Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will depart Abuja on Saturday for Abidjan to attend the meeting of the Nigeria-Cote d’Ivoire Binational Commission. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, said the meeting would be the second edition. The maiden edition of the meeting, which took place in Abuja in August 2013, led to the signing of six sectoral agreements and the establishment of Special Implementation Committees in both countries to monitor progress. The second edition of the meeting will be co-chaired by Osinbajo and…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Arewa Youth Federation (AYF) on Saturday in Abuja commended the coordinated efforts of the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) and military intelligence agencies at ending terrorism, banditry and other crimes. This is contained in a statement signed by AYF’s president, Muhammad Matazu. The group also expressed optimism that the country was on its way to overcoming its security woes if the tempo was sustained. It commended the sustained and accurate bombardments carried out by the NAF resulting in the killing and injuring of hundreds of bandits and other criminals in the north-eastern part of the country. It noted that the bandits and…
Forty-four students of Bells University of Technology, Ota Ogun state have graduated with First Class degrees in the 2020/2021academic session. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Jeremiah Ojediran, announced this on Saturday during the institution’s 13th convocation, conferment of Doctorate degrees and presentation of prizes. According to him, a total of 595 students graduated for the 2020/2021 academic session. This comprised 44 students who made first class honours; 218 students with Second Class Upper honours; 272 with Second Class Lower; 61 with Third Class honours. The vice chancellor said that 195 post graduate students also bagged different degrees. Ojediran said that the university…
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has released a revised guidelines for its Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP). This is contained in a document “Anchor Borrowers’ Programme (ABP) Guidelines” released by the apex bank’s Development Finance Department in September 2021. According to the CBN, the programme evolved from consultations with stakeholders comprising the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, State Governments, agro-processors, commodity associations, financial institutions and smallholder farmers to ramp up agricultural production, boost non-oil exports and diversify the revenue base of Nigeria. Key highlights of the guidelines The CBN in line with its developmental functions as enshrined in…
Stakeholders at a two-day 2021 Kano Social Influencers Summit have thrown their weight behind electronic transmission of results as well as direct political party primaries. This is contained in a communique signed by the chairman of communique committee, Haruna Adamu and made available to ASHENEWS on Friday. The summit was held at the Digital Bridge Institute, Kano between October 27 and 28, 2021. According to the stakeholders, direct political party primaries and electronic transmission of results after voting would reduce the extent of electoral fraud. While urging “President Muhammadu Buhari to endorse those elements of Nigeria’s electoral reforms,” the Summit…
The Mr LA Care Foundation founded and funded by Lawal Usman on Wednesday, concluded the disbursement of the third batch of its N50m donation to aid Kaduna state students meet the disabling high tuition imposed by the state governor, Nasir Elrufai. Recall that Mr Adamu, fondly called Mr LA, the Peoples Democratic Party senatorial candidate in the 2019 elections for Kaduna Central pledged an initial sum of N50 million to ease the pains caused parents and students with the near 100% increase in tuition announced by Elrufai. Known for making promises and keeping them, Mr LA immediately commenced disbursement to…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Nigerian government from deducting $418 million from the bank account of the 36 states governments. Justice Inyang Ekwo issued a restraining order against the federal government on Friday following an ex parte application brought by the counsels to the 36 states, Jibril Otukepa and Ahmed Raji. Moving the application, Okutepa who led the legal team of the state governments told the court that the states would be completely crippled if the federal government goes ahead to deduct the huge amount from the bank accounts of their clients.
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday, fixed January 19, 2022 for hearing the suit filed by Leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheik Ibraheem El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zeenah, against the Department of State Services (DSS) and Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF). Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date to allow the defendants in the fundamental right enforcement suit respond to allegations levelled against them. El-Zakzaky and his wife are applicants in the separate suits, while the DSS DG and AGF are 1st and 2nd respondents, respectively. In the suits dated and filed on October 14…
The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), has called for credible and peaceful gubernatorial election in the scheduled election billed to hold in Anambra state on Saturday. A statement by the chairman of the group, Auwal Rafsanjani made available to ASHENEWS on Friday, also encouraged voters in the state to turn out and vote in the election, “as it is an opportunity for citizens to exercise their democratic rights and choose their leader.” He also noted that it is the duty of the political parties, electorates and civil society groups to ensure a hitch-free and credible election in the state. “As stakeholders,…
Nigerian vice president, Yemi Osinbajo on Friday reacted to allegation linking him to the collapsed 21-storey Lagos budding. The building, which collapsed in Lagos on Monday was reported by an online newspaper to have attempted to influence the Lagos state housing regulatory authorities to favour foul play. However, in a statement by his spokesperson, Laolu Akande, Osinbajo expressed sympathies with the families of the victims of the building collapse. He also denied making any alleged move to influence the Lagos state housing regulatory authorities to favour foul play. The vice president alleged that political actors were trying to use the…