The family of 18-year-old Chinonso Osondu has requested the general public to assist raise N10 million to enable the son have his failed kidney transplanted. Osundu was born with kidney condition that resulted in failure in February 2022. The mother, Mrs Joy Osondu said in Lagos that Master Osundu is presently receiving dialysis at Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) two-times in a week. According to her, the son needs a kidney transplant to save his life and urgently requires N10 million for the procedure. “The cost of kidney transplant at LUTH, according to his doctor, is N10 million and we have…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
…Seeks constitutional role for traditional rulers The Sarkin Bwari, Awwal Musa Ijakoro II on Saturday, received the Staff of Office from the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), represented by the Minister of State for FCT, Dr. Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu. Ijakoro emerged the fifth Sarkin Bwari after his selection by kingmakers on October 24 2017. His emergence followed the death of his father, Musa Ijakoro which occurred on August 25th 2017. Late Ijakoro reigned for 41-year. A statement by the minister’s special adviser on media, Austine Elemue sought for continued involvement of the traditional institution in nation-building and in order to…
A coalition of nine notable Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and partners have advocated for review of the 19 Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) nominees. The coalition CSOs are : Yiaga Africa, International Press Center (IPC), Center for Media and Society (CMS), The Albino Foundation (TAF), Elect Her, Nigerian Women Trust Fund (NWTF), Partners for Electoral Reform (PER), Inclusive Friends Association (IFA) and The Kukah Centre. Mr Lanre Arogundade of IPC at a news conference on Friday in Abuja, said the call was necessary to address some issues. According to Arogundade, the Nigerian Senate, on July 26,…
The Niger State Command of the Nigeria Police has denied arresting any foreign national alleged to be distributing weapons with a helicopter to bandits in the state. News reports with photos of a foreigner, helicopter, cache of weapons and international passport flew media space on Friday, claiming that the foreigner had been released by the Police. However, the Commissioner of Police, Monday Kurya described the report as fake, also denying that such incident ever happened in any part of the state. “It is fake news circulating in social media as such incident never happened in the state. “We have not…
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…
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…