Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal has confirmed that Monday bandit attacks on Kalmalo, Munwadata, Sarma, Runji and Masasa villages in Illela local government area of the state left 43 persons death. A statement by the governor’s spokesperson, Muhammad Bello issued on Thursday, said members of the executives and security council paid condolence visit to the people of Illela on Wednesday. ASHENEWS recalls that bandits attacked the villages last Sunday night near with 13 people losing their lives. “At the time of the governor’s visit on Wednesday, the death toll had risen to 43,” the statement revealed, adding that the village…
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The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) at the ongoing Intra-African Trade Fair in Durban, South Africa, signed a five-year agreement involving $1.04 billion with the African Export–Import Bank (Afreximbank). The trade financing agreement is meant for exporting crude oil which repayment process would by supply of crude oil to the bank to net off the loan. About 25,000bpd of crude oil produced by the NNPC would be used to net off the loan. During the signing ceremony Afreximbank President Benedict Oramah, stated that the deal would benefit Nigeria. Playing guest at BloombergTV, the group managing director of NNPC, Mele Kyari…
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has alerted the public of the existence of another hacking group orchestrating cyber-espionage in the African telecoms space. The NCC’s Director of Public Affairs, Dr Ikechukwu Adinde made this known in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Adinde said that this was in keeping with NCC’s commitment to continuously keep stakeholders in the country’s telecoms sector informed, educated and protected. “An Iranian hacking group known as Lyceum (also known as Hexane, Siamesekitten, or Spirlin), has been reported to target telecoms. “It also targets Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFAs) in Africa.…
Yet, it is another chance to permit the esteemed readers of this Column express their views. As usual, there were varieties of views on almost every topic I presented in this Column. It is really difficult to share all the views but it is important to select few ones that critiqued my opinion to give the readers another perspective to the subject; pros, and cons of each topic. However, some of the views are edited for clarity and space limitation. Happy reading Afghanistan: Fall of the Giants and Accentuated Lessons Great discourse Prof! What lessons did we learn from the…
The first national deputy president, Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture, NACCIMA, Otunba Oye has urged institutions of higher learning to develop more entrepreneurship programmes by collaborating with industries so that youths can be gainfully employed in order to minimize tendencies toward crime. Oye stated this while delivering an address at the University/ Industry Forum of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, with the theme: The Future of Work: Implications for Industry and Higher Education as part of activities marking the 40th Anniversary of the institution on Thursday , November 12, 2021. Oye called for…
Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal on Monday, presented N188,429,495,847.63 as 2022 appropriation bill to the state House of Assembly. The budget is lower than the current 2021 budget of N205,016,512,295.41 by N16,587,016,447.78, representing 8.1%. In the appropriation bill tagged “Budget of Accomplishments and Sustainable Development”, education got the highest allocation of N37,006,032,670.92 (20%) followed by health which got N28,806,855,774.52 (15%) and agriculture, N22,551,438,538.42 (12%). According to the governor, the recurrent expenditure stands at N75,871,203,284.34 (40.3%) while capital expenditure stands at N112,558,292,563.29 (59.7%). The revenue projection is made up of N74,727,811,323.00 from federal allocation; internally generated revenue, N24,937,082,770.63; capital receipts from…
President Muhammadu Buhari says a trusted, well-resourced and well-functioning Judiciary is essential to the entrenchment of rule of law. He made this submission while declaring open the 2021 All Nigeria Judges’ Conference organised by the National Judicial Institute (NJI) on Monday in Abuja. Represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Buhari said that the Judiciary remained the last hope of the common man as it exercised powers that affected lives and liberties. He said that there was nothing more important than for judges to be trusted for honesty and integrity. “Men and women who have the power over the lives and…
The Bauchi state government is poised to access N30 billion grant from the World Bank, to address the state’s myriad environmental challenges, Kabir Ibrahim, the Director-General of the state Environmental Protection Agency (BASEPA) has said. Ibrahim said in an interview in Bauchi on Sunday, that the state government would be expected to provide N1 billion counter funding, before the bank releases the said amount for proper and judicious utilization. He said the agency had commenced evacuation of heaps of sand which had covered some parts of Cheledi village since the last rainy season in Kirfi local government area of the…
Long queues have resurfaced in Abuja filling states as motorists struggle to purchase Premium Motor Spirit, also known as petrol. Most fuel stations were locked while long queues were noticed in retail outlets in Wuse, Gwarimpa, Wuye and Kubwa expressway on Sunday. A private car owner, Mr Emmanuel Eze said that there was fuel but does not know the reason for the queues. He urged the government to bring sanity to the oil sector. “They encourage black market and most times their fuel is adulterated. “Why do we have to face this kind of problem every month? We need a…
Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN will on Monday (today) in New York, United States of America deliver a public lecture titled “Declining of Corruption in Africa: The Approach of President Muhammadu Buhari in Nigeria”. The annual public lecture was organised by the Center for Media and Peace Initiatives (CMPI). It is a New York-based media and policy think tank in special consultative status with the United Nations’ Economic and Social Council and affiliated with Rutgers University’s School of Public Affairs and Administration. This is contained in a statement by Dr. Umar Gwandu, Special…