The UN Children’s Fund on Friday urged the Nigerian Government to triple its current investment in sanitation and hygiene to enable it meet the Open Defecation Free (ODF) target by 2025. Dr Jane Bevan, the UNICEF Chief of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), made this call at the ongoing two-day Media Dialogue on Open Defecation in Biu, Borno State. Bevan noted that Nigeria was not on track to end open defecation by 2025, but in 2059 (36 years) at the current rate using linear forecast. She said that the country could not continue with business as usual. Bevan, who was…
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Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Friday, congratulated the Lagos State University (LASU) best graduating student, Aminat Yusuf. Sanwo-Olu on his Facebook page, felicitated Yusuf, a law student, for achieving a remarkable feat, being the first undergraduate in 40 years to obtain a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 5.0. He said that Yusuf’s record was truly commendable, as her dedication and hard work had paid off. ”In Lagos, we value hard work, dedication and excellence. ”Congratulations to Yusuf, for achieving a remarkable feat, being the first undergraduate in 40 years to obtain a CGPA of 5.0. This is truly commendable! ”I…
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) on Friday, issued certificates of Standardisation and Quality assurance to four companies in Kogi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the certified companies include Unicane Industries Ltd., Mewobi Nigeria Ltd, Famzz Golden Grain and Kumxy Crunchien Nig. Ltd, all operating in Kogi. Mr Olowo Alex-Daudu, SON Coordinator in Kogi, in his speech at the presentation held in the Lokoja office, described the event as “epoch making” and “very apt”. Daudu said the Mandatory Conformity Assessment Programme (MANCAP) products could have a niche at the export market for global competitiveness and revenue drive.…
Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Awwal Gambo, says the Nigerian Navy will continue to increase the strength of its special forces to defend the nation’s territorial waters. Gambo gave the assurance during the inauguration of the Special Forces Holding Bay and other projects on Friday at the Naval Unit Abuja. The holding bay was named after the pioneer Commander of the Nigerian Navy Special Boat Service (SBS), retired Rear Adm. Apochi Suleiman. He said that the SBS since its formative stage had been acknowledged to be the the best among the armed forces. He added that the…
The National Population Commission (NPC), says it trained 850,000 supervisors and 62,000 facilitators in preparation for the postponed 2023 Population and Housing Census. The Director, Public Affairs Department, Dr Isiaka Yahaya, said this at a news conference in Abuja on Friday. Yahaya said that the commission began preparation for the 2023 census since 2014 in order to ensure a credible and acceptable exercise. ‘“This preparation came with huge expenditure. The commission printed one million training materials. ‘“The commission also conducted a trial census in July 2022 all in preparation for a credible Census,” he said. The NPC spokesman urged the…
A police constable, Nura Mande, who found and returned missing $800 USD Basic Traveling Allowance (BTA) to a Katsina pilgrim in 2022, got a hajj seat for 2023 pilgrimage. CSP Gambo Isah, the Public Relations Officer, Zone 14, made the disclosure in a statement on Friday in Katsina. Isah said that the the money belonged to Hajiya Hadiza Usman, an elderly person from Kusada local government area of the state. However, the statement did not mention name of the person who gave the Hajj seat to the policeman. Isah added that the person who promised to reward the officer with…
The governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Enugu State, Mr Chijioke Edeoga, told the election petition tribunal sitting in Enugu on Friday that he will call 36 witnesses to testify against Governor Peter Mbah of the Peoples Democratic Party to prove his certificate forgery. Mbah, who was declared the winner of the March 18 governorship election in Enugu State by the Independent National Electoral Commission, is facing a mounting challenge from the Labour Party candidate, Edeoga, over his alleged forgery of the National Youth Service Corps discharge certificate presented to the electoral umpire. Edoga is praying the tribunal disqualify…
A businessman Mr Chuka Emmanuel has dragged his wife, Jane before a Customary Court in jikwoyi Abuja, for alleged secret marriage. Chuka the petitioner in his divorce petition, said:” my wife moved out of our house without informing me. I later found her new location, when I got there I realize that she had married another man and already has a baby for him. “It is on this grounds that I seek to dissolve the marriage between us,” he said. He told the court that his wife left him and their three children since 2020. “I have been the one taking…
The Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS) and the DSS has been ordered to immediately grant the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, unrestricted access to his lawyers and family members as it is within his constitutional right. Emefiele was arrested by the DSS on Saturday, hours after his suspension by President Bola Tinubu on Friday evening. The order came from Justice Hamza Muazu of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting at Maitama Abuja on Friday, following an application by J.B. Daudu SAN, counsel to Emefiele. He informed the court…
***IGP remains in office, says court The Federal High Court in Awka has set aside its sack order on the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Usman Alkali Baba. The court upheld the right of Alkali to fair hearing as enshrined in Section 36 of the 1999 Constitution which was not guaranteed by the plaintiff in his application. It said it was convinced by the depositions of the court bailiff that the IGP was not served the originating summons. Justice Fatun Riman reversed the court’s earlier judgment following an application by IGP’s counsel, Abdullahi Abdulhakeem Ago against a previous ruling in favour of…