The massive resurgence of COVID-19 cases and deaths in Brazil, Turkey and India has prompted the Nigerian government to impose fresh measures aimed at preventing further importation of the coronavirus into the country. The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19, chaired by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, said in a statement on Sunday in Abuja that the new measures included a ban on entry of non-Nigerian passengers who had travelled to the three countries in the last 14 days. Brazil, Turkey and India recorded a combined 2,670 deaths as of May 1, 2021.…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
President Muhammadu Buhari has reiterated the commitment of his administration to freedom of the press, and urged media professionals to wield such freedom responsibly. Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said Buhari’s reassurance was contained in a message to mark this year’s World Press Freedom Day. The statement quoted Buhari as describing freedom of the press as “an irreducible minimum in a democracy that will flourish”, adding, however, that the freedom must be used responsibly. “Everything that is permitted must have rules of correctness, particularly in a polity seriously challenged as ours now.…
Our next-generation may not know what our generation knew, may not have what we had. We have failed to give them what the previous generation gave us. The peace and tranquillity we knew, the comfort and ease we had, the security and brotherhood we enjoyed, the careful laying of the foundation for our future we witnessed – all these we have failed to transfer to the next generation because we have thrown away the baton. The problems of Nigeria are such that you get lost when talking about them. Where do you start from? The betrayal of confidence by leadership…
The Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) in Plateau and parts of Kaduna and Bauchi States has rescued a kidnapped victim. The victim, Mr Kelvin Eze, is a student of King’s College, Gana Ropp, Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau, who was kidnapped on April 29. Maj. Ibrahim Shittu, the Media Officer of the taskforce disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Jos. He added that the victim was rescued by the soldiers on May 1, at about 8:35 p.m. Gunmen invaded the college in early hours of Thursday, April 29, and abducted one of the students.…
President Muhammadu Buhari has parted ways with an influential Catholic cleric, who previously described Buhari as “messiah’’ because the president refused to give him a juicy contract. In a week the president endured the pain of bloody events in the country, controversial cleric, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka proclaimed that Buhari should resign or be impeached because of current unwholesome developments nationwide. On April 30, the Presidency expressed shock over “the sudden U-Turn of Father Mbaka, a die-hard supporter of President Muhammadu Buhari, who is now asking the president to resign or be impeached because he failed to secure contracts from…
The Counsellor and Head of Cooperation, High Commission of Canada in Abuja, Kevin Tokar has commended the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) in Nigeria and the Project Steering Committee (PSC) of the Global Affairs Canada (GAC) project. He gave the commendation at the 2021 PSC meeting in Abuja, aimed at reviewing and validating the project’s 2020 annual report and the 2021 Annual Work Plan and Budget, and address gaps if any. The GAC-funded project is a three-year programme (2018-2020) aimed at “Addressing Gaps in Gender Based Violence (GBV) and Harmful Traditional Practices (HTPs) in Nigeria.” Tokar, who noted that even though…
A political stalwart and activist, Dr Nnamdi Onochie, has again called on the federal government to restructure Nigeria, to guarantee national peace and cohesion, ahead of the 2023 general elections. Speaking in an interview in Abuja on Sunday, Onochie said that current challenges could be addressed by listening to the relentless voices of the people. The outspoken Onochie argued that “the apparent refusal of the federal government to restructure the country has contributed immensely to demands for self-determination by ethnic nationalities’’. He pleaded with the current administration to take the bull by the horn by doing the needful to put…
The University system consists of four statutory organs, which makes it a kind of government within a government. It has a legal power to make laws (Statute) for direct Gazette without passing through the National Assembly provided such laws are not in conflicts with constitutional provisions or extant Laws. The organs of the university are a council, senate, congregation, and convocation; each having distinct power and functions designed to complement each other and optimize teamwork. This is why the university system is managed using a committee system. The University council is the highest decision and policymaking body with a quasi-legislative…
Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi, on Saturday thanked the organised labour in the state for their patience, understanding and maintaining very good relationship with the government. The governor, who spoke during activities organised to mark the 2021 Workers Day in Birnin Kebbi, however, said the administration would not be able to pay the 2020 leave grant of workers and outstanding gratuities. “NLC are aware of the burden of gratuities the government inherited and how far we have gone in trying to clear the debts. “In spite of the dwindling resources, the state government still pays salaries, runs the government and…
Households in Nigeria spent up to N3.3 trillion on water, sanitation and hygiene in 2019, a NBS/UNICEF 2019 WASH -NORM II survey report says. This was revealed in a statement issued on Saturday in Abuja, by Mr Sunday Ichedi, Head, Public Affairs and International Relations Unit of National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). According to the 2019 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene-National Outcome Routine Mapping (WASH -NORM II) survey, two modules (Water Quality and WASH Accounts) were introduced. It added that slightly more than 66 per cent of drinking water from sources and points of consumption within households were free from contamination.…