The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) says it directly lifted no fewer than 1,040 dry season farmers out of poverty in Enugu State. IFAD’s Value Chain Development Programme Additional-Financing (VCDP-AF) is currently running in five pilot council areas of the state. The beneficiary councils are Aninri, Isiuzo, Nkanu East, Udenu and Enugu East. The IFAD Coordinator in the state, Dr Edward Isiwu said in Enugu on Friday that the economic impact of the concluded dry season programme on participating farmers had been tremendous. Isiwu noted that the farmers were able to achieve the feat through IFAD-VCDP provision of free…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
Partnership between traditional institutions and faith-based organisations will reduce kidnapping, President, United Apostolic Church of Christ (UACC) worldwide, Dr James Bayo-Owoyemi, said in Ado-Ekiti on Friday. Such partnership will also reduce restiveness, banditry and other vices bedevilling the society, he said when he led a delegation of the church to visit Ewi Ado-Ekiti, Oba Rufus Aladesanmi III. “A partnership between traditional rulers as the custodians of the peoples’ traditions and the Church, as a moral authority and regulator will enhance good conduct in the people, especially in youths. “Such character moulding partnership will enable the Church and the rulers to…
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Friday said it is collaborating with the Supreme Court of Nigeria, to resolve complaints from lawyers who have not been issued their Enrolment Numbers. This is contained in a statement by the NBA national Publicity secretary, Dr Rapulu Nduk. The Supreme Court Enrolment number is a unique number for every lawyer who has been successfully called to the Nigerian Bar, and duly enlisted in the roll of the Supreme Court. “The enrolment number is similar to a gate pass as it is imprinted on the seal of legal practitioners, and also required to be…
The number of persons killed in Thursday’s gas tanker explosion at the Ogun State Property Investment Company (OPIC) Plaza in Ikeja has risen to five. Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, the Acting Zonal Coordinator, South West Zonal Office, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), confirmed the development in Ikeja-Lagos. Farinloye said three bodies were earlier recovered from the scene of the incident by emergency response agencies. “Sadly, two out of the 13 persons who were rescued and taken to the Trauma and Burns Centre at Gbagada General Hospital, passed on a few minutes ago. “This makes it a total of five persons killed…
Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of a Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday discharged and acquitted a Sen. Peter Nwaoboshi, charged with laundering N322 million. Aneke held that the case of the prosecution collapsed when it failed to call vital witnesses and lead concrete evidence to establish its allegations. Nwaoboshi, who represents Delta North on the platform of Peoples Democratic Party, was arraigned in 2018, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on two counts of money laundering. Charged along with the senator were two companies – Golden Touch Construction Project Ltd. and Suiming Electrical Ltd. He had pleaded not guilty…
Sokoto state executive council on Thursday, approved over N27 billion for 2021 supplementary budget. The state commissioner of information, Isah Galadanchi stated this while briefing newsmen after the state executive council meeting chaired by governor Aminu Tambuwal. He said the bill for the supplementary budget was deliberated by the council and will be sent to the state house of assembly (SOHA) for consideration and passage into law. According to Galadanchi, the council also approved the upgrade of the new ongoing Sports Complex to the standard of a full-fledged stadium, which initially had the capacity of 4,700 to 11,000-seats at the…
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto, has disclosed that state governments in Nigeria that signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the World Bank and the federal government for the $750 million performances/ results-based NG-CARES COVID-19 relief program bank-rolled by the bank, were still waiting for its implementation. He disclosed this when he received the World Bank team led by Mr Aderibigbe Adewale that visited him in his office on Thursday. The NG-CARES program outlines the proposed results’ operations to support the 36 states, including the Federal Capital Territory, for their efforts in mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on…
The Nigerian Defense Academy (NDA) says it will conduct ‘Exercise Pre-Camp Highland’ for army cadets of 68 Regular Course from June 21 to June 25 in Kaduna State. The spokesperson of the Academy, Major Bashir Jajira, announced this in a statement on Friday in Kaduna. According to Jajira, the exercise will be conducted at the general area of Kachia – Gadan Naji – Ungwan Gambo and Maro in the state. He said that the exercise was one of the series of final field training exercises, prepared for the cadets’ prelude to camp highland. “The exercise is designed for the cadets to practice…
Dr. Patrick Obinna, a haematologist based in Abuja, has suggested that Nigerians with Sickle Cell Disease (SCD), who are below 16 years old, should be eligible for the Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination. Obina in an interview on Friday, in Abuja said that SCD patients were vulnerable to severe COVID-19. SCD is a collective name for a set of inherited chronic conditions. It covers a spectrum, from milder to severe forms of SCD but with support, people with SCD can have a good quality of life. SCD is associated with episodes of severe pain called sickle cell painful crises. The expert said…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed the arrival of sensitive materials for the by-election for the Sabon Gari Constituency seat in the Kaduna State House of Assembly. The seat occupied by Aminu Shagali, a former Speaker of the assembly, was declared vacant in April, after he was alleged to have absconded from activities of the assembly for more than 360 days. The Acting Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Mr Awwal Mashi, gave the confirmation during an interview in Kaduna on Friday. “By sensitive materials, we are talking about the ballot papers and all the necessary forms…