By Mark Mayah This stark reality is especially daunting when it affects endearing memories of an exemplary relationship with an outstanding mentor and leader. It is in this context that we find ourselves having to remember our own late Chief (Dr) Solomon Daushep Lar, CON, LLD, Walin Langtang, our leader and political mentor. As with all great men whose life and times touched the lives of so many in positive ways, there can be no dearth of tributes and commemorative accolades for Chief Solomon Lar. For each and every tribute paid to this great Nigerian is a genuine testimony to…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, is supporting abducted but released students from Jangebe in Talata Mafara local government area of Zamfara and other parts of the state to return to school safely. A UNICEF Consultant, Dr Ahmad Hashim, stated this in Gusau on Saturday at a two-day media engagement for gender-responsive and inclusive enrolment drive for back-to-school campaign in Maradun and Kaura-Namoda local government areas. Zamfara is also collaborating with the federal government and UNICEF to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on schools. In March 2020, UNICEF Nigeria received a Global Partnership on Education grant of 40,000 dollars…
The Coalition of Northern Groups, CNG has frowned at the resolution taken at the National Executive Committee meeting of the People’s Democratic Party zoning the national championship to the North, describing it a contradictory threat to the consolidation of democracy in Nigeria. Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, Spokesperson of the CNG, while responding to reporters’ questions in Kaduna on Saturday, said it is contradictory and deceptive for the PDP NEC to leave the contest for the Party’s presidential ticket open to all while restricting the national championship position to the North. “It is as much an abuse of acceptable democratic process as it…
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) has officially received 501,600 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines from the COVAX facility, as donation from the Government of France to Nigeria. The Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shuaib, while receiving the vaccines on Friday, in Abuja at the National Strategic Cold Store, said Nigeria was among the African countries to receive vaccines from the government of France. Nigeria had commenced COVID-19 vaccination on March 5, 2021, having received approximately four million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines from COVAX, an initiative aimed at ensuring equitable distribution of vaccines globally. The country recently flagged-off…
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says Nigeria needs to spend the next two to three years building its immunisation infrastructure to enable the country to access and administer the WHO announced malaria vaccine. Peter Hawkins, the UNICEF Nigeria Representative, said this in an interview on Friday in Abuja. Hawkins was reacting to the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) recommendation for widespread administration of the RTS, S/AS01 (RTS, S) malaria vaccine to children in Sub-Saharan Africa and regions burdened by the P. falciparum malaria parasite. WHO’s recommendation came after a pilot test of the vaccine on about 800,000 children in Ghana, Kenya…
Five students and a matron of the Bethel Baptist High School, Maraban Damishi, in Chikun local government area of Kaduna state, abducted in July 5 have regained their freedom. The Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kaduna State, Rev. John Hayab, confirmed the release of the students on Friday in Kaduna. According to Hayab, five students and a matron of the school, were freed on Friday evening while one student was released within the week. This brings the number of those released so far to 117. “We have four now with bandits, we thank all Nigerians for their…
Movie lovers are in for a special treat with the new DStv add-on-feature. Customers can now enjoy one month variety of Hollywood blockbusters available on DStv Premium Movie Channels: M-Net Movies 1, M-Net Movies 2 and M-Net Movies 3. Busola Tejumola, Executive Head, Content and West Africa Channels, MultiChoice Nigeria, who made the disclosure in a statement said that viewers on DStv Compact Plus, Compact, Confam and Yanga customers now have the option to add movies monthly. She said that MultiChoice had continued in its efforts to enhance the viewing experience of its DStv customers through value-adding products and amazing…
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has said that its newly introduced Visa on Arrival (VOA) facility was to attract foreign investments to the nation. Mr Abdullahi Dalhatu, the Controller of immigration in charge of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), made the disclosure in an interview in Lagos, on Friday. He explained that the visa on arrival policy was meant to facilitate easy travels, especially urgent business trips as well as promote international trading activities. According to him, the facility covers African and non – African citizens, who are not members of the Economic Community of West African states (ECOWAS).…
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has granted MTN Nigeria Communications approval to launch its series II 10-year Fixed Rate Bond (Series II Bond), MTN’s Company Secretary, Mrs Uto Ukpanah, announced in a notice on Friday, in Lagos. The notice explained that the transaction was under its debuted N200 billion issuance shelf programme announced on Sept. 21. “In addition, the bond issuance continues to reinforce MTN Nigeria’s strategy of diversifying its funding sources. “MTN Nigeria will launch the book build in respect of the series II Bond on October 8,” it said.
The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) says the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited had made history for being the company with the highest share capital in the country. The Registrar General, Corporate Affairs Commission, Garba Abubakar revealed this on Friday, in Abuja, while presenting the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company to President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House. During the presentation ceremony, organized by the Management of the NNPC Limited headed by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari, the CAC chief executive told President Muhammadu Buhari that the company was registered electronically within 24hrs, with an initial share…