The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate alleged illegal fishing worth $70 million by Chinese and European trawlers in Nigerian waters. This was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Rep. Patrick Ifon at plenary on Wednesday. Moving the motion, Ifon said that fish was one of the healthiest food on earth as it contained nutrients such as vitamin D that was a great source of Omega–3 and Folic Acid. He said that the minerals were important for body and brain’s development and contributed about 40 per cent of the country’s protein intake. According to Ifon, Nigeria…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
The 29 abducted students of Federal College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka in Kaduna state, who were still being held by their kidnappers, have been released. The Chairman of the Parents’ Committee, Abdullahi Usman confirmed the release of their release by bandits to ChannelsTV on Wednesday. According to him, the victims were released at around 4pm, at Kidanda area in Giwa local government area of the state. Usman, however, refused to disclose the amount paid as ransom to the bandits for the release of the students. The Kaduna State Police Command was yet to confirm the development as at the time…
President Muhammadu Buhari is presiding over the 44th virtual meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) at the First Lady Conference Hall, State House, Abuja. The Ministries of Industry, Trade and Investment; Power as well as Finance are expected to make presentations during the meeting The Vice-President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha and Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari are physically attending the meeting Others in attendance are Ministers of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; Finance, Dr Zainab Ahmed and Justice, Abubakar Malami. Others are the Ministers of the…
The International Federation of Women Lawyers in Cross River, has secured 15 Gender-Based Violence (GBV) related convictions in the last three months. Mrs Ann Awah, Chairperson of FIDA, made this known in an interview in Calabar on Wednesday. “Awareness on GBV is on the increase and people were coming out without shame or fear of stigmatisation to talk about the issue. “We have many other cases going on right now in the court. We are handling the case of a five-year- old who was defiled, the perpetrator has been taken into custody and the child will be taken for medical…
By Mark Longyen Observers are of the view that there is a need for African countries to deepen their strategic engagement with China and strengthen the existing diplomatic relations between the pair. They believe that, going forward, deepening Sino-African engagement is key to resolving health system collapse, general insecurity, socio-economic and political challenges, among others prevalent in Africa, particularly when viewed against the backdrop of China’s significant interventions in African countries in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). According to them, strengthening Africa-China ties has the potential of creating a win-win situation for both parties and particularly for Africa,…
Scientists have identified 26 Australian butterfly species and subspecies at greatest risk of extinction and those species were estimated to be lost within 20 years, media reported on Wednesday. Topping the list is Australian fritillary with a 94 per cent likelihood of extinction in two decades, followed by the gloriously named “pale imperial hairstreak”, which has a 42 per cent chance of extinction. Trevor Lambkin, one of the authors of the new study with the title, ‘Butterflies on the Brink’ that was published in Austral Entomology recently, said concerns were increasing that the Australian fritillary species had already been wiped…
India on Wednesday recorded its highest single-day death toll caused by the coronavirus since the pandemic began, as hospitals in the country continue to struggle with the massive patient load. The confirmed new infections has reached 382,000 in India. Experts believe that the actual number of victims is significantly higher than the official figures. In parts of the country, it is reportedly difficult to get tested for the Coronavirus at all. Especially in rural areas, many people die at home, and not all of these cases shows up in the statistics. In view of the fierce second Coronavirus wave in…
The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has expressed concern over new paediatric HIV infections in children aged 0-4 years. He expressed his worry during a national dialogue on Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) on Tuesday in Abuja. The dialogue was organised by the National AIDS/STIs Control Programme of the Federal Ministry of Health. He said that in spite of significant achievements in HIV Programme, there were persisting poor outcomes in PMTCT, noting that the dialogue was prompted by the urgency to scale-up sustainable programmes for PMTCT of HIV to eliminate new HIV infections among children.…
A professor of medicine, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Gregory Erhabor, on Wednesday said that asthma affects about 339 million people annually with over 500,000 hospitalisation and about 400,000 deaths across the globe. Erhabor, who is also President, Asthma and Chest Care Foundation, said this in a statement signed on Wednesday to commemorate the World Asthma Day, with the theme: ‘Uncovering Asthma Misconceptions’. “This theme is apt because it is channeled towards uncovering various myths and misconceptions surrounding asthma with the aim of destigmatising the disease and empowering those with asthma to seek help,” he said. The World Asthma Day is…
Nation-building through innovation, good governance, infrastructural development, excellent foreign policy, increased productivity and virtually all aspects of human progress are acquired as a product of a university system. The system produces high-quality leadership of the society who can uprightly surmount societal developmental challenges. When the system is dysfunctional, the society pays exorbitantly and may be doomed to fail, if care is not taken. This is because a malfunctioned university system produces unbaked professionals to operate and manage the affairs of society. The consequences will be so dire to the nation, pushing it to an abyss of insecurity, squalor, and poverty.…