The Cross River government on Thursday launched the 2022 Integrated Measles Vaccination Campaign in Calabar. The campaign, which would run from November 3 to 10, would feature the introduction of Rotavirus and COVID-19 vaccination. Rotavirus is the most common cause of diarrheal disease among infants and young children. Nearly every child in the world is infected with a rotavirus at least once by the age of five. The Cross River Deputy Governor, Prof. Ivara Esu, said at the launch of the campaign that measles is a dangerous disease for children and must be checked. He added that “today, people are…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
FBNQuest, the investment banking and asset management business of FBN Holdings Plc, has urged private mid-cap companies to explore the capital financing options available in the local financial markets. The Managing Director of FBNQuest Funds, Mrs Ijeoma Agboti, gave the advice at a media parley on Thursday in Lagos. According to her, the current economic headwinds facing mid-cap businesses place a demand on business leaders to carefully plan their capital needs with a view to optimisation and defensive positioning. Agboti said while the outlook for the business environment remained uncertain over the next six months, there were strong opportunities to…
“Lack of network coverage in core rural areas will not exclude those applicants there. In all local government headquarters, we have network coverage and we have made provision for them to come to their various local government headquarters and register” As the National Population Commission (NPC) launches its online e-recruitment portal for the 2023 Population and Housing Census, the Federal Commissioner who represents Sokoto state, Chiso Dattijo Abdullahi has assured that applicants from core rural areas will not be secluded because of lack of network coverage. He gave the assurance during the official launch of the e-recruitment portal in Sokoto…
A coalition, 100 Women Lobby Group, has blamed low number of female candidates in 2023 general election on lack of internal democracy in political parties, saying that most parties are not gender sensitive. Mrs Felicia Onibon, the National Coordinator of the Group stated this at a meeting tagged, “Dissemination on the Analysis/Review of the 2022 Party Primaries and its Implication on Women Political Participation in 2023” in Abuja on Thursday. The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) had released a report indicating that only 10.1 per cent of the candidates for the 2023 general election were females. “We all know…
The Sokoto Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured interim forfeiture of eight properties from the Federal High Court. One of the forfeited properties marked by the EFCC ASHENEWS has reliably gathered from source that some of the properties belong to high profile politicians, some of who are holding elective positions in the state government. Another reliable source from the zonal command who wants to remain anonymous told ASHENEWS the Federal High Court had granted the commission an interim forfeiture until owners of the properties come to claim their ownership. Another property marked by the…
The federal government has handed over the 228 hectares Gari Irrigation Project to farmers in Jigawa and Kano states. Five local government areas of Kazaure and Roni in Jigawa state, and Kunchi, Dambata and Makoda LGAs in Kano state, under the Hadejia Jama’are River Basin Development Authority are benefiting. The handing over was done by Mrs Oyeronke Oluniyi, Director, Irrigation and Drainage, Federal Ministry of Water Resources, on behalf of the Minister, Mr Suleiman Adamu. Oluniyi in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday, said the project was part of efforts to support government’s food security and…
Troops of Operations Hadin Kai and Hadarin Daji have eliminated no fewer than 44 terrorists and apprehended over 50 in North East and North West in the last two week, the Defence Headquarters says. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami made this known at a bi-weekly news briefing on the operations of the armed forces, on Thursday in Abuja. In the North East, Danmadami said troops of operation Hadin Kai had between October 20 and November 2 apprehended 27 suspected Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province terrorists and neutralised 19. Danmadami added that the troops…
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Sokoto has imposed a repeat of service year on four corps members for allegedly absconding from duty, absenteeism and other sundry offences. The NYSC Coordinator in the state, Muhammad Nakamba who disclosed this at the passing out of the 2021 Batch C, Stream 2 Corps members on Thursday in Sokoto, said that four others had their services extended by different periods. Nakamba said that the scheme had zero tolerance for truancy and those caught engaging in such would be sanctioned appropriately. According to him, a total of 482 corps members completed the service…
Gombe state governor, Inuwa Yahaya on Thursday, presented a budget proposal of N173.69 billion for 2023 to the state House of Assembly. While presenting the budget tagged; “Budget of Further Consolidation”, Yahaya said it was in line with his administration’s desire to continue offering service to the people of Gombe beyond 2023. According to him, to continue providing for the development needs of the people of Gombe State in 2023, we proposed a budget of N173,697,242 billion. “This is made up of N71.85 billion for recurrent expenditure, which represents 41.4 per cent, and N101.84 billion for capital expenditure, representing 58.6…
A member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr Desmond Elliot, has offered additional free health insurance to 400 elderly people in Surulere Local Government Area. Elliot (APC-Surulere 1) disclosed this during the Mega Empowerment Programme he organised for Surulere residents on Thursday in Lagos. 250 residents of Surulere had in October 2021 benefitted from the free health insurance programme by Elliot. Elliot, the Chairman, House Committee on Ministry/Parastatals, said he had also included 100 youths in the Surulere community to benefit from the programme. The lawmaker said the programme was mainly targeted at the aged, widows, less privileged and community…