By Ephraim Seyin Victims of snakebites are flooding treatment centres across the country as the scorching heat forces the reptiles out of their holes into bushes, farms, roads and peoples homes in search of fresh air. States worst hit include Gombe, Plateau, Borno, Benue, Taraba, Nasarawa and Bauchi, with herders, farmers and rural dwellers mostly being the victims. At some snake treatment centres, most of the patients were on bare floor with medics complaining that facilities were being overstretched. The situation of the victims appeared worsened by the sharp rise in the cost of the usually imported Anti-Snake Venom (ASV),…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Sokoto state governor and 2023 presidential aspirant of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), Aminu Tambuwal has restated that the Nigerian situation is so dire and the country in distress that citizens must come together and put their differences aside to save the country. The governor also said that the task of seeking 2023 presidency should not be predicated on quest for zoning and other isolated indices but on the collective interest of all Nigerians whose existence and subsistence is at stake now. Tambuwal said this when the Concerned Citizens of Nigeria purchased N40 million expression of interest forms for him…
…Nigeria needs fresh ideas from the Diaspora, says 2023 Presidential hopeful “My vision will be to create 20 million jobs, free, compulsory and quality education, robust economy and security if elected President of Nigeria in 2023 general elections. Chief Kennedy Fintan Nnaji is a 53-year old Japan-based Nigerian businessman. He hails from Ikeduru local government area of Imo state. He has temporarily decided to jettison his business in Japan to contest the presidency in the forthcoming 2023 general elections in Nigeria. The presidential hopeful is coming with fresh Diasporan ideas to build better policies for better life in Nigeria. The…
…The potential damage of $3.9 billion is three times the investment of $1.3 billion made in the sector in 2019 …By 2050, climate risks could cause damage worth $3.9 billion in Ghana’s transport sector. …Report offers roadmap to prevent the worst from happening; highlights extensive efforts by government to counter climate risks By Abdallah el-Kurebe A recent research by the Ghanaian Ministry of Science, Environment, Technology and Innovation, has disclosed that the country’s potential climate damage could cost $3.9 billion, which is thrice the investment of $1.3 billion made in the sector in 2019. The study conducted in partnership with…
As the world celebrates global tuberculosis day, the Sokoto State Manager, Tuberculosis and Leprosy Unit with the Ministry of Health, Dr Bello Tambuwal says TB among top 10 causes of death worldwide. World Tuberculosis Day is observed March 24th every year to raise public awareness about the effect of tuberculosis and steps to eliminate the disease. The sensitization in Sokoto held at conference hall of Epidemiology unit of the Specialist Hospital Sokoto, with this year’s theme: “Invest to End TB. Save Lives”. Tambuwal who highlighted some successes recorded in the state said, “You can see that TB is still with…
By Fadhlillah Abdallah The Director General of Nigerian Textile Manufacturers Association (NTMA), Hamma Kwajaffa has commended the Biu Community Secondary School’s Old Students’ Association for a well attended Annual General Meeting (AGM). He also congratulated the Emir of Biu, Mai Mustapha Umar II; the Emir of Akko, Umar Mohammed; Chairman, Local Organising Committee, Dr Mohammed Umar; the President, Prof. Mohammed Hassan and other executive council members for organising a successful 2nd AGM. Kwajaffa, who joined the meeting via zoom called on all well-meaning old boys, to identify with Biu Community Secondary School (Senior Science Secondary School Biu), especially since the…
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, says it disbursed N975 billion to Nigerian wheat farmers to ensure set-reliance to fight food security in the 2021/2022 season. The governor of the apex bank, Godwin Emiefele, represented by the Jigawa State Branch Controller, Saadatu Inuwa disclosed this at the celebration of ‘Brawn Day’ and inauguration of the 2021/2022 wheat harvesting period, at Gabarin village of Ringim local government the state. “Since the introduction of the national agricultural policy under the president Muhammad Buhari mantra of ‘We must Produce what we eat and we must eat what we produced’ the CBN has distributed…
Sokoto state governor and presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Aminu Tambuwal has debunked reports attributed to him that the South South region cannot produce resident of the country. Tambuwal denied the report on ChannelsTV’s Politics Today programme monitored on Tuesday. Asked on the allegation that he ran imbalance committees when he was Speaker at the House of Representatives, Tambuwal challenged those to prove their allegations. “Before I answer that, I read an online report that I said the South South cannot produce the President of Nigeria. I didn’t say that. Rather, I said in 2011 I supported…
Sokoto state governor and ace presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Aminu Tambuwal has said that the party is not considering zoning of the presidency to a particular region of the country in the forthcoming 2023 presidential election. The chairman of the PDP governors’ forum spoke to newsmen after his separate meetings with the former military president, Ibrahim Babangida and former Head of State, Abdulsalami Abubakar in their residences in Minna. According to Tambuwal, zoning of presidency had never been the main issue in any political party in the country since 1979. “The main issue has been that…
Frontline Nigerian presidential aspirant in the forthcoming 2023 general elections and Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal says he is offering the country his Pan-Nigerian content and competence in his quest for coveted seat. He has also advised members of the Peoples Democratic (PDP), to first clinch the position of president of the country in the forthcoming election in 2023 before deciding on allocation of important positions to deserving members. Tambuwal was speaking with former presiding officers of states House of Assembly and House of Representatives, at the ballroom of the Fraser Suites in Abuja on Tuesday, in continuation of his…