The Kano state Agro-Pastoral Development Project, KSADP, has launched the 2022 free mass livestock vaccination campaign across the state. The vaccination, which is expected to gulp N170,440,870 will target 1,025,000 cattle and 750,000 goats and sheep. The funds to be provided by the Islamic Development Bank, IsDB, and the Lives and Livelihoods Fund, LLF, through the Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development, ISFD, which is a poverty alleviation arm of the Islamic Development Bank Group, to purchase vaccines, consumables, training and logistics, among others. The objective is to protect the livestock from Contagious Bovine Pleuropneumonia, CBPP, and Peste des Petits Ruminants,…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, inaugurated the recently completed branch of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in Lafia, Nasarawa state, as part of his two-day visit to the state. Unveiling the plaque, Buhari commended the apex bank governor and the management of the Bank, for putting up a structure that will ensure a work environment conducive for staff to contribute their quota to the development to the economy. Welcoming the President and his entourage that included the host Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule, and other governors from neighbouring states, the CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele expressed appreciation to Buhari for the…
…Even Arctic faces rising wildfire risk …Wildfires and climate change are “mutually exacerbating” By Abdallah el-Kurebe As the United Nations Environment Assembly is billed to hold in Nairobi from February 28 2022, experts have warned that wildfires will rise by 50 percent by 2100 and called on governments to shift their investments in wildfires and focus on prevention and preparedness. A new report, “Spreading like Wildfire: The Rising Threat of Extraordinary Landscape Fires”, released by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and GRID-Arendal says changes in the climate and land-use “are projected to make wildfires more frequent and intense, with a…
Super Eagles winger Samuel Chukwueze and Nigerian-born Arnaut Danjuma stood out in Villarreal’s impressive 4-1 win away at Los Carmenes against Granada in La Liga on Saturday. The win meant Villarreal extended their unbeaten run to four matches in La Liga. Danjuma scored an impressive hat-trick, including two penalty kicks. Chukwueze also came off the bench to win a penalty kick and pick up an assist as Villarreal outplayed Granada at Estadio Neuvo Los Carmenes. Danjuma’s first goal came 10 minutes before the half-time break from the penalty kick spot before adding his second from open play four minutes later.…
Kulu Shagari Girl-Child Initiative on Wednesday has donated relief materials to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Sokoto. The items which included food, toiletries, Indomie noodles, sanitary pads, detergents, clothing materials, shoes and others, were donated by Kulu Shagari, the founder and wife of the former Sokoto State Deputy Governor, Mukhtari Shagari. According to the daughter of late former Shehu Shagari, the initiative was part of her efforts to ease the suffering of the IDPs, whose lives has been touched by the lingering banditry in the state. Kulu called on all wealthy individuals to support the IDPs in order to ease…
The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) on Friday, disassociated itself from reports on loan disbursement to farmers, describing it as online scam. This is contained in a statement by the National President of the Association, Aminu Goronyo and made available to ASHENEWS. “The scammers are using the RIFAN logo, asking people to fill an online form to access loan for rice cultivation The Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) warns that it is a scam and warned Nigerians not to fall victims! “RIFAN is not carrying out its programmes online and hereby warn Nigerians to be wary of falling…
…“We shall continue to do more, It’s a duty” — Hon. Dasuki … First of its kind in the history of Tambuwal local government A former House of Representatives member and Commissioner of Finance Finance in Sokoto state, Abdussamad Dasuki, through his Abdussamad Dasuki Skills Acquisition Empowerment Programme in the second phase, has empowered 50 youths with different skills and N200,000 each. The programme tagged, #WorkYourWayYourself, is aimed at making the youths to be self-reliant and help in boosting the socio-economic status of the youths. The programme is in collaboration with the Nigerian Incentive-based Risk Management System for Agricultural Lending…
Stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Sokoto state, have endorsed governor Aminu Tambuwal to contest for president in 2023. The governor who, after being prevailed upon by the stakeholders, led by party stalwarts at a meeting on Monday, bowed to pressure, promising to begin consultations in earnest. Recalling history, Tambuwal said when he was approached by his colleagues in the House of Representatives to contest as Speaker, he told them to consult first with late former president Shehu Shagari, former governor Aliyu Wamakko and two other elders in the state. According to the governor, “when they got their…
A professor of renewable energy and Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Environmental Design, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto, UDUS, Abubakar Sambo has said that 65 percent of Nigerians currently have access to electricity. He made the disclosure at the 3rd Public Lecture Series of Sokoto State University, SSU, on Tuesday, 18th January, 2022. Speaking on the topic, “Harnessing Local Renewable Energy Sources: A panacea For Tackling Global Energy Crises in the 21st Century”, the university don said the problem of the energy sector in the country could be unconnected with inconsistent policy formation and implementation, over the years. “You know, in…
Last week, I attended a Convening on Higher Education in Africa, organised by Prof Toyin Falola of the University of Texas. The conference held at Babcock University, and focused on the theme of the impact of private universities on public universities in Africa. Participants were drawn from university faculty, Academic Staff Union of Universities, regulators, founders, donors, students, and independent researchers from Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, and Nigeria. It was an exciting debate on the complex relationship between the public and private sectors in higher education. The original argument for the establishment of private universities was to create more…