The Centre for Innovative and Pragmatic Development Initiative (CIPDI) on Thursday, organised a special event for pupils in Enugu, Imo and Jigawa states in commemoration of the 2022 International Day of the African Child. Ten pupils were drawn from each of the following: Galaxy Foundation, Leonagoeminds International School and Obosima Primary School, Obosima Town School Excel Primary School and in Imo state; In Jigawa state also, 10 pupils were drawn each from Bint Umar Memorial School, Ihsan Academy, Government Day Arabic Secondary School Baure, Dutse Model International School and Bamama Primary School for Nomads and Golden Light School. Also in…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Zamfara State Police Command has arraigned a former deputy chief of staff to Governor Bello Muhammad, Dr Bashir Maru and four others before the Chief Magistrate Court 1 for criminal conspiracy, attempt to commit offence/ criminal misappropriation, alleged offences that are against sections 95 and 97 of the Panel Code. Maru was alleged to have conspired with four others to elope with a Prado Jeep belonging to Zamfara state government. He is also alleged to have taken the vehicle to Kaduna and got it repainted after he was sacked as deputy chief of staff. Those arraigned were Isah Jabbi…
Climate change is slowing down the conveyor belt of ocean currents that brings warm water from the tropics up to the North Atlantic. Research by Matthew England, Scientia Professor and Deputy Director of the ARC Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science (ACEAS), UNSW Sydney; Andréa S. Taschetto, Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney, and Bryam Orihuela-Pinto, PhD Candidate, UNSW Sydney Our research, published today (June 6) in Nature Climate Change, looks at the profound consequences to global climate if this Atlantic conveyor collapses entirely. We found the collapse of this system – called the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation – would shift…
The federal government of Nigeria has disclosed that the demand for fish exceeds 3.6 million metric tons but the country is only able to produce about 1.2 million metric tons. Mr Ime Umoh, the Director, Fisheries Department in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, made this known at the ‘ Second Dialogue with Regional Economic Communities (RECS) implementation of Fisheries Governance Project phase 2 (FISHGOV-2) on Monday, in Abuja. The three-day dialogue is co-hosted by African Union Development Agency, AUDA-NEPAD, and African Union-InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources, AU-IBAR, with the support of European Union, EU. According to Umoh, Nigerian…
The federal government of Nigeria says it has licensed 164 vessels to operate on territorial waters and exclusive economic zone. Mr Ime Umoh, the Director, Fisheries Department in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, made this known at the ‘ Second Dialogue with Regional Economic Communities(RECS) implementation of Fisheries Governance Project phase 2 (FISHGOV-2) on Monday in Abuja. The three-day dialogue is co-hosted by African Union Development Agency, AUDA-NEPAD, and African Union-InterAfrican Bureau for Animal Resources, AU-IBAR, with the support of European Union, EU. Umoh said this was one of the achievement recorded by of the Department in its…
The Niger state governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Umar Bago, has called on the people of the state to participate in the ongoing voter’s registration before it is late. Bago said in Minna on Saturday that it was only by so doing that they could elect credible leaders of their choice. He stressed that all eligible residents, who had attained the age of 18 and above should register before it closes and serve as a tool for effective participation in the electoral process. “If you know you have now attained 18 years of age or have…
ASHENEWS – JUNE 8, 2022: The Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR) has said that the TELA maize variety currently undergoing National Performance Trial in Nigeria is a high impact yielding variety that Nigeria needs to overcome its national maize deficiency. TELA maize is a genetically modified variety engineered to resist fall armyworm, stern borer, and mild drought. The variety was developed by the Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR) under an international collaboration coordinated by the Africa Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF). Executive Director IAR, Prof. Mohammad Ishiyaku, said at the TELA Maize Seeing-Is-Believing/Field Day at the Institute for Agricultural Research Station Minjibir,…
The National Industrial Court has declared that the Judicial Commission of Inquiry set up by Gov. Nasir el-Rufai in the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) strike was unconstitutional, null, void and of no effect. Justice Osatohanmwen Obaseki-Osaghae, delivering judgment on Thursday, also held that the governor lacked the power to set up the commission of Inquiry to investigate the strike of May 16 to May 19, 2021 and the activities that emanated from it. The court stated that although the governor could set up a Commission of Inquiry, but not the type that bordered on labour dispute. In addition, the court stated…
The Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, has promised the new leadership of the West Africa Telecommunications Regulators Assembly (WATRA) of the commission’s unflinching support towards advancing the socio-economic agenda of the Assembly for the sub-region. Danbatta gave the pledge during a recent courtesy visit of the new executives of WATRA, led by its new Chairman, Sekou Oumar Barry of the Republic of Guinea. According to a statement by the Director, Public Affairs of the commission, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde on Thursday, Barry came to vist Danbatta in company of the first and second Vice…
By Abdallah el-Kurebe The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) early generation seed company, GoSeed says it made significant progress in 2021 as sales of improved cassava planting materials averaged $267,277 despite COVID-19 restrictions. the company revealed recently during the annual meeting of the Building an Economically Sustainable Integrated Cassava Seed System, Phase 2 (BASICS-II) today. “Sales were driven primarily by orders from farmers and processors who aim to get higher yields to meet consumers’ demand,” said Dr Mercy Diebiru-Ojo, the Vegetative Seed Specialist of IITA GoSeed. “The sales were achieved despite COVID-19 restrictions that hurt seed supply chains,” she…