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29Apr By Mohammed MohammedNo Comments

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AfDB Mobilises $540m for Nigeria’s Food Security 

The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Wednesday expressed determination to support Nigeria to develop Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones, as part of the quest for food security in the country. Dr Akinwumi Adesina, President of the Bank and a former Minister of Agriculture, disclosed this while briefing President Muhammadu Buhari at State House, Abuja, on Tuesday.Said Dr Adesina: “We have decided to mobilize $540 for the program. The African Development Bank has approved a total of $210 million. The Islamic Development Bank, and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) have approved $170 million, and $160 million respectively, towards the program.”The AfDB President indicated that the processing zones will initially be rol...

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29Apr By Mohammed MohammedNo Comments

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FG Declares 2nd, 3rd May Public Holidays as Workers Day, Eidul-Fitr Celebration

The Federal Government on Thursday declared Monday 2nd and Tuesday 3rd May, 2022 as public holidays to mark this year’s workers day and EIdul-Fitr celebrations.The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government.Aregbesola, congratulates workers across the country on this year’s celebration,  commending workers for their hard work, diligence and sacrifice, noting that their efforts are largely responsible for the greatness of the country and the respect Nigeria now commands in the comity of nations.According to him:  “Labour is the very essence of humanity. We are alive because we work and only the dead is incapable of working."Aregbesola therefore enjoins workers to imbibe the culture of productivity, saying “The end of work is produ...

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13Apr By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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AIGBEFOH Tasks FG on Human Rights Abuse in Nigeria

EBOSETALE DAVID AIGBEFOH ESQ, The Vice Chairman and Head, Human Rights Committee of Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Gwagwalada Branch, FCT has called on the government at all levels to enact stiffer laws to help address issues of human rights abuse for the development of the country. Aigbefoh made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in his capacity as the Chairman, Human Rights Committee during a Symposium And Honours Day tagged: The Role of Education, Human Rights and Security in Nation Building." NAN reports that the symposium is in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Education, National Skill Acquisition & Empowerment Programme and Human Rights Committee,NBA Gwagwalada Branch. He noted with dismay the continuous assault, molestation and unw...

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12Apr By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Osinachi’s Death: group says Onuoha’s call for revocation of Enenche, wife’s medical license is begotten from sheer bitterness

Group under the Auspices of Equal Right And Value Gender Advocacy Forum, has discribed as preposterous and begotten from sheer bitterness on the call by Nollywood actress, Georgina Onuoha, call for the revocation of the medical licenses of Pastor Paul Enenche of Dunamis International Gospel Center and his wife, Becky, after the death of gospel singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu. The group in a statement by its National Coordinator Mr Johnson Obiora, made this available to journalists in Abuja yesterday, further described the Onuoha's statement as misplaced priority, un genuine, un patriotism and baseless call, adding that recent issue in the ground has nothing to do with medical license of the Dunamis pastor and his wife, saying that both Dr Enenche and his wife are qualified medical practitio...

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9Apr By Dwelleth MorountodunNo Comments

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Aregbesola Unveils Additional Uniform for NSCDC for Smarter Service Delivery

The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, on Friday unveiled an additional uniform for the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) at the Ministry’s Headquarters in Abuja, even as he urged to hit the ground running on its known terrain for effectiveness and smarter service delivery. Aregbesola, while making further clarification on the additional uniform of the Navy blue trouser with a white top and branded red collar, said: “This uniform will be worn only on Tuesday. For proper communication and information management it is good for me to say very clearly that the NSCDC has not changed its uniform. What we are doing today is to add to the set of uniforms already in use in the NSCDC. “I have to make this clarification clear because we are too eager for sensationa...

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8Mar By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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International Women’s Day: EWIP tasks FG on women participation in politics

Evolving Women In Politics (EWIP) an NGO has called on the Federal Government for adequate participation of women in politics to ensure gender equality, sustainability and for the development democracy in the country. Chief Mrs Hadizat Kolo, the Coordinator of the group, made the call on Tuesday, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in commemoration of the International Women’s Day Celebration. NAN reports that the United Nations theme for 2022 International Women’s Day celebration is titled #Break The Bias#. Kolo said women contributed greater percentage of the voting population in Nigeria, hence the need for government and stakeholders to involve them in decision-making bodies was paramount. She also called on the federal lawmakers to reconsider all the gend...

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2Mar By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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PDOGMAN Congratulates Ahmed Abubakar Audi On One Year In Office As Commandant-General Of NSCDC

The Private Depot of Oil and Gas Marketers Association of Nigeria (PDOGMAN) has congratulated Ahmed Abubakar Audi on his one year in office as Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). The Group in a press release signed by its Board of Trustees Chairman, Chief (Dr) Kolawole Adewoyin and General Secretary, Fred Ufuah described Abubakar Audi as an achiever who has achieved alots in the last one year since he assumed office as the Commandant General of the NSCDC. "Here is a man who has brought honour and glory to NSCDC.The words on the lips of his personnel now is: “the sky is blue”, showing the pride they now have in putting up the blue uniform of the NSCDC. Audi has recorded landmark achievements that no Commandant-General of NSCDC has ever achieved...

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23Feb By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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Aisha Buhari Visits Senate, Garners Support for More Women Lawmakers

Nigeria’s first lady, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, on Wednesday formally visited the Senate to witness the laying of the report of the Senate Committee on Constitution Review. The President’s wife was accompanied by the Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs. Pauline Tallen, the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed and a delegation of Nigerian women. The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, immediately after referring a bill for an Act to amend the Federal High Court Act Cap F134 to the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, suspended Rule 12(1) - Privileges of the Floor - and invoked Rule 1(b) to admit the First Lady and her delegation into the chamber at exactly 11:58am.  The Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege (APC, Delta Central), Chairman of the Senate Committee on the A...

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16Feb By Mohammed MohammedNo Comments

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Infrastructural Development: FG, ACEN to Partner on Project Execution

The Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation (FMSTI), Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu has pledged that the Federal Government will focus on use of Nigerian expertise and not foreign expatriates in projects execution and infrastructural development of the country. At a meeting with members of the Association of Consultant Engineers of Nigeria (ACEN), in his office in Abuja, the Minister averred that effective synergy between ACEN and the federal government will fast-track infrastructure development of the country for easy passage of goods and services across the country. On Executive Order 5, he underscored that one of the reasons why the Order was initiated by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration was to make sure that all Nigerian professionals will not depend on expatriates rather...

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9Feb By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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ASUU Threatens Total, Comprehensive and Indefinite Strike Soon

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Abuja Zone, says it would soon embark on an indefinite strike to press home its demands due to failure by the government to meet with their agreements. Dr Salahu Muhammed Lawal, the Coordinator, Abuja Zone of the Union, disclosed this during a press conference in Gwagwalada on Wednesday.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that ASUU embarked on an earlier strike over failure of the Government to address all the issues raised in the 2009 agreement it entered with the union. The Union blamed the government for her refusal to implement the famous 7th February 2019 MoA which contained important highlights of the 2009 ASUU-FGN agreement. Lawal said the union was not going into the signing of new agreement, neither new negotiation nor...

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21Jan By Mohammed MohammedNo Comments

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FIRS Targets 100% Automation of Tax Administration Processes

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has expressed determination to achieve 100% automation of all its tax administration processes in 2022. This is with the aim of blocking revenue leakages thereby revolutionizing revenue generation in Nigeria, the Service said. The Executive Chairman of the FIRS, Mr. Muhammad Nami, made the disclosure while speaking at the Pedabo Annual Public Private Sector Engagement on Tuesday underscoring the amendment to Section 25 of the FIRS (Establishment) Act in the 2021 Finance Act. According to him, any person who fails to grant the Service access to its information technology systems to connect to its automated tax administration solution will be liable to penalties under the law. The Special Assistant to the Executive Chairman, on Media an...

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20Jan By Mohammed MohammedNo Comments

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FG, Labour Chart Path on Imperatives of Partnership, Dialogue for National Development

The Federal Government has called for sustained industrial harmony among labour leaders and their respective employers to drive national development, noting that common interest and common purpose are predicated on partnership and dialogue. The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, made the disclosure at the opening ceremony of the 2020/2021 meetings of the separate and joint national public service negotiating councils at the instance of the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Comrade Ayuba Wabba, on Monday in Abuja. The theme of the brainstorming session zeroed on: ‘Labour/Government Relations in the post COVID-19 Era’. The interface explored critical matters bordering on the welfare and conditions of service of workers in the ...

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9Jan By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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Outrage as Fulani herdsmen kill four, sack village in Ondo

No fewer than four persons were killed over the weekend in Ute, a community in Ose Local Government area of Ondo State, in a 'reprisal' by armed Fulani herdsmen, FirstNews has gathered. The herders reportedly felt hurt over persistent patrol of farmlands by the Southwest Security Corps, otherwise known as Amotekun, against encroachment by the Fulani's herd of cows. A local source said the herders had often complained that their cattle were growing lean and sometimes dying as they could no longer gain access to nourishing yams and cassava in farms belonging to residents of the host community. "So unknown to us, they secretly contacted their armed colleagues from other parts of the country who invaded our community suddenly, carrying AK-47 guns, bows and arrows, and other dangerous...

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25Dec By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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FIRSTBANK DECEMBERISSAVYBE: TOP 11 EVENTS TO ROCK YOUR DECEMBER

Whenever the conversation is on financial inclusion in Nigeria, FirstBank leads the pack. With over 150,000 banking agents, a full digital banking centre and other innovative solutions, the nation’s premier bank is surely doing a great job connecting Nigerians with access to convenient banking products and services. But that’s not all. FirstBank is also enabling Nigerians to have the best of the yuletide and holiday season year in year out. The bank is aiding its customers to create exciting memories and enjoy fun time with family and friends through their participation in glamorous musical shows, comedy, dance, drama and other entertainment from A-list superstars and performers. This is being coordinated via the FirstBank DecemberIssavybe initiative as it bankrolls top entertainmen...

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15Dec By Seun AdamsNo Comments

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Nigeria Customs Operating under Archaic Laws – Reps C’ttee

The Chairman, House of Representative Committee on Nigeria Customs and Excise, Mr. Leke Abejide, on Tuesday said Nigeria Customs and Excise cannot optimally deliver because of its archaic and obsolete laws. Abejide, stressed: “In today's competitive world, the Nigeria Customs Act, its regulations and operational guidelines are archaic, obsolete, and no longer in tandem with modern-day challenges and this has unfortunately reduced measurably the accruing revenue against the volume of trade." Meanwhile, the Speaker of the House Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila on Tuesday assured of the House’s determination to implement a wholesale reform of customs and excise operations and activities in the country. However, to achieve the sweeping reform for the good of all, he said, the House needed the s...

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14Dec By Seun AdamsNo Comments

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Anti-open Grazing Law: Delta State Inaugurates C’ttee on Livestock Management

Delta State Governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, on Tuesday, inaugurated a 19-member livestock management Committee as part of the provisions of the anti-open grazing law recently enacted in the state. Inaugurating the committee in Government House, Asaba, the governor charged the members to ensure that the law was effectively implemented in the best interest of citizens of the state. In a statement endorsed by Government House Press, quoted the Governor, as saying that Delta had been home to diverse people living peacefully among the indigenes until the influx of criminal elements who had turned the bushes to den of criminality. "A few weeks ago, the Delta State House of Assembly passed the Delta State Livestock, Breeding, Rearing and Marketing Regulation Bill 2021. "I must thank them...

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5Dec By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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US Cultural Affairs Officer urges FG to invest in school Arts

Mr Madison Conoley, the Cultural Affairs Officer, Embassy of the United States of America has called on the Federal Government especially Ministry of Education to provide the needed infrastructures artist need to display their works for the development of arts in the country. Conoley who made the call in a interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) during the US Mission & SNA School Art Project in Abuja, said there was need for arts to be included among the different curses in the school curriculum. He said Arts exchange is one of the most important values that United States of America and Nigeria share either visual or performing arts to the audience for the development of arts in the country. According to him, If the youths are adequately engaged through arts, it would...

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30Nov By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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First Bank Holds Non-oil Export Webinar Series, Creates Awareness of the Bank’s Export Solutions

First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s premier and leading financial inclusion services provider, has announced the convening of its non-oil export webinar series. The event is centered on deliberating opportunities that will enhance the country’s expansion of its drive towards diversifying the national economy, thereby reducing the reliance of oil as a mainstay of the country’s revenue.   The first series of the virtual event is scheduled for 10 am on Tuesday, 30th November 2021 via Zoom meeting. To register and be part of this transformational knowledge session, click on this link-https://www.firstbanknigeria.com/business/non-oil-export/. Registration is Free!!  The event is themed “Building Sustainable Non-Oil Export in Nigeria; Harnessing Opportunities within the AfCFTA T...

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25Nov By Gami TadanyigbeNo Comments

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Unpaid Areas: FCT NUT embarks on indefinite strike for Primary schools, secondary resume work

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, have embarked on an indefinite strike for Primary schools in FCT afrter a five- day warning strike from last week. The NUT chairman, Comrade Stephen Knabayi, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) after an Emergency State Wing Executive Council Meeting (SWEC) in Gwagwalada. Knabayi, however said the secondary school teachers are to resume work Thursday, due to the outcome of the resolutions reached after the SWEC meeting. According to him, refusal to heed the union’s call to pay teachers’ entitlements, which include non-implementation of 2019 and 2020 promotion arrears in some LEAs and and upgrading of qualified teachers had made the union to embark on industrial strike acti...

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13Nov By Sharpedge NewsNo Comments

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FIRSTBANK CELEBRATES YOUTH WEEK 2021

From showcasing of talents, to the art of fashion design, identifying youths in the food business and lots more, Nigeria’s leading financial services providers, First Bank of Nigeria Limited has reiterated its commitment to Youth Empowerment and Entrepreneurship through the celebration of its ongoing 2021 Youth Week. The Youth Week, themed “The Future is Now, Let’s Takeover” started on Monday, 8 November 2021. The event comprises a variety of activities, including: Youth themed Future Forward activities, First@arts Creative Artistry Empowerment Workshop, Grooming and Wellness Workshops, Digital Engagements, Virtual Mini Concert, and many more. Each activity is associated with various gift items, including gift vouchers and cash prizes. During the celebration...

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