The Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital Sokoto chapter of the Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria (UDUTH-MDCAN), has told the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) that members of the union were not favoured by the minister of Labour, Chris Ngige in anyway. ASUU had issued a press statement titled: “Attempt To Further Polarise and Sectionalise ASUU, through Selective and Bias Payment of Salary to Selected Professional Medical Members of ASUU UDUS by the Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige”, claimed that Ngige was biased in paying selected professional…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
When Bakuvie Zinna, a Ghanaian cowpea farmer was invited by a local extension agent to take part in demonstrations for a new variety resistant to the pod borer, he couldn’t hide his excitement. Zinna considers the pest a key enemy for attacking his crops every other season and forcing him to incur huge expenses on pesticides, only to get low yields. He is looking forward to the release of the pod borer-resistant (PBR) cowpea variety that doesn’t require the eight sprays typically applied on a normal cowpea field to give maximum yield. The PBR cowpea, a genetically modified variety, has…
The West African Centre for Crop Improvement (WACCI) has invited the African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) to jointly set up a gene editing platform to fast-track crop improvements using modern technologies. This was disclosed by WACCI Associate Director, Prof Kwadwo Ofori, when he received the AATF pod borer research team led by the project manager, Dr. Jean Baptiste, in Accra, Ghana. WACCI is a leading centre for training plant breeders in Africa and its scientists have produced more than 60 improved seed varieties in the last decade. Prof Ofori said establishing a gene editing platform would expedite research and help…
The publisher of EverydayNewsngr.net, Prince Petrus Obi has alleged that his life is being threatened by the Cubana group. According to Obi, the threat followed recent attack by some hoodlums which affected the Cubana Club in Enugu among others. He said the group in a text message threatened to teach the publisher that his group is not a small one. He also threatened to attack the family of the publisher. Read the text below: “I give u 24hours to bring down that useless fake post of urs.. u think u are playing wit a small group .. if after 24hrs…
The Northern Emancipation Network has lamented that despite the successes claimed by government, rampant attacks on rural communities in Kaduna state persist and people are still kidnapped at will on almost a daily basis. The Network, making the revelation through its Publicity Secretary, Lawal Hamisu, regretted that while communities in Giwa Local Government Area in the northern part of the state live under perpetual threats, the attacks and daily kidnappings are largely unreported and unchecked. The Group observed that government troops concentrate efforts on urban areas and towns and major highways only leaving helpless rural communities vulnerable. “We can cite…
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday adjourned the alleged money laundering trial of former Governor of Ekiti state, Ayodele Fayose, until January 31 and February 1. The case was earlier scheduled for continuation of trial on October 26, but could not proceed due to a mix up in the date, while a new trial date was to be agreed on by parties and fixed by the court. Fayose is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over N6.9 billion fraud and money laundering charges. He was first arraigned on October 22 2018, before Justice Mojisola…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has been honoured with the award of ‘National Nutrition Vanguard’ by the Nutrition Society of Nigeria (NSN) in a brief ceremony held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. The award was in recognition of the vice president’s outstanding and immense “contribution to national development and particularly nutrition development in Nigeria. Prof. Hafiz Abubakar, former Kano State Deputy Governor and a member of the NSN Board of Trustees, who read the citation, said Osinbajo…
The Permanent Secretary, State House, Tijjani Umar says the State House 2023 budget proposal of N21.1 billion is comparatively lower than the 2022 appropriation of N40.1 billion by 19.01 billion. Umar revealed this when he led other top management staff of the State House to defend the 2023 budget proposals before the Senate Committee on Federal Character and Intergovernmental Affairs, on Thursday in Abuja. In his submission, which also included details of the 2022 budget performance, the Permanent Secretary noted that there was a marginal decrease in the personnel cost due to the anticipated retirement of 40 staff in 2023.…
Sadiya Umar Farouq, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, says the Federal Government will partner the World Bank to conduct a post disaster rapid impact assessment. Farouq, who stated this at a Ministerial briefing, said that the assessment would use the Global Rapid post-disaster Damage Estimation (GRADE). This is contained in a statement signed by Farouq’s Special Assistant on Media, Mrs Nneka Anibeze, on Thursday in Abuja. “This exercise is intended to give an immediate understanding and estimation of the extent of damage and loss caused by the flood. “This rapid estimation is needed, because the physical…
Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL), operator of Murtala Muhammed Airport Two (MMA2), on Thursday said it had reinstated the 37 dismissed workers after resolutions were reached between aviation unions and the company. Mr Oluwatosin Onajala, Head, Corporate Communications, confirmed the development in a statement issued in Lagos on Thursday. Members of all the unions in aviation on Tuesday embarked on an unannounced protest over alleged sacking of the 37 workers of the company. The protest impacted heavily on scheduled flights and other operations, with early morning passengers left stranded. The unions barricaded the entrance and exit gates of the terminal…