The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 on Monday in Abuja decried the extortion of travellers seeking to evade mandatory quarantine at the airports. Speaking at the national briefing of the PSC, chairman of the committee, Mr Boss Mustapha said: “the PSC has noted with dismay, fraudulent activities at airports by employees who extort money from quarantine evaders. “The authorities are conducting necessary investigation into various reports received,’’ Mustapha, who is also Secretary to the Government of the Federation, also said the PSC had taken note of challenges raised by travellers who visit the National International Travel Portal in compliance with…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Niger state governor, Abubakar Sani-Bello of Niger has approved reduction in the tuition fees for students of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai (IBBUL). A statement by Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Ahmed Matane, in Minna on Monday, said that the downward review of the tuition fees N50,000 to N46,000 for returning indigene students and N95,000.00 to N86,000.00 for new indigene students. The statement explained that governor, who after listening to representations from members of the state’s House of Assembly, different stakeholders, including the students union, intervened by reducing the tuition fees of indigene students. It stated that the tuition…
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has commended Nigerian journalists over their civic vigilance and steadfast belief in rule of law. Osinbajo’s spokesperson, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Monday, said the vice president received at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, the National Executive of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) led by its President, Mr Chris Isiguzo. Osinbajo reminded journalists that, like other Nigerians, the country also belonged to them. “Whether we are press, politicians or religious people, the country is ours, and we must do everything to ensure that the country remains safe, secure and united, and this so important. “I…
A professor of Agricultural Engineering at the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Christopher Akinbile has recommended the creation of specialized Rice Institute as a strategy to boost rice production and ultimately ban its importation in Nigeria. He made the recommendation while delivering the 135th inaugural lecture of the University titled: The Wealth of Waste: From Water to Rice on Thursday, 21st September 2021 at the University Main Auditorium. According to the Don, “to significantly turn Nigeria into a major rice producer; government should create specialized rice institute that will handle all research relating to Rice from breeding through processing…
Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal has said that his administration’s multi-million naira intervention targeted to enhance sesame cultivation, has made farmers in the state are now reaping appreciable benefits from the aspect of agriculture. The governor, who spoke on Sunday during the inspection of the produce cleaning and standardization process being undertaken by the state ministry of agriculture, at which 30,000 bags of the produce have been treated, his administration “have seen the positive impact and we are ready to do even more.” In the past one year, in addition to its partnership with a Turkish firm, the state government…
Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji in conjunction with other security agencies, successfully repelled an attack by suspected Islamic States for West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists and bandits on the Forward Operation Base (FOB) at Burkusuma in Sabon Birni local government area of Sokoto state. ASHENEWS reported on Sunday that bandits attacked joint military base, killing some security personnel at Burkusuma in Sabon Birni local government. An update in a statement by the Director of Defence Information, Major General Benjamin Sawyerr issued on Monday, said the attack was foiled. According to him, “the failed attack, which took place at about 5:30am,…
A magnitude 5.8 strong quake hit Greece’s Crete island on Monday, according to the Geodynamics Institute of the National Observatory of Athens. The tremor’s epicentre was located at a depth of 10 km, some 25 km south of the city of Heraklion, the capital of Crete island, while aftershocks up to 4.3 magnitude have followed, according to Greek scientists. Material damage has been reported, with no injuries until now, local officials told Greek national news agency AMNA. Earlier, the Euro Mediterranean Seismological Centre put the quake’s magnitude at 6.2, which was later revised to 6.0. Xinhua
By George Aderogba Unarguably, with the recent data released by Borno Government, malnutrition is a great challenge in the state. A harmonised data from various locations, both government and partners, indicated that no fewer than 3, 522 children died of malnutrition in Borno between January 2017 and July 2021. Of these deaths, 239 were recorded between January and July, 2021. Mr Abdullahi Madi, Deputy Director, Borno State Nutrition Officer, who gave the figures in Maiduguri at a three-day Media Dialogue on Child Malnutrition Reporting, called for concerted efforts to tackle the challenge. Samuel Sesay, UNICEF’s, Chief Field Officer, Maiduguri Office, who spoke on the…
Some customers of TAJBank Limited, one of Nigeria’s foremost non-interest Bank, have commended it for receiving the award of most innovative non-interest bank. The customers and other industry stakeholders linked the award conferred on TAJBank by the Leadership Media Group, as well deserved based on its innovativeness and quality financial services since its inception. Leadership Media Group had recently announced TAJBank as winner of the “Banker of The Year Award 2020’’ The group stated that TAJBank got the award because of its trail-blazing services, innovative products and remarkable growth recorded across key performance indicators in its financial statements in the…
The Federal High Court, Abuja on Monday adjourned a suit seeking to challenge former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar’s eligibility to vie for the office of the president until December 6. Justice Inyang Ekwo adjourned the matter following inability of the parties in the suit to regularise their amended processes to accommodate the 5th defendant (Attorney-General (AG) of Adamawa), who had been joined in the case. On July 27, reported that the the Adamawa State Government, through its AG, had sought an order of the court to be joined in the suit. The court, in the motion dated April 26 and filed…