Ms Nardos Bekele-Thomas has assumed office as the new Chief Executive Officer of the African Union Department Agency-New Partnership for African Development (AUDA-NEPAD). Her appointment was endorsed by the African Union Heads of State and Government during the 35th Ordinary Session of the African Union (AU) held Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in February 2022. She is the first woman to lead the African Union’s development agency. The former Head and Resident Coordinator of the United Nations in South Africa, Bekele-Thomas succeeds Dr Ibrahim Assane Mayaki, assumed office on May 1 and the handover retreat was convened in Johannesburg, which took place…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Sokoto state governor and presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has approved the appointment of Prince Daniel as spokesperson for his Presidential Campaigns. This is contained in a statement by the Tambuwal Campaign Organization (TCO), Nicholas Msheliza on Tuesday. Prince Daniel is a multi-award winning Broadcaster, a United Nations Youth Ambassador for Peace, an International Conference Speaker and a Silver Mic Member of the Black Speakers Network (BSN), USA. He is also an Associate Member of the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON), member Directors Guild of Nigeria (DGN) and Screen Writers Guild of Nigeria…
Former Sokoto state commissioner for Finance, Abdussamad Dasuki has formally handed over the ministry to the Permanent Secretary, Dahiru Balarabe Abbas. Dasuki who took over the Ministry in 2019, had earlier tendered his resignation in March in compliance with the Electoral Act. The former commissioner recently returned from a foreign trip to formally hand over the affairs of the Ministry to the permanent secretary. At a brief handover ceremony, the former commissioner extolled governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal’s sterling leadership, which has placed Sokoto in good stead for rapid growth and development. Dasuki, who is the Santuraki of Sokoto, said with…
The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice will hold an International Conference from May 9 to May 12 in Praia, Cape Verde, on strengthening regional integration with the implementation of an effective justice system. The four-day conference will be jointly hosted by the government of Cape Verde, with the theme “ECOWAS Integration model: the legal implications of Regionalism, Sovereignty and Supranationalism.” A panel of discussants consisting of jurists and scholars from ECOWAS Member States, ECOWAS Institutions, International Organisations, are expected interrogate various aspects of the ECOWAS integration model under the seven sub-themes of the conference. Attaining the ECOWAS vision 2020, intergovernmentalism,…
Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammed has described the administration of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) as delusive, deceptive and clueless. The governor was responding to journalists’ questions when he paid Sallah homage to his Sokoto state counterpart, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal at his private residence on Monday. Mohammed, who said he was in Sokoto for normal traditional homage to Tambuwal and Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar, also described the APC as arbitrary and subjective. He added that though the PDP aspirants are 17 in number, whoever wins primary election would be supported by all others. “The feelers and chances for the PDP…
Sokoto state governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, has called on Nigerian citizens to remain level-headed in spite of inundation by insecurity and economic instability in the country. Tambuwal who stated this in his statewide broadcast to mark the Eid-el-Fitr celebration on Sunday night also called on citizens to not only never politicize the security situation but also to singularly and collectively cooperate with security agencies to halt the malady. “As our nation is on daily basis being inundated with sufferings, killings and economic instability, we must remain level-headed and never politicize the security situation amidst us. We must, singularly and collectively…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, received in audience, Sokoto state governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, in Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja. Tambuwal is one of the front runners for the opposition People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential ticket. Although details of the meeting was not made known to newsmen, a source in the presidential villa said it could not be unconnected to national issues, specifically insecurity. The ace presidential aspirant of the PDP in the forthcoming 2023 general elections, did not reveal details of his meeting with the President. Tambuwal is the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum, vice…
Nigerian government has renewed the appointment of the Chief Medical Director of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH) Sokoto, Prof. Anas Ahmad Sabir. The renewal is contained in a letter No. DHS/129/12/12//31 dated 20 April, 2022 and signed by the Minister of Health, Dr. E. Osagie Ehanire. “I am pleased to inform you that His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, has approved the renewal of your appointment as Chief Medical Director (CMD), Usman Dan Fodio University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto State for a second and final term of four (4) years with effect from 17h May, 2022. “This renewal of appointment…
By Abdallah el-Kurebe The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), Transparency International (TI) Nigeria has said that the recent presidential pardon of corrupt politicians is a validation of public perception of the president Muhammadu Buhari’s reported disproportionate and lop-sided fight against corruption in Nigeria. A statement by the executive director of CISLAC/TI Nigeria, Auwal Musa Rafsanjani made available to ASHENEWS on Saturday also said that the development is a major setback to country’s achievements in the fight against corruption. According to Rafsanjani, “the pardon further confirms the poor rating of Nigeria on different global indexes and reports like the Corruption…
Global agricultural commodity prices maize and wheat hit their highest level ever last month, and the trend has continued in recent weeks. “In March, the FAO Food Price Index averaged 159.3 points, up 12.6% from February, when it had already hit its highest level since 1990,” the FAO cautioned. Prices of commodities such as vegetable oil, grains, meat, sugar, and dairy goods, according to the Rome-based UN organization, drove the increase. The impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on maize and wheat prices According to the most recent data, international wheat and corn prices both increased by about 20% between February…