The Hunters’ Group of Nigeria (HGN) and the Kogi State Vigilante Service (KVS) have rescued three Fulanis after raiding a kidnappers’ den beside Erotyi mountain in Kogi/Koto Local Government Area of Kogi. The Spokesperson for the hunters’ group, Abdullahi Yahaya, said that three of the suspected kidnappers were also arrested during the operations. Yahaya noted that the rescued victims were not hurt and were in perfect condition, while the arrested kidnappers had been handed over to the appropriate authorities, with their confiscated weapons, for further investigation. According to Yahaya, the rescued under-aged Fulanis were kidnapped from Chikara Community, on Lokoja…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
An agricultural biotechnologist, Dr Rose Gidado, has expressed optimism that cultivation of herbicide tolerant (Bt) soybean would improve farmer productivity and strengthen the nation’s economy. Gidado was responding to questions on Wednesday, in Abuja, on prospects of herbicide tolerant soybean cultivation in Nigeria. According to her, soybean is highly nutritious, also an industrial crop that has the ability to fix nitrogen and herbicide tolerant soybean would help to reduce drudgery for farmers. She stated that the difficulties farmers often faced in its cultivation could be attributed to weed invasion, which grows to choke it, among other setbacks, resulting in poor…
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has commenced the distribution of agricultural farm inputs to 21,794 farmers affected by the 2020 floods in Sokoto state. The Director General of NEMA, Mustapha Habib, stated that the items were approved for distribution by President Muhammadu Buhari, under the Federal Government’s Emergency Agricultural Interventions Fund (EAIs) to the 2020 flood disaster victims. Habib, who disclosed this at the launch of the distribution on Wednesday, in Dange Shuni local government area of the state, noted that the direct distribution exercise was for the affected farmers in 17 local government areas in the state. Represented…
Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal has nominated three persons for appointment as members of the State Executive Council, to the State House of Assembly. This is contained in a statement by the Secretary to the State Government, Saidu Umar issued on Tuesday. The nominees are Prof Aminu Illela, who is currently the Provost, College of Agriculture, Wurno; Shuaibu Gobir, who is the Chairman State Universal Basic Education Board and Hassan Maccido, a retired Permanent Secretary in the State Civil Service.
The Nike Diocese (Anglican Communion) has announced that the third session of her 5th Synod will hold from Thursday, October 14 to Sunday, October 17, 2021, at St. Peter’s Church, Thinker’s Corner, Enugu, Enugu state. This is contained in a statement by the Bishop, the Rt. Rev’d. Dr. Christian Onyia said as a religious and social organization, the church has been intervening in all aspects of the lives of citizens residing in the episcopal area of the Diocese, through the provision of basic amenities, such as building and running schools, clinics, cottage industries, among others; these also help tackle insecurity…
African Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF) has championed the facilitation of access and delivery of quality and affordable agricultural technologies to African smallholder farmers that significantly enhance productivity and improve their incomes, the Executive Director, Dr Canisius Kanangire has said. Dr Kanangire made the observation in a presentation to the 2021 Food, Agriculture, Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) Policy Dialogue entitled: Technologies to improve supply of diverse, safe and nutritious food across the value chains. “At AATF, we continue to witness the transformative power of technologies when placed in the hands of small-holder farmers,” he said. “Through the Water Efficient…
Sub-Saharan Africa is projected to need an additional 15 million primary and secondary teachers by 2030 for the education system to recover from the COVID pandemic in the region. UN agencies chiefs on Monday ahead of World Teachers’ Day said teachers were driving force behind ‘global education recovery’ from COVID-19. World Teachers’ Day is held annually on October 5 to celebrate all teachers around the globe. According to them, for the education system to recover from the COVID pandemic, it requires more investment in the well-being, training, professional development and working conditions of the world’s 71 million educators. “Today we…
The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, secured the conviction and sentencing of one Binta Balarabe Kubau to ten-year imprisonment before Justice M.T.M Aliyu of the Kaduna State High Court, Kaduna on a one count charge of cheating. The charge reads, “that you Binta Balarabe Kubau, sometime in August 2020 in Kaduna within the Judicial Division of this Honourable Court dishonestly, induced one Yahaya Mohammed Idris to deliver to you the sum of N5,500,000 for the purchase of a plot situate at No. C1 Block ‘PR’ on TPO 833A revised Kaduna Millennium City…
The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, secured the conviction and sentencing of one Dije Sale to thirty-four years imprisonment before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the State High Court, Maiduguri for forgery, use of false document and obtaining under false pretense to the tune of N66 million. The convict forged a “Purchase Order” and used same to defraud the nominal complainant of N66m under the guise of executing a purported contract awarded to her by FHI 360, a Non-Governmental Organisation. The convict was arraigned on July 1, 2020 on a three-count charge but…
The Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested one Abraham Adeniji for allegedly obtaining goods under false pretence and diversion of funds to the tune of N82,803,550.00. He was arrested following a petition received by the Commission from one Gao Shu Quin, a Chinese national. The petitioner alleged that she met the suspect sometime in 2017, while doing her legitimate business. She further alleged that the suspect deceived her into supplying him containers of textiles materials, believing he would remit the proceeds upon sale of the textile materials. However, the suspect allegedly diverted the…