…Says some party men romancing with PDP to make APC lose 2023 guber election …I’m still remain a bonafide APC member and Chairman of the Adamawa chapter of the party, I can’t leave the party now for PDP The Adamawa State Chapter of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Ibrahim Bilal has made shocking revelations giving the path fingers those making efforts to ruin the party in the state. Ibrahim in a press statement distanced himself from what is befallen the party but accused party members for taking the aftermath of gubernatorial primaries to use him as scapegoat in order to…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Kebbi state governor, Atiku Bagudu has announced the dissolution of the State Executive Council. A statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Babale Umar-Yauri made available to newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Wednesday, said the dissolution is with immediate effect. “The governor is sincerely appreciative of the individual contributions of each member of the cabinet. “He thanked them for their dedication to duty and ensuring peace and steady development of the state during their tenure in office,” it said. The statement said Bagudu commended all the members of the dissolved council for their performance. “A reconstituted state executive council…
Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu has said the federal government is considering an upward review of the salary of tertiary institutions’ lecturers to 23.5 per cent. The minister said salaries of professors would also be reviewed by 35 per cent. Adamu disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja when he presented the position paper of the government during a meeting between the Federal Government, Vice-Chancellors and Pro-Chancellors of Nigerian public universities. Adamu said that President Muhammadu Buhari had warned against signing agreements which the government would not be able to meet. “The Federal Government can only afford a 23.5 per…
The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar has dissociated himself from a certain Atiku Abubakar Business Supporters in Diaspora (AABSID), which has planned fundraising dinner for the candidate’s 2023 campaign. Atiku, in a statement he personally signed on Tuesday, said neither him nor his campaign organisation authorised any fundraising event to be held on his behalf or that of his campaign organisation. According to him, the Atiku Abubakar Business Supporters in Diaspora (AABSID) is a body/organisation unknown to him. “The general public is hereby notified that the aforementioned Atiku Abubakar Business Supporters in Diaspora (AABSID) is…
The meeting between the Vice Chancellors and Pro-Chancellors of public universities of Nigerian universities and the Nigerian government on Tuesday, resulted in the setup of a 14-man committee to look into the grey areas of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) demands. Ben Goong, the spokesperson of the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu disclosed this at a press conference at the end of the meeting on Tuesday in Abuja. According to him, members of the committee include Prof. Nimmi Briggs, Chairman, ASUU/FG negotiation team, Prof. Olu Obafemi, Chairman, Governing Council, Federal University, Minna, and Udo Udoma, former Minister of…
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in Nasarawa state, has commenced the training of 99 youths and women in small stock (Goat) production and Post Sustainable Agricultural Development Training Scheme (POST-SADTS). Mr Chris Bamsida, the NDE State Coordinator stated this during the orientation ceremony for the 99 participants in Lafia on Tuesday. Bamsida said that 49 participants were selected for goats production training scheme while 50 were selected for POST-SADTS. He said that the schemes are aimed at engaging unemployed youths and women, who are interested in agribusiness in Nasarawa State. “The training will introduce them to the inherent great potentials…
The President African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr Akinwumi Adesina has said that the African Development Fund (ADF) will introduce a Climate Action Window to mobilise between $4 billion and $13 billion for climate adaptation for ADF countries. In a statement from the AfDB on Tuesday, Adesina said this at the Africa Climate Adaptation Summit which took place in Rotterdam, Netherlands on Monday. The ADF countries are Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger and Rwanda. Others are Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan,…
The Twelve per cent growth in Nigeria’s maize production is yet another testament to the success of the agricultural policy of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration. The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) said in a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju and Secretary Cassidy Madueke that the report published by an international news agency, Reuters, shows that the President has been living up to his 2015 vow to encourage farming in the country. “On assuming office over seven years ago, Buhari vowed to invest more in agriculture and encourage farming. He spoke of the need for self-sufficiency in food production and…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met behind closed doors with President Andrzej Duda of Poland at the State House, Abuja. The Polish President, who arrived the Presidential Villa at about 10.30a.m, was received by the Nigerian leader at the fore Court of the State House. The two leaders went into bilateral talks to discuss issues concerning both countries as well as international matters. Buhari last visited Poland in Dec. 2018, where he attended the 24th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP24), under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Nigerian government on Tuesday in Abuja met with Vice Chancellors and Pro-Chancellors of federal universities to end the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu at the meeting, described the indefinite strike by ASUU as an anguish and internal turmoil to him. Adamu said he wanted the parties to reach an amicable resolution of all the issues contained in the 2009 Agreements because the past two weeks had been a very dark period in the education sector. “I used to think in a climate of frankness, and with mutual goodwill, an…