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10Mar By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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UCH Resident Doctors Suspend Strike Triggered By Assault On Colleague

Members of the Association of Resident Doctors at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, on Saturday suspended the strike they began on Wednesday. The association embarked on a three-day warning strike following an assault on a colleague by a patient’s relation on Sunday. But, their President, Dr John Oladapo, and General Secretary, Dr Gboyega Ajibola, and other executive members, disclosed in a communiqué to call off the strike. The strike, having run its full course of a maximum of 72 hours, has ended on Saturday morning. All members are to commence work and be at their duty posts Saturday morning,” the association stated in the communiqué. It added that the two men who assaulted one of their members at the hospital’s Emergency Department had been remanded at th...

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8Mar By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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Customs: We’re Engaging Grain Markets To Tackle Food Hoarding, Illegal Exportation

The Nigeria Customs Service says it is deploying new strategies to tackle hunger and food insecurity in the country. The comptroller-general of the service, Wale Adeniyi, disclosed this while addressing journalists as part of his visit to Kano State on Friday. Mr Adeniyi said that, as part of the strategies, the service was also engaging big grain markets across the country to ensure that they shun illegal exportation and hoarding of foodstuffs. He said President Bola Tinubu had given a matching order to the service to ensure that excessive hoarding and illegal exportation of grains were curtailed. “Apart from policing the borders, our mandate is to also ensure the protection of agricultural inputs as very essential elements to ensure food security,” said Mr Adeniyi. He sai...

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8Mar By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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Ibadan: Court Remands Hospital Owner For Causing Pregnant Woman’s Death

The Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, on Friday, ordered the remand of a hospital owner, Dupe Ademuyiwa, 48, for allegedly causing the death of a pregnant woman through surgery. Ms Ademuyiwa, whose residential address was not provided, is charged with murder. The magistrate, Oluwabusayo Osho, did not take her plea for want of jurisdiction. Ms Osho said she needed advice from the Oyo State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). She said the defendant should be kept in the Agodi correctional facility, Ibadan, pending the DPP’s advice. The magistrate adjourned the case until April 23 for mention. The prosecutor, Insp Olalekan Adegbite, had told the court that Ms Ademuyiwa committed the offence on February 23 and 24. Mr Adegbite alleged that the defendant, who owns a h...

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8Mar By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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We’ve seen improvements in election security in Nigeria – USIP

By Diana Omueza The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) says there has been significant improvement in security of lives and property in the conduct of elections in Nigeria. Dr Chris Kwaja, USIP Country Director, said this on Thursday in Abuja at a National Dialogue on Election Security Management in Nigeria.Kwaja said that destructions of electoral materials, injuries and casualties of citizens had declined which was commendable. “We have seen some improvements in the elections from the perspective of elections security, the number of causality, injuries, death, destruction of election materials and in the issues around hatred of ethnic, religions and politics lines. “We see a decline in this areas which is a significant improvement because you can never have 100 per cent...

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8Mar By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Medical expert wants mainstreaming of mental health into electoral process

Ms Diana Omueza, NAN correspondent, with the MD of Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Kaduna. By Diana Omueza Dr Aishatu Yusha’u-Armiya’u, the Medical Director of the Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Kaduna, has called for the mainstreaming of mental health and psycho-social support into the Nigeria’s electoral process. Yusha’u-Armiya’u said this at a National Dialogue on Election Security Management in Nigeria, organised by Cleen Foundation in Abuja on Thursday. She said that attention must be given to the manifestation and consequence imposed on the mental health of citizens from the backlash of hate speech and psychic injury caused before, during and after elections. “Voters’ behaviour in the context of the resort to hate speech and violence, constitutes a major secur...

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7Mar By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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Seven Family Members, 33 Others Feared Dead In Benue Militia Violence

More than 40 people, including a family of seven, were feared killed in clashes between militia gangs in the Gbagir community in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue on Tuesday. On Wednesday, a reliable military source said in Makurdi that security operatives had been deployed to restore normalcy. However, he said locals in the area would need to furnish the operatives with credible information to succeed in the operation. It was militiamen that were killing themselves. One or two people might have been caught in the crossfire, but the majority of the people that were killed were members of militia gangs in the area. “The villagers know those carrying out this dastardly act but are shielding them. We saw several corpses. The attack was not carried out by suspected armed herdsme...

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7Mar By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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UCH Resident Doctors Go On Strike After Patient’s Relative Assaulted Colleague

Members of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, on Wednesday began a three-day warning strike after a patient’s relative assaulted a physician. In a statement, the president and vice-president of ARD-UCH Ibadan, John Oladapo and Sunday Adegbite, respectively, said they were demanding a public apology in two widely read national dailies. They also said there must be, in addition, an admission of wrongdoing by the assailants. The association’s members also demanded that the security architecture of the hospital be improved. On Sunday, one of our members was the target of a deliberate, premeditated, planned rage and furious assault by a patient’s relation. The doctor was seeing a known sickle cell patient in a painful crisis at the em...

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7Mar By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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VON seeks partnership with NCPC to project positive narrative about Nigeria

By Collins Yakubu-Hammer The Director-General of Voice of Nigeria (VON) Malam Jibrin Baba Ndace has solicited for partnership with Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission (NCPC) to project positive narrative of Nigeria, Africa and the good works of the Commission. Ndace during a courtesy visit with his management team to the new Executive Secretary of NCPC, Bishop Stephen Adegbite said President Bola Tinubu has a mindset of appointing the best hands to run affairs of his government. He commended Adegbite for all his prayers for the country and expressed confidence in his capacity to bring positive changes to NCPC. "I am here to, first, let you know about VON. It is the only public broadcast established by the Federal Government to tell the stories about Nigeria, Nigerians, Afric...

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5Mar By BolarinwaNo Comments

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Aiyedatiwa’s School-leaving Certificate Authentic, Says Campaign Organisation

Lucky Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organisation Foot Soldiers (LACO-FS) on Monday took a governorship aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, Mr. Olugbenga Edema, to the cleaners, describing him "a clueless roadside critic, who is always not having facts to back up his claims". Edema had in a statement over the weekend queried the authenticity of the secondary school-leaving certificate of Governor Aiyedatiwa, who is also vying for the governorship ticket of the party. Responding, the LACO-FS in a statement by its State Director of Information, Mr. Kayode Fasua, said photocopies of the school-leaving and other certificates obtained by the governor were duly submitted to theIndependent National Electoral Commission (INEC). "Not even a drunk of the Ogogoro-dringing pe...

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3Mar By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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Vietnam-Bound Businessman Nabbed With Cocaine Consignment At Abuja Airport-NDLEA

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a 40-year-old businessman, Ejike Chibuke, with 1.45 kilogrammes of cocaine at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja. This is contained in a statement by the NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday in Abuja. Mr Babafemi said the drugs were concealed in the suspect’s luggage while he attempted to board an Ethiopia Airlines flight number 950 to Vietnam via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from the NAIA. He said the suspect was arrested at the Abuja airport on Saturday, March 2, after NDLEA officers subjected him to a thorough search. Mr Babafemi also said that it was in the process the illicit substance was discovered concealed, factory-fitted, in his bag. “In his statement, the suspect cla...

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3Mar By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Police pledges justice for 10-year-old victim of assault

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) says it will ensure justice for the 10 year-old victim of assault by an Anambra based lawyer, Mrs Adachukwu Okafor. Okafor, presented herself at the Police station after she was declared wanted and a N2 million bounty was placed on her for allegedly using knife, electric pressing iron and other weapons to brutalise the underage househelp. ACP Olumiyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), while addressing the media at the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), on Friday in Abuja, said it was a case of attempted murder and child abuse. Adejobi, represented by CSP Olabisi Okuwobi, National Coordinator, Police Campaign against Cultism and other Vices, explained that the househelp worked for two weeks in the house of the suspect befo...

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2Mar By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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Nigeria’s Constitution Can’t Address Economic Hardship, Insecurity-Emeka Anyaoku

Emeka Anyaoku, former Secretary General of the Commonwealth, has said that the current Nigerian constitution would not adequately address the nation’s economic predicaments and other challenges. Mr Anyaoku spoke with journalists on Saturday in his country home, Obosi village of Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra. He said the current challenges being faced in the nation like poverty, insecurity, and delapidated infrastructure among oethers were serious challenges bedevelling the country. “I am on record for saying that these challenges can not be effectively addressed under the constitution and governance system we have at the moment. “We can not effectively address these challenges that have assumed nationwide dimension especially insecurity which has parveded the ...

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2Mar By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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House Of Reps Clarifies Position On NGO Regulation Bill, Seeks Cooperation With CSOs

The House of Representatives says it is not at war with non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and civil society organisations (CSOs) over a bill to regulate their activities in the country. Victor Obuzor (PDP-Rivers), chairman, House committee on CSOs and development matters, said this on the sidelines of a meeting with CSOs and development partners in Abuja. According to him, the bill to regulate the activities of NGOs just came up for the first reading and will go for the second reading, adding that it was even stepped down by the speaker for further consultation. We are not at war with CSOs. What they do for nation-building cannot be overlooked; we are their friends and we have the same objectives. “Our aim is to build up the nation and make Nigeria great, and we should wor...

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2Mar By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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International Wheelchair Day: PWDs call for domestication of disability laws

By NEWS AGENCY OF NIGERIA The National Association Of Persons With Physical Disabilities (NAPWPD), FCT Chapter, has called for full domestication of disability laws and accessibility standard code. The Chairman of the NAPWPD, Mr Chris Agbo, made the call at a media conference to commemorate the day in Abuja. Agbo explained that the International Wheelchair Day was a reminder of the importance of wheelchairs to the millions of individuals around the world. He added that Wheelchairs constituted a massive difference in a person’s ability to function in the world. “Unfortunately, not everyone who needs a wheelchair is able to get one. In fact, there are tens of thousands of people around us who need wheelchairs. “The primary focus of the day is on promoting accessibility and...

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1Mar By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Group signs MoU with Defence industries to promote local content

By Jessica Dogo AThe Uniccon Group of Companies has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) to promote local content. This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Friday and signed by the Chairman of Uniccon, Dr Chuks Ekwueme, Elwueme said this when he paid a visit to the Nation’s defence industries office in Kaduna. He said the purpose of the visit was to consolidate on previous meetings to explore further areas of collaboration and robust engagements in meeting material needs for the Nation’s defence industries complex. According to him, the company and its subsidiaries are interested in driving local content in the area of defense technologies. He noted that one of the group’s areas of specialty was bespoke tec...

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29Feb By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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Senate Confirms Four Nominees As CBN Board Of Directors

The Senate has confirmed the appointment of four persons, Robert Agbede, Ado Wanka, Murtala Sagagi and Muslimat Olanike, as members of the board of directors of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This followed the adoption of the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and Other Financial Institutions report at the Committee of the Whole on Thursday. Presenting the report, the committee chairman, Abiru Adetounboi, said four of the five nominees appeared for screening, while the fifth, Urum Eke, failed to appear. He said their nomination was in accordance with the provisions of sections 6 1 and 2 (d) and 10 of the Central Bank of Nigerian Act, 2007. He said that the committee’s findings indicated that the appointment was in accordance with the provisions of section six of the CB...

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29Feb By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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Nigerian Lawmakers Want Mandatory Drug Test For Secondary School Students

The House of Representatives has urged the education ministry to collaborate with the health ministry to develop a mandatory drug test for secondary school students in Nigeria. This followed the adoption of a motion, ‘On Need to Introduce Mandatory Drug Test for Secondary School Students in Nigeria’, by Moshood Oshun (APC-Lagos) at plenary in Abuja on Thursday. Presenting the motion, Mr Oshun said adolescence remained a critical period in human development. He said individuals at this age were usually influenced by factors such as experimental curiosity, peer pressure, poor socio-economic conditions at home and the need for extra energy for daily activities. He said youth were critical stakeholders in fostering socio-economic development in the country, adding that their vulne...

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29Feb By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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ESTI, AUDA-NEPAD Commemorate Launch of African Year of Education Transformation

Barr Tagbo Agbazue, Director, Influence Africa; Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, emeritus AUC Chairperson and incumbent South African Minister in the Presidency for Women Affairs, Youth and People with Disabilities; Mr. Symerre Grey-Johnson, Director, AUDA-NEPAD: and Ms. Unami Dube, Program Manager WorldSkills Africa at AUDA-NEPAD among other delegates The African Union Commission and the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), with the support of the German government, has commemorated the successfull launch of the African Union Year of Education Transformation, by hosting a digital Knowledge Marketplace Exhibition. This was contained in a statement issued to newsmen in Abuja on Sunday by the Director for Human Capital & Institutional Development at AUDA-NEPAD, Mr. Symerre Gr...

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29Feb By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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Tinubu: Akeredolu Was Fearless, Courageous Man

President Bola Tinubu, on Wednesday, described the former Governor of Ondo State, the late Rotimi Akeredolu, as a fearless and courageous man. Mr Tinubu, accompanied by Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, eulogised the late Akeredolu when he paid a condolence visit to the immediate family of the former governor and the Olowo of Owo, Oba Ajibade Ogunoye. The president, who spoke at the Olowo’s palace, said all would forever remember the former governor’s legacy. He added that it was honourable to depart the world when the ovation was loudest, adding, “The space left by Akeredolu would be difficult to fill.” Mr Tinubu also praised the late Akeredolu’s passion for good governance. “God will be with you. Your children will do well in life. May you all end well. May God be with you and u...

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28Feb By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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UN to partner with NAN on news production in local language

The United Nations (UN) has declared its readiness to partner with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on production of news in local languages across Africa. Mr Ronald Kayanja, the Director, UN Information Centre (UNIC) disclosed this during his courtesy visit to the Managing Director of NAN, Malam Ali Muhammad Ali in Abuja. Keyanja identified inability by the media in Africa to project countries in the continent positively and promote the understanding of news content in vernacular as major challenge of Journalism within the continent. According to him, East African people promote Swahili as the biggest language on the continent, saying the UN wants to promote Hausa as it’s second indigenous African language because of figures. Kayanja said, “From Swahili you have Hausa as the ...

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