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27Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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NAN Multipurpose Cooperative Society declares N16m profit, elects new officers

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Staff Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited has declared a profit of N16.09 million for the year 2022. The outgone President of the society, Mr Moses Uzoagba, said this at the 12th Annual General Meeting (AGM)/Elections of the society in Abuja. Uzoagba said the cooperative was steadfast in the year under review, in spite of the economic trends, adding that it was able to invest wisely. “I wish, therefore, to report that the cooperative made a surplus of ₦16.09 million after expenses. “This came about through the commitment of the management committee and members in general.’’  He said that the management committee of the cooperative society proposed that 10 per cent of the profit, amounting to N1.6 million should be set aside as educ...

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27Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Taraba APC Stakeholders calls on party members to rally round state ministerial nominee

Taraba All Progressives Congress (APC) Stakeholders Forum has called on the party's members in the state to close ranks and rally behind Sen. Sani Abubakar, the state's ministeral nominee. A member of the forum, Sen. David Jimkuta (Taraba South) made the call while speaking with newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. He expressed gratitude to President Bola Tinubu for nominating Abubakar for a ministeral appointment, saying he would effectively deliver on his new responsibility. "We are expressing our gratitude to President Tinubu for recognising Sen. Sani Abubakar's competence and loyalty to the party. "This appointment is well deserved and a testament to Abubakar's commitment to serving the people of Taraba. "We also commend Tinubu for his leadership and vision in selecting c...

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27Jul By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Nigeria’s President Tinubu Asks Senate To Confirm 28 Ministerial Nominees

President Bola Tinubu has finally sent his much-anticipated list of ministerial nominees made up of 28 persons to the senate for screening and confirmation. Tinubu’s request was contained in a letter read by Senate President Godswill Akpabio on the floor of the upper legislative chamber on Thursday. Femi Gbajabiamila, chief of staff to the president, brought the list while the plenary was underway. Akpabio, after receiving the list, referred the president’s request to a committee. SEE THE FULL LIST: NamesStateAbubakar MomohEdoYusuf Maitama TuggarBauchiAhmad DangiwaKatsinaHanatu MusawaKastinaUche NnajiEnuguBetta EduCross RiverDoris UzokaImoDavid UmahiEbonyiNyesom WikeRiversMohamed BadaruJigawaNasir El-RufaiKadunaEkperikpe EkpoAkwa IbomNkiru OnyejiochaAbiaOlubunmi Tunji-OjoO...

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27Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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FRSC Kuje holds mega rally, cautions motorists on reckless driving, use of expired tyres

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) (RS. 7.17) Kuje Area Command, FCT, has warned motorists against reckless driving, expired tyres, over loading of vehicles and use of mobile phones while driving, to help reduce accidents on roads.. The Kuje Unit Commander, ACC Jem Ijigah, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) shortly after a special motorpark mega rally to sensitise stakeholders on safety tips on highways. NAN reports that the Theme of the Mega Rally is titled: "A crash free society is possible, just do the right thing, obey all traffic rules and regulations" Ijigah said the call had became necessary to cautioned motorists against reckless driving and to avoid distractions such as use of mobile phones while driving. According to her, cases o...

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27Jul By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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President Tinubu Nominates Wike, El-Rufai, Oyetola, Alake, Adelabu Others As Ministers

Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu has nominated the immediate-past governors of Rivers, Kaduna, Osun and Cross River State as Ministers. The nominees are Nyesom Wike, Nasir E-Rufai, Gboyega Oyetola, and Ben Ayade respectively. Others on the Ministerial List to be unveiled on the floor of the Senate this Thursday morning include President Tinubu’s top aide, Dele Alake; Lateef Fagbemi, SAN; APC national woman leader, Dr. Betty Edu; former Lagos State Commissioner for Finance, Wale Edun; ex-Minister of State for Health, Prof. Ali Pate, and ex-deputy governor of CBN, Adebayo Adelabu, from Oyo State. Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, had two days ago said the President personally told him the Ministerial List will be ready by Thursday, hence he needed Nigerians’ prayer to make the right cho...

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26Jul By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Shettima To Foreign Investors: Nigeria Investment-Ready; Will Beat U.S. To Third-Most Populous Country

Vice-President Kashim Shettima has urged foreign investors to take advantage of the opportunities in Nigeria as the country is ready for business. Mr Shettima made the call at a side event of the ongoing UN Food Systems Summit, according to a statement by his spokesman Olusola Abiola, in a statement. The vice-president noted that the combination of Nigeria’s young, energetic population and the agenda of President Bola Tinubu’s government placed the country far ahead of others in the region. “We have the capacity of transforming the demographic bulge into demographic dividends, or it will be the demographic disaster that will consume all of us. Nigeria will surpass the United States as the third most populous nation on earth, and the population is young. The median age is 19,” sta...

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26Jul By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Makinde Inaugurates Cabinet Members, Others

Oyo state Governor, Seyi Makinde has inaugurated all 16 newly appointed commissioners, Professor Olanike Adeyemo as Secretary to the State Government, Head of Service, 12 Permanent Secretaries and the state’s Accountant General. The event held at the governor’s office, State Secretariat, Ibadan, saw the governor also assigned portfolios to new commissioners. Those who returned to the ministries they served to end Makinde’s first term were Mr Akinola Ojo, Finance; Professor Musbau Babatunde, Budget and Economic Planning; Mr Seun Ashamu, Energy and Mineral Resources; Professor Daud Shangodoyin, Public Works and Transport; Mrs Foasat Joke-Sanni, Special Duties. Others appointed and their ministries are Mr Abiodun Aikomo, Justice; Mrs Toyin Balogun, Women Affairs and Social Inclusion...

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26Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Emefiele: We didn’t Break Any Law – DSS

The department of state and security has stated that it didn't break any law whatsoever in the way it handled the Emefiele's case at the Federal High court. The DSS said it is investigating the incident that occurred between its officers and the officers of the Nigerian correctional service at the federal high court in Lagos on Tuesday, 25th Yesterday, there was an altercation between the officers of both service at the court hearing of the suspended governor of the central bank of Nigeria , Godwin Emefiele. The high court had granted Emefiele bail and was ordered to be remanded at the Ikoyi correctional centre until he met his bail conditions. The altercation started when the men of the NCS wanted to take possession of Emefiele but the DSS insisted that he was to remain in th...

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26Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Over 1000 UniAbuja students now business owners – VC 

The Vice-Chancellor, University of Abuja, Prof. Abdul- Rasheed Na’Allah, had said that over 1000 students of the University have registered their private companies with the Corporate Affairs Commission CAC as part of efforts to boost entrepreneurship and self reliance after graduation. Prof. Na’Allah, who disclosed this during a media chat in the university said his goal was to reposition the students to become global citizens and employers of labour. The Vice-Chancellor stressed that the registration of businesses with the CAC and operating it while in school have been made compulsory for students of the institution.  According to him, the institution has within the last four years established a reliable partnership with industries, including the Abuja chambers of commerce ...

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26Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Comrade Austin commends EFCC over arrests of 13 Chinese nationals for illegal mining activities

By Gami Tadanyigbe The CEO Emovworho logistics limited, Comrade Austin Obule Emovworho, has commended operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over the arrest of 13 Chinese nationals for illegal mining activities in Kwara State. Emovworho, who made the call in a press statement issued in Abuja, said the arrest was a step in the right direction, as it would go a long way to reduce the number of illegal entry into Nigeria. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the suspects, comprising a female and 12 males, were arrested on Wednesday 12 July at the Government Reserved Area, G.R.A Ilorin, according to the statement. The CEO urged EFCC to be unrelenting in the fight against corruption and should leave no stone unturned in breaking the rings of the ...

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26Jul By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Isese Religion Worshippers Appeal To Tinubu, Abdulrazak, IGP To Intervene Into Threat To Lives Of Members

Isese religion worshippers under the aegis of International Forum of Araba/Oluawo (Ajo Awon Araba/Oluawo L'Agbaye) have called on President Bola Tinubu, Kwara state Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazak, the Inspector General of Police, and the Director of State Security Services to urgently wade into threats to the lives of its members by some Muslim fanatics in Ilorin. The Isese members who met in Ibadan under the leadership of Araba Agbaye Olu-lsese, His Eminence, Araba Awodotun Owolabi Aworeni called on President Bola Tinubu, Kwara State Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrazak, the Inspector General of Police, the Director of State Security Services to urgently wade into crisis the that has led to threats to the lives of Isese religion worshippers in the State. "As law-abiding and peace lovi...

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26Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Resident Doctors Declares Total and Indefinite Strike

The National Association of Resident Doctors (NARD) has declared an indefinite strike action. This was announced by the association on Tuesday evening. The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, on Monday, had held deliberations with the leadership of NARD behind closed doors in a bid to averting the planned strike action but it appears the meeting didn't yield fruits. NARD are demanding the immediate payment of the 2023 MRTF, the immediate release of the circular on one-for-one replacement, and the payment of skipping arrears. Also, they demand the upward review of CONMESS in line with full salary restoration to the 2014 value of CONMESS, the payment of the arrears of consequential adjustment of minimum to the omitted doctors, and the reversal of the downgra...

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25Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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PAP: We never call for sack of Interim Administrator – Bayelsa APC

By Collins Yakubu-Hammer Leaders and elders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa have distanced themselves from calls to the sack of the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), retired Maj.-Gen. Barry Ndiomu. This is contained in a statement issued on behalf of the leaders by Sen. John Brambaifa, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja. According to him, a non-existing group was sponsored to carry out the hatchet job because of the self-inflicting pain they are going through and decided to make Ndiomu their target while playing the victim. “It has come to the knowledge of the members of APC in Bayelsa West Senatorial District that a purported amorphous APC Elders Forum in Bayelsa called for the immediat...

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25Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Coalition demands 20% increase in SSB tax, to fund health sector

By Perpetua Onuegbu A Coalition of health organisations have demanded for a 20 per cent increase in tax for Sugar Sweetened Beverages (SSB) and to direct all revenue generated to curb Non Communicale Diseases (NCDs). This position is made known by Edozie Chukwuma, Senior Associate, Planning Advocacy and Engagements in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. According to him, the health groups made the demand through a technical position paper presented to the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reform committee during the Gatefield Health Summit on Wednesday. The theme for f the summit is “Taxing Sugary Drinks and other Fiscal Policies for Healthcare taxing sugary drinks.” The Gatefield Health Summit was organised by leading advocacy group Gatefield Impact in collaboration with the ...

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25Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Bolstering Nigeria’s health security to tackle infectious diseases amid global threats

By Angela Atabo, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) The International Health Regulations (IHR) ,2005, are an international legal instrument that covers measures for preventing the transnational spread of infectious diseases among others and Nigeria has not relented I’m striving to achieve its objectives . In order for Nigeria to uphold its commitment to robustly monitor its capacity under the IHR, the second Joint External Evaluation(JEE) was initiated. This pivotal evaluation framework, operating on a voluntary and cooperative basis, endeavours to assess countries within the IHR framework in their collective endeavors to prevent, detect, and respond to diverse public health threats, encompassing natural, accidental, or deliberate incidents. The JEE, strategically designed to uneart...

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25Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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AMAC seeks collaboration with NUPRC on youth empowerment, CSR

Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) has sought collaboration with the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) on youth empowerment and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) projects. Mr Christopher Maikalangu, Chairman, AMAC, said this when he led a delegation of councils' officials to the Commission Chief Executive, NUPRC, on Tuesday in Abuja. He said the visit was aimed at discussing issues of partnership and to forge alliance for the good of both organisations and the country at large, being it's host community. "We are therefore here to seek areas of collaboration with NUPRC especially in sensitizing our youths against restiveness and vandalism of public property such as those belonging to the NNPC and NUPRC. "We are therefore constrained to ask your mana...

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25Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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NDPHC executes 374 distribution projects to boost power supply-official

The Niger Delta Power Holding Company Limited (NDPHC) has disclosed that it has executed over 374 projects in the distribution subsector of the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI) to improve power supply across the country. NDPHC Executive Director, Networks, Mr Ifeoluwa Oyedele who disclosed this at the 8th Nigeria Energy Forum in Lagos, said over $1.2 billion was spent on the project which is expected to be refunded by the benefiting electricity distribution companies (DisCos). Speaking on the theme 'Maximising National Integrated Power Projects', Oyedele stated that the projects have been handed over to the utilities, legal assets transfer and is ongoing and awaiting NERC (Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission) valuation. He listed the executed projects to include...

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25Jul By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Tinubu Holds Meeting With Abdullahi Adamu, Omisore At Aso Villa

President Bola Tinubu has held a meeting with Abdullahi Adamu, former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Iyiola Omisore, the party’s former national secretary, at the presidential villa in Abuja. Both men who arrived together for the meeting, were seen exiting after the session at about 1.30pm on Tuesday. Adamu and Omisore were said to have quit their roles a week ago, following a meeting of the APC national working committee (NWC).While Umar Ganduje, former governor of Kano, has been mentioned as President Tinubu’s preferred candidate for the national chairmanship position, Gboyega Oyetola, former governor of Osun, and Ajibola Basiru, former spokesperson of the senate, have been reported to be in the running for the national secretary office. Adamu had...

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25Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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UniAbuja martriculates 5,873 students

By Gami Tadanyigbe  The University of Abuja, FCT, on Tuesday, matriculated no fewer than 5,873  students into various faculties in the institution for the 2022/2023 academic session. Addressing the matriculating students, the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, congratulated them for the successful admission into the institution, while he coutioned them against involvement in acts capable of derailing their future career prospects. Na’Allah said the university is running several programmes that are intended to mentor the new students to understand their roles in the university and to ensure that they succeed by the time they finish from this university. According to him, the university counts strongly on the ethics of its students with intolerant...

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25Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Emefiele: DSS storm Court , Refuses to Release Emefiele

..in altercation with the officers of the correctional service A dramatic altercation occurred at the Federal High Court in Lagos between operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) and officials of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCS) over the custody of the suspended Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele. Emefiele had been arraigned by the Federal Ministry of Justice on charges of illegal possession of firearms and ammunition. He pleaded "not guilty" and was subsequently granted bail in the sum of N20m, with one surety. As Emefiele's legal team worked towards satisfying the bail conditions, a heated dispute ensued between the hooded DSS operatives and the NCS within the court premises regarding who should take custody of the embattled CBN governor. ...

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