ASHENEWS reports that President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, urged the military and other security agencies to remain apolitical in their involvement in the provision security during the nation’s 2023 general elections. Buhari made the call at the inauguration of the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) Estate at Idu-Karmo in Abuja. He said that security agencies would be engaged with various support and assistance in the elections, particularly with distribution and monitoring of classified materials and other logistics. These, he warned, must be done professionally and in accordance with Standing Operation Procedures. “I therefore urge you to remain apolitical and desist from…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
ASHENEWS reports that the Senate on Wednesday, passed the 2022 Supplementary Appropriation Bill of N819,536,937,813.00 presented by President Muhammadu Buhari. The Senate Committee on Appropriation report had favoured the supplementary budget which the Senate at plenary considered and approved. The Committee chairman, Senator Barau Jibrin said the amount was meant to complete ongoing capital projects, including roads and dams destroyed by flooding. He added that the sum would be sourced from additional domestic borrowings by the Federal Government. “The country has witnessed the worst flood incident in recent history, which has caused massive destruction of farmlands at a point already…
ASHENEWS reports that the National Assembly (NASS) on Wednesday, passed the 2023 appropriation bill of N21.83 trillion. This online platform further reports that the budget has an increase of N1.32 trillion from the N20.51 trillion budget earlier proposed by President Muhammadu Buhari. A breakdown of the budget indicates an allocation of N967.5 billion for statutory transfers, N6.6 trillion for debt servicing, N8.3 trillion for recurrent expenditure, and N5.9 trillion for capital expenditure. In a related development, the Senate also passed the 2022 supplementary budget of N819.5 billion. According to the upper chamber, the amendment of the 2022 Appropriation Act is…
Sokoto state governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal on Wednesday, signed the 2023 appropriation bill of N189 billion into law. Speaking after signing the bill, Tambuwal appreciated the cordial working relationship with the Sokoto state House of Assembly, saying that the members have demonstrated commitment and patriotism for the development of the state. He also commended the All Progressives Congress (APC) members in the assembly for working together with their Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterparts in the interest of the state. The Governor appealed to all the stakeholders and government functionaries who are going to work on the implementation of the budget…
The Bauchi followers of the embattled Kano cleric, Sheikh Abduljabbar Nasiru Kabara who was recently sentenced to death by hanging by a Kano Shari’ah Court, have vowed to appeal the judgement. The decision was revealed by the spokesperson of the group, Abdullahi Musa while addressing a press conference in Bauchi on Tuesday. According to him, the judgement was politically motivated by the Kano state governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje because the embattled sheikh was critical of Ganduje. “We are not satisfied with the judgment because we believe it was influenced by the Kano State Governor Ganduje and some clerics in the…
The Director General of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Campaign Management Council in Sokoto state and former Minister of Transport, Yusuf Suleiman says the party would keep watch on the promise of President Muhammadu Buhari to ensure free, fair and credible elections in 2023. The DG who spoke with journalists on Tuesday ahead of the kick-off of the party’s electioneering scheduled for Wednesday, also pledged to conduct rancor-free and issue-based campaign. According to Suleiman, “President Buhari promised to bequeath a credible election, which means that he will not support any form of chaotic circumstance before, during and after the 2023…
Swimming in the tidal wave of sanctions, Russian currency, the rouble slumped 3% low against the dollar on Tuesday, failing to consolidate a recovery from last week’s slide and the currency losing about 8% against the dollar. The country’s market also came to terms with the prospect of lower export revenue in the wake of restrictions on Russian oil. The rouble is on course for a hefty monthly decline after an oil embargo and price cap came into force. The finance ministry has said the recent slump was related to recovering imports. By 1519 GMT the rouble was 3% weaker…
The TY Buratai Humanity Care Foundation has commended the Nigerian government for reintroducing history in the country’s schools. A statement by the National Coordinator of the foundation, Ibrahim Dahiru Danfulani noted that the grand patron of the foundation, Yusuf Buratai, a retired army general is a historian. He therefore congratulated all historians while urging all schools managements to, as a matter of urgency, commence the teaching of history in the schools as directed by the federal government. The statement quoted Buratai, who is also the Ambassador to the Republic of Benin as saying, “History is a great unifier, it is a leadership…
By Musa Yaro, Calabar Cross River state governor, Prof Ben Ayade revealed that 14 states in the country and 18 local government areas in the state will participate in the 2022 cultural carnival, which will hold in Calabar. The states are Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Benue, Ebonyi, Gombe, Kaduna, Kogi, Kwara and Nasarawa, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, and Oyo. The governor, represented by the Deputy. Governor, Prof Ivara Esu stated this while flagging off the four kilometres walk cultural carnival in Calabar on Monday. According to the governor, the carnival had continued to grow despite the setbacks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.…
China’s cases of coronavirus has overwhelmed hospitals with patients besieging healthcare facilities in droves. Beijing-based doctor Howard Bernstein said, he has never seen anything like this in his more than three decades of emergency medicine. Patients are arriving at his hospital in ever-increasing numbers; almost all are elderly and many are very unwell with COVID and pneumonia symptoms, he said. Bernstein’s account reflects similar testimony from medical staff across China who are scrambling to cope after China’s abrupt U-turn on its previously strict COVID policies this month was followed by a nationwide wave of infections. It is by far the…