“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…
Author: Abdallah el-Kurebe
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…
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says Nigeria will receive 29.8 million doses of Johnson and Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccines. The NPHCDA Executive Director, Dr Faisal Shuaib made this public on Monday during the Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) briefing on COVID-19 in Abuja. “The Federal government has signed off to receive up to 29.8 million doses of the Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 vaccines through the African Union platform,” he said. Shuaib said the country was also expecting deliveries of vaccines through the COVAX facility by the end of May or early June. “By this time, the country would…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) says the board will introduce the use of USSD code as an option to the SMS process of generating a profile code for registration. This, it said, was part of measures it had put in place to address some challenges experienced by candidates of its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Registrar of the board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this during a news briefing at the board’s headquarters in Bwari, Abuja, on Monday. Oloyede said the use of the USSD code would commence from Friday, April 30. He said the board had received…
The Kaduna state government, said bandits have killed two more students of Greenfield University Kaduna, who were abducted on Tuesday. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan said in a statement issued on Monday in Kaduna. Aruwan said, “On a sad note, security agencies have just reported to the Kaduna state government the recovery of two more dead bodies of Greenfield University students, killed by armed bandits today, Monday 26th April. “The retrieved corpses have been evacuated to a mortuary, and the university has been notified of the development. “The government of Kaduna state under the…
The Nigerian Army says the troops of Operation Lafiya Dole (OPLD) in display of resilience, commitment and doggedness eliminated scores of Boko Haram terrorists, who attacked its base at Mainok in Borno on Sunday. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Yerima said that the troops had on Sunday, came under multi-directional attacks by Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists mounted on unconfirmed numbers of Gun Trucks as well as foot soldiers with possible intent of establishing a phantom caliphate in the town. He said that the terrorists were held by the gallant…