The Minister of Aviation, Sen. Hadi Sirika, says the Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved N16.6 billion for the execution of four projects by his ministry across the country. Sirika stated this when he briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the Council meeting, chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday in Abuja. According to him, the projects to be executed in the contracts include construction of Wachakal Airport in Yobe at N6.3 billion; post construction services for the same airport at the cost of N219.8 million and procurement of eight airport rescue and firefighting vehicles at the cost…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa, has expelled 51 students for examination malpractice during the 2019/2020 academic session. This is contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by Uba Mana, the polytechnic’s Director of Information, Publicity and Protocol. Mana said that the affected students were expelled following approval by the academic board of the institution. “The affected students were expelled on the ground of various offences of examination misconduct that involved both full time and part time students. “The students expelled are from the Higher National Diploma and National Diploma in Engineering courses, Accounting, Science Lab Tech, Library and Information Science, Mass…
An Upper Shari’a Court sitting in Kano, on Wednesday fixed September 2 for the ruling in the application for re-arraignment of a cleric, Abduljabbar Nasiru-Kabara for alleged blasphemy case. The Presiding Judge, Ibrahim Sarki-Yola, fixed Sept. 2 for ruling after listing to arguments by the counsel, on whether a new charge should be read to Nasiru-Kabara or not. Sarki-Yola ordered that the defendant be remanded in a correctional centre, pending ruling. Nasiru-Kabara was first arraigned before the court on July 16, charged with blasphemy, incitement, and sundry offence according to the First Information Report (FIR) from the police by the…
The Maikoli Farms, a subsidiary of Maikoli Foundation has donated 2,000 Morninga seedlings to Sokoto State Zakat & Waqf (Endowment) Commission. Presenting the seedlings on Wednesday, the Chairman of the Foundation, Altine Kajiji said the donation is to complement the Commission’s efforts in the promotion of tree waqf initiative in the north and beyond. The gesture, he added, was deliberately timed to coincide with the annual World Humanitarian Day. Kajiji particularly expressed deep appreciation to the chairman of the commission, Lawal Maidoki who he said was inspirational and instrumental to the establishment of the farm. According to him, the economic potential…
The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, on Wednesday filed an application before an Oyo State High Court praying to vacate the order stopping the arrest and freezing the accounts of Sunday Adeyemi, a.k.a Sunday Igboho. The court had on August 4 granted an experte application by Igboho , restraining the Department of State Services (DSS) and the AGF from arresting, intimidating and freezing Igboho’s account. Igboho’s counsel, Mr Yomi Aliyu, SAN, had informed the court that his client’s life was being threatened after the invasion of his house by the DSS on July 1, where property…
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a steering committee to oversee the process of implementation of the newly signed Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). The steering committee is headed by the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva. The president, who announced this while marking the passage the PIA which he signed into law on August 16, said Nigeria lost an estimated $50 billion worth of investments in ten years, created by the uncertainty of non-passage of the PIB, lack of progress and stagnation in the petroleum industry. According to the president, the committee is tasked with the completion of the implementation…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has intervene in the perennial electric power supply challenge in Maiduguri, Borno state, with the signing of Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) as well as Equipment Procurement contracts for a 50Megawatts (MW) Emergency Power Project in Maiduguri. The project, which is an integral part of ongoing efforts to deepen the Corporation’s domestic gas utilization plan for the nation’s socio-economic growth, has China Machinery Engineering Company (CMEC) as the EPC contractor while General Electric (GE) is the equipment manufacturer, a statement of the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the Corporation, Garba Deen…
The North Central People’s Forum (NCPF) has appointed Niger state governor and Chairman of North Central Governors Forum, Abubakar Sani-Bello as its patron. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mary Noel-Berje made available to ASHENEWS on Thursday, said the investiture took place at the Government House, Minna when members of the forum paid him courtesy visit in his office. Speaking at the event, the leader of the delegation, Lt. Gen.Jeremiah Timbut Useni said the conferment of the governor was as a result of his zeal and commitment to the security, unity, peace and progress of the…
Denmark’s dream run at Euro 2020 continued on Saturday in Baku with a 2-1 victory over the Czech Republic for a place in the semi-finals. This has come after two opening defeats and the Christian Eriksen drama. Thomas Delaney headed the opening goal in the fifth minute and Kasper Dolberg made it 2-0 in the 42nd minute in the sweltering Azerbaijani capital. Patrik Schick revived the Czech’s hopes in the 49th minute with his fifth goal of the tournament, but they could not manage an equaliser. Denmark beat the Czechs for the first time at the Euro finals, having lost…
The United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has officially handed over the programme of funding and management of Girl Child Education to the Zamfara government with effect from July 1, 2021. The UNICEF Chief Education Manager, Sokoto Office, Ms Miriam Moreso handed over on Friday, at a meeting to mark the end of UNICEF’s girl child education activities, which would henceforth be the responsibility of the state government. She said that UNICEF had created a solid foundation in the area of girl child education, leading to increased school enrolment and continuity in the state. She called on all stockholders…