The National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA)’s Integrated Farm Estate and fish villages in Borno are set to provide jobs for over 4,000 farmers, particularly IDPs returning home. The Executive Secretary of NALDA, Prince Paul Ikonne, said while on an inspection visit of the project located in Jere Local Government Area of the state. Ikonne said in a statement on Thursday in Abuja that the 100 hectare farm estate would create over 1,500 jobs. He added that the 40 fish farms being established would give over 2,500 women an opportunity to earn a living from fish farming, processing and packaging.…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Nigerian Army says the troops of the Joint Task Force, North East Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), have eliminated six terrorists and recovered cache of arms and ammunition in recent encounters in Borno. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said that the troops of 25 Brigade, had on Wednesday, neutralised four terrorists of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), terrorists who were on espionage on Damboa-Bulabulin- Maiduguri road. He said that the terrorists ran into a fighting patrol team at Kukawa and were neutralised in the fire…
Mr Uche Secondus, National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), says only National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party has powers to discipline him or any member of the National Working Committee (NEC). Secondus stated this in a statement by his Media Aide, Mr Ike Abonyi, in Abuja while reacting to his suspension by his ward executives in Rivers. He said that Article 59(3) of the PDP Constitution stated clearly that only the NEC has such power to discipline NEC members of the party. “The media office of Secondus ordinarily should not be responding to every ‘noise’ in the media being…
A professor of Applied Biochemistry at the Federal University of Technology Akure , FUTA Ganiyu Oboh has is ranked Number One in the 2021 ranking of Nigerian scientists by the influential and leading global ranking body, the AD Scientific Index via its 2021 world’s scientists and university rankings. A statement by the spokesperson of FUTA, Mr Adegbenro Adebanjo made available to ASHENEWS on Thursday said, Oboh was trailed by Professor Olatunbi Farombi of the University of Ibadan and Professor Obinna Onwujekwe of the University of Nigeria as second and third places, respectively. The AD Scientific Index (Alper-Doger Scientific Index), “unlike other systems that provide…
The UN International Labour Organisation (ILO) has said that four billion people live without any welfare protection globally to cushion the impact of COVID-19 pandemic, ILO stated in a new report on Wednesday that COVID-19 crisis had also pushed up government spending by some 30 per cent. It stated that the situation had led to a call for countries to extend social safety nets far more widely than they doing presently. ILO’s Director-General, Guy Ryder, insisted that such a move would help future-proof workers and businesses in the face of new challenges. “This is a pivotal moment to harness the…
The Lagos State Commissioner for Justice, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo says that one out of four girls will be abused in the state before the age of 18. Onigbanjo, who is Chairman, Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT), said this in Ikeja on Wednesday during a news conference commemorating September as the Domestic and Sexual Violence Awareness Month. ”Recent statistics conducted by the Lagos State Government in partnership with UNICEF reveals that one in four girls would be abused before the age of 18 years old. ”Also, one in 10 boys would be abused before the age of…
The National Commission for UNESCO (NATCOM-UNESCO) in partnership with the Ministry of Education is training teachers on prevention of Violent Extremism through Education (PVE-E) in the six geo-political zones of the country. The Permanent Secretary, the Federal Ministry of Education, Mr Sonny Echono at a three-day capacity workshop in Abuja on Wednesday, said teachers played key role in preventing violent extremism in the schools. Echono, represented by the Director, Educational Planning, Research and Development (EPR&D) in the ministry, said it was critical to domesticate and implement the visions of Global Agenda on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). According to him,…
The Consulate-General of Nigeria in New York has raised alarm over a fake website for passport application. In a notice issued on Wednesday, the consulate warned Nigerians against using unauthorised websites and the need for them to seek proper guidance on passport application. “The attention of the Consulate has been drawn to the operations of a website www.nigerianpassports.com purporting to be a platform for processing Nigerian Passport,” it stated. According to the Consulate, the website directs passport applicants to make payments through Zelle using telephone no.: 770-510-9332. “The Consulate wishes to state that this website is fake and set up to…
A new coronavirus “variant of interest” named Mu – also known by its scientific name as B.1.621 – is being closely monitored by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the agency has said. In its weekly epidemiological update, published on Tuesday, WHO warned that the variant was becoming increasingly prevalent in Colombia and Ecuador and had shown signs of possible resistance to vaccines. Mu was first identified in Colombia in January 2021, and since then there have been “sporadic reports” of cases and outbreaks in South America and Europe, WHO said. While the global prevalence of Mu among sequenced COVID-19 cases…
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and Department of State Service (DSS), have uncovered and seized hard drug named Captagon Pills. Comptroller Malanta Yusuf, Area Controller of Apapa Command, disclosed this in a statement by the spokesperson of the command, Abubakar Usman, in Lagos on Wednesday. Yusuf said the drug was concealed inside an imported machine at Apapa Port, Lagos. He noted that the discovery, which was made in a joint operation by the three services, lasted for about a week, following intelligence and painstaking dismantling of the machine involved, deployed service personnel and sniffer dogs…