President Muhammadu Buhari and Vice President Yemi Osinbajo have urged the financial sector to invest more in housing and rural electricity projects for the benefit of Nigerians. The president and his vice gave the advise on Tuesday, at the 14th Annual Banking and Finance Conference, which held simultaneously in Abuja and Lagos, and streamed online from both locations. Speaking on the theme of the conference, ”Economic recovery inclusion: The role of banking and finance”, they challenged the banking sector to do more for the country, in order to further boost the economy. Buhari said that financial institutions must play an…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Afghans born forty years ago to date have seen all kinds of wars, experienced all kinds of war-induced turmoil, sadness, and hopelessness in their war-ravaging country. This reminds me of my interaction with a Lebanese colleague as an undergraduate student of ABU Zaria in the Faculty of Engineering in the 1980s. That Lebanese told me that all his life he knew nothing but war until he came to Nigeria to study Civil Engineering. In Lebanon, then peace was a mirage; they were going to the schools when possible and thereafter dress for war. My facial expression indicated to him…
Gunmen have abducted the Emir of Bungudu in Zamfara, Hassan Attahiru. Competent source confirmed that the Emir was kidnapped along Kaduna-Abuja highway on Tuesday. Details later…
The federal government of Nigeria says it is committed to giving support to smaller companies to create jobs and boost the nation’s economic growth. The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, said this Tuesday, in Abuja when he declared open a two-day Inaugural Partnership Economy Summit, organised by the Ministry of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs. Represented by Chief Niyi Adebayo, Minister of Industry, Trade and Investments, Osinbajo said the summit was a bold initiative designed to strengthen government and citizen collaboration under the banner of Partnership Economy Nigeria (PEN). PEN, according to him, is a socio-economic platform made up of a variety of key…
By Abujah Racheal The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), says in a bid to increase COVID-19 vaccination coverage in the country, it has introduced vaccination exercises during Sunday services across the country. The Executive Director, NPHCDA, Dr Faisal Shuaib, disclosed this during a meeting with the leaders of Christian Association of Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja. Shauib noted that the move was to ensure that members of the Christian community who have not had access to the COVID-19 vaccine for any reason were given an opportunity to be vaccinated at their worship places. “I am glad to inform…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, on Tuesday said more than 5.7 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered globally, but only two per cent of them in Africa. The UN agency is urging every country to vaccinate at least 40 per cent of its population by the end of 2021, and hopes to help ensure that 70 per cent of the world’s population is vaccinated by the middle of 2022. At a press conference on COVID-19 and vaccine equity in Africa, which is home to more than 1.2 billion people, Ghebreyesus informed that, so far, just…
The Director-General, Directorate of Technical Cooperation of Africa (DTCA), Rabiu Dagari on Tuesday said that the solution to the myriad of challenges in Africa lies in the application of science, technology and research. Dagari stated this during a visit to Pan African University of Life and Earth Sciences Institute, (PAULESI), University of Ibadan on Tuesday. The DTCA boss said that while Africa has a large population engaged in agriculture, unfortunately it was rural agriculture and the production level low to meet food sufficiency. He said that was why Africa spent a lot of money importing food from other continents, which…
By Gami Tadanyigbe The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it can no longer guarantee industrial harmony in public universities due to alleged negative government response to all agreements reached. The union accused the Federal Government of shunning the Memorandum of Actions (MoAs) and Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) it agreed with ASUU. Dr Salahu Lawal, the Abuja Zonal Coordinator of the union, who disclosed this during a news conference in Gwagwalada on Tuesday, hinted of another imminent industrial action. The zone comprised Federal University of Lafia; Federal University of Technology, Minna; Nasarawa State University, Keffi; Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai;…
Students in Katsina state, who in recent years sat for the senior secondary school examination, recorded 73 per cent credit pass in five subjects including mathematics and English language, the Education Commissioner, Dr Badamasi Lawal, has said. Briefing newsman on achievements of the ministry on Tuesday in Katsina, Lawal said that between 2015 and 2020, the administration of Gov. Aminu Masari has recorded an unprecedented performance in public examinations in the state. “I wish to inform you that before our coming, only 19 per cent of over 417,000 candidates who wrote the SSCE were able to score the required five…
Gunmen attacked the residence of a Kaduna State University lecturer, Dr Ahmed Buba in Zaria, Kaduna state, on Monday and seized his six children. The gunmen also shot a soldier, Ebuka Okechukwu dead. The soldier died of gunshot wounds in a hospital. They abducted Rabi Isya, Dr Buba’s neighbour’s wife and two of her children. The bandits were, however, intercepted on Tuesday. A highly reliable source said the bandits numbered about 30; they were armed with sophisticated weapons with which they shot sporadically into the air as they attacked the community. “The joint personnel of Kaduna State Vigilance Service, the…