Gunmen on Monday night, shut dead the Principal Senior Special Assistant on Special Security to governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom in Jos. Plateau Police Command confirmed that the aide, ex-AIG, Chris Dega was shot in the chest several times until he bled to death. The Commissioner of Police, Edward Egbuka told ChannelsTV that said the incident occurred few minutes after the victim arrived in Jos, adding that preliminary investigation revealed that Dega left Makurdi being trailed to Jos where he was shot. He said the incident occurred at Anguldi area of Bukuru in Jos South local government area of…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Senate has passed a bill prohibiting employers of labour from discriminating between university degree holders and Higher National Diploma (HND) certificate holders. This was sequel to the adoption of a report by the Senate Joint Committee on Establishment and Public Service Matters and Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND at plenary on Wednesday. Presenting the report, Committee Chairman, Sen. Ibrahim Shekarau said the bill would help free HND holders from stagnation in public and private sectors and ensure balanced treatment for them with their university counterparts. He said an end to the existing dichotomy between HND holders and university graduates would…
President Muhammadu Buhari has transmitted an Executive Bill to the Senate, seeking extension of retirement age for teachers from 60 to 65 years. Senate President, Ahmad Lawan read the letter on the floor of the senate at Wednesday’s plenary. Lawan explained that the bill will harmonize the retirement age for teachers in Nigeria. According to him, the move to increase the retirement age and service years for teachers is in pursuant to section 58(2) of the 1999 Constitution as amended. “Transmission of the harmonised retirement age for teachers in Nigeria bill 2021 to the National Assembly for consideration. “Pursuant to…
The 1996 World Food Summit defined food security as a “situation when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy lifestyle”. In another context, the World Health Organization (WHO) maintained that “Food security means that all people at all times have both physical and economic access to enough food for an active, healthy living…” Therefore, attaining food security means that consumption and production of food should be governed by social values that are just and equitable as well as…
President Muhammadu Buhari, has called for joint international efforts to tackle COVID-19, with spillovers into dwindling national economies that would require a global framework to ameliorate burden of struggling citizens, and re-ignite growth. Mr Femi Adesina, the president spokesman in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, said Buhari made the call at a ceremony to receive Letters of Credence from Ambassadors of Republic of Bulgaria, Mr Yanko Yordanou, and People’s Republic of China, Mr Cui Jianchun. Other who presented their Letters of Credence included the High Commissioner of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Mr Muhammad Tayyab Azan, Ambassadors of Republic of…
The United Kingdom, UK, government is to support Nigeria’s efforts at addressing insecurity. Mr Sam Waldock, Head of governance, conflict and social development in British High Commission gave the assurance when he visited governor Aminu Tambuwal in Sokoto on Tuesday. He noted the security challenges in the northwest region of Nigeria. He added that the northwest states of Kaduna, Katsina, Zamfara, Sokoto and Kebbi were experiencing security challenges that had slowed economic growth and development. He commended the Sokoto state government for its efforts at ensuring prudent fiscal transparency and accountability in dispensing state resources. Waldock called on other states…
The demand for camel milk has gone up in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda in the past year, amid a quest to boost immunity against COVID-19, industry leaders said on Tuesday, as World Milk Day was observed. Bashir Warsame, founder of the Nairobi-based camel milk and camel yoghurt producer, Nuug Camel Milk, said camel milk demand by households and retail chains across the region grew in 2020, as consumers turned to natural immune boosters against the Coronavirus. “To adapt to COVID-19 we put more emphasis on home delivery, as we have seen around a 30 per cent increase in home delivery…
Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar III, has advocated the use of Hijab by Muslim women, without restrictions and in total observance of the freedom of religion in the country. The Sultan, who is also the President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), stated this in Birnin Kebbi, on Tuesday, at the North West Zonal Public Hearing on the Constitution Review organised by the House of Representatives for Stakeholders from Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara. Abubakar wondered why the wearing of the Hijab would be a problem for others who were not using it, stressing that the other religions could also…
Nigerian government has announced that it would proceed to deactivate the international passports of Nigerians who flouted the 2021 Health Safety Regulations as its concerns travel advisory. The PSC Chairman and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, made this known in Abuja on Tuesday. “Pursuant to the travel advisory issued, I wish to inform you that the PSC has initiated series of sanctions against those that have violated the 2021 Health Safety Regulations. “To this end, the PSC has published the names and particulars of over 200 violators that evaded the quarantine requirement. “This is considered…
The registrar of National Examination Council, NECO, Prof Godswill Obioma is dead. This is contained in a notice to NECO’s director of human resource management, by the regustrar’s son, Prince Obioma obtained by ASHENEWS on Tuesday. “Dear Sir, this is to formally inform you that my father, Prof. Godswill Obioma the Registrar/ Chief Executive of NECO passed to eternal glory yesterday 31/5/2021 after a brief illness. “We request that you kindly notify the Board, Management and the entire staff of the Council of this development. “We shall keep you duly informed,” the notice reads.