By Lizzy Carr, Bauchi The Nigeria Television Authority, NTA, Bauchi station has announced the boycott of all activities of the state Police command over a case of physical assault on one of its staff. The general manager, Sulaiman Ahmed who briefed newsmen on Tuesday, said the incidence occurred on Sunday, June 5th 2021 at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium in Bauchi. “The young reporter arrived the stadium to cover the match between Wikki Tourist Football Club of Bauchi and visiting Akwa United in the ongoing Nigeria professional football league, with his camera, microphone and a jotter. “On arrival at the stadium,…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency, has tasked members of the public and government at all levels on ecosystem restoration to save the environment. The Director General of the Agency, Prof. Aliyu Jauro, made the call on Tuesday in Kano, at a forum organised by the agency in commemoration of the World Environment Day. Represented by Mr Mudassir Raheem, the Zonal Director North-west zone of the agency, Jauro said that the agency had lined up activities to mark the day. According to him, the theme of the 2021 World Environment Day, “Ecosystem restoration” is apt, coming on the…
The Jigawa Chapter of National Coconut Producers, Processors and Marketers Association (NACOPPMAN), on Tuesday inaugurated the 2021 coconut planting season in the state. The Coordinator of the association, Sakina Muhammad, stated this during the exercise with the theme ‘One family, three coconut trees’, in Dutse. Muhammad said that the gesture was aimed at having coconut sufficiency in Nigeria by 2027. “The parent body of this association is the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment. “Coconut is a tropical plant that can grow anywhere under any condition and Jigawa happened to be among the states in the north where the…
Four children climate activists of the Royal Palm International College in Ilorin have inaugurated “Return the Green Club”, an initiative to bring awareness on the need to save the environment from depleting. The Return the Green Club is part of the activities to mark the 2021 World Environment Day, themed: “Restoration of the ecosystem”. The children are Aderinsola Adegboye, 10 years old; Adenrele Adegboye, 11; Mariam Abdulrazaq, 12; and Chibuzor Oseigbu, 16. Adegboye, Founder of “Return the Green” initiative, observed that government from nations have agreed to limit global warming by reducing carbon emission in areas like energy and transportation.…
The U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Leonard, says her country has facilitated 28 million dollars scholarships for Nigerian students to study in U.S institutions in the past one year. Leonard said this on Thursday at the commemoration of the Student Visa Day organised by the U.S Mission in Abuja. She said that the scholarship process was facilitated by the Education U.S.A programme of the embassy which was keen on enabling Nigerian students pursue their academics and a future in the U.S. “We are proud to prioritize Nigeria’s scholars in our consular process, as we recognise the value their success holds for the…
Spain opened its borders to vaccinated travellers from all over the world on Monday, hoping an influx of visitors will revitalise an all-important tourism sector that has been battered by the coronavirus pandemic. The opening kicks off what many are hoping will be a busy summer tourism season in Europe as vaccine rates pick-up across the continent. On Monday morning, with the mercury already high, tourists from Germany, Ireland and Belgium could be seen passing through the arrival gates at Malaga airport. At least 20 international flights landed in the morning at the most important tourist gateway in the southern…
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni further toughened virus curbs on Sunday night, including ordering the closure of schools, to stem a worrying rise in local transmissions. Schools will be closed from Monday for six weeks and most gatherings, save for weddings and funerals in small groups, were banned. Non-essential travel between districts was suspended and a 9:00 pm to 4:00 am curfew will remain in force until mid-July. Most shops and markets remain open, provided they comply with government health regulations, but bars remain closed. Uganda had kept its COVID-19 cases relatively low and was spared the worst of the pandemic…
As a result the overwhelming challenges of insecurity in his country Nigeria, Sokoto state governor, Aminu Tambuwal on Monday in Khartoum, Sudan declined the conferment of honorary degree on him by the Nahda International University College, NIUC. ASHENEWS reported earlier on Monday that the governor would be in Sudan to attend the graduation ceremony of 38 Sokoto students who bagged various degrees in Medicine/Surgery, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Laboratory Sciences and Information Communication Technology (ICT) at the Ibn Sina University (ISU) and NIUC. However, shortly after his arrival in Khartoum on Sunday, Tambuwal declined the award on reasons that his country is…
China has approved the emergency use of a COVID-19 vaccine for those as young as three, the drugmaker confirmed Tuesday, making it the first country to offer jabs to young children. Since the coronavirus first emerged in central China, Beijing has mostly managed to bring the country’s outbreak under control, and has administered over 777 million vaccine doses after a sluggish start. A spokesperson for Sinovac told AFP its vaccine had been approved for use on children. “In recent days, the Sinovac vaccine was approved for emergency use in three- to 17-year-olds,” he said, though did not confirm when the…
Nearly 30 celebrities, including singer Katy Perry and footballer David Beckham have called on the G7, to share COVID-19 vaccines with poorer countries ahead of a summit in Britain this weekend. The entertainment and sports figures on Tuesday urged France, Italy, UK, Canada, Japan, Germany, and the United States, to pledge at least 20 percent of their 150 million doses supply made between June and August. “The world has spent a year and a half battling the COVID-19 pandemic, but the virus is still spreading in many countries and producing new variants with the potential to put us all back…