Universal Corporation Ltd (UCL), with support from MMV and Unitaid has become the first African manufacturer to gain the World Health Organization (WHO) prequalification for the production of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine. Sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine (SP) is a well-tolerated, effective and affordable medicine used to prevent malaria in pregnant women and infants; nearly all malaria cases and deaths occur in Africa, yet until now, the continent was completely reliant on imported quality-assured SP; this breakthrough responds to the need for local production of quality medicines for use in Africa, a major gap that was critically highlighted when the COVID-19 pandemic left the continent with limited…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
By Justina Auta The Atikulated Global Movement (AGM) says former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar will restore hope in the country by addressing Nigeria’s security and economic challenges, if elected in the 2023 presidential election. Maryam Atiku-Abubakar, group National Leader said this at the inauguration of a movement to unite former aspirants and candidates of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), ahead of the 2023 general election in Abuja on Saturday. Maryam said it was necessary for the candidates and former aspirants to unite for the party’s victory in 2023. “Everyone here knows this election is our chance to restore hope to millions of…
The Sokoto State Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed Usaini Gumel has said that synergy between security agencies will boost crime prevention in the state. Gumel made the call when he visited the state Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Jabiru Yusuf-Nadabo on Wednesday. The CP who solicited for increased working synergy with the FRSC, also commended men of the corps for their gallant support when an Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) was attacked in Abuja. ”Synergy with other security agencies will augment the shortage of manpower bedeviling the police force in protecting lives and properties of…
Nigerian government has begun aerial spray of pesticides to control quelea bird invasion in North-East region. Usman Ciromari, Director, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (FMARD) in Yobe said in Damaturu, that the exercise was designed to destroy quelea bird nesting colonies in Yobe and other parts of the region. Quelea also called red-billed quelea, or dioch, is a small brownish bird of Africa. It occurs in such enormous numbers that it often destroys grain crops and, by roosting, breaks branches. The birds are long-distance migrants with a range covering well over 10 million square kilometres of Africa’s semi-arid,…
By Fadhlillah Abdallah The Sokoto State Police Commissioner, CP Muhammed Usaini Gumel has said that training police and judiciary personnel in evidence-based investigation and prosecution could curb delay in justice delivery. Gumel stated this when he led the command’s management team on courtesy visit to the Sokoto state Chief Judge, Justice Mohammad sai’du Sifawa on Thursday. He said that the visit during the challenging time of insecurity was “to remind both judiciary and the police to increase talking to ourselves on better ways of facing the common enemies of the nation. “It is also to look for ways of strengthening…
By Abdallah el-Kurebe ‘The African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) has appointed Dr Jean Baptiste De La Salle Tignegre as the new manager of the Pod Borer Resistant Cowpea (PBR) project being implemented in Nigeria, Ghana, and Burkina Faso. A Burkinabé, Tignegre who replaces Dr Issoufou Kolo that retired last December, joined AATF on August 1, 2022, from the World Vegetable Centre, Mali Office, where he worked as the Country Manager and Representative for West and Central Africa-Dry Region. In his role as Project Manager PBR Cowpea, Tignegre will also serve as the AATF West African Regional Representative and be based…
The President of the Republic of Niger, Mohamed Bazoum has bestowed the Commander of the Order of Merit of Niger Award on the President of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote. According to the certificate of conferment presented to Dangote in Niamey, the nation’s capital, the award was in appreciation for his services rendered to the Republic of Niger as well as a tribute to his business acumen and philanthropy. It could be recalled the Aliko Dangote Foundation (ADF) has intervened in various ways to improve healthcare and routine immunisation in Niger Republic, Chad and his home country, Nigeria. Recall that…
A World Bank-supported project, Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) has offered education support to an 11-year old girl, Saratu Garba. The Project Communication Officer, Aliyu Yusuf made this known in an interview in Kano on Wednesday. The report of Garba’s prowess in Arithmetic and her ability to provide mathematical solutions had gone viral on social media platforms. The recent viral video clip on the girl attracted the attention of many organisations, including an NGO, the Centre for Innovative and Pragmatic Development Initiative (CIPDI), which detailed its staff to interview the girl and meet with her parents. It…
Sokoto state governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal appointed Muhammad Mainasara Ahmad as the new Secretary to the State Government (SSG). He replaces the former SSG, Saidu Umar who is now the Sokoto state Gubernatorial candidate of the People’s Democratic (PDP). Tambuwal also swor in Aminu Bala Bodinga as a new Commissioner in his cabinet. Bodinga was among the commissioners who voluntarily resigned to seek elective positions. At the brief swearing in ceremony held at Government House Sokoto, Tambuwal enjoined the new appointees to use their wealth of experience in the administration of the state. He also urged them to develop synergy…
Senator Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko has donated food items to the victims of the recent bandits attack on 11 wards in Illela local government area of Sokoto state. The victims who were displaced by the terrorists from their communities, received items including tones of rice, maize and Garri. A statement by Wamakko’s special assistant on New Media, Bashar Abubakar said the Senator was represented by his Director of Administration, Almustapha Abubakar Alkali. Wamakko expressed deep sorrow over the attacks and prayed Allah to prevent future occurrence of such ungodly act. He said the succour brought to them was just to put…