The World Bank, Adolescent Girls Initiative and Empowerment (AGILE), is to construct 90 Junior Secondary Schools (JSS), 69 Senior Secondary Schools (SSS) and renovate 69 others in Kaduna State. AGILE Project Coordinator in the state, Mr Habibu Alhassan, made this known in an interview in Kaduna on Wednesday. Alhassan explained that the five-year project was designed to ensure that the girl child, aged 10 to 20 years was enrolled, retained, and supported to complete senior secondary school education. He said that the construction of the new schools and the renovations of existing ones was to create additional learning space and…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Police Command in Benue has confirmed the killing of Dr Terkula Suswam, an elder brother of Sen. Gabriel Suswam, by gunmen at Anyiin on Tuesday evening. The confirmation is contained in a statement signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DCP Catherine Anene on Wednesday in Makurdi. ”At about 1930hrs information was received that while Dr Terkura Suswam and his aide, Mr Solomon, sat opposite his house at Elohim Plaza, Anyiin, to supervise repairs at the said plaza, yet-to-be identified gunmen, who drove in a Toyota Camry vehicle, attacked and shot him and his aide. ”A team of…
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered a stay of proceeding in the ongoing trial of the former Head of Service (HoS), Mrs Winifred Oyo-Its, and others. Justice Taiwo Taiwo, in his ruling, described the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)’s act in obtaining an exparte order for the freezing of bank accounts of the 4th, 5th and 6th defendants in the matter before another court as “an abuse of court process.” Justice Taiwo, who described the EFCC’s conduct as “judge shopping” aimed at getting a favourable court judgment, said the anti-corruption agency’s conduct was reprehensible and condemnable. He…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday presided over the 36th virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) at the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Ministries of Interior, Environment, Works and Housing, Power, Finance and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are expected to make presentations at the meeting. In attendance at the meeting were Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari as well as ten Ministers The affected ministers included those of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Finance, Zainab Ahmed, Justice, Abubakar Malami,…
The National Agricultural Extension and Research Liaison Services (NAERLS), Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, is to train 75,000 agricultural extension agents on best agricultural practices to enhance food production in Nigeria. Prof. Emmanuel Ikani, Executive Director, NAERLS told newsmen on Wednesday in Zaria that already, 12,600 agricultural extension agents had been trained by the institute under its e-extension training programme. According to Ikani, the e-extension training programme was introduced following security challenges in parts of the country and the COVID-19 pandemic. He explained that the institute had to leverage on the ICT to reach agricultural extension agents and farmers, adding…
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq has said that no fewer than 3,000 women in Kogi have benefited from the Federal Government’s Special Grant for Rural Women Project. Farouq, in a statement on Wednesday signed by the Deputy Director of Information in the Ministry, Mrs Rhoda Iliya, said that the grant, of N20,000 each, was expected to increase income and productive assets of target beneficiaries. The grants were disbursed to the beneficiaries on Wednesday in Lokoja. She urged them to use the grant to contribute toward improving their living standard by using it to boost…
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has solicited the National Assembly’s support to convert existing voting points in the country to polling units. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, made the appeal on Tuesday during a presentation on the state of voter access to Pulling Units (PUs) in Nigeria, to the National Assembly Joint Committee on INEC and Electoral Matters, in Abuja. He said that some of the voting points when converted to polling units would be relocated to underserved areas. Yakubu also urged the lawmakers and stakeholders to help de-politicise issues around the intention of the commission saying that the…
The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has declared as safe and efficacious, AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, as Nigeria takes delivery of 3.92 doses of the vaccine. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation and the PTF Chairman, Mr Boss Mustapha, made the declaration in Abuja. Nigeria has received 3,9340,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from India. The doses are the first tranche of the 16 million doses expected under COVAX Facility arrangement. Speaking at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, the SGF said: “The arrival of the AstraZeneca vaccine today marks a significant milestone in the National Response to the COVID-19…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, press centre in Zamfara has been set on fire by suspected arsonists. The secretary of the council, Abubakar Ahmad told ASHENEWS in a telephone conversation Tuesday night that the fire gutted about four shops at the front of the press centre. “Some politicians had problem among themselves which led to the crisis that got one of the shops, which we let out to some of them, to be set on fire. “Three other shops cut up with fire also. But the Zamfara fire service has been able to put the fire off. The main…
By Habibu Harisu Police have established additional five units to strengthen the security activities against banditry and other criminalities in Sokoto State. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Sakoto State command, Mr Sanusi Abubakar, disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday in Sokoto. Abubakar said that the units covered Eastern parts of the state comprising Gwadabawa, Illela, Sabon Birni, Isa and Wurno local government areas noting that the units were headed by an Assistant Commissioner of Police. He said that the command had on Monday launched ”Operation PUFF ADDER II”, an intensive exersise to provide adequate security in areas overwhelmed by…