By Lizzy Carr, Bauchi Bauchi state government, has inaugurated an implementation committee on Violence Against Persons Prohibition, VAPP, law promising zero tolerance to all forms of violence in the state. The governor, Bala Mohammed who inaugurated the committee alongside the Costed Model Action Plan Committee, said he is proud that the state was first to domesticate the VAPP Law in the North East. “Bauchi is the first in the Northeast to domesticate the VAPP Law, but its implementation is being challenged with lack of funds and commitment,” he said. The governor said stakeholders needed to create a peaceful and safe…
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The African Union Commission on Thursday, despatched a seven – day fact-finding team to N’Djamena, Chad with a mission to assess the situation in country and examine ways of a speedy return to democratic rule, AfricaNews has reported. The delegation will, after the seven day visit, produce a report at the end of its mission which will enable the Peace and Security Council to adopt a definitive position on the measures to be taken. Several member countries have called for the suspension of Chad from the African Union because of the Transitional Military Council’s takeover of power. Many also estimated…
Zamfara state governor, Bello Muhammad has approved minor reshufflement of his Commissioners. This is contained in a statement by the Secretary to the Zamfara State Government, Bala Maru on Friday. Mohammed Bungudu has been moved from Special Duties to Ministry of Water Resources; Lawal Abubakar Zanna from Science and Technical Education to Ministry of Special Duties and Buhari Gora is deployed to Ministry of Science and Technical Education. According to the statement, the deployment of the commissioners is with immediate effect.
The risk of COVID-19 resurgence remains high in several African countries due to poor adherence to public health measures, including mass gatherings, low testing and vaccination rates, an analysis by the World Health Organization (WHO) has shown. Three countries face very high risk of COVID-19 resurgence, 20 face high, 22 moderate risk, and only one country faces low risk, according to the risk assessment of 46 countries, a WHO Africa Regional Office said in statement on Thursday. The risk was estimated using seven indicators with data from the past four weeks, including COVID-19 cases per million people; the percentage of…
Benue has recorded a drop in malaria cases from 23 per cent to 12.8 per cent, Commissioner for Health, Dr Joseph Ngbea said. Ngbea, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Andrew Amee, made this known while briefing newsmen in Makurdi. According to him, the figure is based on the latest Nigeria Demographic Health Survey (NDHS) 2020. “This feat is made possible largely to the continued support and maintenance of essential health services by the state government. “The state government ensured that communities are protected from malaria,” he said. The commissioner said that malaria kills more than…
The Presidency has told Benue governor, Samuel Ortom that he should not desecrate the lives of Nigerian citizens by deploying them in political diatribe. It also expressed disappointment and sadness over accusations allegedly levelled against President Muhammadu Buhari by Ortom, following recent killings of soldiers and innocent citizens in the state. A statement by the spokesperson to the President, Malam Garba Shehu on Thursday, said no responsible government takes pleasure in such events as the killing of the military and that of innocent citizens taking refuge in an Internally Displaced People’s camp. Shehu said the president said he was deeply…
Those of us of a certain age, ALL, recollect with pride, the moment we heard our Head of State, Murtala Mohammed declare to the world that: “Africa has come of age. It is no longer under the orbit of any extra continental power. It should no longer take orders from any country, however powerful.” The speech was at the Organization of African Unity (OAU) summit in Addis Ababa, on January 11, 1976 and it pushed Africa to rise to resist US’s pernicious pro-Portuguese position in Angola, Mozambique and the rest of Southern Africa. In the run up to the Summit,…
Trading returned to positive territory on Thursday with the key indices rebounding by 1.75 per cent , amid gains by some highly capitalised stocks. Consequently, the All-Share Index chalked up 679.72 points or 1.75 per cent to close at 39,461.20 from 38,781.48 recorded on Wednesday. Similarly, the market capitalisation inched higher by N355 billion in six hours to close at N20.651 trillion against N20.296 trillion. The uptrend was also driven by price appreciation in medium and large capitalised stocks amongst which include Dangote Cement, MTN Nigeria Communication, Okomu Oil, Julius Berger and Ekocorp. Market breadth closed positive with 24 stocks…
Access Bank Plc has posted a profit before tax (PBT) of N60.1 billion, representing an increase of 30 per cent for the first quarter ended March 31. The Chief Executive Officer of the group, Mr Herbert Wigwe, disclosed in an unaudited financial report notice sent to the Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Ltd., on Thursday in Lagos. Wigwe said the bank delivered strong results in the first quarter in spite of the challenging macroeconomic and regulatory environment. He said that the PBT was higher when compared with N46.2 billion recorded in the corresponding period of 2020. Wigwe added that profit after tax…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to convoke a national dialogue to discuss the rising insecurity in the country. The PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus gave the advice at the emergency meeting of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) on Thursday in Abuja. Secondus said the insecurity situation in the country was becoming worrisome and should be promptly addressed, particularly to ensure smooth conduct of 2023 general elections. He said that the banditry and herdsmen menace were already taking huge tolls on different sectors of the country, including education and food production as farmers avoid their…