The former Secretary to Sokoto State Government (SSG), Sa’idu Umar has emerged the flagbearer of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for the governorship election in the state. This was the result of the primary election, supervised by Dr Tom Zakari from the party’s national headquarters, at the International Conference Centre, Kasarawa in Sokoto, Wednesday night. The former Commissioner for Environment, Sagir Bafarawa who was also a contender for the coveted seat, will be the running mate of Umar. In the same vein, the Deputy Governor, Manir Muhammad Dan Iya, also a contender, will contest for Sokoto North Senatorial seat, to…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
European nations have confirmed dozens of cases in what’s become the largest outbreak of monkeypox ever on the continent, according to the German military. The U.S. has confirmed at least two cases and Canada has confirmed at least five so far. Belgium just introduced a mandatory 21-day quarantine for monkeypox patients. The most recent surge in cases appears to have been spread among men who have sex with other men. An outbreak of the monkeypox virus in North America and Europe is primarily spreading through sex among men with about 200 confirmed and suspected cases across at least a dozen…
The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG), has called the attention of both northern and southern leaders as well as the federal government, to take action against alleged incessant killings of Northern traders in the southeast. This is contained in a statement by the spokesperson of the group, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman made available to ASHENEWS on Tuesday. According to the statement, “hate campaigns and propaganda being conducted and created by certain interest groups in the South-East in the form of regional and ethnic agitators have emboldened the outlawed terrorist IPOB/ESN to carry out these unprovoked evictions, attacks, killings, destructions of properties and…
Researchers with the Federal University Dutse (FUD) have found that mosquitoes resistant to insecticide-treated nets were in Jigawa state, a statement by the university’s Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Yahaya Bello made available to newsmen on Sunday, has said. The team leader of the study group, Prof. M. M. Dogara said the species of the mosquitoes were resistant to an insecticide called Primiphosmethyl. The research was sponsored by the Global Program for Malaria Control under the Surveillance for Mosquitoes Resistance against three classes of insecticides (Pyrethroids, organochlorine, and organophosphates) across all states in the country. According to Dogara, mosquitoes all over…
Some benefitting farmers of the $35 million Savannah Investment Programme (SIP) and the Savannah Zone Agricultural Productivity Improvement Project (SAPIP) of the African Development Bank (AfDB) in Tamale, Ghana have commended the projects. The farmers who spoke during the inspection of the projects by the bank in Tamale, Northern Ghana, on Sunday, said the intervention had transformed them from being smallholder farmers to commercial ones. They however appealed to the bank to replicate same programmes in other African countries, to help in addressing some agriculture related challenges. The initiatives are part of the bank’s Feed Africa Strategy, which included the…
Mrs Mary Afan, the President, Small Scale Women Farmers Organisation of Nigeria (SWOFON) says Nigeria may not end hunger by 2025, if it does not invest massively in boosting agricultural production. Afan made this known on Saturday in Abuja on the sidelines of Non-State Actors Step Down training on post 3rd Biennial Review report (BR) organised by ActionAid. Afan identified areas of investment to boost food production to include provision of farm inputs, grains or seedlings and fertiliser to small scale women farmers at a subsidised rate. She noted that ending hunger by 2025 was one of the seven areas…
Initiative to benefit 20 million African farmers, who will receive certified seed and technology to rapidly produce 38 million tons of food ASHENEWS – May 21, 2022: The board of directors of African Development Bank Group (AfDB) on Friday, approved a $1.5 billion facility to help African countries avert a looming food crisis. The Russia-Ukraine war has disrupted food supplies and Africa now faces a shortage of at least 30 million metric tons of food, especially wheat, maize, and soybeans imported from both countries. As a result, African farmers urgently need high-quality seeds and inputs before the planting season begins…
Niger state governor, Abubakar Bello has reshuffled his cabinet 24 hours after he swore in seven new Commissioners as members of the state executive council. The governor also approved the creation of new ministry of Internal Security and Humanitarian Affairs to be headed by Mr Emmanuel Umar as well as redeployed three commissioners to other ministries. This is contained in a statement by the Secretary to the Niger State Government Ahmed Ibrahim Matane on Friday, said Bello assigned portfolios to the seven newly inaugurated commissioners. “Those affected are Al Zakari Abubakar who moved from ministry of Finance to that of…
Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko has spent a total of N719,913,227 million for the scholarship of 245 national and international students across 11 national and international universities within seven years in the Hallowed Chamber. Check out the executive summary of school fees, monthly allowances, medical nd Para-Medical allowances of the sponsored students as at April 2022. According to the table of executive summary, the fully paid expenses by universities are as follows: University of Lahore in Pakistan – N163,076,727 Maryam Abacha University, Maradi in Niger Republic – N161,960,000 ISFOP University in Benin Republic – N96,340,000 Crown Hill University, Ilorin Kwara State…
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has presented the North West University Sokoto, one of the 12 private universities recently approved by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) with a provisional license to commence its academic activities. Presenting the licence to the proprietor of the institution and Chairman of the Northern Senators’ Forum Senator, Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu said the establishment of private universities came at the right time when the nation is in dire need of more educational institutions. He said the approval of university by FEC in April showed federal government’s commitment towards providing sound…