Following the rising spate of insecurity in Jos and its environs, the Management of the University of Jos has suspended all academic activities in the institution till further notice. Mr Monday Danjem, the Registrar of the university, unveiled this development in a statement on Friday in Jos. According to Danjem, the decision to suspend academic activities and shut hostels was arrived at the end of the meeting between management and the Committee of Deans, Directors and Provost of the institution on Friday, August 20. “The insecurity in Jos, which led to the imposition of dusk-to-dawn curfew has affected the academic…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Nigerian Army says its troops of Sector 2 Joint Task Force, North East Operation, Hadin Kai (OPHK), have arrested one Yusuf Saleh, a suspected Boko Haram Urea Fertilizer supplier in Yobe. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Friday, said the suspect was arrested at Bayamari village in Geidam local government area of Yobe. Nwachukwu said the suspect was nabbed by the vigilant troops with a total of 38 (50Kg) bags of Urea following a tip off. He said that the urea fertilizer has been banned by the Federal Government because of its usage…
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has denied that states received N243.8 billion from Paris Club refunds in the month of August. The NGF Secretariat disclosed this in a statement by its spokesperson, Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, on Friday. Bello-Barkindo, who described the allegation as a big lie and a figment of the imagination of its author, added that the announcement came to the attention of the forum as a surprise. “The NGF wishes to state categorically that nothing can be farther from the truth as this disbursement did not happen and could not have happened as there are no further possibilities, that…
Sokoto state executive council, presided over by governor Aminu Tambuwal has approved N437 million for procurement of 2,500 double deck beds and 5,000 mattresses. This was disclosed at a media briefing jointly addressed by the Attorney General and commissioner of Justice, Sulaiman Usman; his counterparts of the ministries of Health, Dr Ali Inname; Science and Technology, Dr Kulu Haruna and that of Higher Education, Prof Bashir Garba, shortly after the council meeting on Thursday. According to Dr Haruna, the beddings and mattresses will be distributed to all schools, including Government Girls Science Academy Kasarawa, which is now under construction. Usman…
A Professor of Agricultural Production Economics with the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, Prof Adegboyega Oguntade has said that increased and improved commercialization of agriculture through deliberate efforts by government and key drivers of the sector, will guarantee food security in the country. He gave the recommendation while delivering the 133rd inaugural lecture of FUTA with the title: “Subsistence Farm to Farm Firms; Progress and Challenges,” on Tuesday 17th August 2021. Oguntade identified food insecurity as a major issue which must be tackled with the seriousness it deserves. According to him, “all the problems confronting Nigeria at the moment,…
Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal has observed that for the country to effectively fight insecurity, more equipments, personnel and joint decisive efforts need to be made by security forces, to roll back the current deplorable security situation. The governor made the observation when he received the new General Commanding Officer, GOC, of the 8th Division of the Nigerian Army in Sokoto, Major General Uwem Bassey. Tambuwal also called on the Chief of Army Staff to come to the rescue of Sokoto state, which he said, “needs very urgent intervention as bandits’ attacks are becoming alarming in the state.” Assuring the…
Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal has said that government would soon reconstruct the affected parts of Sokoto Central market razed by inferno. He stated this while receiving the newly elected officials of State Chamber of Commerce, Mines and Agriculture (SOCCIMA) and Sokoto Traders Association (STA). According to the Governor, the state government has distributed N3 billion soft loan to traders and that plans were underway to distribute another N4 billion to farmers. Tambuwal thanked the federal government for its donation of relief materials to victims of the inferno at the Sokoto Central market, assuring them that soon the state government…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reappointment of Prof Ishaq Oloyede as Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, for a second term of five years. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Press and Public Affairs, Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Bem Goong. “Others reappointed by the President include Prof Abubakar Rasheed, who will serve as Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, NUC, for another five years; Hamid Bobboyi, who will serve as Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, for a second term of four years; Prof. Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe as Registrar…
Nigeria’s major tribal and regional pressure groups, Ohanaeze, Arewa Consultative Forum, Afenifere, the Middle Belt Forum and some prominent Nigerians have bought in to Katsina state governor, Bello Masari’s call for citizens to acquire arms for self-defense. Masari on Tuesday, told Katsina citizens acquire arms and protect themselves from bandits and other criminal elements. Reacting, the National publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Chief Alex Ogbonnia on Thursday said that the governor’s call signaled government’s inability to protect its citizens. “Now, the instruments of violence are no longer the monopoly of government and the government now asking the people to arm…
Alhaji Ahmed Joda died on 13th August and since his passage, there has been a remarkable outpouring of emotion at the loss of this great and endearing elder statesman. He was a skilled, experienced and well-respected public figure who spent almost his entire 91 years on earth devoted to building a better Nigeria. His life and engagement defined a concept whose meaning we no longer know – PUBLIC SERVANT. For him, it was service to his country and the entire citizenry. Self-service, personal aggrandizement, corruption, sectional or religious interests were anathema to him. His concern always was how to improve…