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8Nov By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Civil Society Applauds Gov. Hope Uzodinma on Women Empowerment, Upholding the Rights of the Girl-child

Our Beloved Girl Child Global Foundation, has commended the novel efforts of the incumbent Governor of Imo State, Governor Hope Uzodinma, for Women Empowerment and Upholding the Rights of the Girl-child for the development of the country. Hon. Dr (Mrs) Lilian Agbazue, President of Our Beloved Girl Child Global Foundation made the commendation during a press conference held in Abuja on Wednesday, based on indicators drawn from the provisions of The Maputo Protocol on Women’s Rights. Dr. Lilian Agbazue commended Governor Hope Uzodinma for his policies, initiatives and tangible deliverables, during his first tenure, which have promoted women empowerment and the rights of the girl-child in Imo State. According to her, when you analyze the efforts of the Governor of Imo State in terms ...

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8Nov By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Toto/Umaisha Road : Nasarawa Assembly urges contractor to redouble efforts, excites over quality of work

Nasarawa State House of Assembly, has urged the contractor handling rehabilitation and upgrading of 48.7KM Toto/Umaisha road to redouble its effort towards quick completion of the work. The House, also commended the contractor over good and quality work done so far. Mr Suleiman Azara, the Chairman, House Committee on Works stated this while inspecting the road on Tuesday in Toto LGA. Azara said that the inspection was not to witch hunt any contractor but to ensure that it delivered the job based on specifications. According to him, I am very happy seeing you working diligently but redouble your efforts. I will not take it likely if I come here again and see slow pace of work. " We are here to inspect the rehabilitation and upgrading of the 48.7KM Toto/Umaisha road in order t...

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8Nov By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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EFCC Arraigns 11 OAU Students For Alleged Internet Fraud

Eleven students of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) were, on Monday 6 November 2023, arraigned at the Federal High Court, Osogbo, Osun State for their alleged involvement in internet fraud. The defendants were arraigned before Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel by the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). They were arraigned on different count charges, ranging from one to six charges against them, EFCC said in a statement. The names of the defendants are Perekebena Olombeni Micah, Nnekwelugo Nnaemeka, Moyosore Favour Oluwasakin, Aghwaritoma Wisdom Obaro, Daniel Olashile Maiye. Others are Gbolahan Khalid Adesina, Yinka Temitope Jayeola, Olumuyiwa Emmanuel Adeleye, Abiola Emmanuel Oluwadare, Busari Abdulazeez Ayodeji and Okesipe Tobiloba Pau...

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7Nov By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Katsina: Bandits Kill Five, Kidnap Five Others 

The police command in Katsina has confirmed five people were shot dead and two others were wounded during an attack by bandits in Sayaya village of Matazu LGA. The command confirmed this in a statement by its spokesman, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, on Tuesday. “On November 6, 2023, at about 0055 hours, armed bandits in their numbers, wielding dangerous weapons such as AK-47 rifles and shooting sporadically, attacked Sayaya village, Matazu local government, Katsina state. Upon receipt of the report, immediately operatives were mobilised to the scene, where they engaged the bandits in a gun duel and succeeded in repelling the attack. However, five people were shot dead and two others were injured,” the police statement explained. It added that the bandits kidnapped five other people durin...

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7Nov By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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Akpabio Threatens To Punish Civil Servants, MDAs Not Complying With Senate Resolutions

Senate President Godswill Akpabio has issued a stern warning to ministries, departments, and agencies (MDAs) of government, cautioning them against non-compliance with Senate resolutions and laws. He also emphasised the importance of MDAs adhering to Senate resolutions. The workshop, organised in collaboration with Green Mount Consulting Ltd, discussed the imperatives of legislative compliance in deepening democracy and ensuring good governance. Mr Akpabio stated that non-compliance with Senate resolutions is unacceptable, as it undermines the foundation of Nigeria’s democracy. He urged MDAs to comply with Senate resolutions fully, emphasising the Senate’s dedication to fulfilling its mandate. Opeyemi Bamidele, the Senate leader, echoed the significance of legislative compli...

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7Nov By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Bayelsa Governorship poll: Why INEC restored APC to list

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has amended its list of candidates for the Saturday November 11 Bayelsa Governorship election, restoring the All Progressives Congress (APC). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the APC and its Governorship candidate, Timipre Sylva as well as his ruining mate, Joshua Maciver, were removed from the Commission's previous list issued on the 9th of June. The amendment, published on INEC website and signed by the Secretary to the Commission, Rose Oriaran-Anthony, reads: "The Amendment No 2: Amended list of candidates for the 2023 Bayelsa State governorship election pursuant to Court orders." Oriaran-Anthony explained that the release of the new list, "Amendment No 2", was in obedience to the judgment of the Court of Appe...

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7Nov By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Ensure accurate data to aid humanitarian planning, Minister tasks NPC

Dr Betta Edu, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation has tasked the National Population Commission (NPC) to come up with accurate population data to enable the ministry to plan for humanitarian interventions across Nigeria. Edu gave the task at a meeting with the leadership of the Commission led by its Chairman, Mr Nasir Kwarra, in Abuja. According to her, the data will help in planning and implementation of the ministry's mandate of lifting millions of Nigerians out of poverty and humanitarian crises through the renewed hope agenda. "We have the Chairman and the entire team from the National Population Commission here in the Ministry, seeking collaboration with the Ministry. "Like we know, they are the mother of the data we have in Nigeria. "They house the...

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7Nov By BolarinwaNo Comments

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Students Protest: Parents Task AAUA VC, Allege Scam

Following Monday's massive protest in Akure, the Ondo State capital by aggrieved students of All States College of Education, Ero-Akure, some concerned parents have alleged scam over failure by Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, to enlist graduating students of the college for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) programme. The graduating students of All States College, Ero-Akure, a degree-awarding affiliate of the AAUA, had taken to the streets on Monday, during which they barricaded the Ilesha-Akure-Benin highway, in protest against the non-inclusion of their names in the AAUA portal, for the mandatory NYSC programme. During the protest, the students held hostage the college's proprietor, Mr Peter Fasua, for over six hours before he was eventually rescued by a combined t...

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7Nov By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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REA signs contract to empower 140 female on  STEM internship programme

The Rural Electrification Agency’s  (REA) had signed a contract with the Ceesolar, a renewable energy firm  for the implementation of the Female Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM), Internship Programme. The contract  for the project which is a vital component of the Energising Education Programme, (EEP) II was signed on Monday in Abuja through the Nigeria Electrification Project (NEP) and funded by  the World Bank. Speaking during the signing, the  Managing Director of REA, Mr  Ahmad Salihijo said ''renewable energy is a rapidly growing sector, resulting to an increased demand for skilled professionals and  requires women representation. ''I encourage all the female STEM students who have been selected for this programme to make the most of this opportunity. ''Th...

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6Nov By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Women affairs minister emerges “Street Journal’s Super Minister”

By Justina Auta Mrs Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, ther Minister of Women Affairs, has emerged the winner of the maiden edition of an online poll put together by an Ireland based newspaper, The Street Journal. Mr Osondu Joseph, Special Assistant on Media to the minister, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Joseph said the award was formally presented to the minister in her office by management of the media outfit led by the Publisher, Mogaji Arisekola, who described the award as deserving in view of the initiatives made by the minister to promote the interest of women and vulnerable children. “She tops in the keenly contested poll, which had four other Ministers contending for the ‘Super Minister’ of the month award. “She polled 190,848 votes (45.74%) to emerge the clea...

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6Nov By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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Police Rescue Ex-INEC Staff Abducted By Kidnappers

The police command in Cross River rescued a former staff member of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) shortly after her abduction at her residence in Calabar on Saturday. The command’s spokesperson, Irene Ugbo, who gave the confirmation, said the commissioner commended the gallantry of the officers involved in the operation. She stated that three suspects were arrested during the operation while two vehicles were recovered in the process. The command’s anti-cultism and kidnapping squad (ACKS), led by SP Chukwuma Ogini, had swung into action following a distress call on her abduction at Mathias Oje Avenue in Calabar Municipality. Ms Ugbo commended the bravery of Njangachang youths in the locality, who assisted in the apprehension of the suspects. The suspect...

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6Nov By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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Guinea’s Ex-Military Leader Recaptured After Prison Escape

Former leader of Guinea’s military government, Moussa Dadis Camara, who escaped from the central prison in Conakry, the capital of Guinea, Saturday morning, has been recaptured, according to Guinean armed forces. Ibrahima Sory Bangoura, the chief of staff and General of the Armed Forces of the Guinean transitional government, who confirmed this in a statement, explained that Mr Camara is safe and sound and is now back in the central prison of Conakry. According to him, two other fugitives, Col. Moussa Tiegboro Camara and Col. Blaise Gomou, have also been recaptured and taken back to the prison. The armed forces said that all measures were being taken to find the last fugitive, Commander Claude Pivi. In a statement released by the ministry of justice, the attorney general at the...

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5Nov By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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ASUU: Students’ Loan Conditions Will Hamper Poor Youths’ Education

The Academic Staff Union of Universities says poor and indigent students will not benefit from the students’ loan recently introduced by the Federal Government because of the conditions attached. Chairman of the University of Jos chapter of ASUU, Dr Mwolwus Jurbe, who spoke on Saturday in Jos, maintained that the conditions attached to the loan were not for the children of the poor who were supposed to be the target beneficiaries. President Bola Tinubu in June signed the Access to Higher Education Act, 2023, also known as the Students Loan Act. The law ensures provision of interest-free education loans for Nigerians seeking tertiary education. Some of the conditions are that; students who wish to apply for the interest-free loan must first obtain admission into a public Nigeria...

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5Nov By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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Fubara Thanks Tinubu For ‘Fatherly Intervention’ In Rivers Crisis

Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers has expressed profound gratitude to President Bola Tinubu for his “fatherly intervention” in the political crisis that rocked the state recently. Mr Fubara’s gratitude was contained in a statement he signed and issued to journalists in Port Harcourt on Saturday. He said that the president’s mediation “opened a series of communication channels to facilitate the timely resolution of the festering political crisis”. He also thanked elder statesmen, who also waded into the matter to ensure that peace and stability returned to the state. Mr Fubara gave an account of what led to his visit to the Assembly complex on Monday to assess the level of damage and initiate immediate measures to protect lives and property within the complex. He said that...

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4Nov By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Anti-graft: ICPC advocates living wages for workers

By Isaac Aregbesola Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, the Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has stressed the need for better living wages as an antidote to corrupt practices in the Civil Service. Owasanoye said this on Thursday in Abuja at a National Policy Dialogue on Living Wages and Corruption in Nigeria. The dialogue is organised by ICPC in collaboration with the Anti-Corruption Academy of Nigeria and Michael Imodu National Institute for Labour Studies. The ICPC boss, who described 'poor living wage' as an enabler of corruption in Public Service, said one of the ways to address corruption in the sector was to enhance the living wage. According to him, there exists a direct relationship between poor living wages and corruption, wh...

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4Nov By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Tinubu directs reform, reactivation of Presidential Project Delivery Tracker

President Bola Tinubu has directed the reactivation of the Presidential Delivery Tracker to empower Nigerians to track the implementation of projects across the country in real time. The President gave the directive on Friday during the closing session of the three-day Cabinet Retreat in Abuja. He said that his determination to ensure the active and direct participation of citizens in governance was unwavering, noting that all Nigerians must be given the opportunity to track and report on the implementation of projects across the country. He also said that he had asked his Special Adviser on Policy and Coordination, Hadiza Bala Usman, to immediately reactivate the tracking system in a way that maximally leverages on cutting-edge digital innovation to provide real time oversight ca...

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4Nov By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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UNESCO advocates increased access to education, health services for girl-child

By Justina Auta The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has advocated for improved access to education and health services for the wellbeing of the girl-child and vulnerable groups. Mr Phillipe Delanghe, Officer in Charge in the Abuja Regional Head of Office UNESCO, made the call on Friday during the 2023 International Day of the Girl-Child celebration. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the theme of this year's celebration is "Invest in Girls' Rights: Our Leadership, Our Well-being". Delanghe noted that the COVID-19 pandemic had reversed gains made in the education of girls, increased inequalities, deepened the national learning crisis and exposed them to exploitation and abuse. He explained that girls in Nigeria had fewer ed...

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4Nov By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Rotary Club, Abuja Hospital takes free polio vaccination to FCT Community

The Rotary Club of Abuja Asokoro Diamond, in collaboration with Silver Cross Hospital, Abuja has organised a free polio awareness and vaccination exercise to children in Jiwa community in the Federal Capital Territory. Mrs Shola Adeleke, President, Rotary Club of Abuja Asokoro Diamond, said there has been significant progress in the eradication of polio in Africa and as such it was important to completely kick it out of the continent. "Timely and effective interventions will halt polio virus circulation and enable us reach the global goal of polio eradication. "It is important for Nigeria and other countries of the African region to prioritize delivering vaccination campaigns and carrying out routine immunization. "This is a critical step towards our region's path to polio erad...

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3Nov By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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Nigerian Soldiers, SSS Foil Boko Haram Attack, Arrest Two In Kano

Joint troops of the Nigerian Army and the State Security Service (SSS) have successfully foiled an imminent attack on Kano by suspected Boko Haram insurgents. In a statement on Friday, army spokesperson Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu said the troops of the 3 Brigade Nigerian Army, in close cooperation with the SSS, raided the terrorists’ hideout in the early hours of Friday in the Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano State. He said the operation was to uncover and apprehend suspected Boko Haram terrorists believed to be planning a major operation in the state. The army spokesperson said the troops apprehended two suspects, who are now in custody. “During the operation, the joint troops recovered five AK 47 Rifles, five AK 47 Rifle Magazines, one Rocket Propelled Gun (RPG and five ...

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3Nov By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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FAO: Over 26 Million Nigerians At Risk Of Food Insecurity In 2024 Over Inflation, Banditry

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says at least 26.5 million Nigerians in Borno, Sokoto and Zamfara States, including the FCT, may face a food crisis between June and August 2024. FAO country representative Dominique Kouacou disclosed this at the presentation of the October to November round of the Cadre Harmonise (CH) food security and early warning analysis on Friday in Abuja. Mr Kouacou was represented by Abubakar Suleiman, assistant FAO representative, programme. The CH conducted the analysis in 26 states and the FCT to ascertain the food security situation and make projections for the future. According to him, the current cycle is happening after an unusually lean season which witnessed several shocks, ranging from persistent insecurity situations like insurgency...

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