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…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
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…
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, has approved the appointment of Principal Staff Officers (PSOs), Field Commanders and other key staff officers to provide the needed vigour in his command of the Nigerian Army (NA). The Director Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. Nwachukwu disclosed that the Chief of Operations (Army), Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Yusuf, now becomes the Commandant, Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), while Maj.-Gen. B.O Sawyer is the new Director of Defence Information. He also said that Maj.-Gen. TA Gagariga would move from Army Headquarters, Department of Policy…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has resolved to strengthen regular processes of information sharing on security management in states controlled by it. This it said would enable governors of APC-controlled states to facilitate synergy of initiatives and proactive responses. This is part of resolutions reached at the 12th quarterly meeting of Secretaries to Governments of APC-controlled states across the federation. The communiqué of the meeting was made available to newsmen on Saturday in Abuja by Dr Salihu Lukman, Director-General Progressives Governors Forum (PGF). According to the communiqué, the meeting which was hosted by Nasarawa Governor, Abdullahi Sule, had the theme:” Setting…
Former champion Angelique Kerber reached the Wimbledon fourth round on Saturday with a little help from a rain break against Alexandra Sasnovich. The break allowed her to regroup for a 2-6 6-0 6-1 victory. Kerber quickly trailed 4-0 against her 100th-ranked opponent from Belarus and at 5-1 the match on Court 2 had to be stopped for almost two hours owing to the conditions. Compatriot Alexander Zverev also had to rally —— without the benefit of a rain break —- to beat American Taylor Fritz 6-7 (3-7) 6-4 6-3 7-6 (7-4). But it was with the help of 19 aces…