The Federal government has restated its commitment to partner with Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria on fiscal policies formulation. Mrs Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning made the declaration in Zaria on Saturday. She said the partnership would enhance the shaping of the Nigerian economy towards sustainable and inclusive growth. She was speaking at the 14th Annual General Assembly Lecture organised by Ahmadu Bello University Alumni Association where she presented a paper titled “The Role of Universities in Nation Building’’. She said universities and other tertiary institutions were key drivers for inclusive and sustainable development, especially now…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced 11 deaths and 600 new cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19, bringing the total number of deaths to 1,902 and155,076 infections in the country. The NCDC disclosed this on its official Twitter handle on Friday. NCDC stated that the new infections were registered across 20 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) , in the past 24 hours. It stated that the 600 new cases were reported from 21 states namely: Lagos (169), Taraba (92), Ogun (65), Cross River (57), FCT (38), Rivers (28), Kwara (26), Akwa Ibom (25), Osun (21), Plateau…
President Muhammadu Buhari has welcomed the release of the abducted students of Government Science College, Kagara, Niger State. The president, in a statement by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Saturday, commended the nation’s security and intelligence agencies and the government of Niger state for their responses in securing the release. “We are happy they have been released,” he said. Buhari also greatly sympathised with the staff and the students, their parents and friends on this ordeal. He, however, warned that the country would not continue to suffer these attacks that threaten the growth of education, the security…
The released students of Government Science College, Kagara in Rafi local government area of Niger, have arrived Minna, capital of the state. The students who arrived amidst tight security were taken to the Niger State Development Company suite to freshen up before being taken to the Government House to meet governor Abubakar Sani-Bello. They were received by the Chief of Staff to the governor, Alhaji Ibrahim Balarabe. Journalists were barred from entering into the premises of the company, where the victims were being kept. Recall that on February 17, when the students were abducted, one of them was killed and…
The United States on Friday slapped a visa ban on 76 Saudi individuals in what it calls the “Khashoggi Ban”. This followed a U.S. intelligence report accusing Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of approving the 2018 gruesome murder of exiled journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who announced the measure, alleged that the affected individuals were involved in “threatening dissidents overseas, including but not limited to the Khashoggi killing. He said the ban was part of measures by the U.S. government to “reinforce the world’s condemnation of that crime”. The aim, he said, is to stop governments…
Aisha Yesufu, the co-convener of the Bring Back Our Girls group, BBOG, has criticised President Muhammadu Buhari for the growing kidnappings in the country. “The body language of President Muhammadu Buhari enables the terrorists. They know that we have an ineffective President and Commander-In-Chief, we have an incompetent one, a clueless one, who does not even bother about what is happening in the country”, Yesufu said. She spoke on a ChannelsTV programme Friday evening, against the backdrop of the recent abduction in Zamfara and the president’s reaction on security challenges. According to Yesufu, “What I make of the statement is…
Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kaduna state, Yusuf Garba has described the state House of Assembly under Speaker Yusuf Ibrahim Zailani’s first year in office as most dynamic and productive. He stated this in Kaduna to mark the first year in office. Garba said the Speaker has exhibited uncommon but verifiable capacity for purposeful leadership. And he believes that his leadership qualities will prove beneficial to the state. “In this auspicious time, it’s a great honour to identify with you and reference your uncommon yet, verified capacity for clear-cut leadership to uphold the bastion of democracy in…
The kidnapped staff and students of Government Science College Kagara in Niger state, have regained freedom. A top police officer involved in the counter-kidnapping operation for the rescue of the students, told PRNigeria Saturday morning. Recall that bandits dressed in military uniforms on February 17, 2021, abducted 27 students, three staff members and 12 members of their families. By PRNigeria
The deployment of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa has accelerated amid the quest to contain the virus and reopen the continent’s economy, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO Regional Director for Africa, said this in a statement issued in Nairobi on Thursday. Moeti said the continent had stepped up procurement of vaccines to inoculate groups at higher risk of contracting the coronavirus. “The roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines is an incredible, much-awaited leap forward for African countries that have spent months preparing while wealthy countries race ahead with vaccination,” Moeti said. Ghana on Wednesday became the first African…
President Muhammadu Buhari has described the latest abduction of hundreds of students of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe in Zamfara, as inhumane and totally unacceptable. The president, who stated this in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Friday, warned bandits and their sponsors that his government would not succumb to blackmail. While reacting to the incident, President Buhari said: “This administration will not succumb to blackmail by bandits who target innocent school students in the expectations of huge ransom payments. ”No criminal group can be too strong to be…