ABUJA- THE Senate on Wednesday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the Comptroller- General of Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali,rtd because he is unfit to hold any public office. Custom boss Hameed Ali The Senate has also urged the NCS to outrightly cancel its proposed payment of import duty on old Vehicles.
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LONDON — Three people were killed and 20 others were wounded Wednesday in a terrorist attack at Britain's Parliament that sent crowds of tourists and lawmakers running for their lives.
The victims included a police officer who was stabbed at the House of Commons and died despite the efforts of doctors and a passing government minister to save him.
What happened?
The incident began when a man used a car to run down several pedestrians on the iconic Westminster Bridge. At least one woman was killed by the vehicle and others were left with "catastrophic injuries," according to police. The driver then rammed his car into the Parliament gates and fatally stabbed a police officer as he tried to enter the building.
Victims
British police said three people were killed, including one police officer and a woman. Twenty people, including three police officers, were wounded.
What we know
An attacker struck pedestrians on London's Westminster Bridge and then crashed near Parliament.
A man armed with a knife tried to enter Parliament. He stabbed and killed a police officer before he was shot and killed by police.
Twelve people were treated for serious injuries. Eight others suffered less serious wounds.
Police said the attack, which came on the first anniversary of the Brussels terrorist attacks, was terrorism.
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Two other victims were struck by a 4×4 vehicle that plowed into people walking on nearby Westminster Bridge. Some of the pedestrians suffered "catastrophic" injuries, doctors said. A woman was pulled alive from the River Thames below the bridge with serious injuries.
The assailant, who is thought to have been acting alone, was brought to the ground by a gunshot and also died.
Twelve people were treated for "serious injuries" at hospitals, and eight others were treated for less serious injuries at the scene, said Pauline Cranmer, deputy director of operations for the London Ambulance Service.
The assault came on the first anniversary of terrorist attacks in Brussels, Belgium, that killed 32 people, and police said Wednesday's incident was also terrorism.
Prime Minister Theresa May called the attacker a "sick and depraved terrorist" and said, "The location of this attack was no accident."
"The terrorist chose to strike at the heart of our national capital," May said in a nationally televised address outside 10 Downing Street.
May announced that Parliament would meet as scheduled on Thursday and said Londoners refused to allow "the voices of hate and evil to drive us apart."
"Let me make it clear today," she vowed. "Any attempt to defeat those values through violence and terror is doomed to failure."
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The Vice President of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, PFN, Bishop Simeon Okah has denounced the news ascribed to him calling on the Buhari Federal Government to prosecute the former governor of Rivers State and present Minister of Transportation, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi for corruption.
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Nigerian households are experiencing some of the fastest urbanisation rates in the world, as workersare flocking to expanding first- and second-tier cities across the country. This is creating a large and growing number of single-person households, largely inhabited by males. However, many Nigerian homes are also extremely crowded, as large families squeeze into small housing units. Room sizes per household are typically low in number, while persons per household are usually six or more’, Households Specialist Pavel Marceux.
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Ambassador of Ecuador, HE Leopoldo Rovayo, met on March 22 with the Director General/Chief Executive Officer of National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), Sir Peter Idabor.
The Ambassador commenced by saying, ‘I’m thrilled to be here and I equally convey warm greeting from Ecuadorian people’.
Looking at the objective of the visit about Oil spillage he said the Director was doing an extraordinary jobfor preparedness, detection, and response to oil spillage in Nigeria that his country will continue to maintain their relationship with Nigeria people owing to the fact that Nigeria was there for Ecuador 1985 when their pipeline had problem.
As Oil producing countries of OPEC, Ecuador and Nigeria both face the challenge of Oil spillage and as such there is need to brain storm, work together and find practical solution to the problem, for sure we will share the knowledge that we had developed detecting the effects of hydrocarbons pollution using satellite images; our scientist Paul Arellano from Yachay University is working on it, Ambassador said.
Responding to Ambassador’s address, Sir Peter Idabor said he also extol Ecuador for its active engagement with the peoples of Nigeria and commended him for the inauguration of Press Centre at the Embassy and the strong interest to collaborate with the government in the detection of Oil spillage in the Niger-Delta region.
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On World Oral Health Day, Wellbeing Foundation Africa's Toyin Saraki joined leading toothpaste brand Pepsodent in partnership with the Nigerian Dental Association, to celebrate the unveiling of its Smile Pledge for school children, within the Pepsodent Brush Day and Night Campaign which assists millions of Nigerian families to adopt the best oral health practices.
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Rivers State Chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, its attention has been drawn to a video clip being circulated in the social/new media lately by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) purporting same to represent Hon. Dr. Barry Mpigi, member representing Tai/Oyigbo/Eleme Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives addressing an unidentified audience.
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You are all aware of the obvious fact that Chief Glory Emeh has already decamped to PDP wherein he has been inspecting projects with Gov. Nyesom Wike. Piqued by this, both Sergeant Awuse and Emeka Woke are no longer at ease.
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Kenya – “Africa Can And Will Change The World. We Are In The Unprecedented Position To Be An Inspiration Of What Can Be Done Right” – Toyin Ojora Saraki At Africa Health Agenda International Conference, Nairobi, Kenya.
This week, in marking International Women's Day (IWD), the Founder-President of the Wellbeing Foundation Africa (WBFA), Mrs. Toyin Saraki, joined the First Ladies of Malawi and Kenya, Mrs Mutharika and Mrs Kenyatta, respectively, as Amref's Special Guest Of Honour at the Africa Health Agenda International Conference (AHAIC) in Nairobi, Kenya. The Conference, which was opened by the First Ladies of Malawi and Kenya, was attended by multi-sector high-level delegates from over 29 African nations, and was closed by Nigeria's Toyin Saraki, Wife of the President of the Senate, and Founder-President of The Wellbeing Foundation Africa, brought together researchers, policymakers, the private sector, and practitioners and advocates from the health, civil society, and development sectors, to reflect on home-grown solutions to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) across the continent.
As a panelist at AHAIC 2017, Mrs. Saraki was asked how Africa is accelerating the implementation of the SDGs. In her usual optimistic yet realistic self, she asserted:
"Africa has enjoyed a somewhat greater focus and interest, for quick and sustained progress on the SDGs, as progress on this continent means progress for the world. Also, Africa is riding on the robust presence of the private sector on the continent, and this has helped spur projects and improved outcomes in health, education, agriculture and social entrepreneurship. Specifically, regarding health, the continent has benefitted from country-supported interventions, especially around the supply side of healthcare and health systems."
"Through Agenda 2063, a fifty-year development action plan adopted by all members of the African Union, continent-wide priorities have already been defined. This should make the process of integrating and achieving SDGs into countries' development plans much easier. There is a high degree of convergence between the SDGs and Agenda 2063, in part due to the Common African Position (CAP), the coordinated Africa-wide negotiating position that preceded formulation of the Global Goals. "
"Absolute poverty has declined on the continent, taking Africa one step closer to the fulfillment of the SDGs. However, the gap between rich and poor countries has grown. This is disheartening; yet, it provides a vast opportunity for developing countries, as it demonstrates that the medicine, technology, and knowledge needed for development already exist. If these things can be transferred to developing nations, we can accelerate the attainment of the SDGs. Through cooperation between domestic and international agencies, greater access to the basic commodities of the developed world can be made available to the benefit of Africa and the world. The knowledge is already there; we now need to take that knowledge and turn it into tangible results on the African continent.”
Mrs Saraki, who serves as Global Goodwill Ambassador of the International Confederation Of Midwives (ICM), also spoke about women and adolescent health and education. She stated that: "We must provide education to girls and young women about sexual and reproductive health. This is clearly outlined in SDG 3. We must also ensure there is universal access to family planning information and education. Across Africa, we must make this a priority by integrating this into national strategies and programmes. Misinformation on sexual health and family planning combined with traditional attitudes towards childbirth and fertility lead to a range of complications, including during pregnancy and childbirth. Many of these could be prevented with the provision of basic education on sexual and reproductive health. In the absence of a formal education, local customs inform maternal health practices, often with fatal consequences. Even a basic understanding of hygiene, nutrition and child spacing could save hundreds of thousands of lives each year, and therefore should be made a priority in healthcare, and in the fulfillment of the SDGs as a whole."
"Secondly, we need to increase coverage of midwives in Africa; it is known that a 25% increase in the number of midwives could reduce maternal mortality by 50%. We know from the evidence from our frontline programmes at WBFA, that increasing the number of midwives has overwhelmingly positive outcomes for pregnant women. My organization has been working to educate midwives and community healthcare workers across Nigeria, teaching them to save mothers’ and children's lives, and also how to detect domestic violence and female genital mutilation and cutting (FGM/C)."
"We must address FGM/C urgently: Victims of FGM/C are at a hugely elevated risk of suffering a vaginal fistula, as well as being at higher risk of domestic and gender violence. Additionally, a woman who is subjected to FGM/C is more likely to be married off as a child bride. Not only is child marriage a violation of a girl's rights, but girls who give birth before the age of 15 years are five times more likely to die during childbirth than women in their 30s. "
To end the panel discussion, Mrs. Saraki spoke about her hopes for change: "My dream is that every citizen is counted at birth. My dream is that every citizen is registered at birth. My dream is that every citizen is protected from vulnerability and has access to Primary Health!"
The Wellbeing Foundation Africa's #MaternalMonday Media Campaign was formally accepted into the Africa Health Accountability Project and Africa Health Media Accountability Network, both launched at the conference, while Mrs. Saraki, who was selected by AHAICYouth, to feature in the Youth Town Hall brainstorming session, along with Edwin Macharia, Kenya CEO of prestigious Dalberg Consultants, ended the conference with a stirring closing keynote address, stating that “Africa Can And Will Change The World, We Are In The Unprecedented Position To Be An Inspiration Of What Can Be Done Right”.
Mrs Saraki also received the youth communique, the female genital mutilation call to action from Amref's Alternative Rite Of Passage Masai Girl Advocates, to support the rights of girls and women to be bold for change. She also received a special award of recognition from the organisers of the Conference, alongside Kenya's Minister For Health, Nairobi's Secretary For Health, and the Global Board Chair of Amref, in a colourful ceremony anchored by media personality, Caroline Mutoko.
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