The Nation Working Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Thursday approved the zoning of the party’s next national chairman to the Northern part of the country. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, disclosed this while addressing newsmen on the outcome of the NEC held in Abuja. Ologbondiyan said that the NEC considered and adopted governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi-led Zoning Committee’s report, ahead of the party’s national convention, scheduled for October 30. The committee had recommended that the current elective National Working Committee (NWC) positions in the party should be swapped between the north and the south.…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Director, Banking Supervision Department of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Mr Mustapha Haruna has said that the apex bank would continue to monitor FinTech companies in Nigeria, as an important sector in its operations. Haruna, represented by Adekunle Adeniji, Assistant Director in the department, stated this at the end of the 31st Finance Correspondents and Business Editors seminar on Thursday, in Enugu. The two-day seminar, organised by the CBN, has “Trends in Nigerian payments system: regulating the fintech digital playing field” as its theme. Speaking on the topic, “The Fintech phenomenon: implications for supervision and regulation “, Haruna…
President Muhammadu Buhari has presented the 2022 Appropriation Bill for an aggregate expenditure of N16.39 trillion to the National Assembly, NASS. Addressing the joint session of the NASS on Wednesday in Abuja, the president described the 2022 Appropriation as Budget of Economic Growth and Sustainability. According to him, the 2022 budget is also the first in the nation history, where Ministries, Developments and Agencies (MDAs) were clearly advised on gender responsive budgeting. “These are part of critical steps in our efforts to distribute resources fairly and reach vulnerable groups of our society,’’ he said. He maintained that defence and internal…
A professor of parasitology and public health at the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, Ebenezer Dada has identified climate change as a major reason for increase in the spread of diseases. He stated this while delivering the 136th inaugural lecture of the University, titled, “Tropical Countries a Haven of Human Parasite: Nigeria Case Study,” on Tuesday, 5th at the University Auditorium. He named the common diseases to include malaria, caused by mosquitoes, African trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness transmitted by tsetse flies and other parasitic infections especially in Tropical Africa and globally. According to Dada, “climate change has seriously contributed…
The Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources has given firm assurance of support to the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA in its continued stride to deepen the country’s self-reliance in critical technology. The assurance was given by the Minister of State, Mr. Timipre Silva when the Pro chancellor and Chairman of Governing Council, Dr Godknows Igali, members of the Council and the Vice Chancellor, Professor Joseph Fuwape, paid a working visit to the ministry in Abuja in furtherance of the University- Industry partnership engagement and collaboration. The Minister assured FUTA of support in its ongoing efforts to birth a topnotch…
By Kalmana Afsa, Bauchi Women of Wuntin Dada and Miri in Bauchi local government area of Bauchi state on Wednesday, took to the streets to advocate for gender-based violence-free society. The women, carrying placards and chanting songs to buttress their point in a peaceful rally, were drawing support and enlightening their communities on the ills of gender-based violence, which they say is a source of worry to many homes. The women and girls in their numbers, have received training on GBV mentoring, peer education from Aid Connect for Development, an NGO on how to protect themselves and their families. The…
The Publisher of Realnews, Maureen Chigbo has emerged as the new president of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) for the next two years. Also elected as deputy president was publisher of Newsdiaryonline, Danlami Nmodu, mni. Chigbo takes over from the publisher of The Eagle Online, Mr. Dotun Oladipo after he served out two terms. She was elected the fourth President of GOCOP alongside 14 others as the new set of Executive Committee (Exco) at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Guild on Wednesday, October 6, at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja Lagos. Others elected were Mr Ken Ugbechie as…
China’s company, Whale Cloud, has entered into partnership with Saudi Arabia’s Shamas Holding Company, to launch 13 digital media projects with a budget of 600 million dollars. According to Sabq electronic newspaper on Wednesday, the partnership is expected the have a revenue of around one billion dollars in the coming three to five years. Whale Could, a pioneer company in digital clouds and technologies, will help the Saudi company in the development of its Saudi Media City. “Several technologies, including security smart parking, cloud data, will be implemented in the city. The two partners will also promote the development of…
Weeks after initial reports emerged that China had an interest in using Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, a new spate of reports have emerged on social media indicating that activity at the former U.S. base could indicate that China is moving forward with that plan. In early September, U.S. News and World Report said China was interested in using the base, which was abandoned by the U.S. weeks before the military’s final departure from Afghanistan . The base had been the largest American-run facility in Afghanistan. Multiple military assets given to Afghanistan by the United States were taken when the Taliban…
Experts weigh on what that fantastical future might be like “What would life be like without sex? In a nutshell, very impersonal and mechanical, to say the least. SOCIALLY, the family unit, that backbone of society itself, would never have been brought about. THEOLOGICALLY, both Jewish and Christian faiths would have changed beyond recognition.” — Jerry Falwell, Chancellor, Liberty University “If it wasn’t for sex, there would be almost no differences between parents and offspring, and evolutionary change would be very slow. I doubt, for example, if Earth would boast any multicellular life without it. So without sex there’d be…