The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has initiated an entrepreneurship and empowerment programme for corps members, inaugurating with N500,000 for each of the three outstanding contestants. Tagged the “Managing Director’s Annual NYSC Entrepreneurship Competition”, the programme involves contest for business plan among corps members serving in the organisation. Three of the 15 members who contested in the maiden edition of the initiative, were presented cheques of N500,000 each at a ceremony held at AMCON’s office in Abuja. They are Joanna Adamu (FC/21A/1265), Umar Gosta (FC/21A/1251) and Abdulsamad Usman (FC/21A/1046), whose proposals centered on online art and fashion business; poultry…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
As the Nigeria Police discovers the body of late Vanguard journalist, Tordue Salem, the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has called on security agencies to fish out his killers. A statement by the president, Chris Isiguzo on Friday said the reporter’s murder “is a loss that is so painful to bear.” According to him, “While we commend the Nigeria Police for discovering the body of the Late Tordue, whose death in such a manner clearly highlights and further exposes the dangers journalists encounter in carrying their work, we however urge the law enforcement agencies to go beyond just discovering the…
A U.S. journalist detained in Myanmar was sentenced to 11 years in prison by a military court on Friday. Danny Fenster was convicted on a three – count charge of breaching immigration law, unlawful association and incitement to sedition, his employer Frontier Myanmar said. The 37-year-old faces further charge of terrorism and sedition that were added on Wednesday and could see him handed a life sentence, his lawyer says. Those counts will be heard separately at an upcoming trial. The military junta in Myanmar has been cracking down on critical voices since it took power in a coup in February.…
… Additional 33 LGAs now open defecation-free, 36 states launch End Open Defecation campaign Vice president Yemi Osinbajo has said that as the Buhari administration remains committed to the delivery of sustainable sanitation and hygiene services to all Nigerians, effective collaboration among all levels of government and the private sector will ensure the country achieves its goal to end open defecation by 2025. Prof. Osinbajo stated this at the virtual meeting of the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Steering Committee to review progress report of implementation of the ‘Clean Nigeria: Use the Toilet’ Campaign under the national programme to End…
Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike has accused Nigerian government of intimidating the judiciary ahead of the 2023 general elections in the country. Wike’s criticism followed a recent invasion of the Supreme Court Justice Mary Odili’s home in Abuja by men believed to be security operatives. Speaking during a special court session to mark the opening of the 2021/2022 Legal Year of the Rivers State Judiciary in Port Harcourt on Thursday, the governor said the federal government is riding roughshod unchecked over the rule of law and the sanctity of the country’s electoral system. “Although it is still early morning in…
Germany’s capital Berlin will from Monday tighten the screws on unvaccinated people by denying them access to indoor dining, bars, gyms and hairdressers in an effort to contain a coronavirus resurgence. Under new rules in the city-state, only fully vaccinated people and those who can show proof of recovery from Covid-19 can enter leisure facilities and a list of other selected venues — a system known as “2G” in Germany. The move comes in response to “the rising number of coronavirus cases and the increasing pressure on intensive care units”, the Berlin senate said in a press release on Wednesday…
The problem is persistent: a fully vaccinated public figure catches Covid-19, and social media sites are soon flooded with claims that this proves the shots do not work. From White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, US Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and American comedian Chris Rock testing positive to former secretary of state Colin Powell dying of COVID-19 complications, prominent cases have triggered a deluge of inaccurate information online. So-called breakthrough cases are expected and do not mean the vaccines are ineffective, US health authorities say. But claims that the shots are failing can erode trust and slow uptake efforts,…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Paris, France, urged world leaders and global health institutions to follow a regime of enabling access to the COVID-19 vaccines, admonishing that sidelining countries in terms of reach will undermine the entire effort for safety. Delivering a keynote statement at the Paris Peace Forum (PPF), President Buhari said export restrictions that encourage needless hoarding of vaccines need to be lifted, while welcoming the pledges by industrialized countries to share vaccines, a statement by presidential spokesperson, Femi Adesina said. The President said the pledges should be fulfilled in a timely manner, appreciating some countries, like…
The International Press Centre, IPC, Lagos-Nigeria has expressed extreme sadness over the death of Vanguard journalist, Tordue Salem who went missing on October 13, 2021. Vanguard newspapers on Thursday confirmed that the body of Salem who covered the House of Representatives (the second chamber of the Nigerian national parliament) was found in Abuja the Federal Capital Territory. Salem was reportedly last seen near a filling station opposite the Police headquarters in Abuja where journalists under the auspices of the Abuja Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists staged a protest to demand his freedom few weeks ago. “This is another…
The National Biosafety Management Agency, NBMA, on Thursday, presented guidelines for genetically modified stacked events to experts for relevant inputs that would give the country a robust guiding instrument. The Director General of the agency, Rufus Egegba in an opening remark appreciated all those involved in developing the guidelines to its present stage. He stated that the staff of the agency had put in so much efforts to come up with guidelines and also charged the experts to commit their expertise as they review the document for the National use. Ebegba revealed that “the stacked gene event is nothing different…