Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar on Tuesday urged anti-corruption agencies to redouble their efforts on public awareness against corruption and ensure transparent dealings on handling cases. Abubakar made the appeal at the Northwest zonal dialogue with stakeholders on National Ethics and Integrity Policy, organised by the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) in Sokoto. The event was organised in collaboration with the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and National Orientation Agency (NOA). Abubakar, who was represented by the Wazirin Sokoto, Prof Sambo Junaidu, stressed the importance of pubic awareness in the fight against…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC), has called on legislators to increase budgetary allocations substantially for the country to be better positioned to prevent epidemics. The NCDC Director-General, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, made the call on Day Three of the Fourth Annual Legislative Summit on Health themed, ‘Universal Health Coverage and Health Security,’ on Tuesday in Abuja. The summit, which held from May 23 to 25 had a central theme: ‘UHC and Health Security (HS): Two sides of a coin for an efficient health system,’ convened by the National House of Assembly with support from partners. Ihekweazu, who was represented…
The Passing Out Parade (POP) for the 80 Regular Recruit Intake Parade has been rescheduled to May 29. The postponed is occasioned by the death of the former Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen Ibrahim Attahiru. Capt. Audu Arigu, the Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Depot Nigeria Army, made this known in a statement issued on Tuesday in Zaria. The ceremony was originally scheduled for May 22, with the late COAS as Chief Reviewing Officer and Special Guest of Honor. He was also slated to commission a new medical centre for the depot as part of the event. However, the…
The Dangote Fertiliser plant has been identified as a crucial project that would spur attainment of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Africa Union Agenda 2063. Mrs Roseline Okere, Spokesperson for Dangote Industries Limited, on Tuesday in Lagos said Charge D’Affaires, Embassy of Nigeria in Senegal, Mr A.K Zanna, stated this while receiving officials of the company in Dakar recently. Zanna said realisation of the UN SDGs would not be possible without the use of fertiliser in crop production. According to him, the AU Agenda 2063 and the SDGs are geared toward the promotion of food production and…
Global live streaming of the second edition of Africa Day Concert will commence at 19:00 CAT/18:00 WAT on Youtube and MTV Base (DStv Channel 322) at 21:00 CAT/20:00 WAT, on Tuesday. The event, hosted by YouTube, MTV Base and Idris Elba on Africa Day, May 25, is a pan-African event with artistes performing on multiple stages from Lagos to Johannesburg Alex Okosi, the Managing Director of YouTube’s Emerging Markets in Europe, Middle East and Africa, in a statement said that the Africa Day Concert is an important tribute to Africa. “YouTube is excited to have the next wave of African artistes perform as we…
Elder statesman and Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has said that Nigeria would remain united in spite of her many challenges. He stated this at a mass held to mark his 94th birthday anniversary in Abuja on Tuesday. Clark, who said that he was against secession, decried the unwanted killings across the country. “You asked me whether I support secession, the break-up of Nigeria. I said if I’m to secede, where do I go to? Who owns this country more than myself? We either succeed or fail together. “Nigeria will remain one country. My only regret is the number of…
After the NLC presidency of Comrade Hassan Somonu over two decades ago, I stopped taking threats of NLC seriously as the union always failed to actualize its threats at the last minute. Either, the union leadership was selling out or chicken out because of the “behind scene” shenanigan, palm greasing, and one-sided negotiation. In the end, members, the Nigerian workers were being made to pay dearly for the ineptitude of their union leadership. For example, the brouhaha of N30,000 minimum wage, two years after the union negotiation with the government, many workers are yet to enjoy and have no idea…
The fighters of Islamic State of West Africa Province, ISWAP, have arrested and killed some top members of Abubakar Shekau’s faction of Boko Haram terrorists. They also captured Shekau’s commanders including Mustapha Krimima Jaysh, Ba’akaka, Malkin Tijjani, Hirasama and Mallam Ballu who refused to surrender and attempted to escape. PRNigeria gathered that large gun trucks of terrorists were recently sighted at Marte, East of Tumour, Tumbumma and Tumbuktu Triangle in Sambisa, after a heavy gun battle of supremacy between ISWAP and Shekau’s Boko Haram fighters at Garin Malam. Meanwhile, series of meetings are being held in Sabeel Huda camp in…
The Sokoto zonal head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Bawa Usman has said that insider connections facilitate most financial frauds in the banking industry. He stated this on Tuesday in Sokoto at a roundtable with compliance officers of various commercial banks. According to him, the meeting was convened to strengthen relationship and collaborations between the EFCC and commercial banks as a way to sanitise the system against frauds. Bawa said that the commission often encounter delay in getting responses to investigation letters forwarded to banks. “Such delays jeopardise our investigation. Financial institutions must collaborate with us…
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and its Production Sharing Contract (PSC) partners have executed agreements to renew Oil Mining Lease (OML) 118 for another 20 years. The partners are Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo), Total Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited (TEPNG), Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited (EEPNL) and Nigerian Agip Exploration (NAE). The Corporation disclosed this in a statement signed by its spokesman, Dr Kennie Obateru in Abuja on Tuesday. He said that the five agreements signed include, Dispute Settlement Agreement, Settlement Agreement, Historical Gas Agreement, Escrow Agreement and Renewed PSC Agreement. He quoted the Group…