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23Aug By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Housing reforms will be our priority -Dangiwa

By Perpetua Onuegbu The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Alhaji Ahmed Dangiwa, has said he and his state counterpart, will champion land and institutional reforms to create enabling environment for housing delivery and job creation. Dangiwa said this during an interactive session with heads of agencies and directors in the ministry on Tuesday, said they were committed to delivering President Bola Tinubu's vision in the housing sector. He was in the company of the Minister of State Alhaji Abdullahi Gwarzo According to him there are numerous challenges in the sector but they determined to turn them into opportunities whereby jobs will be created and inclusive growth will be enhanced. "We are facing numerous challenges, but with challenges come opportunities for gro...

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23Aug By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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Emefiele’s Arraignment For N6.9 Billion Procurement Fraud Stalled Again

The arraignment of the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor Godwin Emefiele and two others before the FCT High Court failed to hold on Wednesday. Though the court sat to hear other cases, no reason was given for the failure of the arraignment of the embattled CBN governor and his co-defendants. Mr Emeifele is charged by the federal government alongside Sa’adatu Yaro and a company, April 1616 Investment Ltd, on a 20-count charge bordering on procurement fraud, conferment of advantage and conspiracy, among others. The arraignment was initially scheduled for August 17 but was stalled due to the absence of the second defendant, Ms Yaro. When the matter was called before Justice Hamza Muazu, a vacation judge, the prosecuting counsel, Mohammed Abubakar, who is the Direct...

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Implementation Of New Varsity Curriculum To Commence September-NUC

The National Universities Commission (NUC) says implementing the Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS) will begin by September 2023. Speaking at the stakeholders’ colloquium on CCMAS in Abuja on Wednesday, the acting executive secretary of NUC, Chris Maiyaki, said the document would reposition Nigerian universities to be among the best-rated in Africa. Mr Maiyaki said CCMAS would make up 70 per cent of the curriculum while the university decides what to include in the remaining 30 per cent. ”The development of the CCMAS went through a painstaking process by bringing experts from our universities, comprising professors, regulatory bodies, the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) and all stakeholders,” he said. The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, encouraged un...

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23Aug By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Newphase Gospel club donates food, toiletries to orphanage

NewPhase Gospel Club, an arm of Newphase Full Gospel Church, has donated food items and toiletries to orphans in Mararaba, Nasarawa state, near the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). During the donation of the assorted items to Zion Gate Orphanage and Charity Home at the weekend, Senior Pastor of the Church, Matthew Agada said the initiative was in line with the understanding of God's plan and purpose for humanity, which emphasize love as enshrined in the Bible. He explained that Christians should live by example, especially by showing love to those who thought they have no hope. "Serving God is love, the Bible says He sent His only begotten Son, by reason of love into this world. And Christ came expressed that love with His whole life, the Bible say He went about doing good, it is...

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23Aug By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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IGP To Nigerians: Stop Taking Complaints Against Police To Social Media

The acting Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, on Tuesday in Ibadan urged Nigerians to stop taking complaints against police officers to social media. Mr Egbetokun advised stakeholders meeting at the headquarters of the Oyo Police Command, stating that “There are a lot of falsehoods going on on the social media.” The stakeholders’ meeting was attended by representatives of traditional and religious leaders and the leadership of the Central Council of Ibadan Indigenes (CCII). There were also in attendance leaders of the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC), Igbo and Hausa communities. The IGP said Nigerians should feel free to report any complaint against police officers to the commissioners of police or any other senior officer that would ensure justice is do...

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22Aug By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Organisation trains FCT teachers to implement peace, character education in schools

Universal Peace Federation (UPF), an NGO supporting the work of the United Nations in peace education, has trained teachers in the FCT to implement peace and character education in schools. Rev. George Ogurie, Sub-Regional Director, UPF West Africa, said this at the Teachers Training Workshop on Peace and Character Education for Pilot Schools in the FCT. Ogurie said the workshop, organised by UPF in collaboration with FCT Universal Basic Education Board (FCT-UBEB), would run from Aug. 22 to 31. ``The aim of this event is to train teachers in pilot schools within the FCT on peace and character education. ``There are 20 schools that have been selected to run a pilot programme on peace and character education. ``They will be trained in the use of UPF Peace and Character Educat...

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22Aug By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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President Tinubu committed to empowering MSMEs – Shettima

Vice President, Kashim Shettima says President Bola Tinubu is committed to empowering Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) for the development of the nation’s economy. Mr Olusola Abiola, Director Information Office of the Vice President, in a statement on Tuesday, said Shettima stated this in an interview with newsmen during his tour of exhibition stands at the ongoing BRICS Trade Fair in South Africa. The BRICS, is an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, is a group of five major emerging and developing economies. He noted that empowerment of the MSMEs was key to empowering the youth and women towards contributing to the nation’s economic development. ” President Bola Tinubu is a very compassionate leader and in the coming months, there will be cha...

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22Aug By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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Schools Closed In India Amid Rising Cases Of Eye Flu

Authorities in India’s northeastern state of Nagaland have closed schools in the state until Aug. 26 following an increase in the cases of conjunctivitis (eye flu) among school children. According to the local government officials on Tuesday, cases of conjunctivitis have been reported in Dimapur, Chumoukedima, Niuland, and Mon districts. “The deputy commissioners of these districts have decided to temporarily suspend physical classes in order to break one of the cycles of transmission. “Also to prevent the exponential surge of eye flu cases not only among students but also among teachers and parents,” an official said. The authorities have asked the school administration in these districts to consider implementing online classes to ensure that students can continue their educa...

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22Aug By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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Nigerian Army Rescues Another Chibok Girl In Borno

The Nigerian Army, on Monday, said it had rescued another Chibok girl, Mary Nkeki, 27, in Dikwa Local Government Area of Borno. Ms Nkeki was abducted alongside over 200 students from the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, by Boko Haram insurgents in 2014. The theatre commander, Operation Hadin Kai, Maj.-Gen. Gold Chibuisi said this during the handover of the girl to the Borno ministry of women affairs, on Monday in Maiduguri. He said that Ms Nkeki, with serial number 55 on the list of the abducted Chibok girls, was rescued by troops of the 81 Task Force Battalion on Aug. 14 in Dikwa. “While in captivity, she was forcefully married to one Adam, a Boko Haram terrorist fighter. “Since her rescue, she has undergone thorough medical examination in our medical facility. ...

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21Aug By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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If you know you have built where you are not supposed to build, It will Go down – Wike

Newly sworn-in Federal Capital Territory FCT minister, Nyesom Wike on Monday had threatened to pull down houses that is distortimg the Abuja master plan. In his first media briefing as minister, he pledged to restore the Abuja master plan. "If you know you have built where you are not supposed to build, it will go down”, he said "Those who taken the green areas to build, parks to do restaurant, sorry , we won't accept that " he added Wike said land allottees who have been given Certificates of Occupancy but failed to develop would also lose their lands to give way to those ready to build. " All of you who the FG has given C of O and has refused to develop the place, will lose it" "All of you land speculators who bought land for N20,000 and waiting to sell at N2b, we are ...

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21Aug By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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NIFADY urges Tinubu to appoint former APC presidential aspirant, Felix minister of youths

By Awayi Kuje Nigeria Forum for the Advancement and Development of Youth ( NIFADY), has appealed to President Bola Tinubu to appoint and deploy former presidential aspirant of All Progressives Congress ( APC), Dr Nicolas Felix as Minister of Youth.The National Coordinator of NIFADY, Mr Suleiman Angbashim made the call while adressing newsmen in Lafia on Monday.The coordinator hailed Tinubu for the redeployment of Abubakar Momoh as Minister of Youth to the ministry of Niger Delta.Angbashim thanked Tinubu for assembling his cabinet within the required 60 days in office, and assured him of the organisation’s support to succeed.He urged President Tinubu to appoint Felix as minister of youth to enable him contribute positively to the development of the country.” The organisation appeal to H...

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21Aug By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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Tinubu Swears In New Ministers

President Bola Tinubu on Monday inaugurated his cabinet with 45 ministers at the State House Banquet attended by Vice President Kashim Shettima, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House Representatives Tajudeen Abass. Also at the ceremony was Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume and chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum and Kwara Governor Abdulaziz Abdulrahman. The ministers were sworn in nine batches, with the first batch comprising the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Nkiruka Onyejeocha, Minister of State Gas in the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Ekperikpe Ekpo, Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy, and Minister of Education, Tahir Maman. The s...

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21Aug By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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President Tinubu Inuagurates 45 Ministers

The inauguration of the 45 confirmed ministers-designate is currently ongoing at the Conference Centre of the State House, Abuja. The current portfolios include former Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike as Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Wale Edun (Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy), Adegboyega Oyetola (Marine and Blue Economy), David Umahi (Works), Festus Keyamo (Aviation and Aerospace Development), and Betta Edu (Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation). Others are Muhammed Idris (Information and National Orientation), Lateef Fagbemi (Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice), Simon B. Lalong (Labour and Employment), Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim (State, Police Affairs), Zephaniah Jisalo (Special Duties and Inter-Govermental Affairs), Jos...

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21Aug By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Kuje Lawyers Forum holds fitness exercise, demands branch status

By Gami Tadanyigbe The Kuje Area Council Lawyers Forum, in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, on Saturday held a fitness exercise to enable its members keep fit for healthy living and for public awareness/sensitization of the Forum in the area. The Chairman of Kuje Lawyers Forum, Barrister Clement Enema Ojotule Esq, who talked to newsmen during the fitness exercise said is aimed at improving and maintaining the overall health conditions of the members. Barrister Clement said the essence of the Forum which is still under Gwagwalada branch is to bring together Lawyers within the area to meet, interact,, know themselves and make demands for their welfare. According to him, the Forum has been working towards becoming a Branch, adding that efforts have been put in place to meet wi...

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21Aug By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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PRP Warns Tinubu, ECOWAS Against Military Action In Niger Republic

The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has urged President Bola Tinubu and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) not to go to war with Niger Republic over the recent coup in the country. The national chairman of the party, Falalu Bello, made the party’s position known in a statement in Abuja. The statement said the party viewed war option as “not in the interests of Nigeria, Niger and ECOWAS,” “War would destabilise the entire Sahelian region and could lead to the spread of violence and instability to other countries in the West African subregion. “There exists an excellent neighbourliness and good relationship between the two countries that are closely linked economically, culturally and geographically. “It will be tragic if these relationships for centuries a...

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21Aug By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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FRSC Plans “Operation Show Readiness” For Citizens

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it will venture into value addition by organising an operation tagged “show of readiness” to ensure all citizens are involved in saving lives. The Corps public education officer, (CPEO) assistant corps marshal (ACM), Bisi Kazeem, disclosed this on Sunday in Abuja. Mr Kazeem said that the decision was based on the review of the 2022 ember months performance and the need to break new grounds and upgrade the operating system. He said that the operation would be given adequate media coverage across the 36 states, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). He, however, said that the value addition would include organising simulation scenarios. This would be aimed at showcasing a new perspective to the corps operating system on rescue...

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Borno: Zulum Presents N10 Million Relief Package To Wounded Soldiers

Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno has presented a N10 million relief package to soldiers wounded in the ongoing fight against insurgents in the state. The package was presented to general officer commanding (GOC) 7 Division, Maiduguri, Maj.-Gen. Peter Malla by the Borno commissioner of information and security, Usman Tar and the permanent secretary Government House, Mustapha Busuguma. During the presentation, Mr Tar said the package was a fulfillment of the pledge made by Mr Zulum during the Eid-el-Kabir lunch for troops in Eid-el-Kabirorganised by Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja. “We are here to fulfill the pledge made by His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Borno State, Prof. Babagana Umara Zulum. “You may recall that the governor was here on a Sallah da...

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MNJTF Says Mass Surrender Rocks Boko Haram Camps

The Multinational Joint Tasks Force (MNJTF) combating insurgency in the Lake Chad region said it has continued to record mass surrender of insurgents. A statement on Saturday by the spokesman of the task force, Lt.-Col. Abubakar Abdullahi, said the development was due to the intensified kinetic and non-kinetic operations adopted by the task force. In the wake of escalated kinetic and non-kinetic operations by the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), coupled with a dwindling logistic supply in Boko Haram hideouts, mass surrenders rattle Boko Haram insurgents. “Over a span of two days, from 14 to 15 August 2023, four key Boko Haram commanders, 13 main fighters, and a total of 45 family members, laid down their arms and surrendered to troops of Sector 3 MNJTF in Cross Kauwa and B...

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20Aug By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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Tinubu Announces New Minister-Designate For Niger Delta Development, Reassigns Portfolios

President Bola Tinubu has approved the redeployment of Engr. Abubakar Momoh from the Federal Ministry of Youth to the Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Development. The Federal Ministry of Youth is to be re-assigned to a Minister-Designate soon. The Ministers-Designate allocated to the Federal Ministries of Transportation, Interior, and Marine & Blue Economy have been reshuffled as follows: (A) H.E. Adegboyega Oyetola is redeployed as the Honourable Minister of Marine & Blue Economy (B) Hon. Bunmi Tunji-Ojo is redeployed as the Honourable Minister of Interior (C) Hon. Sa'idu Alkali is redeployed as the Honourable Minister of Transportation Furthermore, both Ministers of State in the Oil & Gas sector are now domiciled in the Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resourc...

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20Aug By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Tinubu Rejigs cabinet, Move Oyetola, Tunji-Ojo, Renames Environment Ministry

President Bola Tinubu has announced the shake up of some ministers in the newly announced Ministerial Portfolios. The president redeployed Adegboyega Oyetola from the Ministry of Transportation to the Ministry of Marine and Blue Economy. Abubakar Momoh has also been moved from the Federal Ministry of Youth to the Federal Ministry of Niger Delta Development. Additionally, Bunmi Tunji-Ojo has been redeployed to the Ministry of Interior and Sa'idu Alkali has been appointed as the new Minister of Transportation. Presidential Spokesman Ajuri Ngelale made these announcement in a statement on Sunday evening. Furthermore, Ngelale announced that a Minister-Designate will soon be assigned to the Federal Ministry of Youth. The statement added, “Furthermore, both Ministers of State ...

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