The Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa has revealed that the estimated value of the forfeited jewelry to the federal government by the former petroleum minister, Deziani Alison Maduake is put at N14.416 billion. NEWSDIARYONLINE also reports that the estimated value of the houses, forfeited by her is put at $80 million. Bawa made the revelation when he appeared before the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on “Assessment and Status of all recovered loots, Movable and Immovable Assets from 2002 to 2020 by agencies of federal government of Nigeria for effective management and utilization (HR 06/07/20)”.…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Northern Governor’s Forum has expressed distress over the boat accident at Ngaski local government of Kebbi state, where many lives were lost, describing it as tragic. The chairman of the forum and governor of Plateau, Mr. Simon Lalong expressed sadness over the incident in a statement by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr. Makut Macham in Jos on Friday. The boat was overloaded leading to it capsizing. He said the incident is unfortunate as it happened when the victims were going about their daily activities to earn a living, explaining that the boat was conveying passengers from…
The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele, says the apex bank will support small holder farmers to boost food production. According to information on CBN’s verified twitter handle, Emefiele said the support would ensure that farmers improved their yields. Emefiele expressed the commitment at the launch of Rivers Cassava Processing Company, May 27, in Afam, Oyigbo local government area, Rivers state, designed to support improved production and processing of cassava into high quality flour. He said the CBN remained committed to working with state governments in supporting small holder farmers and processors across various commodities…
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has won his fourth seven-year term in the 2021 presidential race, the Syrian parliament announced on Thursday. Hamoudeh Sabbagh, the parliament speaker, said that Assad won 95.1 per cent of the vote as opposed to 88.7 per cent in the 2014 election. He said that about 14 million of the estimated 18 million eligible voters inside and outside Syria cast their votes, with a turnout rate of 78.64 per cent. Huge crowds of Assad supporters filled the Umayyad Square, the main square in the Syrian capital of Damascus, to celebrate Assad’s win, waving Syrian flags and…
Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says it recorded 45 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 166,191 The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Thursday. It stated that the 45 new cases were from five states. It listed Lagos, with 27 new infections, followed by Rivers with 14, Kaduna with 2, while Jigawa and Ekiti reported 1 case each. It noted that “today’s report includes 0 cases from Plateau, Nasarawa, Kano, Sokoto, FCT, Osun, Ondo, Ogun and Oyo states.” The public health agency said the country’s…
UN Population Fund (UNFPA) has restated its commitment to reducing maternal deaths and Gender Based Violence (GBV) through community engagement and information. Its Country Representative, Ulla Mueller, said this at the launch of “Text4life App and Youth COVID-19 Handout” in Abuja on Thursday. The hand-out is designed to assist women in distress, especially pregnant women, to have skilled pregnancy care in primary health centres, as well as survivors of GBV. Mueller, who described the project as a milestone in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, said it would go a long way in reducing maternal deaths and GBV. She added…
UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, on Thursday appealed to business leaders to help cushion the suffering caused by COVID-19 and for equitable vaccine distribution worldwide. Guterres told a virtual roundtable event that COVID-19 pandemic had brought “a tsunami of suffering”, taken over 3.4 million lives and 500 million jobs, while wiping trillions of dollars from global balance sheets. “This is indeed much more than a health crisis. It is a social crisis and an economic crisis, with dramatic long-term consequences for livelihoods, businesses and for economies,’’ he said. The virtual roundtable event is part of the UN’s global campaign, #OnlyTogether –…
The Executive Chairman, UN Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Trafficking, Mrs Julie Okah-Donli, has called for a secured learning environment for all children living in the country. Okah-Donli made this call in a statement by Miss Martha Adegbe, the Head of Administration, Roost Foundation, a counter Trafficking and Gender Base Violence (GBV) Organisation owned by Okah–Donli on Thursday in Abuja. While celebrating with children at the Roost Foundation headquarters to mark 2021 Children Day, at Roost Foundation headquarters, she expressed displeasure over the spate of child abductions and kidnapping in the school environment in some parts of the country. Okah-Donli described…
The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC), on COVID-19 has given 132 persons 48-hours to turn themselves to the nearest state public health departments for violating the quarantine provisions of the COVID-19 guidelines. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and Chairman PSC on COVID-19, Mr Boss Mustapha, made this known in a statement. ”The 132 violators of the advisory, entered through Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja. ”Members of the public should be on the lookout”, he said, describing the persons as immediate health hazard. ”They must therefore transport themselves safely, to the nearest state public health departments within…
First Hausa International television station, Tambarin has commenced operations in Kano. The Deputy Chairman of the station, Muhammad Sani Utai, made the disclosure during a press conference on Thursday in Kano. Utai said that Tambarin Hausa Television would meet the yearnings and aspirations of its viewers globally. According to him, the station will go on air officially by the first week of June. ”Everyone yearns for the media that will break the barriers, especially in linguistics to meet the demands of the people in relation with sharing the Hausa culture and tradition with the rest of the world. “The reporters already…