November 16, 2022 – Precise Post

VSF launches N300M community restoration program in Taraba (Photos)

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By Sylvanus Viashima, Jalingo The Victims Support Funds (VSF) has launched a Three Hundred Million Naira community restoration program at Nyakwala village in Wukari local government area of Taraba state to mitigate the devastating effects of 2014 attack on the community. Chairman of the Fund and former Minister of Defense General Theophilus Danjuma who laid the foundation for the reconstruction of some key infrastructure in the community that were destroyed during the attack said that the intervention was a full package. Danjuma who was represented by his SA on Operations and Programs Mrs Toyosi Akerele-Ogunsiji said that some of the key areas of intervention included the reconstruction of the community school, total restoration of the Nyakwala Dispensary with an incinerator, stable solar power, and an Ambulance with full medical supplies. “Apart from the school and Dispensary projects, we have already completed the construction of 4000 litters solar powered borehole with about twenty dispensing points, construction of an ultramodern rice Mill which will be the first of it’s kind when completed. “We are also setting up a maize and cassava mills …

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Crash Victims Day: FRSC Cautions Motorists In Delta

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By Clara Egbogota Asaba, – The Delta Sector Command of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has cautioned motorists against reckless driving to avoid accidents and attendant loss of lives. Mr Udeme Eshiet, Sector Commander, gave the advice at a ceremony to commemorate the 2022 World Day of Remembrance of Road Traffic Crash Victims, on Wednesday in Asaba. According to him, the menace of Road Traffic Crashes (RTC) should be fought headlong. “We urge the government to support all activities to ensure that RTCs are reduced. “We also urge motorists to do all they can to ensure that speed limit devices are installed in their vehicles, as speed accounts for the greater percentage of traffic crashes on our roads. “Anytime there is a crash involving speed somebody must die. “More than 1.3 million people die yearly through traffic crashes, and very soon road traffic crashes will become the leading cause of deaths in the world,” the sector commander said. Eshiet therefore called on motorists to embrace safety culture and take issues of safety as everybody’s business. He also urged agencies involved in …

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Niger State Electoral Body Presents Certificates Of Return To 24 Chairmen-elect, Councillors

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By Rita Iliya Minna, – The Niger State Independent Electoral Commission (NSIEC), has presented certificates of return to 24 local government area (LGA) chairmen-elect and their councillors. Presenting the certificates on Wednesday in Minna, Chairman of the Commission, Alhaji Baba Aminu, said the certificates were the proof that they had been duly elected as chairmen and councilors of their respective councils. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that NSIEC had on Nov. 10, conducted the local government polls. Aminu said the presentation of certificates marked the starting point of their mandate and fulfillment of the pledges they made to their constituents. “As you accept the affixed honourable name to your individual names, I urge you to live by that. “Be honourable in your conduct, in your character and dealings with your constituents; and above all be honourable to your conscience,” he said. The NSIEC chairman reminded the newly elected public officers that finances of their local government were for socio-economic development, and not funds to change their personal lives. He urged them to be close to their constituents, and …

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UNICEF Launches New Child-focused Climate Initiative To Forestall Disasters

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By Cecilia Ologunagba New York, – The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday, launched a new climate financing initiative designed to help countries address the current and growing impact of the climate crisis, and better cope with disasters. “We know more climate disasters are in the making. We just do not know where or when they will hit,” Karin Hulshof, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director for Partnerships, said in a statement. The Today and Tomorrow initiative, for the first time, combines funding for immediate resilience and risk-prevention programmes for children today, with risk transfer finance provided by the insurance market to help cope with future cyclones. “The risks of climate change are no longer hypothetical. They are here. “And even while we work to build communities’ resilience against climate disasters, we have to become much better in pre-empting risks for our children,” she said. Youth is a critically vulnerable population who are among the most affected by extreme weather events. In 2021, UNICEF’s Children’s Climate Risk Index estimated that 400 million children are currently at a high exposure to cyclones. Although …

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Burna Boy Bags Two Grammy Nominations For Best Global Music Perfomance & Global Music Album

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Burna Boy Nigerian superstar, Burna Boy has bagged two new nominations for the 2023 Grammys. The association on Tuesday, November 15, announced nominations for their forthcoming 65th edition, and Burna Boy clinched two nods for his Love Damini under the category of Best Global Music Album as well as “Last Last” for Best Global Performance. In Best Global Music Performance category, Burna Boy will battle Arooj Aftab and Anoushka Shankar ( Udhero Na), Matt B and Eddy Kenzo (Gimme Love), Rocky Dawuni featuring Blvk H3ro (Neva Bow Down), Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini and Nomcebo Zikode (Bayethe). For the Best Global Music Album category, the Nigerian singer battle it out with Berklee Indian Ensemble (Shuruaat), Angélique Kidjo and Ibrahim Maalouf (Queen of Sheba), Anoushka Shankar, Metropole Orkest, and Jules Buckley featuring Manu Delago (“Between Us … (Live), and Masa Takumi (Sakura) This brings Burna Boy’s total Grammy nominations to 6 with one win for Twice As Tall ablum which he won under Best Global Music Album category in 2021.

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Late Lagos Lawmaker To Be Buried Today At Ikoyi Vault — Assembly

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By Adekunle Williams Ikeja, – Lagos State Lawmaker, Mr Olayiwola Olawale who died on Tuesday afternoon will be buried at 1:00pm, Wednesday (today) , the Lagos State House of Assembly has said.The Chairman, house of assembly Committee on Information, Mr Setonji David, made this known in Lagos on Wednesday.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 58-year-old Olawale would be laid to rest at Vault Garden, Awoyaya, beside Mayfair Garden, Lekki, Lagos.The lawmaker representing Mushin Constituency II, was a second term lawmaker and the chairman, House Committee on Local Government and Community Relations.A native of Abeokuta, Ogun, Olawale was reported to have slumped at the Rwang Pam stadium Jos, Plateau, venue of the APC Presidential Campaign from where he was rushed to a nearby hospital and later confirmed dead.The 58 years old Omititi as he was fondly called by his constituents, friends, associates, political loyalists and admirers was born on March 12, 1964.The lawmaker was visibly healthy as at Friday, where he took active part as a goalkeeper for one of the teams in the novelty match played by …

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German University To Return 4 Looted Antique Vases To Italy

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Kiel (Germany), – Kiel University in northern Germany on Wednesday announced that it would return four antique vases to Italy. According to the university, the four vases, part of the city art gallery’s antiquity collection, most likely originated from looted excavations in the Apulia region and were bought with funds from the state of Schleswig Holstein. It said the deal was made through an Italian art dealer, Gianfranco Becchina and the four vases are to be returned in 2024. Annette Haug, head of the antiquities collection said “we have a moral responsibility to return these pieces. Looted excavations destroy scientific knowledge worldwide.’’ Italian authorities had approached Haug and Schleswig Holstein in 2018 and the vases were allegedly exported without the permission of the Italian state. According to the university, the purchase of vases in the 1980s and 1990s was legal under German law at the time, but not without controversy. In exchange for the vases, the Kiel collection was to receive items on loan from Italy’s collection. (dpa/NAN)

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School In Daura Graduates 41 Qur’anic Memorisers

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By Aminu DauraDaura (Katsina), – An Islamic school, Madarasatul Ulil Ahbab has graduated 41 students on Qur’anic memorisation in Daura, Katsina State. The Headmaster of the school, Malam Ibrahim Ahmad said this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) during the 4th graduation ceremony of the school on Wednesday. He said that out of the 41 graduating students, one is a married woman, 29 males and 11 females. The headmaster urged the graduating students to be law abiding and good ambassadors of the school. The Rector, Federal Polytechnic Daura, Prof. Aliyu Mamman who recited some verses of the Holy Qur’an with the students, enjoined them to pray for peace in the country. Mamman called on them to utilise the knowledge acquired by leading an exemplary life and avoiding immoral acts such as drug abuse, banditry and other un-Islamic practices. Alhaji Aminu Jamo, All Progressives Congress candidate for Daura/Sandamu/Maiadua federal constituency, commended the school and pledged to support it. “I will continue to support the quest for both Islamic and western education for the development of the society,” he added. One …

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Taraba FRSC Calls For Love, Support For Road Traffic Crash Victims

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By Gabriel Yough Jalingo, – The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Taraba Command, has called on well-meaning individuals and organisations to show support, love and care for road traffic crash victims in order to ease the pains.This is contained in a press statement by Corps Commander Selina Williams, the Taraba Sector Commander of FRSC, in commemoration of the World Day of Remembrance of Road Traffic crash victims in Jalingo.According to the statement, the 2022 event would run from Nov 15 to Nov 20 with a series of activities to enlighten the public on safety measures.She noted that the 2022 remembrance day has its theme: “justice” and the slogan is captioned “remember, support and act”.Williams enjoins well-meaning individuals to join the Corps to sympathize with and show love, support and care so as to ease the pains of crash victims and to comfort them.“We also pledge the corps’ readiness to enlighten the public on the need to be safety conscious and render rescue services to all victims of road crash.“The command will move from park to park and equally engage the …

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Poland Explosion: Ex-Russian President, Medvedev Says Strikes Provocation By West

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Moscow, – Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev, on Wednesday said this week’s deadly rocket explosion in Poland was a provocation by the West, warning of a potential third world war. “The story with the Ukrainian ‘rocket strikes’ on a Polish farm, proves only one thing: The West is increasing with its hybrid war against Russia the probability of starting a third world war,” the 57-year-old Putin’s ally tweeted. The Russian Ministry of Defence had also initially described the rocket strike as a “provocation”. Russian military bloggers shared images of the rocket debris, suggesting the rockets were part of an S-300 anti-aircraft defence system fired by Ukraine. Dmitry Polyansky, the deputy head of Russia’s UN delegation, also denied that Moscow was responsible for the deadly incident in Poland. Polyansky went on to suggest that an upcoming UN Security Council session, scheduled last week by Western nations, was evidence of a conspiracy. “And now, suddenly, on the evening (before the UN Security Council session) there is a ‘rocket attack’ on Poland,” the Russian diplomat said. However, in the wake of the rocket …

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Study Finds Sharp Increase In Suicidal Thoughts Among Kids-CNN

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New York, – CNN on Wednesday reported that a research has found that visits to emergency rooms with suicidal thoughts increased sharply among U.S. children and teenagers. CNN reported citing a study published on Monday in the journal, ‘Pediatrics’. The study found that visits to the emergency department caused by suicidal thoughts increased 59 per cent from 2016-2017 to 2019-2021, and hospitalisations for suicidal thoughts increased 57 per cent between fall 2019 and fall 2020. The effects of COVID-19 pandemic drew renewed attention to suicide in teens and young children, but the study showed that the increase started even before the global health crisis. The Biden administration said in June that there has been an “unprecedented mental health crisis” among kids. (Xinhua/NAN)

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‘It Was Probably The Most Difficult Moment In My Life’ – Cristiano Ronaldo Opens Up On Trauma Of Newborn Son’s Death

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Cristiano Ronaldo has described the death of his newborn son as the ‘worst moment’ of his life. The Portugal captain and partner Georgina Rodriguez, 28, tragically revealed that their newborn son, named Angél, had died during birth on April 18, but his twin daughter Bella survived. ‘Probably the worst moment I passed through in my life since my father died,’ Ronaldo is heard telling Morgan in the latest clip shared from his TalkTV interview, which airs in full on Wednesday and Thursday. ‘When you have a kid you expect everything will be normal and when you have a problem it’s hard. ‘Me and Gio (Georgina) had difficult moments. It was very, very difficult to understand what is going on in that period of my life. ‘The football don’t stop, we had many competitions. It was probably the most difficult moment in my life.’ Ronaldo added that he keeps Angél’s ashes close to those of his father’s, who passed away of liver failure in 2005, at a chapel in his home. ‘I talk with them all the time and they are …

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NNPC, TotalEnergies inaugurate school project to boost learning

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As part of their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) startegy to different communities in Nigeria, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, TotalEnergies, operator of OML 130 and partners; SAPETRO, CNOOC and PRIME 130 have constructed and commissioned a model secondary school project at Government College, Makurdi in Benue. The two floors model secondary school sits on 2,500m2 and is expected to provide the students access to modern-day learning and science equipment and tools. The school facility is powered by an integrated power supply system consisting of a 35KVA solar power generating system, and one 50KVA soundproof generator to ensure constant power supply. In his welcome address, the Chief Upstream Investment Officer of the NNPC Upstream Investment Management Services, Mr. Bala Wunti, who was represented by Mrs. Bunmi Lawson, said that the project was part of efforts to mitigate various identified gaps. He noted that the projects aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs,) strategy, adding that the partners would continue to champion the implementation of SDGs. “These projects were borne out of the need to mitigate the various identified gaps in …

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Nigerian military eliminates bandit leaders Alaji Gana, Halilu Buzu

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Another bandit leader Alaji Gana was among the terrorists killed in Kaduna on Monday. Gana was eliminated in a bombardment of Kidandan Forest in the Giwa Local Government Area of the state. His demise followed the death of fellow insurgent Halilu Buzu Sububu in the Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State. A defence intelligence said the kingpins and their footsoldiers were attacked separately after intelligence revealed their locations. The Air Component of Operation HADARIN DAJI (OPHD) destroyed logistics bases that housed ammunition, vehicles, motorcycles, and other loot. The military source told PRNigeria that Buzu was killed alongside his boys, including Ceri, Dan’mosalmi, Danbarkeji, Guguwa, Dan Sha Bakwai and Hana Zuwa. The late Buzu and his notorious gang kidnapped civilians for ransom and were also involved in cattle rustling.

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2023: ‘Dead party, dead fish can never be sweet’ – Tinubu mocks PDP, Atiku

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The All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, has mocked the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar. Tinubu described Atiku as a wrong theory while PDP was a dead party which should be rejected during the 2023 elections. He spoke at the flag-off of the APC presidential campaign in Jos, the Plateau State capital. He said: “One of them, I don’t want to call their names. Is it Atiku? Atilukated what? Wrong theory. Mark it down. Wrong theory for Atiku. “They want to come back. Tell them that a dead fish cannot be sweet in any soup.” The event was attended by his running mate, Kashim Shettima; President Muhammadu Buhari; Senate President Ahmad Lawan; Governors elected on the party’s platform; and other party national stakeholders. Tinubu’s comment came at a time both presidential candidates met at the Abuja airport. While Tinubu was heading to Jos, Atiku was going to Lagos to honour a lecture. During the meeting, Tinubu told Atiku that he had relocated from Lagos State to Abuja.

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EPL: You have tarnished your legacy, Messi laughing in Qatar – Tim Sherwood to Ronaldo

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Former Tottenham Hotspur manager, Tim Sherwood believes Manchester United forward Cristiano Ronaldo has “tarnished his legacy” after his bombshell interview with Piers Morgan. Sherwood said that Ronaldo’s revelations about the inner dealings at Man United have made him lean towards Paris Saint-Germain’s Lionel Messi in the eternal ‘Messi vs Ronaldo’ debate. Speaking to talkSPORT, Sherwood believes Ronaldo’s recent interview was a shame, adding that Messi, who is currently with the Argentina squad ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, would be laughing at the Portugal captain. “I don’t think what Ronaldo is saying is groundbreaking, I really don’t. I think it’s more groundbreaking the fact that he has come and said it so publicly and obviously done it on a huge platform,” Sherwood told talkSPORT. “He could have gone to Oprah Winfrey or Piers Morgan — he has taken the English option. I am astounded that he’s come out and done it. I really am, I think it tarnishes his legacy.” “I think the little man Lionel Messi must be sitting in Qatar in his camp laughing, looking …