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Perm Sec Overseeing NCC, NITDA, NIPOST, Others Bows Out
3May By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments
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Perm Sec Overseeing NCC, NITDA, NIPOST, Others Bows Out

The Permanent Secretary, overseeing the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and other agencies under the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, Engr. Festus Yusuf Daudu, on Friday, bowed out of service. Extraordinaire news gathered that he turned 60 years on Sunday 2nd May, 2021; being the mandatory age of retirement from the Civil Service has formally handed over to the most senior Director, Dr.Nonye Nwachukwu in an acting capacity as the Permanent Secretary pending when a substantive Perm Sec will be posted. Daudu in his remarks on April 30, 2021 before signing the hand-over note stated that by the Civil Service Rules, it was incumbent on him to hand over to the most senior Director who will oversee the ...
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NCC Boss, Others Condole with Emirs of Kano over Mother’s Death
3May By Seun AdamsNo Comments
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NCC Boss, Others Condole with Emirs of Kano over Mother’s Death

The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Garba Danbatta at the weekend led a high-powered delegation of the Commission to condole with the Emirs of Kano and Bichi, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero and Alhaji Nasiru Ado Bayero respectively over the demise of their mother, late Hajiya Maryam Ado Bayero, Mai Babban Dakin Kano. The EVC was accompanied by the Director, New Media and Information Security, Dr. Haru Alhassan; Director, Human Capital and Administration, Usman Malah and the Director, Public Affairs of the Commission, Dr. Ikechukwu Adinde as well as his Chief of Staff, Hafiz Shehu. Danbatta, who also submitted two letters of condolence, one on behalf of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Ali Isa Ibrahim Pantami and the ...
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Day Dr. Yemi-Esan Bagged CIPM’s Icon Award
2May By Felix ShammahNo Comments
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Day Dr. Yemi-Esan Bagged CIPM’s Icon Award

By Olufunke Akinwumi For Dr. Folashade Yemi-Esan, the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, and her teeming admirers, it was a day that will never be forgotten in a hurry and indeed a glorious night full of pomp and pageantry when the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPM), the apex regulatory body for Human Resource Management practice in the country, honoured her with a well-deserved iconic award. In her usual down-to-earth humbleness and candour, Dr. Yemi-Esan, who was visibly elated said she was overwhelmed and short of words to express her appreciation, adding: ‘‘I give God all the glory. It’s God that has helped me so far” in acknowledgement while receiving the award from the Minister of Labour, Dr. Chris Ngige. Known for her advocacy for team ...
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Akpu sellers commend Kwali council boss over construction of special market
2May By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments
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Akpu sellers commend Kwali council boss over construction of special market

Some sellers of Cassava paste, popular known as Akpu t in Great and Big Sheda communities in Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, have commended the Chairman, Mr Danladi Chiya, for constructing special markets for them to operate. The sellers who made the commendation in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kwali, said the special market construction was a step in the right direction. Mrs Godiya Shekwolo the Leader of Akpu Sellers Association, said the gesture would not only boost the personal income of the sellers, who are predominantly women, but would also create job opportunities for others. Shekwolo, described the action of the chairman as a “giant move”, adding that it has improved economic activities in communities,...
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Minister Urges Nigeria’s Organized Private Sector to Invest in Bitumen Production
28Apr By Dwelleth MorountodunNo Comments
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Minister Urges Nigeria’s Organized Private Sector to Invest in Bitumen Production

The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, has called on the country’s organized private sector to invest in the production of the abundant resources in the country. This is coming even as he said that the  importation of bitumen from different countries into the country must stop, even as he added that continuous importation makes no sense. The Minister made the disclosure at the 2021 Nigeria Building and Research Institute (NBRRI) conference which held in Abuja with theme: Circular Economy in the Built Environment for Enhanced Performance of the Nigerian Construction Industry. He said the country is blessed with an estimated 42 billion barrels of bitumen deposits in Edo, Ondo, Ogun and Lagos States. Onu called for more investment from the Organised Priva...
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Senate Commends ICPC over Budget Performance
26Apr By Dwelleth MorountodunNo Comments
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Senate Commends ICPC over Budget Performance

The Senate Committee Chairman on anti-corruption and financial crimes, Senator Suleiman Abdu Kwari, has commended the board and management of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC) for their implementation of the 2020 budget, and commitment to ensuring that corruption was minimised to the barest minimum in the society. Kwari stated this during the Senate Committee oversight visit to assess the Commission’s 2020, and first quarter 2021 budget performance, which also aimed to acquaint them of challenges facing the Commission. Speaking during the visit, the Chairman, ICPC, Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, SAN, outlined the 2020 achievements of the Commission to include assets recovery and seizure, prosecution of cases and convictions, assessment of MDAs ...
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ADITOP Hails NNPC’s Downstream Strides
24Apr By Dayo OmoogunNo Comments
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ADITOP Hails NNPC’s Downstream Strides

A group of petroleum tanker owners in Nigeria under the auspices of the Association of Distributors and Transporters of Petroleum Products (ADITOP) has commended the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) for its unrelenting efforts to bring sanity into the downstream sector of the oil industry. (more…)
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NIGCOMSAT, EFCC Strategize on Technology Solution Deployment 
23Apr By Seun AdamsNo Comments
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NIGCOMSAT, EFCC Strategize on Technology Solution Deployment 

Nigeria's foremost anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT) have vowed to work together to ensure that the anti-graft agency’s job of getting rid of corruption is enhanced through the deployment of cutting-edge satellite communication technology resources. Meanwhile, the foremost player in Africa’s satellite space has strongly dismissed as non-consequential and a figment of unproductive imagination the allegation that the company’s MD boisterously spent N10.4 billion on fictitious insurance remittance as published in an online medium. The General Manager in charge of Corporate Affairs, Mr. Adamu Idris, who dismissed the allegation with a wave of the hand during a media briefing weekend in Abu...
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Police Reform: Resuscitation of Police Public Complaints C’ttee a Welcome Development
22Apr By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments
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Police Reform: Resuscitation of Police Public Complaints C’ttee a Welcome Development

 By Bolaji Kazeem The concerted effort by the Federal Government through the Ministry of Police Affairs to resuscitate the Police Public Complaints Committee to enable citizens to have a platform to seek redress and report recalcitrant police officers is a welcome development. There is no doubt that the novel initiative will support the social, tourism, political, and economic well-being of the citizens of the country. The power to bear arms and exercise instrument of   state authority as well as guard the citizens have intoxicated some officers to abuse their duty of safeguarding and protecting citizens whom they have been paid to protect. This is not limited to Nigeria alone. It happens across the world and the entire human race has witnessed various categorie...
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Organisation lunches Doctoz Healthcare platform in Nigeria
18Apr By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments
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Organisation lunches Doctoz Healthcare platform in Nigeria

A United Kingdom (UK) based organisation has lunched a healthcare application for the improvement in healthcare provision and services in the country. Mrs. Sa’adatu Adamu, the African Representative of the organisation while briefing newsmen in Abuja, said the initiative is aimed at bridging the gap in healthcare system by providing on demand healthcare services at home to reduce hospital visit. She said the whole idea was not meant to replace government efforts on the provision of healthcare service delivery in the country but to augment it which is currently in place. “We welcome you to today’s event with joy and excitement as we unveil today a milestone achievement in the course of healthcare service provision in Nigeria. “What we seek to achieve is not a replacement of eff...
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NUT Kuje branch holds foundation laying, fund raising of Secretariat valued N76 Million
12Apr By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments
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NUT Kuje branch holds foundation laying, fund raising of Secretariat valued N76 Million

The Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), Kuje Branch on Saturday April 10, 2021, performed the foundation laying and fund-raising ceremony for the construction of its Secretariat valued at N76 million opposite School for the Deaf Paseli, along Kuje- Gwagwalada road in Kuje Area Council, FCT. Hon. Abdullahi Suleiman Sabo, the Chairman of Kuje Area Council, while making his donation to the union for the construction of the Secretariat said education was paramount and a priority in his administration.  Hon. Sabo, represented by the H.O.D Education and Social Development kuje Area Council, Mr Uzo Nwankwo, assured of his maximum support in the actualisation of the unions aspirations, completion of the project and the development of education in the area. Comr. Audu Lucky Jen, the Chairma...
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Kuje Council Chairman’s wife empowers women, youths on skill acquisition
10Apr By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments
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Kuje Council Chairman’s wife empowers women, youths on skill acquisition

Mrs Salamatu Sabo, the wife of the Chairman of Kuje Area Council, FCT, has organised a three-day training workshop on skill acquisition for women and youths in the area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the participants were given N20, 000. each to start business and trained in different skills, including soap making, perfume making, tailoring and make-up among others. Speaking at the training workshop, Salamatu said that the initiative was aimed at engaging women and youths of the area to be self-reliant and useful to the society. According to her, the empowerment programme has been designed to equip women and youths who are widows, job seekers and unemployed in Kuje with the knowledge and skills needed to support their families. She said that her target was to h...
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NUT Kuje branch to hold foundation laying/fund raising ceremony valued N76m on Saturday
9Apr By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments
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NUT Kuje branch to hold foundation laying/fund raising ceremony valued N76m on Saturday

The Nigerian Union of Teachers Kuje Branch would on Saturday April 10, 2021 holds it foundation laying and fund-raising ceremony of its Secretariat worth N76 million opposite School for the Deaf Paseli along Kuje- Gwagwalada road in Kuje Area Council, FCT. Comrade Titus Moses, the Project Committee Chairman who disclosed this to journalists in Kuje said the Secretariat if completed would go a long way to develop the education sector in FCT. Comrade Titus assured that the ceremony to be honoured by the Senator of FCT and all Area Council Chairmen in the area would also encourage investors to key into the educational sector in the country. While soliciting for the support of the general public in contributing to the actualisation of the unions spiration, he called on the Federal Go...
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Tension in Tunganmaji as kidnappers attack Barrister David
6Apr By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments
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Tension in Tunganmaji as kidnappers attack Barrister David

There was Tension at Tunganmaji village a suburb of Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, following the attack on Barrister David Aigbefoh and his household suspected to be kidnappers at the early hours of Tuesday 6, April 2021 at exactly 1.30 am. (more…)
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Osinbajo to Commission Project as Visit to Owerri Prison Hazy
6Apr By Seun AdamsNo Comments
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Osinbajo to Commission Project as Visit to Owerri Prison Hazy

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo is expected in Owerri, Imo State, later today to commission the Dick Tiger road project as part of the activities marking the one-year anniversary of the Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma. This is coming even as his plan to visit the Owerri prison where over 90 percent of the inmates were recently set free by alleged IPOB members is still hazy as at the time of filing this report. The Vice President, who had some weeks ago attended the thanksgiving service that kicked off the anniversary, is returning for the road commissioning on the invitation of the State Governor.  The previously flood-prone Dick Tiger Road is about 3km long and its rehabilitation by the Imo State Governor is said to have brought life back to the area which...
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EFCC Arrests Female Internet Fraud Suspect
30Mar By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments
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EFCC Arrests Female Internet Fraud Suspect

Operatives of the Benin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested one Queen Jonathan, for  suspected internet fraud in Oghara, Delta State.24-year-old Jonathan is alleged to be involved in Bitcoin Scam.  (more…)
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