The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has recorded 1,149 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), the highest number of infections in any single day since last February. With the latest figure, the total number of infections in Nigeria now stands at 184,593. The NCDC, which disclosed this on its official website handle on Thursday morning, said the 1,149 include the 393 reported from Lagos on Tuesday. The new infections was an increase from the 357 cases reported on Tuesday. According to the NCDC, the surge is driven by the highly transmissible Delta variant and the low vaccination rate in the…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Sixteen chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have asked the Federal High Court, Abuja, to restrain the party Caretaker Committee in Ebonyi headed by Mr Aloy Nwibo from overseeing its affairs. The chieftains, led by Mr Chukwuma Odu, also asked the court to stop the Nwibo-led committee from registering and revalidating membership of party members in the state. They also asked the court to restrain APC, its Chairman Caretaker Extra Ordinary Convention Planning Committee, Gov. Mai Mala Buni, APC National Caretaker Committee and the National Executive Committee listed as the 1st, 2nd , 3rd and 4th defendants from recognising…
Mr Ernest Aubee, Head, Agriculture Division, ECOWAS Commission, has said that half of the world’s population were underfed, with 3.4 billion suffering hunger, malnutrition and obesity. Aubee, who stated this on Wednesday, in Abuja, identified presented Agro-ecology as one of the ways to ensure food security, sustenance of the people’s health and the environment. He described agroecology as the application of the science of ecology to agricultural systems that seeks to develop an ecological structure that does not need external inputs. Agroecology practice allowed the necessary interaction among species for the system to work better, says Aubee, who is in…
The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has projected generating N10.1 trillion revenue for the 2022 financial year, its chairman, Muhammad Nami has said. Nami stated this when he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Finance on Wednesday, in Abuja, at a public hearing by the committee on the 2022-2024 Medium Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF) and Fiscal Strategy Paper (FSP). He said that the N10.1 trillion was the global figure projected to be generated and remitted to the federal government in 2022 by the FIRS, the agency responsible for assessing, collecting and accounting for tax and other revenues accruing…
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed says, the seeking of medical care abroad by President Muhammadu Buhari is not an indication that the nation’s medical sector has collapsed. The minister stated this in Washington DC during his engagements with international media organisations including the BBC Radio and Television, Bloomberg and Politico. The minister is in the U.S. to meet with international media organisations and think tanks on the achievements of President Buhari’s administration and efforts made so far in tackling insurgency, banditry and all form of criminality. The minister said the President had the right to choose his…
By Gami Tadanyigbe Evolving Women in Politics (EWIP) the United States of America (USA) branch, has held its first meeting in the USA and has called for adequate participation of women, especially in the Political arena of Nigerian politics for national development. The USA EWIP Coordinator, Olajumoke Akintunde JP, who disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja, said EWIP is an NGO aimed at seeking greater inclusion of women and youth in governance at all levels in the country. Olajumoke said as the 2023 general elections draws nearer, the organisation would actively engage and support women and youths to…
By Abdallah el-Kurebe The Centre for Information Technology and Development, CITAD, has commended the chairman of Itas/Gadau local government area of Bauchi state, for donating parcel of land to build structures for proposed community network. The Centre in a statement by its Executive Director, Y. Z. Yau and made available to ASHENEWS on Wednesday, also called on the Nigeria Communications Commission, NCC, to fast track the process of policy development for community networks in the country. CITAD is implementing a project aimed at enhancing the capacity of communities to design, deploy and manage community networks to meet their communication needs,…
Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal on Wednesday, inaugurated 2021 tree plantation of two million seedlings to improve the economic growth of the state through economic trees. The state Ministry of Environment in partnership with state Zakkat and Endowment Commission, flagged off the plantation of the seedlings at Kilgore New Market in Yabo local government area. Tambuwal said the exercise was part of the state government’s commitment to support the people and protect the environment as well as ensure more measures in addressing economic growth of the state. “In 2020, we planted one million seedlings and today we announce that in…
The Auditor General of the Federation, Mr Adolphus Aghughu on Wednesday, submitted the 2019 Audit report to the Clerk to the National Assembly (CNA) Mr Ojo Amos. The presentation ceremony was held at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja. Aghughu said the audit was carried out on the 2019 Federal Government Consolidated Financial Statement, which included unsubstantiated balances amounting to N4.973 trillion. He however lamented that his office was incapacitated in so many ways from functioning effectively and efficiently as far as detection of mismanagement of public funds by the various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) was concerned “The N4.973 trillion…
The All Progressives Congress (APC), has scheduled its local government area congresses for September 4. This is contained in a statement by Sen. John Akpanudoedehe, Secretary, APC Caretaker and Extra-ordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) on Wednesday, in Abuja. The secretary said purchase of forms for ward, local government area councils and state congresses would begin from August 18 to 28, while screening of aspirants would be from August 31 to September 2. Akpanudohedehe said LGA congresses, including three-man delegates for the party’s National Convention, would be on September 4, while appeals arising from the congresses would be from September 6…