Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), and top politicians joined award-winning African performers and others on Tuesday, in New York, to take part in a special event to discuss COVID-19 vaccine equity. The event was organised by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) to discuss how COVID-19 vaccines can be fairly distributed worldwide, as a key development priority. Under the banner of ‘A Shot for All’ staged on the margins of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly, prominent leaders and personalities stressed the importance of vaccine equity and how to achieve universal access, particularly in…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
President Muhammadu Buhari who arrived in New York on Sunday, to participate in the ongoing 76th Session of the UN General Assembly, is to present Nigeria’s statement to the General Assembly on Friday, September 24. The Nigerian leader would be the second speaker on the fourth day and would deliver his address around 9a.m. (around 2p.m. Nigerian time) to other world leaders at the morning session. He had earlier attended the opening of the General Debate of the 76th session of the General Assembly. Buhari was accompanied by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, Permanent Representative of Nigeria to…
By Bala Ibrahim It is no longer news that chief Femi Fani Kayode, the erstwhile renowned ragtag for rubbishing the APC as a party, and Muhammadu Buhari as Nigeria’s President and the leader of the party has joined the party. What would be news is the appalling reactions that would continue filling the airspace, as regards the reasons of the party to accept with applause, the coming of a man that has been extremely hostile to everything the party and the people therein stand for. In breaking the news of his defection, which was blessed by a visit to President…
Archaeologically, Afghanistan is reputed to be the graveyard of some powerful empires for 770 years from 1219 to 1989. Those formidable countries/ empires were Mongolian Empire (1219-1221), Mughal Empire (1383-1385), the British first attempt (1839-1842), British second attempt (1878-1880), British third attempt 1919, and Soviet Union (1979-1989). They all manufactured excuses justifying their invasion of Afghanistan at different times but they were vigorously repelled and forced to retreat with shattering consequences and their tails between their legs. In addition to their obvious regrets and heavy losses, their attempted invasion of Afghanistan initiated the disintegration of their empires and ended in…
Contestants for the stool of Kontagora Emirate council numbering 46 have petitioned Niger state governor, Abubakar Sani-Bello against the process followed to select the next Emir. The Emir of Kontagora, Saidu Namaska died on September 9 2021 creating a vacuum to be filled through a selection process where the electoral college composed of Waziri, Galadima, Kofa Magayaki and Madakin Kontagora. However, the 46 contestants represented by their lawyer, Mr Mika Anache wrote a complain titled: “Petition Against the Irregular/Illegal Selection Process of 7th Sarkin Sudan of Kontagora, Leading to a Sham Election Into the Said Revered Stool” to the state…
The Acting General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division, Brig.-Gen. Abdulwahab Eyitayo, says more than 8,000 Boko Haram terrorists have so far surrendered to troops He said the terrorists surrendered from their enclaves in Sambisa Forests, as well as other hideouts. Eyitayo, who is also the Commander, Sector 1, Operation Hadin Kai, disclosed this during a visit by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu and a team of Defence Correspondents from Abuja on Tuesday, in Maiduguri. He said the surrender by the repentant terrorists was a welcome development, adding that, the overwhelming fire power of the troops was responsible…
Operatives of Katsina Police Command have arrested a person with disability, who turned kidnapper while trying to pick up ransom dropped for him. The spokesperson, SP Isah Gambo made the disclosure in a statement made available to newsmen. “The Katsina Police Command have succeeded in arresting a person with a special need who turned himself into a kidnapper and demanded for a ransom of N2 million. “It may interest you to know that this gentleman here, Buhari Haruna is 22 years and from Kankia LGA of Katsina state. “On 20 August, he sent a threat message to one Hamisu Salisu,…
Morgan State University (MSA) in the U.S. has appointed a Nigerian, Prof. Hakeem Tijani, Executive Director in-charge of Global Partnerships for Africa. The appointment was announced by the President of the university, Dr David Wilson, and published on the university’s website. MSU is the State of Maryland’s Pre-eminent Urban Public Research University and a leading institution in the number of applications received from African-American high school graduates. Tijani is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a Member of the Nigeria Academy of Letters, who had worked in Nigeria as a Director of National Open University of Nigeria’s Special…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC ) has announced that natural gas production in the country increased by 6.19 per cent at 222.23 billion cubic feet in May 2021. The corporation disclosed this in its Monthly Financial and Operation Report (MFOR) for the month of May 2021 released in Abuja, on Monday. “In the gas sector, natural gas production in the month under review increased by 6.19 per cent to 222.23billion cubic feet (bcf) compared with output in the previous month, translating to an average production of 7,177.53million standard cubic feet (mmscf) of gas per day. “For the period May…
Chairman, Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc, Aliko Dangote has said that the National Sugar Master Plan (NSMP), when executed as designed, can save the nation foreign exchange in excess of $700 million yearly from the backward integration component. Dangote, according to a statement by the company, made the disclosure during a facility tour by some businessmen on Monday in Lagos. He, however, warned that the scheme must be protected to insulate the Nigerian economy to be able to achieve the twin objectives of local manufacturing and job creation. “If the national sugar master plan is followed strictly and the players all…