Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Monday visited President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. In a meeting held behind closed doors, Zulum was believed to have discussed some of the major security issues affecting the North East region. Governor Zulum briefed President Buhari on the prevailing security situation following military operations in Mainok and other parts of the North East. Zulum in a statement released on Monday by his spokesman, Isa Gusau, empathised with the families of soldiers killed in Mainok. He described the fallen soldiers as heroes, who died protecting the people of Borno and defending Nigeria’s…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
By Adegbenro Adebanjo Can we, as a people, for once give less prominence to politicking and other mundane shenanigans? It is time to stop carrying on with the pretentious candour and false braggadocio as if all is well with the polity. The truth is Nigeria is now facing its worst crisis only surpassed by that of the civil war. There is clear and present danger to the country and its people. The polity is in the throes of internal combustion. And to put it more plainly something akin to war is ravaging the land. Everyday there are attacks by suspected…
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna has described his Sokoto counterpart, Aminu Tambuwal as non-partisan unifier of Norh-west zone. El-Rufai, who was in Sokoto to condole with the people and government of the state over the death of the daughter of the late Premier of the Northern region, Aishatu Danbaba, also commended Tambuwal for his unflinching commitment to the pursuit of peace and security in all the states of the zone. Both affirmed that the seven North-West governors were working closely with President Muhammad Buhari to bring an end to banditry in the zone. According to el-Rufai, Tambuwal’s subsisting role in…
Brazil’s National Health Regulation Agency (Anvisa) on Tuesday declared itself against the import of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V. The agency lacks “consistent and reliable data,” it said in a statement. The decision was unanimous after about five hours of deliberations. However, Anvisa director, Alex Machado Campos, stressed that the decision was only a ‘snapshot.’ Shortcomings were identified in both the development and the production of the vector vaccine, based on the data that could be analysed so far, said the statement. This includes all three phases of the clinical trials of the preparation, it said. “In addition, there…
“I would be out of school and married now without the help of our community facilitator,” says Meet Ruth Mayiani, a 12-year-old student from Kajiado county in Kenya. Through the work of Girl Child Network, laureate of the 2020 UNESCO Prize for Girls’ and Women’s Education, Ruth is now in grade 6 revising for her end of the year examination. She dreams of completing her education to be an engineer. “Becoming a laureate of the UNESCO Prize has been instrumental to the work of Girl Child Network, and in particular to support community facilitators and village tracking committees in their…
Leicester City closed in on a UEFA Champions League return after red-hot Kelechi Iheanacho struck again to beat Crystal Palace. The forward’s late winner —— his 14th goal in 14 games —-clinched a 2-1 victory to leave the Foxes three wins away from booking a top-four spot. Timothy Castagne had earlier cancelled out Wilfried Zaha’s opener as the Foxes, who sit third in the English Premier League (EPL), were forced to dig deep. They moved seven points clear of fifth-placed West Ham with five games remaining and tantalisingly close to Europe’s top table. Inconsistent Crystal Palace, with no immediate threat…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has denied an allegation that it generated the sum of N10 billion from sale of nomination and expression of interest forms in 2019. Mr Kazeem Afegbua, a member of the PDP, has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) for a probe of the party’s accounts. The party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Kola Ologbondiyan, who denied the allegation at a news conference on Monday in Abuja, described Afegbua’s claims as spurious and irresponsible. Ologbondiyan said that the PDP generated N4.6 billion, and raised…
By Habibu Harisu The Federal government on Monday condoled with the Sokoto State Government and Sultanate Council over the death of Aishatu Ahmadu Bello. Aishatu is the second daughter of the late Premier of defunct Northern Region and the Sardauna of Sokoto, Sir Ahmadu Bello. The delegation had earlier commiserated the state government and Sultanate Council over the death of Ciroman Sokoto, Alhaji Buhari Abubakar III, who also died on Thursday. The Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, led the federal government delegation to the state and offered prayers for the departed souls. Gambari said the…
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Femi Gbajabiamila, has expressed concern over the way banks charge customers indiscriminately during transactions. Gbajabiamila said this when he hosted the Board and Management of the Standard Chartered Bank, led by the Chief Executive Officer, Mr Lamin Manjang, on Monday in Abuja. The speaker said apart from charges known to the customers, there appeared to be other ‘hidden’ charges that the banks imposed on their customers. He stated that the House was concerned that such a practice was making customers helpless, while calling on Nigerian banks to come up with ways to…
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), has said that the first batches of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine received will expire in June 28 and July 9th. The agency disclosed that Nigeria was yet to take delivery of the 300,000 donated vaccine from MTN. The Executive Director of NPHCDA, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, made the disclosure on Monday in Abuja at the national briefing of the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19. He said, “The batches of AstraZeneca we received have expiring dates of June 28 and July 9th. On that of MTN vaccines, we have not taken delivery of…