, says it will create over 20 million productive jobs within a year to assist the Federal Government’s employment strategy for the development of the country. The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the company, Mr Clifford Nnaji, said this in his goodwill message, during the 2023 World Bank Water Day Celebration in Abuja on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the theme of the celebration is: ”Accelerating the Change to Solve the Water and Sanitation Crisis”. According to him, the organisation will train professional engineers and technicians to upgrade and expand their scope and create more job opportunities. Nnaji said the company was aimed at bringing innovation to diff...

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22Mar By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Stop Publishing Rumour, Tinubu Travelled Out To Undertake Rest, Lesser Hajj, Says Tunde Rahman

The office of the President-Elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has reacted to the story making round that the new President-Elect travelled out to seek medical attention over ill-health. Tinubu’s media team in a press statement by Tunde Rahman, said that the new President travelled out to rest and also prepare for lesser hajj. "After a very exhaustive campaign and election season, President-elect, Asíwájú Bola Tinubu, has travelled abroad to rest and plan his transition programme ahead of May 29, 2023 inauguration." "The President-elect left the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja for Europe on Tuesday night." "The President-elect decided to take a break after the hectic campaign and election season to rest in Paris and London, preparatory to going to Saudi Arabia for Umrah (...

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22Mar By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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NLC To Embark On Nationwide Strike Over Naira Scarcity 

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed public sector workers in the country to embark on strike. The strike is billed to commence on Wednesday next week. Joe Ajaero, the NLC president, gave the directive at a media briefing in Abuja on Wednesday. He also directed that affiliate unions constituting the NLC should be on standby for picketing exercises across all branches of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) nationwide. Last week, the NLC issued a seven-day ultimatum to the federal government to end the petrol and cash scarcity being experienced in the country. Speaking with journalists, Ajaero said the industrial action became the last resolve of the NLC following the expiration of the ultimatum. He said the decision to picket CBN branches became necessary as the f...

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22Mar By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Election Petition: Obi, Atiku Have No Case-Tinubu Will Be Cleared Of All Allegations – Keyamo

The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, has reacted to the petition filed by the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, calling for the annulment of the February 25 Presidential Election won by the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu. Obi had previously challenged the outcome of the election and had also sought the court requesting to have access to all the sensitive materials Independent National Electoral Commission deployed for the election. On Tuesday, the LP candidate filed another suit at the election tribunal challenging the declaration of Tinubu by INEC who he said “was not duly elected by the majority of the lawful votes cast at the time of the election.” The former Anambra State governor claimed th...

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22Mar By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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U.S To Sanction Those Found Culpable Of Undermining 2023 Polls

The United States mission in Nigeria says it will consider “all available actions” against those who undermined the just-concluded elections in the country. In a statement on Tuesday, the US said “it is deeply disturbed” by cases of voter intimidation and use of ethnically charged rhetoric during the gubernatorial and house of assembly elections held on March 18. It also called on the federal government and other relevant agencies to ensure those that aided voter suppression are brought to book. “The United States is deeply troubled by the disturbing acts of violent voter intimidation and suppression that took place during those polls in Lagos, Kano, and other states,” the statement reads. Members of the U.S. diplomatic mission observed the elections in Lagos and elsewhere and...

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22Mar By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Oyo Traditional Religion Worshippers Rejoice With Makinde On Re-election

Heads of traditional religion worshippers in Oyo state have congratulated Engineer Seyi Makinde on his re-election as the Governor of Oyo State for another four years term. The traditional religion worshippers in a press statement signed by Araba Oluisese Isese of Ibadanland and Chairman Heads of Traditional Religion in Oyo State, Chief Ifálérè Odegbemi Odegbola II, congratulated the governor on his second term victory as the governor of the Pacesetter state. According to him, the governor has once again broken the jinx after late Ajimobi that another Governor can rule Oyo State twice. "On behalf of heads of traditional religion and the entire traditional religion worshippers who joined others to cast their votes for you in Oyo state gubernatorial election, we want to congratulat...

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21Mar By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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FG pledges to support market access for trade in services

By Ikenna Uwadileke The Federal Government on Tuesday in Abuja pledged to support market access for trade in services under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Amb. Mariam Katagum made the pledge at the validation workshop for the report of the study on supporting market access for trade in services under AfCFTA for Nigeria. The validation workshop was organised by the Nigerian Office for Trade Negotiations (NOTN) and Overseas Development Institute (ODI) of the Department of Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (OFCDO), United Kingdom. Represented by her Technical Assistant, Mr Aminu Dogondaji, the minister described trade as an engine of economic growth with potential to create jobs, reduce povert...

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21Mar By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Group petitions Anambra Catholic priests over alleged involvement in partisan politics

The Patriotic Front of Nigeria, a civil society group, has petitioned Catholic Priests in Onitsha Ecclesiastical Province over alleged involvement in the 2023 Presidential and State House of Assembly elections in Anambra. The group based in Awka accused the Catholic priests of canvassing for their favourite candidates to their congregation. In a letter addressed to The Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria, Archbishop Antonio Guido Filipazzi, the group named some Catholic Priests involved in the melee for political power thus deviating from primary responsibility of preaching the gospel. According to the letter signed by the Anambra State Chapter Coordinator of the group ,Chris Obi Okpala on Tuesday, the actions of the orthodox church pastors has implanted infighting between Gov. Chukwuma ...

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21Mar By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Now That Elections Are Over-Healing Process Must Begin- President-elect Tinubu

Nigeria's President-Elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has urged all elected political office holders to begin what he called a "healing process" now that the elections are over. Tinubu in a first press statement after the gubernatorial and state assembly elections said that politicians must take urgent steps to unite the people. "Those who voted for us and those who did not. We must champion the healing process by embracing the opponents and their supporters. As I have stated previously, the time for politicking is gone. This is time for nation building, a task beyond one individual or a section of the society. We need every hand from wherever it may come to be on deck." Read the full statement: With the conclusion of the Governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections, I congrat...

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21Mar By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Lagos Civil Servants Get 20% Salary Increment

The governor of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved a 20 percent salary increment for civil servants in the state. Gbenga Akosile, spokesperson to Sanwo-Olu, said the governor approved the remuneration increment on Monday. Akosile said the salary review would affect workers in “mainstream public service, local government areas & local council dev. areas as well as SUBEB” and the execution would be backdated to January 1, 2023. “Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, today, approves a 20 percent increase in the salaries of civil servants in the mainstream public service, Local Government Areas & Local Council Dev Areas as well as SUBEB,” he wrote on Twitter. The new salary structure takes effect from January 1, 2023.” The salary increment comes a few hours after the I...

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20Mar By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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78 Million Children Risk Water-related Crisis In Nigeria, Says UNICEF

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says 78 million children in Nigeria are at risk of three water-related threats. UNICEF listed the threats as inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene-related diseases and climate hazards. This is contained in a statement signed by UNICEF Nigeria chief of WASH, Jane Bevan, on Monday. “In Nigeria, one-third of children do not have access to at least basic water at home, and two-thirds do not have basic sanitation services. Hand hygiene is also limited, with three-quarters of children unable to wash their hands due to lack of water and soap at home,” said the statement. UNICEF added, “As a result, Nigeria is one of the 10 countries that carry the heaviest burden of child deaths from diseases caused by inadequate WASH, such as diarrhoea...

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