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3Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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SMEDAN seeks stakeholders’ support for MSMEs growth

The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has solicited the support of stakeholders to ensure that the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) sector becomes more competitive. The Director-General of SMEDAN, Dr Olawale Fasanya, gave the advice in Abuja on Monday at a news conference to commemorate the 2023 World MSMEs Day with the theme “Building a Stronger Future Together’’. The United Nations General Assembly set aside June 27 each year as Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day. Fasanya recalled that the last survey jointly conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and SMEDAN in 2020, MSMEs in Nigeria did relatively well in their contributions to both employment and Gross Domestic Product (GDP). “MSMEs were responsible for ...

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3Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Halt candidates’ manipulation of results – VC urges JAMB

The Vice Chancellor, Salem University Lokoja, Prof. Alewo Johnson-Akubo, has urged the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to urgently checkmate candidates’ manipulation of results. The vice chancellor, who made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Monday, said that suppressing such would save the education standard from dwindling. Recall that JAMB, in a statement on Sunday said it had withdrawn the result of a candidate of the just-released Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) result over alleged manipulation of her scores. The board had claimed that one Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme, inflated her result and announced that she scored 362 in the 2023 UTME. She was awarded a three N3 million naira scholarship by Chief Innoce...

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3Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Senate resumes on Tuesday

The Senate is to resume sitting on Tuesday after the Eid-el Kabir holiday. As the upper chamber resumes, majority and minority leaders are expected to emerge. The All Progressives Congress (APC), with the largest number of members, is expected to produce the majority leader, while the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will produce the minority leader. While APC has 59 senators; PDP has 36; Labour Party (LP) eight; Social Democratic Party (SDP) two; New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) two; Young Peoples Party (YPP) one and All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) one. This shows that seven political parties make up the membership of the 10th Senate, with 50 as opposition members. The ruling APC and the minority caucus are also expected to fill the vacant eight principal p...

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3Jul By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Assault: Magistrate’s Absence Stalls Seun Kuti’s Trial

The the trial of Afrobeat Musician, Seun Kuti could not continue today due to the absence of Chief Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun of the Yaba Magistrates’s court. The registrar, Mr Babalola, in the absence of the chief Magistrate, Olatunbosun, adjourned the case till September 27, 2023, for the continuation of the proceeding. Magistrate Olatunbosun was said to have resumed her administrative leave and was thus absent in court today. Seun Kuti was charged with assault on a police officer, an offence contrary to Section 356 of the Nigerian Criminal Code Act. Meanwhile, on May 24, Magistrate Olatunbosun in her ruling stated that the police cannot be the complainant and also the prosecutor of the case. She, therefore requested the DPP’s advice to continue the prosecution. She sa...

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3Jul By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Anambra Commences Investigation Into Mmesoma Ejikeme’s UTME Result

The Anambra State government has set up a panel of inquiry into the controversy trailing the highest scorer in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, the Commissioner for Education, announced this in a statement in Awka on Monday. A panel of inquiry has been set up to work with security agents to investigate the allegation of falsification of result levelled against Mmesoma Ejikeme, who had earlier been showcased in the social media as having scored the highest,” she said. The commissioner described the controversy on the girl’s actual result as embarrassing, especially when Governor Chukwuma Soludo repositioned the education sector in Anambra. Ms Ejikeme, a student of Anglican Girls Secondary School Uruagu in Nnewi, had earlier been celebrate...

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3Jul By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Court: Police Service Commission Acted Illegally Retiring AIG Mbu To Pay N40 Million Damages

The National Industrial Court has ordered the Police Service Commission (PSC) to pay retired Assistant Inspector General (AIG) Joseph Mbu N40 million as damages. The court found that Mr Mbu’s retirement before the mandatory age of 60 was unlawful. Justice Osatohanmwen Obaseki-Osaghae stated, ”I hold that the claimant’s premature retirement through a press release on July 2, 2016, is unlawful, unconstitutional, null and void, and of no effect.” The court further set aside the purported retirement and declared that Mr Mbu remained an officer of the Nigeria Police Force ( NPF) until he attained the mandatory retirement age of 60 on May 10, 2018. Additionally, the court ordered the defendant to pay Mr Mbu his salaries, allowances, and entitlements from July 2, 2016, when he was wr...

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3Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Rotary club commited to impacting society via service – Rotarian

Mr Max Amuchie, immediate past President 2022/2023, Rotary Club Abuja, CBD, says the club is committed to impacting society through rendering service. Amuchie said this at the 7th Award and Handover Dinner of Rotary Club Abuja CBD, tagged Synergy to Hope, on Sunday in Abuja. He handed over leadership to his successor during the event. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the club’s year begins every July 1 as Amuchie’s tenure ended on June 30. As a new President, Rotarian Aisha Ali takes up the mantle of leadership after an election on July 1. The club conducts elections and change leadership annually. According to him, the humanitarian principles of rotary club is likened to the works of the Catholic Prophesion of mercy. “We are talking about shelter to who ...

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3Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Residents of Trademore Estate Protest Planned Demolition

Residents of Trademore Estate in Abuja staged a protest on Monday by closing the estate gates, in response to the planned demolition of structures by officials of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA). The protest comes after the estate was declared a disaster zone due to recent flash floods. Last week, heavy rainfall resulted in flooding of houses and roads, leaving residents trapped in their homes. The Federal Emergency Management Agency reported that over 116 houses were submerged in the estate. While no casualties were reported, the residents association through the Chairman of the residents association, Mr Adewale Adenaike, expressed concern over the recurring nature of the flash floods every year Adenaike, however, noted that alternative solutions could be ...

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3Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Group lauds MD of Rural Electrification Agency for enhancing sanity, transparency in the Agency

By Collins Yakubu-Hammer A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), known as Concerned Citizens of Nigeria (CCN), has lauded the efforts of the Managing Director of the Rural Electrification Agency, Mr Ahmad Salihijo Ahmad, saying he has enhanced financial sanity, transparency and probity into the agency. This is contained in a statement by the Director of Public Relations and Cooperate Communications of the group, Mr Stephen John, on Sunday in Abuja. John said that Ahmad has demonstrated capacity and confidence reposed on him to take the agency to the next level. “We have monitored his system of administration in the agency and come to the conclusion that he has done so well and his efforts are worthy of commendation. “We have also observed that some corrupt officers involved ...

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3Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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CIEPUK offers university scholarship to wards of public, private sector workers to cushion fuel subsidy effects

By Victor Okoye The Chartered Institute of Educational Practitioners, United Kingdom (CIEPUK) on Monday said it was set to offer university scholarship to the wards of both public and private sector workers across the country. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that CIEPUK had earlier revealed that it was partnering several institutions and the National Association of Private School Proprietors’ (NAPSP) to award scholarship to outstanding students in the just concluded 2023 JAMB/UTME examinations. Prof. Marcel Ezenwoye, the National President of CIEPUK,however told NAN that the Institute had decided to extend its scholarship programme to students whose parents were either working for government or in the private sector. He said the gesture was a way of helping the worker...

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2Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Foundation congratulates it’s President,lauds him on achievements

By Bridget Ikyado The rising high profile Ior Gboko Foundation (IGF) has congratulated its pioneer and indefatigable President, Dr. Jimmy T. Ajim Ph.D on his Doctorate investiture. Dr. Jimmy T. Ajim was hosted by the members of Ior Gboko Foundation to a quality reception. The event was a pull - out of a 2-day IGF Presidential Sallah/working visit to Gboko. According to Mr Ter Akaa,IGF Public Relations and Media Manager (PRMM),Dr. Jimmy Ajim bagged a Doctorate in Singapore where his investiture on Leadership and Management was conferred on him and his colleagues from other countries is from the London Brigde Business School. His set conducted their research on the Transformational Leadership model of Singapore, the choice of the place for the investiture. The Foundation c...

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2Jul By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Sani Yerima Wants Tinubu To Dialogue With Bandits

A former Zamfara Governor, Sani Yerima, says though some bandits terrorising Nigeria are foreigners, President Bola Tinubu should dialogue with them as late former President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua dialogued with Niger Delta militants. Mr Yerima, who introduced Sharia law in Zamfara in 1999, made this call in an interview with BBC Hausa on Saturday. I’m advising the government to, first of all, find time to sit with these bandits, just like they sat with Niger Delta militants in the past. Because a majority of them are Nigerians, even though there are some foreigners among them,” Mr Yerima said. “But Nigerians among them can be convinced, as the Niger Delta militants were convinced and empowered to stop.” Mr Yerima added, “if that fails, then the government can use force on them w...

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2Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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AMG REACTS TO ALLEGATION OF INFIDELITY AGAINST SEYI TINUBU…

The Asiwaju Mandate Group expresses great consternation with the benigh and unfounded allegations of infidelity crafted with the sole aim to milign and tarnish the image of the First Family and by extension the good reputation of Mr Seyi Tinubu who by all standard is reputed with excellent character and thorough upbringing in consonant and typical of a proper African home. Abubakar Dahiru, the National Publicity Secretary of AMG, made the reaction in a press statement issued in Abuja on Sunday. The statement said the group is dismayed and distraught over the crass display of irresponsibility irreconcilable with logic and reality exhibited by Mr Ude using his social media handles. According to him, It is incomprehensible and reprehensible to note that Mr Ude who himself has enj...

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2Jul By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Nigerians Should Be Patient Amid Hardship To Enjoy Tinubu’s Economic Policies-Yahaya Bello

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi has advised Nigerians to persevere despite hardship to enjoy the benefits of President Bola Tinubu’s economic initiatives. Mr Bello said state governors felt citizens’ pains and would complement the federal government’s initiatives to provide relief. “We feel their pains and trust the people to be patient in this trying phase so that they will reap the benefits of the new government’s economic initiatives,” the governor said after meeting with Mr Tinubu on Friday in Lagos. Mr Bello said the successful implementation of the succour pledged by the federal government to cushion the negative effect of the fuel subsidy removal must be matched by all tiers of government. “Now we have a leader who has clearly spelt out his policy direction for revamping ...

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1Jul By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Earn-As-You-Work: Anambra Govt. Installs Devices To Monitor Workers In Public Hospitals

The Anambra State government says it has commenced the installation of clock-in devices in public health facilities to curb absenteeism and ensure that health workers take their duties seriously. Afam Obidike, the Commissioner for Health, said this in Awka during a meeting with administrators of public hospitals in the state. The commissioner said the device would end absenteeism and indolence among health workers. “The device will also be used to monitor the hours health workers put in each day, and that will subsequently determine their monthly salaries and allowances,” Mr Obidike said. He said Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s administration takes health care seriously and wants residents to have access to quality services at the health facilities. “This is part of the reasons ...

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1Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Foundation empowers 800 children through ‘back2school’ project

No fewer than 800 children have been empowered by the Flickers of Hope Foundation (FOH), through its ‘Back2school’ project aimed at taking children off the streets. The Executive Director of the foundation, Mrs Omolara Adedeji, said this at the maiden edition of Pa Alfred Shonubi Annual quiz competition organised for Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) in Abuja on Saturday. Adedeji said that about 900 women were also sensitised in 16 communities on the need to see that the girl-child is enrolled in school and completes her education. According to her, the FOH is a project under the back2school project, which aims at taking more children off the street and back to school. ”In 2018, we launched project back2school. We did this by identifying children in this category who had complete...

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1Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Police launch manhunt for killers of woman accused of witchcraft in C/River

Police Command in Cross River has launched a manhunt for alledged killers of a woman accused of witchcraft in Akamkpa Local Government Area of the state. The State Commissioner of Police, Gyogon Grimah, has directed that the perpetrators be arrested and prosecuted according to the law. This is contained in a statement by the Spokesperson of the command, SP Irene Ugbo, on Saturday. The commissioner who described the incident as unfortunate, noted that no person had the right to take another life under any guise. I would be recalled that the deceased, Mrs Martina Itagbor, a mother of four, was accused of witchcraft following the death of two young men in a car crash that also left many injured. Following the accusation, the mother of four was beaten and burnt to death by some...

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1Jul By Alaba AbdulrazakNo Comments

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Lagbaja Redeploys Army Generals, More GOCs, Commanders

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Taoreed Lagbaja, a major general, has approved the appointment and redeployment of more General Officers Commanding (GOCs), Commanders and other officers to enhance administrative and operational efficiency of the Nigerian Army. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Army Public Relations, Onyema Nwachukwu, a brigadier general, on Friday in Abuja. Those affected include VU Okoro, a major general, from Department of Army Operations to 2 Division as GOC; HT Dada, a major general, from Defence Intelligence Agency, to 82 Division as GOC and Muhammed Usman, a major general, redeployed from 2 Division to 82 Division. Also redeployed are: KA Isoni, a major general, as Commander Army Headquarters Garrison; and AE Abubakar, a major general, from ...

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1Jul By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Chief Dr Amb Ebosetale David Aigbefoh Esq Honoured as the Most Transparent and Dynamic Lawyer of the Year 2023

At Airport Hotel, IKEJA, Lagos, Nigeria - In a remarkable celebration of outstanding individuals who have made significant contributions to society, Chief Dr Amb Ebosetale David Aigbefoh Esq was honoured on June 30, 2023, by National Hero Communications as the "Most Transparent and Dynamic Lawyer of the Year 23." This prestigious accolade recognizes Chief Dr Ebosetale David Aigbefoh's unwavering dedication to legal practice, humanitarian work, and his profound impact on nation building, all achieved without any external sponsorship. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the theme of the award is titled "Recognizing a Legal Luminary's Exemplary Contribution to Nation Building. The search for a lawyer in Nigeria who embodies a perfect blend of legal expertise, philanthropy, an...

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30Jun By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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CIEPUK partners higher institutions, NAPSP to award scholarship to outstanding JAMB/UTME students, JSS3 FINAL YEAR STUDENTS , others

Chartered Institute of Educational Practitioners, United Kingdom (CIEPUK) is set to partner several institutions and the National Association of Private School Proprietors' (NAPSP) to award scholarship to outstanding students in the just concluded 2023 JAMB/UTME examinations. Prof. Marcel Ezenwoye, the National President of CIEPUK,said the gesture was a way of rewarding excellence and encouraging hardworking students in the country. He said it was also in line with the Federal Government's policies on inclusive, affordable and accessible education under the able watch of president Tinubu and his vice Shetimma. "CIEPUK is partnering several universities both within and outside the country to offer 50 percent scholarship to JAMB/UME students, so that for a semester, they pay N60,00...

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