An enormous iceberg has broken away from the western side of the Ronne Ice Shelf in Antarctica’s Weddell Sea, reports on Thursday said. According to the European Space Agency (ESA), the iceberg, known as A-76, measuring around 4,320 square kilometres in size, is currently the largest in the world. The iceberg was spotted in recent images captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite mission and at around 170 kilometres in length and 25 kilometres wide. It is said to be slightly larger than the Spanish island of Majorca. The British Antarctic Survey spotted the berg and it was confirmed by the…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
. .. Request For New Passport Starts June 1 All Passport Issuing Centres in Nigeria have been directed to clear existing backlog of applications on or before 31st May, 2021. A press statement from the Public Affairs Department of the Nigeria Immigration Service on Tuesday, 18 May, 2021 confirmed this directive. According to the statement, “requests for fresh and/or re-issue shall not be entertained with effect from 18th May 2021-31st May 2021 in all centres except for locations in the Missions abroad. “Notifications for collection of produced Passports are already going out to applicants who indicated functional phone numbers in…
By Bashir Rabe Mani The fact that the blessed and highly revered Month of Ramadan, 1442 AH, and or 2021, has came and gone is undeniable. It came, it saw and it conquered. We are already missing the rare divinely controlled opportunity provided by the Month in which the Glorious Qur’an was revealed to the Seal of the Prophets, Muhammad, PBUH, SAW. It is always tangibly agitating and psychologically as well as emotionally exerting to be hoping to witness the Month, in which there exists a single unequalled and unparalleled night, Laylatul Qadri, which equals more than one thousand nights.…
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has resolved to put the necessary legal frameworks and institutions in place for States Fiscal Transparency Accountability, and Sustainability (SFTAS). SFTAS is a World Bank support and intervention designed to support Nigerian states implement a Fiscal Sustainability Plan. The forum said this in a communiqué issued on Wednesday night after its 30th teleconference. It also agreed on the need for states to meet their SFTAS obligations. It noted that the governors at the meeting received presentations from the World Bank team led by the Country Director for Nigeria, Shubham Chaudhuri, on the Nigeria Covid-19 Action…
The Nigeria Governors’ Forum NGF (NGF) says parties involved in Executive Order #10 are working earnestly to resolve the issues surrounding the implementation of the order. The forum said this in a communiqué issued on Wednesday night after its 30th teleconference. President Muhammadu Buhari in 2020 signed into law Executive Order No. 10 of 2020 for the implementation of financial autonomy for state legislature and judiciary order. The forum in the communiqué signed by it Chairman and the Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, said talks on the Order had reached an advanced stage with the Ministry of Labour, conference…
The West African Health Organisation (WAHO) says Nigeria has greatly improved on its Maternal, Infant and Child health indices as compared to 10 years ago. The Director- General of WAHO, Prof. Stanley Okolo, made the disclosure on Wednesday in Abuja during a Regional Workshop on Dissemination of the Moving Maternal Newborn and Child Health Evidence into Policy (MEP) Project. The Nigeria Maternal Mortality Rate 2000-2021 history data says maternal mortality ratio is the number of women who die from pregnancy-related causes while pregnant or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, per 100,000 live births. Okolo said that the workshop was…
The Federal Executive Council (FEC), at its meeting on Wednesday, approved a total sum of N8.8 billion for the completion of the Bagwai irrigation project in Kano State and the Biu water supply project in Borno. Engr. Suleiman Adamu, Minister of Water Resources, told State House correspondents after the virtual FEC meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, that the Bagwai irrigation project was stalled due to lack of funds. “Today, I presented two memos to the FEC; both of these memos are requesting for augmentation for existing and ongoing projects; one for irrigation…
By Justina Auta The federal government in collaboration with UN in Nigeria Wednesday inaugurated “POWERFUL H.A.N.D.S’’ campaign to develop, change and sustain long term preventive behaviour to eliminate spread of COVID-19 pandemic amongst citizens. The project is to be implemented by Centre for Communication and Social Impact (CCSI), an NGO with technical support from UNICEF and funding from the European Union (EU) to prevent spread of COVID-19 and other similar diseases The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, at the inauguration in Abuja, said that the campaign would create more awareness on the pandemic and improve…
The National Assembly Joint committee on Police Affairs has approved N74 billion 2021 budget for the Nigeria Police Trust Fund (NPTF). Mr Ahmad Sokoto, the Executive Secretary, NPTF disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja after a close door meeting with the National Assembly Joint Committee on Police Affairs. According to him, the N74 billion budget captured all the demands of the fund which include training and retraining of personnel of the Nigeria Police Force. He said that the budget would ensure procurement of the state of the art equipment for the police, assuring that the equipment would be the latest…
Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, says in order to address the challenges of illicit financial flows internationally, there was the need to enhance consensus building and multilateral approach in Africa and beyond. Malami made this remark in a goodwill message at the International Conference on Illicit Financial Flows (IFFS) and Assets Recovery organised by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) holding 18th and 19th May, 2021 in Abuja. “There is no doubt that international and regional cooperation is key in achieving this goal as no one country can do it. Therefore,…