On World Oceans Day, stakeholders have called for an end to indiscriminate dumping of plastics into the nation’s water bodies. The experts made called for deliberate policies and actions to protect the nations water bodies in an interview. According to them, another worrisome trend is the littering of water bodies with used face masks, saying there was need for concerted efforts to manage the impact of COVID-19 in the environment. Describing disposable face masks as the next plastic problem, Mr Sylvester Arogundade, Earth and Environment Initiative, noted that if not disposed of for recycling correctly, they may end up in…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
A new study unveiled on Tuesday said telling people that alcohol causes cancer and encouraging them to count their drinks would make them want to drink less. The study led by the George Institute for Global Health was a randomised trial involving three online surveys over a period of six weeks from 8,000 adults who broadly represented the Australian drinking public. The article was published on the Addictive Behaviours. As part of these surveys, some participants saw the Western Australian government’s spread advert which informs drinkers that alcohol use increases their risk of cancer. While some saw simple messages about…
Yobe State Police Command says it has picked up an abandoned boy of about one-year old in Nyanya Ward, Damaturu Local Government Area. The command’s spokesperson, Mr Dungus Abdulkarim, disclosed this on Monday in a statement in Damaturu. Abdulkarim stated: “The boy was recovered by the Police Divisional Headquarters at about 1800hrs on June 6. “An unknown woman handed over the boy to a passerby Almajiri to take him to one Maman Faruk at a particular house. “It turned out to be false and the woman got missing immediately,” he added. Abdulkarim explained that the boy was presently in the…
Governor Bello Muhammad of Zamfara has approved the reinstatement of three commissioners and three board chairmen of state agencies. On June 1, Matawalle sacked the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Bala Bello and all 23 commissioners with immediate effect. The reinstatement is contained in a statement signed by Kabiru Balarabe, the state Head of Service and acting Secretary to the State Government in Gusau on Tuesday. Those reinstated are Ibrahim Dosara, Commissioner for Information; Sufyanu Yuguda, Commissioner for Finance and Mrs Fa’ika Ahmad, Commissioner for Humanitarian Affairs. Muhammad said the Chairman of the state’s Pilgrims’ Welfare Commission, Abubakar Sarkin…
The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers, GOCOP, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari lift federal government’s suspension of Twitter operations in Nigeria. This contained in a statement by its President, Mr Dotun Oladipo and General Secretary, Mr Danlami Nmodu, mni on Monday. GOCOP observed that Twitter’s suspension is a major setback because online journalism and other businesses rely on the platform for mass circulation and marketing of their businesses. “We believe this suspension will ruin our businesses and shrink the democratic space. “Even more, this action will leave many social media handlers who work full time doing legitimate businesses jobless.This will…
This year’s World Environment Day 2021 with the Theme, “Ecosystem Restoration,” provides the opportunity for critical reflections on the state of the nation with particular reference to ecosystem restoration in Nigeria. Nigeria is facing massive environmental degradation, deforestation, desertification and destruction of rural livelihoods. In northern Nigeria, the shrinking of Lake Chad by 90 percent has contributed to climate change and desert encroachment that has impacted about 10 million farmers and pastoralists seeking for farmlands, grazing lands, vegetation and water. Communities in Zamfara state, northwest Nigeria, have been at the receiving end of environmental and public health crisis and violence…
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali has announced the immediate suspension of issuance of vehicles tinted permit in Nigeria. The IGP made the announcement during a meeting with senior Police officers, including commissioners and Deputy Inspector-General, DIGs across the country. He said the measure is part of efforts to curtail the worsening security challenges in the country. The IGP stressed the need for all senior Police officers to ensure discipline in their various formations.
Governor Aminu Tambuwal on Monday, landed at the Khartoum International Airport Sudan. The governor, who is in Sudan for the graduation of 38 indigenes of who studied in the country, was received by the Nigeria’s Ambassador to Sudan Musa Saban Mamman. Also on hand to receive him were the advanced party of the high-powered delegation from Sokoto, including the Secretary to the Government of Sokoto State, Saidu Umar; Commissioners of Finance, Abdussamad Dasuki and Higher Education, Prof. Bashir Garba. Others include, the Chairman Sokoto State Scholarship Board, Altine Kajiji, Director-General Sokoto State Scholarship Board, Bello Isah, Director Foreign Students Matters,…
The Nigeria Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), has donated relief materials to victims of flood and other Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Kwara state. The Director-General, Dr Bashir Jamoh said in Ilorin on Monday, that the donation was part of the agency’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to ameliorate the plight of those affected by banditry and other forms of insecurity. According to the DG who was represented by the Coordinator of Abuja Zonal Office, Mrs Moji Jimoh, the gesture would go a long way in making life easier for the beneficiaries, adding that “we look forward to greater collaboration…
Following President Muhammadu Buhari’s appointment of the new Chief of Army Staff, Maj Gen Faruk Yahaya on May 29, 2021, the president has finally approved the retirement of 29 army generals who are seniors to the new COAS. Yahaya succeeded Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, who died with 10 other military officers in a plane crash on May 21. Relying on military tradition that senior generals do not work under a new COAS that is junior, the media speculated that 45 military generals who belong to Regular Courses 35 and 36, would be retired. Yahaya belongs to course 37. The Defence…