Zamfara state governor, Bello Mohammed has said that security challenges have become existential threat to Northwest subregion. The governor made the observation when a delegation from president Muhammadu Buhari, paid him condolence visit over the loss of lives in Anka and Bukkuyum local government areas of the state. According to the governor, “We have virtually explored and tried all workable options in our relentless effort to address this challenge. We tried the dialogue mechanism, which has worked for some time before deliberate efforts by some misguided politicians to scuttle the process. “The security challenge in Zamfara and other states in…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Chairman, Senate Committee on Defence, and Deputy Chairman, Senate Committee on Anti-Curruption, Aliyu Wamakko on Tuesday, issued certificates to 100 graduates he sponsored in Nigeria and abroad. The students have were respectively awarded first, second and third degrees in various fields at the University of Lahore Pakistan, Maryam Abacha American University Maradi, Niger Republic and ISFOP University, Benin Republic. Speaking at the event, Sen. Wamakko described education as the most formidable panacea to the myriad of challenges facing the country. He also advocated for the use of indigenous languages in pursuing studies for easy understanding and development, citing examples…
By Tina George, Minna Nigeria’s Ministry of Water Resources has disclosed that it would partner with the Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria, APWEN, to improve water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) across the nation. The Minister, Engineer Suleiman Adamu dropped the hint when members of Association, led by the 17th President, Engineer Elizabeth Eterigho paid him courtesy visit in Abuja on Wednesday. According to Adamu, the sanitation drive across the country has been successful because of the involvement of women in the campaign, adding that the Ministry is always ready to collaborate with women associations because they play better…
The Presidency has exposed the National Assembly, NASS, that it smuggled 6,576 new schemes worth N37 billion into the 2022 budget. It however said there is no crisis between President Muhammadu Buhari and NASS members, saying the president never expressed anger in his dealings with NASS. The presidency, in a statement by presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu on Sunday, admitted that there was disagreement between the executive and legislature over the “smuggled” schemes. “The Presidency wishes to clear the air regarding the widely-viewed/reported episode on Friday, December 31st at the State House during the signing of the 2022 Budget and Finance…
Abdulkadir Junaid is a professor of Veterinary Public Health and currently the commissioner for Animal Health and Fisheries in Sokoto state. In an exclusive interview with ASHENEWS, Prof. Junaid speaks about how the state government has given priority to animal production. EXCERPTS: How is Sokoto government preparing livestock farmers for enhanced animal and milk production? Well, let me start by saying that we have for long known our traditional mode of animal husbandry and livestock production in Sokoto state in particular and Northern part of Nigeria in general. This is mainly practiced under extensive system and it is not like…
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, and Transparency International, TI, Nigeria, has asked the Director General of the Department of State Services, DSS, to investigate activities of its officers who are intimidating and profiling civil society organizations, CSOs, during Yuletide. This is contained in a letter by CISLAC Executive Director, Auwal Rafsanjani titled, “Intimidation and Profiling of Civil Society Groups During the Yuletide” and addressed to the DSS DG dated December 29, 2021. According to Rafsanjani, operatives purported to be those of the Services laid siege on CISLAC office on Monday, December 27, 2021 demanding to see the Chief Security…
A boat mishap in Zhigiri village of Shiroro local government of Niger state on Tuesday, left no fewer than seven persons dead. The incident was said to have occurred when the villagers were heading to Dnaweto, a neighboring village in the hinterland for a naming ceremony at about 4:00 pm on Sunday evening. It was also revealed that a man Muazu Babangida lost his two wives and a son in the incident. A statement by the spokesperson of the Coalition of Shiroro Associations (COSA), Salis Saba Esq, made available to journalists in Minna, lamented that the incident was a result…
The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami says the amended electoral bill is so supportive of insecurity and discriminatory for President Muhammadu Buhari to sign into law. The minister, who made this position known in a phone in programme on Radio Kano, monitored in Abuja, also maintained that the electoral bill had excessive cost implications, and hence would not be signed by the president. According to him, the new electoral bill has not captured the interest of all Nigerians, adding that signing it into law by the president will further create more crisis in the…
Borno state governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, has told social media promoters to stop comparing his works with his counterparts, adding “Borno is not competing but desperate on recovery efforts. This is contained in a statement by the spokesperson to the governor, Isa Gusau made available to newsmen on Monday. “While I am enormously grateful for all the support and promotions. I have in recent days, received messages forwarded to me, in which our work-in-progress in Borno state is being compared with some states, and in some cases, with insults. “The fact is that, I feel extremely uncomfortable any time I…
A non-governmental organisation, Global Initiative for Food Security and Ecosystem Preservation (GIFSEP), has inaugurated a project in Nasarawa State to advance climate justice and smart agricultural practice. The Executive Director of GIFSEP, Mr David Terungwa, made the disclosure in a statement on Monday in Lafia. He said that the project was tagged “African Activists for Climate Justice (AACJ)”. Terungwa said that AACJ was designed to work toward pushing for climate justice and lobbying the state government to increase budgetary allocation to line ministries, departments and agencies. He said that implementation of the project began with sensitisation of 80 stakeholders across…